His new album, Rise & Fall, is out today! Plus, he talks all about his work with St. Jude.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Live from the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge dashboard.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Drummer Dad that I am so.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Every kid flag a cool rum runner all September, calling
it off.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Fallow.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
There you go, Summer. That is.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Scotty McCreary's new single is Fall of Summer from his
album Rise and Fall.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Which is out today.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Many reasons to be celebrating today, Scotty McCreary, Welcome to
the show.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Good to have you here.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Good morning, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, good morning, Welcome, Welcome to New York City.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Sorry, we were having such a tinkly day, which means
lots of rain.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Yeah, it's oh good. It's always a beautiful day in
the city.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You know what they say, New York City, it makes
its own gravy when it rains. Sorry, that's nasty. I
know it's a little early for that. By the way, congratulations.
By the way, Scotty had a cabin a solo number one.
This is his seventh number one that came out several
(01:14):
weeks ago. So I celebrated with you. I actually had.
I had some Cabernet in my red solo cup last night.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
So there you go. He's going to the party. Welcome.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I love it, I am Scotty.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Congratulations on your success and of course another reason we
wanted to have you on to talk about our friends
at Saint Jude. I know that you received that Coveted
Angels among Us award recently, which is an award that
Saint Jude gives to an artist every year for the
outstanding commitment and service to the mission of Saint Jude,
and they've been on our minds a lot lately. Can
(01:48):
you talk about your experiences rolling through Saint Jude and
also spreading the word across America?
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Yeah? Absolutely not. First off, I just love what Saint
Jude does and how they helped the family, how they
have the kids. I had the opportunity to go to
the hospital there in Memphis and meet some of these
kids and the families. And We've gone to a bunch
of hospitals, and you know, it can always kind of
be a sad thing, and I'll kind of intimidated going
in there. But as soon as I got in there,
I mean, the place was so bright and there was
(02:16):
such an energy, and the families had smiles on their faces,
and the kids and the doctors and all the How
can that be? But you know, being able to take
that worry away. They're already worried about so much when
they're there at the hospital. Being able to take that
financial burden off of them is just an amazing thing
to be lifted off their chest. And they're doing so
much research and they're not charging other hospitals for it.
(02:38):
They're they're sharing it for free. And so I mean,
for me, any chance I get to spread the word
or to help them out, whether it be on the
road of concerts. We've even gone on Family Feud and
won the thing and one twenty five thousand dollars for Jude,
and wow, it's always great to help.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Oh my god, Well stop everything. Let's talk about what
it's like to be on Family Feud.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I mean, I mean, was it fun? Was it intimidating?
Speaker 1 (03:04):
I mean, talk about that experience and what what you
feel made your team win that twenty five thousand dollars
for Saint Jude, Like, what does it take to win
on that thing?
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Oh? It was a blast. Steve Harvey makes it fun.
They make you feel comfortable and you watch it your
whole life and you're like, oh, that would be a breeze.
And then the cameras and the lights you no, and
your heart starts pumpling a little faster, and you're like,
oh God. But my wife we did the fast money
thing and she crushed the first round, so I didn't
I didn't have to do too much in the second
round because she's she's the brain to the look, he's
(03:34):
everything in the family. So I'm glad she went first.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
That is so cool. Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Hey, so traveling around the country, of course, with the
new album Rise and fall Out today, you've got that's
your life. I'm assuming you're you're on the road for
a while, which cannot be the easiest life to live.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
But do you enjoy it?
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I mean, and if so, what is it you you
hear and feel from your fans when you meet them.
Are you learning more about yourself? You're learning more about
our country, getting out of your comfort zoning, going out
across the globe.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Absolutely. Yeah. I've been a road dog now for thirteen years.
I love it out there. It's January through December a
pretty much a full time thing for us and my band.
I mean, we're family out there. Most of these guys
have been with me since day one, and I love
getting out there to hang with them. But We've performed
in all fifty states. I mean, I've gotten to go
places I never thought I would as a kid growing
(04:26):
up in small town North Carolina, Alaska and Hawaii, and
you know, just all fifty states right here in the
continental US. So I love it. And you know, a
lot of great fans out there telling me stories about
how the music helps them through things or this is
what they're listening to and they're driving around, and that's
what it's all about, you know, connecting through music. And
I feel like I've been blessed to bless others, you know,
(04:49):
and that's why I love to help Sink Jude, love
to just do whatever I can out there to make
people's day. You know.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I know that Scotty's going to ask because we're going
to like talk about the donation and like, you know,
donating money soon. But I'll tell you, listening to his
voice and his accent, he could tell me to donate
to anything right now, and I probably don't.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Right now, I'm gonna download.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
That keep in mind to Scotty and the rest of us.
You're the one with the accent.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
All day long.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I want I want to get into of course, Saint
Jude and how we can help out because I want
everyone listening to support and before we do that, I
got to turn it to Froggy. As you know, our
Froggy is is. He's a He's a big force in
a in country country music radio. And this new song out,
you know, in the album out, we need for you
to commit to Scotty right now that you're gonna you're
gonna stand behind this thing.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Scotty already knows he has my commitment on on Fall
of Summer, Scotty, talk about just two weeks ago. I
know this was such an honor for you. You were
inducted as an official member of the Grand Ole Opry.
What does that mean to somebody who's grown up watching
the Grand Ole Opry your entire life and then now
you are an official?
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Uh, It's it's everything. I'm just thirty years old, but
i feel like I'm an old soul and I've got
so much respect and I revere the Opry for for
what they've done for country music. And you know, I
feel like people forget you know, back in the day
before all the social media and stuff, the Opery played
a huge role and making it popular outside of you
a few states in the South, and so all of
(06:22):
my heroes have played that stage. It's always been at
the top of my bucket list to be able to
be deemed worthy of joining that family. So it was
just a legitimately a lifelong dream come true. And now
I got to go home and start writing a new
bucket list and take care. I'll what the next FXT
goal is. But it's the honor of a lifetime.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
You know, yesterday we kicked off a summer of post
Malone and Morgan Wallen. There's their song, how are you
feeling about about post Malone? Look spreading his wings and
just being a part of whatever genre he's comfortable in.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
Well, you got to be so talented to be able
to do what he's doing, know, and just try new
things and crush it. So I think he's doing a
phenomenal job. And for me, as a guy who you know,
all I want to do is country music. It's what
I love, it's my passion. So I love the fact that,
you know, he's bringing all these new fans, all these
eyeballs to country music. And for me, it's like somebody
who's a post Malone fan or a Beyonce fan or whoever,
(07:19):
uh you know nowadays might listen to their album and
after that, you know, find out who Merle Haggard is,
or find out who George Jones and lored O Lynn is.
You know. So as a traditional country guy, I just
love all the all the new fans new eyeballs on
country music.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Yeah, because Gane and I were talking, we'd love to
see you on stage with Cardi B.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
Yes, that would be a collaboration.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, I know I've been waiting for.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Absolutely All Right, let's get to let's get to work.
We are entering into Mother's Day weekend and we're talking earlier.
What a great gift in honor of your mom to
have a conversation with her and say, look, I want
to make a monthly donation to Saint Jude in your
honor because I can't imagine what it's like to be
a mom and hear that your child has cancer. Let's
think about all those moms that are dealing with that
(08:08):
and working through it, and those who aren't but are
definitely open to what it feels like to be a
mom and to be told that Saint Jude is their
mission is to get rid of all childhood cancer and
your conversation with your mom this weekend is I love
your mother. I want to make a monthly contribution to
(08:28):
Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital in honor of you and
this conversation we're having. And it could be twenty dollars
a month, it could be whatever a month. Whatever you
can do. If you text the word Elvis to sixty
two sixty two sixty two, you'll get that this T
shirt Saves Lives t shirt. If you do a monthly
contribution and you have this incredible gift for your mom,
(08:50):
maybe if you're it's last minute, like I said earlier,
you don't want to go down to the gas station
by your mom sushi for Mother's Day. Do it this
way and Withcotty McCree. Thank you, Scotty for spending all
this time with us. We're telling you right now it's
totally legit. Do you want to add to this, Scotty,
would any of the thoughts about Saint Jude?
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Seriously?
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Oh? Well, I just love it. If you're gonna if
you want to give back, if you want to help
family without help getting out, this is the way to
do it. I can guarantee your money is going to
a great place, and the research they do and how
they help these families, it's it's unparalleled. They are truly,
they are the angels among us. So I think it's
a great place to help out if you can.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Absolutely, we're talking to twenty dollars a month. I mean,
think of a little the stupid stuff you spend twenty
dollars a month on, Scotty. I mean, come on, a
bunch of idiots when you really look at what we're
spending our money on. But twenty dollars a month to
Saint Jude and you get that shirt. Pretty cool, Scotty McCreary.
Of course, Rise and Fall the albums out today, Fall
(09:50):
of Summer, of the song that Scott that Froggy is
going to be playing I think in power rotation in
this moment.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Everyone say thank you to Scotty McCreary.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Thanks you for having me your own.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Enjoy New York City, leave it the way you found it.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Please, thank you.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Have a nice day. Scotty McCree What a nice guy.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
I just downloaded that album.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
You love it absolutely, absolutely again text the word Elvis
to sixty two sixty two sixty two and They will
walk you through about your contribution and how it's paid
and everything like that. Don't be afraid just to text
the word Elvis to sixty two sixty two sixty two.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
They don't have you right there.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
You're not snagged, will They will then walk you through
and tell you and explain to you exactly what it
is that this is all about.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
We love you, Saint Jude
Live from the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge dashboard.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Drummer Dad that I am so.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Every kid flag a cool rum runner all September, calling
it off.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Fallow.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
There you go, Summer. That is.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Scotty McCreary's new single is Fall of Summer from his
album Rise and Fall.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Which is out today.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Many reasons to be celebrating today, Scotty McCreary, Welcome to
the show.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Good to have you here.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Good morning, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, good morning, Welcome, Welcome to New York City.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Sorry, we were having such a tinkly day, which means
lots of rain.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Yeah, it's oh good. It's always a beautiful day in
the city.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You know what they say, New York City, it makes
its own gravy when it rains. Sorry, that's nasty. I
know it's a little early for that. By the way, congratulations.
By the way, Scotty had a cabin a solo number one.
This is his seventh number one that came out several
(01:14):
weeks ago. So I celebrated with you. I actually had.
I had some Cabernet in my red solo cup last night.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
So there you go. He's going to the party. Welcome.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I love it, I am Scotty.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Congratulations on your success and of course another reason we
wanted to have you on to talk about our friends
at Saint Jude. I know that you received that Coveted
Angels among Us award recently, which is an award that
Saint Jude gives to an artist every year for the
outstanding commitment and service to the mission of Saint Jude,
and they've been on our minds a lot lately. Can
(01:48):
you talk about your experiences rolling through Saint Jude and
also spreading the word across America?
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Yeah? Absolutely not. First off, I just love what Saint
Jude does and how they helped the family, how they
have the kids. I had the opportunity to go to
the hospital there in Memphis and meet some of these
kids and the families. And We've gone to a bunch
of hospitals, and you know, it can always kind of
be a sad thing, and I'll kind of intimidated going
in there. But as soon as I got in there,
I mean, the place was so bright and there was
(02:16):
such an energy, and the families had smiles on their faces,
and the kids and the doctors and all the How
can that be? But you know, being able to take
that worry away. They're already worried about so much when
they're there at the hospital. Being able to take that
financial burden off of them is just an amazing thing
to be lifted off their chest. And they're doing so
much research and they're not charging other hospitals for it.
(02:38):
They're they're sharing it for free. And so I mean,
for me, any chance I get to spread the word
or to help them out, whether it be on the
road of concerts. We've even gone on Family Feud and
won the thing and one twenty five thousand dollars for Jude,
and wow, it's always great to help.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Oh my god, Well stop everything. Let's talk about what
it's like to be on Family Feud.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I mean, I mean, was it fun? Was it intimidating?
Speaker 1 (03:04):
I mean, talk about that experience and what what you
feel made your team win that twenty five thousand dollars
for Saint Jude, Like, what does it take to win
on that thing?
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Oh? It was a blast. Steve Harvey makes it fun.
They make you feel comfortable and you watch it your
whole life and you're like, oh, that would be a breeze.
And then the cameras and the lights you no, and
your heart starts pumpling a little faster, and you're like,
oh God. But my wife we did the fast money
thing and she crushed the first round, so I didn't
I didn't have to do too much in the second
round because she's she's the brain to the look, he's
(03:34):
everything in the family. So I'm glad she went first.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
That is so cool. Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Hey, so traveling around the country, of course, with the
new album Rise and fall Out today, you've got that's
your life. I'm assuming you're you're on the road for
a while, which cannot be the easiest life to live.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
But do you enjoy it?
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I mean, and if so, what is it you you
hear and feel from your fans when you meet them.
Are you learning more about yourself? You're learning more about
our country, getting out of your comfort zoning, going out
across the globe.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Absolutely. Yeah. I've been a road dog now for thirteen years.
I love it out there. It's January through December a
pretty much a full time thing for us and my band.
I mean, we're family out there. Most of these guys
have been with me since day one, and I love
getting out there to hang with them. But We've performed
in all fifty states. I mean, I've gotten to go
places I never thought I would as a kid growing
(04:26):
up in small town North Carolina, Alaska and Hawaii, and
you know, just all fifty states right here in the
continental US. So I love it. And you know, a
lot of great fans out there telling me stories about
how the music helps them through things or this is
what they're listening to and they're driving around, and that's
what it's all about, you know, connecting through music. And
I feel like I've been blessed to bless others, you know,
(04:49):
and that's why I love to help Sink Jude, love
to just do whatever I can out there to make
people's day. You know.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I know that Scotty's going to ask because we're going
to like talk about the donation and like, you know,
donating money soon. But I'll tell you, listening to his
voice and his accent, he could tell me to donate
to anything right now, and I probably don't.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Right now, I'm gonna download.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
That keep in mind to Scotty and the rest of us.
You're the one with the accent.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
All day long.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I want I want to get into of course, Saint
Jude and how we can help out because I want
everyone listening to support and before we do that, I
got to turn it to Froggy. As you know, our
Froggy is is. He's a He's a big force in
a in country country music radio. And this new song out,
you know, in the album out, we need for you
to commit to Scotty right now that you're gonna you're
gonna stand behind this thing.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Scotty already knows he has my commitment on on Fall
of Summer, Scotty, talk about just two weeks ago. I
know this was such an honor for you. You were
inducted as an official member of the Grand Ole Opry.
What does that mean to somebody who's grown up watching
the Grand Ole Opry your entire life and then now
you are an official?
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Uh, It's it's everything. I'm just thirty years old, but
i feel like I'm an old soul and I've got
so much respect and I revere the Opry for for
what they've done for country music. And you know, I
feel like people forget you know, back in the day
before all the social media and stuff, the Opery played
a huge role and making it popular outside of you
a few states in the South, and so all of
(06:22):
my heroes have played that stage. It's always been at
the top of my bucket list to be able to
be deemed worthy of joining that family. So it was
just a legitimately a lifelong dream come true. And now
I got to go home and start writing a new
bucket list and take care. I'll what the next FXT
goal is. But it's the honor of a lifetime.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
You know, yesterday we kicked off a summer of post
Malone and Morgan Wallen. There's their song, how are you
feeling about about post Malone? Look spreading his wings and
just being a part of whatever genre he's comfortable in.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
Well, you got to be so talented to be able
to do what he's doing, know, and just try new
things and crush it. So I think he's doing a
phenomenal job. And for me, as a guy who you know,
all I want to do is country music. It's what
I love, it's my passion. So I love the fact that,
you know, he's bringing all these new fans, all these
eyeballs to country music. And for me, it's like somebody
who's a post Malone fan or a Beyonce fan or whoever,
(07:19):
uh you know nowadays might listen to their album and
after that, you know, find out who Merle Haggard is,
or find out who George Jones and lored O Lynn is.
You know. So as a traditional country guy, I just
love all the all the new fans new eyeballs on
country music.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Yeah, because Gane and I were talking, we'd love to
see you on stage with Cardi B.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
Yes, that would be a collaboration.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, I know I've been waiting for.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Absolutely All Right, let's get to let's get to work.
We are entering into Mother's Day weekend and we're talking earlier.
What a great gift in honor of your mom to
have a conversation with her and say, look, I want
to make a monthly donation to Saint Jude in your
honor because I can't imagine what it's like to be
a mom and hear that your child has cancer. Let's
think about all those moms that are dealing with that
(08:08):
and working through it, and those who aren't but are
definitely open to what it feels like to be a
mom and to be told that Saint Jude is their
mission is to get rid of all childhood cancer and
your conversation with your mom this weekend is I love
your mother. I want to make a monthly contribution to
(08:28):
Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital in honor of you and
this conversation we're having. And it could be twenty dollars
a month, it could be whatever a month. Whatever you
can do. If you text the word Elvis to sixty
two sixty two sixty two, you'll get that this T
shirt Saves Lives t shirt. If you do a monthly
contribution and you have this incredible gift for your mom,
(08:50):
maybe if you're it's last minute, like I said earlier,
you don't want to go down to the gas station
by your mom sushi for Mother's Day. Do it this
way and Withcotty McCree. Thank you, Scotty for spending all
this time with us. We're telling you right now it's
totally legit. Do you want to add to this, Scotty,
would any of the thoughts about Saint Jude?
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Seriously?
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Oh? Well, I just love it. If you're gonna if
you want to give back, if you want to help
family without help getting out, this is the way to
do it. I can guarantee your money is going to
a great place, and the research they do and how
they help these families, it's it's unparalleled. They are truly,
they are the angels among us. So I think it's
a great place to help out if you can.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Absolutely, we're talking to twenty dollars a month. I mean,
think of a little the stupid stuff you spend twenty
dollars a month on, Scotty. I mean, come on, a
bunch of idiots when you really look at what we're
spending our money on. But twenty dollars a month to
Saint Jude and you get that shirt. Pretty cool, Scotty McCreary.
Of course, Rise and Fall the albums out today, Fall
(09:50):
of Summer, of the song that Scott that Froggy is
going to be playing I think in power rotation in
this moment.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Everyone say thank you to Scotty McCreary.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Thanks you for having me your own.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Enjoy New York City, leave it the way you found it.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Please, thank you.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Have a nice day. Scotty McCree What a nice guy.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
I just downloaded that album.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
You love it absolutely, absolutely again text the word Elvis
to sixty two sixty two sixty two and They will
walk you through about your contribution and how it's paid
and everything like that. Don't be afraid just to text
the word Elvis to sixty two sixty two sixty two.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
They don't have you right there.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
You're not snagged, will They will then walk you through
and tell you and explain to you exactly what it
is that this is all about.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
We love you, Saint Jude
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