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Good morning and thanks for joining me for Rise and Crime.

Your morning caffeine hit, All About Crime.

And let's begin today with a needless crime out of Virginia involving the mother of an up

and coming country music star.

His name is Spencer Hatcher.

Now, I feel like I should just read the about section of Spencer Hatcher's website to introduce

you to him.

But instead, I'll just give you a few of the highlights.

The 27-year-old rising star was raised on a farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Along with his, you know, required farm chores, Spencer was also raised on bluegrass music.

He started playing the mandolin at age eight and was picking the banjo by age 12.

Spencer's mother, Holly, played organ and piano at

the family's church, and Spencer's father, Michael, well, he played the guitar and banjo and sang

in the church choir. Spencer's younger brothers started to learn bass guitar, and that's when the

family band, The Hatcher Boys, was born. All through high school, Spencer

and his brother Connor played gig after gig on weekends, often at the community center in their town.

Eventually, they began booking parties and fairs and festivals, and they did the hard work,

you guys. Sometimes they even played in retirement homes, which is just so sweet.

In 2020, amidst COVID, Spencer took the plunge and started his own country band with Connor backing him on the upright bass and singing harmonies that have been likened to the Everly Brothers.

When COVID shut down his live performances, Spencer fired up his social media accounts.

And in July of 2020, Spencer covered Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues on TikTok.

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