April 30, 2025 • 39 mins
Texas Country and Nashville Recording Artist Jon Stork drops by the show to talk about his new single, Countryside and lots more! Jon is a rising star in the music industry! Check him out at jonstork.com for more information!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, y'all, this is John Stork and you're listening to
the award nominated Backstage Pass right here on KKTC True
Country ninety nine point nine and KYBN ninety eight point one.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Ed.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
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And I love when the ogs come back here on
the show. I started this thing in twenty nineteen, and
we started with a lot of great Texas country artists
and since then they've grown, We've grown, everybody's grown. That's
the whole purpose of this platform. Herey, please to welcome
in my good buddy Texas country artists taking Nationville by
(00:57):
storm with a lot of the great music out there country.
The latest single John Stork back to the program.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
What's up brother, Well, man, it's just good to be
back on the show with you, man, And like you
were saying, it's so cool to see how far we've
moved in the amount of time since we started.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
It really is telling those stories and having some of
those stories to share with everybody from where you started
to where you are now. And I'll be doing this
thing now as long as I've known you. We met
twenty nineteen when we're doing stuff with the Armadillo Palace
over off Kirby in Houston. Over there with several radio stations.
I believe it was one under point three. The Bull
was over there with us and having some fun out
(01:34):
there with a lot of great people. But man, you guys,
let us talk about this growing man, putting out music,
working on records. I mean, the last four or five years,
the John Stork brand has been busy. Tell us all
about it.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Man, It's been one thing after another, and it's kind
of felt like a blur. But the fun part is
going back and looking at the music that we've been
able to share and put out, and then the growth
in that and and within those songs and within the
quality of what we can put out and just constantly
(02:06):
trying to work on the next thing and making it
better than the last thing.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
And that's been that's been the past few years.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
And if you listen to the songs that I've put
out in order, I feel like you can hear, uh
some of the differences that you know that I'm talking about.
And that's all I can really ask for. You know,
I think everybody, if we all just tried to be
a little bit better tomorrow than we were today, you know,
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in multiple things, not just writing songs, I think it'd
be worth it. But I'm excited I did for what's
to come and what we've been working on in in Nashville. Finally,
and man, like I said, I just I get it,
and I understand on a different level. And I love
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Texas and I thought, you know, I be here forever.
And you know, I'm glad that I've listened and worked
with the people that I've worked with, and we've gotten
to a very cool place on our own, And you know,
I think that's that's a blessing in it self.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
We've been able to do it on our own.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Hey, talk to me a little bit about this. Since
that first record you and I met there at twenty nineteen.
I was mentioning there at the top of the show
from Radio Cowboy, how would you assess that one looking
back at all that great body of work with some
great music on there, from that title track to Facts
and Lies to Windmill in the Dark, and of course
just your your growth as an artist, because you know,
we talked to so many people here on the program
and any music show you listen to out there from
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a podcast standpoint, it's all about growth in your profession
and what you do, and like you said, stage presence
and getting up there, remembering the lyrics, singing on stage,
all those different things, you know, hiring management and this
thing called the music industry. Talk about the growth that
you've had to have, you know, coming from.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Texas, Texas is home.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
This is home as far as growing here and playing
shows here, you know. But since since the album Radio
Cowboy has come out, you know, going into a crazy
time in gree period with a new album was something
(04:18):
that I didn't plan on, but then it got us
through a lot and I'm so thankful for the time
that we had with Radio Cowboy and still love playing
a lot of those songs and we still do and
you know, from that to the next thing, I think
you're gonna be able to hear not only the growth,
but it's not it's not a change as much as
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it's a continuation. And I think that's that's the coolest
thing yet lyrically and like I said, production and just sonically,
it's really cool.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Yeah, I love that too. That's the thing about it
is for perfecting that craft and just getting better. And
the writing comes down to this because you've always enjoyed
the process of songwriting ever since you and I have
been friends through this whole process too, and talking about
your brand of music too there and I love the
fact is when you put out a great song lyrically,
it's got to make sense, it's got to connect with
that member or members of those audience, and that those
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those fans out there on stage. Talk about just your
process of songwriting or if it's not a solo thing,
going into like a co write the expectations you have.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
The process changes every time for me at least, and
it really depends on.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
What's going on around me.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Whether I can grab the ideas, whether I and grab
the ideas and then run off real quick and go
start writing something down or if I can just dive
straight into a song. It really it changes and it varies,
you know, it depends if if I hear something and
(05:56):
it's case by case. You know, sometimes they just come out.
Sometimes I'm going in and writing and I travel all
over Texas to write, and I traveled to Nashville to write,
and you know, I will say traveling just city blocks
versus all over the state of Texas is a whole
lot better logistically.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Well, talk to me about fast Horse a little bit too,
because I love this one. When it came out. Blood
was a great song to lead this one off to
what You're in For was one of my favorites out there.
Of course, over You was the fourth song I believe
in that record was released in twenty twenty two. We mentioned,
you know, since the first radio Cowboy, then getting to
one like fast Horse and you guys kind of again
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taking that Texas country scene by storm.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah, man, that song.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
Growing up outside of a town with three hundred and
fifty people, you know, all we had was a gas
station and it was just one of those things if
somebody took off. Most of the time it was somebody's
lady who got tired of living in a cotton gin.
We had a gas station and a cotton gin and
a post office, like that's just what it was. And
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you had to travel to town, said you would have
these situations. H seen it, experienced it pretty interesting. But
you know the one horse town thing, I just I
was sitting there before write one day and uh, it
was the night before actually, and you always wanted to
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bring in an idea that you know, you you actually enjoyed,
not just you know, whatever you've got. And I had
played this thing over and over and over on the guitar,
and finally it started to just come out, and so
I brought that in and I said, you know, fast,
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faster horse.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
And then we kicked around this idea and you.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Know, a faster horse, fast, fast horse, and it just
kind of started to write itself at that moment, and
I was just kind of describing town and describing home,
and that's that's what came out. And we were trying
to figure out what we're gonna eat for lunch before
we knew it, and we had written a song and
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it was it was another good day, and we gave
each other some high fives and went to the next one.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Finished one onto the next one to as well. We're
gonna play one here from John Stork on the backstage
pass to get thanks to the affiliates out there. This
one's called Never Seen, and of course you can check
him out and see him on social media out there
too john stork dot Com and of course all the
great music out there too as well, available across all
the social media. Here it is from John Stork. It's
called Never Seen. Kyb In ninety eight point one in
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Our Friends kk TC, True Country ninety nine point nine,
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Speaker 5 (09:02):
Jesus cool as the horns on the cattle back hood.
She can stop you on a die breaking neck, make
it turn around and look.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
You can bring me to church. You can take her
home to Mama. Good luck keeping her around.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
If you're thinking that you're gonna I.
Speaker 7 (09:35):
Guess you never seen a heartbreak.
Speaker 8 (09:39):
I guess you never made a mistake.
Speaker 7 (09:43):
I guess you never seen the sunrise on the Paritano
lights on the hardware. I guess you've never seen a heartbreak.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
She probably told you that you loved you, and she
always will.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
Now you're talking front of your porches and a house
upon man.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
She got you after try to figure in waiting.
Speaker 5 (10:20):
By the fall.
Speaker 7 (10:25):
All but bless your heart if you don't know she's
already gone. I guess you never seen a heart bade.
I guess you never made a mistake. I guess you
never seen the sunrise. I wanna paritate the lights and
(10:46):
learn no, hubby, I guess you never seen her heart.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Guess you never seen a heartbreak? Must have never made
a mistake.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
You never seen a sunrise on a pair of tall lights.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
As you rouse somewhere.
Speaker 8 (11:22):
I guess you never seen a heart.
Speaker 7 (11:24):
Prey, I guess you never made a mistake.
Speaker 8 (11:30):
I guess you never seen.
Speaker 7 (11:32):
The sunrise on a pair of tall right something in
a heartbreak? I guess you've never seen a heart. Praise,
Oh you, I guess you never seen a heartbreak.
Speaker 9 (11:52):
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Speaker 10 (12:20):
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Speaker 11 (12:34):
Hey, y'all, listen is Nashville recording artists Brandley Gilbert and
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Speaker 3 (12:46):
Head back here on the show again. John Stork joining
us here. This one came out last October. I mentioned
there to the prelude for the introduction of the song
there Too Never Seen. This was a great one, a
single you guys put out that I really enjoyed listening to.
And man, this made a personal connect for me, and
I got a feeling for a lot of the fans
out there talk about this one for me.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
And this was one of the most simple songs and
the co writer that I've known since uh we were
freshmen in college in biology. We just started talking about
music one day and uh, anyways, we've been lifelong friends
(13:25):
and we wrote this and he did not want me
to cut it, and I said, you are crazy. I'm
cutting this song and it's gonna be great. And it
actually turned out to be one of the most requested
songs in Abilene in some other towns throughout Texas for
for about a week or two.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
And man, it was.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
It was fun and I think that's why I loved
it and other people have as well.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
You guys, pretty good spin on another one too. That
was one of my favorites out there. Camp. Can't believe
it's been this long since we talked to and I'm
glad we're actually catching up all these great songs out there.
One calum anywhere. Tell people about this one.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Oh yeah, I actually we wrote this.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
And overalls and boots and and jeans and man, this
turned out to be a rocker and uh, you know,
I think I think people just care so much and
so much more than they should about what other people think.
And uh and the music video that we put out
to this had nothing to do with the song, but
(14:31):
my guys wanted to sit in and help come up
with this idea of this music video and so yeah,
that turned out to be something kind of crazy and
got the cops called on us.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
They started patrolling the area. It was pretty neat. Man.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
You know, I love the song and it's definitely rocking,
and uh, you know that's why we call it rocky tonk.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
So you never know, you don't you never know what
you're gonna get. Hey, I go back to even some
old schools stuff too. You had played this one too,
and I know it was on radio for a long
time here in Texas, but in your radio EP because
I always loved the personal connection of what this meant
when you were singing this one too, and this is
some old school stuff. I mean, Texas Broke My Heart
was also on the EP two. We mentioned that body
(15:15):
of work you know from from then till now, but
looking back, even in your radio has to be one
of the favorites out there here of the fans just
keep saying, you know what, John, play this when it
never gets old, And I'm sure it never gets old
singing it right, man.
Speaker 4 (15:28):
I actually I don't sing that song as much as
I used to, and that's just for personal reasons. And it, Man,
when I play that song, I get goosebumps and feel
a little different.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
It's uh yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
I think I might end up having to bring it
back out and possibly even re release something for that song,
because I still love it and when I do play it,
it does pretty well.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Does and it's one of those songs it really connects
with a lot of people there in a lot of
different ways too. I want to ask you about this
current ride of stars, you know, doing their thing now,
not just Texas country, but you look at Nashville recording
artists who out there. Both in both categories. We'll start
with this female category because it was kind of cool
to see Ella Langley and I get that New Female
Artist of the Year from the ACMs and my boy
Zach Top who we had here on the show last
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year before it all kind of blew up there too.
But winning that ACM Award for New Male Vocalist of
the Year. What's that been like, you know for you
being an artist for one and then two to see
your other peers and colleagues do well in this thing
called country music.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
I remember, you know, Zach and I used to write
good while and man, it just started taking off for
him and it's just what happens. But you know, I
released you mentioned what You're in For. I actually wrote
that with Zach and Carson, and man, it was one
of those songs that it's just an instant two step.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
You just feel it and you want to go dance.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
And as far as Ella, we actually got to run
into her at a casino show down with Riley Green
in Oklahoma and Jake Worthington and I showed up and
I got to kind of crash with them, and.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Man, it was fun. And she is hands down.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
I mean, it makes sense for both of them, and
I'm I'm very happy for both of them. And as
far as country music is concerned, it's a good time
right now.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Very healthy industry, no doubt too. Hey, talk about this year,
You're seeing more and more a great artist we mentioned
there one of those big time awards and you know,
a new Artist of the Year female and male vocalist
there too for that for their respective categories there for
Zach and Ella, but also a lot of great people too.
You mentioned that being healthy making their Grand Ole Opry debut,
and that's been kind of on their bucket list to
play that great venue. It broadcasts there from last year
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at Sunday Morning Country. You know, we're talking about the
phone today a little bit too, is well, how these
great opportunities keep coming up when you put out a
great work. It could be a podcast, could be a song,
things like that. But the Opry is also ringing the
bells of a lot of people out there. Said, Hey,
you know what comes step in the center circle. I
know that's got to be on your bucket list too, right.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Oh man, Yeah, absolutely, the opry and you know Surprise
is gonna be a fun one next Phil For years
now and it just keeps getting better, and I'm just
excited to have worked on all these songs and created
and been a part of so many songs and written
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back home and with some amazing people back in Texas.
But you know, it's just it's exciting for what's to come,
for what's coming down the line.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Yeah, talk to me a little about this too. I
love it because you see a lot of people that
fans love to come to shows, they buy tickets, they
get out there and do that. But some of the
things that fans don't see, especially for new artists getting
into this and I know your grind because I know
your story and we have that personal connection because you're
not being friends for a long time too. But for
the fans that may not see the hard work that
goes on behind the scenes, from a team aspect, from
a manager, a publicist, people you hire for the John
(19:10):
Stork camp out there too, the trials and tribulations and
the grind that this industry you have to go through.
And have to go through, like you said, those peaks
and valleys to get to where you want to go
in your career. Talk about that for the fans, because
sometimes they just kind of see the glitz and glamour
that goes on on stage, but they kind of forget
to see, or maybe they don't forget, they just don't
know the work that goes on behind the scenes. And
what advice you would give for some of these younger
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artists today.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
It goes unseen quite often.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
But this is something that you do if you have
to do, you know, I think that's probably the best
way that I've been able to figure out how to
put it. If the songs are coming out, this is
something you have to do and they find their way out.
Doesn't really matter whether it's in something you hear at
(19:57):
the gas station or something that you're told across the
room in your own home. You know, the songs are
gonna come out. As far as advice, man that I
can't give any advice because if I knew anything, uh,
you know, i'd i'd be in a different place. But
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you know, this is part of this journey and and
I do it again because the things I've learned the
people I've worked with have all brought it to here
and you know, now we're stepping into a different arena
and uh, you know, a different place and I'm all
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about it and I can't wait to see what happens next.
And and driving through Nashville and looking up and seeing
your billboard.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
You know, man, how cool? You know.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
It's things like that, and it's just that constant state
of progression and.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Or at least.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
It's awesome.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Yeah, it is trying, no doubt in putting out, like
you said, content, content, songs and just seeing how the
public can react to it in many, many ways. And
there's something for everybody out there, and that's what the
beauty of country music. Speaking of collaborations, you mentioned about
Ella and what she's doing now too, and what Zach
Top is doing, and you've seen this on the award shows.
With the post Malone coming in impacted the industry. I
(21:24):
want to get your thoughts on the collaborations of the
industry now, because this is more than just your standard
norm right.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Yeah, No, it's you know, I think, bringing attention to
country music and at the same time it's shifting again
because we've watched it. I don't know how many times
you know it just it does and tastes change and
the people are the ones that are going to end
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up calling.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
It or not. And man, I think.
Speaker 4 (21:59):
If you haven't seen something with your own eyes, it's
hard to judge just on what you hear, you know, recorded,
And as someone who's seen it with their own eyes, man,
I think I think it was fun and I think
the music was incredible And and shout out to Craig
Young on bass for Post Malone because that guy is
(22:23):
incredible and uh and we had a lot of fun
in the studio, So that's what I got on that.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
I love it. Man Again, John Stork dot com for
all the great music and the tour dates out there too.
We're gonna play another one here from John here in
Texas country man Personify. I love this one too because
he describes it right through the title. It's called country
Sign from John Stork here. KYBN ninety eight point one,
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Speaker 5 (22:53):
Two, when people passed through the color nowhere.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Blood, there's plenty of help if you stranded there. I've
been living here on my life. Sure, I am grievel
from my country side. Early in April, when the fields
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are green. It's like stepping straight into a magazine.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
Blood pretty long.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Mean, it ain't a while ride.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
It's another year down on the country side.
Speaker 8 (23:55):
Where my family settled here in eighty five. And my
daddy b is my mother's side, living on land. That'll
take your life.
Speaker 12 (24:08):
I guess you never really make it out the country's side.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
It's the price of beef sealing that at the ring.
Mama's losing babies and can't do a thing. Seiling off
pieces just a sub divide. It's another down on the
country side.
Speaker 7 (24:36):
You're a family settled here in eighty five.
Speaker 8 (24:41):
Very my daddy boy is my mother's side, living on lamb.
That'll take your life.
Speaker 12 (24:49):
I guess you never really make it out the country's side.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Lord, I know it's the hell of life. And even
when it's gonna know, I'll be all right.
Speaker 8 (25:24):
Because I'll be here to the day I die.
Speaker 13 (25:30):
You won't ever take away You can't take away my
country's side.
Speaker 4 (26:54):
Hey, y'all, this is Nashville recording artist Tyler Rich and
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Speaker 3 (27:28):
Hey, back here on the show again country Side from
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luck with their careers. More on that coming up in
a few weeks too as well. Here on the show, brother,
we got to talk about this. I love it because
it really I mentioned it personified the word country and
you guys put it in the title one like Countryside
talked about this one from me.
Speaker 4 (28:02):
I wrote this with Adam Hood, and uh, this was
probably the third or fourth attempt, and I had tried
to write this song, thrown out the title many many
more times than that. And when I showed him, or
when I showed other people or told them about this idea,
it was a little too real and and I didn't
(28:25):
think at the time that it it was put in
song enough the real side of country and I thought,
you know, I think this needs to be talked about.
And you know, it's so real and it's raw, and
it's it's actually what happens. And you know, since I
put this song out, you know, just cow wise, our
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family has had a couple of baby calves. You know
they they lost their mom or their mom had to
be separated somehow or something happened, and it's you know,
it's just a real thing and it happens, and and
living out here is different and it's not for everybody,
but it's it's an actual thing, and it's not just
a TV show or a movie. And it's not just
(29:11):
a song, it's it's a it's life. And so I
had these notes in my phone and just talking to
my wife about this, this whole topic. And I took
it to Adam, the first time we had ever written together,
(29:32):
and I said, hey, yeah, I've got this idea, got
a lot of stuff on my phone and I showed
him and he just took my phone and goes, oh, okay,
I'm gonna move this here and I'm gonna put this
here and I'm gonna do this. And he goes, well,
we've got over half the song written. What else do
you want to say? And I said, well, that was easy,
(29:52):
and uh, you know, it was the same thing. We
were trying to figure out what we were going to
go eat for dinner. Time to time to move on.
We wrote another song and that's what it was. And
as soon as I played it for my wife, she goes, man,
that's that's home. That's real. The first time I heard
(30:12):
it after we recorded it, I had headphones on. My
daughter had just been born, and I walked around the
corner and I said, this is going to be in
a movie or on TV or uh.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
This is this is beautiful. I love this how it
turned out.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
And the guys that we had to play on it
back here, you know, back home, it was Uh, it
was a great process, and I'm so proud of everybody
and the way it turned out.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
And I'm just glad it's finally out for.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
People to to listen to, because I think there's everybody's
got that countryside. There's a there's a little bit of
a countryside and everybody, and I don't I don't care
what anybody says, whether you save your sour cream can
to put leftovers in or you know, everybody's got a
(31:05):
little country side, you get a little dirt on your
truck every now and then, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
It's so true. I love it. Do out there great
examples right there too, the sour cream that's umple where
you put the leftovers in there too. When it comes
down to all right, we got to run into this
one here too, for we gets a little bit of
rapid fire. But long Shot, I want to know all
about this one too, because man, if there ever was
a country song like Countryside, a long Shot to me
would be right up there too, right.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
And thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (31:33):
Yeah, we we had fun with that song and I
wrote it with Bryce Long who's done a heartache on
the dance floor, and and a ton more.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
But we had a good time.
Speaker 4 (31:46):
It was just it was a conversation and we were talking
about just life in general, and and that title.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
I just kind of threw it at at Bryce.
Speaker 4 (31:59):
And again the song just kind of wrote itself. It
was a lot of ping pong and a lot of
fun and just kind of going back and forth and
just discussing how that would how that conversation would have
gone our in our minds.
Speaker 3 (32:15):
It really was a great song that came together pretty
fast too, no doubt. Again, more information John Stork dot com.
Let's get to some fun stuff. My friend out there too,
because I mentioned that NFL draft you know, came to
a conclusion that quick four days right there. A lot
of rounds, a lot of guys getting picked there too.
You know, for me, it wasn't like your big superstar
draft new offense out there too. There's been some more
I guess, pizzazz and more kind of highlights out there
(32:38):
from those big drafts that had more of that crop
of talent.
Speaker 10 (32:41):
You know.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
Look for me, I'm an Arizona Cardinal fan, so I've
suffered over the past couple of seasons. We have eight
to nine. Last year we got a crux of talent
in there right now. I'm excited about to see what
happens here. For me, I don't know if the Tennessee Titans.
I gotta stay with this one too, because I know
you're spending some time in Nashville. I thought, Shador Sanders,
we'll get drafted there at the time. They went cam
Ward right there too for the draft. Of course it
(33:02):
could have been, like I said, a little bit of this,
a little bit of that. But what you think of
the draft? Did you watch any of it? And did
your team get any better?
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I have to plead the fifth and or no comment.
I look, I'm a Houston Texans fan.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
There you go, and you know we've we've just gotta
just gotta hold it, hold it down right now.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
And uh and I'm hoping we got a little bit better.
Speaker 4 (33:28):
There's just something about it the last couple of years
indicative of that ten and seven record.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
And like I said, c J. Stroud the real deal
though too. And you put some good offensive lineman and
good skilled players around a good quarterback like that who's
really coming to his own. That's the beauty of this too.
Speaker 10 (33:42):
Man.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
As you mentioned that, you can kind of have that
rags to richest story from all that stuff that happened
with Deshaun Watson over the years. And of course we
know who now won that trade, that being the Texans.
But man, you put a guy like c J. Stroud
in his rookie year, he goes off and with the
right system in place, Man, it's like with the right camp,
you know, for a musician, if you got the right
camp to do what they're supposed to do, you put
that the equal over to football. It kind of really
(34:03):
equates itself, doesn't it.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
It does. And you know what, I am a fan
of CJ.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
And I think, man, I think it's really cool that
he's brought a different spirit to that place. I was
inside that that facility and around a lot of those
people for a decade with my wife working in the NFL,
and you know, I will say it changed my opinion
(34:28):
of the NFL and sports, you know, professional sports. So
for a kid that grew up in a nine hundred
square foot house with seven people, we didn't really watch
football growing up. So when my wife and I met,
she was apprehensive to tell me what she did until
(34:48):
she found out that I really didn't care because we
didn't grow up watching any sports. Now, being on the
sports podcast, I have to, uh, you know, I have
to play ball.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
I love CJ.
Speaker 4 (35:03):
I love what him and Tank Dell have done, and
I think if we can just keep the Texans and
the spirit up, I think we might be able to
do something. But yeah, it's been a rough road for
US Texans and Texans fans down here in Houston.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Good to see it kind of rite the ship, no doubt,
and come back a little bit there into more focus too.
All right, let's let's settle this debate here. I've had
a few people ask me this, to ask you this,
and ask other great artists this, and whoever comes with
this program. Look for me, It's still Texas Barbecue in
a certain way wherever I've traveled. But man, there was
something about Martin's in Nashville, the Nashville Barbecue, and I've
only had that one place, so I can't speak on
(35:41):
others there. But outside of Martin's and Nashville, I'm sure
there are other good ones there. It's still Texas Barbecue.
And it's still out near Kerrville and San Antonio. Austin's
got some good spots. Where is it for you? Man?
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Oh Man, there is a mom and pop husband and wife.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
I want to say, they've upgrade it into a little
bit bigger facility on the south side of Houston. It's
called Smoking Z's Barbecue. I do like Martin's. There is
another place out by the airport that I enjoy as
well as far as Nashville goes, but Smoking Z's Barbecue
on the south side of Houston. And I've had barbecue
(36:21):
from Kansas City down to the Valley of Texas all
the way out to Nashville. And I'm no expert, but
this little trailer startup with a husband and wife making
the barbecue and the sides and the desserts, you name it.
Hands down's my favorite barbecue I've tried in the United States.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
I'll be in Houston this weekend, so we have to
give that a try out there too, coming up for
a couple of events and then the show coming up
Sunday night will be at the House of Blues with
Bobby Rush and Kenny Wayne and Shepherd there. Get those
tickets to check out House of Blues online. But that's
I'll check your check barbecue out, my friend, no doubt.
Speaker 4 (37:02):
Yeah, I'm telling you, please tell him that I sent
you because they are fantastic people, and their food is
out of this world. It's the first barbecue that my
child ever ate. It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (37:17):
Hey, congrats wll being a dad. There's nothing like it. Man.
My little girl just turned five there a couple of
weeks ago and just got her in so much stuff
right now. It's crazy. One of the best things I
ever did. And it changes you as a person, but
in a good way. I think out there, you know,
being a father in and just being able to watch
your kid grow. And like you said, man, if she
likes it's kind of like daddy's a picky eater, so
is she same time, daughter's a picky eater, so being
(37:39):
a girl dad at the same time. They love to
eat what they like to eat. She might eats like
a hummingbird. She just kind of picks and stock all
day too, which is great.
Speaker 1 (37:46):
Oh man, mine, mine eats things by the handful.
Speaker 3 (37:50):
That's still yeah, which is good. Open it up. About
half the seconds gone for chips. You're like, why didn't
you eat the rest? Well, I wanted to go overneath
this cookie that They'll say sometimes.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
A cookie before I was done with dinner, and one after.
Speaker 3 (38:02):
Hey, one after no doubt about it. Well, I tell
you what, that's part of me. Ley mentioned that a
little bit of aton know, sour cream, those little tupperwares
and putting your leftovers in there too. He's all about
country out there, countryside, the current signal across all the
DSPs out there and that, and of course John Stork
j O n st RK dot com for all the
tour dates and merchandise, and of course to check out
the music across all the digital streaming platforms. Always great
(38:25):
to catch up out there too as well, my friend,
appreciate the time, and hey, continued success going forward as always.
And hey man, you drop us a line anytime.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
We appreciate you and the man, thank you so much. Brandon,
you got it.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
John Stork out there too. We're back with more great
work out there too, and more great music on the
affiliates KYBN ninety eight point one, your Bay Area broadcast
network and KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine, and
of course back in the Flash with more great music.
And guess who's coming up this week. You know we're
from Baywatch back in two thousand. Brandy Roderick back here
on the show here too as well, and of course,
(38:56):
a whole lot of great artists coming up over the
next few weeks, and great music coming up until then.
Take care, God bless we'll see you soon.
Speaker 14 (39:03):
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is Ranger Doug with the world famous Riders in the Sky.
You're listening to the Backstage Pass exclusive on KKTC True
Country ninety nine point nine because it's the Cowboy Way.
Hey, y'all, this is John Stork and you're listening to
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Country ninety nine point nine and KYBN ninety eight point one.
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And I love when the ogs come back here on
the show. I started this thing in twenty nineteen, and
we started with a lot of great Texas country artists
and since then they've grown, We've grown, everybody's grown. That's
the whole purpose of this platform. Herey, please to welcome
in my good buddy Texas country artists taking Nationville by
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storm with a lot of the great music out there country.
The latest single John Stork back to the program.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
What's up brother, Well, man, it's just good to be
back on the show with you, man, And like you
were saying, it's so cool to see how far we've
moved in the amount of time since we started.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
It really is telling those stories and having some of
those stories to share with everybody from where you started
to where you are now. And I'll be doing this
thing now as long as I've known you. We met
twenty nineteen when we're doing stuff with the Armadillo Palace
over off Kirby in Houston. Over there with several radio stations.
I believe it was one under point three. The Bull
was over there with us and having some fun out
(01:34):
there with a lot of great people. But man, you guys,
let us talk about this growing man, putting out music,
working on records. I mean, the last four or five years,
the John Stork brand has been busy. Tell us all
about it.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Man, It's been one thing after another, and it's kind
of felt like a blur. But the fun part is
going back and looking at the music that we've been
able to share and put out, and then the growth
in that and and within those songs and within the
quality of what we can put out and just constantly
(02:06):
trying to work on the next thing and making it
better than the last thing.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
And that's been that's been the past few years.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
And if you listen to the songs that I've put
out in order, I feel like you can hear, uh
some of the differences that you know that I'm talking about.
And that's all I can really ask for. You know,
I think everybody, if we all just tried to be
a little bit better tomorrow than we were today, you know,
(02:37):
in multiple things, not just writing songs, I think it'd
be worth it. But I'm excited I did for what's
to come and what we've been working on in in Nashville. Finally,
and man, like I said, I just I get it,
and I understand on a different level. And I love
(02:57):
Texas and I thought, you know, I be here forever.
And you know, I'm glad that I've listened and worked
with the people that I've worked with, and we've gotten
to a very cool place on our own, And you know,
I think that's that's a blessing in it self.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
We've been able to do it on our own.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Hey, talk to me a little bit about this. Since
that first record you and I met there at twenty nineteen.
I was mentioning there at the top of the show
from Radio Cowboy, how would you assess that one looking
back at all that great body of work with some
great music on there, from that title track to Facts
and Lies to Windmill in the Dark, and of course
just your your growth as an artist, because you know,
we talked to so many people here on the program
and any music show you listen to out there from
(03:40):
a podcast standpoint, it's all about growth in your profession
and what you do, and like you said, stage presence
and getting up there, remembering the lyrics, singing on stage,
all those different things, you know, hiring management and this
thing called the music industry. Talk about the growth that
you've had to have, you know, coming from.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Texas, Texas is home.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
This is home as far as growing here and playing
shows here, you know. But since since the album Radio
Cowboy has come out, you know, going into a crazy
time in gree period with a new album was something
(04:18):
that I didn't plan on, but then it got us
through a lot and I'm so thankful for the time
that we had with Radio Cowboy and still love playing
a lot of those songs and we still do and
you know, from that to the next thing, I think
you're gonna be able to hear not only the growth,
but it's not it's not a change as much as
(04:42):
it's a continuation. And I think that's that's the coolest
thing yet lyrically and like I said, production and just sonically,
it's really cool.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Yeah, I love that too. That's the thing about it
is for perfecting that craft and just getting better. And
the writing comes down to this because you've always enjoyed
the process of songwriting ever since you and I have
been friends through this whole process too, and talking about
your brand of music too there and I love the
fact is when you put out a great song lyrically,
it's got to make sense, it's got to connect with
that member or members of those audience, and that those
(05:16):
those fans out there on stage. Talk about just your
process of songwriting or if it's not a solo thing,
going into like a co write the expectations you have.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
The process changes every time for me at least, and
it really depends on.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
What's going on around me.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Whether I can grab the ideas, whether I and grab
the ideas and then run off real quick and go
start writing something down or if I can just dive
straight into a song. It really it changes and it varies,
you know, it depends if if I hear something and
(05:56):
it's case by case. You know, sometimes they just come out.
Sometimes I'm going in and writing and I travel all
over Texas to write, and I traveled to Nashville to write,
and you know, I will say traveling just city blocks
versus all over the state of Texas is a whole
lot better logistically.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Well, talk to me about fast Horse a little bit too,
because I love this one. When it came out. Blood
was a great song to lead this one off to
what You're in For was one of my favorites out there.
Of course, over You was the fourth song I believe
in that record was released in twenty twenty two. We mentioned,
you know, since the first radio Cowboy, then getting to
one like fast Horse and you guys kind of again
(06:39):
taking that Texas country scene by storm.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah, man, that song.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
Growing up outside of a town with three hundred and
fifty people, you know, all we had was a gas
station and it was just one of those things if
somebody took off. Most of the time it was somebody's
lady who got tired of living in a cotton gin.
We had a gas station and a cotton gin and
a post office, like that's just what it was. And
(07:06):
you had to travel to town, said you would have
these situations. H seen it, experienced it pretty interesting. But
you know the one horse town thing, I just I
was sitting there before write one day and uh, it
was the night before actually, and you always wanted to
(07:28):
bring in an idea that you know, you you actually enjoyed,
not just you know, whatever you've got. And I had
played this thing over and over and over on the guitar,
and finally it started to just come out, and so
I brought that in and I said, you know, fast,
(07:51):
faster horse.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
And then we kicked around this idea and you.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Know, a faster horse, fast, fast horse, and it just
kind of started to write itself at that moment, and
I was just kind of describing town and describing home,
and that's that's what came out. And we were trying
to figure out what we're gonna eat for lunch before
we knew it, and we had written a song and
(08:16):
it was it was another good day, and we gave
each other some high fives and went to the next one.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Finished one onto the next one to as well. We're
gonna play one here from John Stork on the backstage
pass to get thanks to the affiliates out there. This
one's called Never Seen, and of course you can check
him out and see him on social media out there
too john stork dot Com and of course all the
great music out there too as well, available across all
the social media. Here it is from John Stork. It's
called Never Seen. Kyb In ninety eight point one in
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Our Friends kk TC, True Country ninety nine point nine,
back in the Flash, Stay tuned.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Jesus cool as the horns on the cattle back hood.
She can stop you on a die breaking neck, make
it turn around and look.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
You can bring me to church. You can take her
home to Mama. Good luck keeping her around.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
If you're thinking that you're gonna I.
Speaker 7 (09:35):
Guess you never seen a heartbreak.
Speaker 8 (09:39):
I guess you never made a mistake.
Speaker 7 (09:43):
I guess you never seen the sunrise on the Paritano
lights on the hardware. I guess you've never seen a heartbreak.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
She probably told you that you loved you, and she
always will.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
Now you're talking front of your porches and a house
upon man.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
She got you after try to figure in waiting.
Speaker 5 (10:20):
By the fall.
Speaker 7 (10:25):
All but bless your heart if you don't know she's
already gone. I guess you never seen a heart bade.
I guess you never made a mistake. I guess you
never seen the sunrise. I wanna paritate the lights and
(10:46):
learn no, hubby, I guess you never seen her heart.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Guess you never seen a heartbreak? Must have never made
a mistake.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
You never seen a sunrise on a pair of tall lights.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
As you rouse somewhere.
Speaker 8 (11:22):
I guess you never seen a heart.
Speaker 7 (11:24):
Prey, I guess you never made a mistake.
Speaker 8 (11:30):
I guess you never seen.
Speaker 7 (11:32):
The sunrise on a pair of tall right something in
a heartbreak? I guess you've never seen a heart. Praise,
Oh you, I guess you never seen a heartbreak.
Speaker 9 (11:52):
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Speaker 10 (12:20):
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Speaker 11 (12:34):
Hey, y'all, listen is Nashville recording artists Brandley Gilbert and
you're listening to the award nominated Backstage past oh KKTZ
True Country ninety nine point nine.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Head back here on the show again. John Stork joining
us here. This one came out last October. I mentioned
there to the prelude for the introduction of the song
there Too Never Seen. This was a great one, a
single you guys put out that I really enjoyed listening to.
And man, this made a personal connect for me, and
I got a feeling for a lot of the fans
out there talk about this one for me.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
And this was one of the most simple songs and
the co writer that I've known since uh we were
freshmen in college in biology. We just started talking about
music one day and uh, anyways, we've been lifelong friends
(13:25):
and we wrote this and he did not want me
to cut it, and I said, you are crazy. I'm
cutting this song and it's gonna be great. And it
actually turned out to be one of the most requested
songs in Abilene in some other towns throughout Texas for
for about a week or two.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
And man, it was.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
It was fun and I think that's why I loved
it and other people have as well.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
You guys, pretty good spin on another one too. That
was one of my favorites out there. Camp. Can't believe
it's been this long since we talked to and I'm
glad we're actually catching up all these great songs out there.
One calum anywhere. Tell people about this one.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Oh yeah, I actually we wrote this.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
And overalls and boots and and jeans and man, this
turned out to be a rocker and uh, you know,
I think I think people just care so much and
so much more than they should about what other people think.
And uh and the music video that we put out
to this had nothing to do with the song, but
(14:31):
my guys wanted to sit in and help come up
with this idea of this music video and so yeah,
that turned out to be something kind of crazy and
got the cops called on us.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
They started patrolling the area. It was pretty neat. Man.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
You know, I love the song and it's definitely rocking,
and uh, you know that's why we call it rocky tonk.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
So you never know, you don't you never know what
you're gonna get. Hey, I go back to even some
old schools stuff too. You had played this one too,
and I know it was on radio for a long
time here in Texas, but in your radio EP because
I always loved the personal connection of what this meant
when you were singing this one too, and this is
some old school stuff. I mean, Texas Broke My Heart
was also on the EP two. We mentioned that body
(15:15):
of work you know from from then till now, but
looking back, even in your radio has to be one
of the favorites out there here of the fans just
keep saying, you know what, John, play this when it
never gets old, And I'm sure it never gets old
singing it right, man.
Speaker 4 (15:28):
I actually I don't sing that song as much as
I used to, and that's just for personal reasons. And it, Man,
when I play that song, I get goosebumps and feel
a little different.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
It's uh yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
I think I might end up having to bring it
back out and possibly even re release something for that song,
because I still love it and when I do play it,
it does pretty well.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Does and it's one of those songs it really connects
with a lot of people there in a lot of
different ways too. I want to ask you about this
current ride of stars, you know, doing their thing now,
not just Texas country, but you look at Nashville recording
artists who out there. Both in both categories. We'll start
with this female category because it was kind of cool
to see Ella Langley and I get that New Female
Artist of the Year from the ACMs and my boy
Zach Top who we had here on the show last
(16:21):
year before it all kind of blew up there too.
But winning that ACM Award for New Male Vocalist of
the Year. What's that been like, you know for you
being an artist for one and then two to see
your other peers and colleagues do well in this thing
called country music.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
I remember, you know, Zach and I used to write
good while and man, it just started taking off for
him and it's just what happens. But you know, I
released you mentioned what You're in For. I actually wrote
that with Zach and Carson, and man, it was one
of those songs that it's just an instant two step.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
You just feel it and you want to go dance.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
And as far as Ella, we actually got to run
into her at a casino show down with Riley Green
in Oklahoma and Jake Worthington and I showed up and
I got to kind of crash with them, and.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Man, it was fun. And she is hands down.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
I mean, it makes sense for both of them, and
I'm I'm very happy for both of them. And as
far as country music is concerned, it's a good time
right now.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Very healthy industry, no doubt too. Hey, talk about this year,
You're seeing more and more a great artist we mentioned
there one of those big time awards and you know,
a new Artist of the Year female and male vocalist
there too for that for their respective categories there for
Zach and Ella, but also a lot of great people too.
You mentioned that being healthy making their Grand Ole Opry debut,
and that's been kind of on their bucket list to
play that great venue. It broadcasts there from last year
(17:57):
at Sunday Morning Country. You know, we're talking about the
phone today a little bit too, is well, how these
great opportunities keep coming up when you put out a
great work. It could be a podcast, could be a song,
things like that. But the Opry is also ringing the
bells of a lot of people out there. Said, Hey,
you know what comes step in the center circle. I
know that's got to be on your bucket list too, right.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Oh man, Yeah, absolutely, the opry and you know Surprise
is gonna be a fun one next Phil For years
now and it just keeps getting better, and I'm just
excited to have worked on all these songs and created
and been a part of so many songs and written
(18:34):
back home and with some amazing people back in Texas.
But you know, it's just it's exciting for what's to come,
for what's coming down the line.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Yeah, talk to me a little about this too. I
love it because you see a lot of people that
fans love to come to shows, they buy tickets, they
get out there and do that. But some of the
things that fans don't see, especially for new artists getting
into this and I know your grind because I know
your story and we have that personal connection because you're
not being friends for a long time too. But for
the fans that may not see the hard work that
goes on behind the scenes, from a team aspect, from
a manager, a publicist, people you hire for the John
(19:10):
Stork camp out there too, the trials and tribulations and
the grind that this industry you have to go through.
And have to go through, like you said, those peaks
and valleys to get to where you want to go
in your career. Talk about that for the fans, because
sometimes they just kind of see the glitz and glamour
that goes on on stage, but they kind of forget
to see, or maybe they don't forget, they just don't
know the work that goes on behind the scenes. And
what advice you would give for some of these younger
(19:31):
artists today.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
It goes unseen quite often.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
But this is something that you do if you have
to do, you know, I think that's probably the best
way that I've been able to figure out how to
put it. If the songs are coming out, this is
something you have to do and they find their way out.
Doesn't really matter whether it's in something you hear at
(19:57):
the gas station or something that you're told across the
room in your own home. You know, the songs are
gonna come out. As far as advice, man that I
can't give any advice because if I knew anything, uh,
you know, i'd i'd be in a different place. But
(20:20):
you know, this is part of this journey and and
I do it again because the things I've learned the
people I've worked with have all brought it to here
and you know, now we're stepping into a different arena
and uh, you know, a different place and I'm all
(20:42):
about it and I can't wait to see what happens next.
And and driving through Nashville and looking up and seeing
your billboard.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
You know, man, how cool? You know.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
It's things like that, and it's just that constant state
of progression and.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Or at least.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
It's awesome.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Yeah, it is trying, no doubt in putting out, like
you said, content, content, songs and just seeing how the
public can react to it in many, many ways. And
there's something for everybody out there, and that's what the
beauty of country music. Speaking of collaborations, you mentioned about
Ella and what she's doing now too, and what Zach
Top is doing, and you've seen this on the award shows.
With the post Malone coming in impacted the industry. I
(21:24):
want to get your thoughts on the collaborations of the
industry now, because this is more than just your standard
norm right.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Yeah, No, it's you know, I think, bringing attention to
country music and at the same time it's shifting again
because we've watched it. I don't know how many times
you know it just it does and tastes change and
the people are the ones that are going to end
(21:54):
up calling.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
It or not. And man, I think.
Speaker 4 (21:59):
If you haven't seen something with your own eyes, it's
hard to judge just on what you hear, you know, recorded,
And as someone who's seen it with their own eyes, man,
I think I think it was fun and I think
the music was incredible And and shout out to Craig
Young on bass for Post Malone because that guy is
(22:23):
incredible and uh and we had a lot of fun
in the studio, So that's what I got on that.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
I love it. Man Again, John Stork dot com for
all the great music and the tour dates out there too.
We're gonna play another one here from John here in
Texas country man Personify. I love this one too because
he describes it right through the title. It's called country
Sign from John Stork here. KYBN ninety eight point one,
your Bay Area broadcasting network and are friends of KKTC
True Country ninety nine point nine, powered by the Sports
(22:51):
Guys podcast dot com. Back in the flash st.
Speaker 5 (22:53):
Two, when people passed through the color nowhere.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Blood, there's plenty of help if you stranded there. I've
been living here on my life. Sure, I am grievel
from my country side. Early in April, when the fields
(23:35):
are green. It's like stepping straight into a magazine.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
Blood pretty long.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Mean, it ain't a while ride.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
It's another year down on the country side.
Speaker 8 (23:55):
Where my family settled here in eighty five. And my
daddy b is my mother's side, living on land. That'll
take your life.
Speaker 12 (24:08):
I guess you never really make it out the country's side.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
It's the price of beef sealing that at the ring.
Mama's losing babies and can't do a thing. Seiling off
pieces just a sub divide. It's another down on the
country side.
Speaker 7 (24:36):
You're a family settled here in eighty five.
Speaker 8 (24:41):
Very my daddy boy is my mother's side, living on lamb.
That'll take your life.
Speaker 12 (24:49):
I guess you never really make it out the country's side.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Lord, I know it's the hell of life. And even
when it's gonna know, I'll be all right.
Speaker 8 (25:24):
Because I'll be here to the day I die.
Speaker 13 (25:30):
You won't ever take away You can't take away my
country's side.
Speaker 4 (26:54):
Hey, y'all, this is Nashville recording artist Tyler Rich and
you're listening to the Backstage Pass with Brandon Excluse on
KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine in Tallas, New Mexico.
Speaker 10 (27:05):
The Caiden Gordon Show is a two hour show playing
the best in country music. So check it out at
the Caidangordon Show dot Com. Again, that is the Caden
Gordon Show dot Com.
Speaker 9 (27:19):
Hey guys, this is Anny Bosco and you're listening to
the Backstage Pass with Brandon on KKTC True Country ninety
nine point nine.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Hey, back here on the show again country Side from
John Stork and our affiliates out there. iHeartRadio and wherever
you guys now find podcasts, you'll find the Backstage Pass
powered by the sports guys the podcast dot Com. It's
a grand slam of music and sports out there too,
with a little bit of sports talking of course. Congratulations
to everybody all the great players that got drafted there
in the twenty twenty five nfl A Draft. Best of
(27:49):
luck with their careers. More on that coming up in
a few weeks too as well. Here on the show, brother,
we got to talk about this. I love it because
it really I mentioned it personified the word country and
you guys put it in the title one like Countryside
talked about this one from me.
Speaker 4 (28:02):
I wrote this with Adam Hood, and uh, this was
probably the third or fourth attempt, and I had tried
to write this song, thrown out the title many many
more times than that. And when I showed him, or
when I showed other people or told them about this idea,
it was a little too real and and I didn't
(28:25):
think at the time that it it was put in
song enough the real side of country and I thought,
you know, I think this needs to be talked about.
And you know, it's so real and it's raw, and
it's it's actually what happens. And you know, since I
put this song out, you know, just cow wise, our
(28:48):
family has had a couple of baby calves. You know
they they lost their mom or their mom had to
be separated somehow or something happened, and it's you know,
it's just a real thing and it happens, and and
living out here is different and it's not for everybody,
but it's it's an actual thing, and it's not just
a TV show or a movie. And it's not just
(29:11):
a song, it's it's a it's life. And so I
had these notes in my phone and just talking to
my wife about this, this whole topic. And I took
it to Adam, the first time we had ever written together,
(29:32):
and I said, hey, yeah, I've got this idea, got
a lot of stuff on my phone and I showed
him and he just took my phone and goes, oh, okay,
I'm gonna move this here and I'm gonna put this
here and I'm gonna do this. And he goes, well,
we've got over half the song written. What else do
you want to say? And I said, well, that was easy,
(29:52):
and uh, you know, it was the same thing. We
were trying to figure out what we were going to
go eat for dinner. Time to time to move on.
We wrote another song and that's what it was. And
as soon as I played it for my wife, she goes, man,
that's that's home. That's real. The first time I heard
(30:12):
it after we recorded it, I had headphones on. My
daughter had just been born, and I walked around the
corner and I said, this is going to be in
a movie or on TV or uh.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
This is this is beautiful. I love this how it
turned out.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
And the guys that we had to play on it
back here, you know, back home, it was Uh, it
was a great process, and I'm so proud of everybody
and the way it turned out.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
And I'm just glad it's finally out for.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
People to to listen to, because I think there's everybody's
got that countryside. There's a there's a little bit of
a countryside and everybody, and I don't I don't care
what anybody says, whether you save your sour cream can
to put leftovers in or you know, everybody's got a
(31:05):
little country side, you get a little dirt on your
truck every now and then, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
It's so true. I love it. Do out there great
examples right there too, the sour cream that's umple where
you put the leftovers in there too. When it comes
down to all right, we got to run into this
one here too, for we gets a little bit of
rapid fire. But long Shot, I want to know all
about this one too, because man, if there ever was
a country song like Countryside, a long Shot to me
would be right up there too, right.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
And thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (31:33):
Yeah, we we had fun with that song and I
wrote it with Bryce Long who's done a heartache on
the dance floor, and and a ton more.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
But we had a good time.
Speaker 4 (31:46):
It was just it was a conversation and we were talking
about just life in general, and and that title.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
I just kind of threw it at at Bryce.
Speaker 4 (31:59):
And again the song just kind of wrote itself. It
was a lot of ping pong and a lot of
fun and just kind of going back and forth and
just discussing how that would how that conversation would have
gone our in our minds.
Speaker 3 (32:15):
It really was a great song that came together pretty
fast too, no doubt. Again, more information John Stork dot com.
Let's get to some fun stuff. My friend out there too,
because I mentioned that NFL draft you know, came to
a conclusion that quick four days right there. A lot
of rounds, a lot of guys getting picked there too.
You know, for me, it wasn't like your big superstar
draft new offense out there too. There's been some more
I guess, pizzazz and more kind of highlights out there
(32:38):
from those big drafts that had more of that crop
of talent.
Speaker 10 (32:41):
You know.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
Look for me, I'm an Arizona Cardinal fan, so I've
suffered over the past couple of seasons. We have eight
to nine. Last year we got a crux of talent
in there right now. I'm excited about to see what
happens here. For me, I don't know if the Tennessee Titans.
I gotta stay with this one too, because I know
you're spending some time in Nashville. I thought, Shador Sanders,
we'll get drafted there at the time. They went cam
Ward right there too for the draft. Of course it
(33:02):
could have been, like I said, a little bit of this,
a little bit of that. But what you think of
the draft? Did you watch any of it? And did
your team get any better?
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I have to plead the fifth and or no comment.
I look, I'm a Houston Texans fan.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
There you go, and you know we've we've just gotta
just gotta hold it, hold it down right now.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
And uh and I'm hoping we got a little bit better.
Speaker 4 (33:28):
There's just something about it the last couple of years
indicative of that ten and seven record.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
And like I said, c J. Stroud the real deal
though too. And you put some good offensive lineman and
good skilled players around a good quarterback like that who's
really coming to his own. That's the beauty of this too.
Speaker 10 (33:42):
Man.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
As you mentioned that, you can kind of have that
rags to richest story from all that stuff that happened
with Deshaun Watson over the years. And of course we
know who now won that trade, that being the Texans.
But man, you put a guy like c J. Stroud
in his rookie year, he goes off and with the
right system in place, Man, it's like with the right camp,
you know, for a musician, if you got the right
camp to do what they're supposed to do, you put
that the equal over to football. It kind of really
(34:03):
equates itself, doesn't it.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
It does. And you know what, I am a fan
of CJ.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
And I think, man, I think it's really cool that
he's brought a different spirit to that place. I was
inside that that facility and around a lot of those
people for a decade with my wife working in the NFL,
and you know, I will say it changed my opinion
(34:28):
of the NFL and sports, you know, professional sports. So
for a kid that grew up in a nine hundred
square foot house with seven people, we didn't really watch
football growing up. So when my wife and I met,
she was apprehensive to tell me what she did until
(34:48):
she found out that I really didn't care because we
didn't grow up watching any sports. Now, being on the
sports podcast, I have to, uh, you know, I have
to play ball.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
I love CJ.
Speaker 4 (35:03):
I love what him and Tank Dell have done, and
I think if we can just keep the Texans and
the spirit up, I think we might be able to
do something. But yeah, it's been a rough road for
US Texans and Texans fans down here in Houston.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Good to see it kind of rite the ship, no doubt,
and come back a little bit there into more focus too.
All right, let's let's settle this debate here. I've had
a few people ask me this, to ask you this,
and ask other great artists this, and whoever comes with
this program. Look for me, It's still Texas Barbecue in
a certain way wherever I've traveled. But man, there was
something about Martin's in Nashville, the Nashville Barbecue, and I've
only had that one place, so I can't speak on
(35:41):
others there. But outside of Martin's and Nashville, I'm sure
there are other good ones there. It's still Texas Barbecue.
And it's still out near Kerrville and San Antonio. Austin's
got some good spots. Where is it for you? Man?
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Oh Man, there is a mom and pop husband and wife.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
I want to say, they've upgrade it into a little
bit bigger facility on the south side of Houston. It's
called Smoking Z's Barbecue. I do like Martin's. There is
another place out by the airport that I enjoy as
well as far as Nashville goes, but Smoking Z's Barbecue
on the south side of Houston. And I've had barbecue
(36:21):
from Kansas City down to the Valley of Texas all
the way out to Nashville. And I'm no expert, but
this little trailer startup with a husband and wife making
the barbecue and the sides and the desserts, you name it.
Hands down's my favorite barbecue I've tried in the United States.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
I'll be in Houston this weekend, so we have to
give that a try out there too, coming up for
a couple of events and then the show coming up
Sunday night will be at the House of Blues with
Bobby Rush and Kenny Wayne and Shepherd there. Get those
tickets to check out House of Blues online. But that's
I'll check your check barbecue out, my friend, no doubt.
Speaker 4 (37:02):
Yeah, I'm telling you, please tell him that I sent
you because they are fantastic people, and their food is
out of this world. It's the first barbecue that my
child ever ate. It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (37:17):
Hey, congrats wll being a dad. There's nothing like it. Man.
My little girl just turned five there a couple of
weeks ago and just got her in so much stuff
right now. It's crazy. One of the best things I
ever did. And it changes you as a person, but
in a good way. I think out there, you know,
being a father in and just being able to watch
your kid grow. And like you said, man, if she
likes it's kind of like daddy's a picky eater, so
is she same time, daughter's a picky eater, so being
(37:39):
a girl dad at the same time. They love to
eat what they like to eat. She might eats like
a hummingbird. She just kind of picks and stock all
day too, which is great.
Speaker 1 (37:46):
Oh man, mine, mine eats things by the handful.
Speaker 3 (37:50):
That's still yeah, which is good. Open it up. About
half the seconds gone for chips. You're like, why didn't
you eat the rest? Well, I wanted to go overneath
this cookie that They'll say sometimes.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
A cookie before I was done with dinner, and one after.
Speaker 3 (38:02):
Hey, one after no doubt about it. Well, I tell
you what, that's part of me. Ley mentioned that a
little bit of aton know, sour cream, those little tupperwares
and putting your leftovers in there too. He's all about
country out there, countryside, the current signal across all the
DSPs out there and that, and of course John Stork
j O n st RK dot com for all the
tour dates and merchandise, and of course to check out
the music across all the digital streaming platforms. Always great
(38:25):
to catch up out there too as well, my friend,
appreciate the time, and hey, continued success going forward as always.
And hey man, you drop us a line anytime.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
We appreciate you and the man, thank you so much. Brandon,
you got it.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
John Stork out there too. We're back with more great
work out there too, and more great music on the
affiliates KYBN ninety eight point one, your Bay Area broadcast
network and KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine, and
of course back in the Flash with more great music.
And guess who's coming up this week. You know we're
from Baywatch back in two thousand. Brandy Roderick back here
on the show here too as well, and of course,
(38:56):
a whole lot of great artists coming up over the
next few weeks, and great music coming up until then.
Take care, God bless we'll see you soon.
Speaker 14 (39:03):
Well, mighty fine and a great big Western Howdy. This
is Ranger Doug with the world famous Riders in the Sky.
You're listening to the Backstage Pass exclusive on KKTC True
Country ninety nine point nine because it's the Cowboy Way.
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