1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:01,280 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. 2 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 2: Welcome to Taking a Walk. I'm your host Buzz Night Now. 3 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 2: Today's conversation takes us inside the world of one of 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 2: country music's most distinctive voices. We've been fortunate to have 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: him on our Taking a Walk Nashville show and also 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 2: Music Save Me, and now he's on our Taking a 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: Walk Show. Chris Young has built a remarkable career on 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 2: the strength of his rich baritone, with hits like getting 9 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: You Home Tomorrow and I'm Coming Over. From winning Nashville 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: Star to becoming a multi platinum artist and touring powerhouse, 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: Chris has stayed true to traditional country sounds while connecting 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: with modern audiences. We talk about his journey from smalltown 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 2: Tennessee to sold out arenas, the stories behind his biggest songs, 14 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 2: and what keeps him grounded after nearly two decades in 15 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: the spotlight. Chris Young coming up next on the Taking 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: a Walk Podcast. 17 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. 18 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: Well, Chris Young, So awesome to be with you on 19 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 2: the Taking a Walk Podcast. 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 3: Happy to be here man, Happy to get to talk 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 3: to you about life, music, everything else. And you know, 22 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 3: finally having a new album to give everybody. 23 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 2: Which I absolutely adore. We're going to get into talking 24 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: about I didn't come here to leave, but I am 25 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: not going to let you escape our signature question that 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: we open up this little podcast with Chris Young, and 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: the question is if you could take a walk with somebody, 28 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 2: living or dead, who would you take a walk with 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 2: and where would you take that walk with him? Oh? 30 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 3: All right, it's a tough one, I am. I would 31 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 3: probably say Elvis and I would take a walk through Nashville. 32 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: And like I say this with the caveat of like, 33 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 3: no one knows that we're there. They can't see us, right, 34 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 3: We're just taking a walk through Nashville and looking at 35 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 3: how much everything has changed. Because I would just ask 36 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 3: him his opinion on life. 37 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: Music, what he went through, what he you know, what. 38 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 3: Were his tribulations that he dealt with, What were his highs, 39 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 3: what were his lows? And I think that's somebody that 40 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 3: lived an incredibly complicated life as huge as he was 41 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 3: as an artist. 42 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: I feel like he would have a lot to. 43 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: Say, No doubt, yes he would. You guys, would you'd 44 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 2: both have I think you would be listening and you 45 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 2: would let. 46 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: Yes, I would not be talking. 47 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 3: I would not be able to tell him anything, So 48 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: that that would definitely be a moment of like tell me, 49 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 3: feed me a little bit of information. 50 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would love to be a fly on the 51 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: wall for sure. So what was the first moment you 52 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: remember connected with music, whether it be from a particular 53 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: song or an artist, and what was that How old 54 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: were you? 55 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 3: I would say I was really young, sitting in the 56 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 3: back of the car Randy Travis. I'm just a huge, 57 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 3: huge fan of Randy Travis growing up, which obviously when 58 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 3: I was a kid, my voice was not this low. 59 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: So I'm glad that it worked out this way that 60 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 3: now I can, you know, be a fan of that music. 61 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 3: But I would say if you asked my mom, probably 62 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 3: the moment that she was like, oh, please stop singing 63 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 3: was she told me that one time she was in 64 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 3: the grocery store and she left me in the magazine. Now, 65 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 3: because I was looking at comic books. I was like, 66 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 3: really exciting because that's when you could pick up a 67 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 3: comic book and just leaf through it. And I'm a nerd. 68 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 3: I tell people that all the time. 69 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: I just am. 70 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 3: But she's had all the same from about four rows over. 71 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: She just hears me. 72 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 3: Going, please, Daddy, don't get dro this Christmas, which is 73 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 3: an Ala Jackson song. 74 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: It's used like not that one. Don't sing that one. 75 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 3: Somebody's gonna think something's harribly wrong. But yeah, I definitely 76 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 3: Randy Travis really really early on in my life. 77 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: I love it. 78 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 2: I love it. So the new album, congratulations, It just 79 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 2: jumps out so wonderfully, so heartfelt. There's so much variety 80 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: on the new music, So congratulations on it. I really 81 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: really dig it. Tell me about the title. What does 82 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 2: it mean to you? And why was it important to 83 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: name the album? 84 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 3: Well, it's funny because the song I Didn't come here 85 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 3: to leave sounds like we wrote it at nine pm, 86 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 3: but we wrote it at nine am. And we had 87 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 3: a lot of fun too. It was a very very 88 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 3: fast songwriting session, brought in the idea. We probably spent 89 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 3: maybe forty forty five minutes righting the entire thing, walked 90 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 3: out of there, listened to the demo that afternoon, gave 91 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 3: it like a little bit of breathing room. I was like, 92 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 3: get out of my brain for a second. Listen to it, 93 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 3: and I was like, this is going to be something 94 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 3: that's going to be a lot of fun to play live. 95 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 3: And then sort of naming the record that it's obviously intentional, 96 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 3: but it's more so from the perspective of I still 97 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 3: have a lot than I want to say in my music, 98 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: and so I thought that encapsulated this really well, because 99 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 3: I've talked about things on this album that I haven't 100 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 3: talked about before, or maybe I haven't set a specific 101 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 3: way and like you were just saying, thank you very 102 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 3: much for the compliment. But there's love songs, there's party songs, 103 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 3: there's songs about my parents, there's songs about my faith. 104 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 3: There's a whole lot that went into this huge shout out. 105 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 3: I'd be remissed if I didn't mention him to Andy 106 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 3: Sheridan for co producing this with me, because I think 107 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 3: that was a big part of it as well. 108 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: So I'm always fascinated by processes. So can you just 109 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: take us inside for this particular project what a song 110 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 2: writing session is? 111 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 3: Like everybody always asks, and I'm like, I have no 112 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:36,679 Speaker 3: way to explain to you, like comprehensively, how this works, 113 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: because it could be something that someone next to me 114 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 3: said when I was at dinner last night and I 115 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 3: heard it and was like, ooh, a song, or it 116 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 3: could be like a melody or like something that I'm playing. 117 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 3: I've been in rooms before where there have been much 118 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 3: more talented guitar players, and I was the one that 119 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 3: picked up a guitar and we used my core changes. 120 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 3: I've been in other rooms where it's like, hey, does 121 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 3: your back hurt from carrying this code? 122 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: Right? 123 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 3: Because you wrote most of this and I was just 124 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 3: adding to it. And I think that anybody tells you 125 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 3: differently unless they wrote it one hundred percent by themselves, 126 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 3: is probably. 127 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: Lying a little bit. 128 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 2: How much does hijinks go into a writing session? 129 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 3: That is probably the main reason why everybody was. 130 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: Like, let's just come in and film you and it. 131 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 3: Would ruin a co write is because we absolutely do 132 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 3: mess with each other the entire time, and then there's 133 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 3: like there's other things that like go into it where 134 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 3: maybe one person had a really crappy day and they 135 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 3: just have to talk out like hey, this happened to me, 136 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 3: and this is why we end up writing the song 137 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 3: that we write, especially if it's a breakup song and 138 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 3: you wouldn't want that on camera and people would probably 139 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 3: clam up and not just talk about their emotions, like 140 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: you really do pour yourself into a. 141 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 2: Song, And how how much anxiety. Is it for you 142 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 2: in terms of the ordering of an album, how things? 143 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: You know, what begins, what's in the middle. I mean, 144 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 2: tell me about that from an artist's standpoint. 145 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: Well, I can tell you. 146 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 3: On this one, I had a lot of anxiety, mainly 147 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 3: because there were fourteen songs. 148 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: I was not thinking about the fact that there is. 149 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 3: A vinyl for this record, and that is highly important. 150 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 3: Everybody is like starting to get back into it, even 151 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 3: if it's just like I signed like six thousand of 152 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 3: these things by the way, so if anybody wants to 153 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 3: go like pick up a sign copy, they exist. 154 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: But when I was. 155 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 3: Doing it and we were making the vinyl, I sent 156 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 3: in my initial like, hey, this is the order, this 157 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 3: is what we're doing. It's very like I already thought 158 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 3: through like what comes first, second, third, fourth, and I 159 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 3: do think about that, like a lot of thought process 160 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 3: does go into the sequencing of an album. And then 161 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 3: they called me back and they're like, hey, so one 162 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 3: one side of this record is too long. They're like, 163 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 3: you can only put so much time on each side 164 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 3: of the actual record, and I was like, oh yeah, 165 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 3: I didn't think about that. So then I had to 166 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 3: reorder a couple of things where I'm like, Okay, make 167 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: this piece here. It was like playing tetris with the 168 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 3: album a little bit, but we got it. It's all 169 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 3: on one record and it worked out. And I do 170 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 3: think the sequence is really really strong. 171 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 2: So and it goes through I do too, It goes through, 172 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 2: you know, a beautiful tapestry that you that you paint. 173 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 2: The anthems kind of suddenly jump out and grab you. 174 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 2: But certainly the heartfelt songs or are really special. Those 175 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 2: those in particular, I gravitate towards and and I know 176 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 2: we've uh, we've talked on this podcast and our other 177 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 2: podcast on music Saved Me and I'm taking a walk 178 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 2: Nashville about some of the songs. And just Keep Living 179 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 2: has been a theme as an incredibly special song, and 180 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,959 Speaker 2: I want you to maybe talk about that one a little. 181 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I was spoken like you said a little 182 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 3: bit on this song already, but for this particular moment, 183 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 3: it's a song about my dad. 184 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: My dad is technically my stepdad, but I always refer to. 185 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 3: Him as my dad and my old man, and he 186 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 3: is and that's how he looks at himself, which is amazing, 187 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 3: and he, you know, is just one of those incredible 188 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 3: human beings that for whatever reason, has been through all 189 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 3: these different health things and he's just sort of walk 190 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 3: through it like somebody walking through a piece of cardboard. 191 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 3: And I know it was harder than that for him 192 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 3: and on him, but everybody's always like, you guys look 193 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 3: so much alike, and it always makes me laugh. And 194 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 3: I sat next to him when he was going through cancer, 195 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 3: which is what this song is about. When he's got, 196 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 3: you know, multiple different things that he's taken. He's taking 197 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 3: this huge cocktail of everything, and they're talking to him 198 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 3: and he's like, I'll be fine, just like old country guy. 199 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 3: They learned heart, mustache and all. And he's like, they're like, 200 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 3: you're going to lose your hair during the process of 201 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 3: going through all this. The entire time, he had a 202 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 3: full head of hair and a full mustache. It's just 203 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 3: that's my dad. But he talked to me and my 204 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 3: mom and my sister and told us he had cancer 205 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 3: and he's beating it. They took a third of one 206 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:57,319 Speaker 3: of his lungs out and he's still around kicking and 207 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 3: doing everything else. But my mom and must sister started crying, 208 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 3: and I was like, I've got to stay like chill 209 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 3: and like totally you know, I'm I'm the other man 210 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 3: of the family, like be cool. And so they leave 211 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 3: and it's just me and him sitting there and he's like, 212 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 3: when they wheel me back when I had my heart attack, 213 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 3: because he had had a windowmaker heart attack, which is 214 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 3: your lower left vegetable money nine percent is blocked. He 215 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 3: drove himself to the hospital Like, again, this is the 216 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 3: kind of man this guy is. 217 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: And I wouldn't recommend anyone doing that, by the way. 218 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 3: That's listening to this podcast, please don't do that. But 219 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 3: he he said, they wheel me back and they said, 220 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 3: say your purse whatever God you believe in, and they 221 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 3: say that to you in the hospital if they think 222 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 3: he might not wake up, and he was like, I 223 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 3: prayed for y'all to be okay. He is, I felt 224 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 3: a weight lift off to me, like off of my shoulders, 225 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 3: he is. I knew y'all were going to be okay, 226 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 3: and so I didn't care. I was like, I'm get 227 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 3: he goes, this is just another one of those things, kid. 228 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 3: So I wrote this song about him, and then I 229 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 3: had to call him and make sure it was okay 230 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 3: to put the song on the record. Because it's very personal. 231 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 3: But yeah, I think this is a really powerful song 232 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 3: that's a part of the fabric of this album. 233 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 2: It's it's wonderful. It made me envision being on a 234 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 2: front porch, like reflecting on life and what's important, and 235 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 2: it just really took me to a place personally, you know, 236 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: in that regard. So thank you for sharing, you know, 237 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 2: your personal reflections on it. And it wouldn't be the 238 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 2: right thing to leave a song off about your mother, 239 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 2: so talk about a different take on the world. 240 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, with your with your. 241 00:13:54,240 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 3: Mom and happier, happier Jesus Mama Country Radio said, it's 242 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 3: pretty self explanatory. But also I do say this on 243 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 3: a lot of interviews, but it's the truth. If I 244 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 3: had put a song about my dad on there and 245 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 3: didn't put a song about my mom. 246 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: She knows where I live. 247 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,199 Speaker 2: And watch out. 248 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, or's your what's. 249 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 2: Your favorite thing that your mom cooks for you? 250 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 3: You know what, Probably she makes a great chicken chili. 251 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 3: That is just chef's kiss. That's it's perfect. 252 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: I love it. 253 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 2: Talk about some of your other other favorites off of 254 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 2: the new album. 255 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I would say ten Ruf is one that comes 256 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 3: up a lot. That's that's one of my favors. Obviously, 257 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 3: I love the single, which is weird because now I've 258 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 3: called out two songs that are two of the three 259 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 3: that I didn't write, but to the last one Dies 260 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 3: is very impor Boots on the Ground to me is 261 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 3: a lot of fun. And what's funny is the guy 262 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 3: that wrote Tin Roof, one of the guys is actually 263 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 3: signed in my publishing company. 264 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: His name's Ty Graham. He's a good friend of mine. 265 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 3: We've written a bunch of songs that are on the 266 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 3: record together. But he is very much like if John 267 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 3: Mayer like slammed into country music. Like that's how I 268 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 3: imagine him just in saying guitar player like that's very much. 269 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 3: He's very raspy, breathy like, but still like powerful vocally. 270 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 3: I would say where I'm like, hey, I can play 271 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 3: this song with two chords. He's like, yeah, but I 272 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 3: can play it with fourteen. 273 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: Watch this. 274 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 3: I did not expect him to like this song and 275 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 3: Boots on the Ground specifically, it is it is a 276 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 3: like we made a line dance to this song. It 277 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 3: is when I was writing it, that was the entire 278 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 3: purpose of the chorus. I mean, obviously there's a there's 279 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 3: another hook to it if you listen to all the lyrics. 280 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 3: But we made the video with everybody doing the line dance. 281 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 3: We get to make like a really cool bar scene 282 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 3: that was very viby. And uh he called me and 283 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 3: he goes, I love Boots on the Ground. 284 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: Man. 285 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 3: I'm like, that's the one that you like, you gravitated 286 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 3: towards that. What he is, well, I didn't want to 287 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 3: call out my own song, so he goes, yeah, that 288 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 3: was the one that I love. 289 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 2: I hear a lot of hits on it, and it's 290 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 2: just that's that's my opinion. That's that's what I'm hoping 291 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 2: and believing. And there's a lot of hits on this 292 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 2: on this one, Chris for sure. 293 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 3: You know, thank you man. I hope you're right your 294 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 3: mouth of God's ears. 295 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: Yes, sir. 296 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 3: So. 297 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 2: In closing, what's something you learned about yourself as an 298 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: artist that you wish you'd known when you started? 299 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 3: That's a that's a heavy question. So if I was 300 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 3: going to say anything, it's that you can fail and 301 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 3: still come back from it. I get that everybody knows 302 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 3: like nobody's perfect. But I remember the very first time 303 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 3: after I had finally started having number one since finally 304 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 3: just any hit of any kind, and I had five 305 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 3: in a row, and then the sixth song didn't work. 306 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: We didn't even make a video for it. 307 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 3: There was a period where I had a number one 308 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 3: and then like the next song only went to twenty three, 309 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 3: And it was just sort of like, Okay, where am 310 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 3: I in the landscape of music? 311 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: Like, did I pick the wrong songs? Do I need 312 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: to like change up my team? Don't need to change 313 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: up something? Nothing about me. 314 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 3: I remember I sat down, I had a conversation with someone, 315 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 3: and I changed management, and I had this whole album 316 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 3: ready to go. I had written all these songs. I 317 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 3: was like, what am I going to do with it? 318 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 3: And oddly enough, that's sort of the same situation I'm 319 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:02,479 Speaker 3: in with this project at That project was recorded at 320 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 3: the same studio that my record label now owns. It 321 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 3: was at the soundstage and it's Black River Entertainment owned 322 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 3: that studio. I recorded this whole album with a friend 323 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 3: of mine, Corey Crowder, and it was I'm Coming over. 324 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,719 Speaker 3: And then I had three straight number ones. Again, So 325 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 3: even if you think, like ah man, that last one 326 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 3: didn't work, try try again. And it sucks to have 327 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 3: heard that all of your life and everybody always says 328 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 3: it to you, and you have that in your brain 329 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 3: and you know that it's just a saying that everybody uses. 330 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 3: But that's why it sticks around as a saying. 331 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: You never know, you know. 332 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: Resilience is a theme often in the show in terms 333 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 2: of an artist sticking with it and believing and people 334 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 2: believing in So that's an important theme for you to 335 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: pass on to everybody, no matter what walk of life 336 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 2: that there. And Chris absolutely, I really want to thank 337 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 2: the folks at Black River Entertainment and Cindy Hunt from 338 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 2: Monarch for connecting us great people. So grateful to have 339 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 2: you on. Chris Young, it's an honor. Congratulations on the 340 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 2: new music, and thank you for being on Taking a Walk. 341 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 3: Hi, thank you for talking with me, thank you for 342 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 3: talking about the album, and very much appreciate your time. 343 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a 344 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 3: Walk Podcast. Share this and other episodes with your friends 345 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 3: and follow us so you never miss an episode. 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