July 14, 2025 • 30 mins
Canadian country artist Dan Davidson dropped by the show to talk about his latest single and lots more. Tune in!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey y'all, it's Dan Davidson here from Canada. I'm Country
Artists and you're listening to the award nominated Backstage Pass
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
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here from the backstage past Dan Davidson joining us here
(01:03):
Canadian country artists. Dan, How you doing, sir, doing great?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Man? Thanks for having me on the show today.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
You probably had a weekend getaway, right, Yeah, we do.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
We do July first up here, so it was kind
of it's roughly the same.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
We we played a show up here in Alberta where
I'm from, which is they call it the Texas to Canada,
and uh yeah, you know, fireworks and country music. It
was about as good as it gets. And now I'm
up in Manitoba, Canada, up in the middle of the
woods here. I'm pretty happy that we just got some
good Wi fi because I am off the beaten path
right now.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
So tell us a little bit about your background there too.
And I love it because I always say cana American,
half Canadian, half American. Our friends north of the border
there too, at safety and I got some great friends
up there too, right there in Alberta, so it's like
the Texas of what Canada is up there too, So
I love it and the old fields, the green grass.
I've been up there several times, so I love Alberta
as a beautiful province up there for us July fourth
(01:55):
for you guys there too as well. Always great holidays
too because the weather's so nice. This time you were
up there, Hey, tell us a little bit Dan about
your background and of course coming through country music and
kind of when you know this was gonna, you know,
be your your full time career. Of course you got
another number of irons at the fire too.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, yeah, it's it's been pretty busy lately, but it
all kind of started back. I was was in music
school and and I met a couple guys. I didn't
know what I wanted to do. You know, I was
in rock and roll bands as a kid, and and
I accidentally tripped and fell into this band that became
this kind of indie force in Canada. Before we knew it,
we were playing stadiums, opening for bon Jovi and like
(02:31):
all these amazing bands, and we had so we had
a great run. You know, we got to play all
over the place, including places like the Whiskey in LA
and all over North America. But you know, after having
some radio success and slugging away for a long time,
we all kind of were ready to try some different things.
A couple of guys went back to school, including myself,
and then I just realized it wasn't really done yet,
so started this country thing. I put out a song
(02:53):
that I loved that I just you know, I wasn't
trying to be influenced by anything, just something that felt right.
And yeah, it just came out of the game and
went platinum in Canada as an independent artist, and from
there it's been just this wild ride keeping up to
that momentum. You know, got a few CCMA nominations under
my belt and just open for pretty much everybody now.
(03:14):
So I'm just touring lots and having a lot of fun.
And you know, I've always said, if you can figure
out a way to hang out with your friends and
see the world, you've hacked the system if that's your job.
So I'm feeling that way these days.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
And the performance skills must come easy there too, because
like I said, it's either for you or it's not
for you. But for a lot of the great Canadian
artists I've seen, and congratulations on the platinum status right through,
which is not easy to achieve, especially as an independent
artist when your own funding, and your own money goes
into this too. At the same time, you believe in
yourself because, like I said, when you invest in yourself,
you're doing the best out there because nobody else will
when it comes down to it, talk about just that ride,
(03:47):
and of course achieving platinum success and just performing on stage.
What makes kind of you tick? Performing on stage?
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yeah, yeah, I was found that with country music. It's
so fun because it's not like to me being in
rock and roll for so long, it was all about
being cool all the time, trying to just be the
do the things you're supposed to do to have that image.
But I feel like in country music it's all always
been about people. It's always been about figuring out what
connects with people. And my favorite part of the gig
is getting to travel and tour the world and just
(04:15):
like meet people, see what makes them ticks, see what
they respond to, and and I just love that, and
that's that's what the heart of country music is. So
I love I love performing because I love that aspect
of it. And we've been lucky enough that you know,
we're coming up to our fourth Australian tour. We've been
to the UK three or four times in France and
Italy and Germany and Japan. So we've had I never
(04:37):
thought in a million years that country music would be
the genre that took me around the world. I thought
when rock and roll was done that that was it
for me. But yeah, here I am man having a
great time.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Hey, you put out some other singles. We'll get to
the latest single there too. I want to talk about
I Will Follow You into the Dark. Let's talk about
this when released the last year there, twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Yeah, so that one was kind of a funny thing,
you know. It was between records and I just wanted
to have it's just some fun in the studio. I
had a couple extra days and it's like, oh, here's
a song I heard on the plane the other day
that I was like, that would make a great country song.
It's like a you know, an indie folks song by
a Death Cab for Cutie and a lot of the
hipsters love that back here in Canada, you know, ten
fifteen years ago, and so I just honestly, we just
(05:17):
slapped it down and I thought this would be kind
of people might think this is kind of cool as
a little sort of a gap stop for between my
two singles and and yeah, I mean over the last year,
I haven't put out a whole lot and the reason
was just because I've been working on my new record
and I've been building this new record label that I've
just launched, and a couple other interesting projects as well
(05:38):
that I'm sure we'll get into. But yeah, that's what's
been keeping me busy.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
That's a good thing. Always good to stay busy out
there too. Yeah, I was gonna ask you about goals
and kind of ambitions things like that. You mentioned the
record label and other projects. Talk about that for me,
because always good to have new, exciting things. And we
wake up every day looking for new projects and kind
of searching our life for things. We're looking for for
new things to do with things we have a passion for.
For you, I'm sure music and never right.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah, I mean I've been a serial indie artist my
entire life. I came up in the time in the
industry where the labels were crashing and I had to
just figure out a way. Like I remember being in
the rock and roll band and we'd have you know,
we'd sell a thousand tickets in our tiny hometown and
we'd have A and R from New York and LA
coming out to see us, but everyone kept getting fired
and there was a point that I was like, Okay,
(06:22):
industry is sick. I have to figure out how to
compete with these major label bands on my shoe string
budget with my indie no how. And so that set
me up for a really interesting career path where I
had to learn all these things. But still in music
we deal with with politics at award shows and with
radio and all these things. So over the last year,
I've come together with another Canadian platinum selling band, the
(06:47):
Road Hammers, and we came up with this idea to
do a record label that was for artists, by artists.
And now we've assembled this crazy team around us and
we have just a whole lot of mojo going on
right now and it's called sky Song Records. So my
my new single, Buckle Rubbin, is the first single off
the new label. And that's what we honestly, that's that's
(07:07):
been a big part of our years, just you know,
doing all the legal stuff and signing contracts and ticking
the boxes. But we're ready. We're there. We got lots
of gas in the tank and it's just starting to
heat up right now.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Let's talk about a little bit of some other projects
there too, and of course go back to some of
the views I got there. I want to talk about
kiss Heart. Let's get into that one for you a
little bit.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Yeah, that was my first first foray into country music.
You know. I put that one out and started to
build my band around the show that sounded like that.
It's funny what brought me into the whole world too,
you know. Like I had a friend who was touring
in a band called Default up here in Canada and
they and there was a we just used to play
with them a lot. And Dallas Smith, who was a
singer of that band, he was opening for Florida Georgia
(07:50):
Line with his new country project in my hometown, and
he's like, why don't you come down check it out?
So I came down to check it out, and I
went to his after party and he's like, man, you
should should think about this. It's it's not much different
than what we've been doing for the last ten years.
And I was like, yeah, Dan Davidson, that sounds like
a pair of jeans. So we just kind of started
digging in. I just started digging in and writing songs,
(08:10):
and un Kisser was the first song that I put out,
quickly followed by Found, which is the one I was
telling you about that went platinum. So it was. It's funny,
you know, like it seems like such a shift. A
lot of people asked me what it was like, shifting
from rock and roll to the country, But honestly, it
feels like I'm doing the same thing. But there's a
fiddle in the band. Now.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You gotta have that fiddle in the band. Alabama always
told us that to one of the greatest country groups
of all time, and I guess a lot of songs
it's been there. If you don't have a fiddle in
the band, I guess is it really called country music now?
I can't say it here, although all the platform whatever
great songs, but I'm with you, Hey, naughties country was
when I grew up on tea my friend, and hey,
if it has a fiddle in the band, it definitely
speaks more to me. It resonates there a little bit more.
(08:50):
And that's the beauty about it is you see such
great artists like Zach Topp and Randall King and so
many people trying to really keep it like to that
particular sound. I guess my question is why is that
kind of thriving and why is that coming back that
particular sound and where you are nineties country fan growing up?
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Yeah, you know, it's funny. It's growing up the way
I did listening to a lot of rock and roll.
It's I didn't realize it, but like from where I'm from,
it's just you can't get away from it. It's there,
it's around you, it's it's on the radio, it's in
the car, you know. So there was so much country
that seeped in. A lot of it was from my
dad probably, and he was he was a big fan
of you know, Lyle Lovett and and Willie Nelson and
(09:29):
and it's sort of an eclectic mix of of of
artists that kind of did things their own way. And
I always thought that was kind of cool. I was
always a big Willie fan with that stuff. And then
seeing now the fun of nineties country coming back into
the mainstream, like you're saying, the Zach Tops of the
world is like Alan Jackson two point zero, and uh,
it's just it's just a lot of fun to see live.
(09:49):
And what I think has always been cool about country
music is that there should be there's a bit of
a lane for everybody. Like country fans, they don't only like,
you know, one style. For the most part, I think
that there are some that do speak to the traditionalist.
But for the most part, I think a lot of
country fans are pretty open to whatever feels good. If
it sounds country and it makes you feel good, it's
(10:09):
a good song. So you know, I can really appreciate
the Zach Tops. Even though maybe I couldn't pull that
style off as well as you know, a guy like
he could, I still love it. And it's same with
it's some of my favorite songwriters, you know, Hayes, Carl
Corb Lund and there's this whole resurgence of that techless
Texas Oklahoma kind of sound. Turnpike, Troubadours, all these guys
(10:30):
are just making waves out there, and it's it's really
exciting times in country music.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Yeah, very healthy to no doubt about it too. Well,
we're going to play a little music here. It's the
first one you mentioned. They're off the new project there
coming out with this new record label too. With the
road Hammers out there, Dan Davidson hear the backstage pastime
for a little buckle rubbin. Here it is KYB in
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Speaker 3 (11:25):
We can get another drink, but I can't help take
that dance floor's calling on her name? What song's gone
to get these barstools break?
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Hell? Ain't that reason when he can't? What's gonna get
you in the what's gonna make a loo?
Speaker 3 (11:49):
How about a little bit of bug rubbing, bringing.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
In close to mans.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Touching, taking in so little corner I'm loving. We're going
to sea spark flie where leaves me honey, closing time,
don't need nothing.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
We're dropping dollars.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Keep the junebox buzzing, and you know how to keep
the soul or thumping.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Ain't it something when we're buck or robbing oh, ucle rob.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
A little quick quicksough, it's how it gone. Nope, if
this chemistry is real, cause open your feet and they too, because.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
All I wanted to.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
There's a little bit of bull rubbin, bringing in close
until the man was touching, taking in.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
Slow, a little quarter time loving.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
We're going to sea spark slide where levis me closing
time do mean nothing.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
We're dropping dollars.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Keep the jupat's buzzing, and you know how to keep
the soul thumping.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Ain't it something? And went buck good robbing girl, I
have a long spind your else. We been from one's
(13:33):
up the ground. He danced till the let's come by.
Won't take that long? One mad song baby.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
We could go wrong with a little bit of bug rubbing,
bring it in close until the mills touching, taking in slow,
a little quarter time loving. We're going to see sparks,
fro leaves me bery closing time nothing.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
We're trapping dallas. Keep the tu guys plazes and keep
the soul up. It ain't a season when we're buck rubbing,
cluck when we're buck when we're back.
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Speaker 2 (15:41):
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Beck Music. So you mentioned a great country song and
a fiddle in the band, you can't do I guess
the one without the other two. But Buckle Rubbin just
has a great feel to it, and that's why I
had to have you hear on the show to talk
about it too, because it takes me back to a
little bit of a nineties country sound. Talk about this
one for us.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Yeah, you know what's so fun about this one is
this Like what I've been described is I think what
people like about my song is is they're all they're
all get drunk and fallen love songs, and that's country
music right there. So I was I was chatting with
a friend of mine, Clayton Bellamy, who is in the
Road Hammers, a great Canadian rock and roll country band,
and he's from uptown called Bonnieville, Alberta, which is a
(17:02):
tiny little map dot that no one's ever heard of.
And uh, he said it in a conversation one time.
I don't even know what we're talking about, but he's
he mentioned the term buckle rubbin and I was like, WHOA,
that sounds like a song. So I had to I
had to write that down, put it in the phone,
and brought it into a writing session. We just kind
of came up with this kind of like sassy, kind
of cheeky, you know, people at the bar shooting their shot,
(17:24):
trying to trying to find that song that can get
people a little bit closer. And uh yeah, I'm really
I'm really satisfied with how it came out. I think
it's got a little bit of that throwback but also
speaks to a bit of a modern audience too.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Yeah, it definitely has a little bit of both flavor.
As you mentioned that modern day cutter sound a little
bit of throwback to there at the same time there too.
He I got to get your opinion on this women's
movement now too, Dan, this is amazing, not just from
Canadian country up there, but you see great artists like
Megan Patrick kind of doing their thing. Of course, Lanney
Wilson's out there the queen of country right now, and
and just so many, so many great artists, Ella Langley
and Uh, It's it's crazy. The names go on and
(17:57):
on out there too, from Ashley Cook to Hannah Ellis
and talk about just this women's movement now in country music,
and of course a few of those Canadian artists thrown
in there.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Yeah, honestly. And I do a morning show in my
hometown in Edmonton, Alberta, a host of morning radio show,
and getting to see some of these these girls come
across our desk in the music meeting is really really exciting.
Like I love like you're saying, Megan Patrick. I think
she had one of the best records last year. I
think Hailey Wittters has got a really interesting kind of
like a bluegrassy fun nod. And this is Yeah, you're right,
(18:29):
like Landy Wilson, like Hank Tight Honey. There's more energy
in that song than than any country song. I think
I've heard this year and I got to see her
live this year and she didn't disappoint. There is just
so much going on and it's good to see that
people are loving it. Like d Yella Langley song, There's
hasn't been a song that big in forever, and she
inspired a whole new generation of people cutting their hair
(18:51):
into bangs, so she must be doing something right. But yeah,
it's exciting, man, It's it's cool, you know, And I
think it's it's obvious when there is a whole for
for female fronted music and it's it's it's we need
that balance. So it's been a lot of fun to
watch happen again.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
You know, you've done a lot in your career so far,
and like I said, a lot more to accomplish there too.
But if you were to kind of pinpoint like a
bucket list of things that you haven't yet accomplished in
your career, or just venues to play, are different artists
to open for, or like I said, your own tour,
talk about this and some bucket list things you want
to accomplish.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
I'd love to play the grand Ole Opry. I mean,
that's that's a bucket list for any country singer. I think,
and I've got to do the Bluebird Cafe, uh last
couple of years ago, I guess now. And and that
was that was iconic, you know, that was that was
a big one for me. I remember going in there,
I think, you know, expecting to be pretty scared, and
I was. And I walked in was kind of looking
around me like this is sort of just a hepatitis
(19:45):
the chicken wing joint, and you know it is. It's
in the strip mall somewhere and uh, but you know
it's just the room is heavy because you know who's
been in those chairs singing and what songs they've been singing.
But the crowd is small and there was it was
a lot of this, to be honest, There's a a
lot of Canadians in the room. So I felt kind
of right at home.
Speaker 8 (20:03):
So that was a big one.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
I checked out the bucket list. But the Grand Ole
Opry is certainly one I would love to play. And
I'd love to do an arena show at my hometown
as a headliner. I think. I think that's another one
that everybody always dreams of. Like I have played arena shows,
but I'm the opening act on those shows and I
would just love my name to be at the top
of the marquee one of these days.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
It sure will, no doubt about it too. Hey, talk
about some of the challenges in this industry. Maybe a
lot of fans don't see things that go on there too,
when it comes to work behind the scenes, the teams
and everybody you've gets a chance to collaborate with, such
as pr such as things that you mentioned they're kind
of independent, self funding, radio tour, things like that. Talk
about just the challenges and the most things that become
kind of tough in this business but keep you motivated
(20:45):
to keep going.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Yeah, you know what the biggest thing these days for
new artists is cost. It's crippling to be able to
you know, to fly a band around the country. Is
it's just really hard. And you see a lot of
young acts out there and it's just like, you know,
a singer and a guitar player and a drummer and
the restaur on tracks And I get that, but I
don't love a full tracks show. I think there's magic
(21:08):
to a live band and I prefer to see that.
But I understand because eight is the cost is crippling.
That's so that's one I would say. Another one is
just I mentioned it earlier. Politics in the industry is
pretty real. It's it's really tough to break through that
glass ceiling when it comes to getting awards and getting
nominations and things like that. So I think, you know,
the best advice I was probably ever given to combat
(21:31):
all the little checks and balances along the way for
indie artists is something my dad said very early on
in my career. He once said, you know, be great
and don't go away, And that kind of stuck with
me because it's like, that's all you can control is
your your effort level and the rest. It's just it's
going to happen when it happens.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Well said there, like I said, and that's one opportunity,
one ride around the sun. Make it count. I said
the same thing with the show, you know, five six
years ago when I started this too, is like, not
youre ever going to get it on? You know, how
do you what's the podcast kind of you know format
out there too at the same time, what levels and
where you're gonna put it and audio this and that
and buy equipment and everything else. But you get one
ride around there too as well, and you might as
well take it. When you get the chances do. You
(22:10):
have the best effort you can and the best job.
Put your best foot forward and people will again see
the work out there too and start buying in to
what you're doing. And now it has happened. It's been
a good, good grind five six years. As you know,
just like music, but you keep putting stuff out there.
You love what you do. You put your best foot
forward every day and if you just thank God you
get to do something like this too, we'll take our
last time out again. You guys. Check it out buckle
rubbin across all those digital streaming platforms out there too
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wherever you download our stream music out there and Dan
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Of course, coming up this week, our good friend Craig
Campbell is going to drop by a great songwriter there
too as well, and the Outskirts of Heaven. He's DoD
a lot of great songs here too. Is good to
have CC back on the show here to promote some
music and talk about some of the new projects he's
working on. And always good to talk about his coffee.
He's got a great coffee out there too, and I've
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let's have a little fun, my friend. As we closed
it out there. You always love going to Nashville. There's
always never a shortage of restaurants on every corner opening up.
(24:07):
I really liked a three one two pizza over in Germantown.
H it was a good deep dish pizza, really good
over there by the Sounds Ballpark. And then I enjoyed
the diner on the sixth floor there on downtown there too,
which was great food. Uh, some of the best, like
blueberry cheese kick I ever had. When you're in Nashville, Uh,
where do you like to eat? Because there's always something
opening up, opening up new on every corner.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Right, Oh man, it's it's you know, typically that I'm
down there, I'm by myself, right, so I'm always going
on these little culinary adventures and I never know where
I'm eating, but I know that I could drown myself
in barbecue sauce pretty much on every corner. And there
was there was one time we finished up or write
on a Friday. And you know, like when I hear
Southerners talk, it's just so musical to me.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
I just I just love it.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
And uh, we were talking to this Guy's like, hey man,
we gotta go get ourselves a meet and three. I
had no idea what a Meeting three was. I've never
been to a meet and three. We don't really do
that in Canada. So we went down to this Meeting
three and I picked my meat and picked a couple
of things, and one of my sides was a hushpuppy
and I was like, oh, what's what is that thing?
What's what's a hushpuppy? And the girl at the counter
just went, I'll sugar, that's sweet. Where are y'all from?
(25:12):
It's like, ah my tell, I didn't know what hushpuppies. Worse,
everyone knew I was Canadian. But I love it Meeting three,
so I'll eat at any Meeting three in Nashville. The
other thing is the Hattie Bees hot chicken. We don't
really have that up here either. And I remember going
in there and seeing this old guy in the corner
and he was eating this chicken that looks so good.
And I told the girl at the counter, I like,
I want what he's having. And then she asked like,
(25:33):
where are you from? And from Canada? And she's like,
you don't want what he's having. It's too spicy for you.
Well I ordered it anyway, and she was right. I
had to drown with about six beers to keep the
spice down.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Well, yeah, you got it, definitely. I drank there too
at the same time and swallow, like I said, get
that stuff down so you can make sure that is
the real dealing. Hattie Bees is my favorite.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
I can only have it like a couple of times
now too, because once you've tried it, it's like anything else. Okay,
you can't knock it to you try it. Once you've
tried it, you can give your opinion out there and
then move on because there's always other, some kind of
new flavor opening up there when it comes to tacos
or pizza, Italian food, Mexican food, and Nashville's got it
all out there too. When it comes down to all, right,
best concert you've been to, just as as a kind
of a customer you walked in, you bought a ticket,
(26:17):
you're sitting there too, or a guest of someone too,
whether it be a band or solo artist. What's some
of the best concerts you've been to of all the time?
What's your favorite?
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Well, you know, this is not a country a country concert.
But I went and saw Prince like a year before
he died, and oh my god, it just like changed everything.
He was so charismatic, it was frightening, Like you could
just feel it in the room that he was there,
and I was just I was shocked. But I've seen
Willie Nelson, I've seen the Eagles, seen some pretty pretty
(26:45):
big resume pieces, but I think Prince stands out for me.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
All Right, if you were not a working musician, what
other career path would you have taken.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
Yeah, I think about that sometimes, and I would either
gone one of two ways. It'd be something to do
with with with kids. I've had my have two kids,
and seeing how much uh some of the teachers have
affected their lives in positive ways, it seems like a
really great thing to do for the world is to
give that to somebody else out there. So I think
that's high on my list. But you know, my dad's
(27:16):
a lawyer, and I always kind of thought what he
did was was pretty cool. It was, but you know,
way too much reading for me. But I like the
prestige of it all. So maybe one day when I'm retired,
I'll get back into that plan B. It's a pretty
stiff plan B.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
But all right, Drake Wise, as far as beer whiskey,
what's your go to?
Speaker 1 (27:37):
You know, I was I've been a bourbon guy for
a long time, but I've been really liking, you know,
at the end of the night having a sip of
just a really nice tequila. We had one last night
out here at the lake. That's kind of our tradition
here as the sun goes down, you have a nice,
nice sip of something fancy and a really nice sip
of tequila has been tasted goodly. But yeah, I mean,
we have a lot of good craft beers up where
I'm from. So uh, there's a there's a brand called
(27:59):
Sea Change in Evington, Alberta. And I love a good
Sea Change deathwave. It's called it's a logger.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I like that, it's a logger. It's always a good
sign of things up there. And of course I know
Alberta's just like Texas. It seemed like another beer company
or somebody's opening up out there too.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
For yeah, it's everywhere.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
It's everywhere. It's everywhere. Somebody's opening something out there too,
and you always get a chance to try it and
to give your opinion on something out there too. But hey,
I love a beer tasting, wine tasting, whiskey tasting, some
of the best things that we get to do out there.
We'll make sure you guys go stream the album out
there too. It should say the single there too, eventually
going to become a record out there buckle rubbin across
all the DSPs and give him a visit at Dan
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too as well, kcy Beckmusiccacybeck dot com. Dan, we appreciate
the time, best of luck, but the projects as they
unfold over the coming months and the new record label
and of course more great things here happening in your career.
Congratulations on the platinum status with the song found and
I know continued success. Man, It's gonna find its way
(28:58):
to people that bust their ass, takes names that move forward.
We appreciate the time, man.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Oh man, thanks for having me, Kaid and this is
such a great show and you're so awesome at this,
like just listening to your cadence and your momentum. You
just you're ten out of ten.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
You got it man, Well I appreciate that too. Hey,
you like said one radio, got to another. I'd love
to be a guest on you guys Morning show one
day too, to kind of get the word across the Hey,
we're doing this oatday for a lot of artists, both
at Texas in Nashville and in Canada and now worldwide,
heard over twenty five countries around there. THHWN dot org, KYBN,
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(29:33):
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about the Astros and Rangers, and of course now tonight
is the MLB's All Star Break. Enjoy the home run
Derby and of course the All Star Game coming up
Tuesday as well coming up this week too, and of
course second half of the season resumes this weekend. We'll
talk to you, guys. To you on the flip side,
God bless, take care. We'll see you soon.
Speaker 9 (29:50):
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here from the backstage past Dan Davidson joining us here
(01:03):
Canadian country artists. Dan, How you doing, sir, doing great?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Man? Thanks for having me on the show today.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
You probably had a weekend getaway, right, Yeah, we do.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
We do July first up here, so it was kind
of it's roughly the same.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
We we played a show up here in Alberta where
I'm from, which is they call it the Texas to Canada,
and uh yeah, you know, fireworks and country music. It
was about as good as it gets. And now I'm
up in Manitoba, Canada, up in the middle of the
woods here. I'm pretty happy that we just got some
good Wi fi because I am off the beaten path
right now.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
So tell us a little bit about your background there too.
And I love it because I always say cana American,
half Canadian, half American. Our friends north of the border
there too, at safety and I got some great friends
up there too, right there in Alberta, so it's like
the Texas of what Canada is up there too, So
I love it and the old fields, the green grass.
I've been up there several times, so I love Alberta
as a beautiful province up there for us July fourth
(01:55):
for you guys there too as well. Always great holidays
too because the weather's so nice. This time you were
up there, Hey, tell us a little bit Dan about
your background and of course coming through country music and
kind of when you know this was gonna, you know,
be your your full time career. Of course you got
another number of irons at the fire too.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, yeah, it's it's been pretty busy lately, but it
all kind of started back. I was was in music
school and and I met a couple guys. I didn't
know what I wanted to do. You know, I was
in rock and roll bands as a kid, and and
I accidentally tripped and fell into this band that became
this kind of indie force in Canada. Before we knew it,
we were playing stadiums, opening for bon Jovi and like
(02:31):
all these amazing bands, and we had so we had
a great run. You know, we got to play all
over the place, including places like the Whiskey in LA
and all over North America. But you know, after having
some radio success and slugging away for a long time,
we all kind of were ready to try some different things.
A couple of guys went back to school, including myself,
and then I just realized it wasn't really done yet,
so started this country thing. I put out a song
(02:53):
that I loved that I just you know, I wasn't
trying to be influenced by anything, just something that felt right.
And yeah, it just came out of the game and
went platinum in Canada as an independent artist, and from
there it's been just this wild ride keeping up to
that momentum. You know, got a few CCMA nominations under
my belt and just open for pretty much everybody now.
(03:14):
So I'm just touring lots and having a lot of fun.
And you know, I've always said, if you can figure
out a way to hang out with your friends and
see the world, you've hacked the system if that's your job.
So I'm feeling that way these days.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
And the performance skills must come easy there too, because
like I said, it's either for you or it's not
for you. But for a lot of the great Canadian
artists I've seen, and congratulations on the platinum status right through,
which is not easy to achieve, especially as an independent
artist when your own funding, and your own money goes
into this too. At the same time, you believe in
yourself because, like I said, when you invest in yourself,
you're doing the best out there because nobody else will
when it comes down to it, talk about just that ride,
(03:47):
and of course achieving platinum success and just performing on stage.
What makes kind of you tick? Performing on stage?
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yeah, yeah, I was found that with country music. It's
so fun because it's not like to me being in
rock and roll for so long, it was all about
being cool all the time, trying to just be the
do the things you're supposed to do to have that image.
But I feel like in country music it's all always
been about people. It's always been about figuring out what
connects with people. And my favorite part of the gig
is getting to travel and tour the world and just
(04:15):
like meet people, see what makes them ticks, see what
they respond to, and and I just love that, and
that's that's what the heart of country music is. So
I love I love performing because I love that aspect
of it. And we've been lucky enough that you know,
we're coming up to our fourth Australian tour. We've been
to the UK three or four times in France and
Italy and Germany and Japan. So we've had I never
(04:37):
thought in a million years that country music would be
the genre that took me around the world. I thought
when rock and roll was done that that was it
for me. But yeah, here I am man having a
great time.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Hey, you put out some other singles. We'll get to
the latest single there too. I want to talk about
I Will Follow You into the Dark. Let's talk about
this when released the last year there, twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Yeah, so that one was kind of a funny thing,
you know. It was between records and I just wanted
to have it's just some fun in the studio. I
had a couple extra days and it's like, oh, here's
a song I heard on the plane the other day
that I was like, that would make a great country song.
It's like a you know, an indie folks song by
a Death Cab for Cutie and a lot of the
hipsters love that back here in Canada, you know, ten
fifteen years ago, and so I just honestly, we just
(05:17):
slapped it down and I thought this would be kind
of people might think this is kind of cool as
a little sort of a gap stop for between my
two singles and and yeah, I mean over the last year,
I haven't put out a whole lot and the reason
was just because I've been working on my new record
and I've been building this new record label that I've
just launched, and a couple other interesting projects as well
(05:38):
that I'm sure we'll get into. But yeah, that's what's
been keeping me busy.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
That's a good thing. Always good to stay busy out
there too. Yeah, I was gonna ask you about goals
and kind of ambitions things like that. You mentioned the
record label and other projects. Talk about that for me,
because always good to have new, exciting things. And we
wake up every day looking for new projects and kind
of searching our life for things. We're looking for for
new things to do with things we have a passion for.
For you, I'm sure music and never right.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah, I mean I've been a serial indie artist my
entire life. I came up in the time in the
industry where the labels were crashing and I had to
just figure out a way. Like I remember being in
the rock and roll band and we'd have you know,
we'd sell a thousand tickets in our tiny hometown and
we'd have A and R from New York and LA
coming out to see us, but everyone kept getting fired
and there was a point that I was like, Okay,
(06:22):
industry is sick. I have to figure out how to
compete with these major label bands on my shoe string
budget with my indie no how. And so that set
me up for a really interesting career path where I
had to learn all these things. But still in music
we deal with with politics at award shows and with
radio and all these things. So over the last year,
I've come together with another Canadian platinum selling band, the
(06:47):
Road Hammers, and we came up with this idea to
do a record label that was for artists, by artists.
And now we've assembled this crazy team around us and
we have just a whole lot of mojo going on
right now and it's called sky Song Records. So my
my new single, Buckle Rubbin, is the first single off
the new label. And that's what we honestly, that's that's
(07:07):
been a big part of our years, just you know,
doing all the legal stuff and signing contracts and ticking
the boxes. But we're ready. We're there. We got lots
of gas in the tank and it's just starting to
heat up right now.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Let's talk about a little bit of some other projects
there too, and of course go back to some of
the views I got there. I want to talk about
kiss Heart. Let's get into that one for you a
little bit.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Yeah, that was my first first foray into country music.
You know. I put that one out and started to
build my band around the show that sounded like that.
It's funny what brought me into the whole world too,
you know. Like I had a friend who was touring
in a band called Default up here in Canada and
they and there was a we just used to play
with them a lot. And Dallas Smith, who was a
singer of that band, he was opening for Florida Georgia
(07:50):
Line with his new country project in my hometown, and
he's like, why don't you come down check it out?
So I came down to check it out, and I
went to his after party and he's like, man, you
should should think about this. It's it's not much different
than what we've been doing for the last ten years.
And I was like, yeah, Dan Davidson, that sounds like
a pair of jeans. So we just kind of started
digging in. I just started digging in and writing songs,
(08:10):
and un Kisser was the first song that I put out,
quickly followed by Found, which is the one I was
telling you about that went platinum. So it was. It's funny,
you know, like it seems like such a shift. A
lot of people asked me what it was like, shifting
from rock and roll to the country, But honestly, it
feels like I'm doing the same thing. But there's a
fiddle in the band. Now.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You gotta have that fiddle in the band. Alabama always
told us that to one of the greatest country groups
of all time, and I guess a lot of songs
it's been there. If you don't have a fiddle in
the band, I guess is it really called country music now?
I can't say it here, although all the platform whatever
great songs, but I'm with you, Hey, naughties country was
when I grew up on tea my friend, and hey,
if it has a fiddle in the band, it definitely
speaks more to me. It resonates there a little bit more.
(08:50):
And that's the beauty about it is you see such
great artists like Zach Topp and Randall King and so
many people trying to really keep it like to that
particular sound. I guess my question is why is that
kind of thriving and why is that coming back that
particular sound and where you are nineties country fan growing up?
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Yeah, you know, it's funny. It's growing up the way
I did listening to a lot of rock and roll.
It's I didn't realize it, but like from where I'm from,
it's just you can't get away from it. It's there,
it's around you, it's it's on the radio, it's in
the car, you know. So there was so much country
that seeped in. A lot of it was from my
dad probably, and he was he was a big fan
of you know, Lyle Lovett and and Willie Nelson and
(09:29):
and it's sort of an eclectic mix of of of
artists that kind of did things their own way. And
I always thought that was kind of cool. I was
always a big Willie fan with that stuff. And then
seeing now the fun of nineties country coming back into
the mainstream, like you're saying, the Zach Tops of the
world is like Alan Jackson two point zero, and uh,
it's just it's just a lot of fun to see live.
(09:49):
And what I think has always been cool about country
music is that there should be there's a bit of
a lane for everybody. Like country fans, they don't only like,
you know, one style. For the most part, I think
that there are some that do speak to the traditionalist.
But for the most part, I think a lot of
country fans are pretty open to whatever feels good. If
it sounds country and it makes you feel good, it's
(10:09):
a good song. So you know, I can really appreciate
the Zach Tops. Even though maybe I couldn't pull that
style off as well as you know, a guy like
he could, I still love it. And it's same with
it's some of my favorite songwriters, you know, Hayes, Carl
Corb Lund and there's this whole resurgence of that techless
Texas Oklahoma kind of sound. Turnpike, Troubadours, all these guys
(10:30):
are just making waves out there, and it's it's really
exciting times in country music.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Yeah, very healthy to no doubt about it too. Well,
we're going to play a little music here. It's the
first one you mentioned. They're off the new project there
coming out with this new record label too. With the
road Hammers out there, Dan Davidson hear the backstage pastime
for a little buckle rubbin. Here it is KYB in
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Speaker 3 (11:25):
We can get another drink, but I can't help take
that dance floor's calling on her name? What song's gone
to get these barstools break?
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Hell? Ain't that reason when he can't? What's gonna get
you in the what's gonna make a loo?
Speaker 3 (11:49):
How about a little bit of bug rubbing, bringing.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
In close to mans.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Touching, taking in so little corner I'm loving. We're going
to sea spark flie where leaves me honey, closing time,
don't need nothing.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
We're dropping dollars.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Keep the junebox buzzing, and you know how to keep
the soul or thumping.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Ain't it something when we're buck or robbing oh, ucle rob.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
A little quick quicksough, it's how it gone. Nope, if
this chemistry is real, cause open your feet and they too, because.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
All I wanted to.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
There's a little bit of bull rubbin, bringing in close
until the man was touching, taking in.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
Slow, a little quarter time loving.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
We're going to sea spark slide where levis me closing
time do mean nothing.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
We're dropping dollars.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Keep the jupat's buzzing, and you know how to keep
the soul thumping.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Ain't it something? And went buck good robbing girl, I
have a long spind your else. We been from one's
(13:33):
up the ground. He danced till the let's come by.
Won't take that long? One mad song baby.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
We could go wrong with a little bit of bug rubbing,
bring it in close until the mills touching, taking in slow,
a little quarter time loving. We're going to see sparks,
fro leaves me bery closing time nothing.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
We're trapping dallas. Keep the tu guys plazes and keep
the soul up. It ain't a season when we're buck rubbing,
cluck when we're buck when we're back.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
Hey, y'all, this is Nashville recording artist Karen Waldrop and
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Speaker 1 (15:20):
What's up, y'all.
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Beck Music. So you mentioned a great country song and
a fiddle in the band, you can't do I guess
the one without the other two. But Buckle Rubbin just
has a great feel to it, and that's why I
had to have you hear on the show to talk
about it too, because it takes me back to a
little bit of a nineties country sound. Talk about this
one for us.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Yeah, you know what's so fun about this one is
this Like what I've been described is I think what
people like about my song is is they're all they're
all get drunk and fallen love songs, and that's country
music right there. So I was I was chatting with
a friend of mine, Clayton Bellamy, who is in the
Road Hammers, a great Canadian rock and roll country band,
and he's from uptown called Bonnieville, Alberta, which is a
(17:02):
tiny little map dot that no one's ever heard of.
And uh, he said it in a conversation one time.
I don't even know what we're talking about, but he's
he mentioned the term buckle rubbin and I was like, WHOA,
that sounds like a song. So I had to I
had to write that down, put it in the phone,
and brought it into a writing session. We just kind
of came up with this kind of like sassy, kind
of cheeky, you know, people at the bar shooting their shot,
(17:24):
trying to trying to find that song that can get
people a little bit closer. And uh yeah, I'm really
I'm really satisfied with how it came out. I think
it's got a little bit of that throwback but also
speaks to a bit of a modern audience too.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Yeah, it definitely has a little bit of both flavor.
As you mentioned that modern day cutter sound a little
bit of throwback to there at the same time there too.
He I got to get your opinion on this women's
movement now too, Dan, this is amazing, not just from
Canadian country up there, but you see great artists like
Megan Patrick kind of doing their thing. Of course, Lanney
Wilson's out there the queen of country right now, and
and just so many, so many great artists, Ella Langley
and Uh, It's it's crazy. The names go on and
(17:57):
on out there too, from Ashley Cook to Hannah Ellis
and talk about just this women's movement now in country music,
and of course a few of those Canadian artists thrown
in there.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Yeah, honestly. And I do a morning show in my
hometown in Edmonton, Alberta, a host of morning radio show,
and getting to see some of these these girls come
across our desk in the music meeting is really really exciting.
Like I love like you're saying, Megan Patrick. I think
she had one of the best records last year. I
think Hailey Wittters has got a really interesting kind of
like a bluegrassy fun nod. And this is Yeah, you're right,
(18:29):
like Landy Wilson, like Hank Tight Honey. There's more energy
in that song than than any country song. I think
I've heard this year and I got to see her
live this year and she didn't disappoint. There is just
so much going on and it's good to see that
people are loving it. Like d Yella Langley song, There's
hasn't been a song that big in forever, and she
inspired a whole new generation of people cutting their hair
(18:51):
into bangs, so she must be doing something right. But yeah,
it's exciting, man, It's it's cool, you know, And I
think it's it's obvious when there is a whole for
for female fronted music and it's it's it's we need
that balance. So it's been a lot of fun to
watch happen again.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
You know, you've done a lot in your career so far,
and like I said, a lot more to accomplish there too.
But if you were to kind of pinpoint like a
bucket list of things that you haven't yet accomplished in
your career, or just venues to play, are different artists
to open for, or like I said, your own tour,
talk about this and some bucket list things you want
to accomplish.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
I'd love to play the grand Ole Opry. I mean,
that's that's a bucket list for any country singer. I think,
and I've got to do the Bluebird Cafe, uh last
couple of years ago, I guess now. And and that
was that was iconic, you know, that was that was
a big one for me. I remember going in there,
I think, you know, expecting to be pretty scared, and
I was. And I walked in was kind of looking
around me like this is sort of just a hepatitis
(19:45):
the chicken wing joint, and you know it is. It's
in the strip mall somewhere and uh, but you know
it's just the room is heavy because you know who's
been in those chairs singing and what songs they've been singing.
But the crowd is small and there was it was
a lot of this, to be honest, There's a a
lot of Canadians in the room. So I felt kind
of right at home.
Speaker 8 (20:03):
So that was a big one.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
I checked out the bucket list. But the Grand Ole
Opry is certainly one I would love to play. And
I'd love to do an arena show at my hometown
as a headliner. I think. I think that's another one
that everybody always dreams of. Like I have played arena shows,
but I'm the opening act on those shows and I
would just love my name to be at the top
of the marquee one of these days.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
It sure will, no doubt about it too. Hey, talk
about some of the challenges in this industry. Maybe a
lot of fans don't see things that go on there too,
when it comes to work behind the scenes, the teams
and everybody you've gets a chance to collaborate with, such
as pr such as things that you mentioned they're kind
of independent, self funding, radio tour, things like that. Talk
about just the challenges and the most things that become
kind of tough in this business but keep you motivated
(20:45):
to keep going.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Yeah, you know what the biggest thing these days for
new artists is cost. It's crippling to be able to
you know, to fly a band around the country. Is
it's just really hard. And you see a lot of
young acts out there and it's just like, you know,
a singer and a guitar player and a drummer and
the restaur on tracks And I get that, but I
don't love a full tracks show. I think there's magic
(21:08):
to a live band and I prefer to see that.
But I understand because eight is the cost is crippling.
That's so that's one I would say. Another one is
just I mentioned it earlier. Politics in the industry is
pretty real. It's it's really tough to break through that
glass ceiling when it comes to getting awards and getting
nominations and things like that. So I think, you know,
the best advice I was probably ever given to combat
(21:31):
all the little checks and balances along the way for
indie artists is something my dad said very early on
in my career. He once said, you know, be great
and don't go away, And that kind of stuck with
me because it's like, that's all you can control is
your your effort level and the rest. It's just it's
going to happen when it happens.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Well said there, like I said, and that's one opportunity,
one ride around the sun. Make it count. I said
the same thing with the show, you know, five six
years ago when I started this too, is like, not
youre ever going to get it on? You know, how
do you what's the podcast kind of you know format
out there too at the same time, what levels and
where you're gonna put it and audio this and that
and buy equipment and everything else. But you get one
ride around there too as well, and you might as
well take it. When you get the chances do. You
(22:10):
have the best effort you can and the best job.
Put your best foot forward and people will again see
the work out there too and start buying in to
what you're doing. And now it has happened. It's been
a good, good grind five six years. As you know,
just like music, but you keep putting stuff out there.
You love what you do. You put your best foot
forward every day and if you just thank God you
get to do something like this too, we'll take our
last time out again. You guys. Check it out buckle
rubbin across all those digital streaming platforms out there too
(22:32):
wherever you download our stream music out there and Dan
Davidson music dot com for tour dates, merchandise, all the
good stuff out there. Back in a flash, one final break.
Here again our friends B and B Construction Services, the
Caden Gordon Show and of course our friends at Casey
Beck Music coming right back. Stay tuned.
Speaker 6 (22:47):
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Speaker 4 (22:54):
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Be sure to check it out at the Kangordonshow dot com.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
Information on the show.
Speaker 8 (23:03):
Hey, y'all, This is Nashville recording artist Rainer Roberts and
you're listening to the award nominated Backstage Pass on ky
B in ninety eight point one, your Bay Area Broadcasting
Network and on iHeartRadio podcasts and anytime at the Sports
Guys Podcast dot com. You can also stream on THWN
dot org and.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Of course, coming up this week, our good friend Craig
Campbell is going to drop by a great songwriter there
too as well, and the Outskirts of Heaven. He's DoD
a lot of great songs here too. Is good to
have CC back on the show here to promote some
music and talk about some of the new projects he's
working on. And always good to talk about his coffee.
He's got a great coffee out there too, and I've
got to talk about too with our good friend Craig
Campbell back here, Dan Davidson on the Backstage Past KYB
(23:46):
in ninety eight point one, your Bay Area Broadcasting Network,
the Sports Guys Podcast dot com, and also iHeartRadio podcast
out there presented by the Kadengordon Show dot com. Today's
Best Country Mix our friends at B and B Construction
Services and over there at k C beck is there too. Hey,
let's have a little fun, my friend. As we closed
it out there. You always love going to Nashville. There's
always never a shortage of restaurants on every corner opening up.
(24:07):
I really liked a three one two pizza over in Germantown.
H it was a good deep dish pizza, really good
over there by the Sounds Ballpark. And then I enjoyed
the diner on the sixth floor there on downtown there too,
which was great food. Uh, some of the best, like
blueberry cheese kick I ever had. When you're in Nashville, Uh,
where do you like to eat? Because there's always something
opening up, opening up new on every corner.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Right, Oh man, it's it's you know, typically that I'm
down there, I'm by myself, right, so I'm always going
on these little culinary adventures and I never know where
I'm eating, but I know that I could drown myself
in barbecue sauce pretty much on every corner. And there
was there was one time we finished up or write
on a Friday. And you know, like when I hear
Southerners talk, it's just so musical to me.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
I just I just love it.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
And uh, we were talking to this Guy's like, hey man,
we gotta go get ourselves a meet and three. I
had no idea what a Meeting three was. I've never
been to a meet and three. We don't really do
that in Canada. So we went down to this Meeting
three and I picked my meat and picked a couple
of things, and one of my sides was a hushpuppy
and I was like, oh, what's what is that thing?
What's what's a hushpuppy? And the girl at the counter
just went, I'll sugar, that's sweet. Where are y'all from?
(25:12):
It's like, ah my tell, I didn't know what hushpuppies. Worse,
everyone knew I was Canadian. But I love it Meeting three,
so I'll eat at any Meeting three in Nashville. The
other thing is the Hattie Bees hot chicken. We don't
really have that up here either. And I remember going
in there and seeing this old guy in the corner
and he was eating this chicken that looks so good.
And I told the girl at the counter, I like,
I want what he's having. And then she asked like,
(25:33):
where are you from? And from Canada? And she's like,
you don't want what he's having. It's too spicy for you.
Well I ordered it anyway, and she was right. I
had to drown with about six beers to keep the
spice down.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Well, yeah, you got it, definitely. I drank there too
at the same time and swallow, like I said, get
that stuff down so you can make sure that is
the real dealing. Hattie Bees is my favorite.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
I can only have it like a couple of times
now too, because once you've tried it, it's like anything else. Okay,
you can't knock it to you try it. Once you've
tried it, you can give your opinion out there and
then move on because there's always other, some kind of
new flavor opening up there when it comes to tacos
or pizza, Italian food, Mexican food, and Nashville's got it
all out there too. When it comes down to all, right,
best concert you've been to, just as as a kind
of a customer you walked in, you bought a ticket,
(26:17):
you're sitting there too, or a guest of someone too,
whether it be a band or solo artist. What's some
of the best concerts you've been to of all the time?
What's your favorite?
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Well, you know, this is not a country a country concert.
But I went and saw Prince like a year before
he died, and oh my god, it just like changed everything.
He was so charismatic, it was frightening, Like you could
just feel it in the room that he was there,
and I was just I was shocked. But I've seen
Willie Nelson, I've seen the Eagles, seen some pretty pretty
(26:45):
big resume pieces, but I think Prince stands out for me.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
All Right, if you were not a working musician, what
other career path would you have taken.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
Yeah, I think about that sometimes, and I would either
gone one of two ways. It'd be something to do
with with with kids. I've had my have two kids,
and seeing how much uh some of the teachers have
affected their lives in positive ways, it seems like a
really great thing to do for the world is to
give that to somebody else out there. So I think
that's high on my list. But you know, my dad's
(27:16):
a lawyer, and I always kind of thought what he
did was was pretty cool. It was, but you know,
way too much reading for me. But I like the
prestige of it all. So maybe one day when I'm retired,
I'll get back into that plan B. It's a pretty
stiff plan B.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
But all right, Drake Wise, as far as beer whiskey,
what's your go to?
Speaker 1 (27:37):
You know, I was I've been a bourbon guy for
a long time, but I've been really liking, you know,
at the end of the night having a sip of
just a really nice tequila. We had one last night
out here at the lake. That's kind of our tradition
here as the sun goes down, you have a nice,
nice sip of something fancy and a really nice sip
of tequila has been tasted goodly. But yeah, I mean,
we have a lot of good craft beers up where
I'm from. So uh, there's a there's a brand called
(27:59):
Sea Change in Evington, Alberta. And I love a good
Sea Change deathwave. It's called it's a logger.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I like that, it's a logger. It's always a good
sign of things up there. And of course I know
Alberta's just like Texas. It seemed like another beer company
or somebody's opening up out there too.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
For yeah, it's everywhere.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
It's everywhere. It's everywhere. Somebody's opening something out there too,
and you always get a chance to try it and
to give your opinion on something out there too. But hey,
I love a beer tasting, wine tasting, whiskey tasting, some
of the best things that we get to do out there.
We'll make sure you guys go stream the album out
there too. It should say the single there too, eventually
going to become a record out there buckle rubbin across
all the DSPs and give him a visit at Dan
Davidson music dot com or presented by our friends over
(28:36):
at B and B Construction Services, the Kadangoordons Show dot
com Today's best Country mix and our friends out there
too as well, kcy Beckmusiccacybeck dot com. Dan, we appreciate
the time, best of luck, but the projects as they
unfold over the coming months and the new record label
and of course more great things here happening in your career.
Congratulations on the platinum status with the song found and
I know continued success. Man, It's gonna find its way
(28:58):
to people that bust their ass, takes names that move forward.
We appreciate the time, man.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Oh man, thanks for having me, Kaid and this is
such a great show and you're so awesome at this,
like just listening to your cadence and your momentum. You
just you're ten out of ten.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
You got it man, Well I appreciate that too. Hey,
you like said one radio, got to another. I'd love
to be a guest on you guys Morning show one
day too, to kind of get the word across the Hey,
we're doing this oatday for a lot of artists, both
at Texas in Nashville and in Canada and now worldwide,
heard over twenty five countries around there. THHWN dot org, KYBN,
your Bay Area broadcasting network. iHeartRadio podcast anytime at the
Sports Guys podcast dot com. If you missed our interview
(29:33):
with Robert Flores last week. MLB Network talks a lot
about the Astros and Rangers, and of course now tonight
is the MLB's All Star Break. Enjoy the home run
Derby and of course the All Star Game coming up
Tuesday as well coming up this week too, and of
course second half of the season resumes this weekend. We'll
talk to you, guys. To you on the flip side,
God bless, take care. We'll see you soon.
Speaker 9 (29:50):
Hey, y'all, this is Chandler Marie and you're listening to
the award nominated backstage pass on KYBN ninety eight point one,
your Bay area broadcasting network. You can listen to THWN
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