In a world flooded with factory-stamped music and algorithm-built stars, Chris Stapleton feels like a ghost from the past — or maybe the resurrection of everything real we thought we lost.

This week on One vs. The Feed, we walk through Stapleton’s musical bloodline. Not just his hits, but the lineage that lives in his sound:

• Ray Charles’ gospel-infused soul
• Bonnie Raitt’s emotional restraint
• Travis Tritt’s bruised pride
• Waylon’s outlaw rebellion
• Solomon Burke’s country-soul sermonizing

Stapleton didn’t steal their styles — he absorbed them, let them burn slow, and then carved out something completely his own.

From the quiet pain of Broken Halos, to the full-throttle regret in Nobody to Blame, the spiritual stomp of Parachute, and finally the smoldering echo of Tennessee Whiskey, this episode explores the soul, scars, and southern smoke that make him more than a voice — they make him The One.

This isn’t nostalgia.
This is a reminder.

A reminder that real music doesn’t age — it just waits for someone brave enough to carry it forward.

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