December 17, 2025 • 37 mins
Rising Country Artist Justin Andrews joined us on the show to talk about his latest single and much more! Tune in!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, Alvis recording artist Justin Andrews, and you're listening to
the Grand Slam of Music, Sports and Entertainment. It's the
award wind nominated Backstage Past podcast with Brandon Morrell on
KYBN ninety eight point one, your Bay Area broadcasting Network.
Dream the show anytime on iHeartRadio podcast. You can also
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
Org and welcome inside the Backstage Past. Of course, Merry Christmas,
Happy holidays to everybody out there too, and of course
happy New Year coming up.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Hope those New Year's resolutions are doing.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
You very well out there on ky b N ninety
eight point one, your Bay Area broadcasting network and powered
by the Sports Guys podcast dot com, and of course
out there to thchwn dot org and anytime on iHeartRadio podcast.
Out there with the holidays, come great artists, and we
finish up our last week before a two week well
deserved breakout there for the holidays, and coming up we'll
(00:49):
rezoom shows January sixth or seventh of twenty twenty six.
Our seven year anniversary is coming up here for the podcast,
The Grand Slam of Music, Sports Entertainment, and we got
sports and music mixed today with Nashville recording artists Justin
Andrews to the show.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
How you doing, my friend, I'm doing well, thanks for
having me.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Got it man, I'll tell you well, let's get the
sports stuff out of the way, off the top, because
I want to talk about this because we were chatting
for the show here too, defending NBA champion Oklahoma City
Thunder and now I'm a Rockets fan down here too
at the same time, so uh for that too happens.
Still a good young team, good core, but man, SGA
just makes everybody better on that squad.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Well coached.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
And I'll tell you what, man, for that first title
for Oklahoma City last year, you still have to be
on a high too.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
And you said you had memorabilia laying everywhere, right.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I've got I had to go
pick this up when I when I was home the
the you know, the the good old special Commemorative Edition
magazine there, because I mean for for Oklahoma City fans,
you know, it's it's it's kind of like watching watching
your kid get a scholarship, you know, to play college
and then go, you know, from from when Katrina happened
(01:59):
to you know, the Hornets coming to Oklahoma City, and
you know, it's you know, we don't have any pro
teams in Oklahoma. It's all you know, college football, and
it's massive, and and me being a basketball fan about
you know, played basketball, you know, it just it was
awesome to see.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Talk about just your backstory too.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
But mentioned playing professional basketball in Australia, which is one
of the countries I've always wanted to go to, just
to see down under and just see all the great things,
the great weather, the beaches, everything over there too. But
how that kind of took you from just a little
bit of that sports background, uh, to now where you're
actually a recording artist.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yeah. Uh, well, when I was in high school, we
had a my junior year, we had a really good
team and we went twenty six and four my my
junior year and in high school, and and you got
to go play in Oklahoma City at the Big House
at what they call it it's coming I think they
they've already tore it down, but it was at the
State Fairgrounds. And and uh, my junior year, now my
(02:57):
my senior year, I'm sorry, my senior year, I got
an invitation to go over and play in an international
tournament and so we went over and played in Australia
for a little while and played in Hawaii for a
little while. So it was it was a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
What about that connection to music, I find everybody talk
about it all the time, you know, since I do
music sports entertainment here on the show. It's like, you know,
you can't have one without the other. But then you've
got so many different things. Where you mentioned you played
the game, so that definitely you have to have the
same mentality, you know, being a musician. Uh even to
sing a national anthem at an arena, a stadium or
you know, ballpark or something like that too. And then
(03:31):
the grind of being an athlete kind of overlaps with
the grind of being a musician, right.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Yeah, it does one hundred percent. I mean, it's you
got to want it. I mean, it's it's it's a
full time job. And you know, I mean if most
schools that I grew up around, you know, they they
would let you play dual sports. And now, I mean,
I think it's when you find the sport that you're
committed to, you kind of just stick to that one.
And that's about it. But we we had kind of
(03:56):
a smaller school where I grew up. There was sixteen
in my graduating high school class. So, uh so it
was it was a dual sports school. So so you
had to had to kind of help the coach out
and and he goes, man, are you gonna come out
and play basketball for me this year? You're gonna come
out and play baseball too? Are you gonna, you know,
do this and do that? And and so. But I
(04:16):
mean when you're on those buses and you know, stuff
like that, you got well back then you had a
CD player, you know, anti skip that was not anti skip,
and and so I always listened to to my favorite
records and things like that, and I think that's where
it kind of kind of molded together a little bit,
(04:37):
for the love of the game and the love of
the music.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, speaking of those favorite records, what really kind of
was playing on those records growing up? What artists kind
of shaped you a little bit growing up?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
It was it was a lot of George Strait, a
lot of Travis Trit. Uh those those are my favorites.
I loved like that, the bluesy kind of sound that
Travis Tritt had going on, and and obviously the country
music George Strait just for being who he was, and
and it was mostly that, I mean, with a little
bit of eminem mixed in there. You know, I had
(05:10):
to get kind of juiced up for the games.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Did you always kind of figure that, you know, being
in the performing arts business was for you? Was it
kind of you know, definitely musically inclined, you know, growing
up and playing an instrument. Talk about that story of
getting that first you know, guitar and did you teach
yourself learning chords?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Kind of go through that with me.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
My grandparents had a traveling gospel bluegrass band when I
was growing up, and so that's kind of the background
of where it all started. But I always sang and
stuff like that. But I didn't really learn to play
guitar until I was probably twenty oh. I was probably
(05:51):
twenty five or twenty six when when I was working
in oil and gas at the time, and I made
a commitment to myself. I was like, man, every when
I get home, no matter how tired I am, I'm
going to play guitar for an hour. And so I
just started looking up chords and you know all that stuff,
and I just I thought myself how to play and
it kind of it kind of pushed me a little harder,
(06:14):
you know, to challenge myself, you know, And so I
pat myself on the back about that all the time
because because people are like, man, you do really well,
how long you been playing? And I'm like, I like
probably mid twenties and they're like, you're kidding, and I'm like, so,
I mean I do kind of pat myself on the
back a little bit about that one. I don't do
(06:34):
that whole lot.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Yeah, and you should because you look back at it tode.
You have people that start, you know, really young in
the business, and then some people, you know, like yourself,
pick up an instrument there, you know, kind of in
their twenties, some thirties, forties. And I always say it's
never age is just a number. You're never told enough
to dream and kind of get out there and do
what you want to do. So you took the leap
of faith, and I think you've you've done it with
this latest single, which I got to play right now too,
(06:55):
because I love it so much. And if there ever
was a song that really, for me, you know, painted
a picture of everything that country music is all about,
it's this one here. Silverado sunset, our guests Justin Andrews
here KYBN ninety eight point one year Bay Area Broadcasting
Network and THWN dot org, and of course the Sports
Guys podcast dot com for the website out there at
(07:16):
the same time and anytime. iHeartRadio podcasts. Enjoy this one
and we'll come back and talk about it here. Stay tuned.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Weed been a week thinking bound that all three door,
all three hundred few, the full by four weed out
past that old no trespass on passing time.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Waiting for.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
That silveronal saunset, brown bang of booth farmers to hearts
that hadn't bondhead.
Speaker 6 (08:10):
We were falling.
Speaker 7 (08:11):
Fast and love.
Speaker 6 (08:15):
The only thing the solva sin had been? What's that burning?
Speaker 8 (08:22):
Day?
Speaker 9 (08:22):
My down?
Speaker 6 (08:23):
Never again? That silverado sauset.
Speaker 10 (08:34):
Smer flew by way faster than we could bleed first kiss.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Soft, first time?
Speaker 10 (08:43):
And you crazy thing, how we all we were. No
matter where I'm at, when I see an auburn'st guy
takes me.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Back to that silveronal saucet, brown bang of booze farm
bers to hers.
Speaker 10 (09:03):
It hadn't rogged. We were falling fast and love. The
only fas solvent sin bad.
Speaker 9 (09:16):
What's that burning?
Speaker 6 (09:17):
David? Down here very for again in that silver Rider sauce,
I wanted to do Steve want to dust me? Won't
(09:40):
you tell me when to speeding in the whist?
Speaker 9 (09:43):
Girl?
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Do you see that.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
Silver rittle sau said Brown Bag of Booze.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
Farm bus to hers.
Speaker 11 (09:52):
It hadn't wrongget We were falling fast in love that
silver little as said Brown Bang of Booze Farmers.
Speaker 9 (10:04):
Two heartsied had lonet.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
We were following fasty lot the only fame The song siment.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
What sad burning daylight out devert for again And that's
silver ladle saucet, that Silverado songs.
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Speaker 13 (12:01):
Hey guys and gals, this is recording artist Don Barnes
with thirty eight special and you're listening to a grand
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Speaker 2 (12:27):
Welcome back here, to the show again, Justin Andrews, the
backstage past KYBN ninety eight point one, your Bay Area
Broadcasting Network, and our friends again THWN dot org, iHeartRadio
podcast and the Sports guysopodcast dot com. So you mentioned
the two things come together, a Silverado and a sunset,
and you put it in a great country song latest single.
Tell us all about it, the writing and kind of
(12:49):
you know, paint that picture of just a great song
really is well.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
My producer Will Weatherly, we started working on this project
early in this year and silveratt of Sunset was a
song that that he had sent me. It's one of
the ones that that I didn't write, which is, you know,
rare for me because I liked it. I'm not one
of those people that, oh, man, I'm not going to
sing anybody else's songs, but I just hadn't heard one
(13:16):
that really just I mean, kick your teeth in, you know.
And so he sent me some songs for the project,
and he was like, man, he goes listen to some
of these songs and let's see what, you know, kind
of the direction that we're going to take this project
this year. And I heard silver Ot of Sunset and
I was like, oh my gosh, man, this song is great,
and I recognized the voice on the demo and so
(13:40):
it was written by Chris Young, will Weatherley, Tyler Reeve
and Josh Phillips, which is an absolutely star studded lineup
when it comes to music country music. And so he
was like, well, man, he goes, I wasn't really intending
for you to try to grab onto these and so
that a bumm me out for a second. And I
(14:01):
was like, oh, man, that's a really great song. And
then he got back with me just just a little
bit later, a few weeks later, I think it was,
and and he goes, hey, man, Chris said, if you
want to go ahead and sing that song, he's going
to go another way on this new project that he's doing.
And I know Chris, and I talked to him about it,
and he goes, man, he goes, just go sing the
(14:23):
hell out of it. And so that's that's where it
came from, you.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
Know, And that's the beauty of it.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
As song, as I say sometimes here on the program,
doesn't necessarily have to be a hit to make somebody
feel something and just resonate with the public out there
and the fans and now at your live shows. I'm
sure the fans are, especially this one too, carrying into
the new Year's just came out December twelfth with this one.
You guys are gonna take this one and like probably
put it right into the set if you haven't already
(14:50):
too for these live shows at beginning probably in the
next year too, right.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Yeah, Yeah, we're we're going actually into the studio tomorrow
to record some new stuff for the for the next year.
And and so this one's in there. The two previous ones,
uh where I Am Tonight and Gone Again are in there,
and and the one that we're going into record tomorrow
is about as country as it gets to. You know,
I'm a real big storyteller, Like I love the a
(15:17):
storyteller fan, but I also write stories as well in
my songs, and and I think that we need to
kind of get back to that because some of the
some of the country music that that I really like, Bill,
I mean, and and there's not a lot of country
music that I don't like that you know, when I
hear people talk about, man, I don't like that artist,
he's not any good, I'm like, now wait a minute,
(15:38):
Like let's let's not let's not get carried away here.
Let's let's just say that it's not my cup of tea.
You don't just don't don't say, oh, I don't like
it because it doesn't sound country. Well that's fine, you know.
To me, it doesn't bother me that much. But for
for my preference, I like the storytelling, and I like
the stuff that were real life emotions and real life
feelings and you know, blast from the past, you know.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Yeah, And I think that's the beautiful thing about it
is always tell people, you know, if you don't like
the song, or if you don't like a show, there's
a thing called a pause, a player, and a fast
forward and a rewind button, and guess what, you go
click on something else.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Just but don't sit there and complain about it.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
That's exactly right, man, I'm in the same ballpark with you.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
I told them. Sometimes. I was having a conversation with
somebody the other day. They're like, well, how you do
your show the way you do it? I said, well,
I own the company. I can do what I want
when I want. I have to answer to anybody. If
you don't like my show, guess what you don't hurt
my feelings. There's plenty more out there. Go go click
on something else out there.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
That's right. I mean, that's the way you have to
think about it, because I mean, for like the social
media and things like that, when people comment, it's negative
comments and stuff. That's why they like your social media
team tells you like, don't go read the comments, but
I go read them because it doesn't bother me, you know.
And but most people they get beat up about it.
And I'm like, man, out of all the people that
(16:56):
have heard the song, if you get two or three
negative comments, I can handle that. You know.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Definitely got strong, strong skin for this business, no doubt.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Hey, before I play the next track and feature this
one love this one too called Gone Again? Uh, talk
about just sharing the stage with uh, you know we
mentioned uh Chris Young and how just impactful he's been,
Morgan Wallen, Uh many others out there, Joe Diffy, you know,
God rest his soul, and of course uh Randy Hawser.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
When you know.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Get a chance to share stage with those type of
artists and you're you know, I said early in your career,
Now what do you kind of take with you back
as far as you know you're doing your thing out there,
you're watching them. Some people say it's like going back
to school, kind of elaborate a little bit on you
know that, and we're kind of what you learned from,
you know, sharing a stage with those impactful acts like that.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Well, I mean some of these guys before I started
country music, you know, these are the guys that that
I listened to on the radio. And this is the
guys that I would listen to when I was at work,
and and all that stuff. And to be full circle
and where you get to be on stage with somebody
you know like Randy or or Chris or you know
Morgan when I when I met him here in Nashville,
(18:03):
he would come into the bar and jump up on
stage with me and and sing with me, and I'd
sing with him and and you know all that. But
it it lets you know that you have a shot,
and it lets you know that you know that anything's possible, really,
I mean, as long as you want to work hard enough.
And and the most important part in my experience out
here is just it is just being a good person.
(18:26):
You know that they don't they don't want you to
walk up and garm on them and they don't want
you to walk up and you know, try to take
pictures with them and stuff. And I think it was
just that, you know that that got me to that
point to where you know that they felt comfortable enough
to do anything like that is because you know, it's
you're not trying to be all down their neck, you know.
(18:46):
And and but yeah, I mean, it's it's been an
absolute dream so far. And you know, we've still got
a long way to go, but but you know, it's
it's it's been a lot of fun. And and all
those guys are great guys. And and if you hear
anybody say different, they're they're full of it, you know,
because when once you get to know them, you know
they're they're great.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
People, good dudes, no doubt out there too, just the
regular people. I always say, to meet a lot of
great celebrities here on the show, interviewed a lot of
great people here on the backstage pass and they're just
regular people just like we are too as well. And often,
like I said, lending that helping hand out there to
help those younger artists, because I always say, sometimes you know,
we're only built for so long and we can't do
this forever, and we got to train the next generation
(19:27):
to come up right behind us too as well to this.
And I'm always supporting younger artists here on the on
the program, and then people trying to work hard and
break through and have that same type of work ethic
that I do. I got to ask you about this
because I'm planning on going there next year. I love
taking my show on the road. I was mentioned to
Natalie out there too, and you know a lot of
the great publicist managers and record labels in the business.
I love taking it on the road to like CM
(19:48):
a week and Country Radio Seminar you know in March
when they have that too as well. But for you,
you just headline the National Finals rodeo. Talk about that experience.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Yeah, we go out there every year, and I think
this was our seventh or eighth year, I think, if
if my memory serves me correctly. But growing up in
Southeast Oklahoma, you know, I mean there's there's rodeos every
weekend somewhere, you know, and and growing up in high school,
that was what we did on the weekends, and and
you know, it's it's almost like a massive family reunion.
(20:20):
Is what it feels like, you know, because cowboy culture
is a different thing than just buying a pair of
boots and buying a hat and going walking around and
trying to make a fashion you know, a fashion statement.
And when you go out there to the National Finals
Rodeo in Vegas, it's it's almost like you went home.
But but yeah, we've we've had some really cool shows
out there, and we just got done playing at Doghouse
(20:43):
and Resorts World last year. I did Thomas and Mack
in the arena where they actually host the rodeo, and no,
it's it's it's been awesome. I really enjoyed going out there.
We were out there for for fourteen days this trip,
so I was a little I was a little gassed
out after that trip, but it's fun anyway.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Yeah, I played on taking my show out there too
next to December when it happens again the conclusion has
already happened there too, and spending a few days out
there in Las Vegas, Tea. We'll top for another one
here justin andrews our guest the backstage past KYBN ninety
eight point one year Bay Area Broadcasting Network and THWN
dot orgon out there at the Sports Guys podcast dot
com and of course anytime on iHeartRadio podcast Now. A
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top search music show out there on iHeartRadio podcasts called
Gone Again Here it is came out in May this
year too.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
It's Justin Andrews the backstage past, stay tuned.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Done again.
Speaker 10 (21:50):
On that little black jeted down for whist chasing that
getting over me sound, said juice like she did before.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
On again.
Speaker 10 (22:03):
Yet girls like girls, don't stay around, don't steal along,
don't sail down on high hill out the door. Listen,
Burstoo isn't my name on in waiting?
Speaker 9 (22:16):
Ummy? Like you was? Last time?
Speaker 6 (22:19):
Good bind hers? Here on in, we's gonna make it
all along, make some brouther and pool strong.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
I keep him coming in.
Speaker 6 (22:30):
All night long, till the last kick gone to way him.
She's gone.
Speaker 9 (22:35):
I'm about to dig.
Speaker 10 (22:37):
On one again, gonna let tap battle bull stretching mine.
Speaker 6 (22:43):
They'll wash away everything, she said, tell a.
Speaker 10 (22:47):
Don't kid again any more because this burst who isn't
my name on in waiting?
Speaker 5 (22:54):
Mmy like you was?
Speaker 6 (22:55):
Last time?
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Good bind her?
Speaker 6 (22:57):
Sly hell go on in.
Speaker 10 (23:00):
She's gonna make it all ang right, mix some bub
old strong. I keep him coming all night long till
the last kick. Call to me him, she's gone.
Speaker 9 (23:13):
I'm about to geek calls me. Son't lois she win off?
Speaker 6 (23:33):
She can geek on one. He'll like cancer.
Speaker 10 (23:37):
Yeah, there's a burst of my name on in waiting
on me like he was last time.
Speaker 6 (23:46):
Goodbye hers like on in.
Speaker 10 (23:49):
Wish's gonna make it all long ut mix some bub
oh strong. I keep him coming all night long till
the last kick gone. She's gone out about.
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Speaker 2 (25:34):
And back here on the show again, Justin Andrews joining
us here Gone Again. I feel like that sometimes when
you do the travel schedule, always out there here on
the backstage past, tell us all about this one here
because great Phil mentioned come out in May of this year,
and man, just y'all, I think I've hit the nail
on the head with another one here Well Gone Again.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
You know, I think that song, I think everybody can
kind of relate to that song. You know, it's it's
I just love that song and love singing that song
and watching people react to that song just just because
it's it's the truth, and and you know there's all somewhere,
you know, in a breakup or in a little tussle
(26:15):
or whatever with your significant other, you know, there's always
a barstool with your name on it. You know, it's
it's It can always be that way. Sometimes it might
not always be the best idea, but you know there's
always one there. And I've got a lot of positive
feedback on that song, and and people love it just
just because it's relatable to them.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Also, I want to get your opinion on, man, this
female class right now, it's like if somebody's always coming
up behind it. I just Lady Wilson the last couple
of years from the just the dynasty she's built. But
you look at it now with Ella Langley and Priscilla
Block and Hannah Ellis and some of these great singers
coming right behind here in this female category. Give us
(26:54):
some thoughts on these ladies finally getting a little bit
of that respect they deserve.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Man, they are absolutely crushing it right now, and I
couldn't be more happy for them because I mean, you know,
when I was growing up, it was it was Reba
and Shanaia Twain and Faith Hill and you know, all
those all those greats and and Priscilla Block and like
you're saying, Laney and Ella and and the thing about
it is is their songs are really good too, you know.
And it's it's for me as a music lover. And
(27:22):
I know it's different for for people out there and
radio land, you know, in the car on their way
to work or you know, at work or in the
gym or whatever, you know, Like like for me, like,
I just love good worded songs. And and it's not
to say that if if somebody doesn't, you know, it's
I don't like it. But like I said, I usually
(27:43):
don't say that I don't like it. I say it's
not my cup of tea just because. But I mean,
if it wasn't for the Wind, that Ella song, like that,
that thing is is just man. And and come to
find out, uh, after it came out, I was like, man,
because once you start writing music for for a living,
and you kind of pick up on people's styles, on
how they turn phrases and how they do things like that.
(28:06):
And I heard something in that song and I was like,
that sounds like this guy Johnny Clawson that I used
to write with all the time, and so I went
and looked up the credits on that song, and sure
is the nose on my face. Johnny Clausen was one
of the writers on it, and I was like, you
gotta be kidding me, and so like, I mean, I
(28:28):
think they're absolutely crushing it right now and keep going.
We need some more of those good girl country songs.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
We need more of them, no doubt too.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
And some of these ladies already, like you said, Ella
and some other ones that they're headlining their own tour
and it's just crazy to see, like, you know, putting
great music out there, and you know, it really comes down.
I want to ask you about songwriting. Is that one
of those aspects? And of course you get mixed with
you just like a song out there too, and of course,
you know, if it's a cup of tea for somebody,
you mentioned that expression this entire time, But for songwriting
for you, is yet kind of your favorite part to
(28:58):
kind of go through that and like put pen to pay,
do you like more of the co write style or
writing ro ow material or kind of draw that inspiration?
Speaker 3 (29:05):
Talk about that?
Speaker 1 (29:05):
For me, I kind of like to do both. I
like to sometimes just come down here and sit in
the office and to see what I come up with,
and write some songs. And and but I also like
getting in the room and mixing it up with two
people or you know, like I only do three people
at the most, including myself. And and just just because
(29:27):
I think when you get more more mind frames on it,
you can paint a pretty of your picture, you know,
across the horizon. And and but I mean, sometimes it's
it's good to just go down by yourself and and
just sit down there and just beat your head against
the wall. And my lady asked me, she said, what
what's it like in those rooms when you're writing a song?
(29:49):
And the only way that I could explain it to
her was just just imagine somebody gives three people a
math problem, and you sat in there for three and
a half hours, and no matter what when you leave,
it's still not right. It's not the only way that
I can explain it.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Great expression. Win heard that too many times here on
the show there too.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Yeah, and math is one of my weakest subjects out
there when it comes to those algebra equations and all
the stuff out there, geometry and sometimes, Like I said,
I'll attack it. But it never was my friend in
high school there too. But you know what, you keep trying,
you keep plugging away, and you get better with all
that good stuff out there too.
Speaker 3 (30:25):
All right, let's have a little fun.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
I'm gonna throw a little rapid fire questions at you,
and when that first thing comes to mind, kind of
shoot there too.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
Latest movies or series you're getting into.
Speaker 5 (30:33):
What do you like?
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Rings of Power, Rings the Power. I just started watching it.
It's a spin off. It's a prequel to Lord of
the Rings. And most people don't know this about me,
but I'm I'm a big nerd when it comes to
like movies and stuff. So I like the magic and
the dragons and the wizards and the you know nights
(30:58):
and all that stuff. I don't know why, but I'm
just always been that guy.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
I'm run through with you too, and I'm with you
on the Hobbit series. I still watch that a lot
of because I love the Hobbit, you know, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
I mean it's it's hard. I mean, especially the production
and and the shooting locations that they have on those.
It's just it's amazing to me.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Now, were you a Harry Potter fan too.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
I was. I wasn't as big as everybody else. Like
I've always been the person to where I'll let the
series or the movies be done before I start them.
But I didn't realize when I started Rings of Power
that it wasn't finished yet. So it kind of threw
my groove a little bit because I like to just
go in and I think I watched Game of Thrones.
(31:45):
I think I watched the Game of Thrones. I think
there's seven EPI, seven series seasons. I think I watched
all of those in one month. I just watched all
of them. I like to I like to beinge them,
like I don't like to wait for the next episode
to come out.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
I love that, dude, all right. Favorite cartoon growing up?
What what came to mind for cartoons?
Speaker 1 (32:07):
I think my favorite cartoons. You know, I grew up
old school. My grandparents raised me in their fifties, and
so I was home during the day and we didn't
have cable or anything like that. For for the most part,
we had some channels. I forget what it was, but
I always liked those black and white three Stooges cartoons. Yeah,
those like I can I can steal sometimes when I
(32:31):
get home, and my lady hates it. Like I'll sit
down and always turn on these these Three Stooges black
and whites, and then when they went to color and
and but I can sit there and laugh harder at that,
like you can put on any comedian that's that's out
right now, and I'll laugh harder at the Three Stooges
episodes that I've seen a bazillion times.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
That all right, the holiday traditions, what's on the menu.
Were you guys going back to Oklahoma for the holidays?
What's going on family wise?
Speaker 1 (33:00):
Yeah, we're gonna go back to Oklahoma and see the
family and and uh, just hang out with my dad,
hang out with my grandparents, and you know Oklahoma tradition,
you got to go shoot some guns and all that stuff.
We usually my grandfather loads his own shotgun shells and
you know, all all the rifles and all the pistol
rounds and all that stuff. So every every holiday we
(33:22):
usually shoot about a thousand clay pigeons. That's what we
do on every holiday.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
I love using clay pigeon. Doesn't say even the clay shooting.
I remember one one to December we had to get
it out there to the sling and everything, throw them up,
pop them like I said, or whatever we were shooting.
And so Texas, if it's an Oklahoma tradition, it's also
a Texas tradition. Down or too at the same time.
All Right, Marvel or DC guy or a little bit
of both.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
I'm gonna have to say a little bit of both.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
I kind of like all of it. I just watched
the Flash the other night again. Uh but I like
all those Avengers and movies and and I don't know,
I think growing up when I was growing up, when
you got up in the morning before you went to school,
it was dark wing duck like that was that was
(34:14):
an old one. Uh But I don't know. I think
I kind of like all of them. It's all like,
I really don't buy into d C or you know,
for any of that, just because I kind of like
all of them. So I'm I don't really get controversial
over which one's better, Marvel or DC.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Uh No, I'll just say fun questions whatever comes to
mind or too. I got to ask you about the
last single we talked about. Actually we've not talked about
this one too.
Speaker 11 (34:39):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
We current current went across all the platforms. Silverado Sunset,
we played that one, but the one before that September
where I Am Tonight shed some light.
Speaker 3 (34:48):
On this one for us.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
That one was was a lot of fun to do.
That one was a Will Weatherley song as well. And
it's fun that that I was talking about, you know
that for the most part, well, I won't say for
the most part, but I like to throw a healthy
combination of my songs and and you know, outside songs,
(35:12):
and it just seemed like that those songs like really
stuck to my bones a little bit and I just
really really fell in love with them. And and it's
it's funny that those songs were his and the next
two were gonna be mine, you know. It's it's just
fun having a good little mixture. But but that that song,
when I heard it, I can I can feel the
(35:32):
emotion just pouring out of that song and that that
is what I absolutely fall in love with. And and
I think it just kind of grabbed me. And and
it's a slower song, and it's it's a it's a
sadder song. But you know, I've always said this, sad
songs make me happy. And I don't know why they
just always had and but but yeah, it's it's it's
(35:53):
one of my favorites that that we've done so far.
And I mean, I I just I can't wait for
the audience that there to hear all the new stuff
that's coming out too, because i mean, I'm not you know,
especially with the people that are working with me right now,
is you're not going to get a bad song coming
out of the stuff that we're throwing out. So that's
what I'm the most excited about this next year, Tey.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
I'd be excited too if I was playing those cards
in What you've put out already is kind of like
the T's I'll say that too, like a vacation. Sometimes
you get one week, sometime you get two weeks. But
I'll say this, I'm ready for more stuff to come
out in twenty twenty six. The current single Silverado Sunset
across all the DSPs, and make sure you guys give
him a follow out there too, as we educate you
here on the backstage pass the latest up and coming
(36:37):
rising superstars in country music out there, Justin Andrews on
the backstage Pass KYPN ninety eight point one, Your Bay
Area Broadcasting Network, My friend, appreciate the time here on
the show and would love to follow you man on
just the path into twenty twenty six. Merry Christmas after
New Year. We appreciate you being with us and would
love to have you come back.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Oh Man, I would absolutely love that too. Thank you
for letting me come on and chat with you for
a little Wow.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
You've got it my friend out there too, and also
THWN dot org iHeartRadio podcast empowered by the Sports Guys
podcast dot com. It's a grand Slam of music, sports
and entertainment. We're back with more great artists to Tyler
Farr coming on the program this week, and of course
a nice litt two week break coming up here too.
Across all the affiliates out there, but back with your
shows coming up on January sixth and seventh of the
(37:22):
new year. We'll talk to you soon. God blessed. Take
care and always, if you do something out there, make
sure you do it safe. Here this entire holiday season,
We'll see you soon.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
Take care.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
What's up, farm Flops.
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
Org and welcome inside the Backstage Past. Of course, Merry Christmas,
Happy holidays to everybody out there too, and of course
happy New Year coming up.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Hope those New Year's resolutions are doing.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
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Our seven year anniversary is coming up here for the podcast,
The Grand Slam of Music, Sports Entertainment, and we got
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Andrews to the show.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
How you doing, my friend, I'm doing well, thanks for
having me.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Got it man, I'll tell you well, let's get the
sports stuff out of the way, off the top, because
I want to talk about this because we were chatting
for the show here too, defending NBA champion Oklahoma City
Thunder and now I'm a Rockets fan down here too
at the same time, so uh for that too happens.
Still a good young team, good core, but man, SGA
just makes everybody better on that squad.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Well coached.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
And I'll tell you what, man, for that first title
for Oklahoma City last year, you still have to be
on a high too.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
And you said you had memorabilia laying everywhere, right.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I've got I had to go
pick this up when I when I was home the
the you know, the the good old special Commemorative Edition
magazine there, because I mean for for Oklahoma City fans,
you know, it's it's it's kind of like watching watching
your kid get a scholarship, you know, to play college
and then go, you know, from from when Katrina happened
(01:59):
to you know, the Hornets coming to Oklahoma City, and
you know, it's you know, we don't have any pro
teams in Oklahoma. It's all you know, college football, and
it's massive, and and me being a basketball fan about
you know, played basketball, you know, it just it was
awesome to see.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Talk about just your backstory too.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
But mentioned playing professional basketball in Australia, which is one
of the countries I've always wanted to go to, just
to see down under and just see all the great things,
the great weather, the beaches, everything over there too. But
how that kind of took you from just a little
bit of that sports background, uh, to now where you're
actually a recording artist.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yeah. Uh, well, when I was in high school, we
had a my junior year, we had a really good
team and we went twenty six and four my my
junior year and in high school, and and you got
to go play in Oklahoma City at the Big House
at what they call it it's coming I think they
they've already tore it down, but it was at the
State Fairgrounds. And and uh, my junior year, now my
(02:57):
my senior year, I'm sorry, my senior year, I got
an invitation to go over and play in an international
tournament and so we went over and played in Australia
for a little while and played in Hawaii for a
little while. So it was it was a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
What about that connection to music, I find everybody talk
about it all the time, you know, since I do
music sports entertainment here on the show. It's like, you know,
you can't have one without the other. But then you've
got so many different things. Where you mentioned you played
the game, so that definitely you have to have the
same mentality, you know, being a musician. Uh even to
sing a national anthem at an arena, a stadium or
you know, ballpark or something like that too. And then
(03:31):
the grind of being an athlete kind of overlaps with
the grind of being a musician, right.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Yeah, it does one hundred percent. I mean, it's you
got to want it. I mean, it's it's it's a
full time job. And you know, I mean if most
schools that I grew up around, you know, they they
would let you play dual sports. And now, I mean,
I think it's when you find the sport that you're
committed to, you kind of just stick to that one.
And that's about it. But we we had kind of
(03:56):
a smaller school where I grew up. There was sixteen
in my graduating high school class. So, uh so it
was it was a dual sports school. So so you
had to had to kind of help the coach out
and and he goes, man, are you gonna come out
and play basketball for me this year? You're gonna come
out and play baseball too? Are you gonna, you know,
do this and do that? And and so. But I
(04:16):
mean when you're on those buses and you know, stuff
like that, you got well back then you had a
CD player, you know, anti skip that was not anti skip,
and and so I always listened to to my favorite
records and things like that, and I think that's where
it kind of kind of molded together a little bit,
(04:37):
for the love of the game and the love of
the music.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, speaking of those favorite records, what really kind of
was playing on those records growing up? What artists kind
of shaped you a little bit growing up?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
It was it was a lot of George Strait, a
lot of Travis Trit. Uh those those are my favorites.
I loved like that, the bluesy kind of sound that
Travis Tritt had going on, and and obviously the country
music George Strait just for being who he was, and
and it was mostly that, I mean, with a little
bit of eminem mixed in there. You know, I had
(05:10):
to get kind of juiced up for the games.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Did you always kind of figure that, you know, being
in the performing arts business was for you? Was it
kind of you know, definitely musically inclined, you know, growing
up and playing an instrument. Talk about that story of
getting that first you know, guitar and did you teach
yourself learning chords?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Kind of go through that with me.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
My grandparents had a traveling gospel bluegrass band when I
was growing up, and so that's kind of the background
of where it all started. But I always sang and
stuff like that. But I didn't really learn to play
guitar until I was probably twenty oh. I was probably
(05:51):
twenty five or twenty six when when I was working
in oil and gas at the time, and I made
a commitment to myself. I was like, man, every when
I get home, no matter how tired I am, I'm
going to play guitar for an hour. And so I
just started looking up chords and you know all that stuff,
and I just I thought myself how to play and
it kind of it kind of pushed me a little harder,
(06:14):
you know, to challenge myself, you know, And so I
pat myself on the back about that all the time
because because people are like, man, you do really well,
how long you been playing? And I'm like, I like
probably mid twenties and they're like, you're kidding, and I'm like, so,
I mean I do kind of pat myself on the
back a little bit about that one. I don't do
(06:34):
that whole lot.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Yeah, and you should because you look back at it tode.
You have people that start, you know, really young in
the business, and then some people, you know, like yourself,
pick up an instrument there, you know, kind of in
their twenties, some thirties, forties. And I always say it's
never age is just a number. You're never told enough
to dream and kind of get out there and do
what you want to do. So you took the leap
of faith, and I think you've you've done it with
this latest single, which I got to play right now too,
(06:55):
because I love it so much. And if there ever
was a song that really, for me, you know, painted
a picture of everything that country music is all about,
it's this one here. Silverado sunset, our guests Justin Andrews
here KYBN ninety eight point one year Bay Area Broadcasting
Network and THWN dot org, and of course the Sports
Guys podcast dot com for the website out there at
(07:16):
the same time and anytime. iHeartRadio podcasts. Enjoy this one
and we'll come back and talk about it here. Stay tuned.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Weed been a week thinking bound that all three door,
all three hundred few, the full by four weed out
past that old no trespass on passing time.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Waiting for.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
That silveronal saunset, brown bang of booth farmers to hearts
that hadn't bondhead.
Speaker 6 (08:10):
We were falling.
Speaker 7 (08:11):
Fast and love.
Speaker 6 (08:15):
The only thing the solva sin had been? What's that burning?
Speaker 8 (08:22):
Day?
Speaker 9 (08:22):
My down?
Speaker 6 (08:23):
Never again? That silverado sauset.
Speaker 10 (08:34):
Smer flew by way faster than we could bleed first kiss.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Soft, first time?
Speaker 10 (08:43):
And you crazy thing, how we all we were. No
matter where I'm at, when I see an auburn'st guy
takes me.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Back to that silveronal saucet, brown bang of booze farm
bers to hers.
Speaker 10 (09:03):
It hadn't rogged. We were falling fast and love. The
only fas solvent sin bad.
Speaker 9 (09:16):
What's that burning?
Speaker 6 (09:17):
David? Down here very for again in that silver Rider sauce,
I wanted to do Steve want to dust me? Won't
(09:40):
you tell me when to speeding in the whist?
Speaker 9 (09:43):
Girl?
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Do you see that.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
Silver rittle sau said Brown Bag of Booze.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
Farm bus to hers.
Speaker 11 (09:52):
It hadn't wrongget We were falling fast in love that
silver little as said Brown Bang of Booze Farmers.
Speaker 9 (10:04):
Two heartsied had lonet.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
We were following fasty lot the only fame The song siment.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
What sad burning daylight out devert for again And that's
silver ladle saucet, that Silverado songs.
Speaker 12 (10:39):
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Speaker 13 (12:01):
Hey guys and gals, this is recording artist Don Barnes
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Speaker 2 (12:27):
Welcome back here, to the show again, Justin Andrews, the
backstage past KYBN ninety eight point one, your Bay Area
Broadcasting Network, and our friends again THWN dot org, iHeartRadio
podcast and the Sports guysopodcast dot com. So you mentioned
the two things come together, a Silverado and a sunset,
and you put it in a great country song latest single.
Tell us all about it, the writing and kind of
(12:49):
you know, paint that picture of just a great song
really is well.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
My producer Will Weatherly, we started working on this project
early in this year and silveratt of Sunset was a
song that that he had sent me. It's one of
the ones that that I didn't write, which is, you know,
rare for me because I liked it. I'm not one
of those people that, oh, man, I'm not going to
sing anybody else's songs, but I just hadn't heard one
(13:16):
that really just I mean, kick your teeth in, you know.
And so he sent me some songs for the project,
and he was like, man, he goes listen to some
of these songs and let's see what, you know, kind
of the direction that we're going to take this project
this year. And I heard silver Ot of Sunset and
I was like, oh my gosh, man, this song is great,
and I recognized the voice on the demo and so
(13:40):
it was written by Chris Young, will Weatherley, Tyler Reeve
and Josh Phillips, which is an absolutely star studded lineup
when it comes to music country music. And so he
was like, well, man, he goes, I wasn't really intending
for you to try to grab onto these and so
that a bumm me out for a second. And I
(14:01):
was like, oh, man, that's a really great song. And
then he got back with me just just a little
bit later, a few weeks later, I think it was,
and and he goes, hey, man, Chris said, if you
want to go ahead and sing that song, he's going
to go another way on this new project that he's doing.
And I know Chris, and I talked to him about it,
and he goes, man, he goes, just go sing the
(14:23):
hell out of it. And so that's that's where it
came from, you.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
Know, And that's the beauty of it.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
As song, as I say sometimes here on the program,
doesn't necessarily have to be a hit to make somebody
feel something and just resonate with the public out there
and the fans and now at your live shows. I'm
sure the fans are, especially this one too, carrying into
the new Year's just came out December twelfth with this one.
You guys are gonna take this one and like probably
put it right into the set if you haven't already
(14:50):
too for these live shows at beginning probably in the
next year too, right.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Yeah, Yeah, we're we're going actually into the studio tomorrow
to record some new stuff for the for the next year.
And and so this one's in there. The two previous ones,
uh where I Am Tonight and Gone Again are in there,
and and the one that we're going into record tomorrow
is about as country as it gets to. You know,
I'm a real big storyteller, Like I love the a
(15:17):
storyteller fan, but I also write stories as well in
my songs, and and I think that we need to
kind of get back to that because some of the
some of the country music that that I really like, Bill,
I mean, and and there's not a lot of country
music that I don't like that you know, when I
hear people talk about, man, I don't like that artist,
he's not any good, I'm like, now wait a minute,
(15:38):
Like let's let's not let's not get carried away here.
Let's let's just say that it's not my cup of tea.
You don't just don't don't say, oh, I don't like
it because it doesn't sound country. Well that's fine, you know.
To me, it doesn't bother me that much. But for
for my preference, I like the storytelling, and I like
the stuff that were real life emotions and real life
feelings and you know, blast from the past, you know.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Yeah, And I think that's the beautiful thing about it
is always tell people, you know, if you don't like
the song, or if you don't like a show, there's
a thing called a pause, a player, and a fast
forward and a rewind button, and guess what, you go
click on something else.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Just but don't sit there and complain about it.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
That's exactly right, man, I'm in the same ballpark with you.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
I told them. Sometimes. I was having a conversation with
somebody the other day. They're like, well, how you do
your show the way you do it? I said, well,
I own the company. I can do what I want
when I want. I have to answer to anybody. If
you don't like my show, guess what you don't hurt
my feelings. There's plenty more out there. Go go click
on something else out there.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
That's right. I mean, that's the way you have to
think about it, because I mean, for like the social
media and things like that, when people comment, it's negative
comments and stuff. That's why they like your social media
team tells you like, don't go read the comments, but
I go read them because it doesn't bother me, you know.
And but most people they get beat up about it.
And I'm like, man, out of all the people that
(16:56):
have heard the song, if you get two or three
negative comments, I can handle that. You know.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Definitely got strong, strong skin for this business, no doubt.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Hey, before I play the next track and feature this
one love this one too called Gone Again? Uh, talk
about just sharing the stage with uh, you know we
mentioned uh Chris Young and how just impactful he's been,
Morgan Wallen, Uh many others out there, Joe Diffy, you know,
God rest his soul, and of course uh Randy Hawser.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
When you know.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Get a chance to share stage with those type of
artists and you're you know, I said early in your career,
Now what do you kind of take with you back
as far as you know you're doing your thing out there,
you're watching them. Some people say it's like going back
to school, kind of elaborate a little bit on you
know that, and we're kind of what you learned from,
you know, sharing a stage with those impactful acts like that.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Well, I mean some of these guys before I started
country music, you know, these are the guys that that
I listened to on the radio. And this is the
guys that I would listen to when I was at work,
and and all that stuff. And to be full circle
and where you get to be on stage with somebody
you know like Randy or or Chris or you know
Morgan when I when I met him here in Nashville,
(18:03):
he would come into the bar and jump up on
stage with me and and sing with me, and I'd
sing with him and and you know all that. But
it it lets you know that you have a shot,
and it lets you know that you know that anything's possible, really,
I mean, as long as you want to work hard enough.
And and the most important part in my experience out
here is just it is just being a good person.
(18:26):
You know that they don't they don't want you to
walk up and garm on them and they don't want
you to walk up and you know, try to take
pictures with them and stuff. And I think it was
just that, you know that that got me to that
point to where you know that they felt comfortable enough
to do anything like that is because you know, it's
you're not trying to be all down their neck, you know.
(18:46):
And and but yeah, I mean, it's it's been an
absolute dream so far. And you know, we've still got
a long way to go, but but you know, it's
it's it's been a lot of fun. And and all
those guys are great guys. And and if you hear
anybody say different, they're they're full of it, you know,
because when once you get to know them, you know
they're they're great.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
People, good dudes, no doubt out there too, just the
regular people. I always say, to meet a lot of
great celebrities here on the show, interviewed a lot of
great people here on the backstage pass and they're just
regular people just like we are too as well. And often,
like I said, lending that helping hand out there to
help those younger artists, because I always say, sometimes you know,
we're only built for so long and we can't do
this forever, and we got to train the next generation
(19:27):
to come up right behind us too as well to this.
And I'm always supporting younger artists here on the on
the program, and then people trying to work hard and
break through and have that same type of work ethic
that I do. I got to ask you about this
because I'm planning on going there next year. I love
taking my show on the road. I was mentioned to
Natalie out there too, and you know a lot of
the great publicist managers and record labels in the business.
I love taking it on the road to like CM
(19:48):
a week and Country Radio Seminar you know in March
when they have that too as well. But for you,
you just headline the National Finals rodeo. Talk about that experience.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Yeah, we go out there every year, and I think
this was our seventh or eighth year, I think, if
if my memory serves me correctly. But growing up in
Southeast Oklahoma, you know, I mean there's there's rodeos every
weekend somewhere, you know, and and growing up in high school,
that was what we did on the weekends, and and
you know, it's it's almost like a massive family reunion.
(20:20):
Is what it feels like, you know, because cowboy culture
is a different thing than just buying a pair of
boots and buying a hat and going walking around and
trying to make a fashion you know, a fashion statement.
And when you go out there to the National Finals
Rodeo in Vegas, it's it's almost like you went home.
But but yeah, we've we've had some really cool shows
out there, and we just got done playing at Doghouse
(20:43):
and Resorts World last year. I did Thomas and Mack
in the arena where they actually host the rodeo, and no,
it's it's it's been awesome. I really enjoyed going out there.
We were out there for for fourteen days this trip,
so I was a little I was a little gassed
out after that trip, but it's fun anyway.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Yeah, I played on taking my show out there too
next to December when it happens again the conclusion has
already happened there too, and spending a few days out
there in Las Vegas, Tea. We'll top for another one
here justin andrews our guest the backstage past KYBN ninety
eight point one year Bay Area Broadcasting Network and THWN
dot orgon out there at the Sports Guys podcast dot
com and of course anytime on iHeartRadio podcast Now. A
(21:24):
top search music show out there on iHeartRadio podcasts called
Gone Again Here it is came out in May this
year too.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
It's Justin Andrews the backstage past, stay tuned.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Done again.
Speaker 10 (21:50):
On that little black jeted down for whist chasing that
getting over me sound, said juice like she did before.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
On again.
Speaker 10 (22:03):
Yet girls like girls, don't stay around, don't steal along,
don't sail down on high hill out the door. Listen,
Burstoo isn't my name on in waiting?
Speaker 9 (22:16):
Ummy? Like you was? Last time?
Speaker 6 (22:19):
Good bind hers? Here on in, we's gonna make it
all along, make some brouther and pool strong.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
I keep him coming in.
Speaker 6 (22:30):
All night long, till the last kick gone to way him.
She's gone.
Speaker 9 (22:35):
I'm about to dig.
Speaker 10 (22:37):
On one again, gonna let tap battle bull stretching mine.
Speaker 6 (22:43):
They'll wash away everything, she said, tell a.
Speaker 10 (22:47):
Don't kid again any more because this burst who isn't
my name on in waiting?
Speaker 5 (22:54):
Mmy like you was?
Speaker 6 (22:55):
Last time?
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Good bind her?
Speaker 6 (22:57):
Sly hell go on in.
Speaker 10 (23:00):
She's gonna make it all ang right, mix some bub
old strong. I keep him coming all night long till
the last kick. Call to me him, she's gone.
Speaker 9 (23:13):
I'm about to geek calls me. Son't lois she win off?
Speaker 6 (23:33):
She can geek on one. He'll like cancer.
Speaker 10 (23:37):
Yeah, there's a burst of my name on in waiting
on me like he was last time.
Speaker 6 (23:46):
Goodbye hers like on in.
Speaker 10 (23:49):
Wish's gonna make it all long ut mix some bub
oh strong. I keep him coming all night long till
the last kick gone. She's gone out about.
Speaker 7 (24:21):
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Speaker 2 (25:34):
And back here on the show again, Justin Andrews joining
us here Gone Again. I feel like that sometimes when
you do the travel schedule, always out there here on
the backstage past, tell us all about this one here
because great Phil mentioned come out in May of this year,
and man, just y'all, I think I've hit the nail
on the head with another one here Well Gone Again.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
You know, I think that song, I think everybody can
kind of relate to that song. You know, it's it's
I just love that song and love singing that song
and watching people react to that song just just because
it's it's the truth, and and you know there's all somewhere,
you know, in a breakup or in a little tussle
(26:15):
or whatever with your significant other, you know, there's always
a barstool with your name on it. You know, it's
it's It can always be that way. Sometimes it might
not always be the best idea, but you know there's
always one there. And I've got a lot of positive
feedback on that song, and and people love it just
just because it's relatable to them.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Also, I want to get your opinion on, man, this
female class right now, it's like if somebody's always coming
up behind it. I just Lady Wilson the last couple
of years from the just the dynasty she's built. But
you look at it now with Ella Langley and Priscilla
Block and Hannah Ellis and some of these great singers
coming right behind here in this female category. Give us
(26:54):
some thoughts on these ladies finally getting a little bit
of that respect they deserve.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Man, they are absolutely crushing it right now, and I
couldn't be more happy for them because I mean, you know,
when I was growing up, it was it was Reba
and Shanaia Twain and Faith Hill and you know, all
those all those greats and and Priscilla Block and like
you're saying, Laney and Ella and and the thing about
it is is their songs are really good too, you know.
And it's it's for me as a music lover. And
(27:22):
I know it's different for for people out there and
radio land, you know, in the car on their way
to work or you know, at work or in the
gym or whatever, you know, Like like for me, like,
I just love good worded songs. And and it's not
to say that if if somebody doesn't, you know, it's
I don't like it. But like I said, I usually
(27:43):
don't say that I don't like it. I say it's
not my cup of tea just because. But I mean,
if it wasn't for the Wind, that Ella song, like that,
that thing is is just man. And and come to
find out, uh, after it came out, I was like, man,
because once you start writing music for for a living,
and you kind of pick up on people's styles, on
how they turn phrases and how they do things like that.
(28:06):
And I heard something in that song and I was like,
that sounds like this guy Johnny Clawson that I used
to write with all the time, and so I went
and looked up the credits on that song, and sure
is the nose on my face. Johnny Clausen was one
of the writers on it, and I was like, you
gotta be kidding me, and so like, I mean, I
(28:28):
think they're absolutely crushing it right now and keep going.
We need some more of those good girl country songs.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
We need more of them, no doubt too.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
And some of these ladies already, like you said, Ella
and some other ones that they're headlining their own tour
and it's just crazy to see, like, you know, putting
great music out there, and you know, it really comes down.
I want to ask you about songwriting. Is that one
of those aspects? And of course you get mixed with
you just like a song out there too, and of course,
you know, if it's a cup of tea for somebody,
you mentioned that expression this entire time, But for songwriting
for you, is yet kind of your favorite part to
(28:58):
kind of go through that and like put pen to pay,
do you like more of the co write style or
writing ro ow material or kind of draw that inspiration?
Speaker 3 (29:05):
Talk about that?
Speaker 1 (29:05):
For me, I kind of like to do both. I
like to sometimes just come down here and sit in
the office and to see what I come up with,
and write some songs. And and but I also like
getting in the room and mixing it up with two
people or you know, like I only do three people
at the most, including myself. And and just just because
(29:27):
I think when you get more more mind frames on it,
you can paint a pretty of your picture, you know,
across the horizon. And and but I mean, sometimes it's
it's good to just go down by yourself and and
just sit down there and just beat your head against
the wall. And my lady asked me, she said, what
what's it like in those rooms when you're writing a song?
(29:49):
And the only way that I could explain it to
her was just just imagine somebody gives three people a
math problem, and you sat in there for three and
a half hours, and no matter what when you leave,
it's still not right. It's not the only way that
I can explain it.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Great expression. Win heard that too many times here on
the show there too.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Yeah, and math is one of my weakest subjects out
there when it comes to those algebra equations and all
the stuff out there, geometry and sometimes, Like I said,
I'll attack it. But it never was my friend in
high school there too. But you know what, you keep trying,
you keep plugging away, and you get better with all
that good stuff out there too.
Speaker 3 (30:25):
All right, let's have a little fun.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
I'm gonna throw a little rapid fire questions at you,
and when that first thing comes to mind, kind of
shoot there too.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
Latest movies or series you're getting into.
Speaker 5 (30:33):
What do you like?
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Rings of Power, Rings the Power. I just started watching it.
It's a spin off. It's a prequel to Lord of
the Rings. And most people don't know this about me,
but I'm I'm a big nerd when it comes to
like movies and stuff. So I like the magic and
the dragons and the wizards and the you know nights
(30:58):
and all that stuff. I don't know why, but I'm
just always been that guy.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
I'm run through with you too, and I'm with you
on the Hobbit series. I still watch that a lot
of because I love the Hobbit, you know, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
I mean it's it's hard. I mean, especially the production
and and the shooting locations that they have on those.
It's just it's amazing to me.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Now, were you a Harry Potter fan too.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
I was. I wasn't as big as everybody else. Like
I've always been the person to where I'll let the
series or the movies be done before I start them.
But I didn't realize when I started Rings of Power
that it wasn't finished yet. So it kind of threw
my groove a little bit because I like to just
go in and I think I watched Game of Thrones.
(31:45):
I think I watched the Game of Thrones. I think
there's seven EPI, seven series seasons. I think I watched
all of those in one month. I just watched all
of them. I like to I like to beinge them,
like I don't like to wait for the next episode
to come out.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
I love that, dude, all right. Favorite cartoon growing up?
What what came to mind for cartoons?
Speaker 1 (32:07):
I think my favorite cartoons. You know, I grew up
old school. My grandparents raised me in their fifties, and
so I was home during the day and we didn't
have cable or anything like that. For for the most part,
we had some channels. I forget what it was, but
I always liked those black and white three Stooges cartoons. Yeah,
those like I can I can steal sometimes when I
(32:31):
get home, and my lady hates it. Like I'll sit
down and always turn on these these Three Stooges black
and whites, and then when they went to color and
and but I can sit there and laugh harder at that,
like you can put on any comedian that's that's out
right now, and I'll laugh harder at the Three Stooges
episodes that I've seen a bazillion times.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
That all right, the holiday traditions, what's on the menu.
Were you guys going back to Oklahoma for the holidays?
What's going on family wise?
Speaker 1 (33:00):
Yeah, we're gonna go back to Oklahoma and see the
family and and uh, just hang out with my dad,
hang out with my grandparents, and you know Oklahoma tradition,
you got to go shoot some guns and all that stuff.
We usually my grandfather loads his own shotgun shells and
you know, all all the rifles and all the pistol
rounds and all that stuff. So every every holiday we
(33:22):
usually shoot about a thousand clay pigeons. That's what we
do on every holiday.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
I love using clay pigeon. Doesn't say even the clay shooting.
I remember one one to December we had to get
it out there to the sling and everything, throw them up,
pop them like I said, or whatever we were shooting.
And so Texas, if it's an Oklahoma tradition, it's also
a Texas tradition. Down or too at the same time.
All Right, Marvel or DC guy or a little bit
of both.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
I'm gonna have to say a little bit of both.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
I kind of like all of it. I just watched
the Flash the other night again. Uh but I like
all those Avengers and movies and and I don't know,
I think growing up when I was growing up, when
you got up in the morning before you went to school,
it was dark wing duck like that was that was
(34:14):
an old one. Uh But I don't know. I think
I kind of like all of them. It's all like,
I really don't buy into d C or you know,
for any of that, just because I kind of like
all of them. So I'm I don't really get controversial
over which one's better, Marvel or DC.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Uh No, I'll just say fun questions whatever comes to
mind or too. I got to ask you about the
last single we talked about. Actually we've not talked about
this one too.
Speaker 11 (34:39):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
We current current went across all the platforms. Silverado Sunset,
we played that one, but the one before that September
where I Am Tonight shed some light.
Speaker 3 (34:48):
On this one for us.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
That one was was a lot of fun to do.
That one was a Will Weatherley song as well. And
it's fun that that I was talking about, you know
that for the most part, well, I won't say for
the most part, but I like to throw a healthy
combination of my songs and and you know, outside songs,
(35:12):
and it just seemed like that those songs like really
stuck to my bones a little bit and I just
really really fell in love with them. And and it's
it's funny that those songs were his and the next
two were gonna be mine, you know. It's it's just
fun having a good little mixture. But but that that song,
when I heard it, I can I can feel the
(35:32):
emotion just pouring out of that song and that that
is what I absolutely fall in love with. And and
I think it just kind of grabbed me. And and
it's a slower song, and it's it's a it's a
sadder song. But you know, I've always said this, sad
songs make me happy. And I don't know why they
just always had and but but yeah, it's it's it's
(35:53):
one of my favorites that that we've done so far.
And I mean, I I just I can't wait for
the audience that there to hear all the new stuff
that's coming out too, because i mean, I'm not you know,
especially with the people that are working with me right now,
is you're not going to get a bad song coming
out of the stuff that we're throwing out. So that's
what I'm the most excited about this next year, Tey.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
I'd be excited too if I was playing those cards
in What you've put out already is kind of like
the T's I'll say that too, like a vacation. Sometimes
you get one week, sometime you get two weeks. But
I'll say this, I'm ready for more stuff to come
out in twenty twenty six. The current single Silverado Sunset
across all the DSPs, and make sure you guys give
him a follow out there too, as we educate you
here on the backstage pass the latest up and coming
(36:37):
rising superstars in country music out there, Justin Andrews on
the backstage Pass KYPN ninety eight point one, Your Bay
Area Broadcasting Network, My friend, appreciate the time here on
the show and would love to follow you man on
just the path into twenty twenty six. Merry Christmas after
New Year. We appreciate you being with us and would
love to have you come back.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Oh Man, I would absolutely love that too. Thank you
for letting me come on and chat with you for
a little Wow.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
You've got it my friend out there too, and also
THWN dot org iHeartRadio podcast empowered by the Sports Guys
podcast dot com. It's a grand Slam of music, sports
and entertainment. We're back with more great artists to Tyler
Farr coming on the program this week, and of course
a nice litt two week break coming up here too.
Across all the affiliates out there, but back with your
shows coming up on January sixth and seventh of the
(37:22):
new year. We'll talk to you soon. God blessed. Take
care and always, if you do something out there, make
sure you do it safe. Here this entire holiday season,
We'll see you soon.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
Take care.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
What's up, farm Flops.
Speaker 15 (37:32):
This is recording artist Hasting and you're listening to the
best in music, sports, and entertainment.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
It's the backstage pass with Brandon Morell on KYBN ninety
eight point one, your Bay area broadcasting network.
Speaker 15 (37:44):
Stream the show anytime on the Sports Guys podcast dot
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