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7.3.26 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: As we approach America's big two hundred and fiftieth Birthday weekend,
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Speaker 1: it's time to catch up with Country Weekly, where we
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Speaker 1: check out news and gossip from the world of country music.
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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I will be reading
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Speaker 1: from various sources found online. As a reminder, RADIOI is
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Speaker 1: a reading service intended for people who are blind or
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Speaker 1: have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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Speaker 1: We'll begin with the first article inside Country Legend Alan
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Speaker 1: Jackson's Triumphant Finale concert from Yahoo Entertainment dot Com, dated
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Speaker 1: the twenty eighth of June. The time has come for
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Speaker 1: country music superstar Alan Jackson to hang up his signature
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Speaker 1: stetson hat. The genre traditionalist from Noon and Georgia, whose
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Speaker 1: career kicked off in the nineteen eighties and exploded shortly
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Speaker 1: thereafter in the off sited nineties country wave with heartfelt
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Speaker 1: songs for the working man who'd rather be drinking or
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Speaker 1: fishing or ideally both had sold over sixty million records
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Speaker 1: across his storied career, and last Saturday Night at Nissan
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Speaker 1: Stadium in Nashville, he brought his touring career to an end.
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Speaker 1: The event titled Last Call One More for the Road.
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Speaker 1: The finale was a triumphant swan song for the performer,
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Speaker 1: the celebration of his life and career, with some help
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Speaker 1: from the artists he directly inspired. It was a concert
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Speaker 1: in two movements. The first two hours were made up
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Speaker 1: of a marathon run of Jackson covers from some of
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Speaker 1: the biggest names in contemporary country, and each performer had
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Speaker 1: a personal story to share. Carrie Underwood sang Everything I
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Speaker 1: Love after revealing that Jackson was her first ever concert
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Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety four at the Tulsa State Fair. Thomas
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Speaker 1: Rhet warmed up the crowd with small town Southern Man,
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Speaker 1: an appropriate choice for a singer currently living the song's lyrics.
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Speaker 1: He's father to four girls. The Texas born and bred
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Speaker 1: Miranda Lambert performed Dallas Landy Wilson got the crowd moving
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Speaker 1: with Tall, Tall Trees. It's almost impossible to pick a
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Speaker 1: favorite Alan Jackson's song, but I had to try, said
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Speaker 1: Luke Colmes before launching into hard Hat in a Hammer.
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Speaker 1: Each performer played with Jackson's backing band, except for Eric Church,
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Speaker 1: who opted to cover Someday with just his voice and
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Speaker 1: an acoustic guitar. It was an all star night for
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Speaker 1: one of country music's most colossal voices. Other guest performers
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Speaker 1: included Luke, Bryan, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Little Big Town,
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Speaker 1: Jake Owen, John Party, Leanne Womack, and a slew of
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Speaker 1: super talented members of Jackson's own family, Adam Wright, Big City,
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Speaker 1: Brian Wright, and Carlyle Wright. Five years ago, the sixty
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Speaker 1: seven year old music giant Jackson share that he has
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Speaker 1: a degenitive nerve condition that affects his balance, called Charcott
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Speaker 1: Marie Tooth disease, which he was first diagnosed with a
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Speaker 1: decade prior. He said it was a genetic condition and
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Speaker 1: its effects on his ability to walk and perform had
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Speaker 1: become more noticeable. One dollar of every ticket sold on
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Speaker 1: Saturday night went to the CMT Research Foundation, an organization
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Speaker 1: that funds research to find a cure for Shaka Marie Tooth.
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Speaker 1: When it was time for Jackson to hit the stage
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Speaker 1: at about nine thirty five pm after a storm delay
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Speaker 1: of about an hour, he was met with ear piercing cheers.
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Speaker 1: The singer appeared stiff as he walked to his microphone,
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Speaker 1: but once he picked up his guitar for the opener,
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Speaker 1: Gone Country. He was immediately back in action with that
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Speaker 1: smoky baritone and timeless songs, though strumming was kept to
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Speaker 1: a minimum. It's overwhelming, he addressed the crowd, before assuring
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Speaker 1: that he would not spend too much time on that
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Speaker 1: last show stuff, I'm not dead. The Country Music Hall
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Speaker 1: of Famer ran through his best known.
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Speaker 2: Hits with real ferocity.
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Speaker 1: I Don't Even Know Your Name arrived quickly, as did
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Speaker 1: Livin on Love, Summertime Blues, and The Moody Midnight in Montgomery.
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Speaker 1: As the music videos for each played on a giant
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Speaker 1: screen behind him, He made it a point to walk
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Speaker 1: from to side of the stage, greeting each section while
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Speaker 1: championing his band and the power of real country music.
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Speaker 1: If anyone has lived the American dream, he said. Later,
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Speaker 1: while seated on a stool, it's me. Anecdotes flowed from there.
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Speaker 1: He talked about writing I'd Love You All over Again
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Speaker 1: for his wife on their tenth wedding anniversary, and how
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Speaker 1: the radio from Chasing That Neon Rainbow is currently in
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Speaker 1: the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum, and he mentioned
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Speaker 1: the drive for Daddy Jean was written after his father died.
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Speaker 1: An hour into his set, Jackson teased the audience by
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Speaker 1: saying he needed some help for the next song. Out
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Speaker 1: emerged George Strait for their collaborations designed I'm Sorry, Designated Drink,
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Speaker 1: and Murder on Music Row. Then came an incredible run
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Speaker 1: of hits, Little Bitty Country Boy, Good Time, and Where
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Speaker 1: Were You When the World Stopped Turning? Among them, the
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Speaker 1: latter written and recorded following the September eleventh terror attacks.
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Speaker 1: Lockblusters singles followed Don't Rock the Jukebox, Remember When, and
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Speaker 1: It's five o'clock Somewhere, the latter recording famously featuring the
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Speaker 1: late Margheritaville singer Jimmy Buffett. Fireworks were launched into the
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Speaker 1: sky for Chattahoochee. Just because this is the end of
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Speaker 1: Jackson's touring career doesn't mean it's the end of his
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Speaker 1: music career. On Thursday, two days before the final concert blowout,
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Speaker 1: Jackson released a country cover of Orleans Still the One
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Speaker 1: to celebrate his fifty year relationship with wife and high
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Speaker 1: school sweetheart Denise Jackson. She was a cheerleader practicing a
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Speaker 1: dance routine to the soft rock classic. He was instantly
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Speaker 1: smitten for those who miss Jackson's final blow, the final Bow.
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Speaker 1: The show will be released later in the year as
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Speaker 1: an NBC concert special, But for those who were in
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Speaker 1: the stadium in the middle of a huge storm, it
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Speaker 1: was an unrepeatable and unmistakable night. Now we scoot on
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Speaker 1: over to countrynow dot com with the first article dated
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Speaker 1: June twenty ninth. Red Akins overcome with emotion after surprise
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Speaker 1: Grand Old Opry invitation. Red Akins received the surprise of
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Speaker 1: a lifetime on Sunday evening when his friend and Opry
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Speaker 1: member John Party invited him to become a member of
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Speaker 1: the Grand Old Opry, Aikins and Nashville Songwriter's Hall of
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Speaker 1: Fame member responsible for writing thirty five chart topping hits
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Speaker 1: for artists like Blake Shelton, Luke Bryant, and his son
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Speaker 1: Thomas Rhett. He was wrapping up his Opery performance when
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Speaker 1: John Party made a surprise entrance to the stage to
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Speaker 1: deliver the invitation. Redd has always been somebody who has
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Speaker 1: always been a mentor and taught a lot to me
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Speaker 1: about how to write songs, how to be a co writer.
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Speaker 1: He has over thirty number ones. Party said, You've always
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Speaker 1: been a family to me, but I'm here to invite
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Speaker 1: you to be part of a different family, Red Akins,
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Speaker 1: I'm here to invite you to become a member of
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Speaker 1: the Grand Old Opry. As Aikins's wife, Sonia, and his
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Speaker 1: children joined him on stage, he was overcome with emotion.
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Speaker 1: He took his hat off, wiped away tears, and embraced Party.
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Speaker 1: He then knelt to the ground and appeared to be
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Speaker 1: holding back tears as he said, all I do every
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Speaker 1: day is write words, and I can't think of any
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Speaker 1: words right now except thank you Lord Jesus. He ain't
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Speaker 1: my truck. Singer continued, I have been listening to the
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Speaker 1: Grand Old Operation since I was a little kid, with
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Speaker 1: my grandparents watching it. Then used to be on TNN
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Speaker 1: anytime they'd asked me to play. If I was in Alaska,
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Speaker 1: I'd fly home immediately. I love country music with all
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Speaker 1: my heart, and all I ever wanted to do was
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Speaker 1: meet Hank Junior, meet George Strait. I never dreamed I'd
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Speaker 1: be in this circle right here with Bill mon Rome
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Speaker 1: and he Pearl, roy Acoff, Garth and Allen and John Party.
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Speaker 1: This is just unbelievable. After the show, Aikens continued the
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Speaker 1: celebration at a post show party with fans and Opry
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Speaker 1: House Studio A where John Party joined him from medley
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Speaker 1: of songs and a high energy performance of Dirt on
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Speaker 1: My Boots written by Akins, Jesse Fraser and Ashley Gorley,
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Speaker 1: which went on to become Party's second career number one
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Speaker 1: and one of his biggest hits. Later in studio a set,
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Speaker 1: Aikens welcomed his son Thomas Rhet to the stage, where
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Speaker 1: a pair teamed up for an additional hits including What's
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Speaker 1: Your Country Song, as well as the Merle Haggard classic
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Speaker 1: Misery and Gin before red Aikin's surprise up ray invitation.
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Speaker 1: Thomas Read, who was on the secret, opened up about
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Speaker 1: what the moment meant to him on YA All Access
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Speaker 1: with Kelly Sutton. Every time I talk to my dad
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Speaker 1: and he works his butt off. He's still writing to
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Speaker 1: a day every Monday through Friday. I was like, what's
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Speaker 1: the rest of you want to achieve? And for him
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Speaker 1: it has always been I want to be a member
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Speaker 1: of the Grand Old Opry And I think just as
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Speaker 1: a son to a dad, knowing how much these means
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Speaker 1: to him and the hours that he's put in from
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Speaker 1: the artistry to the songwriting. To get to be able
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Speaker 1: to watch him do that, it will be the coolest
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Speaker 1: moment to me as a son, he shared. Agkins will
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Speaker 1: officially be inducted into the Opry family later this year,
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Speaker 1: with a date to be announced next Darius Rucker wasn't
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Speaker 1: expecting this. Lauren Alane's surprise stage moment goes viral. Laura
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Speaker 1: Alayne is currently on the road with Darius Rucker for
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Speaker 1: his songs of the summer tour, and when she joined
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Speaker 1: him on stage in Clarkston, Michigan over the weekend for
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Speaker 1: a duet of Jackson by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash,
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Speaker 1: the performance took an unexpected turn. In the middle of
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Speaker 1: the song, Elena surprised the country star by teaming up
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Speaker 1: with rock band for an unexpected performance of Baby Got
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Speaker 1: Back by Sir Mix a Lot, turning the duet into
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Speaker 1: a hilarious and unforgettable moment. Elena later shared a video
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Speaker 1: of the spontaneous moment on social media, which has now
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Speaker 1: raked in six hundred thousand views on Instagram alone. Darius
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Speaker 1: asked me to sing Jackson with him last night, but
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Speaker 1: I had other plans. The text overlay on the video reads.
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Speaker 1: In the clip, the pair of artists begins singing Jackson
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Speaker 1: as plan before the band transitions into Baby Got Back.
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Speaker 1: Elena immediately takes control of the moment, bringing the sass
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Speaker 1: and energy she's known for. She makes her way to
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Speaker 1: the front of the crowd, who quickly joins and singing
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Speaker 1: along to every word while she works the stage and
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Speaker 1: Rucker laughs. While watching it all unfold, Elena asks fans,
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Speaker 1: should I add this to the set list immediately or Lorna?
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Speaker 1: Elena later clarified that the surprise was all part of
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Speaker 1: the plan, writing his band and I cooked it up
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Speaker 1: and then asked permission, letting fans know Rucker was in
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Speaker 1: on the fund. During the performance, she admitted on stage,
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Speaker 1: I was not supposed to do that, before walking off
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Speaker 1: and adding, actually that was sick. Fans applauded the performance
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Speaker 1: in the comments section of her post, The most epic
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Speaker 1: thing You've ever done, and you've done a lot, one
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Speaker 1: user wrote. Another shared, I'm at a loss for words.
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Speaker 2: This is iconic.
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Speaker 1: Rucker's Songs of Summer tour continues on July sixteenth in
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Speaker 1: d C, with dates scheduled through August first. Elena is
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Speaker 1: joining him for select shows, alongside additional featured guests including
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Speaker 1: George Burge, Robert Randolph, Old Crow Medicine Show, Evan Hohner,
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Speaker 1: and Austin Williams. In addition to her appearances with Rucker,
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Speaker 1: Lauren Alena has a full summer ahead with performances at
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Speaker 1: various festivals before kicking off her Stages tour this fall
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Speaker 1: in support of her upcoming album of the same name,
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Speaker 1: arriving on August twenty eighth. Next, Ricky skagg shares the
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Speaker 1: story behind Say a Prayer, his first new release in
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Speaker 1: over a decade. Country Music Hall of Famer Ricky Skaggs
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Speaker 1: returns with his first new release in over a decade
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Speaker 1: with the powerful Say of Prayer, out now via Skagg's
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Speaker 1: Family Records and distributed by Virgin Music Group. The song
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Speaker 1: was written by Gordon Kennedy and Ben Cooper in response
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Speaker 1: to the struggles impacting communities worldwide. The track explores themes
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Speaker 1: of faith, reflection, and coming together. Ahead of the song's released,
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Speaker 1: Skaggs spoke with Country Now backstage at Cmafest, where he
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Speaker 1: joined Carly Pearce and Molly Tuttle for a special performance
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Speaker 1: of From Now On on the Nissan Stadium stage. Moments
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Speaker 1: before taking the stage, the fifteen time Grammy winner shared
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Speaker 1: the story behind the song, revealing that he originally recorded
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Speaker 1: it more than fifteen years ago, with plans to include
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Speaker 1: it on his twenty ten album Mosaic. It's a song
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Speaker 1: I recorded right at the end of the gospel CD
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Speaker 1: that I did called Mosaic. We recorded it, but it
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Speaker 1: just didn't feel like it was to go on that CD,
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Speaker 1: so we've held it out for all these years, Skaggs revealed.
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Speaker 1: The eight time CMA Award winner explained that he felt
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Speaker 1: now was the perfect time to release the song given
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Speaker 1: the current state.
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Speaker 2: Of the world.
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Speaker 1: But right now, with the way the world is, the
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Speaker 1: way everything's going on in our world, in our life,
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Speaker 1: I felt like it was the right time for a
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Speaker 1: message like say a prayer because it talks about war,
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Speaker 1: it talks about green and it talks about all these things.
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Speaker 2: He shared.
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Speaker 1: I see the self made reach for the top, always
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Speaker 1: an uphill climb. I see the humble down on their knees,
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Speaker 1: and a God who listens every time we say a prayer.
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Speaker 1: In a statement, Skags further explained the meaning behind the song,
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Speaker 1: saying the song addresses a world carrying out a lot
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Speaker 1: of grief right now, serving as a universal call for
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Speaker 1: everyone to just stop and lean into faith. Say a
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Speaker 1: Prayer blends country, bluegrass, and rock influences, featuring a unique
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Speaker 1: mix of instrumentation including citar, fiddle, mandolin, and banjo. The
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Speaker 1: track also includes background vocals from Skag's daughter Molly. It's
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Speaker 1: just a great song and performance, he added. The release
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Speaker 1: comes during a busy stretch for Skaggs, who continues to
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Speaker 1: bring his music to stages across the country. In addition
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Speaker 1: to his own headlining dates. Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder are
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Speaker 1: currently performing alongside Dirk's Bentley during select stops on the
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Speaker 1: Off the Map tour. He'll also return to Nashville's iconic
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Speaker 1: Ryman Auditorium on July twenty first for the closing night
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Speaker 1: of the Bluegrass Nights at the Rymann Series. Now we
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Speaker 1: saw her on down Saving Country Music for News and Opinion.
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Speaker 1: First headline. June thirtieth is the date Billy Strings announce
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Speaker 1: his new album, So Much for Goodbyes. At the stroke
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Speaker 1: of midnight Eastern time US Monday evening, Billy Strings revealed
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Speaker 1: to the world that his newest album, called So much
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Speaker 1: for goodbyes would be arriving on August twenty eighth, and
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Speaker 1: laid us all to rest with guaranteed nightmares from the
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Speaker 1: music video of the album's lead single, Burn the other end,
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Speaker 1: rest assured. Though no Billy Strings fan is complaining, any
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Speaker 1: new release from the bluegrass maestro will be met with
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Speaker 1: great anticipation and an almost guaranteed Grammy nomination. This album
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Speaker 1: came at a time in my life when I had
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Speaker 1: a lot to write about. Billy Strings explains, I just
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Speaker 1: lost my mother last June and still felt the talents
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Speaker 1: of grief piercing my back. Before she passed, she and
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Speaker 1: I had planned on trying to use some of her
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Speaker 1: poetry to make songs from, but that just didn't get
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Speaker 1: panned out. A lot of her poetry is very stream
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Speaker 1: of conscious, and I just couldn't figure out how to
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Speaker 1: put it into a tune.
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Speaker 2: Maybe someday I will.
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Speaker 1: Instead, we get sixteen new tracks from Strings that you
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Speaker 1: can expect, once again will explore the boundaries of bluegrass,
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Speaker 1: but also adhere and deeply respect the genre's roots. It's
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Speaker 1: been this combination of reverence for tradition while also breaking
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Speaker 1: its bounds that there's earned Strings a massive audience full
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Speaker 1: of bluegrass purists right beside jam grass party kids and
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Speaker 1: old stone or hippies. Even though Billy's mom did not
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Speaker 1: contribute any lyrics to the new album, the artwork and
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Speaker 1: inspiration for the album is hers. Strings goes on to
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Speaker 1: explain about the inspiration for the title of the new album.
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Speaker 1: I never got to say goodbye to her. That's why
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Speaker 1: I wanted to call the albums so Much for Goodbyes.
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Speaker 1: When I mentioned it to my manager's interpretation of it
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Speaker 1: was different from mine. I was sad that I didn't
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Speaker 1: get to say goodbye, but when I told him the
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Speaker 1: name of the album, he heard it from a different perspective.
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Speaker 1: It's not goodbye. She's not gone. She's very much still
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Speaker 1: with me. So much for Goodbyes. On the album's lead single,
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Speaker 1: Burned the Other End, Billy Strings shows off the darker
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Speaker 1: side of his artistry, while also proving he doesn't have
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Speaker 1: to rely on blazing speed to show off his guitar prowess.
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Speaker 1: He can compose thoughtful and novel guitar melodies in the
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Speaker 1: mid tempo that are just as impressive and that compliment
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Speaker 1: his lyricism. The song was co written by Paul Hoffman.
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Speaker 1: The new album was produced by Billy Strings, with t
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Speaker 1: Bone Burnett acting as co producer, along with some guest spots.
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Speaker 1: The album was recorded with Billy's backing band of Alex
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Speaker 1: Hargraves on fiddle, Billy Failing on banjo, Jared Walker on mandolin,
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Speaker 1: and Royal Massett on bass. As Billy Strings announces the
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Speaker 1: new album, he's getting ready to head to Austin, Texas,
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Speaker 1: where he will film the late latest appearance on Austin
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Speaker 1: City Limits on July second, and then hang around for
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Speaker 1: a couple of days to help headline Willie Nelson's Fourth
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Speaker 1: of July picnic at the Circuit of the Americas. So
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Speaker 1: Much for Goodbyes is available now. The track list Debrahs Waltz,
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Speaker 1: I'm one of those, burn the Other End, carry us Home,
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Speaker 1: lay Me Down, Lucid Daydream, Milltown Flood, Live to Tell, Bluewater, Breakdown,
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Speaker 1: Like the Way I Like Train Songs, ten thousand Miles
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Speaker 1: from a Friend, Still, I Crash, I Wish I wanted
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Speaker 1: to Remember to Cry, and Wrestling an Angel. Next, Charlie
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Speaker 1: Crockett signs with Atlantic outpost Plot's return of new album.
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Speaker 1: The Saga continues for Charlie Crockett in his twenty twenty
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Speaker 1: six album Clovis, with the plot thickening from a new
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Speaker 1: label signing and a promise for the album's return this Friday,
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Speaker 1: July third, the day before Independence Day. On Monday, Charlie
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Speaker 1: Crockett announced that he has signed to Atlantic Outposts. In
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Speaker 1: a statement on social media, Crockett said, Happy fourth of
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Speaker 1: July week y'all. Sometimes to be free, you need to
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Speaker 1: fight Goliath versus Goliath. On this two hundred and fiftieth
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Speaker 1: birthday for America, I'm reminded that freedom is something you
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Speaker 1: continue to fight for a war that never ends. Today
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Speaker 1: we win one battle. Clovis is out July fourth weekend
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Speaker 1: on Atlantic Outpost.
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Speaker 2: Let's Ride.
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Speaker 1: Other artists on Atlantic Outpost include Sturgel Simpson or Johnny Bluesky's,
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Speaker 1: Sam Barber Stella, Lefty Willow Avalon, Cameron Whitcombe, and The
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Speaker 1: War Entreaty Officially formed by Jeff Levin and Ian Cripps
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Speaker 1: in July of last year, the label's slogans moved Fast
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Speaker 1: and Break Things. Charlie Crockett's surprise released Clovis at eight
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Speaker 1: pm on Tuesday night, April twenty eighth He subsequently explained
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Speaker 1: that he was basically dropping the record to get back
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Speaker 1: at Island Records, who he just released his third and
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Speaker 1: final album, from Age of the Ram on April third.
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Speaker 1: It's now a deleted post. Crockett said, every time I
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Speaker 1: find out I signed a deal I don't like, and
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Speaker 1: I go to these business people and tell them I
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Speaker 1: don't like the deal. I don't think it's fair. They say,
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Speaker 1: tough luck, kid, you shouldn't have signed it in the
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Speaker 1: first place. As soon as I hold them to that
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Speaker 1: same standard, I'm the bad guy. However, due to contract
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Speaker 1: stipulations likely restricting Crockett from releasing new music so soon
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Speaker 1: after his contract expired, or perhaps that Island would get
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Speaker 1: first DIBs on any new music recorded while Crockett was
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Speaker 1: under contract with them, the album was pulled on May sixth. Ever,
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Speaker 1: since then, Crockett has been trying to reconstitute the title
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Speaker 1: via streaming and download services, while also giving away CD
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Speaker 1: copies to fans at CMA fests and live shows. Charlie
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Speaker 1: Crockett is known as a prolific artist. He recorded Clovis
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Speaker 1: in the New Mexico town of the same name at
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Speaker 1: the historic Norman Petty Studios with Shooter Jennings as producer.
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Speaker 1: Now we move over to Countrycentral dot Com with the
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Speaker 1: first article dated June thirtieth. Stella Lefty Teas's new song
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Speaker 1: good at Leaving. Stella Lefty has set to release her
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Speaker 1: new single good at levin this weekend, The singer songwriter
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Speaker 1: announced this week alongside a short snippet of the track
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Speaker 1: featuring the song's hook. The twenty three year old Los
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Speaker 1: Angeles based artist born Stella lef That Stella Lefofski and
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Speaker 1: raised in Glencoe, Illinois, broke through earlier this year with Boston,
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Speaker 1: a country pop single around an interpolation of Noah Kahan's
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Speaker 1: Stick Season, for which Kahan received co writing credit. The
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Speaker 1: song debuted on Billboard Hot one hundred at number ninety
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Speaker 1: five in April, before climbing into the top twenty the
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Speaker 1: following month. Left He signed to Atlantic Outpost after her
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Speaker 1: earlier singles gained traction online. She built her following largely
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Speaker 1: through TikTok and Instagram covers of artists like Tyler Childers
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Speaker 1: and the band Perry, before pivoting to original material. She
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Speaker 1: has since performed at Stagecoach opened for Cameron Witcom on
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Speaker 1: his Fragile Egos tour and made her CMA Fest debut
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Speaker 1: earlier this month. Next I think we missed this one
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Speaker 1: last week, Kenny Chesney announces new albut Silver Sands Marina.
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Speaker 1: Kenny Chesney has announced Silver Sands Marina, his twenty first
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Speaker 1: studio album, due out September twenty fifth, via his newly
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Speaker 1: launched independent label, Hainow Records. Produced by Chesney and longtime
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Speaker 1: collaborator Buddy Cannon, the eleven track project marks his first
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Speaker 1: release on Hanow Records. The album features songs written by
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Speaker 1: Tony Lane, Mtrecia Berg, Shane mcinally, Brett James Jesse, Joe Dillon,
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Speaker 1: to Neil Towns, and Adam Wright, with guest appearances from
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Speaker 1: Colby Calay, Meola and Megan Morony. The album is spearheaded
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Speaker 1: by its title track, described in a press release as
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Speaker 1: silky mid tempo that matches the momentum of an unlikely
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Speaker 1: connection in an off season, off the beaten path place,
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Speaker 1: as an afternoon turns into a long night, an early
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Speaker 1: morning flight, and a memory that will last a lifetime.
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Speaker 1: It's such a well written song, Chesney said in a statement,
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Speaker 1: you can smell the fall in the air, the lake
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Speaker 1: and that solitude. Everyone's so busy rushing you miss out
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Speaker 1: on the small details and everything that happens around them.
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Speaker 1: These kind of moments you couldn't make happen.
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Speaker 2: That's the magic.
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Speaker 1: Silver Sands Marina follows the single carry On, which mark
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Speaker 1: Chesney's one hundredth entry on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart.
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Speaker 1: Chesney is currently in the middle of his second residency
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Speaker 1: at Sphere in Las Vegas. He is a twenty twenty
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Speaker 1: five Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, of Course, whose
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Speaker 1: exhibit opens next month. He will host a talk Shop
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Speaker 1: live session on July fifteenth to discuss the album, where
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Speaker 1: signed copies will also be available. Now we hike down
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Speaker 1: the road to people dot com Country with the first
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Speaker 1: article date of June twenty sixth. Bottoms Up. Kelsey Ballerini
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Speaker 1: and Marshmallow release summer banger Another Drink. Kelsey Ballerini and
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Speaker 1: Marshmallow just released a summer anthem for the girls. On Friday,
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Speaker 1: the country singer and the DJ released their first ever collaboration,
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Speaker 1: titled Another Drink. The song captures a carefree and newly
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Speaker 1: single summer night out. No she Don't care out your truck. Yeah, boy,
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Speaker 1: you're out of luck. No, she don't want a thing,
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Speaker 1: She just wants another drink. Ballerini sings in the chorus,
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Speaker 1: don't want to share a smoke, don't want to take
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Speaker 1: you home. No, she don't want to think, She just
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Speaker 1: wants another drink. In the second verse, Ballerini, who recently
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Speaker 1: split from Outer Bank star Chase Stokes, sings about feeling
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Speaker 1: empowered and seemingly sticking to her guns after a breakup.
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Speaker 1: No tears from a breakup because the makeup don't look
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Speaker 1: good running Miss calls got to block him better, lock
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Speaker 1: in and keep him coming. She sings, Here's to all
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Speaker 1: the goodbyes that turn into the good nights. Yeah, nice
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Speaker 1: guy with a nice try. Maybe next time, but not tonight.
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Speaker 1: In a press release, Marshmallow said he loved the challenge
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Speaker 1: of bringing my own approach to country production on this track.
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Speaker 1: I'm grateful to Kelsey for trusting my vision. She's an
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Speaker 1: incredible artist in person, and we're both proud of this
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Speaker 1: song and excited for everyone to hear it, he continued. Meanwhile,
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Speaker 1: the Baggage singer thirty two said she'd been a friend
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Speaker 1: and a fan of Marshmellow for years, We've always wanted
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Speaker 1: to find the right thing to work on together. She added,
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Speaker 1: this song came to life at the perfect time for
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Speaker 1: us to combine our worlds for a fun summertime jam.
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Speaker 1: I hope it makes everyone cheer and dance before another drink.
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Speaker 1: Vallerie released an EP titled Mount Pleasant in November. Earlier
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Speaker 1: this month, she opened up to people about her recent
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Speaker 1: move to New York City and how it's inspiring her music.
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Speaker 1: I've made five records and two EPs in Nashville, and
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Speaker 1: I think I'm in this place in my life where
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Speaker 1: I just wanted to see creatively, where changing my landscape
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Speaker 1: and my backdrop what that would bring out The first
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Speaker 1: Rodeo singer said, it's really proving to feel really inspired
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Speaker 1: and different in a good way. But it's to me
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Speaker 1: what my kind of country sounds like in a city.
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Speaker 1: Marshmallow most recent release was collaboration with Thomas htt titled
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Speaker 1: Where We Go. He also previously collaborated with Hudson Westbrook
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Speaker 1: on Better Than Me and Jelly.
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Speaker 2: Roll on Holy Water.
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Speaker 1: Next Rodney Crowell on Earth's Lost Album. Then again, after
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Speaker 1: nearly twenty years, Rodney Crowell may not have been looking
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Speaker 1: for a lost album at first, but he certainly found one,
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Speaker 1: and in releasing it, he is revisiting a fan favorite
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Speaker 1: era that has come to define his individual sonics to
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Speaker 1: legions of listeners worldwide. Rewind to the turn of the millennia.
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Speaker 1: From two thousand one to five, Crowell released a trilogy
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Speaker 1: of critically acclaimed albums, The Houston Kid, Fate's Right Hand,
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Speaker 1: and The Outsider. Those three projects were not only well
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Speaker 1: received by listeners, they cemented Crowell's role as a foundational
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Speaker 1: Americana artist. But what fans didn't know was that there
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Speaker 1: was another project recorded in two thousand and six that
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Speaker 1: expanded on that trilogy called Then Again. This is really
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Speaker 1: a fourth installment with that creative crew at Treasure Isle
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Speaker 1: Studio with Pete Coleman and Stuart Smith, Michael Rose, Gregg Moore,
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Speaker 1: Olibus Krowe tells people, however, an effort to depart from
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Speaker 1: the world building he did across his iconic trilogy led
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Speaker 1: to the album shelving. At the time, it was really
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Speaker 1: important for me at that particular a moment to put
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Speaker 1: this one aside because I needed to have a different experience,
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Speaker 1: she recalls. When I listened to it, then I just said, God,
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Speaker 1: I just hear some of my production techniques glaring at me.
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Speaker 2: It made me self conscious.
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Speaker 1: Since that moment, the celebrated singer songwriter had spent nearly
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Speaker 1: two decades continually moving Americana forward, releasing new music, earning acclaim,
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Speaker 1: and continuing to expand on his already prolific career. Then
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Speaker 1: one day, an old hard drive unexpectedly resurfaced in storage,
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Speaker 1: discovered by a part time assistant helping around Kraw's house.
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Speaker 1: She said, what is this Krall? Who's seventy four shares?
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Speaker 1: And we put it on. I listened to it, and
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Speaker 1: I went, oh, that's an album I made a long
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Speaker 1: time ago. Though he just released his album Airline Highway
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Speaker 1: less than a year ago, Kraw said the decision to
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Speaker 1: also put out Then again came quickly after he listened back.
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Speaker 1: It sounded good to me, he says, I found something
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Speaker 1: I really like.
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Speaker 2: Let's put it out.
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Speaker 1: Being away from it for so long and not hearing it.
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Speaker 1: When we put it on, I listened to it, I
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Speaker 1: could hear it, Kraw touts, I could hear that. It
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Speaker 1: sounded fresh to me. The production didn't sound dated, it
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Speaker 1: didn't sound like something I'd just done over and over again.
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Speaker 1: In uncovering this musical time capsule, Krow was able to
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Speaker 1: tap back into the musical community that he built around
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Speaker 1: himself during that era. Then Again features appearances from longtime
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Speaker 1: friends and collaborators, including Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, benmont Tench,
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Speaker 1: and the late Guy Clark. When the creativity becomes sort
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Speaker 1: of one thing, a language develops that really is not
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Speaker 1: about words, Krawll explains, music just finds itself because we
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Speaker 1: were willing to let the music find itself. Among the
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Speaker 1: album's meaningful moments is Crow's final recorded collaboration with Clark,
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Speaker 1: an individual he proudly cites as one of his most
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Speaker 1: influential figures in his life from both a personal and
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Speaker 1: professional standpoint. Well, he was angry with me at that
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Speaker 1: particular time over some boneheaded thing that I did, Krow
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Speaker 1: remembers moments before his late friend's final session with him,
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Speaker 1: When Guy was pissed off at you, it was time
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Speaker 1: to grow up instead of letting tension drive them apart,
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Speaker 1: Krow extended in Olive Branch, I actually called Guy and
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Speaker 1: I said, Guy, I know you're angry with me, but listen,
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Speaker 1: come over here and put that anger to good use
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Speaker 1: because I need you, for you to help me tell
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Speaker 1: the story with this song. When Clark agreed, the two
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Speaker 1: crafted are you one of us? A reminder of the
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Speaker 1: sheer vocal power the two bring to the table the
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Speaker 1: gravity of his delivery. It gave my delivery more gravity,
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Speaker 1: kraw notes. Another stellar stand out on the record comes
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Speaker 1: by way of Krow's collaboration with Lovett and Chilly Wright
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Speaker 1: on what You're Gonna Do Now Number two, for which
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Speaker 1: people can exclusively premiere the accompanying music video with smooth
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Speaker 1: steel guitar backing and visuals that place the artist's scenes
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Speaker 1: ranging from a wide open prairie to the hustle and
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Speaker 1: bustle of New York City. The song and video perfectly
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Speaker 1: capture the spirit of a nation in a way that
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Speaker 1: only Krawell can to Crow. The totality of revisiting then
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Speaker 1: Again has prompted reflection not only on a forgotten album,
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Speaker 1: but on the creative life he has spent decades intently building.
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Speaker 1: I don't think I was destined for stardom, reflects, I
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Speaker 1: think I was destined for what to simply have a
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Speaker 1: long career. I want to remain as creative as I
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Speaker 1: can until I drop dead. What I am doing is
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Speaker 1: continuing to create at whatever level I can, striving for
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Speaker 1: the most of the energy and creativity I have right
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Speaker 1: up until it's over. For an artist who previously shelved
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Speaker 1: earlier works in an attempt to stave off repetition, it
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Speaker 1: marks a full circle moment of recognition of a particularly
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Speaker 1: potent time at Krowscraft. The creative music which will continue
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Speaker 1: to impact and transcend generations, then again, is out on
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Speaker 1: all major streaming platforms.
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Speaker 2: Now.
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Speaker 1: This concludes the reading of Country Weekly for this week.
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