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Movie star Dwayne Johnson loves country music and shared so with his 149 million Instagram followers on Sunday. Dwayne posted to Instagram, “Good s— Sunday. As a lifelong fan of…

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 15: Dwayne Johnson walks onstage during the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards at Barker Hangar on June 15, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV)

Movie star Dwayne Johnson loves country music and shared so with his 149 million Instagram followers on Sunday.

Dwayne posted to Instagram, "Good s--- Sunday. As a lifelong fan of country (traditional/outlaw) music, I highly reco one of my fav artists, Sturgill Simpson. Sturgill, Cody Jinks, Tyler Childers, Stapleton, Jamey Johnson are a few of my favs who would’ve made Jennings, Merle, Paycheck, Cash, Gosdin and the Possum himself very proud to keep the tradition going. If you know, you know. Now jump in that truck and turn em up. #goodshitsunday #lowerbroad."

Johnson spent part of his High School years in Nashville at Glencliff and McGavock High Schools.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.