The Bobby Bones Show - BONUS: Bobby’s Top 3 Interviews Of All-Time

Episode Date: October 3, 2020

A listener called in and asked Bobby what his Top 3 interviews were from the show. We dug through the archive and pulled all 3 in full which include Jake Owen, John Mayer and Garth Brooks. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And so these are what I told her, and we thought we'd put these all here if you wanted to hear on back, because they're from all different years. So we dug into the archive and we pulled the audio from what I would consider three of my favorite interviews of all time. We'll start at number three. This is September 7, 2018. So a couple years ago, Jake Owen had been on the show a bunch of times, always a great guest. But Jake Owen, he brought donuts. He talked about what song he doesn't like to perform. he mentions the song Made for You, which right now in current time, that's his big single.

And so he's the best guest we've ever had, pound for pound. And so here we go. Check it out. Here is the Friday morning conversation with Jake Owen from 2018. The Friday morning conversation with Jake Owen. All right, Jake Owen's, I think, standing outside the door. Bring on. Bring him on in here.

There he is. Jake Owen, everybody. There he is. He's got some donuts in it. Come on. We're on the air. I'm told I was not supposed to bring food in here, but. We allow it.

They're hot. I mean, they are perfect. It's not going to mess up that old-ass board. Bring a donut. I saw you take a shot on my board on Instagram, too. You saw that? Yeah. We're on the air, by the way.

Okay, that's cool. That's what I'm here for. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I saw you. Listen, I've been complaining about my equipment for years. I know. I was just trying to throw you a bone, man. I thought maybe if somebody saw that thing, they might say, yeah.

Jay Gowings says. Even other people noticed it's, you know. I'm getting a whole new studio, though. When I signed my last deal, one of the deals was. One of the new board. Yeah, just a board. That was a parking spot in a board. That's all I wanted. What's up? Yeah, everybody good. Hey, what's having to? Everybody looks good.

MCFDIC over there. I'd like to see that going on. Amy, say how to Jake. Hey, Amy. Hey, Jake. Good to see you. You too. Let me see. I mean, I can't really see you, but. There he is. There he is. Oh, there you are. Hi, hi, hi, hi. Amy's on a screen and Jake is. Yeah. See that. Here, let's listen to this one. Walk with my name Or a statue in my Down to the honky tone That feels good a done now

I'm going to name their babies after me I might not go down in history But I'll go down to the honky tone I mean when you play this the first time Live in here I got a girl You played this before you released it You came to play the whole concert

And we were like, that's the jam Thanks fan People, you know I've released a lot of songs And you always hope that they're going to do well Because you believe in them when you release them, but you always know a song's going to do well when you start getting random text messages from people. And this song, out of all songs I've released, I've had more

fellow artists in the format that I never hear from that texts me. They're like, good song, man. It's almost like, I've done the same thing. You hear someone's song and you text somebody. You're kind of like, uh, why didn't I get that one? But I was pretty fortunate to come across this song. and I've always been a big fan of great country songs, and I think this is like the perfect mixture of a classic sounding song with kind of a modern flair to it. So it's cool to have it out. Thanks for playing it, man.

Video's cool too, huh? You guys did that downtown? Yeah, that was a long video night. We started filming at, it was a Friday night. We started filming at 7 p.m. and didn't finish until 7 a.m. They kind of do the overnight thing so they can shut down Broadway down there. Why does a video take so long to shoot? 12 hours, a long time.

There's a lot of people involved in making a video happen. I mean, everything from, you know, the people actually shooting the video, obviously, to people making sure that people that are shooting the video are in the right place. I mean, it's just like anything in life. You've got to have a bunch of team players doing the right things and making it happen. How many times you have to sing that through doing a video you think? I don't know, 20, 30 times. Just kind of.

And have the same energy every time. Yeah. But, I mean, it's kind of, you know, we're entertainers. and this video will live forever. So it's kind of for me, it's kind of like you better be ready to do it. You can't just dial it in. The Friday morning conversation.

With Jake Owen. So Jake's here. I'm gonna run through some of your songs. We just come out down to the hockey tongue. So your last number one. I think I was, this conversation with this song reminds me because I was shooting American Idol

and you texted me the song. And I don't listen to music early. Regardless of who sent to me stuff, you're like, dude, listen the song anyway. And I was like, I'm not going to listen. But the day it comes out, I'm going to listen. But then I cheated and listened anyway.

And I was like, dude, that's really good. And I was nervous because that's a classic. You had to be nervous. I was really nervous. I mean, I wasn't nervous at the fact that I, I've always had a strong intuition on the songs that I feel like will be, they'll connect with an audience. And I knew it would.

But at the same time, too, I've always, I respect the integrity and artistry of a guy like John Mellencamp. And my main thought process was I just hope this doesn't offend him. And when we got his approval on it and he said that he loved it, thought it was a great idea and it really is an ode to him and his music and that song. It was pretty validating. And now to know that it's a number one song, even validates it more, although I haven't heard from him. You know, I wonder, that's one thing.

I wondered if he'd reached out to you after it went number one, or if he even knew. No, I'm sure he knows, but I actually watched. There's a Netflix documentary on John Mellencamp, and he, I mean, self, he admits that he's not, like, a very, outgoing talkative person. He talks about when he first got big, he was living in New York City, and he said he walked outside of his apartment. There were people out there waiting on him,

and he thought to himself, I don't know if this is for me. Because he said he always made music just for himself. And it's one thing to just to be that way and kind of not be talkative to people and kind of converse with him, but it's another thing to actually admit it. And I respect that.

If you're that kind of person and you admit that you're just not comfortable being, around fans or talking to people. I kind of, at least, you know, he's not holding back. I wonder if he would have said, nah, I don't like it that much. Would you still put it out? No. You wouldn't have?

No, no. I really, again, I mean, I respect anybody's artistry and the integrity for their own music. Not even just the artist, songwriters. You know, sometimes a songwriter write a song and somebody gets a hold of it. So I want to put this out. But if the song is like, eh, I don't really know if I want in my song going to that person, Oh, that's a tough one. It's a tough one, right?

It's a tough one. Well, there's that one. Okay, okay, let's do another one. How about, boy, this one here. Made for you? This is my favorite song I've ever recorded. I love this song. I've told you that.

Yeah. I've posted on my own. I mean, I love these songs. It was like your song of the day, man. Like song of my life. I want to be able to, like, sing this to somebody. It's one of those. Yeah, I've gone through some, like, we all have, you know,

we've gone through ups and downs in the love life. Love is not easy. But when you can find the person you're made for and you absolutely know that positively there's no better feeling and uh and i'm i feel like i'm on my way there but i also see that in my parents my grandparents are still married after uh 75 years and um i think we all it's not a fairy tale it's out there it's just a matter of fine in it let me hear this again because i love this song made for you from jaco and i was made i was made i sounds good you can sing a love song because my other song, like this one here, I love anywhere with you, and it's a little more up tempo, but I still

feel it. Yeah, well, that's the interesting thing about love songs, is, uh, they're all over the map. I mean, love songs like, he stopped loving her today, all the way to songs like, I like it, I love it, I want some more of it. I mean, love songs kind of encompass all different feelings. That's what love is. It's, it can pull your heart around.

Here's a love song. That American country love song. Here you go. There's another one. We're just going up. We're going up with the tempo. You know what's kind of cool sometimes? I say this very humbly because I'm so thankful to have all these songs.

And I've been working at this for a long time, but there's nights during my show where I remember the days where I was like counting down to a song in my set list where I was like, thank God people are going to know this one. And now I'll be in the middle of my set list. I'm like, damn, I got some hits now, man. It's fun to go down your set list and go like, whoa. I'm not going to. going so many songs in between songs that people actually don't know. And it makes the show a lot more

fun. This one here's, this is your legendary jam that you have to play your whole life. Is this one? Oh yeah. Your whole life. This is all life. There's nothing you can do that will get you away from the mega of this song. Yeah, but I'm proud of it. I mean, that song changed my, speaking of my life. It changed my life. I'd had a record deal for seven years. And that song was my first number one song and I had four in a row off that album. And that kind of spawned a whole new life for me and a whole new perception of who I am, what I do. And I'll always be proud of that song.

I still love this song. Like when it comes on, we'll play in the dance party, we'll play it or, you know, watch a new play. Still, I go, ah, I love it. Yeah, like we do, us girls do at the club. Yeah, and we run a DJ place or something. We're like, ah, I love it. Yeah, yeah.

That's it. Let's see if we have any more up here on one. this one. How does this one make you feel? I love that song too. I mean, I'll tell you if I, I mean, I'm always pretty honest about anything and everything, and I don't have any songs that I don't enjoy.

Actually, I take that back. Okay, now we're talking. What song do you not like to play? It's not that I don't like to play it. It's just interesting to me that a song, okay, eight second ride. Oh, that's my favorite. Oh, come on.

Come on. Yeah. That's what you do. Give me that song, put that song up, because we played it one morning, and Jake texting me as like, dude, what are you doing? Yeah.

Well, I wrote that, my brother, my twin brother, we just had a birthday two days ago. And I was 19 in college, and he was so mad at me speaking of love songs, because I tend to always, I would write those because it seemed like it was just easy. It was a way for me to express my feelings towards the female gender in a way that I couldn't say it just specifically out of my mouth. I had to use a guitar and a melody to tell us three-minute story. And my brother was like, man, stop. He's like, write something for me and my friends that we can turn up in our trust. and my brother used to spit dip all the time and every time I'd get in his truck he would have that dip cup sitting there with a little like a napkin in the bottom of it where he'd spit in it and there was

just like this two inches of just saliva it was disgusting and he would always say watch out man watch out for my cup right there don't knock it over so in that line in that song it says climb on up but honey watch the cup that I've been spitting my dip inside and it's a people love do you sing that song live every night and it's one of the biggest song it's one of the biggest songs I play every single night. People love the song. I love the song. But this isn't,

I have a hard time sometimes because it's not necessarily my persona. Like, I'm not, I don't. Here, oh, haj. Come on! Yeah! Do you know how many times it's like in the studio?

I was like, all right, give me that again. Give me that again. I was like, come on! Did it a bunch? Yeah, that's, I love it. Three to four. I always think, though,

and I wrote about it's a jam track. It's a jam. And I wrote about my last book. If you're not somewhat going, ooh, I don't know how I feel about the older stuff that I did, then you're not growing. in a different direction.

Totally. If you're still like feeling what you did at 19, then you're still kind of 19. Yeah, and that's part of life. You got to grow. You got to look back on what you did. And, you know, dropping names.

It's not something that I like to do, but I do think it. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Name drop! I knew you're going to do that. Go ahead. But it was like, I'm just using his name as a name drop,

not that he said this specifically to me. I heard him say an interview one time. Vince Gill said, when you record music, It's a very powerful thing that lives forever. So when you record a song, you better be prepared for that thing to live forever and play it forever

and be okay with the fact that people are going to either accept it or not accept it. And that's a very true statement. Jake Owen is here. We're going to come back because I want to know about this new TV show you're doing. I want to know about you and Shania, how that friendship's manifesting itself. So you hang out for a bit?

Oh, yeah. All right. Jake Owen is here. Jake Owen's eating donuts as we're hopping on the air. He just asked permission to eat. I've never been so happy in, like, the last two to three months for, like, for, like, the last three years, all I've done is, like, try to eat healthy. You look good, though. You look thin. Are you thin?

I think so. Yeah, you do. What? Well, so now I have a question about the donut and the need for the donut. Like, if you've been on that healthy track, what's up? Well, I think it's all everything. You have to balance it, right? Like, for the last two to three years, I thought the only way to really get in great shape was to just, like, worry about everything I eat and go, go hardcore and everything.

And now it's kind of like, I just to treat myself to whatever I want. But then I get back to eating nice. I don't worry about it so much. And it makes me mentally happier, you know? There were days where I'd just like look at someone next to me driving in their car, eating like a McDonald's French fry or something. And I thought to myself, I want one of those so bad. I'm just trying to look good right now.

And then now I just run through McDonald's if I want to. You know what I mean? Live life. I appreciate that method if you can control it. I can't control it. Because if I have one donut, I have the whole box. I'm like, I had one. That's why I brought a whole box.

But I don't eat, I can't touch it because I'll eat it all. You probably have a moderation gene in you. Not really. Do I? I don't really know. I feel like if, I don't know, the minute I started enjoying myself doing the things that I enjoy doing, things just seem to, life seems to be better. You can't just always like beat yourself up, you know? But you can.

Look at me, for example. But you look good, man. See? Exactly. No, thanks. I'm just kidding. Jake Owens here. Hey, I want to ask about this show.

So you've done the show on USA called Real Country. Just kind of tell me what that's about. It's a real country. He's eating a donut. No, no, no. I was making sure I can get anything on your nice studio in here. I was told Barry. Hey, our boss is in here, by the way.

Say something about our studio to him. Rod, this board is pretty sweet, man. Like, I... Say your real nuts. He's going to punch me in the face. Say your real thought. Don't you love a clean? They keep it in here, too.

Isn't this place a dump? No, man. I mean, no, it's not. It's not a dump. I can't say that it is. Jay trolled me on Instagram, Amy, because the studio is so old. I just heard you, Nate, I heard you drop that this, you're like, could I get a board in here that works?

So I just figured I'd come to the rescue. The legendary Jerry House used this exact board. Yes, and you're right. He's a legend. And I was in the same studio back of the day talking, talking to Jerry. To the same board. On that same board. But if it makes you feel any better, I mean, I was listening all the way down here.

And every time, I mean, your show's, that's why you're doing, you guys are doing what you're doing, man. It sounds good. Let's just leave it there. Well, listen, enough about. this board talk about real country on USA this show when does it come on what does it mean what's it do I believe that real country is going to air November 1st I think no November 13th but it's been an amazing experience so far here's what I'm excited about let me start by telling you

real country is a television show that will be on the USA network that is not a singing contest the contestants have all been they they put in their their what's the word I'm thinking of not like Like, they auditioned, I guess, by sending in videotapes. And then we kind of narrowed them down to each one of us who we liked, right? Each one of us has about six different contestants, myself, Travis Tritch and I, Twain. And it's a showcase. We're just giving them the opportunity to step on stage and sell themselves.

Here in Nashville, any one of us artists throughout the years, when it was, we got our record deal, we were trying to get a record deal. We'd go to, I remember going to 12th and Porter here in Nashville, and it was time for me to do a showcase that night. and publishers would show up, other record labels would show up, radio people would show up. And it's at that moment, if you have the people there, it's at your point to sell yourself. And that's what these kids are doing and guys and girls. And we're just kind of panelists giving them our advice on what we think they should do.

The great part about the show is that it's strictly focusing on country music. November on USA, it's called Real Country. Jake Owens here. I like to look at my playlist sometimes and see what song of people I've played the most. What is, as I pull up your list, what is your favorite song of yours? that you've ever, that you've ever recorded. You're like, man, this is, this is my favorite one. Made for you.

It's not out yet, but hopefully one day it will be. You just played it. Well, made for you exist, which had been a single yet. It hasn't been a single for the masses to hear. But it's interesting when songs that haven't been singles are already coming back to me through the fans as songs that they're gravitating towards and they love the most. Yeah, man. That's a good, I mean, that's one of my favorites.

So, Alone with You is my most played song of yours. Wow. Yeah, that's another great, great song. That's a jam. I've got a lot. I release a single, I mean, sometimes releasing a single

doesn't always make it a big, well-known song. I released a song called We All Want, we ain't got, it was shortly after I... Oh, Travis Meadows, dude. Travis Meadows. Shortly after I was divorced, yeah.

And I remember, just listening to that song, thinking of myself, I remember kind of over-analyzing why perhaps I might have been going through a divorce at the time and my little girl living in Florida and thinking,

is my passion for this business and working so hard, is it also negative for the fact that it's taking me away from my real life? And so I talk to my management stuff about this all the time, as hard as we work on our business and our life going forward in this industry. We need to also pay just as much close attention to our own personal lives and put that much emphasis on it as well, because if you're happy in personal life, you can be happy in your business.

And anyways, that song kind of tells the story of no matter where you are in life, we always want more. and sometimes just got to look around because there's a line in there it says, I wanted the world until my whole world stopped. And I think all of us

have kind of felt that way a time or two. Did a great job with that song. Thanks, man. I remember you playing on a piano. We were in Dallas at the, maybe ACMs or something

and you came out in a full suit and played it on the piano in front of rain crowd. We'd wait at like four hours because it kept raining us out. I did. Yeah, and you came out and crushed it. Yeah, it was good.

That's it. Man, you really did that song. Great. Jake Owens here. Anything else we haven't. Dude, the podcast has been going great. Thanks for that, by the way.

Your podcast has been going, yeah, yeah. You've been killing it. Well, I hope so. I mean, I hope that it's showing that people are listening, but I'm just from my perspective, being able to kind of talk to fans and people out there that are listening on a totally different level than just through music. Yeah, tell me about the podcast that you can download. Tell them the name of it.

So I have a podcast called Good Company with Jake, and it's really, I have so many random friends and people that I enjoy talking to, but I really enjoy the act of positivity. I like promoting positive things. And I've talked to everybody from my grandparents on this podcast that have been married for 75 years talking to them about how they did it. I've talked to my trainer at the gym that used to be, he tells you he was a fat kid growing up and he was embarrassed and he was bullied. And now he's just in super great shape. And that's what inspired him to do what he's doing. And then the other day I was supposed to talk to a friend of mine.

He and his wife found out they were pregnant. 16 weeks ago, I was so excited for them. They're going to be the greatest parents. And then two weeks into their pregnancy, she found out she's got breast cancer. She's 30 years old. And they're dealing with that right now. And so I'm talking to all kinds of different people about their life experiences and how they look at life more positively.

And I try to do the same. And not only do I enjoy talking to that and giving it to the mass public, I also like it for myself. It's almost therapy for me. So I've really enjoyed it. It's great. Check it out. Yeah, it's called Good Company with Jake Owen.

We usually play some of it on our show, too. We'll find clips and play it because you did a really good job on that thing. Thanks. The other day when they couldn't do it, my friends, Ted and Jocelyn, I'm going to talk to them soon. I didn't know who I was going to talk to that day. So I talked to myself. I did. I did.

I did. I had to do it all the time. I'm nuts. You're not as nuts as nuts as I am. But I didn't realize how long I could talk to myself for. And it's one of the few podcasts that I've really seen a big. response to where people said I really enjoyed hearing that because you were really vulnerable and to hear that side of you is a is pretty cool look at you look at you all let me mention this

jakewa coming up so let's see september 7th champagne in illinois at the state farm center september 14th all our friends in sacramento a readily filled fresno our friends in fresno fezno ceptember 21st and augden utah dude i'm happy for you thanks man i appreciate you congratulations yeah lots of things are rolling appreciate you guys helping me get there. Anything for Jaco and Amy before he leaves? Anything on your mind? Nothing. I love how he's feeling about his podcast. Like, I definitely need to add that to listen to more. And now I want to go check out the one where he just talked to himself. Because that's not easy to do. And I'm sure it's awesome. And then, yeah, I just, I'm adding it to my podcast list.

You sold me. You sold her. Thanks, Amy. Good to see you, my friend. Yeah, good to see you guys. Thanks a lot. Jake on everybody. This is August 8th of 2017. When John Mayer came in, this was 2017. He was talking about, you know, he was in Nashville. He was going to stop by it for like 10 or 15 minutes, but it obviously went a lot longer than that,

which is great. I think both of us really enjoyed this interview. He talks about the one song he's tired of playing, his dog, and how he sees colors when he plays music. He also talked about the inspiration behind Amy's favorite song of John Mayer, Still Feel Like Your Man and that famous shampoo line. So here you go. My number two favorite interview, John Mayer.

All right, John Mayer in studio. Hey, dude. How are you? Dude, thanks for coming in. I appreciate that. Thank you for supporting this record and this song and giving me an opportunity to come in. You know, I guess we can start this. We were talking yesterday.

The last concert that I paid money to go to was your show. I saw you in Minneapolis, and we went up and watched that show. And I can't go tonight, and now you're like three blocks down the road. Well, you can't afford it? I can't. I spent money. I gave you tickets. I'm at the opera tonight.

Oh, cool. Oh, yeah, I can't come. Listen, it's always a cool reason not to come to my show because someone has a show of their own. We're having a debate in this room before you came in, and you may not want to answer this. Which song are you just tired of playing? I'm tired of playing Waiting on the World Exchange.

Boom! What did I say? Pay up! Why? That I would have one or that it would be waiting on the World Exchange? Did it would be that one? Really? Yeah. Yeah.

Why do you think it is? I have a whole different reason. Why do you think it is? I have a reason I'm tired of hearing it. Why do you have a reason? Oh, that's fun. Let's go. Let's bug it. Let's buggy. Here we go. I'm leaning into this one. Now, why are you tired of playing it?

It's honest to God, it's just a tactile thing. It's just after a while, like, by the way, you're going to be like, oh, well, I hated the message. I was like, I just didn't like the way it felt in my hand. It's right outside of my range. Like, when I had a vocal surgery, that I had a procedure. It cost me like two or three notes, and I needed those notes for waiting on the world to change. So I kind of kind of to sneak around it. So it's not exactly, it never really was the most comfortable thing to sing. So weirdly enough, like all the songs that became very popular are very difficult to sing for me. Meanwhile, all I wanted to do is like have a hit with like, who says a kick is don't? Just wake up at 5 in the morning and be able to do it.

And so I'm weird when it comes to hits, man. Like, I don't know what makes a song of mine a hit. I have a feeling it's like there's something in, like you do stand-up. You know, like your middle funny joke to you is your funny joke. joke to the crowd. I never know what jokes can be the funniest. It's the one that you're the least excited about. Like, it's your throwaway, they love.

It's the accidental or the throwaway, yeah. Because you're interested in the upper ranges of your mind. Like, how can I be more clever? How can I be more interesting? And then somewhere in your middle is where the crowd kind of grabs on to what you're saying. Like, the crowd probably applauds and you go, you go like, oh, that. Oh, you like that? Okay, because that really didn't feel like anything coming out of my head.

It's the same thing with music. It's like all the stuff where I'm like, oh my God, this is so complex and interesting and people are going to love it. Like they kind of don't. It's the stuff that for me, I feel like is a little bit, it bores me just the slightest bit.

And that's what we love. It becomes like, whatever I find boring in it, people find accessible in it. Here's the joke I'm thinking about the opera tonight. You tell me it's funny. I haven't used it yet. We'll have to bleep it out.

Okay. You see the guy that got caught, pledging himself with the movies, to the emoji. Yes, this is good. That's not that good. No, I mean, it's a good, it's a good. Right.

Everyone is freaking out about the guy doing that to himself in the theater. I'm just wondering which emoji he thought was super hot. Okay. So, so that's a setup. That's not a punchline yet. It's still a setup. Right. So then you break it down.

Is it the salsa lady? There you go. Then I go through the thing. And then at the end up with the purple. Yeah. There's a lot of places. The eggplant. Is it the poop emoji?

Right, but I don't think people are eating like that's funny as I start rolling through emojis. Like, I think that's funny. It's funny if you can break it out. And I hate that I'm on your radio show telling you how to be funny. That's okay, because I'll tell you what songs I think are. There we go. So we're all good. We're in a good place.

There we know. Where's your dog, by the way? Because I'll watch on social media. This is kidding. No, this is a real question. Does your dog stay in Montana? My dog does not stay in Montana. This is what happened.

I got a dog Wanted to have a dog on the road Road dog A dear friend of mine happens to be An incredible dog trainer She took my dog It trained my dog Turned into a perfect beast

And then I was like okay I'm taking my dog on the road Dog hates music Hates music He thinks it's like thunder Like thunder's so he's Trembling in the dressing room First night, I think Red Rocks was like the first place we were like, okay, well, I got a dog, let's do this.

Cowering in the corner. Also, like when he's home with me, if I pick up a guitar and plug it in and start playing it, he does the funniest thing. Like, he doesn't want to offend me, but he like slowly slinks his two paws, front paws off the couch and just waddles out of the room because I'm playing music. So it wasn't going to work, but it turned out that my dog trainer, she loved him so much. And she said, well, he's a part of our family too. so I'll be the mommy. And I thought, that's awesome. So my dog lives a better life than I do.

He lives in Brentwood, California. And I pick him up. It's like doggie daycare, but it's months long. How about this? The fact that you see colors when you play. I don't have synesthesia. Okay. That's word on the street.

No, people, somebody. Why would someone fake that about you then? Well, people misinterpret my metaphors a lot, which is easily done. and I don't have synesthesia. I have probably some interpretive form of synesthesia, by the way, is some people have a clinical, I don't know if I'd call it a disorder, it was a gift of sorts, whereby words and sounds actually are interpreted as colors in their brain.

I have it, but not visually. I'm pretty close to it. I have relative synesthesia. So what are you seeing when you're playing a solo? What are you seeing in your head? How are you numbers, colors, muscle memory, what is it? Shapes, colors, geometry. That's actually, man, you're a very good interviewer.

Like, you're asking really interesting, untrodden on questions that are exciting to answer. The way that I do it is tons and tons and tons of streams of possibilities, of shapes, what's where, where does it go? And I've done it for so long now that a lot of that data has sort of dissolved and it's all feeling now. I just know where it is. I just, it's very Jedi now. Like, I just know where it is. And it's, sometimes I don't know how I know. It'll be different every single night,

but I found some weird confluence of what I know and what I don't know, but what I'm pretty sure is going to be there. And it's more fun than ever to play guitar because I'm not playing it like a student of guitar anymore. John Mayer's here now. So I'm buds with the guys from the Zach Brown band and Clay Cook. And so, and I know the story about it. But you and Clay were Berkeley together, and Clay was like, you know, let's move down to Atlanta.

And you and Clay kind of had a duo together for a while, right? Yep, that's how we started. That's how I started right out of college, was playing in an acoustic duo. And so you move down to Atlanta. And so why Atlanta, of all places? Clay had family in Atlanta and said, I think we can. And he said there was a great music scene down there, which he was absolutely right. He did have family.

And he wasn't long about either, family and a music scene. So we moved down there and just. I started doing open mic nights and writing, and, you know, he, that's how I got my start in music, was following him down to Atlanta. We lived in Snellville, Georgia. Are you on the radio in Snellville, Georgia?

I don't know. Everybody's somebody. That's the name, that's the catchphrase for the town. Is it snail, like the snail, the bug? Snell, but it's pronounced Snailville. But it's Snellville, S-N-E-L-L. So you guys moved to Atlanta and you ride a lot of things together?

Yeah, we wrote, we had written, you know, five, six songs at that point. We're still trying to put it all together. So you guys decide to go your own different ways. That big decision for you to? Yes. Yeah. Well, no one's ever cared about this.

Yeah. Falling out. We had a falling out. Be creatively? Did you... Part of it. That was part of it. The part that I can attest to is that I have pretty...

Pretty big feet, pretty strong head. I don't think anybody could have been in a duo with me at that time. That's the part that I can take responsibility for, is that I probably wasn't extremely collaborative. I was, yeah, I don't think I, I don't think I was a strong group worker. What were your roles in that duo? Because everybody's got their role inside of a team? He was, and still is, hyper-musical.

incredible musical mind. And we were also, by the way, we're really good friends now. I've seen you play with them before, so I'm assuming now you guys are cool. Pure closeness. These are two kids who are the stars of their town,

the musical stars of their town, coming together, obviously seeing something in one another that they identify with, making music together, but never having really given over to someone else and probably shouldn't have, two really strong solo kind of mindsets,

coming together to collaborate and where I think if you're if you're still going well it doesn't add up uh put me in his life as a guest and it gets a little strange it's like two people sharing a birthday you know it's like he I was I I entered his entire social life you know and I think there was an identity thing of like wait what's mine and what's yours and and again taking responsibility for it um I have very big shoes I'm not necessarily subtle especially at that age he didn't want to mess around with young John John Mayer who just figured out that

the world is bendable and he's out to just destroy it but this is my new record the project that's the Lindsay L record so can we get a shot of my new record the project part of it was because you know they didn't really recognize me on the cover but this is who I

this is my new record I went by Lindsay L and can we play a cut off that Sure. Sure can. Here you go. So, yeah, so, there it is. This is a great recording.

You're asking me, like, seriously? Yeah, it's a great... Love it. It's a great recording. What's the difference? It's way you said recording, I just hear a song. The way it was engineered, it's... It's gorgeous. It's the best...

The gravity's the best record. Like, you know, it's a difference between the song of the year, record of the year, the Grammy's like, that's... This is quite a record. This is how spare it is, if I stop talking. Well, now I'm just going because we're so close. But really key into the record, especially the vocals.

This is Gravity from Continuum. Check it out. When I went to show in Minneapolis, you didn't play it outside. And I know you get that every show because you can't play everything. Well, no, but you saw me in the beginning of this tour where I was like, I'm going to just play whatever I want. And the crowd was adamant that I play Gravity. So we added gravity back in every night. And that's cool.

Look, it's cool to be that artist where, you know, they're things. that people identify with you so much that you have to play them. I dig it. And I'll play gravity every night for the rest of my life. That's a song I'll never get tired of. Amy, what's your favorite song off the new record? Oh, well, you know I have the one about... She doesn't know any words to it.

She just knows parts... Go ahead. No, I know about how. I just think it's really, really clever about how you keep the shampoo in the shower in case, and romantic. I think every girl sort of would want a guy to sing that. sing that for her.

I got sticky hands, man. It's hard. Hard getting out for me. It's good. But I mean, this song. No dude wants to have to write this song, though. Yeah, but he's being vulnerable. His songs.

Sorry. Enjoy it. You love it? Listen. No one knew what to do with it, but listen. I know because she told me so. What do? You give this song to, like, and this leads in the blood conversation.

Like, if you're a station that's like a AAA station, you play John Merman. music and all of a sudden Columbia is like hey here's the next John Merr-single it doesn't fit anyone's radio station but does it have to fit because I don't think everything has to fit radio I think nothing has to fit radio I'm with you man I mean maybe that's why we're still filling the places up with people's because I'm not following this sort of format rule you know I put mixtapes out I feel like so and you're here for a reason because you have a song and I remember I went to a show and I was talking and by the way Lee Lifesner is you're

You want to explain to who he is? Lee Levesner died in 1941 and has come back as a ghost to set things straight. Is that correct? Correct. Yeah. I don't know. Sorry. I'm just pitching movie ideas now.

Lee, for 13 years or so, like, Lee has been in one way or another with you. My champion of the stuff that I make. There are times he probably doesn't see where a song could work. and promptly stuffs that thought deep, deep, deep down inside him and returns back with the thought that this song can be huge and goes out and fights for it. I mean, there's a guy who, funniest thing he ever said in his life was about Still Feel Like Your Man.

Because I thought that it could change stuff. Like I always believe that a song can change a format. A song can change people's thinking. And we're backstage at Madison Square Garden. Columbia is there. And this is right before Still Feel Like Your Band comes out. And I looked at him. We had just finished a hug, but now we've got hands on each other's shoulders.

And I said, I really believe and still feel like your man. And he said, and we know that you do. And I thought that was just absolutely the funniest thing that a record company. Like the funny, if there was a Kirby Enthusiasm style show about my life, I would write that in and that would be in the trailer. It's hilarious. And we know that you do. That's a guy who can't lie, man. amazing. But listen to the jam.

Oh, I think it's the jam. Three days. Three days, I lost my mind and I was only thinking about this song. Three days in a trance. What are you doing a trance? You're only about bringing the song to life. I was in my therapist's office and I said,

I still feel like her, I still feel like her man. And I went, oh no, here we go. And I got in the car. I wrote down, I still feel like your man. And I looked at that title and I went, If we play our cards right, that is a major song. I had felt like, and I immediately Googled the title,

I still feel like your man, because I thought someone must have had this idea. Whenever I have a good idea, I'm not even excited about it. I get immediately frightened that someone else has already had that good idea. So I Google that good idea. No search results. That's when I got even more excited.

I went, okay. I'm actually getting right now, like, excited. My heart is racing as I talk about this, because this is about how you sneak up on an idea, like trying to catch a greasy pig. And you're just like, okay, there it is. Let's not sing it too soon. Let's not just throw some BS cliche stuff on this idea.

And for a whole day, I didn't sing. I still feel like you're mad. I didn't make a note with it. Because I knew that whatever I sang, I was going to start getting attached to. And I don't want to get attached to a dumb idea for Still Feel Like That Man. So now I just have sheets of paper and I'm typing. All different ideas about Still Feel Like You're Man.

man and I don't think and then I was in the shower and I was like could I do it like a prince ballad I still feel like you may you know no that's going to be shawl okay don't don't even sing it don't even sing it and then I'd already had written this idea this chord changes and then one day I went in the studio and it was the greatest luck in the world that this one idea that I'd written musically locked in with this still feel like your man thing and it became this like we I called it ancient Japanese R&B if you listen to it's like super staccato and clean. Do do do do do.

Like, I never heard anything like it come from me. And so for the next three days, I did nothing but enter like this. It's hard to explain, but it's true. If you can feel it, you're a little bit not on earth. Half of you is in another place. And for three days, I did nothing but bring this song into my life. And I listened to a lot of Marvin Gay. There's definitely like some Marvin Gay thing happening in the tune that I didn't want to block.

and when I was done with it, I had this really interesting jam that's hopeful, but also, like, has the saddest line I've ever written. I literally cried when I wrote, I still keep your shampoo in my shower in case you want to wash your hair. That's the saddest lyric I've ever written in my life.

Think of how much desperation is in that line. She's not coming to wash her hair at your house. It's over. But the idea of keeping the torch lit where you say, well, I'm keeping it there. It's like, you know, there's like this dog in Japan. And the dog had an owner. And the owner would go to the train every day. And the dog would follow the owner to the train.

And then be there at the exact time the owner came back from work off the train. The dog would be waiting on the train platform. Then one day the owner died. And the dog still waited at that platform for his own. owner for years until the dog passed away. I love that story. It is true. There's a statue of the dog where the dog once stood himself. And I very much, in breakups, feel like the statue of that dog. Not even the dog. I feel like the statue of the dog. Oh my God. It's a fantastic story. Yeah. Thank you. I'm glad you're here. I'm glad this all worked out to where you could come in. The day I came back from the show,

I was like, man, you know, some of this record sounds like music that we would play, you know, in this format. And I went, and listen, I'm not always the most popular guy traditionally in this format, just because I do things all outside of the box. But I was like, man, some of this record, there are a couple songs on there. In the Blood. Roll it on Home for sure. Yeah. I was like, this is exactly what it is. It's even more traditional than some of the things being played now.

Right. And so I was like, hey, why aren't we playing it? And so I played it and got screamed at it and, you know, it was the whole thing. But now here we come full circle. And you've had a little time and some other stations and other people have played it. And I think it's been embraced really well by people outside. And with you to thank for it. Let me ask you a question.

If you had played that song in the blood, without telling people that it was me, would they have objected? No. Right. And this is the truth, too. I can handle it, man. No, no. almost nobody I say almost

man, almost nobody objected that listened anyway the only people that objected were radio people got it no listeners were like

this song's not country this song is not anything they were like wow that's a fantastic song or wow I love John Mayer but we don't play John Mayor but that's what it was just a thing from the inside

it wasn't people that wouldn't embrace it that listen that consume it and that's the weird part I try to be a person of the people more so than a person of the industry I get you.

And that's why I feel so good. Like you said outside of the box, to give a sense of how different the world is, I haven't heard the phrase outside of the box. No offense to you. I haven't heard the phrase outside of the box in 10 years. Everything is outside of the box. Every possible, like there's no box anymore, you know?

And I think what you're saying is... There's a box here. Well, there's a box here. There's a box here. And, you know, people have vested interest in keeping the box taped up shut, you know. And I think it's very interesting, to say the least, that you're looking at it going, well, why do you have to keep the box closed? Because everyone else listens to music differently.

I have friends who listen. I put the highway on. You know, highways become like a pop station in the sense that, like, I work it. It's in my presets. Like, there are times I love hearing it, you know. And that just goes to show you, there's, like, when's the last time someone asked you what's on your iPod? Once the last time someone said, like, what genre of music do you like? It's all completely disassembled.

and, you know, thank you for being a champion of stuff that's cool and fits and saying, like, well, whatever your notion is of it, you know, let's try not putting that, you know, as a barrier in front of the song, you know. We're going to play it. We're going to play in the blood now. I appreciate you coming by. Thank you. It's not, not country. It's true. You know what I mean? I'm in Livingston, Montana. I live in Livingston, Montana. That's pretty kind. That's pretty Western. That's pretty Western. So like he's saying he fits in. There's a body in my backyard.

Hey, do you want to, Amy gave me this picture in like 2000. And an old six shooter buried in the ground. For my birthday, Amy painted this for me a long time ago. Hey. Like 12 or 13 years ago. Yeah, when did you only have like one tattoo here? A long time ago. And then I started doing silly stuff.

And it says say, you don't get to keep it. No, no, I'm a fan of. Yeah, she painted it. for me so if you wouldn't mind signing that I would love to and I'm going to put it back in my room where it has been for it's just a gift from her yeah yeah yeah it's like a lot of hmm say but what do you think um like as an artist as an artist yeah I think it's I could tell it was me yeah yeah I want that haircut bag we're gonna play in the blood appreciate you coming by I hope the show was awesome tonight thank you

And yours too. Thank you. I want to know how the emoji joke works. I don't think I'm going to do that at the Opry. I'm giving you my cell phone number and I want you to, like I have a home number. I'm going to give you my home, office, and cell phone number. I'm giving my cell phone telephone number and I want you to tell me how the emoji joke goes. And you can use emojis for it.

I will not do that at the Opry, but I'm in California. I'm doing two shows in California this weekend. Where are you going to be in California? Plug it, plug it. Well, trust me, I'd do enough. I'll be in Monterey and Modesto both, but a lot of TV bookers are coming out to watch because I'm rarely on the West Coast. And booking for what? For lots of shows.

Late night slots? Or would you bail on this dump to be on a sitcom? Is this what you're saying? I would not bail, but they are coming out. It is kind of a dumpy studio, right? They're going to give you cones. They're going to give you a reserved spot. You're going to lease a Porsche Cayenne.

You're going to live in Studio City. it's going to be great for you. Wow. You're going to shop at Whole Foods. Wow. Oh, I see. They're going to live the life. Dang.

Parked right next to Johnny Galecki. You're going to be on a lot. You're going to run into Mario Lopez every damn day. And forget about all these losers, aren't you? That's the goal. All right, John Mayer. Thank you, John. Good to see you, buddy.

Have you enjoyed this? You're great. This was great. This is great. Is this ironic? No, I don't do that. I wouldn't do that. This is like, we had a dinner and we're like already on dessert, and I'm like, oh, we didn't even really get to it.

I agree. We could have spent, next time you come to town or I'll come up to Montana. I would love to. We'll hang out with the dog. I would love to. All right. Here we go. John Mayer, everybody.

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BetterHelp.com slash Bobby At number one, February 23rd of 2015. This was the first time Garth Brooks came. Afterward, what you won't hear on this, the guitar, he had a guitar with him, and he was like, I don't feel like carrying this around all day, do you want it? And I was like, well, I was about to say I'm left-handed, no, but then I went, yep, sure do. So, he said, here, you can have it.

And then he signed it and handed it to me. And I still have it at the house. He was doing the world tour with Trisha Eaterwood. You're going to like it. It was also when his album Man Against the Machine came out. So we also get into how he still plays the hits, even when he has new music out. So here it is. At number one, the first time Garth Brooks was in studio.

Get your bones on. Bobby Bones. All right, in the studio with us, and this is the coolest interview I've ever done. We haven't even started yet. Oh, man. Because to me... That's pressure. Now, here's the thing.

You become jaded over time, and everyone on the show knows... I'm nervous, a little nervous. I'm never nervous. To me, you're the greatest of all times. Garth Brooks is here. You are what I have called endlessly the goat which is the greatest of all time.

In my mind that's who you are. Very sweet, dude. I'm on. He can't get better than this. No, he's leaving. He's put his headphones down and he's out. That to me, and still, that was the best interview I've ever done right there.

That was it. Garth Brooks is out of here. He's coming back here. Literally left the row. For both of us, yes. Hey, how are you? Fantastic. You kidding me? I'm Mr. Yearwood.

It's fantastic. Are you tired? Because it always seems like you're always somewhere doing 50 shows in a row in a city. You know, you're selling them out constantly. Like, are you tired? No. I've been, you know, I love my babies, love my babies. Greatest thing in the world is being a dad.

I've waited a long time for this. I'm not going to be tired for a while. I'm enjoying it. For me, I wonder when you go, let's say, for example, you go to Boston. You did five shows, whatever, in Boston. Do you stay in Boston all five of those nights? Yeah, we usually do. You know, we have pro camps there, too, also for the kids and stuff.

So you get involved in the city, get involved in how it works, find the greatest place to eat, take the crew there. We went to the movie the other night in Pittsburgh, a whole band and crew, went to see American sniper, a fabulous movie. But we do everything together, so we're kind of like a family. So do you, like, rent out the whole theater? Yeah, well, it was what was cool was in a mall. So I've never been in a mall.

You rented out the whole mall? That's Garth Bruns. That's all I'm talking about. That's why he's the greatest. He rented the whole mall out. It was weird walking through there and everything was just dark and clothes I've never been there. But they were cool enough to stay open after the show and they were very sweet. So I saw you in Little Rock and Arkansas's home for me.

It's where I grew up, born and raised. And so I thought, okay, I'm going to go back to Little Rock. I'm going to watch Garth. And you did something I've never seen at this show before. And to me, it was the coolest thing I've ever seen at any concert period. You started if tomorrow never comes. You took the guitar off. You didn't play guitar.

Then you stopped singing. and you just stood there, you didn't play, you didn't sing, and the entire arena is saying if tomorrow never comes. That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen before. I'm telling you, I've said it, it's not out of humbleness, man. It's not out of, you know, whatever. It's the truth. I don't think I need to show up at one of these shows.

These people come, they are ready, and they're going to party with you or without you, man. So you might as well just hang on. But, yeah, that's Arkansas, especially. If you saw the last night in Arkansas, That's why you get into this whole dream there. That was phenomenal. Now, was that, because that was the last night in Arkansas.

Was that a really good show, or do you say that about everywhere? No, no, no. Well, you know, we had a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and felt lucky for the Thursday Friday. It was fantastic. They were great. And then Saturday came along, and then there's just that thing that you go, my God, this is, this is what a laid awake and dreamed about when I was in college, you know, because these things come few and far between.

So it's a great way to end the year and just fabulous. And we hadn't been there in 23 years, you know, so it was, it was good to see those people again. See some of the faces that you remember, but see a lot of young kids too. Did you hear me yelling? He was loud. I was going crazy.

Yeah, I thought you were a girl for the first two or three songs. That was me. That was definitely me then. Garth Brooks is in with us. You're doing the world tour with Trisha. So is that too much time together? Do you ever, no?

No. Forever's not long enough with that one. Dang, look at that song. She's, she is. She's the bomb. She's everything you want her to be and more. And it's cool. Because, you know, the people ask, what's the difference between Turing now and Turing then? Well, the difference is Tricia Earwood.

Because then you try to find something to do with the other 20 hours of your day, you know. But now with your best friend, the other 20 hours of your day, every moment's like being on stage together. So it's good. So the album, Man Against the Machine, you know, you come out and I've been to the show. So for those that haven't been, you should go because it's freaking awesome. And I will say this, and we say this on the air a lot, is you don't play the entire new album. And I think that's cool of you because you know people want to hear the hits. You'd play a couple new songs.

It was great. When we were there, you played mom. Yeah. So, you know, it's like anything else. When no fences came out, you know, we had one album, which was, you know, the original Garth Brooks, so we played most of that, and we'd play one or two off no fences. And then when we'd rope and come out, you'd play one or two off the end. You'd play all of no fences.

And so it just keeps going. And so nothing's any different now on your song selection than it was then. It just, I'm the guy that goes to concerts. still. I still go see the king. I still go see James Taylor, see these guys. And when I go there, I want to hear their old stuff. That's what I paid my ticket for. So to go in and have somebody dump a whole new album that I don't know yet on me, it's just not my concert thing. So we put in the time to make sure we bring all the old stuff. And if people want to hear the new stuff, they'll bring their signs, and you'll play off that. Which happened at that show. Someone brought a sign.

You were like, all right, cool, I'm going to play it. So if someone's listening now and they haven't downloaded the album from your website, like, give me a couple of the new songs that you're like, Okay, these are new Garthbrook songs that I would love for everyone to hear. If you had to pick a couple new ones. Oh, man, I got to tell you, there's a song called All-American Comeback Kid on here that kills me. Like I said, we just went and saw American sniper. And All-American Comeback Kid is the theme track from that thing. It's just fabulous.

So enjoy that. Other songs, shoot, there's a lot of stuff on there that I liking it. It all varies so much. But she's tired of boys cold like that. things like that. There's a lot to pick from on this album. Very, very varied album because it's Nashville's album. Garth Brooks is here with us. You're up for a seventh nomination for entertainer of the year, which no one's ever done before. And the ACM's coming up. And, you know, I have a reputation for not being completely politically correct. And they always say don't pick

favorites whenever you do this. Don't pick who you think is going to win. And you're not going to say it because you're a humble guy. But if you don't win, it is a travesty. And here's why. You don't have to comment at all. No one's ever done what you're doing right now, touring-wise, in the history of country music. In my lifetime, I've never seen someone go and sell out continuous cities in the same place like you're doing. And if that's not entertainer of the year, I don't know why they would even have the award. So, that's all.

He's keeping his mouth. But that's how I feel about it. And as soon as they announced it, I was on the air and I said it that morning. I'm not saying it because you're in front of my face. I'm saying it because I've never seen, in my lifetime of seeing people tour and do shows and, you know, put out music. never seen what you're doing now happen anywhere else ever. Well, and not only is he selling out, but your energy, like, that's what I can't get over, is we were there, yeah, the last night of Arkansas.

So you've already played there, right? But then you are running around that stage, like owning it. And there's all kinds of stuff. Like you, I'm like, where does he get this energy? I don't get it. Like, I need whatever you have. Like, I need it. Okay, I'm going to chime here and tell you, there is something that we are the best at.

We're the best of anybody that's ever done it. Rock, pop, it doesn't matter who. Having fun. And that's another thing that I will say about your people. And you're saying we, and I love that collectively. I love when you went around and you were like, you know what? Each person on that stage with you, you're like, he's been with me for 20 years. He's been with me for 23.

Yeah, talking about that for a second. Because those guys are with you forever, huh? Yeah, they're great guys. So the rookie in the group's been with us. We just celebrated 20 years last November. That's the guy's going with you, the least the 20 years. These guys are great, man. And they are so entertaining and they have a ball.

And it's nothing. Because, you know, we play an arena. we play it all the way around. And you can't be two places at once. You can on the video screen, I guess. But you depend on these guys, like your right arm and left arm or take care of one side of the arena while you got one. And then you switch or you do it together.

And these guys are really having fun. And I believe I'm grateful. I believe in the 90s. I didn't take anything for granted. I really do. But I got to tell you, I'm a thousand times more grateful for this run just to get to do it again. So you talk about the 90s, and we meet a lot of new artists to come in and we get to hear them. What was like to come up for you?

And was there any like, oh, man, this guy, this is not good for country music when you came in because you were different. Like, did you get a lot of that too when you first started? Sure. It's weird to kind of become the traditionalist. I mean, that's really strange that you're the guy with steals and fiddles. When you started out, you were the, you were the guy that wasn't the traditionalist. So country music changes, all music changes. and it keeps going through its phases, all of it good.

Because if we don't have change, man, it's going to get stagnant. And the truth is, I'm sure Hagger and Jones, which are my guys, which I worship and love, said, oh, Garth Brooks, what a punk. You know, that's just how it is. Did you hear, man, Garth Brooks is ruining country music? Did you ever hear that when you were a young guy starting out and you got so big? Yeah, from my band mostly. No, no, but yeah, you heard it.

You heard everything. You hear all the good, all the bad. And so the thing about this, especially now with social media, Twitter and stuff, you see all the good, all the bad. And you're thankful for the good and the bad stuff. You take it like a grain of salt and go. Do they have a point if not let it roll up? Garth Brooks is here. We're going to hang out.

We're going to hit a break. We're going to come back. More in a second. Everybody hanging out? Back to more guard after this. All right, don't mind me. I'm just sitting here, chatting during commercial break with Garth Brooks. Don't mind me.

All right, all right. Talk about college. Garth Brooks is here, by the way. All right, so before you moved to Nashville, like, what was your plan in life before you became like the greatest? My plan in life was to somehow get to do this for a living. It was always, you're always going to be some sort of a writer or performer, always. No, no, no. I want to be a professional athlete.

And the only thing that stopped me was my athletic ability or lack of, I guess. So that stopped me. How good were you until a point? Never good. I was great in shorts. I was great the day before the games. But like in what? Like baseball?

I remember you was in everything. So you're in everything. You're in baseball, basketball, track, football. Nice. When you go to Padres camp, this I'm a huge fan, so I'm going to geek out on you for a second. When you go to Padres camp, was it like crazy to stand in with those professional athletes and see just how good they are? They had you. They had you so well coached.

It wasn't the fact whether you could hit it or not. It was where you were going to hit it where they weren't. And that's the toughest part of baseball. Making contact, you can do that pretty much. Of course, I never got to face the Johnsons or anything. But, you know, my first pitch I saw was over 95 miles an hour, and you're ready for it. But it's hitting it where they're not, where they're not, is the toughest part. So you were able to hit 95 mile per fastball?

Yeah, I'm not very hard. But yeah. And just the fact to touch it. Yeah, they were sweet to me. So I think I carried my bat back myself about three times And my whole time with the Padres. So I was proud of that. But getting on base was tough.

It might have been my speed or lack of it that kept me from that too. When you get thrown out of first from the outfield here, you're dragging a refrigerator, you know. Garth Brooks in with us right now. What do you do? You're on the road, you know, all day long. What do you do for fun in the daytime? I hang out with the guys.

When I get back here, I do things to try and kill myself. Chainsaw, tractor, all that stuff. I love that stuff. So I get out and just pull fence or just cut roads on a dozer, all that stuff. That's fun to do. And then getting to ride again, just starting to trust your pen again. I didn't do that very much on this first album, but starting to get to ride again, starting to get to see Kent Blazy's face every day,

starting to get to see these younger kids faces every day and see the dream in their face. Like when I first got here, that's infectious. So this is something that I haven't done myself in years Because I feel like it's very unprofessional It's super unprofessional But would you sign a guitar for me Make it out to me?

Well, sure No, no, is it weird Am I stepping over the line of being cool? I don't know, man, you've been very sweet to me You've got them all in serious If you want the one I played in Arkansas The night you were there, I'll get that Stop it

Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! I was kidding I'm about to lose it Like I seriously just got You know how the person walks in the house after a home makeover, and they're like, oh my goodness, my house has been made over. That's the feeling I just got inside my bones.

I know. Like, I had goosebumps inside my body. I felt the goosebumps, yes, from you. Now, you wouldn't make that up, right? And just go buy one real quick and go, this is the one from Arkansas. I'm kidding. I wouldn't know where that guitar was. Oh, what? Wait.

Oh, no. Dang. Okay. I'm so, like, emotionally confused right now. Do we need to go to break? So if I bring one in, would you make it out to me? I'd be happy to, but I'd rather give you one that I play.

Wait, I don't understand. I don't understand. I don't know what to do. I mean, that guitar, who knows who that guitar is? So you're really going to give me one that you play? Or is this another joke? No, no, no. No, no.

I'll get you one. I'll get you one that I play. If you want, come to another show and you'll see that one, and I'll give it to you during the show. Oh. That way you'll know. That way there's no jokes. One, I believe you, too. My heart is hurt.

It's confused on what's happening right now. Are you really, Garth Brooks? Pull the mask off of this guy. Pill it back. Let me break it down. You are going to get a guitar signed by Garth and played by Garth. We just don't know for sure. Is it unprofessional that I asked?

I'm asking you. No, I don't think so because honestly you have a collection of guitar. It is condo. He's got a collection of guitars hanging on the wall that are signed by all your favorite people. John Mayer, Cheryl Crowe, Dirk's Bentley, like a lot of things. So I think adding Garth's the collection. No, I'm taking them all down and just putting gross up.

I'm going to say back up again. Now, how big is this? No, I... Sometimes I'll get it as a gift for someone. Someone will give me... With all the lyrics written on it, whatever. Anyway, here's a thing. Would you mind, because I know you're here a lot,

coming back, we do this thing called Joy Week, and it's all about spreading joy. Would you mind coming back in a couple weeks and playing a couple songs for us then? Yeah, man, you can't spread enough joy. So good for you for doing that. We need good news. We need to believe in ourselves,

and that's a great. I'll do whatever you want for that. So that's a, yeah. So you'll come back. You bet you. All right. Garth Brooks will be back. Everybody, clap your hands.

We're going to send them out now, but we'll see them again in two weeks or a week. Next week. End of next week. Yeah, it's not far. First week of March. Hey, thank you. It's been awesome for me. This has been really a great experience.

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