1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: About to hop in a podcast with Luke Combs, which 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: I mean, as you see if you looked at the 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: timer here, we spent over an hour. I just got 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: talking about all kind of stuff. So, uh yeah, it's 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: good to see Luke. And I know that he was 6 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: just in town for a day or so and uh 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: came over. We were gonna do this about a month 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: and a half or so ago, maybe Lauren and that maybe, 9 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: and it got delayed and um yeah, so hang out. 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: Luke Hombs will be on just second. Let me uh 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: kind of throw a couple of things at you. First 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: of all, check out movie mis Movie podcast. I'll give 13 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: you a plug, Minke. All right, I think you're episode 14 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: this week is really interesting. People may hear this for 15 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: weeks and weeks obviously, but check out the podcast. But 16 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: he's doing movies that are real life movies that are 17 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: supposedly based on fact, and you actually see how much 18 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: fact they are. Yeah, I go through and fact check 19 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: them all like you did. What was the Tom Hanks 20 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: DiCaprio movie, Catch Me if you can? So? How true 21 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: that was? What are some other ones you did? I 22 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: did remember the Titans, I did the rembrant Um and 23 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: then I did Blindside Texas Chainsaw because there's a big 24 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: conspiracy that that actually happened. Okay, so I kind of 25 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: took what it came from on that movie. So you 26 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: can check that out movie, Mike's Movie podcast, Amy's Got 27 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: Four Things with Amy Brown, There's Velvet's Edge with Kelly Henderson. 28 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: So there's just a lot of podcasts for you. I 29 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: hope you check it out. My instagram is Mr Bobby Bones, 30 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: and I'm pretty excited to finally get to play this 31 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: one for you. Um we go through a lot, all 32 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: the number ones, what he was like in high school 33 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: and college, and just pretty honest guy. I can always 34 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: appreciate how honest that that Luke Combs is. Anything you'd 35 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: like to say, Mike before we get started here, I 36 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: really enjoyed this one. I think people are gonna like it. Yeah, 37 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: I do too. I walked up and I was like, well, 38 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: this will be one of the most streamed ones. And 39 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: by the way, you can watch all these on our 40 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: YouTube channel. So what's the YouTube dot com slash Bobby Cast, 41 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: So check that out. Subscribe to our YouTube channel if 42 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: you don't mind. You can watch all that you have 43 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: cameras in here two cameras, one on off base, one 44 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: on Luke Combs's face, but a lot of the other 45 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: ones too. I encourage you to go check it out 46 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: and share it with your friends, and if you all mind, 47 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: because we get to do these because our numbers are 48 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: so high, Like we have, you know, millions and millions 49 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: of people that listen to this interview podcast. But it's 50 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: only because you guys listen and write comments and share 51 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: and rate it, and because our streams keep going up, 52 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: Bigger and bigger artists come on the podcast, and so 53 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: it's pretty cool. We get to keep making this great 54 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 1: content because you guys are boosting it. So we if 55 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: you don't mind, and you'll rate us five stars and 56 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: you'll write a nice comment and be like, it's the 57 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: greatest podcast ever. I don't care what anyone says. We 58 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: appreciate that. Without any further ado, let's get over to 59 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: Luke Combs Episode two twenty six. Here we go, all right, 60 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: welcome to episode twenty six with Luke Combs. Good to 61 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: see it. I know you've been home in a while, 62 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: so I appreciate. I got a text from me like, 63 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's gonna take an hour to get here. Yeah, yeah, 64 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: i'd think gets a decent way because you text me. 65 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: I finished working out and I was like, oh, looks 66 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: Luke's gonna be here, and like I was throwing on 67 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: clothes you're underwears wet because I was hell off all 68 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: the way And then I didn't realize you live so 69 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: far away? Yeah, when did that happen for you? Did 70 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 1: you were actually able to buy some landing and yeah, 71 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: it was probably just about a year ago. So I've 72 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: been in my house just over a year now. So 73 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: does it feel like home? It does? It does now 74 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: for sure. It definitely didn't when we move there, you know, 75 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: just because it was, you know, so far from town, 76 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: and all our friends you know, still live in town, 77 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: and it's it's just it took a little bit of 78 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: getting used to, man, but I wouldn't want to be 79 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: anywhere else now. Isn't furniture the worst? Yes, because you 80 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: just don't expect it to be that expensive. Not only that, 81 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: but you think that like, Okay, well, if I'm gonna 82 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: spend X amount on this couch, which I think is 83 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: an insane amount, there should just be one that's there, 84 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: like you have one in the store and it's gonna 85 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: take you six months to get one to my house. Like, 86 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: I just don't understand, especially for a nice one. Right, 87 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: you would think they could move the next one. Right, 88 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: you would think they would just be like, oh, let's 89 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: just make this tomorrow. The things that I buy that 90 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: are frustrating to me, our furniture, and again, I live 91 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: in a pretty nice house here now, and but to 92 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: fill it up with crap. I'm not even in most 93 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: of my rooms. Few are you in most of your own? Nope, 94 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: not at all. And I don't want to leave them 95 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: empty because I'm mos c d about that stuff. And 96 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: then they're like, this is how much a bed costs. 97 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: Refrigerators suck? Refrigerators are mind just broke recently, which was great. 98 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: Car tires. It's in something else that you go. You 99 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: gotta have good ones. You get what you pay for. 100 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: I've got a vehicle that's getting I'm not they're now 101 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: giving me a new vehicle because it's it's broken like 102 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: four times since I've had it. Did you get a 103 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: lemon like lemon law? That's the thing right where they 104 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: just are like, Okay, well we're just gonna take the 105 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: loss and just give you a new one. So the 106 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: car that you bought been broken four times? Yeah, I 107 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: mean it works, but it's just kind of user error. No, 108 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: it's not a user error. No, it's it's great, and 109 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: it's just every time. Um, and it always happens right 110 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: when I get right when I get home from like 111 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: a long period of not being here and I haven't 112 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: been able to drive, and then I get in it 113 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: like at the airport, and then it it breaks like 114 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: on the way home, like you're just trying to get home. 115 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: The TV does that with Netflix, Like I'm ready to 116 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: get home. I've been I've been out forever. The only 117 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: time I need to use it, it didn't work, so right, 118 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: watch the office and just chilling and then it doesn't connect. Yes, 119 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: So I don't want them to fix it anymore. Just 120 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: just either send me a new one or give me 121 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: a refund or something. So you did the last couple 122 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: of days, You're in New York doing doing SNL? Well, 123 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: what was that like for you? Get in the call 124 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: and I'm not sure how that call works. Do you go, 125 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: I'd like to be on SNL? Think about us or 126 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: not really? You know, it was like it was super 127 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: last minute and I think it always is. I think 128 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: it's like because they booked the hosts. I mean, I'm 129 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,799 Speaker 1: not certain, but I feel like they booked the hosts 130 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: three weeks out and then the musical act. I mean 131 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: it was like a week and a half, So you 132 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: didn't know for three or four months that you were 133 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: going to be on SNL. Yeah. No, No, it was 134 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: like I got called and it was like, Hey, we're 135 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: doing sl that's in the week a half and I 136 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: was like, okay, So we had to rehearsals scheduled, like 137 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: we had rented out the space and like all the 138 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: crews they're setting everything up and the band guys had 139 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: already rehearsed a couple of days and then they had 140 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: to up and go to New York like super last minutes. 141 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: That's pretty cool though, right. It was awesome, man, it 142 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: was really awesome. It was It was definitely the coolest, 143 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: coolest like filming saying experience that I've had. What's it 144 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: like walking into that space for the first time, Because 145 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: you do you rehearse pre a day before a couple 146 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: of days. So I we went in I mean two 147 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: or three days. We were in New York for four 148 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: days and I can't imagine how long JJ was there. 149 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: He was probably there for at least a week, maybe 150 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: even the writing meetings. He was in all the writing 151 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: meetings and changing the skits and everything like that. So 152 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: it was really cool because I grew up watching SNL 153 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: with my dad and and so it was really neat. 154 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: It was very surreal to be there and like see 155 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: the set because it's so iconic, you know, and it 156 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: was awesome. Man. I was you know, definitely do it again. 157 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: Do you do the first because the first show they 158 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: do is full, and then they'll end up moving and 159 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: cutting sketches a bit, and then they just go again 160 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: and do it again live. When you do the first one, 161 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: you do the same two songs. If you do, you 162 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: run it just as you were gonna run it. And 163 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: how did you feel after basically the super dress rehearsal. 164 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: I felt really good about it. I mean, you know, 165 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: Lauren came in and was like, hey, you're holding the 166 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: mic too high on the first song and because the cameras, yeah, 167 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: and you can't because normally I'm holding it up here. 168 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: And he's like, well, I can't see your face if 169 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: you're holding it up here, so you gotta just coin up. 170 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: But that was the only note that he had. But 171 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,119 Speaker 1: other than that, it was great. Who did you ask 172 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: to take pictures with? I didn't really ask. I'm not 173 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: a big like, I'm not a big like take the 174 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: picture backstage guy, you know, unless it kind of happens naturally. Um, 175 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: obviously me and JJ got a picture, But I mean, 176 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: obviously I wanted a picture with Lauren because I've been 177 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: at faning Is for a long time. And uh, but 178 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: that was it. You know, I've never been huge into 179 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: the like unless it's a natural thing that happens, you know, 180 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: Like I'm not a big like pop in the dressing 181 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: room and be like what's up? You know. I mean 182 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: I don't mind that at all. I actually love when 183 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: people do that. But sometimes I just feel uncomfortable about it, 184 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: you know, because you don't really know. Like I didn't 185 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: know j J was gonna be like super nice, awesome guy, 186 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I've never met him, so 187 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: he might have been like, who's this guy? You know? 188 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: What was Laura Michael's like? He was awesome, man, he 189 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: was super nice. He's definitely a boss. You can definitely 190 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: tell how he runs the show. Um, but he was. 191 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: He was very nice man, very normal um and just 192 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: had some great stories, you know. And then j J. 193 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: You know, obviously he's massive. My experience of the NFL 194 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: players is they look big on TV, but then when 195 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: you meet them, you're like, oh my god, they're so 196 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: big like that. To me, yes, they're so much bigger. 197 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: They look big on TV, but everyone on TV is 198 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: big on the games, you know, so you don't really 199 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: like if there's a guy that looks bigger than the 200 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: rest of the guys, that guy is really big and 201 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: so standing beside j J, it was it was definitely weird. 202 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: I'm not a small guy, but he was just massive. 203 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: So when you did the promos, I was watching some 204 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: of those promos because that's those are the iconic thing 205 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: where they have one of the cast members, the host 206 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: and the musical artist. Like, as far as what I 207 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: was able to see, that was one of the coolest 208 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 1: things I got to see you do because I've just 209 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: seen so many cool people do that over the years. 210 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: It was neat and they put a d Bryant on 211 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: a like an apple box because she was because she 212 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: was like, I mean, she looked like a child, you know, 213 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: beside us they had her up on an apple box 214 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: just so she was like in the frame, you know 215 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: what I mean. It was it was pretty wild. As 216 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: you're doing the musical performance, are you at all able 217 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: to just think about it, like can you get comfortably 218 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: in place you're singing? You can be super present? You were? 219 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: I was, yeah, because I was like, and we we're 220 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: only doing two songs, you know, and they're one at 221 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: a time. I mean it's broken up, so I guess 222 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: you really never get in like a groove like you 223 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: would at a show. But I mean I've sang beer 224 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: you know, a million times, so it's I was definitely 225 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: comfortable doing that one. Loving on You was the song 226 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: that they picked. You know, they were like, hey, we 227 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: want we're looking for this out of it, so they 228 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: picked that tune. Um that it was great. I mean 229 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 1: that was the one I was I guess least comfortable with, 230 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: you know what I said. I mean, I'm saying that 231 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: one a thousand times too, But it was you always 232 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: get that thought like because I never really think about 233 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: it when we're doing the show. I'm not like, oh 234 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: what if I mess up or what if I do this? 235 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: And then I was like, you know, there's a chance 236 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 1: that I could just blow it, you know, like, I mean, 237 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: I usually don't think that way, but SNL is kind 238 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: of a huge opportunity. So I was like, and wouldn't 239 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: it just be ironic, you know, if I just got 240 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: too comfortable and then on the biggest TV thing that 241 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: I've done today, I just let my guard down a 242 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: little a bit too much. Luckily that didn't happen. So 243 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: you ever get one of these settings that's really big 244 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: or cool and it's just the sound just isn't working right, 245 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: like maybe an ears out or you're like, god, dang, 246 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: I gotta you just have to go, and not really 247 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: know until you look back at the feedback at out went. 248 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 1: So my stage right guitar players ears were out for beer, 249 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: and so they were great the whole time, you know, 250 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: for every I mean we must have ran it five 251 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: or six times over the course of a few days, 252 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: you know, and after as we were doing rehearsals and 253 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: stuff and sound checks, and the ears were really really great. 254 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 1: And then for some reason during beer, which was the 255 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: second song, so we had already done one of the 256 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: songs on television where his ears were working, and they 257 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: just didn't work. So it sounded good though, So did 258 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: you have floor monitors and ears or just ears just tears? Yeah. 259 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: If he has no ears, he has nothing, So what 260 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: what then is he looking at visual cues? I mean, 261 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:55,719 Speaker 1: how is this working where a guitar player with no 262 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: ears is still able to play guitar. I guess it 263 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: would just be muscle memory at that point, you know, 264 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: I mean, because you know, you just played it so 265 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: many times that you know what's going on and and 266 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: and you know, luckily you killed it so well. Congratulations, 267 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: Thank you. It was very cool. Are you able to 268 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: kind of see what's happening to your career or is 269 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: it moving so fast that sometimes you're able to take 270 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: a peek, like what is it that you're able to Yeah, 271 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: it's it's hard to understand, you know, because you know, 272 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: I spend most of my time, you know, at home. 273 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: If I'm not doing something like sn L. You know, 274 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: it's like I just try to not think about it, 275 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: because it can be really overwhelming to under like try 276 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: to understand the scope of it. So I just try 277 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: to not I guess, not not think about it, but 278 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 1: I try to not bathe in it, you know, as 279 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: much as I guess I could, but it's it's crazy, 280 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, I don't think I really fully understand. Honestly, 281 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: it's been quite rapid even to to to watch it 282 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: happen for you and know you as is happening. It's 283 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: it's been rapid to watch, you know, the ascension of 284 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: of Luke Combs whatever that is at this point. And 285 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: so you know, as I'm watching kind of one hit 286 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: after another, and it's not even about the hits, it's 287 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 1: also the people, the fan base that that grows at 288 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: the same time, because I've seen a lot of people 289 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: with hits, but they're not selling out arenas. What do 290 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: you credit that too? I mean, we try to, you know, 291 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: do everything we can to to make sure we take 292 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 1: care of the people that come to the shows. Um, 293 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: you know, and and I'm sure everybody says that, you know, 294 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: but our fan club is is free, always has been, 295 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: always will be. Um, you know. I I don't see 296 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: really any real need to monetize that, you know, I think, 297 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: you know, letting those people know that you appreciate them 298 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: enough to to do something like that form and give 299 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: them the first chance of tickets and give them the 300 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: chance to do that without charging them to do that 301 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: I think can invoke a little bit of loyalty as well, 302 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: because they're like, oh, this guy's not trying to get 303 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: something out of me at every step, you know. Uh, 304 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: you know, the t shirts are are still as reasonably 305 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: priced as they can possibly be. Uh, And they're still 306 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: expensive in in my opinion, but there's not really there's 307 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: not I can't go any lower. Uh. So we were 308 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: constantly doing things like that. The tickets to the tour. 309 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: They're the last tour where the cheapest ticket was twenty 310 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: and the most expensive ticket was a hundred dollars, And 311 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: so I think keeping ticket prices reasonable obviously this. You know, 312 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: we do the Ticketmaster Verified Program UM, which I don't 313 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: think anybody in the genre besides Church does UM, to 314 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: screen to make sure that it's actual fans getting the tickets. 315 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: And then we have to go back and and revoke 316 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: tickets for people who we think are scalpers, and and 317 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: there is a form they can fill out if their 318 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: tickets are revoked, and they can kind of prove that 319 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: they're actually a fan and get their tickets back and 320 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: we can resell those tickets to actual fans. Comes Tattoo, 321 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: the fixture of my inner side tattoos, blue Cone. They 322 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: have to show the tattoos, yeah, and uh, but no 323 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: we do. I think it's just little things. It's a 324 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: lot of little things that require a lot of work 325 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: from a lot of people. Um, but it's paid off. 326 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: You know. As I talked about how rapidly you've risen, 327 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: it's it's been a bit odd to have you blow 328 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: up so quick where I feel like a lot of 329 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: people don't know young you because you it happened so fast, 330 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: you didn't have a lot of time to tell your 331 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: full story all the time before it was like you 332 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: got so big where you couldn't put yourself everywhere. Yeah, yeah, definitely. 333 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: It's it has just been insane, you know. And it's 334 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: it's felt that way since the start, like everything just 335 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: kind of happened in such quick succession, and it was 336 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: always I guess things were always just trending upwards, you know. 337 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: I think a lot of the times when people start out, 338 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: and I can't speak from experience, I get so I'm 339 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: just going off, my buddies have told me. But you 340 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: start going up and something great happens, and then you 341 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: kind of hit a plateau for a year or two years, 342 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: and then you start and then you get a song 343 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: that kind of gets you back on the the elevator, 344 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: the escalator back up, and then you plateau for a 345 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: little bit, and then that kind of keeps going until 346 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: you're ultimately at the top of the thing. So mine 347 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: just seemed to go like that the whole time. You know, 348 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: I'm not really sure why. It's just the way that 349 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: that the chips fell. I guess, what were you like 350 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: as a kid. Let's let's go back to like seven 351 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: or eight years old, because I feel like even knowing 352 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: you early on in this run, we didn't get to 353 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: a lot of like what was Holmes like as a kid, 354 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: but what was home like it? At six, seven, eight 355 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: years old? Home was really great. I was living in 356 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: Charlotte at that time. I went to Hunter'sll Elementary School. 357 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: I was an only child. Both my parents worked full time. 358 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: My mom worked as a mortgage processing officer, so she 359 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: wasn't a mortgage officer, but she was kind of like 360 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: the assistant to all the mortgage officers within a certain 361 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: branch of at that at that time, it was First 362 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: Union is where she worked at that time, And and 363 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 1: my dad, um back then he was. He was kind 364 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: of owned his own like landscaping business. And I don't 365 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: mean like a cool, big landscaping business. I mean like 366 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: it was just him and his tools and then he 367 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: would mow your grass and weed eat and stuff like that, 368 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: and uh, that's kind of And he also did maintenance 369 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: at a at a different bank, uh in downtown Charlotte, 370 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: and that's what he did when we moved to Ashville 371 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: as well. Did you learn a lot from your dad 372 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 1: as far as if he's using his hands and you know, 373 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: mowing weed eating, which is what I did for many 374 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: of those times, Like yeah, could you go and do 375 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: that now? And do you do that now on your land? 376 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: And like you could you could actually use your hands, 377 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: And because I don't, you know, I would I would 378 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 1: like to lot everybody and say that, um, you know, 379 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: then I'm out there, you know, cutting down trees with 380 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: an axe. But I'm not, Um, I don't have the 381 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: time right now to do those things. I could teach 382 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: you how to string a weed eater. Yes, I mean 383 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: I grew up, you know, doing all those things out 384 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: of necessity, you know, because there were a lot of 385 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,959 Speaker 1: times when you know, Dad had something even more you know, 386 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: annoyingly necessary to do than mow the grass or weed eat. 387 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: So sorry, that's my phone. It's cool. No, I have 388 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 1: is a while. You know the tile is, so I 389 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: have one in my wallet, so it's probably just probably 390 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: I don't know what that. What's the tile? It's like 391 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: a thing. So I keep on in my wall. Show 392 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: you here. So I got my wallet, handy eddy wall. 393 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: Your wallet zips. It zips because somebody stole my credit 394 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: card one time. So this is one of those like 395 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: r F I D things. So it's this guy right. 396 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: It just looks like a credit card, but it's kind 397 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: of like a find my iPhone for my wallet. So 398 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: but if I press this, then I should it. Then 399 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,479 Speaker 1: I know where my phone is. And and this this 400 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: looks like a credit card, but you push it and 401 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: then it makes your phone ring. Yeah, and so like 402 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: but I can also if I if I get on 403 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: my app, I can make my wallet ring with this, 404 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: so they can find each other. Yes, and I lose 405 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: your stuff a lot with this. No, I just I've done. 406 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: I had like I have one in my passport, I 407 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: have one on my car keys, um and just various 408 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: like I keep I keep them in my guitar cases too, 409 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: and so everyone that has one of these, this thing 410 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: is constantly on bluetooth. So if I were to lose 411 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: it and you had one and you were near it, 412 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: it would say, hey, this thing just picked up Bluetooth 413 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: on this guy's phone, and so they're I'll be like, oh, 414 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: well it's over there somewhere. It's close to where that 415 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,959 Speaker 1: guy was, and so it would report every step that 416 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: it's made on its journey of like going by people 417 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 1: who picked it up. So I originally got them from 418 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: my guitars. So I was like, well, someone ever steals 419 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: my guitar, I would at least have some way to 420 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: like track it, because there it would be is hidden 421 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: in the case. You know, Um, so I don't steal 422 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: my guitars if you're out there. It just it was 423 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: nothing huge. It was like, you know, my business manager 424 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: was like, hey, did you spend eight hundred dollars at 425 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: Ace Hardware in Iowa or something? And I was like no. 426 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: And so essentially I was just somewhere and people have 427 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: those skimmers, and actually it was in New York City. 428 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 1: I was I went to the Nike store in New 429 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: York City probably last year. Uh, and then I went 430 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: to the Adidas store and my business manager was like, Hey, 431 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: did you just buy six hundred dollars worth of shoes 432 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: at the Nike store and then six hundred dollars worth 433 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: of shoes at the Adidas store? And I didn't. I 434 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: didn't buy anything at the stores. But someone in the 435 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: store had skimmed my wallet while I was in there, 436 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: and then they were in there buying ship like literally 437 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: when I was in there. So they skimmed your wall. 438 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: You didn't stick your card in a skimmer. They somehow 439 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: magnetize it. They can magnetize it without even touching it. 440 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: Now they can just I've never heard of that. Yeah, 441 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: it's pretty wild. And so because of the you have 442 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: a zip wallet. Yeah, so this thing has stuff all 443 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: in the wallet to keep the magnetic stuff from being 444 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 1: able to go through it. Is your WiFi protected at 445 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: your house? Like super Man? When did where did this 446 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: all come from? That? I mean, by the way, great 447 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,719 Speaker 1: and healthy Amy. My coach husband is you know, super military, Like, hey, 448 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 1: you don't know what they like, He's don't cover your 449 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: whole He's that guy. I'm not that necessarily that he's 450 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: he's that guy because he's seen it, and you better 451 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: cover everything it does happen though, And I think you know, 452 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: like when you're dealing in intellectual property, you know, which 453 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: is whether you're writing songs or composing things, or writing 454 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,199 Speaker 1: a book or you know, if someone were to have 455 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: access to your Internet, I mean, they could steal all 456 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: of your songs, you're writings, whatever you're keeping on your 457 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: in your cloud or whatever it is. I'm not really 458 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: sure how that stuff works. But who tipped you off 459 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: to do that? Or did something bad happen to you? 460 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: Nothing bad happen to me to get tipped off about it. 461 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: I had just been like, well, hey, man, like I 462 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: can't afford to do that, so like I should probably 463 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: do it, Like that would be a safe thing to 464 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: just to do. And it's not insanely expensive or anything. Um, 465 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: it's just like a series of firewalls. I'm just saying firewalls, 466 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 1: Like I know what that is, by the way, and 467 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 1: question that just sounds like the thing that it should be. 468 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: So and they sound scary. So I was talking to 469 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: Ronnie Dunne. Him and I become pretty good buzzed in 470 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: the last six months or so, and he and I 471 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: didn't know this story but he credits you with pretty 472 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: much making that whole reboot album for them happen. Yeah, 473 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 1: I've heard that. So here is a little bit of 474 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 1: a brand new Man with Luke and Brooks and Dunne. 475 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: Here you go. So how did this come together? In 476 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: your mind? The story I've heard is so their manager, 477 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 1: Clarence Spalding is friends with my manager Cappy, Uh, the 478 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 1: guy that cried on the show. Um, and we were 479 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 1: at a show. I believe it was at Joe's Bar 480 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: in Chicago, Um, probably three years ago or so. Um. 481 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 1: We we had a show there and um, Clarence had 482 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: come or he was in town or something, and it 483 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: linked up with Cappy. Cappy was there and he came 484 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 1: and watched the show and stuff, and we did that 485 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: cover a brand New Man. And I talked about in 486 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: the set how much Brooks and Done meant to me 487 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: and how much they had influenced my career. And I 488 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: had no idea what Clarence was there, um, but I 489 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: I had just been doing that every night, like hey 490 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: grew up listen to these guys. They really shaped the 491 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: music that I want to make and things that I 492 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: want to do. And I guess that kind of sparked 493 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: the idea within him, like, hey, there's probably a lot 494 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: of other artists around my age that grew up listening 495 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: to Brooks and Dunn Um which is you know which 496 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: happened to be the truth? If you were to Mount 497 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: Rushmore artists, which is four and we'll do we'll do, 498 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: We'll do five total five if you're alive that after 499 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,719 Speaker 1: the country, they can they can be freaking any they 500 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 1: can be Mozart anyone. Yeah, you get to Mount Rushmore 501 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: because and as you think, I'll just kind of walk 502 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: you that would put Garth John Mayer on mine. I 503 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: put bin folds, I put so it can be, it 504 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: can be from wherever you want. So, who would be 505 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: the first artist on your Mount Rushmore? Like like influence 506 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: or like you just raw there no, not raw talent, 507 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: but influence you your favorite probably Elton John. Okay was 508 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,239 Speaker 1: where I would go first, for sure. Elton John. All right, 509 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: Billy Joel, Are you a piano player? I'm not? Those 510 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: are your first two? Yeah? They're so Keys. There's just 511 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: like just the songs are so great. I've always loved keys. 512 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: I'm not smart enough to play piano. I don't think. Um, 513 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: I'm just been honest with myself about that. I've tried 514 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: and it's just not there. You know, I'm not a 515 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: big technical musician, um, which is why I'm just able 516 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: to strum enough chords to write songs and play a 517 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 1: couple of them at the show. But it would definitely 518 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: be those guys, you know, Tom Petty, Tom Petty for sure, 519 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 1: Brooks and Dunn would be on there for me. One 520 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: spot left. That's tough. That's tough, man. That's hard, you know, 521 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: because I you know, I did go for spots really quick. Um, 522 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of who I just I mean, 523 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: there were so many different phases of my music listening 524 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: since since that age. Um, I would, man, it's hard 525 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 1: for me to go against an edge hearing at this 526 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: at this stage, I just think the amount of work 527 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 1: that he does, the size of the tours that he does, 528 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: the quality of everything he puts out in the volume 529 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: is just pretty staggering, and there's not really anybody doing 530 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: much like that. Have you met Let's just kind of 531 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: go back to your first people. Have you Metlton John? 532 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 1: I have not. I'm gonna a low key flex here. 533 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: He kissed me on the mouth once, that's awesome. It 534 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: was the greatest. That's so cool. I was sitting next 535 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: to him at a charity event. He was showing me 536 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: pictures of his kid. He had just adopted his kid, 537 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: and he's like these a pictures some more and he's 538 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: gone up to play like two hundred people there and 539 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: he's like all right, and he goes out the planey 540 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: grabs in my head and just planted on my face. 541 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 1: I was like, that's freaking amazing. You're like whatever, I'm in. 542 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: I am whatever you want, whatever, man, I would have 543 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: done the same thing, have you. Billy Joel? I have 544 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: not meant Billy Joel. Favorite Billy Joel song scenes from 545 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: an Italian restaurant. Nice, that's my favorite Bility. That's how 546 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 1: you know you're a hardcore Billy Joel fan. Yes, because 547 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: that song is it's all over the place. I mean, 548 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: I feel like it's I feel like it was three 549 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 1: different songs that he just kind of I think I 550 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: think I've heard that story, but maybe I mean I 551 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: might be making that up. Don't quote me on that, 552 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: But I've not meant Billy Joel. I would like to. 553 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: I have a lot of friends that are big Billy 554 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: Joel fans and most of them picked this as their favorite. 555 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: Now me, I'm a middle of the road. I've seen 556 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: him through a four times and I would always go 557 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: with listen if you if piano manage your favorite, which 558 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: is one of mine, you're not as hardcore? Yeah, yeah, 559 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: I love piano man, I love it, but you're a hardcore. 560 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,479 Speaker 1: Like if you come to me and you say your 561 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: favorite John Mayer song his Daughters, I'm like, you're not 562 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: a hardcore exactly like you can be the middle of 563 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,239 Speaker 1: the road John Mayory, but no real John Mayor fan 564 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: picks Daughters or or Bubble Dalm Tongue does not want 565 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: you pick as Okay, So those two, um Tom Petty, 566 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 1: have you seen the five hour documentary? I have not, 567 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: and I want to see it. You can't watch it 568 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: in one setting obviously, and just have this like thing 569 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: that hurts my hard a little bit about Tom Petty 570 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 1: because I know we hated country music and that hurts 571 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: me a lot. So somebody was in recently talking about 572 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: oh Ronnie Dunne talking about him and Tom Petty because 573 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: Tom Petty was like a was like a punk guy. 574 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: He he talks about Tom Petty when he met him 575 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: as being a guy guy who was playing punk music. 576 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: And but I just think there is a a misunderstanding 577 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: to a lot of people at what country music means, 578 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: certainly because I think Tom Petty would be a country 579 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: artist now I agree with that statement, yes, because it's 580 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: such a broad term. Now, and to and to dislike 581 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: something artistic because of a taste you have of it, 582 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: I believe is unfair. It's like saying you don't like bread. 583 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: It's such a huge thing. There's so many different car cheese, 584 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: you know, which I'm currently vegan, which is horrible. But 585 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: what do you mean currently into that currently vegan? It's 586 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: odd that someone just goes for a minute, I lost 587 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: a bet. I lost a bet. It's it's a whole thing. 588 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: I lost a bet and I'm given a charity a lot. 589 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: You know, it's like a lifestyle. It is a thing. 590 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,719 Speaker 1: I mean, it's like it'll definitely be beneficial. You know, Um, 591 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: who did you bet with? My my keys player? And 592 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: what was your side of the bet? Though? Okay, so 593 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: it's it's this is the very oddes seen into a bet. 594 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: So I'm a big Caroline Panthers fan, huge die hard. 595 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: I was living in Charlotte. Where was I cheering for 596 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: the Panthers in the first year, you know, and he's 597 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: a big Atlanta Falcons fan. So we played each other 598 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: twice a year. Were in the same division. Obviously, there's 599 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: a lot of pride involved. At the time of the 600 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: bet being made, the Panthers were five and two. I 601 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: don't think they won another game. Was this pre Cam 602 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: getting hurt? No, this is Kyle Allen had won three 603 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: straight I think Cam was out in the second game 604 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: or first game, um. But Kyle Allen came in won 605 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: three or four straight games. Um. And then I was like, oh, 606 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna smash the Falcons because they were two and 607 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: eleven by the time we played them. They were two 608 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: and eleven and and so I was like, and the 609 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: Falcons just absolutely destroyed, like dismantled the Panthers, like beat us. 610 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: I think it was like thirty four at seven or something. 611 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: But of all the terms of a bet, he picked 612 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: you being the agen if he won, yes, yes, Well 613 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: I hadn't made that bet previously with Cappy. So with 614 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: the Panthers played the Cowboys, and the Panthers won, and 615 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: Cappy had to shave his beard off where I had 616 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: to go vegan. Luckily I won the vet the bet, 617 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: but it's like to me, it's like there's nothing like 618 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: really fun about like betting money on stuff. You know, 619 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: why is everybody picking you to go vegan? Like that's 620 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: two different people with the same bet. I think they 621 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: see me in there, like this guy loves eating red 622 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: meat and going hunting and doing which is a true statement, 623 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: but I think it's something that like people think that 624 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: I can't do, you know, like they're like, no way 625 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: he can do that, And I'm like a super prideful guy. 626 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: So I'm on, I'm only on day three. I'm having 627 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: how long dift go? Three months? Oh? You bet three 628 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: months on a single game? And what was his low? If? Okay, 629 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: so he's what's happening here? Well, so so he's bald, 630 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 1: but he has he can grow like the I call 631 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: it the happen the circle. So he keeps his head 632 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: shaved and wears a hat. His bat was he had 633 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: to grow his hair out for three months and couldn't 634 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: wear a hat. So it was a very extreme. So 635 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: it had to be like he had to match that 636 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: with something that he felt was equally as extreme and 637 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 1: better on one game better on one game. We almost 638 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: doubled down on the second game, which I'm glad we 639 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: didn't because we lost that game too. Then what happened? 640 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: You don't eat for three months? I just it and 641 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,719 Speaker 1: and nothing. I think it would have been six months 642 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: vegan at that point. And have you noticed your body 643 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: being any different? It's only been three days. I'm definitely 644 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: not as tired sitting around. You become a vegan like 645 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: like Rick Ruben vegan. That happened. That happened to my, uh, 646 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: my utility player. Are you just eating no vegan or 647 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: you no belts you live in the lifestyle or what? No, 648 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: I'm not living the lifestyle. I'm not living there like no, 649 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: Like I'm I would go hunt tomorrow if it was 650 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: hunting season, for sure. I'm definitely not by and into 651 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: the like. You know, we usually send everybody home with 652 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: the rack of ribs, but I guess we'll just you 653 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: could do like a rack of like lentil of or 654 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: something like that would be great. So we got on 655 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,959 Speaker 1: that fronts a funny bet though, we went Tom Petty 656 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: to veganism. Yeah, and again, if Tom Petty were around 657 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: now and making new music, he would be on that 658 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: rock getree cusp definitely, And I think had you know 659 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: as a kid, when you were singing songs, was it 660 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 1: country music for you or was it a mix of 661 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: a little like what was it in your mind that 662 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: you wanted to sing because you were singing? I was 663 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: singing and it was when I was living in Charlotte, 664 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: it was country and that was it was country, And 665 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: like my parents were listening. So like my mom loved 666 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: like Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, that kind of was the 667 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: kind of stuff my mom loved. My dad loved led Zeppelin, 668 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: who I mean, those were kind of classic rock on 669 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: the radio type live Yeah, but most listening to country radio, 670 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: um at that because my mom loved country too, she 671 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: grew up listening to that as well. And so at 672 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: that time, I was, you know, you mostly go around 673 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: with your mom when you're a young child. You know, 674 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: dad's working or he's out doing something on the weekend 675 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: to make extra money. Kind of think that's what my 676 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 1: dad was doing. So I spent a lot of time 677 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: in the car with my mom and so she was 678 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: listening to country radio. So I listened to Vince Gill. 679 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 1: I mean that, I mean that guess that table was 680 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: burned through a thousand times hard working Man Brooks and 681 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 1: Dunne Tracy Chapman album from Like Thing It's from is that, 682 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: Like give me One Reason? Tray Chapman No Faster the 683 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: first first album and listen to that all the time, 684 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: um with my dad. That's what kind of went me 685 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: and my dad listen. My dad has never been a 686 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: huge country fan except for Dwight Yoakum. Listen to a 687 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 1: ton of Dwight Yoakum with my dad, um, and and 688 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 1: I was listening. And then when we moved from Charlotte 689 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: to Asheville, it it just kind of stopped, like I 690 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 1: just my mom just stopped listening to country music for 691 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: whatever reason. That was. So when you're eight, you really 692 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: don't have your own taste in or for music yet. 693 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: You're just kind of like, whatever is on is what 694 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: I'm listening to. You're not going and buying albums and 695 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 1: finding stuff that you like. You're just kind of listening 696 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: to what your parents are listening to. And so my 697 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 1: mom was just she stopped listening to country radio at 698 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: that time. I'm not exactly sure why. And so I 699 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 1: didn't really listen from then until my freshman year of college. 700 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: And so there was ten years where I just I 701 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: didn't listen to country like at all. As you're a kid, 702 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: what is that you're singing? Do you have an eight 703 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: year old wrath? Or did when it? Like? You know, 704 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 1: I was, I was. I had a really high voice 705 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:53,840 Speaker 1: when I was little, So I was, I mean I 706 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: was singing Vince Gill, you know, I mean killing that stuff. Uh. 707 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: And then I just got in I always liked singing. 708 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: I was getting troubling class for humming or you know, 709 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: talking or I was just constantly making noise um. And 710 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:10,760 Speaker 1: then and then I found a you know, a channel 711 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,280 Speaker 1: for that through chorus class. And like the sixth grade, 712 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: they make us, they made us take every elective in 713 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 1: the sixth grade. So you took like art and homeck 714 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: and jim and and and chorus and band, and you 715 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: took all of those classes. Uh. And then so when 716 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: I went to pick my electives for the next year, 717 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:34,280 Speaker 1: I picked up my electives were always jim and chorus class. 718 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,359 Speaker 1: That was it. When you started singing? Was it duck 719 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 1: to water for you? It was, but I didn't know 720 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,359 Speaker 1: it at the time. It was just kind of like 721 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,360 Speaker 1: I just like doing it, but I didn't think. I 722 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 1: thought it was just you don't understand that there's I 723 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 1: just never thought of doing something like this, you know. 724 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,400 Speaker 1: It wasn't like I was the kid that was like, 725 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be Garth Brooks, I'm gonna do this or that. 726 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 1: I never had that intention in mind at a young age. 727 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,799 Speaker 1: And I know a lot of people who do you 728 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 1: know they heard at Tricia Yearwood song and went, I'm 729 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,319 Speaker 1: gonna be Trisia Yearwood. That's what I want to do. 730 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 1: I just never thought of that as an option. I 731 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: was playing sports. I was horrible at sports, but I 732 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 1: was playing sports. I like doing that, and I was 733 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,279 Speaker 1: just singing because it was something to do that I 734 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 1: liked to do. You know. I was just, I mean, 735 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 1: at that point in time, truly just living my life. 736 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 1: You know. I wasn't planning for the future at that time. 737 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,280 Speaker 1: And um, I didn't really know I was any good 738 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 1: until like ninth grade, probably until I went to high 739 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 1: school and my course teacher was like, hey, you're pretty good, 740 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: you know, and I was like, cool, that's good because 741 00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:43,480 Speaker 1: I like I like doing it, so it's cool that 742 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,439 Speaker 1: I'm good at it, you know. And then I sang. 743 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 1: I was in course class every day of high school 744 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: from ninth grade to the time I graduated. Play football horribly. 745 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,000 Speaker 1: I was horrible. Really And what position do you play? 746 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: Defensive tackle? Did you like hitting? Loved hitting? Um? I 747 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:06,239 Speaker 1: didn't have UH. I didn't really have the quickness, per 748 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 1: se or the aggression. It wasn't like an aggressive guys, 749 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,719 Speaker 1: But I loved hitting people. You weren't saying Vince gil like. 750 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,759 Speaker 1: I wasn't singing Vince Gill in high school. No, I 751 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,160 Speaker 1: wasn't um. I always you know, It's funny. I played 752 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,440 Speaker 1: rugby in college, which I was good at and I 753 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 1: did enjoy a lot, But I loved I always wanted 754 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 1: to I was like a running back stuck in a 755 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 1: offensive guards body, you know what I mean. Like I 756 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,959 Speaker 1: always wanted to have the ball and run with the ball, 757 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 1: but that was never an option. And the and my 758 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 1: my high school team we were in we were one 759 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,319 Speaker 1: of the first teams to run the spread, and so 760 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,719 Speaker 1: obviously there's a high school football team. Yeah, you ran 761 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: the spread and for you in two thousand and probably 762 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 1: five four or five. And you gotta you gotta be 763 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,800 Speaker 1: able to move if you're running the spread. No doubt, 764 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 1: even even the lineman, you gotta get up and go. 765 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 1: And so I wasn't in like in shape enough to 766 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: be you know, I didn't have the endurance two to 767 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: run with the offense because we had we had two 768 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:11,319 Speaker 1: running backs that ran sub for three forties. I mean 769 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: they were just lightning fast, um, And so we were 770 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 1: up and down the field a lot. I mean, thirty 771 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,520 Speaker 1: forty yard play. It was not something that was out 772 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,840 Speaker 1: of the ordinary for us. And so yeah, I was 773 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,840 Speaker 1: just not cut out for that either. You know, in 774 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:27,920 Speaker 1: a lot of teams we were playing, we're playing we're 775 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,000 Speaker 1: you know, we're running the wing tea and like the 776 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: super antiquated offenses and stuff like that. So yeah, I 777 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,439 Speaker 1: was just I was just not cut out for that 778 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,279 Speaker 1: particular thing. Now, looking back in time, I would have 779 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,359 Speaker 1: I would have loved to play offensive line. It's one 780 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 1: of my favorite most intriguing positions now and I think 781 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,439 Speaker 1: I would have been very good at that actually. Um, 782 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 1: But I was just I was just not because I 783 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,799 Speaker 1: didn't play when I was little. I started playing in 784 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,840 Speaker 1: high school. So all of my all of my teammates 785 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,600 Speaker 1: been playing since they were seven or eight years old, 786 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,760 Speaker 1: you know, So by the time I was a senior, 787 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,239 Speaker 1: it was like there are guys who had been playing 788 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,600 Speaker 1: football for fourteen or fifteen years and I had only 789 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: been playing for three. So I was way behind the 790 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: curve of you know, strength training and learning the game. 791 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:19,920 Speaker 1: And I just wanted to hit people. That was it. 792 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:24,080 Speaker 1: You go to Appalachian State and as you leave high 793 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: school and you go to college. In your mind at 794 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,600 Speaker 1: that point, why are you going to college? I just 795 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,480 Speaker 1: thought that was what you did because I didn't want 796 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,440 Speaker 1: to go to work, I think, you know, Um, but 797 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: I had went to actually went to a chorus camp 798 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:45,240 Speaker 1: at app in probably maybe eighth grade or ninth grade 799 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:46,920 Speaker 1: or something like that. For the summer. I was like 800 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,320 Speaker 1: one of those two weeks you go and stay in 801 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 1: the dorms and there's kids from all the different schools 802 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,200 Speaker 1: and everything. And I just fell in love with that 803 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,840 Speaker 1: place because I grew up in the mountains already, but 804 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,120 Speaker 1: that was way I mean, that's way in them as 805 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,359 Speaker 1: much in the mountains as you can be in North Carolina. Um, 806 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,560 Speaker 1: kind of nestled in this little valley thing, and I 807 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,000 Speaker 1: just fell in love with the campus and like the 808 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: in the weather, you know, I like the cold. You know, 809 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,800 Speaker 1: I'm fine with being cold, and it's very cold, and 810 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 1: it sows a lot there, and I just I absolutely 811 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 1: was enamored with that place. And ever since I went 812 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:23,799 Speaker 1: to that camp, I was like, that's where I'm gonna 813 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,319 Speaker 1: go to college. I'm gonna go to school there. And 814 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,640 Speaker 1: I was not a very good student in high school. 815 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,919 Speaker 1: I've always been interested in in learning things. I really 816 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,160 Speaker 1: enjoy that. I just was never interested in learning things 817 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,360 Speaker 1: that people wanted me to learn. So what were you 818 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,160 Speaker 1: doing in college? For the most part, If obviously you're 819 00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 1: getting too because you didn't leave until and you left 820 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 1: right before you graduated, which so look at us, But 821 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,800 Speaker 1: what were you doing in school? Were you just keeping 822 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: the grades up so you could keep singing, or we're 823 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:55,719 Speaker 1: like why, what was your motivation? It was like it 824 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:59,520 Speaker 1: was college was a big time for me of like, okay, 825 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,840 Speaker 1: how do you be three hundred pounds and get a girlfriend? 826 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: That was what I spent most of my time trying 827 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,040 Speaker 1: to figure out. Did you have girls in college? No? No, 828 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,920 Speaker 1: I was definitely not a ladies man. Uh, you know, 829 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 1: not not because I didn't want to be um. But 830 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,080 Speaker 1: in high school you don't exactly get judged on your 831 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,839 Speaker 1: great personality. Um so those were interesting times for me, 832 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,680 Speaker 1: But I mean that was what I did in college. Man. 833 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:27,600 Speaker 1: I hung out, I drank with my buddies, I didn't 834 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,320 Speaker 1: go to class a lot. I played rugby. I sang 835 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,759 Speaker 1: in an acapella group my my first year and a 836 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:37,320 Speaker 1: half of school. Um, I pluged. I pledged a fraternity 837 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,839 Speaker 1: and ended up quitting doing that before I became an 838 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:43,759 Speaker 1: initiative member. Um I did. I did a bunch of stuff. Man, 839 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,839 Speaker 1: I just tried a bunch of stuff, you know. And 840 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,759 Speaker 1: I think that's what I'm thankful for in the college experience, 841 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,880 Speaker 1: because that's where I found out that this is what 842 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,600 Speaker 1: I was supposed to be doing. And you left ear 843 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,960 Speaker 1: like you were closer graduating, right. Well, I was there 844 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 1: for five years, so I didn't leave early, but you left. 845 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,560 Speaker 1: I stayed late and I didn't graduate. Yeah. How many 846 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,879 Speaker 1: hours you think you need? Not even semester and a half. Yeah, 847 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,360 Speaker 1: not even. But I could have done like a summer 848 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:19,160 Speaker 1: and a semester. But the problem was I always hated math, 849 00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:22,359 Speaker 1: and I always hated science. Um I'm not good at 850 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,120 Speaker 1: not good at science, not good at math. Um, And 851 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,360 Speaker 1: so I never what happened was I I loved I 852 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,000 Speaker 1: was a major, and I changed my major from business. 853 00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:33,560 Speaker 1: I started out at business and I was like, wait, 854 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,920 Speaker 1: I hate math. Why am I doing that? That's just 855 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,719 Speaker 1: something that I was like, Oh, you could probably get 856 00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:41,319 Speaker 1: a good job doing business things, you know. So I 857 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,280 Speaker 1: tried that for like a year, and then I switched 858 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,720 Speaker 1: my major to criminal justice because do what incriminal justice? 859 00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 1: Near mind, I wanted to be a homicide detective, is 860 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,080 Speaker 1: what I wanted to do. Uh still and very interested 861 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:56,239 Speaker 1: in that um and so I I went balls to 862 00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,279 Speaker 1: the wall and in that major, and I really enjoyed that. 863 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,920 Speaker 1: So I liked onto my you know, forensic science class, 864 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,600 Speaker 1: and my this and this and this class. But the 865 00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:07,840 Speaker 1: things that I the twenty one hours I was short 866 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:12,319 Speaker 1: where all my math classes, all my science classes so 867 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:16,680 Speaker 1: like basic like your freshman year stuff. Never took any 868 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,279 Speaker 1: of them. I never took stats one in stats too, 869 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,000 Speaker 1: And then I never took chemistry or biology because I 870 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,000 Speaker 1: was like, this is just I don't want to do 871 00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 1: any of this stuff, you know. And so by the 872 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:32,279 Speaker 1: time I got to the end of my major, I 873 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:35,720 Speaker 1: kind of ran into this huge roadblock because I had 874 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,440 Speaker 1: two or three classes that I needed for my major, 875 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,120 Speaker 1: and they were like, well, you can't take this class 876 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,279 Speaker 1: unless you have Stats one in stats too, and you 877 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,239 Speaker 1: can't take them at the same time. So that's at 878 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:51,080 Speaker 1: least a year of school to take two classes. So 879 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,000 Speaker 1: I had to do Stats one Stats to biology or 880 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:57,160 Speaker 1: chemistry one in biology or chemistry too, and those were 881 00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:00,200 Speaker 1: both prerequisites, and then I would have had to take 882 00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:02,640 Speaker 1: the classes for the end of my major, and then 883 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,320 Speaker 1: I would have had to do my internship because I 884 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,640 Speaker 1: couldn't do my internship until I did the classes for 885 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,319 Speaker 1: the end of my major. And you've already done five 886 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,160 Speaker 1: years and I had already done yeah, like four. I was, yeah, 887 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:12,759 Speaker 1: I've already done like four and a half years. So 888 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,399 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm not staying here for another two 889 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,600 Speaker 1: and a half years in school at least. I ended 890 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,160 Speaker 1: up living in Boone until I was twenty four before 891 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,759 Speaker 1: I moved to Nashville. Um, but I was just like, man, 892 00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:24,839 Speaker 1: I just I don't you know what that by that time, 893 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:26,960 Speaker 1: I was already playing music. Were you going back and 894 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,840 Speaker 1: the forth from Boone to Nashville or what did you 895 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:30,840 Speaker 1: when you came to Nashville. Was that you came to Nashville. 896 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:35,920 Speaker 1: The first. I came to Nashville twice in in those years, 897 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,319 Speaker 1: and that was two thousand and at the end of 898 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:44,000 Speaker 1: two thousand and thirteen, and then the summer of two 899 00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,960 Speaker 1: thousand and fourteen when the first time, did you know 900 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,799 Speaker 1: you wanted to stay? Yeah? Oh, yeah, because I had 901 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:51,759 Speaker 1: written a few songs, and so I came at the 902 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 1: end often and recorded those songs, and then I met 903 00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:58,359 Speaker 1: had you know, through the internet, had met a couple 904 00:44:58,400 --> 00:44:59,880 Speaker 1: of people. I was like, Oh, I write songs with 905 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,320 Speaker 1: these guys, and so I wrote a couple of songs 906 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:04,640 Speaker 1: when I was there, and then I got back and 907 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 1: I was like, man, like, I gotta play another trip. 908 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,400 Speaker 1: So I played another trip, wrote some more songs, and 909 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:14,040 Speaker 1: then on that trip and probably aprilish May of two 910 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,920 Speaker 1: thousand and fourteen is when I recorded she Got the 911 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:20,040 Speaker 1: Best to me? Can I get an outlaw and share 912 00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:23,360 Speaker 1: if you want to? And then at that time after that, 913 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:26,640 Speaker 1: those came out in June, and I moved in September 914 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,040 Speaker 1: of that year of two the tweet you posted what 915 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,239 Speaker 1: you said, I think the topic was tell me something 916 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,759 Speaker 1: about yourself that no one believe, And the just of 917 00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:39,200 Speaker 1: it was that you came to town and you had 918 00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:41,040 Speaker 1: some songs and people were like, hey, they weren't good, 919 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,320 Speaker 1: and your all thing was don't let anyone lets you 920 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,480 Speaker 1: stop chasing your dreams. Yeah, those meetings where you were rejected, 921 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:52,360 Speaker 1: are they vivid to you? The early meetings definitely. Um. 922 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:56,800 Speaker 1: The one in the meeting in particular was with somebody. 923 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,759 Speaker 1: It was, you know, they have like the artist like 924 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,640 Speaker 1: to reps at like B and I. So I had 925 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,120 Speaker 1: a friend that had a rep there and I went 926 00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:07,680 Speaker 1: in and I was like very excited because I had 927 00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,640 Speaker 1: just moved to Nashville at this time and I didn't 928 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:12,680 Speaker 1: know anybody. You know, I knew a couple of writing 929 00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,880 Speaker 1: buddies and was going out and playing a few writers 930 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,960 Speaker 1: rounds and writing songs every day, and because by that time, 931 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:20,960 Speaker 1: I was living off of those songs that I had 932 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,480 Speaker 1: put out the previous year. And I went in and 933 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,520 Speaker 1: it was kind of like this this person was like, 934 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,400 Speaker 1: we'll play me three songs. And I was like, oh cool, 935 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,040 Speaker 1: Like this person is gonna be like I'm gonna play 936 00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:35,560 Speaker 1: these three songs and like they're gonna walk me into 937 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,200 Speaker 1: the best publishing thing and they're gonna like this guy 938 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,600 Speaker 1: is great, Like how could you not love this guy? 939 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,719 Speaker 1: Give him a publishing deal? So I played Hurricane When 940 00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:48,919 Speaker 1: It Rains in one Number Away, which were my first 941 00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:52,719 Speaker 1: three number ones, and they were like, Okay, here's the deal. 942 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:55,399 Speaker 1: You gotta get better a SONGWRT and you gotta write 943 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:59,680 Speaker 1: better songs and you're never gonna be an artist. So 944 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:03,880 Speaker 1: that's it. And I was like, and I wasn't like mad, 945 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:05,920 Speaker 1: do you know who said it? Yeah, but I'm not 946 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:07,719 Speaker 1: gonna I'm not gonna say I would never ask you 947 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,000 Speaker 1: to say it, but I'm just asking if you know 948 00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:14,239 Speaker 1: who's that? Oh? I know? Yeah? Have you seen them since? Yeah? 949 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:19,240 Speaker 1: I've ran into them awkwardly at actually the bm MY Awards. 950 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,560 Speaker 1: Do you think they remember telling you that? Or do 951 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,560 Speaker 1: you don't get just someone that was coming through attorney 952 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 1: to the system. I don't think so at all, which 953 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:27,440 Speaker 1: is fine, you know I have I have nothing against 954 00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,120 Speaker 1: that person, you know what, because I get it, man. 955 00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,360 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's like, if you look at it, 956 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:36,040 Speaker 1: would I would. I would equate it to at that level, 957 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:39,319 Speaker 1: you know, because you're not even screened at all. At 958 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,919 Speaker 1: that level, like any Tom Dick or Harry can walk 959 00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:43,640 Speaker 1: in off the street pretty much to be am I 960 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,880 Speaker 1: and get one of those meetings. So I can't imagine 961 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:50,440 Speaker 1: the pressure of like, Okay, well, I've got six kids 962 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,839 Speaker 1: that moved to town yesterday that want to come in 963 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,880 Speaker 1: and they all think they're awesome, and I've got to 964 00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:57,879 Speaker 1: be able to figure out which ones I think are 965 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,800 Speaker 1: good enough to go on to the next thing. And 966 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,760 Speaker 1: so I wasn't mad about it at all. I'm actually 967 00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,520 Speaker 1: very thankful for that meeting because I did go out 968 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:08,239 Speaker 1: and feel like I wrote some of the best songs 969 00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,839 Speaker 1: that I had ever written, because I was like, man, 970 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:15,000 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta write more and do better, Like 971 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,799 Speaker 1: I'm not even close to as good as I need 972 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,399 Speaker 1: to be, And so I just kept my head down 973 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:23,480 Speaker 1: and I went and wrote a ton of songs and 974 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:26,799 Speaker 1: then they're kind of The rest is just kind of 975 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,840 Speaker 1: fell into place. I mean, I know that's, you know, 976 00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:31,439 Speaker 1: summarizing a big chain of events, but that's kind of 977 00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:33,600 Speaker 1: how it felt. Like, get a few minutes left here. 978 00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,000 Speaker 1: I wanted to run a couple of other things about 979 00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:38,040 Speaker 1: you that I heard. First of all, a lot of 980 00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:41,480 Speaker 1: folks come in, myself included that worked retail because we 981 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,320 Speaker 1: kind of had to you gotta pay the bills somehow 982 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:48,400 Speaker 1: as you're chasing your creative endeavor. And I worked at 983 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,120 Speaker 1: Hobby Lobby. Mike who was in Michael Hobby from Thousand 984 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:57,000 Speaker 1: Horses worked at the Buckle. You worked at ISO? How 985 00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:01,120 Speaker 1: did that go? I was not a great it at 986 00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:04,080 Speaker 1: izod Um, but I had you know, I had as 987 00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,880 Speaker 1: much fun with it is you could possibly have folding 988 00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,000 Speaker 1: people's golf sweaters, you know. Um. It was in an 989 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:12,759 Speaker 1: outlet mall, like one of those like Tanger outlets or 990 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,399 Speaker 1: whatever they call it. They had one in Blowing Rock, 991 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,960 Speaker 1: which is right down the road from Boone, So it 992 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,600 Speaker 1: was I mean it was pretty pretty miserable. How long 993 00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:24,520 Speaker 1: did you do that? I probably worked there for I 994 00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,000 Speaker 1: mean close to a year probably, I would think. And 995 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:31,040 Speaker 1: whenever you are walking past a table of shirts that 996 00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:34,759 Speaker 1: are messy, does it bother you? And will you refold 997 00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:39,160 Speaker 1: a shirt? No chance? No chance. But I'll tell you 998 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,960 Speaker 1: what I do. I do fold a mean shirt, you know, 999 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:44,680 Speaker 1: when I'm when I'm doing the laundry at home, which 1000 00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,279 Speaker 1: I'm sure people are supposed to do do laundry. My 1001 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:50,759 Speaker 1: fiance does handle the brunt of the laundry. Um, but 1002 00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:52,719 Speaker 1: I do. I do chip in quite a bit, and 1003 00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:55,319 Speaker 1: you know, helped fold stuff. And you know, I'm not 1004 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,200 Speaker 1: I'm not afraid to do laundry. I I don't. I 1005 00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:00,440 Speaker 1: don't mind it at all. But or do throw it 1006 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:05,480 Speaker 1: all in. I if I wasn't in a committed relationship, 1007 00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,720 Speaker 1: I would throw it on. Yeah, but I do separate 1008 00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:10,840 Speaker 1: it now just because that's what. But now it's like 1009 00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,640 Speaker 1: her stuff's in there, which is the thing. Like mine 1010 00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,480 Speaker 1: are just old, like gross t shirts and jeans really, 1011 00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:20,160 Speaker 1: so I'm not too worried about them like shrinking or like. 1012 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:24,239 Speaker 1: But now there's this whole like don't wash this thing 1013 00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:28,520 Speaker 1: with that thing, and don't dry this thing, but it's 1014 00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:31,640 Speaker 1: gotta be tumble dried, but don't put it in with 1015 00:50:31,719 --> 00:50:34,359 Speaker 1: this thing that has to be high heat. And then 1016 00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:37,600 Speaker 1: some stuff is like cold water. And so it's I mean, 1017 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:40,600 Speaker 1: it gets pretty matthey to me, you know. And you 1018 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,799 Speaker 1: don't like, I don't left school because you didn't even 1019 00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:46,560 Speaker 1: take laundry. That was like year three and that was 1020 00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,040 Speaker 1: year three and I skipped laundry class, that's for sure. 1021 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:52,440 Speaker 1: The bank bag, I'm curious about the us to save 1022 00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:55,200 Speaker 1: money in so you went and bought one of those 1023 00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:57,759 Speaker 1: bank bags. It zips like it's let with the lock 1024 00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:00,840 Speaker 1: on it. Yeah, so what was that about? And and 1025 00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:03,160 Speaker 1: where was this money coming from? You were sticking in 1026 00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:06,040 Speaker 1: the bag. So I had I had started playing shows. 1027 00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,240 Speaker 1: And and when Cappy moved to town after he started 1028 00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:12,719 Speaker 1: managing me, he had never managed anybody before. Um, you know, 1029 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:15,319 Speaker 1: he kind of blew through his life savings like trying 1030 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,759 Speaker 1: to build my career. And and so he made a 1031 00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:20,600 Speaker 1: promise to me. He was like, hey, man, I'm not 1032 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:26,160 Speaker 1: gonna take a commission until you're actually making enough money too, 1033 00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:30,759 Speaker 1: like live off of And so at the time, you know, 1034 00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:32,319 Speaker 1: the gigs were I mean, they could have been two 1035 00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:34,239 Speaker 1: d fifty dollars a night, they could have been a 1036 00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:37,080 Speaker 1: thousand dollars a night. And those were a thousand dollars 1037 00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:40,480 Speaker 1: was really good, you know. And so we would go 1038 00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:43,960 Speaker 1: and do those gigs and excuse me, I would take, 1039 00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,120 Speaker 1: you know, t shirt money, whatever was left over. And 1040 00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:50,040 Speaker 1: and Cappy was great because he would always go settle 1041 00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:52,600 Speaker 1: the show. You know, he would run me through the 1042 00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:54,440 Speaker 1: statement every night and day. Here's what we got, and 1043 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:56,359 Speaker 1: here's what we did, and here's the tickets and this, 1044 00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:59,080 Speaker 1: and and there would always we were we were selling 1045 00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:02,120 Speaker 1: out everything, you know at that time, which is great 1046 00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:05,040 Speaker 1: on those club gigs because usually they they'll they'll kick 1047 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:08,839 Speaker 1: you back and pretty like sweet bonus and it's always cash. 1048 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,080 Speaker 1: And so that's where the money was coming from, was 1049 00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:14,279 Speaker 1: that these sellout bonuses on these club shows, and so 1050 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,480 Speaker 1: I would I was like, I remember getting to thinking 1051 00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:19,400 Speaker 1: I had like five or six thousand dollars in my apartment, 1052 00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:22,240 Speaker 1: you know, and I was like, man like, so mikeyl 1053 00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,560 Speaker 1: just walk in here and like take this if they 1054 00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:29,000 Speaker 1: wanted to. So I had like a folder's can, and 1055 00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,279 Speaker 1: instead of putting just the money in there, I put 1056 00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:33,239 Speaker 1: it in the bank bag and then rolled the bank 1057 00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:34,799 Speaker 1: back up and put it in there. It's been back 1058 00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:38,319 Speaker 1: like behind my microwave on my counter. My microwave kind 1059 00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:40,560 Speaker 1: of sat like in a corner, so it was kind 1060 00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:42,920 Speaker 1: of there was that space behind it, yeah, because it 1061 00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:45,440 Speaker 1: was diagonal. Yeah, and so that's what that's what that's 1062 00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:46,960 Speaker 1: where the money was coming from. And that's what I 1063 00:52:47,239 --> 00:52:49,640 Speaker 1: did with it. At that time, I saw Cappy. He 1064 00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,000 Speaker 1: was in the Delta lounge. I was walking through. I 1065 00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:52,640 Speaker 1: wasn't going of the Delta lodges, and we hadn't know 1066 00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:54,480 Speaker 1: each other obviously and he was on the phone and 1067 00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:57,359 Speaker 1: I just like touched show. I was like just saying 1068 00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,279 Speaker 1: hi to him, not pulling off the phone, and he 1069 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:02,600 Speaker 1: and he was talking about um, some of your technology. 1070 00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:05,120 Speaker 1: He's on the phone talking about shore. He's like, he's like, 1071 00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,040 Speaker 1: and he goes, I'll call you back to hang just 1072 00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:10,040 Speaker 1: hangs up on him and it's like, how you doing, man? 1073 00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:11,560 Speaker 1: And I was like, you don't have to hang up 1074 00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:14,600 Speaker 1: a phone call. But it's such a testament to like 1075 00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:18,440 Speaker 1: how present minded that he always wants to be. Yeah, definitely, 1076 00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:20,160 Speaker 1: and just how giving of his time. And we sat 1077 00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:21,719 Speaker 1: there and talking. I was like, happy, why don't you 1078 00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:23,120 Speaker 1: get back on the phone and handle your business. I'm 1079 00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:25,200 Speaker 1: gonna go get like a one of these little fancy 1080 00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:28,239 Speaker 1: Delta chocolate bars, right, And then someone else walked down 1081 00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:30,279 Speaker 1: that I know he did the same thing. It's really 1082 00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:33,200 Speaker 1: one of the sweetest guys. He is man and he um. 1083 00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:35,200 Speaker 1: He and I are very similar. I Mean, people think 1084 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:37,399 Speaker 1: he's my dad all the time. How did you guys meet? 1085 00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:41,560 Speaker 1: We met so his his best friend from growing up. 1086 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,360 Speaker 1: They went to high school together and then went to 1087 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:46,439 Speaker 1: college together, joined the same fraternity. UH is a guy 1088 00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:48,880 Speaker 1: by the name of Bradley Jordan's uh, and he books 1089 00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:51,520 Speaker 1: a ton of a ton of clubs in the Southeast 1090 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,440 Speaker 1: as a promoter. He had He used to own Pea 1091 00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:58,880 Speaker 1: Street tavern in Atlanta in the early like mid two thousands, 1092 00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:02,400 Speaker 1: like Brian used to there Swindel f gl That was 1093 00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:04,120 Speaker 1: kind of one of those big clubs where like when 1094 00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:06,520 Speaker 1: you went and played Atlanta and you were coming up, 1095 00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:10,080 Speaker 1: you played Bradley's place. Uh. And when he eventually sold that, 1096 00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:13,160 Speaker 1: he started a company uh called Peastree Entertainment, which he 1097 00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:16,000 Speaker 1: still runs, you know. And um, and so he booked it. 1098 00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:18,279 Speaker 1: You know, right now he's booking shows with like you know, 1099 00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:21,000 Speaker 1: Hardy and We're Gona Wall and Riley Green, like those 1100 00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:23,759 Speaker 1: kind of guys. And so Bradley was had booked me 1101 00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:26,600 Speaker 1: on one or two shows. And then you know, obviously 1102 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:28,600 Speaker 1: him having known Cappy his whole life, he knew that 1103 00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:31,520 Speaker 1: Cappy's ultimate goal was to always be a manager. He 1104 00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:34,439 Speaker 1: had just never found the right guy, or it wasn't 1105 00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:36,880 Speaker 1: the right time, or the stars didn't line up, and 1106 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:39,719 Speaker 1: so um, he called Cappy and was like, hey, I 1107 00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,360 Speaker 1: got the guy. And so he showed up at my 1108 00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:46,680 Speaker 1: show at Zydeco and Birmingham, and we talked and he 1109 00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:48,680 Speaker 1: was like, I live in Atlanta and all this, and 1110 00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:50,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna move. And I was like, dude, this guy's 1111 00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:54,080 Speaker 1: fucking crazy, Like he's gonna like he's just gonna up 1112 00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:57,000 Speaker 1: and like walk away from his entire life to do this. 1113 00:54:57,040 --> 00:54:59,879 Speaker 1: And I was kind of like a little like apprehensive 1114 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,880 Speaker 1: about it, you know, like I was like, am I 1115 00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,760 Speaker 1: getting involved with like some like sharky guy who's gonna 1116 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,399 Speaker 1: come and like, because you always hear the stories like, well, 1117 00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,720 Speaker 1: make sure who you do business with because they're everyone 1118 00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:12,240 Speaker 1: in the music business is trying to you know, steal 1119 00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:14,319 Speaker 1: from you or get something out of you kind of thing. 1120 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:17,120 Speaker 1: So I was like my thinking was like, man, you 1121 00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:19,520 Speaker 1: get one shot, you know, like do I want to 1122 00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:23,120 Speaker 1: take my risk with this guy who I don't know, 1123 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,759 Speaker 1: who's never managed anybody before, or do I want to 1124 00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:29,480 Speaker 1: try to get a proper management to at a you know, 1125 00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:33,279 Speaker 1: at a big firm or do this? And and so 1126 00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:36,000 Speaker 1: I met with a couple other managers and you know, 1127 00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:40,080 Speaker 1: everybody had kind of passed on me in that situation too, 1128 00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:42,560 Speaker 1: and and uh and Cappy's you know, we stayed in 1129 00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:46,320 Speaker 1: touch about things, and he sent me this huge email. 1130 00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,279 Speaker 1: I mean it was like five or six pages long, 1131 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:51,960 Speaker 1: and I remember reading it. I was I was like 1132 00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:55,680 Speaker 1: reading it like in my car, and I had just 1133 00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,520 Speaker 1: come home from a ride or something, and and I 1134 00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:00,759 Speaker 1: remember and he had heard that he had met with 1135 00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:04,400 Speaker 1: some other manager type people, and essentially this was a 1136 00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:07,680 Speaker 1: six page letter of like why he was going to 1137 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:11,759 Speaker 1: be the best manager, you know, for not only for me, 1138 00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:14,680 Speaker 1: but he wanted to become you know, a great manager, 1139 00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:16,960 Speaker 1: and and this is how we're gonna do things, and 1140 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:18,759 Speaker 1: this is why we're gonna do him and this is 1141 00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:20,520 Speaker 1: why I believe in you, and this is why I'm 1142 00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:23,719 Speaker 1: willing to sacrifice everything for you, you know, to do this. 1143 00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,279 Speaker 1: And after I read it, I was like, man, there's 1144 00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:28,759 Speaker 1: nobody's going to care more about it than this guy, 1145 00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:31,440 Speaker 1: you know. So then it then it just we instant. 1146 00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:33,200 Speaker 1: I mean he helped and moved like the next week. 1147 00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:37,320 Speaker 1: What was that? That was two thousand and fifteen, probably 1148 00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:42,839 Speaker 1: late fifteen. I would think, great story, it is. Yeah, 1149 00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:44,680 Speaker 1: the last thing we're gonna do is walk through these 1150 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:46,640 Speaker 1: number ones and just can a couple of sentences about 1151 00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:49,759 Speaker 1: what they like when you hear them back, Like what 1152 00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:51,799 Speaker 1: was happening around the time that either you wrote it 1153 00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,200 Speaker 1: or number one. Like what story we'll start. We'll start 1154 00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:59,480 Speaker 1: with hurricane. Here you go, here's that. What do you 1155 00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:04,880 Speaker 1: think when that plays? I mean, it just as a 1156 00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:09,640 Speaker 1: flood of like things were just really happening at that time, 1157 00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,160 Speaker 1: you know, and and that song was around it for 1158 00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,640 Speaker 1: you know, in my life at that time a long time. 1159 00:57:14,719 --> 00:57:18,640 Speaker 1: You know, it had been out for you know, by 1160 00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:22,000 Speaker 1: the time it went number one, it had been out 1161 00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,680 Speaker 1: for two years. And so I played that song in 1162 00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:27,640 Speaker 1: a lot of clubs and and I just could I 1163 00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:31,080 Speaker 1: I can just feel the like the momentum when you 1164 00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:35,120 Speaker 1: play that song, because it's you know, I kind of 1165 00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:38,160 Speaker 1: everything to that song, you know. I mean, I wouldn't 1166 00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:39,800 Speaker 1: be sitting here talking to you if it wasn't for 1167 00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:43,040 Speaker 1: that moment in time, you know. And I just remember, 1168 00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:46,720 Speaker 1: you know, playing all these shows, and man, we're selling 1169 00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:50,320 Speaker 1: everything out, and people were all these important you know, 1170 00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,360 Speaker 1: business people were coming out and we want to see 1171 00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:55,439 Speaker 1: the show, and we want to talk to you about this, 1172 00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:59,240 Speaker 1: and and just excitement, I guess would be the word 1173 00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:01,880 Speaker 1: that I think when that song comes to mind. All right, 1174 00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,400 Speaker 1: Number two, here is your second one one number away. 1175 00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:15,040 Speaker 1: Number that's just different, you know. It was. It was 1176 00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:17,760 Speaker 1: the most different thing that I had done at that time, 1177 00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:19,640 Speaker 1: especially when we wrote it. You know, I had never 1178 00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:23,160 Speaker 1: written to a track before. I didn't know what that was. Um, 1179 00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:25,919 Speaker 1: and it was just it was it was cool, man. 1180 00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:27,760 Speaker 1: It was kind of like I was like, man, this 1181 00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:30,280 Speaker 1: thing is just so cool. It's such a risk for me, 1182 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:33,520 Speaker 1: I felt at that time to put out, you know, 1183 00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:36,240 Speaker 1: and so mean. Luckily it worked out, but that one 1184 00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:39,160 Speaker 1: is is definitely I would like risky, I think, is 1185 00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:41,560 Speaker 1: how I would felt. I felt about that one when 1186 00:58:41,560 --> 00:58:47,760 Speaker 1: it rains of pores. Yeah, man, I mean just I mean, 1187 00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:53,520 Speaker 1: I just think that's probably my It just makes me 1188 00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:55,720 Speaker 1: happy when I hear that song. Man. You know, I 1189 00:58:55,760 --> 00:59:00,080 Speaker 1: remember shooting the video and and um and Charleston and 1190 00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:02,440 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, me and my uh you know, 1191 00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,920 Speaker 1: now fiance had had just really got into the throes 1192 00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,440 Speaker 1: of our relationship at that time, and it was just 1193 00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:12,640 Speaker 1: really fun. That was just a really fun time for me. 1194 00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:15,240 Speaker 1: You know, that song brings back a lot of of 1195 00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:18,720 Speaker 1: really cool, fun memories for me. Right number four here 1196 00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:24,840 Speaker 1: she got the best of me? Why did you laugh 1197 00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:28,000 Speaker 1: right there? What what happened up there? Was I mean, 1198 00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:30,360 Speaker 1: it's just that's full. It's like full circle is the 1199 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:33,680 Speaker 1: word I would use. Because I wrote that song in college. Um, 1200 00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:35,760 Speaker 1: I wrote it here in Nashville, but it was on 1201 00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:37,880 Speaker 1: one of my trips and it just the way it 1202 00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:40,640 Speaker 1: all came together was um that you know. I wrote 1203 00:59:40,680 --> 00:59:43,480 Speaker 1: it with Rob Snyder and Channing Wilson at that time. 1204 00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:46,760 Speaker 1: They were both, you know, doing the revival thing together 1205 00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:49,960 Speaker 1: at Tin Roof, and um, a buddy of mine that 1206 00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:52,240 Speaker 1: I went to Nashville with had you know, kind of 1207 00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:54,320 Speaker 1: walked up to those guys and was like, hey, let's 1208 00:59:54,320 --> 00:59:57,440 Speaker 1: write a song thing and and so they were like sure, man. 1209 00:59:57,640 --> 00:59:59,120 Speaker 1: You know, we're in town for a couple of days. 1210 00:59:59,120 --> 01:00:01,640 Speaker 1: And they're like, oh, well, right tomorrow or whatever. I 1211 01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,320 Speaker 1: me and my buddy got just super drunk that night 1212 01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:06,480 Speaker 1: at the Tin Roof and and you know, we played 1213 01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:10,520 Speaker 1: revival that night and uh. And so he called me 1214 01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,600 Speaker 1: in the morning and was like, hey, man, like, I'm 1215 01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:17,600 Speaker 1: too hungover to go to this right, will you go instead? 1216 01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:20,320 Speaker 1: And I was like sure, man, like I'll go right 1217 01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:23,960 Speaker 1: with these you know, two complete stranger guys, you know. 1218 01:00:24,560 --> 01:00:26,840 Speaker 1: And so I went over to Rob's apartment. Me and 1219 01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:29,720 Speaker 1: Rob were kind of sitting there writing and this. I mean, 1220 01:00:29,920 --> 01:00:32,680 Speaker 1: Rob and Channing are both like big dudes. They're both 1221 01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:35,080 Speaker 1: taller than me. They're both even broader than I am. 1222 01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:38,280 Speaker 1: And and Channing walks out in this like bath towel. 1223 01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:40,919 Speaker 1: You know, he's got his long hair and his big 1224 01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:44,080 Speaker 1: beard and everything. And Rob was like, dude, come come 1225 01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:45,840 Speaker 1: get on this song with us. Man, h you come 1226 01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:47,840 Speaker 1: write this song with us. And he was like, man, 1227 01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm not feeling it, you know, And he said, we'll 1228 01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:54,320 Speaker 1: play He said, dude, just just play him something. So 1229 01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:58,120 Speaker 1: I played night Moves on my guitar by Seeger and 1230 01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:00,520 Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, I'll come right with you, guys. And 1231 01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:03,400 Speaker 1: then so we wrote. We wrote she Got the Best 1232 01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:06,160 Speaker 1: of Me that day, uh, And I ended up recording 1233 01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:09,000 Speaker 1: it uh in college when I'm still in college, putting 1234 01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:11,440 Speaker 1: it out, and then when it came time to record 1235 01:01:11,480 --> 01:01:14,200 Speaker 1: the deluxe version of the album, you know, Lynn was like, 1236 01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:16,720 Speaker 1: this song is just great and your fans love it 1237 01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:19,200 Speaker 1: at the shows, and and I really think it deserves 1238 01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:21,320 Speaker 1: a chance to, you know, to be recorded with the 1239 01:01:21,360 --> 01:01:24,760 Speaker 1: proper equipment and the proper proper band and and get 1240 01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:26,880 Speaker 1: a shot at being a single one. So it's definitely 1241 01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:32,520 Speaker 1: a full circle experience for that one beautiful crazy. I 1242 01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:35,400 Speaker 1: mean definitely, my fiance comes to mind more than anything. 1243 01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:40,960 Speaker 1: Um and that song really just changed a lot for me. 1244 01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:44,000 Speaker 1: I mean it was seven week number one, which is crazy. 1245 01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:46,880 Speaker 1: I want to never imagine that that to you, that 1246 01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:49,240 Speaker 1: song to me put you on a hold different Like 1247 01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:52,000 Speaker 1: it's you have to have a massive song to actually 1248 01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:53,840 Speaker 1: make the jump. You can have eleven number one and 1249 01:01:53,880 --> 01:01:55,480 Speaker 1: sometimes you don't make the jump, but if you get 1250 01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:58,080 Speaker 1: that one definer, you can make a jump. I think 1251 01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:00,520 Speaker 1: for you, that's when it launched you up. And that's 1252 01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:02,040 Speaker 1: what I was thinking, is this is the one that 1253 01:02:02,040 --> 01:02:03,960 Speaker 1: took us from like I mean, we had four number 1254 01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:06,600 Speaker 1: ones and things were awesome, and then it was all 1255 01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:09,120 Speaker 1: of a sudden, it was like next it was the 1256 01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:12,280 Speaker 1: next gear after that song, you know. And you know, 1257 01:02:12,360 --> 01:02:14,959 Speaker 1: I think of obviously winning the Song of the year 1258 01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:18,960 Speaker 1: uh here recently, and you know, all the accolades and 1259 01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:23,040 Speaker 1: and and and things. There's so many really positive, you 1260 01:02:23,080 --> 01:02:25,960 Speaker 1: know memories. I mean, I wouldn't be you know, I probably, 1261 01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:27,560 Speaker 1: I mean I would like to think I would still 1262 01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:30,280 Speaker 1: be with my fiance without that song. But I mean, 1263 01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:33,240 Speaker 1: this is the song that I played for her, you know, 1264 01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:35,840 Speaker 1: after we weren't even officially dating yet when I wrote 1265 01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:38,480 Speaker 1: this song about her, and I remember playing it for 1266 01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:40,280 Speaker 1: like two days after I wrote it, and I was 1267 01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:44,040 Speaker 1: like so nervous because I was like, man, what does 1268 01:02:44,080 --> 01:02:47,880 Speaker 1: she thinks I'm just a total creep, like, you know, 1269 01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:49,960 Speaker 1: because it was like, I mean, we're hanging out. We 1270 01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,040 Speaker 1: were hanging out a good amount at that time, but 1271 01:02:52,080 --> 01:02:55,480 Speaker 1: it was still like, man, it was such a risk 1272 01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:57,840 Speaker 1: in my mind, like to play her that what did 1273 01:02:57,840 --> 01:03:00,120 Speaker 1: she do? She was working at b M. I know, 1274 01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:01,640 Speaker 1: what did she do when you played the song? Did 1275 01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:04,480 Speaker 1: she get emotional or did she well? I I played 1276 01:03:04,520 --> 01:03:07,040 Speaker 1: it smart because her one of her friends was there, 1277 01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:10,120 Speaker 1: and so I had actually bought her a record player 1278 01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:13,320 Speaker 1: as a gift, like a Crosley record player with like 1279 01:03:13,360 --> 01:03:16,160 Speaker 1: the legs and like its own little speaker and stuff, 1280 01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:19,440 Speaker 1: and so it had an OX cord jack. And I 1281 01:03:19,480 --> 01:03:22,400 Speaker 1: plugged my phone in and played the work tape and 1282 01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:24,000 Speaker 1: her friend was in there, and her friend was like, 1283 01:03:24,080 --> 01:03:27,200 Speaker 1: oh my god, like this is just wow, you know, 1284 01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:29,240 Speaker 1: And so I was like, I know, if I can 1285 01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:32,720 Speaker 1: like hook the friend and the friend thinks it's sweet, 1286 01:03:32,840 --> 01:03:35,439 Speaker 1: she at least has to pretend like she likes it 1287 01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:39,439 Speaker 1: so that I'm not in this awkward situation. We're both like, well, 1288 01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:41,360 Speaker 1: we'll just stop hanging out now, because do you think 1289 01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:44,760 Speaker 1: I'm super weird? So it was she, but no, she 1290 01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:47,080 Speaker 1: loved it, and I mean she obviously loves that tune. 1291 01:03:47,160 --> 01:03:54,360 Speaker 1: All right. There never broke my heart. I didn't just 1292 01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:58,480 Speaker 1: feel the live show on that one. Yeah, I mean, 1293 01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:02,000 Speaker 1: it's just like it just was like, you know, it 1294 01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:04,919 Speaker 1: just feel like I can imagine what the environment would 1295 01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:06,960 Speaker 1: have been like at an A C d C concert, 1296 01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:09,800 Speaker 1: you know, like and not that that song sounds anything 1297 01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:11,560 Speaker 1: like an A C d C song, but it's the 1298 01:04:11,600 --> 01:04:14,760 Speaker 1: most rock and the thing that we have. You know. 1299 01:04:14,800 --> 01:04:18,280 Speaker 1: It has those heavy like chugging guitars and and just 1300 01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:22,240 Speaker 1: it just feels like an arena rock like anthem song. 1301 01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:24,880 Speaker 1: And that's what it feels like every time we play it. 1302 01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:29,000 Speaker 1: And I think that song, you know, if Beautiful Crazy 1303 01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:32,440 Speaker 1: was important, I think beer is just as important. Because 1304 01:04:32,480 --> 01:04:36,320 Speaker 1: we followed Beautiful Crazy up, which was this very vulnerable, 1305 01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:41,640 Speaker 1: like low you know, fiddle like violin kind of acoustic thing, 1306 01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:46,640 Speaker 1: and then it just polar opposite is this song and 1307 01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:48,680 Speaker 1: and this song, you know, I think this gave us 1308 01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:50,920 Speaker 1: a jump too, because you know a lot of and 1309 01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:52,520 Speaker 1: like you said, we did have hits, but a lot 1310 01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:54,400 Speaker 1: of the hits that were kind of like mid tempo 1311 01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:58,040 Speaker 1: e like there wasn't that like kick you in the 1312 01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:01,280 Speaker 1: teeth thing in the set it And I think that 1313 01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:03,520 Speaker 1: song brought that to the table for us. And the 1314 01:05:03,560 --> 01:05:08,520 Speaker 1: last one before we go, even though I'm leaving seven 1315 01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:11,360 Speaker 1: number one in a row as we record this right now, 1316 01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:14,760 Speaker 1: this is the one multi week number one when you 1317 01:05:14,800 --> 01:05:18,040 Speaker 1: wrote this, how do you feel? I've man, this was 1318 01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:21,080 Speaker 1: like crazy, right, So actually one of the guys I 1319 01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:23,840 Speaker 1: wrote beautiful Crazy with White drette Um. This was the 1320 01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:27,480 Speaker 1: first song that we wrote together, uh and me and 1321 01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:29,960 Speaker 1: him and and a good friend of ours Rave Fulture 1322 01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:33,560 Speaker 1: wrote this together and it was one of those things 1323 01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:36,040 Speaker 1: like I love to get into a rite and just 1324 01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:40,600 Speaker 1: not go until I feel like it's perfect, and I 1325 01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:44,320 Speaker 1: feel like sometimes the Nashville environment can be We got 1326 01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:47,160 Speaker 1: three hours, We're walking out with a song. I don't 1327 01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:49,760 Speaker 1: care if it's terrible. I don't care if it's the 1328 01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:52,200 Speaker 1: best song that anybody's ever written. I just want to 1329 01:05:52,200 --> 01:05:54,640 Speaker 1: get it done and turn into my publisher and get 1330 01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:59,200 Speaker 1: on with my life, you know, which is great if 1331 01:05:59,240 --> 01:06:01,680 Speaker 1: that's what you want to do. And I understand that, 1332 01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:05,800 Speaker 1: and I enjoy that sometimes too, but I have to 1333 01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:08,160 Speaker 1: go into it with a different thing because I'm writing 1334 01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:11,960 Speaker 1: it as something that could potentially be a humongous part 1335 01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:14,840 Speaker 1: of my life forever. You know, that song is never 1336 01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:17,200 Speaker 1: gonna go away. It's never not gonna have been a 1337 01:06:17,280 --> 01:06:19,439 Speaker 1: number one. I'm never not gonna play it every night. 1338 01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:22,120 Speaker 1: And so I love to go in and make sure 1339 01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:24,160 Speaker 1: that if I'm going to record something and i'm gonna 1340 01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:25,920 Speaker 1: put it out there for people, that it's something that 1341 01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:29,520 Speaker 1: has the stamp of approval. And so that was a 1342 01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:33,800 Speaker 1: right that took probably eight hours, seven or eight hours 1343 01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:37,040 Speaker 1: and one day. And we were in the little like, 1344 01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:41,160 Speaker 1: um we were in like the little office rooms at 1345 01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Southern Ground in the studio. We weren't in the studio, 1346 01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:46,880 Speaker 1: but there's a little spot next door where there's like, 1347 01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:52,120 Speaker 1: you know, just a little fluorescent bulb like offices. And 1348 01:06:52,160 --> 01:06:55,880 Speaker 1: why it's Son at that time was you know, getting 1349 01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:57,960 Speaker 1: ready to you know, he was getting to the age 1350 01:06:57,960 --> 01:06:59,800 Speaker 1: where he was going to be graduating from high school 1351 01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:03,360 Speaker 1: very soon, and that was his only a child at 1352 01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:05,720 Speaker 1: that time, and um, He was like, man, I want 1353 01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:09,000 Speaker 1: to write my son a song and let him know 1354 01:07:09,080 --> 01:07:12,280 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna be there for him no matter what, 1355 01:07:12,400 --> 01:07:14,160 Speaker 1: you know, Like just because he's not living at home, 1356 01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:17,000 Speaker 1: he doesn't I don't want him to feel like he 1357 01:07:17,040 --> 01:07:19,600 Speaker 1: can't still call me or he can't still you know, 1358 01:07:19,680 --> 01:07:21,840 Speaker 1: be my son or ask for help if he needs it. 1359 01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:26,320 Speaker 1: And so that's how that song started. Uh and and uh, man, 1360 01:07:26,360 --> 01:07:28,840 Speaker 1: we had trouble getting through it. You know, I'm lucky 1361 01:07:28,920 --> 01:07:31,120 Speaker 1: enough to still have my my parents in my life 1362 01:07:31,120 --> 01:07:33,400 Speaker 1: and and so I haven't you know, had to deal 1363 01:07:33,480 --> 01:07:37,160 Speaker 1: with that you know, horrible day yet. But we were all, 1364 01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:40,080 Speaker 1: you know, very emotional, like you didn't sing in the 1365 01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:42,720 Speaker 1: work tape. I got a little choked up. I was like, man, 1366 01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:45,720 Speaker 1: this is like and I knew, like if that's happening 1367 01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:47,920 Speaker 1: to me, like that's gonna happen to a lot of 1368 01:07:47,960 --> 01:07:51,160 Speaker 1: people with that song. So um, that song is just 1369 01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:54,320 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's really powerful for a lot of folks. Alright, 1370 01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:56,400 Speaker 1: See what you see is what you get towards ashing me. 1371 01:07:56,480 --> 01:08:00,080 Speaker 1: Brian Andrew Drew Parker's happening lots of festival dates this 1372 01:08:00,280 --> 01:08:02,720 Speaker 1: You and Eric Church are headlining rock to South. You're 1373 01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:04,800 Speaker 1: told with mc graw, I don't even know how you 1374 01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:07,680 Speaker 1: have a minute. It's like every day on your calendar 1375 01:08:07,720 --> 01:08:09,280 Speaker 1: there there's something on it. You know. That's what I 1376 01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:13,560 Speaker 1: call music seventy three. Holy crap, man, it's crazy, man, 1377 01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:16,840 Speaker 1: you know, but it's it's I just think, you know, 1378 01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:21,040 Speaker 1: you only get this chance, you know, once, if you 1379 01:08:21,080 --> 01:08:24,479 Speaker 1: ever get it. And you know, I don't want to 1380 01:08:24,479 --> 01:08:27,680 Speaker 1: look back when i'm you know, sixty years old, you know, 1381 01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:31,280 Speaker 1: and and go, man, I could have done more, I 1382 01:08:31,320 --> 01:08:33,160 Speaker 1: should have done more. I wish I would have done that, 1383 01:08:33,280 --> 01:08:35,280 Speaker 1: or I wish I would have worked harder, you know, 1384 01:08:35,280 --> 01:08:38,240 Speaker 1: because I don't want to lose this, you know. It's 1385 01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:41,599 Speaker 1: it's it's a special feeling, you know, to go on, man, 1386 01:08:41,640 --> 01:08:43,640 Speaker 1: people are really loving me right now. I'm hitting some 1387 01:08:43,720 --> 01:08:48,200 Speaker 1: kind of I'm hitting some kind of vain somehow some 1388 01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:50,840 Speaker 1: way that that maybe somebody else isn't doing. And that's 1389 01:08:50,840 --> 01:08:53,519 Speaker 1: a neat feeling. So I don't you know, I'm I'm 1390 01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,960 Speaker 1: not prepared to lose that, and I know it, and 1391 01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:59,360 Speaker 1: inevitably will come. There will be a time when you 1392 01:08:59,360 --> 01:09:02,960 Speaker 1: know the next guy that's really awesome will come along 1393 01:09:03,040 --> 01:09:06,439 Speaker 1: and go Luke Combs. That gots old news. You know. 1394 01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:08,439 Speaker 1: I was talking with in the last few days, a 1395 01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:12,040 Speaker 1: plus plus artist, just we're hanging out a little bit 1396 01:09:12,160 --> 01:09:14,680 Speaker 1: and he had brought you up because that he was 1397 01:09:14,720 --> 01:09:18,320 Speaker 1: a plus plus still is massive and he was confident. 1398 01:09:18,360 --> 01:09:19,720 Speaker 1: He was like, you know what, it's Luke Combs the time. 1399 01:09:19,760 --> 01:09:21,840 Speaker 1: Now he's like, I had my time, and he goes, 1400 01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:23,800 Speaker 1: it's Luke Holmas the time. She said, I'm still gonna 1401 01:09:23,800 --> 01:09:25,679 Speaker 1: do massive shows. But now it's Luke's time, and Luke's 1402 01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:27,599 Speaker 1: gonna have his time, and then hopefully Luke will look 1403 01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:29,040 Speaker 1: at the next person. He goes, you know what, I'm 1404 01:09:29,080 --> 01:09:31,240 Speaker 1: still gonna play a big shows. He goes, that's just 1405 01:09:31,320 --> 01:09:34,800 Speaker 1: how this works. And the people who don't, who are miserable, 1406 01:09:35,320 --> 01:09:38,160 Speaker 1: who don't embrace what they have when they have it 1407 01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:40,719 Speaker 1: and what they had when they had it, and roots 1408 01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:42,519 Speaker 1: for the guys that are coming next. Yeah, And you 1409 01:09:42,600 --> 01:09:44,760 Speaker 1: got to, man, you know, because I've had a lot 1410 01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:48,120 Speaker 1: of really great experiences with with people here in town, 1411 01:09:48,120 --> 01:09:50,760 Speaker 1: with other artists who have said, man, you know you're 1412 01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:55,080 Speaker 1: gonna do this, and and everybody's thing is always enjoy 1413 01:09:55,120 --> 01:09:58,760 Speaker 1: it while it's here. You know, do the thing that 1414 01:09:58,840 --> 01:10:01,840 Speaker 1: you go to that after party that you're too tired 1415 01:10:01,880 --> 01:10:06,400 Speaker 1: to go to go you know, hang out with Ed 1416 01:10:06,439 --> 01:10:09,719 Speaker 1: Sheering or you know, any a cool opportunity you should 1417 01:10:09,720 --> 01:10:11,519 Speaker 1: go do that because you're not always going to have 1418 01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:14,920 Speaker 1: those opportunities. So um, that's something that I have always 1419 01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:18,440 Speaker 1: taken to heart. Now I do enjoy a good nap sometimes, 1420 01:10:19,040 --> 01:10:21,400 Speaker 1: you know, it's just hard to pass up on that sometimes. 1421 01:10:21,400 --> 01:10:23,559 Speaker 1: But so yeah, I'm just trying to I'm just trying 1422 01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:25,960 Speaker 1: to do it the best I can. And uh and 1423 01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:28,160 Speaker 1: and you know, enjoy it. Well it's here. Well listen, 1424 01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:32,880 Speaker 1: I appreciate time. Just a big fan of you. Thank you. 1425 01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:36,320 Speaker 1: I think over your artistry, Like I got to know 1426 01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:37,680 Speaker 1: you a little bit before you had a bunch of 1427 01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:40,479 Speaker 1: I was always like your honesty when you came. Thanks 1428 01:10:40,840 --> 01:10:43,360 Speaker 1: and and it's very authentic. So area is Luke Holmbs 1429 01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:46,080 Speaker 1: Episode two twenties six. Um, this thing is gonna be 1430 01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:48,080 Speaker 1: listen to forever. The single right now is does to me. 1431 01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:49,760 Speaker 1: But when this is gonna be around for years and 1432 01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:52,600 Speaker 1: years of podcast So whatever. His n number one and 1433 01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:55,200 Speaker 1: we'll have to do another one another one. Good to 1434 01:10:55,200 --> 01:11:00,360 Speaker 1: see my friend Luke Combs. There we go. What the 1435 01:11:00,520 --> 01:11:01,120 Speaker 1: to day