February 25, 2025 • 30 mins
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Join me as I welcome Philip Peters, a music industry veteran whose journey from Indiana to Franklin, Tennessee, has been anything but ordinary. Philip shares stories of being on the road with big name stars, his PR support of Indy Car Driver Stingray Robb. He shares stories about his first cars including a 1990 Celica with a manual transmission, and his trusty 95 Jeep Wrangler named Jackson. These tales paint a picture of a man who embraces life’s journeys with an adventurous spirit and a fondness for creating lasting memories.
In a world where the spotlight often shines on the grand stages of the Grammys and the Indianapolis 500, Philip’s perspective is refreshingly unique. As a PR professional, he’s navigated the fast lanes of racing and music, offering insights into the electric atmosphere of iconic events and the everyday interactions that fuel them. From the historic Billy Graham Crusades to the vibrant music scene in Nashville, Philip’s encounters reveal the thrill of living closely with artists and racing teams who dream big and perform even bigger.
The heart of our conversation lies in Philip's humanitarian work in Haiti, where his initiative, Restore Haiti, has transformed lives through education, medical care, and job placement. Philip opens up about the challenges and rewards of supporting local communities, highlighting the resilience and positivity often overshadowed by adversity. As we reflect on life’s transitions and the struggle for authenticity in a creative town, Philip’s story encourages a balance of past reflections with forward-looking aspirations, underscoring the importance of living true to oneself amidst the noise around us all.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Dan the Road Trip Guy.
I'm your host, Dan, and eachweek we'll embark on a new
adventure, discovering memoriesand life lessons of our
incredible guests, From everydaytravelers to thrill seekers and
everyone in between, thispodcast is your front row seat
to inspiring stories of passion,resilience and the pursuit of
happiness.
So buckle up and enjoy the ride.
(00:24):
My guest today is Philip Peters.
Philip is from Franklin,Tennessee, and he's been
involved in the, we'll say,entertainment industry for 20
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plus years.
I met him through IndyCardriver Stingray Rob last fall
when I was connecting withStingray and turns out Philip
was Stingray's PR person.
Last year I finished thatinterview and later on Philip
and I caught up and learned thatwe had both been involved in
organizations in Haiti.
He started one there in theearly 2000s.
Linda and I just happened to beon a trip down to Nashville, so
we made a drive on down toFranklin, Tennessee.
(01:09):
We sat with Philip for a littlebit and just caught up, and I'm
just really excited to talk tohim about his journey in the
industry he's been in for thepast 20 plus years.
Well, welcome to the show,Philip.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Nice to be here.
Thank you Dan.
Yeah, it Philip, Nice to behere.
Thank you, Dan.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah, it's a pleasure to have you.
We met in person, as I said inthe intro, back in November, but
I have to say you're one ofthose people that I've known you
for years.
You just give off that kind ofpersonality.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Huge compliment, thank you.
That's a goal.
I mean, I guess we met before,but we could say we met at the
Grand Ole Opry, so that's kindof a fun place to meet up.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, for sure, and a first for Linda and I.
So thank you, yeah, great.
So for my listeners who don'tknow, you take a minute or two
and just tell my listeners whois Philip Peters.
Just tell my listeners.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Who is Philip Peters?
All right, Well, I am born andraised in Indiana, an Indiana
boy, and I have lived actuallymore life now in Franklin,
Tennessee, specifically, where Ihave worked in the music
industry for 22 years and I'vedabbled my hands in a lot of
other stuff, but that's whereI've primarily landed.
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Married for almost 10 years,have a seven-year-old kid.
I just enjoy life.
I enjoy listening to yourpodcast and hearing about all
the different people that are onthere and the concept so
grateful to be on.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Yeah, Glad you're here.
We'll jump into a lot of thatlife here shortly, but I like to
kick things off with what wasyour first car.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Yeah, first car.
I'll give my first car that Iactually purchased going into
college, like we had a car thatus kids used and that kind of
thing.
But I bought a car, which is afun story.
It was a 90 Celica.
It was a silver one, very, verydark, probably illegal windows,
had the flip light, had themoonroof, it was a manual, the
five speed.
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And that's the important partof the story, because I loved
how the cool the car looked butI wasn't proficient on driving a
manual and it drove my momcrazy.
Why would you buy a car that youcan't drive?
But my dad totally got it.
We live on a farm, had biglanes, learned how to drive up
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and down the lane by the time itwas going, you know, had it all
summer and by the time I was togo to college I knew how to
drive it.
That was the car that the guyson the floor were like I'm going
on a date, can I borrow yourcar?
Which obviously made me feelgood.
And then a lot of first kisseswere in that car by them
Probably not me, but yeah.
So that was maybe a good thingto hear, I don't know.
So that was fun.
(03:42):
So, yeah, that was my first carand I had it.
I had it for several years.
I mean it was great.
I finally it was one of those.
The air conditioner went outand so I didn't put money into
it and needed to get a littlebetter at it.
But, yeah, love that.
And I have another car story.
Like I bought a Jeep a 95 JeepWrangler in my twenties I had
two cars.
That was just kind of like thesummer car, take the top off,
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drive with friends.
It was so much fun.
Sure, we just had a blast.
I remember with my parents onetime we were driving and dad was
in the back.
He was like we are going to getpoured on and you could just
see this summer storm just popup and we were just drenched but
it was 90 degrees.
It was so much fun.
But it was one of those.
I had wanted it for a while andI actually I'm in the music
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industry.
I love Michael Jackson.
I got tickets to his concert.
Well, when he died I sold acouple of those tickets for
people, for collectors, and theJeep's name was Jackson, in
honor of Michael Jackson.
And yeah, that was the Jeepthat I had.
But when I went to buy or Ididn't go to buy I was like I
want a Wrangler, save up somemoney.
So I put a bid on eBay, went toa graduation party and came
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back and I had won and it was inPennsylvania.
I had no idea what I was gonnado.
Well, I was like I don't havethe money, you can't drive a 95.
I mean you could, but it wouldbe a very rough ride.
But I got it here and shippedit here and I got in it.
It started and it was, oh mygosh, it was a blast, like so
many memories.
But I bought a house about fiveyears after I had it and it
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didn't have a garage and thesquirrels kept eating the fuel
line.
So after the third time, I waslike all right, I'm getting good
at working on this Jeep, butI'm getting tired of the fuel
line, so I had to make adecision as to where it needed
to go.
I even heard to put mothballsin the in the on the back, to
see if it would scare my way,and it didn't.
I put the mothballs in, likeone of my roommates room, just
for fun.
He was traveling.
He came home.
He came home one time to changehis shirt cause he had to go to
a gig.
And so here comes the drummerin a new shirt and he smells
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like Nemal.
He was upset and I was yeah, itwas a great joke, but anyways,
had sold the college car afterworking here for a couple years
and then had the Jeep until Ihad the car got the house, but
definitely miss it.
Thought about the four-doorWrangler, but anyway, just not
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as cool as the rugged ones.
Good stories.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Well, you've obviously traveled a lot.
You and I talked about it inthe music industry.
Any epic road trips, evengrowing up, that just stick out
in your mind.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Yeah, you know, we didn't travel a lot growing up.
Dad didn't like to travel, soit was fine.
We were in Virginia and we hadfamily out there, so we'd go out
there Florida a couple of timeswhich, if you're from Indiana,
that's a haul.
But yeah, until I startedcoming down here and got older
and got my job.
Then it was the road tripshappened and we'll talk about.
I have a ministry in Haiti, sothere's a road trip every time
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you're, every time you go downthere that's a road trip.
I am kind of though I don't knowif this is going to get me
kicked off your podcast I'm kindof an AB, kind of a road trip
guy Like, hey, let's go frompoint A to point B, let's get to
the closest restaurant orwhatever gas station, put the
food in the car and keep going.
But I will say I'm a lot of fun, meaning like, we have fun, do
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games.
I have a playlist that is sofun.
People who say they never singin the car, they'll be singing,
you know, the most ridiculousguilty pleasure.
And so I'm fun to be on a roadtrip with guarantee.
And then working in the musicindustry.
We travel around the world in abus, which I don't know if you
could say that's a road trip,because typically what that
looks like is we leave a cityaround midnight, 1 am, you've
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got bunks that you sleep in andyou wake up and you're, you know
, sitting outside in a parkinglot or underneath an arena
somewhere.
But yeah, there's definitelysome stories.
I remember one time we wereactually coming to Cincinnati,
near where you live, to do ashow from Pennsylvania, and it
was, I don't know, 1.32 in themorning or 2.30.
We were asleep and the busdriver said he smelled smoke.
And so you get your stuff andyou're off of there.
(07:44):
I think it was a batterysituation, but yeah, a lot of
travel and a lot of stories, forsure.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yeah, sounds like yours are more about the
destination rather than thejourney.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
It is.
I'm learning with my wife toslow down and just let's just
take it in.
But yeah, I'm not somebody thatlast year we drove with
Stingray to Detroit in my carand he found like this Mexican
Mexican restaurant like 10, 12miles off the interstate.
I was like why would you dothat?
It wasn't even good Mexicananyway, right.
(08:17):
Anyway, see, that's why I neverveer off the street.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
That's right.
Yeah, so you grew up in Indianaand somehow ended up in
Franklin, tennessee.
Take us on that journey.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
I always loved music all my life.
So where I'm from, greensburghad about 10,000 people in it to
say you love music and you wantto work in the music industry.
I play music but I never wantedto be on stage and do that kind
of thing, always liked thebusiness side, being around the
music.
My mom's side of the family herfather's very musical, her
brother's very musical wrotesongs, country toured with
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country artists.
My dad loved music, wasn'tmusical but always had the music
on 70s rock all the time in thecar, in the truck, in the
tractor, in the shed.
So there was always surroundedby music and he knew music.
He knew who put this album outand what year and the name of
the album and of the song andthat kind of stuff.
So that kind of got it aroundit.
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But living where we live, rightoff the interstate, we're about
an hour from Cincinnati andIndianapolis, so we were able to
get to a bunch of shows as wellwhich mom and dad love shows
and we saw a lot of concertswhich, starting in the music
industry side, I loved the liveaspect of it.
Now I'm in a bigger picturewith I do, you know, the album
side and the marketing and thelive portion, but I'm not on the
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road specifically.
But that was kind of what drewme to the industry and I went to
a university AndersonUniversity is in Indiana which
has Christian music.
Gaithers were from there SandyPatty, stephen Curtis, and so in
the 90s they were having showsall the time.
I worked at the auditorium withthem or we had shows in.
I would load gear, runspotlight, just do whatever.
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That experience is what.
When they were looking for work, they were like, wow, this guy
has done a lot.
He knew all the key players andso I think that's why they
hired me.
Wow.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Is there one of those shows from your younger years
with your parents?
Speaker 2 (10:11):
that's just memorable to you that you remember one of
those concerts before hestarted DC Talk and so we were
able to go, and before I coulddrive, mom and dad took us to
near your neck of the woods,kings Island, where they did a
concert.
We were able to see them livethere and that was obviously
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great when the whole family wasthere and you kind of experience
it and that kind of stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
So yeah, we met up with you at the Grand Ole Opry.
Did your parents listen to theOpry?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
You know what?
Not really, not big countryfans.
Now, my mom, her brother, was abig country artist.
He played country music andtoured and he's got pictures
with all the greats and stufflike that.
So he definitely would leanthat way.
But no, they were more of arock kind of a family.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
If you look at your career, most people probably
look at it and go, wow, what afun career working with this uh
music industry yeah, my brotheralways says.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
He always says I haven't worked a day in my life.
And he's right.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
If you find something you love you don't right.
Is there after all this, what?
20, 20 plus years?
Is there a memorable experiencethat just stands out in your
mind?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
yeah, you know, I kind of feel like I got to the
point, and I was like I asked acouple people before I text
somebody.
I was like, do I sound like I'mbragging?
Cause?
I'm not like I just, you know,god's blessed me so much and I
have.
I feel like I have a story LikeI've kind of go from you know,
a month into here I'm workingfor my favorite band and I'm on
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a tour bus for the first time,just blown away by that.
I've been able to go to theGrammys a few times, which was
great.
I've seen multiple countries,which was amazing.
We had an artist, Mandisa, whowas on American Idol, which was
great.
To do that and be on the showlike in the crowd I wasn't on
the show, private jets, firstclass, like that kind of stuff
was just so fun.
I think one of the biggest,though, is I was able to before
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he passed and it was one of hislast few is be a part in the
back with an artist that wasplaying the Billy Graham
Crusades.
So we did one in Oklahoma Cityand then Arrowhead Stadium there
at the Chiefs, where the Chiefsplay there in Kansas City.
So that was pretty amazing, andI think.
You know, I always think ofthings like.
You know, I never met mygrandma on my mother's side.
She passed before I was bornbut she listened to Billy.
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So it was kind of one of thosethings like there's just this
invisible connection that we hadat that moment.
And he just says he was knownworldwide.
So to be there.
You know, I kind of almost feellike, out of all the
celebrities I've met, hewouldn't want to be called a
celebrity, but he's one of them,well known, exactly Great
memory yeah for sure.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Well, I met you last year on the phone really, when I
had emailed to interviewStingray Rob IndyCar driver and
turns out you were the PR guyand I kept seeing you all last
year in pictures.
I'm like who's that guy?
Where did he come from?
(13:13):
That's a guy that's got thatgreat hair yeah exactly, and so
then we met you in person inNovember, while we were down in
Franklin.
Of course, you're from Indiana,so you know racing well,
because it is the great state ofIndiana and the Indianapolis
500.
(13:34):
Yeah definitely, and so you werewith Stingray in 2024.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Is there a memory from that experience that just
sticks out in your mind?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
You know, I think gosh.
I think what I would say is youknow, as I was able to shake
down the 20 years of the musicindustry and capture one, it's
still too close for me to shakedown a Stray one like right, I
mean, obviously the 500 is great, but I was able to bless it
like I mean, what a great family.
He's just the most incrediblehuman, I tell everybody.
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But I was able to hang with himfor gosh, all but two of the
races, I think.
So hang mean roommates, rideand that kind of stuff.
So to experience and see whatthey do and go through and you
know, any of the behind thescenes stuff.
That's what a lot of people willsay in the music industry, like
I just want to come hang withyou and see what happens behind
the scenes.
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So that's kind of what I got todo last year.
But yeah, I mean there's somuch fun stuff.
There's some unspoken stuffthat I won't share, some rowdy
things.
Yeah, it was great, I mean Ithink being you know, my dad and
his brother went to the 500 inthe 60s for the first time and I
have a cousin who's gone to 50some Last year.
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Stingray and Kimmy, his momwere like we're going to have
you, you know, go for a few daysin the RV and before the 500.
So it was kind of that momentwhere I woke up in the middle of
the 500 that was going tohappen in a few hours.
And I was like this is crazy andit was almost one of those
things where I said this isactually a bucket list.
That wasn't a bucket list.
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I just checked off somethingthat I need to go rewrite on my
list because that was kind of afun experience.
But just to be that close, youknow to to go from somebody that
you're chatting with that thengets in a car and then drives
crazy and then gets out of thecar and starts chatting Like
it's just funny to me.
And I always say that, like withthe artists too, like, hey,
we're just chatting, they go upand play in front of 10,000
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people and then they get off andthen we start talking life
again.
You know, like it's a, it's adefinite, like I don't know,
it's a real life moment.
Yeah, I think.
I think.
I hope that answers thequestion.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
No, it does.
Very cool.
And you mentioned Bucket ListIndy 500.
And I tell everybody, whetherthey're a race fan or not, you
need to experience theIndianapolis 500 at least once.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Just go and enjoy it, because there is no way anybody
can describe that.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Yeah, for sure you mentioned early on Haiti road
trip in Haiti.
And yeah a five mile drive inHaiti can feel like a long road
trip.
Tell us a little bit aboutHaiti and how you got involved
there.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
I got involved with Restore Haiti.
I founded it really in.
I was a few years into a jobhere and very much happy, but
almost not happy.
I talked to some friends andwe're kind of in the same place,
like you know what's this?
You know we're hitting 25, 26,and we're like, okay, is this
life now?
You know?
And so I knew a pastor who Imet when I was 17 and we stayed
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in touch and he said you shouldcome visit.
I went down at 25 in 2005.
We were actually celebratingour 20th year and a group of six
of us went and when we wentdown we were like, wow, I think
we could help.
We don't have a lot, but a guythat really sparked it.
There was a couple of guys myage and when we worked they wore
the same clothes as when wehung out, as when they went to
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church, and I was like, allright, I don't have a lot of
money, I don't know a lot ofpeople that have money yet, but
I do have a lot of clothes andshoes that I don't always wear.
Six months later, 12 of us wentback, took a bunch of clothes
and it just started to spiralfrom there and we just networked
and so we feed kids, send themto school, and then we have a
medical clinic to help withmedical stuff and then right now
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we're very community focused.
We're sticking with them.
So if someone dies, we findmoney to help bury them.
If someone's getting married,we help with their wedding, and
then we have a lot of jobplacement from some of the
states and Canada and many withother nonprofits down in Haiti
as well, serving as translatorsand stuff.
It's been a fun adventure.
I always tell people becauseI'm not and stuff.
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It's been a fun adventure.
I always tell people becauseI'm not.
99% of the plates in Haiti aremade with onions and I hate
onions.
So I'm a horrible missionary.
I really, really am.
But there's a scripture in theBible that just talks about just
opening a door, just being adoorkeeper in God's kingdom, and
I was like you know what Ithink?
That's what I am.
If all I do is just open a doorso other people could walk
through it and do what they arecalled to do, then I'm so happy
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just to stand there and be agreeter.
So, anyway, I guess in a fewyears you'll see me greeting at
Walmart if they still have thosepositions.
If it's not been replaced by AI, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
No, no, you can't replace relationships.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Now, do you come alongside the families there or
do you actually house like thepeople you serve?
Are they living in houses?
Speaker 2 (18:19):
We come alongside them so we build homes.
If we need homes, we findpeople to.
If their house needs repaired,all those, all those things.
So it's so.
I tell people a lot of timesyou were a kid and you kind of
played town where you had a bankand you had a hospital and that
kind of stuff.
Like that's kind of we're justkind of playing town and we're
helping out, but, man, after 20years they get it.
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We have WhatsApp and Zoom andall that.
They're running the socials now.
They're taking care, gettingthe information and it's just
been amazing.
The report's been amazing.
So all the time I tell peopleHaiti is.
You hear so much about Haiti.
That's not good, but ourcommunity is great.
There's some very smart andgreat people and I know you have
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ties down there too, so all ofit.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Yeah, we do, we do, and it sounds very similar and
so, yeah, we're very, verythankful for your work there and
hope to continue to do thatLife.
Life can be a little bit like aroad trip and there can be some
detours and potholes and speedbumps and curves and dead ends.
Has there been any obstacles inyour life that you just felt
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like, wow, what am I doing?
Speaker 2 (19:28):
I think the biggest obstacle has always been my mind
or the lies or the struggle ofsomebody else is doing this, or
they're doing this more, orthey're getting in advance here,
or it didn't happen for you.
When it's like, no, this is thejourney that you're on and it's
okay, you're going to get whereyou need to get, you have to
look back and be like you knowwhat.
I'm actually okay with this car.
(19:48):
Why am I talking that I don'tlike this car?
Where did that come from?
Just because so-and-so got anew car or got a different job
or whatever?
I'm somebody who's definitelystruggles with the lies of like
man.
I want something greater andit's hard in this town here,
because we're dreamers and we'recreators and we're you know a
lot of what happens in Nashville.
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Franklin is seen by the world,so it's very much.
Are you good enough and are youdoing well?
And what's next for you?
Instead of just walking in aroom like I just want to walk in
a room and just be Philip andnot be like he works for so and
so and he has this nonprofit andhe did racing this past year,
and this, this and this and this.
It's like man.
No, this is just you, just likeyou said, you're just going to
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like sitting down and talking toPhilip.
That's what I want the takeawayto be, and a lot of times it's
like, oh, this guy's doing thisand I should have done that.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Well, I remember when we sat down to talk with you,
you were kind of like I got tohave 30 minutes and I got to get
going, and I think it was about50 minutes later.
I think I kept looking at myphone, worried that you were
going to be late to wherever itwas you're going.
And my wife said that too, youwere just so easy to.
I mean, we'd never met you, wejust sat down and began a
conversation.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Well, how does that turn into a job?
How can I?
I'm just kidding.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
I don't know, maybe somebody listened to this.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
You're good conversations too.
We had so much in common.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Well, this podcast has helped me a little bit,
because I'm an introvert.
By one of my podcasts the titlewas the guest walked out and he
said you know, I'm an introvert.
And I said oh, so am I.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
And we titled it.
Two introverts in a car take adrive.
That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
Talking about cars, we got the good old rearview
mirror of life up there.
Yeah, as you've looked back onyour life, which you're still
young, when you get to be my ageyou look back a little bit
further sometimes.
Is there anything you look backon and go?
Eh, I wish I'd have done that alittle bit different.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
You know I actually spend a lot of time looking back
.
I do that to just reflect onhow good life has been and I
also feel like what that's kindof conditioned me to do is to
make sure I'm not going toregret.
And, like I said, my dad justpassed in December and all of us
kids had talked like for, as hedeclined for over a year, we
were just like are you good withdad?
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Have you talked to dad?
And my wife and I every time wewould leave Indiana, have you
gone up enough?
We just would constantlyprocess those things.
So there's not a lot of regret.
Like I was thinking about thatquestion and I think some of it
is, I got married a little laterin life and maybe it was my
fault, maybe I would haveenjoyed getting married earlier,
but life is great now and so itmight've not been a good
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marriage at 23 years old or fouryears old.
You know, I don't know.
Maybe that's the only rear viewmoment that I would have, but
for the most part I guess Isuggest for people to don't live
in a rear view, to live inregret, but look in to be like
all right, let's look in therear view, often kind of like
you do in the car, like, hey,let's just constantly assess
(22:50):
where you're at.
Like, hey, was I a jerk tosomeone today?
Was I nice to someone today?
Was I this or that you know?
And so you can make that turnquicker versus being a year down
the road and be like gosh, Ireally blew it.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
That's great advice for how to look through the
rearview mirror.
Opposite of the rearview mirroris the windshield.
Yeah, what are you looking at?
You've told me there's somechanges coming.
Can you share any of that?
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Yeah, I mean there are changes, but I honestly
don't know what.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
So we made some decisions.
I'm not jumping on yet withracing.
I hope that returns because itwas so much fun.
Sure, I'm actually I'm a partof the board with Restore Haiti
and I'm kind of the spokesmanbecause I've been a part of it
for so long, but I'm notcompletely there like in terms
of the day to day stuff.
And then I've made a decision.
(23:39):
To you know, in a couple monthsI'm stepping away from 22 years
with True Artist and Toby Mac,which is kind of a surprise, but
not.
I just feel like it was a timewhere we're ready for chapter
two.
My wife felt that as well,which is interesting because I
don't have anything lined up.
So, if anyone's interested, I'mgame.
Like I said, I love KingsIsland there in Cincinnati, so
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maybe I can run a roller coaster.
I don't know, we're not lookingto move, but I just like to
have fun with anything and so Ithink something will pop up.
I hope so.
I'm not really worried yet, butmaybe in a couple of weeks I'll
be sweating.
How are we going to eat?
But I don't know.
I've said I've been able toconnect a lot of people,
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introduce a lot of people andnetwork for people that I've not
really done it for myself, andso I'm learning to kind of and
again, not in a way of beingarrogant and I did this and that
I have to learn that becauseyou have to kind of sell your
strengths to people.
But I'm just kind of in aseason of telling people hey,
I'm looking to transition out ofa current job and I'm available
, what's out there, what do wegot?
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That is the windshield.
I tell people right now, likeI've used the analogy of being
in a wilderness, and inscripture, wilderness is a real
place and also a hypotheticalplace, if you will.
I don't know if that's theright word, but a wilderness is
a place where they went to justprepare.
It's not a punishment place.
I'm not in a valley right now,but I'm kind of in a place, if
(25:04):
I'm being honest, like I'mgetting lonely, Social on
purpose.
Social media I've taken off myphone, I try not to watch it
much, I'm trying not to connectwith as many people.
Right now I'm reading, I just Ireally want to.
There's a place in Kentucky,that monastery, that's a quiet
retreat, that I'm looking atsome dates to just go to and
just kind of really, really forthe first time, like be in a
(25:25):
wilderness and prepare for whatis next, and it's hard to do
when there's so much noise andgood noise not like I don't feel
addicted to this or alwayshanging out with people, but you
know, just a moment of like.
All right, let's really preparefor chapter two and let's see
what needs to be there and let'sdo it well.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Well, we wish you well with that and we'll look
forward to what that looks like.
Yeah, thank you.
If you could take a road tripwith anyone today, living or
deceased, who would it be?
Where would you go?
What would you talk about?
Speaker 2 (25:58):
I like people, like I just love people and I love
friends and, like I said, youknow, with my dad, passing like
the amount of love that I havefelt, that's my advice Just be
kind to people and be friends.
With that line in, that's aWonderful Life.
No one's a failure who hasfriends, and I'm so blessed I
have friends and I'm friendly topeople and I just love people
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and I love everyone who's uniqueand weird and I just let people
be people.
So I would probably say I wouldwant a big bus and I want to
just go down to the beach andhang.
Those are always.
My fun moments is when it'sjust a lot, a lot of hang.
I love throwing parties in my20s and we still kind of do
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occasionally.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Yeah, great answer.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Okay, good.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Got the tour bus, load up the tour bus and here we
go.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
I mean, I can't pick, there's too many people out
here.
I'll just say, if you'relistening to this podcast, you'd
be on the bus.
Yeah, I mean, I can't pick,there's too many people out here
.
I'll just say, if you'relistening to this podcast, you'd
be on the bus.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Great.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
If you didn't make it this far, then you're off the
bus, that's great Love for youto leave some life advice, and
you just left a little bit, butyou have anything else you want
to leave my listeners with onhow to live a great life.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Yeah, no-transcript.
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I actually said that at mydad's memorial and I didn't mean
to be mean, but I also hopepeople came away from it because
and we live in a world where wecan be so connected but we are
so disconnected Find that personto text and just reach out, and
if they don't reach out, three,four, five, 10 times, still
reach out.
We are created to love and ifwe're not loving, what's the
(28:02):
point?
That's my thing, man.
People are number one in mybook and again, I think that's
the key and I love it and that'skind of my advice in life,
because if you know people, it'sa good thing.
You know, and I know we coulddive into the whole introvert
thing, but I definitely knowintroverts have their people and
they have their way ofconnecting too.
We do, you know.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
So For sure.
Well, philip, this has been somuch fun.
After I met you in November,linda kind of looked at me and
said you got to get Philip onyour podcast and I'm like, yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
I was thinking the same thing, so this has just
been a blast for me, and youknow what's crazy?
Speaker 1 (28:42):
You're my very first podcast.
Well, hey there, I've neverbeen a guest.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Yeah, I know that may just all change tomorrow.
Yeah, no, I'm probably probablystill not going to be counted.
My wife, my wife and her sisterhad a podcast.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
That's right.
Yeah, listen to it.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Yes, it's wonderful, I was never a guest.
They were looking for theirnumbers to grow and I was like,
are you sitting right here?
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Yeah, right here.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Yeah, I know people.
Yeah, I can talk about friedchicken.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
Well, hey, I look forward to seeing you.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
But before we leave.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
It's how to find the organization in Haiti.
Maybe it's how to find you.
Whatever you want to leave uswith.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Absolutely.
You know I have some fun.
I love to share about my lifeand things that are going on.
Instagram is philip with one LP-H-I-L-I-P-E-P, so you could
follow there.
I don't have a website oranything, but I like to put up
stories and we work with anartist, sean Dietrich.
He's fun Sean of the South, andso there's stuff up there.
If I'm on tour, toby Mac, Ithrow that up there.
(29:38):
Any random stuff at theracetrack would be up there.
Fun stuff around the house arethere.
I work in digital marketing,wander Creative, so you can
learn about that.
Or restorehadycom.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
All right.
Well, thank you again, philip.
So much, yeah of course.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Well, thank you again .
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Philip, so much.
Yeah, of course.
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So buckle up and enjoy the ride.
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My guest today is Philip Peters.
Philip is from Franklin,Tennessee, and he's been
involved in the, we'll say,entertainment industry for 20
(00:47):
plus years.
I met him through IndyCardriver Stingray Rob last fall
when I was connecting withStingray and turns out Philip
was Stingray's PR person.
Last year I finished thatinterview and later on Philip
and I caught up and learned thatwe had both been involved in
organizations in Haiti.
He started one there in theearly 2000s.
Linda and I just happened to beon a trip down to Nashville, so
we made a drive on down toFranklin, Tennessee.
(01:09):
We sat with Philip for a littlebit and just caught up, and I'm
just really excited to talk tohim about his journey in the
industry he's been in for thepast 20 plus years.
Well, welcome to the show,Philip.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Nice to be here.
Thank you Dan.
Yeah, it Philip, Nice to behere.
Thank you, Dan.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah, it's a pleasure to have you.
We met in person, as I said inthe intro, back in November, but
I have to say you're one ofthose people that I've known you
for years.
You just give off that kind ofpersonality.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Huge compliment, thank you.
That's a goal.
I mean, I guess we met before,but we could say we met at the
Grand Ole Opry, so that's kindof a fun place to meet up.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, for sure, and a first for Linda and I.
So thank you, yeah, great.
So for my listeners who don'tknow, you take a minute or two
and just tell my listeners whois Philip Peters.
Just tell my listeners.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Who is Philip Peters?
All right, Well, I am born andraised in Indiana, an Indiana
boy, and I have lived actuallymore life now in Franklin,
Tennessee, specifically, where Ihave worked in the music
industry for 22 years and I'vedabbled my hands in a lot of
other stuff, but that's whereI've primarily landed.
(02:22):
Married for almost 10 years,have a seven-year-old kid.
I just enjoy life.
I enjoy listening to yourpodcast and hearing about all
the different people that are onthere and the concept so
grateful to be on.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Yeah, Glad you're here.
We'll jump into a lot of thatlife here shortly, but I like to
kick things off with what wasyour first car.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Yeah, first car.
I'll give my first car that Iactually purchased going into
college, like we had a car thatus kids used and that kind of
thing.
But I bought a car, which is afun story.
It was a 90 Celica.
It was a silver one, very, verydark, probably illegal windows,
had the flip light, had themoonroof, it was a manual, the
five speed.
(03:01):
And that's the important partof the story, because I loved
how the cool the car looked butI wasn't proficient on driving a
manual and it drove my momcrazy.
Why would you buy a car that youcan't drive?
But my dad totally got it.
We live on a farm, had biglanes, learned how to drive up
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and down the lane by the time itwas going, you know, had it all
summer and by the time I was togo to college I knew how to
drive it.
That was the car that the guyson the floor were like I'm going
on a date, can I borrow yourcar?
Which obviously made me feelgood.
And then a lot of first kisseswere in that car by them
Probably not me, but yeah.
So that was maybe a good thingto hear, I don't know.
So that was fun.
(03:42):
So, yeah, that was my first carand I had it.
I had it for several years.
I mean it was great.
I finally it was one of those.
The air conditioner went outand so I didn't put money into
it and needed to get a littlebetter at it.
But, yeah, love that.
And I have another car story.
Like I bought a Jeep a 95 JeepWrangler in my twenties I had
two cars.
That was just kind of like thesummer car, take the top off,
(04:04):
drive with friends.
It was so much fun.
Sure, we just had a blast.
I remember with my parents onetime we were driving and dad was
in the back.
He was like we are going to getpoured on and you could just
see this summer storm just popup and we were just drenched but
it was 90 degrees.
It was so much fun.
But it was one of those.
I had wanted it for a while andI actually I'm in the music
(04:25):
industry.
I love Michael Jackson.
I got tickets to his concert.
Well, when he died I sold acouple of those tickets for
people, for collectors, and theJeep's name was Jackson, in
honor of Michael Jackson.
And yeah, that was the Jeepthat I had.
But when I went to buy or Ididn't go to buy I was like I
want a Wrangler, save up somemoney.
So I put a bid on eBay, went toa graduation party and came
(04:49):
back and I had won and it was inPennsylvania.
I had no idea what I was gonnado.
Well, I was like I don't havethe money, you can't drive a 95.
I mean you could, but it wouldbe a very rough ride.
But I got it here and shippedit here and I got in it.
It started and it was, oh mygosh, it was a blast, like so
many memories.
But I bought a house about fiveyears after I had it and it
(05:17):
didn't have a garage and thesquirrels kept eating the fuel
line.
So after the third time, I waslike all right, I'm getting good
at working on this Jeep, butI'm getting tired of the fuel
line, so I had to make adecision as to where it needed
to go.
I even heard to put mothballsin the in the on the back, to
see if it would scare my way,and it didn't.
I put the mothballs in, likeone of my roommates room, just
for fun.
He was traveling.
He came home.
He came home one time to changehis shirt cause he had to go to
a gig.
And so here comes the drummerin a new shirt and he smells
(05:40):
like Nemal.
He was upset and I was yeah, itwas a great joke, but anyways,
had sold the college car afterworking here for a couple years
and then had the Jeep until Ihad the car got the house, but
definitely miss it.
Thought about the four-doorWrangler, but anyway, just not
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as cool as the rugged ones.
Good stories.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Well, you've obviously traveled a lot.
You and I talked about it inthe music industry.
Any epic road trips, evengrowing up, that just stick out
in your mind.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Yeah, you know, we didn't travel a lot growing up.
Dad didn't like to travel, soit was fine.
We were in Virginia and we hadfamily out there, so we'd go out
there Florida a couple of timeswhich, if you're from Indiana,
that's a haul.
But yeah, until I startedcoming down here and got older
and got my job.
Then it was the road tripshappened and we'll talk about.
I have a ministry in Haiti, sothere's a road trip every time
(06:37):
you're, every time you go downthere that's a road trip.
I am kind of though I don't knowif this is going to get me
kicked off your podcast I'm kindof an AB, kind of a road trip
guy Like, hey, let's go frompoint A to point B, let's get to
the closest restaurant orwhatever gas station, put the
food in the car and keep going.
But I will say I'm a lot of fun, meaning like, we have fun, do
(06:59):
games.
I have a playlist that is sofun.
People who say they never singin the car, they'll be singing,
you know, the most ridiculousguilty pleasure.
And so I'm fun to be on a roadtrip with guarantee.
And then working in the musicindustry.
We travel around the world in abus, which I don't know if you
could say that's a road trip,because typically what that
looks like is we leave a cityaround midnight, 1 am, you've
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got bunks that you sleep in andyou wake up and you're, you know
, sitting outside in a parkinglot or underneath an arena
somewhere.
But yeah, there's definitelysome stories.
I remember one time we wereactually coming to Cincinnati,
near where you live, to do ashow from Pennsylvania, and it
was, I don't know, 1.32 in themorning or 2.30.
We were asleep and the busdriver said he smelled smoke.
And so you get your stuff andyou're off of there.
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I think it was a batterysituation, but yeah, a lot of
travel and a lot of stories, forsure.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yeah, sounds like yours are more about the
destination rather than thejourney.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
It is.
I'm learning with my wife toslow down and just let's just
take it in.
But yeah, I'm not somebody thatlast year we drove with
Stingray to Detroit in my carand he found like this Mexican
Mexican restaurant like 10, 12miles off the interstate.
I was like why would you dothat?
It wasn't even good Mexicananyway, right.
(08:17):
Anyway, see, that's why I neverveer off the street.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
That's right.
Yeah, so you grew up in Indianaand somehow ended up in
Franklin, tennessee.
Take us on that journey.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
I always loved music all my life.
So where I'm from, greensburghad about 10,000 people in it to
say you love music and you wantto work in the music industry.
I play music but I never wantedto be on stage and do that kind
of thing, always liked thebusiness side, being around the
music.
My mom's side of the family herfather's very musical, her
brother's very musical wrotesongs, country toured with
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country artists.
My dad loved music, wasn'tmusical but always had the music
on 70s rock all the time in thecar, in the truck, in the
tractor, in the shed.
So there was always surroundedby music and he knew music.
He knew who put this album outand what year and the name of
the album and of the song andthat kind of stuff.
So that kind of got it aroundit.
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But living where we live, rightoff the interstate, we're about
an hour from Cincinnati andIndianapolis, so we were able to
get to a bunch of shows as wellwhich mom and dad love shows
and we saw a lot of concertswhich, starting in the music
industry side, I loved the liveaspect of it.
Now I'm in a bigger picturewith I do, you know, the album
side and the marketing and thelive portion, but I'm not on the
(09:34):
road specifically.
But that was kind of what drewme to the industry and I went to
a university AndersonUniversity is in Indiana which
has Christian music.
Gaithers were from there SandyPatty, stephen Curtis, and so in
the 90s they were having showsall the time.
I worked at the auditorium withthem or we had shows in.
I would load gear, runspotlight, just do whatever.
(09:56):
That experience is what.
When they were looking for work, they were like, wow, this guy
has done a lot.
He knew all the key players andso I think that's why they
hired me.
Wow.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Is there one of those shows from your younger years
with your parents?
Speaker 2 (10:11):
that's just memorable to you that you remember one of
those concerts before hestarted DC Talk and so we were
able to go, and before I coulddrive, mom and dad took us to
near your neck of the woods,kings Island, where they did a
concert.
We were able to see them livethere and that was obviously
(10:35):
great when the whole family wasthere and you kind of experience
it and that kind of stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
So yeah, we met up with you at the Grand Ole Opry.
Did your parents listen to theOpry?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
You know what?
Not really, not big countryfans.
Now, my mom, her brother, was abig country artist.
He played country music andtoured and he's got pictures
with all the greats and stufflike that.
So he definitely would leanthat way.
But no, they were more of arock kind of a family.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
If you look at your career, most people probably
look at it and go, wow, what afun career working with this uh
music industry yeah, my brotheralways says.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
He always says I haven't worked a day in my life.
And he's right.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
If you find something you love you don't right.
Is there after all this, what?
20, 20 plus years?
Is there a memorable experiencethat just stands out in your
mind?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
yeah, you know, I kind of feel like I got to the
point, and I was like I asked acouple people before I text
somebody.
I was like, do I sound like I'mbragging?
Cause?
I'm not like I just, you know,god's blessed me so much and I
have.
I feel like I have a story LikeI've kind of go from you know,
a month into here I'm workingfor my favorite band and I'm on
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a tour bus for the first time,just blown away by that.
I've been able to go to theGrammys a few times, which was
great.
I've seen multiple countries,which was amazing.
We had an artist, Mandisa, whowas on American Idol, which was
great.
To do that and be on the showlike in the crowd I wasn't on
the show, private jets, firstclass, like that kind of stuff
was just so fun.
I think one of the biggest,though, is I was able to before
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he passed and it was one of hislast few is be a part in the
back with an artist that wasplaying the Billy Graham
Crusades.
So we did one in Oklahoma Cityand then Arrowhead Stadium there
at the Chiefs, where the Chiefsplay there in Kansas City.
So that was pretty amazing, andI think.
You know, I always think ofthings like.
You know, I never met mygrandma on my mother's side.
She passed before I was bornbut she listened to Billy.
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So it was kind of one of thosethings like there's just this
invisible connection that we hadat that moment.
And he just says he was knownworldwide.
So to be there.
You know, I kind of almost feellike, out of all the
celebrities I've met, hewouldn't want to be called a
celebrity, but he's one of them,well known, exactly Great
memory yeah for sure.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Well, I met you last year on the phone really, when I
had emailed to interviewStingray Rob IndyCar driver and
turns out you were the PR guyand I kept seeing you all last
year in pictures.
I'm like who's that guy?
Where did he come from?
(13:13):
That's a guy that's got thatgreat hair yeah exactly, and so
then we met you in person inNovember, while we were down in
Franklin.
Of course, you're from Indiana,so you know racing well,
because it is the great state ofIndiana and the Indianapolis
500.
(13:34):
Yeah definitely, and so you werewith Stingray in 2024.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Is there a memory from that experience that just
sticks out in your mind?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
You know, I think gosh.
I think what I would say is youknow, as I was able to shake
down the 20 years of the musicindustry and capture one, it's
still too close for me to shakedown a Stray one like right, I
mean, obviously the 500 is great, but I was able to bless it
like I mean, what a great family.
He's just the most incrediblehuman, I tell everybody.
(14:06):
But I was able to hang with himfor gosh, all but two of the
races, I think.
So hang mean roommates, rideand that kind of stuff.
So to experience and see whatthey do and go through and you
know, any of the behind thescenes stuff.
That's what a lot of people willsay in the music industry, like
I just want to come hang withyou and see what happens behind
the scenes.
(14:26):
So that's kind of what I got todo last year.
But yeah, I mean there's somuch fun stuff.
There's some unspoken stuffthat I won't share, some rowdy
things.
Yeah, it was great, I mean Ithink being you know, my dad and
his brother went to the 500 inthe 60s for the first time and I
have a cousin who's gone to 50some Last year.
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Stingray and Kimmy, his momwere like we're going to have
you, you know, go for a few daysin the RV and before the 500.
So it was kind of that momentwhere I woke up in the middle of
the 500 that was going tohappen in a few hours.
And I was like this is crazy andit was almost one of those
things where I said this isactually a bucket list.
That wasn't a bucket list.
(15:08):
I just checked off somethingthat I need to go rewrite on my
list because that was kind of afun experience.
But just to be that close, youknow to to go from somebody that
you're chatting with that thengets in a car and then drives
crazy and then gets out of thecar and starts chatting Like
it's just funny to me.
And I always say that, like withthe artists too, like, hey,
we're just chatting, they go upand play in front of 10,000
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people and then they get off andthen we start talking life
again.
You know, like it's a, it's adefinite, like I don't know,
it's a real life moment.
Yeah, I think.
I think.
I hope that answers thequestion.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
No, it does.
Very cool.
And you mentioned Bucket ListIndy 500.
And I tell everybody, whetherthey're a race fan or not, you
need to experience theIndianapolis 500 at least once.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Just go and enjoy it, because there is no way anybody
can describe that.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Yeah, for sure you mentioned early on Haiti road
trip in Haiti.
And yeah a five mile drive inHaiti can feel like a long road
trip.
Tell us a little bit aboutHaiti and how you got involved
there.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
I got involved with Restore Haiti.
I founded it really in.
I was a few years into a jobhere and very much happy, but
almost not happy.
I talked to some friends andwe're kind of in the same place,
like you know what's this?
You know we're hitting 25, 26,and we're like, okay, is this
life now?
You know?
And so I knew a pastor who Imet when I was 17 and we stayed
(16:33):
in touch and he said you shouldcome visit.
I went down at 25 in 2005.
We were actually celebratingour 20th year and a group of six
of us went and when we wentdown we were like, wow, I think
we could help.
We don't have a lot, but a guythat really sparked it.
There was a couple of guys myage and when we worked they wore
the same clothes as when wehung out, as when they went to
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church, and I was like, allright, I don't have a lot of
money, I don't know a lot ofpeople that have money yet, but
I do have a lot of clothes andshoes that I don't always wear.
Six months later, 12 of us wentback, took a bunch of clothes
and it just started to spiralfrom there and we just networked
and so we feed kids, send themto school, and then we have a
medical clinic to help withmedical stuff and then right now
(17:15):
we're very community focused.
We're sticking with them.
So if someone dies, we findmoney to help bury them.
If someone's getting married,we help with their wedding, and
then we have a lot of jobplacement from some of the
states and Canada and many withother nonprofits down in Haiti
as well, serving as translatorsand stuff.
It's been a fun adventure.
I always tell people becauseI'm not and stuff.
(17:37):
It's been a fun adventure.
I always tell people becauseI'm not.
99% of the plates in Haiti aremade with onions and I hate
onions.
So I'm a horrible missionary.
I really, really am.
But there's a scripture in theBible that just talks about just
opening a door, just being adoorkeeper in God's kingdom, and
I was like you know what Ithink?
That's what I am.
If all I do is just open a doorso other people could walk
through it and do what they arecalled to do, then I'm so happy
(17:59):
just to stand there and be agreeter.
So, anyway, I guess in a fewyears you'll see me greeting at
Walmart if they still have thosepositions.
If it's not been replaced by AI, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
No, no, you can't replace relationships.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Now, do you come alongside the families there or
do you actually house like thepeople you serve?
Are they living in houses?
Speaker 2 (18:19):
We come alongside them so we build homes.
If we need homes, we findpeople to.
If their house needs repaired,all those, all those things.
So it's so.
I tell people a lot of timesyou were a kid and you kind of
played town where you had a bankand you had a hospital and that
kind of stuff.
Like that's kind of we're justkind of playing town and we're
helping out, but, man, after 20years they get it.
(18:40):
We have WhatsApp and Zoom andall that.
They're running the socials now.
They're taking care, gettingthe information and it's just
been amazing.
The report's been amazing.
So all the time I tell peopleHaiti is.
You hear so much about Haiti.
That's not good, but ourcommunity is great.
There's some very smart andgreat people and I know you have
(19:01):
ties down there too, so all ofit.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Yeah, we do, we do, and it sounds very similar and
so, yeah, we're very, verythankful for your work there and
hope to continue to do thatLife.
Life can be a little bit like aroad trip and there can be some
detours and potholes and speedbumps and curves and dead ends.
Has there been any obstacles inyour life that you just felt
(19:25):
like, wow, what am I doing?
Speaker 2 (19:28):
I think the biggest obstacle has always been my mind
or the lies or the struggle ofsomebody else is doing this, or
they're doing this more, orthey're getting in advance here,
or it didn't happen for you.
When it's like, no, this is thejourney that you're on and it's
okay, you're going to get whereyou need to get, you have to
look back and be like you knowwhat.
I'm actually okay with this car.
(19:48):
Why am I talking that I don'tlike this car?
Where did that come from?
Just because so-and-so got anew car or got a different job
or whatever?
I'm somebody who's definitelystruggles with the lies of like
man.
I want something greater andit's hard in this town here,
because we're dreamers and we'recreators and we're you know a
lot of what happens in Nashville.
(20:09):
Franklin is seen by the world,so it's very much.
Are you good enough and are youdoing well?
And what's next for you?
Instead of just walking in aroom like I just want to walk in
a room and just be Philip andnot be like he works for so and
so and he has this nonprofit andhe did racing this past year,
and this, this and this and this.
It's like man.
No, this is just you, just likeyou said, you're just going to
(20:31):
like sitting down and talking toPhilip.
That's what I want the takeawayto be, and a lot of times it's
like, oh, this guy's doing thisand I should have done that.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Well, I remember when we sat down to talk with you,
you were kind of like I got tohave 30 minutes and I got to get
going, and I think it was about50 minutes later.
I think I kept looking at myphone, worried that you were
going to be late to wherever itwas you're going.
And my wife said that too, youwere just so easy to.
I mean, we'd never met you, wejust sat down and began a
conversation.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Well, how does that turn into a job?
How can I?
I'm just kidding.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
I don't know, maybe somebody listened to this.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
You're good conversations too.
We had so much in common.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Well, this podcast has helped me a little bit,
because I'm an introvert.
By one of my podcasts the titlewas the guest walked out and he
said you know, I'm an introvert.
And I said oh, so am I.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
And we titled it.
Two introverts in a car take adrive.
That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
Talking about cars, we got the good old rearview
mirror of life up there.
Yeah, as you've looked back onyour life, which you're still
young, when you get to be my ageyou look back a little bit
further sometimes.
Is there anything you look backon and go?
Eh, I wish I'd have done that alittle bit different.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
You know I actually spend a lot of time looking back
.
I do that to just reflect onhow good life has been and I
also feel like what that's kindof conditioned me to do is to
make sure I'm not going toregret.
And, like I said, my dad justpassed in December and all of us
kids had talked like for, as hedeclined for over a year, we
were just like are you good withdad?
(22:07):
Have you talked to dad?
And my wife and I every time wewould leave Indiana, have you
gone up enough?
We just would constantlyprocess those things.
So there's not a lot of regret.
Like I was thinking about thatquestion and I think some of it
is, I got married a little laterin life and maybe it was my
fault, maybe I would haveenjoyed getting married earlier,
but life is great now and so itmight've not been a good
(22:30):
marriage at 23 years old or fouryears old.
You know, I don't know.
Maybe that's the only rear viewmoment that I would have, but
for the most part I guess Isuggest for people to don't live
in a rear view, to live inregret, but look in to be like
all right, let's look in therear view, often kind of like
you do in the car, like, hey,let's just constantly assess
(22:50):
where you're at.
Like, hey, was I a jerk tosomeone today?
Was I nice to someone today?
Was I this or that you know?
And so you can make that turnquicker versus being a year down
the road and be like gosh, Ireally blew it.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
That's great advice for how to look through the
rearview mirror.
Opposite of the rearview mirroris the windshield.
Yeah, what are you looking at?
You've told me there's somechanges coming.
Can you share any of that?
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Yeah, I mean there are changes, but I honestly
don't know what.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
So we made some decisions.
I'm not jumping on yet withracing.
I hope that returns because itwas so much fun.
Sure, I'm actually I'm a partof the board with Restore Haiti
and I'm kind of the spokesmanbecause I've been a part of it
for so long, but I'm notcompletely there like in terms
of the day to day stuff.
And then I've made a decision.
(23:39):
To you know, in a couple monthsI'm stepping away from 22 years
with True Artist and Toby Mac,which is kind of a surprise, but
not.
I just feel like it was a timewhere we're ready for chapter
two.
My wife felt that as well,which is interesting because I
don't have anything lined up.
So, if anyone's interested, I'mgame.
Like I said, I love KingsIsland there in Cincinnati, so
(24:01):
maybe I can run a roller coaster.
I don't know, we're not lookingto move, but I just like to
have fun with anything and so Ithink something will pop up.
I hope so.
I'm not really worried yet, butmaybe in a couple of weeks I'll
be sweating.
How are we going to eat?
But I don't know.
I've said I've been able toconnect a lot of people,
(24:21):
introduce a lot of people andnetwork for people that I've not
really done it for myself, andso I'm learning to kind of and
again, not in a way of beingarrogant and I did this and that
I have to learn that becauseyou have to kind of sell your
strengths to people.
But I'm just kind of in aseason of telling people hey,
I'm looking to transition out ofa current job and I'm available
, what's out there, what do wegot?
(24:44):
That is the windshield.
I tell people right now, likeI've used the analogy of being
in a wilderness, and inscripture, wilderness is a real
place and also a hypotheticalplace, if you will.
I don't know if that's theright word, but a wilderness is
a place where they went to justprepare.
It's not a punishment place.
I'm not in a valley right now,but I'm kind of in a place, if
(25:04):
I'm being honest, like I'mgetting lonely, Social on
purpose.
Social media I've taken off myphone, I try not to watch it
much, I'm trying not to connectwith as many people.
Right now I'm reading, I just Ireally want to.
There's a place in Kentucky,that monastery, that's a quiet
retreat, that I'm looking atsome dates to just go to and
just kind of really, really forthe first time, like be in a
(25:25):
wilderness and prepare for whatis next, and it's hard to do
when there's so much noise andgood noise not like I don't feel
addicted to this or alwayshanging out with people, but you
know, just a moment of like.
All right, let's really preparefor chapter two and let's see
what needs to be there and let'sdo it well.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Well, we wish you well with that and we'll look
forward to what that looks like.
Yeah, thank you.
If you could take a road tripwith anyone today, living or
deceased, who would it be?
Where would you go?
What would you talk about?
Speaker 2 (25:58):
I like people, like I just love people and I love
friends and, like I said, youknow, with my dad, passing like
the amount of love that I havefelt, that's my advice Just be
kind to people and be friends.
With that line in, that's aWonderful Life.
No one's a failure who hasfriends, and I'm so blessed I
have friends and I'm friendly topeople and I just love people
(26:20):
and I love everyone who's uniqueand weird and I just let people
be people.
So I would probably say I wouldwant a big bus and I want to
just go down to the beach andhang.
Those are always.
My fun moments is when it'sjust a lot, a lot of hang.
I love throwing parties in my20s and we still kind of do
(26:42):
occasionally.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Yeah, great answer.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Okay, good.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Got the tour bus, load up the tour bus and here we
go.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
I mean, I can't pick, there's too many people out
here.
I'll just say, if you'relistening to this podcast, you'd
be on the bus.
Yeah, I mean, I can't pick,there's too many people out here
.
I'll just say, if you'relistening to this podcast, you'd
be on the bus.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Great.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
If you didn't make it this far, then you're off the
bus, that's great Love for youto leave some life advice, and
you just left a little bit, butyou have anything else you want
to leave my listeners with onhow to live a great life.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Yeah, no-transcript.
(27:38):
I actually said that at mydad's memorial and I didn't mean
to be mean, but I also hopepeople came away from it because
and we live in a world where wecan be so connected but we are
so disconnected Find that personto text and just reach out, and
if they don't reach out, three,four, five, 10 times, still
reach out.
We are created to love and ifwe're not loving, what's the
(28:02):
point?
That's my thing, man.
People are number one in mybook and again, I think that's
the key and I love it and that'skind of my advice in life,
because if you know people, it'sa good thing.
You know, and I know we coulddive into the whole introvert
thing, but I definitely knowintroverts have their people and
they have their way ofconnecting too.
We do, you know.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
So For sure.
Well, philip, this has been somuch fun.
After I met you in November,linda kind of looked at me and
said you got to get Philip onyour podcast and I'm like, yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
I was thinking the same thing, so this has just
been a blast for me, and youknow what's crazy?
Speaker 1 (28:42):
You're my very first podcast.
Well, hey there, I've neverbeen a guest.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Yeah, I know that may just all change tomorrow.
Yeah, no, I'm probably probablystill not going to be counted.
My wife, my wife and her sisterhad a podcast.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
That's right.
Yeah, listen to it.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Yes, it's wonderful, I was never a guest.
They were looking for theirnumbers to grow and I was like,
are you sitting right here?
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Yeah, right here.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Yeah, I know people.
Yeah, I can talk about friedchicken.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
Well, hey, I look forward to seeing you.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
But before we leave.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
It's how to find the organization in Haiti.
Maybe it's how to find you.
Whatever you want to leave uswith.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Absolutely.
You know I have some fun.
I love to share about my lifeand things that are going on.
Instagram is philip with one LP-H-I-L-I-P-E-P, so you could
follow there.
I don't have a website oranything, but I like to put up
stories and we work with anartist, sean Dietrich.
He's fun Sean of the South, andso there's stuff up there.
If I'm on tour, toby Mac, Ithrow that up there.
(29:38):
Any random stuff at theracetrack would be up there.
Fun stuff around the house arethere.
I work in digital marketing,wander Creative, so you can
learn about that.
Or restorehadycom.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
All right.
Well, thank you again, philip.
So much, yeah of course.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Well, thank you again .
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Philip, so much.
Yeah, of course.
Thank you for tuning in to Danthe Road Trip Guy.
I hope you enjoyed our journeytoday and the stories that were
shared.
If you have any thoughts orquestions or stories of your own
, I'd love to hear from you.
Feel free to reach out to meanytime.
Don't forget to share thispodcast with your friends and
family and help us to spread thejoy of road trips and great
conversations.
(30:13):
Until next time, keep driving,keep exploring and keep having
those amazing conversations.
Safe travels and remember youcan find me on the internet at
dantheroadtripguycom.
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