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Mar 2023
21m 50s

Thomas Rhett

BAUER MEDIA
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Baylen Leonard catches up with a giant of country music - an artist who has racked up 20 number 1s, 6 Top 10 albums and written for some of the genre's biggest stars including Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line and Russell Dickerson. Thomas Rhett reflects on his career, his song writing, the importance of family, and how it feels to headline C2C. 
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