Narvel

McEntire will reunite with Reba showrunner Kevin Abbott, who will write and executive-produce the pilot, along with Mindy Schultheis, Michael Hanel, Pam Williams, Dave Stewart and Narvel Blackstock.

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But the first thing I thought when that happened obviously is I thought about the families of those that were lost and I thought about Reba and Narvel.

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I was going to leave the next day with Narvel -- my husband, Narvel Blackstock, who is also my manager -- and Sandy Speka, who did my clothes and hair.

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Narvel and I started working together 25 years ago.

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MCENTIRE: But we all looked at each other, Sandy and Narvel and I, and said, are you OK to do this?

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MCENTIRE: We were already asleep, Narvel and I, back to the hotel.

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But Narvel and I, you know, it was just like -- never even hugged.

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And then my tour manager got sick and so Narvel said that he wanted to be a tour manager instead of a steel guitar player.

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Narvel doesn't like to be in the limelight one bit.

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So, there we were, Sunday afternoon and nothing to do, and Narvel says, what do you want to do?

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