The Bobby Bones Show - (Mon Early Bird) Cody Johnson In-Studio and On Having Emergency Neck Surgery + Eddie Calls Out Show Members + Listeners Won The Lottery Because of Us!

Episode Date: August 1, 2022

The interview we’ve been waiting for. Cody Johnson stops by to talk about the early events of his career, his recent emergency neck surgery, his musical roots, and he performed two of his big hits. Eddie calls out members of the show for something he noticed that he thinks is ridiculous. Some listeners won the lottery BIG TIME after listening to the show talk about the Mega Millions!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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So that comes up a little later. But I do want to start with this because speaking of money and the big lottery was this weekend, you know, the billion dollars. Morgan says a listener DM'd her about the lottery, right? Yes. So what'd they say? Okay, so this couple, when they were in Maine, they won a million dollars in the lottery by listening to our show.

Oh my gosh. How? Yeah. How? Okay, so let me read this to you. So Cheryl and Brian Vossin of Colorado, they went out to Maine for NASCAR, and then they ended up going over to New Hampshire.

where they purchased their ticket because they were listening to a country music station out of Nashville, Tennessee. Oh, wait. This is a new story? Yes. So someone sent you a link to a new story. Yes, because she lives in this town. She's from New Hampshire. So she gets the daily email from New Hampshire lottery.

Start over next because I need to listen to it like a new story. I was like, Morgan's talking an awfully broadcasty voice this morning. Okay, go ahead. Okay. So meet Cheryl and Brian Vossin of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was the love of NASCAR that brought them from Colorado. to Maine and then over to New Hampshire for the race. While on their way back to Maine,

they were listening to a country music station out of Nashville, Tennessee. And the radio talk show host, Bobby Bones, was talking all about the big mega millions jackpot. Cheryl asked Brian to get a few tickets at their liquor store on the traffic circle off I-95. And that's how the story goes, claiming their one million winning mega-million tickets. That's crazy.

Wow. How does that make you feel lunchbox? Like how do we inspire and they don't even give us anything? They don't owe us anything because it wasn't our money. They used their own money. Wow. So have you heard from the people at all? No.

I mean, we could reach out to them. Obviously, they listened to the show, but it was somebody from New Hampshire that they just happened to get the lottery email every day and they're like, this popped up. And it's because of you guys that they won. That's awesome. We have to talk to them. Scoba, can you track them down? Yeah.

That is an amazing story. And they gave us a shout out in the news story, which is pretty cool. Which is pretty cool. I love that. Lunchbox. We want somebody a million bucks. That is so cool. That does mean no good.

It's not about you. This is not a you story. No, it is. We won someone a million dollars and they have not reached out to give us a reward or like, hey. We didn't make them go. We inspired them. It said in the news story, I was listening to the Biblebone show. Who's the one that talks about the lottery?

David Letterman inspired me. I don't give them in my paycheck. Inspiration's free. Facts. You did not go buy a lottery ticket because David Letterman told you. Okay, well, lunchbox. I'm sorry that this news dampers your morning. I think it's pretty cool.

and I'd love to talk to them if we can get them. That is crazy. Lunchbox, it should be a story of hope. Like, this, too, could happen to you. And it's scratch-offs. For me, I feel like that's where our winning is. And scratch-offs. But we don't do that.

I don't play those either. We keep buying those other tickets. All right, there you go. Morgan, thank you. Yeah, very cool. I love to start the show off with a positive story. And a big shout-out to Cheryl and Brian Vossin of Colorado of Colorado in the stories from lottery.n.h.gov.

That's what I'm talking about. Let's give away some money today, too. We'll do that. Somebody's going over $40,000 in the show this morning. Playing two truths and a lie. We also have a whole other week we're going to do with this bit. So if you guys want to be a part of it, just go to Bobbybones.com and sign up. It's right there.

It's time to open up the mailbag. You send an email and we read it on the air. It's something we call Bobby's mailbag. Hello, Bobby Bones. So my boyfriend and I, been together for a little more than six years. His family keeps asking when we're going to get engaged. Recently, he had a friend slip up and tell me he was going to propose me this year. A while back, I was joking and I showed him a ring that I thought was pretty.

So recently, I went back online to look at it, and the more research I did, the more I found out the ring isn't really how it looks in real life. Now, fast forward to now, as he was trying to show me a picture, I noticed he had the ring saved to his phone, that picture. My question is, how do I tell him the ring isn't that pretty, or do I even say something? I don't know if he actually got that ring or if it's a reference picture signed the not so pretty ring girl Well

This is what I would do quickly Is I would say Hey I don't like that ring anymore We talked about You can find a way to bring it up I don't know if you find the word But you don't want to buy that ring if you hate it Especially if he hasn't already bought it

Like you're just playing percentages at this point Maybe he hasn't bought the ring yet 50-50 He's bought it he's got it on his phone 50-50 So 50-50 that you can save him and you

from having to live a life of having a ring on your finger that you hate every day because eventually it's going to come out maybe 10 years down the road and he's going to be embarrassed and hate it but you're going to have to wear it every day for that 10 years until it comes out

I would say something now so he may not have bought it or the other part of that is if he has bought it and here it cuts into that 50 he may can just take it back and switch it and you can go with him and get something you really like and that's probably the case

unless he bought it from his friend Clint behind IHop. So I would say something. It's just too big of a thing not to say something, especially because you said something already that put them on that track. And if you don't feel comfortable going, hey, remember that ring I showed you?

I don't like it anymore. You got to find a way to bring it up. Like so-and-so got engaged. Make up a friend. My friend, Lucy at work, got engaged. And he got her a ring like I was showing you and I saw it. It actually isn't that good.

I don't like that ring anymore. You can do that. You can make up something just to get the message to him, but he needs to know. You shouldn't have to wear a ring you hate. Don't make him buy a ring that he may not have bought yet because you told him a long time ago, you liked it and you don't anymore. So you got it, you got to do it. You got to go chase it down. Nope, don't like it anymore. The end. I mean, listen, the best way, just go, hey, remember the ring I told you? I don't like it anymore. Yeah. That's it. That's the easiest way. But if you want to do something

like I would do, I'd be like, yeah, my friend Lucy got engaged. Lucy. Amy? No, I agree. It's okay to say something. You just have to find the courage to do it and know that, you know, you don't know what his response is going to be. And I would say how he handles this could be very telling.

Well, if he handles it poorly and he gets his feelings hurt, that's only going to be temporary, though. That ring is going to be forever. Exactly. So, I mean, he may have his feelings hurt for a second and be like, oh, but that ring will, he'll be happy after his feelings are hurt that you told him. Take it from somebody who gets his feelings hurt. I'm always happy with my wife's like,

yeah, that joke's not that funny with you tell. And she doesn't say it like that because I'll ask her. I'll be like, hey, what do you think about this joke? And she'll go, I don't think it's as funny as it could be. And I'm like, what? I can't believe you would say that in my mind. Because I know I just asked her to critique it. And then she'll go, what if you move this word here and say it like this?

And I'm like, you don't even know what it's like to do comedy. And then I'm like writing it out on my phone. And then I do it on stage and it's so much funier how she did it. I'm so happy we went through that process to have my feelings hurt. because I asked for it, then she told me, and it's better. So there you go. So go do it. Go tell them.

Thank you, the not so pretty ring girl. That's the millbag. Close it up. We've got your key mail and we read it on the air. Now it's about to close Bobby's Melbag. Yeah. I do think it's unfair what you're about to say, Eddie. What do you mean?

Well, because we dress like in pajamas or sweats most of the time, regardless of who's in. But go ahead and say your thing. Well, I just think that whenever we have artists like Cody Johnson come in and like good looking dudes, the girls all of a sudden get dressed up, the dresses come out, the nice blouses come out. Blouses?

We never see those. Who says blouses? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, are they not called blouses? Okay, we understand your point. By the way, Cody Johnson will be in a little bit. Love Cody Johnson. You'll know him from this song right here. He's going to perform.

But Eddie says, when good looking dudes come, the ladies show out a little bit. And I'm thinking like what? Do you think you have a chance with these guys? guys like, well, like, why get all dressed up? Why are you looking to impress these dudes? Is my question. Morgan.

Yes. Obviously, Eddie's talking about you. He can talk about me all he wants because my face and my hair are done every day. And that's one thing that matters because of camera. That's why I said blouses. And I like to make sure that if anyone comes in studio, that I am more dressed up. It doesn't matter what artist it is. Love it.

Amen. Me too. Me too, actually. Go ahead. the case, so I want to make sure I'm always a presentable person. And so, yes, on the days that I don't have to do that, I would like to wear my more comfy clothes, because it's

also cold in here, so I like to be comfortable. It sounds like the story is that you guys, you and lunchbox, just stay slabs all the time. No, no, no, also, happy. When people come over to your house, do you not clean up a little more? A little bit. A little bit. A little bit. When you're answering the phones and you're not going to

interact with them, no need to wear the smartly dress. She interacts with every artist. But also, if people aren't going to the kitchen, why clean the kitchen. Why not let the dishes? No, you clean the kitchen just in case. No, not down with that. I appreciate when people dress up and look a little more professional when guests come in. It's company coming over to the house, basically. So I don't, and you guys look like slabs every day. And you know what? We're not trying to impress any of them. I'm not trying to impressing them. I'm not trying to hook up with any of these. I'm not trying to be. Nobody's trying to hook up with an artist. I'm not trying to be faced.

It's so rude. Abby, what do you want to say about this because they're also shining a light on you here? Yes, they're freaking out because I have a dress on, but it's summer. And the, like, all they people are in here. Yes, they're like 15 people here. And I feel like I don't dress up that much like Morgan does. And so I was like, Oh! Shut.

Wait, hold on. What were you saying with that? No, I was just saying. So I feel like I need to when there are artists in here. Not any particular artists, but when there are guests and visitors, that's when I do. And I felt like wearing a dress today. Remember the time Lunchbox had one of the executives show up and he was in like his underwear? Yes.

And then she was like, why did, was he just wearing his underwear? Yeah. And then so he's like, oh, Sorry, I didn't know I need to get dressed up. Yes, yes. When people are here, you have to dress up. Okay. I'll just remember that. I'm going to make sure every artist they're dressed up then. Every artist. Not just these guys. You're not the cops, though. No, no, no, no. They say they do it for every artist, so I mean. Morgan, yes. I would also like to say that you guys may think we're more dressing up for the men, but honestly, we dress up more for the girls because we like the respect of them of we dress both as fashionably as they would.

So we actually dress better when the women come in because we want their compliments more than we want the men. They seem to think that doesn't happen. Yeah, I haven't noticed that. That would debunk your theory. My theory, come on. Say it, your theory is what, let's put it out there. Your theory is that they get dressed up for these artists because they're trying to, like, hook up with them. Oh, my gosh.

That is so crazy. Most of the artists that come in are married. Not hook up. Maybe get a number. But like Cody Johnson is married. Exactly. Did they know that? Did they know that before he came in?

It's a Google away. Okay. I think you guys are crazy. I also think you guys. when you dress like you are today, not professional. Yeah. Y'all just really level up. I'm not trying to hook up with Cody.

Yeah, I'm not. I'm not trying to get that number. Cody Johnson coming in a little bit. I would like to say thank you guys for looking professional today. Thanks, hobby. You don't have to every day because some days there are no, we're just in the studio doing it ourselves, you know, but there are people coming in.

You put your best foot forward. I appreciate. Company's coming over. You clean the house. I appreciate that. All right. Well, you two. You're sleaze balls.

What's up. You're sleaze balls. You are sleaze balls. It's time for the. The good news. With Bobby. Tell me something good. Last year, Mary Cormier got a call about a dog with a broken leg on the side of the road.

The dog, Ranger, was hit by a car roaming around. And so, she went, she picked up Ranger, and she found out that he'd been homeless for seven years, which is crazy the dog survived for that long. She took him in, she got him the surgery that he needed with the help of some donations. She had rescued several dogs, and so she has a, like, a way for people to help her help these dogs. So she got it. She put the dog up. She said, hey, does anyone want this dog? This is what he's been through. This woman named Judy said, I will adopt Ranger. So Rangers now live with Judy for about two weeks. She's been a companion and a protector so far. However, Ranger recently alerted

Judy when her granddaughter was having a seizure. Wow. He scratched on the granddaughter's door, whimpering very loudly. And so Judy's like, what's going on? Scratch, scratch. And so she went in and her granddaughter had a seizure, which is crazy that a dog could recognize and scratch through that. Could hear something was going on. And then Judy was like, let me see. Sometimes my dogs won't shut up.

And I'm just like, shut up. I don't even go see. Who knows how many lives I could have saved if I would have just went and saw. But I, they're like, I'm like, yeah, you guys are good. But that's awesome. So shout out to Mary Cormier

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Cody Johnson. You know, Cody, after you had played our IHart Country Festival, I went searching for you. I don't ever go searching for anybody. And I was like, I got to go find Cody because I never met you before. And I was like, where's Cody? I was tearing it up back there. And they were like, he had a family thing. And I was like, all right, I respect that.

And I'll see him some other time. Yeah, I got out of there. Yeah, but man, you just do such a great live show. I mean, you sang. And I already really liked your songs. I remember sharing your songs here on this show a few years back. but you were so good live that I left going, okay, good, I was right.

But then like Scooba Steve, our producer, who didn't really grow up on country music, he's in love with you, and he's got the biggest guy crush ever. You're going too far. Yeah, I know. Throw him under the bus on the air. Well, he's already done that to himself.

We leave, and he's just playing all Cody Johnson all the time. But so first, just your live shows are so great. I imagine that that is so important to you as a performer and, you know, coming up the way you've come, up. It's the only legs you had to stand on when you came from where I came from. You know, growing up playing in Texas, and I came to Nashville, and I tried the whole thing, and it was very much, well, you've got to take your hat off, and we're not singing about country, cowboy stuff. I mean, at the time, it was all very, very platformed as far as

four-wheel drive trucks and cut off shorts, and it was a very, like it was a thing. And if you didn't fit into that mold, you didn't get the spot. highlight, which I was fine with. So when you go back home with that and you're, you just kind of appreciate the skin you're in kind of thing, your live show is all you have. And those fans that you create on the independent level, they don't really care about what radio station you're played on or what record label you're with. And when you can build that, that's what got us to the point where we were able to merge with Warner, Nashville. And I was able to make a partnership and get a deal where I still got to maintain my independent spirit. and now we're reaching fans that only care if you're played on the radio or you have a label deal.

So to merge those two kinds of fans together, your live show has to be on point every day. Every night you have to pretend it's the last show you're ever going to play, that this is the show that's going to make or break you with these fans. And so when you see me on stage, it's not rehearsed, it's not fake, it's authentic. You know, often poke fun at artists who will wear cowboy hats but not be a real cowboy. You know, that's just like kind of a, it's like carrot top and a prop. And so, however, I often say like a Randy Hauser was in. He was a real cowboy growing up. And John Pardy, it was a friend of mine. He was a real cowboy. He can go out now and wrote, and he can do all that.

With you, you're a real cowboy. So for someone to be like, you know, we don't do the cowboy, but you're like, I'm a real freaking cowboy. What do you mean the cowboy stuff? Like, this is real life stuff. I wasn't very nice. My manager, I wish you, I wish happy y'all could have been in the room. It was, we're, I'm not. I'm going to mention the label, but they said, well, man, we love your stuff. We love you. But, I mean, would you be willing to take the hat off? And I was like, and I literally said, oh, you thought I bought this to come see you. And he kind of, and my manager's a pretty large guy. He just kind of shrunk down in his chair. And I was like, I shouldn't have said that. I still said it.

Do you, I, you know, I have like a couple nagging injuries and it's stupid. It's from like high school football or like a, I mean, I may be able to say this in front of you because your real life. cowboy, I did a dance competition once and I hurt myself. From when you were riding, Bull, do you have any injuries that still linger where it's like, oh, my back or my leg? It's funny. You say that. I actually just had neck surgery in December.

I had been in pain since 2017, and it just kept getting worse, kept getting worse. And I was numbness and burning. And my whole right arm was just felt like it was falling off. And so we went to the MRI. and they put me in emergency surgery. They pulled out my C6 and my C-7. So they did emergency surgery. You went in for an MRI because of pain for a long time.

Like it had been hurting. So you're like, well, I got to get this done. I guess I'll go now. You're just, you know, you put it off, it sounds like. Yeah. And then they go, we got to go now. He said, we need to be in surgery within the next hour. He said, because so this particular surgeon was retiring.

And he's like, man, you got to get this done. Like, you got to get this done. And I said, well, maybe I'll wait. And he said, there's a chance you could lose the functionality of your right arm. completely. So there was bone spurs that were shaved off of the vertebrae, completely ruptured disc, and they found 13 bone fragments on the nerve, which means at some point I fractured my neck. And it was just, I mean, he's like, when, you would know when you did this. I'm like, no, I'd do a lot of stupid stuff. So I really, I really don't know. I can't tell you one

particular time. That's crazy that they go, we got to go now after you had just kind of let it, I mean, I get it too. You're hurt. You're like, I can go the doctor anytime. But they're like, no, we got to go right now. And then when they're digging on your spinal cord, too, that's real deal stuff. There was a five and a half hour long surgery, you know. Do you go, are you nervous going to, listen, I had a colonoscopy and I was nervous today. I was like, I may die. But you're going in and they're digging on like real parts of your body.

Are you like, oh, man, I may not wake up? I was extremely nervous, you know, but whatever's going to happen is going to happen. And I was in so much pain at that time, I didn't care. I'm like, I'm not a pain pill guy at all. Like, I don't even take a Tylenol. And I was like, give me. drugs help me not to hurt right now and so i was i was thankful they're like well we're going to have to cut here and cut there i don't care just get rid of it just i'd had enough do you think it's

from falling like being tossed off of bulls or just the general wear and tear of all of it i mean because you're you're constantly getting tossed around i've landed on my neck and on my head um more than a few times from bulls horses and stuff like that but i mean yeah i've not been very nice to my body i don't want to brag but i've done quite the amount of mutton busting i don't I'm brag. I'm a brag, Cody. My seven-year-old actually just won a mutton bust and shit. I want to brag to himself.

I was like. I was like 15. I was like 15. Seven-year. Yeah. Like 15, 16 or so. Do you watch rodeo now or are you mostly like some of my friends that played ball? They're like, you know, I've seen it.

I'm good. I don't need to watch it right now because it was pretty traumatic for me. No. So for a long time I didn't. A long time. And if anybody's, I don't know if you have or you haven't, but my documentary, Dear Rodeo kind of tells that story. I was bitter for a long time because I wasn't good enough to make it.

And so I didn't watch it. And I was pretty immature about the whole thing. And, you know, I'm at a different place in my life now. I'm 35. I'm at the point when my music career is doing wonderful. I've got a beautiful wife that's my best friend and beautiful kids and a cattle ranch back in Texas. And that's what we do every day is we rope and train horses and work cows. And so it's like, it's funny.

I thought that bull riding was like, I was really mad. I didn't get to achieve that goal. But in all reality, like, I'm so much more involved in rodeo and so much more involved in the cowboy way of life now than I ever would have been trying to ride bulls. But, yeah, we follow it now. We've got a lot of friends that are in professional rodeo, and so it's fun to watch them compete and succeed.

And, you know, I'm pretty handy with a rope, but I don't have time. Those guys, they have to chase that career like I chase this career. It is every day, every night, day in, day out grind. And so there's a lot. And they're not getting paid. They're not like professional athletes that get paid whenever they sit on the deal. You can hurt yourself in baseball and sit on the bench and still get paid.

Not in rodeo. If you're hurt, you're out. And so that's why you see guys keep and girls keep going even when they're hurt. It's pretty intense, man. Cody Johnson's here. We're talking about the rodeo. I mean, would you play Deer Rodeo for us now? Absolutely.

Hey, introduce us to your player here. This is my fiddle player, Jodi Bartula. He's my band leader. He's been with me for 12 years. Joe, Jody, 12 years? What's Cody like as a boss? Fantastic.

Good answer, good answer. Good answer. We like you, good answer. Yeah, I'm sorry, I didn't make a cut job but it's being funny. What were you going to say? I wouldn't have been here for 12 years if he wasn't. Well, let's hear a little Dear Rodeo from Cody Johnson. New Rodeo, I'd be lying if I tried to tell you

I don't think about you. After all the miles and the wild nights, we've been through. Lord knows we had a few. Dear rodeo, I'd like to say that I took the reins and rode away.

No regrets, no left unsaid. Just turn the page. Oh, but you know better, babe. Twainting on those saddens and the broken bones. The dream of a buckle I'll never put on. I'm jaded. Somehow,

the eyes outweigh the lows and I do it all again even though we both know I still have to let you go and dude. And Cody Johnson in the studio, awesome. We were watching your Cody play again at our IHour country festival and you came out and you played human and you did that that song live and talked about how maybe it was going to come out or it had just come out. I think it's such a powerful song and I like to play that now if you're cool with that on the radio.

Is that cool, Cody? good with that oh you want to play human on the right i thought you meant right now no no yeah spin it i'm gonna spin it yeah i'm gonna spin it yeah i'm gonna spin it yeah i'm gonna spin it yeah i'm gonna play it you why let me ask you before i played here why would you decide to cut this song what it mean to you it's real um following up till you can't be in our first number one um it had a great message and i think i've lived human and i think it's something that we all have in common no matter where you stand on any issue we're all doing the same thing we're all doing through the same life trying to figure it out.

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Hey, so. You got a team. Take it. Take it when you got a chance. You got a dream chasing. What are you talking about? That sounds perfect. Yeah, you nailed it. I'd never even heard it better in my life. Maybe you should do your shows in the morning. You've got a chance. Take it. We practice it. So you don't want to go as high because it's early. I'm telling you. Drop it down, but then it sounds weird. I mean, weird is not a way I would describe either one of those. Yeah, they were pretty good. But, uh, yeah.

I'm taking it. It's up there, man. Let's just, can you play it drop down? Absolutely. All right. But don't get it to it yet. Hold on. Well, hold on, hold on, all, boys.

Unless you want to practice it again. No, we're good. All right. For me, I just, that is one of those things that I knew when I recorded it. You'd have to sing it every night once you recorded it? Do it right or it'll hurt you. Yeah. And I'm not going to, you know what I mean?

Yeah, don't. That's why I love capos. Don't blow it out. Don't blow it out. All right, Cody Johnson's here. Cody, watching you perform live, and I remember watching, not just listening to your vocal, but watching you, and it looked to me like definitely country music,

but definitely a little gospel as well, because I grew up in a Baptist church and right or wrong, I feel like I could see a little bit of that in your performance. Was church, when you were growing up, a part of your musical, the early years? Absolutely. It's where I learned the basis of most everything I know. You know, I learned drums because we needed a drummer.

And so I learned how to play. Who's we? The people in, you know, like the church. Oh, got to, got to go up in. And so they were like, we don't have a drummer. And so my dad knew drums and dad just taught me rhythm. And my dad played the piano. And so he was like Floyd Kramer good.

And I wanted to learn guitar. And he taught me G.C. and D. It's the only things he knew on guitar, really. and so I would come home from school and I would tape like while I was at school I would take my cassette tapes and I would record a channel I would record like the country channel or the R&B channel or the rock channel or whatever

and when I'd get home I would play the song and I'd pause it and I'd try to play it and I'd play it back and I'd do it until my fingers bled but I didn't get to play guitar in the church it was just drums and they didn't like me playing drums very much I played like I wanted to play like Zeppelin in church like you never heard I'll fly away old glory like I played it.

So that didn't last very long. So you're playing drums. Are you singing at all in church? Oh, yeah. So that was, my parents grew up singing like, like quartet gospel type, like Gather vocal band type stuff, the Kingsman. And so I had to learn harmony first. They wouldn't let me sing lead.

It was you can learn these harmony parts. But it was, it kind of gave me a, what I call an ear education, because I don't know how to read music. I don't know how to read a guitar tab. Like I can't even do the number system in the studio with the, studio guys but it's all from what i hear and that's really a blessing and a curse because i can hear things that most people can't but then it's hard i can't explain it so if your dad was such a good musician did he have aspirations of making it big back in the day no i'm like uh i grew up in a

really small town and a small town people and i think i might have been like the only guy that just said i'm going somewhere and uh i didn't know how i didn't know what But, yeah, I'm kind of an anomaly. Log me through, if you're at a piano with your mom or your dad and they're teaching you how to sing harmonies, are they playing and you're singing the harmony of the notes on the piano, or are you their voice? Like, what are you chasing?

There's their voices. So this is the lead part. This is the low, this is the high. You know, this is the, what is it, the third up or the fifth? I can't even tell you. But when you hear those different things, and then we would learn to switch. When mom sang lead, you know, dad would be down here,

would be up here. When dad sang lead, I would be up here. Mom would be down here. And eventually, I got to sing lead. And then I was like, I'll start playing my guitar. And I went to school and I played my guitar and girls liked it. I was like, okay, there's something to this. And then I graduated and started playing bars and I got paid one time. And I was like, okay, there's something to this. And that's kind of where it started snowballing. So you're playing music, but you're also rodeoing, two careers where there's not a lot of long-term promise. Well, and you know, I've always said this. Like if I would have grown up in West Virginia,

I'd have probably been a coal miner because when you grow up in a little small town, you'd grow up and you do what dad did. And so that's what I did. My dad worked for 33 years at the prison system in Texas. So whenever I turned 18, that's what I did. And I went to work for the prison system. So that was your stability. That was your paycheck.

That's about as far as I looked. you know it's a steady paycheck it's got insurance and that was kind of my ceiling that's where i kept myself and i just never was happy you know and it took certain people in my life saying you're gonna you're gonna be old one day and you're gonna regret not having taken this chance to go play music you know and like my warden that i was working for at the prison system said there's always going to be people in prison and there will always be room for a job here go try because if you don't go try and you don't take this chance then you're going to regret it And so we did, we went full force.

My wife worked two jobs. And I went out on the road and we didn't make money for like the first five years. I was paying, you know, like Jody here. I was giving him the $100 and whoever else the $100 and my $100 went to the van. And so I was literally bringing in absolutely no money. We were just riding on her shoulders. And so I wish we had TikTok back then. You know, it's interesting because I think sometimes it gets.

overlooked by certain people, but you focused on it here and highlighted it. Your wife is such a critical part to your success and you being right here right now. Absolutely. She's probably the only reason I've got my head on straight. You know, and people like me, you got to think about any kind of man that would voluntarily work at a prison, ride bulls and go out on the road with absolutely no guarantees of money. I mean, I'm a little bit of a, I mean, I am what I am. Are you an adrenaline guy? I'm absolutely an adrenaline guy. Do you like to go fast and be up swinging high and all that stuff? Yeah. You know, that's the thing is she kind of makes me realize, hey, stupid, stay down here on earth with the rest of us. And it's a great reminder. But that's what, you know, she did so much for me. It's like I told her, you know, one of these days, you're not going to work. You're not going to want for anything. And I'm going to make it. And that's kind of the drive behind what I've done.

Cody Johnson is here. If you don't mind, I know you still have your instruments on. Would you play till you can't for us? Absolutely. All right. Here we go. Live on the show. show this morning it's cody johnson you can tell you old man you do some large mouth fish in another time you just got too much on your plate to bait and cast a line you can always put a rain check in his hand till you can't all forever with that girl whose heart you hold you'll last someday further down the road you can always

put a diamond on you can't if you got a chance take it take it when you got a chance if you got a dream chase it

because a dream won't chase you back if you're gonna love somebody hold them as long and as strong and as close as you can until you can If you've got a chance, take it, take it while you've got a chance. If you got a dream, chase it, because a dream won't chase you back. If you're going to love somebody, hold them as long and as strong and as strong and as close as you can until you can't.

It was pure yell I've ever heard, right on key. I mean, perfect. It's a controlled screen. It shook me inside my guts. Okay, I got a couple things. want to say here. First of all, you guys check out Hume and the double album and we played the song earlier. And I was looking at stuff to promote and I still will, but everything sold out basically, Cody. It's a great problem to have. I mean, I'm like, all right, what can I tell people?

So this is what I say, Cody Johnson and Friends. So go to Cody Johnson Music.com because it's, you know, different nights, Easton Corbin, Drew Parker, Randy Howser, I could go through. But there are some shows where you can get a couple tickets, but holy, maybe everything's selling out. It's a great problem. We'll be in bigger venues next year. I like to hear that. I will ask you about this because I saw you talking about, you were just kind of teasing the three albums, three projects you're working on, right?

Yeah, so we just got through recording a live album, which is something that we've always wanted to do. You know, you mentioned at the very beginning of the show, how important the live show is. We've never been able to capture the energy. And right now we're in a spot where we're playing big arenas and big amphitheaters, and we're getting ready to make that next move

into much larger venues. And that's a whole different animal. But before we made that, well, I say, before we graduate to that next step, we really wanted to capture what we are as a band. You know, Jody's not only, he's been with me for 12 years, bass player's been with us 11, drummer's been with us for 10, you know what I mean? We're tight.

We're a very tight-knit group. We all wear the brand proudly with our tattoos together, you know, for the rock and CJB. And we wanted to capture that. Before we start adding anything to the show, before we add another player, before we, so we recorded five, shows and we wound up with what we feel like is the best representation of what we do live no tracks

bare bones no gimmicks it's just a band on stage and I'm one of those people like I complain when my plate's full but then as soon as something gets off my plate I fill the plate back up again like I'm a glutton for punishment or I like pain or something so we're I'm in the process of I'm fixing to go record a new studio album I'd like to have out next year and yeah so we've got a lot we got quite a going on right now. It sounds like you're up to something else, too. You're not telling us. And that's okay.

I respect that. I respect that. Cody Johnson, dude, just great. I'm just honored that you would play. I mean, you're a big star. You don't have to come play on the show. But I'm very appreciative that you guys would come in and play this. Both of you guys.

So thank you very much. And we'll be standing outside the fence at your concerts going, let us in. Because it's all sold out. I think we can pull some strings about it. It'll be okay. All right. There is Cody Johnson, everybody. I'm a big truck driver advocate.

you know, having to get a CDL myself. It's tough. And then people don't care. And they're swerving around. You're driving this humongous truck. And they're putting their own lives at risk. And then yours and your family. And it's a hard job.

And so big truck driver guy. And so I root for him. I try to share the safety issues they deal with. And sometimes we'll get a good call from a trucker as well. This is trucker Joe. Hey, Bobby. I have a PSA for all your listeners. And since you took your test, you can very

It takes a football field for a truck to stop. So cutting right out in front of them is not a good idea. And you're supposed to be three car lengths ahead of them before you move over into their lane. If a cop catch you're doing it sooner, you can get a ticket. If the truck hits you, it's automatically your fault and trucks that do have cameras in them to show that. Thank you. You're welcome, trucker Joe. Appreciate that call. And if you hit an 18-wheeler, regardless of whose fault, your fault, my fault, the fault, you lose because that thing's big.

They're huge. Yeah. You just lose. It's like walking across at a pedestrian walk if the light says go or not. You still got to look both ways because if a car hits you, regardless of right or wrong, you lose. Yeah. So you got to watch out. But I appreciate that call, Trucker Joe.

Whoa. Here's Amy's pile of stories. A big decision for parents is what age to. get their kids a cell phone. We talk about it on the show often and data just came out showing that most parents are doing it at age 10. Thoughts on that, Amy. I mean, my son is going to be 12 soon and I, I know, I'm not getting him a phone. You've said, though, your son, since he came from an orphanage in another country, maybe is a little behind. He is, yes. So, so. And then my daughter, same thing. She's a little behind. She got a phone at 14. Although your daughter's rocking, man. She's so smart.

Yeah. Do you think she's catching up? She's catching up. She's very, I feel like she's street smart. It's some of the basic education stuff that she lacked growing up in the orphanage and not having some of the fundamentals that set her back and then English being her second language and only speaking it for the last four years. I forget that sometimes.

Okay. 10, though, too early in your mind, Eddie? It's not a hard decision. I think once they start driving, you can get them a cell phone. 16. But you fall, it used to be 18. 18. and I came down.

And my 14-year-old has one, but it's kind of all my kids' cell phones. He doesn't take it to school. He doesn't take it places. But if we... He doesn't take it places. No, if we leave him at home, you know? Eddie, that's not called a cell phone.

That's called Landline, buddy. Wait, so, like, what if he's out and about and he needs to get a hold of you? Well, yeah. At a friend shop? Special occasions like that, yes. Okay, well... 10 is what the average American parents are saying.

Yeah, and I would say if you're doing 10, definitely take advantage of the parental controls. And then those parents are also saying there's boundaries, like the kids can't have the cell phone up in their room and no cell phones at the table, which I did see an article too saying that more and more families are trying to get intentional about meals around the table because that's the best way to connect to each other. Yeah, that's good. I like that. My wife enforces that with me. Yeah. That's how you're. And you are not. And I don't, I now don't even think about

the phone really at dinner. I put it away immediately. But, you know, when we decide to have kids, I'll probably put a cell phone in the crib. Because if they start using it early, it won't be a big thing. They'll just know and they'll know all the rules, right? All right, what else? Bobby, when you went off to college, did you know how to clean up after yourself? Yeah, I raised myself. Tidy up, do laundry. I could cook. I could save a wounded human.

I could do all of it. Yeah. Well, in a survey, the majority of college kids all said, yeah, like, when my room is clean, I feel my best. But more than half of them said that they went off to college completely unprepared and didn't know how to clean up after themselves, which is crazy to me. How do you not a clean up after yourself? Ridiculous. Like, you know, you just act like you don't know. So when you don't do it, you're like, I didn't know.

You know how to clean up after yourself. Everyone does. Okay, well, I'm just sharing with you the survey and I, too, was shocked by it and just a heads-up to parents because we've got it maybe a week or two before kids head off to college and maybe you just teach them the laundry, teach them how to do, you know, dishes. Okay, laundry, that's a thing. Okay, I don't really consider that clean up after yourself. But okay, now, I didn't know how to really do laundry except for put it all in there and do it on cold.

That's a safe way. Like the whites and the darks and the towels. That was a safe way. So when I got to college, I go to a laundromat. I put it all on cold. Put the quarters in, the end. Now I still, I really don't know how to do it now either. All right, what else?

Tyler Hubbard said that he only had $12 in his bank account in 2011 before Cruz came out. I remember being over in Barry Hill recording our first album and we were literally working on Cruz. Who did on at the time that that song was going to do what it did? And I was coming back from lunch and I was sitting in the parking lot literally checking. in my bank account and I had $12 left in my bank account, which was, you know, and at the time, you know, I didn't, I didn't have a resource to go to other than what, where's the next car I'm going to watch, you know, and so for me, I knew the next day I can't go to the studio because I got to go work because I'm down to pretty much one bill left.

Is that for my podcast? Yeah, I was going to say, this guy's telling the same story as everybody. Okay. I was really confused and I was getting upset. I was like, no, no, no, that's the story he told me. Well, it came out the other day. Yeah, came on Friday, yeah. Yeah, I thought that that part was interesting.

and you can search for it on IHeartRadio or wherever you listen to podcasts. I think the most interesting part is when I asked them, should you guys break up because of your political beliefs? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Part too. This is a good question.

I like to get an award for that one. All right, is that it? I'm Amy. That's my pile. That was Amy's pile of stories. It's time for the good news. With Amy. Tell me something good.

I love when little kids inspire us. This time it's a seven-year-old named Tukasari, lives in Pennsylvania, and he started his own business, tie-dye by tuka. He makes and designs and then sells tie-dye shirts. And he has donated $375 to Your Safe Haven, which is a local shelter. Then he created some more shirts

and was able to give $425 to the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania. And he continues to just make shirts and cut checks. Yeah, it's good. It's a lot of money to a seven-year-old. Yeah. It's a lot of money for anybody, actually. I got a seven-year-old who doesn't have a job. Also, I had a tie-dye face for a little bit.

Tie-dye shirts are awesome. For a little bit. No, wearing them. Everybody kind of has a tie-dye phase for a little bit where they're like, tie-dye's cool. I think the 70s were just a general tie-dye face for everybody. But had a couple little phases where I thought tie-dye was where it was. You, Amy?

Oh, yeah. I still wear it. Lunchbox? I had a tie-dye shirt for kickball. That's the only reason. I was given to you. So you didn't have a phase yet. Don't worry.

It'll be coming soon. I would like to. I think they look cool, but I don't know. Can I pull it off? Yes. You can pull off anything that you want to pull off. That's right. If you like it and you want to pull it off, go ahead and pull it off.

Also, I feel like if you wear tie-dye, people don't expect anything from you. You're like, oh, that dude's just chill. Like he has no responsibility. Like he's like a, they think you're a hippie? Yes. Stoner? Yep. Because of a tie-dye shirt?

Yes. Huh. So I think I need to get some of those. Okay. You won't expect much of me. Probably a haircut first. Okay. It probably is a combo of the hair.

Yeah, that'll be what it is. Have you, someone trimmed your bangs? Someone trimmed your bangs? No. No. All right. Would you like us to? No.

Maybe we bring a stylus in. They give me a styly haircut. A styly. Yeah, we'll see if that's on the menu of things they do. All right, that's what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. All right, if you have ever dealt with a traditional home security company, you know the drill. Expensive monthly fees, contracts that lock you in for years, and waiting around for a technician to set everything up.

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