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4.24.26 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Howdy. Once again, it's time to catch up with Country Weekly,
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where we check out news and gossip from the world
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of country music. I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I
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will 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 or 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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April twentieth, and this will be from Savingcountry Music dot Com.
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The headline this feels Big. Miranda Lambert Inc's new deal
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with MCA. Miranda Lambert has already secured what will likely
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go down as a Hall of Fame career in country
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music as one of the most awarded artists in the
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genre's history. But if she searches for a second win
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behind her storied career, she will do so with a
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new label and at an interesting time for Lambert and
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country music. On Monday morning, it was announced that Miranda
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has signed a new contract a new recording contract with
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MCA to release a future album. Lambert was signed to
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Nashville based Sony Imprints for the first nine albums of
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her career, including landing seven number one albums in a
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Row and a number two with her final album for
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the label, twenty twenty two's Palomino. Then in twenty twenty four,
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Miranda Lambert released her latest album, Postcards from Texas, via
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a deal with Republic Big Loud As. She also became
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a founder of Big Loud's regional imprint, Big Loud Texas.
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Postcards from Texas received positive reviews, but debuted at number
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eight on the country charts and outside of the top
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twenty for the first time in her country career, aside
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from her side project, The Marfat Tapes. Now, perhaps the
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hope is a new label can help rekindle some of
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that Miranda Lambert early career magic and at a time
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that very well might be opportune. Lambert was co producer
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on Ella Langley's new album Dandelion, and also co wrote
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the album's massive hit, Choosing Texas. The album debuted at
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number one in all of music this week, while Choosing
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Texas continues to be the most popular song in the
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United States. Throughout my life and career, I have found
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that the common thread in every chapter is finding the
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right people songwriters, musicians, collaborators and team members to match
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the moment. Miranda Lambert said in a prepared statement, I'm
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honored to join a roster and a team with such
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a rich history of championing artistry. I look forward to
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sharing this new music with the world under their banner.
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It's likely the partnership will include Miranda Lambert still publishing
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under her Banner Records imprint. But what about Lambert's role
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at Big Loud Texas after she was so integral in
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the founding of this important infrastructure to Texas music. The
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good news for folks in Texas is Lambert is not
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leaving her executive role at Bigloud Texas. She will continue
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in her place as founder and will continue to work
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in the capacity of artists and business development for the
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label and publishing company. Though no wordy about new music
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comes with a new label announcement, you can be assured
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something is likely on the horizon. And now, with women
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in a more traditional country sound surging in popularity and country,
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perhaps this will be the perfect time for Miranda Lambert
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to catch that second wind. Next Wayne Moss, guitarist on
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Pretty Woman and Jolene, has died. When you can sit
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back and boast about how you played on the signature
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songs from both Dolly Parton and Roy Orbison let alone
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the guitar part on Only Daddy that Will Walk the
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Line by Waylon Jennings and were part of Bob Dylan's
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Nashville sessions recording his iconic album Blonde on Blonde. You
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can very well claim you left your mark on American culture.
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Truth is, that's just where the credits and accolades for
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Nashville cat session player Wayne Moss began. Unfortunately, though his
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life story ended on Monday at the age of eighty eight,
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the music he made, though, will live on. Wayne Moss
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was one of those Nashville session players whose credits were
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so numerous it might be easier to list who he
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didn't work with than who he did through the years,
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and many of his credits simply going unrecorded. When he
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moved to Nashville, phill in nineteen fifty nine looking to
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make it in music, he became friends with harmonica player
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Charlie McCoy and drummer Kenny buttry falling in with the crowd.
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Who was on call today and night to record the
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next hit? It was a Hall of Fame piano player
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Hargus Pig Robbins, who officially hired Wayne Moss on a session,
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but only a couple of years after arriving in Nashville,
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Moss also opened his own studio called Cinderella Sound, which
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would become legendary in recording circles, in part because of
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the mystery surrounding it. Along with playing guitar and bass
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on countless sessions, Moss also worked as a record producer
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and accrue number of songwriting credits over his career as well.
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Though country was much of the repertoire that Wayne Moss
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worked in, he was also known for working with numerous
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rock performers. That's why his playing credits span across a
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wide variety of artists, from Patsy Klein in Lefty Frizelle
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to Waylon Jennings, Charlie Pride, Charlie Daniels, Chris Christofferson, Loretta Lynn,
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Jon Baez, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, and the Steve Miller Band.
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If he were one one of those rockers who came
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to Nashville to tap into the city's rich musical talent,
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Wayne Moss was one of the names you wanted to
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have on your recordings. He could bring that country field
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but remained palatable to rock sensibilities. Former Monkeys member Mike Mesmith,
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Carl Perkins, and Nancy Sinatra were some other names that
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solicited the services of Wayne Moss, whose studio sessions were
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mostly what he was known for. Moss was also in
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the touring band of Brenda Lee for a spell. Wayne
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Moss was around long enough to see the very start
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of the Nashville recording community, and around long enough to
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see it go through numerous premutations, from classic country gold
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to the rise of rock, to country politan, and into
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the outlaw era. He also played in two of Nashville's
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most legendary session player bands, Area Codes six point fifteen
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and Barefoot Jerry. As Big Labels bought up or operated
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many of Nashville's studios, Wayne Moss kept his Cinderella Sound independent.
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The studio emerged out of the closing down of a
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nightclub called The Sack that Moss owned with Charlie Mca.
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They took the sound equipment from the club and built
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a studio out of it in the garage of Wayne
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Moss's Madison Area home. It would go on to become
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legendary and one of the last independently owned studios in
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the city. Grand Funk Railroad, James Gang, Steve Miller, Ban,
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Linda Ronstadt, Mickey Newbery, and Moore were some of the
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names who sought Cinderella and Wayne Moss out to record.
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The studio wasn't listed in any phone book and wasn't
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part of public knowledge. You had to know somebody who
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knew Wayne Moss to get permission to record there. That
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made the space magical to the artists and bands that
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ventured to Nashville to record at the place owned by
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the guy who played the iconic guitar riff on Pretty Women.
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Wayne Moss was born on February ninth, nineteen thirty eight,
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in South Charleston, West Virginia. Grew up playing in bands
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in Charleston, knowing he wanted to be a musician. Moss
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was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame
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in twenty thirteen. He probably should be a candidate for
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the Rock and Roll and Country Music Hall of Fames
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as well. So next time you hear the guitar and
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Bob Dylan's I Want You, or Roy Roberson's Pretty Woman,
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or Dolly Parton's Joline, think of Wayne Moss, who put
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the sound to the story of some of the greatest
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pieces of recorded music in history. Now we move over
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to cinema blend dot com with the article dated April
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twenty eight, Keith Urban gave fellow country singer Lanny Wilson
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some blunt advice when she complained about being on the road.
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Keith Urban had plenty of good advice for up and
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coming country music singers on the road the CBS Singing
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Competition from Taylor Sheridan that Urban hosted alongside Blake Shelton.
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But apparently that's not the only time he's dolling out
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gems to fellow artists. We saw how he's a force
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to be reckoned with on the New Singing Competition, and
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Landy Wilson recently revealed she got some blood advice from
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Urban once after she complained about a brutal touring schedule.
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Lanny Wilson has been seemingly unstoppable over the past few years,
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winning dozens of awards, including ACM, CMAS, and even a Grammy.
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She hosted the CMA Awards, appeared on Yellowstone, and made
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her feature acting debut in the twenty twenty six movie Calendar.
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In the Colleen Hoover booked to screen adaptation of reminders
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of him. That's not to mention her actual music and touring,
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and she spoke on the No Filter podcast about the
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time she told Keith Urban how exhausted she was. I
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ran into him and I was so tired. I had
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been on the road. I think we played one hundred
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and eighty something shows that year. I saw him and
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I was telling him. I was just like, I'm tired,
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and he was like, no whining on the yacht and
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I was like, Keith, you better get up out of
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my face with that. Now. Wilson may not have wanted
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to hear that piece of advice at that moment, but
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the message definitely stuck with her. Basically, that sounds like
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Keith Urban's way of reminding her what a privilege it
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is to be able to play music for a living.
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Wilson is getting opportunities most people only dream about, so
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there's no room for complaining. Keith Urban's whining warning wasn't
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the only wise words he had for Landy Wilson over
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the years either. The Heart like a Truck singer said,
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Keith Urban has been one of those guys. From me,
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he told me not long ago. He's like it's better
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to maintain balance than always be trying to achieve it.
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To me, that means figure out what works for you.
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Have work life balance and don't lose that. But once
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you do and you're kind of lopsided, then it's hard
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to get back. Work life balance is a struggle for
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a lot of people, as is taking the good things
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in our lives. For Granted, Keith Urban definitely hasn't always
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had it easy, particularly lately with his divorce from Nicole
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Kidman after twenty years together. The Road streaming with a
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Paramount Plus subscription, was filmed a few months before the
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couple went public with their break up, and fans thought
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Urban might have been singing about Kidman when he performed
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Messed Up as Me about a couple in a turbulent relationship,
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and straight Line about wanting to escape from a soul
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sucking situation. There may be no winding allowed on the yacht,
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but Lady Wilson should take note that singing about your
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troubles is highly recommended. Now we move down the winding
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road to Countrynow dot Com. With the first article Day
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to Day April twenty first, Brandon Lake brings out Jordan
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Davis for surprise by Dirt duet in Charlotte. You never
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know who will show up to join Brandon Lake on
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his King of Hearts tour. He recently welcomed country superstar
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Cody Johnson to the stage, while other stops have featured
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appearances from Gary LeVaux of Rascal Flats and Bailey Zimmerman.
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So when the tour rolled into the Spectrum Center in Charlotte,
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North Carolina, on Sunday, fans were left wondering who might
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show up next. They got their answer when country hit
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maker Jordan Davis took the stage. Midway through the show,
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Lake stepped forward and welcomed Davis out in an intimate
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setup featuring two stools at center stage. Before the pair
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launched too Davis hit by Dirt. Lake shared the personal
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meeting the song holds for him. Brittany and I while
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we moved out of the city and my life just
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started getting really busy, we put an offer on this
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house and we had to wait six months till we
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moved out there. What I didn't realize is that the
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land would heal me in ways I didn't know I
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needed he a healing, he shared, and me and Brittany
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played this song every single day, and this became our
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anthem and so I wanted to share it with us. Together,
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with acoustic guitars in hand, the two delivered a stripped
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down performance of the chart topping hit. Lake later shared
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a video of the moment on social media, writing, my
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boy Jordan Davis wrote one of my all time favorite songs,
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so of course I had to have him come singing
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on the koh tour. Davis was quick to respond, adding,
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awesome night, brother, thank you for having me out. Let's
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do it again soon. The moment clearly struck a chord
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with fans in attendance as well. One concertgoer wrote, I
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was at the concert last night. What a powerful message
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and moment seeing this live. What a beautiful song and
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meaning behind it, while another added a highlight from the
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most incredible night. I love you both. In addition to
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sharing the stage with some of country music's biggest stars
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on tour, Lake recently released the Jesus I Know That's
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the Jesus I Know now with superstar Lady Wilson. The
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love and support around this song has honestly been more
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than I could have expected. I've been blown away by
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the stories how God is using this song to reshape
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how you view Jesus. While my sin breaks is heart,
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I'm thankful for a love and grace that always extends
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and pushes me to want to be a better man.
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Grace isn't an excuse to sin, but if I had
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a limit, I sure would have used it all up
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by now. Brandon Lake's King of Hearts tour continues on Thursday,
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or did continue this Thursday in Greenville, South Carolina. Next,
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Riley Green delivers a career defining night at Bridgestone Arena
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in sold out Nashville. Show country superstar Riley Green checked
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off a major career milestone on Saturday night, headlining Nashville's
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iconic bridge Stone Arena for the first time as part
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of the Cowboy As It Gets to Her in front
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of a sold out crowd, of course, in Music City.
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The Alabama native took the stage around nine twenty pm,
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starting the night with a signature duck call into the
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mic that instantly set off a huge reaction from the
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capacity crowd. Green launched into different round here, damn good
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day to leave, and if it wasn't for trucks, before
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welcoming the night's first special guest, longtime friend and fellow
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Alabama native Jamie Johnson for pair of songs where the
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Corn Don't Grow and in Color. It was a full
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circle moment for Green. It was long credited Johnson as
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one of the biggest influences in his career. From there,
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Green kept the momentum going with the fan favorites like Georgia,
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Time and Rather Be before slowing things down for Make
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It Rain. Throughout the night, the platinum selling star kept
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production simple, with no over the top pyrotechnics, just a
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massive video screen behind him, keeping the focus on the
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songs and the performance. Fans sang along all night and
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were later surprised with a guest appearance from Carly Pearce
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for their hit duet if I Don't Leave, I'm Going
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to Stay. After a pair of Toby Keith covers, Green
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then made his way through the crowd, stopping for high
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fives and fist bumps as he walked to the B stage,
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where he showcased a strip down set featuring three of
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his solo written tracks, the emotional Jesus Saves, the newly
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released My Way, and the chart topping Don't Mind If
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I joined by opener Mackenzie Carpenter, closed out the night
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with some of his biggest hits to date, concluding that
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there was This Girl, Worst Way, and I Wish Grandpa's
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Never Died. The show marked a defining moment in Riley's career,
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his biggest headlining tour yet and a clear sign that
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this is his moment. From playing bars and clubs to
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now commanding arenas like Bridgestone, his rise has been steady,
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hard earned, and Saturday Night felt like the payoff. The
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night also showed what makes him stand out as a
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live performer. He doesn't rely on flashy production or over
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the top staging, just well written songs, a solid voice,
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and a crowd that knows every word. Next, Country Thunder
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Florida relocates to Clearwater for twenty twenty six Country Thunder
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Florida has announced that its twenty twenty sixth festival is
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moving to a brand new location. The event was originally
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set to take place at the Trade Winds Resort in
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Saint Pete Beach, Florida. However, a recent update reveals it
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will be relocating to Coachman Park and clear Water. Fans
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who are gearing up for the Beachfront Festival will still
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get to experience stunning views of the water on Me
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eight through tenth, as it is located less than twenty
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miles from the original site. Fox thirteen News reports that
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the reason for the change was due to various environmental concerns.
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While we are disappointed that the Country Thunder Florida will
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no longer take place on Saint Pete Beach, it has
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been a privilege to work alongside the Country Thunder team
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throughout this process, says Travis Johnson, hotel manager of Trade
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Winds Resort. Ultimately, this decision reflects what is best for
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the overall logistics and long term success of the event.
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The first ever takeover of the nineteen acre waterfront venue
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will include performances from Zach Topp, Gavin Adcock, Caine Brown
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and Moore. Alongside the headliners, the festival will also feature
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Randy Hauser, Max mac Down, Shaboozy Dasha and many more.
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This is about putting on the festival we came here
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to deliver, says Country Thunder executive director Kim Blevins. As
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we move forward with planning for the festival, if it
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became clear the clear water offer the infrastructure and community
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partnership needed to bring this event to life the right way.
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Coachman Park gives us the ability to execute our full
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vision and create an unforgettable experience for fans. Organizers say
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that fans can expect to see Coachman Park transform into
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a bucket list festival experience as country music lovers from
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all over the US come together for three days of
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NonStop music and coastal ambiance. In addition to the music,
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fans will have a chance to browse cowboy hats and apparel,
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enjoy a wide range of food offerings, and catch performances
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on a secondary stage dedicated to rising Sunshine State talent.
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There will also be a songwriter showcase on site, putting
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the spotlight on the creatives behind the main stage. Biggest Hits,
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sponsor activities keep the energy across the grounds going and
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will even offer opportunities for surprise artists meet and greets.
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Or is excited to introduce country music fans to beautiful
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waterfront Coachman Park and to be the new location for
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country thunder Sharfes City manager Jennifer Porier. I'm excited to
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put on my boots and watch the sunset while listening
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to some great country music. In lieu of the recent
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venue change Country Thunder. Ticket holders interested in a refund
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can do so at the original point of purchase. Now
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we slide on over to countrycentral dot com with the
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first article also dated April twenty first, Morgan Wallen and
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Ella Langley reveal new duet I Can't Love You Anymore.
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Morgan Wallan and Ella Langley performed a new duet, I
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Can't Love You Anymore live for the first time Saturday
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night at Wallin's show in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The song is
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scheduled for release this coming Less weekend and marks the
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first time the two have appeared together on a studio
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recording after a long string of live duets. The track
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carries as Sultry's seventies influenced sound reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac,
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centering on two people caught between exhaustion with a dysfunctional
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relationship and an inability to fully walk away from one another.
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On stage, age, Wallen remarked, Ella wrote this song about
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a month ago and sent it to me, and I
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loved it from the second I heard it. Eagle eyed
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fans may have spotted the collaboration coming. The letters ic
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l YA, an acronym for the song's title appear on
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a Tennessee license plate in the music video for Langley's
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recent single Choosing Texas a subtle easter egg Planet ahead
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of Friday's announcement. Though this is their first recorded collaboration,
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Wallin and Langley have built a well documented friendship over
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the past two years. Langley served as support act on
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Wallin's I'm the Problem Tour in twenty twenty five, and
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the two have performed together on stage several occasions, often
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dueting his song what I Want. Langley is also set
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to join Wallen on his twenty twenty six Still the
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Problem Tour next. Tracy Lawrence adds new No Alibi Tour dates.
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Tracy Lawrence has announced a second leg of the twenty
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twenty six No Alibi Tour, adding thirty three dates to
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the run and extending it through October. The tour launched
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last month and includes a stop at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
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on May third, Lawrence's third consecutive appearance at the venue
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following back to back sellouts. The run also takes him
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through Minnesota and Wisconsin this weekend, before spreading across the
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South Midwest and both coasts through the fall. Throughout the
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nineteen nineties, Lawrence established himself as one of country music's
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most recognizable voices, scoring hits with Alibi's Time Marches On,
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If the Good Die Young, and Paint Me of Birmingham.
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He later added find Out Who Your Friends Are featuring
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Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney to his catalog of classics.
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His musical style draws on neo traditional country and honky
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talk influences, and he has won Top Male Vocalist honors
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from both Billboard and the Academy of Country Music. The
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New Alibi or No Alibi tour dates include August fourteenth
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in Kentucky in Pikeville at the Appalachian Wireless Arena next
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Waylan Wyatt announces new single dead Man Whalen Wyatt took
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to Instagram to announce that his new single, dead Man
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Walkin is set to drop this weekend. Wyatt rode in
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the caption, been loving playing this one for you all
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out on the road. Had to get it out for
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you all soon. The new single arrives in a particularly
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busy moment for the nineteen year old Arkansas native. His
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recent collaborations with producer Ian Fitchuck, known for his work
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with Casey Musgraves have pointed toward a sophisticated, technically polished
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artist with songs to match. That trajectory was on full
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display earlier this year when Wyatt teamed up with Wyatt
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Flores for the duet Didn't Forget Dead Man Walkin also
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in the Midst of Whale and Wyatt's biggest tour to
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date is Everywhere Under the Sun North American headlining slated
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to take him across clubs and festivals all summer long,
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and that includes in Lexington, Kentucky, on June sixth at
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the Railbird Music Festival. Now we move on to Taste
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of Country with the first article published on April twenty second.
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Shania Twain hosting the twenty twenty six ACM Awards. Shania
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Twain will host the awards in Las Vegas. In May,
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the Academy of Country Music revealed the country superstar would
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host the annual award show in a press release stated Wednesday,
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twenty twenty six, will mark Twain's first time hosting the
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awards ceremony. I'm thrilled to be hosting the sixty first
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ACM Awards in Las Vegas, a place that feels like home.
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Twain states, it's such an honor to be part of
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this incredible night celebrating country music's biggest stars, especially with
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so many talented women leading nominations this year. I can't
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wait to welcome all of the fans and artists out
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for this unforgettable night. Shania Twain is the best selling
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female country artist of all time. Of course, she dominated
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the country scene in the nineties with albums including The
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Woman in Me, Come On Over of Placing, a long
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string of hits including any Man of Mine, You're Still
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the One from this Moment on That Don't Impress Me much, Man,
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I Feel Like a Woman, and more. Shania Twain is
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a three time ACM Award winn and five time Grammy
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Award winner. She sold more than one hundred million units
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worldwide across many genres. Next. Why the Eagles fired guitarist
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Don Felder. The Eagles have seen quite a few lineup
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changes over the years, but few of them shook the
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band up quite like guitarist Don Felder's departure. The Eagles
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fired Felder from the band on February six, two thousand one,
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touching off a series of events from which his relationship
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with the other musicians would never recover. Felder joined the
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band back in nineteen seventy four, and he had an
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immediate impact on the group, which was in the process
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of transitioning from the country rock stylings of the early
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hits including Take It Easy, Peaceful, Easy Feeling, and Best
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of My Love into a more rock edged sound. Felder
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was much more of a rock guitarist than their original
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guitarist Bernie Leaden, and his contributions to the band were major,
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not only as an instrumentalist, but also as a co
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writer on songs including Victim of Love, Those Shoes An
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Even Hotel California. But problems developed between Felder and some
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of the other band members, especially singer guitarist Glenn Frye,
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that came to a head at a concert in Long Beach,
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California in nineteen eighty when fry and Felder clashed back
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stage before the show and subsequently taunted each other with
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threats of violence on stage in front of the fans
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during the show. The band took a break for fourteen
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years after that, as we know, and fans and even
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musicians were surprised when the Eagles got back together on
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tour in nineteen ninety four with the pre break up
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line up of Frye Don Henley, Felder, Joe Walsh and
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Timothy B. Schmidt. That line up toured steadily from ninety
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four until Felder's dismissal in two thousand one, but there
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was still a great deal of turbulence behind the scenes
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in regard to Felder was unhappy with Henley and Fry's
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dominance in the band and the fact that he was
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no longer an equal financial partner in the Eagles under
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the terms of the reunion. It was Henley and Fry's
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decision to fire Felder, and he responded by suing them,
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alleging wrongful termination as well as breach of contract and
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fiduciary duty. The litigation settled out of court several years
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of after several years of legal wrangling, and the terms
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were never disclosed. Henley and Fry subsequently sued to try
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to stop publication of Felder's tell all book about his
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time in the Eagles, which delayed its publication by two years.
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Finally published in two thousand and nine, Heaven in Hell
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My Life in the Eagles offered a scathing portrayal of
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Henley and Fry as power and money man dictators who
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ran the Eagles with an iron fist and arranged underhanded
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ways of keeping as much of the resulting money for
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themselves as they could. The book would provide the final
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nail in the coffin of Felder's relationship with the other Eagles.
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Though past members Leaden and Randy Meisner were invited to
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participate in the History of the Eagle's tour in two
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thousand thirteen, Felder was notably passed over, and as far
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as is publicly known, he has never spoken to anyone
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in the band since two thousand one. It's a situation
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Felder says he wishes he could change. I'm a firm
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believer that people have been in such a substantial part
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of your life should not be slashed out. People that
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are good people I like to keep in my life.
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Felder told you to Ultimate Classic Rock. That's back in
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twenty thirteen. I've reached out numerous times to the Eagles
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directly and indirectly, with a warm handshake, not asking for anything,
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just conciliatory well wishes, and the only response I've ever
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heard is from their lawyers. So I would say that's
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the place I'll have to arrive on their own. If ever,
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Felder never got the chance to mend fences with Fry
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before the singer died in January of twenty sixteen. In
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a statement after Fry's unexpected death at the age of
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sixty seven, Felder said that he was left with a
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very heavy heart filled with sorrow, pointing out that he
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and Fry had been like brothers at times, and like
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brothers they had fought. It saddens me a great deal
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that we were never able to address the issues that
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came between us and talk them through. Felder lamented sadly,
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now we will never get the chance. The planet has
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lost a great man and a wonderful musician today. None
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will ever be able to take his place next. Zach
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Topp didn't expect to be embraced by country music. Zach
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top recently received five nominations in the upcoming twenty twenty
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six ACM Awards, and his reaction makes him one of
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the humblest artists you will ever see in the music industry.
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Top was a recent guest on Country Countdown USA with
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Lon Helton. We got to talking about his slew of
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nominations for this year's ACM Awards. The South of Sanity,
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singer says, they keep throwing them in my way. I
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keep waiting for them to pull the rug out from
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under me. Here's a guy with all the success in
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the world out of the gate, worrying that all the
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accolades he has accumulated thus far are a mistake and
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that the industry will someday realize that and take them away.
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Top tells Helton, it's wild. I didn't expect to be
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embraced by the industry as much as I have. It
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feels really good. It's gratifying that the industry has taken
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a liking to me. I'm grateful for It's out to
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the system that a guy that is as country as
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they get, posting videos of him playing guitar and singing
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with a case of beer behind him while sitting on
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a writing lawnmower, thought that the country music industry would
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not embrace him as he is a walking country music monument.
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Top is up for five ACMs for this year's show,
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Male Artists of the Year, Album of the Year, Song
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of the Year for I Never Lie, and Single of
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the Year and again. The twoenty twenty six ACM Awards
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will take place on Sunday, May seventeenth, beginning at eight pm.
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Fans can watch the show exclusively on Amazon Prime Video,
27:35
which will carry the broadcast live from Las Vegas. And finally,
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Billy Bob Thornton says he has written eighteen to twenty
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country songs after Landman's success. Is a Billy Bob Thornton
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going country? Well, not exactly, but he's becoming a popular
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writing companion in Nashville. It all started when the Landman
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actor put pen to paper with his pal of thirty
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five years, Mark Colly, who stars in the show with him.
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The two wrote the song Midland After Midnight, which was
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then recorded by Flatland Cavalry for the show's soundtrack. I've
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been writing a lot of country songs, Thornton tells Ksby News.
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For some reason, all of a sudden, I grew up
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in rock and roll. I don't know how to write
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a country song. Next thing, you know, all the country
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guys wants to write songs with me, and boy has
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he been writing. The actor tells ksb Why that he's
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probably written somewhere between eighteen and twenty songs, with most
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of them having been recorded or are going to be
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recorded for various albums. That's a thing that's kind of
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new to me writing in that world. He adds. Wow. Well,
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that concludes the reading of Country Weekly for this week.
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behalf of everyone here at RADIOI. This is Ken Dawkins,
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wishing you a great day.