The Bobby Bones Show - (Fri Early Bird) Kenny Chesney Shares Special Moment He Met George Strait + Fun Fact Friday! + Mailbag: Family Does Not Like Boyfriend

Episode Date: November 10, 2023

Amy had a one-on-one interview with Kenny Chesney, and he shared the special moment he met George Strait, his musical heroes he calls friends, how HARDY sent him his new song and more! Then, we share a new round of interesting facts in 'Fun Fact Friday!' Mailbag: A listener has been with her boyfriend for three years and they plan on getting married, but her family does not approve of the relationship because of cultural differences. She wants to know how she can stand up for her boyfriend without ruining her relationship with her family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe, on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I got you. And I'm Ago Wadom. My next guest, it's Will Ferrell. Woo, woo, woo, woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever. He goes, just give it a shot.

But if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar. of, you know, the cat just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to thanks dad on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcasts. Friday show, Morris, studio. Morning. Coming up, Kenny Chesney, coming up, Miranda Lambert. We got a big show today. But let's go around the room. Share with me what you have found this morning. Eddie, you go first.

Guys, you know me. I love science. And I just saw an article, crazy article. that by the year 2025 we may not be able to see Saturn's rings. The rings that we know Saturn for. How many times you guys seen them? I mean, every time you look at a picture, right?

You can still look at that old picture. Picture will still have them. Yeah, but the planet's not going to have rings anymore. That's crazy. You're just not going to be able to see them from Earth. Well, yeah, but still enough. But I already couldn't see them from Earth. Exactly.

That's like telling me, hey, you'll never, in the whole history of the world, be able to meet Elon Musk again. And I'd be like, well, I'd never been to begin with. So it doesn't really hurt that much. I see what you're saying. I see what you're saying. But still, if you get a telescope and you look through it, you'd see the rings today. But in 2025, no longer.

Thanks, man. Really interesting. Thank you. I had no idea as we're so boring until you brought it up. I mean. Okay, guys, just because you think science is boring? I don't think science is boring. That's on you.

Okay. Lunchbox, can you beat that? Oh, I can beat it. And it's from last weekend at a football game. Texas Southern University, this tuba players playing in the band. And this guy starts... Do a better tuba than that, though. That's a little.

Yeah. Blowing some song and this guy starts heckling him. And as he's playing the tuba, boom, boom, boom, knocks him out cold and keeps on playing. This guy got in his face to make fun of him like heckle him. And the guy's like, I'm like, like hard crosses. Is there his video of this? Yeah. Oh, it's awesome, dude.

And the guy takes the first shot in stands and he's like, wait, by third shot he's out. He's down. Yeah, he's down. He's down on the ground. It was so freaking funny. I thought he'd pick on the tuba player. Didn't happen. Amy, what do you have?

So there's a dermatologist on TikTok that is saying, hey, guys, if you have a beard, make sure you are cleaning it every time you're in the shower or if you're not taking a shower, wash your face and clean your beard. And right now, Scoopis Steve has a beard. Ray has a beard. Lunchbox kind of has a beard. Eddie sometimes has a beard. And there's...

Some people say Caitlin's my beard. Right. A little different. Well, all these guys are. married and the problem is when you're kissing someone they're getting all that bacteria and then sometimes it can even cause a little

rash on the chin it's called impetigo and women are dealing with and they're having to get like prescription cream because then the bacteria is infecting the like well if the guy if the beard is not clean and it has the bacteria in it and then you're kissing and it

kind of rubs that skin a little bit and then it's raw and then the bacteria gets in there it's causing impotigo A lot of ifs, I'll be honest with you. So every time I kiss someone, my wife, and she gets that red, like, rash on her chin. That could also be from rubbing. That's what I always think. Or it means, like Amy says, you're impotent.

No, no. That's not what she said. When y'all take a shower, do you wash your beard with soap? Soap, yeah. Okay, good. Like whatever I wash my face with, that's what I do. That's a good tip. I got a question.

When you take a shower, do you wash your armpit hair with soap or shampoo? Soap. I don't shampoo my arm. Is that really a question? I shave most my armpit hair with a... Let me add to that. Do you put conditioner on your armpit hair? No.

Did you put on your regular hair? Yeah, because the regular hair, people see it. I just... Random question. Yeah, very. Okay. Thank you. Both of mine are... You have two, but they're the same category.

It's holy crap, that's big, okay? Oh. So when I have to say it, when I point out you, go, holy crap, that's big, okay. From Fox News. A 14-pound 8-ounce baby. Holy crap. That's big.

Was born last month in Canada. I didn't even hear the story. Say it again. A 14-pound baby. A 14-pound 8-ounce baby was born last month. Wow. Holy crap. That's...

I didn't point, though. No, I didn't point. Oh, I thought you pointed. That's the heaviest baby born since, like, 2012. And the heaviest of the hospital is like 2010. But imagine that. 14 pounds, eight ounces. Holy crap, that's big.

Yeah. Poor mom. Yeah, I mean, she had to give birth. to that. Mm-hmm. Yeah. He was 55 centimeters long. And I also think...

Holy crap, that's big. I don't know what that means, really. Me either. That's why I didn't point on that one. But I also think about how that much that baby's going to take to breastfeed. That's going to be a lot. He was, again, 14-8. His other brothers have all been born at over 13 pounds.

Holy crap, that's big. My baby was 10. Oh, yeah. Our second one. That doesn't really sound big right now. It is big, but yours isn't as big as mine. No, okay. Yeah.

That's what she said. Yeah, thank you. Well, no, that was the whole point. Amy. You didn't have to really do that. A nine-foot alligator. Holy crap, that's big. Yeah, a bitter woman's face in Florida.

What? Is she going to be okay? Holy crap, that's messed up. You guys didn't even do the holy crap that's big except for Eddie. I pointed. A nine-foot gator. Holy crap, that's big. Yeah.

She was snorkeling with a friend in a recreation area. No. A nine-foot gator. It's a monster. Not only is it a monster. Holy crap, that's big. This nine-foot gator attacked her bitter forehead. This is from Fox 35 Orlando.

A photographer nearby happened to snap photos of the immediate aftermath. The alligator is still lurking behind them. She is not dead. She said I ripped the mask off. I turned to see two little eyes sticking out of the water. She said a nine-foot gator came out of nowhere. Her friend Shane said he heard a rush a water, saw the gator, and he turned around, but he couldn't even react because it happened so fast.

She said, it didn't hurt that bad in the moment. And then when she got back and she saw the punctures on her head, and she didn't die. But if a nine-foot gator, he gets her. you most of time you're probably going to die. Yeah. But that's a big gator. Holy crap, that's big.

There's go. Wow. Yeah, Eddie, your story is by far the worst of this. You guys just don't like science. It's okay. I do like science. It doesn't sound like it. Because I gave you a good science story there.

I wouldn't say it's good. I wouldn't say it's good at all. Let's open up the mailbag. You send an email and we read it all the air. It's something we call Bobby's mail bag. Hello, Bobby Bones. My boyfriend and I have been together for three years. We're planning to get married.

However, my parents don't approve the relationship due to cultural differences. They want me to end things and find someone more suitable. My boyfriend is kind, loving, and we're great together. I don't want to lose them, but I don't want to be estranged from my family either. I'm torn. I don't know how to navigate this situation. How can I stand up for my boyfriend without ruining my relationship with my family? Signed daughter in distress.

Okay. Here's the easy answer here. If you end up ending a relationship because of something that your parents believe in, not you, you want this relationship with your parents, but you're going to resent them. If not now, you're going to resent them big time later. And later, it's going to be even worse than it would be now. This is one of those situations when you are a young adult where you have to figure out who you are. And sometimes it's uncomfortable to be who you are because what's comfortable is the same. And the same is not always the right answer. I don't know what the cultures are. I don't know what the differences are. No idea what that is. All I'm saying is just because your parents want it. First, I would ask them, why?

And if it is just a culture thing, then, okay, that's not for me. It's not for you. You're going to be so upset at them years later. if it's like they know he's a bank robber or something different. That's different, but I would just let them state their peace if they're old, old people have older

thoughts that are wrong. But they'll die soon. Stop! What? You know what? Wow. Wow. And then we can move on and everybody be happy. No chance you should break up with anybody friendship, relationship, because the cultural difference is if you don't want to break it up because somebody else

wants you to do it. You just shouldn't. If it's on your heart and That's on you, but don't do it because somebody else wants you to do it. Don't do it. That's sacrificing your own happiness to please others. You will resent your parents so much. But that's good because I'm wondering what the answer would be to that question. Why?

Why? Why not? And let's see how honest they're about to be. Yeah. No, be for real. That's why I say, be for real. And then when they're not for real and they don't have a good answer, okay. I choose not to take your advice.

But if it's something like, yeah, he killed three people. We know that and we just want you to not be with them. That you should listen to. But then you follow up and prove it. But if it's culture, yeah. I feel like even there's like culture. I'm thinking back to like in college, one of my boyfriends was Catholic.

And I don't know so much. I mean, my dad definitely didn't care about that. Listen, wait for it. I know. I know. It's weird to think about now. But it's just the type of, you know, church that I was in. I've said nothing.

I'm just looking at Amy. I know. All I was going to say was within the Christian community. it's not really that culture. No, no, no. But it is, though. I know, but it's fundamentalist, like, type where I was. And so my mom so much didn't care, I know my dad didn't,

but I know there was whispers at church. Amy's standing in Catholic. You know, like it was a thing where I thought. And so then I started to think, you know, and then I went to Mass with him, and I felt like, why not supposed to read here? Which, FYI, if you go to Mass, and you're not technically Catholic, don't go do communion.

Yeah, you're not allowed to do that. Yeah, I did that. What about? If it would have been like a Jehovah's Witness or LDS. Oh, that would have been probably been worse. Like, I get it. But I mean, I'm just saying, yeah, you look in the Christian faith and it's like the culture things can be broken down and broken down and broken down and broken down. And there's all these little tiny compartments.

Or for that matter, some people. He's Baptist, not Southern parents. Right, right. So you broke up with him because they didn't like him? No, I didn't. No, he broke up with me. With the Bubba straight? No.

Oh, that'd be cool. But another example of this might be, you know, you bring somebody home and they're not part of the political party that, your family is in. It's like, oh, they, you know. Don't do anything for your family. Right. If it's just for your family. You have to do it for yourself.

Thank you. You don't even get this one life. That's right. You only get one shot. One opportunity. Yes, mom spaghetti. I'm sweater already. All right.

Close the mail bag. We got your email and we read it on the air. Now it's about to close Bobby's mail bag. It's almost time for Fun Fact Friday and I got music fun facts. I'm going to give you one pre. We're pregame. as your kids would say. I like that.

The village people, what's their most famous song, Amy? YMCA. Correct. So they go on American bandstand. They don't have the hand movements as part of their act. The crowd starts to do YMCA as they're singing it.

So they're like, oh, that's cool. Let's put it in the song. So then they, yeah, the crowd's, the village people never plan to do the arms. How did people just think of that? I don't know. That quickly. I don't know.

Just say YMCA. What? Oh, yeah, it's natural. I do my hands. I didn't even mean. too, yeah. How about that one? That's pretty fun, right?

That's what this next segment's all about. Let's go. Amy, you're first. You're about one centimeter taller in the morning when you first get up than when you go to bed. Gravity? Yeah, well, it's because during the day,

the soft cartilage between your bones get squashed and compressed, I assume from, yeah, gravity. Dang. So you should measure yourself. Next time I go get a driver's license, I should stay in bed the whole time and lay down until it's time to get up.

They're six, too. Go early in the day, yeah. lunchbox. Pforia is the sense of release as bladder pressure lessens as a result of the stimulation of nerve endings in the urinary system as you go pee. Yeah, you needed to say nothing else except P4ia. I knew it exactly. I like P4ia. Me too. Pforia is amazing. That's P4ia. I mean, that's automatic, right? Going, oh. Especially like when you've got to run to the bathroom, like when you're holding it, holding it, holding it, and you're on a road trip, you pull over and you run. Anything on there on Poo for you?

I'll find that for next week. There's no really, when that happens. Yeah. If you never had, yes, it is. All right. Eddie. So 3% of the Antarctica glaciers are made of penguin pee. Wow. Yeah, because I guess freeze over.

Those high temperatures make urine freeze, and then it turns into mold, and then that's part of the glacier. Man, you know what? That made the best one you've ever brought. Thank you, dude. No, he, because it's about pee, dude. Oh, I got it.

And you should have sent that my way. Morgan? You know those lufas people have in their back? By people you mean me, yes? Yeah. If you have one, lufas are actually vegetables. They're distant relatives of melons and squash.

So before they reach maturity and become the lufa you use, they are also edible. They're the sponge lufas. I thought that was a thing that Bath & Beyond made up. No, no, because my thing doesn't feel like a vegetable. You can eat your lufo. It's got a rope in it. Is the rope vegetable?

Hey, don't eat the lufth. I would bet the kind you have is not the vegetable. It's before they reach, when they reach maturity, they become the lufa that we know that people use. on their bodies. But before that, they're edible. There's multiple stages of the vegetable. But mine's not edible.

Yours is not. Yours is like plastic. The hot pink one that you have is not edible. I was wondering, is that dragon fruit? I'm always confused by the dragon fruit. Okay, so I have two of these. We'll start with Brown-Ey Girl by Van Morrison. Yes.

You know the song? Yeah. A brown-eyed girl. Was it originally the title? Do you know the original title? You're my? Oh, Chevy. Okay, do you remember when?

Are you thinking Chevy to the Levy? Yeah, because it was it called Shalala? It was called Brown Skin Girl. Yeah, it's not do that. But he claimed he changed it absent-mindedly. He just sang it wrong. And he was like, oh, I didn't realize I sang it. Brown-eyed instead of Brown-skinned girl.

Brown-skinned girl. That was it. It was not a conscious decision to change it. He had written it and was singing it. Wonder that would have been a hit. He knows. You'll never know. You'll never know.

And the Backstreet Boys never had a number one hit. the closest they came was number two when quit playing with my heart yeah quit playing games in my heart that's number two in 1997 real yeah they had a lot of top fives lot of top tens in sync did have a number one song with it's gonna be me I mean they have so many jams and none of them were number one

that's crazy and finally a Swiss army knife is called a McGiver knife in South Korea oh that's cool because it does a lot of stuff like MacGyver there you go I had fun you guys have fun a lot of fun Fun fact Friday good Fun fact Friday It's time for the good news With Amy

Tell me something good Guys, I got a story This is going to be lunchbox in 60 years Okay 60? 60 years That means he's going to be over 90s So okay I hope he makes it there

Yeah So Helen Holland is 101 years old She's a mother of four And a grandmother of 17 A great grandmother of 54 Crazy No way she remembers all those names But go ahead

Yeah Okay so in 1939 She was at BYU and she had to leave in 1941 due to financial concerns. So she never graduated college. Well, after watching her granddaughter recently graduate with her master's degree, she's like, you know what? I kind of want to go back and get my college degree.

So, BYU. Let's just let her clap out of classes at 91. They're working to accommodate her by organizing suitable classes since the ones on her original transcript are no longer available. Soing, penicillin, churning butter. All those are gone. Yes.

Yeah, she loves the football game. She knows all the songs and cheers. And she's the biggest BYU fan. And she's going to graduate. She's 101 years old. I like that story. I also like this. She can just think.

I mean, genetically, she's very lucky. She's probably taking care of herself to be that old. Over 90 years old. 100 years old. Still, like, I want to go to college. Or I know my great granddaughter's name. Even that's a big deal I wonder if she's going to have like 5 a.m. classes

because, you know, older people wake up early. Right, right. But I think at 1001 do you wake up early? I think you're just happy to wake up. If you open your eyes at 100 and be like, woo. I think you reserve her a parking spot, you know what I mean? Yeah. She probably won't have to go in a whole lot.

Probably I won't drive if she does. I thought she may go on campus. That'd be awesome. Probably maybe a little bit. We went to BYU. It's going to be our next episode of Too Much Access. It's awesome. It's beautiful.

This football. stadiums in the middle of mountains when we went and put on all the pads. And BYU is, it's basically a religious school. And I really wasn't thinking about it when I got the number 69 to wear it to be hilarious. What? You did that? I did, yeah. I'm wearing number 69 because they put us in all their pads and helmets and we run through drills. And they asked you, what number do you want?

I was like, I'll take 69. I thought it was hilarious. Okay. What they said? They said, okay. I'm surprised they have that number available. I know, me too. Guys, it's just a number.

I know, but is it? Yeah. Is it just a number? Great story. That's what it's all about. That was tell me something good. A win is a win. A win is a win.

I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me, Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement

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You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield, and in this new season of The Girlfriends, Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me?

The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the Girlfriends. Trust me, babe. on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

I'm Ago Wadam. My next guest, you know from Step Brothers Anchorman, Saturday Night Live, and the Big Money Players Network. It's Will Ferrell. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like, and Dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know what that. It's a place that come look for up and coming talent.

He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. And he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat, just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be...

Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to Thanks Dad on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. All right, this is Amy and Kenny Chesney. What do you think Kenny's Chesney's biggest song? Most Dream song ever is. Don't blink. Now, where it gets confusing is that would be one of his longest big songs, but sometimes newer songs were bigger.

Oh, half of my hometown? No, no. shoes. No shirt. American kids. No one. Number two is get along. Get Along.

He's got a new song called Take Her Home, which is out today. Here's a clip of that one right here. And take her home that fall in love. Thank the good Lord up above. And he sent one down into your arms. Put a chain around your raise hell. And his son goes down 2024 tour. Tickets on sale on November 6th.

17, so that's next week. So here is Amy and Kenny Chesney, who has 62 multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certified singles. I don't even know what that means. I just saw it, thought I'd read it and fit it in there. Sounds awesome, though. A gold certified single? I don't know.

It's impressive. Whatever it is. I agree. Don't know what it is, but it's worth something. He has an advertising degree. Do you know that? No. Now I'm reading the notes they sent me.

He's known for his laid-back beach-inspired style. I knew that. He's a huge football fan of play the sports. sport in high school? Yes. Okay. 62 multi-platinum or platinum gold singles? Yeah. Impressive, man. I even said that one wrong and I'm still impressed. All right, here we go. Here's Amy and Kenny Chesney. The Friday morning conversation with Kenny Chesney. We got a new song, take her home. I like the message behind it for sure.

It makes me think of that saying, have you heard it's the start that stops most? The start that what? The start that stops most. Huh. So like it's the start that stops. people because they don't want to go for it. And I feel like that's the message of Take her home. Well, I can tell you, when I first heard it, it just reminded me of these life moments that in ways

connect us all, but we have to take the step, like you just said. Life brings us these moments and we have to in a way, like the character in this song, man up to it and move forward with it. And I don't know. I've, I've

really felt like that I've been looking for a song like this for a while. It was, it was not necessarily, you know, it's, here's the thing. I look for songs that obviously that I can relate to and it's, that is my life. But I also feel like that, you know, throughout my career, I've been able to some songs that I knew that other people could relate to also and maybe even more so. And so I felt like that this song, Take Her Home, had the thread of that in there. And I've been, looking for that for a minute. Yeah, I feel like you can kind of take it for what is, especially in the first first. You'd be like, okay, you know, guy sees a girl at the bar, get some, you know, sends a drink over the shots or whatever. And then, you know, it goes from

there, but it's so much deeper than that. Well, the way they turn the song, it's just, it's pretty incredible. And I was looking for a song like this, but I didn't know where it was going to come from. And Hardy sent me this song. We were, I thought we were done. And he goes, I don't know if you're done with your record, but we wrote this two days ago. And I thought of you, it reminded me a little bit of there goes my life. And I went, well, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But I heard it. And I went, wow, I mean, like, there's not too many people setting in a room writing these life songs anymore.

And when I heard it, I just absolutely, you know, was thrilled that I get to sing this kind of song. Is there something when you hear a song like that that you look back on? You're like, oh, oh, man, you know, you regret not taking. that chance or doing that thing? Well, that's what you hope that a song like this does. You know, that it's a, it connects with people in a way that it makes them fall in love or take a chance. Or, you know, go the extra step. You know, it's one thing, like you said, to buy a girl a shot up a drone and introduce yourself.

But then the next step said that where that goes, it's, you know, I think that. I'm even thinking like, gosh, like on a, I think of so many things, even professionally speaking or like, song that you passed on. Yeah, like something that you missed out on where you're like, oh, man, I should have, I didn't shoot my shot then. You know what? I will say professionally, you know, I don't have a lot of regrets. Now, of course, you hear songs on the radio and I went, wow, that sounds much different with them singing it, you know, and I'm a true believer that songs end up where they're supposed to end up. But there's been a few times where I went, wow, I've miss that one. You know, that sounds really great. And, but it was, it sounds great for them. I don't know

if it was sounded great for me. So there's a few of those moments. Yeah. And there's moments that you, that you think back, especially now in my life where, you know, I could have done things a little differently. But, I mean, for the most part, I'm pretty happy with where I'm at, you know. I mean, yeah, I would say, I mean, not bad, not bad. As a human, I mean, as whatever, you know, so, but I think this, this, this song has a lot of those live moment. lessons in them. You know, that, the thing I love about it is that it, that it's just got a lot of commonality in it, no matter, no matter who you are or where you are in your life, you know? Yeah, well, I mean, I think it's, it's one of those songs that, yeah, could be something that

someone hears for, for the first time and, or they hear it a few times and they really take, take it to heart, like, oh, maybe you need to go for this and it could completely change the trajectory of their life based on a song that you recorded. Well, I'll tell you, that's the thing that I love about creating. Yeah. Because you go into a room or you go into the studio with a song and you create something that wasn't there yesterday, you know, and now you have it. It's like you know, it's like you know a secret that nobody knows in the world. You have it in your hip pocket. You created this song and like this song, we're getting ready to give it to the world, right? But that's the thing I love the most about creating is that you never know how a song or a record, how a lyric

or whatever is going to touch someone. And everybody, everybody takes it a different way. And you never know how it's going to touch that person. And that's what I love about writing songs and making music. And you get on stage and you look out into your audience and you see the effect it's had on them and how much they've not only listened to the music, but lived with it. And that's the thing. That's what's so great about creating and writing songs. What song do you hear from fans the most? Or is there a particular one that stands out of like this, yeah, over and over this impact. It's changed over the years. It's changed over the years. But I mean, several, a long time ago, it was a song I did about AA called That's Why I'm Here.

And that was a long time ago. I still, I still get these AA coins at, um, that shows. Gosh, that's special. You know, and I, of course, there goes my life. When there goes my life first came out, and it was before we could communicate so well with our phones. You know, we didn't have the communication that we, you know, that we have today. But it shows I would see people hold up their phones

back before people held up their phones. I'm going, what are they doing? But they were letting their dad hear. The girls that were in the show, they were letting their dad hear me saying that song because it was their song. And then, you know, And then, you know, the people that live on boats want to hear no shoes.

Yeah. Yeah, you have a wide variety of fans of all different lots of life. Well, you know what? I look out into my audience and I see a very eclectic bunch of people. Kids of all ages now, you know, and it just, it's, you know, that's what you hope, you know, when you come to this town as a dreamer and you got a song or two in your head, and you hope that you can touch that group of people.

And it's been really special to see. And I think songs like, you know, take her home is going to add to that canvas some. You know, I'm proud of it. Oh, yeah. I mean, I think you should be. It's definitely going to be one of those ones where I swear people are going to be like,

this song, this is what motivated me to talk to her or go ask for something at work or to take that next step. to do whatever, or take the leap to write something, try something creative themselves. Yeah, or ask somebody out or ask somebody to marry them or to quit a job and do something else that might feed them more as a person. Or to not be with someone. Yeah, not be with, no, true.

I mean, give them the courage to get out. Right. I mean, but sometimes it takes that. you maybe, you know, need that nudge to like, oh, wait a second, I'm not, I'm, I'm, I'm not living my best life. Yeah. I, I, you know, that's that, like, I keep going back to that, but that's the thing about music. You know, it's in the messages of these songs and why we love songs and why we gravitate towards a certain thing. What's a song not, you're not involved in it at all that has impacted you in a way? I mean, you could,

any time in your life. Oh, wow. That's hard because I have, I've got so many, it's like asking me my favorite song, you know, it's impossible. Was there a song that maybe changed the trajectory of your life that maybe impacted you wanting to get into. A lot of George Strait's songs did. I mean, I mean, there was a lot of that. You know, when I was growing up, there was a lot of those songs that Dean Dillon wrote that George Strait recorded that I, that made me want to chase this dream in the first place. How old were you when you knew? Well, I was a senior in high school when I kind of knew.

Then I got into college and I was decided that I was going to play in a corner at a bar, at this bar in Johnson City, Tennessee for tips. And that's when I knew. I didn't know how. I didn't know where this was going to take me. But that's when I knew that I loved, you know, when people that were at the bar and they turned around and listened to me. I went, wow, this is, this is really great. And I was singing my hero songs. I was singing George Strait songs. I was singing Hank Jr. songs. I was singing Randy

Travis songs. I was singing the Eagles. I was singing Tom Petty. I was singing everybody. I mean, everybody. So music overall impacted me. And I was always, uh, I always gravitated towards the, the men and women that made up their songs and then, sang them live. I was always gravitated towards the singer-songwriters. And I didn't know the genius of Bruce Springsteen until I started doing this. You know, because living in East Tennessee, you don't hear, we didn't hear born to run much. We heard Alabama and Kenny Rogers, right? Yeah. So we didn't hear born and run in East Tennessee. And so, but when I started, you know, writing songs and I went out and performed, that's when I realized the genius of him. And what's

crazy is, is that, you know, you gravitate towards these people and then you get to a place in your life. And the people whose songs really impacted you and changed the trajectory of my life is you get to a place where you become friends with these people and you know them. Yeah. Do you remember the first time you met George Strait? The first time I ever met George straight was at the BMI Awards years ago. But it was in passing, right? It was like, you know, I cared much more about meeting him than he did about meeting me. Yeah. So, but then, that was my experience as well. But, but, but you fast forward a couple, you know, a couple of years, I guess it was. And then all of a sudden I was out on the road with him. And then I got to, to, to, to hang out with George.

and got to, you know, get to know him. And it was crazy, you know. I mean, yeah, especially since you were, he was one of the reasons why you got into. Yeah, yeah. So to be in the car with your mother and, you know, driving around East Tennessee and listening to George Strait. And then all of a sudden I'm on,

my bus is parked next to his. I don't want of his stadium tours. And I was the first guy on stage, you know, during the day, right? but my bus was there, you know, it was great. And I was, when that happens to you, it's such a surreal thing. You know, when I met Joe Walsh, I was just stunned. And when I actually not just met Bruce Springsteen, but I had a conversation with him about songwriting and about creating

and the live element of it and becoming friends over the years, it's just something that you don't see coming. Well, yeah, you feel that way about all those names. but there's so many artists that have felt that way about you and the impact you've made on their career. And I do, I feel like, I feel like Take Her Home is gonna, you know, steer some people in certain directions and, you know, it's gonna come up in question one day with them,

like, oh, why are you here? How did you do this? What is this decision? And they're gonna say, oh, is this Kenny Chesney song I heard? Take her home. Isn't that cool to think about? It's very cool to think about. Yeah.

But, you know, you don't think about those things in the moment. you know, I mean, we spend a lot of time recording these songs and wishing them up the charts and working really hard on the road. And, you know, I've been guilty of this of sometimes forgetting that, you know what, people are actually listening. Yeah. Yeah, they're paying attention. Yeah, they're listening. Yeah, they're living their life with this music. And, you know, we are in the, middle of it and, you know, doing what we do. But people are actually listening. And that's what makes it great. Yeah. Well, and we're thankful for the creatives that give it to us. us because music can be so healing. I'll close with that. I have no idea the scientific evidence

behind this, but I did read today that if you're in any sort of pain listening to your favorite song, they did this whole study and they were like inflicting pain on people, I guess, and when they would play their favorite song, the pain didn't feel as bad. Wow. Yeah. So, and they said this music in general helped with the pain, but when it was their favorite, The pain wasn't as bad. Because it's usually sometimes associated with a positive memory. Yeah. So that's the power of music.

That's why we all love music. Yeah. And so thank you for giving us all that you do. Thank you very much. Here's Manick Mays from Clarksville, Tennessee. I am nine. I was wondering if I should get my ears pierce now or when I'm 10. Should I get one ear or both here?

Also lunchbox is the best. We think that's a boy. Is it? Because I say one ear or two. Right. That's why I say one ear or two. Yeah. Yeah.

And the name's Manick Mays. Wait till you 10, kid. Yeah. Ends the year when all the adult decisions kick in. 10? Yeah. Okay, all right. I don't know, this is easy to say.

Wait till 10, kid. All right, here's another one. Hey, I've got a joke for Amy. What do you call a spider with 10 eyes? A, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

It's good. Can I do that one? That's pretty funny. It was kind of already done. No, no, but I mean, not at the morning corny time. No, but we do respect that one. That's a good one. Here's Heather from Cincinnati.

I am coming to the Louisville show. I heard you say that the Louisville show still had tickets available and that you thought it was on the 15th. So I just wanted to make sure you knew. It's on Friday the 17th, just so we both show up on the same day because I have a little bit of a drive. to get there. I'm super excited about the show.

My daughter bought me tickets as a surprise because she knows how much I love the show. And to get the show. Thanks. On the 17th. On the 17th.

Well, the 15th, I'm in Austin. Maybe there was a mix-up, either from me or from her ears, maybe from me, probably from me. Interesting. I've never heard a fan remind

the artist that the date of the show. Well, the 15th, I have a charity show in Austin. The 17th is my final comedically inspiration show in Louisville.

That's that You got it. Tickets to both Bobby Bones.com They just released extra tickets to both of them if you guys want to come Thank you for that though Heather

I'll put that on my calendar Here's Amy's pile of stories So Cinemark Theaters Has partnered with DoorDash, Grubhubhub Uber Eats And what they're doing is they'll deliver

Can you imagine watching a movie And the delivery It comes in? Mark! Is there a mark in here? Oppenheimer like a bomb's about to Sean! No, it's the opposite of that

It's that you can have like movie theater popcorn delivered to your house. Oh, that's lame. Like, they'll go pick it up. I mean, it's a fun little promotion thing. That's lame. Just popcorn? Well, you can get whatever you want,

but I can't imagine buying $10. No, hot dog. You can get Sour Patch kids from the store. I kind of like my idea better now. Okay, is that Jessica here? You got your nachos? And the movie stops? Yeah.

Okay. You might be hearing songs when you're shopping right now, like jingle bells or jingle bell rock or any kind of Christmas stuff. And stores are doing that right now on purpose because they want you to feel positive and nostalgic and get in the spirit and ultimately spend more money.

Yeah. I felt that. That's literally what's happening. Spending. Yeah. Go in debt. Pay attention when you're shopping. If you're getting a little too happy

and a little too spendy, you might need to just take a break. I didn't tell myself that sometimes. My dad used to get his wallet out and be like, it's beginning to look. Oh, no. He would sing it. Sadly, that's hilarious.

It's beginning to... Your dad is funny. It's funny, dude. Which, speaking of shopping and stores, I saw a list of places there to be closed on Thanksgiving that used to be open. Like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Macy's,

Michael's schools. It's all the backlash from people going, let people have off. And I used to be the person that worked on those days and I would be like, no, no, no, no, we'd get double and a half. Now, some people do have to work, but it was the greatest time to work.

It'd be annoying. But it would get double and a half. Time and a half? Yeah. Yeah. So you're talking about double and a half or time and a half? Double and a half. Oh, wow.

Yeah. That's extra extra. What is that? That's extra. No, that's time, time and half. Wow. I've never heard of that. Yeah.

Yeah. It's a holiday, bro. That's good money. Like time and a half maybe for like if you're working. Overtime. Overtime. Okay. Double and a half on.

It was awesome. I got double and a half at the radio station on Christmas Day. Wow. And I was like, this was amazing. So anyway, I hear you. I'm glad. But I wish there could be a volunteer list if like people. like people who wanted to work on the holidays.

If you only get like five people and you got a whole target. That's rock, baby. All right. I have a list of outdated tech that we're still using or outdated things that we still like and we're okay with it. Postal service. Well, yeah, that's on there. Watches, a not pad and pin, a calculator with buttons. I would say watches that do not count.

I would watch on. Watches are jewelry for guys, for the most part. You don't look at it to get the time? Occasionally, but I'm a phone. But if you wear a watch for the most, part, it's a jewelry piece more than it is. Yeah. Of time, because everybody has phone on their, on their phone.

A time on their phone. Or sometimes you have time and time and a half on your phone. Double. And some people do wear a watch old school to see time, but I wear a watch. A lot of people that I know that are under 55 that wear a watch, do it because it's the one way for a guy to wear something. And I'm a watch guy now, so. The final things that made that list, paper maps and a radio.

Paper maps. Who uses paper? Oh, my father-in-law does. Really? Yeah, all the time. Every time we're going to, like, you know how to get to the airport? He busts out the map. I'm like, I got it.

Even old-school radio is where you have to, like, tune. That's... Who has those? Yeah. I mean, everything's digital now. I have one, but it's an antique. Like, it looks cool. Yeah, I have one, too.

Oh, an antique one. I found it at, like, a thrift store, and I got it just because... And it works, Amy? Radio. I don't know yet. It's so cute, though. I mean, that's my file. That was Amy's pile of stories.

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Go to Macy's.com slash personal stylist to book your appointment today. It's time for the good news. With lunchbox. Stay home, it's something good. Last week, Officer Dow turn in time pulled someone over in Rome, Georgia, walks up the car, says, Do you know why I pulled you over? And all of a sudden he hears, boom! And he looks up and there's a crash at the intersection right up the road.

And he takes off running, who, who, who, who, and there's an SUV with a mom and a kid in it. Smoke coming from it. He's like, uh-oh. pulls out his baton. Boom! Boom! Breaks the back glass. Climes in. Pulls out his knife. Cuts the airbag.

Pulls the kid out of the car. And that's when good Samaritans come and pull the mom out of the car. Then it goes up in flames. Wow. Right on time. Right on time. Maybe not right on time. But that's... Please also have to run toward danger.

It's amazing. We have firefighters. Yeah. Military. They run towards... As I'm... I see danger, I go the opposite way. Yeah.

They run toward it to save people. And then also, I think about the car that he pulled over. Do they just drive off? Right. I was thinking about that too. Like, they're like, do, do, do you. Because he pulled someone over. And he said, as long as you whistle and look around, like, slowly drive off.

Yeah. As long as it's not like, eh. Like, do you know why I pulled you over? Or you go like this. Should I stay? Like, real quiet, real quiet. Officer, I should probably stay, right? If you want me to stay here and get this ticket, please acknowledge it.

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