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He was Chow , Samoyed and 75 % white Husky . We thought we ’ d only have him a few months but we had him for 14 months . We took him and Abby on road trips everywhere to National Parks and took them to Massachusetts to see Sabina ’ s family for Christmas . We miss him a lot ; he was the best .”
In addition to welcoming Max into his family during COVID , while recording studios were closed technical magic transpired to bring Two Thousand Miles to fruition between Rich in Los Angeles and the producer and musicians in Nashville , coincidentally the same distance between Rich and Gadecki during their remote romance , adding a perfect extra meaning to the album ’ s title . “ Our home ’ s in Nashville but my wife ’ s an actor so we have a place in LA ,” says Rich . “ I built a mini studio there and taught myself how to use it , emailing files until the album was done . Crazy !” Currently Rich ’ s music , including latest releases “ Better Than You ’ re Used To ” and “ A Little Bit of You ,” have totaled almost 395 million global streams .
After his Two Thousand ( More ) Miles Tour last fall and its second leg this spring , Rich is enjoying summer on the road playing fairs and festivals . “ The shows keep getting bigger and better and we ’ re about to start releasing a wave of new music with a new sound , so I ’ m super excited .”
More excitement ensued for Rich recently when he adopted Yukon , a baby Husky mix from the Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary in Green Bay , Wisconsin , the last place Rich Rescues visited in 2020 . “ We did a virtual fundraiser with them , became buddies then they called in November and said we have this puppy that looks exactly like Abby ! Think about it !” laughs Rich . “ Three weeks later they drove my little dude Yukon and his twin brother that my friend who watches my dogs adopted all the way to Nashville . They came from a breeder / hoarder situation in Texas . We DNA ’ d Yukon and Abby — she ’ s 100 % Husky . Yukon is primarily Husky then Belgian Malinois , and Great Pyrenees , Rottweiler , German Shepherd
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