Troy Vollhoffer
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351 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard May 2025
Troy Vollhoffer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's amazing. We're going to come around and talk more intimately about some of the artists that you all represent. Nick, you are new to the game in regards to being a proprietor and entrepreneur. And I got to give you a great big congratulations on that because that takes a lot of balls. You were head of UTA in Nashville and you went on your own. And how is it to be an entrepreneur?
You have a pretty interesting roster. You have music acts, artists, and you also have actors. And give me a little background on some of the artists that you represent.
Well, I want to congratulate you on picking up on my friends, Phil Vassar, who was kind of left in the middle of nowhere, you know, from representation and, uh, It's kind of cool when you put together a plan for somebody and realize that the earnings that that individual artist can make so much money with proper routing, thinking it out, and just explain your philosophy on that.
Well, yeah, it's an artist who may not have had a hit in 10 years and still has an agent who's working the rooms, working promoters to get them the dates, which is very important.
The name is Larry Gallen.
I have a problem that Styx has not been nominated. I don't understand how Styx was not nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, like never nominated. I mean, they're America's band. I mean, they truly are. And they can do great business. I mean, this will be sold out to her this summer.
Let's talk a little about relationships. So I was very fortunate to be able to share a relationship with Kurt, with Toby Keith. And let's talk about his time. I know it's a tough, maybe it's too soon, but it's never too soon to talk about what a great guy he was and how he loved to go out and play live. The great times.
Kind of like a Willie Nelson resurgence. Yeah, we just... He recreated himself a few times.
I sat with him. Kurt and I and Toby and our wives went out and had dinner in Mexico one night. We were staying at Toby's house and everyone went to bed except for Kurt and I and Toby. And Toby's like, Troy, I can do this. And I'm like, okay, explain how you're going to do it. He had it all figured out. He was like, I'm going to play a club on Monday, Tuesday.
I'm going to go into a theater on Wednesday. I'm going to play amphitheaters on Thursday and Friday and Saturday. And he had it all figured out and mapped out. And I said, do you think you can do it? And he said, Troy, I did it all my life. I did it from, I dug ditches in the day and played music at night. And I played every night. And that was for about 15 years. So I did it every day.
So I know I can do it. And, you know, that man was strong enough and willed enough that if he had the opportunity, he was going to do it. He just got cut short.
in today's world so all of a sudden before you know it you're you're going out and you got seven or eight number one records to play you know now he's got 48. right i mean so it's just i mean toby had the same thing so rod i you know we've had a relationship with tim mcgraw for a very long time and i i remember uh it was tim mcgraw's the opening act blackhawk and little texas as the headliner
And by the time that tour hit Seattle, it was Tim McGraw as a headliner, Little Texas, and Blackhawk as the opening act. I mean, I think that's where the fire and where the rubber hit the road for Tim McGraw.
So was Tim McGraw always a businessman? Was he always thinking?
You know, I go like, I'll let you know tomorrow. He's a pretty intense guy. Yeah. I can see that.
One of the biggest, that's incredible.
i i just appreciate the fact you know just talking about toby and tim the the level of class that both of those gentlemen have uh outweighs the artistry if that makes any sense um i think that they carry themselves uh they're i think they make country music look really good and i think we're losing a little bit of that right now because i don't think uh
The young, the new generation has really bought into the history of what this thing was. I mean, those guys looked at guys like George Jones and Waylon and Willie and Haggard and they held them at the highest level. Right. And, and we don't, I don't think we have that today and we're missing that. We're missing it with agents also.
It's, it's like, you know, the three of you sitting here today is an honor for me as a producer of festivals because. I know that when I call either one of you, you work to make routing happen.
If it's a one-off and you're looking for routing, the new kids, they need to learn that you just don't make it easy and pick up the phone and say, we can't do that for a million dollars because it doesn't route. Well, make it route. And that's what you guys do. Nick, it's really funny because he brings up the Tim McGraw thing.
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