Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - Brett Kissel

Episode Date: July 24, 2018

Kaitlyn chats with fellow Albertan and country music star Brett Kissel about choice tattoo placement, hiding their Canadian accents in America, and Brett shares a powerful exchange with his hero Johnny Cash. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Who's down with OTV? Who's that with OTV? Podcast One presents off the vine with Caitlin Bristow. Caitlin is creating a space where girls and gents can feel empowered to be themselves. Get ready for lots of laughs. Taboo topics. On filtered advice and wine. Lots of wine.

Get ready to shake things up. Here's Caitlin. Welcome to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow, in the studio today. We have Canadian Country Superstar. I love it. Canadian Country Superstar. Do you like that name, that title?

No, I'm not used to it. I don't feel like a superstar. Well, you are. It's Brett Kessel. Hey, I always clap for everybody. Thank you for the clap. You're so welcome. And not only are you Canadian.

You're Albertan. Yeah, very proud, Albertan. Me, too. I almost. I know that this is going to lead into a story that you have, but I almost got a tattoo on my butt when I was drinking that said Alberta beef. Well, it's interesting because mine is pretty much identical to Alberta beef. It's my own cattle brand. On your butt.

On my ass, yeah. Yeah, that's what I heard. Okay, so. Who did you hear that from? Because that only comes out when I'm drunk. Really? I did some digging. Yeah.

I do some serious research for these podcasts. Do you really? I know. I mean, that's heavy duty research. I know a lot. Because at the same time, it's not that I'm not proud of it. I'm actually very proud of that tattoo, but not something everybody knows. Well, now a lot of people know.

Now everybody knows. You get one of a million listeners. So now there's a million people around the world. Yeah. They know. Is there Google pictures, images that people can find this? Unless my wife was posting some and maybe getting some money off of it. I don't know.

If she did, that's a smart idea. Yeah. And we should do that. And we got to think about that. Yeah. Like in our business of music, you know, unless you like reach Tim McGraw status or Garthbrook status where, you know, money doesn't matter. If you were at the building level, it would be very conscious about what you do because

you only have, say, X amount of years to really make it. It's kind of like hockey. Yeah, right. Those guys are like, you're a big star and yeah, it's millions of dollars. I'm not complaining by any sense. These guys shouldn't be complaining, but you only do it for like 10 years. Exactly. So how can you actually do the smart thing and live off.

of that for 90 years. And they're like young too. A lot of these athletes are so young and just blow through this money like I would. But do a lot of them have like financial guys that like tell them to invest in certain things? They do. And the hope is that they're good ones. Like I got a lot of buddies that do play in the NHL and they do have really, really good help, which is great. And that way they don't need their spouses to take pictures of their tattoos in different areas to for college. Guys, we all know I enjoy LaCroix, sparkling water, a calorie sweetener and sodium innocent beverage with nothing artificial. Make the switch to LaCroix, sparkly water,

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cut. I always say you're in shape because round's a shape. Round is a shape. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm, but you know, I'm getting more proud of that. I just have to accept it. That's who I am. I'm a Ukrainian. I'm a dad. You're allowed to have dad bod. 100% dad bodod. Dad bodod is still, is still a thing. Now, you know what? I've been thinking about this. I was going to ask you maybe off the podcast, but I will ask you now. So, Sean, I wonder if he, I mean, the guy is so busy with all of his clients and stuff like that. I wonder if I could do a social media, pay him whatever he wants to get paid, but do a one month between now and the Canadian country music awards. He would love to do that for you.

And see how much I could change in, I think it's 40 days. He would love to do that for you. You wouldn't have to pay him. You guys could just do it. And like, he would just like to have that for like reference. Like people could be like, look what he did for him in 40 days. You should do it. Yeah, I think I'd, not I think, I'd really like to do something like that.

I just wonder if I can still drink while being on a regimented program. Yes, you can. I've looked into this. Okay, good. You can. Because if not, then it would have been a deal breaker. What's your favorite thing to drink? Oh, whiskey, 100%.

Okay. So what do you drink it with? For the most part, I just drink it straight or on ice. Me too. Then you're fine. You just, I do this all the time because I like to work out. I like to stay active, but I also enjoy a beverage. 100% or whatever.

And I would say that to my girlfriend. Because Sean also, I'm like, do you understand like a woman's body compared to a man's? Like, it's harder when it comes to like tightening up certain areas. So I asked my girlfriend who's in fitness. And she was like, oh, no, you could still drink all the drinks. It's just you can't be super hungover and not go to your workout. Right. And it's all about what you eat.

Gotcha. So if you eat super healthy and clean and workout but still enjoy your wisconsin. ski you're totally fine okay well that's good because i got to get in a new mindset here because everybody in music is so focused on fitness and health and wellness and stuff like that it is the opposite of the sex drugs and rock and roll right or like the binge drinking right that was like a lot of my heroes like guys like johnny cash and george jones were i mean these guys just didn't care whereas now you look at fgl and sam hunt and even i think you've had like my Buddy's High Valley on the podcast.

I mean, Brad Remple is like negative 6% body fat. Like that guy is just- He and his wife are nuts. I know. They do like cross-fit and stuff, don't they? Well, I'll give you a story about Brad. It's the Canadian Country Music Awards last year. Yeah.

And I go out and party my face off on the Saturday night before the Sunday award show. Right. He goes to bed early, wakes up and does like a 15-kilometer run to get prepared for the show. And I have to pop Advil to get rid of my hangover to prepare for the show. Oh my gosh. Yeah. He's just next level. He's like, he's like a Sean. Well, so I'm hoping that Sean would be able to at least allow me to have a little bit of booze. He, he will. And he just opened a gym. So he now has this unreal space that he can, that you can go to him and he can do that for you. Okay.

Because he's teaching like, I think, two classes right now, but he's got lots of time in between that you can go. Well, thank you. I'm going to set this up. I love that. And we're going to do a 40-day challenge. And you're still going to be. drink whiskey and you're going to see results great well that's perfect do you eat healthy uh not really yeah no do you like your fried chicken in nashville well it's not just that it's it's it's tacos and it's all these great restaurants that are popping up that i have to have this thing and i have to have that thing and oh it's a new pasta place so i got to try that and i'm the same way i'm just i can

be an idiot sometimes well i'm the exact i'm the exact same way i love going and finding new restaurants I love eating, I love drinking, but I also, I just try and, like, not punish myself for it. I'm like, I'm going to work out because it makes me feel better, not because I'm punishing myself for what I'm eating. And I just try and let myself, like, I don't overthink anything. That's what you got to do. Because you know what? Stress is the number one thing of weight gain. Interesting.

Yes. It really is. So even I had this health and wellness coach. She's amazing. Her name's Erin Trelaw, and she's also the founder of Rob Beauty Talks.com. so many plugs, but whatever. She's amazing, and she told me, like, before you eat a meal, take, like, three really deep breaths and then just, like, slowly chew your food and, like, enjoy every bite.

And she goes, that alone keeps, like, it'll make you feel better when you finish. And you also, it will make your metabolism go faster. Interesting. And stress eating will cause you to gain weight. Like, so if you're eating really fast and you're not breast. and you're not breathing your body, it's harder to digest everything. Well, I'm going to do that. And I think everything that anybody has ever said, I mean, there's obviously value to it.

And I think I really need to make a change and do it for the better. I mean, I've got two little girls now and stuff like that. And for a guy who just doesn't have a lot of time, no one really has time. And that's kind of the big excuse I've always said. Yeah. But I'm ready to do it. I'll take the deep breaths. I'll go hang out with Sean.

I'll, you know, and I got to cut back on some of the BS food that I tend to eat. I hear you. Just give yourself, like, a couple times a week or one time a week to go and enjoy all that food. Yeah. And then, wow, Sean would be so proud of me right now. This podcast is very. What's your vice? Like, when it comes to food.

Do you have any, or is it everything? I really love sushi, so I don't know if that's that. I don't know if it's bad. Is it bad? It depends what you eat, I guess. You might say it's bad, but I don't know. I'm, like, all about salmon, sashimi and, like, a veggie roll. Like, that's, like, my weakness would just...

See, you know, I bet you there's a lot of people out there be like, what are you talking about? That's not a vice. Like, I was thinking, like, more like a... Okay, Fazoli's breadsticks. Gotcha. Okay. Yeah, that's advice. And pizza.

Pizza. Yeah. Is popcorn bad for you? Because I love popcorn. No. No, it's not. It's actually not a bad snack at all. Just get, like, light salt, no butter.

I got you. Oh, well. Yeah, I know. I layer the butter. Yeah, no, that ain't, that I'm going to cut it. And for me, I love baked goods. Do you? Yeah, like from creme brulee to pies, to cakes, to stuff like that.

I'm not a fan of chocolate, but I love baking. If someone... Like a good key lime pie? Yes, 100%. With a great cross store here in the south, it's like pecan pie. Yeah. Everybody loves that stuff. Oh, so you say pecan.

Well, because people here make fun of me from my Canadian accent all the time, like pecan pie, hi, how are you doing? I know. Like, I'm so Canadian. How long have you been here? Since 2012. Okay, yeah. I'm the same way.

Like, I try and like blend now with the Americans just so that they don't call me out on certain things. Like, what was my other thing? Oh, like, every time I order a coffee at Starbucks, like, if I say Americano, everyone's like, it's Americano. So now I just say things weird, too, because I'm like, I'll get an Americano. And I'll be like, and when I say about, I like overdo it. I'm like, oh, yeah, I know. what that's about. You have to because everybody thinks you say a boot.

And no one has ever said a boot. I've never heard a boot. There's never been a Canadian that it said, you know, there's no do to boot it. Like, no one says that. That commercial is so good, though. It is a good commercial. Dood to boot it. I know.

I always listen for it. Like, I can hear it more now from being in the States a while. I can really hear a Canadian accent, but it's still not, we're not saying a boot. It's like a boat. And do you have a few Nashville isms that you take back to Canada that your Canadian friends are like, are you becoming a southerner on us? You become an American. I said bless your heart once and then I immediately regret it.

Bless your heart. Oh, that's, that's, well, I think it is. I think it's a dis here. It's like that person is so homely. Bless his heart. Oh, yeah, bless his heart. Yeah, I think it's like passive. Or that person was such a, was a bad singer.

Bless his heart. It's just people say to me all the time. It's super. Shut up. No, they don't. Bless his heart. My favorite though is y'all. Oh.

Y'all is the best word. It's the most efficient word. It really is. but I still don't feel like I'm worthy. You don't think so? No. You live in Nashville. Yeah, but...

You can. But I, like, feel like I'm still too Canadian to just drop a yawl like it would just, it wouldn't blend. I wonder. I think that should be a... We should get people to vote. And if it's over 50% say it's okay, then I think you need to do it. Okay. I'm down with that.

I'll send out a vote on, like, the Instagram story. You know, if you can do a poll. And I'll find out what people think because I really want to say it. I always want to say it. I've started. to say it and nobody's questioned it back home. Well, that's because you're in the country world, though. Maybe.

I think that's. So you're like a little, you kind of are off the hook because you're, you're Canadian, but you're in the country industry. I gotcha. Maybe that does change things. I think so. But if you're going for like vocal coaching and starting a songwrite, you're part of the industry now too, so.

I guess so. So I can say y'all. I think you can. As soon as I put out my first song, I can say y'all, that's when I'll do it. Okay. So never. I'm too scared. Just kidding.

When are you going to put out? music. I don't know. I am scared. Probably, I always keep saying like, oh, yeah, it'll be this month. I have like five songs recorded. That's great. Yeah, but I want six. A six kind of is a good package. Yeah. I feel like that's, that's my goal. Once I have six, then I'll start sharing. Call it the six pack. Oh. And you have some marketing angle to that or put Sean's stomach on it or something like that. I don't know. I'll sell like hotcakes. It would. Yeah. I guarantee you you would sell a quarter of a million downloads in the first week. Just from his stomach alone.

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It was close to my hometown, isn't it? Where's your hometown? La Duke. Well, yeah, I mean, somewhat. I'm northeast of Edmonton, St. Paul, Alberta is where I'm from. Oh, St. Paul. Okay, okay. And do you think that being raised on a cattle ranch shaped you into who you are today and your

songwriting and everything about you? Very much so. Yeah. And I think about it a lot because there's an authenticity, I think, to my music and the stories that I tell, you know, especially when I dress, I guess Western, it would be, you know, I'm proud to wear a cowboy hat and been a blue jeans guy all my life and cowboy boots. And it's because I grew up on a ranch. Yeah. That's my cousin as a ranch, my grandparents, my parents, my other grandparents. It's not like farming and country.

It's like a lifestyle. Yeah, it's not like, ah, you know, I picked up guitar in college and I wear a cowboy hat because I sing country. Right. Still fine. That's great. But there was a thing to it that everybody did back home. And that's why I was very proud to play country. There's nothing else I ever wanted to play. I was going to ask, did you ever think that you'd be anything else in life? Or did you ever want to? Or did you always know you'd sing? It was always music. And I was very lucky that everything went as well as it did from the time I was a kid. And one gig led to another, led to another, led to another. And honestly, Caitlin, I've never had a job. I've never had a day job. ever. It's always just been music. It's been gig after gig and was able to support myself and just be here. That's so nice. Because you put out like a first, your first album at like 12? Yeah. That's crazy. It's called Keeping It Country. It was on, yeah, it was on a cassette.

Oh, that's gangster. Yeah. It was on a cassette and I was wearing, well, it wasn't sunglasses, but they were tinted, you know, the tinted transition lenses. Of course. My dad still wears those. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I just saw him on the golf course with him. Yeah, exactly. And I was wearing a leather vest.

Oh, black leather vest, black wrangler jeans, white shirt, bolo tie. Wow. And I did the tip of the hat. You know, you hold your hand on the brim of the hat. Like top of the morning to you. Exactly. Like top of the morning to you. And that was my album cover.

That's amazing. You should redo that picture now for an album cover. I think so. But then I don't think I'd sell any copies because it's pure cheese. Okay, fine. Well, you should just do it for the gram. Yeah. I will. I'll take you in it. You definitely need to do. Do you know what I was doing when I was 12? What?

Like skipping school and like drinking my first cooler and not being productive at all. And you are just putting out an album? Well, some people would think that, oh, you know, Brett's like this entrepreneur putting out a record or whatever. But I don't know. In the seventh and the eighth grade, like I was loving my time in music. Yeah. But also chasing girls and... Doing the 12-year-old thing. Yeah, and playing baseball and stuff like that.

So I was very much with you because I think my first beer might have been 10. Wow. I think I robbed a beer from the fridge in the garage. I robbed a beer. I robbed a beer from the fridge in my garage. And I was afraid my dad was going to find out. I'm like, no, it was full of beer. There's 90 beer in there because we always had people coming over and I always drinking beer.

Yeah. And I stole one. And I took it from the back and I pushed everything back to the front so no one would notice. And did you, did you puke? No, I didn't, but my first time drinking hard liquor. Yeah, you did. Oh, yeah. That was a mess.

I, do you know what? This is crazy. Okay, so I feel like it's something, I don't know if it's Alberta or what, but I feel like that's just what people do. Like, you just start drinking and it's like an Albertan thing. I don't know. And people can drink in Alberta. We've always done it safely too, which I need to pat all Albertans and like Western

Canadians on the back. And it's so different now living in the States because when the legal drinking age is 21. Yeah. I feel that we were learning lessons at 16 at a party. Yes. That people are now learning at 22 in college and we're like, we're six years ahead of you guys.

I agree with that. I agree. We're so ahead of the time. Yeah. We're so advanced in Alberta. We are. In our drinking. In our drinking.

But it's true, though. It's like the European lifestyle. Like everybody just like drinks and nobody's like a degenerate. Well, I was. But like, but people just get it, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Well, and I noticed in Europe or they'll put a bottle of wine at the table and the dad is, you know, beside us. My wife and I were just in Italy and the dad is pouring white wine for the kids, red wine for the adults. Yes. And I mean, and these kids are 12, 13. And I and I, and some people are like. And they learn to appreciate it. Yeah. And you're thinking like, it's okay. It's all in moderation. Yeah. It's all in moderation. Yeah. I didn't learn those lessons of moderation until I matured. I was an idiot in high school. Oh, well, that's Alberta too.

Are we close to the same age? I think we are. How old are you? I was born in 90. I'm five years older than you. You were born in 85? Yeah. No.

Yes, I was. I thought you were, I thought maybe 89, 90. You are young. I just turned 28. That's young. You're in your 20s. And you're established with a family. Look at you go.

I'm excited about it. But it's like, I don't know, to each your own. You know, everybody has their path. Yeah, I guess so. But, I mean, being in the world that you're in, you probably grew up a lot faster than most people, I think. Just because you had a career from such a young. young age. Yeah. You know what? And a name. Looking, looking back now, absolutely. It kind of sped up the process. Yeah. But my wife and I. See process. That's another Canadian thing.

Process. American say process. That's right. Yeah. Go on. That was a Canadian. Just had to call you out for that. Well, you know what? The process for my wife and I, we got engaged when I was 19. Oh, wow. So how nuts is that? Oh, that's romantic. Mm-hmm. Well, I knew. Yeah. 100%. It was love at first sight. Aw. Was it like that for you and Sean? Which made my life hell that I had to, it was love at first sight and that I had to go through a show of dating 25 other guys. Of course. It was terrible.

Somebody just asked me that today on Twitter. They're like, is it so awful to like establish a relationship that you like really feel confident in and then have to go through the motions with all these other relationships knowing you're just hurting somebody's feelings? I'm like, this is why I lost hair. This is why I gained weight. I was like the most stressed out I'd ever been because I just felt like a horrible. human all the time trying to like figure that and and all at the same time of being like I always thought like what if Sean has a girlfriend back home and I'm so invested in this one guy and so you try and like the producers really want you to have this open mind to date all

these other guys because they kind of like don't want you to fall in love with just one guy because that's not good TV of course so they really hype up the other guys and like try and make you steer away from that one guy you're really in love with and have that connection with because it's a TV show now you know I I watched this season. I'm a giant fan of The Bachelor and the Bachelorette. Huge, huge. And I've always wondered if you as The Bachelorette or if anybody ever did this in the sense of you've really got a connection with this person and somewhat with these people.

But you don't want to build that up any further than that because you really want to invest in the golden person. So do you let the good ones go early and just keep the bad ones because it's going to be. easier later, like let the bad guys get the free ride and just get so that way it's kind of easier to let go of that would be a great. You know what? I wish you would have said that to me before I went on the show. I wondered if because sometimes you watch it and you're like, how are they keeping this person? Oh, it's for an easy letdown later. No, I think it's just for good TV because the bad ones are always good TV. Right. So then do the producer say, like remember Chad, the real bad guy? like everybody ate all this meat and all that stuff like chat what a terrible human he ate so much meat but

they made him out to be the villain and I wondered if they kept him just to keep him does that happen or are you allowed to disclose that yeah I can tell you because I don't have a contract anymore but um basically like they'll say to you this guy's going to kill it for your ratings and like for your season like keep him around a little longer just because he's just like hilarious TV gotcha so they'll encourage you you don't have to, but they'll definitely encourage you to keep the bad guys. Okay. Yeah. But that's a good idea, though.

I just wondered if people keep the bad, like the losers for the free rise. So it's an easy letdown later. The producers like to make you think the losers aren't losers and you don't see them being losers in the house and you don't see the way they interact with people. So you just have this time and the producers, you don't have anyone else. You just have them telling you, oh, this guy's great. Yeah. And you believe them.

and then you watch it back and you're like oh son of a bitch so do you would you ever text the producers the show is over and now you're watching it you're in three months of witness protection and do you text and be like remember that time you told me he was a good guy and all this time you knew that he was actually punching people in the yeah every i think every bachelor and bachelorette can agree that when they watch their season back they get super angry at producers like legit like my feelings were crushed by producers of what they did i have moved moved forward now, but like at the time, I was like, how could you even do that to a person? But they're really good at their job.

And some of them are still friends and you got to do what you got to do. And it worked out. So I can't be too mad. Well, and at the end of the day, you've got a successful relationship. Exactly. So I can't get you better. And I think you're. And I've always thought about this that the drama that goes on on TV, it is drama, but it's not just, we're just watching it on TV.

A lot of that stuff does happen in real life. Yeah, of course. And sometimes love triangles and you really like this guy and you, this and that. So it actually does happen in real life. It just so happens that 10 million people are watching you every Monday. Yeah, it's exactly right. And judging you. And big time judging.

The internet was a scary place while I was on that show. I was just like, oh, man, I tweeted about Big Brother the other day. And I got somebody, I can't even say it on my podcast and I'll go anywhere. But I can't even say what they said to me. It was so bad. I was like, oh, my gosh. I hate people like that. Just screw them.

I can't. I just feel sorry for them. And like, I'm like, where are your parents? Like, what? Who raised you? It's nice of you to feel empathy and stuff like that. But I think, you know what? You're just an idiot.

Yeah, but I also think that. You know, such and such person is just dumb. Just you be dumb and I'll be me and move on. Let's write a song about that. Yeah. You be dumb, I'll be me. That's good. If it's meant to be, baby.

I don't know. It's meant to be. I just rhyme too. Well, hey, FGL and BB Rex had did it. I know. And that song is kind of a... Yeah, kind of a hit. It's growing.

It's growing. It might catch on. Who convinced you to do this? Or did you always want to do it? I always wanted to do it. I always see this. Since a young age, I wanted to have my own radio show one day. And I always pictured myself having, like, a studio in my home.

And now I do. Well, it's very special. And I have to compliment you because you're so obviously outgoing and bubbly. And I think everybody who's... watch your season or gotten to know you, you're so easy to like that I think it's a great quality to have in the world of media or podcasting and stuff like that. Yeah. And it's relatable.

Your roots, you just, I don't know. I'm really excited about this. And of all the interviews that I've now done in my career, this is one that my wife and I were very, very excited for. Oh, you should have brought her, but she's probably home with the kids. She is home with the girls. They're in the pool right now. Are they twins?

No, they look very similar, but they're like 14 months apart. Oh, they are? Okay. Oh my gosh. So sweet. They're at their home at the pool. Yeah. Can I come over and hang out at the pool? Yes, you can. Come over anytime. I'm very excited. Well, I'm going to Canada for like a month, but I'll see you in Alberta for the, what is it called Big Valley, wasn't it? Yeah, Big Valley. Okay, guys, one sec. Let's clear up a few things about secret clinical strength antiperspirant. Number one, it's not actually a secret. You can and should tell anyone and everyone about it. Two, it's clinically strong, which just means it's good at preventing sweat. Like twice as good as regular antipersers. that's why it's on the top shelf three strength is a cool word you don't really see it on a ton of women's deodorant packaging so we're like sure let's shake things up of it you know huh why not four sweating is like the worst four and a half not sweating is great so you should buy secret

clinical strength antipersprin we'll be back with more off the vine with kately bristow hey vinos if you like my podcast then you're going to love brandy glanville unfiltered. Join Brandy each week as she talks from the inside about pop culture, fashion, and celebrity gossip. She's sharing it all with the world, so don't miss a second of it. Check out Brandy Glanville, unfiltered at Podcast 1 and Apple Podcasts, and remember to rate and review. Now back to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow. Tim Hortons or Dunkin' Donuts? Oh, Timmy's, 100%. Okay. Um, A&W or Chick-fil-A? A&W, 100%. Pasta or pasta? Pasta. Because I I want to pretend I'm fancy.

Yeah, I know. I always just think it's Italian when I say pasta. Because I'm like, Canadians say pasta. That's so funny. Yeah, you know what? I wonder what they say overseas. It's pasta. They say pasta.

Or do they just call it by the noodle? Rigetoni. You and I were thinking the same thing. Yeah, I don't know if they call it pasta. They probably call it by the noodles, but pasta. Do you ever watch Family Guy? All the time. Have you seen the one where Peter gets a mustache and he thinks he

He can speak Italian, and he's like, Bibbidi-Bobbittie. Yes, 100%. They're like, Peter, you can't speak. He's like, yes, I can. And then the Italians, he gets it. He gets it. I love it. Poutine or home fries?

Poutine. You're saying all the right things. ketchup chips or ketchup chips? Dill pickle, actually. Is Dill pickle your favorite chip? Yeah, it is. Do they have Dill pickle here? I don't think they do.

I didn't even think about that. Yeah, I don't think they do. Dill pickle is, that used to be my go-to snack at 7-11. I would get chocolate milk and dill pickle So Old Dutch or Lays? Old Dutch. Old Dutch is my favorite as well. It's nostalgic.

It's nostalgic for getting old Dutch potato chips because there was a place called Little Dave's on Highway 28 in between St. Paul and Bonneville. And we'd stop in there and I would get deal pickle chips and Popeye cigarettes. Oh, Popeye cigarettes were the best. And the Big League chew. Biggie chew, absolutely, yeah. Oh, my gosh. I still can't get over that you were born in 90.

I'm like still thinking about it. I just thought you, I did think we were the same age. Yeah, I thought we were seeing. I mean, it's not like five years is crazy or anything. No, five years is. I just think, I don't know why I thought we were the same age. I'm glad that you thought I was younger, though. Yeah, I thought you and I would have graduated like 07, 08, 06,78.

Is it because I'm wearing a scrunchy? Does that make me look younger? I don't know. I mean, you always look young. Is that the right thing to say? Yes. Thank you. No, the scrunchy, I didn't even notice that it was a scrunchy.

But like, if you think about, like, have you ever seen my mom or just my dad? I don't think I've met your mom. I've seen her on the show. Oh, right. Okay. Both my parents look super young for their age as well. Yes. I find.

Okay, what was, I just lost my notes here. We were talking, like, we were going this or that or this or that. Oh, yeah, I was over that, though. Okay. But I love those games. Well, okay, you tell me one. Okay. Up all night or early morning?

Up all night. Nice. Okay. Country music or rock and roll? Country. Nice. Brunettes or blondes? Blonds.

Okay, good. I could think of a whole bunch of. I didn't even hesitate on all of those. Like, I really was like. Those kinds of things, I used to read those in magazines all the time. Yeah. And circle, you know, hamburgers or hot dogs or this or that or whatever. Oh, my gosh.

I used to love those little quizzes. Me too. Do you remember when you would do group emails to all your friends and you'd fill in the blanks? Did you ever do that? Uh, no, but I do remember MSN Messenger. Oh, yeah, MSN Messenger. Of course, the AOL for the Americans, AOL Messenger. Yes.

But I think we had AOL Messenger, too. I think we did, but. Maybe they had MSN, too. I just remember those group e-mail, those chain, and I would try so hard to be funny. Like, I would think about those emails. Like, I'd sit there for hours just trying to come up with the funniest. Okay, so explain. It was a group email asking questions or?

I'm going to see if I can Google this. It was like 90s email chain. Would it be 90s or 2000s? Or was it like, send this to 15 people or you'll die. Yeah. Okay, yeah. I know exactly what you're talking about. Question. Yeah, but I want to see what the questions are. Oh, this is exciting. If I see something, chain emails in the 90s. Okay. Chain mail and questionnaires.

17.com, remember that's for girls, I think. But do you like blue cheese? I do. Why? It tastes great. What flavor Kool-Aid is your favorite? Strawberry Kiwi. Oh, good one. Do you get nervous before a dog? doctor's appointment? Yes, because I've had so many awkward ones. Really? Oh, yeah. I be a doctor. Remember that on Family Guy?

When he's like, yeah, anyways. This is a funny follow-up question. What do you think of hot dogs? Oh, I love hot dogs. Is a hot dog a sandwich? No, a hot dog is a hot dog. Okay, but if you Google what a sandwich is, it's meat between two pieces of bread. Why isn't a hot dog a sandwich?

I think it's because it's its own. thing. A sandwich can have 500 different flavors of sandwiches. Yeah. Like, oh, I'd like a sandwich. What flavor? Oh, hot dog. No, you just want a hot dog. I just, I think it's become its own thing. It's graduated to become its own thing. I agree with you. Because same thing. You could say a hamburger is a sandwich. No, it's a burger. That's a great point. That's a great point. Yeah. Is cereal soup? No. Okay. I agree with you. Why? Are there people out there that think cereal is a soup? I don't know. Somebody asked me today. And I was like, no. No. Serial deserves its own category. I agree. What's your favorite kind of cereal? It fluctuates. Right now I'm on a mini-weets kick. Okay. Frosted? Yeah, 100%. Yeah. And my little girls love it because we call them hay bales. Okay, that's adorable. And so we eat hay bales and the frosting is snow. Do you want that? Okay, that's, I'm stealing that. I'm stealing that. But I love cinnamon toast crunch. Oh, me too. That's my everything. Rees. It's a bit much, but it's delicious. It's like a treat once in a while. I'm going to come to my house and like they do on the shows and just take all this crap out of the fridge and just make a thing of it.

That's right. So he can't. So he can't take that away from you and you can use that as an excuse for your cheat day. Okay. Yeah. What is your, I'm not asking you that. Middle name. What's your middle name?

Alan. Alan. Brett Allen Kisle. That's a good name. Yeah. What's your middle name? Don. Dawn.

Caitlin, Don, Bristow. And I remember getting so upset because I watched Full House and St. Stephanie Tanner wanted to change her name to Don, and they were like, oh, why would you want to name yourself, Dawn? And they were, like, making fun of it. Were they? And I remember being scarred when I was little, like, thinking my middle name was terrible. And they were like, yeah, why would you want that? Donda-da-da-da-da-don-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

And I was like, oh, my God, it's terrible. And then they're like, yeah, like Donald Duck, and they were making fun of my middle name. You know what, Bob Saggett, screw him. Bob Saget, your stupid sweater wardrobe budget. How much do you think they spend on their sweater wardrobe budget? I don't think that they would have spent much on like a wardrobe at all, I think, for shows like that. You don't think so? No, especially because they would recycle the shoes and the jeans and just it's changing different tops.

That would be it. Right. Or you could be like family. Or you could be like family guy and just Peter Griffin, white shirt, green pants. Every time. Every day. Every time. Wait, we haven't confessed yet.

We need to confess. Oh, I knew this was coming. Yeah, I know you did. My people, prep people. Do you have one? Well, it just depends on... Go there. I don't know if I can't...

Where do I go with this? And let's talk about... I don't know because I've got different versions of the same story, or I could go different confessional stories and then just like... Well, yeah, I don't know. Like, how deep do people go down the dark hole of confession? People will go anywhere from same. like I think Brad and Curtis said that like Brad like stole a car or something I can't why can't I remember their confession it was oh Brad put something in the microwave at his high school and it lit the whole cafeteria on fire and nobody knew that and they couldn't eat lunch in the cafeteria for like a year because of what he did but he never told anybody well and see I just think that's a great prank me too I was like eh that's an okay one but it goes anywhere from that to people like pooping their pants to people being like so drunk that's a

they made out with their Uber driver, like, anywhere from that to like, so you tell me what you're comfortable with. No, tell me what you're uncomfortable. Well, there's plenty. Cecilia and I were cycling through our stories because I'm like, she's like, you know that they do this confession. Confession. Because my fiance's name is Sean Booth, and so we call it the Confession Booth.

I like that. That's great marketing. Thank you. So if I'm in the confession, Sean Booth. I could explain it or I could just say we have a wiener dog named Charlie and while Cecilia and I are making love, he's no longer allowed to be in the room. Same with ours. Because does he hump things while you do it? Well, I'm like trying to ruin your story.

No, he doesn't, he doesn't hump. Okay. He gets excited. He gets excited and he likes to lick things. Yes, ours too. I know exactly what you're talking about and it gets real weird. So I didn't know that it was, I just thought something great was happening. I thought something great.

I thought it was awesome. And I'm like, babe. Hey. And I'm like, hey. And then I kept going. And then I realized that what I thought she was doing, she wasn't doing. She was in a different place in the bed. Right.

And then I whip off the covers and it's Charlie. This is amazing This is the kind of confession you tell her off the vine I looked at her She looked at me And I'm like And you immediately got out of the mood And I had to pick him up

And we don't have a kennel for him or anything But like so I put him on the bed And he hop back up and he's like Okay no I'm ready to go Let's go for round two And no Charlie So I had to take him into the next room And it's tough because now that

We never want to plan when my wife and I are going to go at it and have some fun. Right. But when you've got kids, you know that you have to do it within certain hours of the day or what, you know, one of our friends calls them nooners and they're great. So you do them while the girls are napping. Okay. I'm just still impressed that you guys got engaged at 19 and that you're still at this point having nooners.

Like that gives me so much help. Oh, my gosh. It's the best thing ever. You have to. It's so important for the relationship. I agree. Can I tell you something? a girl I know her sister is a sex expert and she her and her husband have sex every single day of their lives whether they want to or not they just make sure it happens before they go to bed and they are like so close they've got such a good relationship and they've never once finished and said I'm really upset we did that like it always it it ends the day well if they're like arguing or something it's just they force themselves to do it you know and I'll be honest that we were like that

that pre-kids, and it was. I'll just be honest, like it was, it was every day. It was just our thing. And it was very, very special. And now I would still say for people in our, our situation or whatever, or X amount of years of marriage, it's still a very, very healthy part of our lives. There is a very healthy part of relationships. And there's so many women out there with kids right now that are probably going to recycle the term nooners. And I feel like you just did a really beautiful thing for everybody. Well, and why do you have to, wait till 8.30 p.m. when the girls are in bed. Why wait? The kids are in bed. Well, you know what? My excuse is, I'm like, I like, I like, I like, turn the lights off. So you can imagine what I'm like at noon. I'm like, under the covers. Well, if it's under the covers, hey, as long as it's happening. You're right. As long as it's happening. You're right. And I'm a morning guy. But as long as, but that's the problem because then I know I have to lift up Charlie, get him off the bed or take him out of the bedroom so that I can go in and. Tucker's the same way. And I get like, Like, I get, like, embarrassed for our dog because I'm like, why would you want to lick that?

Like, what are you doing? We always have to put, like, peanut butter in one of those, like, bones for him and then put him out in the hallway. I got you. Because he's the same way. I'm trying to think of a confession. But it's so hard to do this every week. And I'm trying to think of anything that's happened in the last. Like, I seriously can't think of.

Oh, I know something. Wait, where's my phone? Have you ever been caught in the act? Because that was one, Cecilia, and now we're going to, we weren't sure if we were going to talk about that, but we've been caught. I've been caught in the 12th grade. That's another American Canadian thing. We say grade 12, and Americans say 12th grade, yeah. So this is actually, wow, this is aggressive, but I'm going to tell it.

Okay. It's aggressive. Oh, my gosh. So this is my first boyfriend in high school. Yeah, you're blushing right now. I'm like, I can't believe I'm about to. Have a drink. Have a drink. Okay. It'll be okay. I'm like getting heated over here. Okay.

So in 12th grade, my first boyfriend always wanted to go down. And I was like so nervous that I was like, I can't, like I can't do it. I was like such a little prude. I was like, no. And so one time I was like, I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. And so he went. And his sister had snuck her baby monitor. She had a baby. And she snuck her baby monitor under the bed. And she never wanted us to be together. So she heard that he was about to. So he went to go down. And she burst in. And he had gotten a bloody nose.

So she burst in the door. And he panicked. And he came up. And he had blood all over his feet. No. And so she was like, you guys are disgusting. And she thought it was that time of the month. No.

He had gone down and that she walked in on it. That's like a movie. I feel so sick right now that I just shared that. That's, why would she do that? I don't know. That's a funny story, but that makes me so mad. I know. What was, why would she want to do that?

Jenna. Jenna, why didn't you do that? And it scarred me. And I got a bloody nose. I feel so like red right now. No, that is a funny story. That, there's a funny story. Yeah.

That's, that's a, that's from a movie. That's from like a clocker's American pie. Yeah, totally. That's a Will Ferrell kind of thing as a dad with the kid. Like that is, yeah. I'm really glad I just shared that because it's a good one. It's a good story. I'm just like, that's, I don't know how many podcasts you've had, but that's.

That might be my best. That might be. But the, yeah, the confession. That is aggressive. That's a heavy duty story. It's, it's pretty good. But, yeah. Oh, well.

I mean, it would have been a lot more embarrassing if it wasn't a bloody nose. Yeah, but it was. So it's funny. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, that's... Here's some useful car tips you might not be aware of. A coffee filter and a little bit of olive oil can clean your interior. Removing excess weight like Tucker from your car will improve gas mileage.

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And I sent it to his fan club, which was Johnny Cash. Fan Club, Hendersonville, Tennessee, and I knew that he lived in Hendersonville because I'd been in Nashville a couple of times and I knew they lived kind of on Old Hickory Lake and kind of in that area. So I figured this might get to him. I wrote it in yellow lined paper on a notepad. Yeah. Put it in the mail and away it goes. Yeah. And I forgot about it. Yeah. In the meantime, I make my first recording on this cassette tape and we've got this big CD and cassette release party in Glendon, kind of our hometown. home village. And I didn't have to go to school that day. It's Friday, September the 12th, 2003. Don't have to go to school. My mom wakes me up in the morning. She says, I've got good news and I've got sad news. So what's the good news? She says the good news is your concert sold out. And to put it in perspective, the village of Glendon is 300 people. How old were you? And 13, just 13. So the village of Glendon is 300 people. And we sold out the RCMP Hall at 550 people. So we, like, doubled the population almost for our concert.

So I was so excited. And I said, but what's the sad news? And she said, well, Johnny Cash passed away this morning. And I was devastated. I do remember crying. Yeah. You know, I hadn't lost any relatives or anything kind of at that point. And he was my guy.

He was my guy. Oh, that's so sad. So I go to the venue. It's like after lunchtime and we're sound checking and getting ready, rehearsing with the band, getting ready for the big show. And my dad came home, he was a school teacher, came home at about 3 or 4 p.m. He had a stack of mail from cousins and aunts and uncles saying, you know, congratulations and whatever, this big yellow envelope that I opened up with shaky handwriting on it. I didn't, I wasn't thinking anything.

Right. But I opened it up and it was an 8 by 10 signed by Johnny Cash. No way. And it said to Brett, Jesus first, Johnny Cash. No way. And I got it on the day that he died. On the day he died. the day he died. So I don't know if he signed it five days ago. I don't know if he signed it the day he

received the letter, say May, I think June passed away like May 23rd, May 24th. Yeah. And maybe he received it on the first of June and signed it then. I don't know. But I got that on the day that he died. That's so special. If you ever come over to our place, I'll show you. It's hung up on the wall. I got kind of a Johnny Cash shrine and some really cool music. That was me with Michael Jackson. Was it? MJ was your guy? I had a shrine of him. I had a shrine of him. Oh, because I grew up dancing, and I always just tried to, like, mock his dance moves and, like, be him. And I'm like, that was my plan in life. I was going to be Michael Jackson's backup dancer.

Like, that was what I wanted to do. Yeah. Yeah. But I never wrote him a letter. But I should have. You should have. Oh. You know what?

Can't get that back. But no. That's a really special story. And you know what's interesting about Michael Jackson is that I think I'm pretty sure he passed away the same day of the Nashville flood. Remember when Nashville flooded in 2010? No. It was like a 100 year. Oh, I do know that, yes. People died. Like, it was like a crazy flood. But I think the story is that as bad as it was, newscasters were leaving Nashville because they heard that Michael Jackson had died and everybody, like all the national news was leaving Nashville and this national, this crazy disaster to get to L.A. because Michael Jackson had died the same day. And Farah Fawcett died the same day, too.

As Michael Jackson? As Michael Jackson, yeah. Why didn't I know that? I love Farrah Fawson. That was a big day in May. Wow. That's wild. But maybe, I don't know if you're like Janet Jackson or whatever, but maybe you could write her a letter. And be like, hey, I really liked your brother. You know, for what it's worth, I bet you she watches the show. Do you think so?

And I bet you she knows exactly who you are. That would be crazy. Everybody does. It's everybody's either public or guilty pleasure. Oh, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll never forget hearing like, actually it was, um, what's her name? Her name's Molly. She's Jimmy Kimmel's wife telling me that her and like Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Aniston, they would have like watching parties.

And I was like, oh, God. That's awesome. Yeah. Do you still connect with Kimmel at all? No, the last time, I mean, he's like tweeted me. But the last time was I went on his show maybe like a year ago now when Nick was the bachelor with Andy, me and Nick to make things really awkward. and Jimmy Kimmel had me on.

I was like, this is going to be terrible, but I can't say no to Jimmy Kimmel. I can't. You don't turn down Jimmy Kimmel. So was it awkward? Oh, yeah. Actually, no, it wasn't as awkward as I thought it would be just because everybody had moved on so much since everything. So it wasn't, but it was like, you know Jimmy's going to make it awkward. Oh, and he's going to ask the questions.

Yeah, yeah. I wish I could probably find it on YouTube. Oh, yeah, you definitely can. I had a really aggressive spray tan and people just ripped me apart for being orange. Which was fair. It was tough, but fair. I was pretty orange. No, I was pretty orange. You'll see. Okay. I'm like, we've been having such great conversation that I feel like I haven't pumped your tires, like enough.

No need to. I'm just the guy who likes drinking wine and loves my wife and my girls. That's all I ask for in a guest who will share very good confessions. Yeah. The fact that you're Canadian, your family man, you drink wine with me, and you sit and chill and talk about your wiener dog, licking your... Whatever. Yeah. Great times.

but I will say your debut single started with a song I have to say this because this is crazy was released on June 17th and became the most added song at Canadian Country Radio

in its first week surpassing a record set by Taylor Swift do you know that was the internet line to me no I just I just I had to be honest I'd forgotten about that

oh what that was like huge that stood out to me so much and you know I when the statistic came out it was in the hustle and the bustle of our media tour. Yeah.

And we go out and we meet all of these, everybody at radio and we make these connections. Yeah. And I was so surprised that it beat Taylor Swift as far as the most ads ever. And it was her, we are never ever getting back together. Which is huge. Which is a huge track for her. And then at the same time, it debuted inside the top 40. And in Canadian standards for country music, that is something that just doesn't happen and just hasn't happened.

So I'm very proud of that statistic. Although, to be honest, I did forget. about it. Even though 2013 isn't that long ago, it just seems so much has happened since then. That's the thing. I feel like as life goes on, so many things happen that time seems to go by so quickly because big things happen. And that's a good thing, but it's also very sad. It is that time goes by as fast as it does. But you know what? If there's anything about hearing that statistic, I think it's important for me moving forward to really stop, smell the roses and celebrate. Yeah. Because that's a victory.

right that's a really good moment and I it's huge well let's cheers our glasses I don't know if I really celebrated that so thank you what if that was me I would have been popping all of the champagne to celebrate that I'd be like and the expensive stuff that tastes

worse than the cheap stuff did you ever drink baby duck yeah remember baby duck of course of course that was my new year's thing that was my new year's thing same new year's baby duck or growers remember that cooler it was like in a two liter cooler no but i remember big bear oh big bear a two leader like a two liter of pop with

beer wait it was flat and it was awful yeah and it was always warm but wait we had talked about something like at the beginning of the podcast and i was like you know it like you know what's crazy knock on wood and then i didn't say it i've never thrown up in my whole career from drinking no way never that is a lie i swear what i swear to you i have never once in my my whole career of drinking since 12. And I've been like... You've never chucked. Never.

I've been close. I'll never forget. I walked in one time and my mom was like, Caitlin, you are drunk. And I looked at her and I remember seeing two of her and like closing one eye and going, Mom, my whole thing, I used to always say this. Mom, I only had one. And then I went to the bathroom and I was going,

and she's knocking on the door, going, I can hear you. But I didn't puke. I've never thrown up from drinking. And I keep knocking on wood because I'm. so terrified of throwing up it's like a fear of mine oh I can't do I never don't throw up when I'm drinking really yes you're like makes me feel better get it out of your system yeah there's that and then there's I just never know what's gonna happen and sometimes I can drink four whiskeys and no issue yeah and then sometimes I'll drink four and I'm like man I'm feeling wobbly blah and then you just do it

and then you just and then you rally and then you go again I know I've never not thrown up I don't have met anyone from Alberta who is not thrown up from drinking. I don't know what it's weird it's a weird thing that is so weird. I will always just like fall asleep fall asleep pass out before like yeah even back in my day. Don't you feel like trash in the morning? Yes. Actually no. Sean gets so annoyed. So you don't get hangovers either? Very rare. Very rare. No. Yeah. Oh, I don't like hearing this. I well I know and if you do then it gets worse with age but I have the worst hangovers of Anybody you'd ever know. I honestly never do.

Of anybody you'd ever, like I'm talking miserable. Really? I'm. That's very unfortunate and it really shows your commitment to the drink. Well, because I like it. Yeah, I know. I'm the same way. I love a social beverage.

I don't know how. Sean doesn't really drink like he'll have a light beer every once in a while. Yeah. Sometimes he will. Like sometimes he'll go for it. Well, because he has like a 12-pack, doesn't he? I know. And I guess that doesn't happen overnight.

Yeah. You probably got to cut back on the drinking. We're going to get you a two-pack by the end of this month. I would love that. I also saw that you wear a funky pair of socks every day of your life. Do you right now? Would you ever consider getting a funky pair of socks tattooed on your feet for permanent purposes? No, because Cecilia has a tattoo on her foot and she said it just hurt like hell.

It does. And I can't. I've got a few tattoos and I'm a baby when it comes. Really? The one of my ass hurts so bad. Well, yeah, I can imagine. Ooh, that makes me uncomfortable. Because, I mean, tattoos don't tickle, though.

Because it's got all that flesh. It's so meaty, right? But no, it hurt. Well, I have a tattoo on my finger and behind my ear and those, oh, and all my ribs, and those hurt the most because there was, like, no meat there. Yeah. But you're telling me it doesn't tickle even when it's on your tush. Yeah, no. That one hurt.

The one of my chest actually didn't hurt at all. The one of my arms were fine. But, yeah, I would never tattoo anything on my feet. it would hurt too bad. I have a question. Yeah. Would you rather tattoo your face huge on your butt or tattoo your butt really tiny on your face? Oh, I put my face on my ass.

Okay. Yeah. I wouldn't put anything. But the butt can be like the tiniest thing like it could. Yeah, I don't know. But if it was going to be a butt, I'd have to celebrate it. Like, hey, look real close. This is actually a picture of my ass.

And it would be like such a conversation starter. You'd have to explain it to everybody. And that's the thing. And if I was going to put it on my face, I'd do it like one of the teardrops, like, as if I was a gangster or something like that. I am a gangster. And then everybody. I have teardrops tattooed on my fingers so that I can do this. That's right.

Yeah. Because I'm a gangster. I heard those ones hurt a lot on your fingers, too. Luckily, they only took like 30 seconds, but it definitely has wrote endless love on her middle finger. And that she said that one really hurt. I can imagine. Did it wear off or is it still there pretty strong? You can still see it, but it's worn off for sure.

My buddy tattooed on his middle finger, Bert Reynolds, like the word Bert Reynolds, the name. So that he could do the mustache? So that he could do the mustache. And then his other finger says Magnum P.I. And then his other finger says something. I can't remember. But he has like a really good job. And he had to like dip his fingers in like acid and get it burnt off his hands because he was really drunk.

Okay. But so the job made him do that? Yeah. He had to get rid of him because he's like a salesman. Screw the job. What's wrong with that? I agree with you, but, yeah, you know, office jobs. That's something else.

One of my very good friends has a fantasy football draft, and the loser has to do something really drastic. Yeah. And my friend Jeff Simmons has lost it three years in a row. That is bad luck. So year one, shave his head. Yeah. Okay, so it's pretty drastic. But then again, it's for a guy, like whatever.

He's got really good hair, but shave the head. Second year, he had to get a belly button ring. Third year, he had to get a tattoo of the choice of the guys. And it was like the tramp stamp. Was it Jayden Smith, like on Impractical Jokers? They made him tattooed Jaden Smith on his leg. What did he get? I think I haven't seen it yet because I think it's coming up.

But I think the consensus is above his butt crack. They're going to put 25 cents. Nuh. That's so unfortunate. Does he have to keep the belly button ring in? for a year. Oh, okay. Okay.

That's manageable. I mean, those things take a year to, like, heal so that sucks. Yeah. So, I think he still has it. Oh, that's funny. Because he's, you know, he's a, you know, fit guy or whatever. So he's wearing, like, a tight, tight teacher, especially a golf shirt, like, underarm or something like that. And you can see.

You can see the stud. I'm like, what? Is that? Like, yeah, it is. Do you have an out of a belly button ring? Either way. I don't know. I know.

Okay. Last couple questions. First of all, you have to promise. me that you're going to go on Twitter and respond to some of your fans and I'm sure you do anyways, but to all these questions because I'm like, we ran out of time and I can't ask you all of their questions, but people really had great questions for you. I feel like we talked a lot about the things anyways. And sometimes I get around to asking questions. Sometimes I don't. But we had such a good conversation. I had a great con. Like, I enjoyed this.

Well, it's been, it's been a great time. Wine, laughs. Who could ask for more? Confessions. Your confession is next level. Next level. Next level. Next level. I can't. I can't wait. I can't wait for my vinos to hear that one because they will live for it. Yeah. And but yeah, go on Twitter and answer because a lot of people had great questions for you. But my last question was, what is a song that you've written that has, like, impacted you the most that really, like, just speaks to you? It's my track called 321.

And the reason why it's been probably the most important is because it was never meant to make it to the radio. It was just a song for Cecilia. and I, and it was just kind of like our story. And I just thought it was going to be our song. That's it. It was never meant to be a radio or a song for the label or anybody. And we did the track. And I recorded it just on like my voice notes.

And I played it for Cecilia. And she's like, this is great. I played it for my manager. He's like, this is great. Played it for these people. It's great. And it turned out to be my first gold record. Wow.

And it was never meant to, I swear to you, it was more meant to be. like, hey, baby, I wrote a song for us, and it's going to be our little song and just our thing. And then it blew the F up. And it became our biggest song. Wow. That's so, well, now I have to go listen to it. I did, I mean, I did my serious research, but I didn't listen to 3-2-1, so I'm going to. I hope you enjoy it. Or maybe, have I heard it on the radio, maybe? Probably.

Probably. Give me a little ditty. It's 3-2-1. I'm counting down the hours till we're driving round town park by the water tower. Then it's one, two, three. No, you got to get some sleep. So we say good night and I'm a mess until I see you again. I sang it fast, but it's kind of mid-tempo.

First of all, damn it, that was really good. And second of all, that's very sweet. But I'm like, man, if anyone just put me on the spot like that to sing something, I'd be like, no, no, I'm like not good under pressure. That was really good. Thank you for sharing that. I'm going to end this with a joke. Are you ready? Yes.

What does a farmer talk about when he's milking cows? What? What? Utter nonsense. I like it. I like it. I like it. It's a farm joke.

I'm like Alberta, you know. What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef. Yes. Do you got any more jokes for me? Why was the baby aunt so confused? Why? Because all of his uncles were aunts.

Ah, hey. That's good. That's a dad joke. Mm-hmm. And I also live for dad jokes. Or I always try and end the podcast with a joke. And usually my guest doesn't have any for me. So thank you for delivering.

Oh, my pleasure. Where can people find you, your music, you on Instagram, everything? Tell the people, everything. So Instagram is at Brett Kissel. Twitter, Brett Kisle, Facebook, Brett Kisle, music. The website is bretkisle.com. And then obviously, Spotify or Apple, you can find all of my music. And if you don't mind, I was nominated a couple days ago for the CCMA Fans Choice Award.

Were you really? Yes, I was. Oh, my gosh. Okay, how do people vote? So I'm very excited. So people can vote going to CC. M-A-fanvote. Yeah.

I'll put that. When I, when this comes out on Tuesday, I will put it on my page and people can swipe up and. That would be awesome. I love that. You are getting the dubs. And if we win it, we're going to get Stanley Cup drunk. Oh, with baby duck. Yes, with baby duck.

I will bring the baby duck and the trophy and we'll just get trashed. And we'll just like drink out of the trophy. Yes. And I will not puke. I'll see if we can get you to that level. I will not throw up. But I won't miss a workout if I'm working out the next day. We have big plans here, Brett.

This is good. Thank you for being here and sharing your stories and your lovely voice. Thank you. And I'm Caitlin Bristol. I'll see you next Tuesday. Thanks for listening to Ospa Vine with Caitlin Briscoe. Get new episodes every Tuesday exclusively on podcast1.com, the podcast one app, and subscribe on Apple Podcast. Who's done with OTV?

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