Grammy-winner, John McEuen stopped by to talk about his upcoming spoken word album— The Newsman

John McEuen is a Grammy award winner and founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band!
He is set to release a spoken word album next month, titled The Newsman, which contains poems and works that go back more than 150 years.

He sat down with RFD-TV’s own Suzanne Alexander on the inspiration behind the new project and some of the stories it tells.

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