March 6, 2025 • 37 mins
One of the best and greatest Texas Country Artists of all-time joined us on the show as Josh Abbott of The Josh Abbott Band joined us to talk about his latest projects and lots more! Tune in!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey all, this is Texas country artist Josh Abbott and
you are listening to the Backstage Past with Brandon powered
by the Sports Guys Podcast dot Com on KKTC True
Country ninety nine point nine on KYBN ninety eight point one,
your Bay Area Broadcasting Network.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And welcome inside the Backstage Past. Always a busy day
here inside the chambers Bulbat Texas, where I'm at too
as well, of course you guys screaming out there across
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(00:41):
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podcast you will find the show out there. And a
good friend of the show, Josh Abbott of the Josh
Abbott Ben, Josh, How you doing brother?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I am doing great. It's just a normal day for
me today. I'm a dad and a father most of
the time, right being a country music singer is is
definitely less days than the other than the other job.
So today has been a wake up, take my kids
to school day, pick them up from school, dealing with
(01:11):
yard guys and issues and literally, I mean, it's just
been one of those days where everything currently, I've got
plumbers here looking at our water issue and the lime stone.
It's not the limestone, it's called lime scale. It comes
off of it issues in our water, and I'm having
(01:32):
to get a water softener. I'm gonna have to look
at that quote and get installed. And I had my
irrigation guy come in earlier because we had a breaker
box issue. I don't know, it's just been it's been
a rodeo honestly for the last day, and I'm like,
can I just go back? I just want to be
on stage playing guitar. I don't want to handle all
(01:52):
this stuff. I don't want to be a dad.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Some days it's in your domain. Of course, the Houston
Livestock Show a rodeo going on just beginlast night with
Reba Mike's and my brother Wayne. He said it, what
the hell of a show it was too, of course
the Queen of Country Music too. It goes on till
March twenty third and out there too, and we hope
to get out there for a few shows this year
coming up. Course, a Champion Wine garden and a whole
lot of things going on out there. Talk about the
(02:15):
this is started, your first quarter, this started twenty twenty five,
how it's been for you guys, and yeah music, all
that good stuff.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, twenty twenty five. For this first quarter has just
been pretty slow, and it was intentional. I announced. I
told the band back in July of last year, late
July that I wanted to take some time off this
year and not tour as much. I think it kind
of goes back to what I was just talking about,
all these fun stories about being a dad and being
home and handling all these house stuff and taking my
(02:43):
kids to school and making their lunches and just being present.
And I love that stuff. You know, I was joking
about it earlier, But I love being a dad. It's awesome,
love being a husband. We just have such a cool
family dynamic. And I wanted to be home more and
I wanted to write more. I don't feel like I've
got an opportunity to really focus on my writing over
the last couple of years as much as I want to.
(03:05):
So we haven't toured hardly at all this year. As
far as Josh Abbott Band, my primary band, you know,
we played Billy Bob's at the very beginning of January.
We've done like a couple private parties maybe, and then
I played or we played Green Hall. This past Saturday.
We did two shows for Texas Independence Day weekend. This
(03:29):
coming Saturday, we play in Nashville at the Ryman. So
just some really awesome shows. You know, We're not playing
a lot, but the shows we're playing are just really cool.
And then I'm off another two weeks for spring break
and hanging out with my kids, and then kind of
late March, we'll start diving back more into the every
weekend maybe getting out there and playing. But even then,
(03:51):
I don't think we'll play every weekend this year, and
I don't think we're gonna play three times a week.
It's it's gonna be a lighter year for us, and
so I'm happy about that.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
That's a good thing. Take some time off, I mean,
well deserved too. I just came back from the Country
Radio seminar broadcast in my show live from the Omni Hotel.
Always a busy time up there too, when you get
to do about sixty of these interviews in a matter
of three days, which is still crazy, but for you guys,
I went to a show at the Ryman. I knew
that was something I want to talk to you about too.
Here on the show too. The debut at the Ryman
coming up this weekend. Man, it's where the Grand Old
(04:21):
Loafer began. But talk about as you stepped in that
you guys, prepare for it, Prepare for the set list,
the emotions they're going to go through you in Nashville, Tennessee.
Making that debut at the Ryman has to be exciting.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Yeah, it's pretty awesome.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
I've actually played at the Ryman, and a couple of
the guys have as well. We played the opry at
the Ryman, you know, in the month of December when
they do that whole thing, and it's super special. We've
done that before, but you know, you play a couple
songs and that's it. And that was years ago, probably
I don't even remember when that was. And so for
now for us to get to kind of make our
full band debut and play an entire set, some of
(04:56):
our band members have changed, of course since you know,
ten years ago, and so so it's gonna be a
really fun, special moment. And my Mom's coming in obviously
my wife and kids, my in laws, a lot of
my friends, quite a few friends from college and life
are all coming in for this and getting to play
with Randy and his group. You know, those guys have
(05:16):
been big brothers to me and our band for since
the very beginning, so you know, and really just makes
a lot of sense for us to get to debut
at the rhym and getting to support and open for
our buddies. So very excited about playing at the you know,
I think they call it the Mother Church. It's gonna
be a really cool special weekend.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I got to see Chase Matthew kind of do his
thing on album release day on the twenty first of February,
and it was packed house and people lined up before
the show even opened up. And so I just got
a feeling of what it's like being a major country
artist or Texas country out there too and going to play,
Like you said, that mother Church of what is there
where the grand New Library began there at that beautiful
Ryman Auditorium, one an atmosphere. You're gonna love it. As
(05:59):
far as you mentioned that full band side of things,
Hey break down a little bit for me. That last
record of course with us somewhere down the road. I
loved every song on here. We're gonna feature a couple
off your two first stations out there too, But man,
a lot of cool things, you know, when you when
you get a song such as Astronaut to really kind
of set the tone for that record and just kind
of that body of work and what you remember best
about that.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Album, MA freaking album is awesome. I mean, that album
that we made is badass. I don't always just say
that about our records because you can get a little
bit further down the line and go, well, you know,
in hindsight, I'm not sure I love that song, or
I'm not sure that song was done quite right. You're
always gonna nitpick things when you get a little further
down the road. But that album is badass, and I
(06:41):
gotta admit, you know, I'll just be blunt with you.
I'm a little disappointed that we didn't get it, you know,
it didn't get more traction. Maybe it's just because we're
an older band now, we're not on a record label.
We live in a world that doesn't really consume albums
in the first place unless you're literally a super megastar
(07:01):
and you have these fans who, you know, do nothing
but listen to songs one through fourteen on every album
in a row all day long. And that's great. You know,
those fans are awesome. They keep it going for people.
But you know, unless you're just lucky enough to be
like someone like that, we live in a world where
it's really hard to ask your fans to listen to
a full album and to digest it with the attention
(07:25):
and care that you made it with, and so, I
don't know, you kind of have to live and learn.
I'm really hoping that at some point down the road
that that record will again have kind of maybe a
secondary moment where people will realize how cool the record is, because,
like you said, Astronaut is badass. It's it's such a
cool way to start to start that album, and it
just had so much attitude and that's not something you
(07:47):
have seen from our band in recent years. You know,
out the Gate the first few albums definitely had those
songs with kind of that feistiness and attitude, and then
I think, you know, as you fall in love and
you start having kids, maybe make less of those songs.
And then but on this record, I really love that
song and wanted it to start the album and really
kind of set the tone for a different record. And
(08:08):
I think hopefully people that are listening to this now
will go, man, well, now I'm really curious to hear
these songs and I want to go listen to it
because somewhere down the Road is a song, you know,
I wrote about the music industry and kind of touring
and kind of making peace with what this job is
and the sale. It's one of the coolest songs that
I've ever recorded, and it's basically a song of like, man, uh,
(08:32):
you know, this industry is full of some fake ass people,
and it's full of some great people as well. But
you're gonna find people who care about you when you're
in the spotlight and you have the attention, and they
don't care as much when you don't. And so but
there's songs about love and there's songs. You know, there's
(08:53):
some really great stuff on this record. So thank you
for listening and asking me about it. I love this
record and I always will.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I love this record a lot. We're gonna play with
off this record right now. KYB in your Bay Area
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Speaker 5 (09:23):
I want to be that long stem glass pressed against
your lips. Want to be those blue jeans hugging on
your hips.
Speaker 6 (09:35):
I won't want to be the net two. I want
to get closer to you.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
I want to be those cotton sheets I'll cover you
into now.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
I want to be the kind thing you only get
one in life. The only thing right now I gotta do.
Let's get a little closer.
Speaker 5 (10:11):
I'm not gonnaways perfect midnight.
Speaker 6 (10:17):
Hold, no Missener the shoot.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
I'm not gonna ask where this thing's going as long.
Speaker 7 (10:28):
As I know it's closer, baby, or that sun shine.
Speaker 6 (10:39):
I've been waiting for you so long. You're that go mine.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
I bet my whole lie phone. The only thing right
now I gotta do, Let's get a little closer. I'm
I don't always perfect midnight.
Speaker 6 (11:05):
Hold on senor the shoes. I'm not gonna ask where.
Speaker 7 (11:12):
This things go in as long as I know it's close. Suit.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
I'm not gonna waste perfect midnight.
Speaker 8 (11:36):
Hold, no Senora shoes, I'm not gonna.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
Ask where this thing's going.
Speaker 7 (11:46):
As long as I know it's close. As long as
I know it's close.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Suit.
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Speaker 2 (12:51):
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(13:14):
Closer to you, my friend, I really enjoyed this one
to another good feel of a great tune off that record.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Appreciate it. It's a great song. I'm having a hard
time remembering in this very moment exactly who all the
writers are on that song. But Eric Dillon is a
really good buddy of mine and is the writer one
of the writers on this track and had sent it
to me years ago and I've I loved it. I
(13:40):
wanted to record this record for the Catching Fire, this
song for the Catching Fire EP. I wanted to record
this song for the Highwaykind record and we just it
just never ended up working because of other songs that
we had that were similar, and so for this record,
I was like, I don't care how many love songs
we have. I'm recording Closer to You because I love
(14:02):
this song and it's cool too. Thank you so much
for playing it for people.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Love it, man, love it. Hey, Let's go back to
one of my favorite guys. I got the chance to
talk to you here on the show last year, and
this is what really I say. There was a kick
started your career. I love this because it really told
a story and you got to collaborate with one of
the best all time in Texas country, mister Pat Green.
I'm actually going to go to Green Hall next week
on spring break. He's playing a couple of shows out
there too, just to go see one of the greats
(14:28):
of all time. I guess many people not know I
they listen in the Bay Area out there too the
first time My Texas. Tell them all about it too
as well. Because this one here a great country song,
great Texas country song.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
I appreciate it, yeah, I mean to me, my Texas
is a really great microcosm, you know, of what Texas
country is, right, it's this. It's not just songs about
Texas right where you say the word Texas, this one
definitely does. But it's just that spirit of writing about
things that make a lot of sense in in our
(15:00):
culture down here in Texas, which is just very different
than a lot of other states, especially like the Bay
Area you just talked about, right, Like we have a
very we have different ways of life and different things
and so different attributes that our that our states have.
And so My Texas is kind of one of those
things that kind of like a small little bucket list
(15:21):
of some of my favorite parts of Texas, right, like
floating this river and fishing in this location, and certain
songs of Texas country artists that I love, and this
barbecue spot and the river walk and just all these
things that make a lot of sense. I'm sure somebody
in California could do the same thing, right, like, go
at my California and there's probably like tons of really
(15:41):
cool things that they could put in this song that
would almost sound like a tourist attraction commercial. But yeah,
that's what My Texas is. It's kind of my love
letter to our great state. And I literally just met
someone the other day that told me they are two
items away from finishing the My Texas bucket list. They've
done every thing in the song, but two things. And
(16:02):
I've had people tell me this for years. They they
use their spring breaks. Even people will come to the
Hill Country and they'll they'll go down to Luke and
Balk and they'll hike up and Enchanted Rock and they'll
knock out a bunch of those things and they'll drive
out to Big Bend. And I just think that's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
That's a cool thing. But people can actually feel that
song that you guys put out there well over ten
years ago and say, you know what, I might have
a bucket list of things and I've lived all my
life too down here, and I just love those things
you put in there. Just the ingredients kind of set
up for people to go accomplish out there too and
just knock off that bucket list out there. Hey, speaking
of collaborations, you know, joshup becoming more kind of the
norm in the industry today, especially for albums. I love
(16:39):
this too, But back then, when you did that one,
let's see it's called oh yeah, oh tonight, Thanky Musgrave
is just a little song that went really big. Talk
about how that arrangement kind of came about, how you
met her, and of course she went off to a
wonderful career herself.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Yeah, that's just one of those really cool, organic, wild
stories of two young artists, you know, kind of at
the right point of their early careers, becoming friends and
partnering up on a song and it exceeding expectations. I mean,
we were kind of off to a hot start when
(17:15):
I recorded that song with our because we had just
we had at the time, we had just recorded Taste,
and we'd become really popular with all the college kids
in Texas. But that's pretty much it, and we hadn't
even released that second record, which had O Tonight and
she's like Texas on there, and but the very we
need we felt like we need one more really strong
love song for the record. And my fiddle player at
(17:37):
the time, who actually is currently living in Beaumont with
his u in laws and he's back in Texas anyway,
names Preston Pete shout Out, but he was the one
who was like, dude, you got to record oh tonight.
You need to record oh tonight. And so we recorded it,
and then we were talking about, like, you know, what
female to feature, and you know, obviously at the time,
(17:58):
like it's not like some huge named band that could
just get anybody we wanted. But for me, it wasn't
even really about that. It was about who's right for
the song. And I wanted like a particular kind of voice.
And I loved this girl's voice, this girl in Casey Musgraves.
And coincidentally enough, she actually, for a very short period
of time, worked at the booking agency that booked us
(18:21):
Crazy as that is, right answered the phones and very
early in her career in life, and so I was
a little bit familiar with her, and I loved her voice,
and I loved her and so I kind of just
called her and said, I'd love for you to record
on this song and do this duet with me and
then sing harmonies on our record. And so she did that.
She was super cool about it, and next thing you know,
(18:42):
that record comes out and all the attention in twenty
ten was on She's like Texas, but there was this
like really organic fire that was building behind this song,
Oh tonight. And next thing you know, we get into
kind of twenty eleven and I find out that radio
station's outside of tech Says are playing the song. And
this is the first time for us. Right at this point,
(19:03):
we hadn't had any radio really outside of Texas, hardly
any in it, to be honest, And I found out
Phoenix was playing this song, Oklahoma City was playing the
song all these places, and so we hired a radio promoter,
a lady way back in the day. Her name was
Pam Newman. I'm sure you've probably met her, and she
promoted it for us, and it charted on the Billboard chart.
(19:26):
And we're an independent band out of Texas, weren't a
van and this song blows up. Dude, I mean, like
I don't know how to relate it. To modern day times. Right,
it's like somebody puts a if some brand new artist
puts out a song, and all of a sudden, it
starts streaming millions and goes to the top of the chart.
It's kind of what happened at that time, right. We
didn't have streaming, and you know, we weren't on the radio,
(19:47):
but in this organic way, people were buying it and
downloading it on iTunes and listening to it and listening
to it on MySpace and those spaces, and so it
just really did well for us, and we ended up
getting to tour and it opened up some really cool,
big doors for my band. And you know, I'm it
probably helped her a little bit. She was going to
be a star no matter what. You know, people that
(20:08):
say that that song helped her career out, I'm like,
I don't know. I think it helped mine way more
than hers, for sure, because you know, it's been a big,
big song of mine now for almost our entire career.
And Casey was just so brilliant and so great of
an artist. She was always going to be a superstar
no matter what. I just think we were fortunate enough
to get to cross paths at that point in time,
(20:29):
and we did some cool stuff. We got to go
play in Italy and France and see part of the
world together, and anyway, it's just a really cool organic story.
I wrote that song with a friend of mine named
Sonny Helms. Her last name now is Shipley. She married
Jordan Shipley, the UT football legend, and so just some
some really cool stories have developed over that, right, like
(20:50):
when he was playing in the NFL and in the league,
he was playing with the Bengals and he was playing
with this quarterback named Mandy Dalton, who was another Texas guy,
and they became and one night, I remember getting a
cell phone video and this is way back when cell
phone videos were pretty grainy, right, This is in the
this is probably in the two thousand and I don't know,
twelve thirteen fourteen time frame, of Andy Dalton and Jordan
(21:14):
Shipley singing O to Night, you know, and playing guitar.
And I thought that was super cool, and so it's
led to some really cool friendships. The music video for
that song features Granger Smith and his wife and Casey Musgraves.
I am the least famous person in the music video.
So it's just like the wildest stories have come from
this song that barely made the record in the first place,
(21:37):
and it's just one of those things that's been a
really fun part of our career.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
We get to play another one right now from Josh
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It's time to Settle Down. Settle me Down. Here it
is from Josh Abbott. The backstage past.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
What goods hot only without destination?
Speaker 6 (22:21):
What goods house without some mom to come home to?
Speaker 5 (22:27):
What's not at the top of the world without YouTube
Beside me? No, there ain't no good new without you.
Speaker 6 (22:39):
You settle me down. When to go too far, when
a burn to a past, when smiling, who go to
name it was the tinging, my sop.
Speaker 8 (22:48):
My bardys, when about to break always got them from
that man.
Speaker 10 (22:55):
You still love me when I didn't like that, Skip
me around on back in Settle me Down, Setting me Down.
Speaker 4 (23:12):
Stuve got the tendency to lean over the edges. Stull
got the urge and the chest dream until it is.
Speaker 6 (23:24):
You don't fence me. Yeah, you ununderstand when I can't
even remember. You remind me who I am. You settle
me down when I go too far, when I burn to.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Best, when I lose my.
Speaker 6 (23:43):
Way, ping on the means, peting my soup, my heart
at easement, about.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
To the brick.
Speaker 8 (23:50):
Always got the wind that I that you still love
me when I live like that, opened my eyes.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
And skip me around, pull me back in, settle me down.
Speaker 8 (24:16):
Always got doing that my back, but you still love
me around in lockdad, open my eyes, skip me around,
pull me back in, Settle.
Speaker 6 (24:28):
Me down, following me.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
I need your rotten now.
Speaker 6 (24:32):
Covering me up. Settle me down, Settle me da.
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love this one too, And I love the rendition because
(25:50):
that was on the Highway Kaine record, which I enjoyed
listening to to back when it came out, no doubt.
And uh an acoustic version you guys just put out
of that song back in September.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Yes, me down is it's it's easily in the top
three songs that we've ever recorded on multiple levels, right
like in terms of being a great song, being one
of my favorite songs. In terms of success, it's got
the most streams of any of our songs. Was you know,
(26:20):
a real delight to see that have some success, because
I mean, I just I remember the day I wrote it.
I wrote it with Josh Jenkins and Ryan Beaver, and
they're both Texas guys who live in Nashville because they're
big songwriters. And we wrote that at Smack Music, and
I mean, I can close my eyes and picture myself
in that room when we wrote that song, and I
took it back to my wife and showed it to
(26:41):
her and she loved it immediately. And that's always a
good sign because my wife's a big fan of country
in Texas country and sometimes, man, I'll play a song
that I wrote and there's no response or it's a
it's okay, and it's just deflating, right, But she's honest
with me and she loved Settle Me down. She was like,
that is going to be a big song, and she
(27:01):
had a good ear. So we recorded that. Marshall Autman
produced it and did such a wonderful job. I love
that song so much. I think one of my favorite
moments in that song is when David Frehlan, our keys player,
comes in in the second verse and does some really
cool stuff that you don't really typically hear in country music.
And I've always thought that song could be a praise
(27:22):
and worship song to be honest. I mean when we
wrote that song, I felt like it had like a
spirituality to it. It wasn't just a love song about
a person per se, but really could be about your
walking and your faith. So I would love it one
day if a big Christian artist you know, recorded that
song and kind of took it that direction. But in
the meantime, we're very proud of that one.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
You should be no doubt, my friend love this one too.
You and we talked about collaborations, and you've done a
lot through your career. One with Carly Pears too, but
the one of the wash, the one with Katie Offerman
I think was on the same one for the Highway
Kind record. I love that song that you guys put together.
And another one just who is a super out here
I've featured here here on this show. That will be
a song called the Luckiest. Talk about that one for me?
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Yeah, well, real quick, you mentioned Carly shout out Carly
Pears such a wonderful talent, amazing and I love that
song that we had out and we're still such really
good friends. So that has been a really cool journey
as well. But Katie Offerman too, you know, I met
Katie Offferman years and years and years ago. Through our
old fiddle player who I talked to you earlier about Preston.
(28:25):
He knew her somehow, and so she came out to
our show in Boston at the House of Blues when
we were touring with Pat Green. It's probably ten years
ago at least, I bet it. No, it's probably longer
than that. But anyway, she was attending the Berkeley Music
School up there, and so she's super talented. By the way,
Katie Offferman, like, I mean, she's a genius when it
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comes to music. She plays multiple instruments, she sings rights,
she's like a model too, so that helps. Like she's
good at everything. I don't know. But anyway, so I
wrote The Luckiest with a couple of guys, a couple
of friends in Nashville. That's another one that I consider
a top three song of our bands, not just my
(29:06):
personal favorite, but it just sounds so great. When we
wrote it, I actually thought, man, this would be a
good pitch. We should pitch this to like Luke Bryan
or someone like that. But I'm glad that that never
worked out and that we recorded it. And when we
went to put on the record. I knew it needed
that girl voice. I knew the same way Oh Tonight
and some of those songs, and she's like Texas needed
(29:26):
that girl in the background kind of bringing it home
and keeping it, you know, warm. We needed that too,
So I was like, man, I think Katie Offerm would
be perfect for this, and so we asked her to
sing on that, and then after she sang on that,
she ended up getting a record deal. And it's I
hope that she blows up and has just a huge
(29:47):
career because I'm a big fan and her and my
wife have become friends now, so that's been really cool too.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Awesome. Lady Tanna believe she signed with the Universal Records. Yeah,
I mistaken. She got that big deal and we had
her on there to it start of her career. Just
a fantastic lady. And of course that song and it
escaped my mind, but it was called Wasn't That Drunk?
With the feature in Carly Peers out there too. A
shout out to her too. One of the most talented
females that is racking up the hardware as we speaker.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
One of the best voices ever.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Oh it's it's phenomenal. Too, and her story is, like
I said, one in a million two when it comes
down to it, and she's you know, busted her ass
to get where she's at in her career too, as
all the great artists have here we talked to here
on the show. Here. All right, let's have a little
fun with this one. I know, I love that shirt
and a lot of people can't see it like it's
when it comes to audio land because they just hear it.
But is this the year always that since Mahomes left?
(30:37):
I know it's been tough, but Tech football, I know
you love sports, so I got to throw it in
there too. Is this the coming fall this year now
coming up for Texas Tech?
Speaker 1 (30:46):
I feel like we're just right there on the verge
of it. I really do. I thought that for years.
I actually thought this last season was the was the one,
because I really I thought our skilled talent was outstanding
and we had such a great coach, and I thought
and the schedule. I thought, Man, our schedule this past
season was incredible. But you know, some injuries, and that's
(31:08):
that's a big part of college football, as injuries, because
then you've got to have the depth. And I don't
think we quite had the death right, Like two of
our best pass rushers were hurt before Game one, and
so when you lose your two best pass rushers on
defense for the entire year, it really sets the tone
wrong because now you can't get to the quarterback, which
you know, changes the changes the game completely. We're on
(31:31):
the verge.
Speaker 10 (31:31):
Man.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
We've had some amazing alumni step up with their donations
to fund the NIL program and kind of get us
on track, and especially our facilities. They just launched every
all these sports outlets across the country, you know, National, ESPN, everyone,
(31:52):
they're raving about text new facilities, calling them potentially the
best facilities in the country, definitely top five, one hundred,
they're in the top ten. I mean they're literally we're
competing right now with places like Oregon and Michigan and
all these other schools. And so when you get those
facilities and you get the NIO money, and you get
the culture and the right head coach and McGuire, I
(32:14):
truly believe it's that if you build it, it'll you know,
they'll come and yeah, I think this could be the year.
It's all about health. You know, your starting quarterback goes
down and start losing offensive linemen and that you know,
all of a sudden, your offense can't create your defenses
on the field too much. That stuff really dominoes on
each other. And you've got to have you got to
(32:36):
get real lucky, and you got to have a ton
of depth. And so I hope we're getting there. But yeah,
to answer your question, and everybody can't see this, we're
talking about Texas Tech football. Reck them hopefully this is
the year. And basketball, by the way, we're crushing it
right now. I think we're I think we're headed to
the Final four. So it's a great, great time to
be a Red Raider.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
Always is, always is to love the Red Raiders out there.
Support our Texas teams all right now. I gotta turn
on the dime here now with baseball because I love
my astros. I've had. This has been a great run
of that seven straight ALCS appearances, eight out of nine,
trying to make it nine out of ten playoff appearances.
And know the Rangers had a little bit of an
offseason where some signings took place. Of course, fishing has
(33:17):
got to stay healthy for you. Is it Rangers Astros?
Who do you root for?
Speaker 1 (33:22):
That's a great question. I'm not quite as passionate about
professional sports as I am collegiate. You know, I'm super
invested in Texas Tech because I'm from that region, i
went to school there. It's a big part of my story.
I definitely wouldn't be the artist I am without it.
And so when it comes to professional sports, I mean,
(33:44):
I don't know, not sound jaded, but they're all kind
of just a bunch of mercenaries that change teams every
few years, and you root for them because they're in
your community and you get to go to games with
your friends and it's fun. So as far as Rangers
Astros go, you know, I lean Rangers, but I'm not
necessarily mad of the Astros win. It's not like one
(34:05):
of those heated, hated rivalries for me. I'm not. I'm
not like I hate the Astros. Guy. I like the Rangers.
I like the Astros. It's probably a very unpopular opinion
that I have right now. In fact, that's actually the
opinion that I'll make everyone mad. You're almost better off
saying I don't watch base or I like one team,
(34:27):
but I'm kind of like I like both teams. I don't.
I just don't I don't get super passionate about that.
You know, I love watching people succeed, and so when
either team is winning, I think that's fun. It's contagious
that you're recently where they were both in the you know,
in the ALCS together. That's big time though, that's civil
(34:50):
war potential in Texas. So you know, you gotta got
to toe that line delicately.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
You really did. I went to Game one that you're
twenty twenty three, and yeah, we just never thought no
team won a home game. And like I said, Rangers
took College steven and went on to win that World Series. Well, hey,
with the roads it out there too, when you guys
were touring and things like that, I'm getting this confrontation
between Texas Barbecue National Barbecue. For me, it flipped on
(35:17):
a dime because I went to Martin's in Nashville and
there were a couple of the places I did get
to try up there too through recommendation. But for you,
is it still Texas Barbecue or is there even a debate?
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Man? That's why I kind of went, I'm not even
sure it's a debate. It's just not because on a
multitude of levels, like it's just on a reputational level,
Texas barbecue is where it's at, right. It's infamous war
I mean, it's known world not infamous, it's famous worldwide.
People want Texas barbecue, they want Texas brisket. You know,
nobody in nobody in Europe is talking about Tennessee brisket
(35:50):
or you know what I'm saying. So like, uh, I
don't think it's close. And I also just think Texas
has more of those honey holes and spots because I
just think tradition and legacy and you know, the cream
rises to the top. It's I think barbecue is a
very special, sacred thing. And I'm not saying that it's
not that, you know, beloved and respected and the whole
(36:14):
thing in Tennessee as well as it is. There are
some great spots in Nashville. There's some great spots in Memphis.
You know, you can find good barbecue in the South.
But I just I don't even know what it's like comparing,
but it's there's no comparison. Texas barbecue is the goat.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
It's it is the way to go out there too,
especially for any of those meats that you're looking forward to.
At the same time. He's one of the best out there.
Makes you guys go give him a follow if you
haven't already. Across all the DSPs and of course all
the social media out there, be on the lookout for
those great shows. The Ryman Big shows coming up this
weekend here in March, and of course a lot of
shows out there too for twenty twenty five, specific shows
(36:54):
because he won't be doing as many as he said
here on the broadcast, but specific shows you guys can
get out there and check out for two. It's the one,
the only Josh Abbitt of the Josh abbab Ben Josh.
We appreciate the time, my friend, looking forward to connecting
down the road and hope to see you out there
at one of the shows soon.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it. Everybody listening,
hope you become a fan and we'll see you somewhere
down the road.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
Got it, josh Abba Here kyb in ninety eight point one,
your Bay Area Broadcasting Network and our friends KKTC, True
Country ninety nine point nine out there at Tauas, New Mexico,
and of course out there the Sports Guys podcast dot
Com or wherever you find podcasts. More great NEWSIC coming
up here. Keep it tuned, God bless, take care.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Hey, this is Nashville recording artist Michelle Wright and you're
listening to the Backstage Pass on KKTC True Country ninety
nine point nine. Hey, y'all, listen.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Is Nashville recording artists Brandley Gilbert and you're listening to
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Hey all, this is Texas country artist Josh Abbott and
you are listening to the Backstage Past with Brandon powered
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Country ninety nine point nine on KYBN ninety eight point one,
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
And welcome inside the Backstage Past. Always a busy day
here inside the chambers Bulbat Texas, where I'm at too
as well, of course you guys screaming out there across
all the entire world KKTC True Country ninety nine point
nine and of course KYB in ninety eight point one,
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(00:41):
dot com and of course everywhere you guys can find
podcast you will find the show out there. And a
good friend of the show, Josh Abbott of the Josh
Abbott Ben, Josh, How you doing brother?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I am doing great. It's just a normal day for
me today. I'm a dad and a father most of
the time, right being a country music singer is is
definitely less days than the other than the other job.
So today has been a wake up, take my kids
to school day, pick them up from school, dealing with
(01:11):
yard guys and issues and literally, I mean, it's just
been one of those days where everything currently, I've got
plumbers here looking at our water issue and the lime stone.
It's not the limestone, it's called lime scale. It comes
off of it issues in our water, and I'm having
(01:32):
to get a water softener. I'm gonna have to look
at that quote and get installed. And I had my
irrigation guy come in earlier because we had a breaker
box issue. I don't know, it's just been it's been
a rodeo honestly for the last day, and I'm like,
can I just go back? I just want to be
on stage playing guitar. I don't want to handle all
(01:52):
this stuff. I don't want to be a dad.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Some days it's in your domain. Of course, the Houston
Livestock Show a rodeo going on just beginlast night with
Reba Mike's and my brother Wayne. He said it, what
the hell of a show it was too, of course
the Queen of Country Music too. It goes on till
March twenty third and out there too, and we hope
to get out there for a few shows this year
coming up. Course, a Champion Wine garden and a whole
lot of things going on out there. Talk about the
(02:15):
this is started, your first quarter, this started twenty twenty five,
how it's been for you guys, and yeah music, all
that good stuff.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, twenty twenty five. For this first quarter has just
been pretty slow, and it was intentional. I announced. I
told the band back in July of last year, late
July that I wanted to take some time off this
year and not tour as much. I think it kind
of goes back to what I was just talking about,
all these fun stories about being a dad and being
home and handling all these house stuff and taking my
(02:43):
kids to school and making their lunches and just being present.
And I love that stuff. You know, I was joking
about it earlier, But I love being a dad. It's awesome,
love being a husband. We just have such a cool
family dynamic. And I wanted to be home more and
I wanted to write more. I don't feel like I've
got an opportunity to really focus on my writing over
the last couple of years as much as I want to.
(03:05):
So we haven't toured hardly at all this year. As
far as Josh Abbott Band, my primary band, you know,
we played Billy Bob's at the very beginning of January.
We've done like a couple private parties maybe, and then
I played or we played Green Hall. This past Saturday.
We did two shows for Texas Independence Day weekend. This
(03:29):
coming Saturday, we play in Nashville at the Ryman. So
just some really awesome shows. You know, We're not playing
a lot, but the shows we're playing are just really cool.
And then I'm off another two weeks for spring break
and hanging out with my kids, and then kind of
late March, we'll start diving back more into the every
weekend maybe getting out there and playing. But even then,
(03:51):
I don't think we'll play every weekend this year, and
I don't think we're gonna play three times a week.
It's it's gonna be a lighter year for us, and
so I'm happy about that.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
That's a good thing. Take some time off, I mean,
well deserved too. I just came back from the Country
Radio seminar broadcast in my show live from the Omni Hotel.
Always a busy time up there too, when you get
to do about sixty of these interviews in a matter
of three days, which is still crazy, but for you guys,
I went to a show at the Ryman. I knew
that was something I want to talk to you about too.
Here on the show too. The debut at the Ryman
coming up this weekend. Man, it's where the Grand Old
(04:21):
Loafer began. But talk about as you stepped in that
you guys, prepare for it, Prepare for the set list,
the emotions they're going to go through you in Nashville, Tennessee.
Making that debut at the Ryman has to be exciting.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Yeah, it's pretty awesome.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
I've actually played at the Ryman, and a couple of
the guys have as well. We played the opry at
the Ryman, you know, in the month of December when
they do that whole thing, and it's super special. We've
done that before, but you know, you play a couple
songs and that's it. And that was years ago, probably
I don't even remember when that was. And so for
now for us to get to kind of make our
full band debut and play an entire set, some of
(04:56):
our band members have changed, of course since you know,
ten years ago, and so so it's gonna be a
really fun, special moment. And my Mom's coming in obviously
my wife and kids, my in laws, a lot of
my friends, quite a few friends from college and life
are all coming in for this and getting to play
with Randy and his group. You know, those guys have
(05:16):
been big brothers to me and our band for since
the very beginning, so you know, and really just makes
a lot of sense for us to get to debut
at the rhym and getting to support and open for
our buddies. So very excited about playing at the you know,
I think they call it the Mother Church. It's gonna
be a really cool special weekend.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I got to see Chase Matthew kind of do his
thing on album release day on the twenty first of February,
and it was packed house and people lined up before
the show even opened up. And so I just got
a feeling of what it's like being a major country
artist or Texas country out there too and going to play,
Like you said, that mother Church of what is there
where the grand New Library began there at that beautiful
Ryman Auditorium, one an atmosphere. You're gonna love it. As
(05:59):
far as you mentioned that full band side of things,
Hey break down a little bit for me. That last
record of course with us somewhere down the road. I
loved every song on here. We're gonna feature a couple
off your two first stations out there too, But man,
a lot of cool things, you know, when you when
you get a song such as Astronaut to really kind
of set the tone for that record and just kind
of that body of work and what you remember best
about that.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Album, MA freaking album is awesome. I mean, that album
that we made is badass. I don't always just say
that about our records because you can get a little
bit further down the line and go, well, you know,
in hindsight, I'm not sure I love that song, or
I'm not sure that song was done quite right. You're
always gonna nitpick things when you get a little further
down the road. But that album is badass, and I
(06:41):
gotta admit, you know, I'll just be blunt with you.
I'm a little disappointed that we didn't get it, you know,
it didn't get more traction. Maybe it's just because we're
an older band now, we're not on a record label.
We live in a world that doesn't really consume albums
in the first place unless you're literally a super megastar
(07:01):
and you have these fans who, you know, do nothing
but listen to songs one through fourteen on every album
in a row all day long. And that's great. You know,
those fans are awesome. They keep it going for people.
But you know, unless you're just lucky enough to be
like someone like that, we live in a world where
it's really hard to ask your fans to listen to
a full album and to digest it with the attention
(07:25):
and care that you made it with, and so, I
don't know, you kind of have to live and learn.
I'm really hoping that at some point down the road
that that record will again have kind of maybe a
secondary moment where people will realize how cool the record is, because,
like you said, Astronaut is badass. It's it's such a
cool way to start to start that album, and it
just had so much attitude and that's not something you
(07:47):
have seen from our band in recent years. You know,
out the Gate the first few albums definitely had those
songs with kind of that feistiness and attitude, and then
I think, you know, as you fall in love and
you start having kids, maybe make less of those songs.
And then but on this record, I really love that
song and wanted it to start the album and really
kind of set the tone for a different record. And
(08:08):
I think hopefully people that are listening to this now
will go, man, well, now I'm really curious to hear
these songs and I want to go listen to it
because somewhere down the Road is a song, you know,
I wrote about the music industry and kind of touring
and kind of making peace with what this job is
and the sale. It's one of the coolest songs that
I've ever recorded, and it's basically a song of like, man, uh,
(08:32):
you know, this industry is full of some fake ass people,
and it's full of some great people as well. But
you're gonna find people who care about you when you're
in the spotlight and you have the attention, and they
don't care as much when you don't. And so but
there's songs about love and there's songs. You know, there's
(08:53):
some really great stuff on this record. So thank you
for listening and asking me about it. I love this
record and I always will.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I love this record a lot. We're gonna play with
off this record right now. KYB in your Bay Area
Broadcasting Network ninety eight point one and I'm friends with
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Craig it Out.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
I want to be that long stem glass pressed against
your lips. Want to be those blue jeans hugging on
your hips.
Speaker 6 (09:35):
I won't want to be the net two. I want
to get closer to you.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
I want to be those cotton sheets I'll cover you
into now.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
I want to be the kind thing you only get
one in life. The only thing right now I gotta do.
Let's get a little closer.
Speaker 5 (10:11):
I'm not gonnaways perfect midnight.
Speaker 6 (10:17):
Hold, no Missener the shoot.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
I'm not gonna ask where this thing's going as long.
Speaker 7 (10:28):
As I know it's closer, baby, or that sun shine.
Speaker 6 (10:39):
I've been waiting for you so long. You're that go mine.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
I bet my whole lie phone. The only thing right
now I gotta do, Let's get a little closer. I'm
I don't always perfect midnight.
Speaker 6 (11:05):
Hold on senor the shoes. I'm not gonna ask where.
Speaker 7 (11:12):
This things go in as long as I know it's close. Suit.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
I'm not gonna waste perfect midnight.
Speaker 8 (11:36):
Hold, no Senora shoes, I'm not gonna.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
Ask where this thing's going.
Speaker 7 (11:46):
As long as I know it's close. As long as
I know it's close.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Suit.
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(13:14):
Closer to you, my friend, I really enjoyed this one
to another good feel of a great tune off that record.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Appreciate it. It's a great song. I'm having a hard
time remembering in this very moment exactly who all the
writers are on that song. But Eric Dillon is a
really good buddy of mine and is the writer one
of the writers on this track and had sent it
to me years ago and I've I loved it. I
(13:40):
wanted to record this record for the Catching Fire, this
song for the Catching Fire EP. I wanted to record
this song for the Highwaykind record and we just it
just never ended up working because of other songs that
we had that were similar, and so for this record,
I was like, I don't care how many love songs
we have. I'm recording Closer to You because I love
(14:02):
this song and it's cool too. Thank you so much
for playing it for people.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Love it, man, love it. Hey, Let's go back to
one of my favorite guys. I got the chance to
talk to you here on the show last year, and
this is what really I say. There was a kick
started your career. I love this because it really told
a story and you got to collaborate with one of
the best all time in Texas country, mister Pat Green.
I'm actually going to go to Green Hall next week
on spring break. He's playing a couple of shows out
there too, just to go see one of the greats
(14:28):
of all time. I guess many people not know I
they listen in the Bay Area out there too the
first time My Texas. Tell them all about it too
as well. Because this one here a great country song,
great Texas country song.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
I appreciate it, yeah, I mean to me, my Texas
is a really great microcosm, you know, of what Texas
country is, right, it's this. It's not just songs about
Texas right where you say the word Texas, this one
definitely does. But it's just that spirit of writing about
things that make a lot of sense in in our
(15:00):
culture down here in Texas, which is just very different
than a lot of other states, especially like the Bay
Area you just talked about, right, Like we have a
very we have different ways of life and different things
and so different attributes that our that our states have.
And so My Texas is kind of one of those
things that kind of like a small little bucket list
(15:21):
of some of my favorite parts of Texas, right, like
floating this river and fishing in this location, and certain
songs of Texas country artists that I love, and this
barbecue spot and the river walk and just all these
things that make a lot of sense. I'm sure somebody
in California could do the same thing, right, like, go
at my California and there's probably like tons of really
(15:41):
cool things that they could put in this song that
would almost sound like a tourist attraction commercial. But yeah,
that's what My Texas is. It's kind of my love
letter to our great state. And I literally just met
someone the other day that told me they are two
items away from finishing the My Texas bucket list. They've
done every thing in the song, but two things. And
(16:02):
I've had people tell me this for years. They they
use their spring breaks. Even people will come to the
Hill Country and they'll they'll go down to Luke and
Balk and they'll hike up and Enchanted Rock and they'll
knock out a bunch of those things and they'll drive
out to Big Bend. And I just think that's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
That's a cool thing. But people can actually feel that
song that you guys put out there well over ten
years ago and say, you know what, I might have
a bucket list of things and I've lived all my
life too down here, and I just love those things
you put in there. Just the ingredients kind of set
up for people to go accomplish out there too and
just knock off that bucket list out there. Hey, speaking
of collaborations, you know, joshup becoming more kind of the
norm in the industry today, especially for albums. I love
(16:39):
this too, But back then, when you did that one,
let's see it's called oh yeah, oh tonight, Thanky Musgrave
is just a little song that went really big. Talk
about how that arrangement kind of came about, how you
met her, and of course she went off to a
wonderful career herself.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Yeah, that's just one of those really cool, organic, wild
stories of two young artists, you know, kind of at
the right point of their early careers, becoming friends and
partnering up on a song and it exceeding expectations. I mean,
we were kind of off to a hot start when
(17:15):
I recorded that song with our because we had just
we had at the time, we had just recorded Taste,
and we'd become really popular with all the college kids
in Texas. But that's pretty much it, and we hadn't
even released that second record, which had O Tonight and
she's like Texas on there, and but the very we
need we felt like we need one more really strong
love song for the record. And my fiddle player at
(17:37):
the time, who actually is currently living in Beaumont with
his u in laws and he's back in Texas anyway,
names Preston Pete shout Out, but he was the one
who was like, dude, you got to record oh tonight.
You need to record oh tonight. And so we recorded it,
and then we were talking about, like, you know, what
female to feature, and you know, obviously at the time,
(17:58):
like it's not like some huge named band that could
just get anybody we wanted. But for me, it wasn't
even really about that. It was about who's right for
the song. And I wanted like a particular kind of voice.
And I loved this girl's voice, this girl in Casey Musgraves.
And coincidentally enough, she actually, for a very short period
of time, worked at the booking agency that booked us
(18:21):
Crazy as that is, right answered the phones and very
early in her career in life, and so I was
a little bit familiar with her, and I loved her voice,
and I loved her and so I kind of just
called her and said, I'd love for you to record
on this song and do this duet with me and
then sing harmonies on our record. And so she did that.
She was super cool about it, and next thing you know,
(18:42):
that record comes out and all the attention in twenty
ten was on She's like Texas, but there was this
like really organic fire that was building behind this song,
Oh tonight. And next thing you know, we get into
kind of twenty eleven and I find out that radio
station's outside of tech Says are playing the song. And
this is the first time for us. Right at this point,
(19:03):
we hadn't had any radio really outside of Texas, hardly
any in it, to be honest, And I found out
Phoenix was playing this song, Oklahoma City was playing the
song all these places, and so we hired a radio promoter,
a lady way back in the day. Her name was
Pam Newman. I'm sure you've probably met her, and she
promoted it for us, and it charted on the Billboard chart.
(19:26):
And we're an independent band out of Texas, weren't a
van and this song blows up. Dude, I mean, like
I don't know how to relate it. To modern day times. Right,
it's like somebody puts a if some brand new artist
puts out a song, and all of a sudden, it
starts streaming millions and goes to the top of the chart.
It's kind of what happened at that time, right. We
didn't have streaming, and you know, we weren't on the radio,
(19:47):
but in this organic way, people were buying it and
downloading it on iTunes and listening to it and listening
to it on MySpace and those spaces, and so it
just really did well for us, and we ended up
getting to tour and it opened up some really cool,
big doors for my band. And you know, I'm it
probably helped her a little bit. She was going to
be a star no matter what. You know, people that
(20:08):
say that that song helped her career out, I'm like,
I don't know. I think it helped mine way more
than hers, for sure, because you know, it's been a big,
big song of mine now for almost our entire career.
And Casey was just so brilliant and so great of
an artist. She was always going to be a superstar
no matter what. I just think we were fortunate enough
to get to cross paths at that point in time,
(20:29):
and we did some cool stuff. We got to go
play in Italy and France and see part of the
world together, and anyway, it's just a really cool organic story.
I wrote that song with a friend of mine named
Sonny Helms. Her last name now is Shipley. She married
Jordan Shipley, the UT football legend, and so just some
some really cool stories have developed over that, right, like
(20:50):
when he was playing in the NFL and in the league,
he was playing with the Bengals and he was playing
with this quarterback named Mandy Dalton, who was another Texas guy,
and they became and one night, I remember getting a
cell phone video and this is way back when cell
phone videos were pretty grainy, right, This is in the
this is probably in the two thousand and I don't know,
twelve thirteen fourteen time frame, of Andy Dalton and Jordan
(21:14):
Shipley singing O to Night, you know, and playing guitar.
And I thought that was super cool, and so it's
led to some really cool friendships. The music video for
that song features Granger Smith and his wife and Casey Musgraves.
I am the least famous person in the music video.
So it's just like the wildest stories have come from
this song that barely made the record in the first place,
(21:37):
and it's just one of those things that's been a
really fun part of our career.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
We get to play another one right now from Josh
Abbott here at KYBA ninety eight point one, your pay
Area Broadcasting Network, and of course out there KKGC, True
Country ninety nine point nine, the Sports Guys podcast dot
Com and everywhere you guys can find podcasts. It's called
It's time to Settle Down. Settle me Down. Here it
is from Josh Abbott. The backstage past.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
What goods hot only without destination?
Speaker 6 (22:21):
What goods house without some mom to come home to?
Speaker 5 (22:27):
What's not at the top of the world without YouTube
Beside me? No, there ain't no good new without you.
Speaker 6 (22:39):
You settle me down. When to go too far, when
a burn to a past, when smiling, who go to
name it was the tinging, my sop.
Speaker 8 (22:48):
My bardys, when about to break always got them from
that man.
Speaker 10 (22:55):
You still love me when I didn't like that, Skip
me around on back in Settle me Down, Setting me Down.
Speaker 4 (23:12):
Stuve got the tendency to lean over the edges. Stull
got the urge and the chest dream until it is.
Speaker 6 (23:24):
You don't fence me. Yeah, you ununderstand when I can't
even remember. You remind me who I am. You settle
me down when I go too far, when I burn to.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Best, when I lose my.
Speaker 6 (23:43):
Way, ping on the means, peting my soup, my heart
at easement, about.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
To the brick.
Speaker 8 (23:50):
Always got the wind that I that you still love
me when I live like that, opened my eyes.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
And skip me around, pull me back in, settle me down.
Speaker 8 (24:16):
Always got doing that my back, but you still love
me around in lockdad, open my eyes, skip me around,
pull me back in, Settle.
Speaker 6 (24:28):
Me down, following me.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
I need your rotten now.
Speaker 6 (24:32):
Covering me up. Settle me down, Settle me da.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
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Add backer with Josh Avid final second here on the
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and our friends KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine
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love this one too, And I love the rendition because
(25:50):
that was on the Highway Kaine record, which I enjoyed
listening to to back when it came out, no doubt.
And uh an acoustic version you guys just put out
of that song back in September.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Yes, me down is it's it's easily in the top
three songs that we've ever recorded on multiple levels, right
like in terms of being a great song, being one
of my favorite songs. In terms of success, it's got
the most streams of any of our songs. Was you know,
(26:20):
a real delight to see that have some success, because
I mean, I just I remember the day I wrote it.
I wrote it with Josh Jenkins and Ryan Beaver, and
they're both Texas guys who live in Nashville because they're
big songwriters. And we wrote that at Smack Music, and
I mean, I can close my eyes and picture myself
in that room when we wrote that song, and I
took it back to my wife and showed it to
(26:41):
her and she loved it immediately. And that's always a
good sign because my wife's a big fan of country
in Texas country and sometimes, man, I'll play a song
that I wrote and there's no response or it's a
it's okay, and it's just deflating, right, But she's honest
with me and she loved Settle Me down. She was like,
that is going to be a big song, and she
(27:01):
had a good ear. So we recorded that. Marshall Autman
produced it and did such a wonderful job. I love
that song so much. I think one of my favorite
moments in that song is when David Frehlan, our keys player,
comes in in the second verse and does some really
cool stuff that you don't really typically hear in country music.
And I've always thought that song could be a praise
(27:22):
and worship song to be honest. I mean when we
wrote that song, I felt like it had like a
spirituality to it. It wasn't just a love song about
a person per se, but really could be about your
walking and your faith. So I would love it one
day if a big Christian artist you know, recorded that
song and kind of took it that direction. But in
the meantime, we're very proud of that one.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
You should be no doubt, my friend love this one too.
You and we talked about collaborations, and you've done a
lot through your career. One with Carly Pears too, but
the one of the wash, the one with Katie Offerman
I think was on the same one for the Highway
Kind record. I love that song that you guys put together.
And another one just who is a super out here
I've featured here here on this show. That will be
a song called the Luckiest. Talk about that one for me?
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Yeah, well, real quick, you mentioned Carly shout out Carly
Pears such a wonderful talent, amazing and I love that
song that we had out and we're still such really
good friends. So that has been a really cool journey
as well. But Katie Offerman too, you know, I met
Katie Offferman years and years and years ago. Through our
old fiddle player who I talked to you earlier about Preston.
(28:25):
He knew her somehow, and so she came out to
our show in Boston at the House of Blues when
we were touring with Pat Green. It's probably ten years
ago at least, I bet it. No, it's probably longer
than that. But anyway, she was attending the Berkeley Music
School up there, and so she's super talented. By the way,
Katie Offferman, like, I mean, she's a genius when it
(28:46):
comes to music. She plays multiple instruments, she sings rights,
she's like a model too, so that helps. Like she's
good at everything. I don't know. But anyway, so I
wrote The Luckiest with a couple of guys, a couple
of friends in Nashville. That's another one that I consider
a top three song of our bands, not just my
(29:06):
personal favorite, but it just sounds so great. When we
wrote it, I actually thought, man, this would be a
good pitch. We should pitch this to like Luke Bryan
or someone like that. But I'm glad that that never
worked out and that we recorded it. And when we
went to put on the record. I knew it needed
that girl voice. I knew the same way Oh Tonight
and some of those songs, and she's like Texas needed
(29:26):
that girl in the background kind of bringing it home
and keeping it, you know, warm. We needed that too,
So I was like, man, I think Katie Offerm would
be perfect for this, and so we asked her to
sing on that, and then after she sang on that,
she ended up getting a record deal. And it's I
hope that she blows up and has just a huge
(29:47):
career because I'm a big fan and her and my
wife have become friends now, so that's been really cool too.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Awesome. Lady Tanna believe she signed with the Universal Records. Yeah,
I mistaken. She got that big deal and we had
her on there to it start of her career. Just
a fantastic lady. And of course that song and it
escaped my mind, but it was called Wasn't That Drunk?
With the feature in Carly Peers out there too. A
shout out to her too. One of the most talented
females that is racking up the hardware as we speaker.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
One of the best voices ever.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Oh it's it's phenomenal. Too, and her story is, like
I said, one in a million two when it comes
down to it, and she's you know, busted her ass
to get where she's at in her career too, as
all the great artists have here we talked to here
on the show. Here. All right, let's have a little
fun with this one. I know, I love that shirt
and a lot of people can't see it like it's
when it comes to audio land because they just hear it.
But is this the year always that since Mahomes left?
(30:37):
I know it's been tough, but Tech football, I know
you love sports, so I got to throw it in
there too. Is this the coming fall this year now
coming up for Texas Tech?
Speaker 1 (30:46):
I feel like we're just right there on the verge
of it. I really do. I thought that for years.
I actually thought this last season was the was the one,
because I really I thought our skilled talent was outstanding
and we had such a great coach, and I thought
and the schedule. I thought, Man, our schedule this past
season was incredible. But you know, some injuries, and that's
(31:08):
that's a big part of college football, as injuries, because
then you've got to have the depth. And I don't
think we quite had the death right, Like two of
our best pass rushers were hurt before Game one, and
so when you lose your two best pass rushers on
defense for the entire year, it really sets the tone
wrong because now you can't get to the quarterback, which
you know, changes the changes the game completely. We're on
(31:31):
the verge.
Speaker 10 (31:31):
Man.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
We've had some amazing alumni step up with their donations
to fund the NIL program and kind of get us
on track, and especially our facilities. They just launched every
all these sports outlets across the country, you know, National, ESPN, everyone,
(31:52):
they're raving about text new facilities, calling them potentially the
best facilities in the country, definitely top five, one hundred,
they're in the top ten. I mean they're literally we're
competing right now with places like Oregon and Michigan and
all these other schools. And so when you get those
facilities and you get the NIO money, and you get
the culture and the right head coach and McGuire, I
(32:14):
truly believe it's that if you build it, it'll you know,
they'll come and yeah, I think this could be the year.
It's all about health. You know, your starting quarterback goes
down and start losing offensive linemen and that you know,
all of a sudden, your offense can't create your defenses
on the field too much. That stuff really dominoes on
each other. And you've got to have you got to
(32:36):
get real lucky, and you got to have a ton
of depth. And so I hope we're getting there. But yeah,
to answer your question, and everybody can't see this, we're
talking about Texas Tech football. Reck them hopefully this is
the year. And basketball, by the way, we're crushing it
right now. I think we're I think we're headed to
the Final four. So it's a great, great time to
be a Red Raider.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
Always is, always is to love the Red Raiders out there.
Support our Texas teams all right now. I gotta turn
on the dime here now with baseball because I love
my astros. I've had. This has been a great run
of that seven straight ALCS appearances, eight out of nine,
trying to make it nine out of ten playoff appearances.
And know the Rangers had a little bit of an
offseason where some signings took place. Of course, fishing has
(33:17):
got to stay healthy for you. Is it Rangers Astros?
Who do you root for?
Speaker 1 (33:22):
That's a great question. I'm not quite as passionate about
professional sports as I am collegiate. You know, I'm super
invested in Texas Tech because I'm from that region, i
went to school there. It's a big part of my story.
I definitely wouldn't be the artist I am without it.
And so when it comes to professional sports, I mean,
(33:44):
I don't know, not sound jaded, but they're all kind
of just a bunch of mercenaries that change teams every
few years, and you root for them because they're in
your community and you get to go to games with
your friends and it's fun. So as far as Rangers
Astros go, you know, I lean Rangers, but I'm not
necessarily mad of the Astros win. It's not like one
(34:05):
of those heated, hated rivalries for me. I'm not. I'm
not like I hate the Astros. Guy. I like the Rangers.
I like the Astros. It's probably a very unpopular opinion
that I have right now. In fact, that's actually the
opinion that I'll make everyone mad. You're almost better off
saying I don't watch base or I like one team,
(34:27):
but I'm kind of like I like both teams. I don't.
I just don't I don't get super passionate about that.
You know, I love watching people succeed, and so when
either team is winning, I think that's fun. It's contagious
that you're recently where they were both in the you know,
in the ALCS together. That's big time though, that's civil
(34:50):
war potential in Texas. So you know, you gotta got
to toe that line delicately.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
You really did. I went to Game one that you're
twenty twenty three, and yeah, we just never thought no
team won a home game. And like I said, Rangers
took College steven and went on to win that World Series. Well, hey,
with the roads it out there too, when you guys
were touring and things like that, I'm getting this confrontation
between Texas Barbecue National Barbecue. For me, it flipped on
(35:17):
a dime because I went to Martin's in Nashville and
there were a couple of the places I did get
to try up there too through recommendation. But for you,
is it still Texas Barbecue or is there even a debate?
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Man? That's why I kind of went, I'm not even
sure it's a debate. It's just not because on a
multitude of levels, like it's just on a reputational level,
Texas barbecue is where it's at, right. It's infamous war
I mean, it's known world not infamous, it's famous worldwide.
People want Texas barbecue, they want Texas brisket. You know,
nobody in nobody in Europe is talking about Tennessee brisket
(35:50):
or you know what I'm saying. So like, uh, I
don't think it's close. And I also just think Texas
has more of those honey holes and spots because I
just think tradition and legacy and you know, the cream
rises to the top. It's I think barbecue is a
very special, sacred thing. And I'm not saying that it's
not that, you know, beloved and respected and the whole
(36:14):
thing in Tennessee as well as it is. There are
some great spots in Nashville. There's some great spots in Memphis.
You know, you can find good barbecue in the South.
But I just I don't even know what it's like comparing,
but it's there's no comparison. Texas barbecue is the goat.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
It's it is the way to go out there too,
especially for any of those meats that you're looking forward to.
At the same time. He's one of the best out there.
Makes you guys go give him a follow if you
haven't already. Across all the DSPs and of course all
the social media out there, be on the lookout for
those great shows. The Ryman Big shows coming up this
weekend here in March, and of course a lot of
shows out there too for twenty twenty five, specific shows
(36:54):
because he won't be doing as many as he said
here on the broadcast, but specific shows you guys can
get out there and check out for two. It's the one,
the only Josh Abbitt of the Josh abbab Ben Josh.
We appreciate the time, my friend, looking forward to connecting
down the road and hope to see you out there
at one of the shows soon.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it. Everybody listening,
hope you become a fan and we'll see you somewhere
down the road.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
Got it, josh Abba Here kyb in ninety eight point one,
your Bay Area Broadcasting Network and our friends KKTC, True
Country ninety nine point nine out there at Tauas, New Mexico,
and of course out there the Sports Guys podcast dot
Com or wherever you find podcasts. More great NEWSIC coming
up here. Keep it tuned, God bless, take care.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Hey, this is Nashville recording artist Michelle Wright and you're
listening to the Backstage Pass on KKTC True Country ninety
nine point nine. Hey, y'all, listen.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Is Nashville recording artists Brandley Gilbert and you're listening to
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