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Speaker 1: Taking a Walk Nashville.

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Speaker 2: Hi, listeners, this is Sarah Harrelson, your host of Taking

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Speaker 2: a Walk Nashville. I hope everyone has been enjoying the

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Speaker 2: guest I have had so far this year on the podcast,

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Speaker 2: and I am so enthralled with Nashville and music city

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Speaker 2: myself because I am also a musician. I just released

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Speaker 2: a new single called it Can't Rain All the Time.

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Speaker 2: Check it out on all streaming platforms under Sarah Harrelson

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Speaker 2: and give me a follow. But enough about me today.

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Speaker 2: Joining me on Taking a Walk Nashville is a very

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Speaker 2: special guest, country artist ray Lynn. She is a former

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Speaker 2: contestant of the Voice and two time ACM Awards nominee.

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Speaker 2: She has garnered over a billion career streams and recently

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Speaker 2: started working with Jonas Group Entertainment last year for her

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Speaker 2: new releases. I am so excited to have her on today.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Taking a Walk Nashville with your hosts singer

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Speaker 1: songwriter Sarah Harrelson.

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Speaker 2: Raylyn, thank you so much for being on at Taking

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Speaker 2: a Walk Nashville today. You look stunning. How are you?

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Speaker 3: Thank you?

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Speaker 4: I am good, just you know, getting it's been a

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Speaker 4: it's been a fun year so far, been kind of

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Speaker 4: getting into the groove with Daisy, my daughter, and.

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Speaker 3: Writing a lot this the beginning of this year.

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Speaker 4: We start touring in April, so it's been kind of

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Speaker 4: a little fun a few months off, but I'm already

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Speaker 4: missing the road, so I'm excited to see the fans again.

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Speaker 4: But it's been it's been a good little time off

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Speaker 4: and kind of recharging for the summer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, I saw your recent clip. You were taking

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Speaker 2: your daughter Daisy to the American Girls Store, and I

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Speaker 2: love to see that. Little girls are still I'm playing

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Speaker 2: with American Girl dolls.

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Speaker 3: It's so cute.

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Speaker 4: We went for International Women's Day and my my mom,

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Speaker 4: her me ma took her. So I was thankful to

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Speaker 4: not get that bill and let my mom o of that.

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Speaker 4: But no, it was it was super fun. She had

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Speaker 4: a great time, and you know, it's so much It's

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Speaker 4: And I remember when I got my first American Girl doll,

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Speaker 4: so it was really sweet for her to get to

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Speaker 4: experience out with my mom.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, me too. I definitely had those growing up. And

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Speaker 2: you mentioned that you're hitting the road later this year.

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Speaker 2: You're joining Luke Bryan on his Word on the Street tour.

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Speaker 2: It's it's kicking off on May twenty ninth in New Hampshire,

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Speaker 2: continuing through the fall. This is very exciting. Have you

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Speaker 4: The last time I was on tour with Luke was

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Speaker 4: in twenty nineteen because I was going back to different

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Speaker 4: you know, two different photos, and when I saw this,

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Speaker 4: I actually was wearing this. I can always remember a

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Speaker 3: Which is insane, a classicrall thing, and I was like,

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Speaker 3: what did I wear?

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Speaker 4: Oh? I wear these cute little black Levi shorts and

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Speaker 4: this bedazzled cama.

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Speaker 3: Like crop like a strapless top that was so cute.

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Speaker 3: I have to find a picture. But no, it's been

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Speaker 4: It's been like seven years since I've toured with him,

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Speaker 4: so it's gonna be super fun. And I don't know

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Speaker 4: if you know much about his lineup, but he does

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Speaker 4: this cool thing on his tour where it's like every

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Speaker 4: every day of the show, like you figure out where

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Speaker 4: these different openers, so there's three openers per each show,

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Speaker 4: and like the night either the night before or the

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Speaker 4: morning of the show. We'll either find out if we're

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Speaker 4: the day of, which I think is so cool because

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Speaker 4: he wants everybody to experience what it's like to be

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Speaker 4: direct support, which I think is such a cool thing

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Speaker 4: that Luke does, and that's cool that he can do that.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, I'm excited to try that out. And I mean,

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Speaker 4: Luke is so sweet. He's always been so precious to me.

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Speaker 4: He was actually one of the first celebrities I met

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Speaker 4: right after The Voice. I have a picture of me

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Speaker 4: and him at Stage Coach when I was eighteen, and

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Speaker 4: the guy who's saying rand is a good thing because

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Speaker 4: that's the song we loved in Texas. But no, it's

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Speaker 3: I'm very excited.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that'll be so much fun. People can find tickets

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Speaker 2: to these shows through your website. And you're also playing

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Speaker 3: I'm playing Riverfront stage. I am so excited.

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Speaker 4: Last year we were supposed to play Riverfront and we

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Speaker 4: so or lightning, even though it was like not even rainy.

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Speaker 4: It was the weirdest thing. But anyway, so we did

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Speaker 4: a surprise show because I was like, I'm not going

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Speaker 4: what was it called Whiskey River and I did a

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Speaker 4: excited to redeem myself and get to do Riverfront stage

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Speaker 4: this year. I've been wanting to and I'm super pumped

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and this case, rain is a bad thing

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Speaker 2: for Cfest, so we definitely want to see you at

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Speaker 2: Riverfront and keep the rain away this year. I know.

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Speaker 3: I think I think it's going to be a good

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm looking forward to it, and I am just

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Speaker 2: loving your new music that you have released since joining

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Speaker 2: the Jonas Group. Entertainment team. Last year, You've released Heaven

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Speaker 2: is a honky Ton, long lived country music fall together

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Speaker 2: in a festive Christmas EP. You or released so much

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Speaker 2: music last year at ATEN They are definitely jams. And

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Speaker 2: how would you say your music has changed in these

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Speaker 4: I think this new music is definitely probably a little

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Speaker 4: more rock and roll in a sense. Obviously, when I started,

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Speaker 4: But I feel like the common thread between all my

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Speaker 4: I'm really kind of going back to those rootsy parts

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Speaker 4: I was eighteen nineteen. They really have a lot of

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Speaker 4: it's so funny because I feel like in life you

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Speaker 4: especially for me in music, and so this music is

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Speaker 4: it's just a lot of heart, very country, but also

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we can't wait to hear a comedy songs too.

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Speaker 2: And speaking of your music from ten years ago, your

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Speaker 2: platinum single God Made Girls, it's still resonating with a

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Speaker 4: It's you know, people with social media. I think there's

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Speaker 4: like parts of it that are hard, but parts of

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Speaker 4: One thing that is just so cool is when you

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Speaker 4: love seeing people continue to make videos to God Made

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Speaker 4: I'm so proud of God Made Girls and Boyfriend and

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And since you have became a mother, how

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Speaker 4: And now I really truly understand, like why my parents

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Speaker 4: And even when we got downe with tour, you know,

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Speaker 4: I helped her make little friendship bracelets and all those

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Speaker 4: that Daisy Ray made them.

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Speaker 3: And it's just, you know, it's cool to know that.

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Speaker 4: She we were creating her the memories that she's always

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Speaker 3: And I just want to be super special, but you know,

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Speaker 3: I do it. I want to.

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Speaker 4: Continue to show her that no matter what, you can

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Speaker 4: So she is She is just super special. I mean,

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Speaker 4: You're bringing home to them. Like when I went to Korea,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, We're I've been writing so much. So it's so

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I think that's great advice. And time does fly.

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Speaker 3: Keis, thank you. I appreciate that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and we're loving your new music and Raylan, my

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, that would be so special. Do you know

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Speaker 3: I'd probably like to go to like Radner. I love Radner.

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Speaker 2: A Well, Raylan, thank you so much for being Thank

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Speaker 3: She's a Kutie vite. Well, I appreciate you, Sarah, and

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