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The first time Blake Shelton earned
money for a performance, he was only about 15. He got $40 for playing the McSwain Theatre in Ada, Okla. He
told Cowboys Indians magazine that until then, it hadn’t crossed his mind that he could ever make a living
making music.
“One day, after about the sixth or seventh time that I performed there, the guy that owned the show
came up and handed me $40. And I was stunned. I was just beside myself,” Shelton said. “I was 15, 16 years old – I
can’t remember which – and I just stood there thinking, ‘What the hell just happened? I just got money?’ Because,
hey, I would have paid him for the chance to play there. It was
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