WEBVTT - BONUS EPISODE: George Birge Interview

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<v Speaker 1>On the Bobby Bones Show. Now, so you played in

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<v Speaker 1>Denver here the next morning, Yes, sir, so, but how

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<v Speaker 1>that's a did you play like noon? We played pretty

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<v Speaker 1>early last night. I think we were done by like

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<v Speaker 1>seven thirty and hit the bed and then I'm on

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<v Speaker 1>those morning show hours like you. Now, I guess, man,

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<v Speaker 1>we took the first flight out and rolled straight in here.

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<v Speaker 1>You took the flight out this morning, Yes, sir, I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't gonna miss this, man. Dang the coolest part about

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<v Speaker 1>the show though, so oh no, we want to commend

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<v Speaker 1>you for a second from waking up, making the plane

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<v Speaker 1>on time and getting here. Okay, go ahead. I was

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<v Speaker 1>just gonna say, like, this ride is pretty new for me,

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<v Speaker 1>like people showing up to shows and stuff like that,

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<v Speaker 1>and um we had I get there and the like

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<v Speaker 1>every table in the venue is full and it's just

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<v Speaker 1>a little acoustic show for the Bowl. The radio station

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<v Speaker 1>out there and probably half of my meet and great

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<v Speaker 1>line said they heard me on the Bobby Bones Show.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you many, thank you for getting folks out

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<v Speaker 1>to the shows for me. Pretty cool. So what's my cut? Didn't? Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk the sun. But I owe you for sure,

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<v Speaker 1>So let me tell you about George Burgh, or I

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<v Speaker 1>can let you walk through this with me. So you

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<v Speaker 1>were born and raised Austin, Texas. Yeah, and you went

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<v Speaker 1>to high school. I went to high school McCallum High

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<v Speaker 1>School was kind of like Central Austin. Really never lived

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<v Speaker 1>anywhere besides Austin until, like I moved to Nashville. So

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<v Speaker 1>you're a good golfer. You played golf in college? I

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<v Speaker 1>died or what was that I did? So I took

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<v Speaker 1>to golf pretty late. I was always a baseball player,

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<v Speaker 1>and then my sophomore year of high school, a couple

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<v Speaker 1>buddies took me out to play during the summer and

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<v Speaker 1>it was just like something that I was pretty natural at,

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<v Speaker 1>and I got obsessed with it. And my thing is

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<v Speaker 1>like if once I decide that I love something, I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of obsess over it. And golf was that thing

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<v Speaker 1>for me. And so I played thirty six holes like

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<v Speaker 1>every day after school till the sun went down, and

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<v Speaker 1>then every day during the summer, and I became obsessed

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<v Speaker 1>with it. Started on the jv my senior my junior year,

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<v Speaker 1>then got to varsity my senior year, and then by

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<v Speaker 1>the end of my senior year, I was number one

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<v Speaker 1>player on the team. And I always knew I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to go to UT, but that's like a super competitive

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<v Speaker 1>school for golf. So I got into UT and they

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<v Speaker 1>had a thing called like the walk on program where

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<v Speaker 1>they host a tournament for all of the players that

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<v Speaker 1>think they can play collegiately and if anybody stands out,

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<v Speaker 1>you can get a spot on the team. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>happen very often, but there's a chance. And so I

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<v Speaker 1>went and played in the walk on tournament and I

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<v Speaker 1>won that, which I thought was going to get me

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<v Speaker 1>a spot on the team, and they go, uh, congratulations,

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<v Speaker 1>that gives you a chance to play in front of

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<v Speaker 1>coach for a chance on thee So I get to

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<v Speaker 1>do that, and like when I tell you, like my

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<v Speaker 1>hands were shaking when I was putting the tea in

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<v Speaker 1>the ground to go play in front of coach, because

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that was my dream. I was like at

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<v Speaker 1>that time, I thought I was gonna be a PGA

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<v Speaker 1>Tour golfer, which I quickly realized was not the case.

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<v Speaker 1>But I got to play eighteen holes in front of

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<v Speaker 1>Coach Fields and he offered me a spot on the

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<v Speaker 1>team afterwards. So two worked on Disney movie right there.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you heard it right there. Hey you can

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<v Speaker 1>turn Eddie on two? Yeah, Eddie can hop on this.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're you're grinding them out, you're playing golf, you

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<v Speaker 1>go to YouTube. Do you end up finishing school? I did.

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<v Speaker 1>I finished school. I was writing songs, going to school,

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<v Speaker 1>playing golf, and um I had also joined a fraternity,

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<v Speaker 1>so it was a lot and UM. I quickly realized

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<v Speaker 1>that um, even though I had ambitions of being a

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<v Speaker 1>professional golfer, once I saw how good the guys that

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<v Speaker 1>were starting on the team were, that that was going

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<v Speaker 1>to be more of a hobby for me. So I

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<v Speaker 1>made really good friends with a lot of those guys

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<v Speaker 1>and still keep in touch today and ended up bringing

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<v Speaker 1>them out to like country shows and getting them to

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<v Speaker 1>to cut loose a little bit too. So that was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like my overlap in the country music in

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<v Speaker 1>golf world. Were you playing music in college? I was

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<v Speaker 1>writing songs, so I had. I started my first band

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<v Speaker 1>in ninth grade in Austin. By tenth grade, we were

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<v Speaker 1>playing downtown on sixth Street like X's on our Hands.

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<v Speaker 1>We'd all our little high school friends would come out

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<v Speaker 1>to the shows. It was pretty cool. And then in college,

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<v Speaker 1>we kind of all went our separate ways, so we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have a band anymore. But I would still write

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<v Speaker 1>songs and send him my friends and we would kind of,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, pass the guitar around in the dorm room,

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<v Speaker 1>but the idea of having a band had kind of

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<v Speaker 1>gone by the wayside, and I really didn't start playing

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<v Speaker 1>live music again till a year or two after college.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're playing live music. And when we first met you,

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<v Speaker 1>you were another dude and you guys were a duo.

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<v Speaker 1>So was that initially a band band and it just

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<v Speaker 1>was you two or were you guys just two guys

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<v Speaker 1>that thought we'll just try to do it together. What

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<v Speaker 1>happened there? So Cody Cooper, one of my best friends

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<v Speaker 1>in the world. We met in middle school and he

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<v Speaker 1>was carrying around a guitar that was kind of his thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I always loved singing country music, but I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know how to play any instruments, and so I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like followed them around and made friends of them,

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<v Speaker 1>and he ended up teaching me how to play guitar,

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<v Speaker 1>and we started a band in high school that was

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't a duo, it was just a band. So

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<v Speaker 1>it was a full band at the Yeah, it was

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<v Speaker 1>a full band. And the cool part about Austin that

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of took for granted when I was there,

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<v Speaker 1>but then when I got to see the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the world, I realized that that was pretty special. Was

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<v Speaker 1>every all the bands in Austin, all of us high

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<v Speaker 1>school bands. They weren't cover bands, like you write your

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<v Speaker 1>own songs, and they were terrible, but that was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of unique, Like everybody was writing their own songs, and

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<v Speaker 1>that was kind of like how we fell in love

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<v Speaker 1>with the songwriting process and like creating and connecting with people.

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<v Speaker 1>And I realized when I left Austin that that's not

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<v Speaker 1>the case for most cities, you know, and cover bands

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<v Speaker 1>are awesome too, but it was pretty special to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like dig into that and figure out who we

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<v Speaker 1>are and what we wanted to say. And so that

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of when I first fell in love with

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<v Speaker 1>like creating and making music. So when you decided to

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<v Speaker 1>go solo, did you decide to go and do it

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<v Speaker 1>solo or did you decide I'm just going to try

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<v Speaker 1>to be a songwriter and we'll just write songs for people. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>So we had formed a duo, Waterloo revival in Austin

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<v Speaker 1>that had started to get some pretty good success and

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<v Speaker 1>we had gotten some record label attention and we ended

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<v Speaker 1>up signing a record deal moving to Nashville, and we

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<v Speaker 1>chased a dream for a long time, I mean probably

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<v Speaker 1>six years. Um. We gave it everything we had, and UM,

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<v Speaker 1>we had some moderate success, you know, some top forties

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<v Speaker 1>and our streams we were really strong. Um, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we were drawing some crowds, but we just couldn't quite

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<v Speaker 1>like break through, um to the level where it's like

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<v Speaker 1>where it's really all clicking. And UM. So after grinding

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<v Speaker 1>it out, I had gotten married, I had two little kids,

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<v Speaker 1>and UM, I just wasn't seeing it happening. And UM,

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<v Speaker 1>so we sat down and we had to talk and UM,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said that I was gonna just try to

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<v Speaker 1>write songs for a living because you know, we had

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<v Speaker 1>given it everything we had, and through nobody's fault, it

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<v Speaker 1>just wasn't happening. And I mean, geors look so young

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<v Speaker 1>to have two kids. So so you're just writing songs.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, eventually, whenever you were with Clay Walker,

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<v Speaker 1>as the legend goes, and did you record a song

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<v Speaker 1>or just write a song and he said to put

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<v Speaker 1>it on TikTok. What happened there so, Um, when I

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<v Speaker 1>first started deciding that I was just going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a songwriter, Clay was one of first guys to take

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<v Speaker 1>me under his wing um and let me kind of

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<v Speaker 1>try to write for his record, and we wrote our

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<v Speaker 1>first song over zoom. It was called Nita bar Sometimes.

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<v Speaker 1>It ended up being a single for him and got

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<v Speaker 1>him a new record deal and was my first big cut,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we got to be pretty good friends. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he invited me down to um Galvison, Texas his

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<v Speaker 1>house down in Texas, and we were writing for the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the record, and I kind of told him

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing. I was like, Man, I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm going to do the artist thing anymore or

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<v Speaker 1>not because I don't want to, just because I can't

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<v Speaker 1>quite figure out how to make it work. And his

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<v Speaker 1>advice was to put my songs on TikTok, which I

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<v Speaker 1>really rolled my eyes at it first. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>had never done anything. I really thought that app was

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<v Speaker 1>like for twerking and pranks. I didn't know he's very

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<v Speaker 1>dialed in TikTok. He is, He's great at it, and um,

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<v Speaker 1>so literally that night. Uh, I had seen this beer

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<v Speaker 1>beer Truck Truck video where this girl is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>poking fun at country music, saying that that's all it is.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I literally I propped my camera up, just

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<v Speaker 1>me and a guitar, and I wrote a verse in

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<v Speaker 1>a chorus using her lyrics. And you know, the world

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<v Speaker 1>works in crazy ways, and it completely changed my life

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<v Speaker 1>when it blew up. I mean, that's an interesting journey.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking about journeys, and you know, looking back at

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<v Speaker 1>your career journey, but I think one of the roads

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<v Speaker 1>that you didn't really plan to go down was starting

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<v Speaker 1>over being a writer and then TikTok and a funny

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<v Speaker 1>it's a funny song. It's a funny idea that you

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<v Speaker 1>took it, and you took that concept where she was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>your country's beer beer truck truck, but you turned that

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<v Speaker 1>into something that wasn't funny at all, like a really good,

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<v Speaker 1>heartfelt country song. It was really cool. It was scary

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<v Speaker 1>for me, just because you know, like I'd worked my

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<v Speaker 1>whole life to become a songwriter and an artist and

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<v Speaker 1>it's something I take really seriously and something that I

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<v Speaker 1>really love. And all of a sudden it's like, Bang,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the beer beer Truck truck guy. This thing's blown up.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody knows me for beer Beer Truck Truck because I

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<v Speaker 1>took this song and turned it around, and my first

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<v Speaker 1>instinct is like is to run the other direction, like

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<v Speaker 1>I hope y'all hear my other music and see what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm working on and coming to life. But then

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of realized that people were falling in love

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<v Speaker 1>with it because it was defending country music and because

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<v Speaker 1>I had used my art and my songwriting to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of defend country music. And then as I got to

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<v Speaker 1>know this girl, she actually was a country music fan

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<v Speaker 1>and had some nostalgia about it, and she actually leaned

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<v Speaker 1>into it with me. So it ended up being a

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<v Speaker 1>really cool story and putting me on the path to

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<v Speaker 1>getting to do what I do today. So I'm very

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<v Speaker 1>very thankful for it. Never in a million years could

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<v Speaker 1>have seen it like rolling out like that, But you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, it's My theory has always been like, you

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<v Speaker 1>just have to be ready when the door opens up

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<v Speaker 1>for you, and that ended up being what it was

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<v Speaker 1>for me. I guess what's what's funny about it is,

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<v Speaker 1>had I not seen the clip but I'm also eight

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<v Speaker 1>steps away from it. From where you are and what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing, you're a version of it. It sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>a love like serious, real catchy song, you know, could

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<v Speaker 1>you turn it into it's not always be right? I

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<v Speaker 1>know you had that thought and it was inspired by

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<v Speaker 1>her doing that, and so you associate that. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think people hadn't seen the video, Eddie. Don't you think

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<v Speaker 1>it's just a really good song, and people don't think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a novel song. I wouldn't have thought it would

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<v Speaker 1>come from a TikTok video. I mean, I thought it's

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<v Speaker 1>something that just you would hear on the radio normal.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a bad as big a confident as I could.

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<v Speaker 1>You could, thank y'all. And it would be hard for

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<v Speaker 1>you to understand that because you, again, you were in

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<v Speaker 1>the whole process and you're like, man, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to know over the dopey stuff. But it wasn't dopey

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<v Speaker 1>to people who didn't know the dopiness that it came from.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that, like as artists and writers were

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<v Speaker 1>always like so self conscious and want to be you know,

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<v Speaker 1>um looked at in the light of what we're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to do. UM. But it really has um been pretty

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<v Speaker 1>special to me, and I go out to shows now

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<v Speaker 1>and people are singing it back, and it's given me

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity to share more music with more people. So like,

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<v Speaker 1>that's really all I could have asked for it. And

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that y'all are saying that that you hear

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<v Speaker 1>it as a as a as a normal song now

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<v Speaker 1>and then it was like, oh, this is where it

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<v Speaker 1>was rude, and I was like, oh, yeah, I know

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<v Speaker 1>it's a I would just say, don't be like embarrassed

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<v Speaker 1>that came the people are like, oh, he's a joke rider.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah it's song, because that's not it. That's not what

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<v Speaker 1>that is unless you know exactly what that is. Yep. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>and I get from us two experts were everything we

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<v Speaker 1>do we know joke songs. I saw an interview with

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<v Speaker 1>Dean Dillon, who's a huge songwriter obviously wrote a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of the George Straight stuff, and he was talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the Ocean Front Property song, which I grew up thinking

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<v Speaker 1>was like one of my favorite George Straight songs of

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<v Speaker 1>all time, incredibly well written, and he said Dean Dillon

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<v Speaker 1>said that he's still embarrassed to play it today because

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<v Speaker 1>he felt like it was a joke song, and that

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<v Speaker 1>made me think, Okay, Like, if I think that song

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<v Speaker 1>is a hit song and an incredibly well written song,

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<v Speaker 1>and he thinks it's a joke song, maybe I need

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<v Speaker 1>to not take myself so seriously and lean into that too.

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<v Speaker 1>Another incredibly well written song that sometimes gets classified as

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<v Speaker 1>a joke song Fannie Pack by the Raging Idiot. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes we're like, many people are gonna laugh at this,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was a serious deal that day, and I didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>My pockets weren't big enough. Fanny packs are a real thing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Now we're like, we want to play this

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<v Speaker 1>because we want to be My wife's got one. She's

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<v Speaker 1>leaning into it. They're all the rage now exactly. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>so the new single I Got My Mind on you

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<v Speaker 1>feel good about it? I'm feeling really good. First of all,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for getting it out there. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>the amount of people that have reached out to me

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<v Speaker 1>hearing it on the show is truly blowing my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's it's connecting. You know, we're going out to shows.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm seeing people singing it back for the first time,

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<v Speaker 1>which is really cool. It's cool to see people you

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<v Speaker 1>know how you can use songs on social media or

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<v Speaker 1>sounds to kind of to put over videos. I'm seeing

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<v Speaker 1>more and more people using the sound and tagging it

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<v Speaker 1>over videos and making it their own. And when you

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<v Speaker 1>write a song like that's the biggest thing that you

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<v Speaker 1>can ask for, is it to like land and connect

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<v Speaker 1>with people and then put it in their own light.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're out touring. We've had some really big artists

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<v Speaker 1>give us some opportunities to come out and open for them.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm out with Gary Allen this weekend, and then we're

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<v Speaker 1>going out with Jake Owen and then we're going out

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<v Speaker 1>with Brantley Gilbert. So had some really big folks giving

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<v Speaker 1>me chances and believing in this song and in us,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, it doesn't happen without the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>get out in front of these crowds. And so we're

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<v Speaker 1>going out and really trying to dial in this live

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<v Speaker 1>show and bring the energy. And um, it's feeling good.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, music is is a long shot always,

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<v Speaker 1>but for the first time, it feels like I got

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<v Speaker 1>a real chance, man. So it's it's feeling good. What

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<v Speaker 1>a journey, Yeah, what a freaking journey, you know. It's

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<v Speaker 1>awesome to see it. Well, George Burgh, you're our hero

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<v Speaker 1>in many ways. I don't know how you look twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know he's looks. So he's a good golf Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>he's my golf hero for sure. I mean he wears rings.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not a way. I can never do that. I

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<v Speaker 1>can never pull that off and look normal. Like this

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<v Speaker 1>ring actually cool story behind it, this ring, the skull

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<v Speaker 1>and the and the little diamond in it. UM. So

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<v Speaker 1>when I signed my UM booking agent deal here in Nashville,

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<v Speaker 1>which are the folks that get you on tours and

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<v Speaker 1>go out and go to bat for you and try

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<v Speaker 1>to get you on shows? We sat down and the

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<v Speaker 1>first thing they said are who are your biggest influences?

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<v Speaker 1>I told him George Straight, Gary Allen and Jason Alden.

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<v Speaker 1>And two weeks later I get a call and they're like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>we're putting you out on tour with Gary Allen. So like,

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<v Speaker 1>to me, that's unreal. I'm losing my mind. First night

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<v Speaker 1>we go play with Gary, I don't meet him. Happens

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<v Speaker 1>a lot, you know. The headliners are they've got radio,

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<v Speaker 1>they're on buses, they've got sound check, they've got a

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<v Speaker 1>million things, no sweat. Second night, I opened the show

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<v Speaker 1>and Gary's steel guitar player grabs me by the arm

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<v Speaker 1>and he's like, hey man, stick around. Gary wants to

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<v Speaker 1>meet you tonight. So already I'm like heart pounding, like

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<v Speaker 1>let's go, like I'm meeting Gary Allen tonight. And so

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<v Speaker 1>I stand side stage. I watch his show and they're

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<v Speaker 1>all walking off stage and the steel guitar players like waving,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's like, come on, follow us. So I go

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<v Speaker 1>to the back and they bring me onto Gary's bus

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<v Speaker 1>and Gary's in the back lounge and he's got like

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<v Speaker 1>guitars hanging on the wall and nice bottles of wine

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<v Speaker 1>and he's, you know, just like looking like a stuper

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<v Speaker 1>star back there. He's leaning back against the couch with

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<v Speaker 1>his arms spread and he's like, he's like, hey man,

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<v Speaker 1>great to meet you. Thanks for coming out and hanging

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<v Speaker 1>out with us. And I'm, you know, so thankful, and

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of lean in and shake his hand and

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<v Speaker 1>say hi, and he sees my necklace and my necklace

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<v Speaker 1>had a skull on it and he goes, well, buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>I actually make jewelry and I think you should have this.

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<v Speaker 1>And he takes this skull ring off of his hand

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<v Speaker 1>and gives it to me. And now there was Hey, congratulations,

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<v Speaker 1>rooting for you. I think you're awesome. Congrats on your

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<v Speaker 1>your upcoming nuptials, and there he is. Yeah, George burds

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<v Speaker 1>Eddie and I don't like to everyone talk for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Get your bobby bones. Bobby bones, y'all