Eddie and The Getaway

[00:00:12] Speaker A: Come on. [00:00:15] Speaker B: This is outside the round with Matt Barrel. [00:00:17] Speaker A: A raise rally podcast. [00:00:23] Speaker B: Eddie Everly, my boy Eddie and the getaway. What's good, bro? Congrats on a great release today. [00:00:30] Speaker A: Thank you, man. [00:00:30] Speaker B: On my breath out. Now, you've just been hammering the fucking singles, haven't you? [00:00:35] Speaker A: We've been trying every, like, four or five weeks, just ripping them. [00:00:38] Speaker B: It's so cool that, like, now is the day and age where you can do that. Used to have to be where people would have to wait to put out. Put out a full album and then tease the one single off the album. And then you'd be sitting there waiting for more music to come out. But now you can just give the people what they want, which is more. And your style of music is, like, all over the place, too, which is what I love. Thank you, brother. Seeing you out there opening for country expert, opening for some of our favorite, like, Texas, like, rock acts. [00:01:05] Speaker A: Hell, yeah. [00:01:05] Speaker B: Fucking geo and the boy. How has life been the last year? [00:01:12] Speaker A: Dude? It's been crazy, man. I was working at this time last year. I was working at a mexican restaurant. [00:01:17] Speaker B: Oh, no. [00:01:18] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. I'd never written with a signed writer. Never. Like, you know, I'd always been listening with, like, to, like, the Pegasus and rooftops and Giovanni, the higher guns and all those guys. But it's crazy. Like, what, one year of just, like, grinding the socials, trying to put out as much music and just writing? And it's Nashville for you, dude. It's fucking wild. [00:01:36] Speaker B: How long have you been here in town? [00:01:38] Speaker A: I moved here the week COVID hit. So I'm 23 now, so I moved when I was 19. Had my fake id stolen. That red door, you know, like, they took it away, and I was like, well, this sucks, dude. I didn't know a person, dude. And there was a time, like, right when I moved here, I moved, and then I didn't see another human being. Cause everything was shut down. I couldn't go out. Cause I didn't have an id for, like, six weeks. So I ended up just going to chick fil a like, six weeks later. Cause I hadn't seen another human being flirting with the girl who's bringing the food out. And I was like, yeah. And she's like, all right, are you good to go now? Like, she, like, was so. Just not having it at all. So it was brutal. [00:02:15] Speaker B: And you're from out west? [00:02:17] Speaker A: Yeah. Arizona. [00:02:18] Speaker B: Arizona, yes, sir. And it's cool. Like, Nashville is such, like, a party culture. People sleep on Arizona. You guys have one of the best college environments that exists. That's out in. Out in Tempe and out in Tucson. [00:02:31] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:02:32] Speaker B: Fucking Scottsdale. [00:02:33] Speaker A: Crazy. [00:02:34] Speaker B: Like, I've got. I'm good buddies with skis and he talks about, like, bro, Nashville's cool, but Scottsdale's, like, another level. [00:02:41] Speaker A: It is. [00:02:41] Speaker B: When I first moved to town, I was one of those guys that would have taken your id back during COVID When you first moved, I was a door guy at Whiskey Row. [00:02:48] Speaker A: Oh, no. [00:02:49] Speaker B: Yeah, when I first moved down from New York. And that company, that riot hospitality group that runs Whiskey Row, they're based out of Arizona. They do, like. They do riot house. They run the whiskey rows that are out in, like, Gilbert and in different. Different sections of Arizona. What was the. Did you feel culture shock coming from out there to here? [00:03:07] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. I mean, I think the people. I mean, people in Arizona are super nice, too, but it was like, coming out to Nashville, like, where, like, it has the more southern type thing, which I lived in between Scottsdale and this area called Cave Creek. So it was like 15 minutes from where I was. You could go to a bar called buffalo chip and you can go bull riding for $50. [00:03:28] Speaker B: Oh, wow. [00:03:28] Speaker A: Like, literal bulls. Like, and then 15 minutes in the other direction was like, fake boobs and face jobs. So I got both ends of the spectrum. So I feel like I'd, like. Like, when I went to high school, it was like buddies who were driving, like. Like, lifted, like, you know, pickup trucks with, like, flags on the back. And then other buddies were, like, you know, wearing, like, collared shirts and, like, pop in the collar. He was weird. [00:03:49] Speaker B: That's such an interesting, like, mixing of two things. [00:03:53] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. [00:03:54] Speaker B: The ultimate, like, prep, like, frat culture and then just fucking rednecks. [00:03:58] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. [00:03:59] Speaker B: Like, that's not something I would expect to hear. [00:04:01] Speaker A: No, it was weird. [00:04:03] Speaker B: What? Did you ever hop on the bowl for $50? [00:04:05] Speaker A: Dude, I never quite got there. Never quite got there. But I almost. I've, like, almost done it. And then I always have, like, one of my buddies, Thompson, who's like, my bad. One of my best friends back home, he was. He's always like, dude, you can't do that. Like, no matter how drunk we are, it's like, dude, you're gonna die. You're gonna be the dude who dies. And I was like, yeah, you're probably right. [00:04:24] Speaker B: See all kinds, like. You see people get fucked up on those things. [00:04:27] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:04:28] Speaker B: I feel like you have to get fucked up to go on there. You're, like, physically fucked up from the bowl just. Do they put, like, a helmet on you or something or. [00:04:36] Speaker A: I think so, yeah. You get, like. You get, like, a vest and a helmet and stuff. It's like. It's like open ride or something. I don't know if they still do it, but I knew they, like, did it when I used to go, that's some ballsy shit. Crazy. [00:04:46] Speaker B: Just to hop on a real fucking bowl. [00:04:48] Speaker A: Yeah, they do bull runs, too. Like, where that. Like, they were like, you go and get chased or whatever. Like, I've heard, like, I don't know if it's true or not, but that's what I've heard. [00:04:56] Speaker B: It's like open mic, but for fucking cowboy rodeo, it's like the wildest open mic you'll have. Open ride. [00:05:02] Speaker A: Open ride. [00:05:03] Speaker B: Open ride, bro. It just sounds fucked. Yes. I don't know if I could do that, dude. [00:05:07] Speaker A: I don't know either up. But, hey, we're gonna go out there one time. We're gonna do it. [00:05:10] Speaker B: We are gonna do it. [00:05:10] Speaker A: And we're not gonna bring my buddy Thompson. So nobody can tell us. [00:05:13] Speaker B: Nobody can talk us. [00:05:14] Speaker A: No good influences out there. [00:05:15] Speaker B: The voice of reason is not coming. [00:05:18] Speaker A: Not at all. [00:05:18] Speaker B: Us. So, tour life. What's that been like? Cause you. I don't even really know, like, your musical background. I know you've, like, a lot of guys, like. Like our boy David J that we just had on here recently. We spoke very highly of you. Talked. [00:05:32] Speaker A: All right. [00:05:33] Speaker B: The bunk bed era. And, like, you boys just. Too bro. Too bro. Just figuring out the Nashville thing together. But, like, when did music kind of get a start for you? Because, like, your style is very unique in that. It. When I hear a song, like, that's an Eddie song, you know, like, you have your own sound and you found the co writers to help with that. But, like, for you, when did music kind of become a thing? Because a lot of folks know you're from the Internet, man. You're part of this generation of using social media as a tool and being able to do it your own fucking way. Yeah, because of this thing, right? [00:06:06] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. So true. [00:06:07] Speaker B: When did the idea of Eddie Eberly, the fucking long haired rock star up there, going around doing the damn thing, come to be, dude? [00:06:15] Speaker A: So, I mean, it kind of started. I guess I was probably, like. I started playing drums when I was five, and then I started drummer. I could see. [00:06:23] Speaker B: I could see that with. I could just see you on a fucking kit, just fucking rocking rock like animal from the fucking dude. [00:06:30] Speaker A: That's why I started playing. Was that show really the muffins? Yeah. So I started playing drums and then started playing guitar when I was, like, eight or nine after watching, like, a u two thing that was on, like, palladia or whatever that show was, this channel. And so I started playing guitar and then started my first band when I was in 8th grade and had buddies of mine that were over at the school rock, which was, like, this after school program thing. [00:06:55] Speaker B: We had one of those up in the northeast. [00:06:56] Speaker A: Oh, you did? [00:06:57] Speaker B: I never went, but I remember hearing about it, like, it was very big, and, like, you guys would put on, like, a showcase at the end of it, right? [00:07:03] Speaker A: Yeah, it was like. So you'd have, like, a four months of, like. It'd be two different things. Would be like Led Zeppelin in the doors. So you'd have, like, two different competing things. [00:07:10] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:07:10] Speaker A: And you'd go and you'd either sing or play guitar or whatever it was. So we did that, started a band and then started just really, like, hitting, like, the Arizona Southwest thing pretty hard. Bands like the black moods, the Roger Khan, the Peacemakers, the Jim blossoms, like, they were all, like, big influences. Just that, like, tempe scene in the nineties and, like, two thousands and stuff. And they really helped me out a ton with, like, getting me on the road and, like, josh Kennedy and, you know, Chico and Jordan, all those guys from the black moods. They were really, like, such a pivotal thing. And, like, introduced me to my first producer, Johnny Kay, and, like, all this stuff. So we started touring, and then we heard about this thing down in Mexico called Circus Mexicus, which was in rocky point. [00:07:50] Speaker B: That just sounds epic. [00:07:51] Speaker A: It was sick. It just sounds like circus Mexico. [00:07:54] Speaker B: Yeah, dude. [00:07:54] Speaker A: So we would, like, the first time we did it, we were 15, and we, like. Like, you weren't really allowed to go over the Florida. So we were like, dude, we got to find somebody who's old enough. So we had this. We had this one dude named Mark who was, like, this legend, and he was like, where? He's like, dude, we're going down to Mexico. We're going to play some shows. Like, you guys get to play some shows. It's like, all right, sick. We're going to go. So we're cruising down in a van, get down past the border, and we, like, our set was at this place called Boo bar that was right on the beach. And the dude, Jose, who is the owner, greeted us with, like, fucking, like, a bottle of tequila. [00:08:27] Speaker B: And I was like, no way. [00:08:29] Speaker A: Sick, dude. Let's fucking go. So we go. And, like, I'd never really been that drunk before. I'd had, like. You know. I mean, no, I was not underage drinking. Why am I saying this shit? But anyways, you know, I was down there, and we, like. We. He'd given us, like, shots. I was like, this is incredible. So I ended up getting, like, hammered, like, to the point, like, almost falling off the damn stage. We had a three and a half hour set, but we got through that shit, and that was my first thing of, like, dude, this shit's sick, you know? Like, I want to, like, do this for real, you know? So we toured a lot. Ended up having some, like, record deal stuff from Universal. Had some stuff that just didn't quite work out, which I'm grateful for now, being fully independent, like, owning everything, and, like, being able to do the stuff that you're talking about. [00:09:09] Speaker B: There's a lot of power in that to where it's, like, you and your team, which we're looking over at your team right there. Yeah. [00:09:15] Speaker A: Young Greg. [00:09:16] Speaker B: Young Greg right there. The business guy. You know, you gotta have your guy with you. But, like, being able to drop music like you do, having that control is so nice. So when did the idea of. Because your stuff is, like, in the country realm, but very in the rock realm, it could get remixed and played in fucking clubs. It could be all over the place. Like, it's universal, which I think is really fricking cool. Why Nashville, dude? [00:09:43] Speaker A: I just felt like the thing that always intrigued me was the songwriting. Like, how focused it is about, like, the storytelling. And I think the biggest thing for me is, like, music has always been something that has gotten me through the hardest shit in my life. Like, I don't know if I'd be here if it wasn't for some songs that I'd related to so hard. [00:10:00] Speaker B: What's a big song for you growing up? [00:10:02] Speaker A: So I got this one where the streets have no name, and that's why I got, like, little signs in those streets. Is that you two song? [00:10:07] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:07] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. And then also this one. Tom Petty. He's one of my favorites. Runaway lay, heartbeat guy, which is wildflowers. [00:10:13] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:14] Speaker A: And then, like, iris by the goo go. Some of those songs are just iconic and seem to, like, transcend, like, time, almost, where it's like, if you are 15 years old or you're freaking 80, like, you relate to it on the same level, where it just hits. It's like, God coming through. God coming through. A song, like, a higher message of what life should be and the whole point of it, that's how I've always approached it. And when I moved to Nashville, I knew I want to get just as good as hell songwriting as possible, because that's just what you do here. You know what I mean? [00:10:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:47] Speaker A: So I met guys, like, you know, Bo Bailey and Cole miracle, and, like, some of these dudes who, you know, grand barm, like, buddies of mine that we all kind of came up at the same time. [00:10:56] Speaker B: Yeah, I always say that Nashville, like, in terms of moving here, you kind of have your class. It's like you're in school, and it. It pairs guys and girls that get here around the same time. And, of course, you'll. You'll become homies with ogs. You'll. You'll become homies with. With new kids after you've been here for a while. Like, you and I are friends. We got here and a little bit of a different era. I was a little before COVID You were, like, smack dabbing right the start. [00:11:19] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:11:20] Speaker B: You know, so it's, like, your class of the guys, particularly, like, the bros that have moved here in that segment of time or have been coming up together, is one of my favorite classes to watch, honestly. And it's like, all you guys are just a vibe. You guys are all kind of your own characters within this squad, which is what I love. Like. Like, fucking, like, graham and, like, as Graham calls Bo spanky. Yeah, and, like, fucking you and fucking David J. And, like, there's just, like, this. This group of kids that's just figuring it out. And you guys are, as a collective group, are so fucking talented and all doing it your own way. Like, it doesn't all sound the same. [00:11:58] Speaker A: Yeah, no, it's fun. It's so fun. Like, we. I think, like, at the start of it, it was, like I've always dreamed of, like, having it where it's, like, you have, like. Like, the show entourage, which is, like, all the homies, not, like, just having one Vinnie chase as, like, the star, but having it where it's like, a squad of, like. Yeah, you know, Greg or, like, duke management or, you know, my band, the guys in there, or songwriters or other artists. Like, just being it where it's such a positive, like, group of people that just, like, care about each other and want to see everyone win. [00:12:28] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:12:28] Speaker A: You know, it's so different than other situations I've been in that are, like, very, like, when there's not a lot of, like, pie to eat, you know, everyone's fighting over the crumbs instead of it being like, hey, there's like, everyone can win at this shit. I know how to do it. [00:12:42] Speaker B: Yeah. High tides raise all ships. [00:12:43] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:12:44] Speaker B: Honestly. And that's something that I see in the world that I'm in with the event space with us, with all the fucking events we do. [00:12:50] Speaker A: Hell, yeah. [00:12:51] Speaker B: It's like, we wanna see the whole scene win. Like, some of my favorite nights were when during COVID and even before COVID when we started our rounds at Live Oak, when there'd be some. When revival would be going on down at tin roof or there'd be something at doghouse. And the whole street as a collective unit was busy. [00:13:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:08] Speaker B: Cause I knew there'd be enough foot. There's enough foot traffic for everybody. Just like, there's enough ears and eyes for everybody to watch your shit and listen to your shit. [00:13:14] Speaker A: So true. [00:13:15] Speaker B: That's the way. That's the way to fucking do it. So what was your first night of, like. Oh, fuck. Nashville's a different animal, dude. [00:13:23] Speaker A: Coming to your guys round. You guys were the first round I'd ever seen, like, the race rowdy round that you guys put on. [00:13:28] Speaker B: Yeah. Was that a. Was it a Sunday or a Tuesday? Probably was a Sunday. [00:13:31] Speaker A: It was a Sunday. Sunday. [00:13:32] Speaker B: So rowdy on the road. [00:13:33] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. So when I saw you guys, like, the first time, I remember talking to Nikki for the first time, and I think I was with Bo, and Bo and I had nothing, absolutely nothing going on. Like, I mean, like, we've, like, probably a thousand streams of any type of song we'd ever written or had put out or whatever. And I remember seeing it and we're like, dude, we're gonna play that shit one day. We're gonna play race rowdy. Like, let's fucking go, dude. So I fucking got one of your guys hats and, like, started rocking it. Like, it was like a identity thing. And, like, I think, like, you know, I think I can speak on behalf of, like, a lot of the group is that, like, this generation, like, our class is like the race rowdy class. Like, you guys have literally branded. [00:14:13] Speaker B: Seriously, that means a lot to us. [00:14:15] Speaker A: Yes. No, seriously, dude. Like, and, you know, Chase Matthew was the first one that, like, he was playing after you guys had finished around Dilmarla was on that stuff and he'd pulled me up. [00:14:25] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:14:25] Speaker A: And I played, like, a couple songs and then that's when I met you, I think. [00:14:29] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:14:29] Speaker A: And then. And Nikki that night too. So it was, like, really cool to kind of see that. But I just remember before that even coming to the rounds and being just, like, the talent that's here and, like, making it where. Because I'm a very competitive person when it comes to, like, not to other people, but, like, internally, you know, where it's like, I want, like, when I get a song that, like, bo Bailey sends to me, that, like, he's like, yeah, dude, this person's cutting it, or this person's like, put it on hold, I'm like, fuck, dude, I'm gonna go work. Or when I see a show, like, I see a great show, it's like, dude, I want to get better because, like, I want to just. Yeah, I want it to be like this. You know what I mean? Like, same with the Pecos dudes. I see them play or geo, like, their stage presence. Like, we're going on tour with them in April. We got 19 shows in April. Like, we're gonna be. Let's go. Excited. [00:15:15] Speaker B: That's a big deal. [00:15:16] Speaker A: Yeah, it's fun, dude. [00:15:17] Speaker B: Is that gonna be like the long. What's, like, the longest you've been out with someone? Have you just been doing a lot of weekend warriors, a lot of weekend. [00:15:22] Speaker A: Warrior stuff, but this one's, like, starting the beginning. April, it's like, for. It's like, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, drive home, go back Monday, sleep for the whole day, get back up, drive 10 hours to Kansas, and then do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, drive back. It's like crazy Texas. Like, all this stuff, which is. That's what I love. You know what I mean? Like, being in. I sold my car when I was 18 and bought a twelve passenger white van. [00:15:51] Speaker B: Like, yeah, you are built for this. [00:15:53] Speaker A: Yeah, dude, I, like, this is what I love to do it, bro. Yeah. You know, first dates are really freaking hard in the van, I'll tell you that much, dude. Going on dates and being like, you know, oh, what car are you in? Like, picking them up from their house or wherever, apartment and being like, my van and like, what the fuck am I doing? And it tells a lot about a girl, though. If they're down for it, it's like, oh, this girl's a homie. But also, if they're down about it, it's like, do you not have street smarts? You're getting in a van, a white van. [00:16:20] Speaker B: The van has windows in it, though. [00:16:21] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. Windows. [00:16:23] Speaker B: To me, it's the vans without the fucking windows that are the ones that. Those are the ones you don't take the candy. Those are the ones you don't. You don't fucking treat to. Yeah, cause I spent a lot of time out in the van when I was out with Trey, with Trey Lewis and with Musk and I. Yeah, those are the boys. And I got to. And I got to go out and do a little bit of the bus thing, a little bit of, like, the bandwagon thing. But there's something about being in a van with your boys and just driving through the night. If you got a trailer, great. If not having the gear and that, pulling out the seats, putting the gear, learning how to sleep on a fucking bench seat with your head against the window, using your fucking hoodie as a fucking pillow. Like, I've been through all that shit. Rolling up on a loves and it being the best fucking McDonald's or Hardee's. [00:17:04] Speaker A: Best ever. Had you been to sheets? [00:17:06] Speaker B: Oh, bro. [00:17:06] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [00:17:07] Speaker B: Is that your. Is that your choice, dude? [00:17:09] Speaker A: That's my choice, bro. I look forward to, like, the northeast runs because of that. My drummer, Jack Silverman, put me onto. He's like, dude, this fucking place is gonna be sick. [00:17:19] Speaker B: The 24 hours touchscreen thing, dude, it's incredible. Great. The tots are great. Chicken wraps, fucking hot chocolate, cheese curds. Hot. I'm the greasy dude. [00:17:27] Speaker A: You're a bold man to be on the road. You know, you're not gonna be able to go to the bathroom for the next 6 hours. [00:17:32] Speaker B: I was the tour manager, so I kind of controlled when we would stop. [00:17:35] Speaker A: So I had. [00:17:36] Speaker B: I had that. That little bit of destiny. Bucky's is cool, but I've gotten worn out of Bucky's. [00:17:42] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:17:42] Speaker B: To be honest with you. [00:17:43] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm with you. [00:17:44] Speaker B: Like, I've gotten worn out. [00:17:45] Speaker A: It's more than anything. It's the traffic. When you pull up and you can't. You, like, you. You'll pull up, go in. It'll take 20 minutes to get in the line, and it'll take 30 minutes to get out of the park. [00:17:53] Speaker B: It adds. It adds a fuck ton to the. To the drive. And if you're trying to get home after, like, a long weekend, you're like, do I really want to spend 30 minutes here? [00:18:02] Speaker A: No. Yeah. [00:18:03] Speaker B: It's like, I just rather like, our guys would prefer going to loves over Bucky. [00:18:08] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:18:09] Speaker B: Point. [00:18:09] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:18:10] Speaker B: Like, and you find a good loves. [00:18:12] Speaker A: It rips, dude. [00:18:13] Speaker B: A good loves rips. Pilot and flying J. Get a little dicey. [00:18:16] Speaker A: A little dicey. [00:18:17] Speaker B: I've had the pizza. [00:18:18] Speaker A: Yeah. It's a bold move. You don't know how long he's been in that thing. [00:18:22] Speaker B: No, you really don't and then you see all kinds of people, too in the truck stop side of it. [00:18:26] Speaker A: It's the best, dude. I love it. [00:18:27] Speaker B: I love the people watching. Yes. That's one of my favorite parts of the road, is the people watching. And then the characters that you meet at the venues. [00:18:34] Speaker A: Yes. [00:18:34] Speaker B: Like the roadies, like the local, like, production people. [00:18:38] Speaker A: Badass, dude. [00:18:39] Speaker B: What have been some of your favorite rooms that you've gotten to go into because you're out with Bacus and Geo, you're playing a combination of theaters to club. Probably a lot of clubs, right? [00:18:48] Speaker A: It's a lot of. It's. Yeah, it's a lot of its halls. They're like 1500 to 2500 cap kind of is what they're doing, which is super sick. And, dude, I'm so grateful for those guys to, like, be down. They're also just. I've been writing with them a lot. Like, with pecos and Geo going up to their, you know, this couple months ago. Went out to their houses in Texas and spent like a week out there with them, stayed at their house. They were so, like, the hospitality. They're just the homies. [00:19:15] Speaker B: You're their Nashville little brother. Yeah, you're the little bro, dude. [00:19:19] Speaker A: Especially to Pecos, bro. Like, I mean, he's a good seven inches taller than my ass. I'm definitely the little one. [00:19:24] Speaker B: And he's got the hair and the hat. [00:19:25] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. Yeah. It's funny. [00:19:27] Speaker B: You do look like little bro. I love that, man. First time I met Pecos was. We did. I don't know if you remember this. Cause this would have been right after you. It would've been like a year after you moved. We did a thing. We did a 420 takeover at Live Oak. We called it with whaletail media. It was the hightail takeover. And whales works with a lot of the guys out of Texas, like Pecos and Dylan Wheeler and Colby and all those dudes. So whales had helped put together the lineup, and it was Pecos, Colby Cooper and Dylan Wheeler. On the final round, we had Corey Ken on there, like Ben Chapman, Tyler Halverson, a whole, like, smorgasbord of people, primarily in the 420 department, which is where at that time, Pecos and Colby and Dylan were really thriving and living. And the night before, we went to whiskey jam over at winners, and I ended up out with Pecos and all of them. And we ended up going to Taco Bell. [00:20:19] Speaker A: Hell, yeah. [00:20:20] Speaker B: It was me and Pecos and somebody else. I had them squeezed. I was driving a Chevy equinox at the time. Even worse than a van? [00:20:26] Speaker A: No, I don't know if it's worse than. I don't think nothing's worse than a van, bro. [00:20:30] Speaker B: But we pulled up, and we ended up ordering, like, $70 in Taco Bell. [00:20:33] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:20:34] Speaker B: Those boys just went after it, then went to their Airbnb and hung out with them, and they're just. It's. It's a diff. It's a different level of, like, the energy that you get from those guys. Gio. I've gotten to meet some of the dudes in the band. Haven't gotten to hang out with Geo personally, like, a ton, but the vibe that those guys have is so different from what you'll find here in town. [00:20:55] Speaker A: It's so true. [00:20:55] Speaker B: Like, you're getting to learn so much shit. [00:20:58] Speaker A: Yeah, no, it's. It's awesome, dude. I mean, I've been. I've been fans of, you know, Dylan, Wheeler, Kobe Cooper, Pecos. Like, geo. Like, all those guys way before, like, I even moved here. Like, I was listening to, like, co Wetzel. Same shit. Like, I used to sell out in my hometown, this bar called. What's it freaking called? Oh, man, this bad rock bar. Geez. Yeah, it's called rock bar. And Alex, the owner, is the homie, and he told me after we played, it's like 130. Cap plays 150. It's pretty small, but we used to sell it out, and he was like, dude, there's this dude called Co Wetzel. You gotta. That's a cool name, you know? I want to check him out. He's like, you gotta check out his music. He's coming here next week. You should go to the show. And that week they dropped noise complaint. The album so changed everything, dude. Everything. We pull up, and the place was slam packed, and people lined up outside that didn't get to watch. They opened up the doors so, like, the back door so people could hear it, like, outside the venue. It was crazy. [00:21:57] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:58] Speaker A: So I started getting into them, and then, like, this damn song came out a couple, like, a year later. And that was, like, the first song. Like, for, like, my high school breakup was like, I just jammed that shit. And then I ended up. The first time I wrote with Pecos a couple months ago. I didn't want to go in there and be like, dude, I fucking love your music. I'm a fan. You know what I mean? [00:22:16] Speaker B: Fangirl. [00:22:17] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:22:17] Speaker B: Cool. [00:22:18] Speaker A: Played it. Cool, dude. Yeah. So we wrote a song. He really liked it and was like, dude, if you ever want to come out on the road with us, dude. Like, let's fucking do it. I was like, yeah, I'd love to. And so I told him about. He's like, man, that's cool as shit, dude. And their story and just. I mean, the. Have you. Do you know the story about how they became the band name? [00:22:32] Speaker B: I know it was. They were on. They were, like, on a rooftop. [00:22:35] Speaker A: Yeah, they used to just hang out as the dudes who are, like, became in the band. They used to just hang out in Lubbock and, like, yeah, go and, like, smoke and drink on the roof. And they're like, what do we call ourselves? And they're like, how about bake us in the rooftops? And they, like, laughed and then it, like, they had to put out the song the next week, so they just did. I just, like, love that shit, you know? [00:22:53] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, no, no, real, like, planning, overthinking it. Just an in the moment. Like him and his boys. [00:22:59] Speaker A: Yep. [00:22:59] Speaker B: Being in a band. [00:23:00] Speaker A: Yeah, dude, it's so cool. [00:23:02] Speaker B: Lubbock is a wild time. [00:23:03] Speaker A: I've never been up there, but I have a lot of people that hit me up on Instagram and TikTok about playing the blue light up there. We're gonna do that. [00:23:10] Speaker B: That'll be. That'll be an epic. An epic show for you, dude. I like the Texas scene a lot, and I like one of my favorite venues I've talked about on here a bunch is the tumbleweed in Stillwater, Oakland. [00:23:20] Speaker A: Heard about that place you'd never been. [00:23:22] Speaker B: That's one where you'll have a really good time out there. The silver saloon in Terrell, Texas, is a wild one. There's all these dance halls, and it was weird going out there at first because I'm originally from New York, so it's very different northeast. You've been on a bunch of northeast states. Different vibe up there. [00:23:38] Speaker A: Totally. [00:23:39] Speaker B: And then in the southeast, different kind of vibe. Like, the colleges in the southeast are different from the college towns everywhere. A little. Little bit different. Have their character in Texas. It's like, you don't see it as much with. At a geo show, at a package show, at a co show. Cause that's a rock show. Yeah, but you go in there as, like, a Nashville country act. People are like, you have the stage and then you have, like, the dance floor and then, like, the area outside the dance floor. And they won't let drinks on the dance floor because the dance floor is for dancing. So you have, like, all these people on the side, and then nobody right in front of the stage and they'll just pop out and fucking two step and twirl around. [00:24:12] Speaker A: It's like, it is crazy. [00:24:14] Speaker B: It's like you're used to being at a show and people being up on the fucking bike rack and, like, I haven't had. [00:24:20] Speaker A: I haven't had that experience yet in Texas. I don't know if we've played those places. [00:24:24] Speaker B: I don't think you will because you're with. I think when you're with, like, there's. [00:24:27] Speaker A: A reason, like, yeah, it's just slam. [00:24:29] Speaker B: Pecos and those guys don't play those style rooms because it's like the crowd is a rock crowd. [00:24:35] Speaker A: Yeah. Do they go crate in the coolest part, too? Like, I remember the first time we ever played out with geo, like, last year. We, like, pull up and I was like, this is the craziest, like, crowd I've ever seen. It's like they got everyone from, like, these, like, very, like, formal, like, traditional, like, cowboy Texas dudes with, like, their wife and, like, like, you know, press shirts and all the stuff button downs who are, like, 55, 60 years old. And then you got, like, people like you and me that are, like, you know, anywhere between 20 and 35 that are just, like, ready to rip. And then you got, like, families. And it's just. It's crazy how much the relatability of, like, that kind of music and that's what I strive for in my music is to be, like, no matter what you're going through, no matter what kind of, like, day you've had, who you are, what you do, like to relate, because at the end of the day, like, humans are all the same. [00:25:24] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:25:24] Speaker A: Like, all it is is we are. We're all trying to be successful, like, be happy, you know, and. And life sucks a lot. So writing songs that. [00:25:32] Speaker B: Yes. [00:25:33] Speaker A: You know, for me, it's always like, all right, how do I not be depressed? You know, I'm a write some sad shit and get it out so I can. [00:25:39] Speaker B: You do hit the feels a lot like you're. And I think that's part. How old are you? You're 23. [00:25:44] Speaker A: 23. [00:25:45] Speaker B: I feel like that's like you came up to being an adult during COVID Yeah, the saddest times and we dark for times and. Yeah, human history. I think that's part of the reason that a lot of guys and girls around your age group are writing the sad shit and you have at a high level and the pop world and, like, the crossover world with kids like Jesse Murph. [00:26:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:07] Speaker B: And, like, yourself and referencing David J. Like, people are singing about the sad shit. [00:26:13] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:14] Speaker B: You even see it with, like, with guys, like, like Pecos and, like, the Texas thing. Yeah, it's singing about, man, I'm so down right now. I'm gonna get fucked up and I'm gonna write a song about it. And you do that as well as anyone. [00:26:29] Speaker A: Thank you. [00:26:30] Speaker B: And I feel like, like you said, like, where the streets have no name and, like, the U two and the petty stuff where that stuff that you relate to, you're gonna have kids that are all over the world that are scrolling on TikTok and seeing you out on the street putting headphones on somebody and being like. And then jamming to your songs and saying that one of your songs is that song for them because it's getting through a hard time. [00:26:52] Speaker A: It's been. It's been crazy. Like, especially. I put out this song with Buddy mine, J. Webb, who I write and produce with for his stuff, too. And we put out a song called Cobain. And it was like, this thing of, like, that second verse I was super freaked out to, like, put out. And Greg, my manager, was really the one who pushed me to do it. And he was like, dude, you need to just write about real shit. Cause I've been to that point where it's like, I don't know if there's any way out. And it's fucking. It's a heavy topic, but it's also like, dude, I'm so grateful that I didn't make some stupid decision to, like, affect people around me or myself or any shit like that. So that verse, for me was literally writing down what I'd written down. And, like, I was freaked out to do that, but I just, like, stayed up one night really late at, like, four in the morning, and just wrote it all down, sent it to Jay, and he's like, dude, that shit is awesome. I was like, you think so? I have no idea if this is ass or not. And so put it out in that first video. Got between TikTok and Instagram, like, 25 million views, just one video. And it was like, because. And then we got. I got so many DM's and comments of people just spilling out their life story. Like, heavy shit like that were shit that I've even been through. You know what I mean? So I think the biggest thing for me is, like, trying to, like, music saved me. I want to try to save people. Not like a God complex, but just be like, hey, man, you're not the only one. Or, hey, woman, dude, whatever. Like, you're not the only one who's been through that shit. It gets better and you know, it. Like, we're in this shit together because life's a. It's a journey. It's supposed to be ups and downs, you know? [00:28:19] Speaker B: Yeah. It's helping people. Now. Where did the name. The Eddie in the getaway. Where does the getaway come from? So everyone's like, yeah, Eddie. Eddie in the getaway. And it's like you as, like, a solo act, but you have a band with you. And then I think last time we had you do, like, a full band thing, it was you, the drummer, and then, like. [00:28:35] Speaker A: And then eats. Yeah. [00:28:37] Speaker B: Which was really cool. I was like, they're making a lot of sound. [00:28:40] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:28:41] Speaker B: Eddie, his boy on. And I guess Jay's work on the production, like, cool stuff. Where does the getaway come from? [00:28:48] Speaker A: Yeah, so that I actually produce for Jay, so I. [00:28:51] Speaker B: You produced for JJ? [00:28:52] Speaker A: Yes, I produce all my own stuff or. [00:28:53] Speaker B: Oh, no shit. [00:28:54] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:54] Speaker B: I thought you were saying that Jay produced. Produced your stuff. So you're on stuff. [00:28:58] Speaker A: I do you. Yep. So I did the locade stuff, too, so I, like, produced back road and some of those. [00:29:03] Speaker B: So you're. So you're all hands on on the creative process. [00:29:07] Speaker A: Try to be as much as I. [00:29:08] Speaker B: Would say you're not trying. You're fucking doing it, like, if you're producing yourself and, like, doing all of that. So what does the band structure look right now? And where did. Where does the getaway come from? [00:29:19] Speaker A: Yeah, so band structure now. So we just added a third 3rd member, so we got a guitars for all these runs, which I'm really excited, so I won't have to be playing all the time, so. And then my buddy Jack and then on the drums and then mark on guitar, so. Which I'm excited about. And then the getaway comes from. I always wanted to have it where even if I'm a solo artist, when it comes to, like, the creative of the music, maybe, like, putting it out, promoting it, whatever it is, like, I've always loved, like, the Tom Petty's and all that stuff, and that's why I was like, tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, it's Tom Petty. He's doing the creative, but he's got his boys and they're like, when we go and we play live and we're arranging setlists and all that stuff, it is a team effort, and I don't ever want it to seem like it's not. [00:30:00] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:00] Speaker A: You know, so the getaway comes from, like, wanting it to feel like a band. Cause at the end of the day, it is. Especially when you see us live. And then the meaning behind the getaway is, like, having it to where music's not just music, but it's an experience. [00:30:14] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:15] Speaker A: So, like, having it where the getaway as a positive thing. A getaway as a. You know, I had a shit fucking week, and I need something that's just gonna make me feel alive and having it where it feels like an escape. And that's the way we try to approach the live show. And I. I'm excited. I want you to come out to a new show. Cause we had. The guy that was drumming for me at the time isn't drumming with me anymore, but the new show is. I'm really, really. [00:30:37] Speaker B: Do you have any dates coming up, like, within the area? [00:30:40] Speaker A: We have. The closest one is Lexington, Kentucky. [00:30:43] Speaker B: Oh, is that. At's gotta be at the. What the fuck's the room there? Manchester City? [00:30:48] Speaker A: Yes. [00:30:49] Speaker B: Dude, that place is fun. I went there with Muscadine in 2019, and that was a blast. [00:30:54] Speaker A: Really? [00:30:54] Speaker B: I like Lexington a lot. [00:30:56] Speaker A: I'm excited. [00:30:56] Speaker B: I just saw. Speaking of, like, the style of, like, that red. That red dirt. Modern red dirt. Our guy that runs our rowdy alternative thing calls it Shred dirt. [00:31:06] Speaker A: Shred. [00:31:06] Speaker B: I love the rock and shit. We were out there for a rodeo thing, bulls bands and barrels, and it was Wyatt Flores headlining and treaty oak opening. Dude, and that crowd ate that up. So who's that Manchester show with? [00:31:19] Speaker A: That's a Pegasus. [00:31:19] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:31:19] Speaker A: So that'll be. [00:31:20] Speaker B: That'll be. [00:31:21] Speaker A: I'm really excited. [00:31:21] Speaker B: That'll be mobbed. And that hat will do well out there, too, because that's that Kentucky blue. [00:31:25] Speaker A: Yeah, there you go. [00:31:27] Speaker B: That'll do well out there. Yeah, we definitely have to get to a. Get to a show soon. [00:31:30] Speaker A: Be awesome. I'll send you some dates. [00:31:32] Speaker B: Yeah, dude, absolutely. And I'm. I'm looking at, like, you're, like, just the amount of releases. Like, you're already. We're just in the beginning of the year, and you've already released three songs. [00:31:42] Speaker A: Yeah. Which is great. [00:31:44] Speaker B: Like, it's. It's like that Soundcloud rapper like, area of stuff where it's just like, why not get the music out there? Like, what guys like Russ have done and people like that little Pete thing. [00:31:55] Speaker A: I mean, that. That was all the music that I grew up on, too. I was like. I was like, the scene kid that, like, went to. What's it called? What's a warp tour? You know, like, I was that dude. It was like. And then also listening to, like, the emo, you know, rap stuff of, like, the little peeps and, like, the trippie Reds, MGK's ex, like, all those dudes, like, so I think that's why my music. And then also, like, the red dirt shit and the classic, like, rock and the modern country storytelling stuff. So it's like a really, like a. I'm definitely, like, a mutt, you know? Like, I just. [00:32:26] Speaker B: I think that's how everybody in, like, our age group is kind of, like. Like, that mid twenties right now. The born. Born in, like, the night, born in, like, the mid nineties to, like, up until, like, even kids being born now, it's gonna be even different for them. [00:32:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:39] Speaker B: But, like, by having access to more than just what's on the radio. [00:32:43] Speaker A: So true. [00:32:44] Speaker B: And more the, like, more than, like, MTV, where you're just getting that specific programming. The fact that we can go on Spotify, that we can go on YouTube, that we can kind of search around and let the. Let it kind of make picks based on our things. We're all coming up listening to different shit. Like, so many guys that are at the forefront of country now grew up listening to things like outcasts and things that were popping in their generation. Whereas, like, us, where you see this blending right now of, like, the rock with the country and then, like, the melodies and the lyricism of, like, r and b and hip hop and pop. [00:33:17] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:33:18] Speaker B: All crash coursing into country music. Because we're the cool thing right now. Yeah, country music's the thing. There's a reason the post and Beyonce and you have all these, like, famous rock and roll guys moving to, like, Franklin and shit. Like, there's a reason that. That it's all kind of coming together. And I feel like our generation just grew up listening to a little bit of everything. Yeah, we had access to everything. [00:33:38] Speaker A: Yeah, it's so true. I mean, I think that, like. I mean, I know if it wasn't for platforms like TikTok and Instagram, YouTube shorts, all that stuff, like, the odds of my style of music being, like, a label being like, all right, this dude's talking about drugs and alcohol and depression. We're not signing it. You know what I mean? Cause that's really what it would be until it's like, oh, wait, this dude actually had, like, there's a giant fan base that can. That's more than even what I've tapped into right now that relates to this shit, because it's real. And, like, people are afraid to write real a lot. And I think that's why, you know, radio's amazing and it has, like. It does what it does, but there's this whole other thing that it can't be played because you can't have your six year old in the backseat hearing this type of stuff. You know, it's too much. [00:34:22] Speaker B: Yeah. But there is, like, a normalizing in country music right now of talking about that darker side. Darker side. It's not just dudes hanging out in the bed of a truck, drinking beer, talking to some girls and some daisy dukes. It's heavier shit now. It's almost like the grunge world. [00:34:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:34:39] Speaker B: Is coming into. Coming in the country. [00:34:41] Speaker A: It feels like. It's like the hair metal of the eighties was country radio for the last 15 years. [00:34:47] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:34:47] Speaker A: And then now we're entering the grunge thing. [00:34:49] Speaker B: Yes, I've talked about that. [00:34:50] Speaker A: Really? [00:34:50] Speaker B: For on here. I've talked about that. My buddy Grady Smith, quite a bit. [00:34:53] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, dude. [00:34:54] Speaker B: Where it's like, you have that era, like. Exactly. It's like we're entering our grunge era where you're seeing guys that are doing it in multiple ways. Like, you see, like, guys like yourself doing it where it's, like, a little bit of a blend of everything. You have guys, like co. Where he'll go very rock on one album. And I think this next album is going to be more towards middle of the road country. You've got guys like Zach Bryan where it's, like, very stripped down but still talking about deep shit. Yeah, talking about deep shit. There's girls coming up talking about deep shit. Like, it's. It's that era where everybody's looking for that realism again. Like painting the dark side of what it's like to grow up in a small town. What it's like to just grow up in general. [00:35:34] Speaker A: Yeah, like guys. [00:35:35] Speaker B: Like jelly roll. Yeah, dude, it's like a trailer park preacher. Like, honest to God, like, talking about redemption and things like that and going through it, like painting that. It's like a sad country song. Yeah, but a sad country song. The middle finger. [00:35:48] Speaker A: Yes. [00:35:48] Speaker B: And that's where I think you kind of fit. [00:35:51] Speaker A: Totally. [00:35:51] Speaker B: And that's why I love your shit, bro. [00:35:53] Speaker A: Thank you. [00:35:53] Speaker B: It's fucking. It gets. It gets you through the tough moment, but also, like, if you're fucking working out and you're. [00:35:59] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, it's fast. [00:36:01] Speaker B: It can be slow. It can fit in so many different things. [00:36:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:36:04] Speaker B: Now the TikTok grind, bro. How many videos do you have to shoot a week? Because. Or do you kind of just do them in, like, blocks? Because you. And that's how I recognize Greg. Cause I see him in the videos. Yeah, you do a good job of, like, incorporating the crew and, like, that grind that you guys have to put on with, like, with the short form videos and stuff. What is that? Like, how do you balance that with writing and touring? [00:36:24] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I. We always block out, like, one day at least. Like, usually it's like sun Sundays. If we cause, like, with touring and stuff on the road. The nice thing is I'll be able to get a lot of content and everything. But I'd say, like, I mean, I'm at least posting once a day, like, at minimum. If not, like yesterday, I posted six times. So it's like, well, that was released release day. Yeah. So you gotta do it. Yeah, but, yeah, I mean, it's definitely, like, I kind of try to treat it as, like, I have different facets of what I do, which is the content side, the artist side, writing for other people, writing for myself, producing for myself, and, and producing for other people. So I, like, I'll always just block out the time of, like, one day a week is like, I need to focus on, you know, the content. We'll spend, like, 7 hours videoing and then, you know, a couple hours just getting song ideas for the week of writing and then writing however it goes, producing the stuff, and then obviously getting ready for tour, rehearsing and getting all the rig and everything dialed in, the fine tuning of everything. Because it's definitely, like, trying to balance it all. It's definitely tough, but, I mean, as long as you work seven days a week, 15 hours a day, you'll do it. You know what I mean? Which is what? We're taking a trip. Greg and I like, to. In, like, three months from now, we're like, all right, we have to do it because we have not. Like, I didn't even spend, like, I spent. Christmas was my last day of not doing music or work or producing or anything, so I haven't had, like, even weekends. Like, but I love it. It's like, it doesn't feel like a job because I love it. And, like, I love connecting with people. And every time that it's like a, like a lottery ticket, every time you post, like, not on the money side, but just being like, hey, I might connect to more people or, like, whatever it is, or get a song out that relates or whatever, so it's definitely a grind but I just love it. I don't know how to not work. I get anxious if I, like, if I watch a tv show for longer than an hour at two in the morning, like, I'm like, dude, I got. Dude, you know, I got. Do something. I freak out. [00:38:16] Speaker B: I don't know. [00:38:16] Speaker A: I definitely have issues, so I don't know. [00:38:18] Speaker B: Are you an ADHD kid? You think? Are you on the. [00:38:20] Speaker A: I don't know. [00:38:21] Speaker B: I'm the spectrum. See, I was diagnosed. [00:38:22] Speaker A: I'm definitely on the spectrum somewhere, but I don't know. I'm not ADHD clinically diagnosed. [00:38:27] Speaker B: I feel like all of us are just kind of, like. [00:38:29] Speaker A: It's like crackhead energy. [00:38:30] Speaker B: Yeah. And we're just used to going all the time because these things don't shut off. We don't let these things die. And they've put service towers everywhere. We can't get away from it. You gotta go out to, like, moab or, like, fucking desert to try to get away from stuff. [00:38:44] Speaker A: Straight up, dude. [00:38:45] Speaker B: Otherwise, you're just going, like, being in this life that we're all in is. There isn't a nine to five? No, it doesn't shut off because someone could. There could be a connection that's made off of a post or a homie having this idea and being like, we got to write this song right now, or you're at this show or this or that. There isn't an off switch. [00:39:09] Speaker A: No, it's got to be. And I think the biggest thing is, like, you know, I got to thank my dad for that, which is, like, if you're going to do it, like, fail fast, like, go for it. But if you're going to fail, like, do it quickly as possible because you don't want to waste time. And that's the biggest thing is, like, I feel like I see such talent a lot. Like, I know there's thousands of people in Nashville that are way more talented at songwriting and singing and performing and all this stuff that I am. But I think it's the. The difference of, like, you can't treat it like it's just a normal job. Like, it has to be, like, over the top, you know, spending 120 hours a week working on stuff, you know? Or it just isn't gonna work because someone else is gonna take your spot. It's, like, competitive, but it's also, like. I don't know. I just love it. [00:39:52] Speaker B: What sports did you play growing up? Cause I know you were doing. I know you were doing something. [00:39:56] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:39:56] Speaker B: You talk like an athlete. [00:39:57] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:39:58] Speaker B: Like, you have. And I think that translates very well to this grind in this music life that we're all in. What sports were you? [00:40:05] Speaker A: I played, so I started. I was really big in lacrosse, football. The hair, basketball. [00:40:10] Speaker B: The hair, bro, have the lax flow. [00:40:13] Speaker A: Yeah, the lax flow. The lettuce out the back. [00:40:15] Speaker B: A lot of people here in Nashville don't know about the lacks. [00:40:17] Speaker A: No, they don't know. It's big in where you're from and. [00:40:18] Speaker B: Where I'm from, New York, it's fucking huge. Huge. New York and Arizona. The cultures and the big cities are kind of similar. [00:40:26] Speaker A: Very. [00:40:26] Speaker B: I feel like that might have to do with the witness protection program from back in the day. Yeah, there were a lot of italian folks, a lot of dark hair, plastic surgery moving out there back in the day. [00:40:37] Speaker A: Yep. [00:40:38] Speaker B: Like the seventies, and now it's like their grandkids are out there with the gel in the hair. Yes. That kind of club life, like, it brings. It has that eat some of the east coast things to it. And lacrosse is one of them, bro. Fastest sport on two legs. Fastest sport on land. You got to get hit. [00:40:54] Speaker A: Yeah, you can. [00:40:55] Speaker B: When you're just starting out, you're going to get smacked with that fucking ball. [00:40:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:40:59] Speaker B: Nothing worse than a dude fucking cradling and fucking ripping a bro. That shit sucks. I didn't play lacrosse, but I had a lot of buddies that did, and it was just there. It's a. That's a very competitive culture. That makes a lot of sense that you came up as a blacks, bro. Did you play that in high school, too? [00:41:15] Speaker A: Like, I didn't, so I had, like, some weird. I had, like, a bunch of, like, weird things happened that, like, led to music, because I was always big in music. I was always doing it, but I also was big in sports. And so, like, when I was in 7th grade, I was playing. Or 8th grade, I was playing for a team, like a. One of the, like. Like, super competitive team leads, whatever. Yeah. Travel, team stuff. And we had a coach who was a great coach, but, like, almost over the top, like, alpha that he. I played up. So I was in 7th grade, I played a 9th and a 10th grade team. So we. I was one of the smaller kids, obviously got two and a half years younger than them. And I'm not that big of a dude. I'm like 510. You know what I mean? [00:41:56] Speaker B: Yeah, we're average. [00:41:57] Speaker A: Yeah, average. Just, you know, average. Average. You know, just above average. What's that scene where he's talking about slightly above average? Yeah, that thing, you know, I mean, that is will Ferrell. Talk about that. Yeah, but we were doing, like, suicide runs, and we. They made it. He made us put our. Put kids on our back. And he was pissed off at me one day and made me carry the goalie, who was, like, 220 pounds at this point. I was probably 120 pounds, like, soaking wet, and it fucked up my back. So I was, like, out for the whole season, like, slipped a disc and all this shit. Like, he would have gotten canceled if it was that culture today. But I liked it. It was like, hell, yeah, dude. Like, let's work, you know? So I ended up being out for the season. That's when I started my band was because I couldn't play sports for, like, a year and a half. So I started my band, did that. We started touring a lot in Arizona, in California, Las Vegas, Mexico kind of thing. And then when I was a sophomore, right before I got my license, we were in this, like, competition. Alice Cooper's proof's in the pudding thing. It was like 80 or 90 bands all across, like, Arizona that were competing for it to open for Alice and all this stuff. And, yeah, we opened for Alice, so we did that. And then I was trying out for my basketball thing. We had, like, three months of preseason, and we just finished preseason. The day after this thing happened was the tryouts, and I ended up arm wrestling my buddy Alex, who. I got arrested as a kid with him for, like, shooting guns in our neighborhood. We lived in the desert, so it's really shooting caxes and stuff, just doing, like, super stupid shit, blowing up things. It was dumb. I love it. But anyway, he was the dude. I ended up cracking my head open. He knocked out all his teeth, like, all different things. And we were arm wrestling at this party. I just walked in. It was like somebody sweet 16. And he was a lot shorter than I am, smaller, but he's really strong, dude. [00:43:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:47] Speaker A: And so he's like, there was girls, and there's some girls I liked. So I was like, you know, trying to be all, man. He's like, dude, let's have an arm wrestling competition. I was like, yeah, dude. He's like, let's go left handed. I was like, I'm uncoordinated as shit, but let's try this out. So we start going on the table, and my arm frickin snapped. Oh, I broke my arm. Like, right? Like, we thought we broke the table, and I was like, oh, shit. So I couldn't do that, but we. So I couldn't play basketball. And then I was like, how are we gonna finish this proofs in the pudding competition. So my dad and I figured out how to, like, put my guitar on a stand and then I could walk up to it and then use my hips to play and so perform. We ended up winning the thing. [00:44:23] Speaker B: No shit. [00:44:23] Speaker A: So it was really funny. So really random things that I feel like God was like, hey, man, this is cool, but, like, you're never gonna do this, like, you know what I mean? So, like, you needed to do this. Like, put. Kept putting me back in these situations where I was like, do the music thing. Do it. You know, and then, you know, COVID happening where I could. I was at ASU for a year and then moved right when it hit. Cause my scholarship got stayed for. I was like, academic stuff. Cause if you can read and write in Arizona, for the most part, you can, like, figure out a way to get a scholarship. Like, it's not super hard, but in the. In state schools. [00:44:54] Speaker B: Yes. Yeah. [00:44:55] Speaker A: So I ended up, like, finishing out my degree here in town and then. Yeah. [00:44:59] Speaker B: Where? At Belmont. [00:45:00] Speaker A: At Arizona State. So it just moved online. Yeah, remote. I was scared of COVID because I didn't want to lose my scholarship and have to go actually online. Cause that was gonna be a lot of money. So I ended up just like, yeah, finish it out. [00:45:12] Speaker B: No shit. So you have a degree? [00:45:13] Speaker A: Yeah. What's your business? Entrepreneurship. Focus and finance. [00:45:17] Speaker B: Yeah, there you go. [00:45:18] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:19] Speaker B: I mean. Cause entrepreneurship, that factors in a lot. [00:45:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:22] Speaker B: Being an artist. [00:45:22] Speaker A: Yeah. You gotta figure out. Cause. Yeah, like I was saying, I was working a mexican restaurant literally last year this time, going out and, like, selling merch at random shows. Like, had to figure out how to make the money. [00:45:32] Speaker B: What mexican restaurant was it? [00:45:33] Speaker A: It was. I used to work at this place called Whiskey Kitchen, and it closed down. And then I went to San Anejo for, like, two months. [00:45:41] Speaker B: And then I said, you were at. Oh, yeah, no, Cinco de Mayo. Shout out to Cinco and Las Palmas. They come in handy. [00:45:50] Speaker A: Yes, they're great, but. [00:45:51] Speaker B: Yeah. You were at Bougie? [00:45:53] Speaker A: Yeah, dude, I didn't fit in really well. I got fun. I had a blast. [00:45:58] Speaker B: I just meet all kinds of good clientele in there. [00:46:01] Speaker A: Yeah, it was awesome. [00:46:01] Speaker B: That's it. That's a batch threat spot. Yeah, you're having a good one. Did you. Did you, like, mention your music to people? Like, did you get into, like, conversations because you're a conversation? [00:46:11] Speaker A: Yeah, I sometimes did. I always felt weird, cuz, like, I didn't want to, like, be like, oh, I'm you know, whatever. You know, I'm Eddie. You know, I do music I don't like. I didn't know how to do it. It, like, randomly came up sometimes. I like people. I'd seen me on TikTok and been like, oh, you're that. Why are you working? I thought you're doing music. Why are you working at Mexico? I'm like, dude, it's a grind. You gotta figure out. [00:46:30] Speaker B: Is it weird getting recognized? I'm sure you get recognized in town quite a bit. [00:46:35] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:46:35] Speaker B: I think that the TikTok stuff, the. [00:46:36] Speaker A: Coolest part is, like, it's in town. It's usually, like, for the most part, it's like people on vacation or like the, you know, different, like, industry people or something. I haven't met. Hey, man, I saw your tape. You like your music or whatever, but I think the coolest part is, like, rolling up to the random Bucky's or rolling up to the random loves gas station and, you know, bfe Georgia and somebody like, being like, me getting a scratcher card because I wanted. It was like a nine hour drive, and somebody be like, wait, dude, and show me their phone. And it's like, me. And then I was like, hey, what up? And they're like, do we take pictures or whatever it is? And I just love it because it's like. It's definitely, like, I don't really have, like, an ego when it comes to, like, that stuff. Like, oh, I'm great. Everyone loves me, or whatever. It's more just like, dude, that's so cool that, like, you enjoy it and, like, you connect with what I'm saying and, like, thank you. [00:47:23] Speaker B: You know, it means that it's working. Yeah, that's what it is. It's. That's like, if you're running a business and you look at your numbers for the end of the quarter. Yeah, they're higher than the quarter before. [00:47:32] Speaker A: Yeah, it's a great. Feel. [00:47:33] Speaker B: The same thing. It's. It shows that it's working and your shit is reaching people. What's it like in the comments as far as, like. Because I'm sure not everything is all positive. Like, you have positive stuff and you have. Yeah. How do you navigate haters? Because you're overall a very positive person. I know everybody's got, like, their demons internally. You know, you get that out through your music and through your songwriting, which is a great way to do it. But what is it like dealing with haters? Cuz we don't. We haven't. I haven't had to deal with it too. Too much yet. Yeah, we're starting to get there a little bit in some of our comments with the podcast, and obviously, I'm sure there's. There's people that don't like me saying, what the fuck is up live? [00:48:13] Speaker A: I love it. That's my favorite part. Yeah. It's like, you're authentic. You are you. Yeah. The best part. Yeah. [00:48:18] Speaker B: So what's. How do you. How do you balance all that and, like, what do you. How do you deal with haters? [00:48:22] Speaker A: Yeah, dude, I think I always try to make, like, a funny joke back at them, you know? Cause, like, a comment's a comment. You know what I mean? It helps the video get out there. Yeah. They don't realize it at all. If they wanted to actually hate. Don't do anything to the video. Just skip it. That's the best way to hate on somebody. But, dude, like, we had some funny ones where it's like this. Something about, like, it was like, getting a. Oh, this dude's loves his perm and all this stuff, which I don't have a perm. I swear, all my life. [00:48:55] Speaker B: That's not a perm. [00:48:56] Speaker A: You're just a curly hair. You can look at my grandma's, bro, the day I hit puberty, I jet straight hair, and then it went curls as fuck, you know? I don't know what happened, but my grandma's have curly hair. Yeah, I guess, somewhere. [00:49:05] Speaker B: So do mine. Yeah, I've got the curly. [00:49:07] Speaker A: Hell, yeah, dude, let's go. It's not long. [00:49:09] Speaker B: It's not long. I can't keep it. Everybody's like, dude, you should just grow your hair long and see what happens. I'm like, I don't think it would grow down. I think it grow out, dude, mine. [00:49:16] Speaker A: That's how mine used to be. [00:49:17] Speaker B: I'd be like, gotta be weighted. Yeah. I'd be, like, looking like Jonah Hill and super bad. I'd be looking like that era of Jonah Hill, you know, like, not the best kind. [00:49:25] Speaker A: So funny. [00:49:26] Speaker B: Not moneyball, Jonah. [00:49:27] Speaker A: Yeah, not moneyball. Yep. [00:49:28] Speaker B: But, like, curly hair. That's. Do you, like, do the video responses to the comments where, like, you'll put the comment in and direct a piece of content around? [00:49:35] Speaker A: Yes. I've been doing that a lot for on my breath, and it worked. That new song. It worked really, really well, because what I realized is, like, I hadn't done it really before, but then I did it, like, every single video for the last 20 days. I just respond to one and then have something about it. And it definitely, like, helps get the content out to, like, those people again and then anyone who's associated to them, I've noticed. But especially, like, when you respond to the hater ones, like, it was like, you should, like, you should go to jail for how bad this is. Like, shit like that, which I'm like, hell yeah, that's a great. That's very engaging. So I'm like, yeah, dude, I'm responding to that. [00:50:07] Speaker B: I've actually been to jail. [00:50:09] Speaker A: Yeah, almost. I did get handcuffed, but they didn't send me the jail, so I was good. [00:50:14] Speaker B: You got out of it? [00:50:15] Speaker A: Yeah, I was in fifth grade. So what are they gonna do? You know? These idiots are just dumb and, like, shooting cactuses and stuff. [00:50:22] Speaker B: Yeah, the dumbest thing I did is a fifth grader. I'm trying to think, oh, my buddy, my buddy back home, his little brother was. It was like there is like baptism or communion or something. His little kid brother and my one, my one friend thought it'd be a great idea to go up and do the. Get a match from his dad's thing and get. It was the old axe, the axe days. [00:50:41] Speaker A: The axe, yeah, I used to do. [00:50:43] Speaker B: That too, to my buddy, my buddy, my buddy. And then my buddy, my buddy Matt lit the. Sprayed the axe and it just went all the way up his arms, like, oh, fuck. Like, it was. [00:50:55] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:50:55] Speaker B: That was the shit. I didn't grow up around. I didn't grow up in like, a rural enough area to where my family saw, like, I'm not like, anti gun by any means. Yeah, I just didn't grow up with him. [00:51:04] Speaker A: Yeah, you can't really shoot guns in New York City. [00:51:06] Speaker B: New York City suburb. Like, what do we need them for? I can't hunt anything. All of our taxes go to this giant ass police force. Yeah, what do we need? What do we need a gun in the house for? We got down with some axe flame. Hell yeah, dude, that like, roman candle shit? Like firing off roman candles. You ever played roman candle baseball? [00:51:23] Speaker A: Where you shoot them and you try to hit it? [00:51:25] Speaker B: Yeah. You try to hit it with. [00:51:26] Speaker A: Yes. [00:51:26] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:51:27] Speaker A: I don't remember. We called it something different. I think we just called it, let's play that stupid game. I think that's what he called it. [00:51:32] Speaker B: We all knew, like, yeah, yeah, let's do it. Nikki. T is a big Roman. [00:51:35] Speaker A: Oh, let's go. We gotta run it back. [00:51:36] Speaker B: Yes, we do have to run back. You gotta come and party with our degenerates. I would love to raise Rowdy DJ's, we gotta bring your. Your class together and come party with the DJ. [00:51:46] Speaker A: I'm there. [00:51:46] Speaker B: We'll just see how the night goes. So what's going on for the rest of this year? Obviously, tour stuff. [00:51:51] Speaker A: Yep. [00:51:51] Speaker B: New song is out today. [00:51:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:51:53] Speaker B: And you've got. Is it every four? Are we. What's the, what's the what? Can you tell us about the release schedule and just some of the stuff going on we got to look forward to? [00:52:01] Speaker A: Yes, it's every five weeks. I'm dropping a new song. Starting the summer will be every four weeks. Um, and then, yeah, just touring a lot. We're getting a bunch of, like, uh, festivals and fairs. So we're doing that stuff in the summer. Uh, working on some, you know, uh, more stuff with Pecos and Geo and obviously the. The tour in April and May with them, which will be a blast. And then. Yeah, dude, doing that and then writing a lot for those guys. Writing for some. Some other artists that are gonna be putting out some songs that are. I'm fans of. Um, and then the j. Webb stuff, too. He's. He's ripping. I mean, he's been growing like crazy as an artist and just working with him consistently too, so it's been fun. [00:52:40] Speaker B: Dude, have you been to festivals? I was like, well, you said you want used to go to warp tour. [00:52:43] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:52:43] Speaker B: So you've. You're a festival. [00:52:45] Speaker A: Yes. [00:52:46] Speaker B: Guy by trade. What. What's it gonna be like doing? Have you done. Have you played a festival? [00:52:52] Speaker A: I played. I played summer fest back, like, the year before COVID hit with my old band, and that was freaking awesome. [00:53:00] Speaker B: You haven't gotten to get out there? [00:53:01] Speaker A: No, dude, dude, no. [00:53:03] Speaker B: I love festival culture. That's the thing that we do. We're going. I think ten. Are we. Are you on any of the tailgate and tall boys? [00:53:09] Speaker A: No. [00:53:10] Speaker B: No, you're not. Because I think. I think it's the case. I knew somebody was on there because, like, we go to a bunch of festivals, that's like, part of where raise Rowdy was born. [00:53:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:53:20] Speaker B: Nikki T. And his friends went on a bachelor party to country concert in Fort Laramie, Ohio. And then they just started going every year, and then they made a group chat called the Rowdy gem of Leisure. [00:53:30] Speaker A: I said, hard name, rowdy gentlemen of leisure. [00:53:33] Speaker B: And they were just. Just partying. And then they started making koozies and then started giving them the artists at the shows because they would do, like, the radio meet and greets and stuff. And then that's how like, we were born as, like, a group of guys that went to festivals. No, that's where the raised rowdy whole thing came from. [00:53:48] Speaker A: That is crazy. [00:53:48] Speaker B: So we're doing, like, we're doing like, ten festivals this summer. That's cultures. Just fun. Like, you're camping, you're. You're in the trenches with your people. [00:53:55] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:53:55] Speaker B: And it's just fun. Rock festivals, country festivals. [00:53:58] Speaker A: You're just trying to find a bottle of water because they're hard to find. Yeah. [00:54:01] Speaker B: Or if you have them, if you're. If you're close enough, if you're good. If you're in good enough terms with the festival and you're, like, partnering with them. They have a whole cooler of water. [00:54:08] Speaker A: There you go, dude. Yeah. You can always find beer and liquor, but it's hard as hell. [00:54:12] Speaker B: Yeah. Some festivals that we go to, our byob. [00:54:15] Speaker A: Oh, that's. I've never been one of those before. [00:54:17] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, that's. [00:54:18] Speaker A: That's the one where I have the. What's the one that's down in Alabama that they do, like? [00:54:24] Speaker B: Auburn rodeo? [00:54:24] Speaker A: Yes, Auburn Rodeo. [00:54:25] Speaker B: We're gonna be there in a few weeks. [00:54:26] Speaker A: Are you? Hell yeah. [00:54:27] Speaker B: Auburn Rodeo, Georgia Rodeo. Rock the south, rock the country. All the tailgate and tall boys. [00:54:34] Speaker A: That'd be great. Hopefully next year you'll see us, dude. [00:54:36] Speaker B: That's what I'm saying. I'm ready to, like, you're one of the guys that I'm like, we're gonna be seeing him. And we help out with the side stages at a lot of them. They're branded as Ray's rowdy or we were on stage, like, mc'ing the festival. [00:54:47] Speaker A: Oh, let's go. [00:54:48] Speaker B: I can't wait for the day because we've introduced you at Live Oak a bunch and, like, here in town. I can't wait for the day that we're on a festival stage and we're like, we got our boy. [00:54:57] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:54:59] Speaker B: Like, I can't wait for that day because I know it's fucking coming, dude. But, man, I appreciate you coming on and kicking it with me. [00:55:05] Speaker A: Thank you. [00:55:06] Speaker B: We're gonna figure out, too. I'm sorry. There was a delay shout out to the truck driver. I was at pulling, pulling past the tractor supply, getting to our new location here, and the back of the. The door on the back of the truck swung out as she was trying to turn dude. And fucking nick the side of my truck. So we're getting that figured out. [00:55:26] Speaker A: Yes, we are. [00:55:27] Speaker B: It's been. It's been a day, dude. But. But where can people go to find you on everything? [00:55:32] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, just Eddie and the getaway on all social media except for tick tock. It's Eddie and the getaway music. Because my last one got like banned or something. [00:55:41] Speaker B: Like what you get banned for? [00:55:42] Speaker A: I was take, I was, I was longboarding behind my van. [00:55:48] Speaker B: It doesn't surprise me. [00:55:49] Speaker A: Yeah. And it was like, it was like public endangerment and I got banned, but I got a new one now. So you, Eddie and the getaway music on that and then Eddie in the ghetto and everything else. [00:55:57] Speaker B: Hell yeah. And on my breath, it's out now. [00:56:00] Speaker A: Boom. [00:56:01] Speaker B: And super stoked for new music every few weeks. Yeah, fucking super excited. [00:56:07] Speaker A: You're the man, bro. You're the rather dude. [00:56:09] Speaker B: Appreciate you shout out to Greg, helping, being there, facilitating, making sure we don't say anything cancelable. [00:56:14] Speaker A: Yeah. Did we check out? We good? [00:56:16] Speaker B: I think we're good. [00:56:17] Speaker A: There we go. Yeah, we got the thumbs up. [00:56:19] Speaker B: The thumbs up. The management, the suits are happy. [00:56:21] Speaker A: There you go. [00:56:22] Speaker B: Hell yeah. Y'all be sure to check out our boy Eddie in the getaway. Eddie Everly. New music on my breath is out now. There's going to be some new music coming. And if you're a fan of guys like Pecos in the rooftops and Giovanni and the hired guns, and you're planning to get out to one of those shows, you're going to be seeing this guy and his band out there and be on the lookout. Give him a follow on everything if you're not following him already. And we love what he does, so y'all should too. Thank you guys, as always, for watching outside the round, listening to outside the round. Y'all can find out more about us by going to raised rowdy.com. You can find outside the round and raised rowdy on all the social platforms. Make sure you subscribe rate, follow, tell your mama and them, and we will see you next time. For my boy Eddie, I'm Matt Brill. This has been outside the round. Boom. [00:57:05] Speaker A: Thank you. [00:57:09] Speaker B: I ain't never been the kind for. [00:57:11] Speaker A: Still one place for too long I. [00:57:16] Speaker B: Ain'T never been the best at sin I love you to a girl I. [00:57:21] Speaker A: Love only got a couple tricks on. [00:57:23] Speaker B: My sleeve they usually just make em. [00:57:26] Speaker A: Leave so if you know me, if you really know me you know I'm just a two trick pony then maybe. [00:57:35] Speaker B: The drinking and the lack of money for show I'm just a two trick on it.