Walker Hayes

Monument Records was launched in 2017, with Hayes finding his footing soon after.

The decade is only halfway over, but already, the 2020s have produced a bumper crop of tear-jerkers and heartbreak ballads.

These singers are quick to sing the praises of sober living.

There was no strict rule mandating one song per artist but — with one exception — it ended up that way.

"She’s the only ladder that I wanna climb up," Hayes sings.

He says watching his family in pain is a "hopeless feeling," but they're starting to heal.

"The Lord gave me a massive hug through this remarkable young man's honesty and courage," Walker Hayes says.

If you understand all these lyrics, then as Jeff Foxworthy says, you might be a redneck.

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Within an hour, Bryan had begun to walk back his message about Hayes' song.