WEBVTT - Riley Green 0:00:00.210 --> 0:00:00.370 Yes! 0:00:28.170 --> 0:00:31.360 Riley Green on our I Heart Country album release party 0:00:31.390 --> 0:00:35.580 for his brand new album, That's Just Me. I'm Anne Hudson, 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.460 and we are using the hashtag tonight, I Heart Riley Green, 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:41.379 which I'm thinking all of you guys. 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:42.140 Heart Riley Green. 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:42.380 Yes. 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:45.860 I love it. Congrats on the new album. 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:46.820 Thank you. 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.479 This is so exciting. Let's talk about that title. How 0:00:50.500 --> 0:00:51.370 did we come to it? 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:52.239 That's Just Me? 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:52.779 Yeah. 0:00:52.930 --> 0:00:54.790 Well, it was the first song that I wrote that 0:00:54.870 --> 0:00:57.670 I knew would be on whatever my next project was. 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.020 and I just thought about, you know, with a lot 0:01:02.060 --> 0:01:04.120 of y'all have followed me kind of from day one. 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:06.420 I see some old Riley Green hats out here, and 0:01:07.290 --> 0:01:09.430 to those fans that have been around forever, I wanted 0:01:09.450 --> 0:01:11.730 to know that, you know, I'm still writing from the 0:01:11.770 --> 0:01:13.670 same place, and I'm still the same guy, even though 0:01:13.690 --> 0:01:15.710 I'm doing a little television now and some acting and 0:01:15.730 --> 0:01:18.709 those kind of things. And to all the people that 0:01:18.750 --> 0:01:21.230 are finding me for the first time through the voice 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:23.620 and stuff like that, yeah, this is me. 0:01:24.100 --> 0:01:24.860 Well, and there's 19 songs. 0:01:26.130 --> 0:01:26.650 It's a bunch. 0:01:26.870 --> 0:01:27.670 It is a bunch. 0:01:27.750 --> 0:01:29.390 And I feel like you go through a lot of 0:01:29.430 --> 0:01:30.670 different emotions through your life. 0:01:30.709 --> 0:01:32.350 How did you come to that place? 0:01:32.610 --> 0:01:35.010 Well, I like writing sad country songs. I think that's 0:01:35.030 --> 0:01:36.150 what I'm always drawn to. 0:01:36.250 --> 0:01:39.670 And people just don't, in my experience, don't want to 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.000 ride around and cry all day long. So I wrote 0:01:42.020 --> 0:01:44.420 some fun songs, too. Like, I think, Is You Drunk? 0:01:44.459 --> 0:01:46.300 And there's a couple of beach songs on the record. 0:01:46.340 --> 0:01:48.520 And I think what makes a good record. 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:49.800 Is one that has a lot of different types of 0:01:49.820 --> 0:01:51.220 songs on it. So I tried to do that on 0:01:51.260 --> 0:01:51.560 this one. 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:52.640 Well, and I think it's cool. 0:01:52.660 --> 0:01:55.480 You have a lot of superstar collaborations on this one. 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:57.740 How do you handpick who you're going to put on 0:01:58.480 --> 0:01:59.140 and collab with? 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.120 Well, Brooks and Dunn was a pretty easy decision for me. 0:02:02.620 --> 0:02:02.980 Yes. 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:06.340 Yeah, I wrote the song Pave All Them Red Dirt 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:08.739 Roads as a tribute to Brooks and Dunn and Red 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:09.200 Dirt Road. 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:12.000 And I texted Ronnie and said, man, this is something 0:02:12.030 --> 0:02:14.130 that might be cool if you're into it. And he said, 0:02:14.169 --> 0:02:15.030 I can sing it on Monday. 0:02:15.050 --> 0:02:16.990 So it's pretty easy. If you text Ronnie Dunn, you 0:02:17.010 --> 0:02:18.250 can get a song with Brooks and Dunn. 0:02:19.090 --> 0:02:22.070 Well, and then Randy from Alabama, hello. What's the whole 0:02:22.110 --> 0:02:23.190 story about that song? 0:02:23.389 --> 0:02:25.490 This is a good one. Well, Randy Owen, obviously the 0:02:25.510 --> 0:02:28.010 lead singer for the group Alabama, which growing up in 0:02:28.050 --> 0:02:31.430 northeast Alabama, there probably wasn't a bigger inspiration for me. 0:02:32.230 --> 0:02:34.910 And the first time I ever heard Lookout Mountain was 0:02:35.050 --> 0:02:39.649 in my homes in Alabama. And every lyric in that 0:02:39.710 --> 0:02:43.190 song sounded like it was written about my life. So 0:02:43.500 --> 0:02:46.100 when I wrote Lookout Mountain, I sent it to Randy, 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:47.880 not thinking he'd be on the song. I just wanted 0:02:47.900 --> 0:02:50.489 him to to hear it, you know, and he said, 0:02:50.510 --> 0:02:52.769 you need a partner on that one? And so here 0:02:52.790 --> 0:02:54.329 I've got a song with Randy Owen now. So it's 0:02:54.370 --> 0:02:54.959 that easy too. 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.400 That is honestly so cool. Like, is there anyone else 0:02:57.419 --> 0:02:59.100 you want to collab with? You have like a wish list? 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:00.880 Anybody that wants to do it's fine. Really? 0:03:01.020 --> 0:03:01.180 Yeah. 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:02.600 If you want to do a song together, we'll do one. 0:03:02.620 --> 0:03:02.900 It's great. 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:05.220 I love the one you just did with Carly Pierce. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:06.239 Isn't that a great song? 0:03:06.340 --> 0:03:07.020 It's so great. 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.190 I was worried about the rumors that might go around 0:03:09.250 --> 0:03:11.270 after that hot music video. 0:03:11.870 --> 0:03:13.750 Well, there's not many. I haven't been rumored a date 0:03:13.770 --> 0:03:15.829 at this point. So what's one more? 0:03:16.419 --> 0:03:16.720 I know. 0:03:17.020 --> 0:03:20.079 That's exactly what I was thinking. So, well, this is 0:03:20.100 --> 0:03:20.839 such a fun night. 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.530 It's our I Heart Country album release party, and I 0:03:23.610 --> 0:03:24.940 am just so happy you're a part of it. 0:03:24.970 --> 0:03:26.070 If you guys already listened to the. 0:03:26.030 --> 0:03:28.470 Whole album, well, it's fine if you haven't, because we're 0:03:28.490 --> 0:03:32.070 playing it tonight. It's available now. I am Anne Hudson, 0:03:32.110 --> 0:03:33.610 so we'll get back to the music right now. 0:03:33.710 --> 0:03:50.070 Once again, give it up for Riley Green. Yes, Riley 0:03:50.130 --> 0:03:50.810 Greene on. 0:03:51.210 --> 0:03:55.010 Our iHeartCountry album release party for That's Just Me. I 0:03:55.550 --> 0:03:57.810 love you're on tour and the whole new album comes 0:03:57.930 --> 0:04:00.450 out for you performing. 0:04:00.110 --> 0:04:01.470 Those songs to a new crowd. 0:04:01.530 --> 0:04:03.990 How is that, like as an artist, introducing all this 0:04:04.050 --> 0:04:04.490 new music? 0:04:05.430 --> 0:04:06.790 I don't know if there's anything better, you know? 0:04:06.830 --> 0:04:08.630 I mean, I love touring, I love being out on 0:04:08.670 --> 0:04:12.400 the road with fans and playing live shows, but I 0:04:12.420 --> 0:04:15.330 think I always want to play new songs. You know, 0:04:15.370 --> 0:04:17.310 maybe every artist is like that. My favorite song is 0:04:17.350 --> 0:04:18.970 always the last one I wrote. So when you get 0:04:19.010 --> 0:04:21.730 an album done, you know, it's tough because you have 0:04:21.770 --> 0:04:24.600 that long waiting period of, okay, I'm done. 0:04:24.770 --> 0:04:26.219 It's finished. It's going to be a year before it 0:04:26.260 --> 0:04:27.880 comes out. So now is a good time. We get 0:04:27.900 --> 0:04:28.480 to enjoy it and. 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.760 We get to see what songs the fans, you know, 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:34.360 really kind of are drawn to and which ones stand out. 0:04:34.580 --> 0:04:34.940 Yeah. 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.020 And I think it's great. I mean, you were opening 0:04:37.060 --> 0:04:40.360 for a bunch of headliners. Now you're your own big headliner. 0:04:40.380 --> 0:04:41.700 What does that feel like? 0:04:41.790 --> 0:04:41.940 Yes. 0:04:42.110 --> 0:04:42.380 Yes. 0:04:43.110 --> 0:04:44.890 I mean, honestly, you've just got to be so proud 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:45.390 of yourself. 0:04:46.339 --> 0:04:48.060 I am now that you mention it, yeah. 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.840 Yeah, you should be. But Willie, what is that like 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:51.159 for you? 0:04:53.220 --> 0:04:55.040 There's a lot of things in my career that I've 0:04:55.060 --> 0:04:58.520 accomplished that I never dreamed of. You know, playing some 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:00.400 of the venues that I've gotten to play, Red Rocks 0:05:00.460 --> 0:05:02.620 and the Opry and the Ryman and I would in 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:04.570 the Greek theater. You know, there's a lot of really 0:05:04.630 --> 0:05:07.890 iconic places. But to me, I think the most meaningful 0:05:07.950 --> 0:05:11.890 thing and it seems like the most famous thing is 0:05:11.930 --> 0:05:13.589 having people that I'm a fan of out on the 0:05:13.630 --> 0:05:15.490 road with me touring. Justin Moore was out with me 0:05:15.510 --> 0:05:18.370 this year. Randy Houser's out with me now. Taking out 0:05:18.410 --> 0:05:21.890 Tracy Lawrence, Sammy Kershaw. These people that are my heroes 0:05:21.930 --> 0:05:24.180 and my inspirations are out on the road and playing 0:05:24.190 --> 0:05:26.360 shows with me. Jamie Johnson, it's just a really cool 0:05:26.380 --> 0:05:28.980 thing to be able to share this awesome ride that 0:05:29.020 --> 0:05:30.300 I'm on with other artists. 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.180 Have any of them given you just one amazing piece 0:05:33.220 --> 0:05:33.719 of advice? 0:05:35.339 --> 0:05:38.550 Uh... Jamie, all of them have. You learn a little 0:05:38.589 --> 0:05:40.909 something from everybody you tour with. And as an opener, 0:05:41.070 --> 0:05:43.890 I learned a lot from, you know, Dierks Bentley and 0:05:44.370 --> 0:05:47.630 Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan. Brad Paisley was my first major tour. 0:05:48.910 --> 0:05:50.990 I think the best advice I've gotten is to just 0:05:51.110 --> 0:05:52.460 write as many songs. 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:52.740 As you can. 0:05:53.010 --> 0:05:56.540 You know, I think if it takes 30 mediocre songs 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:58.610 to get one good song, then it's worth it. 0:05:58.640 --> 0:05:59.780 All 30 were worth it, you know. 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:00.260 Yeah. 0:06:00.820 --> 0:06:02.719 Well, and I mean, we all obviously know that are 0:06:02.740 --> 0:06:05.340 listening on the radio and here live how amazing you are. 0:06:05.380 --> 0:06:07.820 We love you. But now you're on The Voice. This 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:08.440 is huge. 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:12.580 You're going to be exposed to a whole new audience, 0:06:12.790 --> 0:06:14.000 which is so exciting. 0:06:14.490 --> 0:06:16.930 How did that whole thing come out? Like, how did 0:06:16.950 --> 0:06:17.450 you get asked? 0:06:17.490 --> 0:06:18.289 What do you feel like in that? 0:06:19.270 --> 0:06:22.690 Truthfully, there was some interest in me potentially being on 0:06:22.710 --> 0:06:25.350 The Voice. I think it was just interest and a 0:06:25.370 --> 0:06:27.950 little bit of it. And I went on Jimmy Fallon. 0:06:28.350 --> 0:06:31.310 to perform and something happened to where I got to 0:06:31.370 --> 0:06:32.250 sit on the couch with him. 0:06:32.910 --> 0:06:34.910 And there were really funny little. 0:06:34.690 --> 0:06:37.130 Moment happened with me and him trying to show him 0:06:37.150 --> 0:06:38.090 how to blow a duck call. 0:06:38.930 --> 0:06:41.490 And, uh, you know, it just, it made good television. 0:06:41.529 --> 0:06:43.630 And I think that they kind of saw that banter 0:06:43.670 --> 0:06:46.770 with me and, uh, Jimmy kind of as Blake was 0:06:46.810 --> 0:06:49.250 with Adam and, and Blake and Jimmy in a lot 0:06:49.270 --> 0:06:52.370 of episodes on tonight's show. So it's, uh, it was 0:06:52.410 --> 0:06:54.530 really accidental that it worked out, but I think it 0:06:54.550 --> 0:06:55.750 was really something was supposed to happen. 0:06:56.730 --> 0:06:58.770 I got to say, you got the whitest teeth amongst 0:06:58.850 --> 0:06:59.690 all those judges. 0:06:59.710 --> 0:07:02.900 Did you guys watch? I was like, wow, those look good. 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:03.940 You got good white teeth. 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:05.580 I'm glad I got my braces off. 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:07.480 Yeah, well, it's amazing. 0:07:07.500 --> 0:07:09.740 And I just think that's very exciting for you. And 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.620 I thought this was really interesting, too. We have the 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.990 coolest feature on our free iHeartRadio app where you can 0:07:16.030 --> 0:07:19.090 go and listen. You hit the talkback mic. And we 0:07:19.130 --> 0:07:21.370 solicited for your fans to send in questions. Do you 0:07:21.410 --> 0:07:25.410 know we got more questions from your fans than any 0:07:25.510 --> 0:07:26.310 artist ever? 0:07:26.630 --> 0:07:26.910 Really? 0:07:27.090 --> 0:07:27.489 Really. 0:07:27.650 --> 0:07:29.270 I mean, they are diehards. 0:07:29.450 --> 0:07:30.780 They can't figure me out. They've got a lot of 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:31.570 questions about me. 0:07:31.710 --> 0:07:34.140 Yeah, right? Really mysterious. 0:07:34.420 --> 0:07:36.980 We're actually going to play one of those talkback questions 0:07:37.020 --> 0:07:37.840 for you right now. 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.980 Hi, Riley. My name is Elena Kistler. I'm from Denver, Colorado. 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:47.720 And my question for you is, what is your favorite 0:07:47.740 --> 0:07:50.320 song off your new album, That's Just Me? And what's 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.260 one song that you would recommend to somebody who's never 0:07:53.300 --> 0:07:54.640 listened to your music before? 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:56.880 That's a great question. 0:07:58.860 --> 0:08:00.810 I think my favorite song off the album, at least 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:03.090 one of my favorites, is a song called My Way. 0:08:03.970 --> 0:08:06.210 It was the first song that we put out, at 0:08:06.550 --> 0:08:11.550 least a couple people in here like it. The first 0:08:11.570 --> 0:08:13.680 song we put out, you know, before the album was released, 0:08:13.770 --> 0:08:17.440 and one of my favorite songs to play. And, you know, 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:18.860 I mean, that wouldn't be a bad song to listen 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:20.600 to if you were If you were wanting to figure 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:22.510 me out, maybe Lookout Mountain would be another good one. 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.060 That one kind of tells my story the way I 0:08:24.100 --> 0:08:25.880 want to tell it about being from a small town 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:26.380 in Alabama. 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:28.070 I love it. 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:28.880 That's fantastic. 0:08:28.900 --> 0:08:32.000 Well, we're almost out of time here on the radio, 0:08:32.140 --> 0:08:35.390 but there's a lot more on our iHeartRadio YouTube channel. 0:08:35.410 --> 0:08:36.870 So we'll keep talking. You're going to hang out with 0:08:36.910 --> 0:08:37.070 us a. 0:08:37.030 --> 0:08:40.370 Little longer, play more songs, play more music for another 0:08:40.370 --> 0:08:45.860 30 minutes. You just log on to youtube.com slash iHeartCountry.com. 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:47.600 If you want to hang with us longer for more 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.440 Riley Green. And Riley, thank you so much for being 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.459 here tonight. And you guys, make sure you download the album. 0:08:53.620 --> 0:08:54.300 That's just me. 0:08:54.420 --> 0:08:59.150 Yes, give it up. Obviously, I'm now. I'm Anne Hudson. 0:08:59.250 --> 0:09:00.770 I hope you have a fantastic night. 0:09:00.809 --> 0:09:17.300 And guys, give it up again for Riley Green. Yes, 0:09:17.420 --> 0:09:21.610 our iHeartCountry album release party for That's Just Me continues 0:09:21.670 --> 0:09:24.730 here on our iHeartRadio YouTube channel. 0:09:24.790 --> 0:09:26.250 I am so happy you can join us. I am 0:09:26.309 --> 0:09:26.970 Anne Hudson. 0:09:27.290 --> 0:09:32.390 We're using hashtag iHeartRileyGreen, which is fair and amazing. So 0:09:32.770 --> 0:09:35.530 let's talk about this acting career we have going on. 0:09:35.550 --> 0:09:40.569 I mean, yes. Spin-off of Yellowstone in Marshalls. And I mean, 0:09:40.630 --> 0:09:42.730 it's not like you just made some, like, I'm a 0:09:42.770 --> 0:09:43.730 cute guy cameo. 0:09:43.809 --> 0:09:47.199 You actually had to play... like a serious role? 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:52.550 Yeah, you know, Garrett, my character on Marshalls, plays a 0:09:52.610 --> 0:09:57.490 former Navy SEAL with pretty extreme PTSD. And, you know, 0:09:57.510 --> 0:09:59.449 you go into something like that, you want to get 0:09:59.490 --> 0:10:02.540 it right. you know, and that's something that I have 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:05.780 no experience with, and so I really had to rely on, 0:10:06.420 --> 0:10:08.599 you know, buddies that I have that have served in 0:10:08.620 --> 0:10:10.679 the military, and there were a couple of SEALs that 0:10:10.700 --> 0:10:13.390 were kind of at our disposal on set that we 0:10:13.429 --> 0:10:15.270 could kind of pick their brains on certain things, but 0:10:16.309 --> 0:10:17.970 there's a lot of pressure that comes with that. You know, 0:10:18.150 --> 0:10:19.770 it's not like I'm, you know, in the voice, I'm 0:10:19.790 --> 0:10:21.730 playing myself and just goofing off. And this is a 0:10:21.750 --> 0:10:25.559 lot more serious. So I enjoyed having that kind of 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:27.439 a challenge at this part of my career. And it 0:10:27.460 --> 0:10:29.199 was something that was fun to try to figure out. 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:29.900 I know. 0:10:29.980 --> 0:10:30.840 Do you want to do more? 0:10:30.940 --> 0:10:33.189 Is this something we're going to start seeing a lot 0:10:33.230 --> 0:10:33.989 more of you in? 0:10:34.870 --> 0:10:36.790 I hope so. Yeah, I liked it. I enjoyed it. 0:10:36.790 --> 0:10:37.410 It was a lot of fun. 0:10:37.570 --> 0:10:40.320 No, I think it's so cool. And the cool iHeart 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:43.359 TalkBack feature. We got bombarded with questions for you, so 0:10:43.420 --> 0:10:45.219 is it cool if we play a couple more for 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:46.380 you to answer from the TalkBack? 0:10:46.660 --> 0:10:47.090 Let's do it. 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:48.520 Yeah, all right, so let's do it. 0:10:50.179 --> 0:10:53.310 Hey, iHeart Country, this is Alana from Ontario, Canada, and 0:10:53.350 --> 0:10:56.730 my question for Riley would be, what makes a song 0:10:56.809 --> 0:10:59.069 feel like it was always supposed to exist? 0:11:01.550 --> 0:11:03.330 That's a great and deep question. 0:11:03.870 --> 0:11:07.340 Uh, There are moments in a room when you're writing, 0:11:07.660 --> 0:11:09.839 whether you're writing by yourself or with a group of people, 0:11:09.940 --> 0:11:13.920 and you just know it's right. You know, it's not 0:11:14.020 --> 0:11:17.700 really a certain thing. It's not a certain melody or 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.480 a certain line. It's just when you feel something. For me, 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:22.280 you know, My Way was one of those songs. It's 0:11:22.340 --> 0:11:25.200 not a super complicated. 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:25.220 Thing to write. 0:11:25.300 --> 0:11:27.680 You know, a lot of my favorite country songs are 0:11:27.700 --> 0:11:31.000 pretty simple. Merle Haggard wrote some pretty simple lyrics. And 0:11:31.250 --> 0:11:33.880 to me, simple's not a negative. way to describe a song. 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:35.510 It's something that when you hear it, it makes you 0:11:35.550 --> 0:11:37.350 feel something or you can picture it. It takes you 0:11:37.390 --> 0:11:40.750 to a place. And, you know, I think that how 0:11:40.790 --> 0:11:43.710 you accomplish that is by writing topics that are personal 0:11:43.730 --> 0:11:43.910 to you. 0:11:45.130 --> 0:11:46.650 I like it. I think we have like three more. 0:11:46.750 --> 0:11:49.420 So we'll take another talk back question right now. 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.160 Hi, this is a question for Riley Green. My name 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.000 is Carolyn. I'm in Mountain View, California. I'll be seeing 0:11:55.020 --> 0:11:58.020 you perform here on the 26th. And my question is 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.060 with an album title like That's Just Me, did you 0:12:01.140 --> 0:12:04.080 ever feel pressure to change to fit into a certain box? 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:06.780 And how did you stay grounded in just being yourself? 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:09.180 It's a good question too. 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.520 The opposite. You know, I think that I was really 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.350 fortunate that a lot of people found me pretty early 0:12:15.429 --> 0:12:17.589 on in my career, even before signing a record deal 0:12:17.610 --> 0:12:21.150 and going to Nashville. And I kind of relied on 0:12:21.190 --> 0:12:23.850 the confidence that they had given me to say, this 0:12:23.929 --> 0:12:26.460 is who I am. And, you know, it's hard for 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.120 me to write outside of my comfort zone because I 0:12:29.140 --> 0:12:30.839 write from the same place. I write a lot of 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.500 songs sitting in my farm in Alabama, and that's where 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:35.760 I get my inspiration from. And it's pretty easy to 0:12:35.780 --> 0:12:38.520 stay grounded when I go there. Life just moves a 0:12:38.540 --> 0:12:40.740 lot slower. And you know, I'm still the guy that 0:12:40.780 --> 0:12:42.360 used to build houses when I go back home with 0:12:42.380 --> 0:12:44.400 my buddies. So it's a pretty, pretty good reminder when 0:12:44.420 --> 0:12:44.979 I go back there. 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:46.059 So cool. 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.600 So another talkback message we'll play and y'all, you can 0:12:48.660 --> 0:12:50.980 utilize this talkback feature too. If you're ever listening to 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.620 your favorite radio personality, make sure and do it like 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:54.750 not just for artists, but everyone. 0:12:54.780 --> 0:12:58.770 So we'll play another one now. Riley green. What do 0:12:58.790 --> 0:13:01.470 you like best of being back home on the farm? 0:13:01.770 --> 0:13:03.150 And how often do you get there? 0:13:05.070 --> 0:13:05.609 Not enough. 0:13:05.809 --> 0:13:08.780 I don't get there enough. Uh, I keep telling myself 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:09.959 that one day I'm going to have a lot of 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.500 time there, and I hope to. I would like to 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.280 know what it feels like to get bored of being 0:13:14.300 --> 0:13:18.079 at home. I can't remember that feeling, but a lot 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:19.680 of great things about being at my farm. For one, 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.230 my whole family lives right there within a couple of miles, 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:26.390 so I see everybody and get to catch up. Getting 0:13:26.429 --> 0:13:29.109 on a tractor, getting on a bulldozer, or plowing in 0:13:29.130 --> 0:13:31.809 the field, just something, getting on equipment and kind of 0:13:31.850 --> 0:13:34.470 trying to make the land a better place is always 0:13:34.490 --> 0:13:37.330 something I've really enjoyed. Hanging out with Carl. 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:38.250 You know? 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:39.960 I like it. 0:13:39.980 --> 0:13:43.460 I can visualize a Riley Green calendar on the farm 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:46.680 coming soon on your tractor and your truck. 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:47.780 It could probably just be Carl. 0:13:48.540 --> 0:13:50.380 Oh, my God. 0:13:50.420 --> 0:13:52.640 I'm in the background out of focus. It's just Carl pictures. 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:53.860 All right. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:55.870 We'll do a final talkback question now. 0:13:57.570 --> 0:13:58.069 Hey, y'all. 0:13:58.429 --> 0:14:01.730 This is Jennifer from Wilmington, North Carolina. This question is 0:14:01.770 --> 0:14:05.310 for Riley Green. Riley, if you could be a part 0:14:05.350 --> 0:14:08.750 of any song that already exists... From an artist that 0:14:08.809 --> 0:14:12.480 is no longer with us in any genre, which artist 0:14:12.510 --> 0:14:14.579 would you pick and which song do you wish you'd 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:15.239 been a part of? 0:14:16.059 --> 0:14:16.600 Let us know. 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:17.860 Thanks for the music. 0:14:19.220 --> 0:14:19.840 That's tough. 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.500 Dolly Parton only. I'm just kidding. 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.080 You know, yeah. Nine to five wouldn't have been a 0:14:26.100 --> 0:14:26.640 bad one, would it? 0:14:27.990 --> 0:14:30.410 Man, there's, when you, just a song you want to 0:14:30.430 --> 0:14:32.609 be a part of, that list is too long to 0:14:33.070 --> 0:14:33.890 answer today, but. 0:14:34.170 --> 0:14:35.190 Some of this no longer with us. 0:14:35.270 --> 0:14:39.840 I think, The only famous person that, when they passed away, 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.040 it felt like somebody related to me died. I felt 0:14:42.100 --> 0:14:44.640 sad like it was my granddad was Merle Haggard, because 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:49.000 my granddaddy was such a big Merle Haggard fan. Me 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.710 and him, we spent a lot of time talking music together, 0:14:51.750 --> 0:14:53.490 but my grandmother was just kind of like she would 0:14:53.510 --> 0:14:55.710 be in the other room and kind of humming along, 0:14:55.730 --> 0:14:58.010 but she wasn't really the music person like granddaddy was. 0:14:58.750 --> 0:15:01.130 After he passed away, she requested me to play a 0:15:01.170 --> 0:15:02.670 song at a show. It's the only time she's ever 0:15:02.710 --> 0:15:04.990 done that, and it was my favorite memory by Merle Haggard, so... 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.040 Maybe that song by Murrow would be a pretty meaningful 0:15:07.100 --> 0:15:07.480 one for me. 0:15:07.980 --> 0:15:10.420 I love that. That's so fun. Yeah. 0:15:11.090 --> 0:15:13.790 And I'm so happy that everyone's watching on YouTube right now, 0:15:13.830 --> 0:15:16.630 hanging out with us longer, of course. So curious about 0:15:16.650 --> 0:15:19.270 this one. Where were you when you heard one of 0:15:19.310 --> 0:15:22.010 your songs on the radio? And what was that like 0:15:22.030 --> 0:15:22.310 for you? 0:15:22.330 --> 0:15:24.690 I was driving. 0:15:25.790 --> 0:15:28.979 From Alabama, maybe back to Nashville, and it was a 0:15:29.010 --> 0:15:33.540 station out of Atlanta. And I've heard both stations or 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:35.020 several stations say it was them. 0:15:36.190 --> 0:15:37.710 But it was definitely the iHeart station. 0:15:38.090 --> 0:15:39.150 Yes, it was. 0:15:39.330 --> 0:15:39.990 Out of Atlanta. 0:15:41.070 --> 0:15:45.970 And, you know, I've heard my own music several times in, 0:15:46.050 --> 0:15:49.010 you know, tailgates or on a boat on the lake, whatever. 0:15:49.630 --> 0:15:51.080 But when it's played on the radio and you hear 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.520 your name called by that radio host, it's got a 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:56.000 little something more behind it. 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:57.680 Yeah, I love that. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:01.600 So there are so many ways fans discover music today. 0:16:01.860 --> 0:16:05.830 What makes radio still special? feel powerful and personal for 0:16:05.870 --> 0:16:06.650 you as an artist? 0:16:07.490 --> 0:16:09.730 I think it's a nostalgic thing for me. You know, 0:16:09.870 --> 0:16:11.869 when I watch a football game, I still want to 0:16:11.910 --> 0:16:14.110 have the radio on and hear that announcer. It was 0:16:14.190 --> 0:16:17.290 Eli Gold, you know, and it was Alabama's announcer. And 0:16:17.730 --> 0:16:19.390 his voice just takes me back to when I was 0:16:19.430 --> 0:16:22.410 a kid. So there's something about radio that's, you know, 0:16:22.590 --> 0:16:25.570 it's not just a playlist that was built for you, 0:16:25.670 --> 0:16:27.270 or it's not something where you went and handpicked. 0:16:27.310 --> 0:16:29.090