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This 26 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: is such a fun time for me because we have 27 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: an album coming out September twenty fifth. I've talked about 28 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: it a lot, whether it's on the Smith that comes 29 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: out on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Trek Restoration which you're 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: getting close to finishing, Earl Devil's Truck. Guys, that's really fun, 31 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: and I've talked a lot about on all these channels 32 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: this album. But man, we're just so pumped about it. 33 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: And you could help me make that album have a 34 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: big release by pre saving it or pre buying it, 35 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: or pre ordering it, or pre adding it to your playlist, 36 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: anything that basically as ever says pre before it on 37 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: the place that you listen to music, that helps us. 38 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: If you use Spotify or Apple Music, or maybe you 39 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: just listen on YouTube. I just appreciate you, guys, and 40 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: if anything, like I say, if anything just I hope 41 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: you listen to these two new songs, country Things and 42 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: hate You like I love you, and let me know 43 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: what you think. Comment below. If you're watching this podcast 44 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: on YouTube, comment below, and if you've if you're a 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: longtime listener to this podcast, thank you for that. I 46 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys so much. I hope that you go 47 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: back and you catch up and listen to some old 48 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: episodes they started long ago, just kind of telling the 49 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: story of who I am and where I came from. 50 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: And I love the platform and I love where it 51 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: is right now. This is episode forty eight. Welcome to 52 00:02:48,880 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: the Grangersmith Podcast. Ye Ye did Kids and dun tires 53 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: and school, long line of five, four of husband downed 54 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: on the back range and cold. Yeah you'retion you are 55 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: ready for this? You want to tell me? I want 56 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: to tell you something that is man. This gives me 57 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: that he with gs gives me the goosebumps. We're living 58 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: amber and I and the kids are living in a 59 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: barn right now. We're living in an RV, an awesome 60 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: RV from Explore USA, and we're building, or we're about 61 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: to start building a farmhouse that we've designed out in 62 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: the pasture in front of the barn. So I thought 63 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: it'd be a great adventure to live in this barn 64 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: as opposed to you know, some people when they build 65 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: a house, they live with friends, or they lease or 66 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: rent a house, they get a little condo. And I 67 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: just didn't want to do any of that. I wanted 68 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: an adventure, and I wanted something my kids could remember 69 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: for a long time. So I told Amber, I said, 70 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: what if we actually got an RV pulled it into 71 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: one of the barns, which is a great perk of 72 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: the property to have these two barns. It didn't have 73 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: a house on it, but it was beautiful piece of 74 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: land and it had two barns and a windmill and 75 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: a well. So I was like, well, we got you know, 76 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: half the battle right there. All I ever want on 77 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: property is barns. Anyway, So this one's aready got it? 78 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: Why don't we live in it? And then we could 79 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: have this adventure and we could watch the house come up, 80 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: the kids could have great memories. And what has happened though, 81 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: And it's been awesome, but it has a few setbacks. 82 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: And one of the setbacks is we are at the 83 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: mercy of the elements at all times. Like if it's 84 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: hot outside and it's been one hundred and five in 85 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: Texas these last few weeks, it is hot in that barn. 86 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: I mean it gets up to over one hundred inside 87 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: the barn and it's insulated, and then the RV, of 88 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: course it has acs on it, but it has trouble 89 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: keeping up with that kind of temperature. So we're really 90 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: looking forward to September when things are cooling down and 91 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: we could relax a little bit and actually hang out 92 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: in the barn itself instead of being cooped up in 93 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: the RV and sweating. But that being said, I got 94 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: to tell you something terrifying last night. And before I 95 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: start that, let me just say we've seen we have 96 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: been at the mercy of the elements. We've seen a 97 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: lot of stuff, and we the last several years. Amber 98 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: and I have lived in Central Texas for a long time, 99 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: and so we're used to scorpions and spiders and snakes 100 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: and mice and lizards and skunks and possums, raccoons, bats, 101 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: We've had bats in the barn, so you name it. 102 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: We've been exposed. I just killed a rattlesnake day before yesterday, Luckily, 103 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: I was dove hunting with Lincoln, so I'd walked up 104 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: on a rattlesnake in the pasture with a loaded shotgun 105 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: on my shoulder, so that was convenient. But we have 106 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: seen all these creatures and they have all made their 107 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: appearances in the barn. Had a baby snake in the 108 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: bathroom in the barn. Like I said, We've had a bat. 109 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: We've had countless scorpions that I find in my boots 110 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: that I dump out, which is always shake your boots 111 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: before you put them on, great piece of advice there 112 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 1: the scorpion might fall out. But we see spiders, a 113 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: lot of spiders, and we're used to trantulas, we're used 114 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: to spiders, but in this particular barn, we have a 115 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: lot of wolf spiders. Do you guys know what wolf 116 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: spiders are? They get really big. I mean those suckers 117 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: will get as big as they'll get as big as 118 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: my palm without the fingers, and we see we see 119 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: them everywhere, and we're just kind of used to them. 120 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: It's not that big a deal. We you know, we 121 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: go into the bathroom to brush our teeth in the 122 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: morning and there's a there's a big wolf spider like 123 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: right there on the ground, and we usually kill them. 124 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: You know, I don't really mind them that much. Besides, 125 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: they're just hideous to look at. So usually just get 126 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: a paper towel and you know, drop it on top 127 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: of them, and it's kind of squish them with your 128 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: fingers and throw them in the trash. That's kind of 129 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: the routine except for last night. And here's my story. 130 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: Last night, I'm getting out of the bathroom out of 131 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: taking a shower, and I'm just coming in there with 132 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: my shorts on, nothing else, just shorts on. And I 133 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: walk through barefoot all the time. I walk outside barefoot, 134 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: I walk in the past your barefoot. I walk on 135 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: the gravel road barefoot. I walk all in the barn barefoot, 136 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: and probably shouldn't do that. Like I said, I killed 137 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: a snake the day before yesterday, and scorpions are everywhere, 138 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: but I'm just I just don't care anymore. So I 139 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: just I'm barefoot, and I'm walking through the barn and 140 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: I look over and Gypsy and Remy are two dogs 141 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: are laying in their beds, and right next to them 142 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: there's this big wolf spider big. It's bigger than anything 143 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: i've described. I mean, it's all the way as big 144 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: as my hand, including my fingers spread out. And I 145 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: was like, ah, I mean it looked when I saw 146 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: it because it was kind of dark in the barn 147 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: at night. When I saw it, it looked like a crab. 148 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: Like you're out on the beach. Have you ever been 149 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: to the beach and at night and all the crabs 150 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: come out. It looked like a big crab. And I 151 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: was like, God, I got a little shiver. It's just like, God, Lee, 152 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: that's a big old mama wolf spider right by the dogs. 153 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: And I was like, got a little closer to it. 154 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 1: I kind of crept in and got a little closer, 155 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: and I noticed that it was not only was it big, 156 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: it's a big wolf spider, but it was super hairy, 157 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: like a lot of hair, and not not tarantula hair. 158 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: I don't mind tarantulas at all. I could live with trantlas. 159 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: They they're slow, they don't bother humans. But this one 160 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: was a really hairy mama wolf spider. The reason I 161 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: say mama is because they're massive. And then I got 162 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: closer and I was like, I mean not only hairy, 163 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: but like naughty hairy, like bumpy, hairy, all on her 164 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: abdomen and all you know, it's like really hairy, and 165 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: I was like, this is gross. So I got my boot, 166 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: my boots sitting on the ground, I pick up my boot. 167 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: I'm just like, I'm just gonna knock her out, smash 168 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: her real quick. Get a paper towel. I'll be done 169 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: with this. And I'm not even thinking this is a 170 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: routine thing for us guys. Get that boot, I get 171 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: it right over. I go whack, and dude, as soon 172 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: as I whacked her right unto squished her. I kid 173 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: you not. Ten thousand baby spiders explode everywhere, all over me, 174 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: all over the dogs. They spread out all the and 175 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: then like thousands of them are running in every direction. 176 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: It's like a straight up horror movie. They're running in 177 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: every direction. And they're tiny. I mean they're like the 178 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: tip of a pin. They're just tiny. Thousands of them, 179 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: just every direction. So that's what that's what the hair 180 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: was like. That's what the naughty, ugly hair. That's what 181 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: I thought looked like naughty hair. She was covered in 182 00:10:53,480 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: ten thousand baby wolf spiders and they went everywhere, and 183 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: oh my god, I just sat there. I realized what 184 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: had happened. And I realized they were all on me 185 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: and all on the dogs, and all on the floor, 186 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: and I'm barefoot and they're just running on my feet 187 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: and running everywhere. A big squished mama spider right in 188 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: the middle of all of them. When I realized what 189 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: had happened, I just got goosebumps from the head to 190 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 1: my toes, and I just the only thing I could 191 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 1: do is I went and got a big shot back 192 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: and just literally went. They were still just scurrying everywhere 193 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: as I got the shot back and just vacuumed all 194 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: of the babies on me, on my chest, on my legs, 195 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: all in the dog's beds, and just vacuumed them up. 196 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: And I was like, Oh, another day in the barn. 197 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: What's funny is then this morning, this morning, when I 198 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: was coming and getting ready to come here to the 199 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: Ee farm, Amber had the same thing happened to her. 200 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: She went around the corner and there was one. And 201 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 1: I had already told her the story, so she knew 202 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: when she saw that hairy mama, she knew that it 203 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: ain't no hair. That's babies hanging on for dear life. 204 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: On the mama back. So just so you know I'm 205 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 1: not lying. Okay, everyone get your phone and google mother 206 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: Wolf Spider with babies. Google that, okay, and you could 207 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: see exactly what I'm talking about and see mother Wolf 208 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: Spider with babies and then hit images. Y'all for real? 209 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: Yah yah, y'all are ready for this. Some of you 210 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: have probably seen it before. I don't know. Some of 211 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: you may have it if you're watching on YouTube. I'm 212 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: not showing the camera right now. It's the most Oh 213 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,719 Speaker 1: my god, look at this. I don't know if you 214 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: could see that or not in a camera. Oh my god. 215 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: Oh I got goosebumps just talking about it. Terrifying, Absolutely terrifying. 216 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: Is it okay? If I read you got some questions? 217 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: I got a bunch of questions on Instagram. This one's 218 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: from Big Tony and he says, with all the different 219 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 1: instrumentations in Country Things, will you be playing it live? 220 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: And he's talking about the song Country Things has a 221 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 1: lot of it's got banjo, steel fiddle, mandolin, acoustic, it's 222 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: got basically has way more instruments than we have band members. 223 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: So yeah, we've been working on that song and the 224 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: way we have it right now, Todd is going to 225 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: be playing mandolin, fish, my other guitar player is going 226 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: to be playing dobro, and then I'll be playing acoustic. 227 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: So we're just going to do the best we can 228 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,599 Speaker 1: and that song will, probably, like any other song we 229 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: play live, will evolve as we go forward. So yeah, 230 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: it's a good question, and I'm not exactly sure, but 231 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: we're going to definitely play country things in our live 232 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: show starting this weekend at Billy Bob's and Fort Worth 233 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: and see how that goes. Shane on Instagram says, what 234 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: made you make Hate You Like I Love You? And 235 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: that is funny because back to back questions about the 236 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: two songs that are out right now. Hate You Like 237 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: I Love You is an idea that I wanted to 238 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: write for a long time. And I was with two 239 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: of my buddies on Wildflower, my bus. We're out on 240 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: tour early twenty nineteen, and we had written a little 241 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: bit already, and I got together with these guys and 242 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: I was thinking about this idea of how hate and 243 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: love take the same amount of passion to have those 244 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: either one of those two emotions, and so I told 245 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: the guys, I said, hey, guys, question, what is the 246 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: opposite of love, And everyone says hate, You're right, I 247 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: unanimously hate. It's like, no, it's not. The opposite of 248 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: love is indifference. The opposite of love is I don't 249 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: I could care less, I don't care either way. That's 250 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: the opposite of love. But a close brother, a close 251 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: cousin to love is hate because it takes a lot 252 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: of emotional passion to love. Takes a lot of emotional 253 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: passion to hate. So it's a close cousin, it's not opposite. 254 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: So I said, what if we wrote this song about 255 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: this this guy that's just kind of desperately misses this 256 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: girl and he loves her and he wishes that he 257 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: could change that love to hate, and he wishes he 258 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: could transfer that energy from all love to hate, which 259 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: is how we get to the line I just want 260 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: to hate you like I love you. So that's where 261 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: that song came from. And we had a blast writing it, 262 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: blast recording it. And if you guys haven't heard it, 263 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: I hope you. I hope you get to listen to it. 264 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: Eric on Instagram says, whose idea was it to make 265 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: the original country boy video? So I believe you're talking 266 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: about the first Earl Dibbles video ever when Earl Dibbles 267 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: debuted on YouTube and we all believe it's called Earl 268 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: Dibbles Junior Country Boy Part one, and that is a 269 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: very important video to me in my life because it 270 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: started ye yee. That was the first time I said 271 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: yee yee was in that video. It started Earl Dibbles Junior, 272 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: which led to a lot of things in my career. 273 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: It led to making the album Dirt Road Driveway a 274 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: lot more popular because there was two Earl Dibbles songs 275 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: on there. It led to our first national tour. It 276 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: led to my first sold out show out side of 277 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: the state of Texas, which was in Iowa, by the way, 278 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: and it changed, it changed the trajectory of my life. 279 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,239 Speaker 1: That one video is the first million view video on 280 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: YouTube I ever had. So that was my first viral 281 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: video and that was my goal. To get a million 282 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: views on YouTube was my goal, and that happened in 283 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 1: twenty eleven. Eric's question is whose idea was it? It 284 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: was probably I would probably give the credit to my 285 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: brother Tyler to actually shoot the video. But the character Earle, 286 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: I'd had that voice in that character for a long time. 287 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: A couple of years before the video, and I kind 288 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: of knew that we were gonna we were going to 289 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 1: shoot a video eventually, and it was Tyler that nailed 290 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: it down and said, hey man, let's go shoot the 291 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: country guy, let's go shoot that video. And we're at 292 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: mom and Dad's place. And I grabbed some overalls. I 293 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: grabbed a white tank top, grabbed some boots, an old 294 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: truck or cap, got some sharpies, drew on some tattoos. 295 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: These are just all things that are just laying around 296 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: in the closet and mom and Dad's gotten and what 297 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: was my old truck when I was a teenager that 298 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: then became Earl's old truck that we are now restoring 299 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: on YouTube on this same channel. And that video was 300 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: born and it changed my life. Jordan says, how do 301 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: you stay so strong in the Lord but constantly stay 302 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 1: busy with songs, videos, et cetera. Another great question, And 303 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: it's not easy, and it's it's like anything with life. 304 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 1: It's a matter of priorities. You could tell any husband 305 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: and wife, like how do you stay committed to your 306 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: wife when you're so busy with work and everything? Like, well, 307 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: having my wife as a priority so I put her 308 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: before my job. So that's the same thing with God, 309 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: like this question, and I've had I've had to make 310 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: the Lord my top priority. I've had to place him 311 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: there and that importance there. And in doing that, when 312 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: you do that, it's not something you just say. You 313 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: actually have to act on that. And so part of 314 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: my daily prayer is so that God strengthens my desire 315 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: to seek him and long for him and wonder about 316 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: him and love him and search for him and ask 317 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: for him and think of him and have him and 318 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: filtrate everything into my life. And that's my prayer because 319 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: that's what I need to constantly cultivate so that I 320 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: don't start going through the day and go, you know what, 321 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 1: I haven't even thought about God. I just thought I 322 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: was doing good, Like I'm good. Man. I bet things 323 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: are going pretty good. This new album is going to 324 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: come out of things are going pretty good. Hey, the 325 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: podcast is getting some good hits on it. You know, 326 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 1: I must be doing good. Then I have to stop 327 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: myself and take I out of all that and go, Man, 328 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: thank you God for the opportunity for this podcast and 329 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: from the opportunity to have this platform. And that's a 330 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: complete mental exercise that I put myself through. And every 331 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 1: morning I'll read. I'll go and read the Word. I'll 332 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: read the Bible usually about an hour every morning, and 333 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: that's the first thing I do. And this is a 334 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: newer routine for me. And I've always read in the mornings, 335 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: but I changed my reading like self help and philosophy, 336 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: you know, all that kind of stuff. I have a 337 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: lot of that, but I changed it to just reading 338 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: the Bible. So now I'll get up up and make 339 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: a cup of coffee and go out before the sun 340 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: comes up. And I usually go out to my fire 341 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: pit outside the barn and barefoot, and I sit out 342 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: there and make a fire. And if it's cold right now, 343 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: it's not, so I don't make fires and read. And 344 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: that's one of my favorite parts of the whole day. Really, 345 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 1: it's one of my favorite parts. I'll sit there and 346 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: open up the book and the first thing I do. 347 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: And I learned this from this preacher named John Piper, 348 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: who's an amazing, amazing man of faith, if you want 349 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 1: to look him up. I has a YouTube page called 350 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: Desiring God, and I listened to him daily. But John 351 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: Piper says it's important to before you start reading the Bible, 352 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: to say a prayer that says, hey, God, about to 353 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: start reading your word, meet me in the middle of 354 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: my understanding to what you need me to know from 355 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: this word. And if you don't say that prayer, then 356 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 1: you can get lost, you could daydream, you could lose 357 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: what you're trying to get out of it. So that's 358 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: another that's another daily routine, daily habit that it put 359 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: myself through. And if I could do that, Jordan on 360 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: your question, if I could do that hour, that really 361 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: sets me on a good path. And that's that leads 362 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: me to the prayer of let me seek you, let 363 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: me long for you, and that helps that set the 364 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: pace so that while I'm making songs and videos and 365 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: busy with work and busy with the family, that the 366 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: foundation is set. And I hope that answers your question. 367 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 1: And I can get deeper into that if you guys 368 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 1: want me to at some point, But that answers that. 369 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: Keegan on Instagram says, what is the hardest thing you 370 00:22:50,680 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: had to overcome throughout your music career? And the I'm 371 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 1: gonna take this two different ways. One the hardest thing 372 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: I had to overcome through my music career was the 373 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: two major losses I've had, losing my dad and losing 374 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: my son, and re engaging in tour life and music 375 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: life and entertainment. Imagine entertaining like smiling and making people 376 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: smile and entertaining while dealing with extreme loss. That's the 377 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: hardest thing is to re engage and to find a 378 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: new normal again of working and selling, trying to sell 379 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: tickets and sell songs and trying to make people smile 380 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: while while you're dealing with that. So that's the hardest thing. 381 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: But that might not be the question you're asking, Keegan. 382 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 1: Maybe you're asking what's the hardest thing you had to 383 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: overcome inside your music career, Like was it getting a 384 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: record deal or was it working a single at radio? 385 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: Was it going out and meeting all the radio programmers? 386 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: Was it building one fan at a time through touring? 387 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: That might be what you're asking, And if you're asking that, 388 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: I would say the hardest thing I had to overcome, 389 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: believe it or not, was the the period in my 390 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: life when I lost my voice. And that was there's 391 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: been a podcast about that. I believe, but I lost 392 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: my voice on tour September fifth, twenty thirteen. It was 393 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: a just a terrible time. I was just rough housing 394 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: with some of the guys in the crew, and we 395 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: were wrestling and my sound guy, Blake, has forearm hit 396 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: my Adam's apple and it bruised it. And I didn't 397 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: really know. I just it's swelled up on me, and 398 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 1: I didn't really know that that what that was doing. 399 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 1: But when I sang that night in Illinois, it ruptured 400 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: a blood vessel on the vocal cord and it went 401 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: out like the voice went out like a light gone, 402 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: absolutely gone. And that was It was a terrifying thing 403 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,959 Speaker 1: because then we had to cancel a bunch of shows. 404 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: It was unknown. I didn't know if my voice would 405 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: come back the same or different, or if it would 406 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: come back at all. And I had to keep going 407 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: to these doctors and they would stick a camera down 408 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: my nose and run it down in the back of 409 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: my throat and to give me a progress report, and 410 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: then I had to slowly work the voice back up. 411 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: And so the unknown of that circumstance was difficult. It 412 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: was probably the hardest thing that I had to overcome 413 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: because I didn't know if I was gonna make it, 414 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: and all I could do was do what the doctors 415 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: are telling me and have faith, and I would just 416 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: had all these thoughts of like, well maybe I'll never 417 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: sing again, like I'll I got to get a new career. 418 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: That was that was tough, really tough. Aiden on Instagram says, 419 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: are you the founder of EEE Apparel? Yes? I am 420 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: kind of because I share that with my brother Tyler. 421 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: We're both co founders and co owners of EEE Apparel. 422 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,719 Speaker 1: And then my brother Parker, the youngest brother, is like 423 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: the CEO of this company. And I'm sitting in the 424 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: in the offices of ee Apparel at the Eue Farm 425 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: right now, and so we we share that title. And 426 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: we were all three there the first day when Earl 427 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: Dibbles said yee on camera, which goes back to that 428 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: first question about the country Boy video. So that's where 429 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 1: you came from and that's where a lot of this started. 430 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: And now we're all owners of this company and a 431 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: lifestyle brand really really, which is something just to blows 432 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 1: my mind that we we have a lifestyle brand that 433 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 1: is bigger than the music, and it's bigger than me 434 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: as an artist or me as an individual. And I 435 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: absolutely love that. I love every bit of it. Tiffany says, 436 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: will you be releasing a vinyl option for the new album? Tiffany, 437 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: the answer is yes, we will be Well, we definitely 438 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: will release vinyl for this album, and I already have 439 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: the artwork all approved and it's ready to go, but 440 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,479 Speaker 1: it's not gonna The vinyl won't come out until the 441 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: full project comes out. So Volume one comes out September 442 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: twenty fifth, and Volume two is going to come out 443 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: around Thanksgiving. So when they both when the Thanksgiving Volume 444 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: two comes out, then they'll be combined and digitally they'll 445 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: be combined, and then you'll get we'll have at that 446 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: point with CDs, remember that it's called compact disc. CDs 447 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 1: will be for sale and it'll have all the songs 448 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: on it, and then the vinyl will come out. Vinyl 449 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: will not have all of the songs because there's sixteen 450 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: songs and a vinyl album, you could only have twenty 451 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: minutes of music per side on the vinyl. That's the 452 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: space that it allows you to have. So there I 453 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: left some of the songs off, and I tried to 454 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: pick songs that it sounded more vinyly so that if 455 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: you're the true listener of vinyl. I picked the songs 456 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: that would sound better on that. But I figure most 457 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: people probably want vinyl to hang on the wall or 458 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: to display in some way. That's what I would want. 459 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: I actually don't have a record player, so I would 460 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: want one to frame it and put on the wall. 461 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: But yes, the answer is yes. Yee e O six ' six. 462 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: On Instagram, ask what's your favorite car. I've never owned 463 00:28:54,960 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: a car in my life, so I will have to 464 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: answer what my dream car would be, and that is 465 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: a sixty nine Charger. The reason for that is because 466 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: I as a little boy. It's early as young as 467 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: I could possibly remember. I mean I'm talking three or 468 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: four years old. My very first memories. I remember watching 469 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: Dukes of Hazard and not being my favorite show, and 470 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: being addicted to that show, and watching Dukes of Hazard 471 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: every single episode and loving that car, that sixty nine Charger. 472 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: And I've never driven one, and so I would first 473 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: love to drive one. I would love to test drive one, 474 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: and then maybe one day way down the road, I'll 475 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: own one. But that car is absolutely ridiculously expensive. I 476 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: guess it's because of Dukes of Hazzard. I guess because 477 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: they trashed and wrecked so many of them. Maybe there's 478 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: other reasons I'm not thinking of, but that those cars. 479 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: If you want a really nice, like really nice sixty 480 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: nine charger, we're talking one hundred thousand dollars, guys like 481 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: you can get one for maybe forty or fifty thousand, 482 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: and it's junked out. That's how popular that car is. 483 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: So more than likely it won't own one. But I 484 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: just want to test drive one. Test driving would be 485 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: really cool. I'm gonna take a quick break. We'll be 486 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: right back. You know something I love these days, especially 487 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: during the craziness of the world, is Cameo. Cameo allows 488 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: me to be in close contact with fans. It's almost 489 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: like I get to have meet and greets every day. 490 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: And what it is, it's an app website where you 491 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: go to cameo dot com and you could find me 492 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: on there and then you could request me. You could 493 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: DM me. We could chat through a DM or you 494 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: could request a video of anything you want me to say. 495 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 1: It could be a congratulations or happy birthday or a 496 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: happy anniversary. It could be something like, Hey, everybody go 497 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: check out Joe's barbershop. You know this is Granger Smith 498 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 1: tell them I sent you. I do stuff like that too, 499 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: but it's a really neat It's a neat way to 500 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: stay in close contact with fans that I don't get 501 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: to see every day on meat and greets anymore. And 502 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: I can't forget to tell you guys that coming up 503 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: on September eighteenth is Ye Apparel's Fall Lunch and this 504 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: is our best launch we've ever done. A portion of 505 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: these proceeds are gonna be going to Veteran Outdoors, great 506 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: friends of ours and just a great charity organization that 507 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: helps veterans in need, and it involves outdoors, getting them hunting, 508 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: getting them fishing. Very proud of these guys and what 509 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: they have done. This launch has some awesome merchandise and 510 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: if you want to be a part of it, we're 511 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: gonna launch it at ten am on Friday, September eighteenth, 512 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: and you're gonna need to be there in the store 513 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: or right around that time because things will start selling quickly. 514 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: And I don't want you to see something in a 515 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: promo and man, I love that hat or I love 516 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: that shirt, or I love that women's line that Amber has. 517 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 1: I don't want you to see that and then turn 518 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: around and you go to the store and the mediums 519 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: or the larges or the exls are sold out and 520 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: you don't get it. So go as early as you 521 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: can to ye ye dot com. On Friday, September eighteenth, 522 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: here's the question on the Instagram says, is your real 523 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: first name Granger? It is? It is? My name is Granger. 524 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: That's my first name. And I've had to show my 525 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: driver's license many times because people for some reason think 526 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: I've maybe made that up or let's say, maybe like 527 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: a stage name or something. But yeah, Granger Smith is 528 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: my name. Paddock on Instagram says, do you have a 529 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: tattoo that is for London and Lincoln? Yeah? I have 530 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 1: right here under my left arm. I have London, Lincoln 531 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: and Rivers birthdays and Roman numerals and it started obviously 532 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: with London right here in the middle. So this was 533 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: my first tattoo. The ten six eleven was my very 534 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 1: first tattoo, and then I added the boys around that, 535 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: so yes, I do. Maybe there'll be more. I don't 536 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: know that. Ford Kid on Instagram says, your music and 537 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: YouTube helped me get through nine months in Iraq, so 538 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: thank you and Yigi, thank you, buddy. Thank you for 539 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: your service, and thank you for telling me that because 540 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 1: it makes me. It makes me feel like it's worth it. 541 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: You know, when the harder days when we were making 542 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: music or on tour away from our families are like 543 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: staying up all night trying to record something and it's 544 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 1: not right and we're doing it over and over and over. 545 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: It's good to know it during those times that, man, 546 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: is it's worth it. Somebody out there is listening. It's 547 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: worth it. So thank you, buddy. Nate on Instagram says, 548 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 1: how often do you carry your handgun while traveling? Nate, 549 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: I'm sitting here at this table in this podcast carrying 550 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: right now. I always carry. So I'm here at Yegee Apparel, 551 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,279 Speaker 1: I'm in my office doing a podcast alone in this room, 552 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: and I'm carrying. They always carry, and partly while I 553 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: do that is why I do that, is because I'm 554 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,640 Speaker 1: used to it. It's like my phone and my wallet. 555 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: It's just it's like a part of my body. So 556 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 1: I feel weird if I'm in jim shorts. I carry, so, 557 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,880 Speaker 1: especially with the craziness of the world these days, you 558 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: just never know. And I hope to God, I pray 559 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: to God it never comes out for any kind of 560 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: bad reason, right, That's what we all hope. I hope 561 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:59,520 Speaker 1: it just it just stays and is hidden forever, forever, 562 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 1: thousand years. But unfortunately you have to prepare that insurance 563 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 1: policy for the one crazy, one out of a million chance. Yeah, 564 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: Nick Shelton, what's your workout routine? Nick? I, I do 565 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: strength training, and I've been doing it for a long 566 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: long time, where I do isolate muscle groups. So usually 567 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: on Mondays I'll do chest, upper body. Usually on Tuesdays 568 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: I'll do lower body, legs. Usually on Wednesdays I'll do back. 569 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 1: Thursdays I'll do shoulders, and Fridays will do arms, triceps 570 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: and biceps. Usually do a little bit of cardio each 571 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,799 Speaker 1: of those days. And I've done that, give or take 572 00:35:54,520 --> 00:36:00,439 Speaker 1: switching the days around. I've done that for manrobably since 573 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight consistently, and that's that's just what 574 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: I do. I've I've changed the routine. Sometimes I go 575 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: super heavy, sometimes I go super light and a lot 576 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 1: of reps. Sometimes I alternate. Sometimes I'll combine chest and shoulders, 577 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 1: sometimes I'll combine back and buys, but regardless I'll do 578 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,720 Speaker 1: I keep with the muscle groups, and I keep them separated, 579 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 1: so I'm having rest days in between. Sometimes I'll add 580 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,920 Speaker 1: an extra chest day, like on Saturday, but I always 581 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: like to have at least forty eight hours between muscle groups. 582 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:42,280 Speaker 1: Kay Ambry on Instagram says, win are Earl Dibbles Junior 583 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 1: new songs coming out? Because I can't wait to hear them. 584 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 1: That's a great question, and I'm glad you asked it 585 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,279 Speaker 1: because on Volume one is you, You've probably got you. 586 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: You'll probably know I've been teasing. There's a song called 587 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: country and you Know It that features Earl Dibbles, and 588 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,360 Speaker 1: that is similar to Holler, where I'll sing most of 589 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: the song and then Earl come in and sing like 590 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 1: a bridge. But Earl has his own songs coming out, 591 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,360 Speaker 1: two of them where it's only Earl is more like 592 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,880 Speaker 1: you're used to, like city Boy, Stuck in America and 593 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,399 Speaker 1: Country Boy Love. He has two of those coming out 594 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:22,360 Speaker 1: on volume two, so hang on, it's coming. Here's a 595 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 1: question that says, how do you feel about fans recording 596 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,759 Speaker 1: a concert and taking pictures instead of soaking it in? 597 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,400 Speaker 1: And I get what you're saying. I get that we 598 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,480 Speaker 1: live in a world where people are kind of stuck 599 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:39,640 Speaker 1: to struck to their screens, and they're not taking life in. 600 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 1: They're not soaking life in with their own eyeballs. But 601 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:52,839 Speaker 1: from a marketing promotion standpoint, I don't mind if people 602 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 1: are filming so then they can go promote it to 603 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: their friends, because it helps me or any other singer 604 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,640 Speaker 1: if you take a quick recording of me and then 605 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,319 Speaker 1: blast it out to all your friends and say, look 606 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: where I am. I'm having so much fun, So that 607 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:12,879 Speaker 1: really helps. So I think the answer ultimately is a 608 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 1: healthy balance, like, don't film the whole show for your 609 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,960 Speaker 1: own sake. I hope you get to enjoy the sights 610 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: and sounds and feels of this concert without being distracted 611 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,200 Speaker 1: by your device. But I think you could throw in 612 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,840 Speaker 1: a little healthy pull out your phone every once in 613 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,840 Speaker 1: a while and capture a few things just to have 614 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:40,000 Speaker 1: the memories of that. That being said, all that being said, now, today, 615 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,080 Speaker 1: the craziness of the world, the tour dates that we 616 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,680 Speaker 1: do go out on, we are asking that people keep 617 00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,920 Speaker 1: their phones in their pocket because if you film something 618 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:55,239 Speaker 1: now at a concert and then promote it to everyone, 619 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 1: there's no way that you're not going to offend that's like, Oh, 620 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: we should all be staying at home. You're spreading the 621 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 1: virus everywhere. Oh my god, everyone's gonna die. So it's 622 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,799 Speaker 1: just better in all of our interest if you just 623 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:15,799 Speaker 1: during this time of the virus, just don't don't propagate 624 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,480 Speaker 1: the fact that you're at a concert, because you might, 625 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,759 Speaker 1: even if it's socially distanced or whatever, you might not 626 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 1: the shot that you're taking and with it could be 627 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,799 Speaker 1: shooting over people's heads and it just might not look good. 628 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:38,480 Speaker 1: So all that being said, here's Carter Hathaway says, any 629 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 1: advice for seniors having trouble deciding what to do with 630 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:46,440 Speaker 1: their life after high school, that is a deep question 631 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:53,439 Speaker 1: that could probably be an entire podcast answering. I'll say this, Carter, 632 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,040 Speaker 1: if you if you're in high school and you're getting 633 00:39:56,040 --> 00:40:00,399 Speaker 1: close to graduating, I would, And you do you don't 634 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 1: know what to do, right, you don't have a plan. 635 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,440 Speaker 1: I would. I would try to coast for a little bit. 636 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: Probably not what you were expecting, right, It's not the 637 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: advice you were expecting, but I would coast. And it 638 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 1: depends on your financial situation, like maybe maybe you have 639 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: to make money just to keep bread on the table, 640 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 1: or maybe you can go live with mom and dad 641 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,399 Speaker 1: and eat out of mom's pantry. Maybe you could live 642 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,520 Speaker 1: with brother or a cousin or a best friend. You 643 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,440 Speaker 1: could stay on the couch. But I would try to 644 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,560 Speaker 1: coast for a little bit, not in a way to 645 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 1: just pass time and be lost in the world, but 646 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 1: to exhale and evaluate your next move, because if you 647 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: go straight into something quickly, like you go into a 648 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: trade school, you want to going to welding school, Well, 649 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,360 Speaker 1: that costs a lot of money, and you like, you 650 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:01,920 Speaker 1: don't even know if you want to go in to 651 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,759 Speaker 1: welding school, or if you just go into a job, 652 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,960 Speaker 1: some kind of career. It's easy to get trapped in 653 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: that career, especially if you're good at it. You could 654 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:15,839 Speaker 1: get stuck and climbing a ladder somewhere and look back 655 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,799 Speaker 1: in ten years and go, well, now I'm thirty years 656 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:23,920 Speaker 1: old and I've wasted the opportunity to go to a 657 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: trade school or go to a college and get an undergrad, 658 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,959 Speaker 1: or go change. You can get stuck. So I would say, 659 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,919 Speaker 1: for any advice for seniors having trouble deciding what they're 660 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:38,320 Speaker 1: going to do after high school, decide take your time. 661 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,520 Speaker 1: Don't make your decision now. If you don't know what 662 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:44,239 Speaker 1: that decision is yet, then then take the pressure off 663 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:50,000 Speaker 1: the timeline and coast. Hey, go be a bomb in 664 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,080 Speaker 1: Florida and live on the beach. If you could do 665 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 1: that and watch the sun come up and sit up 666 00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,880 Speaker 1: there and watch the sun come up in Florida on 667 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,839 Speaker 1: the beach after you just slept there all night, and 668 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,239 Speaker 1: you'll be able to do some thinking. You'll be able 669 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,839 Speaker 1: to decide what you're gonna do in your life during 670 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,400 Speaker 1: those quiet times like that in some kind of travel situation. 671 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,520 Speaker 1: But it's harder if you have to jump straight into 672 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,880 Speaker 1: another job and straight into your career. So take your time. 673 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: You have time now, but you won't in ten years, 674 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:32,040 Speaker 1: So take your time. Ricky says, who is your biggest 675 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,239 Speaker 1: idol and or the country singer you look up to most? 676 00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:40,719 Speaker 1: And why? And those of y'all that have heard this 677 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,719 Speaker 1: podcast before are heard at other episodes of this podcast, 678 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,160 Speaker 1: you know that I don't like that word idle. I 679 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:52,160 Speaker 1: always renounce that word and say, let's choose a different 680 00:42:52,200 --> 00:43:00,400 Speaker 1: word than idle, because if you put the word idol 681 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,640 Speaker 1: on another human, that human is going to fail you. 682 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,600 Speaker 1: Because that's what humans do best. We fail each other 683 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:10,480 Speaker 1: because we're human. We're not perfect, We're not God. So 684 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,200 Speaker 1: let's leave the idle stuff to God. And when it 685 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:18,839 Speaker 1: comes to humans, we can call them heroes or role models. Right. 686 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,120 Speaker 1: Heroes can fail, role models can break. I get it. 687 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,880 Speaker 1: All that being said George Strait. I've looked up to 688 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:27,680 Speaker 1: George Strait for a long time. He's been a big 689 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,000 Speaker 1: role model for me, and I started listening to his 690 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,759 Speaker 1: music early on and kind of emulating that when I 691 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:37,360 Speaker 1: was a kid. And there's a good argument that it 692 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,760 Speaker 1: was George Strait that got me into this entire mess 693 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:46,600 Speaker 1: to begin with. Mason asked me on Instagram, will you 694 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:49,120 Speaker 1: ever make it back to North Carolina after this is 695 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,920 Speaker 1: all over with? And ironically I got a couple of 696 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,080 Speaker 1: North Carolinas and a couple of South Carolina's all in 697 00:43:56,120 --> 00:44:00,600 Speaker 1: the same big batch of questions, but read regardless of 698 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: where you are, wherever you are listening, you know what 699 00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:07,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if I have her here? Oh yeah, 700 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,440 Speaker 1: here it is too. Ever been to Germany? Will you 701 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,600 Speaker 1: come to Germany? I got two Germany's in this, so 702 00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,120 Speaker 1: let me say this from North Carolina and Germany wherever 703 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:19,000 Speaker 1: you are. When this is over with, We're going everywhere. 704 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,640 Speaker 1: We definitely will be back to North Carolina. We definitely 705 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:27,120 Speaker 1: will be back to South Carolina, no doubt, many times 706 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:30,600 Speaker 1: we will be back. We'll never go a calendar year 707 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:35,160 Speaker 1: and skip a state like yours. In fact, I don't 708 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,359 Speaker 1: think we'll really skip any of the lower forty eight 709 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: ever in a calendar year. Germany. I love Germany, Absolutely 710 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:44,160 Speaker 1: love Germany. I love the heritage, I love the food, 711 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:46,920 Speaker 1: and I love the country. And we have toured there 712 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:50,600 Speaker 1: a bunch, but that's been been ten years since I've 713 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,359 Speaker 1: toured Germany. We will definitely be back as soon as 714 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,319 Speaker 1: this crazy mess is over. I got to go get 715 00:44:55,320 --> 00:45:01,720 Speaker 1: me a Snitzel and some beer. Yes, okay, here's a question, 716 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,880 Speaker 1: a new album related question. Why did you change the 717 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:11,680 Speaker 1: name ye Nation to the song Chevy's, Himmy's, Yoda's and Fords. 718 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:16,160 Speaker 1: And to answer that question that the Yee Nation was 719 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:20,000 Speaker 1: really just an intro track that I made for the 720 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:24,239 Speaker 1: beginning of the song Holler at our live show. So 721 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,320 Speaker 1: it's the song and there's like a Doughbro part that 722 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,640 Speaker 1: goes doom dann oh no no, no, no, no no no, 723 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:36,040 Speaker 1: that do don no, no, no no. That's a song 724 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,520 Speaker 1: that was just a track intro for us to walk 725 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,480 Speaker 1: on to before we played Holler. And in the background 726 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:48,240 Speaker 1: there's these voices that are like yee ye Nation, yeee Nation. 727 00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:54,600 Speaker 1: And I used that track because it became popular among 728 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,840 Speaker 1: the fans. I used that track and wrote actual words 729 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,480 Speaker 1: to it instead of just yee Ye Nation. I wrote 730 00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:06,560 Speaker 1: a song Chevy's and Jimmy's and Yodas and Fords and 731 00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:13,440 Speaker 1: wrote words to it about how it's always a big 732 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:17,200 Speaker 1: discussion between country boys and country girls of where to 733 00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:22,600 Speaker 1: put your money. Chevy'shimmys, Yoda's are Fords. Not to be confused. 734 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,799 Speaker 1: All this can't be confused with the other intro song 735 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,400 Speaker 1: that we used to use that now is in the 736 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,799 Speaker 1: intro of this podcast. So you heard that at the 737 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:34,800 Speaker 1: beginning of this podcast, and that's a completely different version 738 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:41,040 Speaker 1: of Ye Nation. There's my Germany question, and then I'm 739 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:48,080 Speaker 1: going to do one more here. How about this one? 740 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,880 Speaker 1: What happened to your dad? And maybe I maybe I 741 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:57,560 Speaker 1: never said this, but dad died from a heart attack 742 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:03,359 Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen, and I could probably do a tire 743 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,400 Speaker 1: episode on that because that was a crazy time in 744 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:09,600 Speaker 1: my life. But yeah, it was sudden. There was no 745 00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,080 Speaker 1: there was no medical problems leading up to it. There 746 00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:17,000 Speaker 1: was no he had no issues, no symptoms, no anything. 747 00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:22,440 Speaker 1: It's just one day Mom was with us and we 748 00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,080 Speaker 1: had just had baby Lincoln at home, and Mom was 749 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:28,359 Speaker 1: visiting with us and baby Lincoln, and when she went 750 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,600 Speaker 1: home she found Dad and he was sitting in his 751 00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:36,279 Speaker 1: chair and he was gone. It was just a crazy, 752 00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:41,239 Speaker 1: crazy thing. And maybe one doctor's appointment they could have 753 00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:43,480 Speaker 1: found that he had some kind of huge, massive blockage 754 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,560 Speaker 1: and they could have done emergency surgery or given him 755 00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:52,160 Speaker 1: some kind of statin medical something maybe maybe could have 756 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:56,399 Speaker 1: fixed it. I know now. So those of you out 757 00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:00,160 Speaker 1: there that are over fifty years old, or you're you've 758 00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:03,120 Speaker 1: got parents, make sure you go to the doctor, make 759 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,359 Speaker 1: sure you're checking out that old ticker of yours, check 760 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:09,400 Speaker 1: out the heart. You just don't know. And man, it 761 00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:14,680 Speaker 1: took dad quick. It took him. It took him without you, 762 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:16,880 Speaker 1: like a thief in the night, without any warning. So 763 00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:22,360 Speaker 1: just be careful. It is the number one killer heart disease, 764 00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:26,440 Speaker 1: the number one killer. So it will happen to someone 765 00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:29,399 Speaker 1: around you if it hasn't already, or if it's not you, 766 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:34,279 Speaker 1: So that's something we should probably talk about it on 767 00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:38,040 Speaker 1: another podcast. But thank you guys for listening, thank you 768 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,640 Speaker 1: for watching, Thank you for this platform, thank you for 769 00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:43,480 Speaker 1: allowing me to express myself and my feelings and all 770 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:49,000 Speaker 1: my maybe strange to you views, but it means a 771 00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:51,520 Speaker 1: lot that you're listening. And if you haven't subscribed to 772 00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,399 Speaker 1: this podcast yet, please subscribe. It helps me know we're 773 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,279 Speaker 1: doing good, helps me know that I need to keep 774 00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:58,879 Speaker 1: making more of them, and it helps like that ad 775 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:00,600 Speaker 1: that I read at the very beginning, helps people like 776 00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:03,640 Speaker 1: that go, hey, we're gonna support this podcast with our 777 00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:06,360 Speaker 1: with our stuff. So I love you guys, See you 778 00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:15,719 Speaker 1: next time. M hm.