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Luke Combs: Why He Takes Thanksgiving Week Off

For Luke Combs, Thanksgiving is a big deal. He told us, “I value Thanksgiving a lot. You know, I value family. I value friends and time spent with those people…

Why Luke Combs Takes The Whole Week Of Thanksgiving Off

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For Luke Combs, Thanksgiving is a big deal. He told us, “I value Thanksgiving a lot. You know, I value family. I value friends and time spent with those people is something that money can’t buy and something that you can never get back. So, I always take Thanksgiving off- the entire week of Thanksgiving every year so that my band and crew can spend time with their families."

Back when he was still touring, he didn't want fans to stray from their family to take in a concert. Combs said, "I also don’t want anybody making plans to come see our show, you know, the night before Thanksgiving because I just feel like that time should be spent with the people that are most important to you. There’s other times to go out and do a show and you know sing songs and make money I think that Thanksgiving is too important to be looked over.”

Luke just recently won two CMA Awards (Male Vocalist and Album of the Year) at the CMA Awards, he posted shortly after, "What a night! Thank you @cma and thank you all! #cmaawards."

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.