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Thad Cockrells journey to The Tonight Show and Kristofferson retires | The Pick Matthew Leimkuehler, Nashville Tennessean © Ayrika L Whitney/Tennessean "The Pick" is a weekly newsletter keeping you in the know about music and other events happening in Nashville. Nashville musician Thad Cockrell nearly quit his music career. Then Jimmy Fallon heard his song in a hardware store (seriously). Heres the story on how Cockrell landed on "The Tonight Show" stage this week. Now, for ...