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Nashville singer makes 'The Voice' Top 10

Dave Paulson
dnpaulson@tennessean.com

Southern rocker Craig Wayne Boyd is the last Nashvillian standing on this season of NBC's "The Voice."

On Tuesday, the singing competition narrowed its contestants down to the Top 10, and Boyd — who tackled George Strait's "You Look So Good in Love" this week — made the cut.

Boyd is a member of coach Blake Shelton's team, as was Belmont student Jessie Pitts, who was eliminated on Tuesday. Before her exit, Pitts, Boyd and teammate Reagan James took the stage with Shelton to sing Elton John's "Sad Songs."

Meanwhile, the show's producers are already searching for talent for its next season — and apparently one clueless representative reached out to Americana star Jason Isbell. On Wednesday, the Nashville-area resident tweeted a portion of a "real email" he received from a talent producer for the show, asking if he'd like to audition. Isbell's doing just fine on his own: last month, he sold out three straight nights at the Ryman Auditorium.

In a follow-up tweet, Isbell "accepted the offer.

"My audition on "The Voice" will be a solo vocal and French horn rendition of "Oh Comely" by Neutral Milk Hotel," he wrote. "I will wear a #bikini."

"The Voice" airs at 7 p.m. CT Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC.