1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: It's definitely tough. I mean, you know, I got three babies. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: I got the two girls six and four and the 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: boy's two. They grow up a lot. Went on the road, 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: like I'll be gone for a week and get back, 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: and you know, the younger the worst it is, really 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: because then I'll be gone and I'll get back a 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 1: week later. And my boys like talking really well, you know, 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: and when I left, he was still just saying, you know, gibberish. Whatever. 9 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: That's that's part of it. 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 2: Welcome to taking a walk where we explore the paths 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 2: that have led artists to where they are today. Joining 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 2: Buzz Night is BMG Nashville artist Colby Cooper, a rising 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 2: star in country music known for his heartfelt storytelling and 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: electrifying performances. Colby's journey is marked by a blend of 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: outlawed country and Southern rock influences, shaped by his upbringing 16 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: on a ranch and the loss of his father at 17 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: a young age. With hit It's Like Every Single Kiss 18 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: and his critically acclaimed album Boy From Anderson County to 19 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 2: the Moon, Colby has captivated audiences with his unique sound. 20 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: He has new music out called Love You Good Night. 21 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 2: Colby Cooper joins buzz Night on taking a walk right now, Colby, 22 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 2: thanks for being on taking a Walk. 23 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: Hey, thank you for having me. I appreciate it. 24 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 3: So, since the podcast is called taking a Walk, I 25 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 3: have to corner you with this question. If you could 26 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 3: take a walk with someone living or dead, who would 27 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 3: you take a walk with. 28 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: I would love to another to take a walk with 29 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: either Whaling Jings or Kurt Cobain. 30 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 3: Be a good walk, nice, diverse group of people. 31 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: There, Oh, my dad, yeah, or my dad and we 32 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: go to. 33 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 3: Any particular place you'd like to take that walk? 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: Uh, And it'd been nice to be I think in 35 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: the mountain in Colorado or Utah, somewhere nice, somewhere it 36 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: feels real good, nice. 37 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 3: Well, congrats on the new music, Love you good night. 38 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 3: We'll talk about that for sure, But I want you 39 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 3: to take our audience to Bradford, Texas, which is where 40 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 3: you are right at this moment, And what rule did 41 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 3: your hometown play and does it continue to play in 42 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 3: your musical identity? 43 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: Yeah? I think it's a very small town. Bradford is 44 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: a trafficking impalas and Athens and if you blink you 45 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: will miss it is very small. You look at the population. 46 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: It's like thirty four thirty five, I think. And I've 47 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: got five in my family here, so we make up 48 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: a significant part of the population here. And I grew up. 49 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 1: I grew up here my grandpa as Farmers is where 50 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: we live, and it's it's where I grew up. And 51 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: it's really like Bradford is really like my grandfather's farm 52 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: and a couple of spots right outside of it. Uh 53 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: and all the history is is really cool too. But 54 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: I think just the isolation and the and the loneliness 55 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: out here and the it's such a small town. You 56 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: know everybody's story, you know everything that's going on. The 57 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: growing up, I heard all the stories about who was 58 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: cheating and who was you knowing this and that and whatnot, 59 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: and uh, it gave some inspirations from my writing. And 60 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: it was, you know, it was Liver a wild wild 61 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: man by any means. I married with three kids, I'm 62 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: twenty five, got married to my high school sweetheart. So, uh, 63 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: I reget I love songs and I'll be missing missing 64 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: your people's songs about my my family. But you know, 65 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: I don't write the breakup songs, and the few songs 66 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: are all about just you know, relationships that I've witnessed, 67 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: or stories people have told me or whatever, you know, 68 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: things like that. So I think that definitely played a 69 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: big part of now I learned to write. 70 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 3: You know, you bear a resemblance to a young John Prime. 71 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 3: Has anybody told you that? 72 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: No, No, I love John Friday. There you go, and your. 73 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 3: Musical interest based on your answer to the taking a 74 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 3: walk question, obviously it goes to many different directions. Do 75 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 3: you want to take us down a ride of musical 76 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 3: influences and certainly don't be afraid to take dramatic left 77 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 3: turns or right turns? Absolutely, I think. 78 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: You know, growing up, my dad Joff Katrick, and he 79 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: was a real cowboy and he worked on ranches and stuff. 80 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: So I was listening to a bunch of old country. 81 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: It was mainly like Whalen, William Jennings and Chrys LaDue 82 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: or two of my big big inspirations and still in 83 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: two of my you know, two of my parents, I 84 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: think they both of my top five listened to this 85 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: fast year and then I found rock after that with 86 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: like Ozzie. I was born of guns n' roses and 87 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: all the hair metal and Texas country. You know, uh, 88 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen and Charlie Robinson. Uh, there's 89 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: so many greats. And I remember as a in fourth 90 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: grade my dad brought home the CD in two thousand 91 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: and eight, two thousand nine ers. Uh it was this 92 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: man called Whiskey Myers. And I was like, oh, who's 93 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: this And he said this is CD I got from 94 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: Cavendiers or something. It's called Road Alive. And I was like, oh, well, 95 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: who are these guys? And he said, there are some 96 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 1: dudes that are from right down the road. The lead 97 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: singer group fifteen minutes from here. The rest of them 98 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: all grew up whatever, all within you know, an hour. 99 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: I like what And that was like the first time 100 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: that I realized you could you could be from Bradford, 101 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: you know, mad Alba Palastin and you can make music. 102 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: So I was like a light bulb, A light bulb 103 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: went off in my head. And uh, and the music's 104 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: great and it's like the southern rock, you know country. 105 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: That was a big inspiration. But then also, uh, when 106 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 1: I got in middle school, I found my rap and 107 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: and all old school rapp and this. I just love everything. 108 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: I'm a big music fan in general. And I tried 109 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: to or I just you know, not trying. I don't 110 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: try to take too much from anything, but I try 111 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: to tape from everything, you know what I mean? 112 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 3: And you got into vinyl records early on in life, right, 113 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I got. 114 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: I got most of my battles sitting right over here 115 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: to my left, I did, I do. I do love vinyls. 116 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: I uh, I just I don't know something about just 117 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: putting the record on and just enjoying it as an 118 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: I sal. 119 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 3: How is being into vinyl? How is it sort of 120 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: you know, shaped your approach to creating and releasing music. 121 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think with like with how the just the whole, 122 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: the whole thing works nowadays, it's kind of hard, uh, 123 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: as far as just the releasing, Like we released a 124 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: few singles fills record, but when it comes out. What 125 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: I really focused on we were making this record was like, 126 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,559 Speaker 1: when it's all together and it's all in its final form, 127 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: I want it to be a complete record that you 128 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: can sit there and listen top to the bottom and 129 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: be like, oh yeah, this is a pleasant you know, 130 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: Like I want to be able to put it on 131 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: the vinyl and just sit back and then flip it 132 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: and sit back and not have to get up and 133 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna skip this or I'm want to you know 134 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: what I mean. 135 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 3: So there are folks that don't appreciate that necessarily because 136 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 3: they weren't into vinyls. So I think appreciating vinyl in 137 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 3: the way albums were created back in the day and 138 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 3: then still bringing that forward in twenty twenty five as 139 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 3: a as an artist, that's that's pretty cool that you, 140 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 3: you know, put that painstaking detail to your work. 141 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: Absolutely, and that was like, that was part of why 142 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: this album took so under make. We started putting music 143 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen and this is this is the longest 144 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: we went without putting like a project out, like whether 145 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,559 Speaker 1: it be an EP or an album. It's been about 146 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: two years and we put h we put a few 147 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: singles out, but we're I'm putting a full project out. 148 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: But that's you know, that's that's part of what part 149 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: of it is because I wanted I just wanted to 150 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,719 Speaker 1: have a pile of songs that we wrote to pick from. 151 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: And we we got to that point final a little 152 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: back in like August, and uh, and it was like God, 153 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: it was like cutting tea the entire time I was like, man, 154 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: I want to put this out, like we have the 155 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: songs that are right here. They're good enough, like the 156 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: US the songs, these the songs, and then we finished, 157 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: like we wrote like three from the album back in August. 158 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: I was like, oh man, it please wouldn't have been 159 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: on the album been so sad, you know. So it 160 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: was it was tough to I guess, kind of sit 161 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: back and just get as creative as I could and 162 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,599 Speaker 1: try to do it. But in the end, I'm so 163 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: happy with how it turned out. 164 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: So can you tell us how do you decide whether 165 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 3: to to draw inspiration from personal experiences when when writing, 166 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 3: or take other inspirations from you know, friends or other observances. 167 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 3: How do you sort of decide that. 168 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: I think it kind of depends how I'm feeling. If 169 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: I'm feeling in my head and I'm feeling down, and 170 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 1: I can easily pull from like just that place of 171 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: you know, depression and sadness and and write that like 172 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: what was me song, I guess kind of thing. But 173 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: if if I'm writing something that's like I don't know, 174 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: if if I have like just a title that I 175 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 1: really liked, it feels like like a breakup song or 176 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: like a like a f you song or something, and it's, uh, 177 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 1: it's more like I just think about, you know, my 178 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: friends and their relationships and and uh what what they've 179 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: gone through, what they've told me about and that kind 180 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: of thing. Just because I've been married to my wife 181 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: since we're eighteen, like, uh, you know, and I love her, 182 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: She's my best friend. We got three kids, so my family, 183 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: my family loft. It is great, and I'm so happy that, 184 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: uh you know, we got softball practice and softball games 185 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: and ballet and all the good stuff. Uh So whatever 186 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: I think about, you know, breaking out and how that feels, 187 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: it's more like how you know. I mean, I've been 188 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: broken up with when I was in middle school and 189 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: high school, but you know, it's a little different in 190 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 1: the real world. And I hear my friends talk about it, 191 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: and uh just fans too. I have fans come up 192 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: and be like, man, me and this girl we bonded 193 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: over your music and then she cheated on me and 194 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 1: left me and this whole thing, and it just, I 195 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: don't know, it gives me. It gives me an inspiration. 196 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: I need to write that kind of song. 197 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 3: But folks don't really understand what the life work balance 198 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 3: is and the challenge of it for a musician such 199 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 3: as yourself. Oh yes, sir, it's it's a big challenge. 200 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 3: And we're full time touring musicians and that's how we started. 201 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: We started independent grassroots here in Texas, playing you know, 202 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty shows a year the past six 203 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: years or so. And it's the past two years we've 204 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,719 Speaker 1: been able to take a few more days off, which 205 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: has been nice to be able to, you know, be 206 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: home and don't you know, I don't I don't miss birthdays, 207 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: I don't miss you know, any extracurricular thing I can, 208 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: I can make it for. So it's been nice to 209 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: be a little less business. Last two years. We're still 210 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, full time tour and we have 211 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: this is my longest stretch. I've at home all year 212 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: and it's a week and three days, I think, and 213 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: then I'm back to where I'm home like three days 214 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: a week, two days a week, one day, you know. 215 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: So it's it's definitely tough. I mean, you know, I 216 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: got three babies. I got two girls, six and four 217 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: and then a boy it's two, and you know, you see, 218 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: they grow up a lot when on the road, like 219 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: I'll be gone for a week and get back, and 220 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 1: it's you know, the younger they are the fat and 221 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: the worst. It is really because they just grow so 222 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: fast in these little little intervals. And I'll be gone 223 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: and I get back a week later, and my boys 224 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: like talking really well, you know, and when I left, 225 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: he was still just saying, you know, gibberish whatever. That's 226 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: that's part of it, you know. And I but I 227 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: feel blessed because as a kid and all grown up, 228 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: all lot I wanted was to play music and to 229 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: have a family. Always was like my two dreams was 230 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: to family and playing music for a living. And I 231 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: get to do that. I support my family playing music. 232 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: I'm a utiful family. 233 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 3: You know, your debut album, Boy from Anderson County to 234 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 3: the Moon, it was a big breakout moment. Can you 235 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 3: talk about what that project means to you and how 236 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 3: you sort of reflect on it for your musical journey 237 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: so far? 238 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: Absolutely? Yeah, And that was right. It was the first 239 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: one that got to p out with with with the label, 240 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: and it was it was a cool process, just uh, 241 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: and I wanted to at that time. I was like, 242 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: I want to put as many songs as we can, 243 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:38,599 Speaker 1: and I was so focused on trying to get it 244 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: out fast and we we kind of had it like 245 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: half done. 246 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 3: But that's all the album though. 247 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: It's like it's a it's a enfel to your Boyfriendson 248 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: County to the Moon, it's a but it was two 249 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: teas so his boyfriends and County Epe and the to 250 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: the Moon Eypee is why. But it's also like it 251 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: was kind of just like what describes me, Like, I'm 252 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: you know, boy Frienderson County. That's Adford's Anderson, Canada, Anderson 253 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: County lines half them all that way, yeah, uh and 254 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: to the mow. It is kind of how me and 255 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: and all our dudes and the crew were like a family. Uh, 256 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 1: we spend so much time together. It's you know, you 257 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: got to be like a family or you know be 258 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: I would be crazy, but that's kind of how we 259 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: approach everything. Is is like just give it everything you 260 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: got and uh, you know, be a good person. You 261 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: know sure love. 262 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 3: Take us inside to the creation of the new album, 263 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 3: Love You good Night. How long did that take? And 264 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 3: who were your co collaborators? 265 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, so Love You good Night it took. It's it's 266 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: been about a two year process, and there there's a 267 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: there's a few riders on all right, if you heard them, 268 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: I have two dogs. They just jump off the couch 269 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: and run it around. UH. But the my producer, Andrew 270 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: Bayless is a writer on most of them, and UH 271 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: produced the whole thing Lack of Whitworth, Riley Thomas, Uh, Dan. 272 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 3: Peller and Uh. 273 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: Oh Man. I will miss a couple, but there's so many, 274 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: and they're all like some of my favorite riders are. 275 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: Feel so lucky to get to be in the room 276 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: with them. But in the creation process, like they all 277 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: they all understood what we wanted Josh Door to one 278 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: of my favorites. They all understood what we're trying to do, 279 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: and it was it was easy. It was a bunch 280 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: of my boys, just a bunch of the dudes I've 281 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: been riding with a bunch the past couple of years, UH, 282 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: and they kind of knew what we had for the 283 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: album and knew what we needed UH. So it was 284 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: it was a fun process to to get in there 285 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: and to uh. Just like I was saying, we're thinking 286 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: so much about how the total uh or or how 287 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: the outcome would be, and how the songs would fit 288 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: together and how you know, what kind of story would tell, 289 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: So that it was it was fun. It's it was 290 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: a really fun process. It was a long process, like 291 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: I said, two years and it's been it's the longest 292 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: we've ever went without putting out a project. So it 293 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: was it was a it was a stressful two years. 294 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: But now that we're nearing it, the fans are excited 295 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: about it and everybody's was really tall with how it 296 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: came out, and I'm just so happy. 297 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 3: You know, what are some of your favorites off of 298 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 3: the album? 299 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: I know I would say it's so tough to changes 300 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: all the time, but right at the moment, my favorite 301 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: is probably empty Handed. One of my favorites is empty Handed, 302 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: and it's a It's it was a solo, right. I 303 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: wrote that one by myself. We just moved home from Tyler. 304 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: We lived in Tyler, Tyler, Texas the past four years. 305 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: It's about forty five minutes away from here. It's like 306 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: the big city growing up, like it was where you 307 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: go Christmas shop and and closed shopping. But I wrote 308 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: that one at the house. We had there up in 309 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: my office and it was the first time that I 310 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: was like making a track myself and trying to do 311 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: the whole like recording thing. And I set there for 312 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: two weeks doing it. Had the melody is all like 313 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: saying in there and I was just slowly right into 314 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: the melody and uh, and the way it came out 315 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: it was so cool, like it's it's an other one too. 316 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: That's like, it's not about me and my wife. It's 317 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: it's a it's a leading the person that's bad for 318 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: you song. It's the you know, the hook is Uh. 319 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: I'm so happy I landed empty handed. Uh, you know, 320 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: like that kind of thing where too, you know, felt 321 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 1: like it was going to be bad, but I ended 322 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: up happy. But I've just you know, I've seen relationships 323 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: like that not work out where it's like, oh wow, 324 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: I thought that was gonna be the end of me. 325 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: It turned out I'm much happier without them. Wow. And 326 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: I love that one production wise and melody wise. It's uh, 327 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: it's one of my favorites. Apartment two of eight, it's 328 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: another one of my favorites. It's a uh, it's the 329 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: The course is one of my favorite courses whoever written. 330 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: And the verses I had to rewrite the verses. Uh, 331 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: and when I rewrote the verses, I was finding in 332 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: Nashville on Father's Day and I was it was a 333 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. It's pretty sad because I wanted 334 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: to come home on Father's Day, but I had to 335 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: go for some meetings and all that stuff that week. 336 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: And and I'm like a big drink crowd drink every 337 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: once in a while. But on the play, and I 338 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: was sitting there and this this old man was sitting 339 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: next to me, and he it was like eight am 340 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: coming back from Denver, so we had to go from 341 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: Denver to DFW to BNA in Nashville and uh on 342 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 1: the flat from Denver, he like, I was sitting there, 343 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: just kind of thinking I was going to sleep, and 344 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: he was like, hey, gave me to take a drake. 345 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: I take a cocaine jack and coke. I was like, 346 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: dang early, it's like okay, got do it to I said, 347 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: give it to me. And we drank like five or 348 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: six of them on that flat and we got we 349 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: got to feeling pretty good, and I got to where 350 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: she was just giving me the bottle and let me 351 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: shoot the bottle and then had the doctor pepper as 352 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: a chaser, and uh, and I got pretty toasted on 353 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: that first fight, and uh, I stumbled my way around 354 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: to my next fight. Lo and behold there's another another 355 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: old man that was having a good time wanted to 356 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: drink too, and it's like all right. So I got 357 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: to Nashville and I was I was pretty wasted, and 358 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: I got to me Uh, got to the airb and 359 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: D called my wife, called my babies and hey, how 360 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: are you all? And I was still holding it together. 361 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: And I got off the phone and I was like, man, 362 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 1: that's the other curts. I got up, I got to 363 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: the bathroom, started stripping my clothes off. I pewed for 364 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: about an hour. But whenever I whenever I get so 365 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 1: drunk that I throw up, I always take my phone 366 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: and I have this old country playlist. I turn on 367 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: the old country playlist and I throw up to it 368 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: gives me, gives me like a piece, like a piece 369 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: you show and uh and uh. And I laid there 370 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: and I woke up and realized that i'd ordered some 371 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 1: McDonald's like a couple hours ago, been sitting outside my door. 372 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 1: So I woke up and ate some McDonald's and and uh, 373 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: once I kind of came to a little bit. I 374 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: had that song and I wrote those two verses kind 375 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: of just about getting too drunk in the in the 376 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: airbnb and throwing up and having a bad time. So 377 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: that was that was a fun story for it. But 378 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: uh that that one is is another one of my favorites, 379 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 1: and love getting out. The title track is one that 380 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 1: I wrote about my missing my wife and my babies 381 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: and and being gone and I've been gone for a 382 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: couple of weeks and I go my dog scared when 383 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: I came back again. I had been gone for a 384 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: couple of weeks playing shows, and I had to fly 385 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 1: up to Des Moines, and all I wanted to do 386 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: is go home and hug on my babies and sit 387 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: with them and just hang out and play and you know, 388 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: I hang out with my wife. But I had to 389 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: after thirty forty five minutes of being a home I 390 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: had to unpack and repack my bag and go to 391 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: the airport and reply to to Moin. And we got 392 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: to the hotel in Des Moin and me and my 393 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: guitar player Bo and he was like, hey man, you 394 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: want some coffee? And I was like, nah, I'm good. 395 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna stay up here. And hang out. He 396 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: walks out of the room and left his guitar and 397 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: I'm dead and I picked it up and I put 398 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: my phone down and a hit record and it was 399 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: just like a free stole off the top of my head, 400 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: just for two minutes, just how I was feeling, and 401 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: wrote the first verse, chorus and second versus the song, 402 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: and there's hit pause and I was like, all right, 403 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: I kind of forgot about it. And then a month 404 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 1: app later, two months later, my producers out on the 405 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 1: Red with us, and uh, Ben Burgess was opening the 406 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: shows and he'd been writing you all week, but that 407 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: third show he was late to and were already set up, 408 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: and he was like, was there anything you want to finish? 409 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: And I was like, I actually have this song. Uh 410 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: it's it's called uh uh it's called I Miss You, 411 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: I Miss you or something like that. And he's like, okay, cool, 412 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: and uh. We sit there and kind of got it 413 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: all worked up and wrote the bridge, and then we 414 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: ended up calling Lovely good Night because of the end 415 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: of it, and it's just it's cool because the end 416 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: of the record is is lovely good Night. It's the title, 417 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: but the very last words on the record is Lendy 418 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 1: good night, and I thought it was so cool just 419 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: to end the record, uh in the record, like that's 420 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: part of what I was saying, Like with the you know, 421 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: then you'll know that the violence about start skipping. It says, 422 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: oh you good night, so you know you can get 423 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: you a little warning. Cool. 424 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 3: Vye Cooper, congratulations on the new music and on the 425 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 3: current state of affairs which is only going to continue 426 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 3: to get brighter for your musical career. It's an honor 427 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 3: having you on. I hope we can do it again sometime. 428 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: I appreciate you having me man, It means a lot. 429 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a 430 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 2: Walk podcast. Share this and other episodes with your friends 431 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 2: and follow us so you never miss an episode. 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