Jordan Davis
Appearances
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
Yeah, I think it even goes back further. My uncle was a songwriter, moved to Nashville in the late 80s. He's got a couple hits under his belt with Tracy Lawrence, Ken Mellon's song. I feel like songwriting has been in the family for a long time. My dad did it. My brother was the first to move. He moved in 2010. I followed him in 2012. You know, he's still my closest co-writer that I have today.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
Kind of a family business. We couldn't outrun it for too long.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
yeah man it was uh you know i mean louisiana sportsman's paradise so i really grew up hunting and fishing uh we had a deer camp in minden not far from shreveport uh that you know we spent our weekends at my dad would come pick us up on friday and we would take off to minden and then in the summers my my grandpa lived on toledo bend so i would go stay with them and
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
You know, so kind of grew up either fishing in the summers or just around the woods in the winter.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
You got a pretty impressive degree. Well, it sounds impressive. It sounds fancy. No, it was a—I went to LSU. Being born in Louisiana, it was—you know, you had to be a Tiger. There was no way around it. So when I went to school, we had a big—
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
natural gas boom in north louisiana east texas so i had a bunch of buddies getting out of school getting a job and that was kind of why i settled on environmental science resource conservation so luckily i didn't have to use it for too long i worked a little bit out of college i had a job with an environmental company for about five months and then packed it up moved to nashville
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
I moved in 2012, June 2nd, 2012. Wow.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
Yeah, I ended up signing in 2016. My first single hit in the tail end of 2017, Singles You Up, was my first one.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
How was that experience for you? It was tough because I mean, that's nail on the head right there. You have a lot of time to write. I had almost six years to write songs for that first album and about a year and a half for the second. I feel like it made me a better writer. You get busy on the road, so when you come home, you've got to have your rights figured out. You got to go in with an idea.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
You got to have a better idea of what you want to do for the record in general, for the whole album. I think what made it easier for me is I knew the tent poles I wanted to hit. When I got that song, I left it. I didn't try to go back and beat it. I just trusted that that was it. We checked that box and we were going on to the next track list.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
I think it made me write more effective and it really honed in on the writers that I enjoy writing with and guys that I could come in and spit out an idea to and we could kind of get to it sooner than taking a week to finish the song like we've done before.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
I love to talk to people, man, and I feel like people talk in song lyrics, you know, and I think that the fun in songwriting is being in the moment. When somebody says something, I'm verbal with it. I'm like, oh man, that'd be a killer idea for a song. I literally write it down in my phone right then. That really is a lot of where my song ideas come from.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
I feel like it also helps me become a better human being, just talking to people and getting to know them. We spend a lot of time on the road and it's you know walk into a coffee shop and order a cup of coffee and ask the barista how she's doing you know and um who knows three minutes later you might have a song idea out of it
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
My producer, Paul DiGiovanni, is one that I've been writing with going back to 2013 when we had our first co-write together. My brother is another one that I usually have at least to write with a month. Josh and Matt Jenkins are two guys that I've been writing with going back to 2013. Travis Wood, Steve Mochler, guys that I feel like I can just
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
not come in and be vulnerable with, be honest, be real. It doesn't even have to be that kind of song. Obviously, I've written some pretty heavy songs with some of those writers, but it's still fun to come in with just a fun idea and be like, guys, I need this for the album. Um, they're versatile and they can kind of do it.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
So, uh, those are ones right now that I've been really writing a lot with here recently.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
You got a big show. You know, there's nothing better than touring and playing shows. Things at home have changed a lot. So, you know, I got three kids. I got another baby coming in June. You know, so you always obviously miss them. But I don't know what else I would be doing. And what's crazy is I moved to Nashville to just be a songwriter.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
I never really had dreams of being a touring artist or, you know.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
i didn't think that was in the cards for me so uh you know being able to to say that that's what i do now i don't understand i don't know what i would be doing i don't know how touring isn't going to be a part of my life for a really long time it's not all sunshine and roses like it probably looks uh you know you miss a lot of things especially when it comes to the kiddos but man i i wouldn't have it any other way touring is a pretty awesome thing
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
and congratulations on your headlining status that's uh so when did that actually take place when was that transformation from being a support act to becoming a headliner last year was our first time really going out and taking a swing at it i mean i was sweating it you know you never think that you know because we've been able to tour with some amazing artists you know going back to
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
2014, first time I went out with Chase Rice and Kip Moore and started to build a fan base. And now, you know, artists like Dierks and Luke, Old Dominion, artists that have taken me out and continued to help me build my fans.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
I really kind of felt the switch with Dierks, my tour with Dierks, where it's just a feeling, a sense that a lot of those people are not just there for Dierks, you know, are there for you as well.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
Yeah. That was kind of the first time where I was like, you know, maybe you can kind of take that step up to, to the next room, which at that time, you know, we were doing big clubs and theaters. And then that fall we went back and tried to do some arenas, uh, And it worked out.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
It was kind of the leap of faith you have to take and trust your music and trust your show, which is why I always tell the band guys, too, man, every show is important. You're trying to win fans every night, and everyone's the Super Bowl. And you don't ever want to lose the Super Bowl. And some shows are better than others, but that's our mentality going into it every night.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
But yeah, I would say about two years ago, post-1990, post-Dirch tour, I feel like we took a pretty good step. And then, obviously, being out on a stadium tour with Luke Combs doesn't hurt.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
It's my third record. I felt like I needed to do something different than the last two that I've done. I didn't really know. When we first went in to cut the first time, it was just a blind recording session. Me and Paul didn't really know where we were going to go, how we were going to do anything different.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
about two songs in i feel like we we both kind of took a break and and went out and we're like man i think this needs to not just i don't think we need to talk about influences on this record i think we need to show that through through their songwriting and and through the sound and that's it you know i'd growing up in louisiana there was such a a blend of you know texas red dirt music at lsu it was
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
bands like The Revivalist out of New Orleans that I was a huge fan of. Growing up in Shreveport, being that close to the Delta and having that blues soul influence, my dad being a Southern rock and roll guy.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
I wanted to show that. I wanted to have not just talk about those things that influenced me, but also show it in my music. I hope that's what this record does.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
that was kind of the first time where i was like you know maybe you can kind of take that step up to to the next room which at that time you know we were doing big clubs and theaters and then that fall we went back and and tried to do some arenas and it worked out it's kind of the the leap of faith you have to take and trust your music and trust your show and which is why i always tell the band guys too man every show is important you know you're trying to win fans uh every night and and everyone's a super bowl and you don't ever want to lose the super bowl
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
Our headlining tour starts up in September. This summer, we're all over the East Coast, all over the West Coast. But yeah, all my dates are on jordandavisofficial.com, and it's well worth it. So get a ticket and come hang with us.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
I appreciate that, Troy. Thank you very much, man.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Every Night’s the Super Bowl with Jordan Davis
Yeah, I was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, northwest corner of Louisiana. People in south Louisiana call it Shreveport, Texas, which I'm not a fan of, but no, it's still home. My dad's still there, so... Yes, report.
The Viall Files
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I appreciate it. Thank y'all. Excited.
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listen to and hold on to because it was just so relatable and it was just like so yeah i think early in my pregnancy like whenever we found out it that was a song that we every time we got in the car we put it on that is awesome thank y'all very much that one i mean truly one of my favorite songs i've ever written and it's it was that was one of the coolest things about that song was being able to see the videos and seeing people connect with it i mean as a songwriter there's nothing better in the world so i appreciate y'all using how long ago did you write that song
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at least three years ago now, you know, and it was cool. We, we came in, I wrote that with Chase McGill, Josh Osborne and Graylin James. You know, it's, it's funny because everybody in Nashville, there's like a structure, you know, to a country song. You got a verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, You want it to be relatable. You want people to sing it.
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And, uh, you know, there's nothing, nothing repeats in that song. Uh, and I had came in with an idea of, of, of a song, you know, starting and going through the, the whole thing.
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you know road of life and um you know and it's funny like i was god i bawled like a baby right in that thing uh you know i at least walked out the room i don't want them to see me crying but uh but yeah i mean it just kind of it hit me and uh they grow up quick and they are noticing it now no literally i was uh i was literally just talking about it our last episode because
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It's just like, holy fucking shit. Well, I mean, I think a lot of it with me was, I had a West coast run and I was gone for like, you know, my daughter was,
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three you know going on four had a west coast run and you know usually when we go out there we stay for two weeks 10 days you know whatever and like when i got back from that run it was like she had grown it's like a totally different child and you know you start thinking about like i've been on the road a lot for my kids life and i just thought about like how fast it is you know my parents are always telling me you gotta slow down you gotta you know spend time with these kids
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And I do, but, you know, my job takes me on the road. And it was just those little moments of, like, she walked better or she could talk, you know, more. She could tell you exactly what she wanted. And when I left, it wasn't that way. And, you know, and it sounds crazy to think, but, like, 10 days is a lot when you're talking about a one-year-old kid.
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And, yeah, that's kind of where that idea came from. Yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah. And just has me wrapped around her finger. But it's like that, like you were saying, you know, even now she's five and she'll, she'll always be like, dad, you hug me too much. And I'm like, it breaks my heart because I know like at some point she's gonna be like, dad, stop.
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And it just, like, breaks my heart, you know. But, yeah, she's got me right where she wants me.
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We don't have a shot.
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Well, we had that on this last Christmas where me and Kristen stayed up till 3 a.m. wrapping gifts. And I'm like, what are we doing, babe? I'm like, this is like, I don't think I got this many presents from 1 to 12. I mean, and she's like, well, she wanted this and this and this. And I told her that night, I was like, hey, from now on, we're going to back off on this.
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Like, you know, because I'm the same way. Like me and my wife, you know, both grew up working class families and, you know, are so blessed to get to give or to what our kids are going to be able to experience. And I think that's where we really kind of shifted it to like, you know, toys are cool, but it's like, you know, we just went to Australia and got to bring them with us.
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And it's like, it's more so those things where I'm like, let's, let's give them experiences and show them, show them the world instead of just giving my son another monster truck. Yeah. That he's going to lose or not want to play with in three days. But yeah, we'll have to work through that together. Okay. All right. I hope you can offer.
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Yeah, we've got a lot. And I've got a Piper as a niece. Do you? You're ahead of the curve. I am.
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So my daughter's Eloise. And I think me and my wife were dating for like two weeks. And she was like, just a heads up. If this works out, my daughter will be named Eloise.
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Like, it's not like. Both of her.
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And I was like, OK. I mean, at that time, I was like, sure.
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Whatever. So I don't know if this is working out. She was like, you know, if you're dead set on a name for a daughter, we might as well call it off now. And I was like, no, it's fine. I haven't even thought about that. I'll call her Elle. Yeah. And so she was like, my daughter will be named Eloise. Is it like a family name? She just has always loved the name Eloise. And so we had Eloise.
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That was set in stone from very early on. Lachlan, when we had him, we lived in Lachlan Springs. You know, just I'd always loved that name. And we spelled a little different than the way they do. And then Elijah is my youngest. You know, we just call him Eli. And that was... a name that I've always loved.
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Yeah. I had like a fake name. Elijah was my, well, see, that was mine too. Like if you would ever, I remember as a kid, when you would do a creative player on like PlayStation or whatever, I would always name him Mila. And, uh, and so like now, uh, I've, I've got my own Eli, but it was, you know, we didn't find out with him.
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So it was, uh, we, we didn't find out with Eloise and then we found out with Lachlan and, And then we didn't find out with Eli. But we were naming Eli boy or girl. Which experience did you like better? Not finding out. Not finding out. Really? That was pretty cool. I think I found out with Locke because my brother has three girls and I have a sister.
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And so I was kind of like, hey, man, the last name's kind of coming in. Yeah. Coming into question here. So I was just like, really like, man, I hope I have a boy. And then we found out with him and I really could see how anticlimactic it was for my wife where I was like, let's go. I've got a boy. And she's like, oh, awesome. It's a boy. Yeah.
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And so now we're, we're not finding out with, with the, we've got another one coming in June.
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It's like, you know, and it's like you were saying, you know, earlier about, you know, when people tell you how fast it goes and it kind of falls on deaf ears. It was like, you know, when you can ask somebody like, you know, what's it like to have a kid? And it's like, until they get here, It's like, yeah, you know, totally different for the mom.
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But I feel like as the dad, you know, just seeing your wife go through how y'all do pregnancy. Thank God. I just wouldn't be able to do it. But, you know, there's like that kind of until the baby shows up and then you're like, oh, now I get how. you could never love anything more than that little crazy looking thing. It just shows up. But like, you're like, Oh my God, it's just, it's crazy.
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Yeah. I mean, a ton on the songwriting side of it. I mean, you know, next thing you know, even, you know, by dirt was another one that was kind of, inspired by, you know, how I want to go about raising the family.
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I do. Thank you.
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You know, and now I feel like country is more open than it's ever been. I mean, you've got the Cody Johnsons who are, you know, cowboys, you know, country to the bone. And then you've got me somewhere in the middle of it, it feels like. And then you've got Jelly and Post Malone's in it. And it's just like I've just tried to get more to like, man, I just love good music.
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And I think with me, it always comes down to the songwriting side of it, the message, the honesty in it.
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Yeah, you did. I mean, I never, never had a dream of like playing music live, like playing on stage, being the guy singing. I moved in 2012 to write songs, you know, just wanted to write songs for the artist, you know, was bartending, doing everything to kind of stay in town and was struggling finding a job as a songwriter.
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and had a bunch of songs and met somebody that was like, Hey man, why don't you start singing them? Like try to do the artist thing. And I was like, well, if that could get me out of bartending, I'll do anything. And like, now I don't know what I would do without going.
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Oh, my, my family was, my uncle was a songwriter. So I always knew that like there was a here in town and had some hits and So I always knew that there were people writing songs for Alan Jackson's or George Strait's. So I knew that was a job. And then my brother moved to town two years before I did. And he was trying to get a record deal and kind of started having some success.
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So I was just like, man, I'll move to Nashville and write with him. And, you know, hopefully we can, you know, do the, do the songwriting thing. And he goes out and plays and, and it's like totally flipped. Now my brother is a full-time songwriter and off the road and I'm on the road.
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A lot. I mean, he's probably my most, the guy I write with the most. But he was a writer on By Dirt with me. He's got four or five on this next album. So we write together a whole lot.
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Is it back in Wisconsin? Yeah. Super underrated state. Beautiful state. Keep it a secret though.
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I was about to say, have y'all taken river out there yet? Yeah. Like how special was that? Yeah.
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And like, I mean, that's just like the, you know, the spot for us that was always, even my grandparents, they lived on a lake in East Texas. So like the summers were going there and it's like, you know, it wasn't anything crazy. He's on Toledo Bend, which is a pretty lake. I mean, but it's nothing like probably like in Wisconsin, but like,
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You know, it was just more like that was where my cousins went. And for three weeks of the summer, we would go down there and it was just us and family. And, you know, still some of my favorite memories were at that lake house. And then now y'all get to do that with y'all's kids. It's going to be awesome.
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Oh, no, no. I mean, like, um, um, I take any, anytime one of my songs gets released to the world, I'm super happy about it. There was, there's one Jake Owen cut one of my songs that is still one of my, it's called somewhere South of the rum. And, uh, I was so on the fence about it. And I was like, man, I really love this song. He had it on hold and I'd heard he was going to cut it.
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And then I kind of got cold feet and I was like, man, I think I need to cut this then, you know, because like when you see another artist that and I love Jake, like he's been so good to me and take me out on tours. And, you know, and then I'm like, well, dang, Jake thinks it's cool. Maybe I should record it.
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And, but I'm, I'm super stoked that that's like, it was a full circle thing for me when it's like, man, that's cool. That like that Jake is one of my favorites in country music. I've gotten a tour with him. And now, you know, when I think it was my second outside cut, uh, being him was pretty cool.
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No way.
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Yeah.
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I can already tell you I think you could do it.
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Beard oil, it kind of gives it some volume. Okay. But I think you could go there. You don't use beard oil on that?
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It helps a lot. I was against the beard oil because I was just like, no. It feels a little fancy. Yeah. I don't want to have to manicure my beard. And then somebody sent me a package of Savage Maine beard oil. And I was just like, all right, off the name alone, I'm going to try it. Smelly enough. Yeah.
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And so I'd used it one day and I was like, okay, this is great. And now I'd use like beard oil and a beard shampoo.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. But not one sponsor on my beard. I always say this. My beard is still a free agent. Like nobody.
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That's a beautiful beard.
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Yeah. Yeah. But no, you got to get on the beard game. I'll tell you what, I'm going to bring you a beard oil. Okay, thank you. And you can let me know your honest opinion. We should do a get ready with me with Jordan Davis.
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Takes like three minutes.
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Like, all right, well, there you go.
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Man, I haven't stopped listening to the song since I got it sent to me. It truly is like, it's a perfect kickoff. We've got a record coming out at the end of this year that I'm super excited about.
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I would if I could. But no, we're releasing a lot of music over the next couple of months. And man, Bar None was just like, it truly got sent to me. My manager sent it over and was like, hey, man, check this out. We'd probably recorded 12 or 13 songs. And I mean, I just couldn't stop listening to it.
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And it's even so now, I mean, it's been out for a couple of weeks and fans are already, already loving it. We played it for the first time at a festival last weekend and got a great response.
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No, I mean, it's, I'm super fortunate. I try not to keep up with it because you just kind of record it, put it out, put your head down, and keep going. But when you have songs like that that really kind of raise their hand as something special, it's hard not to keep an eye on it. And this one is. I mean... Probably one of my best releases I've put out so far. And it's great.
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It feels like it's something different that I haven't done before.
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And it's just a great kickoff to what a lot of this record sounds like.
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17.
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Wow. It feels like it, but then Morgan puts like 40 bangers on one. And then I was like, man, but if I had 40, then I think she'd go on a record. I probably would.
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Yeah. It's a lot. Do you get a lot of say in that? Oh yeah. Like it's, uh, I've been, I've, I've got an amazing team, but, uh, that's one of my favorite things about, you know, publishers management label is, uh, I have full reign on, and that's even going back to my first album.
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Uh, you know, it's like, you know, you hear stories from other artists about like, you know, I, I was kind of pushed in this direction or that direction, but I've never, I've never felt that I've had full creative control over all my albums. So.
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Yeah. I mean, you know, mainly because like the last video, I literally just got my friends to come over for two days in Charleston and we rented a boat. That's fun. Like you just kind of get a day to hang with your buddies. Yeah. But that's also like a kid that grew up watching CMT nonstop.
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You know, like that was such a such a cool thing to put like a visual with the song that it's still something that that I love doing. And then you have a fun, you know, a song like Bar None that I'm like, oh, man, this could be this could be a fun video.
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I don't. I'm terrible at coming up with the idea. I'm pretty good at writing the songs and singing them. But when it comes to like the videos, that's such a different creative side that I can't get into or I'm not good at. Right. But I'm sure it's probably going to revolve around drinking, which will be fun.
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There was definitely a learning period. So it's funny, when I first started taking meetings as a... So I got a call one day, and they were like, hey, Universal wants to meet with you. And I was like, oh, sweet. And in my mind, I'm thinking like, oh, Universal Publishing, I might get a songwriting contract. And they send over the address, and it's the label.
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And I was like, oh, I guess they take songwriter meetings at the label. And I walk in with the guy that was helping me out at the time. And he said, by the way, man, you know this is for a record deal, right? And I was like, oh, I did not. But...
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and so i sit down the first ever sit down and she's like so how long have you been playing and i was like i'm not gonna tell this person and i've never played a show before uh and i was like oh you know i'm still pretty green but like you know since i was little yeah yeah you know mostly acoustic stuff but like i've got some shows coming up um and i know enough to be dangerous yeah exactly
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And she's like, well, let me know when your next show is. I'd love to come check it out. And I immediately went home and I was like, I've got to find a band. I've got to learn how to do a set list. I need to learn how to just learn everything. And she came to my first show and she told me, she was like, you're really green.
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And in the back of my mind, I was like, yeah, that's the first song I've ever played. Finally, I came out with it. And I was like, hey, I've never done this before. I don't know what I'm doing. And I ended up signing. And the best thing that happened to me was I signed my deal. And I didn't release music for probably a year and a half.
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And just went out and played little bitty no-name towns, little bars. First full band show I ever played was in Birmingham. There was a sound guy. There was two bartenders. And there was one guy at the bar that was playing the, you know, the games where you have to pick the difference between the two photos. He was, he was drinking and playing that game and had no clue what we were doing.
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Like didn't even turn around one.
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Yeah. But yeah, I think I got paid like 250 bucks. That's crazy. It cost me 400 bucks to get everybody down there.
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I mean, it's, it's like, I took those in, you know, and kudos to, to my team at the time of being like, Hey, don't worry about who shows up. Don't worry about how it goes. Like just get better every night, like, you know, get more comfortable, uh, You know, and I mean, without that, like if I were to just jumped into it and think and like, oh, yeah, there's I'm good, man.
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Like I wasn't even looking for this and I got it. Yeah. I don't know if I'm I would be where I'm at now.
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Do y'all watch it? No, I have not. We haven't, but everyone's been telling us it's so good. I think it's amazing. I'm trying to wean off of true crime. I read this article about how if you calm down to true crime, there's tons of red flags.
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No, I was way into it.
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What's your childhood trauma? I know, right? That's exactly what they say. They're like, if you calm down by watching trauma, you've got some major problems, man. And so I like, you know, and I do, I love reality TV and we have a ton of time, you know, ton of downtime on the road, flights, whatever. So, The other day I saw it. So it's Million Dollar Secret. Million Dollar Secret.
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And yeah, so do y'all know the premise at all? I read it this morning, but I'll explain to people. So basically, it's like probably eight or nine people right now. And then one gets voted off. And they get given a box. you know, eight of them are empty. One of them has a million bucks in it. And then they have to go the whole day trying to find out who has the million bucks.
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They're all lying to each other. Like nobody said what they do. One woman's a cop, but she's like never addressed that she's a cop. And like one person's like kind of getting on to like, and then they give like these hints and he's like, I'm doing a terrible job explaining this. I'm sorry. But like, you know, they have like a, they have like a game they have to play.
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And then the winners get to go into this vault and then you get given like a tip to like help tip out who the millionaire is. And then they all have this big dinner and then they vote on it. And then you have to open your box in front of everybody. But here's what I don't know is going to happen. Cause the season's still going.
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I think they're about to release the, actually tonight to say the night. I think so. I think two episodes come out tonight.
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So this will be yesterday for everyone. Okay. Yeah. Well, so there's a couple of new episodes. We know what you're doing tonight. So I'm in on it.
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Like I am, I am all about it. So this is your true crime. I think that's why I like it. I was actually like talking to my wife about this. I was like, I think because it's like half detective. Do you know as a viewer who has the box? Yeah, you do. You do. Okay. So you know who the millionaire is. And then they get given like, this is, this is what I think is awesome.
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So like the millionaire gets like a task. So this, the one, one of the first girls had the million bucks and this guy with a really cool voice comes in and he's like, you have to hug everybody today. Like, so you have to like,
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secretly find a way to hug everybody and not make it like and not make it to where somebody's like hey i think the task is you have to give everybody a hug so the the millionaire the millionaire has given tasks he's given they have to complete these tasks covertly yeah okay and then like one of them was like they had to like drop like song titles in like regular conversation so
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It's pretty cool to, like, see how they do it. And then the detective side of everybody's, like, everybody's move, like, every move you make is being watched all day. And it's like, hey, that person, like, I don't know. So it's kind of like, it's like Trader's Code. Yeah, that's what I was going to say. Next thing you know, you're watching Trader's. Did you watch Trader's at all? I did not.
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So you would love, you would like Trader's. If you like this show, you'd love Trader's. Okay. Well, then I need to get on it. You need to get on that.
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Love it. See, that would be a test. You have to sneak in, buy dirt into the, into the, into the episode. But yeah, it's like, I think six, I think there's like six people left now. Okay. Is this one of your first reality TV shows you got into? No. Okay. I've been, I've been a reality. I mean, it started with Jersey shore.
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So my, I did a CMT interview. So I toured with Dierks Bentley last summer or here recently, maybe two summers ago. And we would do a cold plunge in the morning. Then we would work out and then we would do pickleball. So it was our, what did he call it? PPL. Pickle Plunge Lift. So that was our GTL. And then we recreated a photo from Jersey Shore with like me and Dierks and my crew.
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Yeah.
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like uh but yeah i was pretty and like he kind of bashed him he's like dude you you gtl game is terrible you know pickle plunge whatever uh but i was like watching it i was like this is worlds colliding right here yeah jersey started me off god i mean i feel like there's you know obviously bachelor bachelorette yeah uh
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And you were in. He was in and never let go. Look at you now, baby.
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Yeah, we've got a just announced last week. We've got a tour in the fall. I think we crank up in early September. I'm playing like some really some venues that I've had. I've been wanting to play for a long time. Red Rocks was like always my like bucket list spot. And I've never opened up for anybody there. So this will be my first time being there. Radio City in New York.
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And the Greek in L.A. So those are like three very staples of it. But also, I mean, I always hate like talking about three certain shows because there's you know, some amazing spots we're stopping at, but, uh, do you, uh, are you going to be able to take the family at all? Or, I mean, I don't know. Yeah. And we'll have a brand new one.
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It's like, we've tried the touring thing, like kudos to the artists that can take the fam out. And like, that is just a, That is a whole different animal. Um, it just makes for really, really long days. Uh, so they'll probably come out for like certain stops. Okay.
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Yeah.
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It's so tough.
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They don't sleep. And then like that, like the last time we took them out and like a three day run, um, I got like a, you know, cause we just have like a regular style. There's 12 bunks on my bus and everybody's got a bunk and we had the back lounge. So for this weekend with them coming out, I was like, all right, we'll put them, we'll put the kids in a bunk.
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And then me and Kristen had a room in the back of the bus, which I was like, this will be fine. Like, well, I'll be able to get some sleep. There'll be in the, you know, it'd be great. That just turned into five of us. Yeah.
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in the bed every night and just sandwiched in you got no sleep no sleep you're playing shows like just dog tired uh and that's when i was like all right if we're gonna do the family touring thing we gotta find a better approach yeah you gotta do it right
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He's three.
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Yeah, I think she's kind of catching on to it. She said something to my wife the other day. Kristen sent me a text message and she was like, Eloise just asked, why not so many people know my dad? Yeah. Uh, but it's actually made some like really funny. She went to school one time and I was talking to a teacher and she asked everybody what song their dad sings.
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So she just kind of thought everybody's dad sang songs. Uh, so I picked her up. I was taking her home. I was like, Hey, some dads are doctors, mechanics, you know, not everybody's dad is crazy enough to try to do this for a living. But yeah, she's kind of catching on to, you know, she's come to shows and yeah. Luckily, I'm still not her favorite.
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If she passes on it, there's a good chance that song's not making my record. Oh, no. And they really are like, you know, love melodies and... I've got to watch it with my son because he loves Monster Trucks, loves any truck. So any song I put a truck in, which is country music, we do that a lot. He's all about the truck song. He's like, oh, dad, it's got a truck in it.
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But Eloise is like, hey, dad, I like that one. So she helps a lot with picking some songs for these records. She knows the ones that will pull on people's heartstrings.
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I already have to answer that to my mom. She was in town for three weeks and I played her some songs and I still get in trouble. I'm 37 years old. I'm a grown man with almost four kids. And if I say like damn in a song, she's like, Why are you cussing in your song? And I'm like, mom, that's not a cuss word. She's like, yes, it is. And your kids are going to hear that one day.
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And I'm like, and I will cross that bridge when we get there.
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I've definitely like caught myself a couple of times where, you know, I've had to be like, they're getting older to where they may repeat that. I might need to watch.
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It's like their words, like jerk, meanie. If I were to do that with mine, it would probably lean more towards that.
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So this fall, I've got Mitchell Timpenny coming out with me and Vincent Mason.
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So Mitchell's been one of my oldest buddies in town. I've always been a huge fan of him and just become friends. And he was out with us last year and just had a blast. And then when we started looking for support again, I was like, man, ask Mitchell if he'd do it. Totally expecting him to be like, dude, I just went out with you. I'm going to go do my own tour or go with somebody else.
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And he took it again. So and I'm like honored. I love Mitchell to death. And then Vincent is one that I just got turned on to, I guess, last year. I heard one of his songs on TikTok, and I was like, dang, this kid's good. And whenever it came time to find another support act, I asked about Vincent, and he jumped at it. So it's going to be a fun tour. It's going to be a fun one.
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And I appreciate y'all having me on. This has been awesome.
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No, y'all got to let me know if I'm way off on this. If I, cause like.