E065 Talk with Teddy - Recording Artist Jeffery Anderson

Singer songwriter Jeff Anderson, joins us for a 90 min conversation about being an up and coming touring recording Artist. Great Guy. I enjoyed chatting with him.

Episode Transcript

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Standard Time, only on wlf dBRadio Network. All right, everybody,
welcome to the show. As Ijust dropped my my hat, my other

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hat, so because I wasn't surewhat I was gonna wear tonight. You
know, you know, when you'rea beautiful as I am, you're not
sure what you're gonna wear. Right, Just joking, h fun, fun,
fun, all right, guys,So tonight it's gonna be a kind
of a really cool show. UM. I have a gentleman here, M

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Jeffrey Anderson. He will be showingup here momentarily and he is a singer
songwriter. M. He did goto Nashville to try and make it pick
out there and he found that hehad to move and go somewhere else to
get where he wanted to be.So we're gonna talk with him a little
bit here and I'll find out whathis story is. And you know,

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I've been talking lately, you know, with everybody that uh about the new
Godzilla movie, and there are updatescoming all the time, and I really
hope, um, you guys arepaying attention to those. Um, it's
just gonna be an awesome movie.Um, it's just amazing what they're coming
out with. Wells up, misterTom, Natalie, So, I hope

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the park was good. Um,I want to say hi to you.
Uh. Oh, we gotta uphere. Uh seeing Kathy de Graw,
Vanessa Hurst, Mike Oh, MickHatton. I'm gonna move this a little
closer so I can see it.Renee Phillips, Mike Clark, Angel,
Hello Angel, Um, Chris gotan invite hopefully you did to to a
couple of things. Uh. Tina'sbirthday on the fifteenth. I know she

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would love to have you there,Uh, Nicole and Gregory Meyers. So,
um, welcome to talk with Teddy. No talk about Godzilla really?
No? Okay, Tom bite me. Um. Yeah, so you know
it's just come on, look behindme, you know, UM, love

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it, just love it. There'snothing like um Godzilla talk. And Nick
will tell you that when he popsonto Um, it seems like a little
things are slow tonight. I'm actuallyback in my own studio, which is
great because the past couple of shows. Um, I had nothing but problems.

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Um cool, I'll get to watchthe video later. Hold on one
minute, guys, Yeah, Jeff, all right, what's up? Yeah,

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that doesn't work. It has togo through that system or nobody's gonna
be able to see you. Yeah. So if you just follow the link
and you know, just are youon a phone? Is that why?
Well that's fine. I mean youshould still be able to I mean,
we haven't had any issues in thepast. So but if you click it,

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yeah, well, I know onthe top of that page, it's
like a white page that comes inand it tells you to follow pick the
top link, and that white pagethat shows up. I don't know how
to explain it to you, butto get to it, and probably I
just know that when you go toaccept that, this white page comes up

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and you have to pick the firstthe first slot. So all right,
let's hopefully fingers across man. Allright. So um, that was Jeff,
and um, he's gonna try andget back on. Um. He

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was having a problem getting on withstream yard. So he is coming,
folks, So, um, don'tworry, he's a coming. Um,
let's see here, let's get backover here. Um yeah, I'll definitely
look into your video. Um,Tom, when I get the opportunity here
in a little bit. Maybe you'llbe around after we get off here.

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Uh, follow the yellow brick road, exactly, Follow the yellow brick road.
Follaaa, follow the yellow brick road. My favorite thing about that movie
was, Um, we represent LollipopGuild, the Lollipop Guild. Sorry,
I guess um, I'm just alittle weird. That's all right. So

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we have to watch party started overon my page. And um, I'm
really looking forward to um this interviewwith Jeff tonight. Hopefully he can get
it figured out. It should bea lot of fun. Hey, hey,
Hey, what up, Kathy.So some of y'all are getting some
invites in your emails or Facebook messengertoo for me about the Ireland trip.

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I'm looking to get y'all to come. Man, also expect those little invites.
I got a damn tickle on mythroat now, sorry about that,
so I'm not sure why it's havingsuch a hard time. Hopefully he will

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pick it up Hello, Richard Storms. I love the last name, brother,
I love the last name. SoI for you guys, things have
been pretty cool and pretty crazy atthe same time. For me, here
Saturday Night show is gonna be awesome. We have another fella from the Hill
Blaze into Holler who's gonna be joiningus here? And Biggins and guess who

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we have as a co host?You got it. Red's gonna join us
as a co host. So that'sgonna be great. You're gonna drop a
house on somebody. Let's not dothat. Yes, Tom, we will
do another interview as long as you'rea good boy, you know. So.
Hello snow Bruno. Haven't seen heardfrom you in a while. Thank
you for joining Louis sixteen. Louis, I love the fan. That's pretty

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cool, Sonya my ex sister inlaw love you to death. How are
you? Let's see? God,we're getting quite a few popped in here.
But yes, just real quick,some of you guys are getting that
invite to the Ireland trip. It'sa chance of a lifetime trip. Check
it out. Email the guys orthe girls, I should say, Maria

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and may M. Yes, Tom, I know what's the fun in that?
You know, so while we're waitingfor Jeff to figure out um all
of that, I mean, hemay call back again. We may have
to figure that out another way.I don't know how else to figure that
out with him, unfortunately, HelloMikey Nap. So yeah, So basically,

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um, they have added to thisIreland trip. So there's gonna be
a whole lot more going on,which is gonna be fantastic. So I
really hope you guys think about it. It's you got a whole year to
do this and pay for it,so um, all you need is a
down payment and start making his tomentpayments after that and you're gonna be good
to go. Oh, let's seewhat else is going on? Oh,

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just Saturday. Saturday should be agood time. Now. We are always
looking for what your feedback like,what what you want to see on Talk
with Teddy? What type of guestswho we should be reaching out to?
And I would definitely like that,So start leaving your comments as and what
would you like to see? AndTom be good and you know what I

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mean, so be good and wewill see what happens. We will I'm
going to keep trying here. Anysuggestions that you guys have would be great.
If you know anybody that's guy's specialtalent or singer, songwriter or something
like that you would like to seeon the show, feel free to reach
out to them first and then givethem my contact information if you have a

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specialty. People want to see moredrunk Tom. Some do, some don't.
I love a Kathy's like talk withTeddy hmm, almost anything. Yeah,
Well, you know, I've beenworking on this guy that does those
side shows and these swallows, soresee staples things to his body. I've

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been reaching out to him trying toget him on the show. I do
know that Jade's inside the drag closet. I am going to be doing an
interview with her and her co hostI talk with Teddy here some night soon,
which would be a lot of fun. I really hope he gets that
figured out. Hello, Charles Sanborn. So yeah, I mean it's it's

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gonna be the next couple of weekswith talk with Teddy's gonna be interesting different
things. In fact, I believeTuesday night we're gonna be talking with a
gentleman. His name name is DavidEscu, and he is a paranormal investigator
out of Texas and we're actually friends, so we wanted to come in and

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we just wanted to show you guyssome stuff. And normally we don't do
paranormal on here, so it's moreghost hunting, but we figured we'd commonish.
He's gonna show you a few things, tell you some stories, kind
of chock it up just for oncein a while, you know, bring
something in that we love other thanyou know, the variety stuff. We're
supposed to be variety, So we'regonna bring everything. Hello, Elizabeth,

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maybe Lizzie Dizzy Lizzie as I liketo call her. So I had been
listening to Jeff's a couple of Jeff'ssongs. I got his bio here,
and we can I'd love to beon your show, but I'm not popular

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like others llol. I could schoolpeople on rituals and such. I get
you, all right, tom.So, while he's figuring that, he's
let's see Gina, lots of peoplemessaging me here. Um, yeah,

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I don't know, So let's let'sgo into his bio here and I'll read
that for you real quick. Hisbio says, A better breed of country
musician Jeff Anderson is a better breedof country music. Jeffrey Anderson's bio is
simple here, it says. Intwenty seventeen, he moved from Greenville,
South Carolina, to pursue music inGatlinburg, Tennessee. He quickly established a

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loyal following with his rowdy live set. He felt a traditional country music was
being misrepresented, a misrepresented I can'teven talk to misrepresented, and set out
to fix that problem. Jeff drawshis inspiration from artists like Dwight Yoakam,
Aaron Tippin, or in his tubsfiltered through his all right, hold on

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more in second m hm. Sohe can't um figured out, unfortunately,

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and he I don't think he hasanybody there that can help him with it
for some reason. UM, I'mnot sure what the issue is, to
be honest with you. UM,yeah, it works fine here, So

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I don't know. Um, letme try something here, guys, give
me one moment. Um, Iwant to try something here. Oh there
it is. Damn. I don'tknow what kind of folmen he has.

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Oh my gosh, what do youguys want to talk about? Mhm?
Sorry about this? Fellas and ladies, ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen.
You know, Um, I'm notsure what that. Copy the link,

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open Safari, paste the link andokay, so he could do the same
thing with Google. All right,let's try this. Let's see when get

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him to do it that way andthen maybe that'll work. Um. On
that note, since we're still waiting, let me get back over here.
You guys, I'm sorry about that, Tom Neely. If I've bothered you,

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I'm sorry. Okay, I'm ina weird mood and outside tonight danced
in the garden and gathered things andtipping back some vodka and coke. Well,
good for you, there's awesome.There's nothing like spending a little time
in nature, especially in the dirtwith your feet. And you know the
other thing is a little bit ofalcohol never hurt anyone, you know what

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I mean. That's just the wayit is exactly. So. Oh I
can't do that. Oh baby,godzilla baby. All right, so let's
do this real quick. Hey,guys and dolls, this is Casey Deville,

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the better half of Deville and Baltimore, Maryland. You were listening to
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in you a love, guys.You know it's one of those things.
Um, I'm really looking forward togetting some of Dead City Collective back on
here. Um, maybe do somethingwith some of their other members. Um,

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I haven't rember back from some ofthem. But here's here's this w
lv dB radio. That's right,you are listening to w LFEEDB radio.
You got it. Yeah, Soif Jeffrey can't get this figured out,
I guess we're gonna have to figureout what we're gonna talk about tonight.

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Um, let's do when we conticycany to play, So don't come play
with us then lookid you? Oh, that'll get your nerves on it?

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What about this one? Scious cashouswe um mercy. So it's been kind

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of a weird week. I don'tknow about you, guys, but I've
the energy lately. It's been reallystrange. I've screwed up my phone,
lost my internet. Um, someof the things just haven't worked. Now
Jeffrey can't get in um in theshow, and um so who knows.

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I may have to put Tom backin here just because you know Tom,
Um, Hello, Paul Lindsay andMick Haydon, how are you. Um?
Once in a while, stuff likethis happens, and uh, they're
uh uh look at that. OhI see him. There you go.

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How's it going, buddy? GoodGod, I'm glad we got this figured
out. Awesome. Yeah, I'msorry. Listen, man. All I
know I do is sing songs,right, songs to play the guitar.
Love the beard, dude, lovethe beard. Wow? Thank you kind
Yeah. So, um, canyou actually get a little closer to that

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phone, do you think so wecan hear you a little better? Well,
let's see, you might have tosit up or something. I know.
There you go, I'm sitting inmy Uh. I figured we would
do the interview from my tour busttonight. Oh that's cool. Let's say
maybe it's a little bit better,like, oh, awesome, that's even

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better. Love it. Here wego. I'll just sitting right here,
cool, pretty good lots here,so I gotta go. Yeah, got
you. The first thing I gottasay is it's uh, it's awesome.
We have a mutual friend Red,and you know, he's such a great
guy. Let me tell you,he is by far one of the coolest,

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nicest, real, down to earthkind of feelers you'll ever want to
meet. And now I'm glad tohave the privilege to be his friend.
Yeah, me too. Um.I invited him to go with me to
Ireland next June. I think he'sgonna take me up on it and go.
Well, now he'd be I lovedit, Dem, he would be
a dumb if you didn't. Red. If you watching this boy, you

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better go. That's right, That'sright. Um. So let's let's let's
go back in time a little bitand and let's talk about how you got
into music? Well, what kindyou what? What drew you into it?
Well? Uh, at a youngage. I got into playing music

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in middle school and uh just hasI've loved it ever since. As far
as playing instruments ago, But mylove of music started as young as I
can remember going to my grandparents' houseon Saturday night and I lay in front
of the TV and we watched Heehauevery Saturday night of love he huh,

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oh yeah, yeah. Of course. The older I got then I started
getting on the hearth there in frontof the fireplace, and I would start
imitating what they were doing on stageon the hearth and like dance and entertaining
and that kind of thing. Iguess maybe in my mind at the time,
perfecting my craft right right. Well, you know the thing is is
back then it was wholesome entertainment.I mean, and you couldn't find a

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better picker on a guitar or afit or banjo. Um and well both
of them actually buck Owens and youknow, um shit, And I can't
think it was damn name, fuckingshit. Roy Clark. There we go,

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Roy Clark. You couldn't find abetter picker anywhere. Roy Mark was
the bomb man. Oh man.Then let me tell you, of course,
all the skits are great, butmy favorite part was at the end
when they all sat down on thehaybells and it's like it's timed in the
show, you know, to startdoing a little number. Man. Oh
yeah, you know, I enjoyed. It's like, oh man, it's

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over now. But it was sucha cool little out throw to the show.
You know. Well, I lovedit when they did the where a
where are you to night? Whydid you leave me here all alone?
I love that? And then uh, you know the whole thing where they
were in the cornfield and they weretelling jokes. It took me a while
to understand some of those jokes asa kid, you know, when you

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grow up. Now, I watchedthe reruns and I love it right on
yours act writing. Uh, speakingof he Haul, just about three and
a half four weeks ago, Iwas standing on the in the original area
at the Grand ol Opry where theyfilled he Haul and some of that,
and it was just, man,it was like, you can't. Yeah,

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it's it's it's got to be atrip. I mean you're talking about
where legend stood, and uh,the feeling has got to be overwhelming,
you know. It most certainly was. Man, it was you know,
I couldn't do that enough times.I could do that over and over and
over and over. So let's talkabout, you know, getting older.

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So you started writing your own stuffand uh, um, every all,
you know, everybody starts off withcovers and stuff like that, which is
obvious. Um, I was ina band for almost twenty years. I
toured the East Coast myself. Iknow a lot of the ins and outs
most everything. To be honest withyou, I did a lot of the
promotional work myself. Um, verytough business first off, a lot of

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work that nobody sees. And uh, you know, when you're going out
there is a trying to make aname for yourself. We all know that
you have to play cover tunes inmost clubs or most places should play,
but and slide in some of youroriginals, and that can be tough.
You know, it can be realtough. Yeah, that's the formula,
that's right. Well, those originalsin as much as you can. But

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I mean still, even big countryacts, you know, whether it be
male female groups, that kind ofthing. It's you know, and love
their originals and they're famous and popular, but it's still fun to see them
break down and do a cover tuneof one of their favorite artists or something
like that. It's always fun tosee the I guess you won't say the

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bigger name brands doing their version ofcovers, right. I get a kick
out of it. I love it. I think you know, I like
to see how people spend you know, songs like that and put their own
take on it, but still inthe same love of the original songs itself.
It's always neat to see, right, No, I agree, I

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agree. I saw Kenny Chesney probablyfive years ago, um, the newer
breed of country, and he actuallyopened up with an ac DC song of
all things, and it was wild. It was wild to see a spin,
a country spin on a rock likereal rock song, you know what

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I mean. So it was interesting, but it came off great. You
know, the crowd loved it.Yeah, I mean, and you know,
I'm sure he didn't played identical tothe way they played it. He
no, right, oh yeah,I mean you got slide guitar and everything
else. When you you know,when you're a big country star like that,
you have eleven musicians, you know, um, I know in some

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cases small tours, you know,you only have your drum, bass,
guitar, um, you know,rhythm, you know stuff like that.
But you know, some of theseguys they haul but like, well you
got a trade, you got yourbust there. But they'll take two or
three three busses and then three orfour semis behind them. Filled with stuff,
you know. So it's one ofthose amazing things. It is in

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that level there that's way above mysecurity. Glearance, man, you know
what I mean, my credit scoringdown. Huh hey, I definitely understand.
Yeah, definitely blessed to have whatI have and I try to do
the best I can at it.Right. Well, that's all you can

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do, right. That is true, man, that is very true.
So um so, do you rememberwhen you wrote your first song? Yeah,
I was probably like eighteen or nineteenyears old, and uh, back
in those days, in the lateeighties nineties, which is about the time

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I was finished up high school earlynineties there, and uh kind of I
was. I was into, likeI guess, college alternative scene. Just
to give you a very quick example. Even though I'm country, one of
my bias, your favorite band isalready in you know what I mean.
So I've always still got an alternativecollege rock scene as well, and played

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in a band doing that for quitea while and enjoyed it. Um.
But uh, you know, youget older life all kinds of things,
you know, you don't it's hardto keep a band together. And when
you're that age and you're growing up, Yeah, you know, fighting your
way and that kind of thing.So anyways, you know, life goes
on, and now you know,I'm just doing it myself, and I've

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got a outstanding backing band that canbe up right now. And I can
tell you how blessed I'm to havethese guys. They're making me sound real
good. I need all the helpI get, man, I'll take it.
You know, you were you wereraised in the time where playing music.

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You know, people are still sayingin the background, it's like,
that's not a job. That's notgonna bring you an income. You know,
you need to have a skill.You gotta you know, would work
or be a plumber and stuff likethat. And I got the same bullshit
when I was doing it, andit's amazing how it still is there.
You know, people don't where dothey think national acts come from. You

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know, they come from us kidslearning how to play music and then following
a dream. You know. Butyou're right. I mean every big household
name country star, no matter what, you know, they all started out
in the same place. And Imean it takes talent, it takes be

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in the right place the right timeof it takes none of the right people
I mean, it's just a combinationof a lot of different things now where
it's like back in those days inthe nineties and stuff. You know how
you know, the formula or thethought of formula as you pound the bars,
you hit the road. You playanywhere and everywhere, whether it be
for a case of beer or youknow, just to get your name on

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the marquee out front kind of thing, um and hopefully a and R guy
see and you get picked up.You know. But it's the same back
in time as it is now.There's thousands of people doing and attempting to
do and what I'm doing. Andyou know, there's the different levels and

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everybody goes through their levels of spot. You know, paid your dues,
I guess. And it's a long, hard road, man, It's not
an easy road to It is avery hard road. And you know how,
I think the people that rise tothe top of the people that make
it are the people that never giveup. You know. It ain't you

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know, the money, the fame, all that other I mean, all
the other fluff stuff. I loveit, fluff stuff I like. Yeah,
But now there's a lot of peoplethat I've seen playing in dive bars
better is good, if not betterthan anything out there on the market right
now. But unfortunately doesn't never seethe light of day, or nobody will

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or the right person will never hearhim. And it's unfortunate because there's so
many talented people out there sing yoursong out, guitar players, that's true
chance and yeah, it's unfortunate.You know. The thing is is they're
taking people. Um well, let'stake Chris stapleson Steepleton for an example.
I mean, the guy started outas just a writer and he got picked

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up to me, you know,and now he's a performer. But that's
how some of these people start out. It's just you know, writers,
and then they're like, you knowwhat, I don't want to keep selling
this stuff. I want to doit myself, right, Thank you,
Chris. Because man, he's gota voice, don't he. Oh my
god, I don't think and Idon't oh yeah, but I don't think

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there's a and this is not againstanybody else, but I do not think
there is a country singer out therethat can touch him. In his ranges.
He's got an unbelievable range. He'she's just I mean, and that
kind of gift you don't you don'trehearse and practice and try hard. That's

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a God given gift. I mean, like, oh yeah, so sweet
that that's a guy given voice.That's nothing he liked. Probably I was
seriously doubt he went to school forthe you know, to get those kind
of vocalisms or something. I meanjust tell oh yeah, oh yeah.
Yeah. So let's talk about yousomewhere. Now. You're originally from Greenville,

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South Carolina. That is right,So, um, then you went
to pursue your music career. Ithink in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Correct.
That is correct because it's probably likea two and a half hour drive from
the Upstates. So I've vacationed.They're a lot growing up, and I've
always loved the area. Right.Yeah. I just woke up one morning

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I'm going I packed everything in mysuv and took off. Didn't have a
place to live, didn't have aplan for a job. I was like
something this was telling me, goright, man. I stayed like one
of those weekly hotel rental things forI don't know about a month getting settled

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in. I got me a jobwithin the first three days I was there
at one of the moonshine distilleries.You know, So what can I say?
That's a hell of a job rightthere. I mean, I don't
think I would have went back tothing. And if I was working in
let me tell you and anybody asa musician and as ever worked a bar

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or, poor liquor knows that there'smore money and poor liquor of the tips
there is. Oh yeah, yeah, I've been in Nashville a few times.
I cut a single in Nashville.Um. I actually did a video
in Nashville as well. I actuallyrecorded in Tricia Yearwood Studio, which was

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great. Um, it was anawesome opportunity. The problem was is that
I was chunky in the middle.Nobody wanted a chunky you know, country
singer at that time. Yeah,until Garth Brooks showed up. Um,
and then you know it was itwas hard work. I mean it was

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you know, you're paying for stuffout of your own pocket to make these
things happen. And I'll tell youright now to follow your dream. Um
in the music industry, it makesyour breakshot. I mean that's it,
right down to the the bottom.You know, if you don't have finances
to to spearhead some of your ideasto move forward. Then you know it's

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it's a doomsday thing. You know. It's like you gotta have support,
you gotta have something behind you,and it makes a difference. But still
with all that, I can't well, I don't even want to talk about
how much money I'll spend them ballNo, I get it. I get
it. If I could have allthat back, you know, man,

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maybe I wouldn't have to work atall. But you know, we do.
I do it because I love themusic. I would you know,
I'd be happy if I had tolive with this tour bus or something,
you know, just to keep doingmy dream. And uh, well two
of buses aren't cheap, brother,I mean right, there's a big chunk

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of change. Yeah yeah, yeah, But you know what I mean,
It's like, uh, all thatother stuff is good. And I do
it because I love to play music. I mean, I'm trying to achieve
writing a song and playing out liveand somebody coming up to me afterwards goes

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man, that song gave me goosebumps. I felt the hairs on my neck
move. That song touched me andmeant something. Man, that's a that's
uh to me, that's better thanany kind of award money. I mean,
this is about connecting with people andum, expressing yourself, which is

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how I do it. You know, there's artists, there's all kind of
you know, people that do whatthey do dispresson so but that's for me.
There was just a music. Well, you know, you gotta do
what you gotta do at the endof the day to make this work,
you know. So UM, Idon't know, I commend you for for

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doing the work. I mean,because there's a lot of pipe people out
there that you don't give up,and I'm one of them. I mean
I when I turned I think Iturned fifty one, and I said,
you know what, the body's wearingout. Um. I don't want to
be one of those singers on stagethat I can't get a full night out,
you know, because then you wakeup horse the next day. I

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didn't want that. I wanted toleave on a good note. And um
today I still do a show oncein a while. UM, not very
often, and I do miss itthat I'd be lying if I if I
didn't. UM, But I'm intothe radio thing now. I'm part owner
of the w LFE dB brand anduh, I'm very happy to be on

(37:40):
tonight. Thanks for having me.Well you are welcome. Thank you.
If I didn't say it to Isay it in then there you go.
Well we do appreciate it, man, UM. And you know, when
we get towards the end here,I say it to everybody, but especially
musicians because I have a lot offriends in Nashville or the younger generation,

(38:01):
UM, still trying to make itas well. And the amount of writing
and the working that they're doing.This whole COVID thing really screwed up a
lot from musicians, UM, andperformers all across the world, UM,
not being able to do their concerts, not being able to do much of
anything. UM. Thank god they'reable to record because most of these people

(38:21):
have albums now because four months ofbeing locked in their room writing music,
you know what I mean, Yeah, man, I'll tell you. And
that's and that's probably the hardest thingfor me, is that uh you know,
uh, playing live that's my drugof choice, you know what I
mean, And that's what that's howI get to my kids, that is

(38:45):
how I enjoy I mean, that'swhat I'm about getting for people. And
uh man, it's like you know, taking away to buffeith from somebody a
little d Well, if they're thesize as I am, you're not gonna
get that buffet taken away from me. Mmmmm. So there you go.

(39:07):
Uh, mister Tom Nally as onhere and he says, hello, Jeff
U, how you doing, buddy? All right? So all right,
cute. Um. I wanted toask, now, the beginning of that
says, at the beginning of youa thing read a better breed of country

(39:28):
musicians. So I wanted to kindof go into that a little bit.
And what you're feeling a country musicis today and how it's changed or what
what you feel should change. Well, that's a great question. Uh For
me, I leave more towards theold hockey talk country right eighties and nineties.

(39:49):
Uh who right, m hmm,that kind of stuff you know,
I love, Oh man, Isaid, you know, that's that's the
kind of you know, every everyjust about every song you can't not move
your feet, you know what Imean? Get two thousand Cadillacts music.

(40:10):
That's a great song. Heck yeah, um. But yeah, So like
that's pretty much what I lean towardsas far as the genre, how it's
changed nowadays. I mean the newcountry is good. Uh. I respect
and UH support all the news stylecountry. Uh. I just leaned towards

(40:36):
the old stuff. And I wouldreally like to see good old hockey talk
music come back around uh as wellas you know, everything makes us cycle
in life. But you know,it would be my fund wish to be
the one to help bring good oldhockey talk back. UH. Storytelling music,

(41:00):
right, you know. And youknow who was really great at that
and we lost him just recently wasCharlie Daniels. I mean his music,
if you really got into it,everything was a story with him, and
you could you could basically picture everythingthat he said, right down to Wooly
swamp Um. The most recognizable songby him as a devil went down to

(41:20):
Georgia in America. I mean,there were so many songs that he did
that just uh, I don't know, it just it made you think,
you know. And he was anoutsperking individual, and he believed in his
rights as an American. Now whatI liked about that is so was Johnny
Cash. He believed the American flag, then American way and all that stuff.

(41:45):
And I do believe some of thatstuff needs to come back, you
know. I miss some of thatas well. Yeah, it would be
great uh to see uh more Americaproded unitude in this country. Uh get
tighter. But uh, you know, uh, there's the reasons. We're

(42:10):
all human. We go all gotour own ideas and opinions, you know
what I mean. We Uh,I feel like no matter what side offense,
you're own. Uh, you know, just trying to live a good
life, be a good person.Um, treat people how you want to
be treated exactly exactly, and bea productive citizen. You know, live

(42:32):
the American dream is what I'm reallytrying to say, you know how,
Let's go after them. Yeah,don't give up just when somebody tells you
like, Uh, for example,I play music. You know obviously I've
seen people like on stuff I've done. You know, hit the thubs down.
You know that's kind of crushing alittle bit, But you know,

(42:55):
you go on. If you ifyou live off the negativity, you'll stay
in the negative, you know whatI mean? Stay positive. You know
you're not gonna make everybody happy,You're not gonna please everybody. Just do
what comes from inside of you andhope that the few people do. Yeah.
And you know they say that ifthere's one person that doesn't like your
stuff, there's always three or fourthat do. And you know those are

(43:17):
the ones you play to. Thoseare the ones you you know, you
you you show them the time thatthey need, the good time, the
music. You tap a you know, they tap a foot, they smile,
they shake their ass a little bit. Any type of response to your
music is a thumbs up in mybook. You know, that's the way
it should be. You know.And um, no matter what we do

(43:40):
in the music industry, UM,there's always gonna be music. There's always
gonna be uh this universal language becauseI really do believe no matter what the
genre of music is, it's gota good beat and a good story added
to it. Yeah, it's agood song. And you know what it
can It can help anybody. Imean, that's what a good song does.

(44:01):
Is it makes you stop and thinkit. It makes you feel better
about your life. It cheers youup. Um, it can even make
you cry because of thinking about somebodythat you lost. But it's it's all.
Music is good for healing, Iguess, is what I'm saying,
you know, and making you verymuch keep going, you know, very
much. Music when sometimes when there'snothing else. There's music, exactly,

(44:28):
and there's so many different forms ofmusic. And it's not even just the
stuff you're here on the radio.I mean, I'm a big believer that
if you go out in nature andyou just sit down in the in the
woods and listen between the crickets,you know, the bugs, the birds,
the animals, there's a rhythm.There's a sound of music back there
that that you'll never it'll it'll neverchange, will always be that way,

(44:50):
you know. So I don't know. I love music. Country music has
been in my life since day one. Um. I was raised with you
know, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Wayland Jennings. Um shit, I
can go back to Oh shit,how many more are that? There's just

(45:12):
so many of them earl tubs,you know, little Jimmy Dickens. Yeah,
man, I will tell you theysuh. All the old old old
guys like Ernest Tub Tennessee, ErnieFord, uh m hmm, Like I
said, little Jimmy Dickson, allof them guys, the country the bluegrass

(45:34):
confusions together separate, uh and itjust makes your heart and your soul feel
good when you're here. Yeah,And uh, I like to try to
add as much of that ingredient asI can in a song when I write
it, not to say that,um, well, I'm trying to be

(45:57):
just like somebody else, but there'sstuff that's been done that it's great that
you know, you kind of wishyou had thought of to a point and
it's like, well, how howhow do I honor them, you know,
and help keep their legacy going becauseof the respect and admirability that you

(46:19):
have for somebody like that, likesome of those guys, and you're like,
well, you want to maybe givea little taste of what they did
in your music too, you knowwhat I'm saying. And uh, it's
paying tribute and this keeping their spiritalive, keeping their music alive, keeping
what they were about alive. Anduh, you know, hopefully down the

(46:40):
road I have done something that willsomebody else will be like I like what
he did, So you know,I kind of want to try to have
a little his flavor in my music. You know. So I've got you,
I got you something like it.So your your music today, So
what would you So is honky tnkiish type music that you right now that

(47:04):
you're producing or yeah, that's definitelyI mean obviously. Uh, I've got
uh in the band, A stillguitar player, you know, Uh gotta
have a you're gonna play real goodcountry. Um. Got a great bass
player, got a great drummer,got a phenomenal league picker. Man.

(47:30):
I'm gonna tell it. That boyfeldjust right out of Honkey's Home university or
something playing. He's he's he's justgood. He's really good. Unity.
Isn't that Aaron Tippin, Yeah,exactly well, he he had that song
working Man's PhD. Yeah, that'sit, working Man's PhD. Speaking of

(47:51):
Aaron, He's hometown boy, we'refrom the same town. That's awesome,
Greenville, South Carolina Area TV.That's awesome. It's a shame we lost
uh um Joe Diffy not too longago too. Now that boy was good
too. Let me tell you I'vealways liked him. As a matter of
fact, Uh most most of everyshow I've ever done, I've always at

(48:14):
least played pickup Man, because that's, you know, between that and honkeytownk
Gratitude, you know, as acover what we do our cover as a
espiciacy passed um all. We hadn'tplayed out live since he's passed, But
uh, I'm gonna lay off thepickup man and switch it out with honkeytown

(48:34):
gratitude. You know what I'm saying. Well, there there was some music
back then, like when those songscame out, and UM, I think
what helped UM both Aaron Tipping andJoe Diffy was what's spearheaded their careers.
I think was music like that.UM songs like UM propped me up beside
the jukebox. Now you know there, there's there's another one we should throw

(48:59):
in. The Tracy Byrd was thesame way. He disappeared after a while,
but you know he did like theWatermelon Crawl and stuff like that,
so and im that way there yougo. Oh yeah, I mean those
those guys were those were the onesthat we were raised on that you just
you couldn't help but love their music. It was fantastic. And he get

(49:22):
out of high school, you getgo, get in your card, you
know, turn onto music. That'sthe stuff you'd listen to going home or
going to school. Now, andI'm gonna bring up a song, and
I'm gonna I know you're gonna you'regonna agree with me as that when that
song John Dear Green came on.You pictured every word he sang. You

(49:44):
knew exactly what he was talking about, the water tower, writing the name
up there, the whole thing.I mean, it just it was such
a phenomenal song. Yeah, that'sa good song. I ain't gole to
now that at all. Uh.It definitely gives you. And that's the
thing. You know, Artists thatpaint paint you a picture and you can

(50:08):
see it visually, no problem.Yea. Musical artists paint a picture through
words and sold right. And ifyou can express that mental painting to where
other people see what you're seeing,that's pretty cool. Oh yeah, oh

(50:30):
yeah. All right, So let'stake this opportunity real quick to say hi
to some of the people that arein the chat rooms. UM, so
we already talked to you. Let'ssee that as how Kathy Garraw, Tom
Nayler, we said hi to EricAnderson is in the room or in the
chat room. We also have Elizabethmaybe Milcat and Paul Lindsley, h At,
Lisa Hagadorn, Charles uh Silino.I mean, I just tortured your

(50:54):
name and I apologize Kerry Anne Harris, Ray Pellegrini. Um. And then
so much more in there. Ijust want to side hi and thank you
for joining us. I can't getto everybody unfortunately, but y'all know how
it works here. So um,just welcome. And we're sitting here talking
mister Jeffrey Anderson, who is asinger songwriter, and so why don't you

(51:15):
tell us about the songs you're workingon now? Now? You just released
a new EP, right, no, no, I've got a new single
coming out. Yeah, I'll bereleasing the EPs over the next year.
I'll be releasing five singles, okay, and they'll also be accompanied by you

(51:38):
know, music video and that kindof stuff, which I should definitely say.
The group I've got with me nowas part of my team visually and
he's gonna be handling my videos andanything. Jeff Anderson visually, Brando Jones
film in Gravel, South Carolina.Let me tell you something about these guys.

(52:00):
You would have done right you callthem. I couldn't be more blessed
than to work with these guys professionalsfrom the start right hopefully between them,
my management company Fields and Eliza umMan, Tony and Jenny. Great great

(52:21):
group of people and then record labelI'm on bouncing at records, down parsons.
All them guys are working their hardestto make me looking sound better because
it was just me wrong when tocut you know what I mean? You
see how this technology I got heregoing on? Man? You could imagine

(52:43):
if I didn't have these folks.No, I get you, I get
you. Um. So something Idid notice, and I was gonna bring
it up when you were talking abouthim earlier about your guitar player. Um,
I noticed the uh it looked likea Telly he was playing in the
one video I saw. Um doeshe does? He use more tellys than
he does strats? Deal? Um? What's that? Which video A you're

(53:08):
talking about? Uh? You talkabout the music video for it is what
it is? Yeah? Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, we'll see
that. Yeah. And that guywas good. Um, but that was
the group of guys I was playingwith in Tennessee, okay down here in
South Carolina, and uh not more. The other man wasn't good. They

(53:29):
were great guys. Uh, butI fit better with these guys and were
way more countryer than uh some ofthe previous stuff. It was the direction
was getting kind of hard to uhkeep up with with those guys. So
we all uh part of amicably andUh. Now I've got a group of
guys that's uh country, from thehay Bells to the Dog Gone Barn Door

(53:55):
you know what I mean. Yeah, it's and it's what I've always been
looking for and what I've always wanted. Yet now the guitar player, Now
I've got Gareth Bell. Uh,this guy, I wish I could play
as good as when he what what? Maybe if he ever does mess up?
I wish I could play that good. Uh. Monster. Guitar players

(54:19):
are hard to find. I meanthey're I mean when you get your studio
musicians and stuff, I mean,come out one of the biggest names for
being a studio musician. To havehim play on your record, um,
you know, Brent Mason was uhthe top man for so many years for
guitar and um you know, tohave him play on your your your your

(54:40):
single or your album, you wereyou were blast, you know, and
that was a sure sign that youwere going places you know. Oh yeah,
I mean you know the last songI had uh or the which is
the first single I released, uhbefore I signed with Balance Records. Uh
it is what it is. Butyou've seen the video of work. Anyways,
the fiddle part in that was recordedby one of Travis Trit's former fiddle

(55:06):
players, and uh, I wasreally proud of that, you know.
Oh yeah, it's always a treatto get you know, uh, high
end grade A musicians. Yeah,I got a player like that, you
know, to to sit in andlived there here and take on your soul.
Uh. I mean again, it'slike it looks like anything, you

(55:29):
know, I screams, good man. But you throw some chocolate syruphone there
and pineapple. Every cake needs afrosting, man, every cake needs a
frosting it even better, all right, So we got Kathy to grind here,
she says. The country I grewup in, the country I grew
up on was old school, butI like some of the recent country like

(55:52):
bottoms up and redneck women, etcetera, etc. Et cetera. Good.
So yeah, those are good songs, um, you know. And
that's that's one of the other things. I mean, it seems like,
you know how in every generation youhave those bad boys of country and this
this there's no shaking a stick atcountry music today. There are quite a

(56:12):
few of those bad boys in country, um right now, So it's uh,
it's amazing how some of this musichas has gone Aaron Camera, Uh,
Carmona. I guess that's how yousay your name says. Can we
see your cake on the frosting?No, I ate all the frosting,
and then I finished the cake,frosting first, then the cake. That's

(56:34):
the way I go. I wishyou could have you a piece right through
this little black bart and I wouldjust you know, like reach over there
and just yea, as my sister'sbirthday yesterday, so we still have all
this cake sitting here, trust me. Oh huh So Patsy Klein, according
to Tom Nally, Patsy Klein isa goddess. Uh. She set so

(56:57):
many levels uh four females in countrymusic, and um, there's no doubt
that she's up there as a queen, you know, and uh a goddess
if you will. You know,some of these country artists are from back
in the day. We're just phenomenal, you know. I mean, and
you can't hear that stuff anymore,you really can't. I mean, there's

(57:19):
not a lot of radio stations evenplay the old country. Um, it's
very hard to find that stuff.Well, now I'm pretty lucky. Here
in the Upstate, we got aradio station called ninety two point five and
they played the good old stuff WSCThat's that's primary of the channel. I
listened to what I'm in town herein the Upstate. That's uh, you

(57:43):
can get some good old he's oldieseverything from his oldest passy too. You
know Dwight Yoakam. You know whatI'm saying. Yeah, you know,
I don't even know where Dwight Yoakamis doing these days. That boy.
I loved his music. I don'tknow what it was about his stuff,
um, but I loved everything.Even if it was something very obscure,
I still loved it. You know. He just had a way great actor.

(58:07):
He was. Yeah, yeah hewas. He's been some really cool
movies and play some really cool bars. Uh. But yeah, he's watch
nowadays he's doing a live, alive I think something most serious radio or

(58:28):
yeah type of thing or something onthe lives. There's a lot of those
guys doing that. It's good.Oh yeah, yeah. Tom Nelly puts
in here. He says, youwant to hear old country. There's something
called YouTube. Laugh my ass off. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we
got you. Yes, he wasin sling blade exactly, Tom. Yeah,
that's right. See Tom's got allthis useless knowledge there, you know.

(58:52):
Oh man, I was a Pennsylvaniaboy, Philly boy. Actually,
I wish i'd getting rid of allthe movie quotes I head lower lyrics.
I'd tell it's I got to forgetsome stuff, to learn some stuff,
you know, right, So youknow, all right, So the single,
the first single coming out, Um, what is the name of that

(59:13):
song? Cut off jeens? Cutoff jeans? Now, Um, I
think it was your promoter or somethingsent me some stuff, but I don't
think it was that song. Um, probably not, because that song is
not even being released till August fourteenthofficially. Okay, all right, so
we're gonna we're gonna wait and tryand get a hear of that though.

(59:36):
August fourteenth. Yeah, maybe weuh be back on the show again.
And yeah for you, Yeah,I'd love to bring you back. Um,
that'd be a lot of fun,I think. Um, so it
looks like I got to do aquick commercial. So if you want to
hang tight, we'll come right back. Sounds like playing brother. All right,

(59:58):
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So we have been sitting here chattingwith mister Jeffrey Anderson. Hey,
Jeff, what is your website?I was gonna put it up here and
I couldn't find it. Again,what's the website? It's official jeff Anderson
dot com. Oh, that's whyI couldn't find it. That says official
on it. Oh official, Jesus, VI could spell? That'd be great

(01:02:00):
official. I hope you don't mindme having my end of the day cigarette
here. No, so official JeffreyAnderson, you said, right, just
official Jeff Anderson. Oh, Jeff, yeah, and her son, I
knew. I think it's my mamaHoward for me. Oh did I get

(01:02:25):
all that right? Official? JesusTeddy ician Jeff Anderson dot com. There
you go. I'm in there outthere somewhere. Yeah, you know what
I just thought too. And thenso now you're is this a sponsor is

(01:02:47):
a sponsor of yours, the WWLBeard Company. Yeah yeah, that's actually
uh real good friends of mine outof West Virginia at Whiskey Wood and Leather
Beard Company. Cool and uh theyhave sponsored me. Uh oh my,
Uh when we go on We're gettingready go on tour uh here pretty soon

(01:03:10):
once everything starts opening back up.They've got us a big old banner twenty
by twenty. It's got their logo, my logo on it. Uh,
we're gonna put their logo on thebus. I got a full line of
beer products out with my picture onit coming soon. And uh, the
other products that they have are justtop shelf. Man. I can't say

(01:03:31):
enough good things about them. Iam excited and honored to be partnered up
with them. Yeah, it's nicewhen you can get yourself the sponsor to
help with all that stuff. It'suh because it's tough. You need that.
You need a hand, you know, so definitely tell you before them.
I have to always buy my beerproducts, man, and that stuff

(01:03:52):
ain't cheat, So it's nice.It's nice to have I help up a
hand. No, I get it, I get it, I get it.
Okay, Guys out here in uh, talk with Teddy Land. Don't
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(01:04:43):
So I kind of once in awhile with artists, no matter what
kind of genre of music I've gotta, I kind of pull a couple of
little questions out of nowhere. Iusually say out of my ass. But
usually people can't remember certain things.But let's see what Let's see how well
you fare on this um. So, do you remember your favorite song when

(01:05:04):
you were a kid, like kidkid or like teenager kid? I would
say a kid kid first and thenwe'll go teenager yeah, oh man,
I like when I was a kidkid. I used to really love the
Begs Staying Alive, Stay Alive wellof course, but uh yeah, I

(01:05:30):
liked a lot of the other songslike uh, how can You be in
a Broken Heart Tragedy, which Ithink is also uh out of the Brando
Jones group. There, mister Joneswant to hit on his favorite songs too.
I called you out, brothers.But yeah, man, I love
the Begs as a kid, andI love kiss you know, but what

(01:05:55):
what kids they were, you know, don't really they were not love kiss
you know what I'm saying. Soyeah, dude, I mean I've got
a picture of me when I wasa little kid in uh my bedroom,
standing in front of the door,and my Easter Sunday outfit, you know,
like like your mommas put you inthose little outfits, you know,
all dressed up, and then inthe background is a kiss poster. Yeah

(01:06:18):
man, that was pretty cool.I would like a lot of different music,
man, I like you know everything, you know, like some of
the disco stuff. I like,you know, James Taylor. I love
a lot of the Lake sixties music, Beach Boys and Pets sound stuff like
that. Uh wow, um GordonLightfoot and while since you had to think

(01:06:42):
about this stuff. Huh oh yeah, man, you know, uh,
but you know a lot of alot of that stuff. And then like
you know, Southern rock of course, another hometown favorite of mine from the
area here in Spartanbury's Marshall Tucker Band. You know a lot of their songs,
great man, just talented musicians.Well, you know what. The

(01:07:03):
reason I asked these, just soyou know, Jeff, is because you
know, as a kid, we'regrowing up and then into teenage years and
then deciding as a musician what wewant, believe it or not. All
that stuff influences how we write,how we think, how we perform.
And that's why I like the assthose questions because you know, you do
get mental images of when you're younger. Man, I remember this song you

(01:07:25):
know or you know, and uh, it's it's one of those things.
And I found that to be truefor me in so many ways when I
was performing on stage. It's like, you know, you know, when
you're done playing, you get yourlittle break that they'll be playing music in
the clubs and one of those oldsongs will come out and you'd be like,
damn, I haven't heard this songin twenty years. You know and

(01:07:46):
you love it and believe it ornot, it does influence you because it
puts you in that frame of mindof wanting to perform and what you like
to buy. It just little thingslike it's kind of like DNA musical DNA.
Yeah, yeah, Joseph. Biginfluence is uh all that stuff?
Um, I mean, you knowI love led Zeppelin, love Pink Floyd.

(01:08:08):
Yeah. As I got older,you know, I started leading in
more towards the college alternative scene.You know, my favorite band, like
I said earlier all the time wasour m But you know everything that that
scene back in the day from youknow, Athens, Georgia to Chapel Hill
in North Carolina. You know,Uh you have bands like Driving a Crime,

(01:08:30):
Uh, Dylan Fence, Uh,way back before Hooty and the Blowfish,
every got big. I can rememberin a band that I was in
back in those days, we openedup for them and you know, great
bunch of guys you'll ever want tomeet. But then as time goes on,
Uh, another band was playing inAt one time we got to open

(01:08:54):
up for lover Boy, and uhthat was pretty exciting because I can remember
back like in eighty six or eightyseven when MTV actually played music videos,
right, you know what I'm talkingabout, right. I can remember seeing
you know, lover Boy on thereand all those crazy outfits from the eighties.

(01:09:15):
And I remember the first guy Isaid to Mike Reno of lover Boys
when I say, I was like, so, where's those tight red leather
pants, man, And like,man, I ain't fitting those things in
about twenty thirty years. I waslike, I used to watch you on
MTV man after school, and hewas like, I mean, I was
like, haven't you heard that athousand thous But still it was really cool

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to meet some of those people likethat too, you know, right right,
that's amazing. I don't know,man, I just I think when
you love music, it doesn't matterwhat it is, especially growing up there
there's an influence, you know,So it is it is what it is.
I mean, I'll be honest withyou. I get laughed at with
some of the songs that were someof the bands that I followed, um,

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and people used to give me alot of shit for it. But
you know what, I was raisedon Captain Intanil. My mom loved Captain
Intannil mac Davis. Yeah, um, I mean stuff like that. You
know, I've talked about that onehundred times on here. But there was
Elvis Pressley, there was Um Foreigner. You know, Foreigner had some great

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stuff, you know, and uhyeah, you just you just can't help
but all this stuff being an influencewhen you get on stage, you know,
and offortunate. You know, thebig Hair eighties, Oh She's a
Motley Crew and Great White and Kissand oh my gosh, you know you

(01:10:40):
remember those songs. You know,it's like, uh, you're like middle
school, early high school back inthose years. For me, that's kind
of when all that was big twistedsister. Yeah, you'd break up your
own friend or she'd dump you foranother guy or something like that, you
know, and then that you know, that night you'd be going to bed,
let listen to the radio and theyplayed one of those you know,

(01:11:01):
eighties rock ballads. You know you'relike, oh, okay, you know
what. It's kind of fat aboutthat up because like the other day,
this kid came into my job andhe had black fingernails and he looked like
something like he stepped out of thefreaking nineties, and you know, big
hair, um studded outfit, blackfingernails. I'm like, dude, you

(01:11:27):
belong like in Motley Crue or something. I mean, you know, but
it's still cool to see some ofthat old stuff, you know, from
time to time. I mean,I'll still rock out and all that stuff.
Man, I mean, I likeall the music I've mentioned tonight,
and I you know, just becauseI sing and play country, you know.

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Oh listen, I listened to itobviously too, but more times than
not, you'll catch me rocking outto something else. You know what I'm
saying. Oh I do, Iknow and know exactly what you're saying.
I love ac DC so much.I mean, I performed ac DC as
an ender for our shows every damnnight, and you know how high that

(01:12:08):
stuff is. And I'm telling you, I mean, it takes me all
night to sing, you know,to get my range to where it needs
to be and get all loosened up. But there's nothing like a good ACDC
tune. At the end of thenight, everybody's drunk, everybody wants to
rock out. And yeah, that'swhat we did. You know, Little
zz Top and a CDC. Yeah, those songs that they have written and

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and and just created. I mean, that's the best way to put it.
Rocking out? Yeah, oh exactly. So as a front man,
being your own guy, you know, trying to push your own name and
stuff, and being out in thein the spotlight. Um, was it
hard to you at first to getused to all that? Are you you
doing all right with it? Lovingit? I love it? Looking hard

(01:12:57):
at all? Man, Just likeputting on a pair of boots of dark
wall. Awesome. I'm I'm I'mat my most comfortable and at my best
when I'm on the stage. Youknow, like I'm cool to be around
the other time. But that's weird. You know that, that's that,
But that's weird. I'm at home, you know what I'm saying, right,

(01:13:18):
I know that feeling too. Youstill get butterflies that being with the
love of my life now, Jackie, who I just proposed to congrat on
the circle on the stage at theGrand Old Lobry. Uh. Yeah,
other than being with her the stageswhere all the other places I care to

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be awesome, awesome, So youdon't get you don't get the butterflies anymore.
Heck no, man, that's awesome. Well congratulations, Just give you
a stage of the mic. I'mready out there. And play for people.
You know what I'm saying, Well, congratulations on your engagement man,
that's really cool. And where youdid it's very awesome. Oh yeah,
well you know you have to givehim a good story to tell the girlfriends,

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you know what I mean. No, that's true, that's true.
Yeah, yeah, and that's prettycool. And you know, of course,
hopefully one day I'll play the grandold Opry and then I'll get to
tell a little story you know beforeI start playing. Well, you know
the last time I was on thisstage there you go. You know that's

(01:14:24):
awesome though. It's cool. Imean, it's somebody always going to remember.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, dreambig and hope it'll happen one day.
Tom Nally, you're cracking me up, dude. He puts a CDC
and then he puts, I've gotbig balls, nice little rock o brother.
Good for you, man. So, you know, with with everything

(01:14:48):
that you're you're doing here now,we know that the goal is to to
be a you know, probably ahousehold name and country music and and touring
and and being on stage with thegreats and and performing in all these fantastic
locations. Um, most people havea backup plan, do you have a
backup plan. Yeah, tell meyou're not gonna raise chickens now, backup

(01:15:24):
plan? Man? Uh, Iguess I do, But I don't give
it all that much stock because I'mso passionate about what I'm doing now,
right, But yeah, I gotsomething in my back pocket. Good.
There you go, Yeah there.I mean, you know, even even

(01:15:44):
all those uh big names in music, they all have to retire at some
point, and you know they gottahave something to do, and uh Tom
says, nope, he's gonna raiseEMUs. Well, the one thing I
will do when I do retire,it won't be playing golf. No fense
to golfers. I just you know, you see something of the play golf.

(01:16:05):
I will probably be playing golf.I can't play golf. I freaking
they they're both just as bad.You're one one you're chasing a yellow ball,
the other one you're chasing a littlewhite ball. I don't need to
be chasing that ship. And I'mtoo old, too fat, and took
care. Tennis is for young guys. Ping pong is tennis for us older

(01:16:27):
guys? Is that what it is? Beer pong? Yeah? Get a
little small pea while you got partof mood. You know, arms reaching,
you're good, you ain't no running. There you go, there you
go. Oh man, No,I guess h worst case scenario. And
I don't know if you want tocall it worst case scenario. As long
as I got a front porch andthey still making moonshine, I guess you

(01:16:49):
know, I'll be a happy fellerseeing damn, I'm moving down that way.
I don't care. I worked withthe last what is it, uh
thirteen years in my life making moonshine. Hell yeah, yeah, hell yeah.

(01:17:10):
Before I have to retire, I'lldo it. I'll do it,
Tom says. Tom says, youdon't. Tom says, you don't have
to chase a golf ball. Hesays, that's what they make the golf
carts for. To see, sirto shade. So you know, music

(01:17:33):
in itself is just such a beautifulthing, like we've been talking about,
it's so universal. Um, Idon't know how many country bands I know
of. I mean I know thatlike Garth Brooks did. There's probably a
couple other I think, like GeorgeStraight maybe uh um, Alan Jackson.
They've toured over overseas the UK andstuff. Is that something you would consider

(01:17:54):
to man, just choke me eitherway to the airport. I'll go right
on overseason. And I tell you, overseas country music is crazy popular.
Probably honestly, if I had thefinancial backing to go overseas and play,
I would probably make more money officeget going off the start. You know

(01:18:21):
what I'm saying. It's just sowell received over there. And I know
some folks that have been over thereNew Europe. They come back and just
you know, the can't stop talkingabout how people love country bluegrass over there.
It's so different. And uh,you know, you don't never play

(01:18:42):
a small room to a few people. They come out and support and do.
Not that they don't hear. Um, it's just that for some reason,
country music is very well received overseas. So yeah, I would definitely,
uh go overseas and Hokey talk upthe island over there, and then

(01:19:02):
Honkey talk get up too. Yeah, there's uh. I know a lot
of musicians that they actually, beforethey made it big in America, um
in the United States, actually touredEuropean countries first because it was very well
receptive there, and you know,they made a lot more money. In

(01:19:23):
fact, I think bands such aslike Elton John and Billy Joel and all
those guys. They all went overthere and they made it big there and
then came home and then ended upwith the number one at home. But
they didn't have a number one untilthey went over there, you know.
So we always have to keep thedoors open, as they say. Yeah,
I tell you, I love toplay so much. I play here

(01:19:46):
there anywhere for the most part.And whether it be North America, South
America, Europe, you know,Africa, Asia, that would be that
would be fun. So you know, it'd be fun to share my music

(01:20:11):
with, uh, the folks allaround. And it would also be a
great experience just seeing the world,seeing how other people live up hand,
up close, and uh, gettingto know people you otherwise might not ever
get to meet. Right right now, you have now what do you have
on YouTube that people can look up? You have a couple of songs on

(01:20:33):
YouTube? Now, I've got onesong on YouTube right now. You go
to Jeff Anderson and type in itis what it is? It's my first
single, uh that I did lastfall and it came out and that's all
we have on there right now.Because of me signing with the label and

(01:20:53):
with the new team, we've decidedbasically to not use much of anything I
did in the past few years becauseeverything's kind of so new and fresh with
the sound and uh with the directionand uh, I don't want to label

(01:21:16):
myself as one direction round mean everexpanding. You know what I'm saying I
did last year. They can checkit out. The song's good, uh,
you know, video not so bad, and we shot it in downtown
Gallinburg, but it's not indicative towhat's coming. Okay, all right,

(01:21:43):
all right, so guys, youcan check that out. Um. Also,
he's dropping a single here in Augustfourteenth, which is only a week
away. It's not that far away. Um, so that'll be interesting and
we'll have to get him back atsome point so that we can u hear
all of his music that he's gettingall put out there. And um so
after this whole COVID thing is going, so you're planning your tours now or

(01:22:05):
you're you're your gigs now and thenhoping that soon it'll all open up so
that you can get going. Right. Yeah, most of what we're planning
now is twenty twenty one. We'realready into twenty twenty one. I don't
see anything in twenty twenty opening backup venue wise, are anywhere where you

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could hold a lot of people forobvious reasons. And so we're already in
the twenty twenty one season as faras the booking goes. Now, there
are places that are still having livemusic, and God bless them. And
you know, uh, the musiciansand the bands, whether it be solo

(01:22:46):
artists or fool bands whatever, uhthat are playing and getting a chance to
play. It makes me so happyto see because there's a lot of musicians
out there that are starving and that'swhat they did for a living, or
it was supplemental income or it wasyou know, if I don't get to
play this week, I don't probablyeither or something. I mean, all

(01:23:09):
kinds of scenarios, but um,I'm definitely glad to see some music venues
and clubs are staying open and tryingto stay in the guidelines and keep live
music a lot, you know,And I noticed, uh have been noticing

(01:23:30):
if you're a solo artist, alot of restaurants that I noticed in town
are always having a live music ingreat solo acts around town. Uh.
Matter of fact, all you folksout there you get a chance, go
see a real good friend of mine, Jared Foster. He's plays around the

(01:23:51):
Upstates, South Carolina. Just agood of guy as you ever want to
meet, good old country boy,play the heck out of that guitar,
and he's a good friend of mine. So if you get a chance you're
going out to eat, make sureyou're going out to eat where he's playing
out live round. He's a he'sa good talent to see as well.
Cool cool, Yeah. I tryto keep up with as many artists as

(01:24:15):
I can. Like I said,I have a lot of friends in Nashville
right now, the younger generation,because they because you know, labels tend
to generate and spit these you know, new musicians out one by one every
other week. Um. Unfortunate withCOVID, they haven't been able to do
that. So they've been they've beenall recording and and it's it's a fact

(01:24:38):
from what I understand right now,is that when COVID is over with for
the most part, um, you'regonna see album after album after album coming
out of you know, every nookand cranny because these musicians have been stuck
home and so we're gonna get plasteredwith a lot of new music and a
lot of new albums by artists we'veprobably never even heard of. And um

(01:25:00):
and that's gonna be great. It'ssomething new, something fresh, and I
think it's time to get some moreof that. You know, it definitely
is. I agree. And Itell you not only are the musicians ready
to get back out and play,but the fans of all the musicians they
love are ready to get back outis see and be a part of the

(01:25:26):
energy. No matter what style,genre or flavor you do. They need
us what we need them, youknow what I mean, right right?
And it's it's a great uh,it's a great partnership. You know what
I'm saying. Well, you know, without those fans, um, without

(01:25:49):
those people supporting all musicians that areout there, no one would get where
they are. No one would getto be a national or household name.
Nobody would get to play down thesebig stages and tour. And it's the
same as what I've said before ontalk with Teddy and my friends know that,
um here is that without your localmusicians, which you need to support.

(01:26:11):
You need to support your local musiciansbecause without them, you wouldn't have
national artists because that's where they comefrom. They all walk the street,
they all play for pennies. Theyall you don't go play these little rundown
bars or the big clubs or studiosor whatever, but but you do need
them, you know, and becausethat's where it all comes from. I

(01:26:31):
mean, look at some of thesemusicians that nobody's ever heard of, but
now they're big names. You know, well, you're spot on there.
And yeah, if if I canjust put a tip in everybody's ear you
see a musician out of the streetplaying, are you popping into a restaurant
or coffee shop or anywhere you seesomebody playing, tip them. Yeah,

(01:27:00):
grateful they're keeping music alive, thatthey're caring enough to want to entertain,
to express themselves. So let themknow you're grateful. You know, m
stuff that you hear, it's comingfrom somebody's mind, heart and soul.

(01:27:21):
Yeah, you know what I mean, shake their head, tell them,
hell yeah, tell It's not aneasy life. And that's why that's why
we say that. I mean,I agree with you one hundred percent.
It's that you know, if you'reyou know what was the saying? The
saying was um shit, Now Ican't even think of that either. My

(01:27:45):
brain is not working right. Butyou know, starving musician, that's it,
starving musician. Um. That's that'swhy that whole line exists, is
because you know, musicians, whenthey go to fulfill their dream sometimes they
can't get a job. So they'reliving off those quarters or dollars that they're
making out of their you know,instrument case, guitar case. You know,

(01:28:08):
they're out there walking and talking andtrying to um create the sound of
that we all love. And thatlittle quarter, that dollar, that ten
spot, whatever you give them willgo a long way. I swear it
will. Um. I agree.Musicians need need the support, and uh
specially your local guys because without them, you wouldn't have anything else, you

(01:28:30):
know. Yeah, it's just likedislike anything, everybody starts from the same
place. A lot of times,you know, they just didn't wake up.
Hey, it's already done right.The people that you know, the
people of that you see that youknow their name, and a lot of

(01:28:51):
the bigger acts you think they're overnight, but they have pounded the pavement,
they have paid their dues, theyhave traveled the roads, They played the
honky talks and dive bars. They'renot green anymore. Porter cafes, you
know, Yeah, yeah, they'renot green, that's for sure. And

(01:29:13):
that's that's that's one of the thingsthat a lot of the record labels there
their management that goes out there lookingfor they're looking for musicians that have played.
They they're not green, meaning theythey have paved their own road,
they have been in situations had toscrape for everything. Uh. It's just
you know, when you when youhave the experience, they're talking about everything,

(01:29:34):
the musicianship, the stage presence.I'm hard promoting yourself live in certain
ways because when you're on the road, man, I can tell you from
experience, it's hotel or it's sleepingin your car or your trucks, you
know what I mean. And it'sfour nights a week you're playing, and
you're lucky if you get three orfour nights sleep, you know, because

(01:29:56):
you're driving from one place to anotheras well. And I'll tell you right
now, those cots in those apartments, those or those uh, those rooms,
you know what, you're stay inthose hotel rooms. Some of the
cheapest hotel rooms you can find too, because you ain't got the money.
Cockro traces going on in the bathroomand you know, fucking mice running up
into your sneaker while you're sleeping.I tell me, I bet there,

(01:30:18):
brother, I know it all,I know it all. Yeah, that's
why. That's why when you saysupport local musicians, support august all artists,
yep, all genres, all kindsof music. Um, they're giving
up a lot to give you theirsoul, to give you something of them,

(01:30:42):
a piece of them, you know, just like anybody that works a
ringular nine to five job, theygive a piece of themselves to the company
and they return into a paycheck.You know, musicians, artists, whatever
top field you're in. Yeah,you talking when you play your music,

(01:31:03):
when you're writing songs, when yougo on stage, you didn't and people,
I will tell you this, Likewhat he's saying is like there's other
things when you're writing. I don'tknow how many times you sit down and
you try to write a song thatyou think is going to be a number
one hit or even get to wheremanagement even likes it once. Because once

(01:31:23):
you get signed, they pretty muchtell you what they like and they don't
like, and they're looking for somethingspecial to promote you with. So they're
looking for something with a good hook. So writing some of those songs goes
right in the in the waste basketbecause it just doesn't work, you know.
And but it's hard work and theydefinitely need your support no matter what.

(01:31:45):
You know, Jeff, I,I really appreciate you coming here and
spending a time with us and talkingand tell us about yourself and sharing some
about yourself as well and all thatstuff. And I know, the life
it's a tough one, and um, I wish you a lot of walk,
you know, with us, andkindly I appreciate that. And uh,

(01:32:10):
from our side and everybody on myteam, we appreciate the opportunity to
be on your show. We arehonored and uh it has been a pleasure.
I hope to do it again sometime. And uh again, I'm just
Jeff Man. I'm just doing whatI love and trying to follow my dreams
like everybody else, I get it. Man. I wish you the best

(01:32:34):
of luck it goes well. Andif it wasn't for Red, we wouldn't
never even have met exactly. Yeah. I was talking with him a little
bit on Messenger last night and Iwas he was like, man, you're
gonna let me get that bus andlook around. I'm like yeah, And
I said, no problem, man, of course, I said, you've
always got a seat at my table. You know that old saying, right,

(01:32:55):
Oh yeah, And so uh Iwas telling I said, I'll holler
at you when I coming back intotown, talk about Gattlberg. I said,
we'll run up to the holler thereand takes a few SIPs together,
man, and talk about the goodtimes, you know what I mean?
Oh yeah. But the only thingabout Red though, Man, his beard
looks way better than mine. It'sso much cooler. I wish I had

(01:33:19):
his beard. Well, you know, the problem is he's the problem is
he's a ginger and I wasn't.Well I am too. I'm still ginger
on the side middle starting to geta little gray. So but if you
don't have me asking Jeff, howold are you? I don't mind it
all, man, I'm forty sixyears old. Okay, don't see that's

(01:33:42):
that's the other thing. It's like, I'm fifty three and I'm a ginger
and the problem I have is thatthe gray has taken in, you know
where all the ginger was. Soit's like, uh, it sucks in
that boy. I've been wanting toask him if he dies his beard,
just because it looks so damn good. All that's yeah, and he must
use a bunch of AquaNet on thatship. I talked, if he really

(01:34:10):
wanted to be cool right here,he'd get the raid go back, big
big eighties beard or something. Righthe's got He's got a cool beard,
man. I mean it's yeah,I don't know, it's full of stick
all the way around it. Youknow, it hangs and lays good,
you know, because like a lotof beard hair, you know, everybody's

(01:34:30):
beard hair is different, and uh, you know, um, from time
to time, I got one ofthose beard straighteners and I'll use it,
but uh, I've mostly do youknow, I just keep I just keep
my whiskey wood and leather beard oilin it and ball it kind of keeps
it, you know, nice andneat there. And uh, of course

(01:34:53):
I'm working on the mustaches here,trying to get a nice pearl going on
there. There you go. Well, you you know, he spends a
lot of time on that damn beard. He probably spends the first hour or
two in the in the morning.He probably gets up at four just to
do his beard so that he cando what he needs to do at seven
takes him three hours. I know, I know his beard. Man.

(01:35:17):
Oh I used to tease him.I used to tease him and I tell
him, said, man, that'spretty good looking beard. I said,
that's what my used to look likein Ajo rage. But he's as good
as you ever want to be.Oh yeah, I love that guy here.
Just he makes me laugh. Andhe he's gonna be on the I

(01:35:38):
May Show on Saturday because we actuallyhave Biggins on the show and he's gonna
come back and kind of be theguest co host on Biggins doesn't Yeah,
Biggins doesn't know yet. Yeah,he's hilarious. Yeah, Biggins doesn't know
that Red's gonna be here. We'regonna kind of throw him in the mix
when Biggins ain't looking. And uh, it should be a good show on

(01:35:59):
Saturday with those that'll be a realgood show. Oh yeah, yeah,
I can't wait. So if you'rearound, you might want to pop in.
Yeah, I'll definitely, I'll definitelyhave to pop in and just say
howdy, there you go. I'lluh, when when I know things are
going I'll send you a link again. And now you know how to do
it. Yeah, because of youand Brandon from Brando Jones films man.

(01:36:25):
Because of y'all, my tent savvyhas gone from like this small, it's
gotten a little bit bigger than it. There you go, there you go.
Well, wellever you get stuck,you just give me a buzz and
we'll figure it out for you.Right all right, Jeff, Yeah,
I appreciate. Oh yeah, nota problem. We gotta get out of

(01:36:47):
here, so you best of luckto you with everything that you're doing,
and please make sure you stay intouch. We'll definitely get you back on
here. Tell the boys love tomeet the boys sometime as well. Um,
yeah, maybe next time I canhave the guys uh in the band
uh sitting around and uh you getto meet all the guys. Yeah,
have somebody to get a laptop.That way they can set it somewhere and

(01:37:10):
so we can see all of beyondthe bus or something, you know.
Yeah, we get We get RichardCarpenter my steel player, Jake Jacobs my
bass player, and brad Our newdrummer. Oh man, this is just
a great group of good old boys. Man. Yeah, I would love
to would love to have him justtell him I said love to have him,
so I don't. I sure will. All right, man, will

(01:37:32):
you take care of yourself, guys, don't forget one more time. Make
sure that you go over and youcheck out his website and uh it's www.
Official Jeff Anderson dot com and checkout his song over on YouTube.
But be be aware that he's gotsome new stuff coming and he's got a

(01:37:53):
new single dropping. Uh and Ithink it's you said it was cut off
jeans, right, yep, allthat is August for so we will be
looking and listening for that. Maybemaybe Jeff, you can send me a
link once it gets released and thenyou know, we can do something here
for you that would be great.So all right, guys, well you
know what this is. It's theend of the night. Tom. I'm

(01:38:14):
gonna be reaching out to you assoon as you get off here. And
I think that's it for the night. So all right, guys, we'll
see you Saturday night on Talk withTeddy with Biggins and Red from Hill Billy's
Inn Halla. So all right,you have a good night, buddy.
All right, all right, byebye, Thank you and my guests for

(01:38:46):
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