{"id":8907,"date":"2019-03-29T03:57:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T10:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=8907"},"modified":"2021-10-06T06:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:04:34","slug":"garth-brooks-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=8907","title":{"rendered":"Garth Brooks Live!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s only taken me thirty years, but country music is growing on me like a weed in summertime. 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