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Speaker 1: Richie McDonald of Lone Star and when Amazed hit from

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Speaker 1: Lone Star just how crazy it was, also unbelievable nineties

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Speaker 1: country Facts you Didn't Know and c m A Predictions

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Speaker 1: with Chuck Wicks. So it should be pretty good. Let's

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Speaker 1: start like we always do for most times. Let's do

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Speaker 1: my new music Top five. At number five, Luke Laird

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Speaker 1: released another new song from his upcoming album. This one's

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Speaker 1: called That's Why I Don't Drink Anymore. That was my way.

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Speaker 1: Let's think it about myself. That's why Don't drink anymore.

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Speaker 1: Luke Lard, big time songwriter who now has decided to

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Speaker 1: put out some music himself. So I have that. At

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Speaker 1: number five, Tyler Rich released his debut album called two

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Speaker 1: Thousand Miles. Here's a new song called feels Like Home.

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Speaker 1: Okay forget if you win beer Cozy. Kelsey Ballerini announced

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Speaker 1: a new stripped album called Ballerini. It's coming out September eleven.

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Speaker 1: That she removed the polish of production and just focused

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Speaker 1: on the lyrics and the voice. Here is the strip

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Speaker 1: version of Club that's out now. But I don't want

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Speaker 1: to go to the car. I don't want to watch

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Speaker 1: everybody around me trying to hook go say stuff they

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Speaker 1: don't mean, get drunk and get you. And the number

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Speaker 1: one for me is Adam Hambrike. He released his first

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Speaker 1: flip side project a friend of the podcast. This is

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Speaker 1: called Top Down Southbound. Well that's what the project is called.

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Speaker 1: The song is called Sunshine State of Mind. She's my song.

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Speaker 1: Su Stave Baby sons my top five This week. Lauren

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Speaker 1: Elena has a new eat coming out. It's out now,

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Speaker 1: I guess, called Getting Over Him. Carly Pearce is a

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Speaker 1: new song called next Door. Her next girl, Carolina Story

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Speaker 1: has a new album called Dandelion. Big Sean has a

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Speaker 1: new album called Detroit to Be fifty two is live

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Speaker 1: at US festival Billy Ocean in One World. It's about

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Speaker 1: it as far as music comes out. So I saw

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Speaker 1: this article on the boot dot com unbelievable nineties country facts.

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Speaker 1: You definitely didn't know that some of them. I'm gonna know,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna know eddies here by the way, because we're

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Speaker 1: such nineties country fans love it. But it's pretty funny

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Speaker 1: to read some of the stuff the nineties. I'll read

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Speaker 1: some of what they wrote here. The nineties changed everything

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Speaker 1: about country music. Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, George Straight.

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Speaker 1: But it's some of the facts that they share. Are

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Speaker 1: you ready. Keith Urban makes an appearance in the music

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Speaker 1: video for Allan Jackson's hit Mercury Blues. He was also

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Speaker 1: the road guitarist for Brooks and On prior to becoming

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Speaker 1: Keith Urban. Yeah. Yeah, I think he's playing guitar on

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Speaker 1: the video, right, I don't know. I didn't know this,

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Speaker 1: feel like I've seen this video and he's one of

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Speaker 1: the guitar players in the video. What I remember most

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Speaker 1: about this was Home Improvement because Alan Jackson went on

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Speaker 1: Home Improvement and did this song until time, Right, I

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Speaker 1: remember that I know every word to the song, don't think,

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Speaker 1: probably because of that. Lone Stars hit Amazed was written

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Speaker 1: as writers Amy Mayo and Chris Lindsay were falling in

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Speaker 1: out as they were writing the famous love ballot with

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Speaker 1: the their writing it together, Wow, I have trouble sharing

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Speaker 1: my feelings and words sometimes. Can you imagine writing a

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Speaker 1: song lyrically? And what if one of them writes a

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Speaker 1: little more passionately than the other. The other's just not

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Speaker 1: into it like you do love me as much. In

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Speaker 1: Tricia Yearwood and Leanne Rhymes both received Grammy nominations for

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Speaker 1: their individual versions of how Do I Live. Rhymes performed

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Speaker 1: this song at the Grammys, and then right after she formed,

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Speaker 1: winter is and trust year would one crazy. There was

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Speaker 1: the movie, and then because Leanne had already done it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but but Leanne did it for the movie first, right,

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Speaker 1: and they didn't I'm not using it with Tricia, So

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Speaker 1: they had both versions in the same category. Do they

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Speaker 1: since we've talked to Tricia about this, right, Yeah, she

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Speaker 1: We'll come back to that. Little known facts about Chris Gaines,

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Speaker 1: who is Garth brooks alter ego. Chris Gaines was in

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Speaker 1: violent nine car crash. Really is Chris Gaines on streaming services?

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't even on YouTube, I would think, because it's

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Speaker 1: all Garth, doesn't Garth? Just keep that to Garth. I

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Speaker 1: and Tricia Yearwood is just protecting it and defending it

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Speaker 1: that hate on Chris Gaines, you got your stupid because

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Speaker 1: you didn't listen to Chris Gaines. It was amazing. I

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Speaker 1: like what he did Saturday Night Live as Garth and

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Speaker 1: Chris Gaines or it was just confusing for a fan

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Speaker 1: that was to explain it. You have to explain it.

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Speaker 1: You're not gonna get what they want you to get

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Speaker 1: from it. And that's what Garth said. That was the

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Speaker 1: it right. Well, it was gonna be a movie, correct,

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Speaker 1: My did you find the land rhyme stuff? Yeah? It

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Speaker 1: was Tricia Yearwood in the movie at the end. So

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Speaker 1: what happened with lean rhymes? Then they initially went to

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Speaker 1: went with Tricia's vision dirty that hurts man, Dina Carter.

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Speaker 1: Strawberry wine was inspired by Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill flavor. Gosh,

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Speaker 1: not for me. What it's mash huh. Early on Billy

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Speaker 1: Ray Cyrus was dogged by rumors that used to be

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Speaker 1: in there, it's so good. Garth Brooks The thunder Rolls

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Speaker 1: Brooks included on No Fences, but fans left wait seven

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Speaker 1: it the Double Eye record? Yeah? New York? Every lad

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Speaker 1: Who Got Married? The original. He doesn't even know whe

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Speaker 1: Right Now, Richie McDonald, lead singer of Lone Star. Hey, Richie,

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Speaker 1: how's it going. How you doing this morning? Hey? Pretty good?

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Speaker 1: Where are you right now? Tennessee? At home? When you

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Speaker 1: I heard it so much when you guys put this out,

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Speaker 1: this is a pretty big song for you guys, right absolutely,

425
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 1: But to think about that song is you know, uh,

426
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,679
Speaker 1: for those who don't know, you know, that was a

427
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,719
Speaker 1: pop hit before the way before it was a country

428
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 1: hit by us. Mark Cohne had written and recorded that

429
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 1: song and it was pop hit. I want to say,

430
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 1: I don't know what early eighties maybe, but eighties. We uh,

431
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,720
Speaker 1: we used to do it a sound check, just messing around,

432
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,239
Speaker 1: and Joe Blannie had heard us doing it one day

433
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 1: and said, y'all should re record that, and so we did.

434
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 1: You know, you basically just take the song and add

435
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,040
Speaker 1: a little still and fiddle and there you go. All right,

436
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 1: I got a trivia question for you. What song knocked

437
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: off Amazed from the country charts after eight weeks? I

438
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: want to say it was a Tim McGraw song. Mm hmm,

439
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:51,680
Speaker 1: Shelley Wright, single white female. Oh, Shelly right, he still,

440
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: he's still irritated. That's like dang that Shelly right. No,

441
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,119
Speaker 1: that's okay. She's all in the family. You know, she

442
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:02,680
Speaker 1: worked out at oppery Land as well with me. Um,

443
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,880
Speaker 1: do you know what song later tied Lone Star Amaze

444
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: at eight weeks on the chart at number one? Um,

445
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 1: I want to um, Alex, I'll go with Tim McGraw.

446
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 1: It's Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett. It's five o'clock somewhere there.

447
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,159
Speaker 1: You can well, let me let me finish with it

448
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,879
Speaker 1: with a really cool stat and then I'm just so

449
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 1: grateful for your time. Amaze spent forty one weeks on

450
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,920
Speaker 1: the Country Singles Chart, given it the second longest chart

451
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,199
Speaker 1: of any single ever. Um, it's just, you know, for

452
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,119
Speaker 1: so many people, that was such a massive song. And

453
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 1: then why don't you start to go through all the

454
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: number ones that Lone Star had, you know, you guys

455
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 1: did so much for country music. I did see two

456
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 1: you guys played a socially distance show pretty recently. How

457
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: was that? That was awesome? I mean we played arm

458
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,000
Speaker 1: Utah and coming up there and did the show and

459
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: you know they did it by the book. Uh, you know,

460
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,360
Speaker 1: they did the social distancing seating three you know, three

461
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 1: chairs six ft two chairs, and it was you know, honestly,

462
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: it was great to play. After that was our first

463
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 1: show in six months or last show was February, I

464
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: think Gulfport, Mississippi, and you know what, we didn't rehearse

465
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: and then you know, you got to You have the

466
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 1: jitters when you get on stage, and but um, and

467
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,959
Speaker 1: there are may be a few little hiccups, but for

468
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: the most part, we just got out there. We had fun,

469
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,439
Speaker 1: fans enjoyed it, and um, it was great to be

470
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 1: back on stage again. All right, Ritchie, I appreciate the time,

471
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 1: love your work. You can follow on Instagram lone Star

472
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 1: band Official and hopefully I'll see you soon. Ritchie, thank

473
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 1: you again for your time. Hey, Bobby, all those songs

474
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: you just played, I gotta give you a shameless plug.

475
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 1: We re recorded all those songs. The album is called

476
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: ten to one. It will be out next year, is okay?

477
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,199
Speaker 1: So like the number ten ten to one, ten songs

478
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,400
Speaker 1: that went to number one, so it's called ten to one.

479
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 1: Nice And are you re recording them so you own

480
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,360
Speaker 1: the master? Well that's that's part of it. And then

481
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 1: also just to you know, I don't know, just kind

482
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,920
Speaker 1: of freshen them up, give him a you know, there's

483
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 1: the same song, and there's the same you know, was

484
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 1: maybe just a little different instrumentation, just to they you

485
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: just gotta change it up. They can't sound exactly the same.

486
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,199
Speaker 1: We already did that. Well, let me know whenever that

487
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,959
Speaker 1: record comes out. And I say this too, if you're

488
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: a fan alone star, whenever this record comes out, play

489
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: that one. So the record company is not getting all

490
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: the money. We need the ban, we need the writers

491
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,640
Speaker 1: to get the money. We need to relax with making

492
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,880
Speaker 1: sure all these mega corporations to get the money off

493
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 1: this music. All right, there you go. That's my that's

494
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 1: my shameless plug for you too, Richie. Thanks all right,

495
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,239
Speaker 1: there is Ritchie McDonald. Richie, thank you very much. Talk

496
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:44,880
Speaker 1: to you soon. Okay, thank you all right, bye. So Mike,

497
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,119
Speaker 1: you know that's what Taylor Swift has been rumored to

498
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: be doing right where it's we're still recording right where it's.

499
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:57,239
Speaker 1: You know, she left her label Big Machine, and there

500
00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: was all the controversy about if she and her master

501
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,440
Speaker 1: she didn't know her mask yours, and then it was

502
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: what she's gonna rerecord everything, so when people go and

503
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: find the songs, they click that, and so she makes

504
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 1: the money off streams and downloads. It's the same thing there. Yeah,

505
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: these guys who are like man I wren't make any

506
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 1: money off our songs anymore. Let's re record them. The

507
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: trouble with that is, though, what's hard to do is

508
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: to make it sound a lot like the original. So

509
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 1: you've got two things. You can either try as hard

510
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: as you can to make it and it's tough because

511
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: the production value the instruments. You can try to dial

512
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: in and make it sound exactly like it, or you

513
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,439
Speaker 1: can be a little risky like they're doing and do

514
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 1: it slightly different. So when it does sound different, it's

515
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 1: for a reason. So Taylor, that's hard because their voice

516
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 1: has changed so much. Just like you wish Snapchat had

517
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,959
Speaker 1: a voice filter like a like the Age filter, they

518
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: could just change your voice to be sixteen again, I'd

519
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 1: be curiously with that. Sounds like, uh yeah, that's why

520
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: when he said that, I was like, ah ha, anyway,

521
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: good to talk to those guys, and um, I think

522
00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: that might be the first time I've ever spoken with Richie.

523
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: I've seen them play before, like the Opery, but I

524
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: don't think I've ever spent any time with them. But

525
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: really nice guy. All right, there you go? All right?

526
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 1: All right? Now is Chuck Wicks who I'm bringing on

527
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 1: to be the musical expert here as we talked about

528
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,800
Speaker 1: the c M as they just announced the nominations. Chuck,

529
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: how are you? I'm doing fantastic. I was not nominated

530
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: this year, but I'm doing great. Hey have you been nominated? Uh?

531
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: The only nomination I've ever gotten in my life was

532
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: for a C ANDT Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year,

533
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: and I lost to Kelly Pickler. What a joke? Right, No,

534
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: we love Kelly. I know I'm kidding. Chuck's on. We're

535
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 1: gonna here's what we're going to do. The criteria are

536
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 1: not who we want to win, but it's just who

537
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 1: do we If we had money and we had to bet,

538
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: who do we think will win? Based on what we

539
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 1: know about the voting system in the awards. Okay, that way,

540
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: that gets us out of trouble with having to pick friends,

541
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: because I would pick my friends in some of the

542
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: easy though I don't think they'll win, you know, right,

543
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 1: even though they're not that good rye, even though they're

544
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: terribly untalented. Yes, okay, so we're gonna start with Entertainer

545
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,479
Speaker 1: of the Year. Let's start with a little clip from

546
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: Eric Church. Here you go, I'm having a record year.

547
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: Luke Cones is also in the mix. There domain Miranda Lambert,

548
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: Carrie Underwood, and finally Keith Urban. All Right, Chuck Wicks.

549
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: Who do you think will win? Not who deserves it?

550
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: I have to say this to myself. I'm not even

551
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: talking to you, but who do you think will win

552
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: the award? I think it's long overdue. I think Eric

553
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 1: Church is going to win this award. Okay. I think

554
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 1: Carrie wins because I think people felt like she got

555
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,560
Speaker 1: screwed over last year and that is going to affect

556
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 1: the vote this year. I think she and in Shade's

557
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: this award where people think she should have won last year,

558
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: so they're like, oh crap, we can't forget her this year,

559
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: So that's my pick. Mike. Are you keeping notes on these?

560
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,320
Speaker 1: I'm keeping them here because Chuck and I bet a

561
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: thousand dollars on this. Okay, I'll have all the notes

562
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: except unless I lose, and there was never a real bet. Okay,

563
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,720
Speaker 1: female vocalist, and we don't need all the clips on

564
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: this one. But here is Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBride, Maren Morris,

565
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: Kasey Musgraves, and Carrie Underwood. Well, you're gonna go first. Yeah,

566
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with I'm gonna go with Miranda Lambert

567
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 1: because the Bluebird, because it was it went so it

568
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: went well for her. Yeah, I'm gonna go with Miranda too.

569
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: She is the voters, the critics, darling, and rightfully so

570
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. Yeah, but I'm gonna go

571
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: with Miranda as well. I don't think she'll win Entertainer,

572
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: but I think she will want female vocalists. But it'll

573
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: be weird because Carrie. I think it's gonna win entertained

574
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: even though she doesn't win female Vocalist, which entertainer is

575
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: that technically the big one? Anyway, she'll be happy, You'll

576
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: be happy, all right, let's go to Male Vocalist of

577
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 1: the Year, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton,

578
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 1: and Keith Urban. Male Vocalist of the Year. Uh, Luke Combs,

579
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 1: Luke Combs strong. That's a strong pick and I could

580
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: definitely see where Luke comes should win Entertainer of the

581
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 1: Year because he had the biggest year. However, I think

582
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: that don't win Male Vocalist because people go, man, I

583
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: can't give him entertainer, but we should give him the

584
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: second place award, which is Male Vocalist of the Year.

585
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: Chris Stapleton is the guy he's gotta beat, but I

586
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: think he can do that right. Well, yeah, he came

587
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: out with the song a little too late. You got

588
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: to realize people are voting, Like Chris Stapleton just came

589
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: out of a song, but all the votes were already

590
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 1: in by this. Yeah. But Chris Stapleton one like last

591
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: year or the year before and didn't put the music out.

592
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 1: People just like the vote. Yeah, would just like to

593
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: vote for Sampleton And I don't blame him, but yeah,

594
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 1: people it's like um this, you're not um included. But

595
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 1: like Maddie and Tay would get nominated for duo then

596
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 1: put music out in two years, So you know, it's

597
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,959
Speaker 1: just sometimes the voting is weird, Okay, all right, what

598
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: we are the saying there? Song of the Year now,

599
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: this is a Songwriter Award, So blue Bird from Miranda Lambert,

600
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 1: written by Luke Dick, Natalie Himby and Miranda Lambert. That's

601
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: number one. The Bones Marion Morris, Jimmy Robbins and Laura Velts.

602
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 1: Even Though I'm Leaving by Luke Combs, songwriters Luke Combs,

603
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 1: Wyatt Dirett, and Ray Fulture. I Hope You're Happy Now

604
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: by Carly Pierson Lee Bry songwriters Luke Combs, Randy Montana,

605
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: Carly Pearce and Jonathan Singleton. And finally, More Hearts Than

606
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 1: Mine by Ingrid Andrews, written Ingrid sam Ellis and Derek Sutherland.

607
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 1: The Bluebird, the Bones, even Though I'm Leaving, I Hope

608
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 1: You're Happy Now, and More Hearts Than Mine go ahead.

609
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: Definitely a tough one for me because a lot of

610
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 1: friends in this category, a lot of songs that I'm like,

611
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: you know, preference to. I'm gonna go with the Bones

612
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: though it's a good one. That's it there. Yeah, that's

613
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: there are four of these five that I can actually

614
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,959
Speaker 1: see winning. I really can't see. I hope you're happy

615
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 1: to winning. I was gonna ask you, do you not

616
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: see winning? Yeah, there's no way. I hope you're happy

617
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: now wins. Good for them for being nominated. It just

618
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 1: wasn't that big of a song. It was the number one,

619
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: but it wasn't like career defining for anyone, and it

620
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 1: took two people to get there. Yeah, that's right, And

621
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 1: you know I'm gonna go um Ingrid Andrews more hearts

622
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: than mine because that song was written from a from

623
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: a perspect I've never heard in a song before, like

624
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: it's a love song, but it's a love song not

625
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 1: between two people. It's love songs between She's like, hey,

626
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,879
Speaker 1: if we break up, okay, well that sucks, but you'd

627
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 1: like hurt all my family too. And I've never heard

628
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,240
Speaker 1: that in a song before. That's true. I don't disagree

629
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: with that. I say the bones though. The reason why

630
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: I'm going to bones is because it crossed over. It

631
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: had had a hit over in pop world as well,

632
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,359
Speaker 1: so huge song again. And then you can argue Luke

633
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 1: Combs because he's freaking Luke Combs and that song is amazing.

634
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 1: And then Bluebird by Miranda's her first number one in years.

635
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,720
Speaker 1: And but but I'm going in Gred, You're going Mareta Morris.

636
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 1: All right, all right, we're now to the New Artist

637
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: of the Year. You were never nominated for New Artists either, Chuck,

638
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: What the crap? I was actually really disappointed in that one.

639
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: I Kelsey Ballerie knew that one. I would have if

640
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 1: if Twitter was hot back then and like all that stuff,

641
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: I would have been tweeting away. I'm like, well, I

642
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 1: wasn't I nominated? So did you do you remember the

643
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,399
Speaker 1: morning like you're waiting knowing that the nominations were coming out. Yes,

644
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 1: I actually it was a Lady Annabellum, James Otto, and myself.

645
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 1: We announced all the nominees. Oh no, you announced, yes,

646
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: and guess what, James Otto was nominated, Lady A was nominated.

647
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: So I'm like, I'm for sure I was the only

648
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,720
Speaker 1: one on stage. I'm like, yeah, let's take a picture

649
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: for all the nominees and you're like, they're like, everybody

650
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 1: who got the nominations take one step forward. All right, Chuck, Now,

651
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: that's sorry. That sucks. That sucks. Okay, we go. New

652
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: Artist of the Year Jimmy Allen, Ingrid Andrews, Gabby Barrett,

653
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:36,479
Speaker 1: Carly Pierce, and Morgan Wallen. Now what's interesting is Carly

654
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: was up last year too, So this is our second

655
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: year in a row. I'm being on New Artist of

656
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 1: the Year. Um, the rest are our first timers. Who

657
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: do you got I have won in this one? Why

658
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 1: is that? Because he's the only artist, I think, not

659
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: even new artist when seven Summers came out. When I

660
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: go for a run every day, I put on the

661
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: top fifty stream songs right like, I'm like, what's hot?

662
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 1: What's hot right now? And he was up there with

663
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: all the pop songs like he was. He was like

664
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,879
Speaker 1: number three and he did that. I mean, I don't

665
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: think I've ever seen a country art to do that. Yeah,

666
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 1: I mean him and Luke Combs are the guys that

667
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: have just separated themselves in the streaming world. I'm picking

668
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: Morgan Wallen too for the same reason that he's just

669
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: separated himself from all of the all those guys that

670
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 1: I had great new artists years. Morgan Wallen had a

671
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: great year for anybody in the format, Like an amazing year.

672
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: Um and I'm also and I think you probably may

673
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: relate to this, is that I'm around country music so

674
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,439
Speaker 1: much like the current countrymus is being made. I don't

675
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: really gravitate to loving a whole lot of things because

676
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 1: I'm right in the middle of it. But when I do,

677
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: I'm like, man, this is so freaking good. And that's

678
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 1: how I felt about Morgan wall and stuff. Yeah, although

679
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: Jimmy Allen did do a song with Nelly that is

680
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: kind of cool, and Gabby Berry with Charlie pouthn he

681
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,919
Speaker 1: did subway commercials. Come on, I didn't know that. Yeah,

682
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,800
Speaker 1: even thinking about that. All Right, we're both called Morgan Wallen.

683
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: We're pretty similar on most of these. We've got a

684
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: few more here. Let's do change up on purpose, I

685
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:12,319
Speaker 1: change up on purpose. Going forward, Vocal Group of the Year.

686
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: We'll play some clips on this one. All right. Up,

687
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: first is Lady Annabellum, whoa lady A? Sorry? Alright, sorry, sorry,

688
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know where they get. No, No,

689
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 1: we're not to edit. I just messed up. I'm apologizing,

690
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: lady A. Here you go. Also, up is a little

691
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: big Town Midland is in the Vocal Group of the Year.

692
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:58,760
Speaker 1: Group Old Dominion and finally Rascal Flats. All right, Chuck Quicks,

693
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: who's you picked for Vocal Group of the Year? Okay, um,

694
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:07,120
Speaker 1: two part Old Dominion's gonna win. Old Dominion hands down

695
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: is gonna win. But really Rascal Flats needs to win

696
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: because they were I feel like they're going to retire

697
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: after this year and if they win. If they win,

698
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: I think it will keep them together. So I'm gonna

699
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 1: go with Rascal Flats. Do you think if they win

700
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,720
Speaker 1: they go, well, guys, you know Are seven three awards

701
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 1: didn't really keep us together, but Are seven? I really

702
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: feel like that's the thing. Yeah. I think they had

703
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: a rough year. I think everybody's lost a lot of

704
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 1: money this year or either got fired for a living,

705
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 1: and they were one of them. So I think I

706
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: think Rascal Flats awards that they stay together. Okay, Okay,

707
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: I'm also with you. I'm Old Dominion. This has been

708
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,919
Speaker 1: their award the last bunch of years. They just put

709
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,320
Speaker 1: out hit after hit after hit. Although they had to

710
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: jump off their latest single, They're on a new single now.

711
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 1: They had a really slow song that I love that

712
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: Thomas ra and Matthew Ramsey wrote together. Whose people do

713
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 1: some people do. Yeah, it was a little too slow,

714
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: and I saw they had They were like, we gotta,

715
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: you know, start bailing water on this. They switched their

716
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: singles up. M m. Maybe they maybe they'll deserve it them.

717
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: That's right, all right, just a few more here, vocal

718
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: duo of the Year. We have Brooks and Done, brothers Osborne,

719
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 1: Dan and Shay Florida Georgia, Line and Maddie and Tay. Yeah,

720
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:37,399
Speaker 1: prognostication please, Mr Wicks, Dan and Shay. I mean they're

721
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 1: all great. Obviously, Brooks and Done the best ever. But

722
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: Dan and Shay because Sha actually, speaking of Brooks and

723
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,800
Speaker 1: Done and Bean and Sha, Shay is the new Ronnie

724
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: go ahead, because Ronnie Done. If Ronnie Done was a

725
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: soulars to begin with, if he would have won every

726
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: Male Vocalist of the year, he's like one of the

727
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: best singers ever. To be fair, let me stop you

728
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 1: for one second. Ron He Done did try as a

729
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: solo artist and failed at Okay, go ahead, so she

730
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: is like that she could win every male vocals for me.

731
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:13,439
Speaker 1: He's the best singer ever. So Dan and Shay and

732
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: Dan smickers and smilers, right, Dan is like a great,

733
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: great producer. I mean there's a good act, good act.

734
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: I agree Dan and Say have separated themselves cleanly from

735
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 1: the rest. However, you know, for what they do, and

736
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: and I know they don't have the streams or the crossover.

737
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,319
Speaker 1: And I'm picking Dan and Shade, but I understand why

738
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,799
Speaker 1: brothers Osborne sneaks in and wins sometimes or they want

739
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: a bunch of years in a row before Dan and

740
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: Shade did. Is that what they do is different, it's distinct,

741
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: it's good and although it may not get the the

742
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 1: mainstream country music love like, they have a passionate base,

743
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: a fan base, and a critic base. And so Danna

744
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: and the cool factor when they're not trying to be cool, right,

745
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,440
Speaker 1: because you know, some folks try to be cool and

746
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 1: sometimes it comes off cool, sometimes it doesn't. But those

747
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: guys never try. Yeah, they always seem to be super cool,

748
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: kind of like yourself. Chuck Wicks, thank you so much, welcome,

749
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: Thank you welcome, You're welcome. Let's see, let's do we'll

750
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 1: do two more of these album or the year. What

751
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: you see is what you get. Luke Combs Heartache, Medication,

752
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,720
Speaker 1: John Party Never Will, Ashley McBride Old Dominion Old Dominion

753
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 1: or Wild Card Miranda Lambert. Jeez um, I'm gonna be honest,

754
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: this is a tough one for me because I haven't

755
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: listened to an entire album in a long time. Well, luckily,

756
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: your music opinion doesn't matter. You have to guess what

757
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 1: the people's opinions that that voted. That's right, that's right.

758
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. Yeah, I feel like I feel like

759
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: Luke Comb. Yeah, Luke Comb Church is not in this. Yeah. Well,

760
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 1: you didn't have a record, a full record, does he?

761
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: I mean his records not out right now. There's only

762
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: a few tracks out and I didn't put one out

763
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 1: last year at all. Okay, Luke Combs all the Old

764
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:02,240
Speaker 1: Dominion did do a cat album this year. The Meal

765
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: Mix album didn't make it. I think it was right

766
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 1: the six Yeah, right at that line where they cut

767
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 1: off the I'm going Luke Combs to it. Just it

768
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 1: just did so much better than every other album in

769
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 1: the country music this year. Um okay uh. And then

770
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: finally Single of the Year, which is the artist not

771
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:22,880
Speaker 1: the songwriter award, but it's like the artist, the producer

772
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,280
Speaker 1: of the mixed engineer you have, I hope from Gabby

773
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:29,240
Speaker 1: Barrett Beer Never Broke My Heart, Luke Combs, ten thousand Hours,

774
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 1: Dan and Shay and Bieber, Bluebird, Miranda and the Bones,

775
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:39,400
Speaker 1: Marin Morris. That's a tough one, right there, real tough. Um.

776
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 1: Oh man, you know, I'm sorry, let me go back.

777
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:52,320
Speaker 1: I think the industry is gonna pick Wow, Okay, good.

778
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,359
Speaker 1: I mean I have the industry is gonna pick Luke Combs,

779
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: Beer Never Broke My Heart. I mean I think Luke

780
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 1: Combs probably comes away with five awards out of six,

781
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: if you when he doesn't win as entertainer, and then

782
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 1: with that too, I feel like he might. You know,

783
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 1: can you can you imagine being Luke Combs right now?

784
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 1: Like you just got married. He's got five, six, seven nominations,

785
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:19,720
Speaker 1: and he's got his own crocs. I know I can't.

786
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: And I hadn't thought about that last element of it

787
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 1: until you brought it up. So here's the thing about

788
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,359
Speaker 1: his crocs, because I had some of them. They sent

789
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,280
Speaker 1: me some. The thing about crocs when they're made specialty

790
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 1: for folks, it's the same croc. All they do is

791
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 1: put the little nubbins on it. Yeah, because my dog

792
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,879
Speaker 1: gate all the what do you call it? Giblets? I'll

793
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 1: get all the giblets off my crocs, and they're just

794
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,240
Speaker 1: like normal crocs. I don't look like Luke Combs crocs

795
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 1: my dog gate there's now, they're just normal crocs. Do

796
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: you wear them all the time? Never? You've never worn

797
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 1: them once? Like in on the purpose. I will wear

798
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,799
Speaker 1: them if I need to walk in the backyard, but

799
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,399
Speaker 1: they they're just crocs generally for me. Those big ones

800
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 1: aren't the kind of shoes like the flip flops. But

801
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: I don't really like them with the holes in them.

802
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: What I can put in this, I'll take them. I

803
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:10,799
Speaker 1: thought it was gonna send me one. I thought Chuck

804
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:12,279
Speaker 1: was gonna go listen, I got to shoot for you.

805
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna send it to You're gonna love it. Instead,

806
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,719
Speaker 1: He's like, are you gonna have them? Gonna have them?

807
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 1: We're pretty close to uh announcing Chuck's deal, right Mike. Yeah,

808
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: we won't do it right now because we'll bring Chuck

809
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 1: up on the radio show to do that. But we're

810
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 1: pretty close to announce and Chucks to deal. As you

811
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 1: can see, I like to have one so you guys

812
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 1: can know just how freaking funny Chuck Wicks is. Um anyway,

813
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:33,720
Speaker 1: thanks for coming on. You can follow Chuck on Instagram.

814
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,880
Speaker 1: Throw your name out there, Chuck at Chuck Wicks. Pretty simple.

815
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,360
Speaker 1: Yeah it is. Hey, I saw you at a softball

816
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: game the other night. Were you watching one of your

817
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: your daughter's games? Yeah? So I got three bonus daughters.

818
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 1: Two of them are inca was but one of his

819
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 1: nine years old, and she's back. We were a little concerned, Bobby,

820
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: because she said, I don't want to play softball anymore.

821
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: And then the whole pandemic hit and there was no softball.

822
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:00,239
Speaker 1: But then her best friend at her new school said,

823
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 1: oh my god, we should play softball together, and she

824
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 1: said yes. So we're like pumps. Were watching her. She's

825
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 1: being athletic, she's doing her thing. We felt normal for

826
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: a hot second. Um, so it was good. It was

827
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 1: good stuff when they play because their kids and something.

828
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: I mean, are they because I wanted to play softball?

829
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:19,399
Speaker 1: This is a very selfish question. Is the only reason

830
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 1: I asked about this, because I'm very selfish, is that

831
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 1: I want to have a softball team here in town,

832
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:25,880
Speaker 1: and I thought I better not. I'm an adult man,

833
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 1: I've other adults out there. We can't play because it

834
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,360
Speaker 1: just look bad. Even if we don't get sick. I

835
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 1: feel like it will just look bad for me to

836
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:36,600
Speaker 1: be running a team. And so I like that sports

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Speaker 1: are playing. I think especially with kids who definitely have

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Speaker 1: stronger immune systems. Are they doing anything while they play

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Speaker 1: to cover their face or they just letting it rip?

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Speaker 1: They're letting it rip. They have signs around the complex

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Speaker 1: because there's like five fields out there. In every single

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Speaker 1: field was taken with you know, teams, so a lot

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Speaker 1: of people are out there. They just had signs to

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Speaker 1: say six ft apart. And I saw one person with

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Speaker 1: a mask on. It was actually a kid, um, which

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Speaker 1: I found interesting. She was walking with her mom. Her

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Speaker 1: mom didn't have a mask on, but she did um

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Speaker 1: and then she know there was no mask. I mean,

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Speaker 1: and everybody kind of I don't know. I think we're

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Speaker 1: at a point now with everything that's going on, is

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Speaker 1: that we just we're more aware of things, so we

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Speaker 1: just generally are just more cheerful about what we're doing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think so too. I mean I would go watch

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Speaker 1: a softball game like you did as well. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if it were because again you're outside, you know, you

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Speaker 1: don't have to be super close but I bet you

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Speaker 1: it's probably hard for you though, to beat off all

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Speaker 1: the autographed seekers, Like how do you sit on the

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Speaker 1: bleacher when everybody's trying to pop right to you and

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Speaker 1: get all the get something signed? You know you're right

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Speaker 1: all dude, all them softball moments there after me. You

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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. I'm like, ladies, ladies, my wife's

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Speaker 1: right here with but in the oven. Okay, we're bregnant.

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Speaker 1: Can't can't touch this. All right? There he is Chuck

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Speaker 1: Wicks at Chuck Wicks. Chuck, I'll talk to you soon. Man.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for being on the podcast.