Bert Kreischer
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It's even better.
but like that but i mishear things and then i'll hear like was that what you said and they'll go no and then i'll go oh it's better this way i like that i was i just read this really funny book yesterday i whipped through the whole thing of this guy who played drums for george jones in the in the 80s early 80s wrote this crazy book
and it made me think i mean george jones is is hilarious i mean it's hilarious some of the in this book is hilarious but i met george jones once backstage at the ryman in nashville and it was it was unbelievable johnny cash had passed away and they were doing a johnny cash thing so i'm in the dressing room at the rhyme i've played there many times and there's chris christopherson and george jones and i'm like standing there and i'm like
Gee, I mean, fuck me, this is... I've been around some rock and roll stars, but this is like another thing.
And it was great.
And...
at some point i i don't know the song that well but they were doing the highwaymen that song and i guess johnny cash maybe saying a a thing about being one of the guys building the dam on the columbia river and said i was a damn builder on the columbia and george and chris and i'm talking to george jones i'm like losing my mind and chris christopherson comes over and he goes you got it george george is reading the lyrics he goes i was a damn builder
And he goes, I'm a damn builder.
And he goes, my fans don't want to hear me sing stuff.
I was a damn builder.
He goes, I'm a damn builder.
I was like, that's the fucking... And then I just read in this book, this is completely random and stupid.
They're on the bus in 1981 driving in the West and they're going in the Sierras.
And I guess the bus driver leaned back and said, hey man, we're about five miles from the Donner Pass.
And...
And George Jones goes, what?
And the guy goes, you know, the Donner Pass where they got snowed in and they had to resort to cannibalism to survive.
And he goes, to be honest with you, I haven't picked up a paper in a couple of weeks.
I was like, fuck, please give me more of that.
You know what I mean?