This Past Weekend - E309 Morgan Wallen

Starting point is 00:00:00 Sometime you wake up in the morning or anytime and you need a sipper. You need something to start you out and I'm talking about magic mind It creates that flow state that you've been wanting It has adaptogens. No, tropics and all types of magic in it You want to go get it magic mind dot co use promo code Theo for ten percent off Today's guest is a one-of-a-kind type of man in the country music Genre and really Just a young legend in entertainment. He just won the CMA's

Starting point is 00:00:39 new artist of the year award I Mean he's just the dude is just dang talented and we're happy to have him here today. Mr. Morgan Wallin It's like I thought comedians ten years ago could say whatever they put in whatever they want. Oh, yeah I feel like yeah a little now. It's like comedy is even getting restricted, right? Yeah, that sucks because like some of the funniest jokes are the best most messed up ones I know well I think now one thing you're seeing though like in clubs like say in like Denver has a club where they will

Starting point is 00:01:35 Take your phones before people go in they'll bag them up So it's his company even that they have like these little bags at the front as you check in and get your ticket They put it in there. They lock it. So you get to keep your phone, but there's no way for you to unlock it So then at least then it's like the environment is still safe But all it takes is somebody who's making one in risk. It's not like they're patting them down. Yeah, not There's not like a T-Mobile mascot out there Yeah, yeah, yeah, really should be though. No doubt Yeah, do you think about that in music though? Do you think about I don't know

Starting point is 00:02:12 Does it does that play the same in music where there's things you can't say now? I? Haven't really considered it honestly. I mean, I guess if I were to write a lyric and I was Where it was, you know, I thought somebody might get triggered by it. Maybe but so far. I haven't So far I have not really even considered that. Yeah Yeah, dude people, uh Yeah, people love your music man. I was at a funeral might even joke it and probably about Seven weeks ago and they played What was the one album? What was the album that whiskey glasses was on was the title of that album?

Starting point is 00:02:45 It's called if I know me. Yeah, they played that at it. Yeah, and I'm like, this is so it was the weirdest fit play if I know me Yeah, if I know me. Yeah What for a funeral? It was really weird, but I said damn this guy has made it He's had I mean, he's made it not only for the living but for the dead. That's almost that's almost more important. What up? Do you feel like cuz now I mean you're famous now I? Think yeah, it's it's starting to feel that way. Yeah, I You know, I just I went to the airport the other day and got recognized this this girl came up to me And I was trying to be incognito, you know, like some what I wasn't hunched over

Starting point is 00:03:25 What do you take a cane? But I had you know had a mask on and had a hat on and stuff and See I had my back turned to her and she came up and put me in I was like, hey, are you more than one? I'm like, yeah, it's like are you really like yes? I really am so we got a picture or whatever not before we before she left I was like By the way, how'd you know it was me, you know, like what gave it away? She's like, I just know your I region and I was like All right, that's a little creepy, but you might have to get like a little You have to get something you might as you get some shapes and specs or well on the way back. I

Starting point is 00:04:03 Hey, I put I just wore a hood. Yeah, and that the hood was fine But like summertime travel, I'm not sure what we're gonna do there, you know but that was my first time being in an airport by myself in a long time really since I Haven't been in an airport by myself in probably like three years, right? So and then since quarantine, I haven't been in an airport at all. So it was just like it was a leap of faith And you went by yourself. Yeah, is it uh now was this part nice because I noticed this like it used to be like I would feel because I mean I get recognized some right, but it's a it's a different level I feel like that you're on like especially with music like people are you guys are rock stars, you know

Starting point is 00:04:39 Like we got to come up with some serious riddles. You know what I'm saying? Like I don't have a bass drum out there. You know what I'm saying like you guys really put it on people Yeah, um, but I noticed having the mask is really nice because then it's like if I want the the the Possible that the dopamine hit I get from somebody recognize me or whatever I can I can I can make that happen and if not I can put it up. Yeah, well sometimes I'm sure you might get recognized too just based off your hair. Yeah, I'm sure that might be the case But yeah, the hair doesn't help. No, no, it doesn't help you either probably. No, it doesn't at all But that's also a good thing. I think you know, it's like well, do you want it to work?

Starting point is 00:05:16 You're probably gonna have to deal with being recognized sometimes, you know, it's just part of it So I don't I don't dislike it. It's yeah, it can be a little especially just you know Just realizing you might be being videoed or whatever. It's just it's a little weird, you know It's like you feel a little violated, you know, yeah, but it's just part of it But the mask thing, you know, maybe I don't want masks to be required forever But maybe like for the next couple years, it won't be weird if you're if you're wearing a mask, you know Stick one on for the next couple years. Well the air I like it on the airline because for one I noticed everybody's quiet on the plane It's like it's quiet. It used to be maybe there's some loud kids, you know

Starting point is 00:05:49 and Then also I feel like like I started to feel this pressure sometimes where if I wasn't in first class then it would make then I would be like People would think something of me like yeah, it's my own thing. I'm on head. There's nothing to do with them It's my own thing like oh, they're gonna think I'm not success. You know, I get that. Yeah So like then it's kind of nice if I can't say if it's just a last-minute flight There's no first class. I can sit anywhere and as long as I have my mask. I'm pretty safe, you know Everybody's probably gonna come up to you. Yeah. Yeah, I understand the pressure that I know what you're talking about It's like how you want to you got something doing so well got four number one, but I surely he's got a lot of money, you know

Starting point is 00:06:23 You got four number one. Then why is he in 16? I got more fans and I got money right now Now is it kind of crazy going from like I noticed there's a there's a moment where You're good and you know it, right? You know what you're capable of you know Like it's just as an artist as a performer as Just a human being you know, but other people don't realize it yet and that for me that always felt like a kind of a special kind of place It's like I know how capable I am but everybody else kind of doesn't really but then you you break that that the levy there and then it's like Everybody just knows it's almost like the secret has been told kind of you ever feel anything like that. Yeah, I do

Starting point is 00:07:08 I mean, and I think at that point, you know, it's like What before people know you you have something to prove For yourself, you know, like I got to show them because I want to you know And then once you get kind of past that they start expecting it from you and then you're like I gotta prove it for them now So it's like it's just two different kind of places, I guess But hopefully you can hold on to proving it for yourself for a long time because I think that's more important than proving it for anyone else Yeah, yeah, I agree. I think it just gets tricky, you know, it does I think just the more success you have the trickier it gets is what I'm realizing

Starting point is 00:07:37 I don't even know how to put all of it into words, but there's just so much going on it Yeah, once, you know, like somebody they expect this and you know, they think they have they bought in they've they've cared about you for So long so they have to they have a say in what you do You know, it's like they almost feel like they're half your manager or something You know, so it's like you got to be careful about listening to it and reading into to people's comments too much because you I mean They love you because you're you not because of what they want you to be, you know, yeah Damn and I wish you lived in my head, bro Because I go down the other path a lot of times I'll start like, you know, I worry so much like what do people expect now and like

Starting point is 00:08:11 How how would I behave, you know, sometimes, you know, and I'm sure for you guys It's even a total it's said even more grandiose love. No, don't get me wrong. I don't live that I don't I don't always live by what I just told you I sometimes Like do as I do as I say no as I do But I try to you know, like there'll be days where I'll go down that rabbit hole I'm like god, dude, this is this is impossible, you know, cuz you know, so many people have so many different opinions There's no way to to please all of those. Yeah, but some days I wake up and like hey I'm gonna do what I want to today and I just feel like I'm a lot happier that way. Amen, man. Wow

Starting point is 00:08:44 Now do you notice like yeah, you said there's like fans like whenever you have fans from a long time ago that had been with you Since the beginning kind of it is interesting because you kind of listen to them And sometimes I'll almost go to them for like a point of view of myself that I feel like I can't get anymore Yeah, no, I get that dude. I you know, there's some people it's been so long since we've played shows I haven't seen their faces in a long time But I mean there there was this one guy and like the South Carolina North Carolina and anywhere in that region he would come to just every single show, you know And I always talked to him. Maybe have a drink with him or whatever. He was just like my boy

Starting point is 00:09:15 Yeah, and then there was this lady and her and her family member that they came to I don't know like 20 something shows like you know Any year or something something insane, you know, yeah, and those you know, you start seeing those faces and you start I don't know you start really appreciating them to start caring for me now. And I yeah, you know If I look for a comment, I might look for theirs first and be like, yeah, you know, they get it, you know Yeah Yeah, there is something special about that Yeah, like I used to have a couple of people that would drive to different shows like come one guy drove his like he had this like beautiful car He'd refurbished and he brought it up from

Starting point is 00:09:45 Like Tallahassee and drove it up so I could see it at a show one time, you know Just because you had an interaction online and it was just like man, it's pretty it was just interesting, you know But then I felt next you know, I'm riding around the block in his car and stuff like that, you know It's interesting the fans you kind of have from the beginning, you know, it is I mean at that point you don't really think about it You're like, you know, you may be like, oh, well, they're here again, you know, great but the longer the longer you Get going and the more people that jump on the wagon you kind of I don't know you just never forget them I guess you never probably will and that's that's kind of cool

Starting point is 00:10:17 Yeah, super cool But you can't like it's interesting because in the beginning you can kind of have a beer with that one guy Or you can kind of have a beer with that, you know, the mom and daughter that came and you can give him a hug after a show And there's you know, you can hang out outside of the venue and spend a little bit of time with you But then that starts to go away Definitely And yeah, I mean for you, you can't I mean you can't do that anymore No, no, you can't and like I said has been so long since I've since I've even played a show

Starting point is 00:10:41 I feel like thanks have even for for us the last since the last time we played a show and now Things have grown so I mean, it's like unreal how much they've grown so I don't even I'm not even sure what I can what I couldn't do it inside And in a venue, you know, because it's just it's just so much different But yeah, I remember we used to play some, you know, we started playing shows me and my booking agent We we had a you know, whole plan, you know instead of going and opening for other people playing, you know Clubs and theaters and opening for someone. Let's just go do our own thing at these tiny places and build it from the ground up Hey, man, so like we would go to like I can't remember like the Boat House and Myrtle Beach or something

Starting point is 00:11:19 It was called something like that, you know, and I would I would play it I'd play a show for maybe a hundred people 200 people probably a boat max. Yeah. No, no, there. Well, I don't even think it's all I don't even think it's on the water But I can't remember what I don't know if that's the exact name that I could be wrong. That's like a oyster bar But they only have lamb. Yeah, it's like oh man But that would bring I would bring people up on the bus. That's like that's when I first got a bus You know, it's like I was I probably wouldn't even I wouldn't make any money Money to pay for this. Yeah, if you have a bus in the beginning you lose him. I was losing money for sure

Starting point is 00:11:54 And but I would bring him up there and I played songs like four or five people I'd play them songs on my bus, you know, just on the guitar and they would hang and it was like I think that those are moments that I'd you know, I didn't realize how how unique those moments were at the time because I didn't I didn't know if I was gonna do any more than that. I didn't know if I was gonna make it any further I didn't know if I was gonna get another bus. I didn't know if I was gonna get a tractor trailer You know, I didn't I thought I might have to give this back real quick So but it's looking back now. It's those moments were really unique and special and and I know I'll remember them And I think they will too. Yeah. Yeah, it's funny man. It's interesting how like

Starting point is 00:12:29 Yeah, there's moments. It's like it. They just kind of disappeared It's they don't disappear. I mean you always have them But you can't go back and relive that exact same thing a little bit No, you can't and I think that's part of what makes them unique and special You know, because if you could continue to do them then it would just not be a special for anyone It would just be a known thing and I think that's part of you know, the the the mystique about something like that But yeah, it would it's it's it's funny to think about like the the steps that you take to get where you're going and how beautiful a lot of those You know those things those moments that you yeah, once you look back you realize how unique and special they were

Starting point is 00:13:03 You know, and you don't it once you get to a massive scale. It's kind of just like a lot of them are the same Kind of deals the whole way through, you know, it's like oh you've reached this point. Where do you where do you go now? You know, right? Yeah, you start working with the same company. Everybody's kind of it becomes a little bit more like a Best Buy kind of a little bit Little more corporate. Yeah. Yeah a little more corporate We got a question right here from a fella that sent this in right here. All right, obviously Joe Burrow fan All right, thank you. This is flim from Washington, DC. Yes, flim like the shit in your throat By way of Alabama and this question for both you guys I just wanted to know

Starting point is 00:13:37 When you guys were up and coming and making your way whether it's a stand-up or in country music Did you ever book a gig or show up to a venue and there was only like two or three people there and since you had already booked they weren't being paid you just had to power through and How awkward was that for you? Thanks gang gang gang, bro. That's a good question man. Yeah, flim. That's a Hey, in honor of him Honor burrows leg clear my throat right Good question. I did I did did you yeah, bro. I did a few of those

Starting point is 00:14:17 Just one I wish there was only one Probably my most notable one was like I Don't even know if I'd gotten a record deal yet It was right when I first moved to Nashville and my booking agent was like Cuz I had a band, you know, and he was like well I want we're gonna I'm gonna send y'all out on the road and play some cover band shows Just make sure just get you guys in your band just a little tighter and you know make sure you guys are good, right? Excuse me. All right, cool. Whatever. What was the band's name? I was just me. Oh, it's still yeah

Starting point is 00:14:51 Yeah, yeah, okay. Got it. Go. Sorry, but we were singing like cut like we were playing like a long long sets You know like a couple three hours Except I think waiting's paid a lot better And you know, there would probably been some hot girls This was not that Yeah, just just got off the public golf course Yeah, a lot of rosy cheeked old men, huh? Yeah, I'm saying is little helpers. Yeah, and They're probably this one man. It was in Greenville, North Carolina. It was the first one we had done man, and I

Starting point is 00:15:35 Would sell the what they told us was we're gonna go to Greenville, North Carolina That's where East Carolina University. Okay, cool. You know, it's like a it's like a Friday or something. Yeah, sure There'll be a lot of pirates. Yeah, the pirates. Yeah, there'll be some that'd be a lot of college kids out here. You know, hell, yeah, we'll be great We get there and like the first thing the dude says to us. He's like, yeah, by the way, guys It's rush week or something. No, the Fratres Royce is allowed to go out Okay You know, maybe there's some people that stuck around in this town that are a little younger There's a people that dropped out of school. Yeah, they didn't make to the frat, you know, yeah, we

Starting point is 00:16:13 Go up there and I saw him as soon as he starts saying that I start pounding PBRs In the middle of the day, I'm like, oh, this is good. Oh, yeah, this is gonna be bad That's the North Carolina state bird that But uh man We get out there and I'm I'm pretty lit dude and like honestly, we have not had a chance to practice that much and there's a bunch There is a bunch of songs on this list, you know, so I'm damn near making up words these songs lit

Starting point is 00:16:47 Singing there's like four people, you know one person kind of dancing a little bit and by himself. Yeah Yeah, I couldn't tell you who that who was actually there But uh, I start midway like do it. I'm like halfway talking shit to the to the crowd. I'm like, God, you got sucked I'm just not not having enough time I'm not feeling it all making, you know telling my band to to replay the chorus and that then you know, let's do that Let's just keep this song going because I don't know the next day. Yeah, and it was like one of those Moments where I knew I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to play cover bands. Yeah Because it was extremely difficult and you just don't never know what you're gonna get

Starting point is 00:17:27 So that I think though that moment I'm pretty sure one of my buddies that I brought with me like told the guy his bar sucked and like he got kicked out of the bar You know one of the five people there was my buddy He got kicked out because he was being the idiot and it just but it was one of those moments I was like, well, I need to get it together. We really need a we got I want to make something of this I really really love singing. I really don't like singing other people's music the whole time I'd really like to sing my own. Yeah, so let's let's hone in and and really work on this

Starting point is 00:17:53 And that was like that was the worst one we ever the first one was the worst one And we kept getting better damn and you still was some of the same guys today Yeah, everybody in that band is still my band except for my one of my guitar players And it was not any bad blood or anything. He just got married and wanted to stay at home. Oh, yeah I heard about that. I remember you talked about that in a different interview. Yeah, man. That's wild dude. I remember Let me think I remember One time They brought me out. It was a this was actually a Greek event

Starting point is 00:18:25 This was in this is like University of North Florida or something. So they bring me out. Uh, I don't know It's it's one of those schools. You're like, I don't know if this really a school There's like 18 schools in Florida and that ain't that's yeah, yeah, they cut it off. That's number 19 There's like four gyms on campus. You're like this shit is a little weird Yeah, this ain't checking out. So they're like, okay, we need you to go out there start the show off It's gonna be great, right? I go out there, but these kids do not give a fuck about me All they care about is seeing their friends who are performing because each one of the Greek groups had like one of They're doing something. They're doing like a

Starting point is 00:19:03 You know, they're playing a song or doing a skit. Okay, so I'm a talent show. Yeah talent show So I go out there and I guess they didn't consider me talent So I go out there, bro. They're they're booing. So I'm just ripping through my material because it's all I have It's my only weapon. Yeah, my only weapon is just these words that I have, you know And only have about 15 minutes of material So I burned through that in about seven minutes. Oh, yeah, you know, uh, yeah, because part of your thing is like pausing and Yeah, yeah, totally. None of that Well, every time I pause I can feel how much more they hate me, you know, something like these pauses are pretty painful

Starting point is 00:19:37 Oh, so I get through that I bring out the group who's performing coming out next and I get backstage and like that was good Uh, and they're like you're back up in three minutes or something, right? And I had to go out seven more times I don't know that stage. You had no Mormons here for 15 minutes each Uh, no, no for like three minutes each after that till like you're like the host kind of yeah, man Oh, it got so bad, bro. Like the third time the third time I picked up an american flag that was backstage and just walked out with it. Just that was it Somebody's singing national anthem out here. Yeah, totally. Like I was surrendering bro

Starting point is 00:20:14 Spray pink that thing white Just going over the red. Yeah, yeah, dude. It was bad, man But by the end it was almost funny that I kept coming out. They're like no way he's coming back out. I'd be like, I'm back How long ago? Man, I was probably 10 years ago But one the one that hurt my feelings the most I had a special that came out on netflix probably a few years back About five years ago, and I thought oh man. This is it. I made it. I'm Boston. Oh, thanks, man. Appreciate that Uh, and so I get out there. I go to chat nougat was in chat nougat. I'm performing and I'm excited

Starting point is 00:20:51 I get there. I'm thinking it's gonna be hype, dude. Finally people are coming. I've been doing this for, you know 9 years 10 years finally people are gonna come out and I got there bruh and there's like seven people there It didn't do anything dude, and there was just One like and one one girl came bro, and that's all wait for that It hurt you because it makes you think like dang dude. I wish it wasn't her who came but also We'll see how it goes, you know Only one girl She was

Starting point is 00:21:26 She was a tough girl boy. She had all the shoulders bruh. She was just a strong lady. You know, yeah, you met her No, I've met a few. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I mean, I love mindbaggers too, you know Yeah, no, she was uh, yeah, she was She was just and I still I think I did actually end up making out with her honestly Yeah, you know that's what I was at Say she came you gotta You appreciate her, you know, oh dude, and she's a great girl. She's a very sweet gal And I actually ended up years later. She came up to me said you remember me

Starting point is 00:21:57 I said I before I said I don't I don't think so, you know She said I came to your show in chat nougat And I was like man, and I was actually pretty grateful she come because she was one ninth of the audience, you know Yeah, yeah uh, yeah, I mean, yeah, she was at least a night, you know but it was uh Yeah, that was a tough one, man So you you were having this that was net that was when they filmed the Netflix thing. That's when it no, that's when it came out

Starting point is 00:22:20 Oh, oh, got you. So I thought that is well. I'm on Netflix. I'm yeah, I made it. Yeah And damn it didn't do it didn't do anything It's it isn't I mean that's that is it that's an interesting thing, you know You get or like for me it'd be like Spotify or something, you know, like all right I got on I got on hot country surely now I made it people people gonna care now Just because some just because the editor really cares about me means everyone in the whole world is gonna care, you know It's like it's not always how it goes, you know, you and it's interesting to think

Starting point is 00:22:49 You they just got to care about you not because some not because Netflix does or because HBO does or you know, those those people are just taking risk. It's not like they're not God telling these people to to watch, you know, it's right. Sometimes we give them that power I think I always did especially when I was coming up. I gave the media that power Well, I think the media probably had a little bit more power when you were coming up Yeah, because they didn't or even maybe a little further than that because that was a lot of people's only way of Of getting to see right there wasn't as much social media there wasn't as much YouTube. It was like Yeah, they were really watch TV. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now. It's like somebody off of your TV show

Starting point is 00:23:26 I said I've turned on television shows left and right. It's just like I wouldn't I would just have more six Because I found success eventually by just starting my own thing Yeah, you know and going on doing things like Joe Rogan like guys like that like saying come on the podcast and then that's what changed Me at least people being able to at least see me for me, you know, but like you're saying they're more of a natural thing They they gravitate towards you They did it's something about like they can push it as many times you can push the spins as many times they want But if there's not something I think that they If there's not something deeper in there, then it's not gonna stick

Starting point is 00:23:58 It won't man. And it's interesting and like for for I mean, I don't know what I don't it's hard to put it that into words, too It's like I don't know what what it is that people like about me or what it is that people like about you But clearly there's something that they are drawn to that they feel connected to that I think it's just being real, dude Yeah, I really do a lot of people just think they have to be a certain way or do a certain thing like oh, I'm a country music singer I gotta huh, you know I better buy a connoisseur wagon, you know, I need to come I need a cowboy hat now, you know, it's like it's not you know, I don't know They I think they just really know they can everybody has a really good way of sensing out or someone who's not who's not being genuine

Starting point is 00:24:35 yeah, yeah, I think the authenticity is definitely becoming more and more of a Commodity than it used to be but you also have to be cool. You have to be cool. Your authentic self needs to be cool You know, like if you're if you're not then I guess you're just out of luck You know, like if you're just not a cool person then yeah, you're like damn Larry's authentic He is lying Exactly So it's kind of like if you don't if you don't have both then right here. Yeah, you got a certain amount of both intensity Dude, I used to have this dude. I used to work on this farm. I worked on this

Starting point is 00:25:05 soybean farm and uh And corn over near uh, like Louisiana Mississippi border and we had this dude work with us, bro And they call him raptor, right? It's a nickname and not nicknamed after the truck. No, this was him first. Yeah after the the dinosaur. Yeah, something Something who knows man, but he always used to be like man, they named that truck after me. I'm like, dude They never don't know nothing about you You gotta call him down a little did he really think that oh he 100% did but he would uh So one time uh, uh, they had a lot of tornadoes would come through there

Starting point is 00:25:39 So you have to go lay in one of the ditches whenever if you were out there working Like we have to go lay in one of the ditches, right? So one day a bit pretty there's a pretty good twister in the distance. So we're scared, you know So I run over I lay in he comes in behind me lays right on top of me That's fine. I guess it's fine for me, but it's just like damn dude We must have 400 yards of ditch and he laid right on top of me, man But he had this unique thing about him. He used to go after it would rain He go take his shirt off and lay on the concrete, bro and just let that like a snake, you know

Starting point is 00:26:09 Like chest down. Yeah. Yeah, just let that heat get him, you know, just the heat coming off the concrete Was he cold natured or something? He might have been man. Yeah, he was walking around shivering all day I think he was definitely he was a little bit shivering. I'm sure when it came to school work He made him shiver a little it sounds like it Here's a question right here from the young fella, man Who sent this in what's up, Theo? What's up, Morgan? Morgan live from France from France. I just want to say big respect as a fellow mullet man or aspiring mullet man and my question was

Starting point is 00:26:44 Morgan, what is the craziest town you've performed in with the wildest people wildest crowd? gang gang hoggy tongue I like that. I like the gang gang hoggy tongue. It's got a good ring to it. It's too bad, man Yeah, gang gang hoggy tongue from France. Yeah, from France. That's true, man It's good to know we're about to take France over, son. I'm on the way, man. I'm on the way Oh, the wildest place for me I'm not even sure exactly what the town was called, but it was in Canada It was a festival called Boots and Hearts. It's somewhere outside of Toronto

Starting point is 00:27:20 Damn, that sounds intense. It does. It sounds like a mass on Calgary or something. No, Toronto, you said Uh, yeah, like right outside of Toronto somewhere. I don't know within an hour But dude It was it was I wasn't even on the main stage Like it was I was like the headliner for the b stage or whatever. It was last year, I guess and dude It was So loud I've never played a show that that loud and I've never just played for an audience that was that

Starting point is 00:27:50 I don't know rabid for for the material and for just what we were up there doing You know, I just felt such a gratitude. Um, they were hanging on to everything I mean, I played I played whiskey glasses Which I don't even know if it had like became as big of a hit as it, you know Turned out to be yet And after I played that song for 10 minutes literally maybe more I just sit there I stood there and they cheered and like just kept getting louder and like it it brought me to tears

Starting point is 00:28:12 It was like they just you could tell that they really connected to to the to the music and to what I was doing up there And um, that's a show that I'll never forget and to to this day that that I have never played a louder or row to your show damn Wonder what it was. I don't know man. Canada has always been really good to me. Actually. Canada's amazing though. Yeah, Australia even Australia Yeah, they're they're amazing. It's Australia. Yeah, dude. How great is Australia? Dude, I so far that was the only two places I've been outside of the u.s I've only been to australia and to Canada haven't been to europe yet. I was gonna go Before corona and all that stuff happened. We were gonna go this year, but um, yeah, man

Starting point is 00:28:45 It's you know, maybe it's because I don't know. We don't get to go there as much They they know that this might be a thing that doesn't happen as often. Yeah, this might be it Yeah, maybe that's why and I'm not talking shit about american fans by any means because there's places that have been Close to as rowdy as that, you know, but that one was just particularly just unreal. That was it, huh? Yeah Man, I actually I think I came on stage the other night here somewhere and uh at the comedy club here And it was one of the craziest moments I'd had in a while. I think yeah, just for some reason It was just like a monday new material night or something and I mean, I think they must have cheer for like a dang minute. It was pretty pretty pretty crazy how uh

Starting point is 00:29:25 Much I think it goes back to what you're saying and some people just want to They relate to you somehow and they want to see you know It's tough as a performer for me as a comedian It's tough to try and feel like I can return that from the stage like return the emotion that people share with you Yeah, does it feel like that for you ever or is it different with music? um, man It just depends like in that moment. I think they saw me I like I I couldn't keep myself from crying like it was that it was that powerful meant that much to me

Starting point is 00:29:51 So I think that they felt that yeah, but in other moments, you know There may be times where I may I may be so focused on what I'm doing or whatever that I may not even realize How much emotion they're giving you know, I'm so I'm playing, you know 75 80 minutes 90 minutes of songs I'm so focused in on that and Feeling that you know, I made I may not even I may bypass some something that they felt they felt like they gave gave me You know, I don't know that we're all ever on the same page but like I do really try to to pay attention to to what they're doing and And and let and let them know that I appreciate it every time I get on stage and and once we get to get back on stage

Starting point is 00:30:24 I think it'll I'll even be more so likely to do it. Yeah, man. It's almost like you're waiting for it It's like this rocket ship just keeps just buzzing around your house and you just can't get on it Yeah, I mean you're on it, but you just you still on the ground. Yeah, it has not launched by any means I don't know because it's it a lot of artists are probably thinking man. How am I gonna make do how am I gonna get Create an audience during quarantine. Well, I was definitely concerned about that when it first happened I was I was concerned about a lot of things like how am I gonna be creative? Because I really rely on other people to to like inspire me, you know, like I really like having conversations that inspire song titles Are inspiring just thoughts. Yeah with other people because I really do rely on that

Starting point is 00:31:07 So I didn't know how that was gonna go You know, obviously, I haven't really been I haven't been quarantined as much as some people have But that's true. Yeah, even a little more out and about man. Hey every now and then a rabbit gets out the cage Hey, man, you can get a better lock. Oh, dude. Oh, man. You scored more in Alabama than the volunteers having a damn decade Okay, go balls, baby They even need to put me on the squad You got seven for seven from the from what I've seen But yeah, it's uh, I don't even know what we're talking about

Starting point is 00:31:49 I don't either. Oh the rocket shipper or Yeah, it's interesting because a lot of artists are there. I mean a lot of artists It's like like all my friends a half of your friends probably there's nothing they can do You know, at least at least we have this like this business is a business that's done well throughout quarantine podcast And you know, it's like can still do it Um, but a lot of guys. Yeah, what can you guys can't go do anything? No, man. I mean, I've done a couple like private things, you know, just small top things where Everybody had to be tested and all that kind of stuff, but you know, you can only do so much of that

Starting point is 00:32:19 And you can only have so many people and so that that kind of something I had that's something I haven't really been doing as much lately. I did that more towards the beginning, but um For me, I didn't I didn't know and then like the whole tiktok thing started happening with my song So I started trying to take advantage of it, you know, like, okay. Well that song they really they really Respond to that song and I didn't even mean for it to happen So maybe I'll give them one on purpose now and see if see if they'll start building up every song the same way They did the first one and it seemed to to be a really good

Starting point is 00:32:45 Strategy for me as far as leaking out, you know, demos or whatever, which I've also learned Don't leak probably don't leak demos because people get attached to the demos and if you change it in any sort of way Like towards the record, they'll be like, oh, you should have left it this way. You should have done this Why'd you put this instrument here? You're like, oh, whoa, I was just trying to see if you like the song or not, man. I didn't know you're my producer now But um, it's it's been interesting to see the power of just social media because I didn't really I didn't Appreciate it as much before this. Yeah. Oh, yeah, it's interesting. So you you think that it definitely had something to do with Helping your music grow throughout this. Yeah, I mean, I don't know

Starting point is 00:33:22 Obviously the music is the the main thing like you need to have good songs, but As far as promoting it goes. I don't know how else I would have done it. Yeah at all Yeah, I think people just hearing good stuff too, you know, um, I don't know. It's a good question, man Yeah, it's like how much but yeah little clips I mean, I think You know, even you just probably meeting the strange women helped it some probably, you know, well, yeah I mean, I'm just doing shit that normal people do. Of course 100 of course. I'm gonna get I'm gonna get hate from From people, you know that that don't don't that wouldn't be doing that in the first place

Starting point is 00:33:55 Yeah, couldn't be doing that. Of course. They ain't gonna like me doing that. I get that. That's fine I'm gonna get hate. I would have got hate whether it's covet or not for doing that, you know Oh, yeah, people get jealous. Yeah, and I get that but for the most part, I'm just you still have to be alive Just live in my life. What are you gonna do? How am I supposed to write songs if I don't live my life? First of all, and you know, obviously Maybe I don't want videos or everything I'm doing, but I don't know that I would Change it. Yeah Agreed man

Starting point is 00:34:21 um There was a you're outspoken about like, you know, why can't we go tour and and you know, and it's time to you know to get people back on the road and Um, and I just want to hear so people think oh just this artist can't go But you have you affect the livelihoods of a lot of people, you know, and not you any any big performer Yes, and so who how many take me just through whose livelihood you affect like just so people know who you know That it's not just you I don't even know if I can I don't know if I can think of all of them I mean, I have you know my

Starting point is 00:34:55 My booking agency my booking agent is one of my best friends You know he they make percentages of what I could go and make on the road basically only off the road So there's that right. Um, I know I know for a fact my booking agency has had to fire and furlough a ton of people just based off that Um, then you know, I have my label my management, you know My label makes more money off my record. So that doesn't affect them as much even though we do get to promote our You know, whatever nobody's starving at there, right? No, he's starving there. Yeah, they're not firing anybody at the label But on stage with you, but my but you know my management team

Starting point is 00:35:28 I have my tour manager. I have my assistant tour manager. I have my band. I have my guitar techs I have my stage manager. I have my front of house guys I have all kinds of people who are getting the show together to not to mention the local guys who are doing the You know every different town we go to there's a bunch of local people that rely on that income right to make that happen But my guys, you know, like they all have families They have people and I paid them for as long as I could, you know, I paid them for months until into all of this And then at some point I'm like, well guys, I I'm not really bringing in nearly as much money as I was So I can't continue to just keep dishing out money, you know

Starting point is 00:36:02 And I wish that I was able to but and and I know I get it like those protests and all that stuff It's not you don't sell tickets. You're not doing all that stuff but I don't know. There just seems to be no It just seems to me like it's a double standard. They get praised for going to do that. Right. Oh, yeah But we can't have a concert. Yeah, but god forbid we have a concert, you know God forgive we do something that is all that's going to make people feel good and be excited and have a good time Yeah, it is and I and I I don't know man. It's important

Starting point is 00:36:33 I think but there should be some sort of a plan where it's like Let's lock up our senior citizens and keep them safe And then people that want to make a choice to go have a good time can make that choice That's kind of what I've said from the beginning. It's like, okay. Well, if you're if you're at risk Or you think you're at risk. That's fine. You stay in and you get the stimulus package. Sure You we'll take care of you. Yeah, you get it. But everybody else who's young and healthy I know so so many of my friends have had COVID and they're It's not I'm sure it's not fun, but they're fine

Starting point is 00:37:02 And I think people forget about immune systems. I don't know if that's like or did that just did that just disappear What happened to those do we have those still? I don't know. I don't think you do Yeah, if you wash your hands probably 40 times in a day, you probably don't have a new system anymore But as you'll forget about all of that I just you know and and then if you really look at the numbers I was I was watching the news last night in like Tennessee like I'm like, oh five people have died I'm like, well that sucks five people. I'm that is terrible But five people die every weekend in a runaway church van accident. Yeah

Starting point is 00:37:35 Let's be honest, bro That's what I'm saying And like if you listen to the numbers like all deaths gg. Yeah, it sounds scary, but I mean God, why do they want us to be so scared? You know, that's what makes me So skeptical like what are they trying to do? Why do they want so much control? You know, I don't I just don't like that and they and they no one mentions How many people are depressed and using drugs and using alcohol because they can't provide for their family They can't do this and they're feeling like they're worthless because of this. Yeah, what about that?

Starting point is 00:38:02 Yeah, I bet you there's more people committing suicide right now in Tennessee than there are dying of covid. Yeah, so Some guy wrote a note. He died. He killed himself. He said I wish I'd had covid Are you serious? He said I just couldn't I couldn't even I tried to get it. I could But no, it's ridiculous man And it just because I think at a certain point it starts to make me think why can't I make a choice for myself Like let me make a choice. I have with other flues. I have with other things like, you know I should be able to make a choice and and we should be able to hold on to pieces of our society that still make us feel good And that are important. Yeah, and if like obviously I don't want to contribute to no one's death or anything like that

Starting point is 00:38:39 That's not the point. I'm trying to that's not what I'm trying to do I don't think anyone's trying to cause death But you know, if we want to have a show, all right, if you're still that concerned about it, sign a waiver Yeah, if you want to come we'll we'll all sign a waiver Yeah, simple as that. I agree Let you put some responsibility on on human beings, you know, because it almost makes you feel like is Is it I think uh, is there any value in being then what's the point of even being human if I don't even get to make any choices I don't know. That's what I'm trying to figure out too. You know, how long is this gonna last? Yeah, the rest of our lives

Starting point is 00:39:11 Are you just gonna continue? Are we gonna have to wear a mask forever? I mean like, oh god, there's a new COVID next year, you know COVID 20. Yeah Is that what it's gonna be? I mean, I don't know they set us up perfectly for a lot of future COVID's man He did and it's just no one likes to do any sort of research or look at data. They just Look at a headline and assume it's accurate and that's just That's just not how you should be. I don't think I think you should do some stuff for yourself and educate yourself You know, and I'm not claiming to be all knowing about COVID because I'm not

Starting point is 00:39:44 I've seen some data that just makes me think I shouldn't be as scared as they think I am and I may die from COVID next week I don't know God, let's live. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, let's live man. Let's live. That's another thing. It's like, you know, my mom says well If I get it, I get it, you know, it's like some people have like they're not as scared, you know Some people just they're holding so close on to their life. Here's a white guy right here. Just got back from the gym Watching be like, hey guys, I My name is Morgan from PA And I was wondering what's it like being two southern boys that travel the country year round?

Starting point is 00:40:22 You know, where do you see the most? cultural difference compared to where you're from Thanks guys gang gang Man, I don't know. I think Everywhere's a little different. Don't you think? Yeah, I think so. I mean, New York to me when I first went to New York City That was the craziest thing that ever happened to me. I thought first first place first time I ever got on an airplane I went to LA so that was pretty crazy. Me too

Starting point is 00:40:43 Hell, yeah, yeah, I mean, it's all the palm trees and stuff. You're leaving the airport. It looks pretty cool It did look cool. And I think I realized how I guess how much how much of a redneck I sound like when I get out there because everyone's like Where are you from? See man, dang man, I ain't never heard anybody talk like you before you know, it's like you don't really think about how much Difference in one country there is. Yeah, and they get scared too if they hear a southern accent. What do you get? Hey spit on me. What are you? Yeah, what are you racist man?

Starting point is 00:41:21 What do you want? Do you want a recipe? What do you want? Like this crazy stuff, man? There's there's so many like I don't know just stigmas about the south that are funny. I'm sure some of them are true. Oh a lot of them. I think are true, brother Bro, I'll tell you it is so they uh The worst thing is there is something funny though the southern accent. It's great, but it also sounds dumb sometimes It can it can really ruin it's because it's like you could be the smartest person you show up with a southern accent And you don't get the same

Starting point is 00:41:49 consideration No, you don't and I I don't know where that came from really. I don't know why people Correlated correlated those two. Do you that's a good point. I don't know why either Like why where did that come from probably from my guest television? Probably is where you would see, you know, it was always the like southern, you know, the rednecky kind of guy And then rednecks. I've said this before a ton is it's it's the last people they still let you make fun of on television You know, true

Starting point is 00:42:14 so I think we might always get made fun of that might just be part of it, but I don't and I guess, you know A lot of people from the country and who you consider redneck don't have as much education Yeah, as far as book book smart. They may not be book smart, but they They'll get your car back on the road. You know, yeah, dude. Oh, they'll make cracklings. Yeah You know Well, my sister she's she's pretty country and she uh She's the happiest person I know in my whole life. It's definitely a more simple way of living out there

Starting point is 00:42:42 It is, you know, I mean you may be busy all the time You may be getting up at sunrise and going to bed at sundown or you know, not not quitting work till sundown But it's just like I don't know. There's not as much I don't know pressure. It seems like you know, yeah to fit a certain mold Yeah, I was on a date the other day with this gal and she said that they They didn't live by anybody growing up. They lived in like rural Alabama And she says so the only guys that would come literally were her cousins when they would come over like a couple times a year So a couple of her siblings got in

Starting point is 00:43:11 You know at trouble with the family for smooching on the cousins, but it was only people they saw what do you want me to do? Come on, man How how close are cousins we talk? I know it's true But it's just interesting man when that when you have limited certain when you when you have limited options, man That's pretty wild. I didn't I grew up, you know decently rural, but not not that, you know, I saw You know, I had a couple family friends, you know You gotta wait for a family I don't think we didn't have the same last name. That's all I knew baby I was in

Starting point is 00:43:41 Do you got to at least wait for a tall trick or treater to show up? Sean let's pull up that question you played up when when you played for me earlier Hey, what's going on fellas? This is Jason coming to y'all from that nation at the big win over them. Uh, Danny burgers today Out here on these tugboats keeping America moving. Oh hell, yeah, my uh, my question from Morgan Wilden is If you could create a song with any artist any genre past present future Uh, who would it be and why? I love everything y'all do man Morgan congrats on that CMA award

Starting point is 00:44:16 Looking forward to the new double album release next year. Y'all take it easy man gang gang Dang baby. Hell. Yeah, man. That's a good question. Who would it be? You'd think out of the past even I don't think I've ever seen the inside of a tugboat Cool, huh? Yeah, I wonder how far he's going. That's pretty cool And dude that job you have to get born into it a lot of times if it's in Louisiana I think the the the laws where you have to get grandfathered into it literally like your grandfather has to have done it Like it's a family job. Huh. That's cool. Pretty cool I mean, it sucks if you don't have a grandfather. Yeah, what about your grandma?

Starting point is 00:44:48 Uh, I don't know. I mean, I'm sure I bet they got a couple of bad water businesses out there I bet they do too. I don't know, but That's cool, man. I've never seen that before. Is there a guy like on even on any place even 21 savage? Who would be somebody to be a cross? That would be interesting. Oh, well an artist of any time like past or present or future like I don't know about the future, but The Eagles man That's who I'd pick. I love the Eagles. That's like, I don't know their music just makes me feel peace, you know And they always have I think probably because I grew up listening to them a lot and just their sound is so harmonious and and beautiful I don't know. I just love them. I love if I could do a song with the original Eagles

Starting point is 00:45:27 I would that would that would definitely be who I picked damn But if I could do a song like right now with somebody I want to I want to do a song with Molly Cyrus Oh, what really? I love her voice, man. Yeah, she has an insane voice and I and I love her voice Yeah, she has an insane voice and I just you know, she kind of just don't care either and I like that. Yeah What about Justin Bieber man JB you think you'd do something with him? Yeah, I've always I'm a big fan of his yeah me too I've never been like a I've never been on the side of like Oh, this kid's a punk. Look at him doing all this stuff. You know, I'm like this kid's like 15 years old Getting thrown into the spot. I'm 27 and not even close to the level of fame that he's on and I'm like this this shit's hard

Starting point is 00:46:04 You know, it's like dang this this is hard, but this dude's 15 getting thrown into the pop world Yeah, the dude's eating now and later isn't going to like orges with us Hey, I mean, I can't I can't imagine that I really can't so I've never been and I've always kind of felt that for him Even before I you know had anything to do with music. I was always like, dang, why don't people get off his dude's bag? Yeah, I mean my god. He ain't killing nobody Yeah, he came actually in one of my shows in New York actually last year him in Carl his A pastor buddy. He has Carl Lentz who's like uh, who's also a friend. I don't know JB as well But I know I've met him a couple of times through just through church and stuff and uh, he's a he's a neat kid

Starting point is 00:46:45 But he yeah, he went through it man. I'm he went he went through Hell, you know, he's finally like really getting back on his feet and that on god track that he did is really good Man, I think I've always thought he was a talented a uniquely like top level talent. Yeah from from day one since I heard him Canadian bro. Yeah, something something up there, man. I'll tell you man. Drake, Shanae Twain. Oh, Shanae Twain. Remember her? Did you ever meet her? No. Oh, you got a slide anywhere do you? Hey She ain't she don't know how old she is now Oh, I don't know. She she's probably young enough. Not too old. Yeah. She's still Shanae Twain, man

Starting point is 00:47:19 Yeah, that's all that matters. Kick, turn, stomp, stomp, man She's breathing, baby Be beautiful, man. Oh, she is dude. She really she really is but um, no JB. I'm definitely a fan of his. Yeah, that'd be interesting Um, speaking of other artists. What's this question right here, Sean? Yo, what's up theo? What's up, Morgan? Um Which one Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Merle Let me know

Starting point is 00:47:52 gang gang Man, that's that's that's very tough. But I think Johnny Cash for me. I just I've always liked his music a little You guys probably have good stories to tell too, probably. I'd say so, you know, I wish I could hear something. He's Johnny Cash. You're like Johnny credit I don't know if that's a compliment. It is a compliment. I just mean because of the change of terms. No, I know. Yeah, it's not that uh Somebody's Johnny check the next guy Yeah, if you were latino, you'd be Johnny Daenerys, you know, so it's just totally yeah, no, I uh I'm sure he's got some crazy ones to tell man, but I do love his music I even love some of the music that he put out like when and when he was getting older

Starting point is 00:48:30 Yeah, he just always had a really knack for for songs and and obviously just being somebody who's uh I don't I don't even know how to describe that guy that guy's just Larger than life, you know, yeah When he also got to like you had that video recently you guys just put out a video It's almost like a small short movie. It was and it's like there's some acting in it by you Kind of yeah with you feel kind of brave doing that you feel like I thought you did a good job, man Oh, thanks. Yeah, did you feel uh pretty comfortable with it? I did actually I really enjoyed it, you know I've always kind of not always just in the past couple years. I've thought about doing a little bit acting in my music videos, you know

Starting point is 00:49:08 Um and this one seemed like we've kind of made it to a point to where we can you know We have a little bit more leeway and a little a little more budget for our for our films and you know that kind of thing so we me and my manager just decided this we can do it on this one and You know came up with the treatment with with my director and um I was asking the the the girl the actress that was with me. I'm like, you know Because she's like she's like being in some legit stuff. I guess, you know like Netflix and all that kind of stuff and I was you know, hey, how am I doing?

Starting point is 00:49:37 I'm doing all right. If I make you feeling all right, you know with this and she's like, yeah, you seem like you feel You feel comfortable. Yeah, so I I don't know. I didn't have to it's not like I was doing a whole like I wasn't really acting I wasn't like having to change my accent or but you were being yourself, but it's hard to be it's really hard to be yourself It's hard to not do a lot. It is. I think that's the secret It's like, you know, you gotta that camera's there So it makes you want to perform but you and you do want to perform but at the same time you want to I don't know pretend. I don't know. It's weird. I don't even know how to describe It's like the camera's there, but it's not I don't know. Yeah, I tried my best to just be normal

Starting point is 00:50:12 I think you did a great job man. How talented are you? Do you think man? I don't know. I had a I had a meeting with a director for a possible movie for next year. So I'm gonna a decent role in the movie so um I don't that doesn't mean that I got the role, but I think they're at least somewhat interested So I will see. I don't I don't know as far as you mean how talented I am as an actor No, I just think overall, you know, what else? What do you get it? What's what else can you do?

Starting point is 00:50:39 Can you swim? I can swim. Can you really? Yeah, I like swimming. Damn. Yeah, can you not swim? I mean, I'm not I wouldn't say I'm great. You know, I can handle a rain. I just can't handle like uh You can handle a puddle. I can handle it. Yeah It means the levy breaks you ain't doing too well. It's a levy. Yeah, it's gonna be risque baby at the levy breaks Um, you just had a song that hit number one on the charts, right? Uh, yeah, uh, I guess today is like the official day of it and who wrote it with you. It was me charlie handsome uh, urnist smith and michael hardy Let's see if uh, let's see if we can get those guys in here. We got urnist and uh

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Starting point is 00:55:02 What about y'all's first kiss, bro? Let me take me there man. Who was your first kiss hardy? Oh, man God, I don't even know what she's not gonna like that She's gonna have to I think her name. I think it was her name was lee ellen I know where it was. Damn. How old was she? I was lee ellen She's not being elder. She was my age. Believe it or not. Lee Elden. I think it was lee ellen was her name Ellen, I never you know what's funny is like they always called her lee ellen and I never noticed that ellen is in her name Like I don't know that sounds crazy, but I always just saw it as lee ellen

Starting point is 00:55:39 Now that I think about it like ellen is a part of lee ellen and ellen is definitely an older lady's name But no, she was probably we were probably like 13 or 14 and we were at my my family. That's like a You got a late start on life Yeah, man. What would you do before that, bro? Just looking around Killing hogs. I was like 13. Is that a late start? I feel like it's pretty late No, I went to the church of chrysler. We started at about seven or eight if you're morgan wall and that's a late start, okay? Yeah, that's that's true. I gotta think about what company I'm in right now babysitter, huh? Yeah, I don't remember how old I was. She was probably like 12. I was probably like seven. What was her name? You remember? No

Starting point is 00:56:19 That's kind of fucked up. That's heartless. Yeah. She was hey. I was It's also heartless to Morgan not to remember her name I mean, I don't know if I was making out with her, but I kissed her I'm sure I select. I'm did you like did you put the moves on her or was it like a cute thing? I don't know dude. I just remember. I was drunk I was seven. I was 20 years ago, bro. Just look on snapchat. You'll find it, man Morgan wall and kissing his babysitter What's more than one doing his babysitter's kitchen

Starting point is 00:56:52 I need a babysitter now You do now you need a babysitter. Actually, she's here today Rebecca. Come on in What about you Ernest? Man, my first kiss it probably was like Kindergarten, I don't know dude I was gonna cross them. I'm good. Dude. I'm good. I'm good. I'm right here. I was like kindergarten Uh, this girl This girl I think Virginia Bain Burkhardt. I believe her name shout out Virginia Bain

Starting point is 00:57:20 I know dude. I think it's her name. The rambles at her fault. I know My mom tells this story because she picked me up from school that day Well, my little preschool ass jogging down the steps mom's there and she's she said, how was your stay at school? I said, I'm gonna marry that girl in the pink panties So I don't know how I knew that but That was that was a true story. My mom tells it. She said you and I didn't marry. I didn't end up marrying that girl My wife was wearing white panties Oh

Starting point is 00:57:49 Yeah, I don't I don't know that was uh, that was a rough one dude We had this girl in my neighborhood and she used to wear v-neck t-shirts her dad's right He was italian brother was fully italian and I remember She drew brass up. She was we're children, bro. She drew tits on her, uh chest with marker And let me kind of feel on them a little bit, but Yes, dude. How do you think you were them? I hope I was 11

Starting point is 00:58:15 Did you get a little blood flow? Bro the sad thing was And look dude, I remember she drew him too small at first so then she drew him bigger Her first breast augmentation was with a sharpie That's funny She's a sorority That's a true story man. Oh my god, and her brother used to make us come over and play in a bathtub and he was kind of more of a You know, I think he preferred the company of men really and he had us come over there and we would play ship captain

Starting point is 00:58:57 And we would all be in there at a pretty decent bathtub when we'd be in there He'd be on the side yelling stuff out. It's like it was the marines or something, but it was It'd be illegal now. I think You know, yeah Um, do you guys is there another song you guys have written it? I mean, I know you guys are writing a lot of stuff together and especially on the new album You have a bunch of the songs on the new album, right? Yeah, I think me and hearty both do a good bit of them. Uh, we haven't we wrote this bar together. Another song's on there

Starting point is 00:59:23 Um, and then we have this other one on there. Uh, what is it something country? Yeah. Oh, yeah I forgot we wrote that together too. Yeah, so what I forgot we wrote. Yeah when we we wrote that like 30 minutes When yeah, like a long actually a lot of the cuts we had together are like From which one the oldest one is but they're like either more than my hometown or something country is like close to three years Old I think something country is crazy. It's just something country was first in hometown and then this bar a few weeks later I think that's wild and if you you said it's three years harder to get it out Does it usually take something that long to come out? It takes a while. It's all different like you never know No, this this one is like three years. I've I just had a number one on got him Jamison Rogers. It took like

Starting point is 01:00:07 Almost six years from the time we wrote it. But then I've had like Songs go that God's country went from farm to table meaning like created to number one in like two months Maybe two months. That's like a record. I don't know if that's ever either that I heard that lights come on was Jason now Dean song and a bunch of people wrote it but my buddy Jordan Schmidt all of our buddies Jordan Schmidt Said that they wrote it on like a Monday and two weeks later. It was on the radio and it was like Yeah, that's wild and when you guys write it off So you guys will you guys get together with Morgan have a special A time we all are sitting you all there together

Starting point is 01:00:47 Is it just kind of something that happens in in the flow of y'all's friendship these days or how does that kind of work? Well, the last time we I don't even know the last time us three wrote a song together No, I've really been right with earn more because he's been doing his artist thing You know, like we've had more stuff that we've had to do for for ourselves. I guess me and Hardy, but um And earn's artist things coming on too. So hopefully we hopefully we don't all just get separated But I don't think we will where he's got a lot going on. He's also pitching baseball at a junior Hey, I'm getting my arm back dude for no good reason

Starting point is 01:01:19 He's like literally I just we we were all playing in this grown man softball league And it did not get my itch bro because I was like, all right I'm on pitch because I've always been a pitcher and I'm just lobbing softballs up there dude And they're raking the ball and it's like, what am I going to do try to throw? I did I think I did one that I was so pissed off. I just threw one overhand high up the backstop behind him and his next at bat I wasn't there. Yeah, um, my dude. I started dude when you did that My peripherals went and I literally just started thinking like, all right

Starting point is 01:01:53 Who's the closest motherfucker to me dude because I'm gonna have to I was like, I gotta go throw a real baseball because this underhand shit ain't cutting it for me So I picked up the glove. I felt like Dennis Quaid and the rookie dude. I'm out there in the in the rain at night throwing past Spedometer, but no, um, I go to Lipscomb University. I went to David Lipscomb high school k through 12 And it's a college on the same campus. Damn and played baseball or whatever all the way through my freshman year college Haven't thrown in like six years softball happened. I was like, all right. I'm gonna pick up a glove go throw again So I hit the Lipscomb coach up we we keep up on Instagram I was like, hey, can I come by he's like, yeah, come on this week. Beautiful. We're doing just uh, we're having like a field day or whatever

Starting point is 01:02:34 So I come out throw a bullpen and I was sitting at like 80 which was Great for not throwing in six years. I'm like, damn. I got the bug. I ordered a glove I'm back out throwing doing stretches and shit. Dude. I would I love to see you out there, man Yeah, still way out of shape, but you'll make it bro. I'm still got an arm And if now you can pull you could do softball, I bet Yeah, we had a blast doing that shit this fall. I know we all kind of miss games here and there But yeah, it was fun Was it uh, and would you guys just play against too like because I was on a group for a little bit with a couple of

Starting point is 01:03:06 I was playing with this Chinese restaurant, but we got shut down Half our team got covered actually or said they did I think some of them had some family issues going on But uh, yeah, we had all kind of shit I think there was a fire too one of the places burned down that that one was working at but um Wasn't meant to be for that I fell apart dude. I was the tallest guy on the team, man They called me Godzilla. They kept calling me Bryce Harper

Starting point is 01:03:32 Yeah cocaine first, baby um What were we even talking about man something about softball. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah So we y'all who've you guys played like a damn seafood restaurant. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, like there's a group of guys that like did they They were building the uh airport like the ad not so they were part of a big construction crew That's the only one that I know there's a couple hardcore serious like softball teams. Oh, yeah one of those teams Their coat they had a third base coach who was like Like 55 Randy Mars on South Park when he's like yelling at the kids and the whole fighting thing

Starting point is 01:04:06 It was like exactly like I definitely want there for that the most serious guy there He had his cargo shorts on it was tucked in had a fucking had his sheet with them He's down third base. He goes you got the round second with your head. Oh, not being not like a character though. He's being serious He was no he's being dead ass serious. We were like somebody should have ripped him with a foul ball Okay, bro This is too intense. It is softball. We were just trying to have fun But it Blast a lot of grown men go to softball to get that last whatever it is in their life out of their system

Starting point is 01:04:38 Whether it's trying to hit a home or whether it's trying to pick a fight Whether it's trying to you know Yeah, do whatever they got to do they bring it out there to that field and they do it one last time Yeah, you know, there's some good. I didn't realize how competitive it is. Oh and even the teams there's some teams What we played that were like Really really good. What was y'all's team name? Um The recoupables the recoupables. Yeah. Oh because you have to recoup all your album

Starting point is 01:05:00 Yes, we were all every one of every person on the fucking team was an artist Yeah, we'd never been able to do it if we were all on tour. So it was like hell. Yeah every Monday night. Yeah, we're running it That's awesome. I wonder if they do a spring. We should just they do they do we talked about it I mean, I know how I'm moving up to men's league baseball dog. Well, I'm gonna stay down to softball. Yeah I'm trying to strike some folks out. We'll see about that And Your damn right. We'll see about it. Yeah, okay. We like your dreams, man, but we'll just we'll see about it Back in 82. I could throw a pig skin quarter mile. Could you really? No, that was just an uncle rico quote. Oh, yeah

Starting point is 01:05:36 Oh, I know that but I thought you also could no no 82. I was about 10 years before being thought of damn. That's crazy 82 Dude, we had a guy that used to uh We had a one we had a one-armed guy that played uh quarterback in our high school And he played backup quarterback and he got him for a couple games and dude. He could flang it What's he do about the hyac situation like shot gun only and then oh, yeah, uh, no, he could do handoffs You think if you know like the guys remember they get him into different trophy Uh

Starting point is 01:06:06 That's a good question. I don't know I think they'd have to these days you'd have to to be correct. Yeah. Oh, yeah, definitely But he used to he would do this trick sometimes if people didn't know he would like pretend like the running back stole his arm And he'd run around like he took my arm, you know, do you wear a fake arm? No, he didn't sometimes he would for like a dance or something at a school dance, but he wouldn't bring it out Yeah, not for like a two-year wins. Yeah Dance is more important than friday night game. Oh, dude His dad would you know come on earlier from work and hook that fake arm on him for a dance, you know

Starting point is 01:06:37 A school dance. So the neighbor's dad's tying a tie for his kid And this dude's sticking an arm on there for him. He's hammering it in from the side Dude, we had a guy in our neighborhood The dad was a Elvis impersonator and so but we didn't need Elvis. We live in a small town We don't need a damn Elvis, you know what I'm saying? It's only four hundred people, you know, I'm saying nobody needs an Elvis guy's an alcoholic So Probably does a pretty good Elvis

Starting point is 01:07:04 But he made his son a wooden shirt one time for uh Uh for christmas made him a shirt out of plywood and teak a little bit of teak on the sides. That's a crackhead gift I went over there, dude He came back from church on wednesday night and I went over there and he's making it in the garage And he's hammering it and I came over here and held the side of him when he nailed this nailed the sun into it What are you doing? What are you making? Oh, he said he's making a shirt. I'd do it You could tell it wouldn't bad was it like did it was a contoured and stuff or was it just a piece of flat front

Starting point is 01:07:35 It's you want to plead it man. That's hardy bro. He just wants you know, he wants to go that extra mile I do respect that man. That pleaded plywood You got a pocket I can put my dip in I'm gonna say it's redneck kevlar Lumberjack kevlar yeah for bb guns Bro, he wore that bastard the problem was on the bus. He just Had to follow it like that. He just couldn't it wasn't he's it was a large it was a large and he was a small He wore it. He actually wore it. Oh, he wore it, bro. He said we're going paintballing boys

Starting point is 01:08:10 Dude, his dad never gave him anything. He wore that thing at probably Four days a week for about two weeks and some people will spray painted graffiti on it His dad never he said Elvis. He wasn't a generous guy He wasn't giving his dad's were enveloped and giving his kids fucking Did he think it was like a nice gift? He did. He did. Oh, that's sweet That was the thing that was sweet about it. It was like, oh, this is him doing something nice, you know Because he spent probably I bet he probably spent two weeks in there putting it together

Starting point is 01:08:39 Wow, I mean that is really sweet These are reasons the south gets a bad thing Yeah, you don't hear Education is love but skills My son a shirt this probably lost a civil war because we're too busy making damn wooden shirts You could have built like a wagon or something with that He could have done some shirts man. He could have done some things. Let's go to a question right here that came in and uh Well, well, well if it isn't the mullet muppets

Starting point is 01:09:10 Mr. Theo Vaughn Morgan Whalen huge fan of both of you guys. Thank you for everything you do. He can't even say my name right? Uh, I did want to send a question to Morgan and ask, uh, what song are you most excited about? Uh, coming up on the album I listened to the three new songs that came out as well as the other ones that have been the singles And just awesome awesome takes So continue to do what you do And uh, yeah, what song are you most excited for and why he does have a gang gang. Oh, sorry. You're the man Thanks and keep doing what you guys are doing. Thank you brother. Thank you for the question man. Appreciate you. Yeah, thank you

Starting point is 01:09:47 And uh, he does have a different accent. So maybe that's you know, that's how they would say my name You get a lot of french fans there that one. Yeah, that guy was from france Was that guy really from france? You think it was he just saying that? Yeah, he was really oh that guy's from france He had a weird sound who would just say i'm from france. I don't know. Yeah, but you're right though. Maybe he lied. He could lie Yeah, i'm not saying he's a liar. Sorry, man. I'll say it. He could be Oh And I think the mullet goes I think we got four different types of mullet. What do you got back there already? Yeah, it's growing out a little bit. Oh, you got that new york city mullet dude that business

Starting point is 01:10:20 It's a little too long up top. Maybe if I think if I calmed it all the way down It would look more like beautiful, bro. You look like yeah, you look like a damn raccoon. That's going to prom Yeah, I kind of feel like right now. I'm not gonna lie It's uh wintertime and like wearing this kind of shit makes my hair look like a rat's nest, but it is what it is You know, it looks great. Thank you, man. You got some beautiful hair. Appreciate it. We're like four women with one hair Dude, I used to have like what's that leopard hair back in the day Oh, you're it's beautiful hardy. You're doing great. My hat's already back on. I'm like, all right. Anyway, what about your What about your good hair? Yeah, you got that version. I got that lead

Starting point is 01:10:54 I feel mine is a little bit more like women who prefer the company of women. I feel like mine is definitely Morgan's is more mullet yours is more. I feel like kind of uh, what is yours, urn? Dude, I don't know. Well, I when I get it trimmed upright and let it sit down correct. This is it's outgrown I got to get Amy to cut it. It's actually bro. It's actually a bullet because I do it straight I don't know. I like it. I like that the best when I do it straight across the top and let it drop Oh, the lord will find you if you keep it like that People aren't really pretty beautiful because I can put it back for a casual setting. I wouldn't I like that

Starting point is 01:11:28 That's like well, that's real. I would do that and drink out of the bird bath in the front yard dog. You know what I'm saying? That's full bra. That's like almost like a British. That's like a British sort of I did this before Miley did it. I will say He did I know I did and I know Miley's seen it because my name gets dropped. All right And I know she said who's earnest what a name and looked it up and saw my haircut and said They'll never know I took it from him The majority don't he's trying to get my size on a song. I'm trying to get my size on the phone and figure out Where's you figured out? That's what I'm saying, bro. The hair cut dude's the bullet page

Starting point is 01:12:07 I'm passionate Heated, huh? Sorry. I drank a suicide on the way here and I'm geeked up. No, you remind me of my aunt Sally, dude Right now. Honestly dude a hundred percent And she's badass too when you borrow one of my dad's shirts one time to go swimming in the pool And it was not made of wood. Yeah Do she smoke Virginia's lips, bro? She smoke medium size Virginia's brush. He's a bigger guy I look like aunt Sally She was beautiful too. She wants seventh place in the um beauty contest

Starting point is 01:12:44 But there was 30 All right, there was 30 entrants, dude. It's top third almost, you know, dude lips come baby. Do it Yes, sir. Uh, I don't think we even answer that guy's question. Yeah, we'll get to it What's your favorite? What's your most? You got it. What's the most excited one song and we're gonna learn because I didn't do it right Yeah, what's the most excited one man? Damn morgan. That's a that's a hard question It is really and you shouldn't have to answer something like that Well, I'm not gonna. Yeah, there you go. I'm not gonna. Let's get one more question that came in right here, man

Starting point is 01:13:19 We want to keep you guys all day I already like this guy. What's up Theo? What's up, Morgan? I've got a question for y'all What's the best place in Nashville to get that real hot hose country music hitter, you know what I'm saying? Gang gang ptl, baby Ptl, praise the lord. He's a very aware driver. I like that Yeah, I was yeah, I was thinking that I like a man who can calmly ask a question and also drive that man's totally in control Yeah, he seemed like he's fine. Yeah, that's probably there's probably a kid in the back seat or something just asleep

Starting point is 01:13:57 A kid will watch this later in court This is why you're with your mother Oh, yeah, my dad is uh driving me and uh, I don't know what his question is Where do you get where you get the hot the hot songs in Nashville good songs? Yeah, does he want to go hear them or I thought he's gonna say hot chicken. I did too We're gonna say princess for that probably yeah, but yeah, where do you get the hot? I mean, I guess it's like how competitive is it on the songwriting market I mean, what is that like is like do if you need a good hit nowadays do you go to one of these guys or do you have

Starting point is 01:14:31 Somebody else that you see on the side, you know be honest with these fellas No, I mean if I if I honestly if I have an idea or if I just want to write songs They're gonna be my top two people that I write with for sure. That's awesome. I mean not only are we you know good buddies We I really look up to and respect their talents more than more so than almost anyone here Um, I mean we all write with other people too. You know, it's not like we we don't just Only write with each other, you know, like we haven't written a song together in a while Yeah, but it's not just it's not because we don't want to because you know, just we we get scheduled writes with other people Or you know, we get on a roll. We may get on a roll like me and earn got on a roll with a couple people

Starting point is 01:15:08 So we just kept on yeah hitting hitting that roll comes in and out of phases just of people that you're kind of gelling with and Yeah, it's a it's a whole process But I mean, but we're also not going around writing with everybody nationally, right? You know, it's not like at first. I did at first. Yeah, you got to once you find everybody did you literally Until you find your crew you write with everybody Yeah, and even once you kind of get cuts and you get some hits then you write with the next level of everybody You know what I mean? And it sort of goes on until you really are here for you know, writing songs for four or five years and like really get your

Starting point is 01:15:41 Crew together. Yeah, and who keeps the tabs on how that like how that's Dispense between the different writers if you get a point. Yeah, your publishers. They're handling all that. Yeah And you know, they'll ask, you know, who did you enjoy that? Do you want to write with these people? Do you want to do this and do you want to do that and you just kind of Yeah, or no, I mean, I don't know about y'all, but I mean they they just like I don't know who I'm writing with tomorrow But I know I'm right with somebody, you know, I mean like they just book it out and you just kind of stay on your calendar and Stay a couple weeks ahead and make sure it's not somebody that you hate not that Right or somebody you've worked with before it's uncomfortable. Yeah, totally

Starting point is 01:16:17 I mean, there may be a hit songwriter. It's got 20 number ones that you just don't really like right now There's there's and there ain't nothing wrong and I can think of yeah, it's like every room dynamics completely different because like Like you're saying we definitely spent two or three years speed dating pretty much. Yeah And then now the luxury is not having to do that Yeah, you're getting to pick your room and and luckily we found people who we really enjoy the company of who are bad Ass at the same time and you don't have to it's just and it all depends on nervous to go write a song I don't we're just hanging out or anymore. I used to at first. I was like, damn man I don't know if I'm gonna like this person. I don't know if I have a good idea. I don't know if that's how we that's how

Starting point is 01:16:53 I mean you meant. Yeah, that's crazy. Yeah Came to my house. I did never met him before. No, I mean, was he nice. Was he friendly? What was he like? Yeah? Yeah, we wrote a cool song and then and then I remember Um, morgan recorded the work tape. So when after you write it usually these days you have somebody that's pretty much sitting What he's and they look just like him except they're making music instead of Other stuff, you know, I mean and like a beat is going these days and you and they're working on the music Well, we're right with acoustic guitars anymore. Sadly, but that one the first time we wrote we wrote on acoustic And uh, morgan played the work tape like you just recorded on your phone, you know

Starting point is 01:17:30 After it's over and he changed he raised the the key Like three steps, which is a lot out of seven And then did it again and I was like fuck All right, I like this guy. That was it. We just started drinking together We went eight barbecue after that and then fucking yeah, we did. I don't know. We just started We started Yeah, it took one time. It was me you and jameson. Yeah, jameson rogers is another good buddy of ours. Yeah, love jameson. Yeah, we uh But that doesn't always work. Right. No, dude. I've had some i've had some brutal ones. Yeah, because I didn't need a fake a phone call

Starting point is 01:18:05 Yes, sir. Take it. Hello. Nobody's on me. I'm out. Yeah, dude. Oh my god. I have an emergency. My dog escaped from my house And he's running through my neighborhood. Yeah, my kid's on fire. I'll give you some bad excuses You don't even have kids Like the whole drive home you think about how you can set your kid on fire and take a picture without getting in trouble Without acting murder proof. Yeah Jesus christ Damn Do you ever like uh, this would be the last question I got sometimes with music like

Starting point is 01:18:37 You know, I noticed a lot of uh Your stuff that I've heard morgan makes me like kind of nostalgic a little bit, you know And I love nostalgia people like if you could go to space, you know Would you go be that astronaut be like no I want to be an astronaut that like blast backwards into time and in my feelings when I was a child You know what I'm saying like that's the astronaut. I want to be you know, like how do I get back there? um There's a thing for that

Starting point is 01:18:59 Astronaut now, I'd go for dude. I would go to you for uh, to for like a reading or something. I bet Earns roadside readings by god pull up Is it do you do sometimes find like a piece of something that like you like oh that makes me think or feel a certain way And that's how you guys start to nugget for a song. Is there any real secret to it? I know this is a real general question I mean you start with an idea usually And I think everybody once you know how that idea is going to get written like the storyline Everybody sort of taps into their own personal experiences and then they use their writing voice to sort of regurgitate that To a certain extent. I don't I mean for me that that's one of my favorite feelings too when I hear a song

Starting point is 01:19:52 Is is that feeling? I think it probably is all three of us if I had to guess. Yeah Yeah, that's a feeling that I think we all relate to so I think just naturally that's kind of where we go. It's like Like inspiration that's like you don't even know you're like using subconscious maybe conscious. Yeah, but when I'm listening to a song I like songs that make me feel that way too So I think just and I'm guessing we're all the same. Yeah country music's good Because it lends itself to that so the art of writing a country song like you you're writing three or four topics all the time It's like, what's the new clever way to write a nostalgic song? I was like the night we wrote hometown I was fated to say I always ask hardy. I always ask hardy if his back hurts for carrying my ass through that song

Starting point is 01:20:35 Me and hardy wrote that song I was browned out in the corner, but it was in my room over at big loud. I do remember when uh, I said He said map. He said ain't that a map dot shame and think that boy. I got glass balls I about ran through when I say ain't that a map dot shame ain't nobody writing this song in Nashville tonight But that's about all I said And that is not even a that is not even a like a diss at urn because urn is usually the one saying more than anyone Yeah, that's why I own it. I didn't do much on my mom and like But his energy in the room like I don't know that we had to write that song without that

Starting point is 01:21:12 No, you know, it's always you never would it never would have came out exactly like it did if there's no way At the same element the variables were not there the same. There's no way it would have Yeah, but usually he's writing more lyrics than than me and whoever else is combined But I say that because more than my hometown it was unraveling that whole The nostalgic feeling. I think it's one of the coolest coolest ways to do it like stuck in these streets like the train tracks bars dude like solid Oh, that's a little wane, bro It is like a little wane. It is stuck in these streets like some train tracks. It's a little wane, bro. What do you call it?

Starting point is 01:21:46 It's good. I mean, yeah, that's a simile. That's a simile It's called a pedophore is it amped? dessert, I think isn't it a dessert dinosaur pedophore. What did they call it? Pedophore. Oh Oh, metaphor. Hey, wait, what's a pedophore pedophore is a little cake you get at the bakery? Yeah Yeah, it sounds like I thought you said pedophore I know why is that so close to pedophile? To mix any pedophile metaphor go get you a little cake, you know, I can see it. I guess I can see it checking out

Starting point is 01:22:18 um I have two pedophores and so you tour hard You because I was getting my haircut and this lady is like you got to hear this guy, you know And so that's how she turned me on to you this uh haircutter in town whitney and um Uh, you you got to tour a little bit during this covet. Yeah, I played some shows and uh, I played in the rain You told me right. Yeah, we did one in georgia Um in the rain

Starting point is 01:22:42 That was our first show back and it was like a socially distant. It was a huge parking lot And uh, they had like, you know, like it's just guard rail with the bicycle rack looking kind, you know, I'm talking about Oh, yeah, I know. Yeah, and it was just like Broadway down there. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, you know I was waiting on that. They were like, you know, the third one right outside tits is just got the sharpie already You had to lean up again with your belongings on the side of Oh, baby Yeah, I went to Broadway college

Starting point is 01:23:18 The only one who showed up with a book bag over there at kid rocks bar He didn't even book that Full of beer and reasons, dude Oh my god Um, but yeah, just it was like 400 of Squares of those like it was cool. And then we played Atlanta Same thing. It was separated And then we played Florida and everything was completely normal in Florida and it was weird

Starting point is 01:23:43 I was surprised. It was crazy. I love that Crazy to think that like you could drive 30 minutes north from Gainesville or however and be in georgia and like that's completely frowned upon but Florida Florida's a new america, man. It's a new new rowing note, bro. It's for christopher columbus land. That's the wild west Man, it was crazy Dude, I tell my friends in britain. I say, hey, man, we might be coming back Where can we go next? Is there anywhere that's been unestablished?

Starting point is 01:24:16 Yeah, where can we go next? It might be canada, man. I'm telling you Canada rocks I think we all agree that we already talked about this earlier. I think everyone can agree on that canada rocks. Toronto is so cool Yeah, I watched I watched morgan play a festival there one time in a tent. He headlined the tent, you know how like It'll be a big tent. That's what we talked about earlier. It was an art. Yeah. Yeah, and the crowd was Somebody had the Decibel like they were some way to measure volume and the did you talk about all this already? I didn't talk about that part The crowd was literally louder than the sound then the band then the music coming out of the speakers

Starting point is 01:24:53 It was I had never witnessed anything like it, dude And we were so hungover that day. Oh, yeah I was like, I don't know if I can play today guys And then it was one of the best ones that was a good time. I definitely didn't know if I could sing or not Oh, that's the worst. I was I did like a few interviews before before the show, you know, and I'm like Oh, have you guys ever all sang together on the stage at one time? I'm not all three of us shot gonna be on stage together. But oh, yeah, ours busy pitching baseball. So soon as he gets back on the stage I got three workouts a day

Starting point is 01:25:34 As soon as they send him back to the stop ball league after of the men's And now if you push the envelope and try to get on the damn female softball team, I would support that Who can tell me I can't yeah, you're right. No, I thought about that all the time, dude Dude, I was I was peeing in the airport in st. Thomas And then it was like a minute long piss and I turned around and realized that one of the ladies had been cleaning the whole time I was like, dang, dude, I bet she just has to deal with this all the time I probably would have still peed but Oh, yeah, because of same gender bathrooms. Yeah. Yeah, it's like you don't even know who the jet. That's the scary part

Starting point is 01:26:07 It's like what janitor is going to be. Yes, you know, and how do I behave towards them? Exactly. Do I do they want me to pretend another do I greet them? Hey, how's it going? Yeah, I do what I usually do in any bathroom is completely Do y'all tip the the dude that's in nice places that'll wash your hands for you and shit, bro I'll tell you this story cash. I will So I'm in Uh, Seattle or something, right? I'm in there you and I go in the bathroom and there's a guy in there and he's like

Starting point is 01:26:36 Hey, bro, I have to I have to use bathroom, right? I go in there. I'm like I go in the stall and I have to sit down right to have to sit down and do adult bathroom use and this man The guy working in there bangs on the stall is like, don't worry, bro. I got you home said I'm like What I don't need any I don't need anything. I'm fine. You know, and it's the mint guy in there. It's the guy with the mint and everything, you know I don't like that. I don't like that. I don't like it either another guy runs in the bathroom a minute later and Starts pulling on the stall door, right? I guess he has to go to the bathroom

Starting point is 01:27:06 This bouncer guy. I guess who's now the bouncer of this toilet He starts a fight a physical fight with the dude. He's like, hey, that's my boy in there and I'm in there like I don't know who's out there Anyway, they start fist fighting you the police come in The police try to take a shit. Yeah, I'm just in the urinal Oh my god. So anyway, those it gets really was that there's like a fan of yours or something? No, it was just a guy who I think, you know, you come in there. He's like, hey, I got you, bro And then you owe him on the way out. It's kind of like uh, he's doing it's like the bathroom version of the people wiping your windshield

Starting point is 01:27:39 Yes, like yeah, yeah, let me get you dog. I don't owe that dude some oil or something He might need to get your stripes now. I don't really understand like I don't want a bathroom attended at all I get nervous sometimes. I feel like I have to have a couple mints. I'll stay there and have you know, it's like a little salad bar Yeah, what'd you do today? I just wash my hands. I don't need to squeeze I just beat the shit out of somebody coming here trying to Yeah, it'd been a long week for everybody Dude, definitely shit his pants in that fight if he had to get in that back then he didn't have to get hit in the face

Starting point is 01:28:12 It was so bad. He I'm like, leave him alone. He went to jail wet Yeah Well, man, congratulations on all you guys success congratulations on the number one man Crazy, bro. This is cool. This is time. This worked out perfect. Yeah, I was so nervous I didn't know I was I called hardy. I was like, do you think more gonna be upset if we had You and uh, earnest come in or you think he would be okay with it. Oh, no. He'll love Yeah, I'm glad y'all came and then it like halfway through. I was like, oh fuck. We're gonna have a number one that that day It was perfect. Yeah. Yeah, and that's all I was like. Oh, it's a perfect time. Yeah, so

Starting point is 01:28:53 Hell, yeah, but man. Yeah, I know uh, you just came from hunting, bro Yeah, I'm about to go back. I had to come into town and uh, get that covet test and Do this and get my tires rotated and I'm about to go straight back. Well, happy things giving guys Thank you guys so much for coming in congrats on all the success man. It's awesome. It's awesome to see and thank you guys For making good music that makes people think and feel, you know, and uh, and hope you guys get back out on the road soon I know that uh, all you guys want to And I'm super proud of these boys. I'm super thankful to do it with them. Just want to say that Amen, man. Yeah, it's cool. Everywhere I go. It's like people, uh, say all you guys's name

Starting point is 01:29:27 It's really cool to just hear and even just to get to be here with you guys today is really awesome. So Uh, happy Thanksgiving everybody. Now, I'm just floating on the breeze and I feel I'm falling like these leaves I must be cornerstone Oh, but when I reach that ground, I'll share this peace of mind. I found I can feel it In my bones But it's gonna take A little time For me to set that parking brake and let myself on my

Starting point is 01:30:09 Shine that light on me I'll sit and tell you my story Shine on me To me and I will find a song. I will sing it just for you And I've been moving way too fast on the runaway train with a heavy load of my Hand

This Past Weekend - E309 Morgan Wallen

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