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Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, Jeff Stevens here backstage at the Brian Adams
Roll with the Punches tour. Come on, it's Brian Adams,
Ladies and gentlemen. Good to see you man, sitting here
on the couch. You're just kind of chilling out. I
will tell you. There were probably five hundred people in
line for your merch out there.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
So that's good to do you good to know that.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Yeah, you're you're moving some merch for sure. So all right,
you gotta be feeling great. All right, So I'm I
follow you on Instagram. I love that you're doing. You
do so many cool little things and just kind of
check ins and stuff. But how about Joe Concher the
other night?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Oh no, that was epic. Oh, that was truly epic.
And what's interesting about that, uh, that thing with the induction.
First of all, I worked with Joe. Yeah, I knew Joe,
hung with Joe, and but going back to really early childhood,
like like early teens, I saw the film Mad Dogs
and Englishman, which was the film that sort of launched
(00:54):
Joe after Woodstock. Yeah, and that that changed things for me,
But I didn't actually realize it as much until this
induction and because I suddenly recall sitting in the cinema
and just thinking this is extraordinary. I'm getting a real
(01:14):
bird's eye view of what it's like to be in
a band that stage. And so after I got out
of the you know, the film, I was like, I
really want to put a band together and now so
like it was exciting.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
So that was the That was the moment. I thought
it was so great to hear it because I had
never really heard you tell that story before.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
But I didn't realize it until until this the you know. Yeah,
but it was such an honor to induct Joe because
he was such a great singer. And yeah, but the
whole evening was pretty epic. I mean, you know, Paul
Rodgers had asked me to sit in for Bad Company,
and that's pretty big boots to film.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Oh yeah, that was, I mean, and and by the way,
you've got this whole tour going on, so it's like
I'm going to just go out there and do a
little rock and roll Hall of Fame thing.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, that was. It was tricky because we were playing
Nashville the night before, oh wow.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, and then then then Florida the next.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Day, right exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, Yeah, all right, we're back here with Brian Adams.
First of all, congratulations on another fantastic album, Roll with
the Punches.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Thank you. When I talked to you back.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
In May, it was, you know, you were kind of
setting everything up, just kind of getting ready to launch.
You played our iHeartRadio Music Festival, which was that was
really cool too. But now you've been out there playing
the songs and you know, getting the vibe from the crowd.
I mean, the crowd is huge out there. I mean
it's it's how does it feel now?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
It feels good? And I was talking to my band
earlier afternoon. I was just saying, you know, this is
you know, this is one of the best US tours
we've done. But I don't feel like I'm on tour.
I feel like it's kind of a celebration, you know.
It's interesting. That's how I look at it, Like we're
just celebrating that we got to get to do this. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Well, I told you this when we when we chatted
back in May on Zoom. But I think your voice
actually gets better and better and stronger, not only obviously
on the albums, but but hearing your shows. It's like
the probably the fifteenth time we've seen you live over
the over the years.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Well, thank you, thank you for coming back. I must
have done something right.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I think you did a few things. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Well, you know, if you think about a voice, it's
just a muscle. Yeah. And so my my whole ethos
about work is to keep things mobile. So if you
if you're an athlete and you have to compete, you'd train,
you'd go out and you'd work at it and work
it and work it and get it to the So
(03:31):
my thing is I just keep working and as a result,
I get I keep my voice luckily. Just quickly find
some wood.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Here right here, right there we go. Uh we officially
knocked on wood there. Uh So, how are the how
are the songs? I mean, obviously roll with the punches
and make up your minds. I mean some great, great
new songs. Do you do you Are you getting great
reactions from people when you're playing them?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
I mean, you know, people always are going to be
hesitant when they hear a new song, It's just normal. Yeah.
But I think we win them over every night.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Yeah, oh, no question, no question. And we've seen so
many different tours over the years.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
I'm often reminded of when I first started that, I
didn't have any success with songs, and it took going
out and playing them to introduce people to the music.
So if you take that principle and apply it to today,
it's the same thing, playing live and playing new music.
How else are people going to hear it if they're
not playing it on the radio.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, that's a very very good point. I remember the
first time I heard the Best was Yet to Come
was on your Reckless tour, you know, a year or
two later after you did it, when you were performing
it live, and I'm like, so, there you go, there's
the song right there?
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Song come?
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, where did this song? I had no idea of
it before that. So that's a great example. What I
just got to be hard. I'm obviously, with the exception
of Summer sixty nine, what from your catalog is it
that you just you look forward to the most when
you get ready to play the show? I mean, that's
got to be hard to decide, But I ask.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
That question a lot, and yeah, the answer is I
look down on my set list and I think, wow,
I'm sure glad I have all these songs. Yeah, you know,
and it's you know, coming up this is seventeenth album
I put out. Yeah, there's so much music to choose from. Yeah,
and so I just play these songs I can remember.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
That's a good way to do it. Which ones do
I remember? Well, I would have to think. I mean,
you've got dozens and dozens of not just singles, but
hit records. And it was way beyond the eighties because
you have one of the most iconic songs or several
of the most iconic songs of the eighties, but then
also in the nineties obviously with everything I do and
can't stop this thing we started and please forgive me,
(05:33):
and I mean just the list just goes on and
off there. There's there's a few I didn't even know
how you put a set list together.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Well, we choose all the songs people know and love's Yeah,
that's what it comes down to.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Okay, all right, well I guess that would be do
you ever just do you ever just quarterback something and
throw something in?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Of course?
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, We've got a thing at the beginning of the
show where people can recommend songs. Yeah, and so if
they get enough recommendations, we'll play it.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Okay, you know, very nice.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Is there anything you want to hear tonight US as
yet to come? Well do you really? Yeah? Okay, we'll
see if I can squeeze it in.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh, that would be that would be epic.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I'm going to add Heat of the Night tonight. No oh.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
The Into the Fire album has got to be one
of your most underappreciated albums. Thanks, I mean start to finish.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Thank you. I might. I'm going to add that in tonight.
In fact, I am adding it in tonight.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Excellent. Oh that and we were here, we got the breaking.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
News, breaking news. Baby.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Uh, let's see what else we need. Hey, honey, I'm
packing you in. Okay, I mean house arrest, I mean
we'll we'll go, We'll go. B sides all night. Brian,
thank you so much for spending time here, man. Thanks,
thank you, thank you for keep doing what you're doing too.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
It's all right.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
That means you're going for a long time. Roll the punches, baby,
Brian Adams
All right, Jeff Stevens here backstage at the Brian Adams
Roll with the Punches tour. Come on, it's Brian Adams,
Ladies and gentlemen. Good to see you man, sitting here
on the couch. You're just kind of chilling out. I
will tell you. There were probably five hundred people in
line for your merch out there.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
So that's good to do you good to know that.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Yeah, you're you're moving some merch for sure. So all right,
you gotta be feeling great. All right, So I'm I
follow you on Instagram. I love that you're doing. You
do so many cool little things and just kind of
check ins and stuff. But how about Joe Concher the
other night?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Oh no, that was epic. Oh, that was truly epic.
And what's interesting about that, uh, that thing with the induction.
First of all, I worked with Joe. Yeah, I knew Joe,
hung with Joe, and but going back to really early childhood,
like like early teens, I saw the film Mad Dogs
and Englishman, which was the film that sort of launched
(00:54):
Joe after Woodstock. Yeah, and that that changed things for me,
But I didn't actually realize it as much until this
induction and because I suddenly recall sitting in the cinema
and just thinking this is extraordinary. I'm getting a real
(01:14):
bird's eye view of what it's like to be in
a band that stage. And so after I got out
of the you know, the film, I was like, I
really want to put a band together and now so
like it was exciting.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
So that was the That was the moment. I thought
it was so great to hear it because I had
never really heard you tell that story before.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
But I didn't realize it until until this the you know. Yeah,
but it was such an honor to induct Joe because
he was such a great singer. And yeah, but the
whole evening was pretty epic. I mean, you know, Paul
Rodgers had asked me to sit in for Bad Company,
and that's pretty big boots to film.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Oh yeah, that was, I mean, and and by the way,
you've got this whole tour going on, so it's like
I'm going to just go out there and do a
little rock and roll Hall of Fame thing.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, that was. It was tricky because we were playing
Nashville the night before, oh wow.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, and then then then Florida the next.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Day, right exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, Yeah, all right, we're back here with Brian Adams.
First of all, congratulations on another fantastic album, Roll with
the Punches.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Thank you. When I talked to you back.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
In May, it was, you know, you were kind of
setting everything up, just kind of getting ready to launch.
You played our iHeartRadio Music Festival, which was that was
really cool too. But now you've been out there playing
the songs and you know, getting the vibe from the crowd.
I mean, the crowd is huge out there. I mean
it's it's how does it feel now?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
It feels good? And I was talking to my band
earlier afternoon. I was just saying, you know, this is
you know, this is one of the best US tours
we've done. But I don't feel like I'm on tour.
I feel like it's kind of a celebration, you know.
It's interesting. That's how I look at it, Like we're
just celebrating that we got to get to do this. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Well, I told you this when we when we chatted
back in May on Zoom. But I think your voice
actually gets better and better and stronger, not only obviously
on the albums, but but hearing your shows. It's like
the probably the fifteenth time we've seen you live over
the over the years.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Well, thank you, thank you for coming back. I must
have done something right.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I think you did a few things. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Well, you know, if you think about a voice, it's
just a muscle. Yeah. And so my my whole ethos
about work is to keep things mobile. So if you
if you're an athlete and you have to compete, you'd train,
you'd go out and you'd work at it and work
it and work it and get it to the So
(03:31):
my thing is I just keep working and as a result,
I get I keep my voice luckily. Just quickly find
some wood.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Here right here, right there we go. Uh we officially
knocked on wood there. Uh So, how are the how
are the songs? I mean, obviously roll with the punches
and make up your minds. I mean some great, great
new songs. Do you do you Are you getting great
reactions from people when you're playing them?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
I mean, you know, people always are going to be
hesitant when they hear a new song, It's just normal. Yeah.
But I think we win them over every night.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Yeah, oh, no question, no question. And we've seen so
many different tours over the years.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
I'm often reminded of when I first started that, I
didn't have any success with songs, and it took going
out and playing them to introduce people to the music.
So if you take that principle and apply it to today,
it's the same thing, playing live and playing new music.
How else are people going to hear it if they're
not playing it on the radio.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, that's a very very good point. I remember the
first time I heard the Best was Yet to Come
was on your Reckless tour, you know, a year or
two later after you did it, when you were performing
it live, and I'm like, so, there you go, there's
the song right there?
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Song come?
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, where did this song? I had no idea of
it before that. So that's a great example. What I
just got to be hard. I'm obviously, with the exception
of Summer sixty nine, what from your catalog is it
that you just you look forward to the most when
you get ready to play the show? I mean, that's
got to be hard to decide, But I ask.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
That question a lot, and yeah, the answer is I
look down on my set list and I think, wow,
I'm sure glad I have all these songs. Yeah, you know,
and it's you know, coming up this is seventeenth album
I put out. Yeah, there's so much music to choose from. Yeah,
and so I just play these songs I can remember.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
That's a good way to do it. Which ones do
I remember? Well, I would have to think. I mean,
you've got dozens and dozens of not just singles, but
hit records. And it was way beyond the eighties because
you have one of the most iconic songs or several
of the most iconic songs of the eighties, but then
also in the nineties obviously with everything I do and
can't stop this thing we started and please forgive me,
(05:33):
and I mean just the list just goes on and
off there. There's there's a few I didn't even know
how you put a set list together.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Well, we choose all the songs people know and love's Yeah,
that's what it comes down to.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Okay, all right, well I guess that would be do
you ever just do you ever just quarterback something and
throw something in?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Of course?
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, We've got a thing at the beginning of the
show where people can recommend songs. Yeah, and so if
they get enough recommendations, we'll play it.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Okay, you know, very nice.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Is there anything you want to hear tonight US as
yet to come? Well do you really? Yeah? Okay, we'll
see if I can squeeze it in.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh, that would be that would be epic.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I'm going to add Heat of the Night tonight. No oh.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
The Into the Fire album has got to be one
of your most underappreciated albums. Thanks, I mean start to finish.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Thank you. I might. I'm going to add that in tonight.
In fact, I am adding it in tonight.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Excellent. Oh that and we were here, we got the breaking.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
News, breaking news. Baby.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Uh, let's see what else we need. Hey, honey, I'm
packing you in. Okay, I mean house arrest, I mean
we'll we'll go, We'll go. B sides all night. Brian,
thank you so much for spending time here, man. Thanks,
thank you, thank you for keep doing what you're doing too.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
It's all right.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
That means you're going for a long time. Roll the punches, baby,
Brian Adams
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