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12.12.25 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Back once again with Country Weekly, where we check out
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news and gossip from the world of country music. I'm
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your host, Ken Dawkins, and i will be reading from
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various sources found online now. As a reminder, RADIOI is
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a reading service intended for people who are blind or
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have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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We'll begin with the first article, dated December eighth, and
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this is from Savingcountry music dot Com. Often there's commentary
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along with the news. First up, the split of country
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duo Maddie and Tay. You can't say you didn't see
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it coming, and you can't really say you blame them.
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It's hard in country music for women, for duos, from mothers,
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for performers who want to keep their integrity intact. And
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all of these things describe Maddie and Tay, probably best
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known for their breakout single and bro Country Kissoff twenty
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fourteen's smash number one Girl in a Country Song. On Monday,
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Mattie Farlow Fought and tayd Kerr announced they are officially
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splitting up as a duo, but insists it's not a
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permanent breakup. They're leaving the door open to working together
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in the future and remain close friends. This decision wasn't
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the result of some contentious feud or fight. It was
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due primarily to take Her wanting to spend more time
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at home with her two children and growing family. It's
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been such a hard, hard, honestly heartbreaking decision. Take Her says,
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this was the only dream I've ever had since I
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exited the womb. I had a very specific vision of
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creating music and singing music when we met at fifteen.
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That's what we were set out to do. And we're
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both just so grateful that we've had the journey that
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we've had. This career has been everything we've ever wanted.
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But now take Her wants to spend time at home
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being the mother to her four year old daughter and
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thirteen month old son, and the wife to her husband,
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Josh Kerr, who is a hit country songwriter and Grant
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SEMy winner. Mattie Fot has a two year old son
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of her own, but her husband is to stay at
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home member of the couple, and Mattie looks forward to
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launching a solo career. I'm a mother too, so I
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totally understand the poll, says Mattie. We both were very
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aware of Tay's heart just not being inturing that much,
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which ultimately led to the decision. The duo says recording
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music or performing live together in the future is not
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out of the question. The legacy Mattie and Tay leave
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behind or put on pause, according to Saving Country Music,
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is a complex one to consider. Though some regard them
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as a one hit wonder vea girl in a country
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song who never really developed beyond that sticky track. That's
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not true at all. The duo followed up the song
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with the top ten Fly that was later certified platinum.
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Then five years later, in twenty nineteen, the duo's song
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Die from a Broken Heart became a massive hit, cresting
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at number one and becoming certified four times platinum. Friends
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don't only reach the thirties on radio, but was a
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major organic hit and has been certified platinum two, giving
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Mattie and Tay four platinum certifications. But the story of
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the duo really is a story of only a few
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genuine breakout hits over a span of eleven years, with
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not much in between. Though they were nominated for the
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CMA's Duo of the Year eleven times in the ACM's
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Duo of the Year nine. This speaks more to the
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weakness of the category than the real staying power or
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cultural cache that Mattie and Tay enjoyed. They were the
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anti bro duo, yet ironically feel like a relic of
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the bro country era in some respects. Irrespective of the
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measure of their success, the duo has always been easy
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to root for. They were a bit more country than
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their mainstream counterparts and were willing to have a little
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fun and be funny and take chances. They caused a
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stir in the mainstream with Florida Georgia Lines Brian Kelly
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getting heated over girl in a Country song. They were
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one of the few mainstream country female success stories of
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the era. If nothing else, they outlasted to Florida Georgia Line. However,
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the backdrop of the pseudo break up is the duo's
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twenty twenty five album Love and Light, that didn't seem
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to raise the pulse of just about anybody. They tried
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to make Heart they didn't break into a single, but
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it failed to chart. The fire and frivolity of some
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of their early music felt replaced by complacent musings on
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life and maturity, perhaps appropriate for their moment in life,
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but not especially compelling to audiences, says Saving Country Music.
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It was also more contemporary in a more country moment.
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Mattie and Tay met in twenty ten in Dallas when
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they were fifteen after being paired up by a vocal coach.
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One was from Oklahoma and the other was from Houston,
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and they met half way. They literally spent half their
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lives together as duo singers and co writers. I just
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want to make sure that our fans know how much
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we love them and how grateful we are for them,
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says Matte Font. We have kept doing this for so
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long because of them. They have been the gasoline in
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our tank. The duo still has about a dozen shows
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on their calendar through June twenty twe twenty six before
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they officially call it quits. Next Raoul Mallow voice of
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a generation and Maverick's frontman, has died. Even before his
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recent harrowing battle with cancer. Anyone who asked Saving Country
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Music who the best singer of this generation is would
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receive back the answer without a hint of hesitation. Raoul Mallo.
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That assessment comes virtually irrespective of genre. In fact, one
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of the most important legacies Raoul Malo leaves behind was
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his ability to dabble in so many different musical styles
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while mastering quite a few. He even pioneered a couple
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of his own during the span of his incredible career,
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and did it all in two separate languages. There's such
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a soaring effortlessness and sweetness to Raoul Malo's tone that
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it certainly distinguishes him irrespective of any personal taste in music.
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Sure when querying the general population, Raoul Malo might not
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be the first name that comes up among landmark singers,
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and this is because for his thirty five year career,
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as accomplished as it was, Raoul Malo has always followed
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his heart, and his heart led him to music that
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needed love, championing, and attention and needed a voice like
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Raoul Malos to sustain. Perhaps he could have been an
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operatic great or var era, he could have sung straight
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up pop instead. Malo was unwilling and perhaps incapable of
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playing anyone else's game, of following anyone else's path but
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his own, or of being pigeonholed in any particular place.
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He was uninterested in doing what might earn him the
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most treasure or prestige, and he wasn't one to put
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himself out there as the best of anything. That's why
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he reformed the Mavericks after attempting to dabble in a
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solo career. He felt more comfortable in a band sharing
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the spotlight with others. Everyone loves to talk about the
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virtues of nineties country these days and the era's resurgence
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and influence, but let's not forget that was the Mavericks
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who were the CMA's Vocal Group of the Year in
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nineteen ninety five and ninety six. When you're listening to
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a nineties country playlist and a song like all You
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Ever Do Is Bring Me Down or what a Crying
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shame comes on at Smackshy's Square in the Face with
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the Fields and reminds you just how spectacular Raoul Mallow
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and the Mavericks were back in the day. But this
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is just where it all started. Where it would go
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with the Mavericks, and Mallow's solo career would influence the
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worlds of Latin music, classic pop, big band, and everything
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in between. One of the most astounding things about the
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career of Malo and the Mavericks has been the longevity
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of it. The band's big comeback record in twenty thirteen,
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In Time, won the saving Country Music Album of the Year.
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This was the same year Sturgel Simpson released High Top
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Mountain and Jason Isbel released Southeastern. Some still questioned that pick,
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but the strength of that Mavericks album is steadfast. Miami
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is an unlikely origination point for a country band, but
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the Mavericks were an unlikely story in country all the
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way around. After Malow met bassist Robert Reynolds and they
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bonded over their shared love of performers like Roy Orbison
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and Johnny Cash, they decided to start a country band
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eighteen eighty nine, bringing in drummer Paul Deacon. Since any
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country bars and the region insisted live bands play covers,
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they had to play the rock clubs instead. When the
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band made such a racket in South Florida, they were
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asked to play a showcase in Nashville in ninety one.
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The story goes that the rep from MCA Nashville chose
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to sign them even before they finished their sound check.
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That's how good the Mavericks were. That's the kind of
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voice Raoul Malo possessed. They didn't become a hit machine.
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They never even had a single crack the top ten,
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but they were the envy of every other artist in
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Nashville and set audiences ablaze. Not dissimilar to other Latin
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pioneers in country like Freddie Fender and Johnny Rodriguez, Raoul
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Malo and the Mavericks opened up country music to new
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audiences and did so with music that was distinctly country
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in its day, but even beyond the work of their predecessors,
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Raoul and the Mavericks also created a bridge from country
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fans to appreciate the music of Latin America and South Florida.
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By fearlessly pursuing these influences, especially in Malo's solo career
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and the later iterations of The Mavericks, we had a
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sense the end of Raul Malo's singing was coming soon.
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Just this last weekend, a couple of tribute shows were
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held at the country music mother church, the Ryman Auditorium
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in Nashville. But that doesn't make the shock, the profound
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sense of loss, the vacancy left in our souls where
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Raoul Malo's voice, once uplifted, could hold, comforted and inspired
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any less cavernous and difficult to navigate. You may never
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see Raoul Malo's name alongside the mount rushmore of American
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crooners like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, George Jones and the like,
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But that doesn't mean it doesn't belong there. He was
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Raoul Malo, and he sang right from the soul with
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no latency, and that voice will forever echo through the
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chambers of our hearts for eternity, says saving Country Music,
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irrespective of his continued presence on earth. But he is
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the very first we hope to hear sing again when
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we're all reunited with the Almighty. Now, we make a
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left and a right and head straight to countrynow dot
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com with the first article dated December ninth. Morgan Wallen
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sand In My Boots Festival Hangout Music Fest canceled in
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Gulf Shores for twenty twenty six. Neither Morganwallens sand in
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My Boots Festival nor the traditional Hangout Music Festival will
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take place in twenty twenty six. Golf Shores, Alabama Mayor
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Robert Kraft confirm Monday during a city council meeting the
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Hangout Music Festival will not occur in twenty twenty six,
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Kraft said, we will not have an event in twenty
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twenty six. We are already approving the event in twenty
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twenty seven. The Hangout Fast has been held in Golf
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Shores since twenty ten, typically featuring a pop leaning lineup.
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In twenty twenty four, it was announced that Wallen would
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take over the festival for one year in twenty twenty five,
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rebranded as the Sand in My Boots Festival. The mayor
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added that the timeline for a twenty six event became
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too tight, thus pushing the event to the following year.
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We delayed too long, or they did in their application
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to be able to get the kind of acts that
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we required them to have to be successful in twenty
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twenty six, he said, we will refuse to let them
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go back to the acts that we've had before. So
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they couldn't do it, so they canceled the twenty twenty
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six event. The twenty twenty five event was a massive success,
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selling out forty thousand tickets almost immediately, a feat the
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Hangout Fest hadn't achieved in years. Wallen performed alongside artists
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including Hardy Brooks and Dunn, Post Malone and more. Following
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the festival, locals praised sand in My Boots for a
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better overall experience compared with previous hangout fast events, citing
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a more well behaved crowd and fewer issues. My analogy
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has been my own personal thoughts that in the past
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we had young kids with her daddy's credit card here
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and not a whole lot for them to worry about.
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Mayorcraft said, according to al dot com, they were on
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a free leash. So this year we had an older
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group that had their own credit card, and you could
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certainly see they were more disciplined. There were less problems. Really,
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it was a much better behaving crowd. Business owner Anthony
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Gallo of Ice House tap room near the festival's site
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also shared positive feedback. A lot more clothing, dramatically less issues.
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Last year, there were a lot of declined cards on
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the last day. This year they were not, he said.
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From a business standpoint, our revenue definitely increased. This was
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a remarkably better experience this year than last year. Hands down.
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The Mayor's hopeful event can return in twenty twenty seven
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and deliver a positive experience for everyone involved. However, it's
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not clear if the twenty seven event will returned as
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Sand in My Boots Festival or Hangout Music Festival. They've
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got time now to pursue the type of talent we
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want on our beaches, to invite the right audience that
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we want on our beaches. That we proved last time,
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the last event that could happen were determined. If it's
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going to happen, it's going to happen that way again. Next.
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Lou Combs pulls at heart strings with tender new ballad
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Giving Her Away. Luke Combs is tugging at the heart
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strings with his latest release, Giving Her Away. After teasing
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the emotional track on social media and receiving an overwhelming
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fan response, the superstar officially released the song Friday, marking
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his first release since the prequel earlier this fall. Written
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by Gary Garris, Josh Mirenda, and Josh Phillips, the piano
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driven ballad captures the tender emotional moments leading up to
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a wedding. Told from the perspective of a groom to
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his soon to be father in law, the song explores
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the shared love and overwhelming emotions both men feel as
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the father gives his daughter away to the man who
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loves her only she could have got us both in suits.
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Only she could have got us out of our boots,
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fighting back every tear that we both knew we were
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gonna cry. Today, neither one of us knows what to
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do standing up in front of a crowded room on
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a springtime Saturday afternoon, with both our lives about to change. Man,
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you brought your baby. I brought a ring. I'm giving
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her my name and you're giving her away. Comb sings
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on the heartfelt chorus. Although Combs didn't co write the song,
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he was immediately drawn to it and shares a long
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standing can with one of the co writers. One of
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my good buddies, Josh Phillips, sent me this song that
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he wrote, and I was just absolutely blown away by it.
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Josh has just been an absolute streak recently with these
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songs that he's been writing, and this one luckily made
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it to my inbox. Josh used to crash on the
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couch with me back in boone, and I used to
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go down and play shows with him, So it's kind
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of a full circle moment for me to get to
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record one of his songs and put it out there
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for you guys. I think it's a real special and
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I hope you guys love it, He explained whether it's
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heartfelt lyrics and tender melody. Giving Her Away is destined
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to become a staple on wedding playlists in the new year.
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Giving Her Away follows hits like My Kind Of Saturday Night,
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fifteen Minutes Days like These, as well as Combe's latest
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radio single, Back in the Saddle, which recently became his
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twentieth consecutive single, extending his record setting streak for the
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most consecutive chart toppers has start to a career in
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country radio. This tender release comes on the heels of
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combs My Kind Of Saturday Night tour on the road
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next year, performing so old out stadium shows across the US,
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UK and Europe. Highlights include three Knights in London's Webley Stadium,
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two nights at Edinburgh Scottish Guess Murrayfield, two Knights at
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Ireland Slaying Castle, and two Knights at Green Bay's Lambeau Field,
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as well as stops at Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium, South
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Bend's Notre Dame Stadium, Knoxville's Neiland Stadium, Columbus Ohio Stadium,
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Paris Acorp Arena and Sweden's Eudeve, among others. The twenty
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six tour will feature special guest Dirks Bentley, The Script,
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The Teske Brothers, Thomas Rhett, ty Myers, Jake Worthington, Thelma
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and James, and the Castellos. Next, Laney Wilson units with
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Arrowsmith and Young Blood for genre bending version of Wild Woman.
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Lanny Wilson is bringing her signature country edge to the
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rock world as she joins multi Grammy Award winning Rock
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and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Arrowsmith and British multi
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platinum artists and Grammy nominated artist Young Blood for a
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firy new rendition of Wild Wine. The original version of
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the scorching track appears on the Rock Acts collaborative EP
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one More Time Out Now via Capitol Records. Amid the
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pulsating rhythms, the artists spanning multiple genres come together to
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tackle a story that's both vulnerable and honest, capturing the
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push and pull of a complicated relationship. The song also
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digs into the sacrifices that come with fame and life
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on the road, noting in how constantly moving between connection
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and distance can make it hard to maintain healthy relationships
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at its core, whild Woman serves as an introspective look
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at love, heartbreak, and the messy side of romance, especially
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as someone who has already dedicated so much of their
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heart to their craft. Young Blood opens the track with
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raw energy, soon joined by aerosmith Stephen Tyler, whose vocals
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escalate the intensity until the rockers come together in a
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soaring powerhouse delivery. Midway through Landy Wilson Louisiana bread voice
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weaves into the narrative, softening the air and adding a
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new layer of emotional depth before the rockers take it home.
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According to Lanny Wilson, this unexpected collaboration came together after
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she and Steven Tyler met at the twenty twenty five
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Grammys and performed Dreamond together at Tyler's sixth annual jam
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Per Janey Benefit in February. Then, while building out the
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One More Time project, Tyler and Youngblood had the idea
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to invite Wilson to add her vocals to the track
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while Joe Perry returned to the studio to create a
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fresh guitar part for this version. The reigning CMA Entertainer
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of the Year happily took them up on the offer.
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Yeah so I got to spend a little bit of
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my time with Steven Tyler during the Grammys this past year,
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and they reached out probably like a month or so ago.
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It was a really quick turnaround. I mean as soon
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as I heard the song, I was like, Okay, I
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know what I'm going to do on my end, and
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they really just gave me some creative freedom and went
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at it. It's going to be fun. I'm ready to
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do it live with them. I'm like, okay, we got
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to make this happen now where when? Tell me what time?
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Let's do it, Wilson told Apple Music's Zane Lowe. Young
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Blood echoed Wilson's excitement to collaborate and bring a fresh
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rendition of the track to life. He gushed over his
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musical journey, admitting he's been a fan of Hers for
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a while. I'm really hyped to have Lady Wilson jump
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on this record with us, he shared, I've been a
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fan of hers for a while. Our life story is
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truly inspirational. With this record, we really needed a female
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vocalist to carry it with a level of authenticity that
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Laney embodies. We needed a wild woman, and we for
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sure got one. The release of wild Woman comes after
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the One More Time EP made a huge splash on
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the charts and became one of the biggest rock debuts
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of the year when it landed the top ten of
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the Billboard two hundred. This milestone extends Arrowsmith's incredible six
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decade run of top ten Billboard two hundred entries and
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gives Young Blood its first ever top ten on the chart.
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With nearly forty thousand units sold in the first week,
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The EP also hit number one on Billboard's Top Rock Albums,
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topped Indie store album sales, reached No. Number two on
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vinyl albums and number three on Top album Sales. Internationally,
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it debuted at number one in the UK, signaling Aerosmith's
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first UK chart topper in forty nine years and Young
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Blood's second UK number one this year, while landing in
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the top five in countries like Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands
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and Switzerland. One More Time is monumental for Aerosmith as
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it marks their first new music in over twelve years.
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The five track collection, produced by Max Schwartz, brings together
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two generations of rock across four original songs co written
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by Aerosmith and young Blood, along with these songs and
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the original version of Lanny Wilson's Wild Woman Fans can
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Explore Problems one Thousand Days and the final track, a
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newly remixed version of the Aerosmith classic Back in the Saddle.
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Now we move over to the boot dot Com with
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the first article published on December eighth. Garth Brooks attended
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the Kennedy Center Honors. But it's not what you think.
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You might guess three explanations for Garth brooks appearance at
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the Kennedy Center Honors before getting to the correct one. Actually,
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there might be five or six explanations for his presence
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at the ceremony that are more logical than the truth.
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The forty eighth annual Kennedy Center Honors were held at
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the Kennedy Center in Washington on December seventh. Sylvester Stallone,
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George straight Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Crawford receive the honor.
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This year, President Donald Trump hosted the event. Brooks was
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not there for George Strait, but several other country stars were.
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Brook's job was to perform in tribute to an unexpected
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and non country honoree. Vince Gill had the honor of
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speaking on behalf of straight, much like the King of
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Country Music did for Gill on November nineteenth at the
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CMA Awards. Later, he'd sing Troubadour, becoming one of the
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three to perform on the night. Brooks and Dunn also
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took the stage singing Amarillo by Morning in front of
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a crowd of celebrities, politicians, and dignitaries. Finally, Miranda Lambert
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closed the Three Days or Three Song medleink with run,
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earning per USA Today one of the bigger cheers of
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the night. A funny moment came as straight as receiving
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his medallion. He took his hat off and, much to
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the President's surprise, revealed he has a full head of hair.
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Twenty twenty Kennedy Center Honors recipient Garth Brooks took the
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stage to honor Kiss. Noting the unexpected tribute, he assured
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the crowd he wasn't in the wrong segment and ripped
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through a performance of Shout It Loud. Magician Crisis Or
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Chris Angel and rock band Cheap Trick would also play
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for Gene Simmons and Company. Photos from the twenty twenty
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five Kennedy Center Honors performances will be released at a
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later date. While the President typically attends the Kennedy Center Honors,
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it's unusual for a sitting president to host. Trump was
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active all night, but he also greeted guests pre show
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and shared a presentation with Kennedy Center Honors recipients in
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the Oval office. There's no photo evidence that indicates Brooks
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and Trump spoke during the festivities. They met once before
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at Mari Largo. Had they shook hands, that would have
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likely created some excitement on social media. Back in twenty one,
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Brooks performed at President Biden's inauguration. That performance was scrutinized
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by people who felt he was revealing his political allegiance
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in the moment, and since then he's accused of being
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a liberal by those who ideologies lean more conservative. Brooks
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has always maintained that the inauguration performance was not inspired
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by politics, but by a commitment to his country, but
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those words have often fallen on deaf ears, and thus
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its unlikely Brooks took his opportunity to make his point
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or to curry favor with the president. Highlights from this
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year's Kennedy Center Honors will air on CBS on December
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twenty third at eight p m. The show will provide
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a great opportunity for fans to consider the breath of
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Strait's life and career that may even share a few
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of these class pictures of straight as a child, young man,
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and adult. Next, Tricia Yearwood reveals intimate acoustic tour for
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twenty twenty six. Tricia Yearwood announced a new tour and
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an the new deluxe version of her latest album, per
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twenty twenty six. The singer is set to expand The
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Mirror on January twenty third with a deluxe version that
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adds four new songs and a bonus cut. Then on
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March fourth, she'll begin the Mirror tour with two very
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talented collaborators. The Mirror released last Summer's Yearward's sixteenth studio album.
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It marked the first time she's ever revealed herself as
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a songwriter, as she long believed she didn't have that talent.
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Writers like Leslie Satcher and bridget Tatum worked with Earwood
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to find her voice through song, and together they co
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wrote most of the fifteen songs. The title track is
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particularly impressive, making Taste of Country's midyear list of the
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top country songs by Women. Not too much is known
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about the four songs or new songs added to the
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deluxe album, but the titles include You're Gonna Love It Here,
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Different Kind of Hard, Undone and Country Music. Her Story.
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Another song fans note called put It in a Song
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will also be included as a bonus track. The Mirror
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Tour promises fifteen intimate acoustic shows, during which Yearwood will
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tell stories of her music and career and play hits
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and favorites from her catalog. Sachur and Tatum will join
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her at each show. A full slate of dates includes
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stops along both coasts and several shows dotted in between,
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including on April Let's See That's April No March March
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twenty first, in Paducah, Kentucky at the Carson Center for
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the Arts. Next. Billy Ray Cyrus scores legal victory in
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lawsuit against woman claiming to be Miley's mom. Billy Ray
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Cyrus has officially put an end to a bizarre and
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distressing lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she is
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Miley cyrus biological mother. According to newly filed legal documents,
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a Tennessee judge dismissed the case. With prejudice on Friday,
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meaning it cannot be refiled. The court also ordered that
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Cyrus is entitled to recover his legal fees. The woman,
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Jame Lee, filed suit earlier this year, alleging that she
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go birth to Miley just twelve years old and entered
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into a so called private adoption agreement with Billy Ray
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and his ex wife, Tish Cyrus. She claimed the agreement
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included naming rights for Miley, plus a role as her
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nanny and piano teacher. According to her filing, the Cyrus
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family cut off contact after the alleged adoption, which she
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says caused her severe emotional distress. Lee accused the couple
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of fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, and interference with parental rights.
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She also requested supervised DNA testing to establish maternity and paternity.
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Billy Ray, now sixty four, responded by calling the claims
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false and absurd and filed emotion in November to have
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the case dismissed, arguing the suit was intended to harass
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him and his family. On December fifth, the judge ruled
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in Billy Ray's favor, dismissing the case permanently in awarding
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him the right to recover reasonable and necessary legal fees.
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Billy Ray and Tish were married for twenty eight years
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before divorcing in twenty twenty two. They share three children, Miley,
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who's thirty three, Brazen thirty one, and Noah twenty five.
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Billy Ray also adopted Tisha's two children from a previous relationship,
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Brandy and Trace. Billy Ray and Miley have reportedly been
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estranged in recent years. Still, he recently congratulated her on
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her engagement to musician Max Mirando, the sign that the
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father daughter relationship may be on the men. With this
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legal chapter now closed, Cyrus can turn the page on
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a case the court ultimately deemed to be without merit,
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and finally we move over to the book dot com
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with the article dated December eighth, The Zach Brown Band
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Spectacle at the Sphere turns heads and ties directly into
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themes of love and fear. Zach Brown Band is bringing
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the heat to the Sphere in Las Vegas. The group
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kicked off a limited engagement run at the Sphere in
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support of their new album Love and Fear on Friday,
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and have already made waves with the show's powerful imagery.
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Frontman Zach Brown previously explained that the the album and
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subsequent Sphere shows would detail the story of his life
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that he has never shared, a journey through my imagination,
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music and stories that have to find who I am.
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That journey took attendees on a wild ride and even
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ruffled a few feathers, with some spectators describing the use
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of a fiery skeleton wearing an apparent crown of thorns
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as demonic. Though the skeletal imagery is only present for
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a moment in a promotional reel for the show, its
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use made sense in the context of the accompanying song Animal,
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which contains lyrics such as flesh and blood and bone
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and rage, will tear till nothing's left, fires my spirit
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and the earth. It's my flesh over all. The acutely
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choreographed visuals chosen for the Sphere performance are a nod
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to love and fear and what Brown has described in
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a statement as the duality we all carry. Love and
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fear push us. Love and fear push us yes, challenge us,
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and shape who we become. These songs reflect the highs,
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the lows, and everything in between. He added about the
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new project's messaging love and fear, the group's eighth studio album,
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includes a wealth of sonics that delve deep into all
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facets of Brown and the group's influences, spanning rock, country, gospel,
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and more. Along for the Ride or stand out feature
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artists such as Marcus King, Snoop Dogg, and Dolly Parton
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or each featured respectively on the album's tracks. Zach Brown
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Band will continue their run at the Sphere with sold
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out performances December twelfth and thirteenth, as well as shows
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in the new year on January ninetheenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth.
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This concludes the reading of Country Weekly for this week.
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sixty three ninety. Thank you so much for joining me
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on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI. This is Ken Dawkins,
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wishing you a great day.