1 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: Get the home field advantage with healthcare coverage from Farm 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: Bureau Health Plans. They have been protecting Tennessee and since 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: nineteen forty seven. Hi, everybody, it's so good to have 5 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: you here at the OTP. I'm Amy Wells. Mike Keith 6 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: is not here, and so when Mike is away, I 7 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: try and schedule the best possible interviews and it's no different. 8 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: Today I had the opportunity to sit down with Tyler 9 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: Ritter and Tommy Putnam, two of the members of Moon 10 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: Taxi and on the heels of their fifth album release. 11 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: There was so much to talk about, so I'm not 12 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: going to waste your time by bragging about my cool interviews. 13 00:00:54,040 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: Let's check out my conversation with Moon Factors. Guys. I 14 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,479 Speaker 1: am so fired up about this interview right now. I'm 15 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: so excited to be talking to Moon Taxi, Tyler Ritter, 16 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: Tommy Putnam both here with me today. Guys, thank you 17 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: so much for taking some time to chat with me 18 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: for a little bit. We are huge Moon Taxi fans 19 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: at the Tennessee Titans. You guys have been so embarked 20 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: in our organization a variety of different ways. It's so 21 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: great to finally have a chance to talk to you both. 22 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,559 Speaker 1: Thanks for having us. Let's excited to talk to YouTube. 23 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: We watch a lot of videos you do, so we're 24 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: mutual fans. I like that. I want to start off 25 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: by talking about music, because that's what you guys do 26 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: and it's a big time for you guys. Your fifth album, 27 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: Silver Dream, has been out for just a little bit, 28 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: and I want to talk about this album. What makes 29 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: it different from some of your other albums. I mean, 30 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: by the time you get to album number five, sometimes 31 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: things can get a little redundant, but that's not at 32 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: all the case with this one. Well, I mean, first 33 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: of all, that's that's a that's a fantastic compliment. Thank 34 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: you very much for that. I think I think we 35 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: would tell me and I would both agree that, you know, 36 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: we just continue to evolve as songwriters, and with the 37 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: biggest difference from Silver Dream to the previous albums is 38 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: that we're just we're getting better at cracting songs. And 39 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: I don't necessarily know that there's any conscious effort to 40 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: make and make anything different from the previous records, but 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: I think we're just getting better as we as we 42 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: continue our careers. Yeah. I think one of the points 43 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: of that is that, you know, this whole album was 44 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: written in twenty nineteen, and there's so many lyrics and 45 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: so many different you know, uh, particular points that you 46 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: can point to, like in Hometown Heroes, like hometown Heroes 47 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: is a particularly interesting and you know, apparent phrase that 48 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: is very you know, twenty twenty, Like we talk about 49 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: hometown heroes a lot. And also like you know, in 50 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: light Up we say um if Trevor thinks um, lyrics 51 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: is yeah, it's been a hard year for me too. Yeah, 52 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: it was a hard year for everybody. And so just 53 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: like you know, the the what's the worry words, the 54 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: poignancy of some of these lyrics is uh, is just 55 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: a case in point of our good or better songwriting 56 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: and the weird coincidence that you know, those songs are 57 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: written before the world. Yeah. Yeah, to your point about 58 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: things being super topical right now even though they weren't 59 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: written in this moment. You guys have a new music 60 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: video coming out for the song Stay, which is another 61 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: one that seems to be incredibly poignant, and I'm surprised 62 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: that it wasn't written in twenty twenty, because it seems 63 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: like a very important song in twenty twenty, if that 64 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: makes sense. That one was Tommy Currently if I'm wrong, 65 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: that was one of the later ones, and it was 66 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: still in twenty nineteen, but that was that was one 67 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: of the later of the batch that that was written. Yeah, 68 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: and then uh, do you remember Trevor sending me the 69 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: first demo of that. I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, 70 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: we got something here. I think that's pretty good. And 71 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: the same thing with Hometown Heroes, Like, you know, he 72 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: sent me the first lyrics of that and I was like, 73 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: you know, we have a party in Birmingham, a Christmas 74 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: party we did every year called Hometown Heroes. I'm like, 75 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: let me help you write, let me hope you finish 76 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: this one off. And you know, it's like it's just 77 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: incredibly you know, appropriate for the year and and the times, 78 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: and says the same thing. It's like, wow, this these 79 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: all kind of are clairvoyant songs in some way, I guess, 80 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: and maybe that just means that they're good. When do 81 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: you know that you have a good song? You gotta, 82 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: don't you just hope I mean you're like, ah, it 83 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: sounds great to me. I think it's great. I hope 84 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: other people like it. That's kind of the way I 85 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: got Yeah. I mean it starts with it starts with 86 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: us being happy with it and being like, well, we 87 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: like it, hopefully other people will like it. Yeah. I 88 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: mean we've had songs before. There was we had a 89 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: song I'm not going to name it, but this one 90 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: guy told us, he said, that's not a hit song. 91 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: I don't know what it song it. It wasn't a hit. 92 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we thought it would be. We 93 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: had a lot of faith in it, but it wouldn't, 94 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: you know, And we still like it a lot. I mean, 95 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter, you know, as long as we like 96 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: it as great because we hope that other people do too. 97 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: It seems like the music business is such a subjective thing. 98 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: I mean, all art is pretty subjective in terms of 99 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: you know, I think it's great, you don't think it's great. 100 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: Everything's have up for interpretation. How do you navigate that 101 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: as someone who is a creative person who or people 102 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: both of you are creative, like putting songs together, getting 103 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: really invested in them, thinking they're really good, and then 104 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: to what you were saying before someone says Nope, not great, 105 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: Like I don't like that, that's not a hit. How 106 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: do you navigate that? You know, you just have thick 107 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: skin and just don't let it bother you. I mean, like, 108 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: you know, like if we think it's good, you know, 109 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: then it like especially if it goes to the rigors 110 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: of our own band, you know, criticism. I mean, if 111 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: it survives that, then it must be at least decent. 112 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: That's a huge mount the climate itself, like surviving our 113 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: own personal critique of it. Um all right, I mean 114 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: to make to make something as subjective as you know, 115 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: songwriting from a songwritist perspective and someone's taste from a 116 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: listener's perspective. Like in that situation where we think we 117 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: have a hit song on our hands and it turns 118 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: out to not be a hit song, we can sort 119 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: of bring objectivity out of the subjectivity, if that makes sense, 120 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: Like we can look at and be like, all right, 121 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: so we love this song, but it didn't hit. Like 122 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: we thought, what can we take away from that and 123 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: try to adapt, you know, with things that we're going 124 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: to write in the future, to try to make certain 125 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: elements work if that makes sense, Like there's a there's 126 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: a way to like like make it a learning experience 127 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: instead of just being bummed about like, oh well, this 128 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: would work out how we wanted it to work out. Now, 129 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: when you guys are making an album, y'all handle a 130 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: lot more of the production and kind of the back 131 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: end part of it other than just playing the instruments 132 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: and singing the songs. Correct. What all does that entail? Well, 133 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: we have a guitar player named Spencer who you know, 134 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: has just year by year, like you know, and and 135 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: I mean through album by album and like helping with 136 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: other producers with certain albums, Like he has very very 137 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: much become a producer in his own right. And and 138 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: that's a that's a that's a very nice thing to 139 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: have in a band. Um, And we trust him with 140 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: sounds and um and the recording process. And yeah, we're 141 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: we're lucky to have that that sort of a lot 142 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: that helps us skip a lot of steps in the 143 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: beginning too, because a lot of a lot of bands 144 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: will have um, you know, rougher demos, like more sort 145 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: of bare bones outlines of songs. And what Spencer has 146 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: become fantastic at is sort of bringing a nearly finished 147 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: product to us to work on, so it you know, 148 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: at the at the beginning stages, like a lot of 149 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: times a track will be more than halfway completed as 150 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: far as like all the sonic elements go. And that's 151 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: that's just kind of an attribute to how great of 152 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: a producer he's become. And then we're just going in 153 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: there and laying in, you know, our own little piece 154 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: to it. And that's that's that. So as a band, 155 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: does that give you a lot of creative freedom or 156 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: does that give you a little bit more work to do? 157 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: Kind of both? Yeah, it depends on the song. Morocco 158 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: for example, forever ago, like he sent me basically a 159 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: finished track with everything on it, and or maybe this 160 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: was just the demo at this point. Nowadays it would 161 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: have been the track. And I just wrote him, you know, 162 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: ten different baselines and I thought would be good for it. 163 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: And I said, one of these is the one that 164 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: is my favorite. And you know, we'll see if if 165 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: you pick the one that's my favorite. And he did, 166 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: you know, of course, but uh and and just you know, 167 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: so that's a perfect example of you know, simultaneous constrain 168 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: and creativity. So I literally layered ten different types of 169 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: baselines for the pick. How did twenty twenty change the 170 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: way that you do an album, that you put those 171 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: songs together, that you guys collaborate together, all of those 172 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: things had to have been impacted in a year where 173 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: you're not supposed to be with a ton of people. Well, 174 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: it's it's funny how everything has gone. Everything's gone remote 175 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: since the pandemic set in. And when I really think 176 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: about it, we've sort of been doing remote work with 177 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: the five of us for years already, Like we we 178 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: haven't been writing together in a room for years. It's 179 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: it's been a lot of you know, passing demos, you know, 180 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: through email for the past five six years. And I mean, 181 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: while twenty twenty has has changed how a lot of 182 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: aspects of the music industry are going to work moving forward, 183 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: I don't really think that it's changed a whole lot 184 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: for us specifically as far as like how we how 185 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 1: we worked internally already and Tommy you made disagreement. I 186 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 1: kind of feel like we were a little bit ahead 187 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 1: of the game and all this stuff said, and just 188 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: because we were already so used to passing stuff along 189 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: digitally to each other to to work on parts and 190 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: to you know, contribute you know, different ideas. We discovered 191 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: a long time ago you don't have to use a 192 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: studio as much as as you might think you do. 193 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 1: Um And so by that part, we're very much ahead 194 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: of the game UM or were anyway, I think most 195 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: people caught up by now. And you know, I mean, 196 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: you definitely need a studio for for certain things. But 197 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,719 Speaker 1: we've never been the sort of band that you know, 198 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: really needs like a whole lot of direction, I guess, 199 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: so I put together an album like we're all you know, 200 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: professionals and can handle our parts, so uh, you know, 201 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: in that regards, it's a lot easier for us to 202 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: just use our our own wits at home and compile 203 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: it digitally. I guess in a lot of ways. Now 204 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: you guys have been together since two thousand and six. 205 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: Is some of that a function of just being so 206 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 1: familiar with each other and how everybody else kind of 207 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: works that you're able to kind of streamline the communication almost. 208 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: I mean, like I remember back when I guess we 209 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: were still in college. You know, we kind of committed 210 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: to doing this for the rest of our lives and 211 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: making a living out of it and and I think 212 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: that's a big part of that commitment. Now, we've seen 213 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: you guys a lot around Nashville. You guys played New 214 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: Year's Eve for the Nashville Celebration on everybody's TV. There 215 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: weren't people there, but we got to see you guys perform. 216 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: You guys were at the NFL Draft, you kicked it 217 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 1: off in twenty nineteen. You played at halftime for the 218 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: Titans when they posted their first playoff game in over 219 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: a decade. That's so many cool things that you've been 220 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: a part of. Has there been like a Nashville highlight 221 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: for you guys, something that you've been able to be 222 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: a part of. And the play at that playoff game 223 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: was pretty awesome. I'm not gonna lie that was That 224 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: was I mean, as far as recent highlights go, that 225 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: that's definitely been a figure was awesome. Yeah, I mean 226 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: that was the most fun thing I didn't, you know, 227 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: the past twelve months. Yeah, by far for me too, 228 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: Like one, I mean, it's a combination of everything. Like, 229 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: first of all, we don't get to see each other 230 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: as often as we'd like to anymore. I'm talking about 231 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: the bandmates and in management and stuff too. And so 232 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 1: first of all, we're all back together and you know, 233 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: we've already done the performance, so you know, we just 234 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: get to sit back and watch our own performance, you know, 235 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: together at a at a football game of our favorite 236 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: team with our best friends. So yeah, that was awesome 237 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: performance wise and professional wise. The Draft was was by far, 238 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: in a way, the most amazing thing. I mean I've 239 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: ever done. Like, that's the biggest crowd we have ever 240 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: played to buy a long shot, and maybe the biggest 241 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: will ever play too. I mean I think they said 242 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: there's like over two hundred and fifty thousand people. That's 243 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: like two Bonaros headlining. Yeah. Yeah, it was nuts. I 244 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: don't know how you go bigger that. I mean, I'm 245 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: just visualized looking at the infinity crowd there, and that's 246 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: just something else. I feel like the Draft, even though 247 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: it was in twenty nineteen, it's such a huge thing 248 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: that happened in the city of Nashville. Being guys that 249 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: have been in this city for a long time, what 250 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: was it like to be a part of something that, 251 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, that infinity crowd of people, it just 252 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,559 Speaker 1: went on forever. You had to have had a moment 253 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: where you realize this is something really special, not just 254 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: because it's an NFL event, but for the city of Nashville. Yeah, 255 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: I felt historical. I mean, like like the first thought 256 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: that comes to my mind is just you know, a 257 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: history making event, his history making experience, and not even 258 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: not even just us getting to play, you know, the gig, 259 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: like like being able to roam around downtown while while 260 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: the circus was going on, I mean it was, Yeah, 261 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: that was most fun hanging out downtown I've had in years, 262 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: just kind of exploring around. And yeah, it's it's not 263 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: just all eyes on Nashville at that moment. Like, it's 264 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: like all eyes on Nashville for moments to come, because 265 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: you know, if you watch the TV, like you'll see them, 266 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: you know, review back to it, like like highlights from it. 267 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: You know, when they're talking about the draft that's coming up, 268 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: they'll I'm sure there'll be tons of little clips with them, 269 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 1: you know. At that that camera scoots down Broadway and 270 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: just shows the crowd just keep going and going a 271 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: lot longer than you ever thought it could. And then 272 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: like you know, different guys raising up their jersey and 273 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: Roger Biddell coming out you know, people booing him, which 274 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: we got to do very close to him, which was awesome. 275 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: And there was there were so many other cool things 276 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: that we got to do there that um, maybe we 277 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: weren't supposed to be allowed to do, but like we 278 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: did anyway. Um, so you know, like going in the 279 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: back room where all the players are waiting to be drafted, 280 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: which yeah, I don't know if we were supposed to 281 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: be there or not, but no one told us no, 282 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: so I know we definitely weren't supposed to walk the 283 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: route that we took to get it. And now we 284 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: went up walking through like the live feed room behind 285 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: the stage and got a lot of really dirty looks 286 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: and pop out and there's Kyler Murray walking down the 287 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: red carpet. Uh yeah, you know, I don't know if 288 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: I guess he hadn't they hadn't started it yet, but 289 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: he was nervous. Now they had he was, he was 290 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: walking up and Dion Sanders was standing there right with him. 291 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, Like that's an epic football moment, just coming 292 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: from this live TV feed room, stepping over wires probably 293 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: had and just it's like we pop out and all 294 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you know, all these celebrity NFL you know, 295 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: folks walking around just kind of like, all right, so 296 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: we should just go this way, right. That's just those guys. 297 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: Those guys are like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what are y'all 298 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: doing in here? You know? And I went first to 299 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: the coach was clear, and I'm like, that's not the 300 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: right way to go. I need to text everybody. And 301 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 1: so I'm texting. The next thing, I know, one by one, 302 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: everybody's popping out, Uh to the TV room feed. Yeah 303 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: that was I'm Notody recognized. Everything was fine. They never 304 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: lost the feed, you know. Yeah, and then there's Carl 305 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: Murray and beonn Sanders and you know, see Nick Saban 306 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: in the corner. Yeah, one to ten. How bad would 307 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: you feel if you're the reason that the NFL draft 308 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: like goes down for whatever amount of time. I mean, 309 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: are you part of history at that point or you 310 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: feel you're you're infamous at that point? Well, we deny 311 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: it until we died. I mean, like one me exactly, 312 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: just walk away out of the situation. Football fans like Tyler, 313 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: I'll start with you. Have you always been a football fan? 314 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: Kind of take me through your fandom background. Always been 315 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: a football fan. I used to play football. Um, I 316 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: played up until high school and then I started, you know, 317 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: I had to choose between music and football, literally, so 318 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: I chose music. Um. I was never that big of 319 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: an NFL fan until I moved here, and I wasn't 320 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: really that big of a Titans fan until like three 321 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: or four years ago. Tommy actually took me to my 322 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: very first Titans game, probably in like two thousand and 323 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: eight or two thousand and nine. It was like a 324 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: preseason game against the Packers when when Brett Farve was 325 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 1: still playing for the Packers, and we sat the absolute 326 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: farthests we'd see you could possibly sit in, and it 327 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: was wendy and like the top tier was just like shaken, 328 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 1: and we're just like, oh my god, this is crazy. 329 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: I know. My dad was like, here's some free tickets. Tommy. 330 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: I looked at him, like, I didn't really look at 331 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 1: it because usually they're like these seats. It's preseason games. 332 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,479 Speaker 1: You think you're gonna get like at least something, okay, right, 333 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: And I looked at him and I says, I think 334 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 1: it was three twenty road double Z And I'm like, 335 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: what does this mean? And literally the top corner ticket. 336 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, did someone like you know, he played a 337 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: joke coming? Um and we sat up there. I remember 338 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: you could you could you could see a thunderstorm rolling 339 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: in from like the distance, and like it was really windy. 340 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: I was like, we're not staying up here very long. Yeah, 341 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: I didn't know that was your first game. That was 342 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: my that was my first ever. I think that was 343 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: my first ever NFL game in person. Yeah. Um. And 344 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: so like I, you know, I I watched Titans games 345 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: from then on out. Like I remember watching the you know, 346 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: the famous Baronus sixty plus yard field goal against Indy. 347 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: I think it was a couple of years before you 348 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: and I went to that game. I think that was 349 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: like two thousand and six or something. Um. So, like 350 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: I would, I would watch Titans games fairly often, but 351 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:41,719 Speaker 1: I wouldn't follow it that that closely until Derek was drafted. 352 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: And I grew up a huge Alabama fan. Um So 353 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: I've always followed college football, and when Derek was here 354 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: after the Titans, it's like, all right, it's it's time 355 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: for me to like really start paying attention to what's 356 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: going on. And uh, I decided kind of on a 357 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: on a whim Slash along with Tommy I think, already 358 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: having a season of ticket membership under his belt. I 359 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: was like, I'm just gonna buy season tickets and so 360 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: my first full season was twenty nineteen and just I'm 361 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: you know, I'm obsessed, like I can't like, like I'm 362 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: so sad that football is over right now. It hooks 363 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: you like that, it really yeah, yeah, well in that 364 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season is a good like it was like 365 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: the perfect gateway drug season. Yeah, Like it was so 366 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: excited with everything that happened. It was so exciting, and like, 367 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: I don't think I'll ever not have Titan season tickets now, 368 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: Like it's yeah, that's it's a done deal. You've picked 369 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: a good time. We've got a lot of the pieces 370 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: in place. I became a big fan and shout out 371 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 1: to his what would have been his forty eighth birthday 372 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: was McNair when I was a freshman in college. So 373 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: like we went to Belmont didn't have a college football team, 374 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: and I've always been an Alabama fan, but you know, 375 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: I'm you know, I would have loved to have gone 376 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: to a big school with an actual football team. Belmont 377 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: didn't have them, So I kind of just adopted the 378 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 1: Titans is the football team and just watched them every Sunday. 379 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: And McNair and some of the stuff that he could 380 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: pull off, that magic, I mean, and playing hurt and 381 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: just the gutsiness. I mean, he made me an NFL fan. Um. 382 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: So you know, happy birthday, mac um. And we've had 383 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: multip we had multiple runnings with him. I like, you know, 384 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: one time outside of mafios is when I'm like a 385 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 1: you know, junior or senior in college, I see him 386 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: coming out and I air throw him the ball. He 387 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: actually like knocked his breath out, like he just cool 388 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: stuff like that, you know, like just just a cool, 389 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: you know, community guy too. Um and uh. And those 390 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: years were great because we're going to the playoffs every year. 391 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: I mean, um, I think I think we finished second 392 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: second seed one year my sophomore year college. That'd be 393 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: two thousand and three, am I right? And then came 394 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: the rough years. Um, and you know, like when I 395 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: forgot what year was where we I think when we 396 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: ended up with the first round pick. Um, we were 397 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 1: out on tour and we had won a game yet, 398 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 1: and our bus driver shout out Paul Hamer, who's a 399 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: huge Titans fan. Yeah, and we were in Vegas. He 400 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: woke me up because you know, the game started ten 401 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: am out there, and he comes wakes me up. It's 402 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: like eight o'clock. He's like, Tommy, let's go put some 403 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: bets in and then we're gonna watch the Times of 404 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: Sports bar. Sure enough, we put in all these parlay 405 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: bets and we're feeling pretty good about them, and one 406 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 1: by one, every single one of them blows up in 407 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 1: our face and you know, thousands of dollars that disappear. 408 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: But the Titans won, and we were more excited about that. 409 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: And we got outside and we look at each other 410 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: and Paul's like, we won a game. I'm like, we 411 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: won a game. We won a game that was the bottom, 412 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: definitely the bottom Titans moment. And since then, it's really 413 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: been straight up from there being in music and kind 414 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: of rolling around, especially in Nashville where sports and entertainment 415 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: are all kind of mushed up and everybody just enjoys 416 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 1: the city in a really unique way. What really cool 417 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: like sports encounters have you had, because I'm sure that 418 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: you get to be in some different spaces than just 419 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: the regular card carrying person would well at the draft. 420 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: One of the reasons that we were working our way 421 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: to that holding room was apparently Daniel Jones is a 422 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: really big fan, so we wanted to meet him, and 423 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: he been trying to meet with us all week. But 424 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: you know, as a you know, popular, most likely you know, 425 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: first round pick, it was unlikely that we'd get to 426 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: meet him, and the only time we could actually do 427 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: it was meeting him in front of his right before 428 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: we got drafted. Six overall, that's one and I mean 429 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: he seemed, you know, just as excited to meet us 430 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: as we were to meet him. We met his entire 431 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: family too, which was kind of cool. Yeah. I mean 432 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: his grandmother was taller and tyler. His grandmother just like 433 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: six five gotta be like, I'm sick, I'm six two, 434 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: she's she's got to be at least six five sixty six. 435 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: She was very tall, very sweet. You don't see too 436 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: many tall grandmas. That's an ode, No, you don't encounter 437 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: that often. Interesting. I feel like, who is Tommy who 438 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 1: is the strength training guy that we met back there too? 439 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: That was at the three hlum oh that was I 440 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: think it's Chris Palmer. It's Carson, Palmer's brother. He works. 441 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: He works on like developing quarterbacks, um to like transition 442 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: from college to the NFL. Um cool guy. Yeah, our 443 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 1: agency is the same agent as uh Cia. It's I 444 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: know they have or at least had at the time. 445 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: Derek and Ben Jones. Yeah, and our agent had me 446 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: played in this beer pong turner with him and Derek 447 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: had to play. So I had to play these Instagram 448 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,719 Speaker 1: models who, uh you could like buy cups for charity, 449 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 1: right um and me and Hunter you know, we're winning 450 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: your beer you know, beer punk challenge because you know, 451 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: we're pretty decent at it. And then all of a sudden, 452 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: the models just buyle all the cups for charity, and 453 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: there's one left and they hit that we're done, and 454 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: they're about to play Derek, and I'm like, I can't 455 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: let them do my friend like that, even though Derek 456 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: doesn't know me and uh, and so I got to 457 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: tell him. I was like, hey, watch out, man, They're 458 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna buyle the cups. He's like really. I was like, yeah, dude, 459 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: you better. The only way to really win this thing 460 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 1: is to bile the cups for charity. He goes and 461 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: I can't remember if you beat them or not. I 462 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: don't know. That's sharing strategy that makes you Yeah, yeah, 463 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: I can't let them do my friend like that. I 464 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: can't remember if you want or not. I remember I 465 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: remember watching them buy all those cups. So Tommy and 466 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: our booking agent were playing on our team and I 467 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: was just sitting there filming everything, and I got distracted 468 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: because Derek walked up. So like, I think I still 469 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: have this video if you look at the video and 470 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: like pans across, I'm like whispering to myself and I 471 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: got Derreck. Henry's right there, right next to me. Oh man, Okay. 472 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people have that experience with 473 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: der He's a he's a large man, like he is, 474 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: he's a big dude. Yeah. Yeah, I've run into Eddie 475 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 1: George a couple of times, and yeah, he is like 476 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: the nicest guy on earth, so nice. When I worked, Yeah, 477 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: when I worked at Ruby Tuesdays, he was walking out 478 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: and uh, I tried to tackle him like a fake 479 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: was going to fake tackle him, and he did the 480 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: Heisman move on me. Yeah, which is just like the 481 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: nicest thing ever, Like, like I you know, I was 482 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: doing this thing and he literally did the juke and 483 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: spin on me um, which is so cool. I've got 484 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: a good picture of him from going to UH one 485 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: of the clubhouse tapings UM for the television show on 486 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: that comes on the CBS, And I remember when I 487 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: went up to take a picture. I was wearing this 488 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 1: new parent air Jordan's and I just got and uh 489 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,880 Speaker 1: I walked up he s thoughted, he was, man, I 490 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: love your shoes, and I was like, man, Eddie or 491 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: just awesome. Isn't it crazy how those moments will stick 492 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: with you forever. One brief interaction for both of you 493 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: is thirty seconds, But yeah, what a moment. Has it 494 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 1: occurred to you that you have those interactions with people 495 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: and people talk about you like that, yes, and and 496 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: you know generally they're positive, and you know, for any 497 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: kind of artists like you, they can catch it at 498 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: the wrong time, like, you know, like maybe we'd had 499 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: maybe we'd been on planes all day since three thirty 500 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: in the morning, and you're encountering us at eleven o'clock 501 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: am in Montana and we haven't had any sleep, you know, 502 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: and so we're not as you know, vibrant and bouncy 503 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: as you might expect us to be right. But most 504 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: of the time, you know, like I try to, you know, 505 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: be as friendly to everybody meet, whether or not I 506 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: think they know what I do or not, just in general, 507 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: because I think that's just kind of how everybody should be. 508 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 1: But um, yeah, I mean I don't. I don't think 509 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: I've ever had a bad interaction with the Titans player 510 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 1: that I can remember. Um that bad bad interactions with actors. Never, 511 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 1: Never with athletes. Athletes have always been cool. We ran 512 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: into the well, we say we. I think I was 513 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,399 Speaker 1: the only person that recognized him. But Peter Weller, the 514 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: guy that played Robo Cop, was in the airport. I 515 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 1: think I think I hit I hit Tommy or hit West. 516 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: I was like, that's Peter Weller, and I'm like, who 517 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: the hell is Peter Weller? And I try to go 518 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 1: there and talk to him, and he did. He was 519 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: not having it. Yeah, I mean he probably heard everybody 520 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: else go I don't know who that is and was like, Nope, 521 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 1: not messing with those guys. Yeah. The best one of 522 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: those was when we met the bad guy from Kindergarten 523 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: cop oh Man where Yeah, and that guy was awesome, 524 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 1: Like Richard Day he's like, yo, man, like like once 525 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 1: we've made the conection, like we know who are you? 526 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: And we're looking at he goes, I'm an actor, can 527 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: you tell who I am? And tagoes you're the bad 528 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: guy from Kindergarten Cop. He's like, that's right. I'm going 529 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of other stuff. He's like, you want to 530 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 1: go meet at the bar and have some beers? And 531 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: I did, and I went and talk to him, had 532 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: a beer with him, go back up to the room. 533 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: I think I'll share a room with U Tyler. And 534 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: then you're watching me myself and Irene and he's selling 535 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: Jim carry a gun in that movie, and I'm like, Dad, 536 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: I'll go have another beer with him downstairs. Talked about 537 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: that movie and its absolutely hilarious. If you travel enough, 538 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: you'll just have so many stories like that. It's that 539 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: was an Alexandria Louisiana. You never know where you'll run 540 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: into someone great. You just never know. Oh my gosh. Well, guys, 541 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: I could talk to you all day, but I know 542 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: you have lives to live, so I'm gonna wrap this up. 543 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: And I guess my last question for you guys is 544 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: being involved in Nashville for as long as you have. 545 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: You went to Belmont, you started your careers here, your 546 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: careers have flourished in this city, seeing it grow as 547 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: both a destination just for people to come to but 548 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: also as a sports town. How much fun has that 549 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: been for you to see? I mean this, this city 550 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: is growing like a weed. And you know a lot 551 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: of people are coming from outside of Tennessee, so they're 552 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: not necessarily used to you know, the Titans or you 553 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: know Vanderbilt or you know SEC for even that matter. Um, 554 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: but I think, like, like you said, they're going to 555 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: drink the coool aid pretty soon, and uh, you know, 556 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: like Tyler becoming a uh, you know, avid fan from 557 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: just a casual fan in the last few years. I 558 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: think we should expect a lot more of that. I 559 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: think it's it's just I don't I want a Super Bowl, 560 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: you know. I think I think as as the sports 561 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: scene specifically here really starts to evolve, Like you know, 562 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: we have we have the soccer team, now we have 563 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: National sc There's talk of what a baseball team, major 564 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: League Baseball team eventually coming here. Um, I mean, all 565 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 1: that's gonna do is put more good money back into 566 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:08,719 Speaker 1: the city and hopefully we can. You know, we can 567 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: get a Super Bowl and have a Super Bowl parade 568 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: and moon Tex you can headline the Super Bowl parade. 569 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 1: That'd be awesome. Um yeah, Like like, I mean, you 570 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: see what happens with the Preds, Like they go to 571 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup and they were already hot, like going 572 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: to the playoffs every year and the fan base was there, 573 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: but going to the Stanley Cup. You know poort ghastline 574 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: on that fire. Titans going to the super Bowl would 575 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: do the same thing, and if they won the Super Bowl, 576 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: like it gives me flashbacks of what it would be 577 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: like in two thousand and two, two thousand and three, 578 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,239 Speaker 1: you know, two thousand and four when the Titans were 579 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: just on fire and that stadium was rocking. And if 580 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: you win the Super Bowl, you will see that same 581 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: thing come back ten Bowl because the city's you know, 582 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: ten times and bigger. It feels like now, yeah, absolutely well, 583 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: And now that we have just planned the Super Bowl 584 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: parade already, we haven't any place. We have the parade 585 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: put together. Now, all that's left to do is go 586 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: back and win the Super Bowl. So we're like really 587 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: done now, yep? Exactly, Well, Tyler, Tom Thank you so 588 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,239 Speaker 1: much for taking some time to talk to me. This 589 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: has been an absolute blast and we look forward to 590 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: seeing you just at Nissan Stadium checking out a game 591 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: and then also a lot more Moon Taxi shows in 592 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: our mere feature. Thank you so much. Take care. So 593 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: awesome to have a chance to talk to the Moon 594 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: Taxi fellas. There were so many stories to tell. We 595 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: really could have talked all day. Guys, I want to 596 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: remind you not to get sacked by the high cost 597 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: of healthcare. Make Farm Bureau Health Plans your first line 598 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 1: of protections They've been protecting Tennesseeans since nineteen forty seven. 599 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you to Tyler Ritter and Tommy Putnam 600 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: as Moon Taxi and also to the ot people. We 601 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: love you, guys. We are so thankful for your listenership. 602 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: Please continue to tell your friends about the OTP. Subscribe 603 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: download these episodes. We couldn't do this without you. Thank 604 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: you so much for listening. This has been to be 605 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: ok where the legends go. Everybody knows it's our house, 606 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: fighting for Tennessee, making us tore greatness is meant to 607 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: be as now here we got tight and butter running 608 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: through a face