1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 2: I can make a living that love you being a 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: millionaire in a week or two, I be doing what 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: I love love and what I'm doing if I can 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: make a living out of love it. 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: We grew up neighbors and he didn't know it. Golden Boys, 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what you could do it. Who's who 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: in America of Golden Triangle Boys? 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 3: Football players, head coaches, singer songwriters, Klay Walker, Michael. 10 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: Glad to have you yet? 11 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: Glad to have you? How are you doing? 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: I couldn't be better? Man. It's so good to be 13 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 2: back in some warm freaking weather. I'm been freezing to 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: death traveling and being in Nashville single digits. You know, 15 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 2: it's just good to be back home. 16 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: How much time are you spending on the road nowadays? 17 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 2: A lot more than people know. We try still tour 18 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: a lot. Do you have? Putting out my first record 19 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: in the next probably about six eight weeks, it will 20 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: come out. It's been three years since to the record out, 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: so I'm ecstatic to have that out. 22 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: And tell me about this one. 23 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 2: It's just suly current, you know, with what's going on 24 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: today at country music radio, which is a change, and 25 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 2: I was telling some folks, they go, man, we should 26 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: miss the nineties sound. You know, there was talking about that. 27 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: I said, you know that traditional country music is dead. 28 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: You know, it died the night that George Strait won 29 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: Entertainer of the Year. That was that mark that book 30 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: ended it right there. He's the greatest, to me, traditional 31 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 2: singer of our time. And that was kind of like 32 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: I think the industry's way of saying, thanks a lot, 33 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 2: here comes the new stuff. 34 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: Speaking of which I would be remiss if I didn't 35 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 3: do this. My friend Brian Blohm, who runs the Stafford Center, 36 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 3: said he watched you on Fox News this morning and 37 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: he said, Michael, he said that his favorite singer of 38 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 3: all time is Merle Haggard. And we got Merle Haggard 39 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: April first. You got to get him at this show. 40 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 3: So I've done what I was required. 41 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: Did you say. 42 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: That is the best singer that ever lived, of all time, 43 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: of any format? And I don't say that because I 44 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: love country music. I'm saying it because I'm a singer 45 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: that understands singing, and the guy is the best that 46 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: ever lived. 47 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: Could George Jones at least be number two? 48 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: Well, George Jones is definitely right that. You mean, you 49 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: can't you almost can't separate them, you know. It's it's 50 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: it's like cake and ice cream. You got to have 51 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: them at a party and the birthday party. You can't 52 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: really separate Jones and Haggard, but it and it's you 53 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: could take either one as the preference, I guess, but 54 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 2: I like the versatility of Haggard. He can he could 55 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: have sang opera if he wanted to. 56 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: What's your favorite of his songs? 57 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 3: Uh? 58 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 2: The way I am? I mean, I know all of 59 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 2: his songs, but you know, he's just one of those 60 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: iconic guys that really earned it. And it's not you know, 61 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: it wasn't hype. It was just pure raw talent and 62 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 2: that he didn't have a machine, you know, pushing him, 63 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 2: uh to be you know, for propaganda and stuff. This 64 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: guy is the deal for sure. 65 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 3: Well, and I think having grown up rough the way 66 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 3: he did, you know a lot of those guys that informed. 67 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 2: The I read his biography. You know, he was a 68 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 2: he was a colorful character. And uh tell George Jones 69 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 2: was too. You know. I grew up in Beaumont, Inviter, 70 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: just down the road from from you had Orange Fielder right, 71 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: getting me. Yeah, you kind of look like an orange. 72 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 3: You know, I spend an inordinate amount of time saying 73 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 3: that when people hear Viter. 74 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: I'm tired of hearing them giggle or tell story. 75 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: I heard that about you. 76 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 3: I heard I send on air and people will go 77 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 3: they say Vider and they laugh, and I go, let 78 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: me tell you something. You want to find a racist, 79 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 3: I can find you one in Deer Parker river Oaks. 80 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 3: There are good, honest, decent people that live in Vider, 81 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: working class people, entrepreneurship. 82 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 2: I didn't grow up around racist Inviter. I don't. I 83 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: know that it used to exist, or maybe there's some 84 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: under but man, not not with the generation I grew 85 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: up in. 86 00:03:58,440 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: The worst thing you can say about Vider and you 87 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 3: were part of this problem is you never had a 88 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 3: decent football team. 89 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: Did you say I was a part of that problem? 90 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: Weren't you a wide receiver there? 91 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: Yes? 92 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: But did you play in return? 93 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: Hey? My left my junior year we were really good 94 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 2: and I also went to South Park. I say, really, 95 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 2: we missed the playoffs by game. Okay, I mean, but 96 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: our senior year we were horrible. But I also played 97 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: football at South Park High School? Did you go to 98 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 2: play the quarterback at south Park. It's probably got some 99 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 2: of my buddies listening right now, Greenies, that's right. That 100 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 2: ended up turning into Westbrook. Norman Abshire, which is one 101 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 2: of my was one of my coaches back in Cochinchel. 102 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,799 Speaker 2: They actually came to see me play at the Woodlands 103 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 2: a couple of years ago and the whole football staff 104 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 2: came out from the back in the day. I couldn't 105 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 2: believe it. It was so cool. And that Coachinchel, who's I 106 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 2: think about eighty years old now, said to me, he 107 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 2: goes you know, he said, you sure to look a 108 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 2: lot better standing up there than you did on your 109 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: back on the field. 110 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 3: Well, y'all were in a bad conference. Y'all were in 111 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 3: a conference with some guys that could really play ball. 112 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: I mean yeah, oh absolutely. 113 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 3: There's a lot of pros that came out from those years. 114 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 3: Bo Brown used to work with us till a few 115 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 3: weeks ago and Bo grew up. 116 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: Broke both played linebacker there. He was a ladies man 117 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 2: and he had all the girls. He was a year 118 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: ahead of me. He's still fattered. He loves a little wife. 119 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: He's like me. 120 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 3: It comes and goes. He still plays rugby, gets a 121 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 3: knee surgery every two years. 122 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 2: I wouldn't say that. If you told me he still 123 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 2: worked there, he'd probably walk through that wall. 124 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: Twice your size. He is big, he's still big. 125 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 2: He was a good person, always smiling, you know, and 126 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: after even after we met up after school years later. 127 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: You know, I just were really good. A lot of 128 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 2: good people there, man. And you know, this town right 129 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 2: here is seriously the coolest town on earth. There there's 130 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: just there's a lot of guys and girls that made 131 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 2: it by their bootstraps that live in Houston, Texas. 132 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: And how much time you still spend here? 133 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 2: Well, I spent most of my adult life here. Uh well, 134 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: since I was twenty uh two. So how many years 135 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: is that? Twenty two years? I bet I've been at 136 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 2: Houstonia more than I've been anywhere else. So, yeah, I 137 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: love it here. I love the folks. And of course 138 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 2: there's a lot of folks here that move from Beaumont, 139 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 2: you know, Port Author area here and from the other directions. 140 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: This is a great place to do business. 141 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: And you still have your place in Himstead. 142 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: Uh well, my my ex wife has that place. My 143 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 2: girl apology still live there, which is great. I have 144 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 2: a couple of ranches now that that uh, one here 145 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 2: and then one in Tennessee, and also Beach House down 146 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 2: in Galveston. But I mean, Texas is still in my 147 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 2: driver's license. If that that makes sense. 148 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: Yep, yep. You love touring, you still enjoy it? 149 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: I do you know that? I don't. I don't know. 150 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 2: There's a lot of people that do it because they 151 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 2: have to. I do it because I love it and 152 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 2: I enjoy performing. We still have big crowds show up 153 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 2: at our shows and still love our music. And there's 154 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 2: this new music that we're doing right now. Is I'm hoping. 155 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 2: I'm curious to see how people are going to receive it. 156 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 2: I think they'll they'll love it as much more than 157 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 2: anything we've ever done. It's very new, it's very fresh. 158 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 2: It is not traditional sounding. There are some you know, 159 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 2: you'll know it's me, but it's it's definitely more with 160 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: what's going on in today's market. 161 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 3: Is it tough when folks, you know, they want to 162 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 3: hear those they want to hear those original hits, they 163 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 3: want to hear the early days stuff, And you go, 164 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 3: all right, I'm doing a little some new stuff. 165 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: I mean George Strait just had a number one hit though, 166 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 2: you know, I mean he's West George sixty two or three, 167 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 2: and uh, you know he he did a very very. 168 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: Slowly asked you a question too late in the set. 169 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: Hold on just a moment. 170 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 3: Clay Walker is our guest, and he's going to tell 171 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 3: us about the Band Against MS ride this weekend in. 172 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: Houston to raise money for MS. We're talking about coming 173 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: up next. Clay Walker's our guests. 174 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 3: Clay, I don't want to get you in and uh 175 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 3: and have all this fun talking and forget to talk 176 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 3: about the important stuff, which is the the ride this 177 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 3: weekend tomorrow, the Band Against MS Ride. Your battle with 178 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 3: MS in ninety six. Obviously in two thousand and three 179 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 3: you started this. You want to help other people with MS. 180 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: I do, and I've had MS got eighteen years and 181 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: I'm doing great. There's a lot of folks who are 182 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 2: not doing so well, and so I get out and 183 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: this is you know, obviously, I don't get paid to 184 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 2: do this. It's really a lot of fun for me 185 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: to give back to the community and to share my 186 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 2: triumphs with people and to encourage them to do the same. 187 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 2: There are rides is tomorrow starting at eight am, and 188 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 2: it's free. It's open to the public. We had over 189 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 2: a thousand riders last year. We're expecting the same or 190 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: more this year. They go to the website, they go 191 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 2: to the website banned against ms dot org, banded against 192 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 2: ms dot orklay Walker dot comy the one, and you're 193 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: gonna be there. I'm gonna be there. I'm gonna be riding. 194 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 2: I'll be singing the anthem start the morning off. I'm 195 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 2: gonna go around and meet a lot of the folks 196 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 2: who are riding in the ride. I'm gonna take a 197 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: golf cart and kind of do a little tour through 198 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 2: all the folks. Year I didn't get to see Everyone's 199 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: almost impossible. But this year I'm going to make a 200 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 2: big effort. And and it's it's also you know, there's 201 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: there's a thing that people ask me why I'm doing 202 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 2: so well, and it's it's not difficult to explain to 203 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: them why. It's just if they want to make a 204 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 2: choice to do it what I've done or not. And 205 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 2: that is staying current with the with the neurologists, with 206 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 2: a really good neurologists, and we have the best neurologists 207 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 2: in the world here in Houston, and I know there's 208 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 2: a lot of folks listening from around the country. Baton, Rouge, Biloxi, 209 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 2: New York. You can name all the towns. But this 210 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 2: is a serious disease that can affect people in a 211 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 2: very bad way. So it was your neurologists, Jerry Wilensky, 212 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 2: and he's as a matter of fact, you know, by 213 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 2: staying current with the guy. I give an example. I 214 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 2: didn't know this, but a few weeks ago he called 215 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: me and he said, Okay, you've been taking a shot 216 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 2: every day for fifteen years and you get to go 217 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 2: to three times a week. And I was like, you're 218 00:09:58,120 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 2: joking me. 219 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: So you give it yourself the shot. 220 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 2: I give myself the shot, but where I rotated around, 221 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: I'll go with thighs then, but I don't I don't 222 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 2: like to do it in the stomach or arms. 223 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 3: My dad is a very severe diabetic and he did 224 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 3: five shots a day and when they came out with 225 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 3: a bunker and it just changed his life. 226 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 2: It does, and that's what I'm you know, it's just 227 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 2: one of the reasons why I'm telling people to stay current. 228 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 2: But the biggest thing is to know anything new that's 229 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 2: coming down the line. I think we're going to have 230 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 2: a cure for MS, but until we do, it's important 231 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 2: to stay healthy and keep yourself going, keep moving. You know. 232 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 2: That's what the ride is about to it. It encourages 233 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 2: not only the people who have MS to come out 234 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 2: and ride and to communicate, but also their families because 235 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 2: this is a very personal. All diseases are personal. It 236 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 2: affects a lot of people. And the best way that 237 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 2: I think of a person who has MS can show 238 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 2: their family that they love them is by doing everything 239 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 2: they can for the MS. 240 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 3: How have you changed your life since ninety six? Your 241 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 3: course of treatment in those. 242 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 2: Well, the first medication that I got on didn't work, 243 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 2: so that about two years later I started this this 244 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 2: once a day called copaxone, which and I had not 245 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: heard of it until that point. But if I would 246 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 2: have quit after that first medication didn't work, then I 247 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 2: probably wouldn't be sitting in this chair right now. And 248 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: then that was a big move for me because nobody 249 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 2: liked shots, especially me. But this that you know, it 250 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 2: ended up not being so bad. And now that I 251 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 2: know that it's three times a week, this will be 252 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 2: the second change would be the same medication, just uh 253 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: less less times you have to give it. So in 254 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 2: that way, I'm blessed that there was something there, you 255 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 2: know that I could take a lot of folks just 256 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 2: don't even they give up or they're they're not looking. 257 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 2: And fortunately I stayed looking. And if I could say 258 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 2: this again, stay current with the neurologist, go in once 259 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 2: a year, you can. You know, I drag my feet sometimes. 260 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 2: Mind I'll just call me. You'll say, I haven't seen you. 261 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,079 Speaker 2: What's going on. I'm gonna cancel your prescription. I'm like, okay, 262 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 2: those be coming, you know. But and it's I'm in 263 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 2: a happy place. Man. I've got I've got five kids. 264 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 2: I've got three young ones. I got a five year 265 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 2: old boy, William, and uh the me me and there's 266 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 2: four and Elijah just seven months old. And all my 267 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 2: kids are Texans. 268 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: Uh they play music. They the seventh month seventh. 269 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 2: The seventh month old actually plays drums. It it's pretty 270 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 2: it's pretty cute. My oldest girl, McLay is a great 271 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: singer and uh, Skylar likes basketball. She didn't wan anything 272 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 2: to do with the music. But the music stuff is 273 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 2: it's a you know, I think some of my kids 274 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 2: will probably pick it up. I don't push it. They 275 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: see me do it and and they dig it, you know, 276 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 2: I think they This morning, I was getting ready to 277 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 2: come in for this interview, and my young son, who's 278 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 2: seven months old, was dancing and singing seven months old, 279 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 2: and my wife looks at the shoes. He's the next 280 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 2: justin Timberlake. And I looked at her and excuse me, 281 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 2: I kind of tipped my cowboy. 282 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: At Clay Walker. Here, you're talking to Claim Walker. 283 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 2: His name's Elijah. He's got a cool name too. I 284 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 2: found out there's this whiskey. His middle name is Craig, 285 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 2: after her her maiden name, and his name is Elijah Craig. 286 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 2: There's there's a bourbon called Elijah Craig. I didn't know. 287 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 2: Some one of my buddies sent me a picture of it. 288 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 2: There's a song there somewhere there is so tell me, 289 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 2: tell me something. I gotta know this unity of the 290 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 2: exact same age and come from the same neck of 291 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 2: the woods. What does it feel like knowing that millions 292 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 2: of people hear you every week and the power behind 293 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 2: that microphone. 294 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: You tell me that's your that's your life story. 295 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 2: Man, you're giving me the chance to come in here. 296 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 3: And say, you know, I will tell you, Clay, Meeting 297 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 3: listeners is the funnest thing because I will be out 298 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 3: and I will be tired, and I won't want to 299 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: talk to somebody. And I'm sure you have this with 300 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 3: people who listen to your music. I don't like the 301 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 3: word fan because they're just listeners. I'm just what they're 302 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 3: listening to at that moment. 303 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 2: I call them fans fam because they're part of your family. 304 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 3: And people will come up to me and they'll say, 305 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 3: you don't know me, but and they start telling you 306 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 3: their story and you look down and they're missing to 307 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 3: of their fingers and their wife left them and they 308 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 3: took in, you know, another family and they and you. 309 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 3: As you start probing, you realize this guy is a hero. 310 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 3: It is a modern day hero. And he's wearing a 311 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 3: work shirt and he's got his name on it, and 312 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 3: he's got you know, he's got grease all over him. 313 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 3: And you go, man, this guy's got a tough life. 314 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 3: And I get to sit in the air conditioning, you're 315 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 3: talking to radio. How lucky am I? 316 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 2: And have perfect hair? I mean, like whoever I take 317 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: that from doing a great job. 318 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: Hey, our age, I'm just glad to have some hair. 319 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 3: Website band against MS dot org, Band against ms dot org. 320 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: You want to out with Clay Walker and ride your bike? 321 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: Where your you wear your. 322 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 2: Hat while you're at Oh, where a hat? 323 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: It's just not this hat that is tomorrow. 324 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 2: It starts for the use for protection with all that 325 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 2: hair you have. I mean, they get just bad it 326 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 2: you want to worry about hell. 327 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 3: Houston Oaks Country Club tomorrow Saturday, February first, it's the 328 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 3: band against MS ride. 329 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 2: We were out of time. I wish I talk politics. 330 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: Come back at five? Can you come back at five? 331 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 2: Great man? No, No, I won't be here. Good luck. 332 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 4: If you like the Michael Berry Show in podcast, please 333 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 4: tell one friend and if you're so inclined, write a 334 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 4: nice review of our podcast. 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