{"id":20976,"date":"2020-01-15T09:06:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T16:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1816614"},"modified":"2020-01-15T09:06:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T16:06:15","slug":"riley-green-sings-i-wish-grandpas-never-died-on-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/riley-green-sings-i-wish-grandpas-never-died-on-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Green Sings \u201cI Wish Grandpas Never Died\u201d on TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span>
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Riley Green returned to TODAY<\/i> for a solo, acoustic performance of his new single, \u201cI Wish Grandpas Never Died.\u201d Because of their inspiration in his life, the new artist even gave his late grandfathers co-writing credit.<\/p>\n

Asked by hosts Jenna Hager Bush and Hoda Kotb what his grandfathers would think of him now, Green replied, \u201cThey were proud of me when I was framing houses for a living, so I know they love this. I think my granddaddy Buford would have been a really good songwriter. He was really witty. And if I could say, one thing I wish I would have done was to try to sit down and write a song with the two of them. They were one of a kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green told the hosts that it\u2019s been a blur since the last time he performed on the show, when he sang \u201cThere Was This Girl\u201d almost exactly a year ago. This time around, he\u2019s surrounded himself, virtually, by photos of his family on the digital backdrop. Take a look at Riley Green\u2019s \u201cI Wish Grandpas Never Died.\u201d<\/p>\n

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