1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Alright, another Bobby cast. It's the first time we've ever 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: had brothers in two weeks in a row. Maybe the 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: first time I've had brothers, I mean brothers Osborne at 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: the same time, but brothers that weren't in a group together. 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: Can you think of any other siblings. There's only siblings. 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: They can think of Eddie Montgomery from Montgomery Gentry. So 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: episode three thirty, which by the way, massive in the 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: two thousand's let Me roll through some songs. My Town 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: from two thousand two is a clip of that song 10 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: something to be Proud Of from two thousand five. Hell yeah, yeah, right, 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: I got a bunch of number ones and we get 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: into that. But just an interesting story. You know, Montgomery 13 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: Gentry began playing in the nineties as part of two 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: different bands. But John Michael Montgomery who was on last week, 15 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: played with Eddie a lot. They grew they were brothers. 16 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: They played the family band. So if you heard John 17 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: Michael last week, this is definitely a different story, mostly 18 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: because it's about Montgomery Gentry, but they you know, there's 19 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: some crossovers. Uh, we do talk about the death of Troy, 20 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: you know, which he hasn't done a lot, and we 21 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: get into that in a little bit, um, but just 22 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: really enjoyed talking with them. You know, at the end, 23 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: he was like, hey, like come up, hang out. Let 24 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: me know. I don't know. I feel like he'd u 25 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: he beat me up. I referenced a little bit. They 26 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: were a large duo. Is a very intense presence he does. 27 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: He walks in the boots and everything. I forgot it 28 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: was my house. Actually, whatever you need, sir, I'll do 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: whatever you need. But really enjoyed this and we just 30 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: thought it would would be cool if we did John 31 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: Michael Montgomery boom and then Eddie Montgomery who got famous 32 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: was very successful without John Michael Montgomery, like they did 33 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: it separately, but two brothers that did it thought it 34 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: was pretty cool. All right, So enjoy this episode and 35 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: I'll ask again, especially on Spotify because it's new where 36 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: you can now review things. If you can review it 37 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: on Spotify, it now shows it on the front page. 38 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: So if you don't mind writing something nice, even if 39 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: you don't think it's a good podcast, if you don't 40 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: mind writing it's a good podcast, we would like that 41 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: because it actually does help us. All right, good, good, 42 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: all right, here's episode three thirty with Eddie Montgomery from 43 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: Montgomery Gentry. You know when I walk back here, And 44 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: first of all, let me say I am a massive 45 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: fan of two things. One you two the fact that 46 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: you were here early. My guy, you want to win 47 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: me over like and you're not trying to win me over. 48 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: But I just you know, I think there's a generational 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: thing where artists nowadays they may not show up, not 50 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: even on time. And you know, my my dad was 51 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: always he'd be on our bud about that. Man, you know, 52 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: you've been better be on time. Well, I didn't get 53 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: the full disclosure. Two, and we'll get to this in 54 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: a bit, but your brother was here yesterday, day before yesterday. Yeah, 55 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: And so I'm I'm I'm always curious as to how 56 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 1: this same truth lines up the same or different, you know, 57 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: because it definitely wasn't talking any any nonsense about you. 58 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: But his version of the story is very interesting to me, 59 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: especially about you two and your dynamic. And and you 60 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: don't know what he said, which is great. I feel 61 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: like I'm a I'm a cop and I got you 62 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: in two different rooms or a question at the same 63 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: time without you knowing what each other is saying. But 64 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 1: we'll get We'll get to all that later on. So uh, 65 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: let's just start with you have released. By the way, 66 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: I saw you on New Year's e playing I saw 67 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: you on yeah on Fox News. You were playing New 68 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: Year's Eve and so and you're doing music wild damn tamble. 69 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: It was just now. Oh yeah, I mean I was 70 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: over at the park we were doing the show on CBS, 71 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: and the city was like, okay, well, we have to 72 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: be COVID safe. We're only gonna allow twenty thousand people 73 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: standing right by each other and spitting each other's mouth 74 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: rather than fifty. And it's like, well, that's not really 75 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: like I get it, but people were. It was. They 76 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: were going berserk down there. Oh it was. It was unreal, man. 77 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: It was. If there was a ask I've never seen one, 78 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: Well yeah there were. There were no mats. Let's not 79 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: let's not kid ourselves. I've seen a lot of other things. 80 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: What was Nashville like whenever you moved here though, because 81 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: we're talking about Broadway and you're talking about downtown, But 82 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: what was that area like whenever you came here in 83 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 1: the nineties or later. I can tell you, of course, 84 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: what I still live in Kentucky. So what, You're still 85 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: in Kentucky too, Yeah, I'm still in Kentucky. To man, John, 86 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: you just don't leave you. I want to live about 87 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes from each other, so I don't know why, 88 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: but you know it's uh we can get down here 89 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: in about two and a half three hours. So but 90 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: when we first started coming downtown, it was all peak shows. 91 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: I remember the first time we come down here. Remember 92 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: Twitsi's being open and we was gonna come down here 93 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: and just blow the doors off everything. And I think 94 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: we were about seventeen, and uh, we come down first 95 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: hit downtown and it was I remember there was somebody 96 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: if I remember right to somebody that got stabbed in 97 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: a street or something. And so we went to the Southern. 98 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: We went to Thanks Murphy's Borrow Road. That's where all 99 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: the clubs were, and I remember going in and on. 100 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: Never get the guy's name. One guy's name was Sid 101 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: Hutchon and played from Earl Haggard. And one of the 102 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: guys was keyboard player and he played with Brian Milsa. 103 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: And when we heard that man play, we need to 104 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: go back home and work. So even there they were great. Oh, 105 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,239 Speaker 1: it was yeah, it was. But you tell me about 106 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: what a peep show like. I I've never been to U. 107 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: I don't know what the peep show is except I 108 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: feel like I'm going to see naked body parts. Well 109 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: it's uh, it's all just like that, you know, that's it, 110 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: and then you have to pay more to see it. 111 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: That's that's what I've heard anyway. Yeah, yeah, of course. 112 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: Obviously say so the ball on Broadway in Nashville. Now 113 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: for those and obviously most people listening to this um 114 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: don't live in Nashville. But you know, there's a big 115 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: street and there's bars loaded on all sides. It's one 116 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: to the next, all built into each other basically, and 117 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: they're all floors, they're all yes, and there are people 118 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: everywhere all the time. Thursday, Friday, Sat Day night it's 119 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: just people NonStop. But back in the day on a 120 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: Friday Saturday night was it packed. And if it was packed, 121 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: it was it just people going to the peep shows. 122 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: That's that's the worst crowd than now. I mean, there 123 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: was there was clubs down there, but I remember it 124 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: was it was pretty rough. I mean it was rough 125 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: down there. I mean you had to you had to 126 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: watch yourself. So you didn't go down there to play 127 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: a bunch of music. Then that wasn't the man. I'll 128 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: tell you what it was back man, it was you 129 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: know because you always we are heard about it growing up. 130 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: You go down Broadway too season you know, Uh what 131 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: was it? Hank Snow and uh you know you had 132 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: h oh h mid night jamboree uh and all this 133 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: stuff down there. But yeah, it was the time we 134 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: got there eighteen years old. Uh, I reckoned that time 135 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: and the city had started changing in And where would 136 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: you guys play then? As guys that were just coming 137 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: to experience it a little bit to see if you could, 138 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: you know, kind of cut your teeth here. Where would 139 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: you play? Where would you try to get into play 140 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: at all? Uh? Well, you just wanted somebody to see it, 141 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: you know, and think about the funny what funny thing 142 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: about it is they found us up in Lexington. And 143 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: another great thing after talking to you know, the great 144 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: like Charlie Daniels and stuff. And I remember all the 145 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: artists when we talked to him would come into club 146 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: uh to see us that they come to Lexington to 147 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: play because you get paid down here in Nashville. You 148 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: didn't get vaid. Is it because there are so many 149 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: people and because there are so many people would do 150 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: it cheaper? Ah? Yeah, I think I don't think anybody 151 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: hardly got paid down here. Just they come to Harry 152 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: Record and then they go play somewhere else to try 153 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: to make money. And so you guys, and this I 154 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: don't even want to tell you. The story that your 155 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: brother talked is probably the same exact story. But I 156 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: will say that he said you guys were playing, that 157 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: you were playing together, you know, as basically brother me 158 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: and John Boy. We started, you know, always made a 159 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: joke about it. My mom was a drummer, my dad 160 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: was a guitar player. And the bartenders were babysitters. And 161 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: we started at eight years old. We were roadies. Man 162 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: carried in and I mean, I mean there's some clubs 163 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: you walk in. I asked you if you had a gun, 164 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: if it didn't even give you one, I mean, I 165 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: was serious. I mean, I reckon a Southern round. It's 166 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: probably one of the roughest ones we played. Where was 167 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: that in Kentucky? Is in Kentucky? We've seen a god 168 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: get taken out there, taken out. You gotta help me 169 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: here it killed. Oh yeah, yeah, wow, because like a 170 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: disrespect and then somebody shoots. You know, you know, most 171 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: all of your honky tonk clothes back then, I wouldn't 172 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: like they were now. You know you might, uh, there 173 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: be pool tables in there, and there was a lot 174 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: more men. There was two women, and so you know 175 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: at the end of the night with all the drinks. 176 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: Look out. You ever see one of those brawls where 177 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: people are smacking sticks overheads and you want to ask 178 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: you can ask John Bill about this, uh, And I 179 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: mean these dudes fall through the bar all the way 180 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: upside and then when one would follow up and get 181 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: back up and they fight again. And then at the 182 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: end and went in and go to drink a bought 183 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: each other drink. Yeah we are yeah, me and John Boy. 184 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: We was playing clubs way before we're supposed to get 185 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: in them. So but there wouldn't really that twenty one long. 186 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: It was okay, you know, if you knew somebody, you know, 187 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: that's the main thing as all who you knew back then. 188 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: So as a kid, you have two parents that love 189 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: music and are playing music. Yeah, we said, I mean 190 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: actually when you come in our house, Uh, we didn't 191 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: really have furniture in our living room. We had music equipment. 192 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: You come in and said on the guitar amp or 193 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: drum throne, and I'm like that, Wow, it's almost like 194 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: a studio, except you weren't recording. It was just it's 195 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: just practice and rehearsing and partying. Wow. And your parents 196 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: were they in your mind? Did they want to be 197 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: full time country music stars or music stars? My dad did. 198 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: He was really really wanted it. And uh, you know, 199 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: and I tell you, I wish you could have lived 200 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: seen everything. But you know, I remember, man, we used 201 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: to move around so much. I mean that's why I reckon. 202 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, we kind of quitch a weight at school 203 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: because we was going to Honkey talks. We knew what 204 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: we was gonna do. I mean, me and John Boyden 205 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: was like, this is what we want to do. And 206 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: plus we just moved around so much. I remember one time, 207 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: I think Dad and we had lived one place about 208 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: six months or a year, and he was probably six 209 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: months behind on rent. And that was a hunt. I 210 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: think it's a hunt twenty five dollars a month or something. 211 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,599 Speaker 1: But yeah, we lived just anywhere as long as we 212 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: get to play music. Man, it was great. And we've 213 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 1: seen a lot of we've seen a lot of stuff 214 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: go down. Man, we probably shouldn't have seen. But do 215 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: you think that you know your your love, your passion 216 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: for music, was because it was kind of in the 217 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: inside of you, or do you think it's because you 218 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: really wanted to impress or bond with your father? You 219 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 1: know what, when you ain't got no money, man, you 220 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: gotta have something. And I won't tell you what. You know, 221 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: my dad always told us, man, he said, you know 222 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 1: when we called me were old. You know, music is 223 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: the worst drug in the world because there ain't no 224 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: cure for it. And that's that's the damn truth. Man. 225 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: Once it gets in your blood, I mean, that's just it. 226 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: That's what you want to do. And you know, it 227 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: all depends on how hard you want to work at it, 228 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: you know, is what you do. It's a it's not 229 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: an easy gig, man, and you gotta give up a 230 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: lot uh to try to get there. And uh, but 231 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: you know what, I'll tell you what I ain't nobody 232 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: had no more damn fun enough. Hey, I ain't hear 233 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: you that right now? And I and I probably uh 234 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: probably shouldn't be here today. I'm gonna be honest, but 235 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: with everything I've been through, but we going then, John 236 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,359 Speaker 1: Boyd both What were you drawn to as a kid musically? 237 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: Was it did you got because he you know you 238 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: played some drums early on? Uh? I feel like just 239 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: by reading your story just generally you've done a little 240 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: bit of everything musically well as a kid. What were 241 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: you drawing to to play? And and were you always 242 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: the guy? Were you a singer? Where you got at 243 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: singing immediately? Uh? Yeah, I was singing. That was the 244 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: first time I was on stage, just playing rooms at 245 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: four years old. And it was actually uh at the theater. Uh. 246 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: And I think it's a Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis and 247 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: uh Loretta and I forgot all the other acts that 248 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: played there now thinks they said it was like the 249 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: worst gig they've ever played. They've done a thing on it, 250 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: I think from the opera or something or I can't remember, 251 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: but somebody who was telling now and I read about it, 252 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: and I was like when my dad played there all 253 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 1: the time he was at actually like to open the 254 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: band and a long times back in them days, you know, 255 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: you didn't have all the production or whatever. You had 256 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: one artist show up might be George, it might be whoever, 257 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: and they would show up in the house. Bam. I 258 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: had to be the backup band, learn the music. So 259 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: you're playing drums at four and singing I want to 260 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: be I want to be the front guy. Okay, so 261 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: you did. That was my question, like did you always 262 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: want to be the guy? If I want to be 263 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: the front guy, we just never could afford it. So 264 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: I had the front from the drums. So I had 265 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: a microphone on alarm. So I learned to play drums 266 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: and singing your Phil Collins basically and also singing at 267 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 1: the same Phil Collin, you know, but I wanted to 268 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: be up front. I never did like playing the drums, 269 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: but playing music and John Boy Hill. We lived in 270 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: our cars and everything else, man, you know, trying to 271 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: make it and uh hell at uh you know, I 272 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: just kept playing drums. When we played five nights a week, 273 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: I know, that's what we want to do. You know. 274 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: We wanted to play five, six, seven, ete every how 275 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: many nights we could get two shows a day whatever, 276 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, that's what we That's what we did. And 277 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: and I think being on the poor end way I 278 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: kind of think it was. It was a thing man 279 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: that people listen to us, you know, and you got 280 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: a little respect. And I love the music, you know, 281 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: and I love what it's saying. And you know, you 282 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: you could, I don't know, we could tell our story 283 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: through it. Remember hell, John Boy having a little old 284 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: escort car, piece of junk man. But I'll tell you what. 285 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: He got us where it did until it blew up 286 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: here when we was trying to get to a gig man, 287 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: and we would go through the little trees and stuff 288 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: and pick out. A matter of fact, John Boy wrote 289 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: a song called a few cents short uh getting change 290 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 1: out of that scort for blue up. I'd never get 291 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: that it blew up going to a gig. We always 292 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: called our cars because we want you know, we plaid 293 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 1: three dollars would a high dollar car, you know what 294 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: I mean. I ain't lying. We had a seventy three 295 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: yellow Pinto we called the pot though well, I mean 296 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: we put drums on top of it. We didn't care, man, 297 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: you know, as long as we could get to the 298 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: gig to play music, because that's what it was all about. 299 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: For a while, you t Roy John, you guys played 300 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: as a you're a band like you? And then eventually 301 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: I was the third man down on the totem boat. 302 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: Where are you at the time? Was it? Why? Well? 303 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: Hell look at him? Hell go back and with the 304 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: pictures him, I'm poor, I'm pretty bow was there? But 305 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: was I was an ugly boy. It's so funny because 306 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: all the women always wanted to hang towards John Boy, 307 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: you know on t Roy John Boys singing the love 308 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: songs and stuff like that. So I had a big 309 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: mouth and routing and and out front, out front of 310 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: the show. I'd start start to sit out, and then 311 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: I'd bring John Boy up, you know. And uh, but 312 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: you know, all the guys wanted to hang with me, 313 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: and all the women want to hang with them. But 314 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: you know what's cool with me? Hell? So does does 315 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: John Michael moved down first without you? Or do you 316 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: guys come together when it's time to make the move. Well, 317 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: here's the way it was. I was playing drums. Of course, 318 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: t Roy's dad opened up the grape Vine, which is 319 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: a bar, so he went over to work for his dad. 320 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: I looked at John Boy, and I looked at me. 321 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: I love to sing, but I'm gonna tell you what 322 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: he was at Bigger Round had Dimple's good God of 323 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: Mighty as deep as you can see, blue eyes, and 324 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it don't take no damn dummy man to 325 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: look and go like we got four of us in 326 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: the room, and I once there's a hundred women going 327 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: straight to you. You know, this is the guy we 328 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: need to push, even though it's my brother. So but 329 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: and I knew that I wanted to do my own thing. 330 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: I wanted to do. You know, when I first somebody 331 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: called me, I was playing the drums John Boy he 332 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: had been signed to Atlantic, and Somebody's like, well, now 333 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: you John Boy's brother, the drummer. And that's when I 334 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: went to my brother and I said what I said. 335 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: You know, I like the more outline. I think it's 336 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: why our band was so good too, because I like 337 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: doing a lot of the outlaw stuff, and John Boy 338 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: done the love stuff, and so it just kind of 339 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: we had a really rounded band. And you know, plus Troy. 340 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: So John Michael's down here and he's doing his thing. 341 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: And why did you and Troy decide to do it 342 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: together rather than you individually? You know, why don't you guys? 343 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: What what was it about the duo that I think 344 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: this can be something that that really makes noise and 345 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: country music, because anytime anybody would call one of us, 346 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: they'd call the other one. And so we kept using 347 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: the same band and any time we've done a gig, 348 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: and it just kept going, hey man, we want both 349 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: of you all and and uh when they come Sony 350 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: come up and seeing us, Uh, there's like, you're exactly 351 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: what we're hunting for. Guys, of course we would. I 352 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: was smoking on stage and drinking. You know, let's just 353 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: we's just being us, you know. And I'm sure you 354 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: can ask some of the Sony exists. They'll they'll tell you. 355 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: So I remember, yeah, there's a lot of stories, but 356 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: and we may get to those in a second. I 357 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: just I'm just so curious about, you know, the genesis 358 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: of and then I'm always curious about the name. And 359 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: obviously I know why you're named Mikey Gentry and that's 360 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: both your last names. Was there ever a discussion like, hey, 361 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 1: let's let's name our band like an entity that doesn't 362 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: involve our names. Well, to be honest, this is hell. 363 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: This went down. We had a shirta and I still 364 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: got the shirt. Actually, somebody broke to me we were 365 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: called deuce and Um we come down and um president 366 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: of Sony said, always you all got changed names. Said 367 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: it sounds too much like douche and says, I can't 368 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: have that. That's pretty funny. I thought it sounded like 369 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: I take a deucee like said, but yes, that's a good, good, 370 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 1: good idea if I had to change it, so son 371 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: to think of a name. So we just kept going around, 372 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: and we were hitting all the bars downtown, and we 373 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: were going every there were wilder than hell, and uh, 374 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: every time they come in, we'd come on and walk 375 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: in anywhere. We walked in and go Actually, me and 376 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: T was always together, and he's like, here comes in mcgomery, 377 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: gentry boys. Here comes in mcgommery, gentry boys. Finally, just 378 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: the name just kind of stuck. I'll never forget though. 379 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: The first thing when we went in and signed the 380 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: contract and all that stuff, and this is when, uh, 381 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: this is when you know it becomes a business. We 382 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: sit down and the desk signed the papers and uh 383 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: we had moonshine, was drink moonshine. He's like, all right, boys, yea, 384 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: already you're happy we're on yeah, yeah, and He's like, well, 385 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: just remember this, You're a product, and when a product 386 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: quit selling, I won't need you no more. We sle going, 387 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: oh wow, man, what a happy day. Was there ever 388 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: a debate on whose name went first or just because 389 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: people were calling you Montgomery Gentry you know, I reckon 390 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: there might have been, you know, but we was happy 391 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: to be signed, man, and we was worried about getting 392 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: the songs and writing songs and all this stuff. So 393 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: both of you guys involved in a lot of the writing. Uh, 394 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: well I did more than Troy did. Uh. Troy kind 395 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: of left it up me truy He t Roy always 396 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: loved the business part man of it, and uh I 397 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: kind of done more of the music and set list 398 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: and stuff like that and arrangements. Uh until we got 399 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: you know, so busy that we was being gone and 400 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: we had to get an actual band leader and stuff 401 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: to help us. But yeah, man, that the uh you know, 402 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 1: it's passionate. I love it more than anything, and I 403 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: you know, uh, I can tell you right now. My 404 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: wife or my smoking hot wife by the way, Uh, 405 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: she'll tell me right now after I get home back 406 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: two or three weeks. She's like, you need to tell 407 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: that her said, you need to get back on the 408 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: road because I do. I miss it, man, uh uh 409 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: miss hanging out there with the guys. And it's uh, 410 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's just your space, you know, did 411 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: you guys have to kind of find your places and 412 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: well us call it the band. Now it's just YouTube, 413 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: but like your your your places in the band when 414 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: you start to record for somebody else. I meaning, was 415 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,239 Speaker 1: there ever a all right, you do this, I'll do this, 416 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: or was it already all predetermined because of all the 417 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: time you'd spent together. That's it. It was all pretty. 418 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: And we always knew, man, what we've done in the songs. 419 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: And I would actually take songs to t Roy and 420 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: you're like, man, this is you right here, because you know, 421 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: I said, I'm not gonna sing gonna love song and 422 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: I ain't gonna ever write one, which on this new 423 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: CD I did, but um, it just comes. I don't 424 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: know how we would find the songs. And he would always, man, 425 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: be great at a part of it, and that worked 426 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: for me to part of it and when it come 427 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: together and I reckon that's why people wired this morning. 428 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: Both of us is just one of us. They didn't 429 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: want the one without the other. It's also wild how 430 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: big you guys are and together it's like a wrestling 431 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: tag team. That's always what you were so intimidating physically. 432 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: We've done that too. Yeah, you guys are wrestled. Yeah, 433 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: where the heck did you guys brestl We've done done 434 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: a video for t n A And then a matter 435 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: of fact, I just uh Matt Jones close front of mine. 436 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I just uh love Matt to death man, 437 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: and uh I went up and done of course he owns. 438 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, Ohio Valley Wrestling o w oh yeah. And 439 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: so I went up there and here about a couple 440 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: months ago, and uh you got in the room. Yeah, sure, 441 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: I would be hurting from I had to do a 442 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: body slam and a big elbow drop. Baby, you slammed 443 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: somebody and then dropped the oilbow on. Oh hell yeah. 444 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: How long will you still we after that? Huh? Because 445 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: oh well, I'm sort of thinking about it. Yeah, you know, 446 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: to you it's probably the next day thing. But at 447 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: the moment, man, it's just you're just you're king of 448 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: the world. Were you're a big wrestling guy's a kid? 449 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: Oh hell yeah? Man? Hell me and John Boys wrestle 450 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: all the time we had we always had everything. My 451 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: favorite movie of course, all my kids always done the 452 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: gas Chamber. Enough say it. I was a big figure 453 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: for a guy I love. Once I figured out the 454 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: figure four from Ric Flair, and your sister I was. 455 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: I was doing well. I was doing every move on. 456 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: I would see it and then I would practice on 457 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: her because she was like four years younger than I was. 458 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: But you grew up in the South, and I go 459 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: up in Arkansas, on a very rural town in Arkansas. 460 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: Like wrestling was a huge part of Oh my God, 461 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: Jerry Lawler, the King Lawler, Handsome Jimmy Value is probably 462 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: still my favorite. Shut up, you know, but I love 463 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: this stuff. How big, how big old boy are you? 464 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: How tall are you six too? And at your probably 465 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: six three six three anything? I mean, you feel bigger 466 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: than six too right now? And you got a hat too, 467 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: to be fair, you also wearned the big hat, so 468 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: that's another couple of inches. The ball they called it 469 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: the ball, actually uh, only one horse makes it for him. Man, 470 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: it's called the ball, the big gass hat. It's called 471 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 1: tattoos and scars after my After our first CD when 472 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: did you start to develop the look that everyone knows, 473 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: Like when I picture you, it's like you look now 474 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: with the pat and the glasses and you know the jacket. 475 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: When when did this look come about? Was it when 476 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: you had money? Or do you have to make it 477 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: happen cheaper and poorer? Uh? Done it cheaper and poor? 478 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,120 Speaker 1: But it's sure did help when we got signed. And yeah, uh, 479 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: you know, I always loved how big Charlie Daniels hat was, 480 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: but I love the way Whalen's head look and Charlie 481 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 1: one Horse come up with it, So you just kind 482 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 1: of combined. So yeah, it combined too, man, And it's uh, 483 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: it's kind of stuck with me. I guess I do 484 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: want to get to the solo album in a second, 485 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 1: but I do want to go back musically and go 486 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: to the debut single back in Yeah, yeah, back Inns 487 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: right right. One award here is Hillbilly Shoes, the first single. 488 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: So when you you know you're you're making this music, 489 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 1: was this song just something? Was it naturally the first 490 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: single to you? Or was there a debate with all 491 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: the music that you had, like what do we want 492 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: to lead with? What do you want our image to be. No, 493 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: we had a big deal over it. We actually come 494 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: into town and when Sony first scientists, we went in 495 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: and cut there's four or five sides with a very 496 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: very very prominent producer, very big, and uh we didn't 497 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: like it. So we went in told Sony the president 498 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: had a made mente with all of them and said, uh, 499 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: he don't get us. Is that because it was too shiny, 500 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: too slick? Yeah? Uh it was. It wasn't us and 501 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: the president, Uh, I mean they said flat totises. What 502 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: was y'all know what y'all done? Said? U? This producers 503 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: like number one producer in Nashville. He said, man, he 504 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: just he ain't getting us. And so we went our 505 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: separate ways and there was a another man, Thank god 506 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: for him. Uh, Anthony Martin, Joe Scape and Joe Cotton. Um, 507 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: they've done it and they got it, and so this 508 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: is who we were. And he was like this needs 509 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: to come out. And there was at first there was 510 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 1: a big fight about it because it was like, um, man, 511 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: ain't nobody gonna play this? What do you think wasn't 512 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: being represented initially? And I say too slick, too polished? 513 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: Like what was missing to you? What was not being 514 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: represented about Montgomery Gentry that you were like, this is 515 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: not us because blank the wrongness. It was a wrong's man. 516 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: You know when I mean, if you go back on 517 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 1: the still Whalen album right now, I guarantee you won't 518 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 1: be able to hear any old album without some kind 519 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: of guitar noise or you know, here her fingers on 520 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: the string sliding. You know. I even though I can't 521 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: remember which album it is, but I remember listened to 522 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: the head owns here of do you hear it's on 523 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: the Wailan album and in here and painted one way 524 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: and paint it back then they turned it the wrong way. 525 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: They just let it go, and I mean, you know, 526 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: and it's it's things like it, man. And I think 527 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: that's why a lot of people are going back to 528 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: my son is he's a big album nut man, and 529 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: he buys them crazy and he goes everywhere to find him. 530 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 1: So that song, uh debuts in the top twenty. I 531 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: believe it was like twelve or thirteen thirteen. So it's 532 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: Sonny put another single, I'm gonna play some of Lonely 533 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: and Gone Now in the House of a Lonely and 534 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: Gone Now. The first song had some success, but this 535 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: one hits. It's top five song. Now did that just 536 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: feel like the natural progression, Like we put out a 537 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: song and that's pretty good. Now the next song needs 538 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: to do better? And it you had it? I mean, 539 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: did you start to film Montgomery Gentry really being you know, 540 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: some real substance in Nashville with the song? Yeah? Uh. 541 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: And the thing about it was we was getting to 542 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: know everybody out in radio land because we've done it different. 543 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: We took a bus and we didn't have. What you've 544 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: seen with us is what you get. And we told 545 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: everybody to that and said, you know, we don't care. 546 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: I mean, we have pts out there man in the morning, 547 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 1: drinking whiskey, you know, drinking Jim Bam on the bus 548 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 1: and stuff. I mean, you guys were doing the peep shows. 549 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 1: What I hear on the bus, what pets would come 550 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: in to be like people. So but you know, we 551 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,360 Speaker 1: was just say, hey, man, this is who we are. 552 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: You know, we're not for everybody, and we know that, 553 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: but least when you see us, we're telling you the 554 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: truth and you don't catch no damn whine. The next song, 555 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: she Couldn't Change Me again a little higher on the 556 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: chart that I like. That was a number two song. 557 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,959 Speaker 1: Now that was a number one song. Like, there's something here, 558 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: let's go, let's talk about it. There's a number one. 559 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: They changed the charts that week. It was number one 560 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: and changed that charts and Jamie one o god bla, 561 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: she I love you Jamie. But they put her because 562 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: they changed it. But numbers or something, and what was 563 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: that song she had? Wait, why what do you mean 564 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 1: they changed the chart, They changed the chart arms, they 565 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: changed the chart to change it the way they were 566 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: doing it. Of course, there was R and R, which 567 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: was radio and records. You had billboard. It was somewhere 568 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: in Arizona maybe or something like it. Whatever she had then, 569 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: but we were number one, and they said they changed 570 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 1: the chart. This we can They changed it right back 571 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: the next week. You mean they went back to the 572 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 1: old method. That so for one week they screwed you 573 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 1: out of a song. Yeah, it was played like a number. 574 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: It was a number one, and play like number one. Well, 575 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: then let's call it a number. Let's call it a 576 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: you know what the heck, let's call it a number one. 577 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: But my point is that these songs are moving up right. 578 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: You got a thirteen. You gotta five, you gotta to 579 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: one and a half number one. So you're moving up 580 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: and and and to get to this. So my talent 581 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: comes out. And if you might playing cliff of this night, 582 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: this to me might be the song that when I 583 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: think of you guys, I think of the song. But 584 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: what's wild? It wasn't a number one song, Like if 585 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: someone's in name of Montgomery gentry song, I probably go 586 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: someboding proud of my town like one of those two songs. 587 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: Did this song? Has it gained so much popularity because 588 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: of all the places it's been playing since I see 589 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: our commercials, you know, I see it like, oh, that's 590 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: the one that that's the one man that knew that 591 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: we will. Wow, we're doing something okay. Even though it 592 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: didn't chart as high as the other one, you felt 593 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: like this song was really just it's one of them. 594 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: Are Rena you know, Like I don't want to say 595 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: Rena rock, but I mean that's what. You know. You 596 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: hear a lot of these songs, man, you know, they 597 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: don't go number one, but they're bigger than lie. And 598 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: it's because everybody, everybody there's I don't know anybody that 599 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: ain't from a small mind town. I don't care if 600 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: it's outside of l A or New York or whatever 601 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: their little area. This is my town. Yeah, And so 602 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 1: you know that's what they felt like. It's like, oh, 603 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: they're talking to me, and you know, daddy won't sell 604 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: the farm stuff like that. I mean, that's a lot 605 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: of the working class people and go, I get it. 606 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: And the party is I get it. Who do you 607 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: feel like Montgomery Gentry even you now, who do you 608 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: feel like you speak for? Not too but four. I 609 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: think that the where everybody that loves to live life man, 610 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, this is the greatest country in 611 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: the world. We can say be and dream as big 612 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: as we want to in this great country. We don't 613 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: give it enough enough for all of our great American heroes. 614 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: And I think that's the people that were singing to 615 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: America that's going like, hey, I got a dream too, 616 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: and I want to go chase it. And so I 617 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: think I'd say we were speaking to and the working 618 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: class because they've seen this is like, well, you know, 619 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: they ain't hiding nothing to to play great music, but 620 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: hell they they'll have a drink with us. We've been 621 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: on their bus, you know, And I think it's just 622 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: the average day, every day working class, whether you're going 623 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: to school, whether whatever you want to live life. Do 624 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: you feel like you appealed to so many people because 625 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: you look like so many people? Like I said, I'm 626 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: just everyday dude. Man, I ain't gonna lie about it. 627 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: You know, I like to drink when I do. Look 628 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: out its own? But what does that mean? Lookout it's on? 629 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: There's so many lookout it's on, Like look out it's on. 630 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: You're gonna give me kisses like you're trying to fight me. 631 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: What does lookout it's on mean? Do you that means? Uh? Last? Man? 632 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: Stand it? I guess you know, so you know if 633 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna live, live it right? You know, I never 634 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: did understand, you know what, I'm probably gonna pissed somebody 635 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: off on this one, But I never did understand somebody 636 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 1: going in, yeah, well I've had two drinks. Well here, 637 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: let piss me off. I've he had two bottles. Act yeah, 638 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: and that we're talking, you know, were you able to 639 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: you know, you're playing these clubs before one, and you're 640 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: experiencing things that a lot of people don't get to 641 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: experience until later in life. But what was like the 642 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: the beer law rule? And how could you be six 643 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: teen and have a beer? And yeah, and your parents 644 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: were like, you know, that's my first beer was eight? 645 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: But did your did your mom and dad know about it? 646 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: My dad getting my first beer? Okay? And so and 647 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: I also am a believer of if you're exposed to 648 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: something early, you don't go crazy on it later. That's right, 649 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: part exactly right? And do you feel like that was 650 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: kind of not that you didn't have your fun, but 651 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: do you feel like because you were having a beer 652 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: at eight that you didn't acstlutely go bonkers A one? 653 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: I think it's you hit it red on the head. 654 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: You know. My old man always say it said, boys, 655 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: you control it, don't let it control you. And so 656 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: you know, of course I have had a gym beam 657 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: sponsor for years. They still make my boots for me. 658 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: So but yeah, you know I was around it, and 659 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: you know, and I won't go much further than that, 660 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: but hell, we was. Uh, it was around a lot 661 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: of stuff, A lot of stuff. People ever come up 662 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: to you in a bar like a guy and they're like, oh, 663 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: the fans A guy from Montgomery gentry. Yeah, you're a 664 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 1: big dude. I think I could probably take you all right, 665 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: fancy singer guy, let's go. People ever come up and 666 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: giving you a hassle? Uh? You know, maybe used to 667 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: there a few times in the bar you had punk, 668 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: but we you know, we never did have. We always 669 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: bounced ourselves, Me and John Boy and two Roy. We 670 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: bounced every place we played. Well, yeah, look at you, 671 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: I mean you get yes. Did you ever bounce yourself though? 672 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: Outside of music, let's just make a few bucks? Nah, 673 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: you never did. I was always playing. I mean if 674 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,479 Speaker 1: we wouldn't, we wouldn't playing a club at night. We 675 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: were rehearsing somewhere, or we were either going trying to 676 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: find a musician, or we were seeing who our competition was. 677 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: We wouldn't play. But most time we was playing. And 678 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: I mean even it breaks wouldn't go around. Man, I'd 679 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: take off and go check the bars and talk to 680 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: owners and you know so uh well, my old man 681 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: and I I always called me, you know, mouth of the South, 682 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: So you know I had to go around. I've done 683 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: a lot of uh b s and I'll call it 684 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: that way. Something to be out of. I mentioned that 685 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: earlier massive number one for you guys again, this is 686 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: a song that speaks to people where I come from. 687 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: You know, I'm from a small town. Part two, I'm 688 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: from a small town in Arkansas, And I think a 689 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 1: lot of people that grew up where I grew up 690 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: go like they're talking to me and about me, Like, 691 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 1: did this song again you've had at this point, you've 692 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: had so many songs you've had, uh if you ever 693 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: stopped loving me gone you have all these massive songs. 694 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,080 Speaker 1: But did this Do you feel like this took you 695 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: to a new level again? Oh? Yeah, I mean it's 696 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: just uh what was it? Just? Part you can't to me? 697 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: I don't think you can go wrong man, when you're 698 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:45,319 Speaker 1: when you're singing about the truth and uh especially singing 699 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,800 Speaker 1: about America man, and are and all are great people 700 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,840 Speaker 1: that's here. What was the height? Was there a moment 701 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:55,240 Speaker 1: to you at that the height of Montgomery Gentry, massive 702 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: popularity songs are on the radio, your headlining. Was there 703 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: a moment where you're like, dang, like this is pretty 704 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: wild that this has happened. Well, my old man, I 705 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,440 Speaker 1: was told us man or told me you know, and 706 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: and John Boy, both of us, but he's like he said, 707 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: you know, he said, you went all the wards you 708 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: want to, but said, you've never made it until you 709 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: remember the opera. And so when Chrder Daniels come up 710 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 1: in bad Is just to be a member of the Operator, 711 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 1: then uh uh that was pretty uh, that's pretty awesome. 712 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: And in plus the but you know, of course a 713 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,040 Speaker 1: Kentucky Music Hall of Fame that was awesome too. So 714 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,240 Speaker 1: it's been uh, you know, it's stuff because I reckon, 715 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 1: you know, to being really honest, I don't think we 716 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 1: ever done it, man, John Boy, never done it. Uh 717 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 1: to be the stars or that we've just done it 718 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,600 Speaker 1: because it's we love music and that's you know, it's 719 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,759 Speaker 1: like your dad. It's a brick layer and you become 720 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: a brick layer, you know. And it's and we knew that, 721 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 1: you know, we knew the Honky talks, and I mean 722 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,360 Speaker 1: we were playing with dad time I was drum I 723 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: was a full time drummer at twelve, and John but 724 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 1: it was eleven or something playing guitar, and so we 725 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,879 Speaker 1: already knew all the club owners. So when that when 726 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,280 Speaker 1: I was making that switch from Dad playing the old 727 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 1: style country Hanks Senior and Hanks, Snow and all that. 728 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,280 Speaker 1: And uh of course Dad was a hell of an entertainer. 729 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 1: He always done a grand old lobbry stuff, you know, 730 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,920 Speaker 1: imitating people. But we knew the bar owners, and then 731 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 1: me and John decided to make our own band. When 732 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 1: we could start driving. Um, they let us, They let 733 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: us in the bars, and of course we were playing 734 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 1: Bob Cigar Alabama was playing all the new stuff and 735 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: you know how that goes, man, You know, it's gonna 736 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 1: the switches. The captains got the switches. So they started 737 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:43,719 Speaker 1: hiring us, you know, when the old man was like, 738 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,320 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna play weekends from here on out boys, 739 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 1: and uh so when he was for sure then and 740 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 1: we'd go every once a while, we go back him. 741 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,439 Speaker 1: He didn't need a band, and he had every gig. 742 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: We'd go backing. But yeah, I tell you what, man, 743 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: missing days a lot. I'll tell you what Tim Hunky took, 744 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: say a lot of them, but a lot of fun 745 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: and a lot of unique people. You mentioned the opery, 746 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 1: which you know, it has been just so such an 747 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,400 Speaker 1: instrument part of my life with my grandmother, you know, 748 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:13,799 Speaker 1: and she raised me for a lot of my life. 749 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 1: And we would either watch it on TNN or find 750 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 1: a way to listen to it. But but to her 751 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 1: that was the biggest thing. So to me it became 752 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,719 Speaker 1: a thing. Whereas a kid, at first I was like, 753 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 1: I don't want to listen to watch this again, but 754 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,920 Speaker 1: I did, and then it became like a really big 755 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: part of my life because of my relationship with her. 756 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 1: And when she passed away and I moved to town 757 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,319 Speaker 1: and I started playing the operation, like doing stand up 758 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: comedy there, and it was the biggest deal to me 759 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,080 Speaker 1: just to play it because of her, right, and you 760 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: mentioned how that's such a big deal to you and 761 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 1: because of what your dad said, Like, the Opery is 762 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: where it's at, and I've watched a lot of people 763 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,960 Speaker 1: be inducted. I produced the TV show there. Now for 764 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,680 Speaker 1: the Opery like still a big part of my life. 765 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,319 Speaker 1: And I see people and these different introductions, and people 766 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: will come off the stage, Garth will come on with 767 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 1: someone and go, hey, you're being invited. You know, Dustin 768 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,960 Speaker 1: Lynch gets invited, like Elsie Ballerini. You mentioned it was 769 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,279 Speaker 1: Charlie Daniels. What can you remember about that night? Did 770 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,279 Speaker 1: you know did you have a feeling you were going 771 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,800 Speaker 1: to be invited that have a clue. I got a 772 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 1: story on that. This is funny. So anyway, little Jimmy 773 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 1: Dickens love him to death. I think I got plenty 774 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:21,240 Speaker 1: of stories on him too. But little Jimmy was out there. Well, 775 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,680 Speaker 1: they told us he was telling he was telling a 776 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: couple of jokes, and they told us, said, well, you 777 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,759 Speaker 1: might have to cut a song because little Jimmy's running late. 778 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, it's fine with us. So we get out 779 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:39,359 Speaker 1: there and we get too through two songs. And once 780 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,560 Speaker 1: we're here and the monitors well, ho ho hold it, 781 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,680 Speaker 1: hold boys, remember, I like, well, they're cutting me into 782 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: you cousins. We kept holding boys. We're looking around, we're waiting. 783 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,600 Speaker 1: We're not seeing nobody, and I don't want this big 784 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,239 Speaker 1: figure starts walking right down through the middle, lets, you know, 785 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,160 Speaker 1: blinding us. He's in the dark, and I don't want. 786 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: Here comes Charlott Daniels out and did you know that's 787 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 1: what it was? No that had no clue to He 788 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: got on stage and told us, I mean, were you 789 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,200 Speaker 1: just like, why is Charlie walking on stage? Us? Away? Man? 790 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,839 Speaker 1: I mean that's the one time and I got real real, yeah, 791 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: both of us got really emotional, man, because you know, 792 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,360 Speaker 1: it's just something you know, as a kid, I remember 793 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:23,120 Speaker 1: sitting in the car when Dad wouldn't playing music. He 794 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,359 Speaker 1: he he'd be listening to it on the radio. I'd 795 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 1: be sitting in the car with him. Of course Dave 796 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 1: was half pine or whatever, you know, but anyway, we'd 797 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,680 Speaker 1: sit there and listen, and Uh, it was just a 798 00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,800 Speaker 1: really big deal, man, you know. So, yeah, that that 799 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,680 Speaker 1: was that was pretty killer. And so he comes on 800 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:41,840 Speaker 1: and goes, hey, I want to bout you guys. To 801 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,920 Speaker 1: be an official member of the Grand ol Obry, do 802 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:48,239 Speaker 1: you you have to play music after you get invited? Right, 803 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,239 Speaker 1: because you hadn't played it yet, you play, Yeah, we had, 804 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 1: we done one more song, and then it was I 805 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,800 Speaker 1: bet that was I bet that was tough and awesome 806 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,279 Speaker 1: at the same time. It was. It was man, it 807 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: was a catch twenty two. It was just unreal. But 808 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: he was just getting so emotional trying get through the song. 809 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 1: You know, when you're singing, if you're getting most of 810 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 1: your voice wants to break up a little bit, and 811 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,319 Speaker 1: you're going like, oh, and hell, you know, I'm I'm 812 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,759 Speaker 1: thinking about I'm gonna be a member Operay, I'm not 813 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: thinking about words. What about whenever you actually went and 814 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,759 Speaker 1: you know, I became a member because it's it's a 815 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:23,799 Speaker 1: it's a too prong almost you get invited and then 816 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,680 Speaker 1: you then there's a night where you get inducted. Marty Stewart. 817 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,120 Speaker 1: Marty Stewart inducted you man. That's that's royalty right there, 818 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,919 Speaker 1: both of them and inviting and inducting you guys. So 819 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 1: it's just, uh, it's an awesome deal and something you'll 820 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: never forget. And I'll tell you it's it's unbelievable. And uh, 821 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 1: that's why I love my life so much. You know, 822 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,759 Speaker 1: I'm it's not ain't It's been perfect to me, But 823 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,040 Speaker 1: it ain't been perfect, you know what I mean? All 824 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,839 Speaker 1: the stuff it's uh, me and John Bolways been through. 825 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,319 Speaker 1: I've been through, uh you know, and that's one thing 826 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,640 Speaker 1: I canna saying. Man, Uh, you know, we're being John Bold. 827 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,319 Speaker 1: Besides being brothers, were pretty much raised each other and 828 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,080 Speaker 1: best friends. You know, if one of us had an apple, 829 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:12,400 Speaker 1: the other one had an apple, and you guys stayed 830 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,799 Speaker 1: obviously brothers, did you stay close and like lean on 831 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,799 Speaker 1: each other at times? Because obviously at still do every day. 832 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,400 Speaker 1: I mean this is a business, just the creative business, 833 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,759 Speaker 1: not even just music. But in a world of creation, 834 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,920 Speaker 1: there are highs and lows. It's just the nature of it. 835 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,759 Speaker 1: And I'm assuming you guys were there for each other 836 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,120 Speaker 1: when you were both experiencing different highs and different lows. 837 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,520 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, man, Uh definitely through man, And we've talked 838 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,799 Speaker 1: to each other and helped each other through stuff, talk 839 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,359 Speaker 1: to how we should do this and we shouldn't do that. 840 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,320 Speaker 1: He has ever done a song together like you do? 841 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,600 Speaker 1: You know one? Man, that's funny you said that we 842 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,880 Speaker 1: ain't get it done or finished yet, but uh, it 843 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,799 Speaker 1: should be done every pretty soon. But well, we've just 844 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,879 Speaker 1: done Brotherly Love and it's the first time and we've 845 00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:00,160 Speaker 1: done none one together. Did you ever think about that 846 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,759 Speaker 1: back in the day, Like we're just trying to keep 847 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,479 Speaker 1: two different entities. Uh, you know at first one first 848 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,080 Speaker 1: started being you know that I didn't want nobody knowing. 849 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,640 Speaker 1: John Boy was my brother is right. Yeah, he asked me, 850 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,000 Speaker 1: said you want to help anyone? I was like, they 851 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:15,799 Speaker 1: don't know. I said, I want to do this on 852 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,359 Speaker 1: my own. I don't want nobody because I've already seen 853 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:22,280 Speaker 1: and heard growing up my whole life about how siblings 854 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:25,160 Speaker 1: don't make it you know they try, or a lot 855 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:27,200 Speaker 1: of times the kids don't make it, you know, and 856 00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:31,040 Speaker 1: stuff like that. So uh yeah, I was like, nope, 857 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,120 Speaker 1: I don't want nothing on this, and you don't want 858 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,960 Speaker 1: to believe it or not. There's probably still guys out 859 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,880 Speaker 1: there and radio stuff that don't don't know me and 860 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 1: John Boy's brothers. I run into people all the time. 861 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,879 Speaker 1: Uh there, I'll go like, hold it, you're John Michael 862 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,919 Speaker 1: mcgrammer's brother, or it's like John Michael's your brother. Yeah, 863 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,480 Speaker 1: I go, yeah, I go, oh my god, it makes 864 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,280 Speaker 1: sense now, you know. I mean I had a Eureka 865 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,440 Speaker 1: moment like that probably ten years ago because I grew 866 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:03,040 Speaker 1: up listening to both, but I never put it together 867 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,239 Speaker 1: until I think someone was just just told me. He's like, hey, 868 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,960 Speaker 1: you know that. Wait what And then then it's like 869 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,279 Speaker 1: it's all there because the word Montgomery is in both 870 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,520 Speaker 1: of them. But you're right, I never associated you tube 871 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,120 Speaker 1: with each other at all, respected and listen to both 872 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,480 Speaker 1: of you, but never associated you two as brothers. We 873 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,799 Speaker 1: never we never even you know, we didn't start doing 874 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:28,759 Speaker 1: shows together until here not too long ago, and uh, 875 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,280 Speaker 1: you know, we always just kind of kept that separated, 876 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,640 Speaker 1: even though we run around together all the time, you know, 877 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,839 Speaker 1: only in fifteen minutes we hang out. We hang out 878 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:40,480 Speaker 1: the same club together and everything. You and Tiroy won 879 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,120 Speaker 1: the c m A for Vocal do O the Year 880 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:46,239 Speaker 1: in two thousand, um CM and A m A. You 881 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:47,880 Speaker 1: want all three of them sweat it? Okay? Do you 882 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:49,680 Speaker 1: remember who you beat out? I have the list here, 883 00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,480 Speaker 1: as I said, we'd never win it, really yeah, yeah, 884 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,920 Speaker 1: and I and you know, and I don't want to 885 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,000 Speaker 1: talk about anybody, but you know, I mean we were 886 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,399 Speaker 1: already we said, well we're you know, we're lost because 887 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,400 Speaker 1: they tell everybody told us going there said you lost, 888 00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,640 Speaker 1: said your Daisy is gonna win it. And that was 889 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,800 Speaker 1: the first one. Am that first one, and then we 890 00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,320 Speaker 1: went on and c that was your days and everyone 891 00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:20,920 Speaker 1: well the c m A, Bellamy, Brothers, Brooks and Dunne. 892 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,000 Speaker 1: Yeah remember Van's coming out spending the microphones? Man, Yeah, 893 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,839 Speaker 1: I forgot about that. And you were nominated the year 894 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,399 Speaker 1: before Brooks and doesn't want it. Then the next year 895 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,200 Speaker 1: you guys want It's like you needed. It's like a 896 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:36,279 Speaker 1: wrestling match, back and forth two prominent duos, You and 897 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:39,080 Speaker 1: Troy that would have whoop their butts physically. I know 898 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: them both. I'll tell you that right now. They never 899 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,439 Speaker 1: want to mess with you guys. It's over. Oh, I'll 900 00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:46,880 Speaker 1: tell you man. We've we've had our shares stuff with people. 901 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,359 Speaker 1: But you know it's the only fun. Man. Gotta live, live, 902 00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,640 Speaker 1: gotta learn every day. So I want to talk about 903 00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,520 Speaker 1: the solo record for a second, because this is hey 904 00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:00,560 Speaker 1: Love wrote up this whole Corona thing, man, and I've 905 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,920 Speaker 1: been stuck in the garage and hell I wrote a 906 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,200 Speaker 1: book or help write a children's book, wrote the album. 907 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,439 Speaker 1: So a lot of this writing happened during the last 908 00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,640 Speaker 1: year and a half or so, just when COVID hit. 909 00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:15,239 Speaker 1: Whenever you put out a solo record, I'm imagining though, 910 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,719 Speaker 1: that it's a is it a full shift to you? 911 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,200 Speaker 1: Because it's got to be so comfortable to have your 912 00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:22,640 Speaker 1: partner with you forever and he's not with you there anymore. 913 00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:24,239 Speaker 1: You know. That's why it took me a while to 914 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,600 Speaker 1: do it because and I still do even on stage. Man. 915 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:30,680 Speaker 1: You know, I'm so used to look into my left 916 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:35,120 Speaker 1: and it was just it worked out so perfect, man, 917 00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,040 Speaker 1: And you know it's just like, uh, you know, we've 918 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,560 Speaker 1: known each other longer and we known our wives. So yeah, 919 00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:46,239 Speaker 1: you know that the everything we've done was you know us, 920 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,520 Speaker 1: we always you know, I was talking to each other 921 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:53,279 Speaker 1: or whatever. After Troy died, did you consider not not 922 00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,479 Speaker 1: continuing Montgomery gentry? Did you ever just think about being 923 00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:58,560 Speaker 1: Eddie Montgomery or did you have you feel like there 924 00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,680 Speaker 1: was something? I feel it's Hill Montgomery gentryman, It's MG. 925 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:05,440 Speaker 1: It's MG for life, and you know that's something. But 926 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:08,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't want every want anybody forget 927 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,440 Speaker 1: Troy man, because I tell you what he was. He 928 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,320 Speaker 1: was a character herself, you know, and we're missing I 929 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,680 Speaker 1: think we're missing a lot of that in country music. 930 00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:21,279 Speaker 1: Now's characters and uh, you know you got to you 931 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,839 Speaker 1: gotta live life man and singing have fun man. And 932 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:27,799 Speaker 1: I mean that's I'm not gonna quit living because you know, 933 00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:30,759 Speaker 1: I'm I might be riding on a bus or be 934 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,080 Speaker 1: on the stage. I want to get in hang with everybody. 935 00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:35,800 Speaker 1: What was your favorite thing about Troy as a person, 936 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:40,440 Speaker 1: like a human being. Ah, you know, he taught me 937 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,440 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff how to be uh better parents, 938 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:49,960 Speaker 1: uh better husband, you know, because I grew up pretty 939 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:53,600 Speaker 1: wild man, I was, uh, and I'm sure John boyd ain't. 940 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:56,000 Speaker 1: If John Boys sit anything, he probably tell you that, 941 00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:59,759 Speaker 1: but uh, you know, with me, but anything goes. And 942 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,759 Speaker 1: you know, hell, I'm a I'm a guy at the 943 00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:06,080 Speaker 1: end of my life. You know, most people you'll ask, 944 00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:10,200 Speaker 1: you'll go like, man, God, I wish i'd have tried that. God, 945 00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,480 Speaker 1: I wish you'd have done that. I'm gonna be that 946 00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:16,080 Speaker 1: dude going, uh, Hell, maybe I shouldn't have tried that one. 947 00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:18,840 Speaker 1: Maybe it shouldn't have done You know, I wish I 948 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,960 Speaker 1: really wouldn't have done that one. But you know, hey, 949 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,719 Speaker 1: it's life if you don't try it, ma'am. You know, hey, 950 00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,800 Speaker 1: that's why America is the greatest country in the world 951 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,080 Speaker 1: because we can go get it if we want it. 952 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:34,200 Speaker 1: So you gotta do when you play the massive hits, 953 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,719 Speaker 1: do you are you singing even the songs that Roy sing. Uh? 954 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,640 Speaker 1: You know what, here's the way I've done that. And 955 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,759 Speaker 1: I was going to and I started and I went 956 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:49,840 Speaker 1: it didn't feel right to me. So all my guys, 957 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:53,480 Speaker 1: most of my guys anyway, we've been together from day one, 958 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:56,000 Speaker 1: our band, and I was like, you know what, let's 959 00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:58,279 Speaker 1: do this. So I might start one off or t 960 00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,400 Speaker 1: Roy song like Hillbilly or you know or something, and 961 00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,799 Speaker 1: uh then I'll switch off and maybe let you know 962 00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,960 Speaker 1: the keyboard player player verse, you know, Eddi K and 963 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:10,080 Speaker 1: we'll are Frank guitar player and we'll just switch back 964 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:11,520 Speaker 1: and forth a little bit and dude a little bit. 965 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:14,200 Speaker 1: But I'm gonna tell you what, here's a great thing 966 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,920 Speaker 1: about having songs like that, even though they wouldn't number one. 967 00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:19,560 Speaker 1: Hell of course, we don't call the robody fans. We 968 00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,239 Speaker 1: call them friends, man, and our friends are louder than 969 00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:25,279 Speaker 1: we are singing them back. So that's a great thing 970 00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,439 Speaker 1: about it. And I mean, you know, I just hell, 971 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,880 Speaker 1: I can start singing and they sing troys Port for me. 972 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:34,279 Speaker 1: You know, you guys have songs that really speak to 973 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:38,719 Speaker 1: country music. Late nineties, uh two thousand's you know that? 974 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,880 Speaker 1: To me, is that sound like when I think, you know, 975 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,239 Speaker 1: if someone's like, hey, I know what the nineties sound like, 976 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:46,239 Speaker 1: I know what the or late nineties two thousand sound like. 977 00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,800 Speaker 1: And you guys are definitely the leaders in that category 978 00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:50,439 Speaker 1: to me, like when I think of that type of music. 979 00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:54,040 Speaker 1: Uh So for you to get out and perform these songs, 980 00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:55,720 Speaker 1: this is the last question I have about the dynamic 981 00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,560 Speaker 1: of you two guys. But the first time you go 982 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:04,759 Speaker 1: out at after you're playing again after Troy's death, I mean, 983 00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:09,080 Speaker 1: that's got to be just extremely emotional. I mean, was 984 00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:13,439 Speaker 1: it or was it not? Dude, I'll tell you what. 985 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,880 Speaker 1: Me and the whole band we opened up for Alabama 986 00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:23,360 Speaker 1: and nervous as hell, and uh well all Man started 987 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:26,759 Speaker 1: tearing up backstage Man just before we went on, and 988 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,120 Speaker 1: I was like, God, I hope we can get through this. 989 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:33,279 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, we know t roys with us, 990 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:37,200 Speaker 1: and he's like, he'll get us it as long as 991 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,600 Speaker 1: you don't play a prank on us. Did you in 992 00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,279 Speaker 1: that first performance? Did you ever felt a moment where 993 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,960 Speaker 1: we're like, Okay, we got it, Like I worried about it, 994 00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,640 Speaker 1: but but but we you know that whole thing by 995 00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:49,799 Speaker 1: the end of it, I'm gonna tell you, I was. 996 00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:55,080 Speaker 1: Every one of us was emotionally just. We all got 997 00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:58,760 Speaker 1: back there and had us a drink and yeah, tro 998 00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:00,880 Speaker 1: thank you brother. If tour dates that, I want to 999 00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:04,719 Speaker 1: mention here you are. You're in Fort Myers, you're in Georgia, 1000 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:09,120 Speaker 1: you're in Nebraska, and you're playing these different shows. How long. 1001 00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:12,560 Speaker 1: How long does set for Montgomery Gentry now? UH will 1002 00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:16,160 Speaker 1: add the noos to right now? Our set's been running 1003 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:19,920 Speaker 1: about one. It's a long show. It's a good show. 1004 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,600 Speaker 1: You play all the hits still, Oh yeah, yeah, I 1005 00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:25,040 Speaker 1: don't know. We go and I mean ours ain't like Talkien. 1006 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:27,800 Speaker 1: We go into one and it's kind of like southern 1007 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,560 Speaker 1: rock thing. You know, it's one right into another. So 1008 00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:32,480 Speaker 1: when I get there, you're gonna play lucky man, Like 1009 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:34,799 Speaker 1: if I show up, you're gonna play Damn right. I'm 1010 00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:36,160 Speaker 1: not gonna be like what lady to play my song? 1011 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:46,280 Speaker 1: Damn right, it'll be there. Let me make sure everybody 1012 00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:49,279 Speaker 1: knows that. You know, you'll be able to stream the 1013 00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:52,680 Speaker 1: new Montgomery Gentry album into January if you're at Walmart 1014 00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:54,799 Speaker 1: and you want to get it now. It's actually out there. 1015 00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:58,640 Speaker 1: But it's you know, twelve tracks, it's all you, it's 1016 00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:01,880 Speaker 1: all it's Montgomery Gentry, same sound like you felt you 1017 00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:05,279 Speaker 1: had to do. Man, you know it's uh to me, 1018 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:07,080 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what everybody's told me. That sounds like 1019 00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:11,160 Speaker 1: it sounds It sounds like Tattoos and Scars, our first CD. 1020 00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,200 Speaker 1: I gotta know something what old John Boys saying about 1021 00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,480 Speaker 1: my but well, because I got a few stories on 1022 00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:21,040 Speaker 1: him too. You know, he would he fell off a 1023 00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:23,320 Speaker 1: trashic on the end of his tongue off. He'd go 1024 00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:25,759 Speaker 1: around telling his name is Johnny the Dummy. You know 1025 00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:29,000 Speaker 1: he didn't tell that story. Oh sorry, john boy, that 1026 00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:31,200 Speaker 1: story did not come up. I like that story. That's 1027 00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:34,240 Speaker 1: a good one. You know. Mostly he just talked about 1028 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:38,040 Speaker 1: you know, you guys having to kind of find your identities, 1029 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:42,360 Speaker 1: not playing together a bit, that your identity was so 1030 00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:45,960 Speaker 1: much together for so for for your youth, and that 1031 00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:49,399 Speaker 1: it was you, you know, Troy him, you guys played 1032 00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:52,600 Speaker 1: together so much that there was a time where you 1033 00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:54,799 Speaker 1: had to figure out who each other were without each other, 1034 00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:57,880 Speaker 1: and you know it was it was a lot of that. 1035 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,160 Speaker 1: But yeah, he didn't really really good fund Yes, much 1036 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:01,520 Speaker 1: as I was hoping, I was really hoping to get 1037 00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:03,719 Speaker 1: some good. But you know, I tell you what, he 1038 00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:06,160 Speaker 1: loves you, no doubt about it. Oh man, I'll tell 1039 00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,120 Speaker 1: you what. You know what, I don't know what I 1040 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,160 Speaker 1: do with that hie man, because he's uh, he's had 1041 00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:14,160 Speaker 1: my back and I mean through a lot of stuff, 1042 00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:19,560 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff. Uh, most people would turn and 1043 00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:22,399 Speaker 1: run you're bigger than he is, though, right, I feel 1044 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:23,799 Speaker 1: like you're bigger. You feel like you're a bigger guy 1045 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:25,759 Speaker 1: than he is. Yeah, you who was about pretty good 1046 00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:29,200 Speaker 1: after eight teenage, you know what, actually started playing music 1047 00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:33,200 Speaker 1: together all the time. Now, we mnna have some disagreements 1048 00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:38,480 Speaker 1: about music, but that was pretty much it. Uh now 1049 00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:42,680 Speaker 1: when we was kids. Now, well listen, let me say 1050 00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:44,480 Speaker 1: this first of all, you guys check out the music. 1051 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:48,520 Speaker 1: His instagram is lucky Man Eddie. Why Lucky Man Eddie? 1052 00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:52,239 Speaker 1: Because I feel like that's who I am and my 1053 00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,680 Speaker 1: life that I grew up. And you know what, no 1054 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,560 Speaker 1: matter how tough or rough or whatever is being man, 1055 00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:01,960 Speaker 1: it's been awesome, totally flip awesome man. And uh, I 1056 00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:03,880 Speaker 1: can't say it no better than that. I'm wanna thank 1057 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:08,560 Speaker 1: the man upstairs and everybody that is come to the 1058 00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:11,279 Speaker 1: rescue and everybody that's had our back since we come 1059 00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:13,800 Speaker 1: out with tattoos and cars, even back in the clubs 1060 00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:16,160 Speaker 1: with being John boy. But it helped us out when 1061 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:18,359 Speaker 1: you hand on food after us that one day hand 1062 00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:21,960 Speaker 1: on car. You know, we owe everybody that, man, And 1063 00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:25,720 Speaker 1: that's ah that uh to me, that's that's why America 1064 00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:27,640 Speaker 1: is the greatest country in the world becaes our neighbors 1065 00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:31,239 Speaker 1: help each other, and that Montgomery Gentry Instagram is at 1066 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:34,920 Speaker 1: Montgomery Gentry, So I encourage you to follow those and 1067 00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,359 Speaker 1: check out the new music and if they come to town. 1068 00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:38,680 Speaker 1: If you guys come to town and go see you, 1069 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,400 Speaker 1: because you're gonna play the head gonna play the new 1070 00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:43,799 Speaker 1: stuff too, but you're gonna play the heads because if 1071 00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:46,000 Speaker 1: I show up and you don't play something I'm proud of, 1072 00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:48,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get refund I'm gonna go here, I promise you. Hey, 1073 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:51,360 Speaker 1: I really appreciate you spending an hour here with me 1074 00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:54,040 Speaker 1: talking and catching up. Hey, man, thank you so much 1075 00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:56,279 Speaker 1: for having a man I appreciate it. Did you drive 1076 00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:59,200 Speaker 1: down today? Uh? Drove down actual last night, but I 1077 00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:01,879 Speaker 1: wouldn't for sure where is that because you know, even 1078 00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:06,040 Speaker 1: though I've been coming to Nashville for years, Uh, you know, 1079 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:07,960 Speaker 1: I just go to straight one place and I don't know. 1080 00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:10,640 Speaker 1: I don't know in and out and how it is. 1081 00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:12,279 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you, like I said, from the first 1082 00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:14,359 Speaker 1: time I come down there. You just went down Main 1083 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,239 Speaker 1: Street and there's the Peak Chose and everything, and it's 1084 00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:19,359 Speaker 1: really I think all the most you good clubs where 1085 00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:22,000 Speaker 1: everybody was playing. Was that on Murphy's Borough so and 1086 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:25,360 Speaker 1: and I remember that, and somebody told me, now, I 1087 00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:28,040 Speaker 1: don't know how rough Murphy's Bar is, but they said 1088 00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:29,480 Speaker 1: it's a lot different. And I know all the clubs, 1089 00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:32,080 Speaker 1: all the parties downtown now. And you know, you'd only 1090 00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:35,439 Speaker 1: see clubs if you've seen somebody playing downtown. It would 1091 00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:38,400 Speaker 1: be one here and maybe one there, Tutsie's, uh, and 1092 00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:40,799 Speaker 1: all the upstairs and everything to be done. But now 1093 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:44,520 Speaker 1: there's rooftop bars everywhere. I'd hate to even guess what 1094 00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:47,920 Speaker 1: a piece of properly down there, cause now, yeah, that's 1095 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:52,480 Speaker 1: that's ugly. Yeah, well listen, thank you very much for 1096 00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:54,960 Speaker 1: coming by, hey man, Thank you for having me so much. Man, 1097 00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:57,560 Speaker 1: you ever need anything for most you let us know, brother, 1098 00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:00,640 Speaker 1: I know gas wouldn't cheap to get down here and 1099 00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:03,800 Speaker 1: get back home. So that get about two miles a gallon. 1100 00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:08,440 Speaker 1: That's a big truck out there, all right, Thank thank you, 1101 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:10,040 Speaker 1: and you good to see you. Good see you, bro. 1102 00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:10,480 Speaker 1: Thank you