1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: M H. Welcome to episode to forty five The Bobby Cast, 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,079 Speaker 1: all about music. We'll talk to Chuck Wicks and a 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: little bit who is a buddy of mine. He's pretty 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: honest about how he's firing went down at a radio 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: station here in Nashville. So ah, interesting talking. You know. 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: I've never talked to Chuck on this before, but that's 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: coming up a little bit. I hope you hang out 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: for that. I do want to talk about because we 9 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 1: record this version of it on Friday. A lot of 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: new music coming out today. I was on Instagram a 11 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: little bit ago and I saw Brett Eldridge post a 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: clip of his new video, and I was talking about 13 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: a couple of days ago, and he was saying that 14 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: shooting a music video in the Corona world's kind of 15 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: peculiar because everybody's got masks on. You look over, we 16 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: got a camera guy with a mask on. It's a 17 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: super small crew. So Brett Eldridge, I believe the song 18 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: for that video. Before I get to the his new song, 19 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: I want to make sure I'm right here. I think 20 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: the video is for a single which is now It's 21 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: for good Day, I'll be day all right here it 22 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: is here's a good day, and something's got me thinking, 23 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: maybe it's gonna be a good I don't know. I 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: feel like love's coming in the sunny, even shining, keep 25 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: balls made to keep spilly, I gotta feed. It's gonna 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: be a good d like that one, all right. Cole 27 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: Swindell has got a new song called single Saturday Night, 28 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: We're in the corner, Baby. I saw pretty real lists 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: working on a white cloth, shaking to a little ship 30 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: me all night long and untend you don't wake up 31 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: in my show. It's funny to hear because whiskey is 32 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: the number one alcohol talked about. But you're starting to 33 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: see white clock kind of slowly slip into country songs 34 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: when they're talking about what the girls are drinking. You know, 35 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: that's the new female drink in country songs, like I'll 36 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: drink my whiskey, you're drinking your white claw and we'll 37 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: do it. Coleslandells oddly a really good athlete too. I 38 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: think he was a like an all state football player. 39 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: I think he played uh defense. Not a big guy, 40 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: could be deceivingly big. I'm not sure. Because the conversation 41 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: that have with Chuck Wicks, I was surprised that how 42 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: big Chuck is because I've stood next to Chuck and 43 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't feel like he towers over me. 44 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: But yeah, Cole, he had posted some pictures on his 45 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: Instagram if I'm playing football in high school and hit 46 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: him up and I was like, Hey, what'd you do? 47 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: And he was like, ah, you know, you know, he 48 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: wasn't bragging about it at all. I think I asked 49 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: him how good he was because I probably was awarded 50 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: too many. I think it was all State. Next time 51 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: we have them on, I'll talk to him by that. 52 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: Florida Georgia Line put out an EP, which EP is 53 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: we'll call the mini album what I call it, and 54 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: I'm not as sure if that's what it stands for. 55 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: His extended play. Yeah, it means it's extended from just 56 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: one song. Yeah, and the LP is the long play? 57 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: Is that what L stands for? So the EP is 58 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: six pack. Here's a song from Florida Georgia Line called 59 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: Ain't Worried About It. Jordan Davis has a EP and 60 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: before I play one of his new songs, Jordan has 61 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: a few songs he has. You want to pull him out, Mike, 62 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: because I called my manager last night. We were talking 63 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: about some new stuff. My TV show got announced yesterday, 64 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: so we were having a conversation about that. And by 65 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: the way, my new show we start shooting it hopefully 66 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: next month. It's called Breaking Bobby Bones. And the thing 67 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: that people ask most about the TV show world is, hey, 68 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: what's it like? And so I've kind of had to 69 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: describe the show. I would just crib, but like Anthony 70 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: Bourdain shot like that meets micro, dirty jobs meets jackass. 71 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: That's how I would describe it, because you know, there's 72 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: definitely that Anthony Bordain travel around um a little depth 73 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: and the micro. You know, he would go and see 74 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: people's dirty jobs. These jobs aren't always dirty, honestly. Some 75 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: of them are kind of cool and fun, some aren't, 76 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: some are dangerous, UM. And then jack ass because they're 77 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: gonna have me do in this crap. I say, they 78 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: developed the show myself, so anything that happens to me 79 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: is my fault. But that's what the show will be about. 80 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: And so I was calling my manager last night, who 81 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: also works a little bit with Jordan Davis, and so 82 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: I was said, hey, man, Jordan has really turned into 83 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: a great interview would you agree with that? At first, 84 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: I think the guy was just like, man, I'm gonna 85 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: a sea of all these like dudes because all these dudes, 86 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: there's so many of them, and a lot of them 87 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: are so similar. Uh. And Jordan's the guy with the 88 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: big long beard, and as a person, I really like him. 89 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: And at first when I would interview, I'll be like, 90 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: you know, I just don't hear enough to bring him 91 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: on the air a lot. But man, now, like the 92 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: last three times, the guy's been money and I love 93 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: it because I love him. But he's got three big 94 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: songs before I play this church in a Chevy, just 95 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: so you know who he is. He has if he 96 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: ever singles you up that song right there, stupid, then 97 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: he has uh that take it from me? You have 98 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: that one hold on, no one's freezing. I knew something 99 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: was up, but the clunky nature. I was like, we 100 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: must have some sort of computer issue over there. But 101 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: the other you have slow slow dancing a parking lot. Yeah, 102 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: if you don't have the other one, I could sing it. 103 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: I think you had to sing it. Okay, so it 104 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: goes you can now these other ones are on my 105 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: head anyway. It's called take it from me whatever. But 106 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: he has a new EP out today. Everybody we got 107 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: longs me Here here comes the chorus shot all are 108 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: alway get might play here we go fin take it 109 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: from me? Listen? Yeah good? So anyway, all that to say, 110 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: I just want to give you some background in Jordan, 111 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: his uh self tell DP is out today. Here's a 112 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: song called Church and a Chevy. I went church and 113 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: saving on the tulane on the side of the root sun, 114 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: coming up to love. Really excited for that guy, just 115 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: like him a whole lot. Craig Morrigan dropped his new 116 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: album called God Family Country and it's a mixture of 117 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 1: half songs that he had done before and they had 118 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: kind of re They call it remastering where they change 119 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: out some stuff, though they'll go back in and you know, 120 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: I'm a little more guitar, a little less drums. But 121 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: then it's a lot of new stuff too, and even 122 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: a cover. And the cover is Soldier by Gavin de Girl. 123 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: So here's a clip of that. You don't it when 124 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: dude Soldier? See what else we got coming out? This week? 125 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: Margot Price put out a live record at the Rheman. 126 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: It's called Perfectly Imperfect it's a digital only live release. 127 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: She did three nights at the Rheman. Profits donated to 128 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: Music Care's COVID nineteen relief fund. Do we have a 129 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: trick for this one? Yeah? Okay, Nashville, alright, alright, that 130 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: sounds pretty good. You know, I'd wanted to record a 131 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: live record in the Rheman because that's kind of the cool. 132 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: The thing about the Rheman is is you don't make 133 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: as much money playing at the Rheman unless you really 134 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: really bush take it out. And so a lot of 135 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: artists will play the Rheman and they make money. And 136 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: I played. I guess not time. I did the Rymans 137 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: for the million dollars show, now that I think about it, 138 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: I don't make any money from that show. It's all 139 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: gets donated. But the Rheman. You could play a bigger 140 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: place and make more money, but people to come through 141 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: town mostly want to play the Rhemans. So what you 142 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: do with theaters the I and the Rheman is a 143 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: theater ish Ryman Auditorium, but it's it feels like a 144 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: theater when you play. It's kind of a mixture. It's yeah, 145 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: it's yeah, Um, everybody wants to play the rhemans. But 146 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 1: it it costs money to rent a place. How it 147 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: works and the touring world is, Let's say I have 148 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: a building. I own a building, Bobby Theater. So Bobby 149 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: Theater costs, it costs me to buy and I want 150 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 1: to rent it out for five dollars a night. Well, 151 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 1: a promoter will see that it costs five dollars a 152 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: night to rent Bobby Theater. Now Mike's gonna come through. 153 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna rent Bob with theater for five bucks, and 154 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pay you, m hmmm, six dollars. So now 155 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 1: that's costing me eleven dollars to rent the theater and 156 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: to pay you. I need to make sure I'm gonna 157 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: make a fourteen or fifteen dollars, so I'm gonna need 158 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: to go So, but that's the risk. You gotta pay 159 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: for the theater, you gotta pay for the artist. And 160 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 1: then this is the very bare bones way to describe it. 161 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: And they need to make you know, three or four 162 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: dollars off of it. Sometimes they lose money. Sometimes they 163 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: make a lot more money. And for me, when I 164 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: do stand up, if I sell over, it then goes 165 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: into a split. So let's say, I'm playing the Warner 166 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: Theater in DC, one of my favorite places to play. 167 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,599 Speaker 1: It's an expensive theater rent, so I know I'm not 168 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: gonna check my ticket prices up high. Um. I want 169 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: to make money, but I also want to make sure 170 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: that people can come to a show. It's gonna find 171 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 1: that that balance and if they need that holds like 172 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: twenty three hundred or something after about twenty one hundred, 173 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: because I make my my five dollars up and then 174 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: the last two hundred we do a revenue flit like 175 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: then he gets and I get of the remaining tickets. 176 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: There's becomes a breakdown. Depending in the age that you have, 177 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: some people do. I would say I'm a mid level 178 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: touring artist. I'm definitely not mc graw or Dan and 179 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: Shay at this point selling out arena's arena's fair, right, 180 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: But I can do theater big theaters and but that's 181 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: how it works. Does that make sense? It makes sense? 182 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: Did you know all that? No? Not really not that? Yeah? 183 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: So is that that that was good? Huh? I described it? 184 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: I got it all right wrong. I'm not totally wrong, 185 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: because the promoter is the one that takes all the 186 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: risk and then you know, the promoter sometimes will book 187 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: a region and if I'm going to go through the Midwest, 188 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 1: you know, I have a guy that I'll see in St. Louis, 189 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: and then I'll have a galassie at Madison, Wisconsin, and 190 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: he kind of travels along with me because he rents out. 191 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: Because you know what we do. We would do shows 192 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: and see the same promoter from you know, sometimes a 193 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: weekend if we're doing two shows, sometimes two kinds in 194 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: a row for kind of in the same area, ask 195 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 1: him around, thanks for coming, Thanks for coming to my 196 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 1: ted talk. But that's that's how it works. And you know, 197 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: then it gets a little icier for me because part 198 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: of every ticket I still it goes to charity. Um, 199 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: so I donate that and then then you do merch 200 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: and we merch for charity. So then it comes all 201 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: these weird breakdowns. But that's why I have a business manager. 202 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: At this point. I remember the breakdown merch and like 203 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: the charity party would always be a whole like no, 204 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: this is this and this is like okay, I got it. 205 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: And because you gotta pay the house too, because they 206 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: rent you. And again that's why I didn't want to 207 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: go back into such uh specifics, because then the house 208 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: rents you a merch booth. Because remember because by the way, Mike, 209 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: he did merch for me before he started doing opening 210 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: and doing comedy. But if you remember that, you have 211 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: to we have to pay to rent the table. We 212 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: have to give a percentage of what we made. So yeah, 213 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: with a whole different split. Yeah, which is the whole 214 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 1: they got to pay people for everything. Ghosts of West 215 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: Virginia is out. It's Steve Earle and the Dukes. The 216 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: album centers on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion 217 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: that killed twenty nine men in West Virginia in two 218 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: thousand ten. Here's a song called Union God and Country 219 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: Gotten Country. They were burn mountains, tracked the mine and 220 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: walk the line. That's just what you did down with 221 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: got there you go? Someone ringing my doorbell in the 222 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 1: middle of this. Well then I looked at at my 223 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: front porch and I think CMT just dropped off that kit. 224 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: I'm doing the c MT Hero Award thing. They dropped 225 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: up a mini kid as to what we had, an 226 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: American idol, which was weird and might ran the whole thing. 227 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: It was lights and cameras. This is gonna be way 228 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: less than that one thing, the whole big thing to 229 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: connect back if I see it on my porch at 230 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,719 Speaker 1: they just left it there expensive his crap sit in 231 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: the rain by the way. Train has a new song 232 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: called Rescue Dog. I don't know if we have that one. 233 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: Hold on one second. I got to talk to this 234 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: guy out here. Hey, man, how are you? Hey, it's Bobby. 235 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: How are you? Uh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do I need 236 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: to come out there or can you leave it there 237 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 1: for up to you? Yeah, I'm inside. I'm in the bathroom. Yes, 238 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: yes it is, Thank you very much. All right, I 239 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 1: get it in a minute. Guy. Thanks. You're talking to 240 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: somebody sitting on the toilet right now. Let you go. Ah, 241 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: there's train. Let's see. We don't have to play all 242 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: these m hm. Grace Potter, who I love? Do you 243 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: have this one? I say that? Then I want to 244 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: hear this one. Grace Potter has a new song called 245 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: each Other. Oh no, well, I like Grace Potter playing 246 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: acoustic cooling. Get come on, we've got each other. I'm 247 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: gonna say that one right now. No that alright, let's 248 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: do one more, little more clip here. Lady Gaga got 249 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: something new from Oriana Grande called Rain with Ariana Grande 250 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: called Rain on Me. There you go, Hey, check out 251 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: Mike's podcast called Movie Mix Movie Podcast before we get 252 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: into Chuck Wicks. What's your episode this week night? I'm 253 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: talking about the greatest movie quotes and then some of 254 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: my favorites movie My movie podcast you can just search 255 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: for movie Mike podcast is growing like a little weed. 256 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: And then next week I'm gonna try to do sequels 257 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: that were better than the originals. Let me think about 258 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: The Terminator because of mine immediately, I haven't seen The Godfather, 259 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: but I think that's kind of accepted as better. Yeah, 260 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: I think the second one was better. M what else 261 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: would be? Oh? Man, I mean Rocky ish, that's so 262 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: early on. I think that's probably probably as good. I 263 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: don't know about better, but as good. It's also hard 264 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: to do. It didn't suck. I liked it. It just 265 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: compared to one, two, and four. I did not like 266 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: Rocky three, But okay, put Rocky in that. What about 267 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: maybe fast and furious movies because does that count that 268 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: there's a lot of them? Yeah, if any of those 269 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: are actually better than the first one, am I forgetting 270 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: any just glaring ones? I mean I think The Dark 271 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: Knight was better than Batman begins. Yeah. Interesting, and also 272 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: the Captain America, the second one was better than the 273 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: first one. Someone first one is very slow. Yeah, I 274 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: was never just into Captain America as a its own. 275 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: That may be the worst one to me, really. Yeah. 276 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: I never watched Dr Insignia or whatever his name was. 277 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: Doctor Strange Yeah whatever, dr Strange love No, just Doctor Strange. 278 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: I don't watch that one. I'll think about that. All right, 279 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: a movie, Mike search it. Come back with Chuck Quicks. 280 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: It's really honest. Talk here next, alright, talking with Chuck 281 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: Wicks right now, Hey man, what's up? It's interesting to 282 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: get you on because uh, and we're gonna get back 283 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: around in a second to what's happening with you in 284 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: your career and just a little bit. But I was 285 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: looking over notes, as I often do. I didn't know 286 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: that you had done four You did four iron Man's, 287 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: Is that right? Yeah? Well let me clarify because the 288 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: people that do four iron Man's will have my head 289 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: for it. I am a seventy point three guys, So 290 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: I've done four half iron Man's. I am not. I'm 291 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: not full crazy as they say I'm just half crazy. 292 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: So but yeah, I love doing triathlons. It's like it's uh. 293 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: I started doing it maybe four years ago, five years ago. 294 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: And you know, I grew up an athlete, went to 295 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: the comments to play baseball, and I was just I 296 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: needed something to feel that like competitive edge. So triathlons 297 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 1: it was why not? And I say this as someone 298 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: I've done a couple of Olympic traath lines which aren't 299 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: quite what you've done in the iron Man, but why 300 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: not go ahead and hit the full iron Man? Um? Honestly, 301 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 1: I want to do a full one full iron Man, 302 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 1: but I also want to still have my body left 303 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: as I get older. I mean, the training, it's all 304 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: about the training. If it takes so much time to 305 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: train for half, to train for a full would be 306 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: like it's almost it's almost like a career move. I'm 307 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 1: just saying, you're probably happy with yourself. If you got one, 308 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: you got one in, that's all just one. I can 309 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,719 Speaker 1: get one. I'm gonna get one in before. I'll get 310 00:17:55,760 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 1: one in before. How about that? Are you shredded right now? Yeah? 311 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: I have no now. When I when I'm training full board, like, 312 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: I'll go into a race at one all way about 313 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: one eight, and then I'll be shredded. Like race day, 314 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm shredded, But right now I'm about one. If that 315 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: gives you an idea of like, how tall are you? 316 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: Six two six two and three quarters? Bobby? You that 317 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: much taller than me because I'm six lot over six ft. 318 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,719 Speaker 1: But I didn't know that you were demanding height when 319 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: you stood next to me. I didn't know I needed 320 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: to recognize who was my superior in height. Dang, I 321 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: don't know two inches is not demanding or superior. I mean, 322 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: now if I'm six five, if I'm going like Charles 323 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: Kelly height or Tray Sack inside, that's a different story. 324 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: But Chuck and I have been been but for a 325 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: couple of years. Um, Chuck, your radio career started back 326 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: with Blair? Is that right? Back like five six years ago? 327 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: Tell me how that started? Yeah? So well, I'm you know, 328 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: I'm moved to Nashville. I played baseball down a Florida 329 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: Southern college and that's when I like picked up a 330 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: guitar and started. You know, I was like, Okay, I 331 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: want to be a recording artists. This is what I 332 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: want to do. This is what I was meant to do. 333 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: Hold on, We're gonna get to the recording artist stuff 334 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: in a minute. I go, I'm just talking because I 335 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: think a lot of people know you as Chuck Wicks, 336 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: that the guy with the songs. But I'm curious about 337 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: when you got into radio first. Okay, some radio talking 338 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: on the radio. I got into that about six years ago, 339 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: and Blair Garner did ask me to be a part 340 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: of it. I remember he because I knew Blair from 341 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 1: being on a show as an artist, and He's like, Hey, 342 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: I'm working on this new show. Do you want to 343 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: be on it? And I'm like, what is it? And 344 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: I'd like, dude, I had just I had lost my 345 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: record deal, I had lost my publishing deal. And I 346 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: was like, I'm like, what am I doing? Like what 347 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: am I gonna do? Because it wasn't like I wasn't 348 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: getting another record deal anytime soon. I wasn't. I didn't 349 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: know if it's gonna happen. I was like, you know what, 350 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: maybe this is maybe this is my new half and 351 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: I said, yeah, let's do it. So it was it 352 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: was Blair Garner, myself, Kerry Clark, who we love, uh 353 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: grade nineties y u K artists um Lee and Walmack 354 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 1: started with us, um Sonny Sweeney. It was like Blair, 355 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: Garner and a bunch of artists, and I jumped in 356 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: and ended up loving it. I remember when you got 357 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: because that show went on and we went on. I 358 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: think we might have been on like a month ahead. 359 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: I mean, because there was really no ahead because both 360 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: shows were kind of getting put together. And I remember here, 361 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: I was just coming in with all my friends. And 362 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 1: by the way, I love Blair. I love all those 363 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: people you just mentioned. And I remember Blair was going 364 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 1: on because Blair had left my heart and he went 365 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: over to a Cumulus the radio company, and they were like, 366 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: Blair's doing a show with all these artists, and I'm like, 367 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: what the crap? Like I showed up with my buddies, 368 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: and Blair's got the all star team of Nashville the 369 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: country music artists. And that's what I remember thinking. And 370 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: you know, that's when I was introduced you, except for 371 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: uh stealing Cinderella that song. That's that's how I was 372 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: introduced to you as being a part of that show. 373 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: So you worked with the Blair for how long it 374 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: would have been three years? I was with him, and 375 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 1: I'm assuming that went pretty well because you ran that whole, 376 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: that whole gamut with him. Yeah, and then some yep, 377 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: I went three years with him. And listen, a lot 378 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: of people Blair and I were together for three years, 379 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: but Jerry Clark lasted a long time too. A lot 380 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: of people there were interwoven with that, like different other 381 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: third chairs, fourth chairs, whatever you want to call him 382 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: on that show. And you know, then Blair ended up 383 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: going back to UM after midnights or like in that 384 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: slot of like the overnight night, Yeah, overnights, and a 385 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: guy named Ty came in and and took his spot, 386 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: and then it became the Ty Bentley Show for and 387 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: I lasted with him for another three years. And so 388 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: how was that vibe different with Ti than with Blair? Um? 389 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: You know, it's it wasn't really different. Ties a little 390 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: bit younger, um, a little bit different style, um, but 391 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: besides that, it was it was pretty much the same 392 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: kind of outline. Well, so then I see where Ti 393 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: leaves or whatever happened there, and then you're running the 394 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: show and by this point you and I have become 395 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 1: had become buds. We see each other out, we've talked. 396 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: You came when I was doing Dancing with the Stars, 397 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: because you had done Dancing with the Stars back in 398 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: the day. You came by my by my trailer and 399 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: so um and then you were heading the show for 400 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: how long were you heading the show or at least 401 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 1: you were the you know, one of the main one, 402 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: or I don't know what that was. I don't know, 403 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: if you consider yourself, I would consider you the main 404 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: But how long did that last? Yes, that's interesting that 405 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: you even say that, because, um, so what had happened 406 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: about it was actually a few months ago Ty had quit. 407 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: You left the show. So here we are on the 408 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: tip of Emily Show with no tie, and you know, 409 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: I saw the staff and everybody and on the morning 410 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: show freaking out, and I'm like, wait a minute, this 411 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: is my moment. I'm like waiting for this for six years, 412 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: like I've kind of waited in the way it's gonna 413 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: always wanted my own show. I'm like, no, I got it. 414 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna we're gonna be good. I'm gonna sit at 415 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: the helm, I'm gonna take over. We're gonna do this. 416 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: And that's when like the next day, Nashville got slammed 417 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: with the tornado that six tornadoes actually just wiped a 418 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: lot of people out, a lot of devastation. So my 419 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: first week is like taking over once Tye left. We 420 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: had this you know, natural disaster that we had to 421 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: take care of, and we're all all the focuses on that, 422 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: not what does Chuck sound like, as you know, the 423 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,159 Speaker 1: lead guy. So right after that we run into what 424 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: we're currently facing, the pandemic and everybody having to social 425 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: distance and work from home. So I got about I 426 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: think seven weeks and at the Helm, but it was 427 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: never really at the Helm, that was at home via zoom. 428 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: And so in your mind, you're doing this show, you're 429 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: I'm assuming that you've kind of taken charges. Hey, I'm 430 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: gonna be the leader, like follow me, We're gonna do 431 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: some really great things here. But but you're doing it 432 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: from home. Are you communicating with your bosses, like what's 433 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 1: happening in that world? Because even for me now it's 434 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: a struggle sometimes to get ahold of my bosses because 435 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: everybody is being pulled in all these different directions like 436 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 1: what are you feeling at this time and who are 437 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: you talking with? So it was interesting because I had 438 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: to almost, uh, plead my case. I had to beg 439 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: almost I had to plead my case. Hey, guys talking 440 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: to the vice the vps. And at the time, we 441 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: got a new vv VP that came in, so he 442 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: didn't really know me. I didn't we knew of each other. 443 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: And I said, you gotta give me a shot, you 444 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: gotta give me a shot, and they kept saying yeah, 445 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: you know, and I had to like, I was, you know, 446 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: I'm talking to my agent, I'm talking to you know, 447 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: several vps. I'm talking to my boss within the building 448 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: where I work, trying to get every I need to 449 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: get on the same page, like, hey, Chuck's got this. 450 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: So I'm thinking, I'm like, all right, maybe maybe they're 451 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 1: gonna give me a shot at this. It comes to 452 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: find out they never really were like they you know, 453 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: when the the new VP came in, he was just like, 454 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: I got my people, they're coming in now. And looking 455 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: back now he's like, I got my people, they're coming in, Chuck. 456 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: They basically used me to keep the keep the team 457 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 1: together until they got all their ducks in a row 458 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: and figured out what they wanted to do. And then, 459 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know if you're gonna ask me 460 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: this or not. But we all ended up getting fired 461 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 1: about two weeks ago, right after we did a Friday show, 462 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 1: and we're honestly man really never saw it coming and 463 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: just kind of bummed us out. It was it was 464 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: a tough time. They call you in the office and 465 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: how did that go? What happened? They tell you, so 466 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: because it wasn't oh that's right, Corona. You didn't get 467 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,439 Speaker 1: to go in to the office. I didn't even get 468 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: to go in the office, didn't even get a face 469 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: to face, And it was just it was one of 470 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: those deals versus like, hey, tuck in the minute, because 471 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: I didn't really talk to, you know, the new VP 472 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: that much. So the minute he I got a call 473 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: from him, and then the minute he goes, hey, I 474 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: don't know if you met so and so from HR, 475 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: but he's on the phone as well, and I was like, 476 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: I'm getting fired, and it hit me right in the chess. Man. 477 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: I was just like, because I always, you know, you 478 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: always have a gut feeling if someone's going to give 479 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: you a shot, or they're behind you, or if they 480 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,440 Speaker 1: get it. And I always kind of knew in my 481 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: gut that they didn't get it. They I wasn't going 482 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: to get the shot, but it hit home, man, Like 483 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: in that phone call, I was just like, I'm gonna 484 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: I'm about to get fired, and now I'm a different 485 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: I'm a different guy than I was last year. Like 486 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: I'm married, now, I got three bonus daughters, and I 487 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: have people to take care of. So immediately I was 488 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: just like, holy crap, Like what am I gonna do? 489 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: Like what am what? Now? What am I gonna do? 490 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: I remember because you and I were talking even way 491 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: before that, you know, the firing happened, and and even 492 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: I thought it was weird that they were keeping the 493 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 1: show name for someone who wasn't on the show anymore. 494 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: I mean, that was an odd thing. And now looking back, 495 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: you know, it kind of makes sense. I'm not gonna 496 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: rebrand it with you if they knew from the beginning 497 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: it wasn't gonna be you. Um, but you and I 498 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: have been talking and just I was we were checking 499 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: on each other because you know, we're both doing the 500 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: same thing right across the street from each other basically, 501 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: And I remember whenever I saw it, I was like, 502 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: oh crap, because I think you're really talented obviously, I 503 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: think you're really good at what you do. And you 504 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 1: called and I was like, hey, dude, give it a bit, 505 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: like take two weeks, and because right, because you're kind 506 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: of on tilt a little, but something crazy happens to 507 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: you're kind of on tilt where you're just you're reacting 508 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: more than you're responding. And you took two weeks, and 509 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: what did you kind of find out about yourself in 510 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: that two weeks? Uh? Well, first of all, thank you 511 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 1: for saying that in great advice, because the minute it 512 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: did happen, I got The minute I got fired, I 513 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: did panic because I'm like, how am I gotta I 514 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: gotta make money, I gotta take care of my family, 515 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: and being in this weird spot, I mean it was weird. 516 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 1: Immediately started thinking about all the other people that lost 517 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: their jobs and all the other people that got furloughed 518 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,159 Speaker 1: or whatever it was. I was just like, Wow, this sucks. 519 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 1: And so I took the two weeks and I figured 520 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: out what do I want? What I want to do? 521 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: What do I want? And I do want my own show, 522 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: you know, I do want to have my own radio show. 523 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: It's just it's just not there there at that home 524 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: at that place that I was. I want people that 525 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: believe in me. I want I want to be with 526 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: the right team, and I want to do things that 527 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: that are great. I remember going to work, Dude. I 528 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: would go to work and it was just I was 529 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: just kind of like showing up. You know. It wasn't 530 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: I wasn't being challenged. I wasn't being I was comfortable. 531 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: And we we had talked about this. When you get 532 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: fired or when you get let go or something major happens, 533 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: you immediately get out of your comfort zone. And dude, 534 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: I was immediately uncomfortable. So I did take the two weeks, 535 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: and I was like, I want my own show, and 536 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: you know, and that's what I was wondering too. If 537 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: you took the whole time, did you want to get 538 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: back to grinding as an artist because you had success there? 539 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: Did you want to really do radio? Like what? And 540 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: so you know, you and I talk again and You're like, Hey, 541 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: this one what I'm gonna do. And I'm like, well, 542 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: I think you're super talented. Uh, nobody's hiring right now. Which, 543 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: by the way, as soon as they had put the 544 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: announcement that you weren't working over there, I called my 545 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: boss and I was like, hey, there's a guy here 546 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: is real good, and nobody's hiring anywhere at all. Right, 547 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: it's everybody's just just hemorrhaging money at this point. And 548 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: you know, I listen, I have said on the show before, 549 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,959 Speaker 1: I took a percentage pay cut just so we wouldn't 550 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: have to lay people off on my show. So you know, 551 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 1: everybody and I'm not that's not that's uh right now, 552 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: everybody's hurting. And so you know, I remember telling you, hey, 553 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: nobody's hiring. Don't take that as a youth thing. But 554 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: if you want to like do something, and there's no 555 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: announcement here and out, but you know, and you and 556 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: I are working on on something that I think you'll 557 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: just thrive in. And I'm excited to hear that you 558 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: want to do this for however long you want to 559 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: do this. You know, the thing that I love about 560 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: you know, us getting together and and working on a 561 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: project together and making some things happen is that one 562 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: thing that did not happen where I was, where I 563 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: was working, was they never got like, they never got 564 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: they never got the full you know, three sixty picture 565 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: of what could happen and like I look at you, 566 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: You're doing exactly what I want to do. Like you 567 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: gotta you know, a badass shell in the morning, right. 568 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, you kicked our butt all every day, right, 569 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: so you know you got this badass show, but you're 570 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,479 Speaker 1: also making it happen outside of that. Like you're an 571 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: American idol. You go around and you tour in these 572 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: great places, these amazing theaters and sell them out and 573 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: do your your show, and you take your friends with you, 574 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 1: and you do music and you do all these things. 575 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: And I'm like, there's a guy, you know, And I'm 576 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: not trying to blow you up right now, but you're 577 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: a guy that you get it because you're doing it. 578 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: So I'm excited to get started on our front. I'm 579 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: excited to get started working with you, and I'm excited 580 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: to see where it goes because it's gonna go more 581 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: places than just one place. Well, and this is in 582 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: no means an announcement, but I'm very excited because listen, 583 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: I've been a Chuck fan for a long time. Um, 584 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: I remember at one point while you were on you 585 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: may not remember this, but while you were doing the 586 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: show that you know it's I'm not a big believer 587 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 1: in just radio competitors, because I think we're competing with 588 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: everything YouTube, We're competing with everything is is you're you're 589 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: trying to find your spot in people's consciousness. And so 590 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: with me, I never look at somebody on another radio 591 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: frequency and go, uh. That being said, I remember you're 592 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: on the other country station and and you put out 593 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: a song I thought was so good. I played it 594 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: on my show while you were doing the other show 595 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: as of the main talents over there. So you know, 596 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: to me, it's always about and it always has been 597 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: about just surround yourself with the best people. Yeah, encourage 598 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: and give them the resources that they need, because if 599 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 1: you surround yourself with the best people, which I've done 600 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,480 Speaker 1: with my show, it elevates me. I wouldn't be the 601 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: talent that I am without Amy, my co host, who've 602 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: never been on the radio, or Eddie or lunch Box 603 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: are those guys, And I think that that there's going 604 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: to be that relationship with us too, because you're way 605 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: better at most of the things that I do. And 606 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: so I'm excited to see where you can go that 607 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't, but I will say this, you 608 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 1: and I together That's that's some strength right there. That's 609 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: something that will be hard to be I do have 610 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: a couple of questions, and at a later time when 611 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: this is finalized, if it is in the world gets 612 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: back to normal, um, we'll do an official analysis. But 613 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: as I was kind of looking up some stuff about you, UM, 614 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: I had a couple of questions that I had written down. 615 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 1: Because when you talk to your friends, like when we're 616 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: at an event, we're just talking with each other. I 617 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: don't get to ask you questions like this because it 618 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: would be weird. But in your song, better than flowers, 619 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: you say quote, but I can make love to you 620 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: for hours, It's better than flowers. My question is have 621 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 1: you ever made love for hours? If so, how that's right? Okay, UM, 622 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 1: that's a great question. I have made love with U. 623 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: And the only reason why I made I made love 624 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: for hours is because I was really drunk, and so 625 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: that's what I need to do then, kind of numb 626 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: it with alcohol. That's right. I recommend whiskey if that 627 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: puts it together for you. Whenever stealing Cinderella hit, did 628 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: you play weddings with that song and make a little 629 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 1: bit of money doing that? Because I know it was 630 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 1: a wedding song. But did you ever go planning yourself? Okay, yes, 631 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 1: I did. I have been asked to play a lot 632 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: of way and at first, um, I was like, no, no, no, 633 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: I don't want to do it. Until I don't know 634 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 1: if I should say that. There was uh, somebody that 635 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 1: paid me a bunch of money to sing still in 636 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: Cinderella at their wedding, and I was like, okay, wait 637 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,320 Speaker 1: a minute, why, yes, let's go do this this Maybe 638 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,359 Speaker 1: maybe I meant to be a wedding singer. But yeah, 639 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: I've played I've played four, maybe five weddings, and it's 640 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,800 Speaker 1: usually been around like maybe a governor's daughter is getting 641 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: married or you know, uh coach Fumer was. That's when 642 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,399 Speaker 1: I knew it was a big wedding song. I didn't 643 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 1: write it as a wedding song. I didn't write it 644 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: as like a father daughter dance. I never even thought 645 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 1: about that. Um. But it it happens to be one 646 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 1: of the biggest wedding songs and it still gets played 647 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,360 Speaker 1: today and it's so amazing because it's just a reminder 648 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: of the power of a song. Right And you know 649 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: you said it when we first got on your like 650 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 1: you you know you know him for this, you know 651 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 1: you know him for this song, And part of that's like, well, 652 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: I got other songs too, but to being to be 653 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,280 Speaker 1: known for anything is special and that song is special, 654 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: and uh it's pretty cool. Hey, I brought up better 655 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: than flowers too, So don't act like I only said 656 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: you were known for stealing Cinderella, So don't twist my words. 657 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 1: That's true. Yeah, you're right. I appreciate I've never thought 658 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: another man would ask me if I had made love 659 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,839 Speaker 1: for hours, and I appreciate it coming from you. Yeah, 660 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,800 Speaker 1: would you draw that for me? Like maybe a sketch 661 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: with chalk that would be cool on the sidewalk. Yeah. Um, 662 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: let me ask this because you did Dancing with the 663 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,359 Speaker 1: Stars when you got into it, because I never danced 664 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: a second in my life. I've never I was the 665 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: one on our show that had no training. Were you 666 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: the same when it came to dance? Same and listen? 667 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: People hated me on Dancing with the Stars because, um, 668 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 1: well I was very polarizing. Either loved me or hated me. 669 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,880 Speaker 1: They hated me. The haters hate to me because I 670 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: was dancing at Julianne huff At the time. I have 671 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:06,759 Speaker 1: been dating Julianne for seven months at that time, so 672 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: they're like, in their minds, the fans minds that watched 673 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 1: the show, they're like, oh, well, he's dated her for 674 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,959 Speaker 1: like seven months. They probably practice all the time, see 675 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: each other or they have advantage, And I'm like, please, 676 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: not even close. I can't imagine being in a relationship 677 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:28,960 Speaker 1: with someone because my partner and I Sharna, no romance whatsoever. 678 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 1: Loved her, respect, you know, respect her because they were 679 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 1: really really hard times because there's a lot of training, 680 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 1: and respect her so much after that's all over. But 681 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,359 Speaker 1: to also have to be in a functioning romantic relationship 682 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: while going through that would be near impossible. Yeah, actually, 683 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 1: I see. I actually thought it hindered our performances because 684 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 1: we we we knew once you know, dance practice or 685 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: whatever you wanna call it was over, we were still 686 00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 1: going to be with each other, so we didn't I 687 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: think we were we were not as focused because we're like, wow, 688 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,399 Speaker 1: we got all day, We're gonna be together all day. 689 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: So we would dance for like maybe a couple of hours, 690 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,719 Speaker 1: and then that was it. I got a couple of 691 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: the By the way, where'd you finish on that show 692 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,320 Speaker 1: fifth place. Did you want to? Did you think you 693 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:25,239 Speaker 1: could win? Mm hmm no not actually now, I thought 694 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,400 Speaker 1: I thought I was gonna come in top three, but 695 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:30,840 Speaker 1: and all I wanted to do was make it to 696 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,399 Speaker 1: the finals. And I was one week away from making 697 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,360 Speaker 1: it to the finals, So I was okay with it. 698 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:40,040 Speaker 1: But also the next week, because every year is different, 699 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,839 Speaker 1: I think you as the years went by, it got 700 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: harder and harder. Like you, you probably started doing two 701 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:49,879 Speaker 1: dances per show first week. First week exactly, we didn't see. 702 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,759 Speaker 1: I was just responsible for one dance my whole entire time. 703 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,959 Speaker 1: If I would have made it to the following week, 704 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: I would have had to learn two dances. So I 705 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,040 Speaker 1: was like semi happy that. I was like, all right, good, 706 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:03,840 Speaker 1: I only have I don't have to learn two dancers. 707 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,279 Speaker 1: I get a bye week, and then I come back 708 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: to the finale because I like that. So I don't know, 709 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:11,800 Speaker 1: I was happy with it. Yes, you won, it's no 710 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,439 Speaker 1: well first, by the way, my first sect to dances 711 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 1: a second week. But who won your season? Sean Johnson? 712 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,080 Speaker 1: Oh wow, I mean, and I know Sean from here 713 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: in Nashville. I didn't that's tough. When you're up against 714 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 1: a gymnast, it's tough. Are you supposed to compete with that? 715 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 1: I was Melissa Ryecroft was on our season and she 716 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:34,920 Speaker 1: was a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Again, not fair. We had 717 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 1: a Disney kid and he should have beat me as 718 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,520 Speaker 1: far as the day. I mean, listen, everybody should beat 719 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,400 Speaker 1: me as far as the dancing. I just went like this, 720 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: and you know you came to an episode, you sat 721 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,840 Speaker 1: right in the front row. I knew I wasn't the 722 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: best dancer. I trained as hard as I could to 723 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: get me to the highest dance point that I could get. Period. 724 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,319 Speaker 1: But then while everybody else is playing checkers, I'm playing chess. 725 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: Going it's two things. I'm gonna win the audience vote 726 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: by five times more than everybody else by the not 727 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:03,959 Speaker 1: only the antics, but the vulnerability of my story, by talking, 728 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 1: by talking with the judges. That's what I wanted for me. 729 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 1: So while everyone's going we've got to kill ourselves and 730 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: get eights and nines, I'm like, I'm gonna get my 731 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: sevens and eights, but I'm gonna go out and when 732 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,880 Speaker 1: the freaking spirit stick. Every week like this is ninth grade. Baby, 733 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 1: you know the game, bro, you were you were our season, 734 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,640 Speaker 1: like our version of you of our for our season 735 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: with Steve Waniak Oh yeah, co founder of Apple that 736 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 1: he was. He won everybody's hearts. Man, he like was 737 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,759 Speaker 1: the funniest guy out there and like did not care. 738 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,400 Speaker 1: And but you were saying you were you were a 739 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 1: better dancer. On top of that, well, I did get 740 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,560 Speaker 1: a lot of hate, a lot of the hardcore Dancing 741 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,680 Speaker 1: with the Stars like, uh through and through's really dislike me. 742 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,800 Speaker 1: But in order to I found through my career, in 743 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 1: order to really pop with some folks, you gotta really 744 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,440 Speaker 1: not because what's making you so lovable to a certain 745 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 1: amount of people, it should also make you unlovable to 746 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,279 Speaker 1: others because it's a very distinct flavor. Um. So I 747 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: didn't know that. I didn't know the whole story about 748 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,120 Speaker 1: your season. It's a great show. I'm happy I did it. 749 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,120 Speaker 1: You are you happy you did it? One of the 750 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: one of the best experiences I was about that me too. 751 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,160 Speaker 1: I have one of the things that I found about you, 752 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:19,080 Speaker 1: I says you, Chuck Wicks quit college two classes short 753 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: of graduation. What that? Why why would you not finish 754 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:28,239 Speaker 1: what an idiot? Right? Um, you know, here's a funny story, 755 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,040 Speaker 1: and I don't think I've ever told the story. Actually, 756 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:35,359 Speaker 1: So I'm in college. I tell my parents. I'm like, hey, 757 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:39,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to drop out of college. You're going to 758 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,960 Speaker 1: become a singer. They look at me, Bobby, and go, 759 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,640 Speaker 1: hold up, you can sing. They had no idea because 760 00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,239 Speaker 1: all I would I would sing around the house. I 761 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 1: would do but I wasn't like in places. I wasn't 762 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,799 Speaker 1: in course, I wasn't in you know, I didn't sing 763 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:57,480 Speaker 1: in church. I didn't do any of that. And they go, 764 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:02,400 Speaker 1: we'll sing for us, Like right now. Now, I'm nineteen 765 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,759 Speaker 1: years old, I've never sang really really standing in front 766 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,359 Speaker 1: of my parents. They made me get up in front 767 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,600 Speaker 1: of them in the living room. My mom and dad 768 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,920 Speaker 1: are staring at me. I go, I don't know what 769 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 1: to sing. They're like, sing anything. I sang the national anthem? 770 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:18,279 Speaker 1: Did they stand up? But their hand over their heart 771 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 1: like they should have. No. They looked at me like 772 00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: I had five hands and not bad, not bad. So 773 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,480 Speaker 1: then you pieced out you're gonna go back and finish that. 774 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,840 Speaker 1: Ever can you get it through correspondence or virtual or 775 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 1: I don't know what they're doing now. I looked into 776 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,360 Speaker 1: it actually, like nine years ago. I was like, in 777 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,000 Speaker 1: the middle of touring. I was just like, I'm not 778 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna see if I can get my 779 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,440 Speaker 1: degree just to make my parents happy. I called and 780 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,560 Speaker 1: because so much time had passed since I've been to school, 781 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:49,480 Speaker 1: of the whole curriculum changed. So instead of two classes, 782 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:51,839 Speaker 1: now I actually have a full half semester I need 783 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,160 Speaker 1: to finish. So what is that like, a half semester 784 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,879 Speaker 1: or full semester? What do you like twelve or something 785 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,920 Speaker 1: like that? All right, Hey, are our goals? That is 786 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,000 Speaker 1: what I like. I like setting goals. Our goals here 787 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,799 Speaker 1: are and are I mean yours? All right? I got 788 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,719 Speaker 1: a few things here. One, we're gonna get something really 789 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,360 Speaker 1: cool and we're gonna work on it, hopefully get that 790 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,720 Speaker 1: thing rolling. That's one to your This is a longer 791 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,160 Speaker 1: term goal. You're going to do a full iron Man 792 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,520 Speaker 1: as at some point in the next few years. Three, 793 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,239 Speaker 1: you're going to make your parents happy and figure out 794 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 1: how to get that, you know, twelve hours or whatever virtually. 795 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,960 Speaker 1: And then four we're gonna figure out once we get 796 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,080 Speaker 1: this podcast or show or whatever we're gonna do popping 797 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:33,560 Speaker 1: and I get back on there. We're just gonna go 798 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,200 Speaker 1: tour together some too. We're just gonna go out and 799 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,440 Speaker 1: it will be the music and comedy variety show. But 800 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:41,960 Speaker 1: all these are great ideas that we can definitely do, 801 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 1: all doable ideas, and all ideas that we can crush. 802 00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,719 Speaker 1: Especially you're going back to school, because I think kids 803 00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:50,880 Speaker 1: everywhere would love to see Uncle Chuck go back to 804 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,200 Speaker 1: school and get his degree. That's all. I'll leave it there. 805 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,560 Speaker 1: It may take a while, but I'll leave that there. Well. Listen, man, 806 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,880 Speaker 1: I um, I'm super excited to talk with you on 807 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,560 Speaker 1: a on a big stage, and you know, I'm anxious 808 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,839 Speaker 1: to see what's happening with you and and hopefully we'll 809 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,840 Speaker 1: come back soon. You and I and I have a 810 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:07,360 Speaker 1: little something to talk about with people that they can 811 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,120 Speaker 1: they can check out and listen. I think you're a 812 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,920 Speaker 1: real talent and I hated to see you you be 813 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,840 Speaker 1: let go over there, But man, some of some of 814 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,440 Speaker 1: the best things happen when adversity hits you kind of 815 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:18,839 Speaker 1: find out who you are and what you really want. 816 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 1: So I think we're gonna see that with you. My 817 00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:24,400 Speaker 1: friend I appreciate you man, And everything happens for a reason, 818 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,080 Speaker 1: and here we are. All right, have a good time 819 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:28,880 Speaker 1: at the beach. Tell everybody I said hello. I'll talk 820 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: to you soon, all right, all right, see dude s