1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode, Uh I tell you what, featuring 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: an ex singing Minnesota Viking. Hello, dude, I don't know 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: how I'm gonna get through this call without calling you 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: by your dad's name. Your dad was a household name 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: in football for me. I loved your dad. 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 2: That's awesome. 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: That well, I love you too. I think you're great. 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: Your dad can't sing a note. I'm sure you can't, right, 9 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: I mean. 10 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: Hey, that's true. My dad definitely is tone death. I'll 11 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: say that is he. 12 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: Hey, can I ask real quick, who's faster? Right now? 13 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: Are you faster? Is he faster? 14 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 2: Oh? For sure? Me, it's not even close. 15 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: I can't picture your dad getting beat by anybody. He 16 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: was just dude. That guy was like a like a 17 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: utility knife. He was like lightning back in the day. 18 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 2: He was he was. He was pretty legendary. 19 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: No, are you faster than him at his fastest? 20 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 2: Yes? Oh for sure. He'll tell you that too. 21 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: No way, I did not know that. 22 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: Oh yeah for sure. He You know, we got different 23 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: a little different games. But I was definitely a speed 24 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: guy for sure. 25 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: And it's kind of cool because you're one of us. 26 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: You're still I mean, once a Viking, always a Viking. 27 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: And you're coming back, yep to where it all started. 28 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: I mean you first headlined here at First Avenue. That 29 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: was what like three years ago? Two years ago? 30 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, I think almost three years. 31 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: Almost two years ago. Yeah, and you're coming back now 32 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: to the Green Room on December twenty seventh, So that's 33 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: gonna be pretty sweet. Welcome back. 34 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: Hey, I'm I'm pretty excited, man, I'm super excited to 35 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: be back. I'm actually here in town right now for rehearsals, 36 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 2: and I leave for Christmas and I come back. So 37 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 2: when I come back, I'm guns blazing. Baby. Let's go. 38 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: There you go, Yeah, there you go. What involves the rehearsals? 39 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: It sounds like you're like, it's not a play, is it? 40 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: This is gonna be you at a show? 41 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 2: Right? Yeah? No, this is not a play. No, I'm 42 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: basically just I'll be I'll be seeing a lot of 43 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: my original music with a band, and it'll be it'll 44 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 2: be a party. It's pretty up tempo. I dance a lot. 45 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: You know, it's two days after Christmas, so you know, 46 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: if people want to spend their their Saturday after Chriss 47 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: with a with an ex Viking, and see him make 48 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: a fool of himself on stage. It'll be pretty pretty entertaining. 49 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: So what was more nerve wracking for you? Auditioning for 50 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: American Idol or playing in the NFL. Oh, my gosh, 51 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: auditioning for American Idol for sure, not even close one 52 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: thousand percent American Idol. Why Well, you know, I think 53 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: with football, you know, I grew up, you know, my 54 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: dad played for so long, so it was like everything 55 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 2: I knew, like it was like second nature, like muscle 56 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: memory for me to step out, you know, once I 57 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 2: got to the league or even in college in a 58 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 2: big stadium, like it just you know, came to me 59 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: because it's all I've ever known. But with music, I 60 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 2: you know, I left the Vikings and went straight onto 61 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 2: American Idol weeks later, and I had never done music. 62 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: I'd never taken any classes, No nobody in my family's 63 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: musical so it just felt so out of the ordinary 64 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: for me. And there was no muscle memory, no reps 65 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: of practice. It was just like, wait, I have no 66 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 2: idea what's about to happen. So it was more of 67 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 2: like a god saying, you know, like it was. It 68 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 2: was a lot scarier to not have those reps, you know, 69 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: to lean on in the in those high pressure moments. 70 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: So you're more afraid, if I have this right, you're 71 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: more afraid of the singing and the dancing around and 72 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff whatever takes on idol. Then getting 73 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: hit by a three hundred and fifty pound defensive tackle 74 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: knocking you out and concussing you have, possibly taking your 75 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: knee out, You're. 76 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 2: Definitely for sure, one thousand percent, no question in my mind. 77 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: I think you're funnier that you should. You may want 78 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: you may want to incorporate some comedy. Dude, this is gold. 79 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: Hey, it happens naturally. I don't try, it just comes out. 80 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: So this whole thing, did it start when you were 81 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: singing on video for your grandmother? Is that where it 82 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: kind of all it? 83 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: Did? I mean pretty much? You know? I yes, honestly, 84 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: that's when I, you know, kind of caught a following online. 85 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: I would say, as I posted that video, my my 86 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 2: teammates at the VICE and he was like, you should 87 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: start TikTok, And I was like, oh man, I've heard 88 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: terrible things about that app but I was like I 89 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: was hurt, and I was up in Minnesota, far from family. 90 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 2: I was like, might as well start playing guitar and singing. 91 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: So I'm kind of that's me, Like I just try anything, 92 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: and I just fell in love with it. So I 93 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: pranked my grandma a couple of videos into creating a 94 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 2: profile and it got like thirty million views and the 95 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: next thing you know, I got hundreds of thousands of 96 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 2: followers who who were supporting me, and then I just 97 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 2: had to figure it out from there. 98 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: Did your grandmother ever reap the benefits financially from this 99 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: or did you keep it from her? In all honesty, 100 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: I won't tell any about it. 101 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 2: No, she shes the real star of the show. I'm 102 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 2: telling you. After her American Idol debut these she I mean, 103 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: people recognize her all the time and she soaks it up. 104 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 2: So like, yeah, that was me. I'm like, whoa, Okay, 105 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 2: now are you liking this? 106 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: So I didn't look at the lyrics of falling into you? 107 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: But is that song about your grandma? 108 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: No? That was about an ext girlfriend that we don't 109 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:56,559 Speaker 2: talk about. 110 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: Okay, thank god. Okay, so that's over. Now do you 111 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: even sing that? You're still saying it though, don't you. 112 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: Uh yeah, yeah, I'll I'll sing it from here here 113 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: today a little bit. But uh, I have a lot 114 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 2: of new pop country tunes since moving to Nashville that 115 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: I would say be out a lot of you know, 116 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: a lot of music that's on on Spotify. Besides a 117 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 2: few recent ones were me just figuring out how to write. 118 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 2: So there's a lot of unreleased demos that I'll be 119 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: singing at on the twenty seventh at the Green Room 120 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 2: that are definitely my best music yet. That'll be really 121 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 2: really I'm excited for for fans to hear them. 122 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: Will any of your buddies from the Vikes be there 123 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:33,119 Speaker 1: at that show? 124 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 2: Well, you know, my close friend Adam Adam Thielan is 125 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 2: supposed to be there with the whole family, but you know, 126 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: now he's over in Pittsburgh, so that's that's that's tough. 127 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm sure I haven't talked too much. I 128 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 2: talked to Adam pretty much every day, but I don't 129 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: there's a lot of the guys that I was there with, actually, 130 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 2: don't you know, are have kind of dispersed to other teams. 131 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: But you know, I'm actually talking with the Vikings today 132 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 2: doing some interviews with them, So I'm sure some of 133 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 2: them will come out cool. 134 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: Nice dude, We're looking forward to it. This looks like 135 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: a really good show. The green Room. The green Room, 136 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: December twenty seventh, Like you said, a couple of days 137 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: after Christmas. 138 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, and a it's it's early though. It starts at 139 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: like the doors at like six o'clock. It starts at 140 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 2: six thirty, so it's like, you know, it's you're not 141 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: getting home too late. You know, it's not a traditional 142 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 2: concert where you're getting home super late. You know what 143 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,559 Speaker 2: I'm saying. This is fantastic for the film. 144 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: Told me, well, not just that, but is that because 145 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: your Grandma's going to be there. 146 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 2: I mean, hey, that's exactly why she got to go 147 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: to bed on her on bedtime. She doesn't even care. 148 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 2: She said, you gotta start this thing early. I got 149 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 2: to be in bed by nine to thirty. 150 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: Big guys, dude, I love it. You're the best here. 151 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: Before I let you go, if you ever met Luke 152 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: Combs or Eeric Church or Scotty McCreery from Carolina Country, 153 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: since you're from down there. 154 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 2: I've met Luke on passing, but I haven't met anybody else. 155 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: See how to your grandma for us. You know what 156 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: I mean, she's the big n Well, for a she'll. 157 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 2: Be enlightened that she was talked about on the radio 158 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 2: station today. She'll be very excited. Guys. 159 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: All right, but well listen, stay safe for the next 160 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: week and a half, enjoy your rehearsals, and we'll see 161 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: at the green room December twenty seven. Thanks for chiming in. 162 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: Awesome, awesome, Thank you so much, guys having going. 163 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening this episode of I Tell You What. 164 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: Please rate, review, subscribe, download, share, and like. 165 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 2: Thank you.