I'm walking the floor over you.

Walking the floor.

I'm walking the floor. I'm walking the floor.

Walking the floor over you. Oh, la, Seniors and Senoritas, it's Chris Shiplet with another episode of Walking the Floor.

Episode 28, in fact.

Episode 28, closing in on that big number 30

when we hit syndication and we all get rich.

What a long strange summer it's been.

I can't believe that I'm still gone.

I've been on tour forever. From Letterman to Breaking Legs in

Gothenburg to getting rained out in Quebec City to playing big crazy gigs at RFK and City Fields and Fenway and now this.

Upside down with jet lag in a hotel room in Tokyo.

I'm almost home but not quite.

By the time you hear this,

I should be soaking up rays in the lineup on a beach somewhere in sunny Southern California next week.

But first, this week's interview.

On today's episode, I'm walking the floor with a country singer whose voice

hearkens back to an older time and whose career has absolutely exploded in the

last couple of years.

Mr. Sturgel Simpson.

A few months ago I had the pleasure of catching up with Sturgel when he was out on tour with

Zach Brown Band. They were playing out in Riverside and I drove out there and sat in his

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