March 11, 2025 • 34 mins
The House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week, but do the Republicans have enough support in the Senate? National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL gives a preview.
AJ Croce, son of the late, great Jim Croce, is out with his new album Heart of The Eternal and touring many YMS cities. He joins Michael for an intimate chat about his Dad, his life and his music.
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Good morning, and welcome to Tuesday. Marchy eleventh, twenty twenty five,
Vatican says doctors have lifted their guarded prognosis of Pope
Francis's improvement continues. Ukraine appears to have carried out it's
(00:45):
largest drone attack to date against Russia, and the opening
beller ring later this morning, hopefully heading up after being
the Dow anyway down nearly a thousand points yesterday. Meanwhile,
The drama in Washington is all about the continuing Resolution.
House of Representatives will vote today to avoid a government
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shut down by the end of the week. But do
Republicans have enough support in the Senate, because they're going
to need some Democrats. National correspondent Rory O'Neil is here
with the preview. Good morning, Rory, Yeah, Good morning, Michael.
You know I always do that, expecting you to say
something and.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
You just stop. So let's chat. No, this is no.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
But this is the first obviously the first volley of
a week long of volleys, right.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, right, And you know there are different thresholds. Keep
in mind, the Republican controlled House only needs a simple
majority in order to get things passed, but over in
the Senate, you need sixty votes six oh, in order
to shut down a filibuster. So it's a very different
threshold on the Senate side, where the Republican majority is
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solid but not enough to prevent it to get beyond
the fillibuster. And we've already seen one Republican Senator, Ran
Paul of Kentucky say he's a no on this. So
Republicans need eight Democrats to cross the aisle, which this
week seems unlikely.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Probably a good start would be to get.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
A hard yes from all Republicans before you go into
this numbers game.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
But here's the bottom line.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Everybody expects the Democrats, who have been having a hard
time walking the line between obstruction and opposing party to
stand against this. You stand too much, and you get
credited with the shutdown. You may have crossed more jobs
than those you've been fighting against. So you wonder ultimately
if there's enough skin in the game for both sides
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of the American people. And then what history tells us
is they always make great politics of it, and then
the last second they always find a deal.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Well, right, but you know, this week, what kind of
deal could we find? This continuing resolution would fund the
government all the way through the end of September. There's
more talk of, hey, can we do something that gives
us a couple months to maybe find a better deal.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
So there may be some other.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Interim plan in the words here that could actually have
at the same position about a month or two from now.
But look, some Democrats say that this is also a
very vague proposal, which then gives Elon Musk a bit
too much power in trying to undo some previously approved
spending proposals. So that's another tripping point for Democrats who
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may still be able to find some changes to this
final plan before it gets approved.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I'm not trying to make it political. I'm trying to
keep it news. But from a political standpoint, the Democrats
have been wrong. The American people tend to support the president.
This bill being proposed kind of cuts discretionary spending and
prioritizes mainly defense, which is a priority of the government.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Right.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
They also have to be careful they don't misread the
American people again, too.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Right, because there's also increased money for immigration enforcement in
this as well, which is also very popular. So yeah,
that's the tight rope the Democrats are on right now.
And they didn't navigate the last one so well, so
we'll see what they try to figure out this time.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Not so good.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
All right, great reporting, Rory. As always, We'll talk again tomorrow.
AJ Croche's going to be joining us next half hour.
I really want you to catch us. You know, I
was sharing with Jeffrey. We could have done a montage,
I mean, but you had to live it. I'm nine
years old, you know, just living in Arlington heights listening
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to wls and all of a sudden, out of nowhere,
this guy. I mean, I remember Barry Manlow's arrival with
Mandy and it kind of stopped everything. And then you know,
you got I write the songs and a bunch of others,
but nothing like this. I think we have lost perspective.
Jim Croche's arrival in nineteen seventy three was much more
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like Michael Jackson reappearing.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
With Thriller.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I mean, it was just I mean, if you go
back and look at Thriller, every song on that album
is a monster hit of different sounds and flavors and fields.
But Jim Croche arrives in nineteen seventy three, you get
time in a bottle. Operator, bad bad Leroy Brown, I
got a name, Operator, don't mess around with Jim. I
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have to say I love you in a love song.
I mean, photographs, some memories. I don't think people realize
the tsunami of hits. This guy appears on the scene
and just hit after hit after hit after hit. One's
going down, the others flying up, two or three are
passing each other, going up and down. It was crazy. Well,
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Jim Crochy had agreed to sing at a university for
a few hundred bucks. It got canceled a year later.
When he keeps his word, he's one of the biggest
names in all of music. But to show you what
kind of person Jim Crochey was, I committed to sing
at that university, I'm going back. It would turn out
to be his last concert at the height of his stardom.
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His plane would not clear a tree and everybody on
board would be killed, not before he left us. What
seems like a career of music and a one year
span of time and a legacy a son, and no doubt,
one of your favorite songs is if I Could put
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Time in a Bottle. That's written about his son, Aj Crochi,
who lives here in Nashville. He's out with a new
album on a new tour, and we're going to have
a very intimate conversation with him next half hour that
I know you're going to love about his father, his
life and his music. That his must hear radio in
thirty minutes.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Don't move there. It is.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
It was actually written about his mother and him, ingrid
his mom and him. But that's something and you know,
we'll talk a little bit about first time I knew
that Jim Crotchey had a son, AJ. This is like
twenty five thirty years ago. I went flying who he was,
you know, because of my love for his father. But
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twenty five years later, I have a love for AJ
and his music and all the influence is not just
his father that has created such a unique sound. All right,
So Tim Walls is one of our top stories of
the day. We have just two minutes to do it.
The failed Democrat VP candidate Tim Walls spoke out in
a Politico interview kind of like a town hall with
about one hundred Democrats present, and he thinks he knows
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why the Harris Walls ticket lost. I don't think he
puts any of it on him. I mean, you know,
and looking back, I think it's a twelve year loss,
the party losing ground to the most extreme left. Then
they're voters wanting an outsider that they ignored. The Republicans didn't.
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They did the ultimate outsider, Donald Trump. He defeated nineteen
in his primary and wanted to win the election in
twenty sixteen. Democrats didn't play that game. They wanted Bernie Sanders.
But the people in the party gave them Hillary Clinton,
using super delegates and other things to finagle it. Then
in twenty twenty they wanted Bernie again and they forced
Joe Biden after cutting a deal in South Carolina. Then
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in twenty twenty four, Biden clearly seen how that was
evident for everyone to see, and they wanted them to
see it. That's why they did a debate before debates
were even being done, before the convention. They did a debate,
and nobody gave him his drugs and he bombed miserably.
Then they took all no, you know, that's what they
did to you. And then they took his delegates and
gave them to Kamala Harris, so ignoring their own voters
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in the primary process, that was a big part of it,
and then ignoring the American people and what they cared
about the priorities. They majored in minors and minored in majors.
After that you have Kamala Harris, the word salad, the drunk,
and Tim Walls the goofy coach, creepy coach. But Walls
(08:53):
thinks the reason they lost is they played it too safe.
They just simply did had a short runway, which was
to their favor, A longer runway would have looked about
the way both of them looked today. But he felt
like we didn't have enough time to get our sea legs.
Then he said, because he's a coach, we played too
(09:15):
much prevent defense. We should have gone on the offense.
We played it way too safe. Should have done more
town hall meeting, should have done some of them podcasts.
And as he's saying all this, Kamala Harris is at
a town hall meeting discussing innovation, and it sounded like this,
(09:36):
So I was.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Willing to give up whatever might be the trackings of
Kamala Harris's particular.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Fondness for Nacho.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
She's the person natural reper sake of.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Getting a big bag of Dorito's.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
As I watched, I'm so drunk, I'm gonna shift my
tone here.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
And that's right.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
At what point do we.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
Also uplift and highlight the consumer's right to also expect.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
And you can debate with me if it should be
a right. I think it should to.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
Expect that the innovation would also be weighted in terms
of solving.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
Their everyday problems, which are beyond my craving for Dorrito's.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
What about whatever? And I know the work is.
Speaker 9 (10:29):
Happening around the scientific discoveries, for example, to cure long
standing diseases. But I'm going to throw out another one
and you all again please get back to me and
information you have.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
I would love.
Speaker 10 (10:40):
It if there would be an investment of resources and
solving the affordable housing issue in America.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Like help me with that, and of course it would
be a government, all right. So that apparently that word
salad was explaining innovation. I can't tell if it's drunk.
I can't tell if it's crazy, but I can tell
you with a longer runway and more exposure, there's a
reason she is now polling last in the twenty twenty
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eight candidate pulls. So, with all due respect to him, also,
I think was also a part of the goofy offering.
I don't think had you done more town halls or
done more podcasts, it would have helped. I think, quite frankly,
all evidence to the contrary.
Speaker 8 (11:29):
It's your morning show with Michael del Choano.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Kat have your morning show without your voice. Let's start
with Scott listening to WLAC in Nashville.
Speaker 8 (11:39):
Yes, Michael Kamala Harris sounds drung when she speaks, but
she always sounds drunk when she speaks, and she still
thinks she's gonna win. She never had a plan for
what she was going to do if she won her election,
but her own party knew she wasn't gonna win the election.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
And she's polling last as we speak. David and Telsa
oklaholm listening to.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Kakc the discussion of Kamala being crazy or drunk. I
think it's pretty compelling evidence that the cocaine in the
White House belonged to her.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Wow, yeah, there was before she spoke. We got two
in Youngstown.
Speaker 11 (12:14):
First up, what are they going to say when the
stock market goes right back up?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
You think they'll give Trump credit.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
No, they'll say nothing. That's why it's a narrative, not
a reality. Number two in Youngstown.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
You asked us to vote whether or not she was
drunk or nuts, And my question is can't both be true?
Speaker 7 (12:37):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (12:38):
And they may be right if you just waking up.
Top five stories of the day. The Secretary of State
Marco Rubio.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Says eighty percent of US aid programs will be cut.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Mark Mayfield has our story.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
In a post on X.
Speaker 12 (12:54):
Rubio said fifty two hundred contracts were canceled that would
have cost tens of billions of dollars the Secret Area
of States of the contracts didn't serve the US and
harm the nation's national interests in some cases. Rubio said
the remaining programs will now be administered under the State Department.
It comes as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency continues
to make cuts across the federal government.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
I'm Mark Neefield, passed up for the VP role.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Looking at the polls and nobody's above thirteen percent for
twenty twenty eight. Is Mark Kelly making a presidential move?
Is that why he decided to visit Ukraine? Elon Muk
says it's because he's a trader. Brian Shook reports.
Speaker 6 (13:30):
The Democrat posted photos of his visit on X on Sunday. Musk,
the tech billionaire who owns X, replied to the thread. Kelly,
who's a former Navy pilot and astronaut, responded to Musk saying,
if you don't understand that defending freedom is a basic
tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe,
maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
I'm Brian Schuck.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries expects Democrats to vote against
this first spending bill proposed by the Republicans.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Tammy Tricheo reports.
Speaker 13 (14:01):
Jeffrey said during a Monday news conference the bill is
something they could never support.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
House Democrats will not be complicit in the Republican effort
to hurt the American people.
Speaker 13 (14:15):
Hey add that the bill does nothing to protect Social Security, Medicare,
and Medicaid. Republics are expected to bring the bill to
the House law on Tuesday. Without a new spending bill,
the federal government would shut down on Friday.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
I'm Tammy Tricheo.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Resentending resentencing hearings. Let me restart. Resentencing hearings are scheduled
for the Menendez brothers in two weeks.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Lisa Taylor has the latest.
Speaker 9 (14:38):
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hoffman says his office
is not supporting resentencing at this point because of the
nearly two dozen lies told by the brothers since they
murdered their parents, only four of which they admitted to.
Speaker 7 (14:49):
In looking at them, whether or not the Menendezes have
exhibited the full insight and complete responsibility for their crimes
had not.
Speaker 9 (15:00):
Eric and Lylemanendez are serving life sentences without the possibility
of parole for shooting their parents to death and their
home in August of nineteen eighty nine. They've served thirty
five years so far. Hawkman says in his assessment, after
reviewing thousands of pages of prison records, hundreds of hours
of videos, statements, testimonies, and more, he does not believe
the brothers have taken full responsibility for their crime and
(15:22):
remain a danger to the public. Hearings are scheduled for
March twentieth and twenty first, I'm Misa Taylor.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Fans have a new music to look forward to this month.
The pop superstar announced the deluxe edition of her twenty
twenty four album, Eternal Sunshine, will drop on March to
twenty eighth. The singer had teased the expanded album back
in January.
Speaker 9 (15:48):
This is Debo Morris from our little town of Franklin, Tennessee.
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answering the question is Kamala Harrison drunkard nuts? Based on
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her latest words salad, I did hear in the background
somebody singing pop a top? I think I know what
that vote was. More of your reactions on the talkbacks
coming up in minutes. Well, no doubt you remember his father,
Jim Crochey and so many hits. His greatest legacy his son,
AJ croche He's out with a new album, Heart of
the Eternal and now on tour and coming to many
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of your morning show cities. He happens to live in
my city, which makes this finally a thrill for me
to get to know Aj and meet AJ.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Great I am. I loved your dad, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I I cried three times as a kid. Roberto Clementi
died and I remember crying in my bedroom. Your father died,
I remember crying in my bedroom, and then my grandfather died.
I remember crying for weeks. That had a huge effect
on a lot of us. How hard is it to
grow up following that? Because I will admit as a
huge fan of yours, it started because oh my gosh, that's.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
That's his son.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
I got to see his face, I got to see
if he looks like him, I got to see if
he sounds like him. And yet you're so different than
your dad and in some ways so alike.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Is it helped you or.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Hurt you both?
Speaker 4 (17:36):
I think I think I think it's hurt and helped.
Speaker 14 (17:39):
I think that initially people wanted to give give me
a listen, But I think being relative of a famous
person just quite honestly, it is challenging because as soon
as someone knows that you're related to someone well known,
they cannot think of you as an individual.
Speaker 4 (17:59):
You are no longer an individual.
Speaker 14 (18:00):
You are now just the connection to something greater or
someone more famous. And it is very strange psychologically, and
so growing up with it, it's it's it's very curious,
and you know, you try and understand it, but there's
no understanding it. You know, I'm in my fifties now,
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I still don't get it, you know, But of course
I understand the attachment to music and art, and I
understand the attachment to to the way a song can
make you feel, and artists can make you feel about
yourself and about the time and place that you live
in or remember the music. You know, music is about
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about nostalgia, about memories, about emotion, and and it's all
pretty you know, relevant to our daily life. So when
we hear something that it sparks all these emotions.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
So if you weren't too crochy, son, I would just
hear time and move on. I think of time and
a bottle, and right away I'm thinking of how that
song was written for you by your father. Let me
ask it this way, a Jane. That's the last thing
I'll do, because I don't want to perpetuate what I
feel like has been undeserving for you. But had your
dad lived, how different would your music be? Is that
(19:18):
a fair question?
Speaker 14 (19:20):
Yeah, it's a very fair question. And you know, of course,
there's no way to know, truly, no way to know.
I mean, this is a calling for me. I didn't
do it because of my father. I did it because
you know, I'm a fit generation musician. My grandfather was
was an opera singer. My grandfather on my mother's side
and grandmother were musicians. My grandmother had had a television
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show in Philadelphia in the forties. So it is a
family kind of legacy in a way. And I think,
quite honestly, I would have played with him. There's no
doubt in my mind we would have played music together.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
You know. There was a was archiving.
Speaker 14 (20:01):
You know, my father's music about twenty years ago, twenty
five years ago, and and I found this one particular cassette.
It was him practicing the songs he was going to
perform that Friday or Saturday when he when he played
it played a concert or show. And this is before
he made a living playing music. You know, He's trying
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to do it on the weekends and as much as
he could. And it was it was really eerie because
every single song on this and these are really obscure
artists and even more obscure songs that he was singing
and playing. And I had been playing these songs since
I was thirteen or fourteen. It was it was, you know,
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fast swaller. It wasn't a misbehavior or honeysuckle rose. It
was You're not the only oyster in the stew it
was deep crets for Bessie Smith, Pink Anderson.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
I realized we had this.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
I was gonna say, let me turn the table on you.
How AJ crochey of your father? But you know, but
my dad was often gone when I was growing up.
And then later we got paired to do a morning
show together. So this man is virtually a stranger to me.
And now I'm more of a I happen to be
a son, but I'm his friend and a co host
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with him.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
We start hanging out.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
And I'm watching him do all the things I do
when I'm alone, like changing the words to songs, making
them kind of naughty, you know that funny?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yeah, do it. And I'm like, oh my gosh, the genetics.
And I look at you Aj.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
And you know, I see your father, but I must
see your mother too, because you're not completely your dad.
Speaker 4 (21:33):
I'm a lot older than my father.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
All well, you don't look at though. I think he
looked older at thirty. But in sounds, you know, I
think of all the people you've collaborated with. One of
my favorites that not everybody talks about every day, doctor John,
I mean a hero of mine. I'm from New Orleans.
But but I mean, look, Leon Russell, Ray, Charles, Willie Nelson.
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I mean, these are all people that influence you. I
often talk about influences because whether people realize it or not,
you can't hear me every day on the radio. My
Dad's in there, Larry Luke, Jack's in there. I can
tell you, Mike mccannon is in there. Jonathan Brandmeyer might
be on a bad date there. But I did a
hero show one week where I brought all these heroes,
Dave Balm and others. And because they they didn't make
(22:20):
it's not me imitating them.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
They influenced me.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
So there's a little bit of Johnny Carson, but it
doesn't come out as Johnny Carson. These people all influenced you,
and they including your father, by going through his music
after co and it created something so uniquely you.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Which I can't tell you.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
I loved your dad so much, but I love you
just as much, completely differently.
Speaker 14 (22:41):
It is such an interesting thing how we develop our
personalities as individuals. You know, you see I see it
all the time with people's siblings, how each one of
them finds their own unique way. There's you know, they
may have some similarities. They were raised, maybe in the
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same house, but they had a different interpretation of.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
What was going on.
Speaker 14 (23:08):
And I think that what you described is exactly the
way that I the way that I feel about it.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
We stand on the shoulders of giants, you know, and.
Speaker 14 (23:19):
How we choose to use those influences is really only
limited by our creativity.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Just a visit with AJ Crochy's son of the late
Jim Crochy. If you can sense an agenda in my voice,
it's that, Yeah, I came to aj Crochy because of
his dad, but for twenty years I've been loving the
sun and he has an amazing unique voice and life
experience that you'll hear about when we continue more on
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the father, his life, and his music with AJ Croch.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
When You're a morning show continues start.
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If you're just waking up forty three minutes after the hour,
these are your top five stories of the appears to
have carried out his largest drone attack to date against Russia.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Mark Mayfield has that report.
Speaker 12 (24:09):
Russian officialcy over ninety drones were used to target Moscow
in a massive attack that led to the suspension of
train service as well as flights at four airports at
least when death is being reported. Today's military action comes
as Ukrainian officials are prepared to meet with a US
delegation in Saudi Arabia to see grounds for possible peace
talks in the war that's now in its fourth year.
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It also follows the decision by President Trump to pause
US military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
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A'm Mark Mayfield.
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Drip drip drip, Trump's bad, Trump's bad, Economy's caving, Drum's bad.
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A surg charge.
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Brian Shook reports Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a twenty
five percent increase Monday.
Speaker 11 (24:54):
Believe me when I say I do not want to
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it's not the American people who started this trade war.
It's one person who's responsible. That's President Trump.
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One point five million Americans in Michigan, Minnesota, and New
York get electricity from Ontario. Ford said if the US escalates,
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President Trump says he wants to finish the border wall
by the end of his second term.
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Lisa Taylor has details.
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President Bush, President Obama, and President Trump. They all built
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Work is now underway for a new eighteen foot tall
border wall and a rural part of South Texas near
the tip the border patrol set on social media. It
will replace the current six foot tall guardrails. I'm Lisa Taylor.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Well, it is said there's nothing certain in life but
death in Texas, and today we celebrate people who make
your life easier.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
And I'm not talking about the tax man.
Speaker 10 (25:58):
Today is National Fewer Director and Mortician Day, people who
study death for years and take care of us when
we're gone. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there
are more than twenty four thousand trained death arrangers in
the US, about sixty eight percent men, thirty one percent women.
It's a vital and necessary service, decidedly low glamour, but
no pushback from the client. I'm Bree Tennis.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
And that's your top five stories to day.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
This is Your Morning Show with Michael Del Trono.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
He's out with a new album called Heart of the Eternal,
touring many of our Your Morning Show cities Phoenix, Nashville
and others. He is the son of the late Jim
Crochy AJ Crochy, and we're having a very intimate conversation.
You know, I certainly you know, discovered AJ Crocy because
of his father and then have come to love AJ Crocy.
(26:50):
There's so much about his music that is making a difference.
And we continue our visit. Of course, what goes I mean,
what do you feel when you're doing it?
Speaker 4 (27:00):
Oh?
Speaker 14 (27:00):
Man, I feel a lot. I feel a sense of pride.
I feel a sense of obligation. I feel the sense
of wanting to entertain the audience. I want to play
what they came for now. I didn't do this my
entire career, and I really had a full career before
I ever played one of my father's songs, and it
(27:22):
was you know, it was in I guess you know,
five years ago I started throwing some of the songs
into the show, and I started experimenting with the concept
of what Croachy plays Croachy would be, and then toured
that for two and a half years, almost three years,
and in the process, became a better guitar player, became
(27:44):
a better songwriter, became a better performer, and a lot
more confident person because I had avoided this thing in
my life. It was the elephant in the room, and
all of a sudden, it's the lights on, and it's
kind of an amazing experience.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
I can't remember how long ago was Aj, maybe two
decades ago, maybe longer. I saw Aj Croach and I'm like,
it's got to be. It's gotta be. Then I saw
you were the son of Jim Crochy. Naturally, I mean,
it was just an instinct. I literally remember crying in
nineteen seventy three in my bedroom when your father died. Naturally,
that's a dreamy to you, Like you were talking about,
(28:25):
there's pros and cons. That was the problem in that journey.
Now I've come to love a lot more of your
music because you've been able to produce a lot more.
I encourage my audience to hear Aj Crochy. He has
a voice, he has a heart, he has a life experience.
He is a virtuoso musician, and he's got a lot
to say in his music. It's different than his dad's
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and in some ways it's better. It's really really good stuff.
And if he comes to your town, you owe it
to yourself to see him in concert and check this out.
I think your dad would be very very proud of you.
I know I am, and I love your music. I
love the uniqueness of all this and what it's created.
And just as I've often thought of, if you ever
took like twelve of your well eight of your dad's hits,
(29:07):
added four more that you think people would have loved
to have noticed more, and bring your unique style and
take to that, that would be a great project and
people would probably elevate to it.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
But I hesitate to say that because I want them
to know you.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
You're worth knowing and there's a lot of your dad
in you, and it's really good stuff.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
Well, thank you, man, I really appreciate it. That's very kind,
And you never know, I never say never.
Speaker 14 (29:32):
I think that those songs are elevated in every live performance.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
I love playing the deeper cuts, as you know. And
of course I know people come to hear the hits.
Speaker 14 (29:42):
Now more than ever, because because we just finished that
tour just you know, six months ago or less, and
people are really interested. But I got to say I
was blown away last night. People were requesting songs from
the new album, and I haven't I haven't had that
happen in some time where people were engaged with something
(30:04):
on this level of something I was that was new.
And I think I have my father to thank for
that is music and the tour that I was just
on because I'm able through that to reach a larger audience,
and of course touring these amazing theaters all over the
country in town Hall and New York.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
And going back to these like the Ryman. You mentioned
it in that grill.
Speaker 14 (30:26):
You know, you know I wouldn't have sold those places
out before playing croachy places croachy, But now now I can,
you know, And and it's it's I have him to
think And so when you ask, there's pluses and minuses.
The expectations are unreachable because because there's someone else's and
(30:48):
and I don't even know if they know what their
expectations are. Fully, when when they come looking for my
father's music, when they come looking for my music and
looking for me, once they've seen me, I think they
are they are fans. I think once they see me,
they see something that is Uh pays tribute to his legacy,
(31:10):
but also is UH is forging forging one.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
Of my own.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Yeah, And as much as I love this album, I
look forward to the next sound, or the next influence
or the next message that's coming after it. AJ Crochy,
Heart of the Eternal Tour coming to a city near you.
Find out when at ajcrochymusic dot com and download the
music everywhere great music is downloaded. AJ Croachey, You're lucky
I haven't found you. I would have made you be
my friend. I loved you, my brother. Continued success and
(31:37):
great job on this this album. It's really good work.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Take care well as delightful son of the late Jim Crochey,
AJ Crochy. If you're wondering what he's like, there's a
lot of Doctor John and him, there's a lot of
of Leon Russell Uh and a lot of his father,
but it creates something very unique. He's a great show
(32:02):
in and of himself. And then when he plays his
dad song, it's pure magic. All right, your voice. Can't
have our morning show without your voice.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
Let's start.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
I gotta get these in before the top of the hour. James,
with regards to Kama. I think she's both drunk and nuts.
Speaker 5 (32:17):
And by the way, my boy would would be furious
because you missed his favorite Jim Crochey song, which is
Rapid Roy.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Oh rapid. Well, there are a lot of them, that's
for sure. In a short period of time, Flip is next,
fuck him up, but pop a top again? Oh boy,
I think I'll have a definitely drunk right, shut um up,
my friend, he's been going on. I'll drink with you
until the sun goes down. I love it, Papa, I
(32:50):
think you've popped the top for breakfast, to be honest
with you, but I love that Flip always entertained. By
the way, the two of my favorite people I've ever
met living twenty years in Nashville both named Alan Jackson.
A pastor named Alan Jackson, one of the best I've
ever met at Alan Jackson, who he's singing there with
Papa top all right, Perry's next, Kamala. She's just a
(33:10):
dumb drunk government shut down, shut her down.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
That'll really expose where the cuts need to be made.
Tell us how you really feel. I think it's pretty unanimous.
Everything's Kamala is a drunk.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Big John at the Your Morning Show sports Book.
Speaker 5 (33:25):
Any clue as to when we're gonna hear the colonel again?
I think we don't need him right around now. Yeah,
there's a lot to discuss. We've got Stephen Boucci filling
in for Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano. That's a disservice to
call him a fill in. He's one of the Heritage
Foundation's senior foreign policy fellows and one of my favorite
(33:45):
military and foreign policy experts. We're gonna talk about Canada's
new prime minister. We're going to talk about the growing
trade war. We're gonna talk about Secretary of Rubio's trip
and whether or not it was treasonous for the Arizona
Senator Mark Kelly. No I think it's advantageous wanting to
run for president. But we'll talk about all of it.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
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This is your.
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Morning Show with Michael o'deil Jordan. Thank you, Mike McCann
and on behalf of Red and Jeffrey. I'm Michael del Jner.
There's no place we'd rather be than serving you this morning.
Good morning, and welcome to Tuesday. Marchy eleventh, twenty twenty five,
Vatican says doctors have lifted their guarded prognosis of Pope
Francis's improvement continues. Ukraine appears to have carried out it's
(00:45):
largest drone attack to date against Russia, and the opening
beller ring later this morning, hopefully heading up after being
the Dow anyway down nearly a thousand points yesterday. Meanwhile,
The drama in Washington is all about the continuing Resolution.
House of Representatives will vote today to avoid a government
(01:06):
shut down by the end of the week. But do
Republicans have enough support in the Senate, because they're going
to need some Democrats. National correspondent Rory O'Neil is here
with the preview. Good morning, Rory, Yeah, Good morning, Michael.
You know I always do that, expecting you to say
something and.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
You just stop. So let's chat. No, this is no.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
But this is the first obviously the first volley of
a week long of volleys, right.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, right, And you know there are different thresholds. Keep
in mind, the Republican controlled House only needs a simple
majority in order to get things passed, but over in
the Senate, you need sixty votes six oh, in order
to shut down a filibuster. So it's a very different
threshold on the Senate side, where the Republican majority is
(01:51):
solid but not enough to prevent it to get beyond
the fillibuster. And we've already seen one Republican Senator, Ran
Paul of Kentucky say he's a no on this. So
Republicans need eight Democrats to cross the aisle, which this
week seems unlikely.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Probably a good start would be to get.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
A hard yes from all Republicans before you go into
this numbers game.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
But here's the bottom line.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Everybody expects the Democrats, who have been having a hard
time walking the line between obstruction and opposing party to
stand against this. You stand too much, and you get
credited with the shutdown. You may have crossed more jobs
than those you've been fighting against. So you wonder ultimately
if there's enough skin in the game for both sides
(02:35):
of the American people. And then what history tells us
is they always make great politics of it, and then
the last second they always find a deal.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Well, right, but you know, this week, what kind of
deal could we find? This continuing resolution would fund the
government all the way through the end of September. There's
more talk of, hey, can we do something that gives
us a couple months to maybe find a better deal.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
So there may be some other.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Interim plan in the words here that could actually have
at the same position about a month or two from now.
But look, some Democrats say that this is also a
very vague proposal, which then gives Elon Musk a bit
too much power in trying to undo some previously approved
spending proposals. So that's another tripping point for Democrats who
(03:21):
may still be able to find some changes to this
final plan before it gets approved.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I'm not trying to make it political. I'm trying to
keep it news. But from a political standpoint, the Democrats
have been wrong. The American people tend to support the president.
This bill being proposed kind of cuts discretionary spending and
prioritizes mainly defense, which is a priority of the government.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Right.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
They also have to be careful they don't misread the
American people again, too.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Right, because there's also increased money for immigration enforcement in
this as well, which is also very popular. So yeah,
that's the tight rope the Democrats are on right now.
And they didn't navigate the last one so well, so
we'll see what they try to figure out this time.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Not so good.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
All right, great reporting, Rory. As always, We'll talk again tomorrow.
AJ Croche's going to be joining us next half hour.
I really want you to catch us. You know, I
was sharing with Jeffrey. We could have done a montage,
I mean, but you had to live it. I'm nine
years old, you know, just living in Arlington heights listening
(04:24):
to wls and all of a sudden, out of nowhere,
this guy. I mean, I remember Barry Manlow's arrival with
Mandy and it kind of stopped everything. And then you know,
you got I write the songs and a bunch of others,
but nothing like this. I think we have lost perspective.
Jim Croche's arrival in nineteen seventy three was much more
(04:46):
like Michael Jackson reappearing.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
With Thriller.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I mean, it was just I mean, if you go
back and look at Thriller, every song on that album
is a monster hit of different sounds and flavors and fields.
But Jim Croche arrives in nineteen seventy three, you get
time in a bottle. Operator, bad bad Leroy Brown, I
got a name, Operator, don't mess around with Jim. I
(05:14):
have to say I love you in a love song.
I mean, photographs, some memories. I don't think people realize
the tsunami of hits. This guy appears on the scene
and just hit after hit after hit after hit. One's
going down, the others flying up, two or three are
passing each other, going up and down. It was crazy. Well,
(05:36):
Jim Crochy had agreed to sing at a university for
a few hundred bucks. It got canceled a year later.
When he keeps his word, he's one of the biggest
names in all of music. But to show you what
kind of person Jim Crochey was, I committed to sing
at that university, I'm going back. It would turn out
to be his last concert at the height of his stardom.
(06:00):
His plane would not clear a tree and everybody on
board would be killed, not before he left us. What
seems like a career of music and a one year
span of time and a legacy a son, and no doubt,
one of your favorite songs is if I Could put
(06:25):
Time in a Bottle. That's written about his son, Aj Crochi,
who lives here in Nashville. He's out with a new
album on a new tour, and we're going to have
a very intimate conversation with him next half hour that
I know you're going to love about his father, his
life and his music. That his must hear radio in
thirty minutes.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Don't move there. It is.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
It was actually written about his mother and him, ingrid
his mom and him. But that's something and you know,
we'll talk a little bit about first time I knew
that Jim Crotchey had a son, AJ. This is like
twenty five thirty years ago. I went flying who he was,
you know, because of my love for his father. But
(07:04):
twenty five years later, I have a love for AJ
and his music and all the influence is not just
his father that has created such a unique sound. All right,
So Tim Walls is one of our top stories of
the day. We have just two minutes to do it.
The failed Democrat VP candidate Tim Walls spoke out in
a Politico interview kind of like a town hall with
about one hundred Democrats present, and he thinks he knows
(07:26):
why the Harris Walls ticket lost. I don't think he
puts any of it on him. I mean, you know,
and looking back, I think it's a twelve year loss,
the party losing ground to the most extreme left. Then
they're voters wanting an outsider that they ignored. The Republicans didn't.
(07:49):
They did the ultimate outsider, Donald Trump. He defeated nineteen
in his primary and wanted to win the election in
twenty sixteen. Democrats didn't play that game. They wanted Bernie Sanders.
But the people in the party gave them Hillary Clinton,
using super delegates and other things to finagle it. Then
in twenty twenty they wanted Bernie again and they forced
Joe Biden after cutting a deal in South Carolina. Then
(08:11):
in twenty twenty four, Biden clearly seen how that was
evident for everyone to see, and they wanted them to
see it. That's why they did a debate before debates
were even being done, before the convention. They did a debate,
and nobody gave him his drugs and he bombed miserably.
Then they took all no, you know, that's what they
did to you. And then they took his delegates and
gave them to Kamala Harris, so ignoring their own voters
(08:32):
in the primary process, that was a big part of it,
and then ignoring the American people and what they cared
about the priorities. They majored in minors and minored in majors.
After that you have Kamala Harris, the word salad, the drunk,
and Tim Walls the goofy coach, creepy coach. But Walls
(08:53):
thinks the reason they lost is they played it too safe.
They just simply did had a short runway, which was
to their favor, A longer runway would have looked about
the way both of them looked today. But he felt
like we didn't have enough time to get our sea legs.
Then he said, because he's a coach, we played too
(09:15):
much prevent defense. We should have gone on the offense.
We played it way too safe. Should have done more
town hall meeting, should have done some of them podcasts.
And as he's saying all this, Kamala Harris is at
a town hall meeting discussing innovation, and it sounded like this,
(09:36):
So I was.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Willing to give up whatever might be the trackings of
Kamala Harris's particular.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Fondness for Nacho.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
She's the person natural reper sake of.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Getting a big bag of Dorito's.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
As I watched, I'm so drunk, I'm gonna shift my
tone here.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
And that's right.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
At what point do we.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
Also uplift and highlight the consumer's right to also expect.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
And you can debate with me if it should be
a right. I think it should to.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
Expect that the innovation would also be weighted in terms
of solving.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
Their everyday problems, which are beyond my craving for Dorrito's.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
What about whatever? And I know the work is.
Speaker 9 (10:29):
Happening around the scientific discoveries, for example, to cure long
standing diseases. But I'm going to throw out another one
and you all again please get back to me and
information you have.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
I would love.
Speaker 10 (10:40):
It if there would be an investment of resources and
solving the affordable housing issue in America.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Like help me with that, and of course it would
be a government, all right. So that apparently that word
salad was explaining innovation. I can't tell if it's drunk.
I can't tell if it's crazy, but I can tell
you with a longer runway and more exposure, there's a
reason she is now polling last in the twenty twenty
(11:11):
eight candidate pulls. So, with all due respect to him, also,
I think was also a part of the goofy offering.
I don't think had you done more town halls or
done more podcasts, it would have helped. I think, quite frankly,
all evidence to the contrary.
Speaker 8 (11:29):
It's your morning show with Michael del Choano.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Kat have your morning show without your voice. Let's start
with Scott listening to WLAC in Nashville.
Speaker 8 (11:39):
Yes, Michael Kamala Harris sounds drung when she speaks, but
she always sounds drunk when she speaks, and she still
thinks she's gonna win. She never had a plan for
what she was going to do if she won her election,
but her own party knew she wasn't gonna win the election.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
And she's polling last as we speak. David and Telsa
oklaholm listening to.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Kakc the discussion of Kamala being crazy or drunk. I
think it's pretty compelling evidence that the cocaine in the
White House belonged to her.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Wow, yeah, there was before she spoke. We got two
in Youngstown.
Speaker 11 (12:14):
First up, what are they going to say when the
stock market goes right back up?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
You think they'll give Trump credit.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
No, they'll say nothing. That's why it's a narrative, not
a reality. Number two in Youngstown.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
You asked us to vote whether or not she was
drunk or nuts, And my question is can't both be true?
Speaker 7 (12:37):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (12:38):
And they may be right if you just waking up.
Top five stories of the day. The Secretary of State
Marco Rubio.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Says eighty percent of US aid programs will be cut.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Mark Mayfield has our story.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
In a post on X.
Speaker 12 (12:54):
Rubio said fifty two hundred contracts were canceled that would
have cost tens of billions of dollars the Secret Area
of States of the contracts didn't serve the US and
harm the nation's national interests in some cases. Rubio said
the remaining programs will now be administered under the State Department.
It comes as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency continues
to make cuts across the federal government.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
I'm Mark Neefield, passed up for the VP role.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Looking at the polls and nobody's above thirteen percent for
twenty twenty eight. Is Mark Kelly making a presidential move?
Is that why he decided to visit Ukraine? Elon Muk
says it's because he's a trader. Brian Shook reports.
Speaker 6 (13:30):
The Democrat posted photos of his visit on X on Sunday. Musk,
the tech billionaire who owns X, replied to the thread. Kelly,
who's a former Navy pilot and astronaut, responded to Musk saying,
if you don't understand that defending freedom is a basic
tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe,
maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
I'm Brian Schuck.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries expects Democrats to vote against
this first spending bill proposed by the Republicans.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Tammy Tricheo reports.
Speaker 13 (14:01):
Jeffrey said during a Monday news conference the bill is
something they could never support.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
House Democrats will not be complicit in the Republican effort
to hurt the American people.
Speaker 13 (14:15):
Hey add that the bill does nothing to protect Social Security, Medicare,
and Medicaid. Republics are expected to bring the bill to
the House law on Tuesday. Without a new spending bill,
the federal government would shut down on Friday.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
I'm Tammy Tricheo.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Resentending resentencing hearings. Let me restart. Resentencing hearings are scheduled
for the Menendez brothers in two weeks.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Lisa Taylor has the latest.
Speaker 9 (14:38):
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hoffman says his office
is not supporting resentencing at this point because of the
nearly two dozen lies told by the brothers since they
murdered their parents, only four of which they admitted to.
Speaker 7 (14:49):
In looking at them, whether or not the Menendezes have
exhibited the full insight and complete responsibility for their crimes
had not.
Speaker 9 (15:00):
Eric and Lylemanendez are serving life sentences without the possibility
of parole for shooting their parents to death and their
home in August of nineteen eighty nine. They've served thirty
five years so far. Hawkman says in his assessment, after
reviewing thousands of pages of prison records, hundreds of hours
of videos, statements, testimonies, and more, he does not believe
the brothers have taken full responsibility for their crime and
(15:22):
remain a danger to the public. Hearings are scheduled for
March twentieth and twenty first, I'm Misa Taylor.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Fans have a new music to look forward to this month.
The pop superstar announced the deluxe edition of her twenty
twenty four album, Eternal Sunshine, will drop on March to
twenty eighth. The singer had teased the expanded album back
in January.
Speaker 9 (15:48):
This is Debo Morris from our little town of Franklin, Tennessee.
Speaker 7 (15:51):
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Speaker 1 (15:58):
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course we're so grateful you came for the podcast. Enjoy
answering the question is Kamala Harrison drunkard nuts? Based on
(16:24):
her latest words salad, I did hear in the background
somebody singing pop a top? I think I know what
that vote was. More of your reactions on the talkbacks
coming up in minutes. Well, no doubt you remember his father,
Jim Crochey and so many hits. His greatest legacy his son,
AJ croche He's out with a new album, Heart of
the Eternal and now on tour and coming to many
(16:47):
of your morning show cities. He happens to live in
my city, which makes this finally a thrill for me
to get to know Aj and meet AJ.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Great I am. I loved your dad, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I I cried three times as a kid. Roberto Clementi
died and I remember crying in my bedroom. Your father died,
I remember crying in my bedroom, and then my grandfather died.
I remember crying for weeks. That had a huge effect
on a lot of us. How hard is it to
grow up following that? Because I will admit as a
huge fan of yours, it started because oh my gosh, that's.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
That's his son.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
I got to see his face, I got to see
if he looks like him, I got to see if
he sounds like him. And yet you're so different than
your dad and in some ways so alike.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Is it helped you or.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Hurt you both?
Speaker 4 (17:36):
I think I think I think it's hurt and helped.
Speaker 14 (17:39):
I think that initially people wanted to give give me
a listen, But I think being relative of a famous
person just quite honestly, it is challenging because as soon
as someone knows that you're related to someone well known,
they cannot think of you as an individual.
Speaker 4 (17:59):
You are no longer an individual.
Speaker 14 (18:00):
You are now just the connection to something greater or
someone more famous. And it is very strange psychologically, and
so growing up with it, it's it's it's very curious,
and you know, you try and understand it, but there's
no understanding it. You know, I'm in my fifties now,
(18:20):
I still don't get it, you know, But of course
I understand the attachment to music and art, and I
understand the attachment to to the way a song can
make you feel, and artists can make you feel about
yourself and about the time and place that you live
in or remember the music. You know, music is about
(18:43):
about nostalgia, about memories, about emotion, and and it's all
pretty you know, relevant to our daily life. So when
we hear something that it sparks all these emotions.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
So if you weren't too crochy, son, I would just
hear time and move on. I think of time and
a bottle, and right away I'm thinking of how that
song was written for you by your father. Let me
ask it this way, a Jane. That's the last thing
I'll do, because I don't want to perpetuate what I
feel like has been undeserving for you. But had your
dad lived, how different would your music be? Is that
(19:18):
a fair question?
Speaker 14 (19:20):
Yeah, it's a very fair question. And you know, of course,
there's no way to know, truly, no way to know.
I mean, this is a calling for me. I didn't
do it because of my father. I did it because
you know, I'm a fit generation musician. My grandfather was
was an opera singer. My grandfather on my mother's side
and grandmother were musicians. My grandmother had had a television
(19:42):
show in Philadelphia in the forties. So it is a
family kind of legacy in a way. And I think,
quite honestly, I would have played with him. There's no
doubt in my mind we would have played music together.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
You know. There was a was archiving.
Speaker 14 (20:01):
You know, my father's music about twenty years ago, twenty
five years ago, and and I found this one particular cassette.
It was him practicing the songs he was going to
perform that Friday or Saturday when he when he played
it played a concert or show. And this is before
he made a living playing music. You know, He's trying
(20:22):
to do it on the weekends and as much as
he could. And it was it was really eerie because
every single song on this and these are really obscure
artists and even more obscure songs that he was singing
and playing. And I had been playing these songs since
I was thirteen or fourteen. It was it was, you know,
(20:45):
fast swaller. It wasn't a misbehavior or honeysuckle rose. It
was You're not the only oyster in the stew it
was deep crets for Bessie Smith, Pink Anderson.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
I realized we had this.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
I was gonna say, let me turn the table on you.
How AJ crochey of your father? But you know, but
my dad was often gone when I was growing up.
And then later we got paired to do a morning
show together. So this man is virtually a stranger to me.
And now I'm more of a I happen to be
a son, but I'm his friend and a co host
(21:15):
with him.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
We start hanging out.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
And I'm watching him do all the things I do
when I'm alone, like changing the words to songs, making
them kind of naughty, you know that funny?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yeah, do it. And I'm like, oh my gosh, the genetics.
And I look at you Aj.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
And you know, I see your father, but I must
see your mother too, because you're not completely your dad.
Speaker 4 (21:33):
I'm a lot older than my father.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
All well, you don't look at though. I think he
looked older at thirty. But in sounds, you know, I
think of all the people you've collaborated with. One of
my favorites that not everybody talks about every day, doctor John,
I mean a hero of mine. I'm from New Orleans.
But but I mean, look, Leon Russell, Ray, Charles, Willie Nelson.
(21:55):
I mean, these are all people that influence you. I
often talk about influences because whether people realize it or not,
you can't hear me every day on the radio. My
Dad's in there, Larry Luke, Jack's in there. I can
tell you, Mike mccannon is in there. Jonathan Brandmeyer might
be on a bad date there. But I did a
hero show one week where I brought all these heroes,
Dave Balm and others. And because they they didn't make
(22:20):
it's not me imitating them.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
They influenced me.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
So there's a little bit of Johnny Carson, but it
doesn't come out as Johnny Carson. These people all influenced you,
and they including your father, by going through his music
after co and it created something so uniquely you.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Which I can't tell you.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
I loved your dad so much, but I love you
just as much, completely differently.
Speaker 14 (22:41):
It is such an interesting thing how we develop our
personalities as individuals. You know, you see I see it
all the time with people's siblings, how each one of
them finds their own unique way. There's you know, they
may have some similarities. They were raised, maybe in the
(23:02):
same house, but they had a different interpretation of.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
What was going on.
Speaker 14 (23:08):
And I think that what you described is exactly the
way that I the way that I feel about it.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
We stand on the shoulders of giants, you know, and.
Speaker 14 (23:19):
How we choose to use those influences is really only
limited by our creativity.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Just a visit with AJ Crochy's son of the late
Jim Crochy. If you can sense an agenda in my voice,
it's that, Yeah, I came to aj Crochy because of
his dad, but for twenty years I've been loving the
sun and he has an amazing unique voice and life
experience that you'll hear about when we continue more on
(23:48):
the father, his life, and his music with AJ Croch.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
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This is Your Morning Show with Michael Del Trono.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
He's out with a new album called Heart of the Eternal,
touring many of our Your Morning Show cities Phoenix, Nashville
and others. He is the son of the late Jim
Crochy AJ Crochy, and we're having a very intimate conversation.
You know, I certainly you know, discovered AJ Crocy because
of his father and then have come to love AJ Crocy.
(26:50):
There's so much about his music that is making a difference.
And we continue our visit. Of course, what goes I mean,
what do you feel when you're doing it?
Speaker 4 (27:00):
Oh?
Speaker 14 (27:00):
Man, I feel a lot. I feel a sense of pride.
I feel a sense of obligation. I feel the sense
of wanting to entertain the audience. I want to play
what they came for now. I didn't do this my
entire career, and I really had a full career before
I ever played one of my father's songs, and it
(27:22):
was you know, it was in I guess you know,
five years ago I started throwing some of the songs
into the show, and I started experimenting with the concept
of what Croachy plays Croachy would be, and then toured
that for two and a half years, almost three years,
and in the process, became a better guitar player, became
(27:44):
a better songwriter, became a better performer, and a lot
more confident person because I had avoided this thing in
my life. It was the elephant in the room, and
all of a sudden, it's the lights on, and it's
kind of an amazing experience.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
I can't remember how long ago was Aj, maybe two
decades ago, maybe longer. I saw Aj Croach and I'm like,
it's got to be. It's gotta be. Then I saw
you were the son of Jim Crochy. Naturally, I mean,
it was just an instinct. I literally remember crying in
nineteen seventy three in my bedroom when your father died. Naturally,
that's a dreamy to you, Like you were talking about,
(28:25):
there's pros and cons. That was the problem in that journey.
Now I've come to love a lot more of your
music because you've been able to produce a lot more.
I encourage my audience to hear Aj Crochy. He has
a voice, he has a heart, he has a life experience.
He is a virtuoso musician, and he's got a lot
to say in his music. It's different than his dad's
(28:45):
and in some ways it's better. It's really really good stuff.
And if he comes to your town, you owe it
to yourself to see him in concert and check this out.
I think your dad would be very very proud of you.
I know I am, and I love your music. I
love the uniqueness of all this and what it's created.
And just as I've often thought of, if you ever
took like twelve of your well eight of your dad's hits,
(29:07):
added four more that you think people would have loved
to have noticed more, and bring your unique style and
take to that, that would be a great project and
people would probably elevate to it.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
But I hesitate to say that because I want them
to know you.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
You're worth knowing and there's a lot of your dad
in you, and it's really good stuff.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
Well, thank you, man, I really appreciate it. That's very kind,
And you never know, I never say never.
Speaker 14 (29:32):
I think that those songs are elevated in every live performance.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
I love playing the deeper cuts, as you know. And
of course I know people come to hear the hits.
Speaker 14 (29:42):
Now more than ever, because because we just finished that
tour just you know, six months ago or less, and
people are really interested. But I got to say I
was blown away last night. People were requesting songs from
the new album, and I haven't I haven't had that
happen in some time where people were engaged with something
(30:04):
on this level of something I was that was new.
And I think I have my father to thank for
that is music and the tour that I was just
on because I'm able through that to reach a larger audience,
and of course touring these amazing theaters all over the
country in town Hall and New York.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
And going back to these like the Ryman. You mentioned
it in that grill.
Speaker 14 (30:26):
You know, you know I wouldn't have sold those places
out before playing croachy places croachy, But now now I can,
you know, And and it's it's I have him to
think And so when you ask, there's pluses and minuses.
The expectations are unreachable because because there's someone else's and
(30:48):
and I don't even know if they know what their
expectations are. Fully, when when they come looking for my
father's music, when they come looking for my music and
looking for me, once they've seen me, I think they
are they are fans. I think once they see me,
they see something that is Uh pays tribute to his legacy,
(31:10):
but also is UH is forging forging one.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
Of my own.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Yeah, And as much as I love this album, I
look forward to the next sound, or the next influence
or the next message that's coming after it. AJ Crochy,
Heart of the Eternal Tour coming to a city near you.
Find out when at ajcrochymusic dot com and download the
music everywhere great music is downloaded. AJ Croachey, You're lucky
I haven't found you. I would have made you be
my friend. I loved you, my brother. Continued success and
(31:37):
great job on this this album. It's really good work.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Take care well as delightful son of the late Jim Crochey,
AJ Crochy. If you're wondering what he's like, there's a
lot of Doctor John and him, there's a lot of
of Leon Russell Uh and a lot of his father,
but it creates something very unique. He's a great show
(32:02):
in and of himself. And then when he plays his
dad song, it's pure magic. All right, your voice. Can't
have our morning show without your voice.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
Let's start.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
I gotta get these in before the top of the hour. James,
with regards to Kama. I think she's both drunk and nuts.
Speaker 5 (32:17):
And by the way, my boy would would be furious
because you missed his favorite Jim Crochey song, which is
Rapid Roy.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Oh rapid. Well, there are a lot of them, that's
for sure. In a short period of time, Flip is next,
fuck him up, but pop a top again? Oh boy,
I think I'll have a definitely drunk right, shut um up,
my friend, he's been going on. I'll drink with you
until the sun goes down. I love it, Papa, I
(32:50):
think you've popped the top for breakfast, to be honest
with you, but I love that Flip always entertained. By
the way, the two of my favorite people I've ever
met living twenty years in Nashville both named Alan Jackson.
A pastor named Alan Jackson, one of the best I've
ever met at Alan Jackson, who he's singing there with
Papa top all right, Perry's next, Kamala. She's just a
(33:10):
dumb drunk government shut down, shut her down.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
That'll really expose where the cuts need to be made.
Tell us how you really feel. I think it's pretty unanimous.
Everything's Kamala is a drunk.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Big John at the Your Morning Show sports Book.
Speaker 5 (33:25):
Any clue as to when we're gonna hear the colonel again?
I think we don't need him right around now. Yeah,
there's a lot to discuss. We've got Stephen Boucci filling
in for Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano. That's a disservice to
call him a fill in. He's one of the Heritage
Foundation's senior foreign policy fellows and one of my favorite
(33:45):
military and foreign policy experts. We're gonna talk about Canada's
new prime minister. We're going to talk about the growing
trade war. We're gonna talk about Secretary of Rubio's trip
and whether or not it was treasonous for the Arizona
Senator Mark Kelly. No I think it's advantageous wanting to
run for president. But we'll talk about all of it.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
We're all in this together. This is Your Morning Show
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