December 31, 2025 • 18 mins
Chad Clark grew up in tiny New Bloomington, Ohio, but is making a big splash in country music with his latest songs, that feature some of the most in-demand players and producers in Nashville. Chad and his long-time drummer, Danny Gregory, joined the show to talk about their current release, and how you can hear it & see them live.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining me in studio today. I've got Chad Clark and
Danny Gregory talking about Chad Clark's music with Danny and
all of the guys in the band. Hey, welcome to
the show. Guys. How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Great? We're happy to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Absolutely, you know, it is my pleasure. I'm glad to
be here in chat a little bit about what you
guys have been working on. Chad. Let's first of all,
talk a little bit. If people are not familiar with
Chad Clark Chad Clark's music, tell everybody where they know
you from, because you've been playing music in this area forever.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I have been in a Central Ohio staple for more
than forty years, believe it or not. I started as
a teenager and I've fronted several bands around the Central
Ohio area.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Absolutely, and you mainly play country music, but you've played everything.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Everything over the years, certainly.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yes, yeah, And now we've got some Nashville stuff that
we're going to talk about here in a few minutes.
And Danny's same with you. You've played in so many different bands,
same deal, country bands, rock bands. You know. Talk a
little bit about about your goings through and how people
know you from different bands or different places.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
They've seen a drummer, as you said, have been playing
in different bands. And you know, you and I laughed
that we're one phone call away.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Slide down, Mike, a little closer to you brother.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
You know, we've always laughed about how we're one phone
call away from knowing everybody in the industry. Absolutely, and
sure enough, that's how I met Chad Clark, you know,
all those years ago, and uh, just you know, met
a lot of good people in music.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah, and had a good time and played with played
with some some big players too.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
You guys both have Yeah, you know, Chad and I
have had some pretty good luck when it comes to that. Yeah,
and uh, you know, I think it's it's just a
music bug. You know, it gets a hold of you,
and uh, it's what we do.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well over the years, relationships with Shenandoah and other bands
that you've opened for. And that's it's.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Amazing that these people not only do we know them,
they know us. That's really cool to get to that
point in your career.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah. Absolutely, it makes for a lot of fun. But
you guys have a brand new project. You went down
to Nashville, you put together a couple of songs, and
we're going to talk specifically about one that you guys
are really working on. And Chad, first of all, tell
me about how the bug of you know, I'm not
young anymore, None of us sitting at this table are
(02:23):
young anymore, but it's that bug of I want to
do I'm going to do this. We're going to Nashville.
We're going to put together some of the best pickers
and players that Nashville has, and we're going to put
together some music and some songs. And you've done it before,
and you've done it again. Talk a little bit about
this experience and why at this stage of the game
that you wanted to do this again.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Well, let's back up a little bit. Most most musicians,
they have another career to pay the bills. You know,
until you get to a certain level, you can't do
it full time. So I had another job that I
worked over the years, and day I came to work
and they did one of these big corporate buyout things,
(03:06):
and I thought, you know, I'm too young to get this,
and I talked with the financial advisor and it worked
out for me. I was at the proper time in
my life so I took the buyout, and I decided
right then and there that I was going to maybe
do something solo for the first time in my life.
So that's what we did. We put out an album
(03:27):
a couple of years ago and it's done very, very well.
We have over five million streams, you know, worldwide on
that album.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
It's amazing how that works because I could be listening
to something else and then the next song that comes
up is yours, and all of a sudden you have
a brand new fan, right.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Absolutely absolutely, And I get emails from like Australia, and
what's really amazing is I get emails from people from
non English speaking countries like Belgium and Germany. You know,
the country music's getting big and southern France now they're
having a big show every summer there around kan or Can, right,
(04:09):
you know. I think now that's going to turn into
something in France.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
And country has always been huge in Australia. Does That's
all right?
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Right?
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Right? And so a lot of stuff I'm sure comes
that way. And that's the thing, you know, back in
the day working at tiny radio stations when I was younger,
and we'd have a local artist had come in and
they'd hand me their tape and I'd sit down on
my show and pop it in the tape deck and
play it, and all of a sudden, you know, people
start to know who they are. I mean, the world
doesn't work that way anymore, but streaming and the way
(04:37):
it is now gives anybody the ability to put a studio,
a little studio in their home for even as little
as a couple one hundred bucks, and all of a sudden,
be the next you know, Shaboozy, you know. I mean,
that's where his music came from.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
You know, I was talking to Danny about I believe
in twenty fifteen we started to see the pendulum swing right,
and that's when into pen and artists really became viable, right,
And we are viable now. Like I said, I've got
over five million streams and I've done it from Marion County.
You know, Yes, we do go to Nashville. We do
have to go down there and network. But you don't
(05:14):
have to be in New York, LA or Nashville to
be in the music business anymore. It's not a prerequisite.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
But you do have to have the right players, don't you,
my friend, And that's one of the reasons why you
went down to Nashville to do what you did. Talk
a little bit about that and how you assemble some
of these great players in your organization for these for
these songs.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Well, I think, I think I'm a big believer. I
don't care what your job is or what industry you
work in. You know, you're only going to get out
of it what you put in it. Absolutely, you got
to go to work, you got to put the work in.
But also I have met some of the finest people
(05:56):
in the industry, you know, whether you know, going back
to my stage management days or entertainment vendor with Coca
Cola days. And you know, when you when you grow
a network of good people in the industry, you know,
it's kind of nice that you can, you know, that
you can pick up the phone and say, hey, this
(06:17):
is what we want to do. We want to put
together a recording with some of these pickers, you know,
and players or producers and and I think, you know it, really.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
It was incredible.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Uh, we went down We chose Mystic Studios, Okay, Darla
Pelosi and her husband Tim Patterson, you know, and I
first met Darla years ago on a show.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
And then.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
More recently, what was it probably about four or five
years ago, I was stage managing over at West Liberty
Country Legend show and you know, again got to see
Tim and Darla and.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
They were working with Mark Chestnut.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Yeah, they were on the road with Chestnut at the time.
And so again talking with them. They have this studio.
Darla is an incredible producer. She's got a wrote a
song for Big and Rich that did really well and
over the years, and and of course Tim is just
(07:28):
an incredible, incredible bass player. So they just treated as
great you know, lots of hospitality.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Darla was Loretta Lyn's band leader before Loretta passed. So
we're talking about high level musicians and people that you've
heard on the radio.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
For sure, Chad, that's amazing. But at the same time,
some of these pickers that you guys chose, you know,
where did you find him? Did you know him? I
mean they've been on huge records. How does a guy
from New Bloomington, Ohio, you know, make a phone call
and get some of the greatest players to spend time
with your music. Talk about that.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
You know, Nashville is just an association game. If you
know one person, they might know this person, you might
know them, all right, yeah, and and oh you know
so and so, Okay, I'll play on your track. And
that's the way it works down there. And it's not
a money thing, is it, Dan.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
I mean, it's it's do you do you want to
work with them?
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Do they want to work with you? Right? Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (08:31):
I mean it's it's two way street. Absolutely, we wanted
to work with them, but they had to listen to
a rough recording of what we were going to do
and decide whether or not they wanted to be a
part of that project. So that was kind of a
good feeling for us that we had these high level
pickers that were willing to, you know, take the time
out to put their talents on our recording.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Yeah, let's talk for a minute about the song. It's
called wrong Side of the Tracks. I think anybody who's
on social media and attached to this area we're talking
about north central Ohio area where you grew up, they've
probably seen the picture of you and New Bloomington on
the tracks. You know, with that coming out, you know,
why do people need to click on that song and
(09:15):
listen to it? Talk about the song where it came from?
And all that good stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
This song is not new, believe it or not. Okay,
It's a song that I wrote a while back. I've
been doing it live for a long time, Paul. But
we went to Nashville and decided to let these Nashville
pros give us their take on it. So we're calling
this the Nashville Sessions. But we let them run with
it basically, and I think we got a good commercial
(09:42):
sound out of it.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Well, what's interesting is artists are doing that everywhere. Danny.
I just bought my wife vinyl from bon Jovi where
he put out a record two years ago and it
was what it was, and then he decided I could
make it better by bringing in you know, different singers,
summer country, summer pops, and and I've and now the
(10:03):
record is blowing up because of the next adaptation of that.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
That's not uncommon, right, absolutely absolutely, We've seen Shenandoah do
it right, right, and you know, it's just it gives it,
you know, just a rebirth of the project. And and
here's the other thing, you know, I think Marty said
(10:27):
it best when they did that two dozen Roses with
Luke Calms right right right, you know, Luke wasn't even
born when that song was a hit, and there.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Was fifteen years that nobody knew who they were, and
now they do again.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yeah, yeah, I mean they're they're they're doing amazing. I
mean they're selling out shows, they're just doing incredible. But
again it goes back to that the music bug, right,
and then let me go back to something else. You
just talked about bon Jovi. You know, whether you're bon Jovi, Shenandoah,
Chad Clark, if you got good people in your corner
(11:01):
and enough of them you can do you know, you
can do them. You can do great things.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Absolutely, absolutely. So you wrote the song a number of
years ago, you've played it out before, but now it's
got a whole different flavor. What are some of those
changes and adjustments. What were some of the things besides
the people that were playing on it that make the
song different in brand new again?
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Well, it is the people that play on it that
made it different brand new. They they brought their own
perspective to it. We had a lead guitarist by the
name of James Mitchell, and he's just a phenomenon in
Nashville right now. He's played with Willie Nelson, he's played
with Chris Young. He I believe he's Cody Johnson's main
(11:44):
go to guy when Cody comes to town, because Cody
just comes to Nashville to record, so we we've seen him.
The credits from James Mitchell is just phenomenal. I mean,
this guy is part of the musical fabric that we
hear today and we got to work with this man.
It was awesome.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
I saw the pictures, I saw video things like that.
You guys were in a whole nother world when you
were putting this together because of the people you were
able to work with. Now you've got it, You've got
this song ready to go. You're pushing it out all
it's out on the streams and everything like that. How
can people hear it? What do they have to do
(12:24):
to hear the music and hear you guys out playing it?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
You know, right now? It's available on all streaming markets,
isn't it, Dan? I mean, pick one and it's there. Yeah,
So wherever you stream your music, you should be able
to get it.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Okay, And once again, the song is called Wrong Side
of the Tracks. You can find Chad on all of
the socials as well. Just look for Chad Clark Music.
You'll find it. There are links and everything up there.
But you guys are now looking to step out get
into some places around the area to play live. Talk
about that for a minute, Danny absolutely.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
I mean we do all this because we enjoy playing music.
We enjoy playing live shows. We're going to start, We're
going to do a little wrong side of the track
single release reception. Okay, will January eighteenth, Sunday afternoon, one
to four at the Shovel City Drinkery. And we're again
(13:23):
we're just trying to you know, work it. Put the
work in, put the time in, get the buzz built.
The buzz is already built. Yeah, we just got to
ride the wave, put the work in, go after shows,
go after shows.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
I think that's fantastic. So if you are hearing this
podcast and you're interested in the music, I'm going to
put a link in the description of this podcast so
you can click and you'll be able to get to
one of the streaming services that has that so you'll
be able to hear the song for yourself and then
get some details. So just check the description here in
(13:56):
the podcast and you'll be able to find those details
and Like I said, you can always check out Chad
Clark Music and get where you're going to be able
to find it. You'll get some details on it, some backstories,
some pictures of you guys down in Nashville and of
course now playing out and doing some of these shows out.
You're going to get some of that on those sites
as well, because I know you guys get some pictures,
(14:17):
take some pictures and things. You've got videos out, stuff
like that. There's actually a lot of things on that
site to really for folks to learn about you guys's
music over the last several years when they check out
your social.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Yeah, I've cut a video. We have a lot of
live footage on there. It's been a fun few years
for me here.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Well, I remember when you cut the video. It's Shovel
City we were talking about we were on the radio. Then.
That was a blast. I got a chance to do that,
and I know Shovel City embraced it. All the folks
that were there had a good time with it.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
And you can still see it on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Oh absolutely, I'm sure it's does. I'm sure it does
really really well there too. What's so interesting is I
was listening to the song again this morning, Wrong side
of the Tracks, And like what you guys have said
during this whole podcast, it sounds just so laid out perfectly.
I mean it really does.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
And when you work with pros Paul, it becomes a
professional recording. I mean it's just that simple.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
It really is, and it's got to be just a
blast for you guys.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
It was something Darla did and she stressed this early
on at both Chad and I was she wanted us
to be part of the production process as far as
producing the final product, and we embraced that.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Yeah, that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Yeah, but that they're engineers, her as a producer as
well as Tim. You know, they're just amazing of what
they do.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Danny. If somebody wants to maybe we've got somebody out
that's looking to have you guys come in. Maybe a
club owner or somebody who's a manager, or somebody that's
doing a special event that's looking to bring this music
to their their audience, their customers, whoever it might be.
Do they reach out to you, Chad? How do they?
How do they they?
Speaker 3 (16:06):
They can reach out to me, you know, I'm you know,
you can find us on Facebook. Chad Clark music. Uh,
there's links there to get in touch with me as well.
You can pick up the phone and give me a call,
you know, and uh so we're.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
You're out there. Yeah, we're out there, man. Just you know,
send us an email, Kurts you know, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Yeah, yeah yeah. So yeah, we're very easily accessible.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
I'm a bit old school. I like picking up the
phone and making a call.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
But you know, you can find my email out there
on his Facebook page and uh, let's uh, you know, we'll.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Amazing, we'll talk absolutely. Chad Clark, Danny Gregory joining us today.
Chad Clark Music is where you'll find it. The song
is called Side of the Tracks. Like I said, there's
a link right here in the description on this podcast,
you can tap it, get right to it and be
able to hear it for yourself and learn all about it.
Make sure you share this podcast if you hear it
somewhere and you're like, you know what, I know somebody
(17:14):
that's going to be interested and they share it off
with them. Please do that because obviously we want to
continue to be able to show this type of music,
new music, independent music, music that's from your backyard, stuff
you grew up with. They're just something that you fell
in love with, and Chad, that's really what it comes
down to, because I know you guys so well to
(17:35):
know that one hundred percent of this is just your
heart and you guys wanted to play music, and I
think that's amazing.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
You know, it's more than a hobby to me, Paul,
It's a way of life.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Yeah. Absolutely, guys, thanks for joining.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Hey, thanks for having us, Thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Some time we can sit down and talk about good music.
Is a good day, isn't it. Absolutely Yeah, especially we're
recording in the morning, Especially when you start your day
that way. Awesome stuff.
Joining me in studio today. I've got Chad Clark and
Danny Gregory talking about Chad Clark's music with Danny and
all of the guys in the band. Hey, welcome to
the show. Guys. How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Great? We're happy to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Absolutely, you know, it is my pleasure. I'm glad to
be here in chat a little bit about what you
guys have been working on. Chad. Let's first of all,
talk a little bit. If people are not familiar with
Chad Clark Chad Clark's music, tell everybody where they know
you from, because you've been playing music in this area forever.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I have been in a Central Ohio staple for more
than forty years, believe it or not. I started as
a teenager and I've fronted several bands around the Central
Ohio area.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Absolutely, and you mainly play country music, but you've played everything.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Everything over the years, certainly.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yes, yeah, And now we've got some Nashville stuff that
we're going to talk about here in a few minutes.
And Danny's same with you. You've played in so many different bands,
same deal, country bands, rock bands. You know. Talk a
little bit about about your goings through and how people
know you from different bands or different places.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
They've seen a drummer, as you said, have been playing
in different bands. And you know, you and I laughed
that we're one phone call away.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Slide down, Mike, a little closer to you brother.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
You know, we've always laughed about how we're one phone
call away from knowing everybody in the industry. Absolutely, and
sure enough, that's how I met Chad Clark, you know,
all those years ago, and uh, just you know, met
a lot of good people in music.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah, and had a good time and played with played
with some some big players too.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
You guys both have Yeah, you know, Chad and I
have had some pretty good luck when it comes to that. Yeah,
and uh, you know, I think it's it's just a
music bug. You know, it gets a hold of you,
and uh, it's what we do.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well over the years, relationships with Shenandoah and other bands
that you've opened for. And that's it's.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Amazing that these people not only do we know them,
they know us. That's really cool to get to that
point in your career.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah. Absolutely, it makes for a lot of fun. But
you guys have a brand new project. You went down
to Nashville, you put together a couple of songs, and
we're going to talk specifically about one that you guys
are really working on. And Chad, first of all, tell
me about how the bug of you know, I'm not
young anymore, None of us sitting at this table are
(02:23):
young anymore, but it's that bug of I want to
do I'm going to do this. We're going to Nashville.
We're going to put together some of the best pickers
and players that Nashville has, and we're going to put
together some music and some songs. And you've done it before,
and you've done it again. Talk a little bit about
this experience and why at this stage of the game
that you wanted to do this again.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Well, let's back up a little bit. Most most musicians,
they have another career to pay the bills. You know,
until you get to a certain level, you can't do
it full time. So I had another job that I
worked over the years, and day I came to work
and they did one of these big corporate buyout things,
(03:06):
and I thought, you know, I'm too young to get this,
and I talked with the financial advisor and it worked
out for me. I was at the proper time in
my life so I took the buyout, and I decided
right then and there that I was going to maybe
do something solo for the first time in my life.
So that's what we did. We put out an album
(03:27):
a couple of years ago and it's done very, very well.
We have over five million streams, you know, worldwide on
that album.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
It's amazing how that works because I could be listening
to something else and then the next song that comes
up is yours, and all of a sudden you have
a brand new fan, right.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Absolutely absolutely, And I get emails from like Australia, and
what's really amazing is I get emails from people from
non English speaking countries like Belgium and Germany. You know,
the country music's getting big and southern France now they're
having a big show every summer there around kan or Can, right,
(04:09):
you know. I think now that's going to turn into
something in France.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
And country has always been huge in Australia. Does That's
all right?
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Right?
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Right? And so a lot of stuff I'm sure comes
that way. And that's the thing, you know, back in
the day working at tiny radio stations when I was younger,
and we'd have a local artist had come in and
they'd hand me their tape and I'd sit down on
my show and pop it in the tape deck and
play it, and all of a sudden, you know, people
start to know who they are. I mean, the world
doesn't work that way anymore, but streaming and the way
(04:37):
it is now gives anybody the ability to put a studio,
a little studio in their home for even as little
as a couple one hundred bucks, and all of a sudden,
be the next you know, Shaboozy, you know. I mean,
that's where his music came from.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
You know, I was talking to Danny about I believe
in twenty fifteen we started to see the pendulum swing right,
and that's when into pen and artists really became viable, right,
And we are viable now. Like I said, I've got
over five million streams and I've done it from Marion County.
You know, Yes, we do go to Nashville. We do
have to go down there and network. But you don't
(05:14):
have to be in New York, LA or Nashville to
be in the music business anymore. It's not a prerequisite.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
But you do have to have the right players, don't you,
my friend, And that's one of the reasons why you
went down to Nashville to do what you did. Talk
a little bit about that and how you assemble some
of these great players in your organization for these for
these songs.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Well, I think, I think I'm a big believer. I
don't care what your job is or what industry you
work in. You know, you're only going to get out
of it what you put in it. Absolutely, you got
to go to work, you got to put the work in.
But also I have met some of the finest people
(05:56):
in the industry, you know, whether you know, going back
to my stage management days or entertainment vendor with Coca
Cola days. And you know, when you when you grow
a network of good people in the industry, you know,
it's kind of nice that you can, you know, that
you can pick up the phone and say, hey, this
(06:17):
is what we want to do. We want to put
together a recording with some of these pickers, you know,
and players or producers and and I think, you know it, really.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
It was incredible.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Uh, we went down We chose Mystic Studios, Okay, Darla
Pelosi and her husband Tim Patterson, you know, and I
first met Darla years ago on a show.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
And then.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
More recently, what was it probably about four or five
years ago, I was stage managing over at West Liberty
Country Legend show and you know, again got to see
Tim and Darla and.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
They were working with Mark Chestnut.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Yeah, they were on the road with Chestnut at the time.
And so again talking with them. They have this studio.
Darla is an incredible producer. She's got a wrote a
song for Big and Rich that did really well and
over the years, and and of course Tim is just
(07:28):
an incredible, incredible bass player. So they just treated as
great you know, lots of hospitality.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Darla was Loretta Lyn's band leader before Loretta passed. So
we're talking about high level musicians and people that you've
heard on the radio.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
For sure, Chad, that's amazing. But at the same time,
some of these pickers that you guys chose, you know,
where did you find him? Did you know him? I
mean they've been on huge records. How does a guy
from New Bloomington, Ohio, you know, make a phone call
and get some of the greatest players to spend time
with your music. Talk about that.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
You know, Nashville is just an association game. If you
know one person, they might know this person, you might
know them, all right, yeah, and and oh you know
so and so, Okay, I'll play on your track. And
that's the way it works down there. And it's not
a money thing, is it, Dan.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
I mean, it's it's do you do you want to
work with them?
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Do they want to work with you? Right? Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (08:31):
I mean it's it's two way street. Absolutely, we wanted
to work with them, but they had to listen to
a rough recording of what we were going to do
and decide whether or not they wanted to be a
part of that project. So that was kind of a
good feeling for us that we had these high level
pickers that were willing to, you know, take the time
out to put their talents on our recording.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Yeah, let's talk for a minute about the song. It's
called wrong Side of the Tracks. I think anybody who's
on social media and attached to this area we're talking
about north central Ohio area where you grew up, they've
probably seen the picture of you and New Bloomington on
the tracks. You know, with that coming out, you know,
why do people need to click on that song and
(09:15):
listen to it? Talk about the song where it came from?
And all that good stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
This song is not new, believe it or not. Okay,
It's a song that I wrote a while back. I've
been doing it live for a long time, Paul. But
we went to Nashville and decided to let these Nashville
pros give us their take on it. So we're calling
this the Nashville Sessions. But we let them run with
it basically, and I think we got a good commercial
(09:42):
sound out of it.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Well, what's interesting is artists are doing that everywhere. Danny.
I just bought my wife vinyl from bon Jovi where
he put out a record two years ago and it
was what it was, and then he decided I could
make it better by bringing in you know, different singers,
summer country, summer pops, and and I've and now the
(10:03):
record is blowing up because of the next adaptation of that.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
That's not uncommon, right, absolutely absolutely, We've seen Shenandoah do
it right, right, and you know, it's just it gives it,
you know, just a rebirth of the project. And and
here's the other thing, you know, I think Marty said
(10:27):
it best when they did that two dozen Roses with
Luke Calms right right right, you know, Luke wasn't even
born when that song was a hit, and there.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Was fifteen years that nobody knew who they were, and
now they do again.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yeah, yeah, I mean they're they're they're doing amazing. I
mean they're selling out shows, they're just doing incredible. But
again it goes back to that the music bug, right,
and then let me go back to something else. You
just talked about bon Jovi. You know, whether you're bon Jovi, Shenandoah,
Chad Clark, if you got good people in your corner
(11:01):
and enough of them you can do you know, you
can do them. You can do great things.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Absolutely, absolutely. So you wrote the song a number of
years ago, you've played it out before, but now it's
got a whole different flavor. What are some of those
changes and adjustments. What were some of the things besides
the people that were playing on it that make the
song different in brand new again?
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Well, it is the people that play on it that
made it different brand new. They they brought their own
perspective to it. We had a lead guitarist by the
name of James Mitchell, and he's just a phenomenon in
Nashville right now. He's played with Willie Nelson, he's played
with Chris Young. He I believe he's Cody Johnson's main
(11:44):
go to guy when Cody comes to town, because Cody
just comes to Nashville to record, so we we've seen him.
The credits from James Mitchell is just phenomenal. I mean,
this guy is part of the musical fabric that we
hear today and we got to work with this man.
It was awesome.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
I saw the pictures, I saw video things like that.
You guys were in a whole nother world when you
were putting this together because of the people you were
able to work with. Now you've got it, You've got
this song ready to go. You're pushing it out all
it's out on the streams and everything like that. How
can people hear it? What do they have to do
(12:24):
to hear the music and hear you guys out playing it?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
You know, right now? It's available on all streaming markets,
isn't it, Dan? I mean, pick one and it's there. Yeah,
So wherever you stream your music, you should be able
to get it.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Okay, And once again, the song is called Wrong Side
of the Tracks. You can find Chad on all of
the socials as well. Just look for Chad Clark Music.
You'll find it. There are links and everything up there.
But you guys are now looking to step out get
into some places around the area to play live. Talk
about that for a minute, Danny absolutely.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
I mean we do all this because we enjoy playing music.
We enjoy playing live shows. We're going to start, We're
going to do a little wrong side of the track
single release reception. Okay, will January eighteenth, Sunday afternoon, one
to four at the Shovel City Drinkery. And we're again
(13:23):
we're just trying to you know, work it. Put the
work in, put the time in, get the buzz built.
The buzz is already built. Yeah, we just got to
ride the wave, put the work in, go after shows,
go after shows.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
I think that's fantastic. So if you are hearing this
podcast and you're interested in the music, I'm going to
put a link in the description of this podcast so
you can click and you'll be able to get to
one of the streaming services that has that so you'll
be able to hear the song for yourself and then
get some details. So just check the description here in
(13:56):
the podcast and you'll be able to find those details
and Like I said, you can always check out Chad
Clark Music and get where you're going to be able
to find it. You'll get some details on it, some backstories,
some pictures of you guys down in Nashville and of
course now playing out and doing some of these shows out.
You're going to get some of that on those sites
as well, because I know you guys get some pictures,
(14:17):
take some pictures and things. You've got videos out, stuff
like that. There's actually a lot of things on that
site to really for folks to learn about you guys's
music over the last several years when they check out
your social.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Yeah, I've cut a video. We have a lot of
live footage on there. It's been a fun few years
for me here.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Well, I remember when you cut the video. It's Shovel
City we were talking about we were on the radio. Then.
That was a blast. I got a chance to do that,
and I know Shovel City embraced it. All the folks
that were there had a good time with it.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
And you can still see it on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Oh absolutely, I'm sure it's does. I'm sure it does
really really well there too. What's so interesting is I
was listening to the song again this morning, Wrong side
of the Tracks, And like what you guys have said
during this whole podcast, it sounds just so laid out perfectly.
I mean it really does.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
And when you work with pros Paul, it becomes a
professional recording. I mean it's just that simple.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
It really is, and it's got to be just a
blast for you guys.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
It was something Darla did and she stressed this early
on at both Chad and I was she wanted us
to be part of the production process as far as
producing the final product, and we embraced that.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Yeah, that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Yeah, but that they're engineers, her as a producer as
well as Tim. You know, they're just amazing of what
they do.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Danny. If somebody wants to maybe we've got somebody out
that's looking to have you guys come in. Maybe a
club owner or somebody who's a manager, or somebody that's
doing a special event that's looking to bring this music
to their their audience, their customers, whoever it might be.
Do they reach out to you, Chad? How do they?
How do they they?
Speaker 3 (16:06):
They can reach out to me, you know, I'm you know,
you can find us on Facebook. Chad Clark music. Uh,
there's links there to get in touch with me as well.
You can pick up the phone and give me a call,
you know, and uh so we're.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
You're out there. Yeah, we're out there, man. Just you know,
send us an email, Kurts you know, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Yeah, yeah yeah. So yeah, we're very easily accessible.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
I'm a bit old school. I like picking up the
phone and making a call.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
But you know, you can find my email out there
on his Facebook page and uh, let's uh, you know, we'll.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Amazing, we'll talk absolutely. Chad Clark, Danny Gregory joining us today.
Chad Clark Music is where you'll find it. The song
is called Side of the Tracks. Like I said, there's
a link right here in the description on this podcast,
you can tap it, get right to it and be
able to hear it for yourself and learn all about it.
Make sure you share this podcast if you hear it
somewhere and you're like, you know what, I know somebody
(17:14):
that's going to be interested and they share it off
with them. Please do that because obviously we want to
continue to be able to show this type of music,
new music, independent music, music that's from your backyard, stuff
you grew up with. They're just something that you fell
in love with, and Chad, that's really what it comes
down to, because I know you guys so well to
(17:35):
know that one hundred percent of this is just your
heart and you guys wanted to play music, and I
think that's amazing.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
You know, it's more than a hobby to me, Paul,
It's a way of life.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Yeah. Absolutely, guys, thanks for joining.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Hey, thanks for having us, Thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Some time we can sit down and talk about good music.
Is a good day, isn't it. Absolutely Yeah, especially we're
recording in the morning, Especially when you start your day
that way. Awesome stuff.
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