May 7, 2025 • 32 mins
Nashville Recording Artist Karen Waldrup joined us on the show to chat about CMA Fest and lots more, including her new single, Fix It! Tune in!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, y'all, this is Karen Walder and you're listening to
the award nominated Backstage Pass on kk TC True Country
ninety nine point nine and k y d N ninety
eight point one, your Bay Area Broadcasting.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Network, and welcome inside the Backstage Pass. Always a busy
week leading up to CMA Fest twenty twenty five right
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(00:37):
Fest twenty twenty five coming up June fifth to eight,
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will be out there amongst all the stages and everything
at Nissan Stadium. Out there. Get those tickets and packages
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We'll talk more about those guys throughout the podcast. Out
(00:59):
There Place to Walk Come Back. She was on the
voice and of course she was well known before the voice.
She's got a great voice out there too, and she's
one of our good friends, one of the show favorites.
Karen Waldrip to the program, Karen, how you doing, my friend.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I'm so happy to be here with you guys today.
It's a beautiful day in Tennessee and I'm ready to
catch up. Great to see.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
You, Good to see you always too.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Well.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Tell us we'll talk about this. A great single called
fix It out there too and definitely what guys are
good at when it comes to fixing things out there,
and we'll play this one on the show today. Just
came out there in late March. But let's talk about
an update with you and kind of the start too
the new year twenty twenty five, and of course now
the first quarter is over, but you guys have a
lot of things going on. Tell us what's been going
(01:41):
on with you?
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Well, you know, being a musician is fun because you're
always wearing a million hats and there's a million things
going on in all times.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
But right now, it's been a great year.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We kicked it off and we just released my new
song called fix It like you talk about and you.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Know this is one of those songs that just relates
to people.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
In a way that's more so about a specific person.
And this is a person that like, like my sax player,
he can fix it. Like if it's broken, he's gonna
fix it. Kris Shaffner, he's here with me today. If
it's broken, especially a vehicle, car issue, anything like that,
the guy's got it. My husband, he can fix anything
(02:23):
around the house. My friends at country reblics my Facebook hack.
I think it's just about people who can fix a problem,
and it's about all those people, and it's about honoring
those people. And I think sometimes as women in country music,
we talk about scratching the car and blowing it out
with the baseball bat, but we don't always give credit
(02:43):
to the men who in our lives that just make
our lives easier, about being able to fix things that
are broken.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
And that's what I wanted to.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Do, you know, I wanted to love the songwgol Player,
just a little bit new singles from from Caring to
Fix It. I love the fact is, you know we
talked about this, We did an episode while you were
on the voice to at the same time and talk
about just how your life has changed even more after
coming off a platform like that too.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
You know, we were talking about this the other night.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
We were doing an event downtown over the River and
a bunch of our friends were.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Kind of hanging out and they asked me the same.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Question, you know, how has the Voice affected my career
and my business and my fans and all the above?
And is from the teaching that Dan and Shay gave me.
You know what I learned from Riva, which was, you know,
something that I wasn't doing before, which is like closing
(03:35):
your like closing your eyes and.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Just remembering where you were when you wrote.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
The song, or if you didn't write it, finding that
person in your life that that song relates to, and
like really trying to channel that and singing just to
that person so people want to hear something more exciting.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
But for me, that was the biggest thing.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I got from the Voice, like learning how to really
step away from the chaos going on in the room
and people dancing and having fun and all that, and
just really bringing it back to like who is this
person that you're singing about, and really emoting the energy
back to that person or feeling.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
And that's such a dorky musical conversation. That's people are like, well,
that's pretty simple. Didn't you know that before? And I'm like,
I really didn't. Like I was just singing my songs.
I'm singing another song.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
And I think when I learned to like channel the
person I'm supposed to be singing to, whether it's my mom,
my ex boyfriend, my husband, my sax player, a girlfriend
in the band, it just changes the game because it
allows you to really drive the energy home. And that
was the biggest thing I learned from Dan and Shay Andriva.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
That show is still going strong. Go down to and
I love the coaching and the way they walk artists
through the business of things, and of course the stage presence.
You know, vocals more than that too, just everything about
have those side sessions and all those coaching sessions. And
I think song choice. You were talking about this in
the last episode week, did Caaren how important song choice
was for you as an artist and for you to
shine on that stage once it's it's go time, right, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
And I think it's the same way still.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
You know, I've just recorded a new song that we're
about to release May thirtieth, called Blue cowboy boots, and
it's just a fun, up tempo song about a girl
who has had enough and she's not sad because she's
wearing her blue cowboy boots and going out and having
(05:40):
a good time. She's not blue at all, She's wearing
her blue cowboy boots. And so I think that that's
kind of where I'm at next is like, that's my
next song. We have a music video to support it.
It's just a really fun project and that song is
going to be coming out on May.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Thirtieth, So looking forward to that one too. And of
course we're gonna play the latest single from Karen Walter
about there too. It's called fix It Here at ninety
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Speaker 6 (06:32):
He stayed up all night last night, barely went to
see made a mess of the whole damn kitchen, stand
lyon next to me.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Was he keeping up the neighbors?
Speaker 6 (06:53):
Was he made He just smiles.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And says, hey, that's what's saying.
Speaker 7 (07:00):
Operates the man from the Baries. There ain't nothing like
a man who can fix it.
Speaker 6 (07:08):
Yeah, and it's brokeetd to him.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Homega work like it's brand new.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
Yeah, there ain't nothing.
Speaker 8 (07:19):
Like a man who.
Speaker 7 (07:22):
Like a man who.
Speaker 8 (07:23):
Can fix it? Yeah, who can fix it?
Speaker 7 (07:29):
Yeah, could be my corberd, might be my broken hole.
Doesn't matter what it is. I know who to call
and it falls up. There ain't nothing like a man
(07:50):
who can fix it.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
Yeah, and it's brocketd to him.
Speaker 7 (07:56):
Yeah, umega work like it's brand new, very nothing.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
Some man.
Speaker 8 (08:05):
Like a man who can fix it? Gay fixed it.
Speaker 7 (08:15):
I don't know how I made through before I knew him.
Speaker 8 (08:19):
He's got the tools and he knows how to use him.
He's the man who can fix it. If it's broke.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Gave it to him.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
Yeah, make it work like it's brand new, very nothing.
Speaker 8 (08:39):
Some man who.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Like a man who.
Speaker 8 (08:44):
Can fix it. Fixed it like a man who can
fix it.
Speaker 9 (08:59):
Verry Nry.
Speaker 10 (09:26):
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VS back here with Karen waldrip on the show, and
of course, so we talked about that song fix it
across all the DSPs. Makes you guys check it out,
you know, Karen, I want to go back to a
(10:54):
great album. I loved it Kidall County Road. We talk
a lot about this one The night we fell in
love and some of the best memories of that record
because you put you put a lot of heart and
soul into that project. Talk about that.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
For me, it's so funny that you bring that up,
because Chris and I were just at lunch talking about
that record and some of the things that worked really
well from that record and some of the things that
we're challenging about that record.
Speaker 4 (11:16):
And I think that the.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Thing that worked best for that record is that we
really focused in on making great music. And I'm really
proud of how the actual song Kendall County Road came
out like that is one of my favorite pieces of
art that I've ever created, because it's such a reminiscing
song about family and your past and missing home.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
And I just find it to be.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Such a common thing that people move away from their
hometowns now, you know, I find that a lot of
country songs are kind of about going home because we do.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
We move to the city.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
We chase our dreams to have business and infrastructure and.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
Thought and community.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
And the interesting thing about doing so is that you
accomplished just the opposite. You accomplish a great life and
a great infrastructure and a great.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Community and all that.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
But then then you go back to wishing that you
were back in the small town of mand of Louisiana.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Or from my sax player, Butler, Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
You kind of crave that the way that things were,
which was kind of small town. Like christ you ever
jumped run into somebody you know at a gas station.
I mean, you don't do that in Nashville, Like it's
so rare to run into somebody that you know at
a gas station. And when you go home to Butler, Pennsylvania,
or for me, Mand of Louisiana or for my husband, Louisbourg, Tennessee,
(12:42):
and then you run into people at the gas station.
Speaker 5 (12:44):
They're like, Clody, what's up?
Speaker 1 (12:46):
And then you kind of remember, like how beautiful that
that small town life was. And you don't really see
that when you're younger, when you're leaving, you just don't
really even recognize it because it's so exciting moving away.
And that's what Kendall County Roads about. It's about five
years later. It's about when you're when you're sitting there
(13:06):
and you're like, yeah, you know, I chase my dream
and I love my dream and I love living in
a big city.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
But like I miss Kendall County Road.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
I miss the quiet, the simple, the the calm of that.
And and I'm not saying that I want to go
back to that, but I do like to visit and
and do a better job of visiting. And Chris is
here with me right now. Say hi, Chris, Hello, everybody,
(13:36):
Thanks for having us on. Don't you feel that Chris sometime?
Speaker 10 (13:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Heah, your family's there, and you know, the family cemetery
is there, you can visit.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
You know, your grandparents, your parents. Yep.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yes, it's that's the beauty and the ability to tell
a story. And you do that, I mean, just as
great as anybody out there too. And I love this
one because collaborations are becoming more of the norm now
in the industry. Care I that we probably talked about this,
but one I wanted to touch on here today is
a song called Nothing Is Impossible that was twenty twenty
three when it came out, I believe May of that year,
(14:09):
and you got to collaborate another voice. Alum, there, Wendy
Moten's someone who's really you know, kind of carved and
scratched her way to the top just like you had
and played all those dive bars and travel from city
to city. Talk about this, this collaboration with Wendy on
a great tune here.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Well, Wendy is not only an incredible singer, but also
an incredible person. And you know, I don't think she
would mind me telling you, but Wendy was on the
Voice a few seasons before I was, and so Wendy
was a huge resource for me to kind of tell
me like what it was like, what the weather was like,
what to expect, what wardrobe was going to be like,
(14:46):
just like very basic information of how to get through
the voice and how to do better and how to
pace yourself and.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
You know, just all the stuff.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Go to bed early, take your bats at night, don't
get distract did by other singers trying to take you
to distract you, like, just go to bed, close your door.
Speaker 10 (15:05):
Like.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
She really helped me to be focused, and also she
was incredibly helpful musically as well. She gave me a
ton of tips throughout the way, so I just absolutely
treasure her as a friend, value her as a friend,
and I agree collaborations are incredibly important, and Wendy and
(15:30):
I have worked together on Kendall County Road as well
as I'm on the Voice, and I'm looking.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Forward to working with her and again in the future.
She is so busy touring like crazy.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
And I'm also excited to announce that I'm about to
be a part of a project with Waylon Jennings' grandson
way Jennings on a song that we co wrote called
Damn Difastae, and it's a duet that's going to be
coming out in twenty twenty five, and that's with Jennings,
So I'm with you.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
I think the collab.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Projects are absolutely special, and my own husband is always
telling me how much he appreciates hearing two different artists
come together on one piece of art and how us
doing that will only deepen the relationship with the fans.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
So we're all about that.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
I love it. It's such a huge part of the
industry right now too. I want to ask you about
man this female wave of talent and that's what it is.
It reminds me just like surfing out there. It's just
such a great wave to catch right now too, when
it comes down to it. But so many names, too
many to mention too. But of course you know, not
just what Lanny's doing, but yourself and others out there. Man,
this female crop of talent right now too, as we
get into this award season now, it is amazing, right.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
I agree one hundred percent, And it's about time because
for a minute there, women weren't really getting hurt in
country music.
Speaker 4 (16:50):
And I just love it.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I love the Megan Maroney and Laney Wilson's out there
and just artist Miranda Lamberts that are just absolutely crushing.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
I just love it.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Let's talk about you know, when he came out there
that debut album, which I love so much, and that
song justified which man, it was a huge out there
for you for social media numbers and streaming out there.
Slow and Easy was on that record sometimes he does.
I mean so many great songs there too. Talk about
just some of the memories of that one, because I
know we met with twenty nineteen or somewhere there when
I started this very brand here in this show. That
(17:23):
album came out July of eighteen, if I remember correctly.
But I love so much on this record and so
much great storytelling as it was from that particular album.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Well, I really appreciate you saying that, and it's really
cool too, because I'm literally in the car right now
my saxophone player, Kris Schaffer from Butler, Pennsylvania. He is
an incredibly talented saxophone player, but he's also really good
at mechanic work, and we're having an issue right now
with our Mercedes Sprinter, so he's literally driving me to
(17:53):
Franklin to take me to the Mercedes dealership right now.
But I find it interesting that you're referring to slow
and easy because he is the one that played the
horns on that track, and when you listen to the track,
you'll hear the horns, and he played not only the
melody horn part, but also all the stack horn parts.
And it's cool because Garth Fundus is actually a sax player.
(18:15):
So the producer of the record, Garth Fundis, was able
to work with Chris Schaffner and they were able to
come together in such a fun light way that I
didn't do anything. I remember setting back on the sofa
and sipping coffee and just watching them work and just
being mesmerized by how talented Chris Schaffner is and how
(18:37):
talented Garth Fundess is for being able to work with
Chris in a way that they were able to kind
of lean on each other for ideas. So when you
listen to Slow and Easy, like, yes, I wrote it,
and yes you know, Anthony Smith and I wrote it together,
but I don't think that song would be quite what
(18:57):
it was what it is without Garth and Chris's horn experience,
because it's such a horne driven track. So when you
listen to it, listen to all the stacked horns and
you'll be like, wow, all of those parts were played
by Chris, and he really did.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
It's unbelievable. He had a what'd you have? You had
to tell him.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
About kind of horns you have call a tenor saxophone
and the baritone tex.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
That's right, yeah, so.
Speaker 5 (19:23):
He was able to play the baritone sax parts as well.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
I love it too, as the music just splendid will
together and I just understand such a great record out there.
Get all the music we're talking about again. Karen Waldrip
dot com and of course out there your DSPs for
your streaming choices out there, we'll time to turn it
up a little bit. Here. She got to collaborate with
some fabulous musicians at Danny Stacey Refletcher with the song
we're going to play now called Louisiana Hurricane. We don't
want one, but you know what, hey, they know how
(19:49):
to party out there too, and now to have those
hurricanes when they do come around there too.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 2 (19:54):
I want one right now, right now. We want those
storms to stay away. But you know what life is
the hurricane Louisiana Hurricane.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
I thought the cocktail.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
I love this song. Here it is again featuring the
Danny Stacy Brief Letcher. It's the great Karen Walter Pier
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Speaker 7 (20:40):
Hurricane louis hid in covey. I'm sitting down all the
way out to the edge tasks what you come out
here and ask Lucky Leada amber on draft hod In
Covey lead you board. These are some skins high eat
so lord, it's looking down to do this hare the hint.
Speaker 8 (21:04):
John got a nine on cake.
Speaker 7 (21:08):
I'm bout don in bone, turning in the Channis, jumping
with these tend to chicks, just like all three Dixie Chicks.
Somebody's cage off this giant. That's all the one thing now,
when you're talking about me, telling them you just took
a drink about Louisiana, worcase.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
Louisiana, borcase.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Louis Work.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
I found two thound spooky things. No telling who I
be when you here everything.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
I ain't scared of the trouble. I'm starting not being
the darling of New Orleans.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
Rackheapy with a country creek. Come let us with some rice,
stumbling all the way.
Speaker 12 (21:55):
Back to bats home.
Speaker 7 (21:56):
Huge, you're gonna do my nays, Come.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
My dolly pod.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Turning in a chainess, jumping to these tag to chick
just like a three Dixie Chicks.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
Somebody's cage off this giants. That's only one thing that
I want we talk about me telling me just took
a drink of the Louisiana Work Paint.
Speaker 8 (22:26):
Louisiana Paintsian.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
I'm jump off in in like a pouch a tree.
I'm about to.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Bring in like a long.
Speaker 8 (22:53):
Track ta getting like a dolly.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
Turning in a dass, tumbling on these day Tuchick to
sid Gothy, Dixie Chick.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
Somebody.
Speaker 7 (23:10):
John bend All, the fun thing that we talked about,
me telling them you just to tay spend all night
long and I hon you talk on the brain Louisiana
Hurricane Louisiana Hurricane.
Speaker 5 (23:38):
Louisiana Hurricanes.
Speaker 9 (23:44):
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Speaker 2 (24:26):
And of course countdown June five to June eight right
there too as well. Seel Fest twenty twenty five, get
those tickets and packages out there to cemkefest dot com
and our guest today, Karen waldrif is going to be
a part of that too. At the same time still
announcing the whereabouts and where she's going to be in
all the great details out there, Karen walderp dot com.
Louisiana Hurricane, my friend, we definitely have to talk about
(24:47):
this one. I love this song, and hey, Danny Stacey
and Briefletcher, they brought some attitude a little sas to.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
That one, right, Oh my gosh, if we have fun
on this one. It was produced by John Panera, who's
a friend of mine and also a great and in
our band and he plays guitar with me. And when
we were working on this song, I had just come
off the voice and I really wanted to make a
statement about Louisiana. It was like, you come off the
voice and it's like, what do you want to say?
Speaker 7 (25:13):
Right?
Speaker 1 (25:14):
So for me it was I had a lot of
songs I'd written, but I really wanted to say I'm
about to dially part turn it into Janice Chaplin, like
I wanted to say, like we're about to explode here,
like we're about to have fun, We're about to tour,
We're about to just make music. And it kind of
(25:34):
no matter if we won the voice or not, like
it was just our moment to just kind of say,
like we're about to have a great time.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
And Danny Stacey and.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Briefletcher were two of the best friends that I met
when I was out in la I met a lot
of friends, but those ladies were just really you know,
when you're out there with one hundred and sixty five contestants,
you just make your friends, you know. And I just
so happened to make friends with two of the best
singers on the show. And they both made it into
(26:03):
the top twenty eight. So I made friends with them
when we were in the top one hundred and sixty five.
So it's just really cool to be able to be
friends with them, to be able to work with them
in Nashville. They're both Nashville girls and both great friends
of mine, and they both come out to sing with
me live, and I'm gonna try to get them for
(26:24):
my cmafest show at Chiefs on June and fifth at
eight o'clock. I'm trying to get them, but you know
how Nashville is during cmafest, everybody's got their own thing
going on. So I'm praying that that works.
Speaker 4 (26:39):
Out for me.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Yeah, I'm actually gonna not rent a car this year.
I learned my listen to like uber around there when
i'm there, because.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
With a car, come on, now, don't beget the car.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
They put those barriers up to block the streets, and
it was just everything was like within walking distance. It's
all my action is going to be at the Music
City Center, but I still want to come out to
Chiefs and see you play and just see you perform,
so absolutely, and.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
A rental car is a two curse words at CMA
fast your best off walking or ubering.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
I learned my lesson from that last year because it's crazy,
but it's a lot of fun crazy out there. Hey,
speaking of fans and performances, what's it been like to
take the stage again. You mentioned I've seen the calendar
has been busy, and of course the touring and things
like that, but to see the fans just come out
and kind of get away from all the norm and
just you know, the crazy life and go have fun
and sing your songs back to you and you know,
(27:31):
you being on stage and just the feeling you get
in the emotion that goes through you every time you
take a stage.
Speaker 4 (27:37):
Yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
Before it kind of went in chapters, you know.
Speaker 4 (27:39):
Before I was before COVID.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
I was like, we're playing a gig, We're playing another gig,
We're playing another gig.
Speaker 4 (27:46):
And then when we lost it all, when we came back,
I came into it with a whole.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
Like new reverence of like, oh my gosh, this is
a live microphone. What I am singing through this microphone
is going through speakers like it had a whole new
and it made me just appreciate it so much more.
And then when I went on to the voice, it
brought it to a whole new level because now it
(28:10):
was like, Okay, I've been on the voice. I need
to make sure that my guitar chords are right. I'm
not like having pitch issues. I'm breathing right, I'm drinking
the right tea, I'm putting honey.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
In my tea.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
So I think as a musician you take steps along
the way, But for me, two of the greatest steps
I ever took were enduring and getting through COVID because
it made me respect the reverence of the stage and
then being on the voice, which made me bring a
professionalism to the stage that I want to bring, like
Dan and Shay, or like Riva or like John Legend.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
I don't want to be a bar band. I want
to be bringing the tones and the groove and.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
The professionalism that Riva would bring. And so she brought
me to a whole new level. And she wasn't even
my coach.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
A lot of coaches on there too, like I said,
doing their thing out there too, making you guys shine
in all aspects of that music industry, and like you said,
learning from just legends out there too on that particular platform. Wire.
Let's have a little fun too. Is there a restaurant
that I'm sure there's many that I have tried, but
I know for me, it's like I want a good
like this, you know, Vietnamese place or something that I
can have sushi ad. Is there something in Nashville that
(29:22):
maybe somebody hasn't mentioned or I haven't tried, that you
would recommend out there for that kind of food in Nashville?
Speaker 6 (29:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (29:26):
My gosh, this is the last place that you would
expect to go, but it's actually in Madison and it's.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
My favorite restaurant.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
It's called Thaie Suck Cat Too Thie PHO k E
t T.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
It is a hole in the wall with the best
Thai food. You can imagine. You think you're in Thailand.
Actually amazing.
Speaker 5 (29:49):
It's a place you can wear your hat, no makeup, yoga.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Pants, tennis shoes. It is my favorite spot in Nashville.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
I cannot wait to try that one too, and then
we'll all make sure. I'll let you know my great
feedback there from the restaurant there too. You know, we
mentioned a busy week, but it's crazy to see hundreds
of thousands of fans, you know, flock into just a
great music city for this event. What's your favorite party?
I know the schedules and that itineraries get crazy for
like meet and greets, and they mentioned performances at Chiefs
(30:19):
there June fifth at eight o'clock. But favorite party. I
love just meeting people. I'm like you, such a people person,
but it's crazy to see how many people come from
everywhere to enjoy this thing called cmafest.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Right, absolutely, I agree with you one hundred percent. And
I think I'm an outdoor stage kind of gal. I
love like wearing jean shorts and tennis shoes and going
out to the riverfront with a little umbrella and just
drinking a ton of water and staying hydrated and just
listening to music and the heat and just soaking it
all in. For me personally, I really appreciate when the
(30:53):
fans kind of sit down and map out their week
and Karen Waldrop is on their schedule where they want
to go. Oh, and that's why so important to us
to make sure we have a cmafest show.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
I looking forward to that one against June fifth Chiefs,
And of course I know there'll be more announcements out
there from the Karen Waldri camp on the schedule, and
definitely we'll trying to post those on the backstage past
facebook pages again, our facebook pages out there for syndicated
radio and a whole lot more. Again, our latest single
is called fix It across all those DSPs, and of
course that new single we talked about coming out here
(31:25):
toward the end of meg and Karen Waldrup dot com
for more information. My friend always great to have you
drop by out there. Too kind of let us know
what's in the loop and the Karen Waldrip camp for
all the great music releases and looking forward to more
of this as we get closer to the CMA week
June fits to eight. Thanks so much as always for
stopping by.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
We appreciate absolutely and I can't wait to see it
at CMA fast and for everybody watching, follow me at
Karen Waldroup dot com and I'll see you.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
So you got it. One of the best out there
fix it. So make sure you go fix it right now.
All the guys out there too, across all the DSPs,
We're back with more music KYBN ninety eight point one
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God bless, take care. We'll see soon. Hey 'all.
Speaker 13 (32:05):
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Speaker 4 (32:18):
Hey y'all, listen.
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There Place to Walk Come Back. She was on the
voice and of course she was well known before the voice.
She's got a great voice out there too, and she's
one of our good friends, one of the show favorites.
Karen Waldrip to the program, Karen, how you doing, my friend.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I'm so happy to be here with you guys today.
It's a beautiful day in Tennessee and I'm ready to
catch up. Great to see.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
You, Good to see you always too.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Well.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Tell us we'll talk about this. A great single called
fix It out there too and definitely what guys are
good at when it comes to fixing things out there,
and we'll play this one on the show today. Just
came out there in late March. But let's talk about
an update with you and kind of the start too
the new year twenty twenty five, and of course now
the first quarter is over, but you guys have a
lot of things going on. Tell us what's been going
(01:41):
on with you?
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Well, you know, being a musician is fun because you're
always wearing a million hats and there's a million things
going on in all times.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
But right now, it's been a great year.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We kicked it off and we just released my new
song called fix It like you talk about and you.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Know this is one of those songs that just relates
to people.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
In a way that's more so about a specific person.
And this is a person that like, like my sax player,
he can fix it. Like if it's broken, he's gonna
fix it. Kris Shaffner, he's here with me today. If
it's broken, especially a vehicle, car issue, anything like that,
the guy's got it. My husband, he can fix anything
(02:23):
around the house. My friends at country reblics my Facebook hack.
I think it's just about people who can fix a problem,
and it's about all those people, and it's about honoring
those people. And I think sometimes as women in country music,
we talk about scratching the car and blowing it out
with the baseball bat, but we don't always give credit
(02:43):
to the men who in our lives that just make
our lives easier, about being able to fix things that
are broken.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
And that's what I wanted to.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Do, you know, I wanted to love the songwgol Player,
just a little bit new singles from from Caring to
Fix It. I love the fact is, you know we
talked about this, We did an episode while you were
on the voice to at the same time and talk
about just how your life has changed even more after
coming off a platform like that too.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
You know, we were talking about this the other night.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
We were doing an event downtown over the River and
a bunch of our friends were.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Kind of hanging out and they asked me the same.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Question, you know, how has the Voice affected my career
and my business and my fans and all the above?
And is from the teaching that Dan and Shay gave me.
You know what I learned from Riva, which was, you know,
something that I wasn't doing before, which is like closing
(03:35):
your like closing your eyes and.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Just remembering where you were when you wrote.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
The song, or if you didn't write it, finding that
person in your life that that song relates to, and
like really trying to channel that and singing just to
that person so people want to hear something more exciting.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
But for me, that was the biggest thing.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I got from the Voice, like learning how to really
step away from the chaos going on in the room
and people dancing and having fun and all that, and
just really bringing it back to like who is this
person that you're singing about, and really emoting the energy
back to that person or feeling.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
And that's such a dorky musical conversation. That's people are like, well,
that's pretty simple. Didn't you know that before? And I'm like,
I really didn't. Like I was just singing my songs.
I'm singing another song.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
And I think when I learned to like channel the
person I'm supposed to be singing to, whether it's my mom,
my ex boyfriend, my husband, my sax player, a girlfriend
in the band, it just changes the game because it
allows you to really drive the energy home. And that
was the biggest thing I learned from Dan and Shay Andriva.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
That show is still going strong. Go down to and
I love the coaching and the way they walk artists
through the business of things, and of course the stage presence.
You know, vocals more than that too, just everything about
have those side sessions and all those coaching sessions. And
I think song choice. You were talking about this in
the last episode week, did Caaren how important song choice
was for you as an artist and for you to
shine on that stage once it's it's go time, right, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
And I think it's the same way still.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
You know, I've just recorded a new song that we're
about to release May thirtieth, called Blue cowboy boots, and
it's just a fun, up tempo song about a girl
who has had enough and she's not sad because she's
wearing her blue cowboy boots and going out and having
(05:40):
a good time. She's not blue at all, She's wearing
her blue cowboy boots. And so I think that that's
kind of where I'm at next is like, that's my
next song. We have a music video to support it.
It's just a really fun project and that song is
going to be coming out on May.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Thirtieth, So looking forward to that one too. And of
course we're gonna play the latest single from Karen Walter
about there too. It's called fix It Here at ninety
eight point one KYB in your Area Broadcasting Network and
are friends at KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine
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Speaker 6 (06:32):
He stayed up all night last night, barely went to
see made a mess of the whole damn kitchen, stand
lyon next to me.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Was he keeping up the neighbors?
Speaker 6 (06:53):
Was he made He just smiles.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And says, hey, that's what's saying.
Speaker 7 (07:00):
Operates the man from the Baries. There ain't nothing like
a man who can fix it.
Speaker 6 (07:08):
Yeah, and it's brokeetd to him.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Homega work like it's brand new.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
Yeah, there ain't nothing.
Speaker 8 (07:19):
Like a man who.
Speaker 7 (07:22):
Like a man who.
Speaker 8 (07:23):
Can fix it? Yeah, who can fix it?
Speaker 7 (07:29):
Yeah, could be my corberd, might be my broken hole.
Doesn't matter what it is. I know who to call
and it falls up. There ain't nothing like a man
(07:50):
who can fix it.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
Yeah, and it's brocketd to him.
Speaker 7 (07:56):
Yeah, umega work like it's brand new, very nothing.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
Some man.
Speaker 8 (08:05):
Like a man who can fix it? Gay fixed it.
Speaker 7 (08:15):
I don't know how I made through before I knew him.
Speaker 8 (08:19):
He's got the tools and he knows how to use him.
He's the man who can fix it. If it's broke.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Gave it to him.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
Yeah, make it work like it's brand new, very nothing.
Speaker 8 (08:39):
Some man who.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Like a man who.
Speaker 8 (08:44):
Can fix it. Fixed it like a man who can
fix it.
Speaker 9 (08:59):
Verry Nry.
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VS back here with Karen waldrip on the show, and
of course, so we talked about that song fix it
across all the DSPs. Makes you guys check it out,
you know, Karen, I want to go back to a
(10:54):
great album. I loved it Kidall County Road. We talk
a lot about this one The night we fell in
love and some of the best memories of that record
because you put you put a lot of heart and
soul into that project. Talk about that.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
For me, it's so funny that you bring that up,
because Chris and I were just at lunch talking about
that record and some of the things that worked really
well from that record and some of the things that
we're challenging about that record.
Speaker 4 (11:16):
And I think that the.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Thing that worked best for that record is that we
really focused in on making great music. And I'm really
proud of how the actual song Kendall County Road came
out like that is one of my favorite pieces of
art that I've ever created, because it's such a reminiscing
song about family and your past and missing home.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
And I just find it to be.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Such a common thing that people move away from their
hometowns now, you know, I find that a lot of
country songs are kind of about going home because we do.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
We move to the city.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
We chase our dreams to have business and infrastructure and.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
Thought and community.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
And the interesting thing about doing so is that you
accomplished just the opposite. You accomplish a great life and
a great infrastructure and a great.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Community and all that.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
But then then you go back to wishing that you
were back in the small town of mand of Louisiana.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Or from my sax player, Butler, Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
You kind of crave that the way that things were,
which was kind of small town. Like christ you ever
jumped run into somebody you know at a gas station.
I mean, you don't do that in Nashville, Like it's
so rare to run into somebody that you know at
a gas station. And when you go home to Butler, Pennsylvania,
or for me, Mand of Louisiana or for my husband, Louisbourg, Tennessee,
(12:42):
and then you run into people at the gas station.
Speaker 5 (12:44):
They're like, Clody, what's up?
Speaker 1 (12:46):
And then you kind of remember, like how beautiful that
that small town life was. And you don't really see
that when you're younger, when you're leaving, you just don't
really even recognize it because it's so exciting moving away.
And that's what Kendall County Roads about. It's about five
years later. It's about when you're when you're sitting there
(13:06):
and you're like, yeah, you know, I chase my dream
and I love my dream and I love living in
a big city.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
But like I miss Kendall County Road.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
I miss the quiet, the simple, the the calm of that.
And and I'm not saying that I want to go
back to that, but I do like to visit and
and do a better job of visiting. And Chris is
here with me right now. Say hi, Chris, Hello, everybody,
(13:36):
Thanks for having us on. Don't you feel that Chris sometime?
Speaker 10 (13:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Heah, your family's there, and you know, the family cemetery
is there, you can visit.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
You know, your grandparents, your parents. Yep.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yes, it's that's the beauty and the ability to tell
a story. And you do that, I mean, just as
great as anybody out there too. And I love this
one because collaborations are becoming more of the norm now
in the industry. Care I that we probably talked about this,
but one I wanted to touch on here today is
a song called Nothing Is Impossible that was twenty twenty
three when it came out, I believe May of that year,
(14:09):
and you got to collaborate another voice. Alum, there, Wendy
Moten's someone who's really you know, kind of carved and
scratched her way to the top just like you had
and played all those dive bars and travel from city
to city. Talk about this, this collaboration with Wendy on
a great tune here.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Well, Wendy is not only an incredible singer, but also
an incredible person. And you know, I don't think she
would mind me telling you, but Wendy was on the
Voice a few seasons before I was, and so Wendy
was a huge resource for me to kind of tell
me like what it was like, what the weather was like,
what to expect, what wardrobe was going to be like,
(14:46):
just like very basic information of how to get through
the voice and how to do better and how to
pace yourself and.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
You know, just all the stuff.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Go to bed early, take your bats at night, don't
get distract did by other singers trying to take you
to distract you, like, just go to bed, close your door.
Speaker 10 (15:05):
Like.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
She really helped me to be focused, and also she
was incredibly helpful musically as well. She gave me a
ton of tips throughout the way, so I just absolutely
treasure her as a friend, value her as a friend,
and I agree collaborations are incredibly important, and Wendy and
(15:30):
I have worked together on Kendall County Road as well
as I'm on the Voice, and I'm looking.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Forward to working with her and again in the future.
She is so busy touring like crazy.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
And I'm also excited to announce that I'm about to
be a part of a project with Waylon Jennings' grandson
way Jennings on a song that we co wrote called
Damn Difastae, and it's a duet that's going to be
coming out in twenty twenty five, and that's with Jennings,
So I'm with you.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
I think the collab.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Projects are absolutely special, and my own husband is always
telling me how much he appreciates hearing two different artists
come together on one piece of art and how us
doing that will only deepen the relationship with the fans.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
So we're all about that.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
I love it. It's such a huge part of the
industry right now too. I want to ask you about
man this female wave of talent and that's what it is.
It reminds me just like surfing out there. It's just
such a great wave to catch right now too, when
it comes down to it. But so many names, too
many to mention too. But of course you know, not
just what Lanny's doing, but yourself and others out there. Man,
this female crop of talent right now too, as we
get into this award season now, it is amazing, right.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
I agree one hundred percent, And it's about time because
for a minute there, women weren't really getting hurt in
country music.
Speaker 4 (16:50):
And I just love it.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I love the Megan Maroney and Laney Wilson's out there
and just artist Miranda Lamberts that are just absolutely crushing.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
I just love it.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Let's talk about you know, when he came out there
that debut album, which I love so much, and that
song justified which man, it was a huge out there
for you for social media numbers and streaming out there.
Slow and Easy was on that record sometimes he does.
I mean so many great songs there too. Talk about
just some of the memories of that one, because I
know we met with twenty nineteen or somewhere there when
I started this very brand here in this show. That
(17:23):
album came out July of eighteen, if I remember correctly.
But I love so much on this record and so
much great storytelling as it was from that particular album.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Well, I really appreciate you saying that, and it's really
cool too, because I'm literally in the car right now
my saxophone player, Kris Schaffer from Butler, Pennsylvania. He is
an incredibly talented saxophone player, but he's also really good
at mechanic work, and we're having an issue right now
with our Mercedes Sprinter, so he's literally driving me to
(17:53):
Franklin to take me to the Mercedes dealership right now.
But I find it interesting that you're referring to slow
and easy because he is the one that played the
horns on that track, and when you listen to the track,
you'll hear the horns, and he played not only the
melody horn part, but also all the stack horn parts.
And it's cool because Garth Fundus is actually a sax player.
(18:15):
So the producer of the record, Garth Fundis, was able
to work with Chris Schaffner and they were able to
come together in such a fun light way that I
didn't do anything. I remember setting back on the sofa
and sipping coffee and just watching them work and just
being mesmerized by how talented Chris Schaffner is and how
(18:37):
talented Garth Fundess is for being able to work with
Chris in a way that they were able to kind
of lean on each other for ideas. So when you
listen to Slow and Easy, like, yes, I wrote it,
and yes you know, Anthony Smith and I wrote it together,
but I don't think that song would be quite what
(18:57):
it was what it is without Garth and Chris's horn experience,
because it's such a horne driven track. So when you
listen to it, listen to all the stacked horns and
you'll be like, wow, all of those parts were played
by Chris, and he really did.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
It's unbelievable. He had a what'd you have? You had
to tell him.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
About kind of horns you have call a tenor saxophone
and the baritone tex.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
That's right, yeah, so.
Speaker 5 (19:23):
He was able to play the baritone sax parts as well.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
I love it too, as the music just splendid will
together and I just understand such a great record out there.
Get all the music we're talking about again. Karen Waldrip
dot com and of course out there your DSPs for
your streaming choices out there, we'll time to turn it
up a little bit. Here. She got to collaborate with
some fabulous musicians at Danny Stacey Refletcher with the song
we're going to play now called Louisiana Hurricane. We don't
want one, but you know what, hey, they know how
(19:49):
to party out there too, and now to have those
hurricanes when they do come around there too.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 2 (19:54):
I want one right now, right now. We want those
storms to stay away. But you know what life is
the hurricane Louisiana Hurricane.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
I thought the cocktail.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
I love this song. Here it is again featuring the
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Speaker 7 (20:40):
Hurricane louis hid in covey. I'm sitting down all the
way out to the edge tasks what you come out
here and ask Lucky Leada amber on draft hod In
Covey lead you board. These are some skins high eat
so lord, it's looking down to do this hare the hint.
Speaker 8 (21:04):
John got a nine on cake.
Speaker 7 (21:08):
I'm bout don in bone, turning in the Channis, jumping
with these tend to chicks, just like all three Dixie Chicks.
Somebody's cage off this giant. That's all the one thing now,
when you're talking about me, telling them you just took
a drink about Louisiana, worcase.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
Louisiana, borcase.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Louis Work.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
I found two thound spooky things. No telling who I
be when you here everything.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
I ain't scared of the trouble. I'm starting not being
the darling of New Orleans.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
Rackheapy with a country creek. Come let us with some rice,
stumbling all the way.
Speaker 12 (21:55):
Back to bats home.
Speaker 7 (21:56):
Huge, you're gonna do my nays, Come.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
My dolly pod.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Turning in a chainess, jumping to these tag to chick
just like a three Dixie Chicks.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
Somebody's cage off this giants. That's only one thing that
I want we talk about me telling me just took
a drink of the Louisiana Work Paint.
Speaker 8 (22:26):
Louisiana Paintsian.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
I'm jump off in in like a pouch a tree.
I'm about to.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Bring in like a long.
Speaker 8 (22:53):
Track ta getting like a dolly.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
Turning in a dass, tumbling on these day Tuchick to
sid Gothy, Dixie Chick.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
Somebody.
Speaker 7 (23:10):
John bend All, the fun thing that we talked about,
me telling them you just to tay spend all night
long and I hon you talk on the brain Louisiana
Hurricane Louisiana Hurricane.
Speaker 5 (23:38):
Louisiana Hurricanes.
Speaker 9 (23:44):
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Speaker 3 (23:59):
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Speaker 12 (24:14):
Hey, this is Seth with duggar Ban and you're listening
to the Backstage Pass with Brandon on KYBN ninety eight
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Speaker 2 (24:26):
And of course countdown June five to June eight right
there too as well. Seel Fest twenty twenty five, get
those tickets and packages out there to cemkefest dot com
and our guest today, Karen waldrif is going to be
a part of that too. At the same time still
announcing the whereabouts and where she's going to be in
all the great details out there, Karen walderp dot com.
Louisiana Hurricane, my friend, we definitely have to talk about
(24:47):
this one. I love this song, and hey, Danny Stacey
and Briefletcher, they brought some attitude a little sas to.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
That one, right, Oh my gosh, if we have fun
on this one. It was produced by John Panera, who's
a friend of mine and also a great and in
our band and he plays guitar with me. And when
we were working on this song, I had just come
off the voice and I really wanted to make a
statement about Louisiana. It was like, you come off the
voice and it's like, what do you want to say?
Speaker 7 (25:13):
Right?
Speaker 1 (25:14):
So for me it was I had a lot of
songs I'd written, but I really wanted to say I'm
about to dially part turn it into Janice Chaplin, like
I wanted to say, like we're about to explode here,
like we're about to have fun, We're about to tour,
We're about to just make music. And it kind of
(25:34):
no matter if we won the voice or not, like
it was just our moment to just kind of say,
like we're about to have a great time.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
And Danny Stacey and.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Briefletcher were two of the best friends that I met
when I was out in la I met a lot
of friends, but those ladies were just really you know,
when you're out there with one hundred and sixty five contestants,
you just make your friends, you know. And I just
so happened to make friends with two of the best
singers on the show. And they both made it into
(26:03):
the top twenty eight. So I made friends with them
when we were in the top one hundred and sixty five.
So it's just really cool to be able to be
friends with them, to be able to work with them
in Nashville. They're both Nashville girls and both great friends
of mine, and they both come out to sing with
me live, and I'm gonna try to get them for
(26:24):
my cmafest show at Chiefs on June and fifth at
eight o'clock. I'm trying to get them, but you know
how Nashville is during cmafest, everybody's got their own thing
going on. So I'm praying that that works.
Speaker 4 (26:39):
Out for me.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Yeah, I'm actually gonna not rent a car this year.
I learned my listen to like uber around there when
i'm there, because.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
With a car, come on, now, don't beget the car.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
They put those barriers up to block the streets, and
it was just everything was like within walking distance. It's
all my action is going to be at the Music
City Center, but I still want to come out to
Chiefs and see you play and just see you perform,
so absolutely, and.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
A rental car is a two curse words at CMA
fast your best off walking or ubering.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
I learned my lesson from that last year because it's crazy,
but it's a lot of fun crazy out there. Hey,
speaking of fans and performances, what's it been like to
take the stage again. You mentioned I've seen the calendar
has been busy, and of course the touring and things
like that, but to see the fans just come out
and kind of get away from all the norm and
just you know, the crazy life and go have fun
and sing your songs back to you and you know,
(27:31):
you being on stage and just the feeling you get
in the emotion that goes through you every time you
take a stage.
Speaker 4 (27:37):
Yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
Before it kind of went in chapters, you know.
Speaker 4 (27:39):
Before I was before COVID.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
I was like, we're playing a gig, We're playing another gig,
We're playing another gig.
Speaker 4 (27:46):
And then when we lost it all, when we came back,
I came into it with a whole.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
Like new reverence of like, oh my gosh, this is
a live microphone. What I am singing through this microphone
is going through speakers like it had a whole new
and it made me just appreciate it so much more.
And then when I went on to the voice, it
brought it to a whole new level because now it
(28:10):
was like, Okay, I've been on the voice. I need
to make sure that my guitar chords are right. I'm
not like having pitch issues. I'm breathing right, I'm drinking
the right tea, I'm putting honey.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
In my tea.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
So I think as a musician you take steps along
the way, But for me, two of the greatest steps
I ever took were enduring and getting through COVID because
it made me respect the reverence of the stage and
then being on the voice, which made me bring a
professionalism to the stage that I want to bring, like
Dan and Shay, or like Riva or like John Legend.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
I don't want to be a bar band. I want
to be bringing the tones and the groove and.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
The professionalism that Riva would bring. And so she brought
me to a whole new level. And she wasn't even
my coach.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
A lot of coaches on there too, like I said,
doing their thing out there too, making you guys shine
in all aspects of that music industry, and like you said,
learning from just legends out there too on that particular platform. Wire.
Let's have a little fun too. Is there a restaurant
that I'm sure there's many that I have tried, but
I know for me, it's like I want a good
like this, you know, Vietnamese place or something that I
can have sushi ad. Is there something in Nashville that
(29:22):
maybe somebody hasn't mentioned or I haven't tried, that you
would recommend out there for that kind of food in Nashville?
Speaker 6 (29:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (29:26):
My gosh, this is the last place that you would
expect to go, but it's actually in Madison and it's.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
My favorite restaurant.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
It's called Thaie Suck Cat Too Thie PHO k E
t T.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
It is a hole in the wall with the best
Thai food. You can imagine. You think you're in Thailand.
Actually amazing.
Speaker 5 (29:49):
It's a place you can wear your hat, no makeup, yoga.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Pants, tennis shoes. It is my favorite spot in Nashville.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
I cannot wait to try that one too, and then
we'll all make sure. I'll let you know my great
feedback there from the restaurant there too. You know, we
mentioned a busy week, but it's crazy to see hundreds
of thousands of fans, you know, flock into just a
great music city for this event. What's your favorite party?
I know the schedules and that itineraries get crazy for
like meet and greets, and they mentioned performances at Chiefs
(30:19):
there June fifth at eight o'clock. But favorite party. I
love just meeting people. I'm like you, such a people person,
but it's crazy to see how many people come from
everywhere to enjoy this thing called cmafest.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Right, absolutely, I agree with you one hundred percent. And
I think I'm an outdoor stage kind of gal. I
love like wearing jean shorts and tennis shoes and going
out to the riverfront with a little umbrella and just
drinking a ton of water and staying hydrated and just
listening to music and the heat and just soaking it
all in. For me personally, I really appreciate when the
(30:53):
fans kind of sit down and map out their week
and Karen Waldrop is on their schedule where they want
to go. Oh, and that's why so important to us
to make sure we have a cmafest show.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
I looking forward to that one against June fifth Chiefs,
And of course I know there'll be more announcements out
there from the Karen Waldri camp on the schedule, and
definitely we'll trying to post those on the backstage past
facebook pages again, our facebook pages out there for syndicated
radio and a whole lot more. Again, our latest single
is called fix It across all those DSPs, and of
course that new single we talked about coming out here
(31:25):
toward the end of meg and Karen Waldrup dot com
for more information. My friend always great to have you
drop by out there. Too kind of let us know
what's in the loop and the Karen Waldrip camp for
all the great music releases and looking forward to more
of this as we get closer to the CMA week
June fits to eight. Thanks so much as always for
stopping by.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
We appreciate absolutely and I can't wait to see it
at CMA fast and for everybody watching, follow me at
Karen Waldroup dot com and I'll see you.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
So you got it. One of the best out there
fix it. So make sure you go fix it right now.
All the guys out there too, across all the DSPs,
We're back with more music KYBN ninety eight point one
and our forensic AKTC True Country ninety nine point nine.
God bless, take care. We'll see soon. Hey 'all.
Speaker 13 (32:05):
This is national recording artist Christian Bush and you're listening
to the Backstage Past podcast powered by the Sports Guys
Podcast dot com, exclusively on KKTC True Country ninety nine
point nine.
Speaker 4 (32:18):
Hey y'all, listen.
Speaker 11 (32:18):
Is Nashville recording artist Brandley Gilbert and you're listening to
the award nominated Backstage Past oh kkt C True Country
ninety nine point nine.
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