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4.3.26 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Once again, It's time to catch up with Country Weekly,
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where we check out news and gossip from that world
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of country music. I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I'll
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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 be of the first article dated
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March thirty first from countrycentral dot com. First Up, Dan
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and Shay reveal new song. Dan and Shay have officially
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signaled their return, sharing a handwritten note to fans announcing
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new music on the way and putting to rest any
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speculation about their status as a group. Posted to their
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social media accounts. The message comes after a period of
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relative quiet from the pair. In it, they emphasize both
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their renewed creative energy and the strength of their friendship
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while teasing the release of a new single titled Say So.
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The full statement reads high, as you know, we've been
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quiet for a while, and we just wanted to start
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by saying thank you so much for being patient with us. No,
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we didn't almost break up again lol. In fact, our
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friendship is stronger than ever and we're really proud of that.
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Over the past year, we've gotten to spend more time
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in the studio together than we have since we made
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the Where It All Began album back in twenty thirteen,
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and that has been so life giving. Dan and Shay
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go on to say, even though we've missed seeing everyone
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on the road, that changes soon, stay tuned and keeping
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up with you on socials. We've had what we feel
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is the most inspired burst of creativity in our entire career,
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and we wanted to capture every bit of it. Sounds
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cliche for an artist to say, but these songs really
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are more personal and honest than anything we've ever done before.
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Because the music means so much to us, we have
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held it close and obsessed every detail, and now we
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are ready to start sharing it with the world. We're
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beyond excited to announce that the first single, say So,
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will be yours this week, and the song is a
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true story about a friend who we lost not long ago,
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and we hope it offers strength and encouragement to anyone
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going through a tough time. The subject matter is heavy,
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it is serious, it is timely, and it is something
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we feel is important to talk about. We also worked
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hard to create our most powerful music video yet and
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it will be released at the same time. It would
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mean a whole lot to us if you took a
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few minutes to check it out. So much more to
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say about say so the rest of the music soon,
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but again, thank you for always being in our corner.
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We get to do something we love because of you
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and will forever be grateful. This is officially the start
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of the next chapter and we truly believe it will
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be the best. Much love, Dan and Shay. Thus far,
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no details have been shared about a potential full length
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LP aside from the upcoming single Next. Billy Strings reveals
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new fall tour dates. Billy Strings has announced an extent
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of his current headlining tour, adding a series of arena
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dates across the US this fall. The newly confirmed run
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includes multi night stops across the country, including dates in Denver, Inglewood,
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and many other notable spots across the country. Tickets for
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the newly announced states will go on sale this weekend.
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In select market, Strings will also stage special theater performances.
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Access to tickets for these shows, including Denver's Paramount Theaterre,
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Los Angeles Orphium, and New Orleans Singers theater will be
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limited to fans who purchase tickets for the corresponding arena
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dates in those cities. The tour caps a significant year
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for Strings, whose latest album, Highway Prayers, earn Best Bluegrass
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Album at the Grammy Awards. In twenty twenty five. The project,
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produced alongside John Bryant, debuted at number one on Billboard's
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All Genre Top album Sales chart, marking a rare achievement
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for a bluegrass release. In addition to the album, Strings
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recently released a Nashville session's EP and a collaborative live
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album with Brian Sutton recorded at Nashville's American Legion Post
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eighty two. Since his debut in twenty seventeen, Strings has
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received multiple industry honors, including three Grammy Awards for Best
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Bluegrass Album and several Entertainer of the Year titles from
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the International Bluegrass Music Association. Next, The Turnpike Troubadours reveal
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new tour dates. The Turnpike Troubadours have revealed details of
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their upcoming Turnpike Troubadours Live on Tour trek, set to
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launch this summer across the Midwest, East Coast and Pacific Northwest.
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The Oklahoma based Americana outfit will be joined by Muscadine
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Bloodline as the featured supporting act for the majority of
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the dates. Select shows will also include additional openers The Creakers,
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Dexter and The Moon Rocks Drayton Farley and Katie pruittt
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Tickets went on sale last week. Fans can sign up
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for pre sale access via the link at the band's bio.
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The tour begins June twelfth in Chicago and runs through
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lif late October. This run comes after a stack performance
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slate in twenty twenty five, including the band's lengthy Wild
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America Tour, as well as a number of the Boys
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from Oklahoma Stadium shows alongside the newly reformed Cross Canadian Ragweed.
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Most recently, they Surprised, released their seventh album, The Price
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of Admission this past summer, as well as a tribute
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to the late singer songwriter Todd Snyder with Just Like
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Old Times. Back in November next, Florida Georgia Line reunites
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with Country Radio seminar performance. Back on March nineteenth, Tyler
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Hubbard and Brian Kelly of Florida Georgia Line performed together
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at the Country Radio seminar, marking their first public musical
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appearance since the group's twenty twenty two hiatus. With Jason
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Aldean in attendance, the pair delivered an acoustic rendition of
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You Make It Easy, the twenty eighteen hit they co
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wrote with Morgan Wallen and Jordan Schmidt, which Aldan recorded
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and took to number one on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.
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R to Georgia Line announced an indefinite hiatus back in
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February twenty two, following a decade of success that included,
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of Course, multi platinum singles such as Cruise Wholly and
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Meant to Be with bb Rexa. Their final performance took
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place in September of that year at the Minnesota State Fair.
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The split stem from different career directions, particularly Kelly's interest
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in pursuing solo projects. In December twenty twenty five appearance
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on The Human School podcast, Hubbard described the decision as
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rooted in professional boundaries rather than personal conflict. He noted
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Kelly's commitment to a solo path after a song pitched
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to Kenny Chesney did not advance, stating BK stuck to
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his convictions and led with his gut eyeset of Boundary.
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Both artists have since built solo careers. Hubbard, signed to
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Big Loud Records, has released singles such as five foot
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nine and Dancing in the Country, along with his twenty
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twenty three self titled album. For his part, Kelly has
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released two installments of Sunshine, State of Mind, Beach countrys.
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Recent comments indicate efforts to rebuild their friendship. Hubbard said
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in late twenty twenty five, I have a desire for
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that friendship. I missed the guy I was partner with
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for ten years. We need to repair and spend some
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time together face to face. I'm excited for that. Now.
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Moving on, we go over to saving country music with
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the first article published March thirty first New Telecasters seventy
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fifth tribute set for Ryman with Top Names. If you
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know anything about country music, you know how integral the
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Fender Telecaster guitar has been to the music's twenty sound
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over the years. Different from the more rock oriented Stratocaster
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or other guitar models. It's the Telly's features, like the
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lipstick pick up near the neck, that's lent to so
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many of the spine tingling leads in your favorite country songs.
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Over the years. That's why on Monday at the May
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fourth at the Mother Church of Country Music, a major
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roster of talent will assemble to celebrate seven tventy five
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years of the telecaster and of course still a little
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pickt legendary teleplayers and master guitarists like Zach Topp, Brent Mason,
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Brad Paisley, Dereck Wells, Guthrie Trapp, James Burton, Luke McCreery,
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Ricky Skaggs, Steve Warrener and Brothers Osbourne's teleslinger John Osborne
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will all be appearing. Usually the guitarist play second fiddle
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to the singer and primary performer in country music, but
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it happens to be that some of the greatest performers
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in country have also been teleplayers, like Zach top and
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Brad Paisley, and even back in the day with Marty Stewart,
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Whalon Jennings and so many others. Ricky Skaggs might be
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considered mostly a bluegrass guy, but during his electric era
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in the eighties he could pick tell as good as any.
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Serving as music director for Teletown is a true honor,
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especially in my home city of Nashville, where I grew
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up and where the Telecaster's legacy runs so deep, says
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noted teleplayer Dereck Wells. Putting the show together has been
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about more than just great players. It's about capturing the
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spirit of an instrument that shaped so much of the
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music we all love. This lineup is full of people
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who've lived with this guitar. On stage and in the studio,
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you'll see people playing with love and reverence for what
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is an instrument has meant to us all Along with
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the show with the Ryman Auditorium. The day before, on
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May third, there will be a Telecaster road show at
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Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville, with master builder Paul Waller,
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master pickup winder Josephina Campos, and Fender's Chief of Engineer
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of Guitars, Tim Shaw all on hand from six to
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nine p m. Seventy five years after its debut, the
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Fender Telecaster remains proof that simplicity endures, adaptable enough to
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move across genres, generations, and stages without losing its identity.
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This celebration is our way of honoring not just an instrument,
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but a cultural phenomenon that has shaped music for over
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seven decades, says Fender, president of America's justin Norville. Next,
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Braxton Keith announces new new debut album, Real Damn Deal.
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It's not just one or two new young country traditionalists
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making waves and surging in popularity. It's a whole gaggle
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of them, says saving country music, and who knows. By
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the time Braxton Keith's debut album, Real Damn Deal is
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released on May fifteenth, he might be leading the pack
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down in Texas. Few if anyone needs convincing that Braxton
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Keith isn't just the next big thing, but a one
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man phenomenon, packing out venues and young adults listening to
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old sounding country music and loving every minute of it.
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These are fans that were born and raised on whitely
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and straight but identify with Braxton Keith because he's from
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their generation. As parent look on with pride and all
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of this in two point two million monthly Spotify listeners
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is happening ahead of Braxton's debut album. Now signed to
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Warner Records in Nashville, Braxton Keith could have contemporized his
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sound and smoothed off the pointy, twangy edges, but if anything,
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as time has gone on, Braxton has doubled down on
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his tradition neo traditional sound, including the Western swing inspired
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I Ain't Trying and his latest track little Bit by
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little Bit. He's also recently released cover versionship George Strait's
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The Chair and Johnny Paycheck's Slide Off Your Satin Sheets.
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We've been writing for a long time for this, as
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Braxton Keith, who co wrote ten of the album's fifteen tracks,
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I wanted it to be a nostalgic, classic sounding record
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and to showcase a little bit of everything as country
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as we could make it in every way, shape and form.
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I'm really proud of it. Helping Braxton along the way
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is a killer list of writing contributors, including Jim Lauderdale,
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Liz Rose on multiple songs, Chris Stapleton, Josh Thompson, and
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Roger Miller via a cover of Glenn Campbell's Am I
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All Alone? Or Is It Only Me? The album is
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produced by Alex Torres and David Dorn. Now some might
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think it's pretty self aggronizing and presumptuous for Braxton Keith
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proclaim he's the real damn deal on the cover of
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his debut album. Braxton initially felt that way two I
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shot down the idea of this album title when it
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was first brought up, says Keith. It felt cocky and
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that's not who I am. But everyone is on a
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country music right now, so why not use it as
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a big flashing reminder that country music is cool. This
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album is my way of taking country music back to
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what it was, the real damn deal. These kinds of
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proclamations a few years ago would have been taken as controversial,
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bellicose accusations against the country music industry, But thanks to
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guys like Braxton, Keith and the popular appeal he's created
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for traditional country, it's just the honest truth, says Saving
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country Music. Braxton has been paying his dues, refining his
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craft and writing, and now it's finally time to strike
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out big. His debut album comes highly anticipated next, Alan
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Jackson gets into the festival business with new event. No
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Alan Jackson will not be performing his sold out farewell
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show on June twenty seventh at Nissan Stadium in Nashville
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is still scheduled to be his final official concert, but
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Alan Jackson is presenting a new festival down in Florida
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two weeks before his final show on June twelfth and
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thirteenth in West Palm Beach, called Alan Jackson's Five o'clock
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Somewhere Fest, It pairs some top mainstream names with some
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certified country legends and gives it all a bit of
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a Southern latitude twist. Alan Jackson fans won't need to
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be told that his song five o'clock Somewhere from two
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thousand and three was one of his bigger hits, and
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it happens to be that the video was filmed in
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West Palm Beach, where Jackson also used to own a home.
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I've gotten to enjoy so many experiences at my concerts
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over the years as Jackson. I'm not touring anymore, but
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I like the idea of still being able to give
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people an opportunity to have a good time and enjoy
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some great country music while they do. Headlining the festival
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will be the one and only Ella Langley, who's choosing
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Texas is setting records left and right. She will be
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joined by Old Dominion as well as Jimmy Buffett's Coral
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Reefer Band. To expand on the beach theme, the event
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will happen at the Palms Beach's Waterfront Commons right on
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the Water. Other performers include Clint Black, John Anderson, Shenandoah,
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Rodney Atkins, Dylan Scott, Alan Stone, Jimmy Buffett That's Jammy Buffett,
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with comedian Dusty Slay also appearing. Alan Jackson's longtime tour manager.
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Nathan Bow is also the CEO of concert promoter Peachtree Entertainment,
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who is the promoter behind the new festival. It seems
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like the festival is a way to keep Alan Jackson's
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name alive in the live space, even if he's not
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any longer performing at Peachtree. We focus on creating real,
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memorable experiences, and this one is special because it's rooted
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in Allan's story and a place he's always loved. Nathan
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Bow says, it appears their hope is this will be
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an annual event. I mean, even if Allan doesn't perform,
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perhaps he'll at least appear. For more informission information, tickets
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and packages, visit five o'clock Somewhere fest dot com. Now
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we push our way over to people dot com Country.
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With the first article dated March thirty first, Winona, Gretchen Wilson,
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Kimberly Perry and Moore joined together for Stars studied Tammy
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Wynette tribute in Nashville. The spirit of Tammy Wynette is
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still alive and well In Nashville. On Monday, March thirtieth,
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over two dozen artists took to the iconic Ryman Auditorium
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stage to honor the late Wynette, who died in nineteen
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ninety eight at just fifty five years old, for a
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concert build the first Lady of Country music, Tammy Wynette
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Forever Yours. Over the course of roughly two and a
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half hours, fans were enchanted by a medley of the
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late singers hits performed by artists who have all drawn
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inspiration from her significant impact on the genre and but beyond.
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To lead things off, a stunning piano opening piece from
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Jason Coleman gave fans the perfect appetizer for Kimberly Perry's
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performance of Wynette's nineteen sixty seven hit I Don't Want
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to Play House. This was immediately followed by Wynette and
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George Jones daughter Georgette Jones appearing on stage. The country
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legend's namesake shared, I know that Mom would want us
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to all thank you her fans because you have supported
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her through decades of her passion for music. She loved
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you all so much and you were there for her.
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She then performed from mother's fan favorite track, he Loves
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Me All the Way. One iconic name top to or
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tapped to honor Wenette that evening was Canadian country magnet
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Terry Clark. Upon taking to the microphone, she told the crowd,
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I chose this song because it was sassy and it
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was strong. If I was ever lucky enough to grace
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the same stage as this iconic woman. She then belted
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out a rendition of your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
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to thunderous applause. Though Lessinda Williams, who was originally built
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to attend, was unable to make the performance, fans were
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still treated to a myriad of major up and coming
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stars during the tribute show. When one owner took the stage,
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accompanied by a standing ovation, she made it known just
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how much Whyette means to her. I met Tammy in
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nineteen eighty four. He handed us our first award, the
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Horizon Ward at the CMA's, and we quickly became family.
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She used to cook for me on her bus. So missus, Tammy, Wynette,
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You're my queen, she shared before performing Woman to woman.
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Standout moments from what followed included the War Entreaty joining
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together for a Wynette Jones classic Golden Ring, and singer
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Michael Trotter Junior quipping I'm no George Jones, but I
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get in trouble like him a little bit. Another chill
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inducing performance from the Ryman Wynette tribute was Cherry Valley
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creator Carter Faith performing an ethereal rendition of the nineteen
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seventy three classic Another Lonely Song. Faith shared that every
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time I go on stage, I pray to God and
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Tammy Wynette. In a full circle moment that comes just
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weeks after her shared display alongside Wynette was unveiled as
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a part of the American Currents exhibit at the Country
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Music Hall of Fame. Temperatures rose when Caitlin Buttz took
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the microphone, diving right into a cover of Another Chance.
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The singer songwriter from oklahom Elma, who just finished supporting
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Lady Wilson on Australia and New Zealand leg of her
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Whirlwind tour, engaged with the crowd and floated across the
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stage while interpreting the track's timeless lyrics about independence and empowerment.
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Even Gretchen Wilson, who was also tapped to take part
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in the show, made sure to note the incredible honor
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she felt having been asked to participate. So thankful to
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be here tonight, so thankful to have been chosen as
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one of the very few to honor the great Tammy Wynette.
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She then performed Wynette's Till I Get It Right, also
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eliciting a standing ovation. Other stars who were asked to
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perform renditions of Wynette's hits for special showcase included Katie Pruitt,
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Tammy Nielson, Valerie June Troubadour, Blue j C. Valasquez, Brittany Spencer,
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Jimmy O'Neil, The Isaacs, Patty Griffin, Mandy Barnett, Debbie Boone,
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k T Tunsdale, Lourie Morgan, and Randy Hawser. To close
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out the legendary evening, Hearts, Ann Wilson treated attendees to
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a rendition of Wynette's timeless hit track stand By Your Man.
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The event came just a week ahead of the twenty
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eighth anniversary of Onett's death, which occurred on April seventh,
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nineteen ninety eight, as a result of a blood clot
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in her lung that followed a history of chronic health issues.
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Though the singer left the world nearly three decades ago,
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she continues to inspire generations of emerging, existing, and well
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established artists who seek solace and inspiration in the chronicles
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of intense, emotional hardship and exuberant love that she left behind. Next,
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Parker McCollum says he doesn't give a shoot one bit
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that his streaming numbers dipped with latest album. Parker McCollum
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couldn't care less that his streaming numbers dipped with his
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latest album. Parker McCollum, the country star's twenty twenty five
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self titled album, has so far reached about one hundred
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and two million Spotify streams, significantly lower than his first
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two major label albums. Twenty twenty one's Golden Chained Cowboy
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has raked in about four hundred and fifty eight million streams.
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In twenty two twenty threes, Never Enough has about three
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hundred and forty nine million streams. According to Korb, a
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lot of people have mentioned that to me, compared to
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my last two records, Parker McCollum is not even remotely
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close to the same performance numbers wise, but column thirty
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three said in a recent episode of a ten Year
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Town with Troy Cartwright podcast, and I will tell you
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with one hundred percent honesty, Troy, I don't care one
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bit or for one reason. I love that record so much,
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he continued, going into it, I was like, man, this saint, Now,
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this record's for me. When approaching his latest album, McCollum
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shared he was desperate to feel uncomfortable again. I was like,
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do I go make another record like gold Chain Cowboy
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and never Enough? Or is it time for the next thing.
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The answer took me a long time to admit to myself.
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I said, Hey, I've got to go back to myself
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in a corner again and find out what the hell
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I made of as a songwriter and as a singer
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and as an artist. The Pretty Heart singer admitted that
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he was feeling out at the start of creating Parker
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mccollumn and was craving something new. I don't want to
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just do it to do it, he said. If I'm
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not writing songs I love, and songs that I think
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can stand the test of time, that are good for
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songwriting and good for country music, then I don't want
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to just be putting out other stuff before I could
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ever really consider not doing music anymore. I'm going to
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give every single thing I possibly have to this record,
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column explained, and for the first time I really did.
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I'm going to be one hundred percent Parker McCollum, the
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singer songwriter in the studio. And I've never done that. Man,
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I've always been just kind of reserved about it. He added.
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I had to go make that record to fall in
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love with this thing again. Now let's grab a FOURK
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and spoon and head over to Taste of Country, where
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Morgan Wallen says he almost changed some of his songs
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due to label pushback. Morgan Wallin says he faced all
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kinds of pushback from his label when he first began
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incorporating hip hop and trap beats into his music. By
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the way, this article dated March thirty first, so much
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so that he once dialed back that production on an
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unreleased album, replacing it with a more classically country sound.
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But then versions of the songs began making their ways
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to fan's ears, and Wallin started realizing that a genre
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blending approach was working for his listeners. According to Holler,
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Wallin shared this story and the official zine he released
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to go along with his I'm the Problem album. The
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project came out in twenty twenty five, but it's not
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clear whether the story dates from when he was making
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the I'm the Problem or one of its predecessors, such
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as twenty twenty three's One Thing at a Time, which
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was the album that most clearly established Wallin's hip hop influences.
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At first, there was all kinds of pushback from the label,
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and we changed the songs with beats on them to
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make them sound more country, the singer explains. But a
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few versions of the original songs got out. People would notice,
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and I could see that people were gravitating toward it.
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That gave him the push he needed to embrace the
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more genre bending sound on his studio material. I thought,
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I love it, these people love it, and I can
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try this again on the next record. It started working,
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he notes. Most prominent of those is Miami, the reinterpretation
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of Keith Whitley's Miami My Amy that expands the song
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into a remix featuring Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. Elsewhere
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in his zene, Wallin says that he'll always keep a
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more traditional country sound on his albums, and he appreciates
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being able to incorporate genre variety. There aren't really two
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songs in my set that sound alike, the singer details,
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I'm super thankful that I don't have to get up
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there and just sing all straight down the middle country
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songs every single time that I start a chord. Next,
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a list from Tastes of Country sad songs that sound
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happier than they are in most good country songs. There's
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a little more to the lyrics than meet the eye,
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but these eighteen songs go above and beyond the genre's
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mandate for a well thought out lyric. They're so in
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depth that they have meaning that's completely different from their sound.
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These songs sound happy and fun, says Taste of Country,
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but if you listen to the lyrics, they're pretty dark.
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Martina McBride's Independence Day sounds so proudly patriotic. Sarah Palin
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and Sean Hannity have both used it as a walk
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on song, but if they listen to the lyrics a
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little closer, they might have gone with something different. Independence
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Day is really about overcoming domestic violence by setting fire
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to a house with your abuser still inside, and we
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can't forget Jimmy Buffett's tropical mega hit Margheritaville. Sounds like
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a care free vacation song. Right, even have some neighborhoods
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named after that? Well, listen to the lyrics a little closer.
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So what we've got here is sixteen more sad songs
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that sound happy, but they're not. Tim McGraw's just to
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See You Smile. Tim mcgraul will do anything to make
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the woman he loves happy, adorable right wrong. Just to
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See You Smile starts out innocently enough, with McGrath's scrounging
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up money and even changing cities to be with the
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woman he loves, but eventually what she wants is to
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not be with him anymore, and he even gives her that,
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smiling through the tears. Dirk's Bentley Drunk on a Plane.
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He may have got this seven thirty seven rockin like
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a G six, but at what cost? Drunk on a
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Plane is a fun song to sing, too, but the
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song wouldn't make sense without one big heartache. Bentley's character
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is on his honeymoon, Sam's bride who seems like she
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left him at the altar. Laurie Morgan except for Monday,
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things are looking up. In the first verse of the song,
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Laurie Morgan's moving on after relationship ends and she's on
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a big role now. Well except for on Monday's, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
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Fridays and Saturdays. Party Mode from Dustin Lynch. Dustin's girlfriend
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left him, and that's not even the saddest part of
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the happy sounding song. He's ready to turn up the
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music and liquor and turn down the self reflection and
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emotional processing. Watching Airplanes from Gary Allen. Gary Allen's Watching
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Airplanes got that feel good sound of heartland country rock,
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but the lyrics are actually sort of a bummer. You
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mentioned Independence Day for Martina McBride. Bruce Springsteen's Born in
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the USA. Okay, it's technically a rock song, but it's
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gone a lot of country airplay charts and fans playlists.
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From growing up in a dead man's town to joining
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the military to go and kill the yellow Man, to
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coming home a veteran and finding a thankless welcome. This
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song is much bleaker than the patriotic anthem it's often
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painted to be. We mentioned Margueritaville from Jimmy Buffett, How
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about Johnny Cash? Has I Got Stripes? If you're looking
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for a plucky sing along about getting locked up in
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the pokey well, look no further. Keith Urbans Somewhere in
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My Car. Urban's known for feel good guitar riffs and
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windows down pop country, and Somewhere in My Car is
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no exception. But this time around he's reliving a memory
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of a long gone lover and envisioning the care free
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times he wishes he could get back. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
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from Luke Bryant seems like a classic Luke Bryan party anthem,
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even when you realize that he's talking about us Seized
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the night once and never again type of hook up.
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Merle Haggard's I Think I'll just stay here and drink.
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It's a groovy, bluesy country hit about staying home and
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drowning your relationship troubles in Booze. El Paso from Marty
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Robbin's nothing like a classic country and Western song, or
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nothing as unexpectedly depressing as the end of Marty Robin's
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El Paso. After murdering someone over a girl and fleeing lawman,
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Robins comes back into town one last time to see
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the Woman he Loves. Ugly lights from Miranda Lambert came
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out on Miranda Lambert's post divorce album The Weight of
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These Wings, so it's easy to imagine that it came
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from her heartbreak after splitting with Blake Shelton. Morgan Wallen's
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Live in the Dream Morgan Wallen makes the dream of
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country music stardom seem well pretty lonely in this song.
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How about Reba McIntyre's Consider Me Gone? Consider Me Gone
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sounds like a classic McIntyre empowerment anthem, and it is,
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but this time around, it's for a sad reason. McIntyre
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sings about being in a relationship it's over without ever
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officially ending. Other sad songs that sound happy. Roger Miller
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Dang Me. Roger Miller sure is singing in a spring
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with his step and dang Me, which makes the lyrics
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even more jarring. Dang Me, dang me. They ought to
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take a rope and hang me, He sings in the chorus,
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Zack Top, I'll never lie. Zack Top is doing just
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fine after his breakup, Thanks for asking, and I never lie.
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He swears up and down that he sleeps great, wakes
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up happy to each new day. And he's even got
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a long distance model girlfriend. Don't question what he's saying,
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after all, he never lies well. This concludes the reading
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of Country Weekly for this week. If you have any
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comments or suggestions about the program, kindly call us at
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eight five nine forty two. That's four two two sixty
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three ninety. Thanks for joining me and on behalf of
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everyone here at RADIOI. This is Ken Dawkins, wishing you
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a great day.