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Speaker 1: Hi, everybody, Welcome to the show. Thank you for watching,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. Man talk about trouble with the

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Speaker 1: in laws. This is an email I was reading today

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Speaker 1: and I've got to share that with you, guys. I

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Speaker 1: got to tell you the story. I'm right here in

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Speaker 1: the back of my bus Wildflower in Butler, Pennsylvania. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it feels good to be back where this podcast started,

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Speaker 1: right here in the back of this bus talking to you.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to show you everything that I've been

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Speaker 1: reading in these emails and talk to you about actually

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Speaker 1: playing a real live movie theater drive in. It's exciting

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Speaker 1: times role the intro did kids in DCL months times

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Speaker 1: and so long line of by four of pomp and

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Speaker 1: to spread some good news. I'm sitting on the back

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Speaker 1: of my bus Wildflower, which might not seem like that

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Speaker 1: big a deal, especially if you start at the beginning

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Speaker 1: of all my podcasts. But what's crazy is that I

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Speaker 1: haven't done this. I haven't done the podcast in the

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Speaker 1: back of the bus thing for over seven months because

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Speaker 1: we've been shut down, and it feels good to just

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Speaker 1: be on tour. And I know I've said on this

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Speaker 1: podcast so many times that it's not a matter of if,

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Speaker 1: it's a matter of when we'll get back on tour

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Speaker 1: and things will start getting back to normal. Now they're

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Speaker 1: far from normal, as you guys know, but it feels

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Speaker 1: good to be doing something. So we're out here in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 1: We are at a drive in movie theater, literally a

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Speaker 1: actually playing live in concert, not a movie in front

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Speaker 1: of the screen. Two a bunch of cars. This is

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Speaker 1: my first experience like this. Tomorrow we're gonna do it

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Speaker 1: all over again in Cincinnati, So I don't know. I

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Speaker 1: don't know how it's gonna go. I do know that

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Speaker 1: I am excited to be here and excited to play music,

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Speaker 1: regardless of what the crowd looks like, which is going

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Speaker 1: to be a bunch of cars. Literally, there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they're gonna honk when they like

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Speaker 1: something we do or flash their lights. I don't know. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll find out. But like I said, I'm just excited

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Speaker 1: to be making music live in person in Pennsylvania. Love

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Speaker 1: Pennsylvania some of my favorite fans. I could say that

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Speaker 1: about many places, but Pennsylvania is one of the many

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Speaker 1: that I have tremendously missed during this crazy twenty twenty year.

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Speaker 1: I've also really liked reading on this program your questions

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Speaker 1: and I have set up an email Granger Smith Podcast

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Speaker 1: at gmail dot com. So that is the email I

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Speaker 1: have set up specifically for your questions for this podcast,

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Speaker 1: so that at this moment, I could open up that

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Speaker 1: inbox without preparing, without reading them in advance, I could

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Speaker 1: don't want to be that. I wanted to be more

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Speaker 1: anything you want Grangersmith Podcast at gmail dot com, and

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Speaker 1: tell me. Tell me your name, first name, and where

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Speaker 1: South Carolina. He says Granger. I wanted to ask a

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Speaker 1: lighthearted question to give you a break from all the

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Speaker 1: heavy stuff. Do you does Tyler and Parker sing too

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Speaker 1: to some of these questions scroll in here. The next

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Speaker 1: I believe the most important thing that you could do

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Speaker 1: How have you been able to put together such an

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Speaker 1: outstanding staff from top to bottom, from your band and

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Speaker 1: crew to your production people to Yege apparel. It seems

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Speaker 1: because your employees for your company are to me, the

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Speaker 1: in your particular business. So yeah, we put and a

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Speaker 1: vetting process. So wherever they're coming from, we will talk

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Speaker 1: then we'll see their their job performance. No, we're not

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Speaker 1: expecting perfection, but we're we're looking for someone that through

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Speaker 1: this problem or teck this problem, no matter what it takes,

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Speaker 1: don't know what happened, who knows? Or man, this guy

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Speaker 1: for two weeks, we'll extend it to thirty to sixty

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Speaker 1: It's a good question, Thomas, and I know that a

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Speaker 1: what books have you read that have made an impact

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Speaker 1: I wish I could be super specific, but between me

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Speaker 1: on my phone. The Miracle Morning that has been incredible

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Speaker 1: read The Miracle Morning. How to Win Friends and Influence

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Speaker 1: Work by Cal Newport. Awesome book. The Rise of Teddy Roosevelt.

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Speaker 1: I like Minimalism. That's a cool, really cool book. I

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Speaker 1: have a book here called Start Your Farm. It's like

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Speaker 1: becoming a making it a farm. Stillness is a key.

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Speaker 1: Jordan Peterson. So twelve Rules for Life and Maps of Meaning,

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Speaker 1: usually all three in pieces. Good question, Jerry, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: my question is this. I have written a few songs,

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Speaker 1: recently have realized how difficult it will be to handle

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Speaker 1: when her parents seek to parent both of us. Of Course,

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00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,679
Speaker 1: I always accept guidance, advice, and help when necessary, but

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00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 1: I also have established my own freedom to fail so

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Speaker 1: that I could grow from that. Thanks in advance. Ye ye, Caleb, dude,

433
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:10,360
Speaker 1: what a question, man? Where do I start? First of all, congratulations,

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Speaker 1: I'll start with that you're married, dude, because I'm I'm

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00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,479
Speaker 1: I'm sure by the time this podcast comes out, you

436
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 1: are already married. Because I am reading this on October

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00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: the first, and you're getting married in two days. So congratulations, man.

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Speaker 1: I love Michigan and I'm happy for you guys. I'm

439
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: happy that you got a wedding or in this crazy time.

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00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 1: That's something you'll be able to smile about down the

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00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,479
Speaker 1: road for sure. But it sounds like you got some issues, bro.

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00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: It sounds like you got some family that thing's going on.

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00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: You got some in laws that don't know how to

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Speaker 1: let their daughter go, and you got to You said,

445
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: my family gets jealous of where we spend our time,

446
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,439
Speaker 1: and you want to maintain good relationships with everybody, but

447
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:11,679
Speaker 1: her parents want to parent you both. I got an

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00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 1: idea for you, and this is you know, it's hard,

449
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 1: it's hard for you to start a marriage with this.

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00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:25,119
Speaker 1: But I'm sure what's happened is you got engaged, and

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Speaker 1: then as you were engaged and you're going through wedding plans.

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Speaker 1: I'm imagining that things intensified with her family and they

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Speaker 1: kind of drew in the reins a little bit tight

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Speaker 1: in the grip once that wedding date got closer and closer.

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Speaker 1: And I don't think that it's that strange or abnormal

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Speaker 1: that they're doing that. I don't think it's good that

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Speaker 1: they're doing that. Don't get me wrong, But I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's strange because for a lot of people, that's

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Speaker 1: got to be I don't know, I'm not nearly close

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Speaker 1: to there, but for a lot of people, that's got

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Speaker 1: to be a natural inclination to hang on to your

462
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: baby girl as long as you can, and when she

463
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Speaker 1: gets married, if you can sink your talents into the husband,

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Speaker 1: then you could just hang on to your little girl forever.

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Speaker 1: And there's nothing wrong with the thought. The thing that's

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Speaker 1: wrong is actually carrying that out because they will no

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Speaker 1: longer have the right to do that, and that is tough.

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Speaker 1: That is tough to tell a father, Hey dad, I

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Speaker 1: got her. Now you don't have to parent me or

470
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: her anymore. We appreciate your advice. We're gonna stand by you,

471
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 1: your in your family and your name. And I want

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Speaker 1: to learn from you, and I want to grow with you,

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Speaker 1: and I want you to teach me your trade, and

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Speaker 1: I want you to show me what you've learned in

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00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: your years that I don't know. But there's got to

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00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 1: be certain places that we draw the line, like my job,

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00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 1: or where we live, or how we raise our children

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00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,640
Speaker 1: to be. Those are things that I have to make decisions.

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00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: I want your advice, but that's all it's going to

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Speaker 1: be is advice, not dictatorship. Caleb. I would put a

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Speaker 1: lot of this on her too. I would put a

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Speaker 1: lot of this on your wife and in some late

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Speaker 1: night conversations with her. Babe, I need you to talk

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Speaker 1: to your parents. You're their baby girl. I can't imagine

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Speaker 1: what it's like to give up their baby girl to marriage.

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00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 1: But it's time to move on from them parenting you

487
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Speaker 1: as if you're sixteen. You're not sixteen years old anymore.

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Speaker 1: So you guys are still young like y'all are a

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Speaker 1: young couple. But I think I think a lot of

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00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: this is going to come down to her shoulders, saying mom, Dad,

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00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 1: could we have caught some coffee. I need to talk

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Speaker 1: to you about something separate from Caleb first and see

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Speaker 1: how they react. Maybe they listen to her and they go,

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Speaker 1: you know what, I don't think we even realized we

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Speaker 1: were doing that, And you're right, I'm sorry. We'll work

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00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: on that. But maybe, I mean, maybe they'll say that that.

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00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: Wouldn't it be awesome if they just said wow? I

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00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: didn't even think about that, but we'll try our best

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00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 1: to back off. Or maybe it's the mom, the mom

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00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 1: in law or the dad in law. Maybe it's one

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00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 1: or the other. And if you can get with the

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00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 1: opposite to talk the other one off the ledge a

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00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 1: little bit. Regardless, this is not like a deal breaker, Caleb,

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00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: and it's very normal. It's still not right. I would

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00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: put this a lot on your wife and see what happens.

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Speaker 1: Have her talk, see what happens, get back to me,

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00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 1: come back to this podcast, and we'll talk again. Me

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00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: and you sitting here on this bus having a chat.

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00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: It's a good question, man, and congratulations. Let me do

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Speaker 1: this this scroll here, here's Joel. Joel says, first off,

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Speaker 1: First off, I want to say you pretty much renewed

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Speaker 1: my faith in country music since I first heard you

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00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 1: with Dirt Road Driveway. I have done back. I've gone

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00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: back and listened to some of your older stuff and

515
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: like that. Like that stuff just as much. I almost

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00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: am as one of my favorite songs, So thank you

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Speaker 1: for that. My questions are would you ever consider writing

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00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: and recording an entire Earl album? And do you think

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Speaker 1: you'll ever feature Donnie Cowboy on an album or a

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Speaker 1: live show. Thank you, Joel, appreciate you, buddy, thank you

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00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: for listening, and I'm glad I've renewed your faith in

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Speaker 1: country music. I have definitely considered an entire Earl album.

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Speaker 1: When Country Things Volume two comes out, and the entire

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Speaker 1: collection of Country Things is out sixteen songs, there will

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Speaker 1: be at that point a total of nine Earl Dibbles songs.

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Speaker 1: So that's a lot. So one thought is I could

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Speaker 1: write a couple more and then add those nine together

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00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: and we got like Earl Dibble's greatest hits. So comment

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Speaker 1: below if that's an idea. One thing I have to

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Speaker 1: tell you is that, and I've always felt strongly about this,

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Speaker 1: is that the reason Earl works so well is that

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00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: I feed it to the crowd in limited doses. If

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00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,960
Speaker 1: I walked out tonight here in Pennsylvania, dressed in overalls

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00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 1: and played an entire show as Earl, it would be

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00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: really fun for about three minutes, and then it would

536
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,960
Speaker 1: that oversensory craziness would start to wear on you and

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00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: you'd get a little numb to it. And I think

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Speaker 1: what makes it work better is when I have the

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Speaker 1: more the well rounded group of songs, the slower ones,

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Speaker 1: the mid temple ones, the faster and more country ones,

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Speaker 1: the faster and more rock ones, and then after all

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00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: that good mix boom at the end there's Earl devils

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00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: and you don't see them too much. You see them

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00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 1: just enough where you say I wish there was more,

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00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: But there's not always been my goal, so I've been

546
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: careful with not giving too much role at one time,

547
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 1: and so far it has worked. I appreciate you liking

548
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 1: Donnie Cowboy too, man. I love Donnie, and if he

549
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: gets a song that's more popular than anything Earle's ever done,

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00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: I guarantee you there will be a place for Donnie

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Speaker 1: on the live show or on an album. Thank you, Joel.

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00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: This question is from Amanda. It says, Hey Granger. First off,

553
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan and love watching you and your family.

554
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 1: I've been to two of your concerts and both were awesome.

555
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: I live in Burlington, New Jersey. I was wondering if

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00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,959
Speaker 1: you're going to be coming back to Jersey and would

557
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 1: definitely want to see you and go to your meet

558
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Speaker 1: and greet when things get back to normal. Also, I

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00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: know this isn't a question, but my birthday is Saturday,

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00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,359
Speaker 1: October third. I'll be turning thirty one. I would love

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00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: a birthday shout out. It would make my week. So Amanda,

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00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: officially I want to tell you on this podcast happy birthday.

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00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: I am happy for you, I'm grateful for you being

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Speaker 1: a fan and apps. Of course we're going to be

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00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,959
Speaker 1: back in New Jersey. Of course it's not a question.

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Speaker 1: If anyone asked a question that says, do you think

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00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,879
Speaker 1: you'll ever make it back to the answer is yes.

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00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: Snatch question comes from Brett, and Brett says his hometown

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Speaker 1: is Bend, Oregon and his current town is Nashville, Tennessee.

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00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,399
Speaker 1: He says, how did learning stell guitar come about? And

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00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: how much do you do you play it currently? So

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00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: you have to do your homework to find out that

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00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 1: I'm an old steel guitar player. Used to play for

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Speaker 1: a couple different bands, including Trent Willman, who him and

575
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: I wrote the song Heroes and he co produced it

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00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: with me on the latest album. So that's a little

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00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: trivia with Trent and Chris Lee, my tour manager now

578
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: was a drummer in that band. I learned still guitar.

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00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 1: I was living in Nashville and writing songs solely. I

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00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 1: wasn't in a band at all. It was just writing songs,

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Speaker 1: and I had a lot of time when I would

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Speaker 1: get home in the afternoon, and I thought, you know

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Speaker 1: what I've got to I've loved steel guitar. I love

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Speaker 1: that instrument so much, and I wanted to use that

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Speaker 1: extra time in a music city like Nashville and where

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Speaker 1: there's a plethora of players. So I bought a steel

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Speaker 1: guitar at a pawn shop and I went downtown to

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00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 1: Broadway where all the bands are, and I found this

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00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: old guy that played still guitar, and I said, hey, man,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to learn that instrument. Can you give me

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00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: some lessons? And he said, yeah, how about Monday three o'clock,

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00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 1: So boom it was on. I started doing lessons, then

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00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,320
Speaker 1: started reading books on it, and played. The most important

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00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 1: thing is I played every single day for many hours

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00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 1: and played enough to learn how to be in Trn's band,

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00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: and then kept playing. Unfortunately, when I moved back to

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Speaker 1: Texas and needed the money to start my own band,

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00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 1: I needed the money to sell it, so I stole

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Speaker 1: the steel guitar and so I haven't played it just

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Speaker 1: off and on over the last ten years. I probably

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00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: played it just a little bit. If I see one

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00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: some other band has it, I'll sit down and play.

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00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: So not much, but we have thought about because Country

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00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 1: Things has so much deal guitar, we have thought about

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00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:15,359
Speaker 1: maybe bringing it back in the live show for that

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00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 1: for Country Things, So that could be cool. So comment

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00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: below that's something you would like to see maybe, so

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00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: that might be pretty awesome. So I'll keep thinking about that.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, Brett, you're from Bend, Oregon originally

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Speaker 1: absolutely love that town. Thoughts and prayers go to everyone

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00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,400
Speaker 1: in Oregon that's in danger in California as well with

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00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: these crazy fires. As if you needed anything else in

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Speaker 1: the Northwest to be a problem this year, there's some

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Speaker 1: serious fires out there, and that is if y'all haven't

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Speaker 1: been to Bend, Oregon or any of those great forests

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Speaker 1: in Oregon. It's just so beautiful, unbelievable forest out there,

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Speaker 1: and it's heartbreaking to know that because of some stupid

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00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: people there, it's burning like crazy. So I'll leave it

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Speaker 1: with that. Guys, remember to email me Grangersmith Podcast at

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Speaker 1: gmail dot com and I'll get on these questions. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for everyone that emailed in. I'm never going to

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Speaker 1: be able to get to all these I'm going to

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Speaker 1: scroll forever and not be able to get to all

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Speaker 1: of them, but I hope so, and I'll just keep on.

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Speaker 1: I'll just keep on chopping away. I appreciate you guys

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Speaker 1: so much. Thank you for listening. If you haven't subscribed

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Speaker 1: to whatever channel you're watching this podcast on, do that

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00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: so that you can know every time we put these out.

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Speaker 1: On Monday morning, I'm going to run in here and

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Speaker 1: do soundtrack on the stage of the movie theater and

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Speaker 1: Butler PA, thank God to horns back ye yee to

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