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The Blank Canvas project’s ‘Dear Dad’ messages are met with comfort, coffee and forget-me-nots
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The Blank Canvas project’s ‘Dear Dad’ messages are met with comfort, coffee and forget-me-nots
Same. even though this is about those who are no longer with us this weekend. but we honor those who serve as well. will you perform your sponge "the empty chair" for us to close it out? >> my pleasure. [♪♪♪] ♪ we commandeer a corner table at our small town diner ♪ ♪ just five or six old men throwing out corny one-liners ♪ ♪ they sure seem quick to laugh makes you think they are slow to anger ♪
Back. >> thank you so much. pete: up next, country star and proud american. trace adkins joins us with what this weekend means to him. plus a special performance of his new song "the empty chair."
Same. even though this is about those who are no longer with us this weekend. but we honor those who serve as well. will you perform your sponge "the empty chair" for us to close it out? >> my pleasure. [♪♪♪] ♪ we commandeer a corner table at our small town diner ♪ ♪ just five or six old men throwing out corny one-liners ♪ ♪ they sure seem quick to laugh makes you think they are slow to anger ♪
The name of the song is "the empty chair." tell me about the new song you poured yourself in and what it means. >> this is off our brand-new album coming out this year. we try to put a song on every album we do that pays tribute to the men and women who serve. this is about a group of veterans that get together every morning at a little diner in their hometown and have coffee and they sit around and talk and they make sure there is always an empty chair at the table. they want to pay tribute to their friends that didn't come home. that's just the way they do it. i just -- that song kills me. a...