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3.7.25 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to catch up with Country Weekly, where
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we check out news and gossip from the world of
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country music. I'm your host as always, Ken Dawkins, and
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I'll be reading from various sources found online. As a reminder,
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RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind who have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. We'll begin with the first article, dated
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March third, from countrynow dot com. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's
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beloved husband of fifty eight years, has passed away. Dolly
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Parton is mourning the loss of her husband of over
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fifty eight years, Carl Dean. He was eighty two. The
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Country Music Icon shared a statement late Monday following his passing.
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Carl and I spent many wonderful years together, Parton said,
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words can't do justice for the love we shared over
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sixty years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy. Also
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included in the statement were details about Carl Dene's memorial service.
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He will soon be laid to rest in a private
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cemetery with only immediate family in attendance. According to the post,
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he has survived by his siblings, Sandra and Donnie Parton.
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Her family and Dean's family are asking for privacy during
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this difficult time. Dolly and Karl met when Dolly was
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just eighteen years old. She had just moved to Nashville
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and was doing laundry at the Wishy Washy laundromat when Dean,
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who was twenty one at the time, drove by in
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his truck. He passed by again and paused to warn
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her about the risk of getting a sunburn and her
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skimpy outfit. I was surprised and delighted that while he
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talked to me, he looked at my face, a rare
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thing for me, Parton wrote on her website. He seemed
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to be genuinely interested in finding out who I was
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and what I was about. Dean knew he had to
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get to no Parton the moment he laid eyes on her.
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My first thought was I'm going to marry that girl,
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Dean shared back in twenty sixteen. My second thought was, Lord,
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she's good looking. And that was the day my life began.
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Parton and Dean were together for two years before tying
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the knot in an intimate ceremony on May thirtieth, nineteen
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sixty six. They exchanged vows in a small church only
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with Parton's mother, a by Lee and preacher and his
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wife as witness. Dean quickly realized he preferred life away
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from the spotlight. After attending a high profile industry event
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later that year, Parton was being honored with a songwriting
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award for the Bill Phillips hit put it off until tomorrow,
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and Dean accompanied her for the evening. That was my
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first big record, Parton recalled. It went to number one
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for Bill and it was B and I's song of
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the year. So Carl and I got dressed up. He
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was in a tucks and we drove to dinner. We
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got out, walked up to the red carpet, went inside
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and sat through dinner and the awards. After the dinner,
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Carl turned to me and said, Dolly, I want you
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to have everything you want, and I'm happy for you,
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but don't ever ask me to go to another one
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of them dang things again. From that moment On, part
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and Dean were rarely seen in public together. As Parton's
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fame continued to grow, Dean remained content running his asphalt
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paving business and staying out of the limelight. In recent years,
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Parton revealed that Dean was facing some health issues and
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admitted that he is the main reason why she wasn't touring.
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I don't tour anymore, she told Polestar. I've got so
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many business things I'm doing, and my husband and I
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are getting older. He's a little older than I am,
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and I kind of need to be with him again.
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Carl Dean passes away at eighty two. Next, Brad Paisley
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announces Truck Still Works tour. Brad Paisley's returning to the
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road this summer. The country music Icon just unveiled plans
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for his Truck Still Works to Her, launching May twenty
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first this year at the Mountain America Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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The just announced first leg of the track includes sixteen
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shows and will run through August. Walker Hayes will be
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the special guest on the tour, with Avery Anna may
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Estes and Alexandra Kay rotating his opening app Upon the
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announcement of the tour, Alexandria Kay wrote, ah so so
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excited see y'all soon. Evyanna and Mayestis both at it.
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Can't wait. The Truck Still Works to It will bring
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Brad to the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado,
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and the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, marking his first
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ever performance at both venues. Fans can add to their
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truck Still Works tour experience with an exclusive VIP package
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of course that includes premium tickets, a guided backstage tour,
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a VIP exclusive gift item, and more. And unfortunately, his
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tour will not take him anywhere near us here in
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the Bluegrass. Next, Cole Swindell and wife Courtney are expecting
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their first child. Cole Swindell and his wife, Courtney Little
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Swindell are having a baby. The couple dropped the news
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of Courtney's pregnancy on Monday. The joint announcement post on
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Instagram features a carousel of heartfelt moments, starting with a
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black and white photo of a couple embracing with a
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clothing line of baby onesies strung out in front of them.
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In the following slides, they continue to document this next
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chapter of their life with images of their sonogram, a
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young family member proudly sporting a big cousin embroidered sweater,
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and a touching glimpse into Swindell's new role as dad
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symbolized by a baseball cap reading dad, a pair of
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tennis shoes with a positive pregnancy test inside, and another
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look at the sonogram. Courtney showed off her bump while
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donning a simple yet stunning cream colored dress, which perfectly
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matches Swindell's casual button down shirt and jeans. Their caption
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Red Baby Swindell twenty twenty five. Tons of congratulatory message
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from fans and fellow artists filled the comments section, proving
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just how much the couple's loved by the community. And
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this news comes nearly nine months after this she had
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made She had Me at Head's Carolina singer tied the
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knot with his other half. The lovebirds officially said I
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do on June twelfth of twenty twenty four, with a
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small intimate ceremony in Sonoma, California. At the time, they
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shared this news with the world with a joint post
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that also debuted Courtney's updated Instagram handle featuring her new
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last name, Courtney Swindell. It's unclear when exactly the couple
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started dating, but it's likely the couple's been together for
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several years. Courtney, a former NBA dancer in the twenty
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seventeen Miss teen North Carolina who Noa now acts as
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co owner of The Little Sister's Boutique. Previously appeared in
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Swindell's music video for his songs Some Habits, which dropped
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in the fall of twenty twenty one. They took their
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relationship to the next level when Swindell got down on
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one knee and proposed on May eighth of twenty twenty three,
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just days before the twenty twenty three ACM Awards. Swindell's
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caption at the time, red still couldn't tell you everything
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I said down on one knee. All I know is
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she said yes. Little also shared a heartfelt note that
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Red woke up as future missus Swindell have never been
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so happy. Can't believe we are engaged. Swindell recently shared
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a closer look into their wedding day with a new
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music video for his latest single, Forever to Me. The
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video showcase has never before seen footage from their nuptials,
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as a way to commemorate the real life love story
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that inspired the tune. Penned by The Georgia and NATO
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alongside Grayland James and Rocky Block, the song officially went
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for radio ads on April fifteenth, and has since hit
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the top ten at country radio. As a thank you
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for fans for all the love they have shown this release,
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Swindell decided to drop a new rendition dubbed Forever to
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Me our version. This new version of the song offers
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more stripped down sound driven by a piano. I absolutely
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love this version. Swindell shared. Forever to Me joins previously
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released tracks One Day, Three Feet Tall, and Kill a Prayer,
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which are all set to appear on Cole Swindell's upcoming
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fifth studio album for Warner Music. Nashville. The country star
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is currently gearing up to head over seas in March
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to serve as support for Cody Johnson's Leather Deluxe Tour.
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These shows will Markswindell's first time performing in Australia and
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New Zealand. Next, Craig Morgan releases American soundtrack EP reflecting
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on faith, family and Patriotism. Creig Morgan is starting his
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time on Blake Shelton's tour with the release of brand
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new music. The country hit maker and Army Reserve soldier
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has just dropped his American Soundtrack EP through BBR Music
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Group BMG Nashville. All but one of the six songs
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on the project were co written by Morgan, who also
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co produced the EP with Phil O'Donnell. I believe most
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people in this nation can relate to something in each
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song on this project. I absolutely love songwriting, Morgan shared.
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God has given me a gift that allows me to
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impact other people's lives. That's a blessing, and I've learned
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not to take it for granted. Morgan has always been
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a voice for the hard working, God fearing individuals who
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form the backbone of America. Every song on American Soundtrack
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reflects his deep faith and patriotism, embodying the values that
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define him as both a singer and a soldier. I
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try to explain God, family, and country and my music
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and in everything I do. The Tennessee native explained, That's
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what I've always done, and I've come to realize it's
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my platform. I don't stress about things as much as
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I used to. I just try to write, sing, produce
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and play the best music that we can and go
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where I think God wants me to be. The soundtrack
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listing from the new album American Soundtrack roots, God's Problems, Country, Education,
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blue collar prayer, who I'm From and again It's produced
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by both Fellow'donnald and Craig Morgan. Now we move along
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to people dot com country first article dated Let's see
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where this is. Looks like March fourth, that's correct. Eric
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Church's Nashville barr is reportedly selling a drink inspired by
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Morgan Wallen's chair throwing incident. Eric Church knows how to
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poke fun at his friend Morgan Wallen. According to a
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now viral TikTok, Church's bar Chiefs on Broadway is now
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selling a drink inspired by Morgan Wallin's infamous chair throwing incident.
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As many fans may remember, Wallin was arrested back in
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April for allegedly throwing a chair off the top floor
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of Rodney Scott's Whole Hog Barbecue, a rooftop restaurant on
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the music Venue's top floor. While the incident inspired the
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creation of a new menu item, the chair. According to
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a photo of the new menu item included in a
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TikTok clip, the drink is made up of Smirnoff raspberry vodka,
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raspberry liqueur lemonade, and a splash of soda. Sounds awfully sweet.
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It serves in a red cup with a miniature folding chair.
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Hanging out of it. According to Country Cord, the drink
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is priced at a wopping nineteen dollars. The drink is
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all in fun. It's Church and Wallert are friends and collaborators.
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Less than a week after Wallin's arrest, their collaboration made
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me a bar where man made a bar Brother reached
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the top slot on the Billboard Country Airplate chart. During
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that time, Chiefs on Broadway also updated its marquee with
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a reference to the incident, writing our pigs fly, our
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chairs don't. After the incident, Wallen was arrested and charged
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with three counts of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. Per
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court records obtained by People, two officers were standing in
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front of the Chiefs on Broadway around eleven pm that
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day when the incident occurred. As we've heard many times
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and in December, Wallin appeared in court and was sentenced
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to one week of incarceration to be served at a
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DUI education center. Following the hearing, Wallen's attorney, Warwick Robinson
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shared a statement that Wallan. Should Wallan thirty one, complete
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his probation, the charges will be eligible for dismissal and expungement.
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Mister Wallen has cooperated fully with authorities throughout these last
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eight months, directly communicating and apologizing to all involved. Moving on,
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Wiley Green sets the record straight on his relationship status
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amid Megan Maroney dating rumors. Riley Green as single as
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can be. During the premiere episode of the d the
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Blind podcast on Monday, March third, the singer who's recently
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been linked to Megan Maroney by fans, of course, was
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asked if he's dating anyone single. Green thirty six responded
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that was an easy one. Then host Eric Henderson pushed
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further and asked how single? Pretty damn? Green said simply
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before they moved on to a different topic. Reps for
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Green and Marony did not immediately respond to People's request
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for comment. Elsewhere in the interview, Green recalled being moved
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by Maroney's rendition of Ain't Nothing About You with Brooks
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and Dun. You know, I did the Brooks and Dun
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reboot this time, and I went to listen to it.
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My favorite song on There is not Mine she did
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Ain't Nothing about You, he said of Maroney twenty seven.
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I forgot all about that song. I wish I would
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have done that, but it's so hard to take something
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that was already right and make it your own, or
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try and make it better. That was one of those
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where it was almost kind of rock feeling a really
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cool version of it. He continued a different round here,
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singer concluded, Yeah, I had to sing she used to
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be mine. With Ronnie Dunn sitting there in the room,
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it's probably a little easy for her, somebody a little
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more talented vocally than I am. But that's a tough
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thing to go through. Though the pair is yet to collaborate,
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Green tapped Maroni to sing Ella Langley's part in Don't
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Mind If I Do in November. Meanwhile, fans began speculating
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about a romance between Maroni in Green in January, when
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TikTok users believe they were on vacation together at the time,
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Maroni shared photos from her trip on Instagram and tagged
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Saint Bartholomey as the location. At the time, Green shared
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photos on his Instagram stories at a resort, of course,
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and a TikTok user pieced together that they matched a
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resort in Saint Bartholomey. Another TikTok user linked their shark photos.
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Apparently they have nothing better to do with their time.
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Earlier that month, the fan on TikTok also pointed out
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that Maroney was wearing what appeared to be Green's hat
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on her Instagram stories. Green previously dated artist manager Sophia
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Sanson and has been rumored to be linked to You
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Look Like That You Love Me collaborator Langley and song
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writer Jessica Lynn. Meanwhile, Moroni was previously linked to Morgan Wallen,
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though she's clarified they were never exclusively dating. None of
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those people has been linked to me. Now we move
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down the road to saving country music for some commentary
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and news. With the first article dated March fourth, Sam
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Williams completely loses the plot on Country Star. It very
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well could be that the son of Hank Williams Junior
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and the grandson of Hank Williams will be responsible for
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releasing the worst song in the entire pantheon of what
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anyone could ever construe as country music in twenty twenty five.
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And though such an offense would regularly elicit some sort
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of rant or other scathing rebuke, here this doesn't feel
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like a moment for vitriol or sarcasm. This is so
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bad and so off it feels like something that should
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give way to serious concern. Again, this is from saving
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country music. It most certainly can't be easy to be
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the son of hen and whether it's Hank Williams Junior,
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Hank Williams the Third, or Hank three's son Coleman Williams,
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they've all rebelled against the family legacy and attempted to
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carve a path in music that is their own, while
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also understanding the importance of keeping their family legacy alive.
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Nobody should want or expect for Sam Williams or any
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other member of the Williams family to be a re
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enactment of Hank Williams. But for Sam Williams, he seems
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to believe that his path forward is through really terrible
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hip hop infused, braggadocious pop that is so vapid and
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devoid of self awareness the only possible viable excuse for
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its horribleness is that it's self parody. Unfortunately, though there
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is no evidence this is the case, with a straight face,
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he the White Boy raps I'm the new Elvis Presley
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and I'm Peyton Manning in the backfield. But in truth,
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most people, even in country music, still don't know that
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Sam Williams exists. While the promotional copy his new song
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country Star talks all about pushing the boundaries of country
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and carving out his own enterprising path forward, the song
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is quite literally the opposite of this. It's the most conformist, safe,
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monogenre mass appeal pandering pop that is humanly possible, says
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saving country Music. It's also not in anyone's universe a
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country song. Despite the inference of the title and the
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fact that it was released by Mercury Nashville. Sam has
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been steering away from conventional country music ever since his
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pop infused album Glass House Children from twenty twenty one.
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Then shortly thereafter there was an unusual situation. We claimed
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that he was under a restrictive conservatorship and wanted out.
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Not dissimilar to the infamous Britney Spears drama. Sam's sister
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Katie was killed in a car accident in twenty twenty
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and this seemed to significantly affect Sam's mental health. In
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the new song country Star, he references Highway seventy nine,
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which is the highway that Katie died on in October
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of twenty twenty two. Sam Williams also came out as
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gay and now his reference as a queer country artist.
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Sam's revelation came in a time when most performers in
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country aren't shunned for their sexual orientation, but showered with
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praise and acceptance. However, this also often insulates performers from
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worthy or constructive criticisms. Country Star is so off it
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almost feels like a cry for help. What is country?
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What is authenticity? It's being true to yourself. Nobody is
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going to buy that Hank Junior's son is some sort
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of larger than life, rapping pop star, he says in
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the song I'm Hank Willie in the Flesh No Walmart Boy.
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But as Sam Williams continued it on his precipitous slide,
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Mason Ramsey has risen up to be surprisingly entertaining an
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authentic songwriter and performer. But this isn't about piling on
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Sam Williams and this patently terrible song. People first, then
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music is the mantra we all should adhere to. It
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doesn't feel like Sam Williams deserves a tongue lashing here.
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It feels like he needs a welfare check. It would
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be unfair for us to project that Sam Williams must
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be country, or even that he must be a performer.
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But when you're calling yourself country, when you're clearly not
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in doing this strange pop hip hop thing that's patently
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terrible no matter what you try to call it, it
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runs counter to everything that Williams name stands for. At
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this point, saving country music just hopes that he's okay.
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Next Zach Top, Jake Worthington, Evoke, George Strait, Alan Jackson
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at the Ryman. It's been a big weekend in Music
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City as Billy Strings has been playing sold out shows
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at the Bridgestone Arena, while just down the street at
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the Ryman, Zach Topp played two sold out shows of
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his own, and being in Nashville, you knew that guest
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collaborations would be a big part of these presentations. Country
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music is going through a big revitalization of the nineties
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country sound, and it's off the backs of guys like
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zach Topp as well as Texas native Jake Worthington with
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his twenty twenty three self titled album. But you have
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to wonder how do these young men feel about the
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state of country music themselves. They might revitalize the sound
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but would they revitalize the sentiments of outlaws like William
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Whalen or their nineties country heroes like George Strait and
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alex Alan Jackson, who famously sang the country protest song
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Murder on Music Row, written by Larry Cordle and Larry
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shell Well. On Friday night, the twenty eighth February, we
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got our answer. Nashville in general has a real good
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knack for ruining country music, Zach Top said while introducing
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Jake Worthington to the stage, and then right there on
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stage of the Country Music Mother Church, the two sang
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their own version of Murder on Music Row. It also
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happened to be a damn fine version of the song
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as well, says Saving Country Music, showcasing the stellar voices
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of the two young men. Also on Friday, country legend
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Mark Chesnutt took to Facebook randomly and declared, after a
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long long time of thinking that my kind of country
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music was gone forever, I finally have hope. That hope
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is Zach Top. He's single handedly bringing real country music back.
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George Jones would call him the real deal. Jessnut said
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similar things about Jake Worthington at the twenty twenty four
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two Step in Festival and if Mark ches Nut is
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praising you, you know you've earned it. The collaboration some
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people have been anticipating is Billy Strings and Zach Topp
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taking the stage together, especially since Top just released a
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three song EP showcasing Strings. Since Billy and Zach were
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busy playing their own shows Friday and Saturday that night,
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there was no opportunity for a collaboration. But on Sunday,
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Strings is playing his own rhyman show and Zack Top
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is off. We'll have to see if Zach Top shows
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up for that one. Next Clint Black announces back on
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the Blacktop Tour. The flunkies over at the Country Music
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Hall of Fame have yet to do what's right and
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put Clint Black's bronze face on the wall. But true
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country music fans don't need any symbolic plaudits to be
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sold on the idea that Clint Black is nothing short
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of a living country legend, and as a member of
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the Class of eighty nine and a neo traditionalist, Black
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helped save country music in the nineties. Clint Black might
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be a legend, but he's no student over ailing character
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ambling onto a stool on stage. You still get everything
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you want out of Clint Black performance as he runs
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through his twenty two number one hits and others that
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should have been. That's why, if you're willing and able,
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you should see him on his Back to the Black
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or Back on the Black Top tour, which was just
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announced for twenty twenty five. Along with performances its scores
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of amphitheaters and small arenas. The tour also takes Clint
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Black to the Outlaws and Legends Music Festival in Abilene, Texas,
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the historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee, and the
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Windstock Country Music Festival in Minnesota. He'll be joined, of course,
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by his longtime co writer and lead guitarist Hayden Nichols
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and the rest of the Clint Black Band. Now he
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will be in Kentucky in a place I've never heard of,
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and that's in New Haven, Kentucky. And that's on June eighth.
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The amp at log still yes that I've heard of
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June eighth, New Haven, Kentucky. Now let's side step over
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to the boot dot com with the first article dated
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March third word, the Grand Old Opry has made a
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big change with the help of Vince Gill. The Grand
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Old Opry has been a staple in American country music
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culture since nineteen twenty five, and one thing on the
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hollowed stage has only been swapped out four times in
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the venue's one hundred year history. The Opry just unveiled
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a fifth redesigned for the iconic microphone stand, and they
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tapped Vince Gill to help them show it off. On Saturday,
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March first, Gil joined a star studded line up as
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part of the Opry's one hundred year celebration, and that's
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when the new microphone stand made its debut. The Grand
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Old Opry's Facebook has shared the fully produced video of
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the actual mic stand being wheeled to the stage area.
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Then when the curtain finally comes up, its Gill playing
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and singing into it for the first time. Then there's
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the beautiful picture posted by Country Wire, captioned the mic
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stand at the Oprey is an iconic symbol of country
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music and this is just the fifth time the mic
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stand has been redesigned since nineteen twenty five. The Opry
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choosing Gill for the unveiling was the right choice. The
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country icon has been a member of the Grand Old
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Opry since nineteen ninety one, just two years after his
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iconic Opry debut. It's hard to find a solid count
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of the number of times he's performed there in all
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those years. It's in the one hundreds, though, as Gill
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made his one hundredth appearance in nineteen ninety eight, he
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could even be pushing two hundred next, Randy Travis extends
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his twenty twenty five More Life Tour with thirty new dates.
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Randy Travis fans have thirty more chances to see him
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on the road this year. The Forever and Ever Amen's
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Singers More Life Tour will now last into November. After
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a successful spring run wraps up in May, the tour
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will take a summer break before returning in Denver on
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August twenty first. From there, Travis and the band will
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keep a heavy schedule in September, October November. James Duprey
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will be singing the hits in front of Travis' original band,
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the Country Music Hall of Fame, and a Famer and
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his wife will be on stage for each show, interacting
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with the band and celebrating the music. Set lists from
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previous shows find most of Travis well known hits will
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be included. For example, setlist dot FM shows twenty two
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songs played during a February eighth concert in Scottsdale, digging
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up Bones, If I Didn't have You. On the other hand,
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I Told You So and three Wooden Crosses all make
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the cut. Also included is where that came from, a
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twenty twenty four release from Travis that was created using AI.
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The moment created some controversy upon its release, as fans
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are still very distrusting of AI when it comes to music.
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In the end, many still objected to it unless it
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was used where no other option was possible, as is
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the case for Travis, who had a stroke and lost
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his singing voice more than ten years ago. And let's
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see Ashland, Kentucky on March twenty second at the Paramount
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Theater is where the Randy Travis Band will be and
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then also at Renfro Valley on April twelfth at the
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Renfro Valley Entertainment Center. And we've got another list this week,
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the thirty most depressing country songs of all time, ranked
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by the Boot. What makes a country song truly depressing?
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It's the kind of song that doesn't have a silver
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lining anywhere, no matter how hard you look. In compiling
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this list of countries' music's most depressing songs, ever, the
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Boot left out a lot of great sad songs simply
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because they had an element of hope or redemption. In
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order to make the cut, these thirty tracks had to
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be pretty downright bleak. They tell the stories of people
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who are stuck in their difficult or tragic circumstances with
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no hope of finding a positive spin on this situation.
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All right, let's begin this long list. Number thirty Shanaya
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Twain when the song sounds bouncy enough, but it's actually
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a wistful take on love gone bad without any hope
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of making a comeback. Number twenty nine says The Boot.
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Broken Heartsville Joe Nichols. Number twenty eight Brett Young, You Didn't.
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This breakup song is somehow more depressing because of just
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how nice Young is being to his ex. Sad songs
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and waltzes for Willie Nelson is number twenty seven, says
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The Boot. The Boots says the number twenty six depressing
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song and country music Dirk's Bentley Say you Do? Dirks
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Bentley knows he's in denial and say you do, but
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he's ready to cause himself some pain in exchange for
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one more night with the woman he loves. Number twenty
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five Jelly Roll featuring Lady Wilson Save Me. Number twenty
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four Miranda Lambert Ugly Lights. In Ugly Lights, Lambert picks
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some less than healthy coping mechanisms to nurse her broken heart.
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Cigarettes alcohol in a little too many hours hanging out
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in the back of dingy bar rooms, the boot says
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the number twenty three depressing song and country music Dug Stones.
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I'd I'd be better off in a pine box. What's
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more depressing than being left lonely by the one you
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love being forced to watch them move on with someone new?
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Cody Johnson at number twenty two. I always wanted to
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Is there anything more depressing than end of life regret?
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Number twenty one John Anderson, I wish I could have
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been there. Number twenty Gary Allen putting my misery on display.
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Number nineteen Alan Jackson. Here in the real world, the
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boy doesn't always get the girl. Here in the real world.
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Number eighteen Patty Loveless. You'll Never leave Harlan Alive. Tracy
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Lawrence with Paint Me a Birmingham number seventeen, the number
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sixteen saddest song, Merle Haggard A Place to Fall Apart.
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The Boot says number fifteen is Chris Stapleton's Whiskey and
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You Number fourteen. Hank Williams my Son Calls Another Man
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Daddy South Dakota by James McMurtry, number thirteen, Cole Swindell
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at number twelve, Dad's Old number number eleven, Tim McGraw,
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if you're reading this, number ten, Morgan Wallen, Live in
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the Dream, number nine, Glenn Campbell, I'm not going to
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miss you waiting around to die from Towns van Sand
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at number eight. Pistol Annie's Best Years of My Life
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at number seven, George Jones he stopped loving her Today
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at foot number six, Reba McIntyre number five, She Thinks
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his name was John, Alison Krause and Brad Paisley Whiskey
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Lullaby at number four, Dolly's Down from Dover number three,
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Johnny Cash Hurt number two and the number one depressing
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song Jason Isabel Elephant. According to the Boot. Well, this
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concludes the reading of Country Weekly for this week. If
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you have any comments or suggestions, about our program. Please
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call us at eight five nine four two two sixty
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three ninety. Thank you for joining me and on behalf
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of everyone here at RADIOI. This is Ken Dawkins, wishing
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you a great day