# 723 - Russell Dickerson Bet Everything on “Yours”
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I gotta be really candid, and I hope Jesse hears this. I hope he listens to this with his wife. Our wives were somewhat sensible to believe in our careers. His wife had a really fucking roll the dice on faith, for sure. His wife is a fucking saint. Do you know how many times they would have to go to parties and they'd be like, so Jesse, what are you up to these days? And he's like, and she's like, oh, here we go. And he's like, well, you know Savannah? By the way, I'm the healthiest I've ever fucking been. Yeah, you look great. Oh, thank you very much. You always look great. But you drink. I do. But how often do you drink? I'm currently not, though. Really? Mm-hmm. You look good. Thank you. You look good, good.
You look like almost you had a glam over. I can tell. Yeah, like I can tell in photos, like, oh, yeah. For real? Yeah, I was drinking.
not drinking for sure it's been six weeks it's been six weeks and i had a drink um wait can i ask you a crazy question did you grow up in union city born born there we till i was 10. okay yeah i only know one dude from union city who's in my fraternity i'm shocked that you know one trent jones Trent Jones. Trent Jones. He showed up in our fraternity. We tried to keep up with them. The Joneses. We tried. In Union City. He married my ex-girlfriend. Dang. Yeah. I got to tell you this. I think they still live in Union City. I think they moved back to Union City. Wow. Yeah. But he was the coolest guy. He was a guy from Union City who moved to Tallahassee to go to Florida State. Yeah. Rushed to fraternity by himself.
Okay. Had a mustache and a mullet in 1991. That's a real one. A mustache and a mullet. That's a real one. And dip Copenhagen. Union City, baby. And he introduced me to all country music was through Trent Jones. We became good friends. We were pledge brothers. Yeah, we were always good friends. We almost got in a fist fight one night. Our buddy died. And we were both drunk and we were angry. Yeah. And he said... and i don't you know how like uh like actors talk like guys like i feel like you've probably been in a few fights not many not many no like are you the guy are you big enough but you're big enough where you could talk your way out of it where if you talk loud enough everyone's like never mind i don't want to yeah yeah i can threaten enough to de-escalate real quick you look like but once punches start flying
I'm out.
I'm out. I've been punched so many times. Yeah. I've been punched and I never think anyone's going to throw a punch. Yeah. Like that's the biggest difference between me and the rest of the world is I always think we're not going to punch each other, right?
Right.
you're not gonna punch back right oh i'm never gonna throw a punch i've thrown one punch in my life i think oh i see what you're getting and he said to me i'd be great if i said she looked at me and was like i can't believe you hit me no uh grabbed my hair uh he said to me why did you hit me and i went because you're talking yeah he's like but you hit me and i went oh My bad. Do you ever feel like you're misrepresented by your height and your size and your body? Yeah. Because you really are a sensitive guy.
I am. I'm a Tinder. I'm a Tinder gentleman.
I'm a Jolly Green Giant. But can I tell you, I'm curious about a lot of things. Because it comes out in your music. I think it does. I feel like you write. You can't help. Okay. Let me see how I can unpack this. can't pick your fans we were just talking about that downstairs just you just bring the the coffees in yeah you can't pick your fans and i'm certain there's probably times where you feel like you get pigeonholed as like a ballad guy or like a love song guy and but but the truth of and i'm sure you go dude i'd love to have like a like a i mean you have some banger bangers but you go maybe i'd like to be a little more like like uh i don't know i i couldn't guess who but you do write love very well, but also you are wildly in love with your wife.
Totally. And I'm saying from my perspective, I always wanted to be the edgy fucking dude.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–19:03
2
How does Russell balance being a goofy husband and dad with his country star image?
19:03–22:49
3
How did Russell Dickerson turn 'Yours' from an unknown song into a #1 hit?
22:49–27:58
4
What happened when major labels passed on Russell and how did he respond?
27:58–35:27
5
How did Russell and his wife create the low‑budget music video that changed everything?
35:27–47:14
6
Where did Russell meet his wife at Belmont and how did their college relationship evolve?
47:14–1:41:47
Speakers
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