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Speaker 1: Taking a Walk Nashville.

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Speaker 2: Joining me today on Taking a Walk Nashville is country

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Speaker 2: artist and songwriter Craig Campbell. Craig has had hits such

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Speaker 2: as Out of My Head, Outskirts of Heaven, Keep Them

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Speaker 2: Kisses Coming, and one of my favorites Tomorrow Tonight March

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Speaker 2: is co Directal Cancer Awareness Month, and Craig is an

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Speaker 2: advocate for this cancer, starting the Kenny Campbell Foundation to

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Speaker 2: honor his father, who lost his battle with corectal cancer

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Speaker 2: at age thirty six. Craig's latest single, Drink for That,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Taking a Walk Nashville with your host's singer

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Speaker 1: songwriter Sarah Harrelson.

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Speaker 2: Craig, thank you so much for being with me on

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Speaker 2: Taking a Walk Nashville today. We have a lot to discuss,

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Speaker 2: but I first want to start our conversation by talking

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Speaker 2: about your nonprofit organization, the Kenny Campbell Foundation. Now, this

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Speaker 2: foundation honors your father, who lost his battle with co

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Speaker 2: directal cancer at age thirty six, and it raises money

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Speaker 2: for research, hospitals and doctors that focus on finding a

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Speaker 2: cure and preventative measures for corectal cancer now. For listeners

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Speaker 2: who don't know, March is co directal Cancer Awareness Month,

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Speaker 2: and it really means a lot to me to shine

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Speaker 2: a light on this. I also lost my mother to

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Speaker 2: colon cancer in twenty twenty two, and it was recently

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Speaker 2: fifty now, Craig, along with your foundation, you also host

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Speaker 2: an annual celebrity corn hone Challenge in Nashville. You've raised

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Speaker 2: over a million dollars through your foundation and this event,

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Speaker 2: and you also hosted a benefit concert at the Riemann

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Speaker 2: is no doubt your dad would be so proud of

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Speaker 2: you and all that you have accomplished. What does it

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Speaker 2: mean to you to shine a light on colorectal cancer awareness?

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, the one of the one of the

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Speaker 3: with and for coorctal cancer is you know, when I

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Speaker 3: was eleven years old. That's that my dad died with

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Speaker 3: color cancer at eleven years old. I thought he was

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Speaker 3: and I'm like, okay, well, what took my dad away

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Speaker 3: you know, prevented it, because corectal cancer is the most

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Speaker 3: and I started doing work towards raising money for coorctal

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Speaker 3: cancers because I didn't want my girls growing up without me.

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Speaker 3: And I'm like, you know what, whatever whatever knowledge I

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that, And I think that's a great

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Speaker 2: point that there hasn't always been a lot of resources

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Speaker 2: or funding for this cancer like other cancers. And you know,

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Speaker 2: when my mom was diagnosed with the cancer. She got

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Speaker 2: misdiagnosed with asthma. So the earlier people can get die

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Speaker 2: love what you're doing with your foundation. Do you have

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Speaker 3: My Cornhold Tournament is every see we do it during

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Speaker 3: So I'm not one hundred percent what's sure what the

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Speaker 3: me raise money for Collectial Cancer? And you know CMA Fest,

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Speaker 2: And so if people are in town for CMA fes,

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, so you can buy a ticket to the event.

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Speaker 3: This year, we're having it at sixth and Peabody. This

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Speaker 3: They're great partners, also known as Eyhall Brewery. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: Perfect. Yeah, And that's a great location and the heart

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Speaker 2: single that just dropped on February twentieth called Drink For that.

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Speaker 2: I love the production on this song. This is your

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Speaker 3: So? I'm been fortunate to become friends with a guy

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Speaker 3: As soon as I heard it, I knew.

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Speaker 2: It was just it was.

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Speaker 3: It was a great country song and I'm just excited

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely a fun song. Where did you record it?

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Speaker 3: So? I cut this song up in Berry Hill and

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Speaker 3: then my secret weapon, Bart Bush. You know, he he

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Speaker 3: And it's it's pretty fire.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so too. And listeners can stream drink

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Speaker 2: for that on all listening platforms. You can also find

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Speaker 2: a drink for that at your award winning coffee shop, restaurant,

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Speaker 2: on now for Grindstone Cowboy. Yeah, yeah, I love it.

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Speaker 2: It's in Eagleville, Tennessee, and you just opened a second

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Speaker 2: And this is great for people driving through these towns.

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Speaker 3: Well, we live in Eagleville, so that was the main

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I love that these communities have a music venue

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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, we have a live music pretty much every Saturday,

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Speaker 3: and then occasionally we'll have like a ticketed event somewhere

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Speaker 2: Very cool. Yeah, I hope everyone will check out Grindstone Cowboy.

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Speaker 2: I know I'll be checking it out soon. Craig, you've

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Speaker 3: You know, I honestly I thought it was a booming

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Speaker 3: But like Lower Broadways, it's chaotic these days. I don't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely nash Vegas down on Lower Broadway. But

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Speaker 2: which I love. It's definitely kept that charm about it. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: so you've been doing some shows and touring this year.

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Speaker 2: Where can we find you for upcoming shows this year?

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Speaker 3: You know, I keep most of my shows updated on

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Speaker 3: So yeah, you can just follow me on social media

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Speaker 2: Great. Yeah, we'll definitely check you out there. And my

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Speaker 2: last question for you, Craig, is something I always love

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Speaker 3: Ah, never done. I've never taken a walk in Nashville ever, except,

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Speaker 3: It's pretty cool to be able to walk from from

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Speaker 3: and then even you know, even in just a couple

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot in that short radius. And

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Speaker 2: I'm sure you do a lot of walking in Eagleville.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of good hiking out there

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Speaker 2: if people want to take a short drive outside of Nashville,

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Speaker 2: there is for sure, absolutely well, Craig, thank you so

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Speaker 2: much for being on Taking a Walk Nashville Today. Listeners

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Speaker 2: can donate and check out your events with the Kenny

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Speaker 2: Campbell Foundation, your upcoming tour dates, and your new single

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Speaker 2: Drink for That on your website. Thank you again, Thank you.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate you.

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