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  • 2024 – Zach Top released his album Cold Beer & Country Music
  • 2023 – Elle King made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2022 – Dierks Bentley, Bobby Bare, Connie Smith and Keb’ Mo’ are inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville
  • 2021 – Joe Nichols announced that he signed with the Quartz Hill label
  • 2019 – Reba McEntire released her album Stronger Than the Truth
  • 2019 – Brooks & Dunn released their album Re-Dunn
  • 2017 – The Country Music Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2017 as Don Schlitz, Jerry Reed, and Alan Jackson
  • 2011 – Craig Campbell released his self-titled debut album
  • 2010 – Blake Shelton released his single “All About Tonight”
  • 2008 – Kid Rock released his single “All Summer Long”
  • 2003 – Darryl Worley topped the charts for the first of 7 weeks with “Have You Forgotten?”
  • 1997 – Trace Adkins scored his first career #1 hit with “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing”
  • 1994 – Country Weekly made it’s debut on newsstands

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  • 2021 – Lady A released their album What a Song Can Do
  • 2021 – Wade Bowen released his single “When Love Comes Around” – a big hit in the Texas Country scene
  • 2019 – Maren Morris and husband Ryan Hurd announce that they are expecting a baby boy
  • 2019 – Dylan Scott’s single “Hooked” was certified Platinum
  • 2019 – Thomas Rhett’s single “It Goes Like This” was certified Triple Platinum, and his single “Unforgettable” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2018 – Maren Morris had 3 singles earn sales certifications.  “80’s Mercedes” and “I Could Use a Love Song” were certified Platinum and “My Church” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2017 – Alan Jackson, Jerry Reed, and Don Schlitz were officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2016 – The Turnpike Troubadours made their Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2013 – Eric Church released his single “The Outsiders”
  • 2013 – Brandy Clark released her album 12 Stories
  • 2012 – Taylor Swift released her album Red
  • 2012 – Lady Antebellum released their album On This Winter’s Night
  • 2005 – Keith Urban topped the charts for the first of 5 weeks with “Better Life”
  • 1996 – Tracy Byrd released his album Big Love
  • 1991 – Sammy Kershaw‘s debut single “Cadillac Style” was released for retail sale
  • 1990 – Tim McGraw signed his record deal with Curb Records
  • 1990 – George Strait released his single “I’ve Come To Expect It From You”
  • 1984 – Alabama released their single “(There’s a Fire) In The Night”
  • 1966 – Eddy Arnold is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 1965 – Ernest Tubb is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame

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  • 2023 – Jimmy Buffett passed away after a battle with skin cancer
  • 2018 – Cole Swindell scored a #1 album with All Of It
  • 2012 – Blake Shelton topped the charts with “Over”
  • 2009 – Chris Young released his album The Man I Want To Be
  • 2008 – Jerry Reed passed away due to complications from emphysema
  • 2006 – Taylor Swift made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1998 – Alan Jackson released his album High Mileage
  • 1992 – Vince Gill released his album I Still Believe In You
  • 1992 – Alabama released their single “I’m In A Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Carly Pearce filed for divorce from Michael Ray
  • 2020 – Gabby Barrett released her album Goldmine
  • 2020 – Aaron Watson released his single “Whisper My Name”
  • 2018 – Cody Johnson signed a record deal with Warner Brothers
  • 2013 – Danielle Bradbery signed a record deal with Big Machine
  • 2012 – Kenny Chesney released his album Welcome to the Fishbowl
  • 2007 –Brad Paisley released his album 5th Gear
  • 2006 – Taylor Swift released her single “Tim McGraw“
  • 1999 – George Strait‘s “Write This Down” became the #1 song in Country Music
  • 1982 – Riders in the Sky joined the Grand Ole Opry
  • 1982 – Conway Twitty hits #1 with “Slow Hand”
  • 1971 – Jerry Reed scored a #1 hit with “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot”

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  • Artist Name:  Few Miles South
  • Hometowns:  Tori – (originally from) Los Angeles, CA; Blake – Blakely, GA

What project(s) are you currently working on?

We just released a new EP, Wiregrass. It’s a country-bluegrass project and Michael Cleveland (2020 Grammy Winner for Best Bluegrass Album) plays fiddle on 4 out of the 5 tracks. We have a lot of unreleased songs too and next up will probably be a country-southern rock album.

What inspired you both to pursue a career in music and when did you know?

We decided to give the country band thing a shot a couple years after we met. We both love traditional country music and initially wanted to write songs for other artists, but it seemed more fun to get out and play them ourselves. We started Few Miles South about 3 – 4 years ago.

If you weren’t pursuing a career in music, what would each of you be doing for a living?

-Blake: I would’ve pursued baseball.

-Tori: I would go back to teaching, music and yoga.

What is your favorite downtime activity?

-Tori: Gardening/trying to make things grow. I haven’t been too successful ’cause we’re gone so much but it’s relaxing.

– Blake: Building stuff around the house, I recently put up a new fence.

Who is your biggest celebrity crush?

-Blake: Jerry Reed, that was one funky Georgia boy.

-Tori: Emmylou Harris, I’d love to meet her, and Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton, all of the Trio ladies.

Who are your favorite sports teams?

-Blake: Atlanta Braves

-Tori: I don’t really follow sports, but I like watching the Winter X Games.

What is the last movie that you both watched?

-Tori: Spencer Confidential. Haha! I tell Blake that he and Mark Wahlberg could be brothers so we always watch whatever he’s in.

What is the last album each of you listened to?

-Blake: Cookin, Jerry Reed.

– Tori: Home, Billy Strings.

If you each could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, what would it be?

-Tori: That’s too hard to pick just one, I’d have to give that a lot of thought. I’d probably cheat and make a compilation. A little country, like Jean Shepherd, a little rock, like Heart, a little soul, like James Brown, etc.

– Blake: Yeah, me too.

What is the greatest country song of all time?

-Tori: “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” by Hank Williams. That song makes me tear up every time.

What has been your favorite city/town that you’ve visited out on the road?

-Tori: My new favorite is Silver City, New Mexico.

– Blake: Jasper, Alberta.

What is your favorite meal?

-Blake : Wings

-Tori: Mac n Cheese

Who is your dream duet partner?

-Tori: How about Vince Gill.

– Blake: Would love to get Michael Cleveland to play a show with us one day.

Who would you guys like to go on tour with?

-Blake: That’s another long list, I’d have to give it more thought but off the top of my head…Billy Strings, Sturgill Simpson, Michael Cleveland, Allison Krauss.

– Tori: Anyone who’d let us haha! Emmylou Harris, The Steel Drivers, Western Centuries, Tyler Childers, Alice Wallace.

What are your ultimate career goals?

-Tori: Pretty simple, pay our bills playing music. Basically just keep doing what we are doing maybe on a more profitable scale haha!

– Blake: Make music full-time. We love touring with our dogs and camping as we go, so if we can keep that up that’d be awesome!

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