1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of I Tell You What, featuring 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: the dude that just blew everybody away at the CMA, 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Steven Wilson Jr. 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 2: Hello, Good morning you all. 5 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: How are you. 6 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: I'm very good. Thank you all for taking the time. 7 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: Well here in Minneapolis, we don't have anything else to do. 8 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like, oh my gosh. Yeah, you guys probably 9 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 2: got some snow too, and we're jealous. We're about to 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 2: get it here. 11 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: So well, we got a lot of snow, we got 12 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: a lot of ice. Just call it a good time 13 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: to stay inside. Oh man, dude, you blew us away. 14 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 1: We were sitting I don't know what thirty forty feet 15 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: from him at CMAS. Nice job, man, that was really cool. 16 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 2: Oh, thank you so much. Chris means a lot. Yeah, 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 2: it was. It was a wild night. I don't remember it, 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: but I'll never forget it. I think the intensity of 19 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: that particular performance, you know, that particular song especially, it's 20 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: very personal to me and it's very much rooted in 21 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 2: the loss of my father and it really kind of 22 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: started my whole artist career in a lot of ways. 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: And to see it kind of, you know, happen full 24 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 2: circle like that, you know, I think it's your body's 25 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 2: way or something bigger than mean's way of protecting me 26 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: from that moment, because if I could have easily let 27 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 2: it just, you know, just dismantle me on that stage 28 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 2: in front of everybody. But you know, my goal, if anything, 29 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 2: was just to get my dad in the room, and 30 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: I think he showed up that I don't. I wasn't 31 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 2: really I was there for it, but I wasn't and 32 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 2: everyone else was, and I'm grateful for how it went down. 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: I still have not seen the performance. I've seen clips 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 2: of it online, but you know, I'm good with it 35 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: where it is in my head, which is I don't 36 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 2: really remember much of. 37 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: It, so well, you know what, then why touch it? 38 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: Right? 39 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it's I think it was perfect. I mean, 40 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: everybody must have told you thank you. At least you 41 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: didn't become dismantled. But we did watching it, I mean, 42 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: because I lost my dad. My co host here Doves 43 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: lost his dad cheap as we all lost our dads here, 44 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: And it's just it's a very meaningful moment and I'll 45 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: never forget it. You talk about putting everybody with their 46 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: mouths wide open, You did that at the CMA's. Thanks 47 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: for the great performance. I thought it was really cool. 48 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: Well, thank you man. And you know, it was, like 49 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 2: I said, a night I'll never forget, even though I 50 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: don't really remember the performance, but it was it was 51 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: it changed my life really And you know, I wrote 52 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 2: on a note about five minutes before I went on, 53 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: you know what was going to happen that night, and 54 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 2: I put in my back pocket and what I wrote 55 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: down happened exactly. 56 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: So is that better than boxing? Can I ask? In 57 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: all honesty? Well? 58 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't get on you know, yeah, I didn't 59 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 2: get my nose broke. Ye. 60 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: I mean you didn't out either, which is that's got 61 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: to feel kind of good sometimes, right, Yeah. 62 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 2: Or get knocked out, you know, you don't deal with 63 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: those pressures. Yeah, once you step through the ropes and 64 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 2: fight another grown man. Yeah, I mean those moments are intense, 65 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 2: Like at the CMA's that there's you know, nothing quite 66 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: compares to go in three rounds in the Golden Globes 67 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 2: with another man and now in the intensity of that 68 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 2: moment and just the risk you know you could die 69 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 2: in there and uh, and you're willing to die in 70 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: there and that you know, that level on the pressure 71 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: cooker is just is so high. And that's one one 72 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: of the greatest things my dad gave me as far 73 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: as a gift or a skill, was teaching me how 74 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: to box so I could learn how to handle that 75 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 2: kind of pressure. And so when you know, when other 76 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: moments came up, they weren't so daunting. 77 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: So what's next? I mean, man, you've done it. You're 78 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: you're into chemistry. My kids into chemistry, is going into 79 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: chemical engineering? Is at as what's end? Right now? As 80 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: I speak to you, I'm texting back and forth. He's 81 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: in it right now. You've done that, You've done boxing. 82 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: You're a huge sensation in country music. What are we 83 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: looking forward to here? From Steven Wilson Jr. 84 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: Well, I got a new single coming out called Gary. 85 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: It's impacting radio on Monday, and you know, we're just 86 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 2: gary excited about it. It's you know, I grew up 87 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: in a body shop full of Gary's. My whole town 88 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 2: is full of Gary's. And you know, I had this 89 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: epiphany that there ain't a lot of boys named Gary 90 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 2: these days, and I believe they're going, you know, extinct 91 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 2: or perhaps endangered. And I started viewing the Gearys kind 92 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 2: of like, you know, like a subspecies a human. You know, 93 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: I'm a scientist like you mentioned, and started kind of 94 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 2: approaching the Garys like, you know, like an animal that 95 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 2: we need to keep in our ecosystem because you know, 96 00:04:55,640 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 2: HVAC still go out and septic tanks still blow, and 97 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: you know, chat GPT ain't going to do nothing, but 98 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 2: a guy named Gary or you know, a metaphorical Gary 99 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 2: will show up, get your life back on track, and 100 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 2: then drive off in his truck and you'll probably never 101 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: think about him again or her again. And you know, 102 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 2: and you know, it's a big metaphor for those that 103 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,239 Speaker 2: kind of keep the world on track that are under 104 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 2: celebrated in a world that celebrates perhaps some characters that 105 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 2: may not deserve it as much. And I'd like to 106 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: give some love to the Garys, those characters so to speak, 107 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 2: that actually really change lives and kind of just drive 108 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 2: off into a quiet life. And I believe we're going 109 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 2: to need those Garys always, and I think it's time 110 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 2: to celebrate them. 111 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: Man, nice setup. Never in my life I've I looked 112 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: more forward to a country saw in my life. I 113 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: think Gary, It's Gary Day, my guy. Yeah, Hey, thank you, 114 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: we're getting the cue to roll here, but Steven will Jr. 115 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: Thank you for everything. 116 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Thank you and Chris and everybody 117 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: for taking the time. God bless you. 118 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: All the things settled down, come up to Manny. Would 119 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: love to see you, Bud, Thank you. 120 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 2: I will see you then. Thank you, great. 121 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: Dude, great performer, and mantasy smart. 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