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"Beer on the Table" is Thompson's debut country song. Perhaps there will be many more work songs to come from his guitar and pen ... "Hard Workin' Man" was an easy choice for this list of the ...

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Members of South Korean bluegrass band Country GongBang answer questions before their Saratoga Springs debut at Caffè Lena.

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