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Speaker 1: Taking a Walk Nashville. Well, Hi, my name is Buzz Night.

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Speaker 2: I host this podcast called the Taking a Walk Podcast,

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Speaker 2: and my goodness, I am with someone who hosts a podcast.

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Speaker 2: It's called Taking a Walk Nashville. Hi, Sarah Harrilson, thanks

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Speaker 3: Hi, Buzz thank you for being on Taking a Walk

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Speaker 3: Nashville today.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we are able to get together here by the

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Speaker 2: beauty of virtuality. I'm outside of Boston, you're outside of Nashville,

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Speaker 2: and we're going to talk about what's going on in

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Speaker 2: the unbelievable music scene around Nashville. And we're going to

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Speaker 2: take a look at the week of November seventeenth, and

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Speaker 2: I'm pretty certain there's a fair amount of stuff going

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Speaker 2: on with all different genres of music. Would you agree, Sarah?

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Speaker 4: Of course. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: As I mentioned on the last concert calendar, there's always

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Speaker 3: so many events happening in Nashville, and just because it's

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Speaker 3: getting cold outside does not mean it's slowing down here.

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Speaker 3: And there's so much on the lineup for November seventeenth.

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Speaker 3: We have Stephen Wilson Junior at the Ryman on the

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Speaker 3: twenty third. I think that'll be a great concert because

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Speaker 3: it's going to be his largest hometown headline to date

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Speaker 3: at this venue.

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Speaker 2: Now tell me what you know about Steven. We've tried

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Speaker 2: to get him on Taking a Walk a couple times

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Speaker 2: through his people, and he's like a lot of artists.

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Speaker 2: Obviously he's on the road a lot. But for Steven,

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Speaker 2: this is a bit of a homecoming, right it is.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he has such a great story.

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Speaker 3: I would love to have him on Taking a Walk Nashville.

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Speaker 3: His own music is kind of a blend of indie

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Speaker 3: rock and country, but he's also written quite a few

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Speaker 3: songs for a variety of artists like Caitlin Smith, Old Dominion, Brothers, Osbourne.

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Speaker 3: The list goes on and on. But his journey, I

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Speaker 3: think is very unique. He was a Golden Gloves boxer

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Speaker 3: and then later a research scientist and now he's doing music.

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Speaker 4: So he's done it all.

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Speaker 3: And in addition to performing at the Rieman on November

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Speaker 3: twenty third and twenty fourth, he's also going to be

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Speaker 3: performing with Shaboozi at the CMA Awards on the nineteenth.

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Speaker 1: Well that's pretty big.

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Speaker 2: He must be a nervous wreck over that, I'm guessing Yeah,

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Speaker 2: probably not.

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Speaker 1: I mean, come on, he's a piece of cake for him.

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Speaker 2: But now, is it fair to say this time around

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Speaker 2: Nashville is when a lot of the artists you know,

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Speaker 2: are coming back home. They're coming off the long road,

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Speaker 2: but they're still doing select dates, kind of celebrating the holidays.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 3: Yes, if the artist is not on like a holiday tour,

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Speaker 3: usually they're back here in Nashville, maybe performing at different

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Speaker 3: events in Nashville. And that's definitely why CMA they host

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Speaker 3: their awards in November, because a lot of artists are

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Speaker 3: off tour and able to be at the award show.

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Speaker 3: And that's happening on Wednesday, November nineteenth at Bridgestone Arena.

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Speaker 4: I think it's gonna be another great award show.

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Speaker 3: The females are kind of dominating this year in nominations.

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Speaker 3: We have Ella Langley, Megan Maroney and Landy Wilson. They've

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Speaker 3: received the most nominations this year with six each.

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Speaker 1: Yay yay. Yeah pro ladies, Yes, yeah. So Stephen Wilson

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Speaker 1: at the Ryman.

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Speaker 2: That's is that what you think maybe is the big

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Speaker 3: Definitely Stephen Wilson at the Ryman and then of course

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Speaker 3: the CMA Awards. We also have going on Christmas at Belmont.

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Speaker 3: That was one of my favorite events to attend when

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Speaker 3: I was at Belmont's going to be on November twenty

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Speaker 3: first and twenty second at the Fisher Center for the

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Speaker 3: Performing Arts. That's their new Performing Arts center. It's so

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Speaker 3: beautiful if no one has been there before, and more

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Speaker 3: than six hundred Belmont students will perform Christmas and holiday

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Speaker 3: music and it really is magical.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, have you been to that one before

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Speaker 3: I have? Yeah, especially when I attended Belmont. I went

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Speaker 3: pretty much every year.

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Speaker 2: There's nothing like the holiday spirit, right, Yeah. And what

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So we talked about country music holiday music, but

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Speaker 3: we're not limited to that. In Nashville, we have New

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Speaker 3: Faces Night that happens every Tuesday at the Original Basement

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Speaker 3: on Eighth Avenue. That's happening November eighteenth at eight pm.

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Speaker 3: New Faces Night always features different artists in Nashville. I

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Speaker 3: think they get like a thirty minute set each, usually

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Speaker 2: Now, is the Basement where on our earlier episode of

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Speaker 2: the Concert Calendar where Thomas Dolby was appearing, Do I

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Speaker 1: Or was he at another venue?

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Speaker 3: That was the Basement East and East Nashville.

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Speaker 4: So that's a lot.

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Speaker 3: Bigger than the original Basement. The original Basement is literally

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Speaker 4: It's a lot smaller, but.

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Speaker 3: It's a fun vibe.

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Speaker 2: And does Nashville get crazy besides the locals around the holidays?

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Speaker 2: Is there a lot of tourism still going on this

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, especially over at the Opry. Opry does their Christmas

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Speaker 3: classics and then they have all of the Christmas lights up,

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Speaker 3: so it's a popular time for tourists to come see

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Speaker 3: all of the lights at Opry and enjoy the holiday

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Speaker 2: And I want to ask you, so what happens with

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Speaker 2: the intersection of sports and music in Nashville. Obviously you

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Speaker 2: have a football team. I don't know if you're a

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Speaker 2: fan of that football team or not. You're you're allowed

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Speaker 2: to not be because I know you probably have other

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Speaker 2: fan affinity on the sports side, I'm guessing, but maybe not.

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Speaker 2: But so, what I'm asking is when the football team

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Speaker 2: is in full force, do artists typically play at these

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Speaker 2: games at halftime?

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Speaker 1: What goes on?

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Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, all the time, especially some we're in music City.

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Speaker 3: Besides Titans games, we have Predators hockey always going on,

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Speaker 3: So there's always a band that will play during the

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Speaker 3: halftime at Titans.

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Speaker 4: Or the Pred's game.

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Speaker 3: There's always someone famous who usually does the national anthem

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Speaker 3: at both games too, as well as our Nashville soccer team.

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Speaker 3: There's always music going on over there. So sports and

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Speaker 3: music always happening here in Nashville. And the new Titans

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Speaker 3: Stadium is actually being built right now and that's expected

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Speaker 3: to open in twenty twenty seven.

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Speaker 1: Wait, there's construction in Nashville happening. I can't believe it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, every time I go there, I'm like, there's more

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Speaker 3: My god, Well, do you know what the bird of

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Speaker 3: Nashville is? No, it's the crane.

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Speaker 1: I fell for it.

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Speaker 2: It's been a day and I fell for that one.

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Speaker 1: And I'm so happy that I did.

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Speaker 2: I didn't say that we're Titans, I hope you noticed

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Speaker 2: that I was kind of holding back on that.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: Look partially because I live outside of Boston and you

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Speaker 2: might think I'm a loyal Patriots fan. And right now

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Speaker 2: I'm going to jump on the bandwagon. I'm a fair

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Speaker 2: weather Patriots fan, so I'm they're on a roll.

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Speaker 1: So I say go Patriots. Go.

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Speaker 2: Mike Vabriel he was your former coach, and that's why

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Speaker 2: I was being reluctant to say the word Titans.

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Speaker 3: Well, I wish we could have Mike Rabel back. I

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Speaker 3: hope the Titans can do better. I'm urgually from Knoxville,

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Speaker 3: so more of a college football fan, but my husband

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, see now full disclosure. That's okay.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we could be fair weather. And

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Speaker 2: as long as as long as it's good, good fortune,

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Speaker 2: good music, good community, that's what it's all about, right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Absolutely, good sports, good music, good food. We have

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Speaker 3: it all.

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Speaker 2: Anything else you want to talk about in terms of

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Speaker 2: music around there or you think this one is just about.

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Speaker 3: A rap, Well, we talked about holiday music, rock music,

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Speaker 4: But if people are in.

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Speaker 3: Town and want to hear some jazz. Rudy's Jazz Room

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Speaker 3: is a great venue for that. It's open six nights

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Speaker 3: a week featuring different jazz groups. They have hot Club

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Speaker 3: Gypsy Jazz Thursday. Every Thursday, they have jazz swing music,

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Speaker 3: and they have really good food to a great Cajun

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Speaker 2: So, Sarah Harrison, you've been there then, is that what

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Speaker 1: You love that place.

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Speaker 3: I have great music, great food. I think it's a

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Speaker 1: I love that place too.

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Speaker 2: I hadn't heard about it, and one of the locals

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Speaker 2: when I was at a restaurant actually, they said, oh,

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Speaker 2: Julie over there sings at Rudy's. You should go check

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Speaker 2: that place out. So I was like, Okay, I'm going tonight.

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Speaker 2: So I went to Rudy's. I love the vibe, very

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Speaker 2: must go.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, it gives you a little taste of New

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Speaker 2: So we're gonna do our reach out to anybody who's

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Speaker 2: listening in the music community. If you've got a gig,

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Speaker 2: you want us to talk about in a venue you

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Speaker 2: want us to talk about, We're happy to do that.

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Speaker 2: We are an open book if it's all about Nashville.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, please let us know any shows you have coming up.

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Speaker 4: I will keep my you're out as well.

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Speaker 1: All right, well this is a wrap.

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Speaker 2: It's a concert calendar for the week of November seventeenth.

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Speaker 2: And Sarah Harrison, thanks for letting me poke my head

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Speaker 2: into taking a walk Nashville.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks for coming on Buzz