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Amazing interview with Chris Stapleton on Howard Stern. This won't be up long, so listen while you can! Forward to exactly 16 minutes and the interveiw is just under an hour. I think the next time Chris comes in the studio with Howard, this will go to another level. I love to hear Chris laugh, there is only one other man with a better laugh and that is Elvis Presley. Highlights for me: While talking about Chris' beard, Howard says, "In New York, people probably think you're Hasidim." Don't think Chris knew what that meant. It seemed to go over his head. But very funny! Talking about Adele covering his song, If It hadn't Been For Love, Adele's bus driver was playing Chris doing this with the Steel Drivers, and Adele heard it. She made a youtube video covering it. Chris says, This is before Adele was ADELE. Talking about being nervous at gigs, Chris says he is a little nervous now with Howard, Howard says, " I know what it is, You never...

Stapleton spoke on the phone last week with Music critic, Dan DeLuca before a show at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville. You did pretty good at the Country Music Television awards the other night, getting breakthrough video of the year for "Fire Away." But you didn't clean up the way you did at the CMA awards. CS:  We were really fortunate. That was a good night. I was shocked to even be nominated and to win any of them, let alone all of the ones we were nominated for. That's changed your life, I would guess. CS:  It flipped the switch. It meant we could play bigger venues. And there was a huge record-sales impact. It made a big difference. You grew up in Kentucky. How rural was it? CS:  It was in eastern Kentucky. A really small town, about 200 people. My dad was a coal miner. My mom was a stay-at-home mom, but she worked as a clinical dietitian. We all played music, but my brother and sister just went on to do other things. What did you list...

If you are a fan of Howard Stern , you know he is NOT a fan of country music except for Willie Nelson . But today he was raving about Chris Stapleton . Let's hope he gets Chris on the show ASAP. Anyway, here is what he had to say about Chris this morning. Howard : Ok I want to mention a guy who I had no idea, now I was watching the John Lennon tribute and like this Charlie Daniels looking (MF) was up there singing with a big belly, big ZZ Top beard, big cowboy hat. You know this guy? I'm talking about Chris Stapleton . Well, you know I was watching it and I said to myself, boy this guy is good. But I never mentioned that he was THAT good because I was like I don't know who this guy is. I've already mentioned like five people from the show. Nobody cares about it. I was like why am I talking about the John Lennon tribute show that no one cares about? Why am I bringing this up? It makes no sense. But this guy with the big belly and the beard and everything, I ...