July 1, 2025 • 6 mins
Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland joined the show to discuss, among other things, the band's upcoming tour which opens in Washington and how he spent lots of quality time in Elvis's bedroom. Seriously. Check out the full interview!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Collective Soul Live and Our Lady Piece at White River
Amphitheater on July eighth, joining US Now and Roland, front
man for Collective Soul. Welcome morning. Now you're doing I'm
doing well? How are you morning there?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
What is it there?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Yeah, it is morning. It is just just after seven o'clock.
Oh man, it is Where are you? You're not in Georgia,
are you?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
No, I'm in a Florida claere. My home is now.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I didn't realize that.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I like the Sunshine State now so I always will
be Georgia boy at heart. But I enjoy the weather.
Can you have days off when you get in the pool.
It's kind of fun, you know.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
People give Florida a hard time, but I'm with you.
It's pretty hard to beat that weather, and especially if
you're on the beach.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
And that I am good for you. Good. Yeah. Well.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I asked if you were out on tour because basically,
you and Collective Soul have been out on tour since
nineteen ninety two, and you're about to start another tour.
You're coming to Seattle on the eighth of July. Has
there ever been a time where you're like, I don't know,
if I could do this anymore, or are you going
to be like the Rolling Stones and just tour on
into your eighties because.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
You love it well, I would like to be compared
more to the Rolling Stones than just touring. But we're
going to keep doing it. We're going to keep doing
it to the good Lord says hey the way I
look at it. Yeah, and Seattle, that's our first show
with live and our ladyp so it'll be a good,
good stomping grounds. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
But you've played Seattle quite a bit for a reason
that you know, people here love you, they love your music.
Tell us a bit about the documentary that you have
coming out.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, we went about two years ago. I had met
a friend of mine that owned Elvis Presley's home out
there in Palm Springs. When Elvis passed, he owned two homes.
Everybody owns Graceland, but not many people knew about the
one in Palm Springs, and it had been lined dormant
since he passed, but he it was acoustically treated rca
treaty that he s finished last Thanksgiving, Christmas Birthday and
(01:54):
did his last three gospel records there. So we just
put furniture in there and went to work for We
had it for a month and I went out there
with ten songs and the guys we recorded it in
four days. We record It's Cool with our drummer Johnny,
and then we wor shoot around and and I mean
they worked really fast. I was like, well, we still
got it for three more weeks. I'll take four days off,
(02:16):
see if I can write some more songs. And they
came back four days later, and then they recorded the
next ten and five days. I was like, okay, two
weeks vacation. Boys, ha ha.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Now you say you put furniture in there, did you
make it look like it was when it was with
Elvis or is it more modern?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Well? No, it was more of what we thought Elvis
would have in Palm Springs.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
That's awesome in.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
The twenty twenty three, so it's very modern what they
call it modernism or you know, the the culture of
Palm Springs, what you would think Elvis would have. But
you know, like I said, nobody had lived in there,
nobody had done anything. I'm the only man that's ever
slept in Elvis Prisley's bedroom. Wow, Like it was. It
was crazy. And we set the control room up in
(02:57):
Lisa Marie's bedroom, and then Priscilla's where our producer engineer
lived in Uigi stated in Elvis's bedroom and the rest
of the boys were in another house. But it was
I mean it was the same utilities, the same refrigerator
from nineteen seventy seven.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
That's amazing that you said that the other guys in
the band slipt elsewhere. Is that because you wanted to
like vibe out in Elvis's house or they just chose
to sleep elsewhere.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
There wasn't enough room. So I put them up in
a Burt Lancaster's house, and that's where the title of
the record came from Here to Eternity because that's where
him and Frank Sinatra. I think both of them won
Academy Ward with that movie. So it's like, well, there's
easy all living in Burt Lancaster's house. I'm living in Elvis's.
There was no room in Elvis's I mean basically it
was a three bedroom or a big party room, and
(03:42):
then the main room, which would studio where we recorded.
So I just gave them freedom, and I'm there all
the time anyway. So I disturbed them. They disturbed me.
We know how to keep together as a band, give
each other their space.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Well that is so Palm Springs the way you just
described that, So it is it's amazing what you what
you were just saying that you give them space, they
give you space. You guys know how to how to
you know, work together because you've been a band for
so long. I mean that is that the reason you
guys have been able to stay together is because you've
figured it out. Because a lot, a lot, a lot
(04:15):
of bands can have this sort of longevity.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well, we all grew up together, so everybody's known each other,
knew their fans, all kind of raised under the same
kind of you know, parental guidance and things like that,
and so I think that helped a lot. We're friends
first and foremost.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
My brother's in the band, and you know, and I've
always said, we're very strange rock and roll band. We
we love each other, we truly do. And we got
the band goes on vacations together. That's great, hang out somewhere.
It's it's a different, different vibe than most bands.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
It sounds like it because you're like, oh, well, you know,
my brother's in the band. Well you know, tell that
to Oasis or the Black Crows. You know, it doesn't
always matter fair enough on that.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
But like I said, I'm not going to hit my brother.
I like this when I do him, and I'm going
to break a guitar on him because I like my
guitars more than well.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Speaking of musical instruments, tell us about your connection to
music legend Elton John.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Well, he because I lived in Atlanta my whole life
except for this year, and he lived in Atlanta. And
when we first started, people would have asked who my
influence was, and I would do Elton John. And at
that time, the music scene was really different and nobody
was saying Elton John. And I was at would Stop
(05:34):
ninety four and this guy ran him to me and says,
Elton wants to talk to you. I was like Elton
John and he just we just struck up a friendship.
And because he lived in Atlanta, so when I was
home and he was home, connected and you know, I
go see him play, come out and see us play.
It was just it's wonderful to meet someone that's your
musical hero that to get him meet get to meet
(05:56):
them and know what a beautiful spiritual person he is.
He gives back so much, and he's so wise on music.
He knows everything's going on in music. I mean, he's
just that guy. Music is his life and giving back
is his life. And it was it was cool to
meet him, cool to know him.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
It can be difficult to meet your heroes, and it
worked out really well for you that Elton is a
great dude. Imagine you meet your music hero and Elton
John's like a jerk. So I'm so happy to hear that.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah, you know, you put him up on this pedestal.
You're like, I don't know what I'm getting into. And
then he realized he's seriously one of the finniest manual
ever meet. And just he's just Elton. I mean, he's
just a cool cat.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
That's great Collector Soul.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Be able to meet. It's really cool.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Yeah, I've bet Collector Soul live our lady piece kicking
off the tour at White River Amphitheater July eighth. Tickets
are on sale now through ticket Master. Always a pleasure,
ed Roland of Collective Soul. Thank you so much for
joining us and looking forward to seeing You're kicking off
the tour here in the Pacific Northwest, thank you, thank
you so much. S.
Collective Soul Live and Our Lady Piece at White River
Amphitheater on July eighth, joining US Now and Roland, front
man for Collective Soul. Welcome morning. Now you're doing I'm
doing well? How are you morning there?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
What is it there?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Yeah, it is morning. It is just just after seven o'clock.
Oh man, it is Where are you? You're not in Georgia,
are you?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
No, I'm in a Florida claere. My home is now.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I didn't realize that.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I like the Sunshine State now so I always will
be Georgia boy at heart. But I enjoy the weather.
Can you have days off when you get in the pool.
It's kind of fun, you know.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
People give Florida a hard time, but I'm with you.
It's pretty hard to beat that weather, and especially if
you're on the beach.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
And that I am good for you. Good. Yeah. Well.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I asked if you were out on tour because basically,
you and Collective Soul have been out on tour since
nineteen ninety two, and you're about to start another tour.
You're coming to Seattle on the eighth of July. Has
there ever been a time where you're like, I don't know,
if I could do this anymore, or are you going
to be like the Rolling Stones and just tour on
into your eighties because.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
You love it well, I would like to be compared
more to the Rolling Stones than just touring. But we're
going to keep doing it. We're going to keep doing
it to the good Lord says hey the way I
look at it. Yeah, and Seattle, that's our first show
with live and our ladyp so it'll be a good,
good stomping grounds. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
But you've played Seattle quite a bit for a reason
that you know, people here love you, they love your music.
Tell us a bit about the documentary that you have
coming out.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, we went about two years ago. I had met
a friend of mine that owned Elvis Presley's home out
there in Palm Springs. When Elvis passed, he owned two homes.
Everybody owns Graceland, but not many people knew about the
one in Palm Springs, and it had been lined dormant
since he passed, but he it was acoustically treated rca
treaty that he s finished last Thanksgiving, Christmas Birthday and
(01:54):
did his last three gospel records there. So we just
put furniture in there and went to work for We
had it for a month and I went out there
with ten songs and the guys we recorded it in
four days. We record It's Cool with our drummer Johnny,
and then we wor shoot around and and I mean
they worked really fast. I was like, well, we still
got it for three more weeks. I'll take four days off,
(02:16):
see if I can write some more songs. And they
came back four days later, and then they recorded the
next ten and five days. I was like, okay, two
weeks vacation. Boys, ha ha.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Now you say you put furniture in there, did you
make it look like it was when it was with
Elvis or is it more modern?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Well? No, it was more of what we thought Elvis
would have in Palm Springs.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
That's awesome in.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
The twenty twenty three, so it's very modern what they
call it modernism or you know, the the culture of
Palm Springs, what you would think Elvis would have. But
you know, like I said, nobody had lived in there,
nobody had done anything. I'm the only man that's ever
slept in Elvis Prisley's bedroom. Wow, Like it was. It
was crazy. And we set the control room up in
(02:57):
Lisa Marie's bedroom, and then Priscilla's where our producer engineer
lived in Uigi stated in Elvis's bedroom and the rest
of the boys were in another house. But it was
I mean it was the same utilities, the same refrigerator
from nineteen seventy seven.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
That's amazing that you said that the other guys in
the band slipt elsewhere. Is that because you wanted to
like vibe out in Elvis's house or they just chose
to sleep elsewhere.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
There wasn't enough room. So I put them up in
a Burt Lancaster's house, and that's where the title of
the record came from Here to Eternity because that's where
him and Frank Sinatra. I think both of them won
Academy Ward with that movie. So it's like, well, there's
easy all living in Burt Lancaster's house. I'm living in Elvis's.
There was no room in Elvis's I mean basically it
was a three bedroom or a big party room, and
(03:42):
then the main room, which would studio where we recorded.
So I just gave them freedom, and I'm there all
the time anyway. So I disturbed them. They disturbed me.
We know how to keep together as a band, give
each other their space.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Well that is so Palm Springs the way you just
described that, So it is it's amazing what you what
you were just saying that you give them space, they
give you space. You guys know how to how to
you know, work together because you've been a band for
so long. I mean that is that the reason you
guys have been able to stay together is because you've
figured it out. Because a lot, a lot, a lot
(04:15):
of bands can have this sort of longevity.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well, we all grew up together, so everybody's known each other,
knew their fans, all kind of raised under the same
kind of you know, parental guidance and things like that,
and so I think that helped a lot. We're friends
first and foremost.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
My brother's in the band, and you know, and I've
always said, we're very strange rock and roll band. We
we love each other, we truly do. And we got
the band goes on vacations together. That's great, hang out somewhere.
It's it's a different, different vibe than most bands.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
It sounds like it because you're like, oh, well, you know,
my brother's in the band. Well you know, tell that
to Oasis or the Black Crows. You know, it doesn't
always matter fair enough on that.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
But like I said, I'm not going to hit my brother.
I like this when I do him, and I'm going
to break a guitar on him because I like my
guitars more than well.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Speaking of musical instruments, tell us about your connection to
music legend Elton John.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Well, he because I lived in Atlanta my whole life
except for this year, and he lived in Atlanta. And
when we first started, people would have asked who my
influence was, and I would do Elton John. And at
that time, the music scene was really different and nobody
was saying Elton John. And I was at would Stop
(05:34):
ninety four and this guy ran him to me and says,
Elton wants to talk to you. I was like Elton
John and he just we just struck up a friendship.
And because he lived in Atlanta, so when I was
home and he was home, connected and you know, I
go see him play, come out and see us play.
It was just it's wonderful to meet someone that's your
musical hero that to get him meet get to meet
(05:56):
them and know what a beautiful spiritual person he is.
He gives back so much, and he's so wise on music.
He knows everything's going on in music. I mean, he's
just that guy. Music is his life and giving back
is his life. And it was it was cool to
meet him, cool to know him.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
It can be difficult to meet your heroes, and it
worked out really well for you that Elton is a
great dude. Imagine you meet your music hero and Elton
John's like a jerk. So I'm so happy to hear that.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah, you know, you put him up on this pedestal.
You're like, I don't know what I'm getting into. And
then he realized he's seriously one of the finniest manual
ever meet. And just he's just Elton. I mean, he's
just a cool cat.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
That's great Collector Soul.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Be able to meet. It's really cool.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Yeah, I've bet Collector Soul live our lady piece kicking
off the tour at White River Amphitheater July eighth. Tickets
are on sale now through ticket Master. Always a pleasure,
ed Roland of Collective Soul. Thank you so much for
joining us and looking forward to seeing You're kicking off
the tour here in the Pacific Northwest, thank you, thank
you so much. S.
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