{"id":1316534,"date":"2019-11-08T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1814306"},"modified":"2019-11-08T04:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T11:00:23","slug":"walker-county-from-the-hamptons-to-cmt-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/walker-county-from-the-hamptons-to-cmt-on-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker County, From \u201cThe Hamptons\u201d to CMT on Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n2h ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Sharing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-on-tour\"><strong>CMT on Tour<\/strong><\/a> stage with Michael Ray and Jimmie Allen \u2014 and bringing a strong woman\u2019s voice to the proceedings \u2014 is the fast-rising sister duo, Walker County. <\/p>\n<p>Make that Ivy Dene and Sophie Dawn Walker, who first sampled Nashville\u2019s musical waters by coming to town and busking on Lower Broadway. They formed their band in 2007, with their dad Billy Walker handling lead guitar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7kuq29YxqNg?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7kuq29YxqNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>The latest in their string of memorable singles is \u201cThe Hamptons,\u201d a riff on the theme that it doesn\u2019t take a multimillion dollar palace on Long Island\u2019s most fashionable beaches to have a rockin\u2019 summer. Older country fans may recall George Jones and Tammy Wynette\u2019s 1974 romp on the same subject, \u201cWe\u2019re Not the Jet Set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rollicking music video for \u201cThe Hamptons\u201d was shot in the Walker sisters\u2019 hometown of Sulphur Springs, Indiana. They told CMT when the video was released in October that they wanted to show \u201cyou can have Hamptons fun without Hamptons money. So we filmed in our town\u2019s diner, shot a scene in our cousin Johnny Walker\u2019s pool and got a group of our family and friends together at the end to showcase the people who made us who we are today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tPrLfi1Ug9A?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tPrLfi1Ug9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>Who they are is becoming delightfully clear. On the attitude spectrum, the sisters stand out as somewhere between that other sister duo, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, and the mother-daughter duo, The Judds. They display glorious vocal harmonies and an exquisite song sense, as also demonstrated in their wistful single, \u201cTime Machines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now signed to Warner Music Nashville, Walker County is booked as well for a series of shows this year with Wynonna &amp; the Big Noise. Among the other country luminaries they\u2019ve performed with are Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Martina McBride, Old Dominion and Eli Young Band.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-on-tour\">Get CMT on Tour dates.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"adbaf91e\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1153943185-1559774527.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1153943185-1559774527.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1153943185-1559774527.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1153943185-1559774527.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1153943185-1559774527.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1153943185-1559774527.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1153943185-1559774527.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1153943185-1559774527.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"2019 CMT Music Awards - Arrivals\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait p3x4\" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1814306\/walker-county-from-the-hamptons-to-cmt-on-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 2h ago Sharing the CMT on Tour stage with Michael Ray and Jimmie Allen \u2014 and bringing a strong woman\u2019s voice to the proceedings \u2014 is the fast-rising sister duo, Walker County. Make that Ivy Dene and Sophie Dawn Walker, who first sampled Nashville\u2019s musical waters by coming to town and busking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1316534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 09:12:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}