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Exclusive: Hear 'yodeling kid' Mason Ramsey's new songs

Cindy Watts
The Tennessean
Mason Ramsey will release his debut EP 'Famous' July 20.

Mason Ramsey, 11, reintroduced yodeling to pop culture this summer when a video of him performing Hank Williams Sr.'s “Lovesick Blues” at a local Walmart in Illinois went viral. 

To date, the video has close to 54 million views. Ramsey signed a record deal with Big Loud Records and Atlantic Records, performed at the CMA Music Festival and will release his debut EP "Famous" on Friday, July 20.

Hear two songs — “Yo Da Lady Who” and “I Saw The Light" — of the six-song collection here first.

"It's an upbeat, fun, catchy song to do," Ramsey said of "Yo Da Lady Who." "I just like it."

Ramsey said he's "just been chilling" this summer when he hasn't been on stage and that he enjoys playing basketball. With his recent success, he said he's "looking forward to getting more guitars."

"I've been dying to get a Fender Stratocaster," he said. "I need the old Stratocaster to make it look like I'm into different sorts of music. You see, people think that I just sing flat-out country. But I don't just do flat-out country, I do a little bit of everything."