1 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: Welcome into the bonus episode of Unsigned and Independent. This 2 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: is Kevin O'Connell and today something a little different. We 3 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: have Shane Profit on him. Shane is not unsigned or independent. 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: He does have a deal, but he is still so 5 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: fresh in the industry and his life has changed so 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: much in the last year and I wanted to get 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: him on to tell his story. I heard about him 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: about six months ago from Chris Jansen, and Chris Jansen 9 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: is the guy who discovered him or he discovered Chris 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: and then they kind of made a relationship. And you'll 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: hear the story. It's awesome. Make sure you follow Shane 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: on social media as well at the Shane Profit follow 13 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: me at kickoff. Kevin again, this is the bonus episode 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: to Unsigned and Independent. I appreciate you listening, and here 15 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: you go. You're gonna really enjoy this with Shane Profit. Shane, 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: how you doing today? I am great, man. How are you? 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: I'm doing great, doing great as a well, it's good 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: to see you. Excited to be here, very excited to 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: be here. I'm excited to have you man. And I 20 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: don't know if you remember I wanted to say this 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: for here. We actually met about six months ago or 22 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: so at a Chris Jensen album release party, and I 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: remember Chris was telling me, he was like, Hey, the 24 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,279 Speaker 1: Shane guy, watch out for Shane, watch out for Shane everything. 25 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: He's gonna blow up. He just met him, you know, 26 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: maybe six months before that. So I know you're you're 27 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: kind of the story of Chris Jensen, how you met him, 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 1: has gotten out there a little bit, and if you could, 29 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: if you're not tired of telling it yet, if you 30 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: could tell that story and what your life has been 31 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: like just in the last twelve months. Either I had 32 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: a gig this particular weekend at a place called Puckets 33 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: in Columbia, uh, just south of here. So nowhere in Columbia, 34 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: Tennessee sells guitar strings. That's where I was born and raised, 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: That's where I currently live, and we don't have a 36 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: music shop at all. Anytime I need guitar strings, I 37 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: have to come to Franklin. That's the closest guitar center 38 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: to where I live. So I've been talking with this 39 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: girl back and forth. I knew I wanted to take 40 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: her out. So I had a gig that weekend. I 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: didn't have any strings. I needed to get strings. So 42 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: I was gonna try to make a date out of 43 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: going to get guitar strings. So I called her and 44 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: I said, hey, I gotta go to you know, guitar center. 45 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: Do you want to go with me and I take 46 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: you out to eat. We'll make a date out of it. 47 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: She said yeah. So we make that, you know, forty 48 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: forty five minute drive up to guitar Center and Franklin 49 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: and Um, I run in, I get my guitar strings 50 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: and come back out half in the truck. And I 51 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: told her, I said, hey, you know, I told you 52 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna starve you what you want to eat 53 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: while we're up here, And she said, well, I you know, Shane, 54 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: I really like sushi. Now. My stomach immediately kind of 55 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: started turning. Whenever I think of sushi, I think of 56 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: um almost like fishing bait. You know. It's just the 57 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: thought of putting raw fish in my mouth just kind 58 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: of turns my stomach. But I was a gentleman that night, 59 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: and I punched in the closest sushi restaurant on my phone, 60 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: and it was it took me to a place about 61 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: four miles down the road, and we get there, I 62 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: park and we go to we go to walk in, 63 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: and Chris Jansen holds the door format when we go 64 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: to walk in, and you recognize it. Oh, absolutely absolutely, 65 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: because I had been to seven concerts my whole life, 66 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: and to see Chris Jansen was five of the seven. Yeah. 67 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: So at that point, I'm nervous and I'm excited. I'm 68 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: about as nervous as a long tailed cat in a 69 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: room full of rocking chairs. And I didn't want to 70 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: say anything, you know, at first. So they go and 71 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: they set us, and um, they set us as far 72 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: apart as you can possibly sit. He's sitting right by 73 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: the door and we're in the back corner. They come 74 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: get our drink, shoulders and and everything, and I asked 75 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: the girl that I'm with what I need to order, 76 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: and she says, well, you might try spicy tuna roll. 77 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: You might like that. They bring it out. I took 78 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: one bite of it and I absolutely hated it. I 79 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,839 Speaker 1: waded it up in the napkin, put you know, put 80 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: the waded up napkin on the plates so that the 81 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: plate forward. I was done. So I had all this 82 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: time to think about how I was gonna approach Chris Jansen, 83 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: because at that point, I had been writing songs maybe 84 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: a year. I was writing all these songs. Um, a 85 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: lot of times I would take my guitar to work, 86 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: and as soon as I would get off work, I 87 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: would drive Nashville and right with whoever would write with me. Anyways, 88 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: I noticed that it's one of those places where they 89 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: bring you your ticket and put it face down on 90 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: the table, slide it to you, and whenever you get 91 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: done eating, you get up and you go and pay 92 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: it the cash register. Right, So I had all this 93 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: time to think about it, so I had it in 94 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: my mind. I had it planned up where whenever I 95 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: saw Chris Jansen stand up to go pay after he 96 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: was done eating, I was just so happy to be 97 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: paying right behind him, and you know, I could introduce 98 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: myself that way, he wouldn't be with his family. I 99 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: wouldn't be interrupted dinner. And um, was that the only 100 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: thing on your mind? I mean, let's be honest here, 101 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: when you, oh, absolutely, do you even have like a 102 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: normal conversation with her? No? At one point she even said, hey, 103 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: are you okay? Yeah? Because I mean I was you 104 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: gotta you gotta realize, man, I was straight a stalker 105 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: status like Chris Jansen, Like I'm I'm hardcore creeping across 106 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: the restaurant, Like, is this the one artist that if 107 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: you could see how it would be Chris Jansen like that, 108 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: you would hope for absolutely absolutely as a country music 109 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: and as an artist itself too. And this is who 110 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: you're in the same sushi restaurant which you never go to. Yeah, 111 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: I'd never been just never been to a sushi That's 112 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: that's awesome. Okay, well continue, Yeah, Chris, Chris is hands down, 113 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 1: um the one person. If I I couldn't have wrote 114 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: it up any better, I'll say that. So I see 115 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: Chris Jansen stand up and boom. I grabbed the ticket, 116 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: I grabbed the girl. I'm like, come on, this is 117 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: my chance. So we get to walking across the restaurant 118 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: and we get about halfway to Chris and he sits 119 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: right back down, and I'm like, oh gosh, what am 120 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: I gonna do now? Because I mean, I'm standing all 121 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: awkward in the middle of the restaurant. Everybody's kind of 122 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: looking at me like what in the world is this 123 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: guy doing? So I'm like, well, I'm halfway committed at 124 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: this point. I'm just gonna go for it. So I 125 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: go up to the table and I kneel down right 126 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 1: beside him, and I introduced myself and told him what 127 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: a fan I was, and um that it would mean 128 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: the world to me if he would take the time 129 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: to listen to some of my originals. And before he 130 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: could even say anything, his wife, Kelly was sitting right 131 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: beside him, and she spoke up and she said, Hey, 132 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: I'm Kelly. I'm Chris's wife. I'm his manager, and I'm 133 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: also a music publisher. I would love to listen to 134 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: the songs. Is is that a receipt you're holding in 135 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: your hand. I write my email down on the back 136 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: of it, and you can send me some songs. And 137 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: I promise you when we leave here, we'll listen to him. 138 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: I said, yes, ma'am, that would be great. Oh man, 139 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: Kelly and Chris both they are I call him the 140 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: power couple. I mean, dude, they are just go, go go, 141 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: and they are the nicest human beings you'll ever meet 142 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: in your life. Agree, And they go so well together. No, no, yeah, 143 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: they do. You know it's do it's they go so 144 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: well together. And I think they jell so well together 145 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: at the That's why he's successful, she's successful. It's absolutely 146 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: really have one without the other in a combination of 147 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: both of them. It's yeah, it's the a team. Yeah. 148 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: I mean, like even even whenever Chris goes out of 149 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: state and you know, flies to these shows or whatever. 150 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: If he's in in Pennsylvania for one night, he has 151 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: a show there and flies there, his wife and kids 152 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: are gonna be there like that. That's another thing. Man 153 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: like Chris is a hands down family man and that's 154 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: that's why I respect him so much. Um, they've all 155 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: changed my life. And dude, that I mean, I look 156 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: at him like family now. So that's awesome. And then 157 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: so you get the email. Oh yeah, yeah, so um 158 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: she said, hey, is that a receipt you're holding in 159 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: your hand. I'll write my email down on the back 160 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: of it and you can send me some songs. And 161 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: I said, yes, ma'am, that would be great. And I'm 162 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: cheeseing ear to ear, you know, I'm smiling. And Chris 163 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: immediately looked at me and he said, did you just 164 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: say yes, ma'am? And I said, yes, sir, I did, 165 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: and he said, I liked that a lot. Pull up 166 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: a chair and talk to me. So I did, and 167 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: we sat there at that sushi restaurant, at their table, 168 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: and we talked for over an hour that night about music. 169 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: I mean, so it started off. I didn't want to 170 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: just go up to him, you know, whenever I pulled 171 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: that chair up, I didn't just want to music. Music, music. 172 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: I didn't want to talk about that. UM. So we 173 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: started talking about hunting. We started talking about fishing because 174 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: I knew he was a big outdoorsman. Um. And then 175 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: you know, later on in the conversation the music and 176 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: the songwriting came about. Literally if you could imagine it, 177 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: we talked about it. That night. We talked about everything 178 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: under the sun at that sushi restaurant. I actually I 179 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: ended up getting his phone number that night too. So 180 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: we sat there and we talked for like over an hour. 181 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: And actually the girl that I was with, she goes 182 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: back and finishes her sushi role while I'm sitting here 183 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: talking to Chris. Yeah, because I didn't even let her 184 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: finish eating, Because when I saw Chris stand up, I 185 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: was like, Hey, this is my chance. Bless her heart. 186 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: She was only like halfway done eating, which I mean, honestly, 187 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 1: I didn't really give her time to be upset because 188 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 1: I mean I was just so aled in, but um, 189 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: not that it would matter anyway. Yeah, I mean, yeah 190 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: it worked out. Um after sitting there for I don't 191 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: it was at least an hour. Um, I got up 192 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: and I told him, I said, hey, man, thank you 193 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 1: for taking the time to talk with me. It really 194 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: does mean a lot. You made my night. And I 195 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: also told him, I said, man, you also, you know, 196 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: you gotta realize I don't even eat sushi. I can't 197 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: help but think that it was a god thing that 198 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: you held that door for me when we walked in, 199 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: like it it's all part of a bigger, you know, 200 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: bigger plan, like you're my I am a huge, huge 201 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: Chris Jansen fan like you. You don't understand did you 202 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: have trouble trying to find not to be too much 203 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: of a fan boy but also keeping a normal conversation 204 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: or did it kind of just come my biggest thing? 205 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: And actually the girl that I was with, she she 206 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 1: asked me, She was like, hey, do you want me 207 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: to get a picture of y'all? And I was like no, 208 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: And I can honestly say to this day, I still 209 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 1: not asked Chris Jansen for a picture. I ended up 210 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: getting up and shaking his hand in telling him how 211 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: much you know, it meant to me. He took the 212 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: time to talk with me and told him I thought 213 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: it was a god thing that we were both there 214 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: that night. And um, I go to walk off, and 215 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: he's like, hey, hey, we're we're done eating too, Like 216 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: we'll just walk out together. So we ended up walking 217 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: out together, and they had like this little patio set 218 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: up outside because the restaurant had already closed, they were 219 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: just staying open because we were sitting there talking, And 220 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: we go to walk out and we sit down at 221 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: the little outdoor patio part and we sit there and 222 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: we talked for another through thirty at least thirty forty 223 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: five minutes. So I had been talking with my musical 224 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: hero for an hour and forty five minutes. So I mean, 225 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: I'm I'm on cloud nine. And um we sit there 226 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: and we talk and we talk and we talk, and 227 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: it gets time to leave, and UM, I go and 228 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: I unlocked my truck and I go to hop in 229 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: my truck and you know kind of like before you 230 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: close the door, how you might have like one leg 231 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: hanging out right before you close the door. Well, it 232 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: was like that, and I see Chris running up to 233 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: my window, and I had my key in the ignition. 234 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: I just hadn't turned my truck on yet, and I 235 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 1: didn't want to close the close the door in Chris 236 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: Jansen's face. So I go and I turned the key 237 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: on and I pressed the window to roll down, and 238 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: as soon as I do that, my bluetooth automatically kicked 239 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: back onto what was playing on my phone when I 240 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: got there originally, and it was a song off of 241 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: his first ever album, and it was absolutely blaring, and 242 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: I was so embarrassed. I was like, oh, dude, I'm 243 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: so sorry, Like that wasn't playing, I promised, And he 244 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: could see how embarrassed I was, and he thought it 245 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: was hilarious and he was like, dude, don't worry about it. 246 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: That's that's amazing. He said, hey, let me see your phone. 247 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: So I handed in my phone and he punched in 248 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: his contact information, put his number in there, and he said, 249 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: all right, text me, and I said, okay, I will, 250 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: and he said, no, text me right now, dinghis that way, 251 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: I have your number two. So I texted him that way, 252 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: he had my phone number, and before we got out 253 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: of the parking lot that night he texted me. I 254 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: mean as soon as he got back to his car, 255 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: he texted me and he said, hey, Shane, super good 256 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: to meet you. Um, when you said I made your night, 257 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: you got to know that you made mine when you 258 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 1: said it was a god thing that really touched my heart. 259 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: And so from that day on we've we've been best friends. 260 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: And like I said, I look at all the Jansens 261 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: like family and Um. Two weeks after that night and 262 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: I sent those songs and everything, Chris offered me a 263 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: publishing deal and asked me to come out on the 264 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: halfway to Crazy two are an open for him in 265 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: two weeks. In two weeks, just like did you have 266 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: any idea or did you have any doubt when you 267 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: left that night? Like not not doubt as in you know, 268 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: Chris is a genuine guy, but like, Okay, that was awesome, 269 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: but I don't know if I'll ever see him again. 270 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: Well yeah, yeah I did, um. But at the same time, 271 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: first impressions are everything for me. And I could tell 272 00:12:54,800 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: that Chris and and Kelly and and their family, it's 273 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: a lot like mine. They are just normal people living 274 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: a not so normal life. Um. In a in a way. 275 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: You know, I can, I can normally normally smell bs, 276 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: you know before I step in it, and I could 277 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: tell that they were as real as it gets, and 278 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 1: they are they truly are there normal people living a 279 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: not so normal life. Um, but you know they're at 280 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: the end of the day, they're a family and they're 281 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: they're just normal people. It was that easier for you 282 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: to relate to them like that because you sound like 283 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: you come from the same background, same upbringing, same type 284 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: of morals, genuine appreciation for people and respect. So do 285 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: you think that connection between you two absolutely what set 286 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: it off? Absolutely? Obviously you said all the right things, 287 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 1: but it's not like you were trying to be somebody else. 288 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: You're just being yourself and Chris appreciated that with him, right, Yeah, exactly. Um, 289 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: I think I think it all starts at home. And 290 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: you know, I'm very blessed and fortunate to have a 291 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: family where I could tell them I wanted uh be 292 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: an astronaut and they would watch watch the rocket ship 293 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: pick off tomorrow. You know, I have a very supportive family. 294 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: Obviously with all this going on, they are so so 295 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: happy for me. And the other day my mom said 296 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: you know, I would. I would much rather watch something 297 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: like this happen to you than me or your daddy. 298 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: So I mean that that's a true testament to what 299 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: kind of family I have. And um, obviously Chris and 300 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: Kelly have been over backwards in all kinds of ways 301 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: for me, and there's absolutely no way I could ever 302 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: thank them for what they've done from me. You grew 303 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: up on the banjo music, the old country old oh yeah, 304 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: the old school stuff. So you grew up listening to 305 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: this And did you know as a kid, I mean 306 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: you didn't pick up a guitar until recently to some 307 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: as far as you know, um, your age, did you 308 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: know as a kid like, hey, maybe I want to 309 00:14:55,600 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 1: do this someday. Actually, funny story, banjoe was actually the 310 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: first thing I ever picked up. My dad used to 311 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: teach banjo lessons. He can straight up play a banjo. 312 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: He got me a youth banjo, I think when I 313 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: was like seven or eight. But I had the attention 314 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: span of of a desk when when he was trying 315 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: to teach me banjo. I learned a couple like a 316 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: little half songs, but I never I never really got 317 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: good on it, and then I actually picked up a 318 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: dough bro a couple of years later. So my my 319 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: parents had like this bluegrass band, and um, they would 320 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: just play at churches locally and you know restaurants. I 321 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: remember like every Friday night they would play at the 322 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: local UM Mexican restaurant. Yeah, and uh, I mean I 323 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: would go yeah, oh yeah. I mean it was just 324 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: because they enjoyed it. But I remember one time they 325 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: my dad uh let me come up and he had 326 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: brought my little special dough bro and I I sat 327 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: up there and I played a song with him playing 328 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: that playing that bro. I'm sure it was awful, but um, 329 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: he made sure to involve me. Yeah, definitely. Your parents 330 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: are something that you said, are you know, big staple 331 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: in your life and growing up and being true to 332 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: who you are. And speaking of that, your new EP 333 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: that was recently released had three songs. EP is called 334 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: Morey County County Line, Murray Murray County, Murray County Line, 335 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: and I'm sure you're it's the county that you're from, 336 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: Okay in Tennessee. The songs are better off fishing guys 337 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: like me and how it ought to be. I'd like 338 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: to play him here but we do to legal reasons, 339 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: we can't play them. But I love all three of them. 340 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: I remember I listened to like How It Ought to 341 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: Be first, Oh, this is a good one. I even 342 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: sent it to my dad that and then I listened 343 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: to guys like me and I'm like, hey, another good one. 344 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: And then you go to better Off Fishing, and I 345 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: gotta say, I think Better Off Fishing might be my favorite. 346 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: And I'm not even a big fisherman. But the point 347 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: I'm getting at with all this is all three of 348 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: these seem like it's something that you are who you are, 349 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: Like these songs represent who you are? Is that correct? 350 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: Is that something that you try to stay true to? Absolutely? 351 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: And you know that those three songs represent who I 352 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: am as a person. And another thing is, like you 353 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: just said, it's called Murray County Line because that's where 354 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 1: I was born, that's where I was raised, it's where 355 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: I live currently. And I think, you know, no matter 356 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: what happens in the future career wise, it's important to 357 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: always remember where you really come from. And that's why 358 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: I wanted to name it Murray County Line. Um. And 359 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: all three of these songs are so different, but yet 360 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: um so much fun in in each one of their ways. UM, 361 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: guys like me, for instance, like I was literally just 362 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: working a city job, and guys like me talks about 363 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: that blue collar, um kind of lifestyle. And I know, 364 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: you know, obviously probably most of the people listening to 365 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: this they get up and they punched that clocket at 366 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: six in the morning, um, you know, because they had 367 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: bills do next week or whenever. And that's exactly what 368 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: that song is about. And better off fishing if you 369 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: like fishing, and you know it's better off fishing is 370 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: actually kind of a it is a breakup song. And 371 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: that's also a true story. UM. So I was I 372 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: was dating this this girl, not the sushi restaurant girls. UM, 373 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: I was dating this girl and I was supposed to 374 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: spend the day with her, um and I ended up 375 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: ditching her to go fishing. And she tried calling me 376 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: and calling me and calling me throughout the whole morning 377 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: and I kept declining it. Um. But where I screwed 378 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 1: up was I posted a picture on Facebook holding up 379 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: a stringer full of fish, and she saw it and 380 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: she had to come apart. And when I finally did 381 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: talk to her, uh, she gave me an earful to 382 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: say the least, and we ended up breaking up. Actually, 383 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: the day of the fish fry is when we broke up, 384 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: was supposed to bring the cold slaw, but um, we 385 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: didn't have cold slaw at that fish fry. And uh, 386 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: I remember the last thing I told her, because she 387 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: asked me. She said, well, since you ditched me today, 388 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: are you at least gonna come see me tonight? And 389 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: I thought about it, and I said, well, I'm gonna 390 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: have all these fish to clean, and I'm you know, 391 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna leave early if if all we're gonna 392 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: do is argue, so I'm better I'll stay in here 393 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: fishing from That's where it came from. Did it hit 394 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: you right then and there? Did you write this song 395 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: years later? No? So I yeah, I wrote the idea down. 396 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: My my phone is full of song ideas, and I 397 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,239 Speaker 1: wrote that idea down. And I didn't even have you know, 398 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: uh uh melody or anything in my head at the time. 399 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: But mainly I was just focused on fishing. I wasn't 400 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: trying to write a song right then and there. But um, 401 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: and then you know that every every single one of 402 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: these song ideas come from something real and that's another thing. 403 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: I am very proud to be a a writer on 404 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 1: all of my all of my songs, and I think 405 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: that's why they mean so much to me. Um, you know, 406 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: I don't know if you have any siblings, but I do. 407 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: And growing up, you know, a lot of times as 408 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: a kid, you would ask your your mom or dad 409 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 1: who the favorite is, and uh, they would they would 410 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: never never give an answer. They'd say, well, I love 411 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 1: all my kids the same, and you would think, right 412 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: then and there, ah, that's gotta be a lie. They 413 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 1: gotta they gotta have a favorite. But this EP is 414 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 1: a true testament to that. I don't have any kids, 415 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: but at the same time, these songs are kind of 416 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: like my kids. But I have to say with that 417 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:42,479 Speaker 1: me and said, um, how it Ought to Be is 418 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: my favorite right now, probably just because I was listening 419 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: to it when I pulled in the parking lot. But um, 420 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 1: you know, every day is different. Tomorrow it could be 421 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: better offishing the next day. It could be guys like me. 422 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: But right now I would have to say, my absolute 423 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 1: favorite is how It Ought to Be? And when I 424 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: sat down to that song, um with the co writers 425 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: man it, I had the idea because I had just 426 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: quit my city job and gas was almost five dollars 427 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: a gallon, and all the craziness going on in today's world, 428 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: and I got to thinking, man, you know, all this 429 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: shouldn't be like that. We should learn to love each 430 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: other and not talk trash about each other and just 431 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: be better human beings in general. And in the course 432 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: of how it ought to be, it says the world 433 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: ought to try a piece of Mama's chicken and feel 434 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: the love around our table top in the kitchen. And 435 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: I was very blessed and fortunate to grow up in 436 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: a home instead of a house where my mom would 437 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: cook supper just about every night, and we'd sit there 438 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: at the dinner table as a family, and we would pray, 439 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: and we would, you know, just have dinner and just 440 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 1: be us. And I can't help but think that if 441 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: everybody in today's world had a little bit of that 442 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: family life going on, we'd all be living a whole 443 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: lot better in in a lot better world than what 444 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: we really are right now. Agreed. I have a couple 445 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: of siblings myself and very supportive parents, so I know 446 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: exactly what you mean. It makes all the difference in 447 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 1: the world. It does, and your outlooking life and who 448 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: you are as a person. And that's awesome that they're 449 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: a big influence on you and a big impact of 450 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: you growing up. I can tell it means a lot 451 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: to you. It's awesome, man. I can hear in your songs. 452 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 1: I can hear in your voice. Do you have a 453 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: lot of fans back home now seeing what you're doing 454 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: and rooting you on? You ever go back there and perform? Still? Man? 455 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: So back home in Murray County. Um, one of my 456 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: buddies had a birthday the other day and I was 457 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: in town and I didn't I wasn't even supposed to 458 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: be in town. Um, but one of my shows got 459 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 1: canceled last minute, and or it didn't get canceled, it 460 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: got postponed. So I got to surprise my buddy. He 461 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: it was. They had a big table at a different 462 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: Mexican restaurant in town, those Mexican spots, Oh yeah, Um. 463 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: But so I got to surprise him and go to 464 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: his birthday party. And I get there and go to 465 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: walk in, and I bet before I even got to 466 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: that table, I took pictures with probably at least ten 467 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: different people Murray County in Columbia is kind of an 468 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: extension of my family, um, if that makes any sense, 469 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: because I grew up with all those people, those are 470 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 1: those are my people. And you know, I'm maybe I'm 471 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: I'm super blessed and super fortunate to get to do 472 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: this for a living, but I'm no better than anybody 473 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: listening to this podcast right now. And I just I 474 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: want people to to know, you know, I am very 475 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: blessed and fortunate to be able to do this, but 476 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: I'm no different than anybody else that. So when you 477 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: go back there, then do you have do you try 478 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: to tell kids or whoever it may. I mean, you're 479 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: still so fresh in this at the same time, but 480 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: you've also come a long way in six months to 481 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: a year. Do you have the chance to tell kids 482 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: or people back there? Hey, if you want, if you 483 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: have a dream, go chase it. Maybe if you're doing 484 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: your job, I get it. Some people have to pay 485 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: their bills, they have a family take care of. But 486 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: you're a prime example of a guy who took a 487 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: shot when the opportunity came, an opportunity that you wouldn't 488 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: have thought of it a Susie restaurant restaurant, But are 489 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: you able to relay that message. I guess is where 490 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: I'm getting at is if you have a dream for 491 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: all the listeners listen to this, you know, give it 492 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: a shot. You never know where you'll be in a 493 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 1: year from now. Absolutely. Um, Here's here's the thing that 494 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 1: I would I would say is when the night that 495 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: I got ready to approach Chris Jansen and I went 496 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: to ask him if he would take the time to 497 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: listen to my music, He's going to give one of 498 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: two answers, yes or no. So the way I kind 499 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: of look at it is you have a fifty fifty 500 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: shot either way. He can either say yes or he 501 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: can say no. And that's the same thing with anything. 502 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: If if you want to pursue something, either it's gonna 503 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: happen or it's not. But don't no mat ter what 504 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: it is. Just ask yourself, is this is this gonna 505 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: be something where twenty years I looked down the road 506 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: and wonder what if? Because I know whenever, you know, 507 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: in ten years, when I'm or twenty, I guess when 508 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: when I'm married one day and and have kids. Um, 509 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: whenever my kid asked what did I want to be 510 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: when I grew up? I wouldn't have any doubt saying, well, 511 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: you know, I gave it, I gave it all that 512 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: I had, but uh, it just didn't work out. I 513 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: want to know that I did give it my all, 514 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I just I think it's important 515 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: that we all just kind of capitalize on what we 516 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: really want to do and pursue um. And I'm kind 517 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: of a kind of a walking testimony to that. Don't 518 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: don't wonder what if? Because if I hadn't went up 519 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: to Chris that night, I'd still be medians cutting grass 520 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: and the medians of the road. So and I'll add 521 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: this as well, this is more just I guess a 522 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: personal thing for me just knowing you very briefly, I 523 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: think because of who you are, you know and you're 524 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: staying true to your roots and you're not going up 525 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: to Chris and acting like you were somebody that you're not, 526 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: because a guy like him or most people will be 527 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: able to sense it out just like you did, or 528 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 1: you do yourself. So I think you being who you 529 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 1: are and I can tell you're genuine, I can tell 530 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 1: everything you say you mean, I think that has also 531 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: carried you to where you've gotten too so far, and 532 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: will continue to carry you. So for anybody listening to 533 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: what you just said and to watch your story, listen 534 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: to your story. I also think that's a huge thing too. 535 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 1: And I think it's gotten to you, gotten you to 536 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: where you're at now, and it's awesome to see. Man. 537 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 1: I'm very not before you. It's really cool. Like I said, 538 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: I saw you six months ago for the first time, 539 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: and Chris is talking all about you, and here we 540 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: are six months later. I had no idea we'd be 541 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: sitting down and talking like this, but I'm very glad 542 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 1: we did. This is awesome. I know you're gonna You're 543 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: gonna do great things, and I'm sure we'll see each 544 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: other down the road at some point again. I sure hope. 545 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: So if or the next what are the next six 546 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: months looking like? Do you know yet? Are you just 547 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 1: kind of weing in it here? You got a lot's 548 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 1: kind of coming to an end of here. What I 549 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: said to it's tour season kind of coming to the 550 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: end here. Yes, it is, um right now, I'm on 551 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: radio tour. I've been on radio tour. That's another thing. 552 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: This is my eleventh week on radio talk and I 553 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: gotta say getting up at five or six in the 554 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: morning now versus nine months ago. The differences is when 555 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: I wake up, uh five or six in the morning. Now, 556 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 1: I am truly excited to get my day started because 557 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: nine months ago, I had only ever been to four 558 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: states Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, and now I'm up to 559 00:27:55,320 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: forty three states. So getting to see all these places 560 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: and meet all these different people, um, and you know, 561 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: just eat all these different foods and just experience more 562 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: than just Middle Tennessee, which I love Middle Tennessee. I 563 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't want to live anywhere else, but just getting to 564 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: experience so much. You don't really realize what you're missing 565 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: out on until you've actually seen what you're missing out on. 566 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: And uh So, getting getting to go out and see 567 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: all these different places and meet all these people is 568 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 1: truly life changing. And uh I am very very fortunate 569 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: to be, you know, be able to do this now 570 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: and um, just get to experience all this it it's 571 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: truly amazing. It's only gonna get better. Man, I'm excited 572 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: for your future. You can follow him at the Shane 573 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: Prophet Correct Media check them out. I promise you is 574 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: new EP is awesome. All three songs. Just put them 575 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: on the loop, put them on repeat. They're all great 576 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: how it ought to be. Yeah, well play worried Shane. 577 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: This is awesome man. I'm really excited to see what 578 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: the future holds for you, and I'm sure than you 579 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: will do this again down the line. Than yes, sir, 580 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: thank you for having me. All appreciate it.