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8.8.25 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to catch up with Country Weekly, where
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we check out news and gossip from the world of
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country music. I'm your host as always, Ken Dawkins, and
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I'll be reading from various sources found online. As a reminder,
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Radio I is a reading service intended for people who
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are blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult
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to read printed material. We'll begin with the first article,
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dated August fourth, from Saving Country Music, where we always
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get news and opinion. First up, Tyler Childers sees career
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high debut for snipe Hunter. Tyler Childers has set a
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personal best debut with his new album Snipe Hunter, released
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on July twenty five. The album debut is at number
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two on Billboard Country Albums Chart, disrupting the Morgan Wallen
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party at the top of the country, and also comes
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in at number seven on the All Genre of Billboard
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two hundred, a personal best for Tyler. His album Country
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Squire from two thousand nineteen hit number one in country
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upon its debut, but debuted on the Billboard two hundred
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at number twelve. This means this is the best showing
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for a Childer's title on the all genre charts. Snippotter
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also has the best debut showing of any Tyler any
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of Tyler's albums in regards to raw numbers. The album
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sold forty seven thousand, five hundred eighty five total units
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in physical albums and streaming equivalents, beating his previous high
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of thirty two thousand for country. Squire. Tyler's twenty twenty
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two album Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven debuted
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with twenty seven thousand units sold and number three in country.
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Twenty twenty three's Rustin and the Rain debuted at number
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four in country. Snippotter sold twenty six thousand, nine hundred
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and thirty five in physical album sales, along with twenty
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five point five million audio streams. This gives Childer's top
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honors in physical sales in country and puts him at
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number two all genre, behind Korean band tomorrow X. Together
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in equivalent album sales, Childress was beaten out in country
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by Morgan Wallen's Mammoth I'm the Problem. With its thirty
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seven tracks, Wallin occupies the number three and number four
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spots on Billboard Country Album's chart as well. Shaboozi helps
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round out the top five with where I've Been Isn't
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Where I'm Going. Produced by Rick Ruben and assistance from
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Nick Sanborn, Snipehunter has stimulated great conversation, if nothing else.
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Though many critics have lauded the record, reception among country
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fans has been mixed, making Saving Country Music to declare
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it the most polarizing album of Tyler Childer's career. But
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sometimes conversation can be the best thing for a record.
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It also helps that Snipehunter includes thirteen tracks, where his
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last albums only had eight and then seven songs, respectively.
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The strong debut comes on the eighth anniversary of Tyler's
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best selling album of all time, twenty seventeen's Purgatory, which
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sits at number thirty two on the Billboard Country Album's Chart,
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a passing many newer titles in country, including Tyler's own Purgatory.
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Is a good reminder that the proof of an album's
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success often isn't measured in weeks, but years. Purgatory debuted
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at number seventeen, but ended uprising to number nine over
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time and still remains one of the most popular albums
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in all of country music. The story of Snipehunter is
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just getting started, but so far it's off to a
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Good Start. Next, Zach Topp reveals details of new album,
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Ain't in It for My Health, saving country music's reigning
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Artist of the Year, revealed the title and release date
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of his new album, Ain't in It for My Health
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back in early June, to be released on upstart label
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LEO thirty three on August twenty ninth. The album comes
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highly anticipated after Zaktop's twenty twenty four album Cold Beer
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in Country Music became his big breakout and saw neo
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traditional country music return to the top of the charts,
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including Zach's number one radio song I Never Lie Now.
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Zak top Is revealed the fifteen song track list along
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with pre orders for the album that come with a twist.
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Goes ordering the double LP version of the vinyl version,
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that is, and either the standard Black or the Blood
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Moon Red will also receive a bonus track. Just like
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Zachtop's music, He's going old School, offering a vinyl only
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track along with the Alan Jackson inspired summar anthem good
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Times in tan Lines. Zach Top has also released the
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song South of Sanity from the new record. Once again,
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Zack Top is caught revitalizing sounds and modes of nineties
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country but unlike the saccharin good Times in tan Lines,
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South of Sanity evokes memories of all those good old
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rodeo heartbreak songs made famous by George Strait and many others,
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just like his last album, Ain't in It for My
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Health will be produced by Carson Chamberlain, who's Zacktop's Ace
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in the Hole. Chamberlain is a Kentucky native that played
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steel guitar and was the band leader for Keith Whitley
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all the way up to Whitley's death in nineteen eighty nine.
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Carson was also the tour manager for Alan Jacks and
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Clint Black. He knows how to evoke that neo traditional
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sound because he helped create it. Carson Chamberlain also co
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writes many of Zaktop's songs with zach including good Times
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in Tan Lines and South of Sanity. Though we don't
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have the full slate of co writers for the album
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just yet, we do know that Mark Nessler and Wyatt
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mccobbn also appear in the song credits. Zachtop's popularity definitely
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speaks to the swelling appetite for country music that sounds
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country in both old and young listeners. Ahead of the album,
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Zach Top has had to start booking arenas in certain
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markets to meet demand. Ain't in It for My Health
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is available for pre order in Black vinyl and Blood
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Moon vinyl and on CD. The track list Guitar good
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Times in Tan Lines, when You See Me, Splitsville, Between
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the Ditches, Flip Flop, Livin' a Lie, Tightrope, I Know
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a Place she makes South of Sanity like I Want You,
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Country Boy Blues, Loving the Wrong Things, Honky Tonk Till
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It Hurts, and the bonus track It's a Vinyl exclusive. Next,
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Miss Country Soul and opry legend Genie Seely, has died.
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With the loss of Genie Seely, country music doesn't just
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lose a singer, songwriter, and performer. It loses one of
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the most venerable, most beloved, and most important ties to
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country music's enduring legacy. One of the most revered women
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to ever grace the genre and one of the most
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accomplished and constant voices of the grand old opry for
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a better part of a century, Miss Country Soul and
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the modern era's mother of the opry, passed on August first,
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at the age of eighty five. Before Miss Cili took
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her final bow, she made an incredible five thousand, three
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hundred ninety seven appearances on the Grand Old Opry, a
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record that might never be eclipsed. At the time of
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her death, she was considered the oldest living woman in
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country music. With an active career an actor, an author,
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a DJ, and as a natural master of ceremonies wherever
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she appeared. Genie Seely's legacy stretched well beyond the opry
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in country music, but it's within the country community that
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she worked so hard to keep so close knit where
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her passing is felt the most. Jeanie Seely's first home
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was in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where she was born July sixth,
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nineteen forty. Via a Philco console radio that looked more
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like a piece of furniture than an electronic device, Ceely
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would first hear the magic sounds of the Grand Old
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Opry beaming in from Nashville's WSM and fell fast in
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love with the music. By age eleven, she began performing
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on a local radio show via WMGW, but the age
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of sixteen, she moved to early TV with the appearances
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on WICU up in Erie, Pennsylvania. Early on, Sey was
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able to share the stage and meet artists such as
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Bill Monroe, Little Jimmy Dickens, and Gene Shephard, but saw
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it as a fantasy that she would ever get to
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perform on the Grand Old Opry beside them a cheerleader
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in high school. After she graduated, she worked for local
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companies in secretarial positions. At the the age of twenty one,
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decided to point her nose toward Los Angeles. Eventually, she
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took a job at Liberty and Imperial Records as a secretary.
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From there, she started writing songs for others and performing
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with another up and coming act in Glenn Campbell on
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the Hollywood Jamboree. In nineteen sixty four, Jeanie Seely was
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named the most Promising Female Artist by the West Coast
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centric Country and Western Academy, which later became known as
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the ACM Awards. Then, in nineteen sixty six, she released
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her big breakout single, Don't Touch Me. It was her
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soulful voice, unique to the country airwaves that earned her
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the name Miss Country Soul and launched her career into
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the mainstream. Though Celily would regularly enjoy occasional hits well
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into the late seventies, It really wasn't her chart success
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where she made her biggest impact. Becoming a member of
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the Grand Old Opry on September sixteenth, nineteen sixty seven.
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It began a partnership that would be one of the
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most significant in the country music's institution's long history. Ceely
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became the first woman's regularly hosts Seegmans on Opry shows.
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She wore the first mini skirt on the Opry stage,
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helping to usher the show into a new era. Soon,
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Seely and the Opry became synonymous with each other. Though
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she had other signature songs such as nineteen sixty seven's
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I'll Love You More Than You Need? Can I Sleep
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in Your Arms? And Lucky Ladies, it was really hearing
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Ceely's voice on Opry broadcast where many country music fans
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found favor with Miss Country Soul. Seely also found success
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in partnership with Jack Green, hitting number two with which
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I Didn't have to miss you Much Oblige and what
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in the world has gone wrong with Our Love? A
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big portion of Jeanie Seely's legacy that's often overlooked was
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her work as a songwriter. Songs written or co written
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by Ceely were recorded by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb,
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Farren Young, Little, Jimmy Dickens, Connie Smith, Hank Williams, Junior,
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Ray Price, Chris LaDou and Moore. She was also married
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to songwriting legend Hank Cochrane from nineteen sixty nine to
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nineteen seventy nine. Genie slay Ellie's acting career was also
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of note, including the stage productions of Patsy Klein and
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She also appeared in
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Willie nelson film Honeysuckle Rose and sang on the soundtrack.
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When visiting Nashville and the Grand Old Opry, you'll see
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little markers all around the city in tribute to Genie
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Seely speaking to her legacy. The off ramp to the
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Grand Old Opry on Briley Parkway is affectionately known as
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the Genie Seely Interchange. She's commemorated on the Music City
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Walk of Fame. Studio space at the sag After Office
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on Music Row is named after her, but it's on
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the Grand Old Opry stage where most memories will lead
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back to. Whenever remembering Genie Seely, this is where her
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legacy shined and where she became a legend in country music,
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getting to perform next to the legends before her, like
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Bill Monroe, Little Jimmy Dickens, and Gene Shepperd. Along with
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funeral plans and the works, the Grand Old Opry has
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announced that the Saturday presentation on August second will be
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dedicated to its most prolific performer, segment host, and beloved
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family member Ill He is gone, but the contributions she
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made to the operay, to Nashville, and to the women
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of country music will live on through her memory. Moving along,
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Brian Setzer overcomes health issues Stray Cats plot new tour.
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One of the greatest guitar players in American history, says
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saving country music had us all spooked earlier this year
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when Brian Setzer let the public know he'd lost the
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ability to play guitar. On February thirteenth, the rockabilly legend
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told fans toward the end of the last Stray Cats tour,
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I noticed that my hands were cramping up. I've since
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discovered that I have an autoimmune disease. I cannot play guitar.
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There is no pain, but it feels like I'm wearing
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a pair of gloves when I try to play. This
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is one of the reasons no tour dates were posted
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for the first part of twenty twenty five, either for
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the sets or solo with his legendary band, the Stray Cats,
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or with the Brian sets Her Orchestra. But there is
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good news from the Rockabilly Star and March sets Her
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shared that he was making significant progress. I just want
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to let you know all that I am getting better
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every day. The progress I'm making is excellent. My dream
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is to visit Japan, the States and Europe with Stray Cats,
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and of course one of my biggest thrills would be
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bringing back the BSO Christmas Show edition. Thank you all
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for your love and support. It truly means the world
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to me. I was deeply touched. I love you guys,
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and only we can truly understand what the sound means
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to us. Then, on April fourth, sets Her share another
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positive update. Hey everybody, I sat down and actually played
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guitar last night. I played Rumble in the Brighton and
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it sounded pretty good. I thought let's push it a
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bit and I played two Hip Gotta Go. It also
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sounded pretty good. I could play the thing again. Not
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as well as I'd like, but not bad either. Now
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Brian Setzer has improved to the point where he's confident
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enough to book a brand new tour with the Stray
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Cats this fall. Joined by Upright bassist Lee Rocker and
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drummer Slim Jim Fantom, they'll be playing twenty one dates
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across the United States this fall. These will be the
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first date since the band's summer tour in twenty twenty four,
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and will include a trip to lieuvi B at the
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Louisville Palace on October twenty eighth. Now we move on
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over to the latest edition of Parade dot Com. The
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article dated August fourth, Kelly Clarkson abruptly stops Vegas show
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as she's left stunned on stage. Kelly Clarkson has officially
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kicked off her Las Vegas residency. During a performance over
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the weekend, the American Idol winner was taken aback in
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a beautiful moment that caused her to stop the show.
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As she and her band were gearing up to cover
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Creep by Radiohead, Clarkson was surprised by a beautiful segment
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played by the band Look nothing is Better than the original.
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I'm going to own that right now, but I'm going
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to do my best to just have fun with it,
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she told the audience. The band kicked off the beginning
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of the song and Clarkson stood on stage with her
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mouth open. Oh my god, I missed this part in rehearsal,
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she said, looking over at her band. That was so beautiful.
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I can't even believe it. We did this in soundcheck
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and you didn't do that. Can we do it again?
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Wasn't ready? That chart topper said? Do it again? I
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want to watch, Clarkson told the band. They restarted the song,
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and Clarkson couldn't help but note that what they did
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with the arrangement was beautiful. Last month, Clarkson made headlines
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when she canceled her first two shows of her Studio
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Sessions residency at Las Vegas Coliseum Theater at Caesar's Palace.
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It took me a minute. I'm sorry. I know some
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of you all had tickets for last weekend shows. I'm
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so sorry. We can't help our bodies sometimes, you know,
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we get sick, and that happens, she told the audience
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on opening night, which was moved to July eleventh, But
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thank you all for showing up. We're so excited. This
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is my favorite residency, my favorite show I've ever put together,
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because I love being in the studio, she added. Clarkson's
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residency runs through November fifteenth. Now we' s fly on
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over to countrynow dot com with the first article dated
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August fifth. Ella Langley refuses to use auto tune during
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her concerts. Ella Langley is as real as it gets.
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Anyone who comes to her live shows will know that.
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In today's world where almost everything can be edited to perfection,
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she's committed to giving her live audiences nothing but raw,
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unfiltered talent, even if that means having to embrace the
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occasional imperfect moment. During an appearance on The Bobby Bones Show,
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host Bobby Bones pointed out how the ability to record
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and share every moment of a live concert on social
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media adds a new level of pressure that performers didn't
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face in the past. Back in three years ago, you
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could go into a live show and that's kind of
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where the pressure was off. You could just perform or
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not have to worry about the idiosyncrasies. But now all
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of that has to be paid attention to because all
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the recorded. It's all recorded all the time, Bones pointed out.
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Langley then chimed in to explain that the industry's obsession
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with flawless presentation to the world has made listeners forget
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what real live music actually sounds like. I think, what's
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so hard about that too? Is everything so perfect that
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you see now, every picture has been edited, every song
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has auto tune, not only in the vocals but most
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of the instruments. Everything's so perfect presented to you that
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live music is almost like, oh God, that sounds like
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a live vocal, and people are getting less and less
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familiar with what live vocal sounds like. In her experience
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behind the scenes, she's found that plenty of artists are
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still using live autotune to process their voice in real
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time and make it sound better during their performances. Langley
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says this is a method that's not something she can
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get behind, nor will she ever turn to that option.
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That's something I'm never going to do. I don't want
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to do that. She emphasized that you look like you
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love me. Singer even recalled a moment when another artist
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assumed she'd eventually cave into taking part in what's become
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the industry standard, but her response made it clear that
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authenticity is non negotiable when it comes to her career.
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I had an artist come up to me last year
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and he was watching my show and he was like, yeah,
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he's like, got a great show. He's like, well, one
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day when you start running tune and things on your show.
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I was like, I'm not going to do that. He's like, yeah,
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you will. Everyone does that. You're going to do it,
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and I said, no, I'm not with that. Fans will
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get nothing but her true vocals, and sometimes that could
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mean she's not at her best. But regardless, that's the
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kind of realness Langley wants to bring to each show,
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no auto tune. She continued, I think this is just
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something to be just honest with out there. Sometimes I'm
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going to forget some lyrics, and there's sometimes my voice
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is pitcher than others, pitchier than others, I'm out of breath.
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But that's just a live show that's coming to where
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we are. I'm running around on stage performing a song
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and we're standing still, or I'm emotional, or there's wind
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or who knows. But that's kind of what's fun about
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seeing an artist live is that you get imperfections, you
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get to see them as who they are as an artist,
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as a person, not perfect. Just here. Singing is the
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only way Ella Langley has ever paid her bills. In college,
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she cut her teeth playing covers in local bars and
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then eventually made her way to Nashville in hopes of
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taking her songwriting skills to the next level. Sang everywhere
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all the time. I had a cousin that worked at
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the dentist that made me get up and sing after
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my appointments. I just always wanted to do it. I
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had a passion for it. She shared That leap of
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faith proved to be worth it, as she is now
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thriving a thriving name in country music. Earlier this year,
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she was nominated at the twenty twenty five ACM Awards
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Most Awarded Artist of the Year and took home wins
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for New Female Artist of the Year, Single of the Year,
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Musical Event of the Year, and Visual Media of the
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Year for her viral hit You Look Like You Love
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Me featuring Riley Green. Most recently, Langley celebrated the rise
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of her RIAA Gold certified hit Weren't for the Wind,
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which marked her first solo number one. She is currently
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on the road with Morgan Wallen and will continue her
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sold out Still Hungover headline tour this fall. Next Chris
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Young shares new details about I Didn't Come Here to
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Leave out October seventh. As fans eagerly await the release
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of Young's new album I Didn't Come Here to Leave
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on October seventeenth, the country star is giving them even
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more to look forward to by revealing new details, including
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the official track list. His tenth studio album will feature
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fourteen tracks, eleven of which Young co wrote. The project
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reunites him with longtime collaborators like Chris Stefano and Josh Hoague,
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maintaining the creative chemistry fans know and love. The album
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also marks Young's first release under his new label, Black
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River Entertainment, and he promises it will offer something for everyone.
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On a record, a lot gets made of how many
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tempos and how many ballads, as opposed to just making
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a record from top to bottom that you've fallen in
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love with. But that's all I've ever tried to do.
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Young explained, I look at this album and there are
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songs that make you want to buy a beer. There's
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songs that if you broke up with somebody, you're going
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to want to cry for different reasons. I feel like
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this is a complete album, and it would be a
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disservice to Black River if I didn't turn in something
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I believed in this way. Young recently held the title
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track I Didn't Come Here to Leave, which he co
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wrote with Dallas Davidson and Kyle Fisherman, along with the
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lead single Till the Last One Dies, an outside cut
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written by Ben Hayslip, Seth Moseley, and Jordan Walker. These tracks,
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combined with the remaining songs fans I've yet to hear,
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make up what Young believes is one of his best
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albums to date at this point my career. I hope
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someone listens to this album and says, wow, he dug deep.
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Young previously stated, the funny thing is I'm here saying yeah,
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it's one of the best things I've ever made, and
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I believe it wholeheartedly. It's wild to step back and
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see a really long list of things I've gotten to
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do already. But I didn't come here to leave. The
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track listings some around here. I didn't come here to leave.
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Good as yours. I hope it's okay. I feel a
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cold coming on. No, that's I feel a cold one coming.
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Hunt till the last one dies. Pour some whiskey on it,
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boots on the ground, tin roof, dirt and daisies. Just
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keep living, Jesus, Mama, Country Radio. What would you take
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and break legs? Next? Old Dominion pauses show for emotional
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moment with young fan holding sign for Mishu Man. Old
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Dominion took a break from their high energy set during
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a recent stop on their How Good Is That World
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Tour when something in the crowd caught their attention. Fans
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often bring signs into their shows as a way to
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share stories or request songs, but one in particular ended
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up bringing the Grief Center tune Missu Man to life
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in a powerful new way. In a new video gaining
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traction across Old Dominion's official social media platforms, a young
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fan named Jordan can be seen standing tightly against the
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rails of the pit with a clear view of the
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stage as the band delivered their show. She held up
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a poster that featured the title of their latest release
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in big black letters, surrounded by personal family photos. The
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lead vocalist of the CMA and ACM Award winning band
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Matt Ramsey hit pause on the music and made his
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way over to the side of the stage closest to
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where the young girl was standing. The sign over here
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has and distracting me all night long, he admitted, before
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asking to get closer and look at the poster. Jordan
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proudly confirmed that the photos were of her dad, who
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has passed. She accompanied the sweet images with the title
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misshue Man as a way to ask the band to
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play the tune in his honor. This was the perfect
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song choice, says The storyline offers a deeply emotional tribute
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to a lost loved one and the struggles of grief
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showing up in unexpected moments. I had a feeling that
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was your daddy. Thank you for bringing this sign and
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showing us. I'm sure you miss him very much, but
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he's here and I can feel him. Man. Thank you,
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Ramsey stated again, before adding, we're going to play this
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song for you. This was just one example of many
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stories of the band says they've received since dropping misschu Mann.
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We get a lot of comments on people I've lost
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my brother, my mom, whatever, Everyone has experienced a loss. Unfortunately,
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you got to go and move through it. Ramsey told
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Country Now when discussing the powerful sentimental song fellow Old
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Dominion member Trevor ro Ed I love that song so much,
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but I think when we wrote it, I didn't immediately think, hey,
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this sounds like our band. I just love this. But
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when you do find something that hits you personally and
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seems to connect, people connect with it right off The
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bad mischu Mann is one of several deeply weighted tracks
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that appear on Old Dominion's upcoming album, Barbara, and further
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adds to what's expected to be their most personal project yet.
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Band member Brad Tercy explained, at this point in their
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lives and careers, they've never been more comfortable in being
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vulnerable and honest about their personal experiences through their music.
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Nothing's off the table. Tersey noted on August twenty second,
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the band will unleash their sixth studio album, featuring thirteen
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songs that make up a journey of reflection, hitting on
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themes of life, love, and mortality. Alongside the album, Old
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Dominion is in the midst of their massive How Good
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Is That World Tour. They've been hitting amphitheaters and arenas
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nationwide throughout the summer and will continue to make their
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way around the US through September before heading overseas in October. Next,
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the Grand Old Opry unveils Who's Going to Fill Their
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Shoes Display honoring Scotty McCreary, Josh Turner and Randy Travis.
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Randy Travis, Josh Turner and Scotty McCreary shared an unforgettable
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moment on the iconic Grand Old Opry stage back on
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April twentieth, twenty twenty four, as McCreary was officially inducted
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into the Opry family. His musical heroes Turner and Travis
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stood by his side to help welcome him into this
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legendary circle. Now, that special night has been commemorated at
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the Opry with a brand new display that documents the
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moment in a unique and meaningful way. Titled Who's Going
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to Fill Their Shoes and nod to the George Jones classic,
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the display features the actual shoes worn by all three
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artists on the night of McCreary's induction. The exhibit symbolizes
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three generations of Opry greatness and pays tribute to Josh
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Turner's emotional speech in in which he quoted lyrics from
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the iconic Jones song. While celebrating McCreary's place in country
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music history that night, Turner shared, I stand here tonight
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proud of the fact that I bridge the gap between
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the generation of Randy Travis and Scotty McCreery. Only time
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will tell who will be inspired by Scotty. While standing
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on the Opry stage, Turner then shared the chorus of
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George Jones, Who's going to fill their shoes? Who's going
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to fill their shoes? Who's going to stand that tall,
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who's going to play the opry and the Wabash cannonball?
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Who's going to give their heart and soul to me?
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To get me? And you? Lord? I wonder who's going
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to fill their shoes. Turner later added, Scotty is not
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only a fine singer and a songwriter, but he's a
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great man, husband and now farther. I'm proud of him
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and proud he is filling the shoes of the artists
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before him. With artists like him, country music is in
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great shape. The display includes mccrary's black Lucy Lucasse boots,
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Travis black low top converse shoes, and Turner's square toed ariat,
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cowboy boots and an autographed copy of the speech Turner
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read aloud on stage that evening, alongside a photo of
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the new display. Turner reflected on that evening on social media, writing,
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the Grand Old Opry came up with the idea for
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this very cool display, and when I saw it for
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the first time, I was really moved. This night will
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always be a highlight of my career. I was honored
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Scotty mc creary asked me to induct him, and I
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was honored to have my hero Randy Travis standing by
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my side. Mc creary later shared, I will always be
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honored at the Opry created this backstage display of the
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boots and shoes that Josh Turner, Randy Travis, and I
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wore when they inducted me into the Opry last year.
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Fans can viewed the display during backstage tours of the
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Grand Old Opry. And finally, Jesse Murph stuns with emotional
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cover of Miranda Lambert's tin Man. Jesse Murph is turning
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heads with her stunning rendition of Miranda Lambert's tin Man.
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Clips circulating on tik tok showed the twenty year old
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delivering a heartfelt performance of the emotional ballad during a
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sound check for her worldwide Hysteria tour. Wearing casual sweats,
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Murphy efforts he pours emotion into the lyric, which tell
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the story of a girl who warns the tin Man,
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a nod to the Wizard of Oz, that he's better
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off without a heart because he doesn't have to experience
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the pain of heartbreve. The Tin Man was written by
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Lambert with Jack Ingram and Joe Randall, and featured on
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her sixth studio album, The Weight of These Things, released
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in twenty sixteen. The song took home the title of
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ACM Song of the Year. Back in twenty eighteen, Murph
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was introduced to country fans through High Road, her chart
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topping duet with country rocker Cowetzel. The collaboration landed her
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a nod as the ACM New Female Artist of the
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Year in early twenty twenty five. However, Murph has made
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it clear that she does not consider herself a country artist.
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She previously opened up to Country Now about the mind
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blowing nomination. I was not expecting it. I didn't feel
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like I'm a country artist. I was a little bit
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like what, But I'm happy to be here and happy
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to be supporting everybody. She shared. Honestly, Murph is dabbled
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in various genres and plans to continue to do so.
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I think that's why I was a little shocked, because
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it's a mix of a bunch of different things. It's
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mostly just the stuff I grew up listening to. I'm
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from Alabama, so I heard a lot of country growing up,
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but I also heard a lot of rap and a
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lot of pop and all this stuff. So it's just
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a culmination of all that, I'd say, she told us Jesse.
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Murph's latest album, Sex Hysteria, is out now. Well. This
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concludes the reading of Country Weekly for this week. If
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you have any comments or suggestions about our program, kindly
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call us at eight five nine four two two sixty
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three ninety. Thank you for joining me on behalf of
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everyone here at RADIOI. This is Ken Dawkins, wishing you
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a great day.