In this star-studded episode of Pop Culture Weekly, join Kyle McMahon as he takes you behind the scenes of PBS's A Capital Fourth 2025, recorded live from the West Lawn of the US Capitol.
Celebrate America's birthday with exclusive interviews from an incredible lineup of guests. Alfonso Ribeiro, hosting the annual special for the third time, shares his passion for unity and gratitude during this patriotic event. Rising star Abi Carter reflects on her journey from local talent shows to the American Idol stage, performing a powerful rendition of "The Climb." The legendary group The Temptations offer insights into their enduring career and timeless hits.
Experience musical inspiration with Lauren Daigle, who talks about her emotional connection to first responders while performing her song "Rescue," and Trombone Shorty, who shares stories of his New Orleans roots and his grandfather's military legacy as inspiration for his latest album. Country star Josh Turner discusses his love for classic American songs, and The Beach Boys bring their iconic surf rock vibes to the celebration. LOCASH shares their excitement about performing at such a historic venue. Enjoy intimate conversations filled with themes of faith, resilience, and the timeless power of music. Tune in for a heartfelt celebration of music, patriotism, and unity in this special episode of Pop Culture Weekly.
A Capitol Fourth 2025 airs lives on PBS, PBS.org & YouTube on July 4th at 8pm EST with an encore presentation immediately following at 9:30. It will be available on demand through July 18th.
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Celebrate America's birthday with exclusive interviews from an incredible lineup of guests. Alfonso Ribeiro, hosting the annual special for the third time, shares his passion for unity and gratitude during this patriotic event. Rising star Abi Carter reflects on her journey from local talent shows to the American Idol stage, performing a powerful rendition of "The Climb." The legendary group The Temptations offer insights into their enduring career and timeless hits.
Experience musical inspiration with Lauren Daigle, who talks about her emotional connection to first responders while performing her song "Rescue," and Trombone Shorty, who shares stories of his New Orleans roots and his grandfather's military legacy as inspiration for his latest album. Country star Josh Turner discusses his love for classic American songs, and The Beach Boys bring their iconic surf rock vibes to the celebration. LOCASH shares their excitement about performing at such a historic venue. Enjoy intimate conversations filled with themes of faith, resilience, and the timeless power of music. Tune in for a heartfelt celebration of music, patriotism, and unity in this special episode of Pop Culture Weekly.
A Capitol Fourth 2025 airs lives on PBS, PBS.org & YouTube on July 4th at 8pm EST with an encore presentation immediately following at 9:30. It will be available on demand through July 18th.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In this episode of pop Culture Weekly, it is all
about PBS's A Capital four, twenty twenty five. I interview
all the performers, including The Beach Boys, The Temptations, Lauren Daegel, Trumbone, Shorty,
Josh Turner and more.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Let's go Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon
from iHeartRadio, your pop culture news, views, reviews, and celebrity
interviews on Fall, the movies, TV music, and pomp Culture
You Crave Weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Hello, and welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon. I,
of course from Kyle McMahon, and I am live from
the West lawn of the US Capital for the rehearsals
for a Capital fourth, PBS's annual concert. It is a
celebration of America. It's a party. I've been watching rehearsals
all day and it is going to be an incredible show.
(00:55):
Depending on when you're listening to this, it airs live
tonight on PBS at eight o'clock Eastern, with an encore
following directly after that at nine thirty. And if for
some reason you've missed it, first of all at Rude,
but secondly you can catch it on demand through July eighteenth,
(01:17):
and if you don't watch it live on PBS, you
could also watch it on PBS dot org, live streaming, YouTube,
and Facebook. So let's just get right into these interviews.
I've got a whole bunch of great interviews with the performers,
and I'm excited to bring them to you.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
It's always a great show, all right. I am here
with the one and only Abby Carter on the West
lawna the US Capitol for a Capitol fourth on the
fourth of July. What's what does that moment mean for you?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
I mean, that's act. I mean, the fourth of July
is one of my favorite holidays. It's it's the most
I've said together holiday. I can't find the right words
for it, but it's the most I don't know's. It's
really big on community and coming together and celebrating something
that means so much to all of us as a country.
And I'm so honored to be here.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
I love that. And you're performing the Climb, which I
love that song so much. You do such an incredible
job with a What does that song mean for you?
Especially in this context?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
I mean, in this context, it's incredible considering It's really
just about the struggles of life and overcoming those things
and realizing at the end of the day, the destination
only means so much to you because of the journey
behind it, and all of the struggles and things that
you've gone through life are what make the positives so wonderful.
And I'm honored to be singing if you're today. I
(02:37):
sung it when I was ten years old at a
talent show and it's kind of a full circle moment
to be able to come back here and sing it
on much more of a national stage rather than at
the date festival in my hometown. I'm excited to do it.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
And to be here, and you know, under the lens
of American Idol, yeah, you know, I feel like the
climb also is kind of you know, kissmit with with that,
you know, does that resonate with you at all?
Speaker 4 (03:05):
I absolutely. I mean American Idol in itself was a struggle.
It was a competition for sure, and you had to
work really hard every week to just keep moving forward.
And sometimes it felt like, man, I wish I would
just get vote at home this week. I'm tired. But
I mean it made it all the much, all the
much more worth it and more valuable to be there
at the end and realize that you put so much
(03:26):
work toward it and to get there.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
So it was, in fact, all about the climb.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
It was all about the climb.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
What can we expect? You're working on your new album,
You're working on your album, now, you're touring next. What's
up for you?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Know?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
What can we expect from you next?
Speaker 4 (03:40):
So I released an album this past November, and I
went on tour this spring winter, winter, spring kind of,
and then I'm going back on tour in the fall.
But I'm working on new music right now, and I
love albums in general. So maybe or maybe not, I'm
working on the next book.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
If you were, it would be twenty six, I mean.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Twenty five, twenty thirty on the hall. But I'm working
on it.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Awesome, Abby, thank you so much for speaking with me.
I really appreciate it so much. Thank you, Thank you
so much, Thank you. Abby. All Right, I am here
once again with Alfonso Robero on the West lawn of
the US candital Yes, we're a capital fourth. I just
saw you last month. Yeah, so you're hosting everything. You're
hosting up my birthday party next week actually right on.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Right on, right on, we'll work out the detail, exactly detail.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
What's the feeling I mean, you know, to be on
the West Lawn of the United States Capitol Capitol July fourth.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
This is my third year hosting the show, and it
is actually very quite special to be here on the
West Lawn Capitol Building. We're out here about to have
an incredible show tomorrow night, and we'll be doing a
dress rehearsal tonight, and it's a very special thing to
be here in America four our birthday, right this is
a celebration. It's a party, and we're having a party
(05:00):
for all the positive things that we all feel about
this country. Of course, there are things that are very
difficult and difficult times for different people, but it's all
about coming together, celebrating being together, loving one another, trying
to see eye to eye and having a great time
and recognizing our independence from Great Britain many many two
hundred and forty nine years ago.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
And do you find you know, this year there's some
incredibly incredible stories that are featured of some of the
brave men and women you know who have given the
ultimate sacrifice and those that love and support them and
our first responders and that sort of thing. Do you
feel a responsibility when you're hosting a show that features
(05:43):
those kinds of stories or are you able to kind
of separate yourself for the show itself. Well, I wouldn't
say a responsibility. I would say what I do feel
is the ability to be here and be part of
this part of their story, part of their celebratory moments,
to pay you know, and pay homage and honor them
(06:07):
in this incredible space. I feel fortunate that I get
to be a part of that. I love that there's
you know, there's no pressure.
Speaker 6 (06:16):
Right, It's about just being real and being true in
the moment and letting your heart speak for itself and
letting that come through to the American public. So for me,
it's an honor really to be able to be a
part of that.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
I love that you and I had talked a couple
of years ago about if you weren't here, you would
be in your RV and your motor home going across
the one I'm sure somewhere is that. Are you still
into into that or still into it? Not as much lately?
You know, I've been a little busy, a.
Speaker 6 (06:45):
Little busy, so less road trips, smaller road trips rather
than the full cross country road trips. But the plan
is to obviously do it again. But I you know,
this week, I probably would have been at home, hanging
out at the golf club, getting ready for my tournament
next week. That's what I probably would have been doing.
I love that, Alfonso. As always, it's a pleasure. Thank you, Sair,
thanks for having I'll see you next weekend. I'm your
(07:05):
host of Mike Birthday.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
I am here with the one and only Michael Up
with the Beach Boys. Uh you performing on the west
lawn of the United States Capitol Washington, d C. For
Capital fourth on the fourth of July. So what is
that like? The Beach Boys doing that.
Speaker 7 (07:26):
That's an amazing thing. It's the forty ninth anniversary. We
were here a few years back and Jimmy Jimmy Buffett
came out and sang the second verse of Cocomo with us,
So that was quite an iconic moment. Yes, but this
time our buddies LoCash, who just set on number one
record in country, are joining us on stage and they're
(07:46):
doing their song favorite their favorite three favorite colors, which
is red, White and blue, which is perfect for this occasion. Yeah,
and we you know, the Beach Boys have been known
for having fun, fun, fun for many years, and so
we're just really blessed and delighted to be able to
come out and perform on America's holiday.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
I love that. And you you know, you've been in
the business for so long performing iconic hits like this. Yes,
does it have a different meeting today to perform these
songs than it did when you first debut them.
Speaker 7 (08:20):
It's a little extra special because years ago in and
I do to come out and do it free concert
in July fourth, and that was a lot of incredible.
It was like Againnes spoke of records, there's so many
people on the monument grounds. But this is an iconic
forty nine year tradition going on fifty and we are
(08:43):
like so blessed to be invited to be part of
the celebration of July fourth.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Amazing. Thank you, sir. I really appreciate it and I
can we can't wait to see tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (08:56):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Thank you. All Right, I am here live at the
West lawn of the Capitol for with low cash for
a Capitol fourth. How you guys doing, man, We're doing
it very I asked it, what a great day man,
as I did. Yeah, so you're performing one of your
own songs, you're also performing with the Beach Boys. What
does that feel like on fourth of July?
Speaker 8 (09:19):
You know, that's surreal anytime you get to share the
stage with icon like the Beach Boys, I mean, it's amazing.
And Mike Love and Bruce have become like big brothers
to us, and so we've been on tour with them
this year.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
They asked us to be.
Speaker 8 (09:30):
Part of this and we were honored.
Speaker 9 (09:33):
This is awesome.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Yeah, when you're doing a song with the Beach Boys,
you know, you have your own catalog, which we'll talk
about in a moment, But when you're doing a song
with them, do you feel like, you know, any extra
pressure than your own material or I.
Speaker 10 (09:48):
Mean there's there's always pressure because you're with such an
iconic crew. But Mike has just been family to us,
and we've always felt like family with those guys. Their
music is very positive, Our music is very positive. While
we looked up to those guys growing up and and
writing the songs kind of like the Beach Boys, you know,
as much as we can. So we're happy to be here,
honored to be here for America.
Speaker 9 (10:07):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
And finally, you just put out an album song that
went number one again, What does that feel like? This
at the you know, at this point in your career
to you're still releasing these hits.
Speaker 5 (10:20):
Well, it's extra special.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
You know.
Speaker 8 (10:22):
We started our own record label right, hired our own
radio team, whole staff, and so we pushed this song
up ourselves. We just decided to roll up our sleeves
and do it ourselves. And we've been in this industry
for a while and we knew what it would take,
and it took some hard work, but we got our
first number one is a two week number one Hometown Home.
If you haven't heard, to check it out, and Raw
Hearts is out now. It's our fastest rising single yet today.
(10:45):
So we're off to a good start and we're thankful
for it.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
I love that. Finally, you guys, you release some upbeat bops,
right yeah? And why has that been you know, kind
of a whole mark of your careers. You guys do
uplifting bops? You know, why was that important to you
as artists?
Speaker 10 (11:05):
I think as as music goes, I mean, like the
Beach Boys, like Huey Lewis that that that kind of
stuff where you're driving in the car and you remember
as a kid and you just wrote down the windows
and it just made you feel good. You know, there's
a lot of stuff going on, and people have a
lot of stories, and you know, there's a lot of
negative and we've got to try and find the positive
and everything, and and music can do that. Music can
bring those people there, you know, and us too. So
(11:27):
we rely on music and it's everything. And that's where
we've kind of taken Low Cash to that level to
make you know, hey, every now and then we'll have
a slow song, but we want we want to hit.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
We want to hit the hearts of America. I love
that Low Cash. Thank you so much, man, I really
asreciate you as well in capital for it.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
All right, We're gonna take a quick break to pay
the bills. I will be back in sixty seconds. Thank
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Speaker 3 (11:54):
Back, all right.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Thank you for hanging in there and supporting our sponsors.
They help me make this show, which is which is
how I'm able to bring it to you. So all right,
let's get right back into our interviews live from the
West Lawn of the Capitol and rehearsals for a Capital Fourth.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
All right, I am here with the one and only
Lauren Daegel in the West lawn of the US Capital
for a Capital fourth. What's it feel like to be
performing here in DC for the fourth of July?
Speaker 5 (12:35):
Oh, I'm so First of all, I'm so honored. I
got to bring my family, my parents.
Speaker 11 (12:40):
And there's this really sweet moment where my mom last
night we were talking about being out here after rehearsals
and she said, Lauren, do you realize this is the
closest I've ever been to the Capitol And I thought, Oh,
my goodness, this is it is so special. So I
know there's going to be a lot of families in
the crowd. I know there's gonna be a lot of
families having picnics and things like that.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
Just getting to celebrate the port It's very exciting.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
I love that. And the one of the songs that
are performing, Rescue, It's such a powerful song. And what
was that? Why was why? Why that song for this moment?
Speaker 5 (13:18):
Okay, well, I'm really excited. I don't know if this
is a spoiler alert, are we allowed to say?
Speaker 11 (13:23):
Okay, there's a I'm like, the beauty of that song
is because it's going to be met with so many
first responders on stage. And whenever they told me, they
asked about it, like a couple of weeks before our rehearsals,
and I was like, do y'all want me to sing
a song or crap? I feel like, for me, it's
gonna be one of the most moving moments of the evening.
Speaker 9 (13:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
Yeah, I'm really excited what those people pay for.
Speaker 11 (13:49):
My brother is a first responder, and what they see
and what they experience and what they go through on
a day in and day.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
Out basis is really powerful.
Speaker 11 (13:59):
And any moment in life that we get to thank
them and honor them and show our gratitude for everything
that they've done to keep this country safe and to
keep people looked after is really beautiful to me.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I love that. And on another note, you had gone
for American Idol a couple of times. Yeah, your journey
took you in a much different place. Do you think
it all worked out the way was meant to?
Speaker 11 (14:25):
And you know, oh yeah, I'm so grateful and I
still have great relationships with the American Idol team.
Speaker 5 (14:31):
I've gone back a couple of times seeing some of
the contestants and stuff.
Speaker 11 (14:35):
But I remember when I got told no on American Idol,
when I was walking out the double doors open, Simon
Kyle had just said no, and I tears started filling
my eyes, and my mom looked at me and she said, Lauren,
you can either believe that no of man or the
yes of God. And if you believe God's calling you
to do this, then just stay focused. And it really
did something to me. I remember saying, don't cry about this,
(14:57):
get up, girl, let's go. And it was the first
day that I realized, oh, I really care about this,
Because sometimes when you're told no, it's actually fuel you realize, oh,
this is something I care about.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
If it hurts.
Speaker 11 (15:08):
If it doesn't hurt, then you're like, oh, I guess
I didn't really care about that as much as I
thought i'd did, you know. So it's just a beautiful
moment for me to realize, oh, I actually care about this,
and I really.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Want to pursue music, and so the journey began. Honestly
from that moment.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
I love that. And finally, you are so inspirational in
your performance and your music. What do you want people
to take from Lauren Daegel.
Speaker 5 (15:32):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 11 (15:33):
I honestly, anytime that I get to sing, I just
want to spread hope into this world, the hope of Christ,
the hope of knowing anybody who's going through any situation,
if you need someone to lean on, if you need
someone who's for you and not against you.
Speaker 5 (15:47):
For me, that is Jesus, you know. So when I
think what do what does lo and Degel look like?
I just want to reflect His glory and his goodness.
Speaker 11 (15:55):
And I want that to be able to be seen
for generations to come. That's my my hope.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
I love that, Lauren, thank you so much. I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (16:04):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
So I am here with the warning only trombone and
Surety all the way from New Orleans, Washington, d C.
Capital Fourth just heard you rehearse. Awesome, Medley. What's this
moment like for you? It's a wonderful moment.
Speaker 12 (16:21):
To be able to represent the great city of New
Orleans on the national stage in front of America is
a beautiful thing for me. And hopefully we can make
the city of New Orleans proud by being here. So
it is big for me to be able to be
a representative.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Of that place. How did you decide what songs in
that medley too that you were gonna do.
Speaker 12 (16:40):
I just thought that we would choose an original song
Hurricane Seize that kind of capture the brass band second
line feel of what I what I grew up playing.
And also some New Orleans classics. Moighty Ground New Orleans
by the Great Professor Long Haul, which is the stand
up and when the Saints Go Mark Jann is just
(17:00):
a great song that bring everyone together and sing along with.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
For speaking of New Orleans, you're from the Tremain neighborhood RG. Yes,
So how has that influenced your work and your career?
I mean it's a very specific neighborhood in New Orleans.
Speaker 12 (17:17):
Yes, that's the sixth Ward in New Orleans is where
Congo Squarez.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
But I grew up in like a musician village.
Speaker 12 (17:24):
Naturally there was a Reaper brass band that lived around
the corner Kermit Roughens. Of course, my family, Andrews family
all brass musicians. The late Great Tube of Fats was
dead of Trimmee brass band. So I would wake up
in the morning and go to school elementary school, and
I would see people playing jazz funerals and parades, and
then I would come home and then they would be
celebrating whatever it is. So I was surrounded by music
(17:46):
in their neighborhood my entire life. So it's a big
Without that place, I wouldn't be here today.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Wow. I love that you have this very specific fusion
of traditional jazz and hip hop and pop. How did
that all come about for you? For that? For that
Trumbu and.
Speaker 12 (18:07):
Shorty South, Well, all of that music is things that
I grew up playing or being a part of, or
listening to. So having people like the Neville Brothers and
Doctor John, also being able to work with people like
Many Fresh and Cash Money Records as I was coming up,
all of those situations are like gumbo to me. Everyone
I'll get placed in. I take a little bit from
(18:27):
it and add it to the sound. So even though
we grew up in a very traditional city, I was
still listening to master P and the Hot Boys and
stuff as a youngster, as a teenager, So that's type
of music.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
I didn't blost that out and I just put it
into my music.
Speaker 12 (18:39):
Then I had a chance to work with him personally
and then everywhere I go, I just take a little
bit from it like a sponge.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
I love that. So this finally, and this kind of
builds off that you've worked with.
Speaker 6 (18:51):
Madonna, Bruno, Mars, Lenny Kravitz, all kinds of incredible artists.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Do you take something from each of them and give
them trumb as well?
Speaker 12 (19:01):
Well, you know, I think when I'll play with them,
they might take a little bit. But I'm definitely learning
from some of the great people and any situation I get,
and everyone has a different musical approach, so whatever that
may be, I try to take a little bit from
that naturally, because I'm a fan of music, and I'm
just learning from everyone that I touched the stage with
or record with, because a lot of people are very
(19:22):
strong at certain things that you can learn from that.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
So I definitely bring everything I can. You know, to me,
music is like a.
Speaker 12 (19:29):
Neighborhood, a musical neighborhood, So any place I go, I
try to take a little bit away from that and
add it to my thing.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
That's amazing. The one and only trombone Shorty, thank you, brother,
thank you. I appreciate it. Blanging my brother, of course.
Speaker 9 (19:42):
A rare.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
So first of all. Thank you for speaking with me, Josh,
I appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (19:49):
Yeah, the song that you're performing for Capital Fourth has
a bit of more meaning for you than just as
it may seem to somebody listening. Can you tell me
about that story a little.
Speaker 13 (20:03):
Yeah, So, a little over ten years ago, I had
asked my uncle if I could see all of my
granddaddy's military records, papers, medals, anything he had. I knew
he had been awarded the Purple Heart. Unfortunately the Purple
Heart had been lost or misplaced, but that wasn't necessarily
(20:24):
the most important thing to me. It was the story
and reading his papers, trying to figure out, you know,
what his story was. Because he never talked about it.
Nobody in our family really knew a whole lot about
what he had done. And so I just kind of
started digging into it. And I was inspired almost a
year later to write this song and just kind of
stashed it away. It kind of sat on the shelf
(20:44):
for basically a decade while untill this record, and I
just felt like it was the right time to bring
it to the surface and to the light, you know.
And it's so far as it's meant a lot to
a lot of people. I kind of regret not bringing
it out sooner, but you know, everything happens for a reason,
and you know, the timing was right.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Yeah, And now it's on your latest album. You are
now performing that song. Well, I think you debuted it
around Memorial Day.
Speaker 6 (21:14):
And now you're performing it on the West lawn of
the US Capitol and DC for the Fourth of July.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
That has to be a surreal thing for you.
Speaker 13 (21:22):
It is. You know, this is one of only two
songs throughout my whole career that I ever cried at,
you know about during like in the studio, because I
was so moved by the fact that I had written
something that was a tribute to my granddaddy and a
story that had never been told. And so I just
felt overwhelmed by emotion. And then all these opportunities that
(21:46):
I've had, you know, with this, I've got to play
it on Veterans Day last year on the Today Show,
we got to do a small little video for it,
and debuted it, like you said, on Memorial Day, all
these different Veterans events, and now you know, here at
the Capital forths out here in our nation's capital is
just it's kind of overwhelming. So it's pretty awesome.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
You've been very vocal about opening about your faith speaking
about that, and you've also been in the business for
a long time. Is there a time where you feel.
Speaker 6 (22:18):
Your faith was tested, that you were obviously able to
persevere and how did you do that?
Speaker 13 (22:24):
I feel like it's always tested, but early on in
my career was definitely tested because nobody knew who I was,
Nobody knew really what I stood for. Nobody knew anything
about my music or me as an artist or as
a person, or how I wanted to conduct my business,
and so all of that, you know, coming together all
at once was extremely stressful. It took a toll on
me physically, mentally, spiritually, and I just had to persevere.
(22:46):
I had to tell you, one step at a time,
one decision at a time, and I had to do
what I felt like I knew was right and what
I felt like the Lord was telling me to do.
And so I'd say it's worked out. Yeah, I've been
doing this now for over twenty years and still having fun,
still love what i'ved and got a great group of
people around me fighting for me every day, and so yeah,
you know, it's a testament to perseverance.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
I love that. And finally, what's next for you? What
can we expect next?
Speaker 13 (23:11):
I'm on tour pretty heavily right now, on the This
Country Music Thing.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
Tour supporting now Alad, my latest.
Speaker 13 (23:17):
Record, in which I'm very proud of. So yeah, we'll
be all across the country this year. And you know,
just got some things in the hopper, but I can't
really talk about those things.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
All right, you'll come on, iHeart and tell us when
you're ready. Josh, thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
All right. I am here on the West lawn of
the US Capitol with the One and Only Temptations the
fourth of July. What does this moment mean to you
to perform here once again at the Capitol.
Speaker 14 (23:50):
Well, we are repeating history because we were here about
five or six years ago and here we are again
celebrating our nation's birthday.
Speaker 9 (23:57):
So it's a wonderful occasion.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
And you have so many iconic kids, right, I mean
you guys the soundtrack, so many lives. How do you decide,
you know, how do you narrow it down to just
a handful?
Speaker 9 (24:12):
Well, what we will do and will not do.
Speaker 14 (24:14):
We will not take my girl out now we got
to do a whole lot of things around my girl.
But that's all we got cussed out long time ago.
Well we're chick it out. So Paul, who was in
the group at the time, he said, we can never
take it song out. So my giralism always stay and
we build around my girl.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Okay, going off of Capital fourth for a moment. You know,
you guys are an originator of vocal groups, you know,
legends icons over the generations. How have you all seen
specifically vocal groups changed through time and music.
Speaker 9 (24:53):
Well, the one thing in life that is certain is changed,
and we've been able to adapt to what of a
change is necessary for the temptitious, you continue on. So
that's the strong point of any group. But for the temptation,
we are very flexible. For whatever the business is, we
will be that as long as it's good business.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
Yeah, I love that. And you know, as you're performing,
you guys are touring. You released a new album a
few years back. You know, as you're doing these projects,
do you have that saying do you see it from
a different lens today than you did? You know, say
(25:29):
when you first started out, No.
Speaker 14 (25:31):
We're still home rate. See we started out with that
of the Tiger, and we're going to finish it with
Die of the Tiger. Now, we love it, and you
know it's an amazing feat that you'll be able to
less hee. We been around for sixty plus years. You
do wonderful good. If you were to be around for
four or five years. Here we are over half a century.
So it's a blessed.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
I love that Capital Fourth Whoslawn or the US Capitol
with the temptations. Thank you all so much. I really appreciate.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
All right, that's our show for this episode, PBS's annual
A Capital Fourth. It's such an amazing celebration of America.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
It's a big party.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
With incredibly beautiful tributes to our men and women, the
brave men and women and their families and their support
systems that help make us safe. So be sure to
check it out Friday, July fourth, live on PBS Facebook
and YouTube and PBS dot org a pm Eastern with
(26:30):
a encore presentation at nine point thirty, and if you
miss it, you can catch it on demand through July eighteenth.
So let me know what you think of this episode.
I will see you next week.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
I love you, We.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
Thank you for listening to pop Culture Weekly. Here all
the latest at popculturewekly dot com. In the reckets redly Yeah,
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Speaker 3 (27:07):
Gave proof through the night matter flag it was still there.
In this episode of pop Culture Weekly, it is all
about PBS's A Capital four, twenty twenty five. I interview
all the performers, including The Beach Boys, The Temptations, Lauren Daegel, Trumbone, Shorty,
Josh Turner and more.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Let's go Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon
from iHeartRadio, your pop culture news, views, reviews, and celebrity
interviews on Fall, the movies, TV music, and pomp Culture
You Crave Weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Hello, and welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon. I,
of course from Kyle McMahon, and I am live from
the West lawn of the US Capital for the rehearsals
for a Capital fourth, PBS's annual concert. It is a
celebration of America. It's a party. I've been watching rehearsals
all day and it is going to be an incredible show.
(00:55):
Depending on when you're listening to this, it airs live
tonight on PBS at eight o'clock Eastern, with an encore
following directly after that at nine thirty. And if for
some reason you've missed it, first of all at Rude,
but secondly you can catch it on demand through July eighteenth,
(01:17):
and if you don't watch it live on PBS, you
could also watch it on PBS dot org, live streaming, YouTube,
and Facebook. So let's just get right into these interviews.
I've got a whole bunch of great interviews with the performers,
and I'm excited to bring them to you.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
It's always a great show, all right. I am here
with the one and only Abby Carter on the West
lawna the US Capitol for a Capitol fourth on the
fourth of July. What's what does that moment mean for you?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
I mean, that's act. I mean, the fourth of July
is one of my favorite holidays. It's it's the most
I've said together holiday. I can't find the right words
for it, but it's the most I don't know's. It's
really big on community and coming together and celebrating something
that means so much to all of us as a country.
And I'm so honored to be here.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
I love that. And you're performing the Climb, which I
love that song so much. You do such an incredible
job with a What does that song mean for you?
Especially in this context?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
I mean, in this context, it's incredible considering It's really
just about the struggles of life and overcoming those things
and realizing at the end of the day, the destination
only means so much to you because of the journey
behind it, and all of the struggles and things that
you've gone through life are what make the positives so wonderful.
And I'm honored to be singing if you're today. I
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sung it when I was ten years old at a
talent show and it's kind of a full circle moment
to be able to come back here and sing it
on much more of a national stage rather than at
the date festival in my hometown. I'm excited to do it.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
And to be here, and you know, under the lens
of American Idol, yeah, you know, I feel like the
climb also is kind of you know, kissmit with with that,
you know, does that resonate with you at all?
Speaker 4 (03:05):
I absolutely. I mean American Idol in itself was a struggle.
It was a competition for sure, and you had to
work really hard every week to just keep moving forward.
And sometimes it felt like, man, I wish I would
just get vote at home this week. I'm tired. But
I mean it made it all the much, all the
much more worth it and more valuable to be there
at the end and realize that you put so much
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work toward it and to get there.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
So it was, in fact, all about the climb.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
It was all about the climb.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
What can we expect? You're working on your new album,
You're working on your album, now, you're touring next. What's
up for you?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Know?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
What can we expect from you next?
Speaker 4 (03:40):
So I released an album this past November, and I
went on tour this spring winter, winter, spring kind of,
and then I'm going back on tour in the fall.
But I'm working on new music right now, and I
love albums in general. So maybe or maybe not, I'm
working on the next book.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
If you were, it would be twenty six, I mean.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Twenty five, twenty thirty on the hall. But I'm working
on it.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Awesome, Abby, thank you so much for speaking with me.
I really appreciate it so much. Thank you, Thank you
so much, Thank you. Abby. All Right, I am here
once again with Alfonso Robero on the West lawn of
the US candital Yes, we're a capital fourth. I just
saw you last month. Yeah, so you're hosting everything. You're
hosting up my birthday party next week actually right on.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Right on, right on, we'll work out the detail, exactly detail.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
What's the feeling I mean, you know, to be on
the West Lawn of the United States Capitol Capitol July fourth.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
This is my third year hosting the show, and it
is actually very quite special to be here on the
West Lawn Capitol Building. We're out here about to have
an incredible show tomorrow night, and we'll be doing a
dress rehearsal tonight, and it's a very special thing to
be here in America four our birthday, right this is
a celebration. It's a party, and we're having a party
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for all the positive things that we all feel about
this country. Of course, there are things that are very
difficult and difficult times for different people, but it's all
about coming together, celebrating being together, loving one another, trying
to see eye to eye and having a great time
and recognizing our independence from Great Britain many many two
hundred and forty nine years ago.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
And do you find you know, this year there's some
incredibly incredible stories that are featured of some of the
brave men and women you know who have given the
ultimate sacrifice and those that love and support them and
our first responders and that sort of thing. Do you
feel a responsibility when you're hosting a show that features
(05:43):
those kinds of stories or are you able to kind
of separate yourself for the show itself. Well, I wouldn't
say a responsibility. I would say what I do feel
is the ability to be here and be part of
this part of their story, part of their celebratory moments,
to pay you know, and pay homage and honor them
(06:07):
in this incredible space. I feel fortunate that I get
to be a part of that. I love that there's
you know, there's no pressure.
Speaker 6 (06:16):
Right, It's about just being real and being true in
the moment and letting your heart speak for itself and
letting that come through to the American public. So for me,
it's an honor really to be able to be a
part of that.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
I love that you and I had talked a couple
of years ago about if you weren't here, you would
be in your RV and your motor home going across
the one I'm sure somewhere is that. Are you still
into into that or still into it? Not as much lately?
You know, I've been a little busy, a.
Speaker 6 (06:45):
Little busy, so less road trips, smaller road trips rather
than the full cross country road trips. But the plan
is to obviously do it again. But I you know,
this week, I probably would have been at home, hanging
out at the golf club, getting ready for my tournament
next week. That's what I probably would have been doing.
I love that, Alfonso. As always, it's a pleasure. Thank you, Sair,
thanks for having I'll see you next weekend. I'm your
(07:05):
host of Mike Birthday.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
I am here with the one and only Michael Up
with the Beach Boys. Uh you performing on the west
lawn of the United States Capitol Washington, d C. For
Capital fourth on the fourth of July. So what is
that like? The Beach Boys doing that.
Speaker 7 (07:26):
That's an amazing thing. It's the forty ninth anniversary. We
were here a few years back and Jimmy Jimmy Buffett
came out and sang the second verse of Cocomo with us,
So that was quite an iconic moment. Yes, but this
time our buddies LoCash, who just set on number one
record in country, are joining us on stage and they're
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doing their song favorite their favorite three favorite colors, which
is red, White and blue, which is perfect for this occasion. Yeah,
and we you know, the Beach Boys have been known
for having fun, fun, fun for many years, and so
we're just really blessed and delighted to be able to
come out and perform on America's holiday.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
I love that. And you you know, you've been in
the business for so long performing iconic hits like this. Yes,
does it have a different meeting today to perform these
songs than it did when you first debut them.
Speaker 7 (08:20):
It's a little extra special because years ago in and
I do to come out and do it free concert
in July fourth, and that was a lot of incredible.
It was like Againnes spoke of records, there's so many
people on the monument grounds. But this is an iconic
forty nine year tradition going on fifty and we are
(08:43):
like so blessed to be invited to be part of
the celebration of July fourth.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Amazing. Thank you, sir. I really appreciate it and I
can we can't wait to see tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (08:56):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Thank you. All Right, I am here live at the
West lawn of the Capitol for with low cash for
a Capitol fourth. How you guys doing, man, We're doing
it very I asked it, what a great day man,
as I did. Yeah, so you're performing one of your
own songs, you're also performing with the Beach Boys. What
does that feel like on fourth of July?
Speaker 8 (09:19):
You know, that's surreal anytime you get to share the
stage with icon like the Beach Boys, I mean, it's amazing.
And Mike Love and Bruce have become like big brothers
to us, and so we've been on tour with them
this year.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
They asked us to be.
Speaker 8 (09:30):
Part of this and we were honored.
Speaker 9 (09:33):
This is awesome.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Yeah, when you're doing a song with the Beach Boys,
you know, you have your own catalog, which we'll talk
about in a moment, But when you're doing a song
with them, do you feel like, you know, any extra
pressure than your own material or I.
Speaker 10 (09:48):
Mean there's there's always pressure because you're with such an
iconic crew. But Mike has just been family to us,
and we've always felt like family with those guys. Their
music is very positive, Our music is very positive. While
we looked up to those guys growing up and and
writing the songs kind of like the Beach Boys, you know,
as much as we can. So we're happy to be here,
honored to be here for America.
Speaker 9 (10:07):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
And finally, you just put out an album song that
went number one again, What does that feel like? This
at the you know, at this point in your career
to you're still releasing these hits.
Speaker 5 (10:20):
Well, it's extra special.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
You know.
Speaker 8 (10:22):
We started our own record label right, hired our own
radio team, whole staff, and so we pushed this song
up ourselves. We just decided to roll up our sleeves
and do it ourselves. And we've been in this industry
for a while and we knew what it would take,
and it took some hard work, but we got our
first number one is a two week number one Hometown Home.
If you haven't heard, to check it out, and Raw
Hearts is out now. It's our fastest rising single yet today.
(10:45):
So we're off to a good start and we're thankful
for it.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
I love that. Finally, you guys, you release some upbeat bops,
right yeah? And why has that been you know, kind
of a whole mark of your careers. You guys do
uplifting bops? You know, why was that important to you
as artists?
Speaker 10 (11:05):
I think as as music goes, I mean, like the
Beach Boys, like Huey Lewis that that that kind of
stuff where you're driving in the car and you remember
as a kid and you just wrote down the windows
and it just made you feel good. You know, there's
a lot of stuff going on, and people have a
lot of stories, and you know, there's a lot of
negative and we've got to try and find the positive
and everything, and and music can do that. Music can
bring those people there, you know, and us too. So
(11:27):
we rely on music and it's everything. And that's where
we've kind of taken Low Cash to that level to
make you know, hey, every now and then we'll have
a slow song, but we want we want to hit.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
We want to hit the hearts of America. I love
that Low Cash. Thank you so much, man, I really
asreciate you as well in capital for it.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
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Speaker 3 (11:54):
Back, all right.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
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They help me make this show, which is which is
how I'm able to bring it to you. So all right,
let's get right back into our interviews live from the
West Lawn of the Capitol and rehearsals for a Capital Fourth.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
All right, I am here with the one and only
Lauren Daegel in the West lawn of the US Capital
for a Capital fourth. What's it feel like to be
performing here in DC for the fourth of July?
Speaker 5 (12:35):
Oh, I'm so First of all, I'm so honored. I
got to bring my family, my parents.
Speaker 11 (12:40):
And there's this really sweet moment where my mom last
night we were talking about being out here after rehearsals
and she said, Lauren, do you realize this is the
closest I've ever been to the Capitol And I thought, Oh,
my goodness, this is it is so special. So I
know there's going to be a lot of families in
the crowd. I know there's gonna be a lot of
families having picnics and things like that.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
Just getting to celebrate the port It's very exciting.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
I love that. And the one of the songs that
are performing, Rescue, It's such a powerful song. And what
was that? Why was why? Why that song for this moment?
Speaker 5 (13:18):
Okay, well, I'm really excited. I don't know if this
is a spoiler alert, are we allowed to say?
Speaker 11 (13:23):
Okay, there's a I'm like, the beauty of that song
is because it's going to be met with so many
first responders on stage. And whenever they told me, they
asked about it, like a couple of weeks before our rehearsals,
and I was like, do y'all want me to sing
a song or crap? I feel like, for me, it's
gonna be one of the most moving moments of the evening.
Speaker 9 (13:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
Yeah, I'm really excited what those people pay for.
Speaker 11 (13:49):
My brother is a first responder, and what they see
and what they experience and what they go through on
a day in and day.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
Out basis is really powerful.
Speaker 11 (13:59):
And any moment in life that we get to thank
them and honor them and show our gratitude for everything
that they've done to keep this country safe and to
keep people looked after is really beautiful to me.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I love that. And on another note, you had gone
for American Idol a couple of times. Yeah, your journey
took you in a much different place. Do you think
it all worked out the way was meant to?
Speaker 11 (14:25):
And you know, oh yeah, I'm so grateful and I
still have great relationships with the American Idol team.
Speaker 5 (14:31):
I've gone back a couple of times seeing some of
the contestants and stuff.
Speaker 11 (14:35):
But I remember when I got told no on American Idol,
when I was walking out the double doors open, Simon
Kyle had just said no, and I tears started filling
my eyes, and my mom looked at me and she said, Lauren,
you can either believe that no of man or the
yes of God. And if you believe God's calling you
to do this, then just stay focused. And it really
did something to me. I remember saying, don't cry about this,
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get up, girl, let's go. And it was the first
day that I realized, oh, I really care about this,
Because sometimes when you're told no, it's actually fuel you realize, oh,
this is something I care about.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
If it hurts.
Speaker 11 (15:08):
If it doesn't hurt, then you're like, oh, I guess
I didn't really care about that as much as I
thought i'd did, you know. So it's just a beautiful
moment for me to realize, oh, I actually care about this,
and I really.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Want to pursue music, and so the journey began. Honestly
from that moment.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
I love that. And finally, you are so inspirational in
your performance and your music. What do you want people
to take from Lauren Daegel.
Speaker 5 (15:32):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 11 (15:33):
I honestly, anytime that I get to sing, I just
want to spread hope into this world, the hope of Christ,
the hope of knowing anybody who's going through any situation,
if you need someone to lean on, if you need
someone who's for you and not against you.
Speaker 5 (15:47):
For me, that is Jesus, you know. So when I
think what do what does lo and Degel look like?
I just want to reflect His glory and his goodness.
Speaker 11 (15:55):
And I want that to be able to be seen
for generations to come. That's my my hope.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
I love that, Lauren, thank you so much. I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (16:04):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
So I am here with the warning only trombone and
Surety all the way from New Orleans, Washington, d C.
Capital Fourth just heard you rehearse. Awesome, Medley. What's this
moment like for you? It's a wonderful moment.
Speaker 12 (16:21):
To be able to represent the great city of New
Orleans on the national stage in front of America is
a beautiful thing for me. And hopefully we can make
the city of New Orleans proud by being here. So
it is big for me to be able to be
a representative.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Of that place. How did you decide what songs in
that medley too that you were gonna do.
Speaker 12 (16:40):
I just thought that we would choose an original song
Hurricane Seize that kind of capture the brass band second
line feel of what I what I grew up playing.
And also some New Orleans classics. Moighty Ground New Orleans
by the Great Professor Long Haul, which is the stand
up and when the Saints Go Mark Jann is just
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a great song that bring everyone together and sing along with.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
For speaking of New Orleans, you're from the Tremain neighborhood RG. Yes,
So how has that influenced your work and your career?
I mean it's a very specific neighborhood in New Orleans.
Speaker 12 (17:17):
Yes, that's the sixth Ward in New Orleans is where
Congo Squarez.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
But I grew up in like a musician village.
Speaker 12 (17:24):
Naturally there was a Reaper brass band that lived around
the corner Kermit Roughens. Of course, my family, Andrews family
all brass musicians. The late Great Tube of Fats was
dead of Trimmee brass band. So I would wake up
in the morning and go to school elementary school, and
I would see people playing jazz funerals and parades, and
then I would come home and then they would be
celebrating whatever it is. So I was surrounded by music
(17:46):
in their neighborhood my entire life. So it's a big
Without that place, I wouldn't be here today.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Wow. I love that you have this very specific fusion
of traditional jazz and hip hop and pop. How did
that all come about for you? For that? For that
Trumbu and.
Speaker 12 (18:07):
Shorty South, Well, all of that music is things that
I grew up playing or being a part of, or
listening to. So having people like the Neville Brothers and
Doctor John, also being able to work with people like
Many Fresh and Cash Money Records as I was coming up,
all of those situations are like gumbo to me. Everyone
I'll get placed in. I take a little bit from
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it and add it to the sound. So even though
we grew up in a very traditional city, I was
still listening to master P and the Hot Boys and
stuff as a youngster, as a teenager, So that's type
of music.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
I didn't blost that out and I just put it
into my music.
Speaker 12 (18:39):
Then I had a chance to work with him personally
and then everywhere I go, I just take a little
bit from it like a sponge.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
I love that. So this finally, and this kind of
builds off that you've worked with.
Speaker 6 (18:51):
Madonna, Bruno, Mars, Lenny Kravitz, all kinds of incredible artists.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Do you take something from each of them and give
them trumb as well?
Speaker 12 (19:01):
Well, you know, I think when I'll play with them,
they might take a little bit. But I'm definitely learning
from some of the great people and any situation I get,
and everyone has a different musical approach, so whatever that
may be, I try to take a little bit from
that naturally, because I'm a fan of music, and I'm
just learning from everyone that I touched the stage with
or record with, because a lot of people are very
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strong at certain things that you can learn from that.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
So I definitely bring everything I can. You know, to me,
music is like a.
Speaker 12 (19:29):
Neighborhood, a musical neighborhood, So any place I go, I
try to take a little bit away from that and
add it to my thing.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
That's amazing. The one and only trombone Shorty, thank you, brother,
thank you. I appreciate it. Blanging my brother, of course.
Speaker 9 (19:42):
A rare.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
So first of all. Thank you for speaking with me, Josh,
I appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (19:49):
Yeah, the song that you're performing for Capital Fourth has
a bit of more meaning for you than just as
it may seem to somebody listening. Can you tell me
about that story a little.
Speaker 13 (20:03):
Yeah, So, a little over ten years ago, I had
asked my uncle if I could see all of my
granddaddy's military records, papers, medals, anything he had. I knew
he had been awarded the Purple Heart. Unfortunately the Purple
Heart had been lost or misplaced, but that wasn't necessarily
(20:24):
the most important thing to me. It was the story
and reading his papers, trying to figure out, you know,
what his story was. Because he never talked about it.
Nobody in our family really knew a whole lot about
what he had done. And so I just kind of
started digging into it. And I was inspired almost a
year later to write this song and just kind of
stashed it away. It kind of sat on the shelf
(20:44):
for basically a decade while untill this record, and I
just felt like it was the right time to bring
it to the surface and to the light, you know.
And it's so far as it's meant a lot to
a lot of people. I kind of regret not bringing
it out sooner, but you know, everything happens for a reason,
and you know, the timing was right.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Yeah, And now it's on your latest album. You are
now performing that song. Well, I think you debuted it
around Memorial Day.
Speaker 6 (21:14):
And now you're performing it on the West lawn of
the US Capitol and DC for the Fourth of July.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
That has to be a surreal thing for you.
Speaker 13 (21:22):
It is. You know, this is one of only two
songs throughout my whole career that I ever cried at,
you know about during like in the studio, because I
was so moved by the fact that I had written
something that was a tribute to my granddaddy and a
story that had never been told. And so I just
felt overwhelmed by emotion. And then all these opportunities that
(21:46):
I've had, you know, with this, I've got to play
it on Veterans Day last year on the Today Show,
we got to do a small little video for it,
and debuted it, like you said, on Memorial Day, all
these different Veterans events, and now you know, here at
the Capital forths out here in our nation's capital is
just it's kind of overwhelming. So it's pretty awesome.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
You've been very vocal about opening about your faith speaking
about that, and you've also been in the business for
a long time. Is there a time where you feel.
Speaker 6 (22:18):
Your faith was tested, that you were obviously able to
persevere and how did you do that?
Speaker 13 (22:24):
I feel like it's always tested, but early on in
my career was definitely tested because nobody knew who I was,
Nobody knew really what I stood for. Nobody knew anything
about my music or me as an artist or as
a person, or how I wanted to conduct my business,
and so all of that, you know, coming together all
at once was extremely stressful. It took a toll on
me physically, mentally, spiritually, and I just had to persevere.
(22:46):
I had to tell you, one step at a time,
one decision at a time, and I had to do
what I felt like I knew was right and what
I felt like the Lord was telling me to do.
And so I'd say it's worked out. Yeah, I've been
doing this now for over twenty years and still having fun,
still love what i'ved and got a great group of
people around me fighting for me every day, and so yeah,
you know, it's a testament to perseverance.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
I love that. And finally, what's next for you? What
can we expect next?
Speaker 13 (23:11):
I'm on tour pretty heavily right now, on the This
Country Music Thing.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
Tour supporting now Alad, my latest.
Speaker 13 (23:17):
Record, in which I'm very proud of. So yeah, we'll
be all across the country this year. And you know,
just got some things in the hopper, but I can't
really talk about those things.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
All right, you'll come on, iHeart and tell us when
you're ready. Josh, thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
All right. I am here on the West lawn of
the US Capitol with the One and Only Temptations the
fourth of July. What does this moment mean to you
to perform here once again at the Capitol.
Speaker 14 (23:50):
Well, we are repeating history because we were here about
five or six years ago and here we are again
celebrating our nation's birthday.
Speaker 9 (23:57):
So it's a wonderful occasion.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
And you have so many iconic kids, right, I mean
you guys the soundtrack, so many lives. How do you decide,
you know, how do you narrow it down to just
a handful?
Speaker 9 (24:12):
Well, what we will do and will not do.
Speaker 14 (24:14):
We will not take my girl out now we got
to do a whole lot of things around my girl.
But that's all we got cussed out long time ago.
Well we're chick it out. So Paul, who was in
the group at the time, he said, we can never
take it song out. So my giralism always stay and
we build around my girl.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Okay, going off of Capital fourth for a moment. You know,
you guys are an originator of vocal groups, you know,
legends icons over the generations. How have you all seen
specifically vocal groups changed through time and music.
Speaker 9 (24:53):
Well, the one thing in life that is certain is changed,
and we've been able to adapt to what of a
change is necessary for the temptitious, you continue on. So
that's the strong point of any group. But for the temptation,
we are very flexible. For whatever the business is, we
will be that as long as it's good business.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
Yeah, I love that. And you know, as you're performing,
you guys are touring. You released a new album a
few years back. You know, as you're doing these projects,
do you have that saying do you see it from
a different lens today than you did? You know, say
(25:29):
when you first started out, No.
Speaker 14 (25:31):
We're still home rate. See we started out with that
of the Tiger, and we're going to finish it with
Die of the Tiger. Now, we love it, and you
know it's an amazing feat that you'll be able to
less hee. We been around for sixty plus years. You
do wonderful good. If you were to be around for
four or five years. Here we are over half a century.
So it's a blessed.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
I love that Capital Fourth Whoslawn or the US Capitol
with the temptations. Thank you all so much. I really appreciate.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
All right, that's our show for this episode, PBS's annual
A Capital Fourth. It's such an amazing celebration of America.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
It's a big party.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
With incredibly beautiful tributes to our men and women, the
brave men and women and their families and their support
systems that help make us safe. So be sure to
check it out Friday, July fourth, live on PBS Facebook
and YouTube and PBS dot org a pm Eastern with
(26:30):
a encore presentation at nine point thirty, and if you
miss it, you can catch it on demand through July eighteenth.
So let me know what you think of this episode.
I will see you next week.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
I love you, We.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
Thank you for listening to pop Culture Weekly. Here all
the latest at popculturewekly dot com. In the reckets redly Yeah,
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Speaker 3 (27:07):
Gave proof through the night matter flag it was still there.
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