1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: I have my dad to change it to Wild, which 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: is the station in Boston, and am station like, they're 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: not going to play your racket, you know. And sure 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,319 Speaker 1: enough we've switched it to the station and it came 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 1: on a commercial and the first time they played was 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: a song called be My Girl, our first single ever 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: and it especially here on Tom. 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 2: But also, you know, be able to stick in your 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 2: older brother's face. 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 3: At the same time, I'm Buzzsnight, the host of the 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 3: Taking a Walk podcast, and we love firing up classic 12 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 3: replays from our catalog to share with you. Joey McIntyre 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: has built quite a career as a solo artist and 14 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 3: of course with new kids on the Block. I was 15 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 3: reminded of this episode from the Spotify Wrapped twenty twenty 16 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 3: three analysis because this was one of the most shared 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 3: episodes of Taking a Walk, so here it is a 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 3: classic replay. 19 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 4: Joey McIntyre on Taking a Walk. Walk Hi, Joey, welcome 20 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 4: to Taking a Walk. Hey, Hawaiia, I'm doing great. 21 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 3: I wish we were in person, maybe strolling strolling down 22 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 3: Newberry Street in Boston or something, but maybe some other time, Joey. 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: I love a good walk, man. I love a good walk. 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 4: Well, thank you for being on. I so appreciate it. 25 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 3: We're gonna talk about the Summer tour twenty twenty three solo. 26 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 4: Joe. Did your mother call you Joe or Joseph? Ever? 27 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 4: If she got annoyed at you, she was. 28 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 2: It was Joseph. 29 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: It was always Joseph, and she would demand that people 30 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: call me Joseph. That didn't work out, but yeah, I 31 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: was Joseph to her. 32 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 4: That's funny. Fond memories, right for sure. 33 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 3: What's the fondest earliest memory of when you and the 34 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 3: new kids on the block were first together. What's the 35 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 3: earliest memory you have? 36 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: You know, when something blows up the way it does, 37 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 1: you're going to have all the ingredients, you know, and 38 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: and and we did. You know, we had certainly the 39 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: right music and the right songs eventually, but you know, 40 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: the five of us, you know, we just had a 41 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: certain energy. I think that you had to do with 42 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: coming from Boston and having great working class parents, and. 43 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 2: You know, every gig was the greatest thing ever. 44 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: You know, we just we were just so excited to 45 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to get up on stage and we'd 46 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: perform almost. 47 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: Anywhere back in the day, So you know, that kind 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: of excitement is what you remember. 49 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 3: Do you have a recollection of the first time you 50 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 3: heard one of your songs on the radio and where 51 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 3: you were. 52 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I was. 53 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: I was in Chestnut Hill, fancy Chestnut Hills, driving with 54 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: my dad in the car and I was in the 55 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: front seat. My brother was in the backseat, and my 56 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: brother was always you know, he was very supportive, but 57 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: he was a big brother. So I asked my dad 58 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: to change it to Wild which is the station in 59 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: Boston and AM station, and they were playing the record. 60 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: He's like, they're not going to play yet record, you know, 61 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: And sure enough we switched it to the station and 62 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: it came out a commercial and the first song they 63 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: played was a song called be My Girl, our first 64 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: single ever, and it was it was special. So it 65 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: was specially to hear a song, but also, you know, 66 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: be able to stick it in your older brother's face 67 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: at the same time. 68 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 4: I love it. 69 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 3: Now, how did you handle such such early fame and fortune. 70 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 2: Well, it goes back to family. 71 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: It goes back to having you know, four other guys 72 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: that experienced it with you. You know, you couldn't get 73 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: you know, going back to you know, being from Boston 74 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: where you can't get too big for your bridges. You know, 75 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: you've got to be lucky. You got to have family 76 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: looking out for you, you know, and we were able 77 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: to do that. I mean there were tough times. It's 78 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: not normal being you know, that famous and that big 79 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: at such a young age. And you know, it was. 80 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: Like any life. 81 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: You know, you go through your ups and downs, and 82 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: we had those, but we were able to hang in there. 83 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 3: Now, early Dorchester certainly in the period that you grew up. 84 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 3: I know you grew up in Needham, but the early 85 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 3: Dorchester area actually was was chronicled in the author Dennis 86 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 3: Lane's new books Small Mercies. I think you know Dennis 87 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: from his great work and he was on an earlier version. 88 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 4: Of this podcast. 89 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 3: What was it like, I mean, do you remember the 90 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 3: whole era in terms of segregation and everything or was 91 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: that a little bit later on? 92 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 4: And did that you know bypass you? 93 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: I think Donnie Wahlberg think talks very very eloquently and 94 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: about bussing and what what it. It's hard to think, 95 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: but you know bussing. There were good intentions with it. 96 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: Obviously you you were on the top line. Is you know, 97 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: trying to get you know, people of color to get 98 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: to better schools, but you know, the other to integrate. 99 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: You know, was was supposed to be a good thing, 100 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: so we could learn from each other and learn how 101 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: to live with each other and. 102 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: Respect people's what they brought to the table. 103 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: And you know, I guess Dnnie talks about how you 104 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: know he benefited from that, you know, he he he 105 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: was that kind of guy that learned about a different 106 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: culture and and was was attracted to, you know, something 107 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: different and something new and that curiosity, you know, especially 108 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: in the arts, you know, can really feed off each other. 109 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 2: And you know I didn't have that. I was. 110 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 1: I was a little bit younger than those. 111 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 2: Guys, so I was. 112 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: And plus I went to Catholic school, so I didn't 113 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: I didn't have that bussing thing. 114 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, very well stated thank you for for for talking 115 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 3: about that. So how have you balanced solo career, ban 116 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 3: projects acting? 117 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 4: How do you juggle it all? 118 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 2: You know, day to day? 119 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: I mean it's you got to want to do it, 120 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: you know. You know it's like I think of that line. 121 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: It's like Jerry Jerry Seinfeld on a podcast. 122 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 2: You know, it's like. 123 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: The people that are successful in this business are the 124 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: people that keep doing it. You know, it's not always 125 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: the most talented, you know, suret to those who have. 126 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: You know, I know what I bring to the table, 127 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: and I love to do what I do, and I'm 128 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: and i'm and I'm good at it. But I mean 129 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: you've got to want to do it. You've really gotta. 130 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: You know, I love I you know, sometimes I love 131 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: being home. Of course, I got three great kids and 132 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: and a beautiful wife. But you know, the road is 133 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: a very special thing, you know, and and getting out 134 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: there and connecting with people, and it's a grind, but 135 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: once you get up there every night, it's it's like 136 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: nothing you could you could really imagine. 137 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 3: Well, you seem to have really figured out in your 138 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 3: life with a lot of musicians don't figure out and 139 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 3: actors don't figure out. And that is a work life 140 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 3: balance evidence by uh, you know, your solid family life. 141 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 3: How how did you learn that? Is that something from 142 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 3: your parents that you kind of learned? 143 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: Again, you got to be lucky. 144 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I I just happened to love being with 145 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: my wife, you know what I mean, She's she's an 146 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: amazing person and you know, not a simple gal She's 147 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: very entertaining and complicated like me, and we enjoy each 148 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: other's company and we love our kids so and we're 149 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: passionate about our kids and we do a lot of amazing. 150 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 2: Things, you know. 151 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: But I also I'm on the other hand of you know, 152 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: I got to remind myself that, you know, I'm I'm 153 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: a man, I'm. 154 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 2: A person, I'm an adult. Like the time is now. 155 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: My dad worked a lot, but I knew he was 156 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: always there. So we tell ourselves, you know, well, I 157 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: can't be on the road because then I won't be 158 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: there for my kids. 159 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 2: Well that's part of life, you know. 160 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: You go out, you earn a living, and you have 161 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: your own experiences and that's inspiring to your kids as well, 162 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: so you know that balance is important. 163 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 3: Can you describe what an amazing feeling for you and 164 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 3: the band playing Senway Park? 165 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 4: What did that feel like? 166 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, well I knew you were going to say Fenway Park, 167 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: so that that kind of answers its own question, you know, 168 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: when you said can you describe the feeling? You know, 169 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: I just I guess right that you're going to bring 170 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: up Fenway because it's really one of those things. Can 171 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: you describe the feeling. And you know, I've been lucky 172 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: enough to play it, you know, three times now, and 173 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: you know, you just got tears in your eyes. You're like, 174 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: Holy cow, I am on stage in the middle of 175 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: center field and Sunway Park, you know, my boyhood, you know, neighborhood, 176 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: you know, Red Sox, Boston. It's just it's it's overload, 177 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: you know. And we've had some amazing, amazing shows there 178 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: and special sort of once in a lifetime events and yeah, 179 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: it's it's everything you could imagine. 180 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 3: Tell me how pumped you are to be going out 181 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 3: on the summer tour twenty twenty three, So the Solo 182 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 3: Joe tour. 183 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: I'm very excited, you know, I'm you know, I'm playing. 184 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: I decided to play the Cape Cott Melody Tent, which 185 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: has a ton of history you know, in New England 186 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: and Cape Cod and Boston, and that's going to be 187 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: my Boston tour, and I just wanted to, you know, 188 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: I've played it a few times and it's just got 189 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: a really special vibe, a lot of history there, and yeah, 190 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I you know, it's a lot of work 191 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: hitting road, but it's something you you know, it's something 192 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: that you do because you have to do it, and 193 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: I'm excited about it, and uh yeah, August fourth and Hyennas, 194 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good time. 195 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 3: And tell me how the Lifetime project came together and 196 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 3: and how how that's worked out. 197 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 2: Yeah I did. 198 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: I kind of got a last minute offer and next 199 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: thing you know, them up in Vancouver doing this series. 200 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 2: It's it's based on the V. C. 201 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: Andrews novels, which are pretty gnarly and crazy and takes 202 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: place in the seventies, and the people that know that 203 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: the stories are like, wow, what's that going to be like? 204 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: And the character I play isn't the nicest guy in 205 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: the world. So it's uh, it's saucy, it's spicy, and 206 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: I think the fans are gonna grab a glass of 207 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: wine and put the kids to bed and and check 208 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: this thing out. 209 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 4: Wow, it sounds like a little bit of a turn 210 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 4: for you. 211 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's exciting. 212 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 3: Is there any music that you like that might surprise 213 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 3: some of your fans that they wouldn't have thought that 214 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 3: you like. 215 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 2: I don't. 216 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: I'm a pop guy, you know what I mean. I 217 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: grew up on pop music, making pop music. I mean, 218 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: you know, grew up my dad listening to Frank Sinatra 219 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: and Nat King Cole. I'm kind of right down the middle. 220 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: But you know, and and and my kids are pop 221 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: fans too. I mean they like hip hop and and 222 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: some rap. But you know, we're crazy about Caroless Swift. 223 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: You know, I think, you know, she's pretty amazing. And 224 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: you know, so where those that were that kind of 225 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: a family. 226 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 3: So you've been through you know, formation of a band, 227 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 3: a band, disbanding and then reforming. Tell me how complicated 228 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 3: these relationships sometimes can. 229 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: Be incredibly complicated. I mean, there is as complicated as 230 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: you want to make them. I mean, so you know, 231 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: I think that's the reason why a lot of bands 232 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: don't stay together, because it really can be difficult to 233 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: ride the wave of emotion and personalities and you know, 234 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,599 Speaker 1: you really get to it's a give and take situation. 235 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: The new kids are super lucky. You know, we do 236 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: feel like a family. We've been together for so long. 237 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: You know, our families are close over the years. 238 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 2: And. 239 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: You've got to realize how lucky you are and just 240 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: sort of like, you know, you've got to have the 241 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: courage to ask for what you need and what you 242 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: want and stand up and you know, you know, he out, 243 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: you know your desires and hopes for the group, but 244 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: you also have to, you know, let people take the 245 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: lead and let people have their chance. And we've somehow 246 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: worked it out, you know, and we know how lucky 247 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: we are, so we're one of the lucky ones. 248 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 3: You've collaborated with a lot of artists and bands over 249 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 3: the years. Is there anybody that you haven't collaborated with 250 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 3: that you'd love to? 251 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: You know, I do a lot of theater, and Sutton Foster, 252 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: who's sort of like the bell of the ball when 253 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: it comes to Broadway, is fantastic, and she does a 254 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: lot of you know, TV acting too. 255 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 2: She's a great singer, and she. 256 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: Just came off of The Music Man with the Hugh Jackman, 257 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: and that would be a cool collaboration. I just I 258 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: appreciate how she seems to really stretch and grow and 259 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: and she's phenomenally talented. 260 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 2: So how about that. 261 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 4: That's a good one. 262 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 3: Well, lastly, anything you would give advice wise to aspiring 263 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 3: musicians who are listening to this podcast. 264 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: You know, just. 265 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 2: Do the work. 266 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of fun to be had. 267 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: I mean, but you know, there's no substitution for just 268 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: sitting there at the piano and grind it and and 269 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: feeling like, oh man, this sucks, Like I'm not good enough, 270 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: I'm not. 271 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 2: Right for this. 272 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: Like everybody has those thoughts. And if you stick with 273 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: that passion, I think it gets better. You know, practice 274 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: makes perfect. 275 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 3: Mister McIntyre, thank you for being on Taking a Walk. 276 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 4: I really enjoyed it. Thank you, sir, good luck on 277 00:15:59,000 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 4: the tour. 278 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 2: All right man. Thank you. 279 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 4: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a 280 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 4: Walk podcast. 281 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 3: Share this and other episodes with your friends and follow 282 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 3: us so you never miss an episode. 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