1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: The craziest, most absolutely unheard of thing happened to me 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: on tour, and it happened last night. Yes, someone broke 3 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: onto my bus while I was sleeping and made it 4 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: all the way back to my room and that's how 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: I woke up. I want to tell you about this, 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,319 Speaker 1: and I wanted to do a special edition of this 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: podcast where I literally this happened last night. I'm still 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: on tour, in the back half of this little tour, 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: and I set up my podcast gear because this is 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: a story I have to tell you. 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Roll the intro did cat and d 49 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: sels and so long line of bifle of up and 50 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: down the back Rangey col Wage, Yeah bation special addition 51 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: to the podcast today, I am on Wildflower back of 52 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: my bus, so I always feel like I need to 53 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: apologize if you hear a like low rumble, if you're 54 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: listening to this podcast in your car and you hear 55 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: like a rumble, that's the generator from either this bus 56 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: or the one next door of here. Montana and I 57 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: wanted to do this podcast today because I wanted to 58 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: talk about what is quite possibly top five strangest things 59 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: to happen to me on tour. And it happened last night. 60 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: And I've a lot of times talked about I've told 61 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: so many stories through the different episodes of this podcast. 62 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: This is episode fifty eight. I've talked about so many 63 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: strange stories and embarrassing stories. And scary stories and exciting 64 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: stories that's happened on the road, and then something happened 65 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: last night that it's pretty much topped at all. And 66 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to try my best to explain it, and 67 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: I will do as good as I can explaining something 68 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: that happened while I was awakened in the middle of 69 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: the night. So, and what I mean by that is 70 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: if it's it's like if I were to say, Hey, 71 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: you got up last night to go to the bathroom, 72 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,119 Speaker 1: you got you got up last night to go pee, 73 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: Tell me everything that happened when yere walking to the bathroom, 74 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: because that's that's kind of the equivalent of what happened 75 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: to me. Let me paint the scenario twenty twenty, when 76 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,119 Speaker 1: this craziness hit and the tours shut down. As things 77 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: started opening back up around August and September, we started 78 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: taking shows in places that we wouldn't have normally gone, 79 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: places that we would have played in, say twenty twelve, 80 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen. And that's kind of the joke amongst the 81 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: guys is we've we've literally gone backwards when it comes 82 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: to touring. Just to go out and be able literally 83 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: just to pay health insurance and show pay for my 84 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: band and crew. It really financially does nothing for me. 85 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: It maybe even takes me backwards a little bit. But 86 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: we're going out and we're playing shows just to keep 87 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: food on the band's table, and we're taking shows that 88 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: we would have ninety nine out of one hundred times 89 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: said no to in the last five years. And we 90 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: joke about it with the band. It's like we're living 91 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: twenty twelve and thirteen again. For instance, last night, we're 92 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, and we were playing in a 93 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: stage that was so small that we had to play acoustic. 94 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: We couldn't bring the drum set. Dusty's drums wouldn't even 95 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: fit on this stage we went to last night, and 96 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: we've come to expect that, and I could tell you 97 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: right now from this story. I'm about to tell you 98 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: those days are stopping. We're not going to do this anymore. 99 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and make it official. We're not 100 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: going to be playing places that a we can't afford 101 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: to get into and b that are much too small 102 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: for us to be putting two buses and all this 103 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: crew and trying to get our gear out of these 104 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: trailers and through the gravel. So and that's a different 105 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: story for a different time, and what that is going 106 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: to mean to my future leading up to when things 107 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: finally open up again in the world from the shutdowns, 108 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: and we'll still be playing you know, outdoor, big events, 109 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: socially distanced. You know, when that stuff comes around, will 110 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: take it because usually those places are more secure, they 111 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: have tighter security, law enforcement on site. Last night, I 112 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: had none of that. This was straight out of the 113 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: book of twenty twelve for me, and I had been 114 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: playing places like this since probably two thousand, so it's 115 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: nothing new to me. But we were parked in the 116 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: parking lot and after the show, here comes the story. 117 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: I go to sleep about twelve thirty, and I'll tell 118 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: you my perspective of what happened. I go to sleep 119 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: at twelve thirty. There's nothing strange about that. The show 120 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: was like a very average dive bar. You know, people 121 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: were rowdy in Southeast Oklahoma. That is completely expected, no 122 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: big deal. It's on par right, the show is on 123 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: par for what we would expect. I go to bet 124 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: and I have this little routine and I'll just share 125 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: with you guys. It's kind of embarrassing, but My routine 126 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: is I sleep on this bus. I sleep with a 127 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: weighted blanket because it when we're bouncing up and down, 128 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: driving down the road, it holds me, you know, tight. 129 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: So I've a weighted blanket all the way around my neck. 130 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: I have a mouthguarden because i have a tendency to 131 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: grind my teeth, especially when I'm on the road and 132 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: I've got a lot going on in my mind. I'll 133 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: grind the crap out of my teeth, and so much 134 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: so that the dentist is like, hey, you need to 135 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: do something about this. You're gonna file your teeth down. 136 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 1: So I've got a mouthguard in and then I wear 137 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: ear plugs, foam earplugs because of the bouncing and the 138 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: I sleep right by the engine, which is right behind 139 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: the camera if you're watching this. And then on top 140 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: of that, my phone is on my little night stand 141 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: on my bed. It's a twin size bed back here 142 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: in the back of this bus, and I have a 143 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: phone on the nightstand that's cranked up with a sleep machine. 144 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: It's like a running water noise, you know, but it's 145 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: just mask any more sounds of parking lot, you know, 146 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: things go on, people yelling, gear getting smashed into the 147 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: back of the trailer or us driving down the road. 148 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: So I've got that plus the earphone, so I'm I'm 149 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: kind of setting the scene. That's black, pitch black. Back here. 150 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: There's two doors between here and the front door of 151 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: the bus, so my door is closed and then the 152 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 1: bunk door is closed. Lights are off. We have a 153 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: very strict rule, and we've had this, this rule ever 154 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: since we started consistently touring in a bus to lock 155 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: the doors. We always lock the doors. It's a big deal. 156 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: We religiously locked the doors even in places. We almost 157 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: have to say, in places where it's totally secure, we 158 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: have to remind each other, Hey, you don't have to 159 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: lock it, you know. We got we're gated in here, 160 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: you know, but we do anyway. I remember being on 161 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: like the Luke Brian tore and we were parking underneath 162 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 1: the amphitheaters and we were still locking the bus doors 163 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: because that's how religious we are about that. Last night 164 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: it wasn't locked for whatever reason, I don't know, And 165 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,599 Speaker 1: I'm not going to throw any blame around. I'm not 166 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 1: even going to come close to blaming anybody for this. 167 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: Chris Lee, my tour manager is not with us this weekend. 168 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: He has a couple games for his son playing football, 169 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: and they're getting trophies this weekend, so he asked if 170 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: he could stay home and via that trophy ceremony. He's 171 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: not here, so basically, I'm building up like the perfect storm. 172 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: Another thing, we're parked here till six am where we 173 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: were last night, because it was only a ninety minute 174 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: drive to where we are in Texarkana. We never park 175 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: that long in a parking lot because we hardly ever 176 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: play a show that's only ninety miles. I said, minutes 177 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: ninety miles to the next show. Okay, that's enough of 178 00:11:54,440 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm trying to paint the picture of what's happening Herelve thirty. 179 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: I go to sleep at one thirty. I wake up 180 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: in a complete days to a girl sitting over me 181 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: in my bed and she's saying, do you need anything? 182 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: Do I need anything? And in my mind, first of all, 183 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: how long was she there? I don't know. Is that 184 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: not the creepiest thing you can imagine? How long was 185 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: she sitting there staring at me? I hope not long. 186 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: I hope it wasn't very long. Trained in the background sorry. 187 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: She says, do you need anything? She says it at 188 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: least three times before I coherently say no. And I 189 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: still haven't put this situation together. I don't really know 190 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: where I am. I don't really know why. I haven't 191 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: toured in a long time, so I'm here in this bus. 192 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: I don't it doesn't Nothing is making sense to me. 193 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: I don't know how better to put that. Nothing is 194 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: making sense to me. Why am I here? Why is 195 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: someone talking to me? Why is she asking me if 196 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 1: I need anything? Does that have anything to do with 197 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: the venue? Because the side note she used a bartender 198 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: at the venue we just played, So I'm thinking, is 199 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,959 Speaker 1: something something wrong? Are we inter wreck? Did we wreck? 200 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: Or is there was there a fire in the venue? 201 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: And she's seeing if I am I okay? Like it 202 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: is so far fetched from anything that's ever happened that 203 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: I cannot put together why this is. And she says, 204 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. What's your name? And for some reason, I 205 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: said Sean. That's her lighting guy. I said Sean, and 206 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: she goes, oh, you're married, aren't you? And I said yeah, 207 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: and she goes, I'm so sorry. I didn't realize you're married, 208 00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: And she leaves and suddenly it's coming together. What just happened? 209 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: I grabbed my phone on the nightstand, and we have 210 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 1: an app that we all talk together. It's called grout me. 211 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: So I put on our tour app. I say, and 212 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: all caps SOS fan on WF, which is Wildflower SOS 213 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: fan on Wildflower help all caps because I'm in here 214 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: in my shorts, you know, nothing else but my shorts. 215 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: So I didn't. It didn't occur to me to like 216 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: jump out and chase her off. And I know every 217 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: all my guys are still loading, they're right around here. 218 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: So she's up in the front lounge. I see her 219 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: lean around the corner and I see her up here, 220 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: and she's writing on a napkin, on a paper towel 221 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: that she got off of our counter, and she's writing 222 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: her name and number on the napkin. And the door 223 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: bust open and Blake my sound guy and Sean and 224 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: Johnny my baby where they all come busting in. Todd's there. 225 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: Everyone's there because they saw the SOS and they grab 226 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: her and take her out into the parking lot and 227 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: slam the door. And I'm just so finally in my 228 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: mind over this is all This happened in twenty seconds 229 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: from when I first realized when I first answered no, 230 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: I don't need anything to the door opening, It's probably 231 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: twenty seconds. It seems like it was five minutes in 232 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: my mind. But I'm finally now awake to the situation, 233 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: and the severity of what of what this was starts 234 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: sinking into me. So I get up, put on a shirt, 235 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: put on shoes, and all this stuff's running through my 236 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: head like this is of one in a million scenario. 237 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: In fact, I told my mom this morning. She's like, 238 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: don't say that in your podcast. It'll give people an 239 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: idea that they could do that. I'm like, Mom, you 240 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: don't understand. This is one in a million. This she 241 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: beat all the odds to even make it. Imagine, guys, 242 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: she came in. She tried a locked bus door and 243 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: it was unlocked. So she is brave enough to go on. 244 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: She sees no one in that front lounge, so she 245 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: moves into the bunk room, opens the door, walks into 246 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: a dark bunk room, moves through that, sees no one's there. 247 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: Opens my room door. It's dark, there's a sleep noise 248 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: going on, and I'm in here asleep, and she is 249 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: brave enough to sit down on the bed and start 250 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: talking to me, and you must assume that this has happen. 251 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: Maybe she's tried this before with another band. I don't know, 252 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: but she's super brave and super on drugs and super 253 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: on alcohol, no doubt. At least that's what the guys 254 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: told me after when they got her out in the 255 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: parking lot. So I have multiple measures of defense in here. 256 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if I could say the words firearms, 257 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: I have multiple I don't want I don't want YouTube 258 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: to uh to grab these words, but you guys know 259 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. I have multiple in this room. 260 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: And it didn't maybe because it was a female and 261 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: the what in the question she was asking do you 262 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: need anything? Maybe that didn't send off the alarm in 263 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: my head, grab grab your firearm. But that's scary to 264 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 1: me too, because what if what if I was so 265 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: delirious that what if instead of being polite like I 266 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: was like. I don't know why I was polite, I 267 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 1: don't know why I didn't start yelling, But what if 268 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: I had been the other side of delusion where I 269 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: pulled out a firearm and put it in her forehead? 270 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: Either way, Hey, it's all bad. I mean that could 271 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,880 Speaker 1: have been terrible and so on so many levels. And 272 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: there's no way that this girl would listen to this podcast. 273 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: She seems far from a Granger Smith podcast listener, but 274 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:23,360 Speaker 1: if she was, I would say, don't ever ever enter 275 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: a dark bedroom when someone's sleeping, especially if you know 276 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: they're from Texas, because they're they're gonna be armed. And 277 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: I would consider this a very lucky situation for her 278 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: that it didn't escalate. And I'm thinking, was she filming 279 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: me sleeping? Was she watching me? There's so many things 280 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: going on in my head when I got up this 281 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: morning and I finally kind of put more of that together. 282 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: I really got creeped out and to Blake my sound 283 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: guy this morning, and I just said, tell me everything 284 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: you know, and he said that when they got her 285 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: out in the parking lot, kicked her out, she got 286 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 1: in her car and left, but then they told the 287 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: venue and because she was an employee there, they called 288 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: her and quote, they said, what are you doing? And 289 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: she said, quote, I'm driving to Arkansas to pick up 290 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: my kid. I hope that that would give you an 291 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: idea of the kind of girl that this is guys 292 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,239 Speaker 1: driving to Arkansas to pick up my kid. So they said, well, 293 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: we turn around, come back here because we need to talk. 294 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: So she came back. They fired her and started to 295 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: press charges for breaking and entering on their property. I 296 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:53,239 Speaker 1: don't know if they are going to press charges, if 297 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: they're pushing that through or not. I would prefer to 298 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: be not involved and just get out of this situation completely. 299 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: Chris was on the phone. They woke him up. He 300 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: was home in Texas and they woke him up, and 301 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: so he was involved last night. What a what a deal? 302 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: What a deal? And I wanted to get I wanted 303 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: to get on this podcast and throw it out in 304 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: the universe, like my mom was like, don't they went 305 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: on the podcast, But I wanted to put it out 306 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: in the universe because I wish I could live every 307 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: day in my life knowing that the world is shutting 308 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: down on March fifteenth and martial laws coming. You guys 309 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: remember what that felt like in twenty twenty. And then 310 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: I want to live every night like someone might be 311 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: looking at my face at any point of my sleep 312 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: and I want to be ready for that. 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So we've had a 346 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: lot of interesting things happen, and I guess what's happened 347 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: to us on tour is just when you do something 348 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: anything enough times, it's enough scenarios play out that they're 349 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: worth telling stories about. So it's not I don't necessarily 350 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 1: think it's just me. If you talk to anyone that's 351 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 1: done one thing for a long time, if you talk to, 352 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: you know, a firefighter that's been doing firefighting for twenty years, 353 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: he's going to have collected enough stories out of the 354 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: routine to have some crazy ones like we have. And 355 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: I seriously think, like I said at the beginning, I 356 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 1: think this is a little bit of a catalyst for 357 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: me to need to back down off of uh trying 358 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: to constantly play any place that will book us to 359 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: pay the bills for my guys. I think I'm gonna 360 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna back off of that. And I wanted to 361 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: explain the story on this podcast so that you could 362 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: you could kind of see part of that decision making 363 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: for me one of these days. Comment below if you 364 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: want to hear more of these crazy stories. We have 365 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: so many, and I could. I could literally bring in 366 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: like Blake or Chris or will or Johnny Todd, I 367 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: could Dusty. I could bring in these guys and we 368 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: could sit down and go through some of these really 369 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: funny stories and tell more of them as a group. 370 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: In fact, this story I just told might might have 371 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: been funnier if Blake was involved, because Blake's very animated 372 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 1: and he was like, oh, I gotta get out of here. 373 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: What are you doing that you want his bus? So, I, 374 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: as promised, will always read your questions to me on 375 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: this podcast. You guys, if you haven't already, email anything 376 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: you want conversation wise question comment anything to Grangersmith podcast 377 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: at gmail dot com. I will read it on this 378 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: podcast straight back at you. And so I want to 379 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: dig in here. This question is from Ryan in Sawmills, 380 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: North Carolina, says, Hey Granger, My name is Ryan Dula 381 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: from Sawmills, North Carolina. Both my family and I love 382 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: your clothing line and your music. Shout out to North Carolina. 383 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: Thank you, buddy, Thank you for being you. My full 384 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: time job, I'm a dispatcher for Caldwell County Emergency Services 385 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: E nine to one one center, where I'm a shift supervisor. 386 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: I also work part time for Sawmills Fire Department. Emergency 387 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: services is pretty much my life. My question is have 388 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: you ever had any aspirations of a job in emergency services, fire, EMS, 389 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: law enforcement or military? And if you're ever in the 390 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: Charlotte or Hickory area, come by the firehouse and hang 391 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: for a while. Thank you, brother. I appreciate that, Ryan, 392 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: and thank you for your service. It's funny I just 393 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: mentioned referenced firefighting. Thank you for serviceman, and I'll tell 394 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: you that I have thought about that a lot, and 395 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: during nine to eleven in two thousand and one, I 396 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: was ready to go at that point and sign up. 397 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: And it was that moment because I had several buddies 398 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: that were in the military and that were going overseas, 399 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: and I would have personally gone Marines because that's what 400 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: they were all doing. I had seven buddies from college 401 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: that went into the Marine Corps, so I would have 402 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 1: gone on that path. But I felt I felt a 403 00:26:53,720 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: calling through music that I felt like I could make 404 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: more of a difference in music through giving back to 405 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 1: the military, and that would be a bigger impact from 406 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: me in serving my country, if that makes sense. And 407 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: so because of that, and because of that sentiment of 408 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: a feeling, instead of using that as a cop out, 409 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: like and I'm not going to it's nine to eleven, 410 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: I'm not going to go join the military because I'm 411 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 1: going to play music and that'll be my way of serving, 412 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: I wanted to make that concrete and said, okay, if 413 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: you make this decision, because I felt a longing to serve. 414 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: If I'm going to make this decision, I got to 415 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: put pen and paper to this, and so I started 416 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: right then working on what then became my first entertainment 417 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: tour to Iraq in two thousand and seven, and then 418 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: we went twice in two thousand and eight, including Christmas 419 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: and New Year's. We played Christmas shows and New Year's 420 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: shows in Iraq, and then after that I started one 421 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: hundred Mile Walk, which I did for six years, walking 422 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 1: one hundred miles over the course of five days from 423 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: South Austin to Fort Hood, raising money and awareness for 424 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: those men and women that have served. Then that culminated 425 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 1: in the they were their documentary of mine. So to 426 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: answer your question, Ryan, I yes, I definitely that there's 427 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,239 Speaker 1: a good argument that between high school football coaching and 428 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 1: Marine Corps that would have been my two things if 429 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: it wasn't for music. And but I didn't want to 430 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: use music. It's just a cop out. So I constantly 431 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: want to be able to give back through my services 432 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: with music to help with that effort. So thanks for 433 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: your question and thank you for your service. This question 434 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: is from Destiny, says Hey Granger. I had a question 435 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: on the T shirts. How do I get one and 436 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: how much are they? Well, Destiny, you go to ee 437 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: dot com and you could find a plethora of T 438 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: shirts there. I'm not sure if that's your question or not, 439 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: if you're speaking about a specific T shirt that you 440 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: maybe you saw me wear, but yeparelgee dot com. We 441 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: have a lot of T shirts, always have and coming 442 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: up if you're interested in one, I would say, coming 443 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: up on the twenty seventh of November, it's going to 444 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: be Black Friday, and you're going to start seeing us 445 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: post about our Black Friday sales. And that's always such 446 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: a great deal for you guys, because we'll just do 447 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: a blowout and you'll be able to get the best 448 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: deal that you can on those shirts. We also have 449 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: I don't know if you I don't know if you 450 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: mean this too, but we also have a T shirt 451 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: subscription service where that's like ten bucks the first month 452 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: and then it's like twenty something, maybe twenty fifteen or 453 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: twenty after that, and you'll get a shirt at the 454 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: first of every month, which we love. That's one of 455 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: my favorite things we do at ee Apparel is you 456 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: sign up for our T shirt of the month. We 457 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: design the fact I'm wearing one of them from a 458 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,719 Speaker 1: few months ago now, but we personally designed these shirts. 459 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: We get them already, we get your size, and you 460 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: do nothing. You just one day, you open your door 461 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: at the first of every month and right there on 462 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: your front porch is a box from us with your 463 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: T shirt of the month. We don't sell those anywhere else. 464 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: They're totally exclusive, so I love that. The other subscription 465 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 1: I have that is fairly new is ye nation dot com, 466 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: and I've I wouldn't encourage you guys just to check 467 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: that out. It's free to start. But ye nation dot 468 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: Com is essentially a fan club, glorified fan club that 469 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: I take very close effort and attention to, and we 470 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: built that from scratch, and so it's a really cool 471 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: way to interact and get exclusive information. I'm gonna be 472 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: teasing the new album Country Things, Volume Two, which comes 473 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: out on Black Friday, and be teasing those songs first 474 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: on ye nation dot com. So check that out too. 475 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: We'll see you can me do another one here. This 476 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: question is from Daniel says, Hey, Buddy, I got a 477 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: question for one of your next podcasts or whenever you're 478 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: going to answer fan questions again. What happened to the 479 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: band and part of the crew back at the beginning? 480 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: Watching all the old videos starting at two thousand and 481 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: eight on YouTube, seems like you had a bunch of fun. 482 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: You have come a long way proud of your journey. 483 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: Yegee from Germany, Danny, so hey, Danny, shout out to Germany. 484 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: I love me some Snitzel. I love traveling Germany, loved 485 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: the culture there. So yeah, you have been observant in 486 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 1: watching my old videos dating back to when we started 487 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: YouTube really in two thousand and eight, and I've been 488 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: through a lot of band members since then. They have 489 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: all turned over at least once. Every position has turned 490 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: over or drums, bass, guitars. So those guys, I still 491 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: keep in touch with them. Everybody that's ever been in 492 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: my band that's an alumni of my band, we all 493 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: keep in touch. We all are on group text together. 494 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: We all meet up and they go to shows. I 495 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: had Mitch and Manny, my keyboard player and bass player 496 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: from back in that day. They were at my show 497 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: with me last week and they were on the bus 498 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: and they hang out. So it's a tight knit group. 499 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,479 Speaker 1: And everyone that's ever left my band, it was usually 500 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: for a musual reason that it needed to be, It 501 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: needed the change to happen. So I still love those guys. 502 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: I was lucky enough that in the early days they 503 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: were a lot older than me. Those guys were a 504 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: lot older. So I learned so much from them about 505 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: the road and about about performing and adapting to different situations. 506 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: And I wish they had told me to always keep 507 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: your bus door locked. Just kidding, but I do keep 508 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 1: in touch with him. And then thank you Danny for 509 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: your question and shout out to Germany. Let's do one 510 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: more question here, well, maybe two more, because here's one 511 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: from Mateo that says, will you ever come to Finland? 512 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: Shout out to Finland. I've never been to Finland, and 513 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: I would absolutely love to. I would love to. That 514 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: sounds like a place I would probably tour as a 515 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: tourist before I tour as a musician. But if you 516 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: want to come, hear me, I would love to play 517 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: a show there. Absolutely. Here's another random I'm just scrolling 518 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: through these the email grangersmith podcast at gmail dot com. 519 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: I'm just scrolling through it and I'll find a couple here. 520 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: This question says, Hey granger my name is a Medio Plett. 521 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: I'm a beginner songwriter from Chihuahua, Mexico. So what is 522 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: your advice for early songwriters and how do I can 523 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: with more professional songwriters virtually? Is there even a chance 524 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: for a songwriter from Mexico to take a stand in 525 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 1: country music. Love your music. I'm Adeo, So I'm Adeo. 526 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 1: That is first of all, absolutely a songwriter from Mexico 527 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:21,319 Speaker 1: could make a stand in country music. And it's great 528 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: that you're listening to this podcast and you're reaching out 529 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: to guys like me. I would use I would use 530 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:32,280 Speaker 1: YouTube and Instagram and Facebook to your favor and continue 531 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,400 Speaker 1: to write songs and perform them. You didn't say anything 532 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:39,680 Speaker 1: about you being a singer, but I would perform them 533 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 1: in any way possible on YouTube and Facebook and get 534 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: them out the space, get them out into the universe, 535 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: and people will start gravitating towards good music. I would 536 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: start friending some of these songwriters you're talking about, the 537 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: professional songwriters. As you said, I would start f these 538 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: guys on Instagram or Twitter, whatever and just saying, hey, 539 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: my name is Amedeo and I have some songs and 540 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: I love your stuff. You just start the conversation like that, 541 00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 1: and I say, absolutely, a songwriter from Mexico could take 542 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: a stand in country music. I've never been to Chihuahua, 543 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 1: but I do know my grandmother has been, and I've 544 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 1: had some friends that have been and it sounds like 545 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 1: a really cool place and I love your culture. So 546 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: from that perspective, you're gonna be able to bring a 547 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 1: fresh light to country music songwriting. I think it's important 548 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,359 Speaker 1: that we are well versed in what you have to bring. 549 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,319 Speaker 1: So thanks for your question, man, keep at it, and 550 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 1: I hope to hear from you again. On one of 551 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: these questions. I probably shouldn't get into another one. I've 552 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 1: talked a lot. I feel like today you guys out 553 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,400 Speaker 1: here on the bus and I'm about to go do soundcheck. 554 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: We are in Texar, Canada today, so I'm gonna go 555 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 1: do soundcheck, And as always, I appreciate you guys listening. 556 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 1: And today today was a special addition to this podcast. 557 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 1: And what a weird story. This is gonna be one 558 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,920 Speaker 1: of those stories that I tell when people ask me, 559 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,279 Speaker 1: like on the radio, and they say, what's one of 560 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,439 Speaker 1: the craziest nights you've ever had on tour? I'll say 561 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 1: this night. I'll say this night, It'll be the first 562 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,799 Speaker 1: I'll never forget the night I woke up to a 563 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 1: fan in my bed looking at me saying if asking 564 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: if I need anything creepy. I did take a shower 565 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: right after that just in case. You know, you never 566 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: know these days, So love you guys. We'll see you, yegee. 567 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,759 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me on the Grangersmith Podcast. 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