1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:01,320 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. 2 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 2: My dad, I would say, is the closest to what 3 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 2: I got this from, because he's a he's a good 4 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 2: karaoke singer, but he needs about seven crown royal and 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 2: waters and him to get going. So I joke and 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: say that that was where I got my singing abilities from. 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 2: But who knows. 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 3: Step into the rhythm of a story. It spans campus 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 3: dorm rooms, platinum records, and soul searching adventures. On today's 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 3: episode of Taking a Walk on buzz Night, joined by 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 3: Quinn ninety two, an artist who has turned amazing lyrics, 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 3: genre defying sounds into an anthem for a generation in motion. 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 3: He's got a seventh album out called Look I'm Alive. 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 3: We'll find out about the inspiration for it and more 15 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 3: with Quinn ninety two coming up next. After a few 16 00:00:52,880 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 3: words from our sponsors, Taking a Walk, Quinn, it's a 17 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 3: pleasure to have you on. Take it a walk, my friend. 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 2: Thanks man, it's a zonre to be here, Thanks Buzzy. 19 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 3: So we asked this question to kind of open things 20 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 3: up since we call this this little podcast Taking a Walk, 21 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 3: Quinn ninety two, is there somebody you would like to 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 3: take a walk with? Living or dead, and who might 23 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: that be. 24 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: That has such a good question. And to preface this, 25 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: I was expecting us to be walking today on the 26 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: sidewalk talking, so I'm glad we're not, because buzz I 27 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: told you off the air. I'm in New York right now. 28 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 2: It's about one hundred degrees or something, so this is 29 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: much more comfortable to be speaking to you in some 30 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 2: ac So I have two answers, and they're very at 31 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: the end of the spectrum. Here on the other sides 32 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: of the spectrum, I should say, there's my daughter, who 33 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: is nineteen months old, who just started walking not long ago. 34 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: She's very fun to walk with. There's not much conversation, 35 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: and she's wanting to run up everyone's driveway and she's 36 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: very invasive, so it's a bit of a it's a 37 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 2: bit of a hectic walk, but it's beautiful nonetheless. And 38 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 2: then on the opposite end of the spectrum is Bill Murray, 39 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 2: who I've been a fan of four years. I even 40 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: got him tattooed on my arm here, and he's I 41 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: don't know, I've just heard so many stories about him 42 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 2: and seems like a guy who's got some really good 43 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 2: I don't know, it just a good conversation to have 44 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: with And yeah, Bill's probably I would I would probably 45 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: have to give him the nudge over my daughter. 46 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 3: It's so funny that you mentioned Bill Murray. Have you 47 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 3: ever met him? 48 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: By the way, No, I've never met him. I'm hoping 49 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 2: to one day stumble. I've got a book of his 50 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 2: where it's all about It's called The tal of Bill Murray, 51 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: and it's about Bill Murray showing up to people's parties 52 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: or work events or just kind of interrupting their lives 53 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 2: spontaneous and he doesn't say anything. He just wants to 54 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: fit in. And he's just like a He's just like 55 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: a fly in the wall. So I'm hoping that will 56 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: happen to me someday. I'm not I'm not. I'm not 57 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 2: banking on it, but maybe that's my only chance of 58 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: beating him. 59 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 3: Well, you never know, especially that you're in New York City. 60 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 3: The hysterical thing about it is, I was just looking 61 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 3: at my dopey to do list for the day and 62 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 3: on the list is Bill m which which is Bill Murray. 63 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: In that. 64 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 3: I'm I'm putting together a special celebration episode for this 65 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 3: place in New York City at the Carlisle Hotel that 66 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 3: is called Bemelman's Bar. It's it's a legendary spot on 67 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: the Upper East Side. And back in December, Bill did 68 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 3: a famous drop by. 69 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: I know I so, I think, not to interrupt you, 70 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 2: he filmed the Christmas Special, and I think he shot 71 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: it at this bar. I watched it. I think it's 72 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 2: the same place. 73 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: It's a tremendous place. If you get a chance to 74 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 3: pop up there, there's usually a trio performing. And I 75 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 3: guarantee you, whether Bill's there or not, if you're in 76 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 3: a mediocre mood and you go up there, you're going 77 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 3: to leave there in a great mood because it's very 78 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,119 Speaker 3: old school New York. But I'm trying to get Bill 79 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 3: to do something to contribute to that upcoming episode that 80 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 3: I'm working on. So it's a pretty pretty funny that 81 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: we're channeling Bill Murray. 82 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's the stars are aligning. I think 83 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 2: Bill's going to have to hear this at some point. 84 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 3: You never know, as they say, right, So, Quinn, take 85 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: me back to the earliest memories of music for you 86 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 3: growing up in Michigan. 87 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I grew up just outside Detroit, which, as most 88 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 2: know is very have influenced by the early motown scene 89 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 2: that was there in the fifties and sixties, and my 90 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 2: parents just played that constantly around the house when I 91 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: was growing up, with house parties and I don't know, 92 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: doing the dishes. It was. It seemed to be always 93 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 2: in the background of my life as a kid, and 94 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 2: I just got naturally infatuated, I think, with that music 95 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 2: and catchy pop records, which then led me to discovering 96 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: guys like Michael Jackson and even later in life, Sam 97 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 2: Cook and more just you know, really prolific songwriters and entertainers. 98 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 2: And I just I loved music from an early age 99 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 2: because it was sort of forced, not forced upon me, 100 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: but it was. It was a part of my environment 101 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 2: since day one. So I can't remember. I can't really 102 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: remember life without music. Honestly, It's always just been around. 103 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 2: But ironically, none of my family are musicians. They don't 104 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: really have a musical bone and they're in their body. 105 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 2: My dad, I would say, is the closest to what 106 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: I got this from, because he's a he's a good 107 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: karaoke singer, but he needs about seven crown royal and 108 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 2: waters and him to get going. So I joke and 109 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 2: say that that was that was where I got my 110 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 2: singing abilities from. But who knows. But yeah, to answer 111 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 2: your question, like, it's it's just been something that I've 112 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: been around for a while. And then later in life 113 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 2: I got into writing. Like I took a lot of 114 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 2: creative writing classes in school, wrote a lot of short stories, 115 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 2: and so I loved writing also, And then one day 116 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: it dawned on me. I was like, why don't I 117 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 2: just fuse these two things I love together and try 118 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 2: writing something. And so in high school I wrote this 119 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 2: little rap song that was not great, but I fell 120 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 2: in love with the process of songwriting right then. I 121 00:06:53,520 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 2: just there's something about telling my stories over a a 122 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 2: beat or drums or a guitar or something and watching 123 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 2: that turn into something brand new was so cool as 124 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 2: a kid to see, like this thing that you just 125 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 2: created from scratch. And I guess the rest is history. 126 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 2: I just I got the bug, and here I am 127 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 2: now fifteen whatever twenty years later. 128 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 3: So yeah, it's fantastic, and we're gonna trace your evolution 129 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 3: here right up to the seventh album, the new one, 130 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 3: Look I'm Alive. It's fascinating. What's going on with you. 131 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 3: You made reference to your daughter, So we're going to 132 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 3: sort of get inside your head a little bit on 133 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 3: the creation of the great new music for sure. But 134 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 3: speaking of children childhood, if you could describe your childhood 135 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 3: and one song, what would it be. 136 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 2: A song of mine or just a song in johneral. 137 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: Wrong in general? A couple of years too. 138 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: I love that question. I'm not gonna do mine. That 139 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: would sound that would that would feel weird. I'll pick 140 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 2: something else, something that someone else has made. I would say, jeez, 141 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 2: that's a good question. I love the song Sunday Morning 142 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 2: by Maroon five. And even though that song I'm pretty 143 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 2: sure is about a woman and it's about a relationship, 144 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: there's something about I think the title and every time 145 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 2: I hear that song, it brings me back to the 146 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 2: early days of by I mean I even though I 147 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 2: heard that like in middle school, there's something about Sundays 148 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 2: and easy living and uh, slow paced life that was 149 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 2: living in Michigan. I think that song represents that in 150 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 2: a weird way for me. And yeah, my life was 151 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 2: very just classic suburbia, you know, go to school, come back, 152 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 2: blue collar working town and people just kind of I 153 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 2: don't know, just just stuck to their community and didn't 154 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 2: didn't need anything much outside of what they had, And 155 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 2: I think that's a really refreshing thing to remember for 156 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 2: me now as I live in a place like Los 157 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 2: Angeles where it seems like everyone just wants more and more. 158 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 2: So Yeah, Sunday Morning by Marion five is probably that's 159 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 2: probably not the best answer I could give you, but 160 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 2: it's it's the answer I'll give you for now. If 161 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 2: you ask me tomorrow, I might give you a better one. 162 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 2: But yeah, I'll say that. 163 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 3: It's a good one. And I like the notion of 164 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 3: Sundays and easy living, and it seems often in the 165 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 3: way the world is that's a forgotten trade about the 166 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 3: way people live. Sunday is supposed to be a day 167 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 3: of rest and everything, So I like the answer for sure. 168 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 3: We'll be back with more of the Taking a Walk 169 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 3: podcast in a bit now. If you're looking for a 170 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 3: rock and roll oriented podcast, we invite you to check 171 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 3: out The Imbalanced History of rock and Roll. The History's fascinating. 172 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 3: There's so much to uncover the imbalanced history of rock 173 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 3: and roll explorers, moments in time, albums, songs, events, and 174 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 3: people who had an impact on the history of rock 175 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 3: and roll. They keep rock and roll fun, the imbalanced 176 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 3: history of rock and roll. Find it wherever you get 177 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 3: your podcasts. 178 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,239 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Taking a Walk podcast. 179 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 3: I'm going back to Michigan. How deeply did it impact 180 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 3: you when you went to your first Coney Island? 181 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, Now we're getting into the heavy hitting stuff. Yes, 182 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 2: mister Mustard, Yeah yeah, yeah, okay, I I mean, have 183 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 2: you buzz I'll ask you this first. Have you been 184 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 2: to conye Allen? 185 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 3: Many times. I spent a lot of time the company 186 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 3: I worked for owned and I was part of managing 187 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 3: a bunch of radio stations up that way, wri IF 188 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 3: and w CSX, and so I spent many a day 189 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 3: in the mean streets of Birmingham, Michigan. 190 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 2: Oh oh yeah, oh yeah, well okay, so you get 191 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 2: it though. Yeah, I've I've colle al and for listeners 192 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 2: that I have no idea what we're talking about. Is 193 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 2: this this amazing I'll call it a diner, but it's 194 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 2: just this great American old school restaurant in Detroit. The 195 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 2: the sort of like champion restaurant is Lafayette Cone, which 196 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 2: is in Detroit, which is the first one, and they 197 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 2: basically only sell chili dogs, hot dogs, hamburgers. That's I 198 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 2: think that's about it. And if you mess your order up, 199 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 2: you're just gonna get what they give you. So it's 200 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 2: a real old school kind of joint. And uh yeah, 201 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 2: so buzz yes. When I that is speaking of childhood, 202 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 2: Like you asked me what song reminds me of my childhood? 203 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: What food is? It's cone al and that is basically 204 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 2: all I remember doing, and especially in the summertime, like 205 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 2: driving up on my bike with my friends with some 206 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 2: cash in my pocket and getting a two dollars hot 207 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 2: dog and just sitting there and you know, feeling like 208 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 2: a king. 209 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 3: It was. 210 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,199 Speaker 2: It's it's still to this day like my favorite food 211 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 2: and always brings me back to just I don't know, 212 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 2: like like we were saying, the early days of easy living, 213 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 2: but it changed my life for sure, and that's all 214 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 2: I think. That's also where I found my love for mustard, 215 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 2: which I'm sure we'll get into soon, but I left 216 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 2: that restaurant many times with mostard stains all over my 217 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 2: T shirt, which my mom was not happy with. 218 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 3: I mean, mandatory when you go to a Coney Island 219 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 3: for that to happen. I mean, if it didn't happen. 220 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 2: How else are you gonna prove that you were there? 221 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: You know? 222 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 3: I know, I know, now, what was the town that 223 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 3: you grew up in? There in the suburbs cities. 224 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 2: The city is called gross Point and it's about It's 225 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 2: actually there's a there's a film called gross Point Blank 226 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 2: with John Tusack that came out and I think it 227 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 2: was the nineties, maybe the late eighties, but I think 228 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 2: it was the nineties, and it's all shot in gross Points, 229 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 2: so people might recognize the name of that town. But yeah, 230 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 2: it's about. Uh, it's a really interesting place to grow 231 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 2: up because it's definitely, like I said, it's it's blue collar, 232 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 2: but it's got everything. It's got like a very wealthy 233 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 2: part of it. It's got a middle class and it's 234 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 2: got a lower class. And then about five minutes away 235 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 2: is Detroit and you're in a completely different atmosphere. So 236 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 2: I really grew up seeing both sides of the coin 237 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: of like life in general, seeing really insane poverty to 238 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 2: the wealthiest of the wealthy, it seemed like, and everywhere 239 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 2: in between. So yeah, I kind of even though Michigan 240 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 2: is not necessarily the most diverse and uh old short culture. 241 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 2: I would say like place in the world. I feel 242 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 2: like I definitely got to see a lot of life 243 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 2: in where I grew up, just based on being on 244 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,239 Speaker 2: the border of Detroit. It was pretty fascinating. 245 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 3: I love the movie The gross Point movie your referenced, 246 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 3: and I love gross Point. And as someone who grew 247 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 3: up there, you know, as you did in the Detroit area, 248 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: I mean people who are from there, they absolutely you know, 249 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 3: they live and die by being from that area. Being 250 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 3: from Michigan's it's a special place and I have many, 251 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 3: you know, fond memories from my time being spent there. 252 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 3: You know, your sound over the years, it blends hop, 253 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 3: it blends hip hop, reggae, electronic, many different influences. How 254 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 3: did you sort of cook up this incredible unique style. 255 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't. I don't think it was much of 256 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 2: me cooking it up. Honestly. I think it was like 257 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 2: we kind of were touching on earlier. It was the 258 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 2: early days of just being fed music from my parents 259 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 2: to my I don't know what was around me, and 260 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: so like I said that that motown to then growing 261 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 2: up and finding my own tastes. Like Jack Johnson and 262 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 2: Bob Marley and Third Eye Blind and uh it Cutty, Uh, 263 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 2: just a real mix of genres. Yeah, it was, Uh, 264 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 2: it was. I don't think I was doing it deliberately, 265 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 2: like making it be like, Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna 266 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 2: compile all these people I love and then someday I'm 267 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 2: gonna be this hardist and it's going to be a 268 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 2: blend of all of them. It was never that. It 269 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 2: was just I truly am just. I think I just 270 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 2: am a very passionate fan of music, and I'm unbiased 271 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 2: to do music. As long as it sounds good, I'll 272 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 2: listen to it. So I think when it came time 273 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 2: to make my own stuff, the songs I was writing 274 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 2: was just the byproduct of that sort of approach to music, 275 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 2: which was non just grematory and like just accepting of 276 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 2: what sounded good. And so when I started writing my 277 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 2: own stuff, naturally, I think what came out was this 278 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 2: mix and like you said, sort of like sort of 279 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 2: like a melting pot of all these things that I 280 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 2: grew up liking and all these tastes that I had acquired. 281 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 2: So yeah, I don't know if that answered your question. 282 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 2: I don't really know how it happened. It's just life 283 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 2: kind of took its form, and yeah, I just I 284 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 2: once I started writing my own stuff, it was just 285 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 2: I was like, yeah, all of that, all those resources 286 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 2: sort of came out and spilled onto the page. I 287 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 2: guess you could say. 288 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 3: Well, we're sponges and about some things we love, and 289 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 3: obviously we love music. So there's so many things that 290 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 3: are inputed that make us feel good. Maybe don't make 291 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 3: us feel good all the time, but maybe at moments 292 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 3: that we're not feeling good, we need that and they 293 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 3: take us through mental challenges, physical personal challenges, and that's 294 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 3: certainly has traced your work now as here we are 295 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 3: at this moment with the look I'm alive and congratulations 296 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:12,439 Speaker 3: on it, and the the excitement that you have and 297 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 3: the gratitude that you have with relation to where your 298 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 3: life is with your new child, and how it makes 299 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 3: you look at the world differently. Talk about that when 300 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 3: it comes to either the song Olive Tree or or 301 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 3: certainly Yellow Brick Road and the rest of the album. 302 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think having a child in your 303 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 2: life now, especially a daughter, I mean, it's it's something 304 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 2: that just softens you as a as a man, and 305 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 2: I think it's it would be naive of me too, 306 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 2: and and I don't know, just uh, it would feel 307 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 2: weird if I didn't write music about her, because it 308 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 2: is such it is. It is the biggest part of 309 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 2: my life now. And a lot of my music up 310 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 2: to this point was about past relationships that I've had, 311 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 2: failed failed girlfriends and me getting dumped and yeah, that's 312 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 2: all good and grand, but like it kind of got 313 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 2: to the point where, you know, now I'm a father 314 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 2: and a husband, and I had to kind of look 315 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 2: at myself in the mirror at some point and be like, 316 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 2: am I gonna start talking about what's actually currently happening 317 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 2: in my life? Or am I going to always be 318 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 2: looking sort of in the rear view mirror and touching 319 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 2: on these memories that I'm pretty much over with. I'm not. 320 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: I'm there. They don't bother me anymore. But I was 321 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 2: always scared to talk about my personal family life because 322 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 2: I wasn't sure if people would find it interesting. So 323 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 2: to touch on this new record, yeah, it's just that 324 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 2: you'll hear it in the album. Look I'm Alive. It's 325 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 2: really just about gratitude and being thankful for where I'm 326 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: at and celebrating the mundane moments of life that I 327 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 2: think we often look over and think are boring and 328 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 2: aren't worth writing songs about. One of the taglines of 329 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 2: the album, it's not even a lyric in the album, 330 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 2: but we've kind of championed it as a slogan. I 331 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 2: guess you could say for the album is that every 332 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 2: moment's worth singing about. And I love that because I 333 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 2: think I think that is the secret to life. And 334 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 2: maybe it is, maybe it's not, but in my opinion, 335 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 2: I think if you can if you can cherish every 336 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 2: inch of this experience and not try and race to 337 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 2: the next one, life becomes more enjoyable and you're you're 338 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 2: not seeking for the next thing. And that's really what 339 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: I've tried to do with this album is just celebrate 340 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 2: the here and now and every little thing that comes 341 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 2: with it. So my daughter was a huge inspiration for 342 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 2: that direction. And yeah, I don't know, it feels good 343 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 2: to talk about stuff that's just normal. You know, it's weird, 344 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 2: but it's but it's liberating in a way, you know. 345 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 2: I felt like I didn't have to come up with 346 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 2: a crazy story or a pull out the worst memory 347 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 2: I've had from my girlfriend dumping me in high school, 348 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 2: you know, to make a good song. It feels good 349 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: that I can still write good music about these mundane, normal, 350 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 2: quote unquote parts of life. 351 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 3: Well, it is a long trip from creating straight jacket 352 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 3: to creating yellow brick Road. You must admit, right, absolutely, yeah, yeah, 353 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 3: And I'm flashing on as you open the podcast too. 354 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 3: The beauty of it, just that simplicity of taking a 355 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 3: walk with your daughter and the wild eyed enthusiasm that 356 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 3: you know she has for the world and that it 357 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 3: reawakens your enthusiasm about the world is also and the 358 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 3: creative process is also so exciting totally. 359 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 2: I mean seeing you nailed it, seeing her and just 360 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 2: seeing children in general, the way they look at life. 361 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 2: It's like, right now, like I was saying to you, Buzz, 362 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 2: I'm in New York and I'm staring at my hotel 363 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 2: window and there's a shadow on this wall. Are this 364 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 2: hotel across the street from me? And yeah, it looks 365 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 2: cool whatever, you know, But a kid would look at 366 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,360 Speaker 2: this and be like, oh my god, like that, what 367 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 2: is that? And why does it look that way? And 368 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 2: why is the sun hitting it? And the way I 369 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 2: look at my daughter walking down the street. That's how 370 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 2: she looks at life, and it's inspiring. You know, It's like, 371 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 2: why can't we as adults look at the world that 372 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:26,199 Speaker 2: way too? And you're you're totally right looking at them 373 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 2: look at life invigorates you and inspires you to live 374 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 2: a certain way. So that's that's what I try to 375 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 2: do it with this album. And I'm sure I could 376 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 2: do at a better job of it, but it's it's 377 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 2: a daily practice, and you know, taking baby steps. I 378 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 2: guess to do my part in that. 379 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 3: I love that baby steps. That's a perfect way to 380 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 3: look at it really when you think of when you 381 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 3: think about it. But if your daughter's listening to this 382 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,880 Speaker 3: right now, what's your daughter's name? 383 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 2: Her name is Florence. 384 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 3: Florence. What cover your ears for a second. Florence. So okay, 385 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 3: thanks Florence. So Quinn, though, I must tell you, enjoy 386 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 3: these moments because they're so special, because when the first 387 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 3: eye roll comes out of Florence, then you're gonna see 388 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 3: life changing even further. 389 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 2: Oh trust me, trust me, I'm already dreading that moment. Yeah, 390 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 2: I've got I've got some friends who have daughters that 391 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 2: are a little older than her, and not even they're 392 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 2: not even teenagers. They're only like, you know, six or seven, 393 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,639 Speaker 2: and they're already they're saying, oh, like, just hold on 394 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 2: to these precious moments while she still wants you to 395 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 2: pick her up in a hugger, you know, because they're fleeting, 396 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 2: you know, so you know, cherish them while they're here. 397 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 3: Does she like music at this point? 398 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 2: Honestly, she does. And I'm not just saying that because 399 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 2: it's what I do for work and stuff, and you know, 400 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 2: we play it. It's funny, just like my parents play 401 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 2: music around the house. My wife and I we play 402 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 2: it around the house all the time because my wife 403 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 2: also grew up with her parents playing music around the house. 404 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 2: So it's funny. We both sort of grew up in 405 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 2: these households that just wanted background music, I guess, to 406 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 2: fill in the silence, I suppose. But now we've we've 407 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 2: sort of adopted that with our mornings in our days 408 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 2: living out in la with with Florence, and like she 409 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 2: loves she loves music. I mean she's not singing or anything, 410 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 2: but you can see she's bouncing around. We play jazz 411 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 2: lives and she loves jazz, So I'm hoping I'm like 412 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 2: molding a little jazz artist right now. But we'll see 413 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 2: what happens. But I think it'd be cool because I 414 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 2: have no musical chops or like, uh, technical abilities or 415 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 2: I'm not classically trained in anything. So I think it'd 416 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 2: be cool to see one of my kids sort of 417 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 2: go down that route and be like a real proper 418 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 2: musician and outshine their dad. But yeah, so, but she 419 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 2: loves me. I think I will say I think she 420 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 2: likes music. But from all the signs I've got, she's 421 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 2: definitely bouncing around, so there's something in there that is 422 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 2: resonating with her. 423 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 3: Oh, I think it's primal. I'm sure she does. You 424 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 3: know that there's a beat that's going on and her 425 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 3: head or that she's kind of envisioning. Absolutely, So it's 426 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 3: so wonderful. I want to talk collaborations in your career. 427 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 3: You've worked with folks like Logic and Chelsea Cutler and 428 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 3: sure I'm leaving someone out. Are there other collaborations that 429 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 3: you kind of look into the future and think, man, 430 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 3: that would be really cool. 431 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, I have like a it's like a 432 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 2: Christmas wish list of artists i'd like to work with someday. 433 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 2: But it's funny, you know, I've got I'm getting more 434 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 2: to a point of not getting so hung up on 435 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: if those moments happen or not, and just if anything. 436 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 2: Like we said, that word gratitude is coming up again, 437 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 2: being grateful for the people I have worked with. I 438 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 2: feel like I've worked with a lot of different and 439 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 2: amazing artists spanning a lot of different genres, and I'm 440 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 2: pretty content with where I am as far as the 441 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,400 Speaker 2: list of people I've got to work with. But yeah, 442 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 2: sure there's a bunch I'm still hopefully able to collaborate 443 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 2: with someday. But it's nice getting to a point in 444 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 2: life where you're not so hung up on those things 445 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 2: happening or not. And like I said, that's just where 446 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 2: I'm at right now. Who knows. Next year, maybe I'll 447 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 2: be hungry for a specific thing to happen. But I'm 448 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: just riding the way right now, I guess, so to speak, 449 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 2: and just grateful that I've got the people I've worked 450 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 2: with under my belt. Speaking of collaborators, there's a band 451 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 2: that's on this album called Dispatch, which I've listened to 452 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 2: for I don't know as long as I can remember. 453 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 2: They were like the soundtrack to my early years, and 454 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 2: they've been around since the late nineties early two thousands. 455 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 2: That was really surreal to get them on one of 456 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 2: the songs for the album, which is called Look, I'm Sorry, 457 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 2: Live and let Go and Yes, talk about just like 458 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 2: a three sixty moment of just hearing someone you've listened 459 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 2: to your whole life and then hearing them on a 460 00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 2: song that you wrote is pretty surreal. So yeah, shout 461 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 2: out to those guys. That's awesome. 462 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm very familiar with them living outside of Boston 463 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 3: and their whole legacy and everything and amazing fan base 464 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 3: for sure. And closing, what is the strangest food group 465 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 3: that you've added? Mustard too? 466 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is the way to end the commerce, I think. 467 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm serious, buzz when I tell you I 468 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: I I put it on I don't. I don't. I 469 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 2: shouldn't say I deliberately put it on everything. But I've 470 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 2: tried it with nearly everything you could think of. I've 471 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 2: tried it on pasta before, which I'm sure people are 472 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 2: just throwing up right now in their mouths. But that 473 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 2: was that was surprisingly not that bad. I'll admit it's 474 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 2: not great on everything, but I think I've loved it 475 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 2: so much that I've I've just given it a rite 476 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 2: of passage that it could taste good on it on anything. 477 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 2: And I'm also making my own mustard, so just as 478 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,199 Speaker 2: a self a selfish plug. Right now, please, there's a 479 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 2: mustard I'm making. Well, it's actually the second flavor we've made. 480 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 2: But it's called Mustard Mics because the nickname I had 481 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 2: growing up was Mustard mic. My real name's Mike, and 482 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 2: you can find it at mustard mics dot com. But 483 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 2: it's something I'm I mean, I'm really not joking, like, 484 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 2: I love mustard so much to the point that we're 485 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 2: now making it and I think it's unbiasedly very good. 486 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 2: We'll have to send you a bottle sometime if I 487 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 2: don't know if you're a mustard guy or not. But 488 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 2: it's it's something that is perfect for the summertime on 489 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 2: a hot dog, hamburger or whatever I like to cook 490 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 2: with it. I put it in like tuna, salads in 491 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 2: marinatea and chicken and it's great. So yeah, I'm all 492 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 2: things mustard. That's my next big endeavor in life outside 493 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 2: of music. 494 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 3: When I love Mustard, I'm all things Mustard as well to. 495 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 2: Make sure to get you buy. 496 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 3: I think it's fantastic. Congratulations on your family, Florence, your 497 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 3: daughter and your new music look I'm Alive and Quinn 498 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 3: ninety two. It's such an honored talking to you man. Congrats, 499 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 3: Thank you man. 500 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 2: Likewise, thank you so much for shied it. 501 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a 502 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: Walk podcast. Share this and other episodes with your friends 503 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: and follow us so you never miss an episode. Taking 504 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: a Walk is available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 505 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: and wherever you get your podcasts