00:00Hey everybody, how we doing? No humidity, are you happy? I'm glad to be here, I'm Clint Black, but this
00:10isn't about me.
00:12This is about Riley Green. I first met Riley Green years ago when he came to me for advice on
00:20weightlifting.
00:23And I told Riley if he wanted to build big strong arms, he should take up playing the harmonica, and
00:32it worked.
00:33And we became friends, and then I noticed he was pretty good at this music thing too,
00:39and I thought, you know, he could be really huge if he just had a last name with a little
00:47darker shade, brown, maybe black.
00:49But somehow, he still managed to break through and become one of the biggest names in the business.
01:02And he's a nice guy, folks. He's a good guy, which really matters.
01:08And he's a laid-back guy, which serves him well in this crazy business.
01:14I'm most impressed with his songwriting. His music is pure country, and we can always use more of that.
01:22His lyrics come from both wisdom and whimsy, which says a lot about what's inside the man.
01:30Along with all the talent and fortitude, which I'm certain will propel him upward in the decades to come,
01:37and he's also, who wrote this part?
01:44Apparently, he's also just dreamy.
01:50It gives me great pleasure to present Riley Green with the Hitmaker Award.
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