I think a lot of people are in a wait-and-see mode. The next couple of weeks are really going to tell the tale.

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Anything that's considered a little off-the-menu or special is going to spur some demand. And in country, we hear a lot about the 'disenfranchised core,' whose tastes run to the traditional and who like the older sound. Those people are often big Alan Jackson fans, and there's enough Sunday morning specialty programming out there in country radio land to get some good exposure for this record.

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The appetite for this music doesn't surprise me, For country fans, it's almost an existential crisis ? and the natural response to introspection in this world is often music for inspiration and clarification.

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