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Tony Scott (00:05):
Welcome to The Jay Franze Show, a
behind-the-curtain look at theentertainment industry, with
insights you can't pay for andstories you've never heard.
Now here's your host, JayFrancie.

Jay Franze (00:33):
And we are coming at you live.

Tiffany Mason (00:34):
I am Jay Francie and with me tonight the Pam to
my gym my beautiful co-host MissTiffany Mason.
Omg, love the office referencethere you go.

Jay Franze (00:49):
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All right, my friend, before weget started, let's just knock
out the question of the day.
Let me just throw it out there.
Let me just throw it out there.

Please just throw it out there.

Jay Franze (01:07):
What is the greatest vocal collaboration of all time
?

Inquiring minds want to know, we like to turn it
into a battle.

Jay Franze (01:17):
So what's the greatest of all time?
All right, don't answer now.
If you'd like to throw yourcomments into the comment
section, we will go ahead andread those a little later in the
show.
All right, we have a specialguest.
We have a very special guest.
I said it once, I will say itagain we have a very special
guest.

I say, I say I say we have a very special guest
.
There you go, we have a singerand a songwriter.

Jay Franze (01:43):
There you go.
We have a singer and asongwriter Tonight.
My friend we have MissMacKenzie Lee.
Miss MacKenzie, my friend, howare you?

MacKenzie Leigh (01:50):
I'm great.
How are you guys doing?

Jay Franze (01:52):
We are fabulous.
We couldn't be any better.
You're here with us tonight.

I have to tell you you made the Jim and Pam
reference and I actually amgoing to OfficeCon the final
OfficeCon.
I'm obsessed.
So this is kismet.
You guys just said that yes.

Jay Franze (02:08):
I had no idea there was such a thing.

So, fingers crossed, steve Carell shows up.
We'll see.

Jay Franze (02:14):
Nice, where is such an event?

It's in New Jersey this year.
They travel the whole country.
I've never been to one, butwhen I heard it was the last one
I figured I'd miss it.
What I've never been to one,but when I heard it was the last
one, I figured I'd miss it.

Jay Franze (02:26):
What would you look forward to the most?

I bought a VIP pass for myself so I wouldn't
have to wait in line to meetpeople, which is cool, I will
say, hoping for the Jims, thePams, angela and Dwight.
I've already signed on, so veryexcited about that.
And then, obviously, kevinGotta meet Kevin.

Jay Franze (02:45):
Angela and Dwight.
They they got nothing going on.
You know they're going to bethere.

Oh, come on, they got everything going on.

Jay Franze (02:51):
You've seen the.

AT&T commercials they're busy.

Jay Franze (02:53):
That's what I'm saying.
I'd want to meet Pam, for sure.

Oh yeah, I'm excited to meet all of them.

Absolutely.

Jay Franze (03:02):
I'd be okay with just pam.

I would actually like to meet ned ed nelm ed nelm
ed helms.
Thank you, yes he's the singer,he's the best one he's the
singer and he was in thehangover and I just think that
he's probably like uh, I don'tknow, I just feel like he
probably is funny.
I just like funny people, sohe's's probably funny, fair.
I agree.

(03:25):
Yeah, all right.
Cool.
But I will say, sean, oh, myhusband will not allow us to
watch any of the Office episodeswhere Andy is the main boss.
Okay, if you read thedescriptions, it has to say
Michael, blah, blah, blah, blah,blah.

And then he's like, okay, we can watch that
one.
He only likes the originals.
Please tell me you guys arewatching the super fan episodes
on peacock.
We tried, I don't know.
Okay, oh, my god changed mylife, amazing.
I'll give it another deletedscenes in one.
It's amazing.
Sponsored by peaconsored byPeacock.

We're not, but if Peacock wants to reach out to
us, jfranzycom.

Jay Franze (04:12):
We have a new manager.
I like that, fantastic.
Well, ms New Manager, let'sdive in and just tell me, why
did you choose the style ofmusic that you've chosen?

Why did you choose the style of music that
you've chosen?
Yeah, so I like to genre bend alittle bit.
My whole life I've sang.

I like this terminology.
Genre bend.

Yeah, so I work with Red 13 Records.
They have a couple of differentoffices throughout the country,
but I work with the office inNew England.
Shout out, mark and Sean andJohnny and Jimmy and everyone.
They're all amazing, but theyare trying to help me narrow
down, to help me start writingand picking the first couple
songs we're going to release.
And when they said, what kindof genre are we looking to

(04:55):
explore?
There are so many differentinspirations that I had from so
many different people that I wecouldn't really land on one
thing.
Right now it's feeling verydark pop, so more Billie Eilish,
edgy Taylor Swift if she wasangrier than she seems to be, we
just want Taylor to be happybut Lana Del Rey, vibes and so

(05:17):
really music.
To me, my favorite inspirationis comical music.
So Bo Burnham, the LonelyIsland, adam Sandler, things
that are impressive and thelyrics are actually good and
they can sing, but it's alsoreally funny and it's clever and
it makes you think.
So I've been working on tryingto work that slowly into what

(05:40):
I'm doing, where you'll hearthings you're like oh, that's
funny, that I like, that, that'sgood, but I'm also actually
singing and it's not a wholejoke.
You actually enjoy the song andpeople want to listen to it, so
I like in a little bit of thewittiness into something that
actually means something topeople as well all right.

Jay Franze (05:58):
Well, you've mentioned a couple things in
there I want to make sure wetouch on first off.
You said you're dealing withthe company that's in New
England Is that where you'relocated right now.

For now, yes.

Jay Franze (06:08):
What part?

I'm out near Boston.
I pointed Boston's over here.

Jay Franze (06:14):
What city are you in ?

I'm in Boston.

Jay Franze (06:16):
Boston proper.

Yeah.

Jay Franze (06:19):
I ask I'm from Peabody.

Oh my God, great place.
No one can say it correctly,but it's beautiful.

Jay Franze (06:26):
It's named after George Peabody.
Miss Tiffany, but theypronounce it Peabody.

They do when you think of oh, I'm going to screw
it up.

Jay Franze (06:34):
Yep probably.

Demumbrium.

Jay Franze (06:37):
Ah, look at you.
Nashville famous street.
In Nashville it's calledDemumbrium and it's spelled
Demon Bruin.

Wow, keeping you on your toes.

Jay Franze (06:48):
I didn't even have to hit the button that time,
Miss Tiffany.

You're so proud of me, jay, I'm sure we hit that
button at some point tonight,but it's not now.

Jay Franze (07:00):
That was very good, I like it, thank you.
So Boston proper.
So you had a lot of good placesthere to play some music.

Oh, a million percent.
We just went to the.
A bunch of my friends and Iwent to Hosier and saw Gigi
Perez.
She was amazing.
So Fenway, that was a supercool place to go.
There's I mean, there's amillion cool venues out here.
Boston's awesome for sure.

Jay Franze (07:26):
Boston being a quality music scene overall, but
it's usually either jazz on theBerklee side of things, or it's
rock and metal on theindependent side of things.
And you've chosen somethingdefinitely far off the beaten
path.
So, where do you think would bethe place for you to land to
play the style of music you'redoing?

So honestly, I mean, la is everyone's goal, it
seems.
I know Nashville is leaningcountry, but there's some other
cool stuff going on down therefor sure.
Boston I will say I went toBoston Calling.
That was a really coolexperience.
I went last year, so, whenChapel Rowan was there, which
was unbelievable.
One of my favorite bands isYoung the Giant, so I've been I

(08:03):
won't tell you how many times,but I've seen them multiple
times.
I love them.
Ed Sheeran was there last year,so there is some pretty cool
stuff in Boston as well.
I can't not get.
Boston is a very cool city.

Jay Franze (08:13):
Yeah, no, it really is.
I mean, I didn't miss it asmuch until I left.

Fair.

Jay Franze (08:18):
I miss the food the most.

Valid.

Jay Franze (08:21):
So there's so many places that I miss, miss tiffany
, it's crazy.
And you know what?
I never ate seafood when Ilived in boston, but now every
time I go back we go and eatinteresting the kilted the
tilted tilt tilted kilt.

It's not doing it for you that's not safe.
That's like a hoover, I know no, I'm saying where you live now.

Jay Franze (08:42):
Oh, Twin Peaks.

Twin Peaks.
That's what it was.

Jay Franze (08:46):
Twin Peaks is still another Hooters knockoff, but
it's much better Not sponsored,but could be.

I know.

Jay Franze (08:55):
Mackenzie, get on that first, will you?
Anywho, Rocky Rose, MissTiffany, Rocky Rose out with
Cyndi Lauper right now.
Oh yes, she is from Ohio, wentto Berkeley College of Music,
then went off to London to theconservatory and then moved to
LA.
That's why I'm bringing it up.
Miss McKenzie, she's out in LA.
She plays with probably 10different bands, one of them

(09:17):
being Cyndi Lauper who she's outon the road with right now.

That's awesome.

Jay Franze (09:26):
But in some of the bands.
She plays a style of music thatyou do so she might be a good
connection to get you with.
Maybe we can make that happen,rocky, if you're listening.

We'll see how the rest of the show goes, Jay.

Jay Franze (09:36):
I have to be fully vetted.
Fair enough, she's an Italianfrom Boston, what more does she
need?

We'll see.

Jay Franze (09:44):
Fine, you quiz her then.

Where'd you get that great hair?

Jay Franze (09:50):
Yeah, I see the important things.

I mean after today, everyone will just be
listening.
Mackenzie's got some great,beautiful Vidal Sassoon picture
perfect commercial hair.
Wow, thank you.
You'll make for good musicvideos when you start releasing
all your songs.
Thank you, I really hope so.
I see we've taken a turn.
But, mackenzie, have you alwaysbeen singing?

(10:18):
Always Were you really little,just all the little home videos.

My dad always jokes that I would be Kenzie FM,
so he didn't get to listen tothe radio in the car.
It was just me and that Soundof Music was like my favorite
thing of all time.
I would sing basically the ABCsor something from Sound of
Music when I was little.
But all through middle school,high school was in chorus and
then I went to SpringfieldCollege, which is my favorite

(10:46):
place ever.
I love Springfield College somuch.
Did undergrad and grad.
Went back because I didn't wantto leave.
Did acapella the whole time Iwas there, which is why I love
Andy so much from the office.
It's not as nerdy as peoplemake it seem like it, is it
actually?

is very cool and so impressive.
It takes so much talent.

Yes, Thank you.

Impressive.
And I had like my four bestfriends, like the little group
that we hung out with.
They were all in the acapellagroup, so every time they had a
performance I'd be the only onesitting, you know like with my
little junkie voice, and justlistening to them do all their
acapella.
Just so amazing, it's so funfavorites, yeah, and I think so.

Going into that freshman year of college,
learning really how to separateevery instrument, every sound
from a song, and then having tocreate that with your vocals and
not, you can't, there's nopercussion, you're not doing
anything but making.
You know beatboxing and andactually singing, you really
learn to appreciate every singlepiece that goes into a song, to

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make it what it is, and thattaught me how to listen to music
differently.
So I'll be in the car with myfriends and I'll turn it all the
way up and be like, no, butlisten to this bass line.
It's amazing, you have to hearthis, and so I really have a
greater appreciation.
I think because of that.

Jay Franze (12:04):
So shout out Acapella.
It's funny, you mentioned thatschool.

I was just going to say no, did you go to
Springfield?

Jay Franze (12:13):
I did not.
I was talking to somebody todaywho did, though, just this
morning.

Meant to be.

Jay Franze (12:17):
They were telling me how great it was.

It really is Like it's my favorite place on
earth.
I love it there, there.

Jay Franze (12:23):
I had never heard anything about it until this
morning oh well, I know I don'thave.

What do you love so much?
the scenery or the um musicalityof it it is the first time.
So it is not a musical school,it is an athletic school.
Like you go there, becauseeveryone who goes there even if
you don't play sports there, youplayed sports at some point in
your life.
Everyone plays sports.
It's a very, very athleticschool, but they have everything

(12:51):
.
It's a school of humanics.
So basically, everything you dois to help serve others and to
take care of others.
So all of the majors,everything that they teach, we
would do a humanics and actionday where the whole school would
take classes off and we wouldgo and help the neighbors in the
community and kids in thecommunity and it just.
I've never felt like I belongedsomewhere before or felt

(13:14):
community as I did atSpringfield college and I
continued.
I mean, I was a graduateassistant there.
I continued working there aslong as I could until I was like
all right, maybe I have mystudent loans need me to come
down with all these classes.

Jay Franze (13:30):
Well, being an Italian from Boston, I'm sure
you're familiar with FaneuilHall, of course, exactly so.
Did you ever go there and watchthe acapella singers?

Oh yeah, and that's the thing that people
don't get to.
Pentatonix was one of myfavorite groups all through
college because they made itmore mainstream and so I saw
them, I think in boston or maybein connecticut, but I saw them
live and I just remember being.
They did one song where theythey took all their mics and
they turned their mics off andit like you could hear a pin

(13:58):
drop from the audience and Ijust remember being so moved by
the harmonies and everything andthe fact that they take the
songs that they do and thenbreak them down.
They're incredible.
They're amazing.

Well, Drummer Boy by Pentatonix is my daughter's
favorite Christmas song.

Yes, amazing, love it.
She's very good taste.

Jay Franze (14:20):
I like that I remember going to Faneuil Hall a
lot and there was this onerestaurant that was just outside
of the Strip and we'd sit there.
It was outdoors and the acappella group would come and
sing right there.

It was awesome.

Jay Franze (14:36):
It was really awesome.
Like I said, there's a hugemusic scene in Boston.
It's just not what you wouldexpect, like when we would go to
Nashville.
You're not walking downBroadway listening to music
everywhere, so it's pretty cool.
Now I see you're sitting with agrand piano behind you.

Yes, I am.
It was my Gigi, so it standsfor glamorous grandma and she is
.
She's so glamorous, but she'sthe only other musician in our
family, so I got the pianobecause I'm the only other one
that plays.
So it was very, very specialwhen I got it.

Jay Franze (15:08):
One hell of a gift.

It really was, and I treat her very well.

Jay Franze (15:13):
How long did it take you to learn how to play it?

So I, when I was little, did not have a
choice to learn how to playpiano.
My sister and I both tooklessons and I think I was so
young I didn't appreciate verymuch what my parents were
letting us do in taking lessons.
I did not like it.
So I, as an adult, when I gotback into singing, I wanted to
be able to do the cover videos Istarted getting back into after

(15:38):
college.
One of the hardest things forme transitioning out of
Springfield College was I didn'thave a place to perform anymore
.
I didn't have shows to lookforward to, I didn't have
arrangements to do with myfriends, I wasn't getting
together with people a coupletimes a week to sing.
And I started.
I was really missing a creativeoutlet, like it was depressing,
like I didn't have anything tolook forward to music wise for

(16:01):
years at a time.
And so finally, when I got thepiano, I started reteaching
myself some chords and workingon some songs.
And very embarrassing how muchyou lose and then have to work
very hard to get back.
But I feel I even I'm not goingto lie had to get the little
cheater thing with the notes onit and put them in the keys to

(16:22):
reteach myself.
But I did and it worked andhere we are.

Jay Franze (16:26):
Piano was my instrument in college and I
can't play a thing right now forthe life of me, so don't feel
bad.

That does make me feel much better, thank you.

Jay Franze (16:35):
All right, I know we're pushing on time here, but
before we let you go, can youtell me your favorite place in
the North End?

Oh my God.
So I'm going to go back Bay andI have to say the Lenox hotel.
It's my favorite place ever.
They have just changed some ofthe restaurants.
I have not yet been able to goto the new restaurants that have
come in, but I have every yearI go and I get a candle from the
Lenox.
It lasts me less than a year,but I go every year and I do.

(17:04):
I get a candle from the Lenox.
It lasts me less than a year,but I go every year and I do
some sort of dinner or breakfastthere and it's my favorite
place to stay.
When I tell people when they'recoming into the city, you have
to go and give it a chance.
It's so beautiful there.

Jay Franze (17:16):
Mine is nothing like that.

Okay, I'm ready .

Jay Franze (17:20):
I like Pizzeria Regina.
Oh great choice.
Yeah, that's fair.
I mean, the North End is theItalian section of Boston, miss
Tiffany.
And it has got like a couplebakeries and a couple pizza
places and it's as Italian asyou can get.
And Pizzeria Regina is thislittle corner hole in the wall.

(17:42):
It's tiny as can possibly beand they are as aggressive as
can be.
You go in there, they're notafraid to yell at you.
It's true.

It's pizza or pastries.

Jay Franze (17:54):
You've got to wait in line one or the other.
It's a massive line.

But it's worth it .
Well, mackenzie, I am dying toknow what music should we be
looking for from you.
What songs are out?
What's coming up?
What do you love to perform?

So right now my first single, bad Taste on Love
, is out on all streamingplatforms.
I feel really, really excited.
It's been doing really well fora very, very new independent
artist, just happy that anybodyis listening to it.
Um has been very fun and rightnow we're about, I would say, a
week or two away from the secondone, which is going to be the
ghost of us and that'll becoming out in a couple of weeks

(18:33):
very nice.

Jay Franze (18:34):
All right, my friend .
Well, I cannot thank you enoughfor joining us tonight.
It has been an absolutepleasure and hopefully, when
your album is finished, you willcome on here first to tell us
all about it awesome.

Thank you so much so nice to meet you guys.
Yes, have a great night,mckenzie.

Nice meeting you you too, bye, bye all righty
, my friend.

Jay Franze (18:55):
How was that?

that's pretty cool.
I love her energy and I'm likebostonian, I'm big fan that
whole acapella business, big fanthat is impressive.

Jay Franze (19:09):
It is.
It's very cool.
She's very talented.
Her voice is very amazing.
I really do like her voice.
It has a different feel to it,so I'd be like a first singer,
songwriter, to work on the pianoand stuff like that too.
It was really nice.

Well, and she said that she's going dark, dark
, not dark country.

Jay Franze (19:28):
Dark pop is what she called it.
Dark pop yes, it's got thatsinger-songwriter vibe to it.

Yeah, I feel like her voice has like that kind of
haunting tonality to it orwhatever, I don't know longing
or vulnerability, or I like it.

Jay Franze (19:42):
I agree.

Nice, great way to start the show tonight well,
something I really want to talkabout is kelly clarkson.
I know we talked on july 4th.
She delayed her show well,really canceled it with moments
notice, and so she actually didcome out july 11th and she
apologized and said we can'thelp our bodies get sick.

(20:05):
But yeah, it's actually goingstrong now.
But she almost flashed theaudience because she had a
little wardrobe malfunctionwarning.
But she was saying that it was,you know, giving responsibility
to menopause.
So I didn't realize she wasthat old.

Jay Franze (20:25):
She's not that old.

Yeah, I didn't realize she was that old.

Jay Franze (20:27):
She's not that old.
Yeah, yeah, she's definitelynot that old.
But hey, you never know.

It can start as early as 35, Jay.

Jay Franze (20:34):
Well then she's that old.
Yeah, I say, my wife's goingthrough it all the time.
Something's got to explain themood swings.
We're all going throughsomething.

I'm saying it's hormones, man, it's hormones.
It's not fair.
Do you know that I learned thatwomen, we take 28 days to go
through a full cycle of hormones.
Men go through their full cycleof hormones in 24 hours.

Jay Franze (20:55):
I thought you were going to say 28 years.

No, so every day you guys have done a full cycle.
See, we are very efficient.
They're very simple.
Women are very complex.

Jay Franze (21:09):
Definitely complex.

Miranda Lambert is a native to Texas and she
announced plans for a benefitconcert for the Lone Star State
in the recent weeks, which wasvery, very sad.

Jay Franze (21:21):
You know who else is putting a benefit concert
together and is from texas,someone who should be number one
in the country music scene oh,george straight.

Or garth brooks, george straight yes, from texas.

Jay Franze (21:35):
Uh, garth brooks is from oklahoma I knew that.

Yeah, I was just testing you.

Jay Franze (21:40):
Yeah, but georgerait is putting together a big show
and benefit.

That's awesome.
That's awesome.
Well, chris Stapleton steps upafter the devastating floods as
well, with a major donation.
He is donating a milliondollars to support the victims
of the devastating floods thathit over 4th of July weekend.
I guess I never put two and twotogether, that it was 4th of
July weekend, but it sure washow terrible.

Jay Franze (22:06):
It is terrible.

See, it's too sad , it's just too sad.
That breaks my heart for thosepeople.

Jay Franze (22:12):
Tell us happy news, my friend.

Okay, happy news.
So Chris Rock he makes his banddo something after every single
concert.

Jay Franze (22:19):
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Want to start again.
I have a feeling that's notChris Rock.

Oh, Kid Rock Slight difference.

Jay Franze (22:29):
Not even close.

Yes, Kid Rock Apologize.
Many apologies to the crewmembers.

Jay Franze (22:34):
You're not going to slap Kid Rock is all I'm saying.

No, no, okay, kid Rock and his band.
When they're finished playingtheir concerts, he requires
everybody to go backstage, andthen they watch their
performance.
They watch the footage and thenthey try to decide what they
could have done better.
It makes me think of like a yes, that's exactly what I was
going to say.

(22:57):
Nice Yep.

Jay Franze (22:58):
We're like this we're right there with each
other.

I mean on the same wavelength I think that's
very cool.

Jay Franze (23:06):
We should do that.
We should get together afterthe show and we should sit down
and we should listen or watch ordo whatever we're going to do.

If it didn't end at midnight, we could.
That's what we're going to dofrom now on Yep.
Okay, we'll take an hour breakin between.
We'll come back at two in themorning.
Got it.

Jay Franze (23:21):
okay, let's make that I'm in let's make this
better.

Tony Scott (23:24):
Let's get on that for us, buddy he can be on and
take notes.

Well, this is something we don't hear very
often from the celebrities, butjohn party admits that he has
dad guilt when he goes out ontour.
John party and his wife summerhave two young kids, bruceley
fawn, who is two, sienna Grace,who is 11 months, and they're at
the stage where watching Daddyleave is tough, and I remember
those days we have to like sneakout or tell him like look out

(23:57):
the window, and then you reallygo the other way Nice.

Jay Franze (24:01):
Trick the kids.
Why not just take them with him?

Yeah, I wondered about that too, but maybe that's
just a lifestyle that him andhis wife, summer, don't want to
provide.

Jay Franze (24:10):
I'm sure, but still Talk about names too.
Huh Presley Fawn.

I know, I wonder where Fawn comes.
And Sienna Grace?

Jay Franze (24:17):
Yeah, sienna Grace, nice names, I like them, but the
kids are still young.

They are really young.
They won't remember.
Go on the road.

Jay Franze (24:28):
Bring them with.
Imagine if they were older andyou get to go on the road, do
homeschooling and get to tourthe world.
Oh, that would be so awesome.

Jay, my dad was a milkman, okay, and he delivered
milk all over the state of Iowa.

Jay Franze (24:43):
And did he take you with him?

He did.
He would let us come with him.
I was joking, but that'sawesome.
We'd leave at like threeo'clock in the morning or
something.
We had to wear like really warmclothes because we had to go
into these huge coolers and justget crates and crates of milk
and then my dad would load themall onto the truck and I
remember thinking it was thecoolest thing as he would load
his semi and then we would go tolike schools before they had

(25:07):
been open or grocery store ornot before they'd been open, but
before you know school hours,and the same thing with these
restaurants or gas stations andI just thought it was the
coolest thing.
You know he'd wear these gloves.
I can see it just clear as dayin my mind, this weird cane
thing that he had to pull thecrates forward and stuff loved

(25:28):
it.
My favorite was went with dad.
We had to wake up super earlyand then you know they well, I
guess they still happen, but Inever buy them.
But the little rows of donuts,you know you get like four or
five little donuts, littlepowdered donuts and I remember I
still eat them to this day.
Chocolate, though, that's okayokay, okay, well, hey, I think
either are perfect choice.
But I remember my dad openingthe door for us to go load one

(25:49):
of the accounts and just donuts,just falling out the door
because I'd fall asleep while wewere driving to wherever the
next place was.

Jay Franze (25:58):
But yes, your dad has to be one of the last
milkmen ever.

Probably.
It was really weird, though.
So we live in Florida now andI'm from Iowa and the company
that he worked for was PrairieFarms, and it got bought out and
then it was Robert's and Iactually took a picture.
I forgot to share it with him,but I pick up bread for my
senior citizen volunteer gigthat I do on Wednesday mornings,
and there were milk cratesthere.

(26:24):
It said Prairie Farms, robertsDairy, and I thought no way, how
are these milk crates down here?
This is the craziest thing.
So I took a picture.
I meant to send it to my dadright away, but obviously I
dropped the ball on that.

Jay Franze (26:36):
If you see any milk crates around, grab me a few I
could use about four of them.

They're the best.

Jay Franze (26:47):
Awesome.
What else of them?
They're the best awesome.
What else we got in the news?
Well, darius rucker.
He had a concert.

Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Did your dad wear the hat?
No, sir, he had a navy blueuniform back to your darius
rucker, darius rucker.
Uh, he actually is refunding abunch of money in atlantic city,
new jersey.
On saturday night, the 12th, hestarted a couple songs in and
his voice started giving out andhe actually refunded the crowd
their money.
And then he made a publicapology on social media.

Jay Franze (27:14):
I mean, he did the right thing.
Probably didn't have to do that.

I heard somebody recently I can't remember who it
is they canceled their show andthey did not refund one ticket
and they did not sing one song.

Jay Franze (27:25):
I'm sure he didn't have to apologize or do all that
, but it seems like it's theright thing to do, so good for
him.

He seems like a stand-up guy and I'm not shocked
by that.
That seems like who he is.

Jay Franze (27:37):
I'm with you, my friend.
Good for you, Darius.

Way to go, darius .
Okay, ashley Cook.
Now I had a moment trying toremember who this was, but if
you guys know the song, yourPlace, that's what she sings and
it was one of the number onesongs last summer number one hit
and she actually has had a verysuccessful year of her career.
So far, the singer has beenbattling significant health

(28:04):
challenges and family losses.
Both of her grandmothers passedaway within the last year.
Her father battled his fifthreoccurrence of cancer.
About four months ago.
Her mom suffered a near-fetalheart attack and had a stent
placed in one of her arteries.
Cook has been facing a healthchallenge of her own too.
In social media last week, sherevealed that she recently has

(28:27):
been diagnosed with a heartcondition too.
Like, yeah, she's got a heartcondition.
You lose that many people inthat short amount of time.
Like, how do you not have abroken heart?

Jay Franze (28:38):
That's a broken heart, but I wonder what the
heart condition is.
It's rough nonetheless.
I mean, it's horrible.
Yeah, heart disease runs in myfamily, so that's something that
I'm always constantly lookingout for.

I heard and you all can WebMD it but if you have
a wrinkle in your earlobe it'ssupposed to signify heart
disease.

Jay Franze (29:02):
Huh, I don't know, I don't know either.

All facts, all facts.

Jay Franze (29:06):
All facts on the J-Frame.
Is that what that is?
Seems a little out there.
I don't think so.

I remember reading the article and they
explained why that happens.
That's a telltale sign.
You know what it might havebeen Comorbidities Isn't that
what they call it, when you haveprecursors that would indicate
heart disease and you have awidow maker.
That's what they call it awidow maker, because they're
heart attacks that come out ofnowhere, like you just weren't.

(29:31):
There was no indication thatthis person would have one, and
they said from that article lookfor a crease in the earlobe.
So I don't know.
All right Crease in the earlobesFact check me people, let us
know, but more about.

Jay Franze (29:44):
Africa.
Somebody fact check that?

Yeah, somebody fact check that.

Jay Franze (29:48):
George get on that.

Okay.
Well, she also has a new songout called the Hell you Are the
hell you are.
So saying that it brings fireand tempo here in this next
chapter.
Just saying that it's like afollow-up song from her one from
last summer.
So I'll have to give it alisten and see and let you know.

Jay Franze (30:15):
A crease in the earlobe, often called Frank's
sign, can be a potentialindicator for coronary artery
disease.

Bam.

Jay Franze (30:27):
I don't have a crease in the arm, you can call
me Tiffany MD.

Thank you very much, mason MD.

Jay Franze (30:31):
I don't think so.
I told my wife I was going togo get my doctorate.
She says I don't think so.
I said come on, I want you tocall me Dr J.
She was not happy, so that'sthe reason why I didn't get my
doctorate.

My wife won't call me Dr J.
Sounds like maybe you didn'twant it.
No, no.

Jay Franze (30:50):
I wanted it, I would have done it, I would have put
in all the years it takes to doit, but she said she wasn't
going to do it.

Do you like school?
Do you like learning?

Jay Franze (30:58):
I like learning.
I don't know if I like schoolAlthough you would think I do
because I've been to a lot ofthem but I think about this a
lot.
I think I like self-educationbetter.
I want to learn what I want toknow.

I don't want to learn the fluff.

Jay Franze (31:14):
So if you can go to a specialized school and learn
just the stuff you want to know,like when I taught at the audio
engineering school, we taughtaudio engineering.
We didn't teach English orscience or that type of stuff.

So that was cool, but no, I I like self-learning
kind of like trade schools,almost right, like where you
just learn the skill you want.
Yeah, yeah, exactly yeah, yeah,because I was thinking the
other day like learning man.
I don't know what that does inmy brain, but it fires me up, I
love learning.

Jay Franze (31:45):
I was going to say what you don't like it.

I love it.
You don't get along with it, Ilove it.
It gives me so much energy,like just the endorphins.
Dopamine, serotonin must justparty in there.

Jay Franze (31:56):
We know I don't like to read, but I do listen to a
lot of books and stuff.
I enjoy taking in theinformation.
Books and stuff I enjoy takingin the information.
I even take a lot of onlinecourses from different colleges
or different institutions aroundthe world because I want to
know information about a certainsubject.
I don't need to go through anentire program at this point in
my life.

Right, right right.

Jay Franze (32:18):
Unless my wife wants to call me doctor.
If she wants to call me Dr J,I'll make it happen.

Come on, Jennifer .

Jay Franze (32:25):
Will you call me Dr J?
I'll make it happen.
Come on, Jennifer.
Will you call me Dr J?
That ship is sailed.

I would call you Dr J for sure.
I'd be honored to know a doctor.

Jay Franze (32:34):
Moving on Question of the day what is?
The greatest vocalcollaboration of all time.
What is the greatest vocalcollaboration of all time?
Because, well, we like to makeit a competition, not just who
are some good ones, what's thebest ones?
Of all time.
If you want to go ahead andthrow your responses in the
comment section, please go ahead.

(32:56):
All right, you want to give meone?
You want to hold your thoughtsuntil a little later in time?

I will give you one.
There is a new song called HardFought Hallelujah and it is
with Jelly Roll and Brandon Lake, and I love the grit of it, but
I feel like vocal performancesare not typically about grit.
That's a pretty good one.
It's got a lot of emotion in it, which I really like, I think
that's what grit to me is isemotion.

(33:25):
Grit to me is that growly sound.

Jay Franze (33:29):
Yeah, but that comes from emotion.

Okay, we can agree to disagree.

Jay Franze (33:35):
You don't think that's emotional when somebody
gets all gritty?

No, I think it's like they're digging deep, but I
don't think it's like they'regetting growly to be heartbroken
or they're getting growly toshow a lot of love.
It's definitely like anemotional thing.
I don't feel like in my head.
The definitions aren't the same.

Jay Franze (34:00):
Fine, be that way, Alice.
She says Kenny Rogers and DollyParton.

Yes, I knew that one was going to come up.

Jay Franze (34:09):
Timeless chemistry and unforgettable melodies.

I threw one out.
Did you want to throw one out,Jay?

Jay Franze (34:18):
No, I'm going to hold off till later.

Wow, you have such control, such self-control.

Jay Franze (34:26):
I got to think of something that's not so gritty
now, or maybe I'm going to goextreme grit, I don't know.

Well, I am waiting on pins and needles for
the answer, ben.

Jay Franze (34:40):
Ben says, brad Paisley and Alison Krauss.

Whiskey.

Jay Franze (34:45):
Lullaby.

Nice, that's a good one.
Mm-hmm.

Jay Franze (34:51):
Oh, carla, carla says George Jones and Tammy
Wynette.

Oh, it would be nice if they said the song.
Do they say the song for thatone?

Jay Franze (35:01):
They said Golden Ring.

Oh.

Jay Franze (35:05):
David.
David says Reba McEntire andLinda Davis.
And the song is David, pleasetell us the song.

I had Reba McEntintyre and brooks and dunn.
If you see him, if you see her,I like that, but I don't know
if it's best vocal.

Jay Franze (35:29):
It's good, it's reba brooks and dunn but eva says
johnny cash and june carter.

Eva, says Johnny Cash and June Carter.

Jay Franze (35:37):
Yep, oh wait, wait.
David says does he love you?
Back to Reba and Linda Davis.

Does he love you like he loves me?
Does he think of you when he'sholding me?

Jay Franze (35:53):
All right, moving on .
Frank says Kenny Chesney andGrace Potter.

I don't know Grace Potter who said the song.

Jay Franze (36:04):
Frank sorry let us know, frank, if anybody else, if
you're putting your comments in, please include a song title.
Apparently it's not good enoughjust to answer our questions.
Answer what we think we'regoing to want to.
Grace says Tim McGraw and FaithHill I had a few people tell me

(36:27):
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

But is it best vocals?

Jay Franze (36:34):
Yeah, if we're going to turn this into a competition
.
No, not the best of all time.
It's going to be hard to beatKenny and Dolly.

Yeah, I think Johnny and June too.

Jay Franze (36:46):
Yeah, I still go with Kenny and Dolly.

You know, dolly kind of annoys me a little bit.
Wow, well, you just said lastweek should have been the most
important person in countrymusic annoys me a little bit.

Jay Franze (36:58):
Wow, well, you just said, last week should have been
the most important person incountry music.

Yes, most influential, absolutely.
But I can still say, like herlittle you know, like when she
sucks in after everything shesays, I don't know.

Jay Franze (37:11):
She announced today that she is not going to be
participating in songwriting fora while, Since her husband has
passed away.
She's taking some time off.

Good for her.

Jay Franze (37:24):
There you go.

Good for her.
That's so sad.

Jay Franze (37:27):
All right, hector.
Hector, you're the first Hectorwe have had.
Thank you, hector, for joiningus.
Brad Paisley and Keith Urban.
And he says and I will put asong in here, and it is Start a
Band.
Oh.
You want to sing that for us?
Do you know that?

one.
It's not coming to mind, but Idefinitely know it.
I know I can't think of how itgoes.

Jay Franze (37:50):
Ivy oh, here's a good one.
Ivy says Brad Paisley andCarrie Underwood Bradad
paisley's been on this threetimes already he collaborated a
lot.

Is there gonna be more?

Jay Franze (38:04):
to that sentence I don't understand jake.
Jake says shania twain andbrian white don't know if it
would beat Kenny and Dolly, butyou know, hey, not much is going
to in my opinion.
Ooh, kate is thinking outsidethe box and she does include a
song title.

Okay, what does Kate say?

Jay Franze (38:27):
Kate says, bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles.

Oh yes.

Jay Franze (38:34):
Who says you can't go home?

Good one.

Jay Franze (38:38):
That is a good one.
I used to really like Bon Jovi,until he jumped the shark.

What does jump the shark mean?
You say it a lot.
I have the general idea, butwhere does it come from?

Jay Franze (38:50):
It's a term that comes from happy days,
television show happy days.

Monday, tuesday happy days.
Monday Tuesday Happy Days.
Wednesday, thursday Happy Days.

Jay Franze (39:01):
Happy Days was an extremely popular show and it
was on the air for years andthen, after a while, it started
to veer off and there was anepisode where Fonzie, instead of
riding his motorcycle, he waswater skiing and literally
jumped a shark.

(39:22):
So the term jumped the shark iswhen Happy Days fell out of
popularity, was when Fonziejumped the shark.

There you go.

Jay Franze (39:33):
We teach you an awful lot of things on this show
.

You just never know, you're going to walk away
with a plethora of information.
I think I'll awful lot ofthings on this show.
You just never know, you'regoing to walk away with a
plethora of information.

Jay Franze (39:39):
I think I'll use that one in trivia tomorrow
night.
So yes, bon Jovi, I feel likeBon Jovi jumped the shark when
he went to Nashville and hookedup with Nashville songwriters to
write their most commercialhits, but I preferred when they
were writing songs on their own,like the song Runaway and stuff
.
Mm-hmm.

(40:01):
It's just my opinion.
Hate mail goes to Tiffany atjfranzycom.
Mia says I agree, tim McGrawand Faith Hill Hmm, all right.
Leo says Loretta and Conway.

Okay.

Jay Franze (40:18):
Noah, kenny, chesney and Pink.

Ooh, yes.

Jay Franze (40:26):
I find that one hard .
I don't think that's a match.

The song is really good.
I can't think of what it isright now, but I do know that I
love it.

Jay Franze (40:33):
Setting the world on fire.

Oh God, yes, oh my God, I had that song on
repeat in my car for so long.
Yes, okay, mm-hmm.

Jay Franze (40:45):
Those voices just don't seem like they match to me
.

And that song they definitely do.

Jay Franze (40:50):
Olivia, shania Twain and Billy Currington.

Okay, that probably is pretty good.

Jay Franze (40:58):
Rosa, first Rosa on the show.
Thank you, rosa, hank Williamsand Waylon Jennings.
Waylon.
Jennings.

All right, what happened?
Do we say it slow?

Jay Franze (41:09):
so we get it right.
Hank Williams and WaylonJennings.
There's got to be a button overhere somewhere.

Jay, you're fired .

Jay Franze (41:20):
There you go.
I found it on the first try.
I moved all the buttons around,so I have no idea where they
are.

Oh my gosh, I'm so impressed.

Jay Franze (41:28):
I tried to make it easier on myself.
Nope, Nope did not work.
Paul says Thomas Rhett and JohnParty.

And the song is Paul.

Oh man.

Jay Franze (41:43):
Paul, help us out here, brother.
Follow Tiffany's updated rulesWhile we wait.
Quinn says Clint Black and LisaHartman Black yeah, I like the
two of them.
I don't know if they're thebest ever.
Sam says Love Song by GeorgeStrait and Miranda Lambert, but

(42:05):
it has to be live, he said.

Wow, those are some stipulations.

Jay Franze (42:10):
He says they are two Texas Titans and they sing in
harmony.

Apparently so, because they're both going to
raise money for the floodvictims.

Jay Franze (42:17):
I think Sam is going for his doctorate and wants to
make sure he gets a good gradeon this paper.
Nice Good for you, Sam.
Here's one I like.
Victor puts up a candidate forthe running here.

Okay.

Jay Franze (42:34):
Drowns the Whiskey.
Jason Aldean and MirandaLambert, those two voices go
together To me they go togetherSmooth as Tennessee whiskey.

No, it is, they are.
I know they all sing that song.

Jay Franze (42:55):
Oh, okay.

Yeah, I know, I know it all sing that song, oh,
okay, yeah, I know.

Jay Franze (42:59):
I know it's Chris Stapleton.
Okay, wendy says yes.
Tim McGraw, faith Hill.

A lot of votes for that.

Jay Franze (43:06):
Xavier.
Xavier says how often he couldsay that name.

Xavier, not very often.

Jay Franze (43:13):
St Xavier is a college here in town.

So why are you thinking it's so rare?

Jay Franze (43:19):
How many Xaviers do you know?

None.

Jay Franze (43:23):
I don't know a single Xavier.
I don't know any Xaviers.

Oh, yes, but there is.
On one of my reality shows thatI watch on TV, the little kid's
name is oh, I think it'sactually Isaiah, and they call
him Zay.

Jay Franze (43:37):
So it means nothing to the story.

No, no, it was on the way to mean something.

Jay Franze (43:44):
Until we thought it through, I assume Xavier is a
boy.

I would think so.
Yes, it's generally a male name.

Jay Franze (43:53):
Okay, Xavier says Laney Wilson in Jelly Roll.

I mean love him.

Jay Franze (44:01):
Says Gritty Voices in Powerhouse Fusion.

Yeah.

Jay Franze (44:05):
Fusion Art like a truck.

Tony Scott (44:08):
But he says it has to be the remix Art like a truck
.

A lot of stipulations these people have.
That's what.

Jay Franze (44:16):
I'm saying I don't know if I like it or I don't
like it.
I think I like it.
I like the fact that people Ithink I like it.
Yeah, I like it.

It's like when all the Swifties are saying
Taylor's version, yeah.
All right, all right.
Xavier and it shows that theyactually really know the song.

Jay Franze (44:30):
All right, hey, I'm going to say editing.

Cherry picking you could start saying you're
cherry picking.

Jay Franze (44:38):
Let's do that.
I like that even better.
I don't like um.
What did we say beforeCensoring?
Yeah, censoring isn't the rightterm.

It's not the right term.
No, you're cherry picking.

Jay Franze (44:46):
Cherry picking.

Yeah.

Jay Franze (44:49):
All right, here's another good one.
Zane says Jason Aldean andCarrie Underwood.

I had that on my list, raw emotion and vocal
fireworks.
What did you just say about theemotion?

Jay Franze (45:04):
Raw emotion.

Did you just say raw emotion?
Raw emotion, just because Idon't know how to speak Now, did
he say, if I didn't love you?

Jay Franze (45:20):
He did say if I didn't love you?
He did say if I didn't love you, yeah, well, here's keith urban
and miranda lambert becca thisone I think I like charlie says
chris young in cassidy pope thesong is think of you think of
you he wrote more than that.
Do you want the rest to?
Uh-huh says it's a moderncountry ballad done right yeah,

(45:45):
I like all the commentary do youlike all of it?
you know I don't like to read.
Oh, I like this one.
Well, no, I don't know if Ilike this one.

Oh wow, jumped in headfirst and then you just
backed out as fast as you could.

Jay Franze (45:59):
Well, I saw Taylor Swift.
I'm like, ooh, I like TaylorSwift.
But Fiona says Little Big Townand Taylor Swift.
I mean that's great and all but.

That's like a quartet.
Then Nice Gabe says we did saya collaboration, so that is a
collaboration.

Jay Franze (46:20):
We didn't say duo, but yeah, that makes sense
Cracked, correct yeah.
Gabe says, jordan Davis andLuke Bryan.

Solid voices.

Jay Franze (46:29):
Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift.
Lara Lara, l-a-r-a Lara.

Should L-A-R-A Lara.

Jay Franze (46:37):
Should be Layra.
I mean spell it that way, itshould be Layra.

Yeah, yeah.

Jay Franze (46:44):
Lara, tim McGraw, taylor Swift, okay.
Ooh.
I didn't know this collabexisted, but Miles says Merle,
haggart and Jewel.

Ooh oh.

Jay Franze (47:00):
Okay, miles gave me homework.

Yeah, what is the song?

Jay Franze (47:06):
Back to Miles.
That's the way love goes.

That's the way love.
That's the way love, that's theway love goes.

Jay Franze (47:16):
Rachel says, craig Campbell and Lauren Alaina, but
she says live.

I like those names.

Jay Franze (47:26):
Tara says Darius Rucker and Luke Bryan.
I like those two.
Will says Brooks and Dunn.

That's not a collaboration.
Though that's not acollaboration though it's their
band.

Jay Franze (47:40):
It's just a really long one.
Xena, we get two X namestonight.
Xena says Lil Nas X and BillyRay Cyrus.

Yes, old Town Road.

Jay Franze (47:54):
I like this one and Lord knows I won't be, able to
pronounce that name, maybe YusufY-U-S-U-F.

Yeah, I think it's like Joseph in another
language.
Is it but Yusuf.

Jay Franze (48:08):
Yusuf, I think that's right.
Okay good.

When I watch 90 Day Fiancé, I'm pretty sure
people are called Yusuf in there.

Jay Franze (48:13):
Okay, well, Yusuf says Garth Brooks and Tricia
Yearwood.
Oh.
All right, let's start windingthis one down.

Yes, I thought we already were winding it down.

Jay Franze (48:26):
We were, but I'm going to like bring it to a halt
.

Whoa.
The cherry bucket is full.

Jay Franze (48:34):
Zelda.

These names tonight, I love them.

Jay Franze (48:37):
I've never seen so many X and Z names.

We're getting all the N's and the L's, yeah.

Jay Franze (48:41):
And Y's Yusuf is a Y , so I'll go with that.
Victor was the V we're good.
We're doing the back end of thealphabet tonight.
Perfect Zelda says Ronnie Dunnand Reba McIntyre.

That's the one I said.

Jay Franze (48:57):
Agreed.
That's not what you said.

I said Brooks and Dunn, but clearly it was Ronnie
Dunn.

Jay Franze (49:03):
Alright, jason, jason Sircone.
I'll use his last name becausehe's been a guest before, but he
says if it's the bestcollaboration, it would have to
be me and you.
Okay, I'll take that.

Why not?
I feel like you and I are thebest collab Jay.

Jay Franze (49:19):
That's what I'm saying.
Jason disagrees with you,though.
All right starting thecountdown.
Here's what Number 20?
.

We're starting with number 20.
It's Jelly Roll with Heart ofStone.

Jay Franze (49:34):
I don't know if number 20 deserves a drum roll.

No, but it was Jelly Roll, so it still feels
appropriate.

Jay Franze (49:41):
Good for you, Jelly Roll.
That man's name is everywhereright now.

Everywhere he's doing a great job.
He's got a great PR firm.
I mean the name is out there.

Jay Franze (49:51):
There you go, I'll take it?

Yes, all right.
Then we have number 19, jacksonDean, with heaven to Betsy,
heavens to Betsy.
I did hear this song.
I don't remember loving it, butI know it is popular right now.
Have you heard it?
I have not, I'm sure I have Ijust, I just remembered the DJs
making a big deal out of heavensto Betsy and they told like
where it came from and I didn'tlike the story.

(50:15):
So now I don't like the songbecause they ruined it by
telling the story.
So all right, number 18,.
We have Jordan Davis with barnone.
There you go, and number 17.

Jay Franze (50:26):
I'm so excited.
Sorry, jordan, bye, bar none.

Bar none.
I don't know the song.
I don't have anything to sayabout it.
Do you know the song?

Jay Franze (50:38):
okay, I've heard the song, yes, but I just wonder
why you just blew right by it.

I was like wow because I'm too excited about 17
okay, go to 17 I told you aboutthe song bottle rockets yes,
you did I really wanted to usethem as one of the
collaborations because I justthink it's so why didn't you?

Jay Franze (50:55):
that was a good clap , it't have won but it was still
really good.

Yeah, I don't know, but anyways.
So I was just excited to get to17.

Jay Franze (51:03):
Scotty McCreary.

Scotty McCreary and Hootie and the Blowfish.

Jay Franze (51:07):
Underrated vocalist for sure.

Underrated.
I don't think people Rightthere with Daughtry.

Jay Franze (51:13):
His name doesn't Well Daughtry, his name doesn't
well Daughtry's amazing.
But Scotty's got a ScottyMcCurry's good, he's got an
amazing country voice for sure.

He sure does, and nice and deep.

Jay Franze (51:23):
Yeah, I mean he's got that.
You know, george Straitfieldtone to me.

Mm-hmm.
Oh, yes, 100%.
Yeah, I never made thatcorrelation, but yeah.

Jay Franze (51:31):
Absolutely.

Okay, you may be excited about 16.
It's Mr Eric Church with Handsof Time, I do like Eric Church.
I know.

Jay Franze (51:41):
I think part of that is because he was just such a
nice guy.
Yeah, I mean such a nice guy.
But I like that alt countrystyle, that bucking the system.

I like that Sticking it to the man.

Jay Franze (51:55):
I like the buckers.

Who did we report that was saying F you to the
machine.

Jay Franze (52:00):
Yes, yes, I don't remember, but yes.

All right, number 15, john Party, friday Night
Heartbreaker.

Jay Franze (52:08):
All right.

I like John Party .
I've seen him in person acouple times.
Russell Dickerson Happen to Me.

Jay Franze (52:14):
Okay.

I love when a song has just a little segment
like that.
I love it when it's just alittle section and your mind is
left to the imagination untilyou hear the song like what's it
about?
Anyways, I like that song,though Happens to Me.
And number 13, shaboozy withGood News.

Jay Franze (52:32):
Shaboozy's, another one that's been on the charts
forever, yeah.
I mean good for you.

Shibuzy is another one that's been on the
charts forever.

Yeah, yeah.

Jay Franze (52:37):
Good for you.

I'm kind of surprised this song isn't higher
.

Jay Franze (52:43):
It's hard to top that song, bar song.

It's true.
It's true it's a good song.
It's a good song, but I justfeel like everybody can relate
to this.
You know where he starts outsaying it's been a really tough
year.
He's like all I need is somereally good news.
There's a little good news.
I always say, really, it's alittle good news.
All I all I really need is alittle good news.
Okay, bailey zimmerman atnumber 12 backup plan.

(53:07):
I like that song I wish we hadgone to bailey zimmerman last
summer in jack's beach.
He was here performing freeconcert.

Jay Franze (53:15):
What's the lyric to that?
The only backup plan you needis to get back up.

Oh man, I love when the words are like that.
You know that Josh Ross songsingle.
Again it says when you're allover him, I hope you're all over
me.
I love when the words are likedual meaning.
You know throughout the lyrics.
That's so cool.

Jay Franze (53:36):
That's cool.
I made a connection when theysaid backup plan, the only one
you need is just get back up.

Get back up.
Yeah, that's awesome Kind ofthe way I live life.
Okay, I'm going to check it out.
Yeah, me too.

Jay Franze (53:47):
Who needs a backup plan?

Just got to get back up.
That's the plan you need.
All right, mr Thomas Rhett.
In spot number 11, after All,the Bars Are Closed.
I do not believe I've heardthis song.

Jay Franze (54:00):
I have not, but I went to a wedding with him.

Fun fact, I've got nothing else to that story.

Jay Franze (54:05):
I mean he was a nice guy, but I've got literally
nothing else to that story, Justthat I went to a wedding with
him.

I appreciate you sharing that.

Jay Franze (54:13):
Okay, I could tell you more about the venue.
The venue was beautiful.
It was in the hills ofTennessee, ooh.

I bet it was.
It was on a little lake and thevenue itself was just beautiful
.

Jay Franze (54:27):
Okay, it had a barn and then it had an outdoor area
that was very wooden.
So the ceremony took placeunder the canopy outside nice,
and then the reception wasinside in the barn.

It's beautiful but he was there, was there,
yeah, perfect I don't rememberanything.
This next one in number 10 hascaptured my heart and I want so
badly to hate it, but Iabsolutely love it.
And I don't know why I want tohate it, but I absolutely love
it.
And I don't know why I want tohate it, but I do love it.
It's Kane Brown backseat driver.

Jay Franze (55:00):
Are you a backseat driver?

I definitely used to be.
My husband would say I still amLord.
If he only knew I have tried toteach myself so hard to shut my
mouth and focus on anything buthis driving, focus on a song,
put some lip gloss on, look atthe trees, the other cars, talk
to somebody in the car, anythingbut that, because he does get

(55:25):
offended a lot.
Sometimes I just ask questionslike why did you turn here?
Because I'm just like socurious, why did you turn there
and not like where I normallyturn.
Maybe there's something heknows that I don't know.
But he's always like, oh mygosh, why can't I just turn here
?
I'm like wait, you can.
I'm just, I just didn't know.
If you know something I don'tknow my wife doesn't want to
learn.

Jay Franze (55:43):
She says you know why'd you turn here?
Because she's saying you didn'tturn where I wanted you to do
you ever see the tiktok, wherethe guy's driving and the
woman's yelling and likefreaking out, she's throwing her
hands up like they're about toget in an accident and he slams
on the brakes and then thecamera pans and it shows a car
stopped at a stop sign, like 20feet ahead.
No, I mean, that's my wife forsure.

Anyway, sorry, no , my husband thinks that I am,
but I'm not.
Actually it's not what hethinks I'm saying.
So, whatever, it's fine, but itwas funny because I had the
tune stuck in my head Daddy, canyou please turn up the radio?
And so I had already gotten inbed, but Hannah was up with a
friend and so I purposely gotout of bed to tell Hannah this.

(56:27):
But I was thinking, hannah, canyou please turn down the
thermostat, because we drop ourthermostat every night and it's
not programmed.
And I know you can program itand we haven't programmed it.
But anyways, but that was justkind of funny.
So now, every time I hear thatsong, I think of that, but I
also think of, like you know,he's pointing out how she just
sees the world so differentlythan him and how she asks one

(56:49):
question and then anotherquestion.
Another question comes, but Idon't like that.
He says mickey d because itmakes me think of the other song
said I've been watching you,dad, ain't that cool.
I'm your buckaroo, I want to belike you.
And he's talking about how hisfour-year-old said a four-letter
word and his Mickey D drinkgoes flying in his lap right and

(57:09):
I'm like, oh, you both usedMickey D Use a different
restaurant, just for sake ofdifference.

Jay Franze (57:15):
HVAC instructions to Tiffany at jfranzycom.

No, Hannah's got it.
Hannah, can you please turndown the thermostat.
Sad, Okay, number nine LukeBryan Country song came on.

Jay Franze (57:33):
I've said it before I like Luke Bryan.

I've said it before I like Luke Bryant too.

Jay Franze (57:39):
You drive me insane.

I did that just for you.
I know you did Okay.
Number eight Numero ocho TylerHopper.

Jay Franze (57:48):
What number is that?

What's that?

Jay Franze (57:51):

Numero ocho Eight for my English speaking
listeners.

Jay Franze (57:56):
I'm sorry, no Crew members.
It's my favorite number.
Oh sorry, crew members whatnumber is that?

It's my favorite number.
Oh sorry, Jay, Sorry.
Okay, Jay's favorite numbereight Tyler Hubbard with the
song Park.

Jay Franze (58:11):
All right.

Okay, number seven Nate Smith, fix what you
Didn't Break.
There used to be a guy in mynetworking group and he was a
little bit older, so he wastrying to find his shtick, you
know, in the networking realmand he would say I will fix what
your nephew broke.
And it makes me think of, likeyou know, dudes trying to fix

(58:34):
things and then they have tohire the handyman to come fix
what they're asking for.

Jay Franze (58:37):
You take it apart, can't get it back together.
That's me.
If handyman to come fix otherpeople's parts, I can't get it
back together.
That's me.
If I take something apart, it'snot going back together.
I've got the leftover piecesand I'll save them forever.
But I'll have the leftoverpieces.
That's a good song too, and Ilike the fact there's something
about saying you fixed what youdidn't break, so I don't know.
I like that, it's a goodmessage.

I think it's a Brett Young song.
Stop telling the truth aboutyou If you stop telling lies
about me.

Jay Franze (59:03):
Nice, yes, something to that effect.

Number six, mr Riley Green, worst Way.
Number five, josh Ross.
It's a tongue twister.
Single again, for whateverreason.

Tony Scott (59:18):
It is Josh Ross.
You gotta's a tongue twister.
Single again, the song I justtalked about, josh.

Ross, it is.
Yeah, it's really.
You've got to think before yousay it.
I referenced it on anotherepisode, but I just love when he
says the Tennessee or theNashville zip code and he's like
you can still hit up my 615.
Yeah, I love that.

Jay Franze (59:36):
Yeah, he's another guy who's super nice, super
friendly.

I have a picture with him.
Yeah, we discussed that.
I met him for one hot second.

Jay Franze (59:46):
And I like the people he chooses, Like he was
on the road with Nickelback.
Yeah, yeah, and that's notreally a combination, I would
think, but it worked.

Yeah, I could see that being a combination.
I have a better visionary sensefor that stuff, Jeffy.
Yeah, yeah, you do Okay, numberfour, mr Sam Hunt, with Country
House.
That was a song that I made youcheck out and I just love the
imagery he's, you know, drivinghis little lawnmower with his

(01:00:16):
shirt off, around a little freshbean patch and he's chopping
wood and I don't know, like hejust wants to be in love with
this woman on this, you know,country house, and it just makes
me think my childhood home andgood memories, and I am
constantly torn between, likethis redneck side of me, you
know, and then there's thisother piece of me that's like

(01:00:40):
more reserved and like I wastelling my wife the other day I
want to be a redneck, so bad Iknow I kind of do.
I get very torn between both ofthose worlds because I grew up
redneck for sure I'm city and mywife and her family is
definitely rednecks.

Jay Franze (01:00:55):
They would tell you they're rednecks yeah, but she
says rednecks.
They would tell you they'rerednecks yeah, but she says
rednecks, just know how to havefun.

Tiffany Mason (01:01:01):
That's right.

When their workday is over, they play just as hard
as they were Work hard, playhard.

Yeah, mm-hmm, it's very true, it's very true.
And let me tell you what my dadworked, really freaking hard.
There you go, okay, okay, thereyou go, okay.
Number three Ella Langley withWeren't for the Wind.

Okay, weren't for the Wind.
Can we go back to four for aminute?

Okay.

Four, when you were describing the song to me, that
reminded me of my wife'sgrandfather, Because whenever
we'd go to his house he'd be out.
I mean, he was 90-somethingyears old, 91 years old oh wow,
and he's out working the farm.

It goes to show, though I mean, our little pansy
lives now, Whereas those peoplehad to work hard.

Yeah, and he was doing it by choice.
91 years old, you don't have tobe working the farm.
Yeah, but he insisted onkeeping his farm and he worked
it.

Good for him.
Yeah, I love that.

He was an impressive man and a very tall man mm-hmm,
he's a few dollars all farmerboy yeah, and we know you are
very tall.
Seven to alright, six footsorry all right, ella Langley,
weren't for the wind.

Yeah, it weren't for the Wind.
Yep, weren't for the wind.
Sorry, it just came to me.
I was trying to think of whatthe song was.
Okay, number two this hasrecently become like really a
big Hannah and I sang this songprobably five times today alone.
Morgan Wallen, just in Case.
I really like this song he'stalking about.

(01:02:40):
He's hung up on this girl andwhen he falls in love he never
says those three words and healways leaves a little space
just in case.

Yeah, yeah, okay, I listened to that song today.
As a matter of fact, oh yeah, Inoticed the country station
here in town plays the same tensongs over and over and over
again so I could tune into thatstation and hear these songs.
So that's one of the songsthat's being rotated right now.

Yes, I know it's nice to do radio, because then
you hear like what's latest,greatest, whatever.
But part of me feels likethat's also what's been paid to
be put out.
You know the political side ofit.
And then it also getsoverplayed and then it's like,
oh man, I liked it until I heardit every five seconds, right,

(01:03:28):
you know like Fancy, like yeah,I'm fancy, like apple bees on a
late night.
Yeah, I still like the song,though.

I know.
I do still like that one, thatis not a song that I would like,
but for whatever reason, I likeit.

Well, that's pretty clever.

That was a big TikTok song for a long time too.

Oh yeah, oh yeah.
I knew the TikTok dance of thetime too.
I was pretty proud of myself.

Nice.

Walker Hayes.

My daughters were big on doing that and stuff.

Oh yeah, hannah too.
All right, do Hayes?
My daughters were big on doingthat and stuff.
Oh yeah, hannah too.
Alright, do you have thedrumroll button, jay, okay.

Tell me when you're ready.

Number one is Corey Kent, with this Heart.

Such a big pause in there.
I thought you were going to dosomething else.
Corey Kent, congratulations.
Two buttons.

MacKenzie Leigh (01:04:27):
I am proud of you.
Who's your daddy?

Oh shit, call back the last week if you don't know.
Anyways, yeah.

Oh, I know.

I know you do.

I know you do what you wear.

know I know you do I know you do, I know you do.
Cory kent all right, I don'tknow much about him.
Didn't go to a wedding with himme neither he's too new he's
too new can't argue with beingnumber one on the charts.
But, joanne, good for you,congratulations.

Also, who is it?

See you at the next wedding.
Alright, let's move on.
Let's do a little artistspotlight here.
Zane Williams.
We talked about Zane Williamslast week and I wanted to just
dive a little deeper into him,because not only do you not know
him, but there's a good chance,a lot of other people don't
know him as well.
So he is from the Texas area,he's another Texas

(01:05:26):
singer-songwriter, but when Ifirst met him it was a while
back and his music was verysimple.
At the time it was just him anda guitar and he was singing
these songs.
Especially being in Nashville,you hear a lot of people doing
acoustic vocal songs, justsitting there with a guitar and
singing, yeah, but they allstart to sound the same after a

(01:05:47):
while.
You hear the same guitar, vocal, guitar, vocal, guitar, vocal.
But Zane had a way of makingthe guitar sound different and
it was captivating, making theguitar sound different and it
was captivating.
You'd sit there and watch himbecause he's an impressive
guitar player and then his vocalwas very impressive as well,
and we talk about storytelling alot.

(01:06:08):
He has his way of telling astory.
So his earlier records werevery guitar vocal storytelling
records.
But he's got one out right now,the Hands of a Working man,
which is a little bit moreproduced and I like it.
You know I like it a lot.
It's a very good soundingrecord.

(01:06:30):
It's one of those you know moreof that raspier type, sound and
grittier as we talk about, andit has a story behind it, like
you, like I do like.
But what I found impressive washe produced it himself.

Oh wow, that is impressive.

Good for you, Zane.

MacKenzie Leigh (01:06:49):
Yeah.

Very good Now he worked with.
Luke Wooten was the engineer,so that's good, and there was
others.
Tom Faulkner was also anengineer.
He was the mixing engineer, sozane didn't partake in that,
which to me.
He was giving the instructionsto what the musicians were

(01:07:12):
performing and he was relying onthe engineers to translate
those instructions.
Capture that recording.

Yeah.
So, it's very cool.
I did have a deep appreciationfor the lyrics, absolutely, and
what I liked about it, or how Iknew I liked it, is I played it
and I was doing something else,right, like I wanted to get like
a feel for the sound and then Iwas going to dig into the
lyrics.

(01:07:41):
So I had it just kind ofplaying and it played like three
or four times and by like thethird or fourth time I was able
to sing along with a couple ofparts which I'm a big sing along
fan, because I like the lyricsand I like the story and I want
to portray it myself.
But I also I know that I like asong if it can play multiple
times in a row and I'm not likeugh, shut this off.

(01:08:02):
It had a great sound to me,great storyline.
I agree with the grit.
It had a little bit heavierguitar, which I know are edgier
guitar, and so I thought it wasgreat.

Yeah, it had that melodic.
What do we say familiarity toit that?
It had a good melody that waseasy to sing along to but wasn't
too predictable.
So, I did like that and it hadthat old-timey feel to it.
I think he has an old-timeyartist feel to me as well.

(01:08:35):
When I even looking at him, helooks like an old-time
singer-songwriter.

I didn't look up his face.

You should.

I was focused on the music, jay, I still imagery
cloud your opinions.

But yeah, so his, his music.
I think it had um an emotionalfeel to it, a little bit of
romance.

Yes, I would agree with that.

I won't say it was lovely.
Because, who says that Only mypoor friend.

Janelle.

But it was emotional for sure.

Yeah, I liked it.
Yeah, I thought it was great.
I would listen to it many timesmore.

You okay over there.

He was born in the same year.
My sister was.

What year was that?

77.
Same year, my okay over there.
He was born the same year.

My sister was what year was that?
77.
Same year my wife was 76, Ithink.
I also think that zane, um,he's kind of like zach top, zach
tops, bringing back like 90sstyle zane is bringing back,
like the original country styleI would agree with that, and
you're right.

in his images, he definitely has that image too.
He's even got a stoic picturehe's not smiling.

Isn't that the best type of photo?
No, I say that because she gaveme a hard time for our photo
together where I'm not.

But that one's not stoic.
I know you're smiling, butpeople who don't know you don't
know you're smiling, they thinkyou're being stoic.
Yeah, smiling, but people whodon't know you don't know you're
smiling, they think you'rebeing stoic, yeah, but hey, I
see your smile.

No, no, I saw you smile before.
I don't know if you have.
I don't know all right so zanewilliams.
If you haven't had a chance tocheck him out, I would highly
recommend checking him out.
He is touring right now.
He's in Texas, his home state.

I wonder if he'll be popping up in any of the
benefits that are going to beput on.

That I don't know.
That's actually a very goodquestion.

I'm sure a lot of artists are trying to get in on
that for exposure, but also fora great cause.
Be part of the solution.

Yeah, I would hope that people are doing it for the
right reasons.
Absolutely.

Oh yeah, I think, so too, I agree.

But, yes, do not miss the opportunity to see him.
Kenny, he's near you.

Oh yeah.

What else you got going on, my friend?

What else you got going on, my friend?
Well, I actually am part of anetworking group and this lady
started a podcast that yourstruly is producing the audio,
and it's called why we Started.
She's interviewingentrepreneurs about why they
started their business and yourstruly was featured.
So I was one of the guests onher podcast.

(01:11:20):
I am going to put it on mywebsite as well, but it called
why we started and you guys cancheck it out.
It's the first episode and it'sall about me, because I'm sure
you guys are like, oh my gosh,she's amazing.
That's right.
That's what people are thinkinglike wait, I can hear her more.
Yes, you can.
And then I think I'm going tomake a trip to Iowa for the Iowa

(01:11:45):
State Fair.

Did you not invite me?

No, no, I did not .
My family's there.

I'm going to see my family.
Can I not see your family?

I'd like to start dating your mom.
You can if you want.
I don't think her husband wouldlike it, but she does like your
bedroom voice.

And what is she wearing?

Probably a t-shirt, some shorts.
It's not new.
I got her some orthopedicflip-flops Now you're selling it
, she just had knee replacements.

You're selling it now, Sorry.

Mom, I love you Mom.
Yeah, so I'm going to go checkout the Iowa State Fair.
I don't know if you've everbeen.
You guys, these are epic fairs.
I have to imagine it's like theTexas State Fair, but you guys,
these are amazing fairs.

It's bigger in.

Texas.
Yeah Well, we went to the fairsin, like other states, and
we're like, wait, this, this istheir fair.
Like we're so confused becausethey do it awesome.
So Iowa has a grand, thegrandstand, and if I had to call
it something I'd call it asmall venue.
So you know, like every seat isgood.
And I was like, hey, we'rethinking about coming, we'd like

(01:12:58):
to do the Iowa State Fair andyou know, my boy, forrest Frank,
is going to be there, and so Iwas really wanting to see
Forrest Frank.
Oddly enough, the Christianartist tickets were more
expensive than the countryartist tickets.
I was like, what is happeninghere?
Forrest Frank definitely has aunique style.
He kind of, I guess he kind ofraps or I don't know.

(01:13:20):
They're insanely upbeat,they're really fun to sing to
and they kind of have a rapcomponent to them, like a gentle
rap or something I don't knowEasy listening rap.
So I do love that he isperforming.
And then my sister was like, oh,I think Megan Maroney's the
next night and Hannah's beendying to see Megan.
Oh yeah.
And when I called my sister tosay hey, we might be coming, she
was like, oh, I think meganmaroney's the next night and
hannah's been dying to see megan, oh yeah.

(01:13:40):
And when I called my sister tosay hey, we might be coming, she
was like, okay, well, I won'tbe there thursday night because
we're going to jesse murph.
I'm like you've got to bekidding me.
I wish I had more money in mybank right now so I could take
hannah to jesse murph, forestfrank and megan maroney, but
that would be a blockbusterweekend that would cost me a
pretty penny.

That's what happens when you have a yacht.
I know.

All your money goes to the yacht.
It's expensive to maintain.
That's right.

Well, last week we talked about our conversation
with the band Gradients.
Yes, that was released thisweek, so if you want to check it
out, please do Gradients, butit was definitely a fun
interview.
They were cool people to talkto.
And then the other thing I'mexcited about my friend is I
heard from miss rocky rose.

We mentioned her earlier in the show yes she is
coming to town with miss cindylopper I know, I say it like
that because I'm bummed, I'mmissing it.

Not my fault.

I know, I know.

But I'm going to go enjoy some Cyndi Lauper.
Yes, I'm going to see my goodfriend Miss Rocky Rose.

Rocky Rose.
Oh, that's so awesome.

I mentioned, she was a Berkeley student that went on
to the London Conservatory.
When she was at Berkeley that'swhen I met her I got a chance
to produce her first album.
She actually wrote a solo albumbefore she went to work with
all these other artists, so Ihad a chance to go in the studio
and record that album with her.
That's pretty cool.
It's very cool.

(01:15:13):
She was also on the show.

I get emotionally overwhelmed with cool
experiences and music veryeasily and I feel like if I
watch somebody record theirmusic, I feel like it would be
so moving, I think I would cry,I think I would Like just to be
immersed in like all of thestuff you know like.

(01:15:40):
Just so cool.
I just can't even imagine.

There's been times.
You know you get emotionalsometimes when you see some
extreme talent in a room, whenyou see, people that are just
beyond compare.
You know, you see these peopleperform, you're like wow.
But when you see people perform, it's like that wow factor.
But then there's also like awriter who writes this killer
emotional song and you're likewow.
But when you see people perform, it's like that wow factor.
But then there's also like awriter who writes this killer
emotional song, Lee Bryce, whenwe were in the studio and he did

(01:16:08):
, I Drive your Truck.
Oh, forget about it, oh man,dear God, if you weren't
shedding a tear in that roomthat day, you're not human.
Yeah, and that one hurt.
That was some of the bestmusicians in the world, greatest
writers All of the pieces cametogether on that one.

Yep, perfect start to get a bunch of guys
crying there you go.

How often is it you get to have guys cry right there
?
You go, either take them toyour daughter's dance
competitions or you go listen toLee Bryce, you know, eh, all
right, my friend, going to landthe plane Any objections?

Nope, I'm ready.
Pilot Jay, Try not to crashthis thing.
Mayday, mayday, mayday.
It's a rough landing.

All right folks.
Well, we have done it.
We have reached the top of thehour, which does mean we have
reached the end of the show.
If you have enjoyed the show,please tell a friend, and if you
have not, miss Tiffany.

Tell two.

You can reach out to both of us over at jayfranze.
com.
As we say, we will keep thisconversation going, or any other
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for your viewing pleasure.
Miss Tiffany, my friend, youhave any final words for us
tonight?

Yes, it's for the crew members.
The best stories come fromthose who don't quit.
We'll meet you back here nextweek.

On that note, folks have a good night.

Tony Scott (01:17:43):
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