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This episode makes Gary’s soul sing. Walker made Gary reassess what he knows about life. They dove into some REAL topics. This might be a short episode, but it’s PACKED!

In this episode:

• The amazing thing Walker did for Gary
• Having a stillborn child
• Experiencing the highest of highs on Earth and the lowest
• What he and his wife are surprised the fight about now
• What really matters in life
• Running away from and to God
• Having the freedom of not having to understand why good things and bad things happen to us
• Assumptions we make
• How Walker values humanity more now
• Getting over yourself
• The importance of stopping and serving others
• Choosing the best outcome vs fearing the worst
• Being a  humble parent
• What Gary’s mom told him when he was 10 that has stuck with him

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About Walker:
It took Walker Hayes over a decade to break into the mainstream country, but when he finally landed a Top Ten hit in 2017 with "You Broke Up with Me," it hit with the force of an explosion and proved an appropriate song title since its parent album was called boom. The 2017 album came six years after his full-length debut, Reason to Rhyme, announcing a promising talent in a bro-country vein, but boom. was fresh and fused modern R&B, contemporary country, hip-hop, and rock, announcing a distinctive talent. Hayes consolidated this breakthrough with the clever "Fancy Like," which reached number one on Billboard's Country charts in 2021, a hit that was the cornerstone of his third record, Country Stuff the Album.

Hayes is a native of Mobile, Alabama. Born on December 27, 1979, he grew up in Mobile, dividing his time between music and sports as a child and teenager. He wound up earning a music degree from Alabama's Birmingham-Southern College, then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and his wife moved to Nashville in 2005 with dreams of him becoming a professional musician. He signed a song publishing deal, and then, on the strength of a demo he recorded for Keith Urban, Hayes inked a deal with Mercury before quickly moving to Capitol Records. He released his debut single, "Pants," in 2010, which wound up reaching 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The full-length Reason to Rhyme followed in 2011, but it didn't chart. Over the next few years, Hayes worked as a songwriter, landing placements with Colt Ford and R

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