June 12, 2023 • 51 mins
iHeartCountry took over Downtown Broadway for CMA Fest with a ton of special guests, including Russell Dickerson, who caught us up with how his wife is feeling with baby # 2 on the way, new EP 2 weeks away & how crazy his schedule has been.
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Oh my lord, Hey, myname is Wayne d with the Big ninety
eight and iHeartRadio. How's everybody doing. Welcome today one of CMA Fest.
I have a question. I'd liketo check the temperature real quick before we
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get started. Y'all know who you'rehere to see, right, So before
I officially introduced that fine young gentlemanwho has another baby on the way,
I promise we'll talk about calm down, y'all didn't make it calm down.
I do want to know where y'allare from. So if you're from Nashville
or Middle Tennessee in general, letme hear you don't break that. It's
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expensive. They don't make that nomore. How many of you are visiting
us from out of state? Onthe count of three, I want you
to yell where you're from, one, two, three, one of my
favorite places to visit. I'm tellingyou every time, every time. So
we are minutes away from hanging withRussell Dickerson. But before we do that,
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there is a QR code right here. How many of y'all already have
CMA Fest tickets for Nissan Stadium.I promise you these are probably most likely
better. There's a half and halfchance of these being better, right,
So scan the QR code and register, because before the end of the day
we will be pulling a winner.We will notify y'all and we will send
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them your way, all right,So make sure you get signed up,
get locked in. We're just acouple of seconds away here from getting Russ
out here. Now, we dohave a schedule lined up with our friends
here Tequila Cowboy, not only todaybut all Mayfest long. We're gonna be
back here tomorrow with more amazing artists, and again on Saturday, again on
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Sunday. We got over these fourdays. Brian Kelly from Florida, Georgia
line. We've got Morgan Evans comingto hang out. We've got Brett Young
coming to hang out with us,and so so many more. Kimberly Perry
is doing her own thing now fromthe band Perry. I'm telling you so
again, it's always free walking thesedoors. All age is welcome as we
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hang out with iHeart Country House Partyover the next couple of days. So
I want y'all to do me afavor. As soon as he comes around
the corner. Hey, let's makeit awkward. Okay, everybody, just
don't say nothing, well, butjust act like act like it's you don't
even know who it is. Theyjust walk in and just make it awkward
and quiet because I know some ofy'all are taking video. This will help
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your TikTok. Okay, So we'renot gonna make any noise, any noise
until he'll come up here and I'llintroduce him and then we'll do it.
But let's make it weird. Yeah. Yeah, we're gonna make it look
like he's just like maybe he worksthe warehouse at Walmart or something, just
the guys coming to hang out.He does seem more pet smart than Walmart
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guy. I'm with you on that. I'm with you on that. And
let me tell you his hair isfantastic. I'm very jealous. I see
a couple other guys in here thatwould be jealous of Russell's here too.
I love other girls are like notme. I'm good. I know right.
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My man's been doing work. Ifyou come hang out with us tomorrow,
it won't be me, It'll beBrook Taylor. Brook Taylor's gonna host
tomorrow. Jimmy a favor. Everybodysay Hi, Brook Brook's gonna be here,
hang with you, guys, tomorrow, so make sure you come on
through because she'll have an opportunity towin cmafest tickets as well, and the
rumor is her tickets are better thanmine are today. Yeah, boy,
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you're not following the rules. You'renot following rules. Oh sorry, I
didn't hear the rules. But herewe are, ladies and gentlemen. Russell
Dickerson. Uh, let's go.Hey, the plan was, the plan
was, I said, everybody bequiet, like you don't even recognize him.
So it's awkward when here. Hey, so do we we didn't talk
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about this before. Do we dothe sit down thing or stand up thing?
Stand up, dude, we're gonnastand up? Uh? Do me
a favorite. Please make him feelwelcome as our first guest here at CMA
Fest. I'm telling you so.So I do want to say this.
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This is the busiest that this baris before five pm. Ever, Ever,
Russell, I want to ask RussellDickerson because we go back aways.
I'm talking like before you let thehair grow. What's the deal? It
just changing it up or what?Uh? Yeah, pretty much. My
wife likes it. So I wasjust I was just letting it go.
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See what happened, And she waslike, I kind of dig it.
I'm like, hey, do mewhatever you want. Girl. You know
what I'm saying. Hey, beforeI ask any actual like music and life
related questions, pull your phone upreal quick and as they record, can
you just give him a like that? Just on? Can you just one
time? All right? You're ready? Everybody got your SloMo so good,
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so stupid. I love this guy, man, Russell Dickerson, you just
put out a new album not longago, and as we caught up,
it feels so different than anything you'vedone before. It still sounds Russell Dickerson,
but it's like it's like Dad RussellDickerson, Dad Russell Tiggerson. Wow,
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Okay, all right, I gotsome I did not just call it
the new balance of country albums,but I'm just saying, we're getting a
new version to you, right,that's right, new version of me.
I just I don't know. Iwas just like if it, dude,
like without without better explanation, Iwas like, these are fifteen songs that
I love, and whether they're likeway this way, way that way,
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whatever it is, I just lovethem and I'm gonna put them on an
album because I don't freaking care let'sgo, y'all love in the new album?
Right? Oh yeah, what's what'sthe biggest challenge to keep this new?
Because the amount of shows you're playing, the amount of songs you're writing
recording it, can you love it? And we appreciate you, but at
this and I know you appreciate fans, but at the end of the day,
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it feels like a job sometimes.Still, how do you keep it
from doing that? To sleep asmuch as I can? Whenever I stopped
drinking for a little bit, I'mback on the sauce. But I did
my wife. When we found outmy wife was pregnant, I stopped drinking
for three months. I was like, all right, it's time to time
to get my life straight. Anduh, I mean, honestly, that
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really help practically speaking, I don'tknow. You just gotta you just gotta
be grateful for every day. Iknow that sounds cliche, but like grateful
that I get to be here withyou guys, Grateful that I get to
play music for a living, youknow, and just reminding myself of that
man, and more importantly, gratefulthat this is an indoor CMA event.
Right, yeah, Hey what aboutthat weather? Though it ain't that bad.
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It ain't too bad. If y'allhave been here multiple years, this
is like the best year ever.Yeah. When it comes to CMA fest
or like, you're gonna play forus in a little bit here, how
do you prepare yourself or something likethis? Is it just let go have
fun? Or do you like,Okay, I'm gonna play this. I'm
gonna play this. I know I'mgonna play this. Like, what's your
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prep like? Bro? You knowme? I don't prepare for a dang
thing in my life. I don'teven know what day it is. I'm
just happy to be here. Idon't know what songs I'm gonna play.
I only know my song, Sodon't say Freebird. I don't know that
song. Yeah, don't hit uswith friends in low places, none of
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that. All right, We're herefor Russell Dickerson. When it comes to
tour life, what's the toughest partof that? Because it can't all be
glorious and shots backstage and high fiveswith the band all the time. Did
I mean the hardest thing with Toria, I think is freaking keeping up with
my deodorant. I'm like, Idon't know if it's on the bus.
I don't know if it's at home. I don't know if it's I left
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it in a hotel room somewhere.So I think I'm good today, but
I might have to go pick upsome old Spice on the way. Hey,
somebody tag old Spice on social media. He's about to get an endorsement.
I think, yeah, yeah,yeah. As you run around the
country and you record different songs andyou're writing different songs, who are some
people that have really become good friendsthat maybe were mentors at one point?
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I'd say first of all would beThomas Rhett. Yeah, uh he he
don't know. I mean he's he'syounger than me, but obviously way more
successful than me. And I justfeel like he always is just super open
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with everything, you know, andwhether it's a career change, whether it's
a song or anything. You know. We're always bouncing off songs with each
other and writing together, and Ithink him and him and Tyler Hubbard are
probably my two closest friends that havehelped me. You know. I got
to tour with both of them,fgl and Thomas and just learning from them,
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and yeah, I mean I couldtalk a lot about them, but
those are the two homies. Whenit comes to songs, Obviously, a
lot of songs you're a writing,you're a part of the writing process,
or maybe they get sent to you. Is there a song that's been sent
to you at this point in yourcareer that's ended up on the radio for
someone else and you're like, Ishouldn't have passed on that one. Let's
see now. Now, I willpreface every song has a time and a
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place, so it may be abig old hit, but like you're like,
that's not a Russell Dicker since,yeah, I did nothing really like
that. But I did sing backbefore I had anything going on at all.
I sang, I like, sangdemos just to get like a hundred
bucks or something to just pay myrent. But I sang the demo for
that Joe Nichols song That's uh.I was like, yeah, yeah,
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guy would not let alone as Isang that demo, And I was like,
that's pretty freaking cool to hear anumber one song that I got to
sing the demo for. But yeah, does Joe Nichols know you sang the
demo? Oh no, I probablytell him every time I see him.
But I'm a huge fan, andhe probably was like, I was this
guy. Hey, I can seeit on my presence. I can see
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the interaction. Now he's like,oh great, it's the demo guy.
Hey, No, good to seeyou. That's good. It's a freaking
tall guy again. Dang it.Have we heard well since the album came
out? Have you written and recordedanything more as you? Yeah? I
got a I got a whole summerEP coming out in like two weeks,
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just in time for your beach chairjams. Uh so stoked. I've already
shot a bunch of music videos,shot a bunch of stuff for it,
and uh oh, I do havemy phone. I might play a little
snippet of one whoop sees listen,the label's freaking out, but we're on
Russell Dickerson's time right out of thatEP coming out? Is that or the
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current project? Have we heard yourfavorite song? Oh? And now not
yours and Jack, but just yourfavorite Russell Dickerson song. Have we heard
it yet? Oh? Oh ohno, I think it's coming out on
the on the EPR on the EP. Yeah, I wrote a song with
Shaye Mooney, Dani Shay and hIt's one of my favors and then actually,
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so speaking of Tyler Hubbard and TR, Me and TR were headed at
dinner with the ladies, a littledouble date action, and we always just
play songs that we've heard or demothe songs we've written, whatever, And
he played me this song that TylerHubbard had written. He was like,
bro, you gotta hear this song. And after he played it, I
was like, oh my gosh,that's amazing. And I was like,
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are you cutting it? And hewas like, I don't know. It
was like, you're an idiot.I'm cutting it tomorrow, and so it's
coming out in like two weeks.Yeahs as stuff like that happens, is
there a song you can think of? That? And this is similar to
the to the Joe Nichols question,But you're like, oh, I should
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have raised my hand. You werein a writer's round and maybe it got
passed around. You were at aright and no One's like, oh I
like it, but no, No, I like it but no, And
you're like, oh, that youcould have taken but you didn't. Yeah.
I mean there's plenty of songs thatI like wish I could have recorded,
and I mean, you can onlydo so many at a time,
but apparently not. Morgan Wallen putlike eighty seven songs on a record,
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so whatever it, dude, gettingthere. Yeah, there's songs that I
want to record really bad, andI was just I'll get to them eventually.
I want to make as many songsfor you guys as possible. Hey,
I do want to say, becauseas much as you're out doing this
work, your wife is doing thehard work of getting ready for another child
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in the Dickerson household. She's doingshe's growing a baby, she's growing a
human. That's very crazy, dude, Like the ultrasounds and stuff. We're
like right in the middle of it. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. Are
you scared? Are you nervous?Yeah, you've done it once, I
know, but it's two now.It's like manned man coverage now. But
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but I'll tell you be careful becauseyou are one romantic evening away from being
outnumbered Wayne d with the jokes everybody, but we're talking before. Your wife
has a big family, so thisproblem will not be the last baby for
y'all. Yeah. Everybody asks islike, are you done too, and
through I was like, well,my wife has five older brothers and her
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oldest brother has seven kids. Ohit's right. So I'm like, girl,
don't be getting no ideas. Imean, she's got she's the one
who's got to grow them. Imean, that's a lot of babies.
Seven kids, dude, dude.So I'm gonna get sentimental on you in
a bar again. Usually hasn't happenedbefore. Five a song sentimental intle bar?
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Is it? Really? It's gota nice float to it. Save
it in your phone? All right, yeah, okay, I remember?
Good? Uh, what is thewhen you look at being a dad so
far and the point that you're at, what's the part that's been the biggest
surprise? But also you're like,damn, this is the best thing I've
ever done. When he wakes upat like six thirty in the morning,
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like early, maybe earlier, Idon't know, and he's just like,
kind, I just want to sleepin. But then you go up in
there, he's like, Dad,it's the best thing in the world.
It can't be mad about that.There's poop everywhere? Does I don't care?
You know what I'm talking about.Parents know what I'm talking about up
the bag And we're not gonna talkabout poop. That's gross. Listen,
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if you've got kids, we've allbeen there. We've all been there.
So I'm gonna ask two more questionsthan I'm gonna be quiet, because as
much as y'all love hearing Russell Dickersontalk, you probably want to hear Russell
Dickerson sing. I'll be honest,I feel like that could have been louder,
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but we'll work on it later.Cool guys, Cool guys. When
when it comes to CMA Fest,CMA Fest is built really for an artist
like you. You could go allday and all night if it comes down.
Yeah, give me easy, giveme moments that this four day span
lets you still be a fan though. I mean, dude, we used
to well here's a fun story.Well it might be illegal to tell whatever.
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I'm just gonna say, I don'tcare. One year, this is
how big a book fan I am. I mean I wanted to go to
the stadium every year, and likesometimes people be like, hey, we
got an extra ticket, but therewas like a great lineup one night and
something happened with the beer vendors.They were like, why did all these
people just walk into the gas stationwith like these wristbands? On and like
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we asked them, like what's up? But they're like, dude, we
all got cut for selling to peopleunderage. Somebody did and I was like,
yo, let me get that wristbandfor twenty dollars. So me and
two of my friends gave them eachtwenty bucks. They gave us their wrist
bands. We walked straight into stadiumlike we own that thing and watch the
entire show for twenty dollars. Whoops, don't you didn't hear from me?
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Though you didn't hear this from me. The last thing I want to ask
is if Russell Dickerson is building adream tour, you could be the first
act. You could be the middleact, or you could be the headliner.
Who do you build around you dream? And I'll say this to be
fair. They could still be withus, or they could have passed.
Oh dang, dude. I wouldjust have like an all day festival of
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free kid and George Straight. GeorgeStraits got a headline and then Garth Brooks,
did anybody go to chanail last night? Amazing? She'd be on there,
Tim mcgrawby on there, dude,and then I'd have a guest appearance
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from Michael Jackson just freaking coming out. You know how sick would that be?
That's a sneak peek of baby numberthree? Do you see that?
Move? All right? With alldue respect to myself, who wants me
to shut up? Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for Russell Dickerson.
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All right, I want to heary'all sing, though. I want
to hear your beautiful voices or mybaby cheese Alabama, my dig sea landed
light kissing me like molasses, slowand sweet. Uh, I'm just she's
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been less. Oh yes, somesunshine three six right? And what she
forgets the punchline, It still getsme every time high because I love heavy,
little heavy, little heavy little thingabout love and just a little,
just a little, just a little. Now I gotta get it, gotta
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get it. Get a little watershe does a mom Cuse I love what
hevery little, every little thing abouther love. You know how low she
Seattle and Synoma. She runs oncoffee and red wine, easy like Sunday
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morning, she wild lights Saturday night. It's tandy fool kry goodness, ain'tels
all? I see? She dressesfor everything, but she only dressed down
from me because I love heavy,little baby, little by little thing about
it, just a little, lethim just a little. I gotta get
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it, gotta get it, geta little more of my seatar a mom
cus. I love what heavy,little every little thing about her. Let's
go singing with my baby. She'salabamer my dick Sea landing light, She's
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everybody singing away my shame. Oh, because I love heavy, little heavy,
little heavy little thing about love.And just a little, just a
little, just a little. Igotta get it, you gotta get it,
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get a little more my sheet,because I love heavy, little heavy,
little heavy little thing about her.Love. You know, no baby,
heavy, little heavy, little weneed a thing about her. Thank
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you? All right. So thisnext song is about how my wife and
I know I talk about my wifea lot in my music, but she
shouldn't be so hot. This songis about coming back from our honeymoon and
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I found out that I had justgot dropped from my songwriting deal, so
we had no money. We madetwelve thousand dollars combined that year joint annual
income. It's like actual tax records. Don't look it up because that's weird.
But we get back from our honeymoonand what cancoon baby? Now,
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I forgot what I was talking about, Dude, my honeymoon and we were
broke, And but that's why Iwrote the song. There we go.
I wrote the song because no matterif we're in absolute paradise with endless chips
and guac and Margarita's coming out ofour ears, or we're in a crafty
West Nashville duplex next to mith Kathywho smokes cigarettes with her cats, it
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doesn't matter, because I got theone person that I need. This song
is called home Sweet, touching downfrom a six nine honey moon sun kids,
kids still drunk on low and fromall inclusive margaritas and malomboo to prey
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and we can pay rent this month? Anybody else ben that that door mass
is welcome old Oh, I thinkit's whether rhyme we this morn. They
have some breaks in the store.No, thevery nothing, I host you
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with me, catmus, we gotout with me. Wherever the wind blows,
rivers, slights ain't nothing like nothing. Light whole, sweet you be.
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You love is like a poor swingon Sunday, just as gentle as
the summer sunrise. They see it'swhere the heart is with minds. Will
you'll be as long as I ganstyou hand, I'm fine, could be
white breaking piggy fish, some bussit ain't see hume to run, it's
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out, pizza persha shot. No, we don't get much baty thing wholeshe
you ain't got us. We gotout with me. We win bospaers ain't
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nothing like nothing. I ain't allsweet you aby sweet you any So as
we talked about, we're about tohave baby number two on the way,
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and this is about finding out aboutthe first one. A cord acre in
a two big farmhouse, polaroid kidswith a red soul, sing sitting on
boxes in the living room, laughingand crying, just staring out those two
big lives. Time to making littlemy room and our horse sing you here.
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We got it all still be winningand the wind blows reading the star
closed. I ain't nothing like nothinglike horse. You ain't be singing,
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you ain't be. Let's go,y'all make me all emotional up here singing
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that songs with me? I wouldI would love you, But I don't
know that song on guitar. Ido know that one sorry, Sorry,
would you love me? Is yourfavorite. Okay, y'all ready to dance
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a little bit on a Thursday.I want to hear you loud as you
can though ready. She likes itwhen I was wear a suit, pick
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a favorite movie. When I openedup well, she used, telling can
tune me. When I go getgroceries and I bring back flowers and I
rub a back for like half anhour. She likes it when I whoa
come on Nashville. She likes itwhen I'm bought to kill the kissing knows
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that we about to have myselves alittle die. When I'm playing John damn
It through that little bow speaker andI start damning those lies. She knows,
bua and I'm kissing on it.If we're go to guys. She
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likes it Whenner, she likes it. Winner, she likes it. Winner,
Yes he does, she does,She does, Yes, he does.
When I leaven No make us reservationsjust because that girls were celebrating.
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When I already know what she's thinking, she don't have to say it.
Yeah, she lights it when afool to keil it because she knows,
damn be about to have ourselves alittle now. When I played John damn
It through that little booth speaker andI start damning knows li. She knows
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by the way that I'm kissing onher, We're gonna take out time.
What she lights it? When shelights it? Whinner she lights it?
Winna yes she does, Yes shedone. I'm gonna need y'all these booze
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though. Hit me with them booboos one two three, I'm talking about
she likes it when I, oh, I love it, when we she
likes it when I'm oh wait,she lies it when I'm b to keel
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it because she knows that we ourselvesa little. When a blade chine damn
it through the little bone speaker andI start damning knows lies, and she
knows by the way that I'm kissingon We're gonna take gordside. She likes
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it when she likes it, whenshe likes it whenning o, Yes she
does, she does? She does? Oh yes, she does? One
mos out sing it does she lightsit? Whinner she lights it? What
she likes it? Whinner whoop seesthere was That's how we kick off CMA
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fast. It is all right,So I gotta play this one. This
is uh, this is my newsingle. It's called God gave me a
girl. And uh, I meanI could talk about it, I don't.
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I just play it, you knowwhat I mean. God gave me
a girl. That's pretty self explainatory. No, there was a time we're
in college where we broke up.It was only for one month and it
was the worst month of my life. And uh, because I decided it
was just like I think it wouldbe a great idea show up to her
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door, surprise her and break upwith her. It seems made sense up
here, right, terrible worst monthof my life. So I called her
up a month later and it wasThanksgiving Day and I was like, she's
like hello. I was like,what's up, girl, She's like,
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what do you want. I waslike, I just want to say I'm
thankful for you, and she tookme back. Baby. So cheesy,
but during that one month, duringthat worst one month of my life,
I really felt like it was likeGod was like, Hey, if you
want the best life ever, youbetter get your act together and get back
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with this girl. And so that'swhy I called this song God gave Me
a Girl. I gave you youFriday night, all about that single night
I gave my mom moving you inthe pre didn't care. Boy trying to
change. I gave my all tothose empty bar always left you with a
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broken heart. Maybe gave love thouman. As soon as I saw it
off. God gave me a girl. Girl gave me kids, kids gave
me a feeling need. I stillget sam My look kidder. I don't
deserve her. Right out on't awhite. She gave me an I gave
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her rain and the suits a kid. I gave him my last day.
Now I'm on A. Gave youfor it. I do what I want
him and he knew. God gaveme a girl. Yes he did.
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The boys gaving me a heart signbecause I was giving her all of mine.
But the first time he is whenthey understood and said, how you
get once so good. God gaveme a girl. Girl gave me a
kiss, kids gave me a feelingneed. I still get time. I
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look gets. I don't deserve it. I don't know why she gave me
her hand. I gave you rain. Then as soon as I could,
I gave him my last name.Now I'm on A gave it forever.
I knew what I want. Hedidn't you. But God gave me a
girl. It's just the right time. And I gave you the word because
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she ain't changed my mind. Yeah, gave me a girl. Girl gave
me kids, kids, gave meyour feeling need I still get if it's
time? Am I looking those timesI don't deserve me. I don't know
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why she gave me a hand.I gave me rain, and as soon
as a kid, I gave himmy last day. Now I'm about a
game for it. I n thewon't even he knew. God gave me
a girl. God gave me agirl. Whoa God gave me a girl.
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I don't know how much time Ihave. I don't even know how
many songs I'm supposed to play,But just keep going. Huh. It's
about time for a tray. It'sabout time for a car one. It's
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about time for a girl back layme a country going because babweing on a
wad like it's about time for atime year cities out. We've been eating
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on the sun and good down onthis one horse, one stoplight, one
knee on time. I can't waitto get my boys up, brown gone
and call the girls up because it'sabout to go down down. Were ready
like truck stops to dealer light halfrights, gonna raise them up high because
it's about time for a tray.It's about time for a car. It's
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about to go back to play mea touch of don die. It's about
time for a train. It's abouttime for a train. You do it,
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didn't know it, didn't do it. It's a little teaser for you.
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So I usually have my band withme everywhere and we can just like
play songs that we want to play. And I hear the songs you're saying,
but I don't know how to playthem. You know what I mean?
Three songs? Okay, I gotthree more, I think, um,
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all right, fine, all right, yeah, I'll definitely play that
one. This song is called BigWheels and Big Wheels, Back Roads,
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cold beer. That's all you needto know. That's all you need to
know. You ready, one two, one two, go with light the
light, big wheels, back rowsand Kobe old school straight kind of gold
here. That's just the way weroll here, big wheels, back rolls
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and Kobe get inside. He gota job. We go ahead, green
handling at the fun here's before werolling up. If it's like that where
you're from out the same, bigwheels, back rows and Kobe old school
straight country gold here. That's justthe way that we roll. He big
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wheels, back rows and Kobe greenhis white tails and long beers, long
eyes, John Bows and John Deer. We stick the shit that we know.
He big wheels, back rows andCoobe twenty two and thirty threes outside
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dirty as I clean. We alldrinking natty like his name, hollebag.
If you know what I mean,be rolling, We rolling, were rolling
in up, we go in,we go in, we go in and
hit it and then out skirts skirts, because we all about that life.
If you raise that way, gonnaraise them up high Bow, big wheels,
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back ros and Kobe old school straightcount to gold here. As to
where he a we rock, Hebig wheels, back ros and Kobe green
heads, white tails and long belongies, John boots and John Dee.
Daddy's farming. It ain't getting soldhere, big wheels, back ros and
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old code ball. One more time. I want to hear y'all save big
wheels, back ros and Cob beautiful. This is a vibe that's a big
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ViBe's driving in the rain. Yes, it's just for old time's sake.
All right, anybody take a littleroad trip to get to Nashville for cmafs.
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Where'd you come from? Where?Mccola County in the house, where'd
you come from? Chicago, Kansas, the Maldives, the Maryland and the
House Australia? Yeah right, ohcrikey, So that was bad. I
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do feel like most of my friendstell me I have a pretty good Australian
accent. Yeah right whatever. Thissong is called bluets Coma. Yeah,
we ride it in a blue toColma, Califoronia wheels, rolling on a
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non te tweets top on a sunkeyshot. You're brown here in the Nashville.
Heaven needs anywhere, ninety seeds atthe tip of I love shuffling and
steal the one huh missing turns becausethat's our song. Baby Heaven needs anywhere.
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It's in a boot to Comma California. White Man in your raising good
and shining on you anywhere, neverrunning out of golden rule, always having
your hand hood and a bird toComma California. White Head needs Anywhere.
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It's right here, red sun milkingNew the black Tie, Dallas Shade,
trumming on and trust your kids inthat coastline. If he even needs anywhere,
pull it over to the shoulder totake any Oh, I put you
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closer, loving you longer than everyday going places. We eat it be
because even is in a blue toComma Califoning, white man, go he
raising, go to shining down easy, never running out of corner room.
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I always have a hand running abird to Colma, califhoning, O easy
anywhere. It's right here back Nashville. I want to hear you loud as
you can't you ready, You're rightone, two three, we're writing in
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the blue. O was in theblue to Coma Calefhona, white man.
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No in your raising God to shiningon it. Oh it easy anywhere,
Never run it out and go giveit to me. Always had in a
route to Coma Califhona. Who anywheretry him it needs anyway in a boot
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to Coma California needs anywhe it's rankyou come on now. That's all,
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y'all. That was all, y'all. God you're beautiful than go, she
said, thank you, all right, I got one more. I love
you guys so much, Thank youeverybody. I heart for the love on
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all of these songs, y'all,have changed my life. Thank you for
doing this. Just a little storybefore I play. I always like to
end with the first song that startedit all for me, and I couldn't
get a record deal in this town. Nobody would sign me, so really
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just got to absolute rock bottom.And of course my beautiful wife comes to
save the day. She's like,we're just gonna go shoot a music video,
and I was like, let's doit. So she's like crouched in
the back of my suv shooting outthe back and we just start walking down
this back road in Nashville, andnothing happened except God showed up straight up.
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Like if you've seen the video,there's all the storm cloud rolls in,
there's lightning flashing in the background.It's the most insane thing I've ever
seen. And that's like a billiondollars in special effects that you can never
get. And this was a sixdollar music video, so balling on a
budget. Baby. But what elsehappened is you guys showed up. Y'all
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showed up. Y'all started streaming this, y'all started walking down the aisle to
this song. You started first dancingto this song, started making out behind
Burger King to this song. Idon't know what you were doing, but
you changed my life. And Ijust want to say thank you guys so
much from the bottom of my heart, so so much for everything that y'all
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have given me and my family.We are eternally grateful. And I'm just
gonna play this last song. It'scalled Yours. Yeah, I know it's
a bar, but can we getthose flashlights up? Those cell phone flashlights?
Oh that's a vibe. I wasa bumster and kidder bottle. If
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he got the chance to test thesay, just forgot on the shift.
I went in the sas, goingnowhere with no one for me. I
was one in a hundred billion,a burnout star in a galaxy, just
lost in the sky, wondering whyeveryone else shines out for me, But
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I keep alife. When I firstkissed you, the best me had these
arms around You can make me betterthan ours before, Thank god your I
was one outs issues, just wanderin the city streets, another facing the
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crowd, here looking down, lostin the sound of a lonely melody,
an empty foget said a rudely alwayslaying in on a lost speed, and
just live for the spin over thewind wall in just to lose again.
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But I keep a light. WhenI first kissed you, the best me
had his arms around you. Youmake me better than eyes before. Thank
God. I the worst mest alonggone Mary. You put it new I
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beat inside of me. You makeme better than eyes be saying thank God.
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Because I was a bu stuck ina bottom. I define got the
chance it tips to see, butI can't it out. When I first
kissed you, the bestne had hisarms around you. You make me better
than eyes before. Thank God.The worst thing is to sound memory.
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You put it new heartbeat and soundingme. You make me better than ys
before saying God. Your saying God. You know what time it is.
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Thank God you. Oh, thankGod you Nashville, Tennessee. I love
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you so much. God bless you, thank you, thank you, thank
you. Y'all. Have a safeCMA Fest ladies and gentlemen. One more
time. Russell Dickerson, I loveall right. So here's the deal.
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As he is uh waving and sayinggoodbye, let me ask y'all who wants
to win CMA Fest tickets. IfI call your name, I'm gonna easy
to come to the front of thestage. Our winner right now is Justin
Grace. Where's Justin at? Isthat Justin? Justin come all the way
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to this side of the stage.Congratulations for those of y'all hanging out.
We appreciate it very much. We'llbe back at it with two more special
guests tomorrow and then two more onSaturday and two moor on Sunday. Full
schedule is on our Instagram check outninety eight W six. That's a big
ninety eight here in Nashville. Ninetyeight ws I X got the full schedule
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and of course that's on the walloutside of Tequila Cowboy appreciate y'all. Have
a happy, healthy, safe,fun CMA Fest.
Oh my lord, Hey, myname is Wayne d with the Big ninety
eight and iHeartRadio. How's everybody doing. Welcome today one of CMA Fest.
I have a question. I'd liketo check the temperature real quick before we
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get started. Y'all know who you'rehere to see, right, So before
I officially introduced that fine young gentlemanwho has another baby on the way,
I promise we'll talk about calm down, y'all didn't make it calm down.
I do want to know where y'allare from. So if you're from Nashville
or Middle Tennessee in general, letme hear you don't break that. It's
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expensive. They don't make that nomore. How many of you are visiting
us from out of state? Onthe count of three, I want you
to yell where you're from, one, two, three, one of my
favorite places to visit. I'm tellingyou every time, every time. So
we are minutes away from hanging withRussell Dickerson. But before we do that,
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there is a QR code right here. How many of y'all already have
CMA Fest tickets for Nissan Stadium.I promise you these are probably most likely
better. There's a half and halfchance of these being better, right,
So scan the QR code and register, because before the end of the day
we will be pulling a winner.We will notify y'all and we will send
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them your way, all right,So make sure you get signed up,
get locked in. We're just acouple of seconds away here from getting Russ
out here. Now, we dohave a schedule lined up with our friends
here Tequila Cowboy, not only todaybut all Mayfest long. We're gonna be
back here tomorrow with more amazing artists, and again on Saturday, again on
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Sunday. We got over these fourdays. Brian Kelly from Florida, Georgia
line. We've got Morgan Evans comingto hang out. We've got Brett Young
coming to hang out with us,and so so many more. Kimberly Perry
is doing her own thing now fromthe band Perry. I'm telling you so
again, it's always free walking thesedoors. All age is welcome as we
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hang out with iHeart Country House Partyover the next couple of days. So
I want y'all to do me afavor. As soon as he comes around
the corner. Hey, let's makeit awkward. Okay, everybody, just
don't say nothing, well, butjust act like act like it's you don't
even know who it is. Theyjust walk in and just make it awkward
and quiet because I know some ofy'all are taking video. This will help
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your TikTok. Okay, So we'renot gonna make any noise, any noise
until he'll come up here and I'llintroduce him and then we'll do it.
But let's make it weird. Yeah. Yeah, we're gonna make it look
like he's just like maybe he worksthe warehouse at Walmart or something, just
the guys coming to hang out.He does seem more pet smart than Walmart
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guy. I'm with you on that. I'm with you on that. And
let me tell you his hair isfantastic. I'm very jealous. I see
a couple other guys in here thatwould be jealous of Russell's here too.
I love other girls are like notme. I'm good. I know right.
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My man's been doing work. Ifyou come hang out with us tomorrow,
it won't be me, It'll beBrook Taylor. Brook Taylor's gonna host
tomorrow. Jimmy a favor. Everybodysay Hi, Brook Brook's gonna be here,
hang with you, guys, tomorrow, so make sure you come on
through because she'll have an opportunity towin cmafest tickets as well, and the
rumor is her tickets are better thanmine are today. Yeah, boy,
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you're not following the rules. You'renot following rules. Oh sorry, I
didn't hear the rules. But herewe are, ladies and gentlemen. Russell
Dickerson. Uh, let's go.Hey, the plan was, the plan
was, I said, everybody bequiet, like you don't even recognize him.
So it's awkward when here. Hey, so do we we didn't talk
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about this before. Do we dothe sit down thing or stand up thing?
Stand up, dude, we're gonnastand up? Uh? Do me
a favorite. Please make him feelwelcome as our first guest here at CMA
Fest. I'm telling you so.So I do want to say this.
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This is the busiest that this baris before five pm. Ever, Ever,
Russell, I want to ask RussellDickerson because we go back aways.
I'm talking like before you let thehair grow. What's the deal? It
just changing it up or what?Uh? Yeah, pretty much. My
wife likes it. So I wasjust I was just letting it go.
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See what happened, And she waslike, I kind of dig it.
I'm like, hey, do mewhatever you want. Girl. You know
what I'm saying. Hey, beforeI ask any actual like music and life
related questions, pull your phone upreal quick and as they record, can
you just give him a like that? Just on? Can you just one
time? All right? You're ready? Everybody got your SloMo so good,
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so stupid. I love this guy, man, Russell Dickerson, you just
put out a new album not longago, and as we caught up,
it feels so different than anything you'vedone before. It still sounds Russell Dickerson,
but it's like it's like Dad RussellDickerson, Dad Russell Tiggerson. Wow,
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Okay, all right, I gotsome I did not just call it
the new balance of country albums,but I'm just saying, we're getting a
new version to you, right,that's right, new version of me.
I just I don't know. Iwas just like if it, dude,
like without without better explanation, Iwas like, these are fifteen songs that
I love, and whether they're likeway this way, way that way,
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whatever it is, I just lovethem and I'm gonna put them on an
album because I don't freaking care let'sgo, y'all love in the new album?
Right? Oh yeah, what's what'sthe biggest challenge to keep this new?
Because the amount of shows you're playing, the amount of songs you're writing
recording it, can you love it? And we appreciate you, but at
this and I know you appreciate fans, but at the end of the day,
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it feels like a job sometimes.Still, how do you keep it
from doing that? To sleep asmuch as I can? Whenever I stopped
drinking for a little bit, I'mback on the sauce. But I did
my wife. When we found outmy wife was pregnant, I stopped drinking
for three months. I was like, all right, it's time to time
to get my life straight. Anduh, I mean, honestly, that
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really help practically speaking, I don'tknow. You just gotta you just gotta
be grateful for every day. Iknow that sounds cliche, but like grateful
that I get to be here withyou guys, Grateful that I get to
play music for a living, youknow, and just reminding myself of that
man, and more importantly, gratefulthat this is an indoor CMA event.
Right, yeah, Hey what aboutthat weather? Though it ain't that bad.
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It ain't too bad. If y'allhave been here multiple years, this
is like the best year ever.Yeah. When it comes to CMA fest
or like, you're gonna play forus in a little bit here, how
do you prepare yourself or something likethis? Is it just let go have
fun? Or do you like,Okay, I'm gonna play this. I'm
gonna play this. I know I'mgonna play this. Like, what's your
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prep like? Bro? You knowme? I don't prepare for a dang
thing in my life. I don'teven know what day it is. I'm
just happy to be here. Idon't know what songs I'm gonna play.
I only know my song, Sodon't say Freebird. I don't know that
song. Yeah, don't hit uswith friends in low places, none of
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that. All right, We're herefor Russell Dickerson. When it comes to
tour life, what's the toughest partof that? Because it can't all be
glorious and shots backstage and high fiveswith the band all the time. Did
I mean the hardest thing with Toria, I think is freaking keeping up with
my deodorant. I'm like, Idon't know if it's on the bus.
I don't know if it's at home. I don't know if it's I left
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it in a hotel room somewhere.So I think I'm good today, but
I might have to go pick upsome old Spice on the way. Hey,
somebody tag old Spice on social media. He's about to get an endorsement.
I think, yeah, yeah,yeah. As you run around the
country and you record different songs andyou're writing different songs, who are some
people that have really become good friendsthat maybe were mentors at one point?
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I'd say first of all would beThomas Rhett. Yeah, uh he he
don't know. I mean he's he'syounger than me, but obviously way more
successful than me. And I justfeel like he always is just super open
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with everything, you know, andwhether it's a career change, whether it's
a song or anything. You know. We're always bouncing off songs with each
other and writing together, and Ithink him and him and Tyler Hubbard are
probably my two closest friends that havehelped me. You know. I got
to tour with both of them,fgl and Thomas and just learning from them,
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and yeah, I mean I couldtalk a lot about them, but
those are the two homies. Whenit comes to songs, Obviously, a
lot of songs you're a writing,you're a part of the writing process,
or maybe they get sent to you. Is there a song that's been sent
to you at this point in yourcareer that's ended up on the radio for
someone else and you're like, Ishouldn't have passed on that one. Let's
see now. Now, I willpreface every song has a time and a
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place, so it may be abig old hit, but like you're like,
that's not a Russell Dicker since,yeah, I did nothing really like
that. But I did sing backbefore I had anything going on at all.
I sang, I like, sangdemos just to get like a hundred
bucks or something to just pay myrent. But I sang the demo for
that Joe Nichols song That's uh.I was like, yeah, yeah,
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guy would not let alone as Isang that demo, And I was like,
that's pretty freaking cool to hear anumber one song that I got to
sing the demo for. But yeah, does Joe Nichols know you sang the
demo? Oh no, I probablytell him every time I see him.
But I'm a huge fan, andhe probably was like, I was this
guy. Hey, I can seeit on my presence. I can see
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the interaction. Now he's like,oh great, it's the demo guy.
Hey, No, good to seeyou. That's good. It's a freaking
tall guy again. Dang it.Have we heard well since the album came
out? Have you written and recordedanything more as you? Yeah? I
got a I got a whole summerEP coming out in like two weeks,
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just in time for your beach chairjams. Uh so stoked. I've already
shot a bunch of music videos,shot a bunch of stuff for it,
and uh oh, I do havemy phone. I might play a little
snippet of one whoop sees listen,the label's freaking out, but we're on
Russell Dickerson's time right out of thatEP coming out? Is that or the
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current project? Have we heard yourfavorite song? Oh? And now not
yours and Jack, but just yourfavorite Russell Dickerson song. Have we heard
it yet? Oh? Oh ohno, I think it's coming out on
the on the EPR on the EP. Yeah, I wrote a song with
Shaye Mooney, Dani Shay and hIt's one of my favors and then actually,
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so speaking of Tyler Hubbard and TR, Me and TR were headed at
dinner with the ladies, a littledouble date action, and we always just
play songs that we've heard or demothe songs we've written, whatever, And
he played me this song that TylerHubbard had written. He was like,
bro, you gotta hear this song. And after he played it, I
was like, oh my gosh,that's amazing. And I was like,
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are you cutting it? And hewas like, I don't know. It
was like, you're an idiot.I'm cutting it tomorrow, and so it's
coming out in like two weeks.Yeahs as stuff like that happens, is
there a song you can think of? That? And this is similar to
the to the Joe Nichols question,But you're like, oh, I should
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have raised my hand. You werein a writer's round and maybe it got
passed around. You were at aright and no One's like, oh I
like it, but no, No, I like it but no, And
you're like, oh, that youcould have taken but you didn't. Yeah.
I mean there's plenty of songs thatI like wish I could have recorded,
and I mean, you can onlydo so many at a time,
but apparently not. Morgan Wallen putlike eighty seven songs on a record,
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so whatever it, dude, gettingthere. Yeah, there's songs that I
want to record really bad, andI was just I'll get to them eventually.
I want to make as many songsfor you guys as possible. Hey,
I do want to say, becauseas much as you're out doing this
work, your wife is doing thehard work of getting ready for another child
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in the Dickerson household. She's doingshe's growing a baby, she's growing a
human. That's very crazy, dude, Like the ultrasounds and stuff. We're
like right in the middle of it. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. Are
you scared? Are you nervous?Yeah, you've done it once, I
know, but it's two now.It's like manned man coverage now. But
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but I'll tell you be careful becauseyou are one romantic evening away from being
outnumbered Wayne d with the jokes everybody, but we're talking before. Your wife
has a big family, so thisproblem will not be the last baby for
y'all. Yeah. Everybody asks islike, are you done too, and
through I was like, well,my wife has five older brothers and her
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oldest brother has seven kids. Ohit's right. So I'm like, girl,
don't be getting no ideas. Imean, she's got she's the one
who's got to grow them. Imean, that's a lot of babies.
Seven kids, dude, dude.So I'm gonna get sentimental on you in
a bar again. Usually hasn't happenedbefore. Five a song sentimental intle bar?
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Is it? Really? It's gota nice float to it. Save
it in your phone? All right, yeah, okay, I remember?
Good? Uh, what is thewhen you look at being a dad so
far and the point that you're at, what's the part that's been the biggest
surprise? But also you're like,damn, this is the best thing I've
ever done. When he wakes upat like six thirty in the morning,
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like early, maybe earlier, Idon't know, and he's just like,
kind, I just want to sleepin. But then you go up in
there, he's like, Dad,it's the best thing in the world.
It can't be mad about that.There's poop everywhere? Does I don't care?
You know what I'm talking about.Parents know what I'm talking about up
the bag And we're not gonna talkabout poop. That's gross. Listen,
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if you've got kids, we've allbeen there. We've all been there.
So I'm gonna ask two more questionsthan I'm gonna be quiet, because as
much as y'all love hearing Russell Dickersontalk, you probably want to hear Russell
Dickerson sing. I'll be honest,I feel like that could have been louder,
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but we'll work on it later.Cool guys, Cool guys. When
when it comes to CMA Fest,CMA Fest is built really for an artist
like you. You could go allday and all night if it comes down.
Yeah, give me easy, giveme moments that this four day span
lets you still be a fan though. I mean, dude, we used
to well here's a fun story.Well it might be illegal to tell whatever.
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I'm just gonna say, I don'tcare. One year, this is
how big a book fan I am. I mean I wanted to go to
the stadium every year, and likesometimes people be like, hey, we
got an extra ticket, but therewas like a great lineup one night and
something happened with the beer vendors.They were like, why did all these
people just walk into the gas stationwith like these wristbands? On and like
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we asked them, like what's up? But they're like, dude, we
all got cut for selling to peopleunderage. Somebody did and I was like,
yo, let me get that wristbandfor twenty dollars. So me and
two of my friends gave them eachtwenty bucks. They gave us their wrist
bands. We walked straight into stadiumlike we own that thing and watch the
entire show for twenty dollars. Whoops, don't you didn't hear from me?
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Though you didn't hear this from me. The last thing I want to ask
is if Russell Dickerson is building adream tour, you could be the first
act. You could be the middleact, or you could be the headliner.
Who do you build around you dream? And I'll say this to be
fair. They could still be withus, or they could have passed.
Oh dang, dude. I wouldjust have like an all day festival of
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free kid and George Straight. GeorgeStraits got a headline and then Garth Brooks,
did anybody go to chanail last night? Amazing? She'd be on there,
Tim mcgrawby on there, dude,and then I'd have a guest appearance
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from Michael Jackson just freaking coming out. You know how sick would that be?
That's a sneak peek of baby numberthree? Do you see that?
Move? All right? With alldue respect to myself, who wants me
to shut up? Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for Russell Dickerson.
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All right, I want to heary'all sing, though. I want
to hear your beautiful voices or mybaby cheese Alabama, my dig sea landed
light kissing me like molasses, slowand sweet. Uh, I'm just she's
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been less. Oh yes, somesunshine three six right? And what she
forgets the punchline, It still getsme every time high because I love heavy,
little heavy, little heavy little thingabout love and just a little,
just a little, just a little. Now I gotta get it, gotta
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get it. Get a little watershe does a mom Cuse I love what
hevery little, every little thing abouther love. You know how low she
Seattle and Synoma. She runs oncoffee and red wine, easy like Sunday
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morning, she wild lights Saturday night. It's tandy fool kry goodness, ain'tels
all? I see? She dressesfor everything, but she only dressed down
from me because I love heavy,little baby, little by little thing about
it, just a little, lethim just a little. I gotta get
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it, gotta get it, geta little more of my seatar a mom
cus. I love what heavy,little every little thing about her. Let's
go singing with my baby. She'salabamer my dick Sea landing light, She's
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everybody singing away my shame. Oh, because I love heavy, little heavy,
little heavy little thing about love.And just a little, just a
little, just a little. Igotta get it, you gotta get it,
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get a little more my sheet,because I love heavy, little heavy,
little heavy little thing about her.Love. You know, no baby,
heavy, little heavy, little weneed a thing about her. Thank
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you? All right. So thisnext song is about how my wife and
I know I talk about my wifea lot in my music, but she
shouldn't be so hot. This songis about coming back from our honeymoon and
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I found out that I had justgot dropped from my songwriting deal, so
we had no money. We madetwelve thousand dollars combined that year joint annual
income. It's like actual tax records. Don't look it up because that's weird.
But we get back from our honeymoonand what cancoon baby? Now,
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I forgot what I was talking about, Dude, my honeymoon and we were
broke, And but that's why Iwrote the song. There we go.
I wrote the song because no matterif we're in absolute paradise with endless chips
and guac and Margarita's coming out ofour ears, or we're in a crafty
West Nashville duplex next to mith Kathywho smokes cigarettes with her cats, it
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doesn't matter, because I got theone person that I need. This song
is called home Sweet, touching downfrom a six nine honey moon sun kids,
kids still drunk on low and fromall inclusive margaritas and malomboo to prey
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and we can pay rent this month? Anybody else ben that that door mass
is welcome old Oh, I thinkit's whether rhyme we this morn. They
have some breaks in the store.No, thevery nothing, I host you
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with me, catmus, we gotout with me. Wherever the wind blows,
rivers, slights ain't nothing like nothing. Light whole, sweet you be.
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You love is like a poor swingon Sunday, just as gentle as
the summer sunrise. They see it'swhere the heart is with minds. Will
you'll be as long as I ganstyou hand, I'm fine, could be
white breaking piggy fish, some bussit ain't see hume to run, it's
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out, pizza persha shot. No, we don't get much baty thing wholeshe
you ain't got us. We gotout with me. We win bospaers ain't
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nothing like nothing. I ain't allsweet you aby sweet you any So as
we talked about, we're about tohave baby number two on the way,
(24:45):
and this is about finding out aboutthe first one. A cord acre in
a two big farmhouse, polaroid kidswith a red soul, sing sitting on
boxes in the living room, laughingand crying, just staring out those two
big lives. Time to making littlemy room and our horse sing you here.
(25:18):
We got it all still be winningand the wind blows reading the star
closed. I ain't nothing like nothinglike horse. You ain't be singing,
(25:42):
you ain't be. Let's go,y'all make me all emotional up here singing
(26:07):
that songs with me? I wouldI would love you, But I don't
know that song on guitar. Ido know that one sorry, Sorry,
would you love me? Is yourfavorite. Okay, y'all ready to dance
(26:33):
a little bit on a Thursday.I want to hear you loud as you
can though ready. She likes itwhen I was wear a suit, pick
(26:55):
a favorite movie. When I openedup well, she used, telling can
tune me. When I go getgroceries and I bring back flowers and I
rub a back for like half anhour. She likes it when I whoa
come on Nashville. She likes itwhen I'm bought to kill the kissing knows
(27:18):
that we about to have myselves alittle die. When I'm playing John damn
It through that little bow speaker andI start damning those lies. She knows,
bua and I'm kissing on it.If we're go to guys. She
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likes it Whenner, she likes it. Winner, she likes it. Winner,
Yes he does, she does,She does, Yes, he does.
When I leaven No make us reservationsjust because that girls were celebrating.
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When I already know what she's thinking, she don't have to say it.
Yeah, she lights it when afool to keil it because she knows,
damn be about to have ourselves alittle now. When I played John damn
It through that little booth speaker andI start damning knows li. She knows
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by the way that I'm kissing onher, We're gonna take out time.
What she lights it? When shelights it? Whinner she lights it?
Winna yes she does, Yes shedone. I'm gonna need y'all these booze
(28:48):
though. Hit me with them booboos one two three, I'm talking about
she likes it when I, oh, I love it, when we she
likes it when I'm oh wait,she lies it when I'm b to keel
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it because she knows that we ourselvesa little. When a blade chine damn
it through the little bone speaker andI start damning knows lies, and she
knows by the way that I'm kissingon We're gonna take gordside. She likes
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it when she likes it, whenshe likes it whenning o, Yes she
does, she does? She does? Oh yes, she does? One
mos out sing it does she lightsit? Whinner she lights it? What
she likes it? Whinner whoop seesthere was That's how we kick off CMA
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fast. It is all right,So I gotta play this one. This
is uh, this is my newsingle. It's called God gave me a
girl. And uh, I meanI could talk about it, I don't.
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I just play it, you knowwhat I mean. God gave me
a girl. That's pretty self explainatory. No, there was a time we're
in college where we broke up.It was only for one month and it
was the worst month of my life. And uh, because I decided it
was just like I think it wouldbe a great idea show up to her
(31:00):
door, surprise her and break upwith her. It seems made sense up
here, right, terrible worst monthof my life. So I called her
up a month later and it wasThanksgiving Day and I was like, she's
like hello. I was like,what's up, girl, She's like,
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what do you want. I waslike, I just want to say I'm
thankful for you, and she tookme back. Baby. So cheesy,
but during that one month, duringthat worst one month of my life,
I really felt like it was likeGod was like, Hey, if you
want the best life ever, youbetter get your act together and get back
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with this girl. And so that'swhy I called this song God gave Me
a Girl. I gave you youFriday night, all about that single night
I gave my mom moving you inthe pre didn't care. Boy trying to
change. I gave my all tothose empty bar always left you with a
(32:08):
broken heart. Maybe gave love thouman. As soon as I saw it
off. God gave me a girl. Girl gave me kids, kids gave
me a feeling need. I stillget sam My look kidder. I don't
deserve her. Right out on't awhite. She gave me an I gave
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her rain and the suits a kid. I gave him my last day.
Now I'm on A. Gave youfor it. I do what I want
him and he knew. God gaveme a girl. Yes he did.
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The boys gaving me a heart signbecause I was giving her all of mine.
But the first time he is whenthey understood and said, how you
get once so good. God gaveme a girl. Girl gave me a
kiss, kids gave me a feelingneed. I still get time. I
(33:14):
look gets. I don't deserve it. I don't know why she gave me
her hand. I gave you rain. Then as soon as I could,
I gave him my last name.Now I'm on A gave it forever.
I knew what I want. Hedidn't you. But God gave me a
girl. It's just the right time. And I gave you the word because
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she ain't changed my mind. Yeah, gave me a girl. Girl gave
me kids, kids, gave meyour feeling need I still get if it's
time? Am I looking those timesI don't deserve me. I don't know
(34:04):
why she gave me a hand.I gave me rain, and as soon
as a kid, I gave himmy last day. Now I'm about a
game for it. I n thewon't even he knew. God gave me
a girl. God gave me agirl. Whoa God gave me a girl.
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I don't know how much time Ihave. I don't even know how
many songs I'm supposed to play,But just keep going. Huh. It's
about time for a tray. It'sabout time for a car one. It's
(35:13):
about time for a girl back layme a country going because babweing on a
wad like it's about time for atime year cities out. We've been eating
(35:34):
on the sun and good down onthis one horse, one stoplight, one
knee on time. I can't waitto get my boys up, brown gone
and call the girls up because it'sabout to go down down. Were ready
like truck stops to dealer light halfrights, gonna raise them up high because
it's about time for a tray.It's about time for a car. It's
(35:59):
about to go back to play mea touch of don die. It's about
time for a train. It's abouttime for a train. You do it,
(36:22):
didn't know it, didn't do it. It's a little teaser for you.
(36:43):
So I usually have my band withme everywhere and we can just like
play songs that we want to play. And I hear the songs you're saying,
but I don't know how to playthem. You know what I mean?
Three songs? Okay, I gotthree more, I think, um,
(37:05):
all right, fine, all right, yeah, I'll definitely play that
one. This song is called BigWheels and Big Wheels, Back Roads,
(37:30):
cold beer. That's all you needto know. That's all you need to
know. You ready, one two, one two, go with light the
light, big wheels, back rowsand Kobe old school straight kind of gold
here. That's just the way weroll here, big wheels, back rolls
(37:52):
and Kobe get inside. He gota job. We go ahead, green
handling at the fun here's before werolling up. If it's like that where
you're from out the same, bigwheels, back rows and Kobe old school
straight country gold here. That's justthe way that we roll. He big
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wheels, back rows and Kobe greenhis white tails and long beers, long
eyes, John Bows and John Deer. We stick the shit that we know.
He big wheels, back rows andCoobe twenty two and thirty threes outside
(38:37):
dirty as I clean. We alldrinking natty like his name, hollebag.
If you know what I mean,be rolling, We rolling, were rolling
in up, we go in,we go in, we go in and
hit it and then out skirts skirts, because we all about that life.
If you raise that way, gonnaraise them up high Bow, big wheels,
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back ros and Kobe old school straightcount to gold here. As to
where he a we rock, Hebig wheels, back ros and Kobe green
heads, white tails and long belongies, John boots and John Dee.
Daddy's farming. It ain't getting soldhere, big wheels, back ros and
(39:22):
old code ball. One more time. I want to hear y'all save big
wheels, back ros and Cob beautiful. This is a vibe that's a big
(39:52):
ViBe's driving in the rain. Yes, it's just for old time's sake.
All right, anybody take a littleroad trip to get to Nashville for cmafs.
(40:21):
Where'd you come from? Where?Mccola County in the house, where'd
you come from? Chicago, Kansas, the Maldives, the Maryland and the
House Australia? Yeah right, ohcrikey, So that was bad. I
(40:50):
do feel like most of my friendstell me I have a pretty good Australian
accent. Yeah right whatever. Thissong is called bluets Coma. Yeah,
we ride it in a blue toColma, Califoronia wheels, rolling on a
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non te tweets top on a sunkeyshot. You're brown here in the Nashville.
Heaven needs anywhere, ninety seeds atthe tip of I love shuffling and
steal the one huh missing turns becausethat's our song. Baby Heaven needs anywhere.
(41:34):
It's in a boot to Comma California. White Man in your raising good
and shining on you anywhere, neverrunning out of golden rule, always having
your hand hood and a bird toComma California. White Head needs Anywhere.
(41:58):
It's right here, red sun milkingNew the black Tie, Dallas Shade,
trumming on and trust your kids inthat coastline. If he even needs anywhere,
pull it over to the shoulder totake any Oh, I put you
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closer, loving you longer than everyday going places. We eat it be
because even is in a blue toComma Califoning, white man, go he
raising, go to shining down easy, never running out of corner room.
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I always have a hand running abird to Colma, califhoning, O easy
anywhere. It's right here back Nashville. I want to hear you loud as
you can't you ready, You're rightone, two three, we're writing in
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the blue. O was in theblue to Coma Calefhona, white man.
(43:42):
No in your raising God to shiningon it. Oh it easy anywhere,
Never run it out and go giveit to me. Always had in a
route to Coma Califhona. Who anywheretry him it needs anyway in a boot
(44:15):
to Coma California needs anywhe it's rankyou come on now. That's all,
(44:38):
y'all. That was all, y'all. God you're beautiful than go, she
said, thank you, all right, I got one more. I love
you guys so much, Thank youeverybody. I heart for the love on
(45:00):
all of these songs, y'all,have changed my life. Thank you for
doing this. Just a little storybefore I play. I always like to
end with the first song that startedit all for me, and I couldn't
get a record deal in this town. Nobody would sign me, so really
(45:21):
just got to absolute rock bottom.And of course my beautiful wife comes to
save the day. She's like,we're just gonna go shoot a music video,
and I was like, let's doit. So she's like crouched in
the back of my suv shooting outthe back and we just start walking down
this back road in Nashville, andnothing happened except God showed up straight up.
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Like if you've seen the video,there's all the storm cloud rolls in,
there's lightning flashing in the background.It's the most insane thing I've ever
seen. And that's like a billiondollars in special effects that you can never
get. And this was a sixdollar music video, so balling on a
budget. Baby. But what elsehappened is you guys showed up. Y'all
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showed up. Y'all started streaming this, y'all started walking down the aisle to
this song. You started first dancingto this song, started making out behind
Burger King to this song. Idon't know what you were doing, but
you changed my life. And Ijust want to say thank you guys so
much from the bottom of my heart, so so much for everything that y'all
(46:32):
have given me and my family.We are eternally grateful. And I'm just
gonna play this last song. It'scalled Yours. Yeah, I know it's
a bar, but can we getthose flashlights up? Those cell phone flashlights?
Oh that's a vibe. I wasa bumster and kidder bottle. If
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he got the chance to test thesay, just forgot on the shift.
I went in the sas, goingnowhere with no one for me. I
was one in a hundred billion,a burnout star in a galaxy, just
lost in the sky, wondering whyeveryone else shines out for me, But
(47:35):
I keep alife. When I firstkissed you, the best me had these
arms around You can make me betterthan ours before, Thank god your I
was one outs issues, just wanderin the city streets, another facing the
(48:02):
crowd, here looking down, lostin the sound of a lonely melody,
an empty foget said a rudely alwayslaying in on a lost speed, and
just live for the spin over thewind wall in just to lose again.
(48:22):
But I keep a light. WhenI first kissed you, the best me
had his arms around you. Youmake me better than eyes before. Thank
God. I the worst mest alonggone Mary. You put it new I
(48:43):
beat inside of me. You makeme better than eyes be saying thank God.
(49:04):
Because I was a bu stuck ina bottom. I define got the
chance it tips to see, butI can't it out. When I first
kissed you, the bestne had hisarms around you. You make me better
than eyes before. Thank God.The worst thing is to sound memory.
(49:31):
You put it new heartbeat and soundingme. You make me better than ys
before saying God. Your saying God. You know what time it is.
(49:52):
Thank God you. Oh, thankGod you Nashville, Tennessee. I love
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you so much. God bless you, thank you, thank you, thank
you. Y'all. Have a safeCMA Fest ladies and gentlemen. One more
time. Russell Dickerson, I loveall right. So here's the deal.
(50:45):
As he is uh waving and sayinggoodbye, let me ask y'all who wants
to win CMA Fest tickets. IfI call your name, I'm gonna easy
to come to the front of thestage. Our winner right now is Justin
Grace. Where's Justin at? Isthat Justin? Justin come all the way
(51:09):
to this side of the stage.Congratulations for those of y'all hanging out.
We appreciate it very much. We'llbe back at it with two more special
guests tomorrow and then two more onSaturday and two moor on Sunday. Full
schedule is on our Instagram check outninety eight W six. That's a big
ninety eight here in Nashville. Ninetyeight ws I X got the full schedule
(51:31):
and of course that's on the walloutside of Tequila Cowboy appreciate y'all. Have
a happy, healthy, safe,fun CMA Fest.
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