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Speaker 1: Taking a Walk Nashville.

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Speaker 2: Hey, y'all, this is Sarah Harrelson, your host of the

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Speaker 2: Taking a Walk Nashville podcast. Today, I'm back at the

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Speaker 2: Russell Hotel in East Nashville, and I'm sitting here with

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Speaker 2: country artist Alex Miller. You probably remember him from American

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Speaker 2: Idol Season nineteen. He was only seventeen years old when

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Speaker 2: he was on American Idol. That brought him fame and

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Speaker 2: changed his life. In twenty twenty one, now at twenty

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Speaker 2: two years old, he's released a full album, Miller Time,

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Speaker 2: and two EPs Country and My Daddy's Dad. We are

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Speaker 2: looking forward to talking about his latest album, More Country

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Speaker 2: Than You, that just released. He has some great duets

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Speaker 2: on it with Emily Anne Roberts, Tracy Bird. He covered

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Speaker 2: Too Much Fun by Darryl Singletary on the album. I

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Speaker 2: love his voice and I'm so excited for you guys

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Speaker 2: to hear my conversation with Alex Miller. He has shared

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Speaker 2: lineups with Brooks and Dunn, Hank Williams, Junior, Josh Turner.

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Speaker 2: The list goes on and on, So please join me

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Speaker 2: as we sit down and speak with Alex Miller 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: Hello, everyone, It's Sarah Harrelson, your host of the Taking

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Speaker 2: a Walk Nashville podcast, and today I have with me

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Speaker 2: country artist Alex Miller. How are you today?

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Speaker 1: I'm good? How are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm good. I'm so glad to finally meet you. And

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Speaker 2: we were just talking about your latest album that just

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Speaker 2: released on April tenth, More Country than You. I love

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Speaker 2: this album. There's a lot to discuss about it, and

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Speaker 2: you've mentioned that this latest project shows the work that

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Speaker 2: you've put into growing as a singer and songwriter since

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Speaker 2: your time on American Idol a few years ago. So

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Speaker 2: what's the biggest difference you have seen in your voice

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Speaker 2: or you're writing today compared to back in twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 3: Well, twenty one, maybe I was eighteen years old, so

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Speaker 3: you know, I'd rarely do anything about life. But at

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Speaker 3: twenty two, almost twenty three, now I feel like I've

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Speaker 3: just matured as an adult and learned so much about

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Speaker 1: I think my voice is certainly matured. I think it.

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Speaker 3: Sound more like a man now, less like an eighteen

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Speaker 3: year old kid. But I think the record is really

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Speaker 3: a testament to me and it shows all different sides

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, even back then, you can tell your voice

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Speaker 2: is so mature for your age and your wise beyond

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Speaker 2: new record takes us back in time with a traditional

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Speaker 2: country sound. So you did a cover of Darryl Singletary's

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Speaker 2: song too Much Fun? You did a song with Trees.

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Speaker 2: Were those some of your influences growing up?

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Speaker 1: Oh? Absolutely.

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Speaker 3: Daryl Singletary, He's like one of the greatest country singers

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Speaker 3: of the nineties and I love his voice, very low

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Speaker 3: registered voice and Tracy Bird. I mean, you know, if

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Speaker 3: and just it's an honor to have him on this record.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I bet that was so much fun collaborating with him.

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Speaker 2: What was it like recording that song with him? Because

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Speaker 2: he didn't take part in the writing of it, correct.

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Speaker 1: He didn't know.

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Speaker 3: I just wanted to And it's that's a crazy story.

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Speaker 3: So I was you believe in small things can lead

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, I was getting on an elevator. I met

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Speaker 3: Wow, and he invited me to lunch with him that day,

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Speaker 3: and he recognized me from TikTok is what he said.

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Speaker 3: You're on TikTok, ain't you boy?

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Speaker 3: And so I wanted to write a song to kind

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Speaker 3: It's just when I heard his voice back to me,

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Speaker 3: I'll never forget we was. It was me and my

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Speaker 2: Oh that's amazing. And have you performed a song together

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Speaker 3: We we did a show together in Little Valley, New

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Speaker 2: That's so awesome to be able to perform a song

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Speaker 2: and do a collaboration with one of your influences. So

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Speaker 2: how do you balance staying, you know, firmly planted in

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Speaker 1: It's not too hard for me. I just am who

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Speaker 3: I'm I'm you know, I just do the music that

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Speaker 3: And I'm pretty content with that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I love that. You know, traditional country sounds

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Speaker 1: I think there's a place for me now.

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Speaker 3: If it had been you know, ten to fifteen years ago,

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Speaker 3: there's nobody. There's not really a Kentucky artist doing what

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Speaker 3: I think that's why people like what I'm doing is

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Speaker 3: because I do do that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're from Lancaster, Kentucky.

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Speaker 1: That's not so far, correct me. I'm just kidding.

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Speaker 1: say Gerard and Gerard, but it's Geared. Okay. Anyway, that's

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Speaker 2: And where you're from is not far from Lexington, correct,

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Speaker 2: That's very right.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so I believe Blue.

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Speaker 1: Kentucky all away from me.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's not too far from Nashville. And you know,

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Speaker 2: you are still rooted in Kentucky. You're an ambassador for

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Speaker 2: the Kentucky Proud program, a recipient of the American f

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Speaker 3: a lot of people think it's Texas, but it's very,

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Speaker 3: and I said absolutely. And what that is, folks, is

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Speaker 3: And it's called Kentucky prowd. So if you see Kentucky

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Speaker 2: Very cool. Do you go back to Kentucky Lot?

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Speaker 3: Actually this weekend, it's just my I guess I was

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that'll be great. Great to connect with your community again.

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Speaker 2: And you know, just at twenty two years old, now

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Speaker 2: those previous projects, Miller Time, my Daddy's Dad, how did

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Speaker 3: I think Miller Time did what it was supposed to do.

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Speaker 3: And I think more character than you, it's just another

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's such a fun album. You have another collaboration

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Speaker 2: on this album, the title track, More Country than You.

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Speaker 2: It features a really fun rivalry with Emily and Roberts.

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Speaker 2: So tell us how did that collaboration come together and

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Speaker 3: I'll say this, I think as far as a female,

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Speaker 3: I probably might be the country in the genre right now.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know. I think that song came about

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Speaker 3: Lot of credit to that little lap But I saw

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Speaker 3: Bill White, he's in the Country Music this Jockey's Hall

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Speaker 3: of Fame. I brought him in on this song and

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Speaker 3: he had that idea more country than you for the

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Speaker 3: And you know, she was just nominated.

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Speaker 1: For the ACM New Female the Year.

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Speaker 3: We're all kind of upset she didn't win, But anyway,

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Speaker 3: I really appreciate her and her and her family or

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Speaker 1: They're all just great people.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, it's such a fun song. She just won

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Speaker 2: an award and recognition for AI m P Yeah Publishers,

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Speaker 2: So she's doing great. Everyone should check out that song.

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Speaker 2: I love it. Have You also co wrote several songs

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Speaker 3: I think I think that was certainly it singing that

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Speaker 2: It's amazing how much you have accomplished at such a

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Speaker 2: And you're also going to Norway. Have you ever been

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Speaker 3: I've never been out of the country, across the never

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Speaker 2: That'll be very exciting. And you have a lot of

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Speaker 1: I do.

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Speaker 3: I'm playing Oklahoma City with Aaron Watson, at the Kentucky

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Speaker 2: Amazing. Yeah, you are sharing the stages with a lot

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Speaker 2: And my last question for you today we are on

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Speaker 3: In Nashville, well, I actually try to walk every day.

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Speaker 3: That's something that I do just keep the weight off.

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Speaker 3: But anyway, my most memorable walk in Nashville me and

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Speaker 1: I've got the tape.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's special. It is Is there a specific exhibit

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Speaker 1: Well? To me? At that point in time.

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Speaker 3: He loved Hank Williams Senior, all the old classic guys,

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Speaker 2: Oh that's so special. Yeah, we did an episode actually

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Speaker 1: Oh that's cool cast.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so that was a lot of fun. Alex Miller,

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Speaker 2: thank you so much for being on Taking a Walk

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Speaker 2: Nashville today.

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Speaker 1: It was a good take a walk with you. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening to Taking a Walk Nashville with Sarah Harrelson.

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