1 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: What's up. It's Granger Smith. This is the Granger Smith Podcast, 2 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: Episode ten. I love making these and I'm glad that 3 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: you care enough to listen. In a world of crazy 4 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: fast social media post sometimes we all just need to 5 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: hear the whole story. I'm in North Carolina today, Charlotte, 6 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: and it has been crazy as it always is. But 7 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 1: we came from yesterday. We came from let me think 8 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: about it, San Jose, California, all the way across the US, 9 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: and we have been all over Canada. We've been all 10 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: over California and Oregon and that's only been in the 11 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: last twenty days. So if I haven't done a podcast 12 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: in a little bit, I have a pretty good excuse. 13 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:08,839 Speaker 1: And I promise I need to do them more because 14 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: it's like therapy for me. And like I said, it's 15 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: sometimes you need to hear the whole story. And I 16 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: have a lot of stories. Hopefully there's a lot of 17 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: you that want to hear them now. Last episode, I 18 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: was talking about the year two thousand and seven. I 19 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: have just written a song called we Bleed Maroon that 20 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: changed everything for me because it gave me this regional 21 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: hit that gave me kind of a Catapult and I 22 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: didn't know it yet, but two thousand and seven was 23 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: about to go out with a huge bang. If you 24 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: want to talk about this podcast on social media, just 25 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: hashtag Granger Smith podcast. That way I could search it 26 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: and answer any questions you have, kind of keep a 27 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: pulse on what you're digging. So I've got Twitter up 28 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: right here, and I searched hashtag Granger Smith podcast and 29 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: I found a question from Jesse and Kara, and this 30 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: is an interesting question. I want to read it because 31 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: it says who determines and or how does your next 32 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,639 Speaker 1: number one song get chosen? Do you, as the artist 33 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: get to pick hashtag gyee nation? So obviously this process 34 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: is different for every artist. Every musician has a different situation, 35 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: different people that they work with. So I can only 36 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: speak for myself, but the short answer is yes, absolutely, 37 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: it is me that decides the next single. Now, the 38 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: deeper question is you might be wondering what is a 39 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: single like you see it. You see a song on 40 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: iTunes and it goes up the chart on iTunes, you 41 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: see it on CMT Countdown, and you hear it on 42 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: your local radio station. So that is a song that 43 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: the artist and the people around him have chosen. They 44 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: pick one, and the reason they pick one is because 45 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 1: you could put all your strength into one song typically right, 46 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: Because if Portland, Maine was playing their favorite song off 47 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 1: your album, and Albuquerque, New Mexico was playing their favorite 48 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: song and so on and so on, you would you 49 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't get a collective force going anywhere on any of 50 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: your songs. So the way we saw that is we 51 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: pick the song and then we'd send it to radio 52 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: and we go, this is our single. I hope you 53 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: love it. I hope you play it. Then it's up 54 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: to them if they actually do play it. Does that 55 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: make sense? That's the short answer. And to be clear, 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: I decide the single, but I put trust in the 57 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: people around me, and so we have big discussions and 58 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: we talk about it, and I take all the input 59 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: from all the people that know a lot about this, 60 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: that have done this for a long time, and I 61 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: put trust in them. I've built a team around me 62 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: of people that I trust. But ultimately it's my gut feeling. 63 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: So I'll collect that data, but I'm gonna go with 64 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: my gut. The reason I'm talking about this and the 65 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: reason I think this is an interesting question for me 66 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: right now is because I'm currently in the process of 67 00:03:51,400 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: launching a brand new single. Here's a front door swing 68 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: at Jamma's house and a little stream up in the mountains, 69 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: a shot gun set and an ocean breeze. There's a 70 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: fairest wheel just spending around midnight moon I shining down, 71 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: a red sunset and a cotton dress. You read it 72 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: every single good time. We're in a press rey ride 73 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: in my mind, jamp you read it every thought of 74 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: what could be. All I see is you in me 75 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: not reading everything. I don't know what the future holds. 76 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: All I know is girl, You're You're in. It is 77 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: the next single. And this is exciting for me because 78 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: one of the one reasons I pick this song is 79 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: it feels so good on stage. It translates so well 80 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: in our live show, and that's a big deal. And 81 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: that's not always the reason you pick a single, but 82 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: anytime you're going into summertime and you have something that's 83 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: just a good country story in my opinion, that has 84 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 1: a really good beat, and it translates no matter if 85 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: you know the song or not. If you're in the 86 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: audience and we play that song, it just feels good. 87 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: At least I think so. At least that's my opinion. 88 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: So going into the summer twenty eighteen, will be planning 89 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: music videos and different promotions to go along with it, 90 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: and I think it's it's gonna be really exciting. I 91 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: can't wait to see what this does at country radio. 92 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: It's always exciting. It's always the challenge. And isn't that 93 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: what life is all about? You know, not knowing, not 94 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: knowing the result. You could set out with your aspirations 95 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 1: and you could make your goals and you could have 96 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: a plan, but the fact that you don't know what's 97 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: gonna happen. You don't know everything's going to completely flop, 98 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: or if everything is going to line up and you're 99 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: going to have another number one song. You just don't know. 100 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: And because of that, I think that's so much of 101 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: what drives me, the risk of failure. Can I recite 102 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: to you one of my favorite quotes Theodore Roosevelt. He said, 103 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: far better is it to dare mighty things, to win 104 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank 105 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: with those poor spirits who neither enjoyed nor suffer much 106 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: because they live in a gray twilight that knows not 107 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: victory nor defeat. That means so much to me. I 108 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 1: have a tattooed on my left arm says dear Mighty Things. 109 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: So with launching the brand new single You're in It, 110 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: I think it's only appropriate on this podcast to kind 111 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 1: of look back at my singles that I've had, and 112 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: most of you probably couldn't guess if I told you 113 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: right now that You're in It is my eighteenth radio single. 114 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: Now that's only my fourth national radio single. So if 115 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: you go back too far, you have to be from 116 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: Texas and Oklahoma to hear it on regional radio. But 117 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: I can name them. I can go backwards. You're in 118 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: It happens like that if the boot fits backroad song, 119 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: bury me in blue jeans, if money didn't matter, silver oda, 120 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: bench seat, miles and mud tires, we do it in 121 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: a field. I'm wearing black, sleeping on the interstate letters 122 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: to London five more minutes. I almost am superstitious. Seventeen 123 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: Gypsy Rain, don't listen to the radio. And my very 124 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: first single, exactly ten years ago summer two thousand and eight, 125 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: was Colorblind. I want to be color blind, and I 126 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: would never think about your soft green eyes, sweedln here 127 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: would never cross my mind. The beano black gown you 128 00:07:55,080 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: slillp into and night. Maybe I'd forget about your round 129 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: skin and stop dreaming about the taste to sounding I 130 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't be heard now and listen you. I would know 131 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: a single thing bound you. The Colorblind peaked at number 132 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: nine on the Texas Music Chart, and that was a 133 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: really big deal for a nobody guy like me. Now, 134 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: that time period in my music career, that short period 135 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: right there was critical in my music development. So besides 136 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: releasing my very first radio single, learning about how a 137 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: single works, and how a radio tour works, and how 138 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: I could get my pick up and travel around and 139 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: meet different radio personalities and get to know them so 140 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: that we had a personal relationship, so that if they 141 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: were thinking about playing my song, if they knew me, 142 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 1: it would be a little bit easier to say, I'm 143 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: gonna play my Buddy Granger as opposed to some kid 144 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: that I have no idea who he is. Now. The 145 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: major thing that happened in two thousand and eight for 146 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: me had to do with my manager. You see, that 147 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: year I left a huge music management firm called Red 148 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: Light Management, and that was difficult because I left what 149 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: was a pretty good thing. You know, they had huge 150 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: power and I was a nobody artist and I was 151 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: lucky to be on that roster. But I left them 152 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 1: for something much more risky. And it kind of goes 153 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 1: back to that Teddy Roosevelt quote, dare mighty things, And 154 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: at this time in two thousand and eight, I was 155 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: definitely daring mighty things. If you're new to this podcast, 156 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: I got to tell you that my sponsor is EEE Energy. 157 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: Now that's not some big corporate sponsor. That's actually my 158 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: energy drink that me and my brother's made. Now I'm 159 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: very biased because we chose the recipe and we were 160 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 1: hands on and making the cans and the boxes and 161 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: all the way that it's marketed. It's all done right 162 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: out of our farm in Central Texas. 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Now, that's 172 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: one of my favorite things about touring is getting to 173 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: know the fans that are coming to the show. So 174 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: go to grangersmith dot com. Grab you some merch, grab 175 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: you some tickets, grab you some EEE energy, and I'll 176 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: see you down the road. I want to call my 177 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: brother Tyler on the phone here. Please enjoy this Verizon 178 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: ringback Joon while your party is reached. Hey, what's up? 179 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: What's going on? Govin? What's up with you? You busy? 180 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: Right now? All right now? I'm looking at what chicken 181 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: rest I'm going to get at the grocery store. I'm 182 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: making a podcast. Yeah, you're actually on it right now 183 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: or I'm recording. I'm talking about two thousand and eight, 184 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: and the biggest thing that happened in two thousand and 185 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: eight was when you became my manager. I mean that's 186 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: when everything happened right pretty much for whatever the reason, 187 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: but you were behind it and so color Blind, which, 188 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: by the way, it's been ten years since we released 189 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: color Blind. The summer of two thousand and eight. It's 190 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: cool to be talking about a new single and you're 191 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 1: in it as number eighteen since Colorblind. But this all 192 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: started when you became my manager and I wanted to 193 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: talk about eighteen. Sorry, that's hilarious, like George Strait over there, 194 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: eighteen singles. Yeah, I mean I could tell the story, 195 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: but it's better if you tell it. What were you 196 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: doing and why did you decide to manage me when 197 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: there was really no money to be made at all? 198 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: I wasn't really getting paid and you know, even to 199 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: this day, I'm blessed to be able to pay the bills. 200 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: But it's this you make more than me right now. No, 201 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: that's not what I'm saying. Is it's great, it's fun, 202 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: but it's not about the money. Yeah, I know, I 203 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: know never has anything you do. You know, it's never 204 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: been things obviously have changed. I don't know if I 205 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: should be talking like to you, obviously to them since 206 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: you know all this, right, how does that work? Yeah? 207 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: Just talk to me, but just like you're doing, tell 208 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: the story. I was working at Compass Bank, uh, doing 209 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: underwriting loans for commercial real estate, so that's what I 210 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: thought I was gonna do. You kind of had your 211 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: own music thing going, and I was trying to figure 212 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: out what I wanted to do. I just got done 213 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: playing football, wanted to go to the NFL. That didn't happen, 214 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,199 Speaker 1: So I was trying to figure everything out. And pretty 215 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: much from day one at the bank, I absolutely hated it. 216 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: And so I literally talk to Dad and I said, 217 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: WI should I do? And he said, basically, give them 218 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: a year. You committed to it. You got to be loyal. 219 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: So during that time, you know, I have my little cubicle. 220 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,079 Speaker 1: You know, each time my boss would walk by, I 221 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: would change screens real quick because for the most part, 222 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: I was on MySpace working on your stuff, you know, 223 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: getting it together, and I think I was. I was 224 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: booking you know when I could. But basically it got 225 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: to the point, you know, when I realized what I 226 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: wanted to do, when I realized that you were with 227 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: a huge management company. You you know, you had good 228 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: people on your team, but nobody was doing anything for you. 229 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: And you know, I basically said, screw this. I'm going 230 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: to jump in full time with music. I'm gonna go 231 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: sell your merch, I'm going to book you. You know, 232 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tour manage you. I'll drive the van and 233 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: they basically manage everything from top to bottom. And so 234 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: that's what I did. When I turned to my two weeks, 235 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: it was like I never sent music business and has 236 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: been ever since then. So the thing that happened around 237 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: that time that changed everything besides booking, because you were 238 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: booking shows and you're booking a lot of shows for 239 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: the first time ever. I was playing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturdays. Dude, 240 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: speaking of I found the Holy Grail. I was moving yesterday, 241 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, and I've been looking for years from 242 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: my booking bible that I had. It was a little 243 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: spiral notebook that had all my notes. Oh my gosh, 244 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: I found it, dude, and it has like this guy answered, 245 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: This guy didn't. He told him to call back at 246 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: five pm on Tuesday. This guy doesn't want to give 247 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: us any money, but he said, if we can come 248 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: play for free and so merch and then like all 249 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: the guarantees were like five hundred bucks. Anyway, it's awesome. Wow, 250 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: you should frame some of the best ones in there. Yeah, 251 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: you were booking a lot of those shows. But we 252 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: were going to those shows and no one, there was 253 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: no crowd. Yeah, so we were playing a ton but 254 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: no one was coming. So that's when I think we 255 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: kind of had this idea that we could either work 256 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: our asses off touring like this and it would take 257 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: twenty years to build any any or we could start 258 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: working on videos and trying to get some viral videos 259 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: on social media that people could share. And we realized 260 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: we could reach thousands and thousands of people compared to 261 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: forty five people on a Saturday night in a dance hall. 262 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: So that's kind of where the video ideas started. You know, 263 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: you're right, and we did realize that we're spinning our wheels. 264 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: But at the same time, we were forming relationships, and 265 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: you know, I would go talk to the owner and 266 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: nobody would show up, but I'd go become best buddies 267 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: with him and he'd be like, you know, you didn't 268 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: when I call back, you know, he'd be like, I 269 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: know you don't bring anybody, but I like Tyler, you know, 270 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: and you know, the guarantee might be three hundred bucks 271 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: instead of six hundred, but he'd give me a Saturday 272 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: night and we'd go hustle and so merch and yeah, 273 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: I wouldn't trade those days for anything. It was. It 274 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: was a huge part of my learning for sure. And uh, 275 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: you know there was before that I hadn't really done 276 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: consecutive tour dates where you actually go out of town 277 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: and stay in a hotel and get up, you know, 278 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: like there's rats in the hotel room and you go 279 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: out and your trailer tire's blown and you got to 280 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: find a new tire and some no no man's land town. 281 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: And it was a huge part of learning for both 282 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: of us. Yeah, And that's where contracts came from, remember, 283 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: because we would show up sometimes and if we didn't 284 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: have a signed contract, then they wouldn't even know we're 285 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: playing sometimes and so we had to learn how to 286 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: advance shows and get get signatures or if there was 287 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: a problem in the contract that say we need to 288 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: go talk to this person. I'm be like, dude, I 289 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: wrote the contract. You're talking to him. It's changing right now. Yeah, 290 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: remember Arizona, you and me were having that argument with 291 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: him but changing something on the contract, and he's like, 292 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: I got to take this back to Tyler, And I 293 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: was like, I am Tyler. I wrote the contract. Oh 294 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: my gosh, yep, all right, I guess that's all I 295 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: got for this podcast. Okay, cool, sounds good, all right, 296 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: all right? So I took a huge risk and I 297 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: left a big management company and I went with my brother, 298 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: And there was a stigma that went with that, where, 299 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: you know, it was like people looked at me like 300 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: I was failing, like oh, you're got your brother, or 301 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: people would say who's your management and I would say, 302 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: you know, TS management and they would say I've never 303 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: heard of it, and I'll say, well, it's my brother. 304 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: And then instantly they would feel like I was a 305 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: nobody because I had my brother as a manager. But 306 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: then over years people realized the dude's actually one of 307 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: the best in the business. And uh, you know, I'm 308 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: better because of it, because who better can you trust 309 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: as an artist than your brother When he's out there 310 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,719 Speaker 1: fighting for you and he's out there trying to do 311 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 1: the best things for your career and your name. Who 312 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: better to trust than your brother. Now we've had our 313 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: fights over the years, no doubt we've had We've had 314 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: some brawls on the road, but it has been so 315 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: worth it, and it was the best career move I've 316 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: ever made. I just got a text from my wife 317 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: and she just opened up a fan letter of mine 318 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: at home, and I should read it to you. It says, 319 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: dear Granger Smith. Hi, my name is Emily and I'm 320 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: in the fourth grade. I love your music so much. 321 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 1: My dad and my mom have been divorced since I 322 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: was one years old. I usually listen to your music 323 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: just to clear my head. I almost know all the 324 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: words to all of your songs on the Remington album. 325 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: Every day I listen to your music, and I go 326 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: to sleep listening to your songs. I love you and 327 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: keep on writing awesome, amazing and spectacular music. Love Emily, 328 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: your biggest fan. Man. That's something. Those are Those are 329 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: the things I need to hear. Those are the things 330 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: that remind me that we're doing something right, that people 331 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:01,719 Speaker 1: are listening, and that it matters. So thank you, Emily. 332 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: Your letter means more to me than you know. We've 333 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: been lost in streets and me on and concrete creep 334 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: then and somewhere up there is a sky full of stars, 335 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: but we can't see how easy enough, let's pack up 336 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: in point this truck. So around this time, I have 337 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,479 Speaker 1: a new manager. We're making videos like crazy, putting out 338 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 1: all kinds of content, and something else really happened, though, 339 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: that changed me and changed the course of what I 340 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: would be doing in music forever. See. I went to Texas, 341 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 1: A and M and I was in the Core Cadet stre. 342 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: I had a lot of buddies that went into the military, 343 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: and they went overseas, and I felt guilty that they're 344 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: overseas on deployment, ensuring the freedom that guys like me 345 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: get to enjoy and pick a dream like music for 346 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: a living. And I'm not going to lie, it bothered me. 347 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: I felt very blessed. I'm very lucky to have fun 348 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: and go to bars and play music. And my buddies 349 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: were in the desert going through hell, and so I 350 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: made it a mission to do everything I could to 351 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: go over there and to play music and to bring 352 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: a little piece of home to them, to my buddies, 353 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: but ultimately to everyone deployed. And people ask me, how 354 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: did you get those entertainment tours in Iraq? I don't know, really. 355 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: The honest answer is I emailed every single person I 356 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: knew in the military and I said, my name is 357 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: Granger Smith. I'm a musician. I want to go to 358 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: ira I want to play music for the troops. Do 359 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: you know anybody, and most of the time nobody replied, 360 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: and I think sometimes people forward it to a commanding officer, 361 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: And eventually one day I got a call from a 362 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: military entertainment company and they said, do you want to 363 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: go to Iraq? And I said, my bags are freaking packed. 364 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: There's a flag that I fly in my yard. I 365 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: know the price paid for those stars. It's a flag 366 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: made a fly high and the wig. Yes, the that's 367 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: what I do with it. I've been along and afraid, 368 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: I've seen the dog. I've made it through. Okay, I'm 369 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 1: better for my scars last the wheel at it fall. 370 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: I want to know how to supply for a chance 371 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: to swing for the fence. So when the fitch jumps 372 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: going in, that's what I do with it. I ended 373 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: up taking three tours to Iraq, and all three times 374 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 1: I was just I could not believe that music got 375 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,239 Speaker 1: me there, first of all, but my intention was to 376 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: go bring a little piece of home to these men 377 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: and women, and I had no idea how much I 378 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: was going to get in return. It gave me such perspective, 379 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: not only that music is a gift that I'm responsible 380 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: for sharing, but how precious life is and how valuable 381 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: freedom is and how blessed we really are to have it. 382 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: Each tour was about two weeks long, and every day 383 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 1: we would travel to a new location, a new forward 384 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: operating base. We would play two of these a day, 385 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: traveling by helicopter. And it was my choice to play 386 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: the smaller fops, the places that are farther out there, 387 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: the places that don't see the Dallas Cavloy cheerleaders you know, 388 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: every six months, The places that have never seen entertainment, 389 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: the places that don't have running water, have toilets, you know. 390 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: The best food that they have is cold ham sandwiches 391 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 1: out of a cooler. Those are the places we wanted 392 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: to play. And those are the places where a little 393 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: strip of concrete was the stage and the bleachers were 394 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: a tank, and they would climb up on the tank 395 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 1: to get a good vantage point. No one knew my songs, 396 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: no one knew who I was. It didn't matter. They 397 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: just wanted to hear some American music. And I learned 398 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: then that music can transport you three minutes at a 399 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 1: time to another place. You could forget everything, and that 400 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: was a valuable lesson for me. Now, for the record, 401 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: I did see some of my buddies from college, and 402 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: we still joke to this day that I'm the best 403 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: friends they have because I was the only friend that 404 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: actually traveled to go say hi to them. When people 405 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 1: ask me, what's the craziest show you've ever played, it's 406 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: always those shows. Before the shows, we would have to 407 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 1: find out the bomb shelter was, which is usually some 408 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: concrete blocks because you never know what's gonna happen. You 409 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: can get incoming fire on the small base and we 410 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: would have to go and hit the ground and take cover, 411 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: and then the quick response team would have to take 412 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,479 Speaker 1: off and go do their job. We had helicopter rides 413 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: that we got engaged by the enemy and we had 414 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: to take evasive maneuvers to get away from that. It 415 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: was a constant adrenaline rush. It's something I'll never forget. 416 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: I count the days so I get to return to 417 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: Iraq or Afghanistan because those have been the most meaningful 418 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: times for me in music, hands down period. When I 419 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 1: got back, I felt like there was more to be done. 420 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: I felt like I had seen and learned so much 421 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,479 Speaker 1: of it there, but I wanted to share that with 422 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: civilians back home, and so that's when I started my 423 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: one hundred mile walk, and I would walk one hundred 424 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: miles from South Austin to Fort Hood over the course 425 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: of five days in combat boots to raise money and 426 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: morale and patriotism for those soldiers turning home, because we 427 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: can never forget that we're still a country at war 428 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: to this day, and most of us are so busy 429 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 1: with our lives that we forget that the freedom we're using, 430 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: that we get the privilege of using, is being currently 431 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: paid for by men and women who volunteer for that right. 432 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 1: It's unbelievable. So if you're wondering right now what happened 433 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: to the one hundred mile walk, I did it four 434 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: years in a row. But I've got a big surprise 435 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: something that I'm so proud of that I've been working on, 436 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: that we've been working on for over a year and 437 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: a half. Now. I can't say it yet, I can't 438 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: tell you what it is, but there's something coming soon 439 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: that I'm very proud of, and I can't wait to 440 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: share that passion with everyone. It's almost time for me 441 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: to go into soundcheck here in Charlotte, and that's almost 442 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: the entire year of two thousand and eight, which was crazy. 443 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: It was a very important year for me. My brother 444 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 1: Tyler and I. We found on eBay a van, a 445 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 1: fifteen passion or van that we desperately needed to replace 446 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: my suburban, and so we flew up to New Jersey 447 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: from this shady, shady dealer and we bought this van 448 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: for ten thousand dollars and we drove it back and 449 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: everything was great. I actually named it Blackhawk because naturally 450 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: I was obsessed with the Army Blackhawk helicopters we had 451 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: been writing in, and to me, that was the ultimate transportation. 452 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: You know. The one thing I didn't mention is while 453 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: all this is going on, I was currently writing and 454 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 1: recording a brand new album, the album that would become 455 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: Don't Listen to the Radio, arguably the most important album 456 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: of my career ever, because it was that first single, 457 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: that first song that I met my wife Amber in 458 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 1: the music video. And that's a crazy story and it's 459 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: probably going to need its own podcast. There's many more 460 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: stories to count. Thank y'all so much for listening out 461 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 1: of the scat you last. Yeah, when it happens like that, 462 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: nothing to youse turns right into you. Julie or you 463 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: can do just to keep her around until the moon 464 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: goes down in her back into your house. One thing 465 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: we do another you love at each other. When looking, 466 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: you never look back. It happens like that. This podcast 467 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: is brought to you by EE Energy. Come find us 468 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: on tour grangersmith dot com, Forward Slash Tour, See you 469 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:27,640 Speaker 1: down the road.