Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign.
Come on.
This is Outside the Round with Matt Burrill for Rage Rowdy Podcast.
What's going on, guys? Welcome back to Outside the Round with me, Matt Burrell. Today, a very special guest. He's a boy from Alabama, from Birmingham, one of my favorite states in the country. I claim it as my. My third or fourth home, depending on how you look at. It's been a lot of time down there. He's been crushing it. He's been out on the road. He recently got up here to town. We've got our boy, Miles Morgan.
[00:00:40] Speaker B: What's going on?
[00:00:41] Speaker A: Thank you for joining me on a Monday morning.
[00:00:43] Speaker B: It's an honor to be here. I'm so excited, dude.
[00:00:45] Speaker A: And this is the first podcast.
[00:00:46] Speaker B: First podcast I've ever done.
[00:00:47] Speaker A: Let's go. I am so honored to be your first brother. Well, how has life been treating you here? Because it's been about a month or two since I've seen you.
[00:00:56] Speaker B: Yep, it's been. It's been going really good. We've been busy. We just started first fall tour, the I Still Got it tour, and we've gone and opened for some cool people and done some headline stuff. We still got a lot of stuff to do for the rest of the fall. But, yeah, I just moved to Nashville like a month ago now or a month and a half ago, and I'm. I'm fresh, but I'm having a good time meeting as many people as I can.
[00:01:17] Speaker A: That's awesome, man. Yeah, I see out at the bars pretty frequently where you're out there networking, the guys that you have in your band, and you guys all moved up together. Together, right?
[00:01:25] Speaker B: Well, a couple of them already lived here. Jack Mills. You know about Jack?
[00:01:29] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:01:29] Speaker B: He lives in Nolensville, so he's not too far. And then. But we all met at the University of Alabama, so.
And then my drummer, he lives in Manchester, so he wasn't too far. And then guitar player lives in Huntsville, so.
[00:01:44] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:01:44] Speaker B: It's all pretty. Pretty close.
[00:01:46] Speaker A: Yeah. And that's one of the beauties of being from a place like Alabama. You're not far from Nashville. Like, there's so many guys that come up when they need to, whether it's in Alabama, Georgia, or Mississippi, where you're in one of those border states, so it's nice. And growing up in Birmingham, one of the. To me, the most underrated music cities and music states is Alabama. Like, the guys and girls that have come out of there even in the past decade. I mean, you look at the Riley's, the. The Muscadine boys, who I'm close with. Trey Lewis, Ella Langley, Jamie Johnson. And you go back to talking. You have. You have a Mills in your band. And the. The king of Alabama, Wayne Mills. What's it like coming from the local scene of Alabama, just growing up with music around you?
[00:02:27] Speaker B: It's awesome.
Riley in particular has been a huge inspo of mine and an influence of me since before I even started doing music. I've always been a huge music fan, and Riley was one of the first guys that I was like, man, I really like this guy. And then I found out he was from Bama and I was like, I like him even more now. He's a quarterback at jsu, so.
But yeah, I was. I was a sporty guy myself. I played baseball and played football and basketball when I was younger, but baseball my whole life. But Bama, Bama, people I've always resonated with. And I've been a Bama fan my whole life. So anyone and everyone is. I mean, there's a ton of country music legends that come out of Alabama, so it's been a pleasure to get to meet some of these people and work with them.
[00:03:06] Speaker A: Yeah. And getting to go to school in Teatown in Tuscaloosa. And I always tell people, I'm like, if you haven't been, even if you don't go down for a football weekend, which I got to go to an iron bowl a few years ago, it was frick. Freaking awesome. But. But the music scene of just how many venues are down there? Like, I know Two dimes just opened up. I know that. Like Galettes, Red Shed. I believe you guys have a. An industry down there, right?
You guys have rounders. Like, there's so many spots for you guys to come up and play. So were you doing that when you were in school?
[00:03:38] Speaker B: Absolutely.
So I'm born in Birmingham and then I spent. Spent like my whole life in Birmingham until senior year of high school. I lived up on 280. And then Junior year of high school is when I got a guitar for the first time. I'm gonna go into the.
[00:03:52] Speaker A: Yeah. Do it. Do it. Hit it, man. Hit it.
[00:03:54] Speaker B: So junior year of high school, I was playing baseball. I went to Spain Park High School, and I got a guitar that year. Started picking around. Like I was telling you about Riley Green. He was one of the first, like, most of the first songs that I was learning were all Rally Green songs.
[00:04:11] Speaker A: Just because that's where in the catalog. Like what songs?
[00:04:13] Speaker B: Like the outlaw us type era.
That was like, second song I ever learned. So, yeah, I was picking around a little bit, wasn't doing a whole lot. And then senior year, I moved to Orange beach and started playing baseball over there. And that was really what opened up, like, me starting to play actual gigs and stuff. And the first show that I ever played, I got to where I could play, like, eight songs.
[00:04:40] Speaker A: And.
[00:04:41] Speaker B: And I was going around with my dad in the truck one day, and I was like, I'm gonna go knock on some doors of some restaurants and see who I can play for. So went to GTs on the bay. If you're. If you've been down to Orange beach, you know where that is. And I went to Doc Seafood. They're booked up for the summer. Everybody I went to is like, sorry, kid, we're booked up. And I was like, yeah, I figured. But we went to go eat lunch at this place called Jenny Lane, which is, like, tucked away in the back of the wharf. And I was like, hey, I. I'm not really looking for a spot to play, like, right now, but if y' all have got any openings anytime soon, I'd love to try to play a solo acoustic gig. And they're like, oh, shoot. Well, we actually just had a cancellation for Friday, and it was a Wednesday. And they were like, yeah, you can play from six to nine. And it's the concert. Whiskey Myers concert that night. And I was like, oh, my gosh. And it was also Cinco de Mayo, so it was gonna be, like, huge. And I agreed to it, knowing how to play, like, eight songs. And I was like, I gotta go learn, like, a million songs right now.
[00:05:35] Speaker A: Three hours worth of music, right?
[00:05:37] Speaker B: So I went back to the table, and I was like, dad, I got. I got a gig, but we gotta learn some music, like, right now. So I went home the next night or that night and learned, like, 40 songs or something. And they were all Riley Green songs. And it was like Riley and Morgan. And then came back and played on that Friday, and it was crazy. I've still never seen that many people at Jenny Lane Steakhouse before. There was a rain delay before the concert, and so all the people that were gonna go early, like, got trapped at the wharf, and they all piled into Jenny Lane. There was. There was, like, 300 people in there.
[00:06:10] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:06:10] Speaker B: Standing around, and I'm. I'm, like, scared to death. Never played a song in front of anybody before.
So that was. That was a fun first experience. But you. You talking about Tuscaloosa?
[00:06:19] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:06:20] Speaker B: So I kept playing over the Summer in Orange Beach. I started playing. Then Doc saw that I was playing at Jenny Lane all the time. And they were like, hey, come play for us.
[00:06:29] Speaker A: Funny how the bar kids work where they see. They're like, oh, wait, this kid's doing well here. Let's get him at our joint. And then you can book out a whole weekend in one town at three or four different places.
[00:06:40] Speaker B: So we started playing along the coast that summer, and I got pretty comfortable playing solo acoustic gigs. And then before I went to Bama for freshman year, I got an opportunity to play at the Florabama for the first time.
[00:06:53] Speaker A: God bless the Floribama.
[00:06:55] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. One of the greatest places on earth, dude.
[00:06:57] Speaker A: It. It is like you're living in a Riley Green or a Kenny Chesney song. And everybody. That's everybody has come up playing the. Playing the main room upstairs or playing the dome stage or playing out at the yacht club or. Dude, one of my absolute favorite places. We're going there in November for the Frank Brown Songwriters Festival.
[00:07:13] Speaker B: I just played there last year.
[00:07:14] Speaker A: Oh, no.
[00:07:15] Speaker B: Yeah. That's a super cool event.
[00:07:17] Speaker A: Yeah. It's our first time going down there for the. For the Songwriters Festival. But that's a special place. I always tell people. Get your start at the bama.
[00:07:23] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, 100%. If I. If I was going to recommend anybody to start doing music, go work your way into the Flor Bama and be cool and make friends with everybody over there, because those are the best people you'll ever meet. Yeah. And so I did play at the yacht club. That was the first gig. And then went to Tuscaloosa. Here we go. And I realized I'd been seeing a bunch of people play at the Bama. And I was like, everybody's got a full band. I don't have a band. I don't know what to do. I gotta start asking people around for a band. But I knew Jack, and I actually met him at the Florida Bama, funny enough.
[00:07:54] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:07:54] Speaker B: And I met him senior year. There's a guy named River Dan playing that night.
[00:07:59] Speaker A: I know. I know River Dan. I know River Dan. I know Big Earl. I know all those characters.
[00:08:03] Speaker B: So River Dan was up there ripping it, and Jack got on stage and played a song with River Dan. I was like, this kid's sick. Like, I need to be friends with this guy. So stayed in touch with Jack, and then we were talking on Facetime the whole summer. Like, can't wait to go to Tuscaloosa, dude. And. And he's A grade behind me. So I was, he was still in high school when I was a freshman over there. But we got there and I was like looking around for some band members and trying to ask people that I knew and texting in the Tuscaloosa band to group me. Like hey, somebody play bass or something.
[00:08:32] Speaker A: That is how you know there is a great, it is a great college town for music. When there is a Tuscaloosa band, guys group me.
[00:08:39] Speaker B: Yeah, there's like 300 people in a group me and they're all just musicians.
[00:08:42] Speaker A: That's awesome.
[00:08:43] Speaker B: So I got put in that and I was like, okay, now I can, now I can find some people. But Jack got to Tuscaloosa and that's when we really started playing. We were playing at Galettes on game days and we were playing at Innisfree. We were playing it Rhythm and Bruise, Coppertop, all those places. And I love, I love that it's special being able to play the same rooms that Wayne played when he was in Tuscaloosa and doing it with Jackson. That's. It's super cool. So. But playing in Tuscaloosa was so much fun.
[00:09:13] Speaker A: You learn how to entertain a crowd that's dialed into you. But you also learn how to, how to play in front of a crowd that might not give a fuck that you're on the stage. Might not give a damn. Like they're just in there drinking, having their thirsty Thursday or their, their game day eve on a Friday or pre game or post game. But then you start, you learn how to win them over.
[00:09:31] Speaker B: Yep. Not everybody's looking for the music or who's playing or wants to be pay attention to you. And you, you figure that out the hard way sometimes.
[00:09:39] Speaker A: But then you have to win them over.
[00:09:41] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:09:41] Speaker A: And you learn how to. You learn how to. Oh, the room's packed now is when I'm going to play Dixie Land Delight. You know, like you, you save your heavy hitters for when you have them dialed in, man.
[00:09:52] Speaker B: That's right.
[00:09:53] Speaker A: What were those early gigs in Teton like?
[00:09:55] Speaker B: Man, they were, they were crazy. We the first. I'm trying to think back to the first gig I played in Tuscaloosa. I played Galettes pretty early.
It's funny enough I, you know. Do you know Derek Purdy?
[00:10:07] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:10:08] Speaker B: So he, he owns Galettes and we've been buddies with him for a little bit. But Kevin Meads is my agent now and, and one day I was playing a Galettes game day over there and Kevin just happened to be there And I got introduced to him randomly like half a year before I even knew that any of this stuff was going to happen. And so. I mean, you never know who you're going to run into.
[00:10:29] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:10:29] Speaker B: And so I was just meeting as many people as I could. And I played like three or four game days at Galette's. And then I think. I know I played at Druid City Social one time. And then I played multiple gigs at Rhythm. That's definitely Rhythm.
[00:10:46] Speaker A: And Bruise is a spot to cut your teeth there ever has been one.
[00:10:49] Speaker B: That's probably one of my favorites, if not my favorite places to play in Tuscaloosa. That's a fun.
[00:10:54] Speaker A: What separates it from a Galettes or a Copper Top or one of those other ones? Because you have so many options.
[00:10:59] Speaker B: Right. It's kind of like. Well, first of all, the stage and the. The actual just room that you have to work with is a much better setup than some of the other venues. Like you got a cool light show and you got someone who's actually running sound. And the point of being there is to listen to music. And it's kind of like the only honky tonk bar over there.
[00:11:17] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:11:17] Speaker B: So people are definitely there to hear you and have a good time and get drunk, listen to music. So it's good environment for the crowd. And then you get a big stage to run around on. Have fun.
[00:11:28] Speaker A: So yeah, man. You learn how to perform. And that was the thing that when I first saw you placed. I think the first time we saw you play was that I saw you.
[00:11:35] Speaker B: Play was in the parking lot at CMA Fest.
[00:11:37] Speaker A: At CMA Fest. We got to. I got to introduce you and Tiffany McKeever and a lot of the other young bucks. And that was such a opportunity. Yeah, man. He's a great kid.
[00:11:46] Speaker B: Bottomland was there that day.
[00:11:48] Speaker A: Yeah, Bottomland was there. I'm gonna be seeing them in a couple weeks in Texas. It's like. But I remember watching you play and I was like, oh, I can tell. This kid came up in the scene where he had the lure because there's a lot of guys and girls that have something pop and don't know how to play a show. I feel like getting that experience young and getting reps with your guys and knowing how to get in front of people for. Prepares you for that.
[00:12:11] Speaker B: Yep. You gotta. You gotta learn quick how to put on a show and make the people who's watching you love you. And my.
The only thing I do is just go out there and try not to worry about anything. Obviously you get nervous every time you go on stage. Before you go on stage, I always say, like, if you're not getting nervous, there's something wrong because you should be. It doesn't matter if you're going out in front of three people or 30,000 people.
[00:12:32] Speaker A: Yeah, man. You move around. You're high.
[00:12:34] Speaker B: That's what I was gonna say. I'm very high energy on stage. I'm trying to pump up the crowd and pump myself up. You had me going crazy because you gave me that insane intro and you were like, I was ready to run through a brick wall, dude. Like, I was awesome. It was fun.
[00:12:49] Speaker A: Yeah, man. I mean, that's what I like to do is I want to make whoever's coming and playing, whether it's a writers round or it's one of our full band things or I'm at a festival, I want to make whoever I'm introducing feel like the most important person in that moment. Because you are. People are there to watch the music and you're the guy that's doing it. And the guys in the house band are the guys that are doing. The guys in your band are the guys that are doing it or girls playing rounds or whatever, you know, it's. So now getting to be on the road. You've gotten to go up to New Jersey, right?
[00:13:14] Speaker B: Yes.
That was crazy.
[00:13:16] Speaker A: You were. That's my old stomping grounds. I'm a New York boy, so I used to. I used to do shows all up and down Jersey. Where in Jersey was that again?
[00:13:23] Speaker B: It was Wildwood. Yes, Wildwood. It was for Barefoot Country Music Fest.
[00:13:28] Speaker A: That place, Wildwood. That is our, like where you go and make bad decisions. When you're like your high school senior week when you're in New York, you go down, the whole senior class goes down the Wildwood and like gets tattoos, the airbrush, T shirts. It's like, it's like our version of Panama City and Wildwood. I saw Tim McGraw there back in my drinking days years ago on the 4th of July, and it was crazy. So I can only imagine a full scale festival there.
[00:13:52] Speaker B: That was the first time I'd ever been to like really up north and seen a place like that. And it was so cool because I didn't know what to expect as far as the people.
[00:14:01] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:14:01] Speaker B: I was like, all right. I don't know if we're going to get a bunch of northerner assholes or we're going to get some nice people.
[00:14:07] Speaker A: Do these people even like country music? Right.
[00:14:09] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. It's insane. They're, like, the nicest people ever. And it's a very cool culture and community up there because they definitely have their own thing, but they're almost.
Or at least the part of Wildwood that I was in or, you know, around that area, they were as welcoming and. And warm as Southern people. They just do their own thing. They're just northerners.
[00:14:28] Speaker A: And we appreciate the music because we don't get it all the time. You go to Syracuse University or University of Albany or Rutgers, there's not a country band playing. You know, like, we only get it in spurts. I used to drive four, five, six hours to go to a concert, like, because it was so. So sparky. Yeah. Like, I'd see Brantley Gilbert in Maine, or I'd see Dirks Bentley, like, four hours away in Hershey, Pennsylvania, because we didn't have the shows all the time, you know, so there's people that travel for. From all over the place to get down there. And you got to play one of the side stages down there. Right.
[00:15:01] Speaker B: And I played a side stage on the second day, I believe, but I was on the main stage on Sunday.
[00:15:07] Speaker A: Oh, wow.
[00:15:07] Speaker B: That was super cool. There was. I mean, I've never been. Actually, the first opportunity that I had, like, that was put on by the same people. It was ccmf.
[00:15:17] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:15:17] Speaker B: And that was bucket.
[00:15:18] Speaker A: I haven't been to that one, but we go to a lot of festivals. That's a bucket list festival for us. Carolina Country Music Fest. That's a huge one. That A Myrtle, right?
[00:15:26] Speaker B: That was first time I've been to Myrtle beach, too. And it was raining big time this past festival. So, like, things did not go according to plan, but it worked out perfectly because we got to go do our set. And then immediately after we were done, it was rain delay, and so we were, like, the last people to play that day until nighttime and Megan Maroney came on. I was like, well, that worked out pretty good because we drove all the way up here and may not be able to play, but we got it in. So. Yeah.
But, yeah, that CCMF was awesome. BCMF was awesome. Getting to meet all those people and. And, I mean, these people have been idols of mine for a long time, and I just get to be like, hey, I'm Miles. How are you doing? And have a conversation with them.
[00:16:11] Speaker A: Yeah. What's been a cool experience of meeting, like, one of the OGs or one of the guys at Girls Doing it for a while now.
[00:16:18] Speaker B: I. I mean, at Barefoot, I Got to meet Lainey Wilson, and she was super, super down to earth.
[00:16:23] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:16:24] Speaker B: And she knows all about Alabama and. And the whole scene. I got to talk to her about what I'm doing, what I came up doing. She's like, one of the nicest people I've ever met.
[00:16:33] Speaker A: She's always been like that.
[00:16:34] Speaker B: Yeah. You can tell.
[00:16:35] Speaker A: I met her when I first moved to town back in 2018, and she was. She was still playing rounds at that point. Like, she had. Was just getting ready to sign her deal.
[00:16:43] Speaker B: She cut her teeth for a while.
[00:16:45] Speaker A: Yeah, man. She. And coming up playing in bars like you, you know, like that same thing that you and your guys were doing. Her and her guys were, you know.
[00:16:54] Speaker B: Yep. So I was just trying to meet as many people as I could. I met Sam Barber and I met Averana. They were both there at Barefoot, and Warren Ziders was up there. And everybody's just so cool. Like, they're. Everyone's down to have a conversation and be cool with you. It's awesome.
[00:17:12] Speaker A: It's a big family, and you coming in like you are, and other guys and girls coming in. You're like the little brothers, the little sisters. You're like the thing. Because not too long ago, Sam Barber and Averiano were in your shoes, like, within the last four years, three years, you know, so it's. They. They understand it, man. And growing up, did you go to a lot of concerts?
[00:17:34] Speaker B: I went to an Eric Church concert when I was really little, and actually my first concert I ever went to was a Justin Bieber concert.
[00:17:42] Speaker A: Oh, okay.
[00:17:43] Speaker B: I was 8 years old, and I had no idea what to expect, but I was. I had Bieber Fever.
[00:17:47] Speaker A: Was that bjcc?
[00:17:49] Speaker B: Yes, it was.
[00:17:50] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:17:51] Speaker B: Do you remember that? Do you know that concert? Oh, you're saying.
[00:17:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I know that venue. I know bjcc. Was there something special about that one or.
[00:17:58] Speaker B: I don't know. I mean, not that I can remember. It was a long time ago, but I just know that was the first one. And then I went to Eric Church, and then when I turned 10, I went to go see Jason Aldean at the Wharf.
[00:18:08] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:18:09] Speaker B: Florida Georgia Line and Tyler Farr were playing with him. I was like, this is so.
[00:18:13] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. What's so cool about looking back on shows like that is who the Openers were. I remember my first time seeing Aldean. It was at Madison Square Garden. It was my senior year of high school, so 2013, and it was Aldean, Jake Owen, Barefoot Blue G Knight had just Come out like, Jake Owen was freaking going for it. And then Thomas Rhett was opening acoust solo acoustic.
[00:18:33] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:18:33] Speaker A: He had, like, beer with Jesus. Like, the early, early baby Thomas Rhett.
[00:18:38] Speaker B: Like, that is so crazy.
Like, it's funny seeing superstars being openers.
[00:18:43] Speaker A: Everybody does it. And that's what you're doing now. You've gotten to open some shows with Miranda Lambert.
[00:18:48] Speaker B: Yeah, right.
[00:18:49] Speaker A: What was that like?
[00:18:50] Speaker B: We've opened for Miranda. We just played State Fair West Virginia with Miranda. And that was so awesome.
[00:18:56] Speaker A: West Virginia is a very different place.
[00:18:58] Speaker B: Yes. And they are. They love country music over there. They're ready to get down. They. They were raised rowdy, for sure.
[00:19:04] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:19:05] Speaker B: But that was a super cool experience. We got to drive up there. We just got a couple sprinter vans. So we're. That's what we're touring the country right now in.
[00:19:13] Speaker A: And there's something special about being in a van with your boys. Oh, yeah, there's something special. That's what it was like when I was with Muscadine. It was before they had gotten the bus. Right. Before Coven. Then a lot of my trade touring was done in a van. And there's something about being in with your guys. You start out the run, you're so excited. It's like seven or eight hours to the first gig. And then.
[00:19:33] Speaker B: And there's always problems.
[00:19:34] Speaker A: There's always something. A trailer wheel bearing will go out or something, or the AC will cut off or the heat will cut off or something. Something happens. But there's just something about that bonding of being in a close space.
[00:19:46] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:19:46] Speaker A: With your guys.
[00:19:47] Speaker B: 100.
[00:19:47] Speaker A: It's like family, man. Like, all you guys are necessary. It is. It's. It's a step that you have to take. You can't just get to the bus or the private jet right away, you know?
[00:19:56] Speaker B: No, you gotta. You gotta make it happen first. But yeah, West Virginia was amazing. We went up there and got to see soundcheck and. And that was the first time I've been in. Just a huge. Look to me, like an arena type venue. And I just saw all the stands and I was like, this is crazy.
[00:20:14] Speaker A: There's gonna be a person in every.
[00:20:16] Speaker B: Oh, I know. There's like 8,500 people there. And I was like, this is ridiculous. But we saw soundcheck and all the behind the scenes. That was. First time I had my own, like, green room type thing with my name on the door. And I was like, this is the coolest thing I've ever seen.
And so, yeah, we Were. And then Miranda was super, super great. As. As usual. She put on a show and she got done. And I got to go up and talk to her because Joey is really close with Miranda.
[00:20:42] Speaker A: Yeah, man. He's been there since her square one.
[00:20:44] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. And he was talking to her about me before that show, and she got off the bus after, and she was like, hey, Miles, great job up there. Just wanted to come say what's up to you. And I was like, oh, my gosh, this is so cool. But she was super nice. And. Yeah, it's. It's amazing getting to do all this stuff. I'm just trying to make the most of it, dude.
[00:21:03] Speaker A: And I'd say you are. And I'm looking at the dates you have coming up here, and you're going to some of my. Like, it's cool because not too long ago, like, with Trey and Muscadine, we were doing these same venues like Wendell's Dip and Branch, one of the rowdiest little honky tonks in existence, man. Ashlyn Craft used to be the house band there. Like, I love that place.
[00:21:22] Speaker B: Really.
[00:21:22] Speaker A: Ned Kelly's one of. We'll talk about it off the mic. One of the most chaotic nights in touring that I ever experienced in my five years. Show was great. When I was with Trey and Ella opened up for Statesboro, Georgia, one of my favorite. Have you been to Statesboro before?
[00:21:37] Speaker B: I haven't, bro.
[00:21:39] Speaker A: You're gonna love it. You and the boys. Statesboro, it's the birthplace of bro country. It's where, like, Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell, Gavin Adcock, Dylan Marlowe. It's where all of them came up.
[00:21:48] Speaker B: That's so sick.
[00:21:49] Speaker A: Similar to Teatown, where it's a. It's a college town that just loves music.
[00:21:53] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:21:53] Speaker A: And. And you're playing on Southern Social. That'll be like Eddie's addict. That'll be like a cool, intimate kind of show. G. How cool is it to go back to Galettes and like, be playing your own show versus all the. All the. Think of all the game days that you played at. At Rhythm and Bruise and.
And G and Coppertop, and now you're getting to go back there and play your show.
[00:22:12] Speaker B: It's awesome.
[00:22:13] Speaker A: It.
[00:22:13] Speaker B: It really is. Like, going to play a. A headline show and play your original music and put your own show on and doing it at the same place is. Is definitely full circle moment.
[00:22:25] Speaker A: And the family's gonna be there, man. You have a supportive family.
[00:22:27] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:22:28] Speaker A: Because they all came up when we had you play at Duck Blind. I was like a month or two ago. Yeah, I think maybe three months ago. Time friggin flies. But I remember like you had a big contingency of like homies that came up.
[00:22:38] Speaker B: I've definitely got to give a huge shout out to my mom and my dad. They're always here for me and they've been there for me from the very beginning. Like once they realized I wanted to go all in with country music, they were like, all right, if we're gonna do it, we gotta do it the right way. And we sat down and tried to start figuring it out. Like we're gonna go all the way. Diving into it. So they've been, they travel all the time. My dad works in Birmingham and he's trying to come up to Nashville as much as he can still go down. He's got a construction company in Orange beach, so he's gotta go down there all the time.
[00:23:09] Speaker A: Construction, Orange Beach. He stays busy.
[00:23:11] Speaker B: Oh yeah, big time. Stays very busy. So they're burning up the road, but they're always at every single gig they can come to and they've, they've been very supportive.
[00:23:19] Speaker A: Yeah man. Do you have any brothers and sisters?
[00:23:21] Speaker B: I do not.
[00:23:21] Speaker A: Oh sir.
[00:23:22] Speaker B: Only child.
[00:23:23] Speaker A: Only child. Man. What's it like growing up as an only child? Cuz I had, I had a brother and sister that were two years younger than me that were twins, but I never, I, I can't imagine like being an only child. But I guess it makes you closer with your parents that way, right?
[00:23:37] Speaker B: For sure. I, I definitely have a, A brother like relationship with my dad. I would say.
[00:23:43] Speaker A: That's cool to hear.
[00:23:44] Speaker B: Yeah, it's super cool. He's like my dad, but also he's like my best friend and we definitely like butt heads sometimes. But it is what it is. It's. It's normal stuff. But yeah, it's. Sometimes I wish I had a brother that's like around my age because my dad does have a brother and he's almost identical person. Like they look the same, they're both six, five and huge. They talk the same when they're having a conversation at family dinners and stuff. It's like hilarious.
[00:24:11] Speaker A: So what's your uncle's name?
[00:24:13] Speaker B: Mike.
[00:24:13] Speaker A: Mike. Uncle Mike.
[00:24:14] Speaker B: Mike and Steve.
[00:24:16] Speaker A: And Steve.
[00:24:17] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:24:17] Speaker A: That's awesome.
[00:24:18] Speaker B: So.
But yeah, sometimes I wish I had a brother just to be wild with and go get in trouble and stuff. But I've got a lot of best friends that I consider brothers, so we've, we've had our fair share.
[00:24:30] Speaker A: Yeah man, you Got. You got four guys with you on the road. Like you've got your brothers.
[00:24:34] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:24:35] Speaker A: You got your touring family too. You know, man, I'm looking at these other rooms too. You get to go to Hattiesburg. Brusque is one of my favorite back to back. Or you get to play proud. Larry's in Oxford. That's fun.
[00:24:45] Speaker B: I'm excited for that.
[00:24:46] Speaker A: SEC country is just different and you know it from growing up in. In growing up around Bama and stuff. Like, it's just the, the kids there in those college towns just love music.
[00:24:56] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, 100%.
[00:24:58] Speaker A: And so many guys come up doing that. Like, that's. That's the Corey Smith, Brantley, Gilbert Muscadine bloodline. Riley Green, John Langston honeyhole. Going to those rooms, you know, so that's like the way you gotta. That's. That's the perfect way to get your feet wet. Doing touring is for your first tour to be in the fall when school's in session too.
[00:25:15] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, yeah. We just opened for Muscadine recently, like last week.
[00:25:19] Speaker A: Yeah, that was down at the.
[00:25:21] Speaker B: That was a Sand Mountain amphitheater in Albertville. Yeah, that place is super nice.
[00:25:26] Speaker A: Yeah, that's like a newer that. That hasn't been there that long, has it?
[00:25:29] Speaker B: No, I think it's. They put a lot of money into Albertville recently and that's one of the nicest venues I've ever been to. It was awesome. And Muscadine, you said you've been close with them for a little bit. They're. They're great guys.
[00:25:42] Speaker A: Yeah, man, They're. They're great dudes. And again, there's something about when you tell O'Reilly or an Ella or a Trey or a Gary or a Charlie or Jamie, hey, I'm from Alabama too. There's this instant connection. Do you get to have any interaction with those guys?
[00:25:54] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
So I told you. I want to go into the story. I also forgot to tell this of, like, how I started being able to make music in the first place. Yeah, yeah, but we'll get there. Yeah, yeah, we'll get there, but.
So when I was living in Birmingham junior year of high school, when I was first starting to play, there's a golf tournament that happens every year over the summer called Regions Tradition. And we would always go over there and try to go to the pro am and meet all the celebrities. I got a selfie with Nick Saban trying to meet all the people.
But I saw that Riley was going to be there and I was big. Riley Fan. And this is around the time when I was trying to start learning my first five songs. And four out of the five were Riley songs.
[00:26:35] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:26:36] Speaker B: And so I brought my guitar to the golf course and a Sharpie and I, like, rent and tracked him down and found him. I was like, hey, my name is Miles. I live in Birmingham, and I love your stuff, dude. Like, could you please sell my guitar? And he was like, heck, yeah, dude. Hope I'm opening for you one day. And that was the first time I had an interaction with him. And then one of my best friends at Orange Beach, I played baseball with him senior year. His stepdad is John McGinnis, who owns the Floor Bath. Oh, wow. So, yeah, Tripp Carter's his name. But I've been buddies with Tripp for a while. And every time I go down to Orange Beach, I'm always at John's house with Trip and hanging out with all those guys. And they're, like, super close with Riley. And there's been multiple nights at this point where Riley's come and hung out with us. And we went to the Florama together. And Riley always gets up on stage when he goes to the floor.
[00:27:23] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:27:24] Speaker B: And then more recently, like, during. Around the time of CMA Fest when that was happening. I'm going to Losers all the time because I live right behind Losers. I live at the Morris, and Rally's there all the time. So there's been a few times. I remember the first time I was, like, on the back patio of Losers, and I was just hanging out with everybody, and the normal people were there, and Riley walked in. He was like, what's up? What's up? What's up, Miles? And I was like, there is no way. This is so cool. But, yeah, Riley. And then I. I met Randy Hauser over there. Riley and Randy are super close. They just did that song together.
[00:27:59] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:28:00] Speaker B: That's awesome.
Jamie, I met over there. Ella, I met over there. So actually, I forgot to tell you this. Duck. What's it called? Rally Greens.
[00:28:10] Speaker A: Duck Blonde?
[00:28:10] Speaker B: No, not Duck Blind. The Duckman jam.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:28:13] Speaker B: At the Flor Bama. It was last year. That was, like, the first time that I really got to spend. Spend some time with Riley and hang out with him.
I was down there with Tripp and John and hanging out with all those guys, and Ella was there. And that was before Ella, like, really took off. They hadn't even collabed yet. They hadn't done you look like you love me. She just had, like, nicotine and a couple other songs. But Drake White was there too. That's another Alabama musician. That's awesome.
But yeah, I got to introduce myself to all those people, and that was special. And then from then on, I was like, just being as cool with, like, as I could with them. So.
[00:28:48] Speaker A: Yeah, man. And it's, it's knowing that you do belong in the room, you know, which is tough because. How old are you?
[00:28:54] Speaker B: I just turned 21.
[00:28:55] Speaker A: Yeah, you're a baby. Like, you're learning, like, to, to have the experiences that you've gotten to have so far at such a young age and having the, the mature and the skills to know, Know your spot, but also be confident enough to go up to guys and girls and say, hey, I'm Miles. I do music too. I love, I love your stuff. Like, that's the way to do it.
[00:29:14] Speaker B: Yep. You can't be afraid to go talk to anybody.
[00:29:16] Speaker A: No, you can't. Or nothing's gonna happen. They're not gonna come up to you. Yeah, you got to go up to them.
[00:29:21] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:29:22] Speaker A: And it's all about carrying yourself. How do you think playing sports growing up has helped you with music?
[00:29:27] Speaker B: Good question.
I've been.
Obviously, baseball is very much a team sport, but it's a mental sport.
[00:29:37] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:29:38] Speaker B: More than I would say a lot of other sports are.
And when things are not going good, you have to totally, like, just get in the headspace that everything's okay and, you know your abilities and you're confident in yourself and, you know, you gotta stay grounded a lot. And I would say baseball just in life in general definitely gave me a lot of, A lot of good insight and ways to look at it when things are tough. Mind over matter. Like, if you don't mind, it don't matter. And when it's 110 degrees outside, you got to learn to love it. Like, you got to. You got to embrace it and enjoy it. And the hard stuff just freaking eat it up, you know?
[00:30:16] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:30:16] Speaker B: So that's, that's definitely what it's helped me with.
[00:30:19] Speaker A: Yeah, man. I've heard a lot of guys say that doing like travel ball or playing in high school makes it feel. Makes it help with touring because it's like show day is game day.
[00:30:27] Speaker B: Yes, for sure.
It feels very similar. Like, that's a great analogy because I remember waking up on Miranda Day and I was like, I feel like I'm about to go play a baseball game right now.
[00:30:41] Speaker A: I feel like play the state championship.
[00:30:43] Speaker B: Yeah. I'm about to go play the biggest game of my life. And there's a very similar process that goes into, like, pre game and pre show, and you gotta warm up and you gotta get your mind right and feel loose and feel good, and it's all the same stuff. But I played travel ball growing up. I mean, I played baseball since I was, like, three years old.
[00:30:59] Speaker A: What positions were you playing in the field?
[00:31:01] Speaker B: Primarily. Middle, infield. I was shortstop, second base, but I pitched all the way through, sometimes played outfield. You know, I was utility guy. But switch hitter, so I did everything.
[00:31:14] Speaker A: Switch hitter?
[00:31:15] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:31:16] Speaker A: Damn.
[00:31:16] Speaker B: I was. I was trying to do everything.
[00:31:18] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:31:18] Speaker B: I just love baseball.
[00:31:20] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:31:20] Speaker B: Who.
[00:31:20] Speaker A: Who were some of your favorite players growing up?
[00:31:22] Speaker B: Javi Baez was always my favorite.
[00:31:24] Speaker A: Okay. Those golden years when he was on the Cubs.
[00:31:27] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh.
[00:31:27] Speaker A: Those 20. It was like 2012 to, like, 2017. Cubs were special.
[00:31:31] Speaker B: They were very.
[00:31:32] Speaker A: We had Rizzo in New York for a while, and I loved having him. Now he's a TV commentator. It's like we're at the age where it's like, all the guys we grew up watching, like, as kids are, like, in the booth now.
[00:31:41] Speaker B: Man, it is crazy.
But, yeah, I. The. I'm definitely a big Cubs fan. I've been a Cubs fan for a long time. That was the first MLB game I ever went to.
And hard not to be a Braves fan, too. I mean, I've been growing up, going to Braves games.
[00:31:56] Speaker A: Birmingham Barons.
[00:31:58] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:31:59] Speaker A: Go to. I'm sure you've been there.
[00:32:00] Speaker B: I've been to plenty of Barons.
[00:32:01] Speaker A: Probably played. You've probably been on that field.
[00:32:02] Speaker B: I have. I played.
One of my summer ball games was on that field.
We got to do some pretty cool stuff, playing fall ball and summer ball and stuff like that. We were. I played for the East Coast Sox one year, and we got to go play, like, SEC stadiums around the country. So we played at Ole Miss. We played at Duty Noble with Mississippi State. We played Sewell Thomas at Alabama, and the championship was at lsu. So it was sick. That was. That was a great year of baseball.
[00:32:32] Speaker A: That's cool. Now you're getting to go to all these places and play shows like you. It just circles back crazy.
[00:32:39] Speaker B: I never saw myself doing music. That's part of the coolest. That's. That's the coolest thing to me, because I never. I've always. Like I said earlier, like, I think I've had more of an appreciation for music than the average person, I would say, growing up and always had kind of like a little voice in my head that's like, I could probably do this if I tried, but, like, you never act on it or anything. And then senior year, you just never know what's going to happen. It's all God just putting you in the right place at the right time. You got to trust him absolutely.
[00:33:08] Speaker A: There's a plan. And you just. You got to go through those doors. Got to go through the doors. You never know what's going to happen, but you just got to trust, Trust that it's all going to work out, man.
[00:33:15] Speaker B: That's right.
[00:33:16] Speaker A: So talking about recording your first songs and kind of the process of Miles Morgan, the artist going from playing cover shows and playing in front of people to people can find my music on Spotify. Now you got. You're almost at the hundred thousand month listener mark, which is a huge accomplishment for an artist as early into it as you are.
[00:33:33] Speaker B: I appreciate it.
[00:33:34] Speaker A: That's on that, man.
[00:33:34] Speaker B: Thank you so much.
Yeah. So the way that I got the ability to record my first song. So it was freshman year, I was in Tuscaloosa, and I hadn't really started playing a lot of gigs yet. I played the first gig that I ever played in Tuscaloosa was at Rock and Roll Sushi downtown.
[00:33:54] Speaker A: Oh, dude. Rock and Roll Sushi.
[00:33:56] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:33:56] Speaker A: And big Rock and Roll Sushi guy. Love that.
[00:33:58] Speaker B: They don't even do live music.
[00:33:59] Speaker A: Yeah. That's an odd one.
[00:34:01] Speaker B: I was just like, I'm going to try to find any place that I can possibly play. Because at the time, I hadn't made a name. No one knew me yet. I was fresh in Tuscaloosa, and I was like, I need to play somewhere. And so I knew the. The chances of me just immediately going and being the headliner at Rhythm was probably pretty slim when I first got there.
[00:34:19] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:19] Speaker B: So I went to Rock and Roll Sushi and I was like, hey, like, I'll bring my fraternity stage in here if you guys let me come up in here and do a solo acoustic. And they're like, okay, sure.
So we made it happen. And then one night, I literally went to my. I'm in a fraternity at Alabama, and I stole the stage that's in the fraternity for band parties and stuff and drove it in my truck to Rock and Roll Sushi, set it up and played solo acoustic. All my fraternity brothers came. I was like, guys, come watch tonight. It's my first gig. And so shortly after that, I went to a Larry Fleet concert at Iron City in Birmingham.
[00:34:55] Speaker A: God. One of my favorite clubs in the world, Iron City.
[00:34:58] Speaker B: Amazing. I love that place.
[00:35:00] Speaker A: So special. Love that place.
[00:35:01] Speaker B: And that's another. I got some things to go into. Yeah, but so I went to a Larry Fleet concert, and I brought a sign with me that said, can I play Where I find God with you? Because I love that song. That's been one of my favorite songs since it came out. And he saw the sign and acknowledged me, and obviously, that's his biggest song, so he's probably not gonna let me get up there and play it with him. But he definitely saw me, and he sent his photographer down in the crowd to come get me and bring me backstage after the show.
And his photographer happened to be a guy named Matthew Paskert. And Matt Paskert is Morgan Wallen's, like, primary photographer. And he was just on tour with Larry at the time because Morgan was off tour.
So I got to go back there and talk to Larry for 20 minutes and tell him all about Jack and Wayne, because he was super close with Wayne, and I told him my whole background, and I stayed in touch with Matt and Larry, and I texted Matt, like, not too long after that, and I was like, hey, I'm playing a festival in Tuscaloosa this summer. Can you come shoot me? And he was like, sure. Or he was like, well, I would love to, but I'm gonna be on tour with Morgan at the time, but I've got a guy who can. So he put me in touch with another guy named Alex Ayala, who was doing Nico Moon's media stuff at the time. And he was like, yeah, dude, I'm down. Like, I'd love to come down, shoot some stuff for you. Send me all your stuff. And I was like, okay, well, I've got, like, a YouTube video of me standing up, playing solo acoustic, if that works. And he was like, holy shit, we need to get you some songs. He was like, do you have any music? I was like, well, I've got a song written, but I don't know what to do with it. And he's like, well, lucky for you, I got some buddies who produce. I'll put you in touch with them. You got to go get a song so you can have some content. I was like, okay. Like, sounds good to me. So he put me in touch with a couple guys named Clayton Collins and Dalton Wixom.
And it's all. It's crazy how full circle this is. So Matt Paskert, the original one, who was with Larry, he is, like, best friends and works alongside David Lair, who's Morgan's video guy. Video guy, media guy. And David is Dalton and Clayton's roommate in Nashville, and they, like, made Wondering about the Wind with Morgan at their house in their studio.
So I got to go up there, and they're buddies with Dominic Frost, who's Morgan's lead guitarist.
[00:37:23] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, I know Dom.
[00:37:24] Speaker B: Yeah, Dom. Dom is a fantastic guy, and he's an incredible guitar player. But I went up there, first time I'd ever been to Nashville, and it was May 6, and my birthday's on May 7, and so I was turning 20, and I think the day of my birthday, we made the song, and it was nobody's Fault but yours. And they were like, yeah, we got a buddy named Dom. He plays guitar. Would you be down if he would come in and play? And I was like, yeah, I would love that. So Dom came in the studio and he hung out with us all day, and we made Nobody's Fault But Yours. And then from there, it was off to the races. We were making as many songs as we could possibly make. And I'll tell you some more stories about the creation of songs and stuff, but playing Iron City recently was the most full circle moment for me possible.
[00:38:16] Speaker A: You did that. Was that a headlining?
[00:38:17] Speaker B: Yes, that was headline show, like, shortly a year over when that happened. And I was like, oh, my gosh. Like, this is. This is definitely the most full circle moment I've ever had. So. And then when I went to Barefoot Country Music Fest, I saw Larry. He was playing on the same day, and I walked up to him and I was like, hey, man, I don't know if you remember me. And he was like, miles, what's going on, dude? I was like, let's go. So that was. That was a special moment for me too. Larry's super kind, and he's fun guy to talk to, but that was. That was what started it all.
[00:38:49] Speaker A: That's crazy. What an origin story. Yeah, it's freaking wild.
[00:38:53] Speaker B: It's all. God, like, you couldn't try to make that stuff happen. It's all. It's all connected, and you never know what's gonna happen.
[00:39:00] Speaker A: Yeah, man. And it's just keeping an open mind and an open heart and. And letting it happen, man, because there's gonna be struggles, like, and I'm sure you've seen that already. Like, you talked about being on the road and something. Something goes wrong.
[00:39:12] Speaker B: Our vans so far, we're like one for six on van trips. Like, there's always something going wrong with.
[00:39:19] Speaker A: Them, but you'll take that because that's part of the plan for the good stuff. That happens.
[00:39:24] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:39:25] Speaker A: You know.
[00:39:25] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:39:26] Speaker A: Like, don't.
[00:39:26] Speaker B: I wouldn't want to get rid of that ever.
[00:39:28] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, don't sweat the small stuff. No, like, it could be so much worse.
[00:39:32] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. It could always be way worse.
[00:39:34] Speaker A: Yeah, man. So as far as, like, the songs you've got out, the last one you put out was.
You put out still got it, which seems like it's crushing live, man. That's just seems. That seems like it's got to be a fun one to play live.
[00:39:46] Speaker B: Yeah. That one we were previously walking out to Nobody's Fault But Yours. But the intro to I Still Got it is so fun to listen to. I was like, we need to make that one the new walkout song. So we did that at Miranda, and we got a cool video of me walking out, like, what's going on, West Virginia? I still got it playing. I was like, this is the coolest video I've ever seen.
[00:40:07] Speaker A: Yeah, man. There's something important about starting the show off with that high energy and that bang. And a lot of people, when they're opening, will start off with a cover, but for you to have a high energy original that you guys can just hit out of the park, you lock them in. Right, which is great. And then you have the. The Ain't no Sunshine cover, which you hit out of the park, brother. I love that, man.
[00:40:27] Speaker B: Thank you so much.
[00:40:27] Speaker A: You do a lot of justice to that song. So how many songs you got? What you got? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. You got six out right now?
[00:40:33] Speaker B: Yes, we have six out. We've got a lot in the hopper.
[00:40:36] Speaker A: Ready to go, I'm sure, bro.
[00:40:38] Speaker B: The Ain't no Sunshine song was fun to make. That one. That was another one that I've been playing for a long time since. Since I started playing music. When I was learning all the Riley Green songs, I learned Ain't no Sunshine. There's a video of me playing during my first gig playing Ain't no Sunshine. And so that one has always been pretty special to me. And when we got the full band together, we started covering it live at Rhythm and all the Tuscaloosa bars. And I was like, we should record our own version of this, but make it Southern rock. And I've got a lot of.
I don't even know what I would classify myself as as an artist yet. I'm still kind of trying to figure out, like, who I am.
[00:41:16] Speaker A: Yeah, dude, you're. You're young. But I. I would say it's. It's a high energy show. It has that soulfulness. It has that Southern rock. Like you're from Alabama. You listen to everything from Riley Green to Skynyrd to Lil Boozy, you know, like you guys. And especially being as young as you are, like our generation has had. And especially your generation, like, you can play any song you want at any time because of Spotify, because of Apple music. So your interest in what you grow up on is going to be a little mix of everything. So, yeah, it's like your music can be a little bit everything.
[00:41:48] Speaker B: It's definitely. That's what it is. Right now we're just putting out a bunch of different type of stuff to see what sticks and see what people like and see what I like the best for my. My voice and my style.
[00:41:57] Speaker A: Absolutely. That's the way to do it.
[00:41:59] Speaker B: As far as influences go, definitely heavy on southern rock and. And country. I was listening to, you know, Jason aldean, Luke Bryan, 2014. Like, that was childhood country, dirt road anthem and stuff like that. But then I'm also huge, like Morgan and Florida Georgia Line and Hardy and that whole group has. Has had a major influence on me and. But I'm also.
Arguably my favorite artist just in general is Post Malone. Yeah, like, before he did country, before he was doing any of that, I remember being like 13 years old in. In. Or how old are you in middle school? Something like that.
[00:42:35] Speaker A: Yeah. Like 12, 13.
[00:42:36] Speaker B: And I was listening to Beer Bongs and Bentleys and I was like, this is sick. Like, I love this. And so I'm like, I'm down to make a Beer Bongs and Bentleys type song and put it out. I'm down to make a Southern rock ain't no Sunshine. I'm down to make a straight country song. So we're just. We're just having fun with it. But yeah, man, we've got a lot of stuff in the hopper for sure.
[00:42:54] Speaker A: Yeah. Do we know when the next. When we're looking at new. Anything else before the year is this year for. Is the closing of this year focus on touring and getting the team put together.
[00:43:03] Speaker B: It's definitely focused on touring, but there will be multiple releases before the end for the year.
[00:43:08] Speaker A: Let's go.
[00:43:09] Speaker B: There's probably, I would say at least two or three and then maybe four if. If we can get them out fast enough.
[00:43:17] Speaker A: Tell me about one of those three or four that you're most proud of. I know they're all like your babies. Yeah, well, it's one of the unreleased that we're looking at coming that we're super stoked about this one.
[00:43:27] Speaker B: I don't think this one's going to be next, but I've got one called Never Been Better, and that one is arguably. Well, there's two of them that I really like. One of them's Never Been better, and it's kind of like a slower, like, a six, eight beat.
[00:43:40] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:43:40] Speaker B: And, like, I'm another influence I love.
Like, I'm obviously a country artist, and I'm. I'm trying to make my own stuff, but I'm definitely still a fan of other people and what they're doing. And, yeah, people like Hudson, Westbrook, and even Ella. And people like, people that are coming up now. I love all their music and everything they're making Gavin and everybody. And so I'm. I'm taking inspiration from everything. And I've. I was listening to House again with Hudson.
[00:44:06] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:06] Speaker B: This is so sick. Like, we need to make something that feels like this. So we made Never Been Better, and it's kind of.
You think it's gonna go one way. And then the chorus hits, and you realize that that's not what the meaning of the song was. It's kind of like I never lie with Zach Top.
[00:44:22] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:22] Speaker B: Like, you're convincing yourself that you've never been better, and maybe that breakup was a good thing. And then you get to the chorus, and it's like, I've never been better at pretending that I'm okay.
[00:44:31] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:31] Speaker B: So I like that one a lot.
[00:44:33] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:33] Speaker B: And then there's another one that we've got called Batting a Thousand.
[00:44:36] Speaker A: Okay. Baseball. I like it.
[00:44:38] Speaker B: I've always wanted to write a song that had a lot of baseball references in it, and it's kind of like a more intimate love song type. We're trying to get a female to do a collaboration with me on it because I feel like I would. It would go well, but it's like a train. Be, like, more intimate. And it's about, like, this guy, and nothing's going right for him. And he's like, sarcastically like, man, I'm really batting a thousand right now. And then he meets a girl, and she makes him feel like he's really batting a thousand. And then there's a bunch of baseball references sprinkled in throughout the whole song, so I'm excited about that one.
[00:45:11] Speaker A: Yeah, dude, that's awesome. Who do you write those with?
[00:45:14] Speaker B: I wrote Batting a Thousand with a girl named Kennedy Wild, and I wrote Never Been Better with my producers just by myself.
[00:45:23] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:45:24] Speaker B: But I've written with Cole Taylor now Cole is awesome. He's kind of taken me under his wing and he's writing with me as much as we can.
[00:45:32] Speaker A: Have you gotten to go on the golf course with him yet?
[00:45:34] Speaker B: I haven't yet. I've been telling him I want to.
[00:45:36] Speaker A: Do that, but he can. He can grip it and rip it.
[00:45:38] Speaker B: I believe it.
[00:45:39] Speaker A: Him and Tyler Reeve, like that crew of the guys that were in your shoes like 10, 15 years ago. They are some golfing.
[00:45:48] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Every time I see him, he's like, yeah, we just got off the course and he's still in his golf outfit. I'm like, yeah, makes that checks out. But yeah, recently we wrote with Ray Fulcher and Cole Taylor and we've got some more stuff. I just met Jack Hummel the other day at Losers.
[00:46:03] Speaker A: I love Jack. That's an OG homie. Me and. Me and him were at covet house parties together back in 2020, dude. Oh, yeah, I know. I've known Jack for probably last five, six years.
[00:46:13] Speaker B: That is awesome.
[00:46:14] Speaker A: He's good people. And seeing what he's gotten to do with guys like Vincent, Mason and Gavin and like Jack Ron's another one. The two Jacks, we always joke about the two of them, J and J.
But like it's. That's the power of being up here. It's like you could in theory live in Bama and then come up when you need to for recording and meetings, but being up here, I always tell people, if you want to win the game, you got to be on the field.
[00:46:36] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:46:37] Speaker A: And even though you're from three and a half hours away, the field is still here. And it's important to make those connections and find those friends that you get to create cool stuff with for sure.
[00:46:48] Speaker B: Yeah, you got to have those nights at Red Door and Losers just hanging out, talking to everybody.
[00:46:52] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. Well, I look forward to having more of those nights with you, bro.
[00:46:55] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, same here.
[00:46:56] Speaker A: I'm so glad that you're so glad that you're up here and now getting to do your. Your headlining tour, getting to go out and open for people. What are some things long term that you're hoping to accomplish because you're. You're so young into this to where you got six, six songs out right now. You've gotten to be a part of some big festivals. You've gotten to headline the hometown Iron City. Like, you've gotten to do some cool things so early on. But what are like the big picture. I'm sure you're a goals guy. What are like the Big long term goals for you.
[00:47:26] Speaker B: Yeah. So I want to.
I, That's a great question. I definitely want to just. I'm taking it one day at a time. I, I want to try to stay grounded for now. And I mean, obviously always stay grounded, but you know what I'm saying, keep my feet where my boots are and take it one show at a time. But long term goals, I would say I want to go on like a.
Hopefully be direct support for somebody on tour and someone that's, you know, that has been an idol of mine for a little bit or something like that. We've already pretty much gotten to do that because. Not go on tour with somebody, but we've been able to have some amazing opening opportunities. But I'd love to go on tour with somebody and just experience a full, full like playing every single day, day in, day out, just grinding it out and having fun, making the most of every show. I want to do that for sure.
And then I don't ever want to stop being myself or trying to do what it is that got me into music. I want to, I want to keep my head screwed on straight and I want to, you know, just be very grounded at all times and stay like, no matter where I'm at or who I'm talking to or how I am, I'm not gonna change at all and just be the exact same way that I am when I'm talking to you right now. And I don't know, like, I don't wanna, I don't wanna stop for anything. I want to keep going, shoot for the stars. And if that means in five years we're playing stadium tours, then we're playing stadium tours. I'm down for it, but I'm just gonna see where it takes me.
[00:49:02] Speaker A: I don't know, what would the dream say? You got to be like. I look back on the Jason Aldean Night Train tour where it was like Thomas Rhett opening for Jayco and Morgan. Who would be your two dream guys or girls or like your, your dream like acts to be that, that first. That young kid on the tour?
[00:49:24] Speaker B: I would say, I mean, it's hard for me not to say Morgan. Morgan's probably. He's been my favorite artist for a while and then Bailey's another one that I've always kind of like resonated with. I feel like his style of music and mine is pretty similar.
Tucker would be another one that I would love to be with. I'd love to have a song with Tucker. I think that'd be super cool. And then like I said earlier, Post Malone, that would be awesome.
[00:49:50] Speaker A: Yeah, well, they're all, they're all very attainable. I think the pairing of Bailey and Tucker is really cool. Have you gotten to meet Bailey yet?
[00:49:57] Speaker B: I met Bailey one time at the Flor Bama.
It was Santa, my Boots Fest weekend and I met him over there.
[00:50:04] Speaker A: I bet the Bama was crazy that weekend.
[00:50:06] Speaker B: Oh my gosh, it was ridiculous. The two, the two craziest times I've seen the Flor Bama was standing my Boots Fest. And then when Post Malone played in late 2024, he played a concert at the Wharf. And that was the first time. That was like the best night of my life. That was so much fun because I didn't even know if I was going to go to that concert or not. I'd had a busy week previously and I was like tired and didn't really want to drive from Tuscaloosa to Orange Beach.
But it was Post Malone. I was like, screw it, I'll just go because you know, you don't know what can happen. And I didn't have a ticket or anything. I was just like, I'll go get a GA ticket when I get there. And you know, it'll be fun to watch Post Malone. But I rode with Tripp, the guy who I told you about earlier, played baseball with me and I was just kind of hanging out with him all day and we. He invited me to go hang out with him on the boat before the show. And I got to meet Chandler Walters on the boat.
[00:51:04] Speaker A: Oh, one of the best dudes, man. I used to. So I used to help sneak that kid in the red door when he first got to town. I knew pre 21 Chandler when he was the quiet kid from Georgia. Now he's a king.
[00:51:15] Speaker B: Oh yeah. So I met Chandler.
[00:51:17] Speaker A: Love that guy that day.
[00:51:18] Speaker B: And I got to meet Postie's band. And then I just kind of stuck with all the guys and I was like, at some point I was like, okay, I gotta like go home or go back to my parents or go find a ticket somewhere. And John like came up to me, he was like, I got a wristband for you. And I was like, oh my gosh, you're the best. So I got to hang out with him and we were in the green room together Pre show. Got to meet Postie and talk to him like just for 30 minutes, have a down to earth conversation with him. And one of the coolest memories. And Chandler was in there too. And one of the coolest memories that I think I'll ever have is singing I Never Lie with Post Malone in the green room before the show. It came on the speakers, and he was like, well, it's been some time. And then he did like this. I was like, you still look like an angel. I was like, this is the coolest moment of all time. But that was a great night. And then after the show, we went back to the Flor Bama and got to party with him, and he got up on stage. Chandler played that night. And Chandler also played Stand in My Boots Fest weekend at the Florida Bama. He kills it every time. And so, yeah, that was. That was a cool moment.
[00:52:28] Speaker A: Yeah, you. You could put a whole list together, like, write a short book about what you've gotten to do so far. And you're just getting started, bro. It's freaking exciting stuff, man. It's awesome. What have been some of your favorite spots in Nashville? Like, you big food guy.
[00:52:42] Speaker B: I haven't had a lot of time to figure out what my favorite spots are yet.
Obviously, everything on Division right there is really good. Like, Velvet's super good. Especially if you've had a night at Losers and you head over to Velvet. Nothing better.
[00:52:56] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:52:56] Speaker B: And then there's a lot of taco places.
[00:52:59] Speaker A: Yes. A lot. Like, yeah, the Mexican restaurants here, which I. I figured moving to the south, there'd be some. But coming from New York, it's like, damn, you guys love your Mexican food in the South. Like, what's the one? Is it Pablo's in Birmingham?
[00:53:12] Speaker B: Yeah, there's a Pablo's. And then just a million small, little Mexican restaurants that just have a Spanish.
[00:53:19] Speaker A: Name because Nashville's got a ton of them. Like Cinco de Mayo, Las Palmas. Those are two of my, like, favorites that are around here.
[00:53:26] Speaker B: Las Palmas is great. I just had that the other day.
[00:53:28] Speaker A: Yeah, that was. That was where the inception of that's. That's how this podcast started was me and a buddy talking at Las Palmas about how I wanted. Because I used to work in radio. So I was. I moved out here wanting to do that, and 23, the only gig I could get was bouncing at Dirk's Bentley's Bar. So I was a bounce. Was a bouncer and a podcaster when I moved here, but it started over chips and chips and queso at Las Palmas over by. Over on 8th Avenue.
[00:53:52] Speaker B: Yeah. That's so sick.
[00:53:54] Speaker A: Las Palmas, bro. That's where it all started for me.
[00:53:56] Speaker B: I'm about to go try Peg Leg.
[00:53:59] Speaker A: Oh, barbecue Peg Leg's good. Yeah, I like this. My favorite cigar spot in town's over there, too. I don't know if you're a. If you're a cigar guy or not.
[00:54:06] Speaker B: But I actually have asthma. Fun fact about me, so no smoking, no vaping, no cigars, no nothing.
[00:54:12] Speaker A: Smart.
[00:54:13] Speaker B: Yeah. I'll have a few beers now. Yes, legally.
[00:54:16] Speaker A: Yeah. What's it been like being. Being turning 21 and being in Nashville? Like, that's the perfect time, it feels like, to move here.
[00:54:22] Speaker B: That was. Yeah, I. I spent my 21st, like, doing it all. I was at Losers for the first half and then went to Broadway and did the. Did the traditional 21st birthday, you know, gauntlet or whatever you want to call it. But that was not a next. A fun next day. But it was a fun night for sure.
[00:54:41] Speaker A: I bet, dude. I bet that's wild, man. Well, dude, I'm so excited for you. I'm so proud to, like, have you as, like, a member of our, like, raised rowdy family. Like, it's. I can't wait to see where all of this freaking takes.
[00:54:53] Speaker B: It's an honor to be involved, dude. Like, I appreciate you so much. You've been nothing but great to me, and everybody that I've met has been amazing.
[00:55:01] Speaker A: Yeah, man. I mean, it's a town where people help people and good folks find good folks, man. So it's been awesome and can't wait to see in your. See you and your family in. In a couple weeks up out at one of our shows, man. We're doing a big showcase for aiba, which is going to be awesome.
[00:55:16] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, Midtown.
[00:55:17] Speaker A: So it's gonna be sick to have you and the boys rip it, but I got a bunch of hats over there. Feel free to take as many as you want if you want to take some for the guys in the band or whatever. I'm going to send you home with an eight pack of these now that you are legally 20.
[00:55:29] Speaker B: Here we go.
[00:55:30] Speaker A: An eight pack of Surfside. Shout out to our friends from Surfside. No bubbles, no troubles. It's not Seltzer, it's a Surfside.
And for more on us, visit razori.com also check out our man Miles Morgan. If you're in the Southeast, I know a lot of people in SEC Country. Watch this. Shout out to all my friends in Statesboro, in Millageville, in Athens. Like, get out there and get a ticket. You want to be able to say you saw this kid at the 40 watt, at Eddie's Addict, at Southern Social, at Wendell's because one day you're going to be seeing him in a damn stadium. You're going to be seeing an amphitheater. He's got it going on. Get on the train now while he's playing at the small club level and be at his first headlining tour. They can get him on your website I'm guessing.
[00:56:13] Speaker B: Yes, all of the tickets are available on the website and yeah my instagram too.
[00:56:18] Speaker A: So sick. Awesome. Well for my man Miles I'm Matt Brill. This has been outside the rack I ain't never been the kind for stayin one place for too long I ain't never been the best at sin I love you to a girl I love only got a couple tricks on my sleeve they usually just make em leave so if you know me if you really know me you know I'm just a two trick pon and the lack of money for show I'm just a two trick on it yeah.
