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Speaker 1: Jason Aren't is here. He auditioned for American Idol. He

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Speaker 1: comes in with the Tailgaters quickly. What is your professional background?

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Speaker 2: My professional background is I played college baseball, and while

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Speaker 2: I was in my senior year of college baseball, I

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Speaker 2: was on the road with my band during the season,

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Speaker 2: so we'd go play Thursday night show somewhere and then

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Speaker 2: drive through the night back to make it to the

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Speaker 2: game Friday, Saturday Sunday for my college baseball games at

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Speaker 2: Unson Willington. And when that finished and I graduated, I

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Speaker 2: just went full time on the road with my band

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Speaker 2: on the weekends and then work construction during the week

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Speaker 2: for about six months. And then that was when the

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Speaker 2: owner of the Banana, Jesse Cole, called me. I was like, Hey,

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Speaker 2: we want to start this team called the Texas Tailgaters

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Speaker 2: that does music and baseball together. Would you be interested?

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Speaker 1: And I was like, I'm in. What was experience like

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Speaker 1: for you? You'll see Jason Aren't on American Idol. What

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Speaker 1: was it like for you?

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Speaker 2: It was so cool, you know, I've dreamed of that

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Speaker 2: kind of a scenario for a long time. Scotty McCreery

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Speaker 2: is from right around the corner from me and Garner,

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Speaker 2: which is ten or fifteen minutes from my house. So

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Speaker 2: getting to watch him go through that experience was something

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Speaker 2: that I really like valued when I was younger, and

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Speaker 2: so getting to actually step on foot there on American

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Speaker 2: Idol was really cool. And meeting some of those like

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Speaker 2: Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan I've looked up to for years,

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Speaker 2: So to actually get to meet him and interact with

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Speaker 2: him was super cool, and they were way more welcoming

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Speaker 2: than I was expecting. You know, sometimes you never know

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Speaker 2: what you're going to walk into, but it was super cool.

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Speaker 1: Jason Aren't look for him on American Idol. Brother, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for coming out. Great to see you again. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: bet you for having me all right, see you soon.

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