Parker McCollum

It's just evoked immediately.

And he's funnier than all get out.

I mean, like, I don't think people know that either.

Like, he is hysterical.

We were hunting together a couple months ago, and it was the first time we'd kicked it in a pretty good while.

And I just...

I don't know.

He is – I would take a bullet for him.

I've leaned on him in some good times or in some really bad times.

And he's just – I don't know, man.

He's as good as East Texas has ever made him.

We did.

He actually messaged me on Twitter.

in probably 2015, 14, 15.

And, uh, and then I had met this guy at that songwriter competition that I ended up winning.

Um, and he was really good buddies with co and he was, you know, he kind of started driving my van, became my first tour manager.

And he was one of my best friends in the entire world.

And, and, uh, I remember him being like, Hey, you got to check out my buddy co Wetzel.

And I was like,

you know people say that all the time nobody's ever good you know yeah and uh and we ended up going to um uh went fishing together one time and and uh he went to sleep me and co stayed up in the living room just playing guitars and he started singing and i was just like he's special yeah i was like oh wow you know he was he just immediately and you know when someone opens their mouth to sing a song instantaneously you know whether you buy it or you don't