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Aaron Tippin shares the story behind his brand-new song, "American Sky."
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It's a song. First of all, it's written
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by Tom. The guy was just sitting here.
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He he uh he wrote this uh a song about
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three years ago and uh he played it for
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me and his mom and we went, "Man, that
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is really great." And he's been he's
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been working hard at the music business
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being a songwriter, singer himself,
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lives down here in Nashville. And I just
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told him, I said, "Tom, I think this is
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the best thing you've ever written." And
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uh so recently I was inducted into the
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uh living legends of aviation.
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And uh I told my wife the I said, "You
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know that song that Tom wrote, American
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Sky, I said that that might be a cool
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song to play out there at the at the
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awards." And and so we did. And boy,
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what a what a smash that was. That went
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over well because we're in a room full
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of nothing but aviation crazy people
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like we are. So, so it was it was really
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extra special. But you know, he and he
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he'll he could tell you this himself,
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but you know, it was it's not just
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although the Tippens and have a great
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heritage in aviation, the song is is
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also relates to the American dream and
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the flight of the American dream. So,
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it's something everybody can relate to.
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And I think when you hear it, you'll
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understand that for