Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Walker McGuire

Episode Date: January 17, 2018

This week on YFT, Wells and Brandi talk their phobias in public bathrooms, Wells' weird experience at the Golden Globes and if Miley Cyrus is actually married! Nashville duo Walker McGuire, who was named a "country artist you need to know" by Rolling Stone Magazine stops by to talk music, ghosts, The Beatles and the Achy Breaky generation. Enjoy!

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Were you at Carly's baby shower? I was, but it was different. It was weird. Like, Evan invited a bunch of, like, his groomsmen from the wedding to, like, brunch. And he was like, let's all get drunk and then crash the baby shower. Wait, okay, so dudes don't normally go to baby shower. No. Okay, I tried to tell Olivia this, and she was like,

no, they do. They don't. No. It's a girls thing. Was Olivia there? No. No. Kristen was there. Kristen was there. Jen Saviano was there. Cameras were there. Cameras were there. Caitlin was there. Until y'all crashed.

So I got drunk. I thought straight up like that's what we were doing. Who was shocked by that? Not me. I know, but I got drunk. And then I get there and Evan's like, hey, by the way, they're going to mic you up and they want to interview you. And I was like, no!

I am drunk! Oh, no. You did this to me. He did it on purpose. Totally. That's funny. They didn't mic me up. Oh, good.

Because I would have acquiesced because of being drunk. Because of being drunk and a ham. It could have been great. It could have been TV gold, though. It totally could have. He got iced. Someone gave him like a red Smirnoff ice and he didn't do Could have been TV gold, though. It totally could have. He got iced. Someone gave him like a red Smirnoff ice

and he didn't do it so I started doing it. Oh my gosh. Wells is currently eating a burrito while we're recording. That sounds really gross in my headphones.

Have you ever had a shrimp burrito? I don't like shrimp. What? I don't eat shrimp. Oh my God, I love shrimp. The texture freaks me out. I don't like it.

I feel like it's good for you. Mm-mm. No? Not me. It's so veiny. Even just saying that word makes me want to... Reminds me of a dick. Ew!

And when you say that... And you like to eat it? Well, now I don't! You want to start the show? Yeah. I did it last time. You do it. Bros and hoes, you're listening to Your Favorite Things Podcast with...

Wells and Brandy. Whoa, our bells are different, like, frequencies. Yeah. Mine sounds janky. You don't like it? You want me to get the different one? Yeah. It sounds like a...

All right. Hold on. It sounds like it's dying. Get another one. That sounds crazy. Yeah, take a bite of your burrito. Better over there. When you do it in the mic, it just sounds really gross.

You can take this dying bell with you if you want. All right. That bell is red on the bottom because it's dying. Is that better for you? It's better. So it's kind of crazy. Let me hear yours. Do you want this one?

Yes. Okay, fuck. Jeez, you are high maintenance when it comes to bells. That bell sounds weird. This sounds better. Yeah, this one's... It's very low. It's a lower tone.

This one sounds more feminine. I'll keep it. Oh, I was catching up on SNL. Okay, one, did you watch James Franco's episode? No, but James Franco's in some trouble right now. I know he is, but I think he did this episode before he got in trouble, which is kind of sad. But his opening monologue is great. Okay.

It's worth the watch. Like Jonah Hill pops in, Seth Rogen's in it. Yeah. Is Bill Murray in that episode? It's got a lot of guests pop up, and it's definitely worth a watch. Bill Murray's in the Sam Rockwell one. Oh, that one was great. I love Sam Rockwell. But he cussed

on it. Did you hear that? Yeah, but that's freaking hilarious. Like, I think it's funny. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so on the Sam Rockwell episode, that's when Halsey performed on? Yes. She is freaking incredible. Remember we interviewed her at freaking iHeartFest. I know. And she's so beautiful.

Like, it's insane how pretty she is. But I am so on board with her and G-Eazy. Oh, yeah? Did you watch them perform together? No. Wowls. You got to watch it. What does this guy look like?

G-Eazy? Yeah. He's not that cute, but he's got some swag, and they are so adorable together. They are my favorite celebrity couple right now, and her performance was one of my favorite SNL performances. Yeah, because a lot of people were saying that, like, I posted something and someone was saying, like, I thought this was G-Eazy. Of you?

Yeah, I guess I can see it like this one where he's wearing like a leather jacket. But he's like very pale and you're not. You guys don't really look anything alike at all. He's cool though. Yeah. I've hung out with him a couple times. You have? Yeah, he's super nice. Why do you have to do it? Because I always feel

like such a douchebag that I'm even saying that so I use my douchebag girl voice. You dropped something there. It was a name. Yeah. Al Pacino once told me never to name drop.

Oh my gosh. Oh, he did. No, Halsey, they are so precious. They sing, they have that song out, He and I. Yeah.

And they sing that together on SNL and it was just so freaking cute. I just want to die. It was great. I love Halsey. Wasn't she great? I mean, she was cool to meet, but like that song, Bad at Love, she fell in love with the little

white lines. It's a good lyric. Yeah, she's good. She's really good. So, that was one of my fave things. Do you want to know another one of my favorite things? Yes, please. FabFitFun boxes. Dude, I like them too, man. Dude, I've been getting these for years now. Really?

I think I got my first FabFitFun box like five or six years ago. Do you keep all the stuff or do you give some of it away? I give some of it away. I get a lot of stuff and I don't like keeping stuff in my house. I like to be organized and all that. But it always makes me feel good to be able to give some of this stuff away too. So it's really cool to go through it because you get like beauty stuff, fitness stuff, fashion stuff, lifestyle stuff.

And there's always a few things that I really love in the box and then there's always a few things that I always think of other people too. And I'm like, ooh, my mom would really like this. Or, ooh, Wells would really like this. Only I've never done that for you, sorry. Yeah, you've never given me anything. Except crap. I give give you crap you do give me a lot of crap a lot of crap I thought you said crabs for a second there ew no I give you crabs thank you why do you even think about that sorry it's just that's what I thought I was gonna say can we get back to my

favorite thing please thank you so the fabfitfun box it retails for $49.99, which is so great because the value in it is actually over $200 every single time. Yeah. Did you know? And right now you can do like an editor's box, which is like special, right? It is very special. It's got like extra cool items in it. Some of my favorite, I love beauty products, like really freak out over them.

And one of my favorite lines is Tarte, and Tartearte cosmetics is in this editor's box, which is so cool. Promo code. I'm upset about the promo code. I know you're going to be. I knew you were going to be. You can say the promo code since your name's on it. It's Wells10, right? Yeah, it's Wells10. 10 bucks off FabFitFun box, FabFitFun.com.

It better say Brandy10 next time. Okay. Actually Brandy20. I want a Brandy20 code. It better say Brandy10 next time. Okay. Actually, Brandy20. I want a Brandy20 code. Because you want 20 bucks off? Yeah. Okay. All right.

We'll make it work. Check it out, y'all. Okay, so do you want to hear a kind of funny story? Please. So we're here at the iHeart Studios in Nashville. Yep. Where I work, and I'm on the second floor, and there is a handicapped bathroom here on the second floor, okay?

Okay. No one that works here is handicapped, by the way. I am very particular about my bathroom situation. Oh, boy. Here we go. Okay, so I use the handicapped bathroom when I have to make a number two. Okay, that's fair. I like to have my space.

It's bigger, right? The handicapped bathroom is probably larger. Much bigger. I need you to put your phone down right now while I'm telling the story. I'm texting our guest. It's bigger, right? The handicapped bathroom is probably larger. Much bigger. I need you to put your phone down right now while I'm telling this story. I'm texting our guest. He's early. Oh, they're here?

Well, one of them. Who's our guest? It's band Walker McGuire. They're actually a duo. It's two dudes, which is cool because I was in a duo once. And one half of them

said he's walking up, but I'm going to make him wait a second. Is the front door open, Wells? No. I didn't think so. Dude, your fucking texting is ruining my story. I don't have to speak to hear your story.

What, you just want to see me nod and seem like I'm engaged? Yes. Okay, fine. This is a podcast where we talk to each other, and if you're on your- Let's say you're going to dinner, and you're trying to have a conversation with somebody, and they start fucking texting. It's different. No, it's not.

This is not a date. This is not dinner. This is- I know. This is not dinner. This is worse. I know. This is more important where the stories are even more. You ranting because that's what you do. Okay. I'm just not going to look at you.

I'll look over here. I'm going to look at the wall. I'm just trying to be hospitable to our guests. Okay. I am using my full attention. Okay. So I like the handicapped bathroom. Okay.

I use it a lot. For the number two. Yeah. For number two. See, I was paying attention. Yeah. the hand-capped bathroom, okay? I use it a lot. For the number two. Yeah, for number two.

See, I was paying attention. Yeah. I have a weird thing, actually, where I don't like to poop while someone else is in the room. Really? Yeah, I can't do it. I will hold it. So, you and Sarah don't poop in front of each other? No! Or not even, like, she doesn't know that you're in the room. I'm talking about, first of all,

not an ad, but poopery? It's the best stuff ever! The best stuff ever! I'm talking about, first of all, not an ad, but Poo-Pourri or VIPoo. It's the best stuff ever. The best stuff ever. The best. One of my favorite things is Poo-Pourri. I agree. Okay.

No. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about in a public bathroom where there's multiple stalls. If there's another person in there- Then you can't go? I can't. I have to hold it until they leave. It's not fun to go when there's multiple people.

You're right. It's not fun, but if I got to go, I got to go. Totally. I'm not have to hold it until they leave. I'm not going to lie. It's not fun to go with those small people. You're right. It's not fun. But like, I mean, if I got to go, I got to go. Totally. I'm not going to hold it. It sounds unhealthy. Yeah. But most of the time I'm like, you do not make noises when you take a number two. I'm just like, hold it. I'm like, get the fuck out of here, dude. No. So anyways, I use the handicap bathroom a lot. But here's the thing. The soap is out in it. Put your goddamn phone away. I swear to freaking God.

You can't say GD. Yes, I can. You're being very rude about this. I'm not. I'm making sure our guest is not out in the freezing cold. I'm making sure he's okay. Are you ready? Yeah.

You can't number two next to somebody. You make weird noises. You prefer the handicapped bathroom. So the handicapped bathroom is out of soap. No soap. So what I've been having to do is go to the bathroom and then go into the normal bathroom to wash my hands. You know, you could bring your own soap to work if it's that big of a deal. No, it's supposed to be like refilled.

Well, yeah, but they just think no one uses a handicap bathroom. So they're probably like, oh, we don't even need to refill it. I want them to refill it because I want to only have one stop shopping for this bathroom, but I can't and I don't want to write the email because then everyone's going to know that I'm using the handicap bathroom, a completely capable human being that doesn't need a handicap bathroom. Okay. Does it have to be an email though?

Can't you just tell someone? I don't know who to tell. So it'd have to be a Nashville I heart all. No, no. You surely you'll see like when we're here late, we always see the janitor or somebody out there. I know. I gotta tell him.

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YOURFAVORITETHING. Do it. In the meantime, like antibacterial stuff, you know. No, I'm just going to the other bathroom. Bath and body works. So gross. I see people going there all the time and I know they're not washing their hands because they can't. So everyone else uses it too? Yeah, everyone uses it. Still no soap?

Yeah, no soap. Now everyone knows I took a poo today. You don't take a poo every day? I do, but not always at work. Oh, really? I take a poo like twice a day, I feel like. You know what's so funny? I mean, like Sarah gets like really cool stuff.

I'm sure you do too, like sent to them for free, you know? cool stuff. I'm sure you too like sent to them for free, you know? This company, I gotta go, they're not paying me

but they sent me a box full of wipes for your butt, for your bum. Guys and girls. Oh. And they're like, you know like,

you can flush it on a toilet, that's a big thing with a baby wipe. What's the difference between a guy's and a girl's butt wipe anyway? Oh, it's pH balance different.

I'll give them to you. I freaking love them, dude. Hashtag not an ad. Not an ad at all. pH balance is different, and then the girls ones smell like coconut, and the guys ones smell like lavender. I like coconut. Yeah, I like lavender.

Okay. All right, you're on board. This might be my new favorite thing, even though I've not tried it yet. Dude, I'm all about the wipe, man. I'm not at all about the TP. Dudes love wipes. Dude, it's so gross. TP's gross, dude. I feel like this is a dude. It's funny. I was

literally sitting on my toilet thinking about this the other day. Whenever I go visit a guy or go in his apartment or use his bathroom, there's always wipes. Puggies or whatever on the back of the toilet. It's such a guy thing. Weird. Is it? I don't know. This is weird. After going to

Argentina on The Bachelorette, I realized how wonderful the world of bidets are. Oh, yeah. They're great. I'm all about. I don't know why as Americans we were like, let's have dirty assholes. Yeah. Well, I mean, not to be graphic, but when you're on your period, it's really great also. Oh, really?

Oh, yeah. It's just like you feel extra clean. What happened in our society where we decided that- We don't need those. We do need them. No, I know, but someone decided we don't along the way. Miley has one in her house. Oh, I have got to ask you something.

Okay. If it's what I think it is- Hollywood headlines. I hate you. NW Magazine claims Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are married. They're not married. The mag suggests they tied the knot while vacationing in Byron Bay, Australia over New Year's. Is this your douchey magazine voice?

Yeah. Byron Bay is a special place for them since it's where they rekindled their romance back in 2016. You, my friend, are the only person I know that is really close to Manny Cyrus. His voice is insane. Is this true? It is not true. I didn't think it was true either. First of all,

it's just because they're like, out, where people can take their photo and people are like, oh my gosh, but I feel like every time they go to Australia they start these rumors.

Yeah. It's insane. The fact that people think Miley would go to Australia and get married and not have all of us be there is insane. Just like kind of bad reporting

because you could look to see where Noah and where you were over the years and you weren't in Australia. No, it's stupid. Yeah. It's stupid.

Their photos are cute though. I've seen some of them. They're like playing in the water at the beach. Yeah. They look like they're having fun. They're a cute couple. They're very cute.

Yeah. It's crazy how long they've been together. A photo like all kinds of Miley photos pop up on my explore page on Insta and somebody posted

one of them when they first met, like on the last song set or something. Oh, yeah. They look like babies. It's insane how different they look. And it's crazy to think about how long they've been together. Does Miley want to have kids?

Yeah. She does? Yep. She's into the kid thing. She is? Yeah. I'm down. Are you down?

I mean, I'm just saying, like, I was thinking, like, they're going to make, like, a cute kid. Does Sarah want kids? Yeah. How many? You guys talked about it? I feel like you'm just saying, like, I was thinking, like, they're going to make, like, a cute kid. Does Sarah want kids? Yeah. How many? Have you guys talked about it? I feel like you have. Yeah, we've talked.

I mean, that's an important conversation to have early on, just to, like, know. Do you think? Yeah. How early? I mean, once you start dating, because, like, let's say that she was, like, vehemently opposed to having kids, and I'm the youngest of five, and I want nothing more than a bunch of kids. That's a huge schism in the relationship early on.

You've got to figure that out. You have to also acknowledge the fact that that scares a lot of guys for a girl to talk about wanting kids super soon into a relationship. I feel like that's guys would be like, ah, she's I don't know. I probably brought it up. That doesn't scare me. I think that's an important conversation to have.

Straight up, what are your political views? Do you want kids? What religious stuff? That kind of stuff. That's important. It's all important looking into the future. No, for sure. I just think if I went on a third date and was like, yeah, I want four kids, the guy

would be like, see ya. I know. I want to adopt a kid real bad. I'm excited about that. That's what I wanted. I would rather do that than have my own. Really? It's like, to me, it's like the same thing, like, policy as, like, adopting a dog.

It's like, why would you be selfish enough to go make your own kid when there are so many kids that don't have homes and families that need adopting? Agreed. I think I would like one of my children. Yeah, yeah, I get it. I'm burping. One of my children. Sorry, I'm drinking a Modaddell and eating a burrito.

I would want one of my kids to be, I kind of want to see what they look like. Before you have them? No, I'm just saying, what is a child of mine going to look like? Well, you don't know until you have it. I know. That's why I want to do it. And this is the thing. There are just too many risks with having your own kid.

What are the risks? Well, there's a 50-50 chance it's And this is the thing. There are just too many risks with having your own kid. What are the risks? Well, there's like a 50-50 chance it's either going to be really cute or really ugly. And there's a 50-50 chance you're going to have a boy or a girl. Well, I just really want a boy. There's a 100% chance that it's going to be ugly because- No. All babies are ugly, dude. That's not true, dude.

Jade and Tanner's kid is so cute. I know. I held it the other day. You held it? It's the cutest kid I've ever seen. I was wondering if Jade was going to be like, I'm not letting you drunk ass hold my kid. I wouldn't. I was like, don't worry.

I have eight nieces and nephews. I'm good at this. Which I am good at. I'm good at holding kids. You are? I don't think I've held a kid since Noah was a kid. Oh, yeah. It's been a while.

No, I'm good with kids. I can see that. I got that. Because you're like a kid yourself, so you can relate. I don't even know if you're trying to put me down or not. I don't even care. I am. I'm young at heart, all right? I'm young with kids. I can see that. Because you're like a kid yourself, so you can relate. I don't even know if you're trying to put me down or not. I don't even care. I am. I'm young at heart, all right?

I'm young at heart. All right, so we've got Walker McGuire coming in. We do. So is that one of their names, or is it like Bob Walker and Jerry McGuire? Yeah, it's like that, actually, which is cool. I think it's cool. They're a duo, and yeah, it's each half of their name. Oh, Jordan Walker and Johnny Maguire.

Yeah, you got the info. I mean, I definitely want to let them tell us about themselves, but they just had an EP come out this week. It's self-titled. Yeah, I've been listening to a few of the songs, and there's a couple that I really, really like, so I'm excited to meet them, hear more about them, and hear about their influences and stuff like that. Walker and McGuire sound like a country band.

They are a country band. Got it. So that's good. They did a good job. Yeah. Good branding. Totally. They've got a new self-titled EP out.

Do you know what EP stands for? I should know this. You should. No. Extended Play. Oh, which makes no sense because it's a shorter album. Totally. Do you know what LP stands for? Long play? Yeah.

Long form play or something? Yeah. So back in the day... But extended, that makes no sense. Back in the day, they only sold singles, right? Which is a 7-inch. So the EP came first. So the EP came first as the extended play. And the reason why they made LPs was because it was a larger format

so it was a bigger ad space. They used to sell ads on records. Your favorite thing podcast. Teaching you things daily. That's right. I know so much dorky stuff about music and records. Sometimes bi-weekly when Wells is traveling. Yeah.

I gotta travel again. Same. I'm gone. I am not here until like March. Really? Yeah, we're going to have to do this like via Skype. I could always bring in like guest hosts too. No. Oh, okay. What if I want to bring in a guest? Oh.

You totally can. I don't care. You should let me take our little portable thingy. Okay, fine. And I'll have a guest host too. That's totally fine. I don't care. I don't care.

I just want you to care, Wells. No, I just want more product. When Wells responds to my text messages, all he writes is sure. And it makes me so angry. I cannot Really? Oh, if

you're my boyfriend and you wrote sure, I would just be so mad at you. Do you do that to Sarah? No. Thank God. Don't ever start. Like, when you start sending Sarah the sure text, like, it's a bad sign. Like, you know you guys are going to the end of the road.

Sure. Okay. Don't hold back your enthusiasm. Can I come in today at 3.30? Sure. That makes me feel like you really want to see me. I feel like, I just feel like our relationship has evolved to the point where I can just say that. I can't wait till your girlfriend relationship evolves to that far.

And then Sarah comes on here and says, you know what I hate? When Wells texts me and says, sure. And I'm going to be like, same. That's your favorite thing? When Sarah says it too. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You got some favorite things? I got a few.

Give me some. I mean, I just watched, re-watched The Longest Ride last night. One of my favorite classic. What is that? Nicholas Sparks films. Scott Eastwood is in it. He's so hot. He's one of my faves. Like, he's just so hot. I saw him at the Golden Globes the other day. Is he short? He looks short. He's short,

man. I thought so, man. That's the only bummer. But he's got a great face. He looks exactly like his dad. Who's mega hot. Yeah, was. They're hot. Now he's just like old. Nah, he's still kinda hot. Clint's just got old balls. Well, I've never seen his balls so I can't speak to that. I used to play

golf with Clint Eastwood every Tuesday. What? Yeah, because my dad's a member of his golf club in Carmel. So you could hook me up with Scott? I could, if you wanted. Great. He was like a trainer at Tehama, which is a golf course. What? Yeah, like back dad's a member of his golf club in Carmel. So you could hook me up with Scott? I could if you wanted. Great. He was like a trainer at Tehama, which is a golf course. What? Yeah, like back in the day.

My brother dated Allison Eastwood. What? Yeah, I got a whole connection with the Eastwood clan. Wait, step me up. I'm trying to go on a date like yesterday. Yeah, he's short. He is a good looking dude though. He's very handsome.

I think I could get over the fact that he's kind of short. Yeah. Yeah. He's very hot. I think I could get over the fact that he's kind of short. Yeah. Yeah. He's very hot. What's too short for you? I think under 5'11 is tough. Wow. Yeah. It's hard. Because then you just feel like you're the same height as them. How tall are you though? 5'6.

So with heels on you're 5'9. With ugly heels on. Any good looking heel is at least four inches tall, if not higher. Oh, really? Oh, yeah. Oh. Like, grandma heels are, like, three inches, and, like, hot, sexy heels are, like, five to six.

Got it. Oh, yeah. Wow. I did not know that. Yeah. Learned something new. So, yeah, you do. See, if you're 5'6", I mean, you're pushing 5'11 right there.

Yeah, 5'11. I mean, I'm as tall as him with heels on at 5'11. God, do you know who came up to me and was super excited to meet me at the Golden Globes? People get excited to meet you? Yeah, I know. I think it's stupid, too. Who? I don't know if you're going to know. Her name's Mackenzie Davis.

Sounds kind of familiar. She's in a bunch of stuff. Did you watch The Martian or Martian? Loved The Martian. With Matt Damon? Yes, great movie. Okay, so she's the girl that discovers that he's still alive on Mars. Oh, okay.

I loved that movie. I felt like it was underrated. The book is phenomenal, too, by the way. One of my favorite books. Oh, yeah, the book is great. I'm going to read that next, then. I needed a good new book rec. Oh, dude.

Yes. I've almost finished Dark Matter, by the way. Why is it taking you so long? Because I am stupid. So many flights you've been on that you can read. I know. The last two flights, I've been editing this show on the flight. Oh, that's good.

Yeah. The past two flights I was on, the Wi-Fi was out. And I wasn't prepared for that. I had no book. I had my headphones, but I was missing the stupid adapter that connects your headphones to the new iPhone. And I couldn't even listen to music. Oh, God. I've also bought like five of those adapters.

Like, where are they all? I've got an extra one if you need it. So anyways. I needed it on the plane. Where were you? Mackenzie Davis at the Golden Globes runs up to me. Wells, Wells, Wells. She was like, oh my God, can I take a picture?

And I thought she was talking to Sarah. Of course. That's what the norm is. That's what I would assume. So I was like, yeah, give me the phone. And she's like, no, with you. And I was like, what? You don't want to take it with her?

And she's like, I don't care about her. I want to take a picture with you. And I was like, what? This never happens. And I was like, God, I know you. I know you. I know you. I know you.. And I was like, what? This never happens. And I was like, God, I know you. I know you. I know you. I know you. And then she was like, hey, I'm Mackenzie. And I was like, hey, I'm Wells. And she's like, I know who you are.

And I was like, God, I can't remember what movie you're in. And then she was like, I just had to say, like, your Australian accent is so good. And I was like, no, it's not. It's horrible. And she was like, yeah, I know. I just didn't know what to say. This is an awkward situation. Oh my gosh. That's incredible. So I was like, ah, I know. I just didn't know what to say. This is an awkward situation. Oh, my gosh. That's incredible. So I was like, ah.

So then afterwards, I went home, and I was like, who was Mackenzie on IMDb? And she popped up, and I was like, oh, crap. That's pretty cool. I freaking know that girl. I know that movie. Did she post it to Insta later? No. She's not on Instagram.

I was trying to figure it out. And so I had to go to IMDb. Anyways, this is a very circuitous route to tell you she is tall. She was much taller than me. Wow. She was probably like 6'2 with her heels on or something. I was like kind of looking up. Weird.

Anyways. People look shorter on TV. Dude, everyone in Hollywood is so short, man. Crazy. Should we go get our guests? It's cold out. You want me to go get them or do you want to get them? We can go together if you want.

So Sarah's speaking at the Women's March in Los Angeles. Oh, that's cool. That's one of the reasons I'm going out this weekend. That's cool. And so I was like, what do you wear? What the fuck? Are you going to the Women's March? Yeah, because she's speaking, so I'm going to be there. So it's like one of those things.

You want to be supportive, but you don't want to be a little too showy. It's in LA, so I would say go casual. Do you want to know what I came up with? Sure. Okay, so you know that I love, not an ad, but one of my favorite things

is freaking Project 615. Oh, yeah. It is one of your favorite things. Dude Project 615. Oh, yeah. It is one of your favorite things. Dude, they make such good shirts and cool story just because they employ homeless people to do all their screen printing and stuff. And they've got a shirt. I was like, what the F do you wear to a women's march as just a guy? And they've got one of those shirts that say like Reba and

all these, and Dolly. Women powerhouses. Like badass women from country music and I was like that's a shirt I want to wear. That's a good shirt. Right? It's a good idea, right? T-shirt and jeans, that's all you need for the women's march. Right? Yeah. And maybe like a Time's Up pin. Maybe a Time's Up pin.

Right? Maybe. Alright, we got some guests in the house right now. We do. What's up? What's up? When she sent me this, I was like, is this one guy? What's going on here? Yeah, you're not the first. Is this a band?

Yeah. No, it's our last name. Is this an Irish bourbon? Yeah. Nobody knows. Could be in the future. Yeah. It's good branding.

That's not a terrible idea. Not an ad. Not an ad. Not an ad yet. Not an ad yet. Not a terrible idea. Not an ad. Not an ad. Not an ad yet.

Not an ad yet. Yeah, this is like Jimmy Buffett has his stupid beer and margaritaville. Yeah. You just have straight up bourbon. Walker McGuire scotch. Yeah. We're just going to take the label off some Jack and write it in Sharpie. Yeah.

Or if you drink it before a show, you don't remember it, so you have to come back and buy another ticket. So that's the plan. I think this is a good idea. Well, because I've been in radio for so long, so I know how it works. When you guys put out a record, you send freaking promo material to all the program directors all across the country. This is what you need to do is send fifths of Walker McGuire freaking scotch or something.

Bourbon, scotch, whiskey, something. Yeah, I agree. I'm actually, can we write that down? Can somebody write that down? Take notes, guys. Send whiskey to all radio people. We've got their team standing in the corner, so take notes. I'm a genius.

Yeah, you are a genius. Not an ad. I know. It's a good way to start this. But it will be. It will be soon. Hilarious. So tell us how you guys got together and the genesis of the name.

The beginning. Well, we both moved to town in early 2012. I moved to town around May. Jordan was around February. And I met Jordan my fourth night in town at one of those writer's rounds down on West End. And he wasn't even going to play that night. He just came in to get a burger, and his roommate signed him up. And I dug what he played, and he liked what I played.

So we started writing together, and eventually, like three months into doing it, this guy who was kind of teaching us how to write Nashville songs, his name was Gary Cotton and he's a real good dude, but he's like, man, y'all need to start a band and I wish you could use your last names, but Walker McIntyre just sounds like crap. Yeah, it was pretty funny. We were sitting at his table and we're all drinking and he just goes, Johnny, I wish your last name wasn't McIntyre. And Johnny looks at him and goes, what the hell are you talking about? And he's like, Walker McIntyre. It just sounds bad.

And Johnny goes, dude, my last name's McGuire. And he was like, he takes a big old swig of his beer, and he goes, oh, man, Walker McGuire sounds awesome. That's a game changer, yeah. We thought we were just talking about Reba. I wish his last name wasn't McIntyre. Yeah. Get some help from Aunt Reba out there.

Aunt Reba's kid. Well, maybe Billy Ray can help you. I don't know. Yeah, yeah. Let's call Pops. Probably not. He's a little crazy these days. Is he?

Yeah. Why? Yeah, I'm interested. Wait, go. He literally just sits in our guest house in L.A. alone and plays his guitar and sings to himself all day. That's what I assume Billy Ray Cyrus does. That's not crazy.

That's like the dream. It's a little crazy. It's like what we're all working for so that when we're older, we can do that. But I just feel like he isolates himself so when people do come around, he's like so hyped

that anybody wants to listen to what he's doing that it's just a lot. My mom told me when I was a kid, I used to run around the house in my diaper singing Achy Breaky Heart and Door Handles. Oh my gosh.

And that's just incredible. Wow. I just had to share that. That's incredible. That's incredible. How old are you guys? I'm 28, 29. Yeah, so that's like right on track for the like achy, breaky generation.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Can we coin that? Is that a new hashtag? The achy, breaky generation. That's what it kind of was. We're not millennials. No.

If I had a freaking dollar for every person that said, I used to sing your dad's song when I was six. You'd have one more right now. Yeah, two more, right? I don't know. No, I'd be filthy rich. I hear it all the time. So yeah, the achy, breaky generation.

I remember what grade I was in when that song hit. Do you really? Third grade. Mrs. Gerstle was the teacher. What a name. Mrs. Gerstle? Mrs. Gerstle was the teacher. What a name. Mrs. Gerstle? Mrs. Gerstle was the teacher. What a movie name.

You remember Saturday Night Live with Will Ferrell? Oh, yeah. And they were like church singers, you know? It was exactly with Mrs. Gerstle and her husband. And they would come in and he would play the piano and they would sing Achy Breaky Heart. And we thought it was the shit. It kind of was. It kind of was.

That's hilarious. That's incredible. That's a great memory. That was a long time ago. Mrs. Gerstle. I want to say that when I was in elementary school, I guess it was kind of like show and tell or something ridiculous

and I literally had my dad come to school as my show and tell. Really? Yeah, I swear to God. It's like vivid memory. I think I remember bringing a Matchbox car. She's bringing Billy Ray Sons. Yeah, I was like, I'm going to-

A rock star. I wanted to one up everyone. I was like, oh. Here's my Lego set. I'm going to bring my dad. I think it was like third grade, I swear. That's amazing. It's pretty crazy.

I bet you every parent was like, fuck. Dang it. Yeah. Fucking Brandy. Hey, I drive the buses for Metro. Hey, you every parent was like, fuck. Dang it. Yeah. Fucking Brandy. Hey, I drive the buses for Metro. Hey, my dad's a Billy Ray Cyrus. The whole band just... I want to hear more about the bus guy.

You've got a song on Spotify that's got 23 million spins on it. Yeah, it's called Till Tomorrow, man. We put that song out about a year and a half ago, two years ago, and it went crazy. John marks over at spotify was really good to us threw it on a couple playlists and it's really taken our career off we got to meet with broken bow records and walk in that day and then walked out with a record deal so it's been it's been unbelievable yeah that's amazing i mean it's not like a billy ray thing but it was pretty cool yeah like there

won't be until tomorrow generation or anything well anything. Well, he is sitting by himself, though, in his guest house. I got to get this song to Mrs. Gerstle somewhere. I've got to play. You're not in headphones, but I've got it playing right now. I want to turn it up a little bit. We like to illegally play music on this podcast. No, I looked it up. We get 30 seconds.

Also, they're here. I feel like you guys signed off on this. Yeah, we're good. We're good. We're here. I feel like, did you guys sign off on this? Yeah, we're good. We're good. Verbal. Okay, that's a minute. I don't want to get in trouble. We don't want to get crazy. I'll have this be our bed.

That's amazing. 23 million spins. It's mostly our moms. A lot of clips. It's just on replay when mom's Spotify at her office all day. When you guys met at a songwriter's round, do you remember what song you played that night? Oh, yeah. What was it?

I played a song called They Call Me Alone. I remember it. Yeah, because it was a story about my uncle and it's like, it's a weird story. But anyway, yeah, I played that song

and Johnny played a song called The Traveling Song. Which later I found out Tom Petty put out a song called Traveling Song so I might have to rewrite it. But you know,

I think we'll get away with it. We don't play those songs anymore. We should look back, I don't know. But the coolest thing was is the band next to us were like these 55 yearyear-old dudes who looked at us and said, we just got in town from L.A. and we're here to do this scene now. And me and Jordan were like, dang, this is about to be really cool.

And their name was Burning. And you can imagine with a band name like Burning, these guys started and for four and a half minutes, one guy slammed on a guitar. Oh, my gosh. And one guy just screamed, open the door. Yeah. And I was just sitting there at the end, and I was like, what door are you trying to get in? Why is she not open? What's going on? We thought it was going to be a lot easier in Nashville, because that was like our first week in town.

We were like, dang, this isn't going to be that hard. It's going to take me one week to be on top of the world. I really hope it was a representation of how it felt when he had to pee, and that's how they came up with that. Yeah, exactly. Oh, my gosh. Open the door. I hope.

You never know. It's actually, it sounds kind of logical. It's like, every time we talk about it, we're just thinking, like, I just see the shining when he's, like, hitting it with the axe. Yeah, yeah. Open the door. Here's Johnny. That's what I imagine that song was about.

Oh my gosh. Where are you guys from originally? I grew up in Texas. I'm from Kansas City. Okay, what part of Texas? A little town

called Vernon. It's in between Dallas and Amarillo. Middle of nowhere. Vernon. Vernon, Texas. Billy's probably been there.

Well, that's his name on his TV show. It's his character's name. Vernon. Vernon. His name's Vernon Vernon?

Vernon Vernon is what they call him. Also hurts when he pees, Vernon. His name's Vernon, Vernon? Vernon, Vernon is what they call him. Oh, they ever call him Paul? Also hurts when he pees. Probably. Also something's wrong there. I saw that you guys are playing stagecoach this year. Stoked about that.

Are you so excited? Have you been? I've never been. Every time we have lined up something and we're going to go, we're going to go out there and visit and hang out, we always have a show pop up in Idaho. I'm like, I love Idaho. Don't get me wrong. Come on. trying to go to stagecoach, but this year we're on the bill, so we're excited. That's so

exciting. I think I'm going to go. I've never been to stagecoach. I haven't either. You got to go out here, man. Have you been to Coachella? Oh, I go every year. Oh, really? I'm going this year. You want to go? I do want to go to Coachella, but I think I want to go to stagecoach more. Actually, no. Well, you should do both. They're back to back. I used to want to go to stagecoach more because I was you should do both. They're back to back. I used to want to go to Stagecoach more

because I was a single man, and I was like, this seems like a high target area. That's so true. It's like actually going to Target. That's a huge target area. If you go to Target, you're in luck

because girls are already there looking for stuff they don't need. That's so true. Go there and find you a girl. Go find you a girl. I like that. I feel like that's how Bird and Verdon started, man.

That's great. I'm so excited. Well, Coachella's like the week before, so maybe I'll just stay and go to both. Yeah, you should. You can be one of our

guitar techs. I can do that. I wish they could've solved a hand. Maybe I'll just stay. She said it like she was already at Coachella.

Yeah, she did. I like to turn into like an L.A. Valley girl. Maybe I'll just stay and go to bed. You know what, though? If you want to watch the show, call up Billy. Get him out of the pool house. He can be a guitar take. Oh, my gosh.

I don't know. When we let him on stage places, he won't get off the stage. I love that. He came out. Noah played Madison Square Garden. She opened up for Katy Perry this past year. And Noah, he was there. And she was like, Mom, I feel like I have to invite Dad out to sing with me.

And she was like, yeah, you should. And he came out and sang with her. I love the fact that she was like, I want to do this. Dad, Dad. He would not get off the stage. I'm not kidding you. Even when she started the next song, he was over stage left, far stage left, pretending to throw his hat out into the crowd to people.

It was insane. See, that's another thing, though, that you've got to realize. Whenever my dad does something that annoys me, it's like he does too many cannonballs at the pool party. Your dad goes on stage at MSG and doesn't get off. That's a whole other level. Which is the equivalent of doing too many cannonballs in the pool. It's a great analogy, actually.

Not another one. Not again. Oh, God. So did he do Achy Breaky Heart with Noah? They did sing Achy Breaky and Miley was there, too, so she ended up

coming out and sing also. Oh, my God. Which ended up being a cool thing. Your family is so annoying. Oh, we're so annoying. But Miley got right off stage in a timely manner

and my dad stayed. Really? I can see her dad walking out with the music charts to every song and just hand it to the band and go, all right, we're going to do 98 BPMs. It's a blues riff in the key of E, boys.

Look for me for the changes and try to keep up. You might have heard this one before. It's your cousin, Mom and Barry. I was literally just watching that before I came here, Back to the Future. I love the fact that our audience Has absolutely no idea What we're talking about right now

But Back to the Future We're having so much fun Back to the Future Is my favorite trilogy Yeah for sure What's what Okay hold on So this show is called

Your Favorite Thing We gotta actually do this shit I'm like ringing the bell They're like what is that The freaking bell It is my favorite movie But what is your favorite Of the three

Oh man Because I've seen one So many times One's obviously so good, but I think two's my favorite. I think two's my favorite, too. Me, too. You have two, guys? Yeah. Whoa. They go in the future. And they use a little bit of the first movie along with

what they're doing, because they have to go back to the 50s. Come on, man. Like, and Viv's old, and everybody still hates him. And there's, like, the alternate universe that is crazy. So I have a crazy theory about, do you want to hear this? I'm going to video it.

I'm going to video the crazy theory. So I realize it's not right, but it's a good thought. What if Marty McFly is actually the villain and Biff

is the victim in all of this? Because if you think about it, every freaking movie, Biff is eating actual shit. Okay? Like he crashes and then poo is in actual shit. Okay? Like he crashes and then poo is in his mouth, right?

The only time that Biff is truly bad is in the alternate universe. But the reason why the alternate universe happened was because Marty McFly wanted to freaking cheat the system and start gambling in the future. Which is kind of fucked up, right? But at the same time, if I had been in the future, I would gamble too.

Totally. But none of it happens without Marty getting that idea. And then he steals it and goes back. So you're right. I've never seen this. You've never watched? What? No. Whoa.

Put it on the list. Yeah, like, I'm bored. What are we talking about? Oh, my. Hold on. You've never seen Back to the Future? Neither have they. Have you seen it?

Oh, no, I haven't. Okay. One. I've got one. See, I feel like this all stems back to Billy Ray, and he should have made you watch these. Instead, I was out running around the farm barefoot playing in the creek. I don't know. Seriously, you need to go watch.

No, no. You haven't seen the second one, or you haven't seen all three? I haven't seen any of them. What? I'm too young for this. I mean, like. What are you talking about? You're part of the Billy Ray generation.

I know. And that's why all of us love Michael J. Fox is Back to the Future. Yeah, yeah. He's Marty McFly. I haven't seen it. Your kids are going to love it. Yeah, he plays Chuck Berry at the end of the sea dance. What is happening in your life?

I don't know. So what is 1.21 gigawatts? Does that mean nothing to you? That means nothing to me. You know nothing. I know nothing. Wow. Wow.

I do love three because, so if you think about it, everyone's, yeah, whatever. Everybody has stopped listening to this podcast. This is one of the most famous movies ever. Ever. Everyone's loving this whole theory. I'm going to do a Twitter poll. If you've seen any of the Back to the Future movies, just please vote because I want to be right here.

You're not going to be right. You're not going to be right. Okay, so if you think about it, every character has their own movie. The first one is Marty's. The second one is Biff's. And then the third one is Doc's. And I do love Doc's because they go to the Wild West. Yeah, that's awesome. The car in the barn was wanting to go to the Wild West.

Yeah, that's a good one. They turn the locomotive into a time machine. Well, as much as everyone has enjoyed this 15-minute take on Back to the Future. We got Walker McGuire in the studio right now. Name one of Rolling Stone Country's new country artists you need to know. Uh-oh, Radio Wells is coming out, guys. Walkermcguire.com is where you need to go. What are you guys on social media and stuff like that?

Well, it's all at walkermcguire. Oh, well, time out. Do you guys have your own Instas or only the walkermcguire? No, we have our own. We have our own. Mine's jordanwalker and then the number two. Okay. Mine's mcguirejohn.

A little backwards action there. Nice. Nice. And then there is like a band account as well. Yeah, at walkermcguire. You guys are really coming at it. Have you guys seen any newer movies that you really like or been watching

anything on Netflix? We love to talk TV shows. I'm a Netflix guy and I'm all about Mindhunter right now. I've not watched that yet. Have you not heard of it? No, we have.

So I started it but then I changed gears to Manhunt which a lot of people are confusing the two. I know. Manhunt's so good. So freaking good.

I don't know that one. You don't? It's about Ted Kaczynski the Unabomber. Oh, okay. It's. Manhunt's so good. So freaking good. I don't know that one. You don't? It's about Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. Oh, okay. Okay, I like that. It's good. It's real good. We love documentaries on any of that stuff.

I've been watching weird stuff on Hulu right now called Ghost Adventures. Okay. Which is like where the paranormal team goes into one of the most haunted buildings in the country or in the world and then they communicate with ghosts. Oh, yeah. And I love that stuff. My mom and dad used to argue over their shows because they'd be like

I just heard something and my mom would be like we gotta keep watching they just heard something and my dad was like no, the cameraman just shuffled the speed and that's what they heard

like turn it off and that's hilarious. Have you guys ever stayed somewhere haunted? Yeah, in Kansas, right? Yeah, in like a really small part of Kansas. Yeah, we were in Kansas

and they were like yeah, you're gonna play this show and we're putting you up at this like B&B over here and we're like alright, cool they were like, yeah, you're going to play this show, and we're putting you up at this B&B over here. And we're like, all right, cool. Because there was no hotel, middle of nowhere. And we asked the sound guy, like, hey, where are y'all staying? Where'd they put y'all?

And they're like, oh, the Holiday Inn. We're like, well, they put us up across the street at this B&B. And he was like, oh, yeah, that place is super haunted. Oh, my gosh. So we went around with our phones that night trying to Snapchat a ghost. Scared our drummer a few times. I used to live in a haunted house in Oklahoma. I would be so scared.

I love the idea of Snapchatting a ghost. Yeah. Like, would it send like a dick pic or something? Wow. Why do you hate my jokes so much, Brandy? Because they're all about

like dicks and number twos and just, they're just so... And back to the future. And back to the future. So for you, if you were Snapchatting a ghost, you would want them

to be driving down the road listening to a song and be like, love this. To for you, if you were Snapchatting ghosts, you would want them to be driving down the road, listening to a song and be like, love this. To be honest, I ditch Snapchat. I don't use Snapchat. I think it's in the past. It's done, deal. No one uses it anymore. Snapchat is a staple for the achy, breaky generation.

What are you doing? You cannot get away. I like that. No, I don't like Snapchat. It's not one of my fave things anymore. No? Although, their filters are better than Instagram stories. So much better.

I know. This is lame. Don't even lie. Don't even lie right now. You take selfies. Use the beautifier thing. Not the beautifier. I like the ones with the things that cover your face.

Oh. Really? Like the ninja one. The ninja looking filter. So you use Snapchat for the filters and then post them on Insta? Yes. Okay. Ooh, that's pretty basic.

That's what I do. Thank you. I appreciate it. Snapchat's your middleman. That's my favorite thing post them on Insta. Yes. Okay. Ooh, that's pretty basic. That's what I do. Thank you. I appreciate it. Snapchat's your middleman. Thank you for recognizing my basic qualities. That's hilarious. My basic hustle. I think I only have Snapchat downloaded for the face swap.

I think I showed my mom at one time. See, that creeps me out. The face swap? I don't know about that. It's not very good. Let's be honest. It's a crap. Yeah, but it's the only way I'm going to see what I look like with long hair.

Wait, can we talk about- Oh my God. Can we talk about why- Is that what you do? That's kind of weird, right? That's incredible. Let's talk about that. The only way I'm going to look like Tom Petty is with Snapchat.

Oh my gosh. Wait, I need to try this. No, I use my girlfriend. Oh, okay. Let me just swap it up real quick. She looks a lot better than I do. She wakes up at 3 a.m. You're standing over her with scissors.

No, I'm standing over her with the Snapchat trying to get a picture to put on my Instagram. Oh, my God. That is so creepy. Breathing heavily, rubbing your fingers together. So good. I've been told that this game called HQ is all the rage. It is so cool. He's on it every day.

He's on it. Every day. I got to question 11 the other day. No way. Really? Yes. Okay, so real quick, we probably should ask you about your band, but tell me about... No, the band is not important.

Let's talk about HQ. Yeah, let's talk about this fleeting app. Okay, so just explain... Not an ad. Not at all. Hashtag not an ad. But it is an app. So explain what it is.

It's a trivia game, right? Yeah, and first we've got to give a shout out to Scott, the host. You know, he is... Okay. He's a trivia game, right? Yeah. First, we've got to give a shout out to Scott, the host. You know, he is. Okay. He's my host. Yeah. Yeah. And if you're watching HQ, you know what I'm talking about.

He's the guy who started as the host. And then for like two days, he had to go beyond, you know, as the ball dropped in Times Square and he was interviewed. Yeah. And everyone was just getting pissed, saying, not my host. And so, anyways, got to give a shout out to Scott. It's a real-time trivia game that you play with, like, right now, I think the biggest group they've had is 1.3 million people

at once. That's crazy. And you have three seconds to answer, so there's no time to Google, and you have to answer. And if you get all 12 right, not by how quick you got it, just if you get through it, then you win. Usually every day there's a $2,000 purse. And, like, today, when I played at 2 o'clock, there were...

So it's a 2 and 8, right? 2 and 8, central time. Today I played, there were, like, 22 winners out of 2 o'clock there were 2 and 8 central time. Today I played there were like 22 winners out of 2,000. They all won like close to 100 bucks. How do they afford to pay these people this much? It's free. There has to be like some big investors in it or something. But where's their return on that? I just don't understand.

I don't understand this stuff. Are there ads? What they're going to do is they're going to have you fall in love with the game for the first six months. And then say, if you love this, pay the dollar for it. And then all of a sudden, that's a million dollars right there after six months. I didn't think about that. That's probably what they're going to do. And also, think about how you could be like, what year was Heinz Ketchup invented?

Exactly. 1957? They do that. And then that's a Heinz Ketchup commercial. I guess so. No, I never played it, but I remember we were bowling last week. Had a day off and went bowling. We're in the middle of a turn and his phone vibrates and he goes, you're going to have to skip me, bro. I'm on the

HQ. And I was like, wait, what is this? The people that play are so committed. I have friends that whip it out at dinner and they're like, I know I got to do this. It's crazy. Most of the time you get like three questions in and you turn them off. I fail after gotta do this. I mean, it's crazy. Most of the time you get like three questions in and you turn them off. Well, yeah, I fail after three every time. So you've got to chill?

Oh, yeah, and the first few are always so easy that it's stupid. And then out of nowhere, question four is just like... What color hair did the general from World War II on the face of North Lake fall down? But it's weird to me because now that's another thing that our generation's gonna be like, hey, do you want to go to dinner tonight?

It's like, yeah, Had to be like 8.30 because I have to say a cute thing at 8. Every night. That's another thing. I have to have Wi-Fi because I want to be an H. Someone is going to be podcasting this show at that time and have to pause it to play. 100%

I know. Achy Breaky Generation. What a thought. What a concept. Do you thought. What a thought. What a concept. Do you guys both sing and both play? Yeah, for sure. That's awesome.

Yeah, both play guitar. And on our record, we both kind of, we do like a dual lead thing. It's not really like a singer and a harmony. It's like we really just go back and forth. You're like the Beatles. Yeah, we're just as good as the Beatles. Yeah. 100%. Maybe even better.

Who knows? Beatles. Yeah, we're just as good as the Beatles. Yeah. A hundred percent. Maybe even better. Who knows? Did you guys see that they took Auto-Tune and Red Smells Like Teen Spirit and changed it from minor to major chord?

A major key. Yeah. And it proves to me that a hit melody is a hit melody because it's still a hit song, even on a major key. It's crazy, too, how low he sang that song to first sing it. And then he put up a whole key and it sounds really cool. I sent it to Johnny and he called me and he's like, that's unreal. That's what I said to him. I was like, as songwriters, that just proves

to me if you find the right melody, the right earworm, it doesn't matter what you're saying or where you sing it on the scale, it's still a hit. But it turns it into kind of a happy song. It does. It does. Totally. And then it all of a sudden sounds like a Jim Blossoms or like Bo Dean's early 90s hit and you're like, what is this?

What is going on? But the best part is how they sync the lips with it. And the video is so grungy. It's like dark. And it's like he's singing happy stuff. You can change the key on 90s songs, but you can't take them out of the 90s. No. I'm guessing you haven't seen this.

You're not as excited as we are. I have not seen it. Oh. She's only seen Aggie Becky Harden. That's it. That's all I've seen. I was in that video. Oh, good.

Were you? Yeah. Were you really? What is the best music video ever? I don't know. What do you mean? The new Lil Dicky one

with the brain. That's a good one. The new Lil Dicky one with the brain. Have you seen it? No. Haven't seen it. Is that your favorite one?

Probably my favorite one. That one's awesome, but music videos have changed. They have. In the late 80s, early 90s, you didn't have the type of computer technology. The new one Lil Dicky has is so cool, but music videos have changed. They have. In the late 80s, early 90s, you didn't have the type of computer technology. So the new one that Little Dicky has, it's so cool, but it's like he's talking to a brain in it. Some of the old school ones are pretty cool, too.

It's not a real brain. It's a cartoon brain. Don't ooh. Don't ooh at me. Sounds kind of gross. You've got to watch it. Okay. What's your favorite music video?

Yeah. You better have an answer. I really love Devo Whip It Good. Do you remember that one? I see you. I don't think I've ever seen that video. Whip It Good. That was great.

Smells Like Teen Spirit is so freaking iconic. Yeah, it is. Like I said, just the images. I can see it right now. Blind Melon. The one with the little girl dressed up in the bee costume. Remember that one? Is that the rain one? Yeah, no rain.

The weird thing about the Nirvana one too is if you think about it, Nirvana was such a deep brooding artist. Kurt Cobain was so troubled, but I wonder what that was like for him because we filmed a music video before and it's awkward sometimes for me to sing, but for someone like him to have to sit in front of a whole school audience of actors

and still act like he was rocking out, I bet that was a weird thing for him as an artist. I don't know, but I do know that Shannon Hoon, the lead singer of Bly Melon, that No Rain, was on acid when they filmed that. Fun fact. There we go. Remember Pop-Up Video?

Remember that show on MTV? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. One of my favorite shows. That's where I learned about little fat toy. I was talking about this with my Uber driver the other day. You talked to your Uber driver? That is the perfect way to start a story for the Achy Breaky Generation.

Oh, my God. You're right. I was talking to my Uber driver the other day. So we were talking about- I just can't believe you talked to your Uber driver. I gotta be in a certain headspace. I avoided it at all costs. Yeah, I gotta be in a certain headspace.

If the Uber driver is not allowing me to sit in the back, like he's got the front seat pushed all the way back, I gotta sit in the front? You sit in the front? Oh, yeah. You got to at that moment. Did you know that in the Uber app, it tells you to sit in the back seat?

No. I'm always a front seat guy. It does. Is that assertive? Like, am I too much? Well, because I always feel like kind of weird getting in the back seat, like kind of a douchebag. I'm going to have you drive me around. But it legitimately, in the Uber app, it tells you to sit in the back seat.

Well, I mean, if I was driving Uber, I would want that to have less awkward conversations. I wouldn't want somebody up in my space. I love the fact that now- Get out of my front seat. That's where my dog sits at. Yeah, there you go. Dude, they're driving with service dogs now. Did you see that? Dude, I love that. It's incredible. They text you.

They'll text you and say, I brought my dog, and I'm like, yes! You get five stars no matter what. Really? You should start driving Uber just to bring Carl. My car's too old. You have to have a newer car. It's like 10 years, right? You gotta be within 10 years. But hold on. You were talking to your Uber driver. Oh yeah, we were talking about

Tupac and Biggie. And he was saying he was talking about like, man I really wish that Tupac hadn't gone so early and I was like, I feel the same way about Nirvana and he was like, totally. And then I posed a question and I was like, I feel the same way about Nirvana and he was a totally... Then I posed a question and I was like,

do you think that we would revere those artists as much as we do if they hadn't had their life extinguished so early? It's like the James Dean syndrome. The mystery thing. Three freaking movies and he is just considered the greatest thing in the world and I wonder if

Eddie Vedder had killed himself and it was Pearl Jam that went down instead of Nirvana, would we think the same way about Pearl Jam as we do Nirvana? Good question. I'm a huge sports fan, and people do that with Sean Taylor, the football player who was killed. He was a great all-pro safety. But when you look at his numbers, love Sean Taylor,

when you look at his numbers, he was no better than some of the guys that aren't in the Hall of Fame. But because he died at 24 years old, they're like, oh, what could he have been if he'd have played five more years? And I get it. It's that mystery. It's that you want to know, but you'll never know. I think it also, too, just depends on the person.

I think it's really hard for humans to see artists older as, I guess, being cool. So if you die young, you're just kind of cool. Yeah, you're always cool. That's a good point. What about Paul McCartney? Would you consider him cool? Paul's just a class act. That's what I consider him. I think he's so cool. So like if you die young, you're just kind of cool. Yeah, you're always cool. That's a good point. What about Paul McCartney? Would you consider him cool? Paul's just a class act. That's what I consider him.

I think he's so cool. Yeah. I'm obsessed with him. If Paul walked in on out, I'd faint. Yeah, he's super cool. Paul, it's pretty impressive that he's that age

and still rocking out like that. Yeah, he does. He does have a little bit of a shine on him because of like, because he wasn't John, you know? Right.

But I still, I'm with you on Paul. Yeah, he's great. So that's a weird thing too, right? Where that was someone whose fire was extinguished too early and John and then his bandmate, like the other half of that band, continued to live on. Then you see guys like Ringo who are still doing it because John was shot. Yeah. Like it's like, what's going on here?

Like you're living off of it. Okay. On three, name your favorite Beatle. Ready? One, two, three. George Harrison. George, man, yeah. You want George?

I'm a Paul guy. You're Paul? I'm a Paul guy. I'm a Paul guy. No one went with John Lennon in that. That's my sister's favorite. That is, wow. John Lennon was probably the coolest as far as style.

Yeah. But George was the coolest human being. Yeah. I just think Paul, like, there's just something about the smoothness of the bass. You know, like, he's just standing there doing his thing, no big deal, with the F cutouts on his bass. Yeah. You know, for the music people out there, they know what it is. And it's just like, that's what everybody wants to look like now because Paul was that guy.

Well, you guys have heard the conspiracy theory that Paul is dead, right? Paul's been slain in a bloody car crash. Yeah. On Abbey Road. Yeah. Picture of the gravedigger and the barefoot thing. Oh, yeah. We went to London and we were talking about that.

I didn't know about this. You didn't? I wrote an entire paper on it in college. I'll do a really quick rundown of what happened here. There was a day in which someone called into a radio station and said, did you hear that Paul died? And back then there was no internet, so that just went like wildfire.

And everyone was saying that Paul died. And the story goes that they were leaving Abbey Road Studios really, really late, and he was driving his Porsche or whatever, and he got hit, and he was decapitated. It was late enough at night that they were able to get around the situation and the band decided to put in a lookalike.

Now, they actually had a band lookalike competition and the guy who won for Paul was a guy named William Shears. And there's a song, let me introduce you, the one and only Billy Shears, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club. So they say it in the freaking song and so then there's all these clues like in Sgt. Pepper's

there's it looks like the band that's the one with like it's got like a million famous people around on the record

and it looks like the band is mourning over a bass guitar that's like missing a string and then there's a hand over

Paul's head which is like the international some sign for like death and also Shiva the Destroyer who was a Hindu god was pointing at both

Paul's on the record cover as well because there were two of them right yeah there were two and then the flowers say Paul question mark if you really look

at the flowers in front of them so I mean there's so many crazy it could be one of those things where they like the story came out and the Beatles were like

let's run with this. Oh, yeah. Totally. Let's just totally make this a vague thing. But then you look at the Abbey Road cover and Paul is barefoot in it, if you notice that. Yeah. So in the front, you have John in all white.

So he's supposed to represent God. And then next you have Ringo, who's got a collar on. So he's supposed to be the pastor. Then you have George in the back as a gravedigger, the all denim. All denim. And Paul's on the third one and he's in a suit,

barefoot, and they used to bury people barefoot. So that's their way of saying that. And then if you play Revolution No. 9 backwards, it says Paul's dead. Also, what was crazy too- How do you guys know all this?

I wrote a paper on it. This is insane. That's incredible. One of their most famous songs. I'm learning so much. Come Together, which we've all heard. Come together. It's about come together over Paul's grave, over me.

Well, you guys have convinced me. I'm convinced. So your favorite Beatle is dead. Is a dead guy. Yeah. His name's William Shears. Wow. Yeah.

They've done some crazy stuff where they've analyzed both voices, and there's a little bit of a pitch change and all this kind of stuff. That's what's crazy, man. He's got a great quote that he was asked about it, and it was like, are you dead? And he's like, well, if I was, I'd be the last one to know. That was his answer. He's like, yeah, probably.

But it's crazy to me that even, let's just say he's not, and they just ran with it. That is decades of them running with this and making it just this incredible, like we're talking about it now. But they've always done that too, like on their early records, when they'd sing, I can't hide, but they were really singing I Get High, and it just sounded like

I Can't Hide, and they went with it just to kind of poke at the music in the audience. So it's just a joke, I think. Yeah, Lucy and this guy with diamonds is LSD. I agree with you totally, 100%, that they came up with the idea, and they were always laying little eggs everywhere, and then it got out, and they were like, shit. So you're basically saying that the Beatles' career is like a 60-year-old Easter egg hunt.

Yeah. It's a super long con. So they're all frauds. What are we doing here? I don't know. I don't know. Old Billy Shears. The greatest band ever.

We're calling frauds on our podcast. And we just lost 70% of the audience. Is there anything that we didn't ask you that you wanted to talk about? I know. Yeah, man. We just had an EP drop. Okay. And we're stoked about it.

It's a five-song EP. We've been working on it for, you know, since we've been together, like five, six years, you know, since we've been writing songs. That's pretty cool. So it just came out. I just saw this thing today. Oh, yeah. He found something really cool on Twitter.

I guess something else we're excited about is our EP's been hanging around, like, two on the iTunes Country Chart. Hanging over Chris Stapleton. Yeah, but she's been there all year, so we'll give him that. EP's been hanging around like two on the iTunes country chart. Can't get over Chris Stapleton. But she's been there all year so we'll give him that. That's tough. You know, he played a show with Tom Petty too

so we can't pass him. And Justin Timberlake. He's pretty cool. Funny you say that. I saw something on Twitter today that said the fastest gaining tracks on streaming, radio,

and on demand. One is Timberlake with 50. Then you got Bad at Love, Halsey. And then number three is Us with our new single Lost.

Whoa. And then you've got Taylor Swift, Endgame, and River by Eminem. You guys beat Taylor Swift? What? Oh my gosh.

That makes me happy. I called her this morning and she goes, hey, get on Twitter. And I'm like, when she says that it's usually like a puppy video

or something. Yeah. And she was like, tag me in this. And I was like, this is incredible. And we were number three between Halsey,

Taylor Swift, Eminem, and Timberlake. It's one of those things in our career where we're at that point where we see stuff like that but we don't always know if it's like a big publication or I know my mom photoshopped it's incredible I think that's pretty cool no it's very cool yeah you guys are in great company it's good that's wild who are you the most pumped about beating in that on that list probably Eminem because I love Eminem. It's really cool to be up there. I mean, I would go the opposite way and say Taylor Swift because she's like an icon in this town.

Everything she's done since she's been here has turned to gold. So to have our name as three and hers as four, it's like next time I see her, I'm like, hey, did you ever see that list when we were above you? She'd be like, security, get this guy. Who are you? You ever see that list of my mom photoshopped that one time? It's dope.

Pretty good. Check it out. And then I guess later this year we're putting out our full record. Nice. Should be cool. Awesome. Thanks for joining us. No, thanks for having us.

Y'all are fun. This is awesome. Yeah, you guys are fun. Walker McGraw. I can't. Why can't you speak? I don't know. This is your job.

You had one job. Walker. Yeah. I'm waiting for my scotch. How many beers do you have? This is his fifth Modelo. I job. It's because I smoked some of that bourbon. Yeah. I waited for my scotch. How many beers did you have? It was his fifth Modelo. I've only had two Modelos. Well, I've been here.

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Oh, but baby, look at me now. Well, it took three months the bitter late the never and to think I thought I would hurt forever but baby tonight I'm alright

yeah I finally got you off my mind I'm not here fighting back tears I'm not here. I'm having the time of my life. Hell, I may just stay out all day. You think I'm drowning in my sorrow. But I swear I'll never love you again.

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