Episode Transcript
Speaker 1 00:00:14 What's up, everyone coming to you from the living room today? You got Matt and Tyler and our good buddy, Greg Pratt. Greg, happy Monday. How was your weekend?
Speaker 2 00:00:24 It was pretty good, man. That's just a lot of work. And I saw Tyler A. Little bit this weekend too. Oh,
Speaker 1 00:00:28 I'm so sorry he
Speaker 2 00:00:29 Didn't see me. I did. I thought I did see you. No, I was out of town this weekend, but Oh no, you weren't. Maybe I was the weekend before Tyler. You saw me on Wednesday. No. Kind of strings together. That's what you
Speaker 1 00:00:38 Saw Wednesday, dude, doesn't it? What it was, doesn't it all string together? That's something I said when I first moved down here was like all the days just like lose track
Speaker 2 00:00:45 Of time. Also, my work week starts on Thursday, so that's, I guess my weekend's Tuesday and Wednesday. Yeah. Yeah. You saw me on Wednesday. Yeah. Yeah. And my work week starts on Wednesday usually, and mm-hmm. <affirmative> ends on Sunday.
Speaker 1 00:00:57 Yeah, dude. It's, uh, it's crazy. I mean, you, you dig quite a bit downtown. When I say quite a bit, I mean, I mean a lot. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> like you, you're, you're hustling and bustling and doing, doing the thing. Now originally you're from Tennessee. You are a Tennessee boy, but West Tennessee, which is quite a bit different from Nashville.
Speaker 2 00:01:13 It's a little bit different. Just a little, yeah.
Speaker 1 00:01:14 So you're from, would you, would you say Memphis? Is that your hometown? Yes, it's
Speaker 2 00:01:18 A, it's, uh, right outside of Memphis. I know, uh, if we had a house in, in Millington that I don't remember. And then, uh, uh, spent a lot of time in Germantown and then East Memphis and, and yeah. So it was, it was a good time. It's spending about 18 years growing up there. And, um, it's changed a lot about, as much as Nashville's changed too since, cause I know Memphis used to be, uh, a lot bigger than Nashville too. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:01:42 Yeah. That was like
Speaker 2 00:01:43 The fall money got came in and started pumping
Speaker 1 00:01:44 In. Yeah. That was like a huge, it was a huge music coming. It still is. I mean, it still
Speaker 2 00:01:48 Got that richness. It's, uh, yeah. It's not, it's not Nashville though. No, not anymore.
Speaker 1 00:01:52 Yeah. So what made you wanna make the jump from being in a music city in Memphis to coming to the music city in Nashville?
Speaker 2 00:02:00 Well, so I, I went to University of Alabama first roll Tide. Yeah. Roll Tide. God
Speaker 1 00:02:05 Damnit. You're giving him a reason to say it. He says it every God Damnit episode. He said, roll tide. Roll Tide, Earl Tide.
Speaker 2 00:02:11 Um, but, uh, came back to help mom and dad retire. And then I was in school in Memphis for a while too, uh, at the University of Memphis. And then, uh, yeah, I was like one credit away from graduating and I moved out here <laugh>. Yeah, just when you gotta go, you gotta go. I guess. What
Speaker 1 00:02:28 Wa what was your major?
Speaker 2 00:02:30 Um, so it started out, um, growing up it, the big things, both my parents are doctors, so they really, um, in the beginning I ended up going in with my dad growing up and helping him out and, um, whether it was, uh, doing stuff in his clinic or surgery and stuff and, and, uh, kind of putting me on the track. And then I didn't really wanna do that. So, um, next best thing was film. So I was doing film and, um, and it wanted to be acting for a while, but then I, I enjoyed like, the filming process and the editing process more. And then, um, I don't know, I started playing gigs in Memphis. It was actually Skylar Anderson, no
Speaker 1 00:03:08 Shit,
Speaker 2 00:03:08 Who was, he got me on Instagram when I was starting doing these, these home music movie kind of things when I was sitting there and you doing your covers and stuff. Cause I knew I didn't really know any. So, uh, I mean, it's still something you do today mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Yeah. Oh, of course. Yeah. We, I send out a, um, a little, I guess a, a story post and everybody, we get tons of requests that come in. Yeah. And I, I pick four every month. And, um, but he, uh, he sent me a message on Instagram and he said, Hey, come out to, uh, south Haven and play a show with me. I was like, PO how do that? He's like, just bring your guitar. I was like, all right, cool. So I showed up and I sat in a seat and I looked at the ground and only play the songs I had written, which, you know, they weren't very good at the time. Um, <laugh> and, uh, for some reason they liked it. Um, but I literally sat in a seat and looked at the ground and sang, and it was, yeah, it was, it was a little weird. Um, but then I started doing a bunch of shows with Skylar at, uh, in South Haven and kind of moving around with him. And then, so he's, well, yeah, he's the first guy that ever put me up on a stage too.
Speaker 1 00:04:13 Wow. And Skyler's a good buddy of ours that we've, we have, that we've had on this podcast and stuff, so mm-hmm. <affirmative>, he's always said that there's something about that West Tennessee and the Memphis or in the Mississippi and the Arkansas circuit that people like their music out there.
Speaker 2 00:04:26 There's Yeah, there's some soul out there for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:04:28 Yeah. There's some, some good soul. There's some good pickers too. Yeah. Good. Really good guitar pickers. Which, which you some of your, some of your music When I first served you. So I moved down here October of last year. And, um, that first night when I, I drove 13, 14 hours, my little brother, and we were like our, we saw that our buddy Dave Hangley, who was from Jersey. I love Dave. I love Dave. Yeah. Oh, I love Dave too. He's one of the reasons I moved down here. And I saw that he was playing around at Frisky Frogs, and I saw two other names that he was playing with us. I saw Paul Neck and I saw Greg Pratt. I'm like, oh, let's go check these boys out. And I'm like, we literally got outta the car, hopped in car, hopped in the car with Dakota, who's running late, by the way. Yeah. At Dakota Bear. Um, and went up to Frisky Frogs, and I got to see you pick a guitar. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. And that freaking picket on, uh, I think it was Little Devil was the one
Speaker 2 00:05:13 That's a good time man. For,
Speaker 1 00:05:14 For you. What's Tennessee? Is that something that's big as like the, I don't wanna say bluegrass, but like that style with the guitar picking? I
Speaker 2 00:05:20 Don't know. Um, I know. So I never took a guitar lesson. I remember I, that guitar right there is actually the one I took out of the case when I was a kid. These were my dad's. Okay. Um, it's like a 19, I think it's a 1970, uh, guild. Um, yeah, big body. Uh, it's, that's the goldener of Guild. It's, it's like what? We took it into the Guitar Center and it's like, do you understand what you have here? I
Speaker 1 00:05:46 Was like,
Speaker 2 00:05:46 Yeah, for real. My dad's guitar. Can you fix it? And he's like, uh, yeah, <laugh>. Yeah. It's like, so I was, that was the first thing I ever put my hands on. And I, it, it was kind of like, I hadn't really gotten there yet. My dad's not a, my dad would pick around just for fun and he'd do more folky stuff. Yeah. Um, but, um, I got this ovation instead. And that thing, that thing hurt my fingers. <laugh> starting to learn, but I just, the way I play guitar, I know with the, with the percussion and the, and the, the licks, there's a little bit of bluegrassy stuff, but I never, um, took a lesson or anything like that. I learned how to do, how to read tabs. And then really it's, it was trial and error over 10 years, just screwing around with it. Um, and then it ends up being this, this cool kind of percussion percussive thing. Um, that, uh, and I mean, I don't know, it's, it was, it was kind of a literally just messing around with it over a long period of time.
Speaker 3 00:06:42 And like, I know, like, seeing your live show all the time and stuff like with you, it helps out a lot. Cause a lot of times it's you, or it's you and one other guy. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. And so whenever you're playing playing, fill out the room. Yeah. Yeah. It fills out the room and it allows you to be more, uh, more dynamic in your music. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. I mean, I know you always had the little tambourine thing on your foot
Speaker 2 00:07:03 Man, when I first got that thing. Yeah. Help you. What's the story with that? Cause I don't see that a lot. I, I was, I saw in a guitar center, I was like, there's no way. Cause I never thought about that. I just did the boom thing and it, they'd mix it in and it'd be this like drum kick, which is pretty cool. Fill it outta room pretty nice. But that was it. And then I started doing that and doing it in a seat. I was like, I can't stand up with this thing. So I sat and I started doing that. And when I first did it, there was a guy I was playing with or playing music with it, uh, cuz we were both, uh, bouncers at Benchmark. Yeah. Which is, that's how I started playing down on Broadway was because I started playing at Benchmark first after bouncing with this, with this guy. Um, he was a really, really big guy. And I was just the, the little, little kind of guy that always went to the gym. And I went, you know,
Speaker 3 00:07:50 It's kinda like me and mad, except for Matt doesn't go to the gym. <laugh>, Hey,
Speaker 2 00:07:53 Hey, hey, <laugh>. I didn't realize you were a bouncer though. That's pretty best. No, it, it was more of a door guy. But yeah. We had to throw, the worst thing is <laugh> when this, our, our, uh, our manager slash head bartender would, he would get drunk on the job a little bit and he'd, he took this, he got tipped 20 bucks by this guy to take the water faucet or the water thing and spray the hell out of this like 350 pound solid muscle guy. Looked like he played defensive line for the fricking rams. And this guy puts both of his big burly arms on the bar and is ready to kill this guy. Yeah. And, and, and he looks at us and he's like, get him out. We're like, good luck, dude. Like how are we gonna get this guy outta here? So if we ended up having to like, get one of his big old friends to, to move out. But he's by, he's by far the, the hugest guy in the bar. He could have, he could have, he would've killed that bartender had he like launched across. So So you were a door guy. Yeah, door guy. And I, I did have to throw some people out. Yeah. Which is, which
Speaker 1 00:08:54 Is what I'm doing a lot. I've started to learn the art of catching fake IDs. Oh, it's, and um, that's,
Speaker 2 00:08:59 See, cause there's some good ones too though.
Speaker 1 00:09:01 There are. There are. And then there's also IDs that are real IDs that have really shitty pictures Yep. That make you think that they're fake and they're not. I had that happen three days yesterday. Three days. Three times yesterday. I had that happen. That's where I, uh, where I saw, and I had Dakota. Dakota Barry we're still waiting on, by the way. Um, he's, he's got a book of like 250, almost 300 IDs at home. That's insane. That he's collected from his time at rips and where we work now over at Whiskey Row. So, uh, that's pretty cool. I had no idea he did the bounce. It totally makes sense though, because
Speaker 2 00:09:31 It's, it's a, it was a good day when, when I could kinda like, put that up and, and just do music. That's that's a, yeah.
Speaker 1 00:09:38 When made feel pretty. Yeah. When, so when did that happen?
Speaker 2 00:09:40 Um, well we started playing it Benchmark and it was, it's like I tell you, 50 bucks, four hour set, you're on your own sound and it's like old sound. I think they've upgraded it as of now. Um, I haven't been back in there in a while, but I remember I walked in now working with the guys at, uh, when is it is with Highwire. I went to the main road. It was when Crazy Town was just opening up. Oh, wow. Yeah, that's, uh, so I, I walked in there and the first guy I met was Beau <laugh>. And he's, he go, he goes, looks at, I was like, Hey, yeah, I'm looking for, or, uh, whoever the, it was, uh, Matt, who is who I was looking for. Yeah. And he goes, you a magician. I was like, what? He's like, can you pull a singing rabbit outta your hat?
Speaker 2 00:10:21 I was like, um, I don't know. Uh, and he, he's like, come on back. And we walk over through him to wannabes, um, back when it was colle or connected to Luigi's and <laugh>. He goes, he goes up to Matt and he's like, Hey, um, I got a magician for you. And he, then he looks at me and he goes, can you pull this thing and Rabbit outta your hat? I was like, man, I don't think so, but, but uh, I don't have the right hat on today. Or I said something like that. He's like, all right. So that's how I ended up starting to worry. And we started getting booked at, uh, at Crazy Town then. And then that's kind of, um, I got shuffled around at Tequila Cowboy and Luke's and Jason's and fgl and So Pays the bills, man. Yeah. Hey
Speaker 1 00:11:00 Dude. It really does. And people always talk about this stigma that comes with playing on Broadway and stuff.
Speaker 2 00:11:06 Well, it used to be Broadway used to be a very different place. I know there's probably not a lot of people scouting down there right now, but if you do it right, I think the the way to do it is to get your merch together. To get, get, like I have that banner that goes up. Yeah. Tells everybody direct the traffic. You gotta look at it like a business cuz you can grassroots there. Um, cuz it's like a mini world tour. There's people coming from all over the
Speaker 1 00:11:26 World. Yep.
Speaker 2 00:11:27 So you get a, a sample of the entire world there. They have pretty high expectations, but at the same time, you know, they all came from music, but you can get people following you there by just presenting a place to follow you. And then when they follow that, direct them to the music and you, if you run it like a small business, then you can, you can make a living and grow your following. I mean, it's only got you the 32,000 followers
Speaker 1 00:11:50 On Instagram. Yeah. You've got, you've got a pretty decent following buildup now. When, where, what's a, a place where you're like, holy shit, I can't believe they're listening to my music there kind of thing. Like,
Speaker 2 00:12:00 There's been some, there's a, a girl that keeps messaging in and she, she's been to Nashville once, but I don't think she ever saw me. But she bought a tank off of the, uh, of the website too because apparently her friend came down and, and this girl's always posting stuff, um, in the Greg Pratt, uh, or like tagging, uh, Greg Pratt country on Instagram. Yeah. And uh, so there's places like that. There's some people in uk, a few people in Australia. Um, I think it's a, a big group by the Gold Coast down there or something. Um, and then I did get, um, there's been some activity man from India, Japan. Like, when you're looking at it and it's like people that that'll message in and say, Hey, I know you don't know me, but I like your music. And, and that's kind, you know, it's kind of neat how it spreads. They come down Yeah. And they see that banner and they take it or they buy some merch and they take it home with 'em. Then they tell all their friends. And then if you're like, man, I, you know, you have no idea how your stuff got to that corner of the world, but it's, I mean, it's pretty cool. It's
Speaker 1 00:13:09 The definition of grassroots right there. Yeah. Which is, which is so cool. Now, something we talk about in this podcast about songwriting. So writing, how old were you when you wrote your first song?
Speaker 2 00:13:18 Jeez. Um, I actually, so I, I guess I need, need to talk about it at all. Guitar. I've been kind of doing a while trial, trial and error over about 10 years. Um, singing, I didn't start til right before I moved to Nashville, which is the year before I moved to Nashville now about five years ago. And I started singing and that's when I met Skyler. Um, but, uh, as far as songwriting, I came, I probably wrote my first song around that time. I hadn't really written anything yet cuz uh, you know, I I was kind of mixed up in the, in the fraternity life and I was running all that and I was a fraternity president for three years for ka um, okay. And it, that's a lot of, that's like, that's not a lot of partying. That's a, a lot of babysitting and, and, uh, and raising money for sure. Nobody doesn't do something stupid from
Speaker 1 00:14:11 DA's. A lot, lot of groundwork, lot of groundwork with
Speaker 2 00:14:13 That. Kind of takes up a lot of your time. It's super fulfilling. It was awesome. The stuff they teach was really, really cool. Um, but it's, you, you understand about people management a lot when you're, you're in charge of basically 18 to 22 year olds and you have to make them or encourage them to listen to you without a payroll. Yes. So that's, that's hard. <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:14:34 Or they're, or they're actually buying into it. You're not, you're not, they're not getting money. They're paying.
Speaker 2 00:14:39 They have to do that. They have to be like, right, if we have to do this, why? Because it's the right thing to do and we have to do it. And that's it. So it's like, I, I can't, I don't give you, I can't give you a paycheck. So, and that's, it's, it's weird that being a manager at a job. Um, and I've, there have been several United States generals that have, that have said that too about that kind of situation is, is how do you get people to, to work for you without, you know, payment and it, because it's the right thing. That's, that's tough to do. So, yeah. But, um, yeah, the songwriting happened right after I, after my time there pretty much. And it was, there was, I was just really, I didn't have any kind of mentors there. There was a guy when I got to town, I brought, I got encouraged to work with this guy called Mark Allen Barnett, um, who, who teaches a bunch of people.
Speaker 2 00:15:28 He has this awesome song called, uh, it's tables and chairs. And the hook is, uh, is, uh, sometimes it feels like, how does it go? Um, uh, sometimes it feels like I'm playing for tables and chairs. Um, what they see, what they see three hours a night is a tortured soul laid bare. But sometimes it feels like I'm playing for ta. It's like the songwriter's anthem. Yeah. Yeah. It's awesome. Yeah. But, uh, he, I brought a bunch of my songs to him and he wasn't that much. He was, wasn't that kind of hacking slash down about it, but he is like, listen, do you like, cuz I was writing a lot of stuff that resembled the bro country stuff at the time. Yeah. Um, and he's like, is this what you like to hear? Like, what did you grow up with? I grew up with, with anywhere from Eagles to Johnny Cash, a little bit of, little bit of Alabama and, and, uh, then some rock.
Speaker 2 00:16:15 He's like, well then write what the heck you wanna write. And then I started doing stuff like that and that's where that first project, country music taught me how to love you. Um, what a moment really means. Um, songs that I wrote that, um, the, the moment when I just said, there was a lady that came in with a, because she had heard this song, she came in with this tattoo, her and her daughter. And, uh, they had a tattoo across the forearm and had the lyrics to the song and cherry blossom on it. I might, I might play it today. Um, and uh, she, uh, she came in and showed me and I showed my <laugh>, took a shot screenshot of it, and I showed my mom. I was like, mom, this song apparently touched this woman and her daughter enough to where they engraved it on their body.
Speaker 2 00:16:57 She's like, what is this go to back to college <laugh>, go get your one class. So yeah. But, um, it's, it's, uh, songwriting is a journey and I don't think you ever really have it down. And you definitely have your ups and downs. You have your blocks. You, um, when you finally discover the beauty of co-writing and then finding a crew that you know, you can really write with and, and hit it outta the park every time there's a, a songwriter in town that I know everybody really needs to look at. Um, called, his name is Davis Corley. Um, and that guy is great. Same thing with Josh Wolf. Josh Josh Wolf actually bartends at Luke's too. Really? Um, he wrote, uh, we wrote different strings together with David Cleek and then,
Speaker 1 00:17:40 Uh, yeah, yeah, I want to talk about that song because that song to me was like, that was a moment again for, for one of the first songs that I heard being gay after moving to Nashville, literally hours after getting out of the car, <laugh>. And I, and I hear you pull that out and I'm just, I was sitting with, um, Nicole who works over at Whiskey Row and she just, she taps me on the shoulder when you said, that's the song you're gonna play. And she, um, she's like, just sit back and listen to this. This is a good one. And I'm like, oh shit. I'm, I'm gearing up. Oh yeah. I love her. And, and, um, and listening to different strengths, that song is just such a, such a deep song. It's, it's a, it's a catch to you. It's just, it really seems like it comes from the heart. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. So what was the story behind that one?
Speaker 2 00:18:16 Um, well, it was kind of like, again, both my mom and dad are doctors. So, and they, in the beginning, I, I don't think, they might not have wanted me to be a doctor so much as, but you still, I know it's, it's inherent for a parent to get a, to get an idea for their child as he's, you know, sometimes before he even comes out. And it's kind of, um, again, I would go in with my dad and surgery all the time. I would help him when he did rounds. Um, one funny story there is <laugh>. There was this 90 year old lady who kept dis re dislocating her leg at the hip at the nursing home. They thought that she was being abused or something, and she just wanted to come back. Cause my dad was Hugh Hefner with ladies, um, over 70.
Speaker 2 00:19:02 That was okay. They all wanted to see him. They're like, I just wanna see Mr. Pratt. He's just, he's just so nice looking <laugh>. So at this time, I look like my dad, like, like a young version of my dad. And he brings me in and he's, he just, he, I don't know if he planned it all, but it definitely would turned out like, um, he, he's, this lady had just gone under anesthesia and he is like, all right, Greg, take this towel. And so this lady was about, I think she was like 91. Um, he's like, all right, so you're gonna lightly hold, hold her down at her pelvis while, while she's out and I'm gonna relocate her leg through Flora, through the fluoroscope to, to relocate that hip joint. Yeah. So he doesn't, and he's, he's, I, I'm knowing my dad, he was probably, he was probably knew exactly where that was going cuz it goes pop relocates and she kind of jolts up through the anesthesia and looks at me.
Speaker 2 00:19:54 She's like, what's Sharon? I <laugh> and my dad is dying behind the fluoroscope. And I'm like, come on man. I then, it all kind of dawns on me anyways. Um, but we, uh, we were sitting down meet Josh and David at this table and we were thinking about what to write and everything. Um, I think it was like our, no, it was our first writing session we'd ever sat down together, I'm pretty sure. Wow. And, and I said, you know, I wa I always thought about, you know, wanting to sing this song kind of for people. And it, again, that's, that's my story. The, my story in a nutshell. And I wanted to write a song for everybody that wanted to go their own way. And that's hard to do. And you know, sometimes that when you go, you're gonna piss a few people off.
Speaker 2 00:20:41 Um, sometimes your family <laugh> and uh, um, there might be nobody in your corner when you get there. Um, but you go, because deep down, you know, it's right somehow. So, uh, I know I moved here with like $2 and 15 cents in my son trust account, something stupid like that, and filed everything in, in the car and, and came out. And that's, it's, it's, yeah, it is about my dad being a surgeon and again, sewing up the heart with different strings. Um, so I really just laid that story out and it was actually Josh who dropped the hook. He's, I was like, you know, I, I had thrown out a few things similar to it. He's like, I think it needs to be this. And then I was like, well, if that's not it, it's pretty damn close. So we just, we wrote the song from there and, and, uh, yeah, we ev everybody contributed to, it wasn't that one guy sat down and jotted it all on a piece of paper and lined it up. It's like everybody had key lines, everybody. So it was a really kind of a cool co-write. Nobody was, was, was idle in it. Um, but yeah, it was, we wanted to write it mostly for people who are listening to it who can listen to that and be like, well, I was supposed to be this and my parents wanted, wanted me to be this, but, but I just felt like I needed to do something else. And,
Speaker 3 00:21:53 And I feel like a lot of times, like especially down on Broadway where you play that one a lot, like there's a lot of people in those bars that are like that it clicks. Yeah. I love, yeah. Like there's some people that they'll play their songs and they're like a slow song and you just kind of see the bar just go like, all right dude, cool. Like, let's party again. But like, that's a song whenever you pull it out and the way, you
Speaker 2 00:22:13 Gotta have the ripe crowd and the room too. Yes. Absolutely.
Speaker 3 00:22:15 And you also, the way you set it up is really nice too. So whenever you set that song up and then you play it like, you know, I've, I've really yet to see it, not get a good reaction.
Speaker 2 00:22:26 Yeah. It was, it was last week. There was two, two instances last week where that happened. A guy, there was first floor Luke's guy came up, my man must have been, uh, 70, 71, 72 something. Yeah. Um, and he came up and, and you could tell he'd, uh, he, him and his wife came up and he said, and he shook my hand. Um, and he said, and he literally, all he said was, thank you for that. And you can see that he had wiped his tears here in the middle, but he had the trails on the outside that he was, there was another lady, she's from Britain. She's like, how'd your dad mom feel about that song? And it was kind of cool cuz my dad picked up the radio waves. Uh, last time I was at, uh, WSM six 50. Yeah. Um, singing that song. Uh, and um, this, that's the radio station outta the operat. I think we're gonna be there Wednesday too, um, at four 30. But, uh, he, uh, he picked it up and he is like, well, it sounds like my son, I guess. But he, uh, you could actually go and listen to it online too. And we had a kind of a cool talk after that. And I think we're all a lot closer now because of the song. Um, but we were always a close family. It's just, you know, sometimes you just disagree with the thing, the way things need to happen. Yeah. AB
Speaker 1 00:23:45 Absolutely. And I connect with that song a lot too. I mean, there were a lot of my, a lot of my family members that were skeptical about, you got this radio career in New Jersey, why are you leaving? Just packing up and going to Nashville. I'm like, it's what I feel like I need to do. Yeah. But for you, that feeling, you talk about those, um, those two instances that at Luke's and the guy coming up and just saying thank you, and you could see him wipe it wiping underneath his eyes. That's gotta be like, the most rewarding feeling as
Speaker 2 00:24:07 A writer's. That's in the end. And that's why I know after that happened, there was the time right after that too. This lady was from Britain. And she said, uh, she said, I don't know, I don't even know who you are, but I'm proud of you. And she was, she was bawling too. And obviously I'm a big woof, so I'm crying too. <laugh>. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So this, uh, but that's like, every time something like that happens, I'd find myself and I just look straight up and I'm like, this is why we do it like that. That's the, and there's nothing more rewarding. No amount of money, no, nothing else. That's that one moment is what it's all about. Doesn't matter if it's a room of 10 or how many, I haven't played for 10,000 yet, but hopefully one day. Yeah. And that's the kind of thing is like, you want, you wanna be looking right into those eyes. And when you see that and you feel that, that's literally the culmination of, of making it. Yeah. At least to me, that's what music's supposed to be about. Yeah. And I think back to the songwriting thing, taking this whole thing back around is that when people write a song, it needs to be with the idea, like music, there's, there's a therapeutic, um, element to music, but it's, it's gotta be written for somebody out there who, who needs some help and who who needs that kind of, uh, that power to kind of help them out.
Speaker 1 00:25:25 Yeah. Now, uh, look who decide to show up our video producer extraordinaire Cody, look
Speaker 4 00:25:32 Straight. Like he's about to, his dad's about
Speaker 2 00:25:34 To sue you if you mess him up. <laugh>.
Speaker 1 00:25:36 Yeah. He's, he's all, he's all decked out. Ready for ready for a fun day here in Nashville. Now speaking of, we got a big week coming up here in Nashville. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> something, I've something I've never experienced something. Uh, you didn't experience cma? I've never been to cma, but it's my only, my only, it's a Zoom man. My only times visiting to Nashville or, um, my only times visiting Nashville or in the fall previously before moving down here. Then I moved down here Halloween weekend. So I'd always heard about CMA Fest and growing up, I was actually telling Dakota last night, um, that me and my family, we would like making an event to, when they would air the performances at Nissan Stadium, we'd all gather round and watch it together on TV growing up. Now I'm actually here. What is CMA Fest like? Uh, for Did
Speaker 2 00:26:15 You, you're here for the draft, right? Yes. Yeah, that's, no, it's kind of like that. There was a lot of people, but it's just, and again, the, the streets get blocked off and there's, everybody is there for just country music and to get drunk, but country music No,
Speaker 1 00:26:30 No. Now, for you as a, as a guy that's performing on Broadway and as somebody that, that's doing this for a living, you, you are a country singer. You're a country singer songwriter. Uh, for you, what's it like having that many people in, in your neck of the woods for this kind of thing? Thing a, it's
Speaker 2 00:26:43 A really good, really good for exposure. Um, yeah. Um, I know people come with different preconceptions or sometimes misconceptions, but, um, of what to expect when they go and, and see somebody out on stage. Um, obviously if, if you've seen live music ever, it's not, you know, it's not like a record. It's not, it's, it's different. You've, but there's elements that you like, you know, you want to feel that live energy. And I think that's another thing people probably need to think about before they come here is that it's, in the end, the best performances, at least for me, are not the ones that are always on key. It's not the ones that, that are perfect. And every beginning and end to every phrase is just immaculate. It's, it's, he might go a little bit off key, but you that there's a transfer of energy from a singer to somebody in the audience.
Speaker 2 00:27:34 Um, and that's what it is. It's about, it's about that, that life that you can't explain, um, that gets transferred there. And that's, that's I think what live music is all about. So a lot of people do come and when they hear a note that's off key because they're so used to everything being in line and, and microscope in a studio that everything's, um, tuned up and perfect and everything. Um, that's, if I were to say anything to people coming into town as like, look, look for the soul of the music. That's, that's what live music really is supposed to be all about. We have enough tech now to where we can put enough reverb into something to where it's, it's not gonna sound that bad. Yeah. Um, unless you go to the Bluebird and that, man, I tell you what, like Bluebird, the reason I like it so dry like that too at the Bluebird is because it's, that's, it Lays a singer bear. You can't, it's like whiskey jam. There's not a ton of reverb. Yeah. But, um, I know at least down on Broadway, they've, they've got the gear to really kind of, to soak that up. Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:28:33 It's always funny. Uh, my old professor for sound, he always said, you know, if you put LA and reverb on suck, it's just gonna suck longer. <laugh>
Speaker 2 00:28:43 <laugh>.
Speaker 1 00:28:44 Now you brought, now you brought up the bluebird there. I've yet to go there. My only knowledge of the Bluebird, I know this isn't nice, this isn't good to say when you live in Nashville, is from watching the show Nashville, watching that growing up. Um, what is the Bluebird Cafe like?
Speaker 2 00:28:59 Um, I've been, I've sang the, the open mic. I've never had an actual gig there. Um, it takes, I know it's a, it's, there's a process or you have to know somebody to kind of get in there to do it otherwise, but yeah,
Speaker 3 00:29:09 There's like a tryout process usually.
Speaker 2 00:29:11 Yeah. Yeah. Um, but playing it was kind of cool. Um, played different or different strings there, which was kind of neat. Um, but it's, it's like when you singing it, when you have that mic like it, it sounds even different than what I'm hearing here right now in these headphones. It's, it's just kinda like, bam, it's slapped, it's there. It's, it's just, that's what it is. But what's cool about it is that he, he says, um, they always say before, just keep in mind, this is a listening room. Keep your, you know, if we'd like you to keep your talking to a minimum, um, the food, there was kind some of the best chicken tenders I think I've ever had there. Um, but it's, it's more of an experience to where you're listening to the song and every once in a while you get some great singers. But if you get some killer songwriters in there, even in the, the, uh, uh, the open mics. Um, but it's, it's kind of cool to see and a room packed full of people. It's not a huge room. There's a lot of people in it. Um, and to see all those people just undivided attention. Even, even, I know we just got back from the Key West Songwriters Festival. That's even a little bit different than what you get at a true listening room. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:30:17 You're the first guy that we've had on since, um, that, that went to Key West, that, that, um, that's since Key West that happened. What's the Key West Songwriter Festival like? Cuz that is on our list of places to go. We're gonna try to get us screwed down
Speaker 2 00:30:29 There. Me and me and Ryland are not gonna miss another year. Yeah. It's, it's a lot of fun. Um, what's interesting down there too is that the food is a little bit like, it's about as expensive as it is here, but the liquor is like half expensive.
Speaker 1 00:30:45 Oh no. <laugh> like, like I remember I was saying that's dangerous. No, I know why they do a festival there. Yeah, well
Speaker 2 00:30:51 It's like a, it's a week long songwriter social and that's where, I mean, I, I know the calisthenic part down there. That's why I made sure I counted. I wake up every morning at like seven and I walk down to the park and I, I do a full workout and then I get started on the rest of the day and it's, it was pretty cool. We didn't even think we were gonna play. We just wanna go experience it. And then we end up playing five times. Wow. So there's, there's like the main rounds and stuff that are put on by like BMI and, and all that. But then there's a bunch of people who get contracted from here. Like Gabby, Patrice had had her rounds that all she had to fill the entertainment at a, at Sandbar. We played there. We had, um, a through Big Vinny and I guess Hasty and Co they were doing the thing at Mary Ellens. Um, so we ended up, and a lot of people too, they'll have maybe sometimes they'll have too much fun and then they can't do around. You can kind of said, if you go down there and you don't plan to play, always bring your stuff because you might end up knowing somebody and bam, you're, you're on stage playing for, for people that are, that are listening to these songs. So it's, it's kind of neat. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:31:52 Yeah. Is that environment, the people that are down there, is that a listening crowd or is it more a party crowd? Cause Key West is a hard place to not party
Speaker 2 00:31:59 Well, when we, everybody listened to us, like, and that was cool that because it was a songwriter's fest. They, they really did listen, which was kind of cool. Now, when me and Ryland went last year, um, we did two weeks on Deval Street and actually did, did the like Broadway thing down there. That's me and Ryland had met. Um, oh wait, so for those of you who don't know Ryland's, uh, the guy that plays the fiddle that backs me up, yeah. Um, great guy, great family. His mom is a saint, an absolute saint. I've n I don't think I've met a nicer woman. Even my own mother's not as nice as that woman <laugh>. So, and my mother's a nice lady. Yeah. But, um, so we had had, hadn't really known each other. We did Whiskey Jam in Last May for my first one, then we did the June, um, big stages going on right now. And then we went to Key West and did two weeks. And that's how me and Ryland started kinda getting everything dialed in. Very different environment there for that than it was for the songwriters festival. Different crowd. But it's very, there's, there's, there's a lot of people drinking down there. Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 00:33:04 Yeah. I definitely want to go and, uh, and check that out someday. So you were also mentioned in Whiskey Jam, and that's a place that I've gotten to see, uh, I believe Tyler's first Whiskey Whiskey jam ever. Yeah. He's been in this town for six years. I think
Speaker 2 00:33:15 You're the only person I remember
Speaker 1 00:33:17 That Oh. Brought, so I brought Tyler to his first witch jam. I had been here, not even, I've been here for a full month and I've been to like four of these things already.
Speaker 2 00:33:24 Six years. And you hadn't been, man. Not no. Five years at this point.
Speaker 1 00:33:27 Five years. And he had never been. So it was on Thanksgiving. It was Thanksgiving night, I believe you, you were, you were playing that one with Riley. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:33:34 And we had just had a full Thanksgiving dinner too. Yeah. And got played. Ward was wearing the Turkey hat. Ryland was wearing his Turkey pants. The, the the dark white ears. Yeah. Yeah. Oh man, that was rough. Yeah, no, you got up on stage and, uh, my belt was so tight.
Speaker 1 00:33:48 Oh dude. I think all of our belts were tight. I had my first Southern Thanksgiving that day where with, uh, coat Bear and the, and the Tate family. And man, I didn't realize the mac and cheese is just a side dish with everything here. Like, I never thought that Mac and Cheese with Turkey, but it was freaking awesome. But that show at seen at Whiskey Jam too. Uh, what's getting on that stage, like for
Speaker 2 00:34:07 You that, so that stage is not as dry as like the Bluebird, but it's, it's, it's one of those things, and I've talked with somebody about this before. It has this, this way of stripping down all the front stuff from an artist and it literally shows them whatever it is with that stage, shows them for exactly who they are, which is really kind of cool getting up there. It's not like, you know, when you're, when you're seeing a a I've seen a lot of different people on a lot of different stages and there's something about that one that brings something different, um, out in somebody, which is, again, I've seen the same people on different stages and then on that one. And it's, there's something magical about it that's pretty cool. And
Speaker 1 00:34:47 There's something magical about that crowd because it's all people that
Speaker 2 00:34:49 Crowd is, is all it's,
Speaker 1 00:34:50 Well, it's, it's all people that that know good music. Yeah. It, it's all the tours for the most part stay out on Broadway and you've, you've got your locals, you've got people. Like that's where people find where, where the, that's a great place for, it's the Best
Speaker 2 00:35:03 Scout cross of a party crowd and a listening crowd. Yeah. That I think I've ever seen. That's the big if you, sometimes you have one, sometimes you have the other and you have to know how to address and treat each one. But when you get 'em both, that's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 00:35:14 Yeah. How'd you meet, uh, ward Gunther?
Speaker 2 00:35:17 Um, I had been kind of doing the whole process, emailing him and emailing him and emailing him, like the way that we do. Yeah. Um, to, to get in there. And then, uh, I finally, I think it was Hunter Price that, that got us to shake hands. And then, um, I think that's, that's kind of where it ended up. And the first one just went really well with the full band. Um, and I know the, the band I got was a bunch of guys that again, played for Highwire. It was Scar, Kevin Augburn. Um, again, the way I went <laugh>, I met Ryland on the fiddle was there was two o two spots I had to fill, or I had two names for Fiddle. One was a, was a girl. That's amazing. And then one was Ryland. And Ryland ended up becoming my best friend, but I <laugh> I picked his name out of a damn hat. <laugh>. Yeah. Yeah. And he Hess like, man, I thought you went and did homework call me and, and, and seen me play for And you thought I was You mean? I was, I told him. I was like, listen, I didn't know you were that good. Honestly, the first time I saw you, I walked into Tequila Cowboy and you were playing in there. I was like, man, who the heck is this guy? <laugh>? He seems like a jerk.
Speaker 1 00:36:25 Yeah. So he's, he's a country ass mother. Mother son of, he's from Wichita,
Speaker 2 00:36:29 Kansas. Oh, I mean, Kansas people like Yeah, they are. But like, he's, he's, he's, he's, yeah man, that's,
Speaker 1 00:36:36 And I'm sure you two have some wild stories from being out and playing gigs together
Speaker 2 00:36:39 Over the years. Some, there's some, there's some crazy people out there. I've seen, I've seen some wild moments. We all too <laugh>. They're, they're
Speaker 1 00:36:45 Great <laugh>. Now another, another guy that, and I had heard this story, believe through either Tyler or another friend and, um, a guy, uh, um, Aaron Lewis, I believe you had a conversation with him. This in was, this was in Midtown. So how did that all happen?
Speaker 2 00:37:00 Um, it was right after, when we finished, we closed the show with, uh, with Quickest Hands with the full band. Um, which was rare for you. We did that. Oh, yeah. Full band right now is, is rare. It's the, when I put a full band together, I don't think it's gonna be on Broadway, because that's, even though everything's mixed really well down there, I kind of wanna make sure I'm saving that voice and doing that full band thing for when it's like, it's a real show
Speaker 1 00:37:25 Showcase. So where, so where was this show? This
Speaker 2 00:37:26 Was at Whiskey
Speaker 1 00:37:27 Jazz. This was at Whiskey Jam. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:37:28 So it was the end of the first Whiskey Jam. And he had come in right at the last song. They pulled Ward Aside, apparently this says, ward telling me this. And he goes, who the hell are these guys? And he is like, oh, it's Greg Pratt and the band he put together. So Ward takes me over and, and just kind of puts our hands together and is like, y'all make friends, Greg, this is, uh, this is Aaron Lewis. And I was like, oh, crap. And I had, I had this moment where I was like, man, I, like, I don't, I don't know if I just crap my pants a little or something, but it's, it's, this is really cool. And he looked at me, he's like, what's up? Um, he's, he's like, listen, I just wanna tell you, don't ever change a damn thing you're doing.
Speaker 2 00:38:02 Don't let anybody tell you. Um, but what you're doing is wrong. Don't let them change you. Just do what you're doing and you're gonna be fine. So he's, he was really, really complimentary of the whole, of the whole kind of thing. Cause that I know what we do is, is very kind of, it's different as far as what's going on now, um, in country, which I'm, I'm happy about. But it's, it's also pretty cool cause we don't, we're not trying to be anybody else. And, and I'm not trying to be anybody else in who I am. So it, it's really cool to have all that kind of follow through and to have somebody who I respect, um, as a, as an artist. Um, and he's again, a guy that he doesn't take any crap. Yeah. Which is awesome. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:38:45 Yeah. Now for, so yeah, for you doing that tr doing the traditional stuff, and it's really starting to, starting to come back. Mm-hmm. Now, for you as a, as a guy, something we do each episode we have people look on their, I don't know if you're a Spotify guy or what, where you, where do you listen to your music? Who are some of the people that you're really jamming to right now?
Speaker 2 00:39:01 Right now? Um, a lot of it gets fed to me through Ryland. It's, uh, I do have listened to Hardy that when Ryland started covering the, the Red Necker, the new song I started. That's funny. It's like, that's, that's a good song. Um, I listened to, uh, I still listen to a lot of, like Waylon, Willie Mero, Garth Johnny Cash, the stuff that gets kind of put back on, um, the, uh, I listen to a little bit of Cody Johnson, but I should probably listen to some more. Um, but a lot of the stuff I listen to also, like when I jam out are my buddies, like Josh Wolf or I'll listen to, to some stuff that Davis Corley, again, that rider put out an amazing, sonically amazing and organic record a little while ago that if you, you really have to listen to it. Um, and, but it's, it's music that, that's really amazing and, and enjoyable.
Speaker 2 00:39:53 Um, but then sonically, when you put it on some good speakers, it's like, wow. It's like, it's, it's one of the coolest experiences sitting down and going through that record. Um, my buddy Markison Chandler put out a record, um, or, uh, he's been putting out a few singles. So I, I really try to like, make sure that if I'm jamming to somebody, it's people that, you know. Yeah. The classics. Yeah. There's people who are making it big right now, but there's a, there's a lot of people down there that are so undiscovered and talent that's looked over. And that's what I find most enjoyable is knowing these people and then seeing these songs that they put out. Um, and you, again, you never know.
Speaker 1 00:40:29 That's what's, that's, that's what's so cool about Spotify and Apple Music, like the streaming world. I discovered so many, so much new music mm-hmm. <affirmative> from, from doing that and clicking on different playlists and maybe not the Spotify playlist, but say like the raised, rowdy guys, they put out an awesome, that new country playlist and, and different things like that.
Speaker 3 00:40:45 And, uh, I, uh, I end up just going to like new music every week on Spotify and on stuff. And I go to genres. I go to the three, I go to country Americana and singer songwriter,
Speaker 2 00:40:55 The Americana scene. Really boosting up dude. Yeah. And they're good. There's a lot of really good people in there. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:40:59 Yeah. That's such a, that's such a genre that's big on writing. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. So it's a songwriter that's gotta be really cool to, um, to
Speaker 3 00:41:06 Check, check out. And it really, like with Americana, like, um, it doesn't have boundaries. Like you can,
Speaker 1 00:41:12 There's no box.
Speaker 3 00:41:13 Yeah. There is no box. You can be anything from folk, like just acoustic finger picking stuff all the way to like hard like country rock type stuff and being labeled Americana, which is really cool.
Speaker 1 00:41:26 Yeah, no, something I'm noticing with you, these boots, big old teray, what's the story with these boots? How long you had those guys? So
Speaker 2 00:41:33 I've actually have had these about a year. I think it's been a year. Um, but that's a lot from that tambourine being on there. And again, I'm, they're broke in now. Yeah. So I think I'm just gonna tape this up and have 'em be stage shoes. But like, again, I don't sit when I play. Yeah. It's like sitting at a songwriter round two. It drives me kind of nuts. I just gotta have all this energy. I gotta move around. It's, and that's my adhd. I have insane adhd. Hey dude.
Speaker 1 00:41:58 So do I high five? Do I
Speaker 2 00:42:00 <laugh>? But it's, uh, but this, uh, I actually got these, these are like $350 day in posts that there was this guy in Florida, um, <laugh>, it was, I think it was two Christmas days ago. Um, he had this posting on this, it's like a neighborhood thing for where you can like put something in this neighborhood group if you're selling it and, and sell it to somebody in your neighborhood right down the street. Makes it super easy. It's something they do a lot down there. Um, and he said, man, I only wore these twice, but they're about 12 years old. And me and my wife just don't square dance anymore, but I've been square dancing in 'em twice. And, and I just figured I was, I was like, okay. And I looked 'em up. I was like, holy crap, these are three 50 bucks. Um, this was after I bought 'em and he asked, he asked for, for I think, uh, two $10 bills.
Speaker 3 00:42:50 Wow.
Speaker 2 00:42:50 <laugh>. Wow. And I, I run 'em back here, started around, they're like, man, these were, well, they weren't like that. They were perfectly new. Well, no,
Speaker 1 00:43:00 I mean, these just the style of 'em. Those are nice boots.
Speaker 2 00:43:03 It's authentic,
Speaker 1 00:43:03 Just the
Speaker 2 00:43:04 Style. But now they're pretty, they're pretty, I mean, damn. Post they've got the mileage, baby.
Speaker 3 00:43:08 Yeah. Damn. Post boots are good. So,
Speaker 1 00:43:10 But, but it's the, these boots, that's the story. Like the church song. Like you've got stories wearing these boots and, and it shows the wear and tear. Like you're gigging, you're, you're a mu you're a musician that's out there doing it. And these are your kicks that you're, you're
Speaker 2 00:43:23 Rocking dance around five days a week.
Speaker 3 00:43:25 So Greg, you're out on Broadway and somebody doesn't want to tip you money. What alcohol do they tip you?
Speaker 1 00:43:34 <laugh>? Oh no.
Speaker 2 00:43:36 Good grief. Not all right. So this is funny. There was a Canadian that came in not too too long. There's
Speaker 1 00:43:43 Always a Canadian, they're, I say they're, I see more Ontario Canadian ideas. They're either trying to get you
Speaker 2 00:43:47 Or take us back to Canada is what they, every single group and they're all there to party. All right. So I'm, I'm gonna get back around to this. I've needed, since we're on the subject of Canadians. Yes. There's a bachelor party of Canadians, and, uh, this was the first floor of Luke's probably the funniest thing I think I've ever seen also, and, and hats off to this, this girl for taking it the right way. This, this girl was a two-star general that used to run Norad. And she's <laugh> sitting back there. They're having a good time. Um, hands me a challenge coin, uh, after I sang Toby Keith, courtesy of the red, white, and blue, and, uh, <laugh>, these, these Canadian guys have this blow up doll and they give this doll to the general and start taking pictures with her. Oh lord. And I'm like, oh god.
Speaker 2 00:44:34 And she took it really well. She, she, but that's, that's like down there, that tho like those people know how to party. I'm sorry. Yes. It's like, um, but, uh, so if there was this one Canadian girl, lovely. She's actually a, she, um, works in a metabolism lab up in Canada. So she's like, she's super smart. But you know, there's a thing where you can't really get up on stage with us because it's a, it's a liability thing. If you trip right and fall and break your neck, then everybody's nailed. Yeah. So usually you're not supposed, but she came up before I could say anything, got right up on stage and I was just like, whoa, okay. And she hands me this shot at tequila, and, and I, I looked at the color. I was like, is this what she's like, no, it's tequila. I was like, honey.
Speaker 2 00:45:26 And she literally says, she's like, I'm not getting off the stage until you take that. It's like, oh my gosh. So I ended up taking it. But if I had, if they don't want to tip me money, I would ask them to tip the bartenders first. And then if you do have to bring up alcohol, um, silver, tequila. Yep. So that my, so that every time I feel like I get brought up a, a shot of, of brown tequila, there's another little crack that appears in my soul because it, it just, I feel it down, down to that level and it, it hurts so bad. But, but
Speaker 3 00:45:59 I, uh, I know every time I see you and like I'm not working or something, I come see your show. Like, I start off, I walk in the bar and I always try to make it where you can't see me. Oh yeah. I mean, I'm, I'm tall, so you always end up seeing me before
Speaker 2 00:46:12 You're big, you're a big bastard.
Speaker 3 00:46:13 Kinda hard. She always, you always see me, but like, especially like at Jason's rooftop, like I always try to,
Speaker 2 00:46:19 Yeah, there's some, there's some, you can be sneaky up there.
Speaker 3 00:46:21 You can be sneaky up there. And I try to be stinky and I try to make it to where the first time you see me, I'm bringing you. And if Ryland's playing with you, just tequila.
Speaker 2 00:46:29 And I'm like, and I, we've had a, I mean, when I started playing Ry Ry playing with Ryland, uh, musically, and I, I told him it was like, one thing that I'm really big with is I tried to be careful cuz when you, um, start drinking and you're playing, that's, that's two things that really need to be, it's, it's hard to, to do that on Broadway and keep those separated because, um, that's part of the, that's what you're trying to sell down there. In essence. It's not, I try to tell people it's not exactly the music business down there, it's the bar business. You're all a team. You, you are a part of a team. You the busboy, the bartender, um, whatever it is, the bar back, the, the management. Everybody's working together. And when you do that and you work that way, it's a, it's a much more amazing place to work because everybody's on the same team.
Speaker 2 00:47:18 Um, so you, you are part of the experience, but it's different than going out and having your own show. Um, but especially for those people that are out there doing that, it's, there's a very fine line where you can drink too much and it can start very heavily impacting the way you play. So I need, I'm always trying to make sure that, you know, and again, Ryland will check me on it. I'll check Ryland on it, that if there's people buying us shots and stuff that we're careful, um, cuz that that can, there there have been people that have been fired for being being, you know, a little bit crazy on stage. Yeah. And that'll do that. But it's, it's, that's what life's about. Life's about balance. Um, and moderation even moderation and moderation. Sometimes you gotta go out and have a great time too. But that's, yeah. If there's something to bring up, the things that impacts me the least would be silver tequila.
Speaker 1 00:48:09 Yeah. Now one last thing before we have you break out that guitar and stuff. So when I was in Memphis, I went to a place, so me and from New York, I know the South Barbecue is huge. Barbecue is a big thing that Memphis Central Barbecue,
Speaker 2 00:48:21 Memphis, that's the place to get to
Speaker 1 00:48:23 Nachos, central Barbecue, the sweet
Speaker 3 00:48:25 Barbecue in, I still haven't been
Speaker 2 00:48:26 Out there to get
Speaker 1 00:48:27 It. Central Barbecue blows away anything in Middle Tennessee, I gotta say. Cause I've been in east Tennessee and I've had Calhouns and I've had the firehouse in Johnson seat. I've been to all these cool spots. Oh yeah, I've been, I've had, um, was it Papa, Papa Ca Joe's or something out in middle of nowhere. We went with Jacob, our internet guy and, and we were getting truck parts out of a junkyard and, and some weird part of Middle Tennessee. But, but, um, central Barbecue. Now if you're at Central Barbecue, what do you ordering?
Speaker 2 00:48:52 Uh, it's, it's the nachos. The nachos are always the best. Um, and there's a few places in Central now that's very different cuz in North Carolina, I think there's a little bit more mustard based or something. Oh,
Speaker 3 00:49:04 North Carolina is split. It's uh, the east side is all mustard. The west side is all like vinegar
Speaker 2 00:49:09 Based. Yeah. So it's a little bit of, of a cake. Memphis has that sweet barbecue. Yes. Yeah. In Central. Central like rendezvous Good. I use their dry, more of their dry stack though. Like I, I put dry stack on my burgers since I was like 10. Yeah. Um, but, and you can buy that stuff in Memphis at the store. Um, they just have dry stack rend be seasoning, which is awesome. But that central's a place. And, and I would definitely,
Speaker 1 00:49:33 Yeah, when I, I was out the road with, uh, with Ethan Willis and Ethan was like, bro, we we're gonna go to Central Barbecue. It's, it's, and we, we were cutting really tight with, with sound check and everything and he was like, we're going to Central Barbecue. And we went and it was a great decision. So if you're ever out Memphis, Tennessee, go to Central Barbecue. Get those damn nachos. Now, Greg, where can people find you at?
Speaker 2 00:49:50 Um, you find me on Instagram at Greg Pratt Country's G r e G p r a T Country. Um, uh, do have a website, uh, www.gregprattcountry.com. Uh, music's also on Spotify and well, it's, it's all the above. Um, I guess transferred through TuneCore, which is a great company. Um, but there, I know there's two projects out. Um, as far as playing out live, uh, there's a schedule I post on Instagram every week.
Speaker 1 00:50:17 Awesome. And any new music coming soon? Um,
Speaker 2 00:50:19 We're actually in the process. We're about, about to go back into the studio. So there's, there's some good stuff coming through. Awesome,
Speaker 1 00:50:26 Man. Congrats on that. That, that's huge. Now we got that guitar over there. What song do you wanna play for us
Speaker 2 00:50:30 Today? Man? I'll probably play
Speaker 1 00:50:31 Play You Quicken. So what, what do you, uh, what, what's, uh, what song do you wanna That's
Speaker 2 00:50:36 Probably like, uh, quickest Hands.
Speaker 1 00:50:37 Quickest Hands. Ooh, sweet. Now what went into that one?
Speaker 2 00:50:41 Uh, uh, I think it
Speaker 5 00:50:43 Was
Speaker 2 00:50:44 Some, boy, I know it was me, Davis Corley and Mark Addison Chandler that wrote it. Um, and it was, we needed something that, that was gonna be just, just a burner that you could, uh, get out there and I can actually do my guitar thing. Um, but we needed kind of a, a song that was, that was easy for the audience to kind of get into, um, and have a part in. And, um, it ended up being really working out really cool. Especially after I adding some of Ryland's fiddle to it. Um,
Speaker 1 00:51:10 Yeah, it's a, it's a bad, it's a badass too. I've seen you play that out live. Well guys, thank you for listening to episode 14. Yeah, episode 14 of In the Round. Wow. We, we made it to episode 14. Holy cow. We come if we haven't tried to kill each other yet, Tyler, it's been good. But, uh, but guys, thanks for listening. Happy you know of <laugh> wherever. Yeah, wherever, wherever you're listening, make sure you throw a review up there. Hit that subscribe button if you aren't already. Give us a nice little rating if you like it. Remember, uh, at map, at just a wandering, not wandering the way he says wandering wander. It sounds like wandering wander his damn south Alabama acts whatever man. Sounds like he's wandering all the time. <laugh>. And, uh, shout out to the Dakota of Bear for taking all the good pictures and videos showing up a little late today, but we're gonna work on that. Looking
Speaker 3 00:51:53 Like his dad's about to sue you.
Speaker 1 00:51:55 Yeah. No, but we're hope you guys, uh, enjoyed this one. Now without further. So Greg, do, oh geez.
Speaker 3 00:52:00 I do wanna say this. Greg, you have one of my favorite toast and this is how I wanna end the episode.
Speaker 2 00:52:06 Which one?
Speaker 1 00:52:07 Tell us about how
Speaker 3 00:52:08 We're all gonna go
Speaker 1 00:52:08 To heaven. Oh,
Speaker 2 00:52:10 <laugh>. What is it? When we drink, we get drunk. We get drunk, we get sleepy, we get
Speaker 1 00:52:14 Sleepy, we fall asleep. Hopefully while we're
Speaker 2 00:52:17 Asleep, we're committing no sin. Commit no sin. We hopefully go to heaven. So let's all get drunk and go to heaven.
Speaker 1 00:52:22 Oh boy.
Speaker 2 00:52:23 Hopefully not today.
Speaker 1 00:52:24 <laugh>. Without further ado, here's Mr. Greg Pratt with Quickest. Hands on in the round
Speaker 5 00:52:52 There it is.
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Speaker 0 00:54:40 Got the
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