Ashley Brooks: Starting Fires and Chasing Songs

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign. Come on. This is Outside the Round with Matt Burrill for Rage Rowdy Podcast. What's going on, guys? Welcome back to Outside the Round with me, Matt Burrill. Today, a very special guest, a young lady from North Georgia. She talks country and she's been blowing up the Internet with her latest release. We got our girl, Ashley Brooks. How you doing? [00:00:34] Speaker B: I'm good. Just got into town, actually left about 4:30 this morning. [00:00:39] Speaker A: Oh, wow. So we're getting you early. Early. [00:00:42] Speaker B: Bushy tail, baby. [00:00:43] Speaker A: That's awesome. That's awesome. That ride up, that ride up I75 and I24. I've done it many times being on the road and stuff. [00:00:53] Speaker B: Yeah, it's just like autopilot at this point. Yeah, I'm over here sleeping because I'm gonna be honest, my dad drove today. [00:01:00] Speaker A: Shout out dad. [00:01:01] Speaker B: Yeah, shout out, Daddy. On my guitar player too. [00:01:03] Speaker A: So that's awesome. So talk about North Georgia a little bit. Like places like Rome, Georgia, Dahlonega, Fayette. Like, I've always loved North Georgia and it is countryer than cornbread out there. [00:01:16] Speaker B: And it just depends. Like, Georgia can change so quick depending on what highway you take. Yeah, where I'm at, I'm living with my goats, my pig, my chickens. You know, they really keep me busy. But honestly, if you just drive 30 minutes, you're in like an award winning trout stream and you drive another 30 minutes and you're in the fricking city, you know what I mean? So it's just like a melting pot right here. But the further north you go, it's definitely more countryside, you know. That's kind of where I'm at. So. [00:01:42] Speaker A: Yeah. So where in Georgia are you? [00:01:44] Speaker B: I'm in Ball Ground. [00:01:45] Speaker A: Ball Ground, Yeah. It just sounds fucking hilarious. [00:01:48] Speaker B: I didn't know how they got the. [00:01:49] Speaker A: Name, how they get the name. [00:01:50] Speaker B: Yeah, they played ball on the ground, the Indians, back in the day. I kid you not. It's on a like a. Somewhere, a wall in downtown. I'm like, you know what? I kind of get to that. [00:02:01] Speaker A: That's awesome. That's awesome. See, I've always loved Georgia for the music scene that you guys have there. Like, there's just something in the water of guys and girls that come out of that state for like a century. Like, you can't talk about the history of country music without talking about the songwriters, the musicians. I mean even like rock and roll, hip hop, gospel. Like, yeah, you guys have it all down there. [00:02:21] Speaker B: There's something in the water in Georgia. [00:02:23] Speaker A: Yeah, there, there really is. And I'VE I've fallen in love with, like, I've had great times in Statesboro, Georgia. I've had great times. Macon, Georgia. Macon, Georgia. Athens, Milledgeville was a little dicey when I was there, but Savannah, all the different places, Augusta, it's just. It's a beautiful place. So how long have you been. How long have you been coming up here to Nashville? [00:02:48] Speaker B: Well, a gentleman named Jim Catino reached. [00:02:51] Speaker A: Oh, Big Jim. Shout out Catino. I've known Jim, literally known Jim, since I think I met him during the pandemic. [00:02:57] Speaker B: You're like, everybody that I mentioned him to, they're like, oh, Jim, Big Jim, you know, and when he reached out, I didn't know who Jim was. You know, I'm living in ball ground, and this guy reaches out on Instagram and he's like, hey, I like your songs. You know, let's meet. Come right. Anyway, it's been a couple years. I want to say about two. And he was the first person in town that, you know, found me, stood behind me, believed in me. And now here we are at 135 million views on this song on TikTok. So it's just like, you know, he has a special place in my heart. I felt like forever. [00:03:29] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. And he's done it for such a long time, and he's gonna help you kind of sift through the. That you can run into that you've, I'm sure, run into because you've been putting out music for a few years now. Folks are just starting to get on the Ashley Brooks train, but it's been. But you've been putting out songs for a while, so. [00:03:49] Speaker B: Yeah, around four years. And everything's been independent at first. You know, I work for the hospital at home, so I was like, funding my own little record label, Ashley Brooks Music, until now. And then to have the, you know, the financial help and the contacts and just somebody that can say, hey, this is bullshit, and, hey, this is not. That's, like the key thing. I feel like coming to town. So. [00:04:11] Speaker A: Yeah. What do you think it was about Leaving side of you that has put you on just like one. Like a musical rocket ship, but to the social media thing where you're not talking about thousands, you're talking about millions. Like, what is. What is it about that song being a moment for you that is different from everything else you've put out over the last four or five years? [00:04:32] Speaker B: And to start off, like, I wrote this song two years ago, like, in my house, and I came to town with Jim and finished it up with Rivers Rutherford and Wesley Davis. [00:04:40] Speaker A: Oh, two of the best, literally. [00:04:42] Speaker B: So we put it out, and I think everybody says it's the accent. They're like, what is she saying? That's how it started, right? [00:04:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:49] Speaker B: And then it turned into, well, I'm from Alabama and I can hear just fine. I'm from Kentucky. I'm from Michigan. What's wrong with yalls ears and turning this battle? But I think it's like the cadence and the speed of the chorus. We f you leave, I run. You know, it's a whole bloop. And people aren't used to hearing that it was something different. Blessing in disguise. Because, like, I feel like I found my tribe that's kind of came forward and was like, this is on repeat. This is my wedding day song. Me and my daughter jammed to it. I'm like, oh, okay. This is a good thing. [00:05:20] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, definitely. And. And it. It kind of fits in that mold of like, how we're getting back to that 80s 90s, early 2000s style of country. Like the. The stuff that you, I'm sure, grew up on 100. [00:05:33] Speaker B: I'm the biggest Joe Diffie fan. Fight me, please. You're watching this and you're a bigger fan. Find me. [00:05:40] Speaker A: That's awesome. But what. What was it about. About wanting to go more that route with this song. Did you feel like. Because you've. You've kind of lived in that lane for a little bit, but I feel like this was you jumping into the deep end of I'm gonna put out a country ass song. [00:05:56] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I mean, it's just kind of like I'm tired of, like, trying to just put out something that people want to hear. I'm just gonna put out what I want to hear and if my people will find me. And, you know, if you take away like the whole debate of what is she saying and listen to the words where now that's kind of where people are at. It's kind of toxic song. And people are like, oh, I live this in junior year. Oh, I'm still in this. Oh, I'm divorced from this. So it's kind of like, you know what? I'm taking the wheel. Jim liked the song. My guys like the song, and we're like, put it out. [00:06:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:06:29] Speaker B: See what happens. [00:06:30] Speaker A: What's been the of, like, the versions where people think that they know the words but they. What have been some of your favorites. [00:06:37] Speaker B: I thought about honestly covering this and like post on TikTok, but over and over there's always somebody. We fart, I yell, you leave, I run just to make up a cat. And you know what? Hell yeah. How can you not laugh at that? [00:06:57] Speaker A: Yeah. No, and that's. That's just. That's just it. And it's like it has this moment. I think people are craving that real country sound. You. I hear it when you talk. [00:07:06] Speaker B: See, I don't. And I thought I was crazy when people were like, what is she saying? And then they're like. And then I listen to other people and I'm like, you know what? Okay. [00:07:15] Speaker A: Yeah. You talk like you're from freaking Ball Ground, Georgia. Like, it. You. What you see is what you get, Ashley. Like, you. You. You will. You're not. Because people talk about how they think that Lainey has a fake accent or that Ella has a fake accent. I've known both of them forever. And they. That's how they talk. They talk like Louisiana and Hope Hole, Alabama, where Ella's from. [00:07:34] Speaker B: Right. [00:07:35] Speaker A: You talk like you're from Georgia. [00:07:36] Speaker B: And, you know, I'm not sitting here talking like this and claiming this is me. You know, I mean, I'm. It's just crazy. But. Yeah, that's how I've seen those comments, too, like under their post when they were first starting out. Yeah, this is fake. This is fake. And it's like, just leave people alone and listen to their music. Damn. [00:07:52] Speaker A: Go to their. Go. Go down to spend some time in the Deep south. And you're going to hear guys and girls that talk like this. [00:07:58] Speaker B: Yeah. Especially like the Appalachian little area, you know, Tennessee, North Georgia, you know, just the whole little strip. It's just different. It's a different dynamic. [00:08:06] Speaker A: Yeah, it's a different. It's a different way of life. So what was it like for you growing up? I have. Down here. You did. You did some karate back in the day. [00:08:14] Speaker B: I whipped a butt or two now, but really I was like 12, 13. And I'm like, you know, I tried cheering and I kept skipping practices and stuff. I'm sorry, but my mom and dad were like, well, let's try something different. Let's do karate, baby. I moved all the way up the line. I was winning medals. Georgia state champion. Could have went to Hawaii, but we were not about to fly on a plane. So. Yeah, a little karate in my day. [00:08:43] Speaker A: That's awesome. How does. Is karate, like, big in Georgia? [00:08:47] Speaker B: No, not really. It's just. It was just something that I was kind of interested in at the time. And, you know, it's local stress relief, too. [00:08:57] Speaker A: What's it like getting to tour? You've done like, you've done hundreds of. Of shows where you on your musical journey and you've got to open up for like the old heads, like the Confederate railroads of the world, the Oak Ridge boys of the world. What's it like being a young girl, opening up for guys that could be your grandfathers? [00:09:15] Speaker B: It's just crazy. And it just puts it in perspective of how music has changed a lot, meeting these people. You know, I'm opening up for Mark Chestnut in August and just seeing how they run their shows, how they work with the people at the venues, the kind of music they put out, it's just changed so much. But the shows, that's where you meet the people. You know what I mean? Like social media is great, but in person, like I'm seeing Ms. Betsy Johnson. That's dreaming it. And it just hits different, you know. [00:09:44] Speaker A: Miss Betsy Johnson. [00:09:45] Speaker B: Betsy Johnson. [00:09:46] Speaker A: Is Betsy a real person? [00:09:47] Speaker B: No. [00:09:48] Speaker A: I was gonna say that does sound like a. Like a tick tock. [00:09:51] Speaker B: That was like the name of my first car. [00:09:53] Speaker A: Oh really? What was your first car? [00:09:55] Speaker B: It was a Honda Accord. It was a two door and it got blown up. Not with a mom or anything. [00:10:02] Speaker A: No tan, right? Yeah, not that Georgia. [00:10:04] Speaker B: Just like we need oil. [00:10:06] Speaker A: That's wild. That's wild. I. My first car was a Toyota Corolla. Now I'm in a. Now I'm in a. Now I'm in a truck because I've moved from New York. What kind of truck are you driving? [00:10:15] Speaker B: I drive a Ford F250 now. [00:10:17] Speaker A: Damn. Okay. That's a big boy. [00:10:19] Speaker B: Big mama. [00:10:20] Speaker A: Yeah. What's that one named? [00:10:22] Speaker B: It doesn't really have a name actually. I don't. I feel like I never slow down to name anything anymore. No, I had a big white one before that and then I. It was a little too lifted and I'm like, this ain't gonna work. [00:10:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:10:33] Speaker B: Not traveling back and forth. So we're rattling and bumping down the highway, I bet. [00:10:38] Speaker A: So I bet, I bet. Have you gotten to travel much with like doing shows and stuff or has it been primarily regional in the Southeast? [00:10:45] Speaker B: Well, I mean it's pretty much in the south. Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, of course. But we've taken a couple things up to Chicago. [00:10:54] Speaker A: Okay. [00:10:54] Speaker B: That was. We found some fans up there. [00:10:56] Speaker A: Chicago's a. Chicago is one of the country markets out there. People sleep on Chicago cuz they've always done a good job of embracing what's coming out of the deep South. What's coming out of Nashville and then what's coming out of Texas. It's been, like, the meeting point of, like, they were the guys having turnpike troubadours for the first time outside of Texas and Oklahoma. They were the early ones on, like, the Casey Donahues, the Wade Bowens, like, the folks in the Midwest, while also having the. The. The top of the top coming out of Nashville, Georgia, Alabama. [00:11:28] Speaker B: And I found that out when I went. And I'm like, y' all are adorable. Like, seriously, the sweetest people. You know, when you're from the south, you don't know. You know, the whole north and south dynamic. Chicago, sweetie pies. [00:11:39] Speaker A: Yeah. What time of the year were you up there? Have you done. Have you done a winter up there? And have you. [00:11:42] Speaker B: No, I haven't yet. It was a summer. [00:11:44] Speaker A: The summer's the best time to go. [00:11:46] Speaker B: Okay. [00:11:46] Speaker A: Summer's beautiful. So we're good on that lake. Summer's the best. You go up there in January, February, you're digging your van and trailer tower. [00:11:55] Speaker B: That's in Chicago. It's the tallest. [00:11:56] Speaker A: Year's tower. [00:11:57] Speaker B: Yes. Went to the top of that. [00:11:58] Speaker A: Oh, holy. That had to be the tallest. The highest up you've ever been in a building, because under the mountains, you've got some high elevation. [00:12:05] Speaker B: Yes. One of our friends, he works there. [00:12:07] Speaker A: Oh, nice. [00:12:08] Speaker B: Who booked us and got us at Tinley Park. And he's like, hold on, let me scan my thing and come with me. And I'm like, oh, my gosh. Anyway, shout out to Michael, Edgar and Michelle, his wife. [00:12:17] Speaker A: That's awesome. Yeah, I've. I've always liked Chicago. They got some great clubs up there, too, where you can play, like, Joe's on Weed Street, Carol's Pub. Like, there's. It's a great market. And when you look at, like, your streaming numbers, I feel like every artist that I've talked to. Chicago's in their. Their top five or their top ten. Like, it's randomly just in there, which is cool. [00:12:36] Speaker B: It isn't mine. And then Texas has been another big one for me that I've seen, you know, during this whole dynamic of this viral thing. Texas, Chicago. I have to look and see what else. But I know Texas. I saw, and I was like, okay, we're going there in October. [00:12:50] Speaker A: Oh, awesome. We're in Texas. [00:12:51] Speaker B: Do you know Calvert? And I don't remember that. I can't remember the name of the other one, but it's Silver Saloon. [00:12:57] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, I know. I know the. The guys that run that very, very well. The Garcia family, Anasomo. They're. They're good, they're good folks out there. [00:13:08] Speaker B: So it's a good venue. [00:13:09] Speaker A: That's a fun venue. It's, it's, it's got a lot of character to it. You'll see what you'll see when you're out there. [00:13:14] Speaker B: Okay. [00:13:15] Speaker A: People of East Texas, like love their country music. They love their Tejano, like, which is like the Mexican style country music. And then they love their, they love their rock and roll too. [00:13:25] Speaker B: So it's Sammy Garcia. What's. I can't remember his name. Anyway, side note, we'll come back to that. [00:13:31] Speaker A: No, I haven't. [00:13:32] Speaker B: Well, Sammy Garcia, he's a singer that I found through all this stuff. Anyway, I've been kind of dabbling into all sorts of, of stuff when I've been finding people. [00:13:40] Speaker A: Yeah, Terrell Saloon's a lot of fun. You're going to have, you're going to have a good time out there. [00:13:44] Speaker B: Never been out west, so. [00:13:46] Speaker A: Yeah, in Texas is. It's just like it's its own world. And I feel like it's grown a lot to where it's accepting an outsiders. Like back in the day, I was working for the Muscadine Bloodline guys and we were selling merch and I was selling merchandise. I was selling their merch on the road. And I would have people come up to me in Texas and be like, y' all ain't from Texas. What are you doing out here? And this was like BC before COVID like 2018, 2019. [00:14:09] Speaker B: I love that. [00:14:10] Speaker A: I always call it BC before COVID And now it's like, give us Texas is like bring everything here. So now's a great time for you to be going out there. [00:14:20] Speaker B: Well, good, because I can't wait. Seen it on the Spotify thing. And we're going out in October. And I'm glad because I've also heard of that dynamic too. You know, Texas country is different country. And I still agree with that. But I'm glad they're being more welcoming to New York. [00:14:33] Speaker A: Yeah. Just like we're being more welcoming out here. There was times were the Wade Bowens, the Randy Rogers, the Casey Donahue is the crust Can Ragways didn't come out here. You know, it was like, it was different like 15, 20 years ago. But now it's like you play, you play, you play good music. Doesn't have to be country, just play good music. We'll take it anywhere, 100%, which is cool. [00:14:53] Speaker B: I went and saw 49 Winchester. [00:14:54] Speaker A: Oh, one of the best shows out there. [00:14:57] Speaker B: The Cavern. [00:14:57] Speaker A: And the Caverns are iconic. [00:15:00] Speaker B: Almost died of a tornado that night in Tracy City because, you know, this weather's been crazy this year. [00:15:04] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:15:05] Speaker B: 49 Winchester. That's one of the bands where it's like, it may not not be swinging country, but holy crap. [00:15:11] Speaker A: Yeah. It's like a southern rock revival. And they came up in Appalachia like you did. Just a northern part of Appalachia up in the. Up in the hills of Virginia versus the hills of Georgia. They do such a good job. They can make so much noise and it just. The fact that there's that many guys on stage, the big. They're all. All bearded dudes. And the fact that they make. They're able to make that much noise and just be so tight as a band, it's crazy. It's unbelievable. [00:15:36] Speaker B: It was great. Anyway, I had to share that random thought. [00:15:38] Speaker A: No, you're good in the Cavern. The Caverns are cool, too. [00:15:41] Speaker B: Lit. Honestly, I wish that I could play there one day and then maybe the Red rocks one day. You know, everybody's got their bucket list of something. [00:15:49] Speaker A: Yeah. What else? Have you crossed anything off the bucket list so far? [00:15:53] Speaker B: Just opening up for, like, bigger acts was just really my main goal, starting out. Now that we're here, I'd say that's probably my next for now. Stay tuned. I need to. I need to ponder that for 20, 25. [00:16:08] Speaker A: What were your first thoughts when you started coming up here to Nashville? And like, when did music become. This is what I want to do. I'm not. I'm not fighting people in karate anymore. And. And you. And you. And you've had that. And you've had the healthcare gig, which. God bless you for doing that. Without the. Without the men and women that work in our healthcare system, the world would be a very different place. Like, if it weren't for nurses, doctors, physicians, assistants, like, all that. Like, it's a huge. It's a huge deal and a huge part of society. You know, like, without it, people die. [00:16:41] Speaker B: We wouldn't be able to get on stage and do what we do because when we get. Whatever, guess who you're going to see. [00:16:45] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:46] Speaker B: Shout out to Piedmont Hospital, because that's where I work back in Georgia. [00:16:49] Speaker A: Okay. Shout out Piedmont. Yeah. [00:16:50] Speaker B: My team is the best. But, I mean, there was a turning point. Probably in my early 20s, just a little story, you know, I was hooking up, like, EKGs for patients and I would be singing and, you know, doing stuff like that, and they're like, baby girl, you need to go to American Idol. And I'm like, they've told me no twice, so I don't know what you're talking about. You need to go to the Voice. You need to go do this. And then finally, I just was like, you know what? We're not getting any younger. Let's sit down and see, you know, what we can do. My dad's been in bands my whole life growing up. So, you know, as a kid, I'm watching him play live. So I came up to him and I was like, hey, you want to start a band with me? He's like, have you written any songs? I'm like, well. He's like, I don't want to be in another cover band, Ashley. Go write something and come back. And I wrote this song called Getting Old, and it's out. It was my first song. And he cried like a little baby. He said, is this about me? I was like, mm. So here we are today. And he drove me up here today, too, so it's just special. But that's probably the turning point. Early 20s, me and dad got together. Rest is history. [00:17:53] Speaker A: Yeah. That's awesome. So how old are you now? [00:17:55] Speaker B: 29. [00:17:56] Speaker A: 29. [00:17:56] Speaker B: Don't remind me. [00:17:57] Speaker A: Oh, you're younger than I am. I'm 30. 30. 29 is fun. 30 has been fun. [00:18:02] Speaker B: I will say, like, 30 is a good time. [00:18:04] Speaker A: I'm about seven months into it right now, and 30 is pretty. Pretty damn good. [00:18:08] Speaker B: So I'll take your word for it. I've been dreading it because, you know, it's a whole new number. [00:18:13] Speaker A: It's a whole new number in the front. You go from a two to a three. But I. It's been. It's been good, you know, I don't think you have anything to worry about. [00:18:21] Speaker B: Yeah, my dad' said. He said, I just turned 60. He said, Shush. [00:18:25] Speaker A: And what I. And what I always tell people, too, like, especially my friends that are in their, like, early 30s, late 20s, and they're. They're kick. They're, like, giving themselves a hard time because they're like, it hasn't worked the way that I want it to yet. I tell people Brooks and Dunn met when they were 34. Oh, Luke Bryan didn't. Luke Bryan didn't start touring like that. His big. His big record back in the day, like, the Dirt Road Diaries, stuff. Like, all of that didn't come out until he was in his mid-30s. Stapleton was. [00:18:55] Speaker B: I didn't even know that Stapleton was. [00:18:57] Speaker A: In town for almost two decades before he had his big moment. And Luke Bryan brought him on stage at that award show to sing, drink a beer with him. Like, wow, you think the road for everybody is so different. But in the highway, it's like, it's easier. It's weird. Like, it's like, it's easier to get your music out than it's ever been before, literally. [00:19:18] Speaker B: But there's so many people. [00:19:19] Speaker A: But the highway, it's. It's driving through Atlanta at rush hour and it's congested. It's driving. Driving out of Nashville on I40 or I65 at 4:30 in the afternoon on a Tuesday. Like, it's very congested. But at least everybody's got a car now. Everybody. And everybody can get on the highway. [00:19:39] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:39] Speaker A: Just how good are we weaving in and out of that? [00:19:41] Speaker B: All the jobs, hiring, you know what I mean? And I told my dad when we started, I'm like. And my mom, she's been like my biggest cheerleader, doing the merch, you know, whatever. But I told him, I said, you realize being on Tik Tok, you see everybody, you realize how many people are good and they're singing like so many. It's a shot in the dark, you know, if we're gonna ever, you know, get over 500,000 streams. You know what I mean? [00:20:05] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:20:05] Speaker B: So. But we did it. [00:20:06] Speaker A: Yeah. No, you. You did. And you're continuing to do it. And at the same time, you have to kind of have equate it to horse race racing. And I mean it in the best way possible. You need a team around you. So for you, like your dad, Big Jim, your great publicist Cam over there. [00:20:21] Speaker B: Is one of the. [00:20:21] Speaker A: One of the best. Yeah, she's freaking awesome. But you have to have a team around you because you're the one. You're the CEO of your business. You're the one really, truly running this race. And you think about like the horse jockey that's on the horse. The horses wear blinders. They're not looking at what the other horses are. [00:20:40] Speaker B: That is such a great. [00:20:40] Speaker A: They're just said this before someone else. I have. Yeah. [00:20:43] Speaker B: Okay. [00:20:43] Speaker A: So it's like you just. You gotta. You gotta keep that vision on because you can't be looking at what this girl or this guy's doing. You have to just do the best that you can. [00:20:54] Speaker B: You know, there's so many amazing artists out there, and it's hard. You know, I met Ella Langley at Eddie's Attic. [00:21:01] Speaker A: Oh, nice. That was back in the day that Was a couple years ago. Yeah. [00:21:04] Speaker B: And I told my boyfriend at the time, you know, I was like, connor, I was like, she is gonna blow up. I'm telling you. Like, her songs are so good and I have a picture with her and I look back and I'm like, told you. [00:21:14] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:15] Speaker B: And, you know, can't compare. Just keep rolling. Keep writing music that's meaningful and that you believe in. So when you sing it, people can feel it. [00:21:22] Speaker A: Yeah. And you think about, I mean, the. The number of. And it's. It equates to, like, the tickets because, like, you sell 100 tickets, that's a. That's a decent number of tickets. Like, it's hard to list 100 people that you or I know. You know, I bet you if we sat down and took the. The time to do it, we could probably get there. But like, the numbers, at the same time, it's just no matter how big or small they are, the fact that an individual is taking the time to listen to your music and appreciate it and watch your videos and they become invested in your life. Because the social media thing's a whole different part of, like, a whole different muscle for an artist and a creator. What's it been like for that to be one of your. One of your bigger muscles, aside from your voice and your songwriting and your musical stuff? The social media really being vulnerable, letting people into your life. [00:22:15] Speaker B: At first, it's scary. I mean, I'm not gonna lie. But now people are like, hey, what's Hamilton doing? I'm like, y' all know my pig, but that's cool. That's full circle. And, you know, it really gave people a chance to see. All right, no shame to anybody living in California. But, you know, she's not in just a one bedroom apartment in California singing about whatever, pretending to be whoever. I'm out here showing y' all how to feed my pig and my goats and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's just a great way for people to know the artist. You can listen to the song on Spotify, but especially with TikTok, you know, the lifestyle stuff. Day in the life, you get to know, who are these people? And then you get really invested. You're like, she's got this going on and that you remember and you retain and you want to grow with them. I'm like that to people I've seen too. So. [00:23:03] Speaker A: Yeah. How. How hard was it for you to let people in to your small town life, being in the medical fields? [00:23:11] Speaker B: Like, at first it took a little training. You Know I'm an extroverted person, which. [00:23:18] Speaker A: I love, by the way. I could tell that the moment I met you. [00:23:20] Speaker B: Thank you. But when it comes to home, you know, that's my safe spot. So, you know, you're giving people. Anytime you put yourself on social media, it's, judge me. It's an open book. Judge me. You know, oh, her makeup. Oh, her hair. Oh, her this. So, you know, people are kind of assholes. They are. But the same amount of people are great too. So I don't know, just seeing the positive impact, it helped over time to open up more and more. Okay, I'm gonna show you how I cook these green beans. I'm gonna show you how I do this. And seeing more positive reactions and people being, like, asking questions and remembering. I'm like, hey, this ain't so bad. [00:23:58] Speaker A: Yeah. So talking, you have Hamilton the pig. What other. What other critters do you got running around the farm? [00:24:03] Speaker B: What do we. Not the possums. I'm just kidding. We have, like, nine chickens. We have. I can name them all, but just know the rooster's name is Nugget. [00:24:15] Speaker A: Nugget. [00:24:15] Speaker B: He has survived a hawk attack. [00:24:17] Speaker A: I was gonna say, he seems like a crown jewel of the Brooks farm. [00:24:20] Speaker B: And you know what he is with his fluffy feet. And he's the smallest member of the farm. [00:24:24] Speaker A: Fluffy feet? [00:24:24] Speaker B: Yeah, he's a bantam rooster. Anyway, one day, quick story. [00:24:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:24:30] Speaker B: I was sitting inside talking to a patient. I heard a thump on the side of my house, and I ran out there because I knew my chickens were out. And there was a hawk on top of my nugget. And I ran up. Oh, it was a sight to be seen. But he's good. He's still living today, taking care of his ladies. We have goats. We have the main guy, Willie. He's the other staple of the farm. So it's Hamilton, Willie, and Nugget. The rest of them are kind of just. Just were vibing. But those are my babies. [00:24:56] Speaker A: Yeah. Did you grow up farming and grow up with animals, or was it something you got into as you became an adult? You're like, I want to have animals at my house. [00:25:04] Speaker B: I know. I always was that kid. So growing up, I have an uncle when my dad was like 20 years younger than his brothers and sisters, so he's my uncle. But right now he's in his 80s. Right. [00:25:15] Speaker A: Wow. [00:25:15] Speaker B: And he always had something with an animal going on, so he had horses. And I was always over there living that life with him on his little farm. And then I'd come home, you know, back to Cherokee county, where it really wasn't so much that way. But I lived both growing up and this is. I was always at Uncle Jerry's house. [00:25:34] Speaker A: That explains your love for the more traditional, like old school music. If. Yeah, the guys. If the men and women that you've got to be around growing up are listening to that older stuff just because of that age difference. Makes sense that it rubbed off on you. [00:25:49] Speaker B: I remember going down the road and us listening to the music and him being like, hey, who's this singing? And we'd play the game of guessing. Oh, that's George Dre. Oh, that's this. And my dad, he's all 80s rock. So we do a little AC DC in the set. So we're like a melting pot. But traditional country, that's for me, that's where my heart is. Because it makes you feel shit hard. Divorces, loving, cheating, whatever. You're feeling it. [00:26:17] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:17] Speaker B: No, no. Shame on today's country, because I'd be getting down too. [00:26:20] Speaker A: Yeah. And I think there is a lot of sad stuff out there, you know. [00:26:23] Speaker B: I mean, I'm new country, so no shame. But yeah. Yeah, you hear songs today, it's just kind of. [00:26:29] Speaker A: Yeah. I feel like post pandemic, we've gotten a lot sadder. [00:26:33] Speaker B: Yeah. We're depressed. [00:26:34] Speaker A: Like, I think so. I mean, like, I got my buddies, funny enough from It's a Cavern. I got a Caverns poster behind you all 60 when Buddy Sparks and beating Rob Langdon, their big song. Smoking a light at the end of it, the hook is and wishing I was dead. They're 22, 24 year old kids from Kentucky. [00:26:51] Speaker B: Wow. [00:26:51] Speaker A: Like, it's like people. It's like the gen. It's like this generation is just singing about heavier stuff. And I feel like your music is tying into that because you're singing about real ten years ago. Yeah, exactly. I love it too. And I think that's part of the reason the country. We're having our Sunset Strip moment right now. [00:27:11] Speaker B: Yes. People are like, coming to country. [00:27:14] Speaker A: Yeah. Back in the day, it was like you had Garth, you had George, and you had like AJ Selling out stadiums, like the big stadiums. And now it's like stadium and big arenas are very attainable for mainstream country artists and even people off to the old side like the Zach Bryans and those guys of the world. [00:27:34] Speaker B: For sure. I feel like we're opening up ourselves now more so than ever. Like before, it was just kind of trying to stay positive, you know, after the traditional country era. We want to sing about this. [00:27:44] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:45] Speaker B: Now we're like, no, we're going to sing about this again. [00:27:47] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. And sonically, I feel like it's going back there, too. With. With. You hear a lot more fiddle, you hear a lot more dobro, you hear a lot more pedal steel. You hear that more melodic style, which is like what you have in leaving side of you love it. [00:28:01] Speaker B: And I told my band, I said, whenever we can afford to get a fiddle player and a still player, it's happening. [00:28:06] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:07] Speaker B: But as of right now, we cannot afford it yet. Just stay tuned. [00:28:10] Speaker A: It's all steps. It's building. Building your band is essentially building your business. [00:28:15] Speaker B: Yeah. It's been a whole building block of Jenkins, baby. [00:28:20] Speaker A: Good game of Jenga. [00:28:21] Speaker B: We might have fallen down a time or two, but we build it back up. [00:28:23] Speaker A: Yeah. But that's how this works. And that makes you appreciate it more. You. You play at a. At a barbecue joint in North Georgia. [00:28:31] Speaker B: That's a cook off, baby. [00:28:33] Speaker A: Yeah. You play. You play any of those small hometown regional gigs, and then you fast forward, you're getting to go to a place you've never been in a club where so many legends have played, like the Silver Saloon. Like, it makes someone like you appreciates it more than someone who hasn't been putting in the time and the gigs and all that. No, it's. It's the truth. [00:28:52] Speaker B: Like, driving four hours in the middle of the night home. Because I'm the dd, by the way. [00:28:57] Speaker A: Oh, wow. [00:28:57] Speaker B: I don't drink. I haven't drank in probably five years. [00:29:00] Speaker A: Congratulations. That's awesome. I just hit nine years, so that's. [00:29:03] Speaker B: Awesome right there, too. So. And I wasn't like an alcoholic, but, you know, we went too hard and we lost responsibilities. [00:29:09] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:10] Speaker B: Anyway, long story short, I'm taking care of the guys. They're. They're drinking and have a good time at the show and doing what they should be doing. And then I'm, you know, writing the music, coming up to Nashville, recording it, driving us home from the gig. It's a lot. But I will say, you know, they do a lot, too, as far as the load in, because you won't find me during load in. I'm that person. I'll get an XLR over here. But anyway, yeah, it's a lot of work and you appreciate it. When you start to get to a little bit of a higher level and you're starting to have somebody kind of run that sound for you and do things, you're like, you know what We've came from it. We put in our time. [00:29:45] Speaker A: Yeah. What's been the toughest gig? Like, thinking back to your years of doing this now, like, no matter how small or big it was, what's a night where you're like, man, that one sticks out. [00:29:55] Speaker B: Honestly, the hot ones. And I can even put it into perspective of last weekend and just any summer outdoor gig, my musicians and singers can probably relate. It's hot. We just played a rodeo in Tennessee, and it was about. I don't know, what's the heat index today? Over a hundred. [00:30:16] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:16] Speaker B: And, you know, I got the guys dressed up in their cute little shirts, and we're loading them. My dad looked at me, he said, please, no more summer shows. Love the rodeo. It was gorgeous. I said, what about Mark Chestnut? Okay, well, that's fine. [00:30:32] Speaker A: But anyway, and if that's indoors, then it's a different thing. Oh, it's an outdoor one, too. [00:30:37] Speaker B: It's a. It's a park festival. But we're so excited, and they're. They're happy they did it now, but in the moment when their heart rate's 112 and they're loading in sweat, stripping off their nose, they're like, I could kill you. [00:30:47] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:47] Speaker B: I'm like, you're getting paid. But anyways, the heat. The heat gigs. [00:30:51] Speaker A: Yeah. The fall shows. With the fall coming. Those are going to be fun. Do you go back and play a lot of the. A lot of the college towns that are in, like, SEC country and stuff? [00:31:00] Speaker B: Not really. I mean, I really don't. I've never really played any of the college towns for whatever reason. That just hasn't been my market, and maybe it should be, but the bars that I've started at, like, some in Gadsden, Alabama. [00:31:14] Speaker A: Oh, Gadsden. I've been through there. I've been. That's 59, right? [00:31:18] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:31:18] Speaker A: That's the highway that gets you out there. [00:31:19] Speaker B: I think so, yeah. Baba. Directions. But, like, I still go back over there. Like, all the places that I started out that gave me a chance when I first started, we still go back and play all the time, so. [00:31:29] Speaker A: That's awesome. That's awesome. Are you a big sports person? [00:31:32] Speaker B: Go dogs. [00:31:33] Speaker A: Go dogs. [00:31:34] Speaker B: Yeah, I know. Now y' all gonna roast me. [00:31:37] Speaker A: No, we're not gonna roast ya. Georgia fans. You guys. You guys dealt with the Georgia choke for so long. Like, it had been a long time since the 95 Braves, and thankfully, you guys have added a few trophies to the shelf. [00:31:48] Speaker B: Yeah. I feel like we broke a curse. [00:31:50] Speaker A: You did you know? Sure. [00:31:51] Speaker B: But I will say this, and this is really gonna trigger somebody, but if Tennessee is playing Alabama, I'm a Tennessee fan that day. [00:32:00] Speaker A: Is that just. So where you grew up, are you closer to Alabama or South Carolina? [00:32:05] Speaker B: I'm closer to, like, Tennessee. [00:32:07] Speaker A: Closer to Tennessee. [00:32:08] Speaker B: Like, closer to Chattanooga. [00:32:09] Speaker A: Because I didn't realize, like, the border war of Georgia and Alabama, like, when you're in like that Rome, Georgia area, like, you're right. You're right there. [00:32:17] Speaker B: So you wear the wrong jersey, you're gonna have a bad day. [00:32:20] Speaker A: Yeah, there's as many Alabama fans as there are Georgia fans. Like, right on that border. I didn't know that until I went down there, but, like. Yeah, because I'd always assumed it was really Georgia. I mean, you guys, there's butt heads with anybody in the sec. Sec, like the traditional sec, but like, I always thought it was like the SEC east teams like the, the Carolinas, the Tennessee's, the Florida's, like the Kentucky's, people like that. But the rivalry with Alabama is huge. [00:32:45] Speaker B: Yeah. That is the thing. And my boyfriend's brother's wife, so my future sister in law. Let's get the family tree down. [00:32:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:54] Speaker B: She's a big Alabama fan and so is her family, so we give them a lot of help. We watch games too, together. It's great at the end of the day. [00:33:00] Speaker A: Fun Saturdays in the fall. I didn't realize that until I moved down here. [00:33:05] Speaker B: Yeah, don't book a gig if you have. [00:33:07] Speaker A: If there's a game on or, or you play that college market. If Alabama has a day game and you get an opportunity to play in Tuscaloosa, if you get an opportunity to play at the 40 watt after a noon game. [00:33:19] Speaker B: Oh, I bet that's. [00:33:20] Speaker A: Oh, I've done them. They're freaking crazy. I've been. I've been down there on. On gigs after game days and all the different SEC markets, and it's like. But the, the best one to have is the Friday night before. [00:33:33] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:33:34] Speaker A: Because that's when you get everybody traveling in and the students are pumped, the visiting fans are there. Like we did one in Baton Rouge on a Friday and they were playing against Auburn and there were so many Alabama people there, like Auburn fans. So it was like Auburn fans, LSU fans. And the place was freaking nuts, I bet. [00:33:53] Speaker B: But there's a lot of fights, too. [00:33:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I would see that. I didn't see that as much on the Muscadine gig. I saw that a lot on the Trey Lewis gig. I was with Trey during the Dick down in Dallas era for about three and a half years. [00:34:03] Speaker B: Love it. I sing that at karaoke back in my day. [00:34:05] Speaker A: Oh, hell yeah. [00:34:06] Speaker B: And she said, don't you ever do that again. [00:34:08] Speaker A: Yeah. It's funny you were talking about Ella earlier. It's like we. [00:34:11] Speaker B: Aren't they roommates? [00:34:12] Speaker A: Yeah, they were. They were for a long time. Ella was our. Was our opener. She was the. The lone female in the van, riding around, playing acoustic, kicking off the shows during the. The Pandemic. [00:34:21] Speaker B: They had a song together. [00:34:23] Speaker A: They've written. They've written a bunch together over the years. I don't think they ever put one out. But the day that Dick down in Dallas, like, its first viral moment we had was one of our events, which very grateful for. And I had Trey on. It was Trey on stage with Ella Joy Beth Taylor, who's phenomenal writer. [00:34:41] Speaker B: She wrote one of my songs. [00:34:42] Speaker A: Oh, no. That's awesome. [00:34:44] Speaker B: Red Dirt, Greengrass. [00:34:45] Speaker A: Yeah, she's. Yeah, JB's awesome. And then. Then Alex Maxwell, who's. Who's another. Another good buddy. And you see one of the best parts of that initial video is I think Ella and JB were maybe. Maybe 21 at the time. And them. Them screaming. But in Boston, like, they're. They got their hands. You see these tiny little girls with their hands in the air singing along as Trey's playing it at the writers round. It was. [00:35:10] Speaker B: I saw him at Sony one time, and he probably don't even know me or remember me, but I was like, damn, he's like really tall. [00:35:17] Speaker A: He's tall. He's a tall. He's a tall dude. He's a tall dude. That is a party. So. But. But yeah, I got to experience a lot of the SEC towns. Like, you talk about those college football Saturdays. [00:35:28] Speaker B: A lot of my guy friends that are in bands, they're. They live over in, like, Tuscaloosa, and they play a lot of shows there. [00:35:34] Speaker A: Because Alabama's got a ton of. Ton of music too. So you talked about Gadsden. Where are some other spots? [00:35:40] Speaker B: We played in OP Alabama, which is South Gadsden. We've played at, like, some Moose and Elk lodges, like, wherever the gigs can. [00:35:48] Speaker A: Come, honestly, you know. [00:35:49] Speaker B: And you meet people that stay with you forever because they're invested. [00:35:52] Speaker A: Yeah, seriously. Like the people that you meet at the Mexican, the small Mexican restaurant, the small barbecue joint. [00:35:58] Speaker B: Piedmont, Alabama. [00:35:59] Speaker A: Yeah, I've been through Piedmont. [00:36:00] Speaker B: It's beautiful. But I play. I spent a lot of time in Alabama, and people try to give me a hundred Dollars. There's like. They're like, say, roll Tide. So I'm like, just keep your hundred dollars, you know? [00:36:11] Speaker A: That's awesome. [00:36:11] Speaker B: More besties now. [00:36:12] Speaker A: Yeah, that's awesome. So what do we got now kind of on the horizon? Because we're still living. We still got this, the. The smoke of the. The viral moment and all of that going. But what do we got kind of cooking. Cooking in the kitchen right now. [00:36:26] Speaker B: So a big thing that I've been seeing. So I posted kind of a follow up to Leave Inside of you. Like an acoustic little thing. [00:36:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:36:33] Speaker B: I slowed it down and I dropped it down a little bit. It has over 2 million views of people saying, we want this acoustic, but do not delete the other one. And I'm like, I talked to Jim and I'm like, I think that's what we're gonna record tomorrow. So I think we're gonna put out like a really moody ass, you know, soulful, rip your heart out version of Leave Inside of youf. And Southern side of Sweet is kind of our little clapback from this. You know, I'm from the South. It's coming out August 15th. So what is that, two weeks or so? [00:37:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:37:02] Speaker B: So y' all check it out and let me know if you can understand me. You know, that's kind of the biggest thing I've had. People guess, and they're like, white steeple church, what about a cracker in communion? And I'm like, I'm not telling you because you won't listen to it, you know? [00:37:14] Speaker A: No, no, because you got it. You got to get it. And I feel like there's. You do such a good job of talking about where you come from. And there's small towns, not just in the south, but all over the country that can relate to what you're saying about them. [00:37:30] Speaker B: And I would have never found these people. Think about it. 135 million people. I would have never broke through that audience if I didn't have some sort of viral moment like this. And it's hard to get one that's good, but it turns usually into good. You know what I mean? So I just found these beautiful babies. Mamas, whoever's posting their husbands, they're like, I wish she would shut up. She keeps singing this song, you know, and they're recording it, and she's like, fifth time today, you know, And I'm like, I love y'. All. So anybody that's been that person, thank you. You know? [00:38:05] Speaker A: Yeah. That's awesome. What's been the coolest Thing that you've gotten to experience now post that song coming out, interaction with a fan or a listener at a show or a follower. [00:38:16] Speaker B: So I actually had this one girl reach out on Tick Tock. Like, sent me a long message and it was during, like the brunt of that viral moment where it was kind of a, we hate this or we absolutely are in love with this moment. And you know, when I've never been through this before, I don't know what to expect. She sent me a long message and she's like, I just want you to know that, you know, this song has helped me so much. And A, B and C, you know, ways. And like, you've got to keep putting music out. Like, please do not stop. Don't let this deter you. That was kind of starting point and then more came after that. So I don't know, it just kind of. I was like, you know what? We're on the right track. [00:38:55] Speaker A: That's awesome. What's something that you would tell that girl that where you start doing. Where you start really going in on music full time and think about like this, the struggles that would be coming. But what's something you would tell that girl now, looking back at 29 years old being. Being 25? [00:39:11] Speaker B: Like, I'm going to tell you what I would tell her. [00:39:12] Speaker A: Yeah, what would you tell her when. [00:39:13] Speaker B: That crusty dusty man breaks your heart, honey, and you feel like your world is falling apart? Keep writing those songs. Because at the time, people might make fun of you and say all she's writing is heartbreak or she can't get over so and so, baby, turn it into ammo. Keep doing what you're doing. Because guess what? Who can't escape the song now but really turn those life experiences that you're going through in your 20s where it's tough and you're figuring it out. Friends, people, boys, family, Put it on the paper because you have to live it to write it. [00:39:45] Speaker A: It. [00:39:45] Speaker B: That's the way I feel at least. [00:39:47] Speaker A: So, yeah, that's. That's important stuff. And it's like, you don't need to pay for. Some people still still pay and do therapy. But if you're a songwriter, just write it out. [00:39:55] Speaker B: Oh, it'll get you through it. I mean, and listening to the music will get you through it for me at least. [00:40:01] Speaker A: And yeah, that's important. [00:40:03] Speaker B: That's what I would say. [00:40:04] Speaker A: That's awesome. Well, I think Dusty Crusty. That's good. Dusty crusty Ashley Books, 2025. I love it. That's awesome. What's that? How important is that music note tattoo to you? I just saw you pop that up. [00:40:16] Speaker B: So I actually got this with my band at the time. We were coming home from a gig in Jacksonville, Florida, and, you know, I've never been out on the road before, and we had this rundown little van. Like, we had to duct tape the side of it. [00:40:30] Speaker A: Y' all were in it. I love a duct tape in it. [00:40:33] Speaker B: Yeah, my dad about quit that weekend. He said, this is not for me. I'm sorry. 60 years old. Come on. Anyway, so we all got this tattooed on our wrist, and it was just kind of like that free moment, you know what I mean? Like, I'm gonna get a tattoo, but I'm gonna get it with my band on the road, and it's with me forever. And I got this one in Nashville. They just did Joe Diffie's wife the night before. God is within her. She cannot fail. So music, God, those are the most important things to me. But besides, like, my family, So I feel like it goes well. Good balance. [00:41:05] Speaker A: Yeah. And I feel like you've been. You're. You're a believer, and you follow. There's. There's a master plan out there. And I feel like lately it's the. The man upstairs has kind of helped guide you through this door of, like, keep going. [00:41:18] Speaker B: Yes. [00:41:18] Speaker A: Keep doing this. [00:41:19] Speaker B: Even though this has happened. Look what I'm. I kid you not. When I went through this, you know, terrible little time of my life, with love, Jim Catino messaged me, and I'm like, why do these pieces fall in place like this? And for me, I thank him. That's it. And I just keep thanking him, and things keep happening. And you can't forget to thank him. If you're not religious, you know, that's fine. But for me, that's what works. [00:41:48] Speaker A: Yeah. That's awesome. Good things happen to good people. And hard work doesn't go unrecognized. And no matter how deep in the shit you get, there's always a way out of it. There's always something on the other side. Always so important. And that. That's. That's very important to know with what. With the world that you're. You're living in, doing this music thing, because it's. It's a grind now. How has it been trying to work your way out of healthcare to pivot to doing this full time, which I can. Again, I commend you and thank you for doing. For doing what you do and doing all of that stuff, but also Finding the time to be as into the music stuff as you've been able to be while also working a full time career. But that's a grind too. Healthcare ain't easy. [00:42:31] Speaker B: It's not. [00:42:31] Speaker A: That's a damn grind. [00:42:32] Speaker B: I feel like I'm like this. You know, I have my healthcare family that I love and adore. Like my team is amazing. So I do virtual telehealth and I manage programs that we put out in all hospitals in Georgia and I love it. [00:42:45] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:46] Speaker B: And then I have, hey, we need you up in Nashville. I get it. Hey, we need you to post content. I get it. And you know what? We're making both things work right now until this one gets so heavy that it needs me 100%. You know, I'm just going to keep trying to grind it out. Pay the bills, baby. [00:43:03] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:43:03] Speaker B: But I love them both so much. But music, you know, will always be here. So anyway, I'll work as long as I have to. [00:43:13] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:43:13] Speaker B: And as long as I can. Really? [00:43:15] Speaker A: Yeah. And along the sides of like telehealth and mental health and how important that stuff is, your music is that for people and music has been that for you personally going through shit for sure. So it's like you're still in helping people's medical health like giving them that therapy and that's a good way to listen to. As a songwriter you're doing that just as much as an artist I should say as a songwriter you're, you're kind of creating it but as the artist you're, you're taking that song and you're the Vesper hustle for it. [00:43:44] Speaker B: Yeah, for sure. Because I mean I've rolled out programs for behavioral health at Piedmont and then I've rolled out leaving side of you that could have actually has been. People have told me. So that's a great way to look at it, you know, either way. [00:43:57] Speaker A: Yeah. I'm feeling very philosophical today. It's going to be a good day because it's early like. Yeah. No, hey, hey. And congrats on the five years. Like I told you, I hit, I hit nine. We just always put the kids in there. [00:44:10] Speaker B: No, I love it. [00:44:11] Speaker A: We'll send Cameron home with them. [00:44:12] Speaker B: Maybe I'll bring it back to my dad. [00:44:14] Speaker A: Yeah, bring him back to your dad. [00:44:15] Speaker B: Sleep on the couch. [00:44:15] Speaker A: Oh, that'll wake him right up. That's got 50 milligrams of caffeine in it. [00:44:19] Speaker B: Oh, there you go. [00:44:19] Speaker A: Yeah, they're, they're little, little firecrackers. Those Surfside green teas we'll get him. We'll get him going. So. So we have. We have some tour dates coming up. [00:44:28] Speaker B: Yes. Don't ask me where and when because Lord knows. [00:44:31] Speaker A: Let me see if I. Let me. Let me check this phone here. [00:44:33] Speaker B: Actually, bricksmusic.com has at all. [00:44:36] Speaker A: Let's see, where. Where is ashleybrooksmusic.com gonna take us? Let's see. [00:44:41] Speaker B: I know we have that Mark Chestnut show. We have a couple of Alabama shows. We're playing in Carterville this coming Saturday. [00:44:47] Speaker A: Oh, you got. Oh, you. Oh, you've had a bunch. You've gotten to do Clay Walker this year. [00:44:51] Speaker B: He is phenomenal. [00:44:53] Speaker A: Yeah, he's an absolute legend. [00:44:55] Speaker B: His pitch live is perfection. [00:44:58] Speaker A: What was the Cinco de Mayo show at the Viva Pancho in Georgia? Like, what is. [00:45:03] Speaker B: That's my hometown. [00:45:04] Speaker A: Yeah. So what is playing the hometown Mex Mexican restaurant in Cinco de Mayo? Like, because that has to be a damn party. [00:45:10] Speaker B: That is called. It is one in the morning. Get your asses in the truck and we're going home. You don't need those tacos or those margaritas. You've already had 12. Let's go. [00:45:19] Speaker A: I bet that gig was a damn ball. [00:45:20] Speaker B: Always. That's my people. That's where I started singing karaoke. Those are my people. [00:45:26] Speaker A: That's awesome. That's awesome. I see coming Georgia on there. A lot of Cartersville. Yeah, you're you. You don't stop, girl. You just. [00:45:33] Speaker B: We stay busy. [00:45:34] Speaker A: We're trying go and go and go. Chestnut Station in Gadsden. I've been through there. [00:45:39] Speaker B: Love that bar. We played there on New Year's. Holy hell. Yeah, it was like a dress up thing. But we all cleared the biggest amount of money we've ever cleared ever. [00:45:47] Speaker A: Oh, they, they go. They go hard out there. Jeep Fest. That'll be sick. August 28th. [00:45:52] Speaker B: Yeah. Come on. [00:45:53] Speaker A: Mark Chestnut. August 23rd. Silver Saloon in October. Oh, and then Calvert. Yeah, you got. You got a full schedule for where you're at right now. [00:46:01] Speaker B: I'm happy. [00:46:01] Speaker A: There's no booking agent right now. Right. [00:46:03] Speaker B: It's all me and mama. That's good. [00:46:05] Speaker A: Shout out to Mama. [00:46:06] Speaker B: My band, they try to help, you know, get gigs. Yep. Shout out to my mom, Wanda. [00:46:09] Speaker A: That's awesome. Silver Saloon, October 17th. That's going to be a ball. [00:46:12] Speaker B: And I've had people on Tik Tok say, like, are you coming to Texas? And I've never been coming to Texas. I'm coming to Texas. And they're like, we're getting tickets. So I just feel like, it's a whole new era and a whole new chapter, hopefully opening up for me and the guys and, you know, we'll just see what happens with it. Keep doing it. [00:46:28] Speaker A: Absolutely. Keep doing it. A freaking man. Well, hey, thank you so much for coming on here and, and hanging out. Excited for what's to come for you. Musically excited to hear about how Texas goes for you. Got to tell the Garcia I said hello. I've had late nights at Red Door with them when they've been out here in town. So they're, they're, they're, they're a good time and they're very good at what they do. So you're going to have an absolute ball out there. Y' all be sure to check out our girl, Ashley brooks. Check out ashleybrooksmusic.com give her a follow. Be one of the millions of people watching these videos on Tick Tock. Get out there and check it out and seriously, get to a show. Go see her in the band and the music will do something for you like it has for so many. So appreciate you so much for coming on. Shout out to our friends from Surfside. Vodka, lemonade, vodka iced tea, vodka green tea. No bubbles, no troubles. It is in fact, sunshine in a can. You can go check them out. They're everywhere, all over the damn world right now. And for more on us visit raised rowdy.com for my girl Ashley, I'm Matt Brill. This has been outside the rad. I never been a conference one place for too long I never been the best at sin I love you to a girl I love only got a couple tricks on my sleeve they usually just make them leave? So if you know me if you really know me? You know I'm just a two trick pony? Maybe the drink and the lack of money for show I'm just a two trick pony yeah.