September 5, 2025 • 10 mins
On this episode of Takin’ a Walk with your host Buzz Knight, we sit down with artist Romeo Vaughn for an open and inspiring conversation. Romeo shares stories from his creative journey, the influences that shaped his sound, and the mindset that keeps him moving forward. He also gives us a look into his latest music, discussing the vision behind his new release and what fans can expect next. Join us for a walk filled with insight, artistry, and a fresh perspective on where his career is headed.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Taking a walk.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I know my truth.
Speaker 3 (00:02):
I know what I am and who I am, and
I know that I am a Mexican American country artist.
Speaker 4 (00:07):
What if the map of your life was written on
the streets that you wandered. I'm buzznight And in this
special Taken Walk episode, We're gonna lace up our shoes
and our stories. As Romeo Vaughn takes us on a
stroll through the city that has shaped his music and
his soul, the sidewalks echo with memories and melodies.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Sometimes it's a simple act.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Of walking alongside someone that reveals the journey beneath the surface.
So step out with us as we discover where the road,
both literal and lyrical, takes Romeo.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Next, taking a walk, Romeo, thanks for being on taking
a walk.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
So, if you could take a walk with someone living
or dead, do you know who you would take a
walk with and where you would take that walk? Now,
it can be someone musical, Romeo, but it doesn't have
to be.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
It's up to you.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Yes, I would go take a walk with my grandfather
who I don't remember, but his name is he was
Grandpa Lupe. I would love because I never had a
grandfather growing up, because my mom's dad passed away when
she was five, and my grandfather died when I was
(01:29):
a baby, so I never I don't remember him, but
I would love to meet, like walk with him.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
And I know you're a fan of places to walk
and to reflect and to think about things. We're going
to talk about your your new single, big dreams from
a small town, and the creative process behind it.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
But when you're.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Out and you're walking, what does that take you towards
creatively as a person and an artist.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
It brings me, It makes me real creative. It takes
me closer to God and seeing all of his creativeness
and his majestic ways of the trees and the hills
and the levees and just everything that he created. You
know that I believe that he created, And so I
(02:33):
look at his craftsmanship, and he makes music with the
trees and the water and the sounds, and so it
just is craft and music with the birds, turk being
and the water going. And that brings me closer to
my craftsmanship. And I can get home and write a song,
(02:56):
and or I can get home and come up with
the melody from the melody that by here. When I
go to Two Rivers Parkway, that's where I go.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
That's so beautiful the way you described it.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
As you were describing that feeling it actually it took
me back to the first episode of taking a walk
that I did at one of.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
My favorite places in the world. It's right near me.
I live outside of Boston.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Actually the place I'm speaking of is Walden Pond and
Conquered Massachusetts, where Henry David Talaux found the movement of
mindfulness and meditation and taking in the universe and realizing
it's a special place. So thank you for the way
(03:47):
you shared that. You took me back to a pleasant
place and a memory of somewhere that in fact, I
would say, Romeo, if you could ever walk there, go
to Walden Pond.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
You'll feel that energy, you know.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
It's amazing. Yeah, I would love to go to Walden Pong.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
What about the energy of Nashville?
Speaker 4 (04:08):
If I step back as someone who doesn't live there
and who visits Nashville, it really does epitomize in its
own way your single big dreams from a small town
when you think about it, But tell me about the
energy creatively and spiritually that you feel from the Nashville community.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
You know, Nashville is amazing. Now there's more in Nashville
than the Broadway lights. And when you go to places
like the Local in West End, when you go to
places like Losers in Midtown, and you go to places
like Scoreboard in Music Valley or music when you go
(04:55):
to Music City Bar. Music City Bar is my favorite,
you know to go when you go to Live Oak.
When you go to these places, that's there's these writers
and these writers arounds that are happening, and the community
just embraces you. Because the thing about Nashville is I
(05:16):
know my truth. I know what I am and who
I am, and I know that I am a Mexican
American country artist. But when you go to these places
like the Local, like Music City Bar, like Scoreboard, like
Live Oak and the Nashville Palace, when you go to
these places and there's other artists there and other songwriters there,
(05:43):
they're not It's not hey, this is the white singer songwriter,
this is the Mexican country artist, this is the black
country artist. We're just all artists and we're all songwriters.
And that vibe that family. You mess with one of us,
you mess with all of us type of deal that
(06:03):
we have here, that little big town vibe and the
family and you know, we care for one another. Now,
is it all rainbows and butterflies. No, This is the
music business cutthroat, right, But at the end of the day,
when when you go to those places and like the
(06:24):
local I love that place because that's where the songwriters
and the artists and they come and they can be
unapologetically themselves and talk about you know, oh man, I
had this idea, and so we have this term here.
It's called demo jail. So I don't know if you
(06:46):
know what that is, but so demo jail is where
like you cut a demo and then you're like you're
making all your friends hear it, like what you did,
Like you're this guy like there you can't like, you know,
So we try not to put our friends in demo jail,
but sometimes but even if they don't want to, even
if they don't want to be in demo jail, they're
(07:06):
not going to cut you off. They're going to hear
the song and and and in that community of just
you know, we're all we all have big dreams from
a small town because none of us are from Nashville.
Some of us are from Oklahoma, some of us are
from Long Island, New York, you know, like you know,
and some of us are from California. So but we
(07:29):
all have big dreams from this from our small town
and we come to Nashville to chase it, you know.
But some catch it and some don't. But at the
end of the day, nobody can ever take away from
us that we gave it our best shot.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Oh that's wonderful. I want to thank you for your
service to our to our country.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
And I want you to talk to those out there
listening who maybe have been in your position serving our
country and have been dealt with, you know, trauma and
difficulties in their life some of those same themes that
you talked so brilliantly on our Music Saved Me podcasts
(08:18):
with Lynn Hoffman.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Talk directly if you can to.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Someone who maybe was in your position, who's listening, on
how they maybe want to approach challenges that they're facing
and get help for their situation.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
I would say that you're not alone. There's no shame
and guilt. You gotta call somebody. I read the Bible
and I call I talked to God. But if that's
not your faith, it's okay. Call somebody. Call call your brother,
call your system. If you don't have that, cast somebody,
(09:00):
go somewhere. Because the world that loves you, we love you.
It's not your fault. You were doing what the one
percent of Americans do, and that's fighting for freedom. You're
not alone, and people love you, and you're not a monster.
(09:23):
People love you and you're a hero. Call somebody and
whatever you do, whatever you're thinking, don't do it because
we love you.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Romeo.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
You are an amazing inspiration and you're so giving, You
are so transparent, and you're so loving yourself.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
And I can't thank you enough for the great work
you're doing.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Congratulations on the new work, Big Dreams from a small
Town and everything else that you're creating. Thank you, and
we know we're going to to continue to see big
things from you. Extremely grateful for you taking the time
on taking a walk.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Thank you so much for having me. And yeah, well
we pray and we pray that this gets going, and
and and you we got some cool stuff up our sleeve.
And I are working with with a really cool team
and got some really cool people out of Scottsdale, Arizona
that take a chance on this old boy, so we're
(10:29):
excited to see what we got going.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Thank you, Romeo.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a
Walk podcast. Share this and other episodes with your friends
and follow us so you never miss an episode. Taking
a Walk is available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
and wherever you get your podcasts.
Taking a walk.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I know my truth.
Speaker 3 (00:02):
I know what I am and who I am, and
I know that I am a Mexican American country artist.
Speaker 4 (00:07):
What if the map of your life was written on
the streets that you wandered. I'm buzznight And in this
special Taken Walk episode, We're gonna lace up our shoes
and our stories. As Romeo Vaughn takes us on a
stroll through the city that has shaped his music and
his soul, the sidewalks echo with memories and melodies.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Sometimes it's a simple act.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Of walking alongside someone that reveals the journey beneath the surface.
So step out with us as we discover where the road,
both literal and lyrical, takes Romeo.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Next, taking a walk, Romeo, thanks for being on taking
a walk.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
So, if you could take a walk with someone living
or dead, do you know who you would take a
walk with and where you would take that walk? Now,
it can be someone musical, Romeo, but it doesn't have
to be.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
It's up to you.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Yes, I would go take a walk with my grandfather
who I don't remember, but his name is he was
Grandpa Lupe. I would love because I never had a
grandfather growing up, because my mom's dad passed away when
she was five, and my grandfather died when I was
(01:29):
a baby, so I never I don't remember him, but
I would love to meet, like walk with him.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
And I know you're a fan of places to walk
and to reflect and to think about things. We're going
to talk about your your new single, big dreams from
a small town, and the creative process behind it.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
But when you're.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Out and you're walking, what does that take you towards
creatively as a person and an artist.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
It brings me, It makes me real creative. It takes
me closer to God and seeing all of his creativeness
and his majestic ways of the trees and the hills
and the levees and just everything that he created. You
know that I believe that he created, And so I
(02:33):
look at his craftsmanship, and he makes music with the
trees and the water and the sounds, and so it
just is craft and music with the birds, turk being
and the water going. And that brings me closer to
my craftsmanship. And I can get home and write a song,
(02:56):
and or I can get home and come up with
the melody from the melody that by here. When I
go to Two Rivers Parkway, that's where I go.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
That's so beautiful the way you described it.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
As you were describing that feeling it actually it took
me back to the first episode of taking a walk
that I did at one of.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
My favorite places in the world. It's right near me.
I live outside of Boston.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Actually the place I'm speaking of is Walden Pond and
Conquered Massachusetts, where Henry David Talaux found the movement of
mindfulness and meditation and taking in the universe and realizing
it's a special place. So thank you for the way
(03:47):
you shared that. You took me back to a pleasant
place and a memory of somewhere that in fact, I
would say, Romeo, if you could ever walk there, go
to Walden Pond.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
You'll feel that energy, you know.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
It's amazing. Yeah, I would love to go to Walden Pong.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
What about the energy of Nashville?
Speaker 4 (04:08):
If I step back as someone who doesn't live there
and who visits Nashville, it really does epitomize in its
own way your single big dreams from a small town
when you think about it, But tell me about the
energy creatively and spiritually that you feel from the Nashville community.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
You know, Nashville is amazing. Now there's more in Nashville
than the Broadway lights. And when you go to places
like the Local in West End, when you go to
places like Losers in Midtown, and you go to places
like Scoreboard in Music Valley or music when you go
(04:55):
to Music City Bar. Music City Bar is my favorite,
you know to go when you go to Live Oak.
When you go to these places, that's there's these writers
and these writers arounds that are happening, and the community
just embraces you. Because the thing about Nashville is I
(05:16):
know my truth. I know what I am and who
I am, and I know that I am a Mexican
American country artist. But when you go to these places
like the Local, like Music City Bar, like Scoreboard, like
Live Oak and the Nashville Palace, when you go to
these places and there's other artists there and other songwriters there,
(05:43):
they're not It's not hey, this is the white singer songwriter,
this is the Mexican country artist, this is the black
country artist. We're just all artists and we're all songwriters.
And that vibe that family. You mess with one of us,
you mess with all of us type of deal that
(06:03):
we have here, that little big town vibe and the
family and you know, we care for one another. Now,
is it all rainbows and butterflies. No, This is the
music business cutthroat, right, But at the end of the day,
when when you go to those places and like the
(06:24):
local I love that place because that's where the songwriters
and the artists and they come and they can be
unapologetically themselves and talk about you know, oh man, I
had this idea, and so we have this term here.
It's called demo jail. So I don't know if you
(06:46):
know what that is, but so demo jail is where
like you cut a demo and then you're like you're
making all your friends hear it, like what you did,
Like you're this guy like there you can't like, you know,
So we try not to put our friends in demo jail,
but sometimes but even if they don't want to, even
if they don't want to be in demo jail, they're
(07:06):
not going to cut you off. They're going to hear
the song and and and in that community of just
you know, we're all we all have big dreams from
a small town because none of us are from Nashville.
Some of us are from Oklahoma, some of us are
from Long Island, New York, you know, like you know,
and some of us are from California. So but we
(07:29):
all have big dreams from this from our small town
and we come to Nashville to chase it, you know.
But some catch it and some don't. But at the
end of the day, nobody can ever take away from
us that we gave it our best shot.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Oh that's wonderful. I want to thank you for your
service to our to our country.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
And I want you to talk to those out there
listening who maybe have been in your position serving our
country and have been dealt with, you know, trauma and
difficulties in their life some of those same themes that
you talked so brilliantly on our Music Saved Me podcasts
(08:18):
with Lynn Hoffman.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Talk directly if you can to.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Someone who maybe was in your position, who's listening, on
how they maybe want to approach challenges that they're facing
and get help for their situation.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
I would say that you're not alone. There's no shame
and guilt. You gotta call somebody. I read the Bible
and I call I talked to God. But if that's
not your faith, it's okay. Call somebody. Call call your brother,
call your system. If you don't have that, cast somebody,
(09:00):
go somewhere. Because the world that loves you, we love you.
It's not your fault. You were doing what the one
percent of Americans do, and that's fighting for freedom. You're
not alone, and people love you, and you're not a monster.
(09:23):
People love you and you're a hero. Call somebody and
whatever you do, whatever you're thinking, don't do it because
we love you.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Romeo.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
You are an amazing inspiration and you're so giving, You
are so transparent, and you're so loving yourself.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
And I can't thank you enough for the great work
you're doing.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Congratulations on the new work, Big Dreams from a small
Town and everything else that you're creating. Thank you, and
we know we're going to to continue to see big
things from you. Extremely grateful for you taking the time
on taking a walk.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Thank you so much for having me. And yeah, well
we pray and we pray that this gets going, and
and and you we got some cool stuff up our sleeve.
And I are working with with a really cool team
and got some really cool people out of Scottsdale, Arizona
that take a chance on this old boy, so we're
(10:29):
excited to see what we got going.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Thank you, Romeo.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a
Walk podcast. Share this and other episodes with your friends
and follow us so you never miss an episode. Taking
a Walk is available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
and wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lynn Hoffman
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