December 4, 2024 • 44 mins
Bruce Wallace of the iconic Little River Band stopped by the show to discuss the band's new album and lots more as the guys are getting ready to embark on the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Little River Band kicking off in 2025 in New Zealand. Tune in to hear from one of the most talented musicians in the music business!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, y'all, this is Bruce Wallace of the Little Riverband
and you're listening to Brandon on the Backstage Pass exclusively
on KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine at TOWS,
New Mexico.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
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we had a great one to line up for you today.
And I've been a big fan of this gentleman for
his career in music for a long time and he
(00:33):
had a chance to join this band call to see.
Oh yeah, Little River Band, It's been around for a
long time. These guys are celebrating their fiftieth anniversary in
twenty twenty five, kicking off of New Zealand, and the
new album is across all the digital streaming platforms. Bruce Wallace, Bruce,
what's up man?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Oh not much? Look been looking forward to this for
a while. I'm glad to be here, Brandon.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Well, Dave, Well, let's start right there, man, because you
came into the band just a few years ago, and
of course iconic Little River band. I mean everything has
been set out there, from cool Chains to Lonesome Loser
and all this good stuff and the music and the harmonies.
How much fun was it for you? And we'll start
right there. When you got the call, after your illustrious
career in music and a great songwriter, and you've had
a lot of songs recorded by some of the top
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country artists out there, when you got word you were
joining this band, what kind of emotions what went through
your mind?
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Well, first it was excitement and then and then I
realized I'd been listening to these songs my whole life,
but I never played them really, you know. So then
excitement turned into terror when I realized that was how
complex this music is. And you know, I've been on
some cool gigs, but uh, but this was this was
(01:43):
a work It was a workout. So so yeah, but
then they were very patient with me, got me in,
gave me all the materials to learn this stuff. So
it was just I had to get in the memory banks,
you know, get it up in my brain. But yeah,
it was very very difficult music. And and I've been
a guitar player and a singer all my life just
so to being a guitar vocal band like this is
(02:05):
just the perfect gig for a guy like me.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
You know, you moved to Nashville there back in nineteen
eighty seven and from southern Oklahoma, and of course jumping
into that music kind of that Sideman business, and you know,
you toured for a lot of years there playing you know,
guitar for some of the top artists out there too,
Mindy Smith being one of those too, And just the
experience from all the jobs that you've had in music.
Talk about how that's really just kind of shaped you
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as an artist, a guitar player, e lead vocal guy,
and to really just kind of make this thing kind
of become natural because of all your great experience out there.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yes, and I've always been a fan of great songs
and great singers and harmonies and all of that. Just
all of it just came into play. And a lot
I learned with David Gates. I got to play the
Brad music with David Gates for a while, and there's
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a lot of strings do some shows with string arrangements,
and so I was accustomed to hearing that and playing
along with that, and so yeah, it always I guess
it all just kind of came into fruition, into one
moment where I was perfectly prepared to be in a
band like this. You know. It's like I couldn't think
of another band that would be any more perfect for
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a guy like you know, for me to be in.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
You know, you work with a lot of those top
artists out there, I mean, Gary Allen, Dirk Spentley, I mean,
like I said, track record speaks for itself out there too,
with Trace Atkins and Charlie Pride, and those songs have
been recorded by those legends. Talk about just you know
what that's meant to you in your career and also
not just being a singer but a songwriter at the
same time, because I talked to a lot of great
artists here on the program, and they say, it's just
important enough that sometimes you know, the song writes itself,
(03:45):
rather than you writing a song and then getting picked
up by all these great artists to turn it into magic.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Is is pretty cool, right, Yeah, you know, and some
of some of my cuts happened writing with the artists,
but some of my favorite ones I didn't write with
the artists, you know, they just found themselves in it.
And and I used all of my experiences from you know,
life and relationships and everything else to write some of those.
And and like one of my favorites was the Charlie
(04:15):
Pride that came out of nowhere. I wrote the song
with his son, Dion Pride, and with another friend of my,
Burton Collins, and and Dion was in Nashville just trying
to make his way into business, and he was from
I think he was living in Texas. His family's back there,
and he was missing his home. So we wrote a
song called I Missed My Home, and so Dion cut it,
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and then his dad, Charlie liked it, and so Charlie
cut it as well. And so yeah, so they come
from everywhere.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I was gonna say, yeah, it's all good at Charlie
Pride can put his stamp on it too, and say, yeah,
go ahead, son, record that one too, because that legendary career.
I got to see Charlie speaking of that to Bruce
and tell you before he had passed. I can't remember
how many mo before that, but man, what a true
professional in the businesses, I'm sure you know. And he
actually came down to Louisiana. Down here a little town
called vent in Louisiana, and there was a casino there
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called Delta Downs, which has like a little event center
they have inside of it too, And my mom had
gotten like some tickets last minute. She called me up.
I was like, yeah, Mom, let's let's do this. Let's
just have a you know, a son mom kind of fun,
fun night. And we went out there and man, just
like I said, I'm just much love to it. But
before he passed, I can always say there's two guys
they got to see perform lives. One is a Texas
(05:29):
legend and George Jones the possum and number two right there,
Number one could be one A, one B and Charlie.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yeah and I And you know you're talking about songs
like you mentioned George Jones, you know he stopped loving
her today. That song came across their plate and they
were like, that's that's so dark. Who's going to record that.
Nobody wants to hear you sing that. It's so depressing.
Ended up being one of the top played country songs
of all time. I think Top.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Three absolutely no doubt about it too. You know, I
mentioned we talked about this and going through this, but man,
you guys have just a great fan club out there too.
We're gonna play some music on the show today, which
is really cool. But I got into a little bit
of that. Y'all released a new CD which was actually
called Fan Favorites. Talk about this. I mean, the songs
were actually photed on by the fans and the fan
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club and they you know, fans presented with these songs
and all this cool stuff too. I thought that was
kind of cool because getting the feedback from the people
that really promote the career in the band talk about
that and this CD that you guys released.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Yeah, it's always important, I think to hear from the fans,
you know, to hear what are their favorites, you know.
You hear people have deep cuts, you know, and I
like some of the deep cuts too, you know, but
we don't always have time in the show to play them,
you know, because there's hits. You know, you got to
get the hits in. So it's a it's always interesting
(06:59):
and some people will come up with a suggestion out
at the show that even you know, after the fan
Favorites record that boy, I'd like to play that one,
but I don't. I don't think. I don't think we
can fit that in the show. You know, we'd love to,
you know, but and uh and getting feedback on the
new record, you know, that's a that's another that's another thing,
(07:22):
you know, finding out what people like, you know, because
you just you put things out there and people have
to make up their own minds what they like, and
at that point it's out of your control. Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
New record here is fantastic. I have a chance to
listen to a bunch of tracks offer there from the
Little River Band. Window to the World. We're gonna play
that track right here on kk t C True Country
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our friends in Colorado and Tawst, New Mexico. It's Window
to the World. It's the title track to the current
album out there too. We'll talk more with Bruce Wallace
(07:55):
here of the Little River Band. Stay tuned. More coming
up after the team.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Time to put the ships up, Let the sun in.
It's beauty, good morning, nothing's gone to change my point
of view.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Even if it's raining.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
You know, I don't care since blue sky shining somewhere.
It all depends on what you're looking through.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Everybody's gotta d't go to the world.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
We go to the world.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
It's a picture perfect postcard from the.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
Del You have me.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
We gotta Wind go.
Speaker 6 (08:44):
To the world.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Windn't go to the world.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
There's so many good things now to see.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Some who wouldn't go to.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
If you're swimming, or if you're sinking, if the bruiser got.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
You thinking, stay in bed, lady, pass you by. Oh my,
let me tell you I got a good way to
make every day been like a holiday.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It's all right there.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
You won't believe. No ask swung outside.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
We got it. Window to the world.
Speaker 7 (09:31):
We go to the world.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
It's a picture perfect ghostcard relmedy for you and me.
We got a window to the world. We know, to
the world. There's so many good thanks you have to
see well, window.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
To sort, don't you say, don't you, Unita, don't you
want take.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
To our window to the world.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
We know to the world. It's pitch perfect postcard. Randy,
you have me.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
We've got Wind go to the.
Speaker 6 (10:25):
World to will know to the world.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
There's so many because thanks have to see to our
wouldn't know to the world, know.
Speaker 6 (10:36):
To the world that we know to the world outside.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
It's extra perfect postcard rantody, you me, we got the windo.
Speaker 6 (10:47):
To the world and we know to the world.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
And there's so many things. Have to see who I
wouldn't know to the world? Okay, Clay, look outside, don't go.
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the Little River Band and hit songwriter Bruce Wallace joining
us here, so let's talk about it man, Big project too.
(12:24):
One of the first cuts we got a chance to
play off the record, which is out there across all
the digital streaming platforms window to the world, what a
tune man, and you guys said, and everybody Wayne, they
just put their own spin on it, right.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
You know. When I when I got into the band.
Shortly after I got in, Colin Winnery, the other guitar
player in the band, he's been in for a few years,
he informed me that he wanted to make a new
record and he was gonna lean on me for some
songs and songwriting and stuff, and which I was. You know,
I was still getting my feet wet on the music
and I'm like, oh, now we're gonna make a record.
(12:59):
So I didn't have a clue what to write. You know,
I've written over twenty five hundred songs but I didn't
know what to write for this band because the music
is all over the place. There's rock, there's yacht rock,
little jazzy, little prague, little whatever. And he said, I
want to make a record that's got some modern but
some middle of the road feel good, you know, kind
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of buffet, kind of just you know, easy digestible music,
just and you know, with some messages. I was like,
all right, I can do that. I can do that.
So I immediately Colin and I wrote a lot of
them together. But I also involved some of my favorite
collaborators in the business that I've written with a lot,
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you know. I called in Brian White and Phil Barton.
Between those guys, I don't know, probably four hundred songs
I've written with those guys. And Jeff Copeland's on on
a Soul Full of Sunshine, which we got a Randy
Hauser feature on. He and I've worked together a lot,
Beverly Mahood, Max Shephard or on the song First Time
(14:06):
that we have a video for. So we wrote that
probably six seven years ago or something. So that was
one that I brought into the band. They all loved it,
but like you said, everyone put their own stamp on
this record. You know, we it. It's very very I'm
in a band full of talented people, so no doubt. Yeah, whatever,
(14:31):
you know, anybody in the band wants to do something.
Whatever you do is fine because everybody's great. You know.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Hey, speaking of those long running members, let's talk about,
like I said, Wayne Nelson, lead singer, bass player, been
around a long time. He's kind of that band leader
and this guy who's knows everything about what Little River
Band is all about. Just talk about you know. And
I've had you know, successful Hall of famers and people
here on the show, great artists to speak with here
who've done it all in the music industry, just like you.
(14:57):
But Wayne Nelson to hold this thing down since nineteen
eighty man, that's the year I was born. So tell
you how young I am right now. I'm feeling old,
but hey, we're still young here at heart. But to
hold it down, man, and do what he does. And
this being like you said, the coming up, this is
going on fifty years of the iconic Little Riverband. What
that means as a testament to stand the test of time.
(15:18):
The guy like Wayne Nelson could hold this thing down
and just be that kind of one of those those
band members that really, you know, just eats, lives and
breathes this this whole thing.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Right, he sure does. And when I got into the band,
Colin said, Hey, you're gonna meet Wayne Nelson, And I'm
gonna tell you, We've had a lot of great people
we worked for and things in the business over the years,
but Wayne might be the best, you know. And I said,
all right, I hear you. And then I got in
and started interacting with Wayne and just how he does
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it and couldn't be a nicer guy, I mean, and
he treats everyone well, just a perfect gentleman. And he's
really good at it, which is after all these years,
you think he'd be just jaded and angry like some
people get or whatever. You know, over the years hete
wears on people. But for some reason, not that guy
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he is. He's positive and we're having fun and I
don't know, I don't know where he gets his energy.
It's baffling to me.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Hey, he's on that juice right now, drinking the good water.
He's all probably keeping himself healthy, eating healthy and working
out and all the good stuff.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Yeah he eats healthy. Yeah, he's in shape. He's in
better shaped than people twenty years you know, older, younger
than him.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
You know, it comes down to it. You got to
be in this thing called the music industry. Hey have
all the hits, let's go back to it. I mean,
even this, I was kind of seeing that reboot. We
were talking about this before the show. The voice to
the episode is one of the battle rounds, and it
was one of the artists stepped out there on stage
over there and I guess the playoffs and things like that,
and now they're down to the live shows that they're
(16:54):
out for the Voice season twenty six right now. But
how cool was that to just kind of see a
little bit of the past, you know, come to thee
and Reva said, this is one of the great iconic
harmony groups of all time. And then they take a
song like Lonesome Loser, which you guys now played today
as you remember of this band, and to see that
done live and kind of, you know, just bring it
back into into that into a nutshell there that that
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was one of the iconic songs of all time. There
and you guys get to play this and to see
those artists perform it. Bruce on the Boys had to
be this really.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Mind boggling, right, yeah, and you know they're younger and
they did a great job. We reached out to them.
You know, we have a media company called Golillas, and
when we first saw it, we didn't know that was
going to happen. But when we saw that it happened,
you know, of course we reached out to Riba. We
reached out to those singers that were doing it on
Team Reba and congratulated them on a great job and
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thanks for doing that. That was awesome and they replied back, oh,
it's you know, thank you, and yeah, it was really
really great to see that that. We're seeing a lot
of younger people on our shows too, so we've made
a point to talk to them a lot. To the
younger generations, you know what got you into Little River Band?
You know their hockets see them from the stage out
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there singing the words, you know, and like you're seventeen
or you know you're twenty two or why how are
you here? And they go our parents, we grew up
on this music. We love this music. So it's it's
not going away.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
No, I never will, Manuel'll stand the test of time.
May talk about this too, Shed some Lightier two thousand
and four for Little River Band inducted into the Australian
Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame at the eighteenth Annual
ARIA Music Awards September fifteen, Awarded the Casino Entertainer of
the Year at the G TWOE Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.
(18:44):
I mean again, you know, you never take these awards
and people say, you know, the Hall of Fames and
things like this too at these big, big shows and
what have you. But a lot of people say, you know,
we get into this to make the music and make
fans feel something too. But the band just just keeps
getting recognition and credit where it's it's due out there.
That's amazing accomplishment and well.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Deserved, absolutely, and you know, it just speaks to the
legacy of of this this organization and how it's just
lasted and uh and we we really work hard on
the live show and you know, we're carrying production, we're
doing the whole thing. And and while other bands might
(19:24):
be on the twilight of their career, this band is
moving up. I mean, we're we're out there with a
semi full of gear and a you know, and just
carrying on this legacy is just a for a guy
like me. It's just a big, big honor, you know,
because I was a fan. When people come up after
a show and say, I'm a big fan, like so
(19:44):
am I.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
And I'm playing this band, I'm one of the memberes.
Early enough for the Little River Band too well. Time
to play another one here on kk TC True Country
ninety nine point nine, The Little River Band Bruce Wallace
joining us here hit songwriter and current to guitarists and
vocalists there for the Little River bend there too. It's
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Speaker 3 (20:09):
I thought about you, wrote some words down through on
a melody. I kind of like the sound. I don't
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know where you are. I hope this gets to you,
causin my heart it died. Didn't make you wanna turn
it up way too loud, make you lose yourself in
(20:51):
the middle of a crowd. Did you turn it off
and put another record on? Did it get you down
the highway on a mid trib smile cheer in your ride,
thinking about somebody that's no longer in your life. When
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you heard it for the first time, then you wake up?
Let's see my number? You gonna picking up? Do you remember?
(21:44):
Is there still a chase? Or are we too far
gone for a stupid song? Didn't then you want to
turn it up way too lauds yourself? Love a crap?
(22:08):
You shut it off and put another record on?
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Did it get you down.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
A highway on a mid that time was fill of
the chair? In up thinking about somebody that's no longer
in your life when you heard it, wasn't wasted time?
(22:39):
Silly legs, I do.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Joy?
Speaker 7 (22:45):
Can't you see what it means to me?
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Didn't make you want to turn it up way too loud?
Make you lose yourself in the middle of a crown?
Did you shut head off and put another record off?
Did it get you down the highway? Ont be dark,
trib and smile on your face in your rap thinking
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about somebody you're longer in your life? When you heard
it from the first time.
Speaker 6 (23:34):
For the first time, Stin you heard it fall first.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Time for your first time. Stin you heard first time
on the first.
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let's talk about this one too, because first time actually
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came out earlier this year, was that first single off
this new record, which is fantastic Window to the world.
You guys mentioned you're at that peak now, Bruce, but
what a song to kind of just continue making that
record and one to kind of put your name around
for the Little River band to get out there to
the fans. And really this one's been a great feedback
from those fans too.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
It's been really good. It's going over really well. And
I really love this song. We have a great video
for it as well. But it's just one of those
songs that you could plug in at what it makes
you think of, who it makes you think of, you know,
like within our own band, everyone thinks of different things,
you know, when they heard it when I played it
(25:59):
for them. So everybody's got their reasons while they love it.
And it's fun to watch the faces of people when
they hear it, you know, and and my, my, my
reasons aren't their reasons, you know, And but to see
them and to see the you know, the the love
that they show for it, and young and old they're
they're I hear from people like, oh my, it's my
(26:21):
daughter's favorite song right now, you know, and they're seventeen.
So we so, yeah, get back to the making of
the record. We try to make, you know, accessible music
and great songs with great message, but you know, could
cross over to different things, you know, could be country.
People people say, oh, it sounds a little country or
(26:43):
you know, of course, you know, I mean Little Riverband
had a song called Down on the Border years ago.
You know that's that's real country with big harmonies, and
so yeah, it's it just kind of seems like it
fits the brand, you know, the big vocals, the message.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
I want to ask you about that, you know, build
on that. The upcoming fiftieth anniversary of Little River Band
kicking off twenty twenty five in New Zealand, that has
got to be mind boggling for you guys first of all,
to tour over there too. And what I love about
it too is they have a tremendous amount of respect
for music fans. You know, my show went global on
WSM Radio. We just finished a strong fall campaign with WSCM,
(27:24):
the Home of the Opera. We did seventeen shows there too,
and we were played in over thirty countries worldwide with
all big time artists out there, which was a really
cool feeling too, so everybody worldwide for you guys going
to New Zealand and celebrating not only the album out
there across all the digital platforms, the singles. First time
the single window to the world the album itself too,
but to celebrate fifty years and to kick it off
(27:45):
in New Zealand with all those great fans kind of
building that for me a little bit and let's talk about.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
That absolutely, and we get to do it. It's the
Timeless Summer Tour that we're doing five six shows, I think,
and and it's with Bonnie Tyler, Starship and Boy George
and a bit of a random lineup. But if you're
a music fan from that those years, you're gonna find
(28:13):
a lot you like in that show and that event.
And so I'm really looking forward to it. I've met
I've met friends with the people in Starship now and
but I'm looking forward to meeting Bonnie Tyler and Boy
George and see what they're about, you know. Always interesting.
That's another byproduct of this gig, you know. I get
to meet people. I got to meet Jones Jet last
(28:34):
summer and wow, you know, and all these people we
play with and legends, you know, and it's just my
mind is still gets boggled all the time.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
I would too after and of course mine does. Having
a radio show, getting to speak with some of the
best talent in the industry every day and doing this show.
You know, I love it because we talked about all
the current things going on, but let's build on some
of the past a little bit, because I know, for
you guys, cool change never gets old. I mean Lonesome
Loser we talked about with the syndication here with the
voice and you guys, I mean the publishing company, record
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company contact and Reba and getting all that you know,
put on there for the group harmonies to kind of
come out for that particular battle at the time too.
To hear that song just really come to life and
what those artists did on a great job there too.
So those two songs me iconically. But you know, for me,
Bruce my favorite one and had to be, and I
spent it several times during the week because from the
original version to the remastered version and Lonesome Loser just
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has to be fun to sing it live for you
guys and still put that out there and people sing
it back.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
To y'all, right, absolutely, they do every show. It never
I mean I probably several hundred deep into playing it
live and shows, and it's always fresh. It's just to
this day, it just feels iconic and fresh and just
the interaction and the energy from the audience. We're providing
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memories and everybody can remember where they were in, what
car they were in, and blah blah, and I wrote
it where my sister, my brother listening to his songs.
So it's fun to watch to be in a physician,
to be able to present those memories, you know, and
watch the faces when they when they are enjoying it.
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You know, it's I don't really know how to explain it,
but it's it is a great feeling to play such
iconic songs because they it's every night. It just they're
just big. It just works every time.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
You know, of all the great songs you mentioned there too,
the artists of recording. We talked about Gary Allen and
Dirks Bentley, I mean, Kicks Brooks, I mean all these
great artists you've had a chance to work with, and
list goes on and onto was there that one song?
And maybe you're your top. It's hard to say one
because like having your favorite kid, I mean, only have
one kid. But my thing is like for people that
I know. One of my cousins, he has seven kids,
and he's always like, well, I don't know which one's
my favorite. I'm like, I guess, well in the order
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they were born or what have you? I tell him,
I said, well, what top two or three songs out
there for you that were recorded by other artists some
of those names I mentioned there too, that was your favorite?
Either to get in there and write it, co write it.
Give me some of those songs, some of those tunes
that maybe fans know about.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
One that I loved was Montgomery Gentry kind of song
called so called Live that I wrote Sean Patrick McGraw.
And that song was about the struggle, you know, all
about the struggle in Nashville and you know, getting in
the system, getting you know, disappointed, you get knocked down.
You know you got to you gotta get back up
from disappointments. You know I've had, you know. That was
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a single for them on the radio, and and then
they had a problem with the record label and they
got and their first thingle offt That record went to
number five. So we were going, man, we're summer is
coming up. This is a single top ten easy, it's
gonna be great. Well, they had a problem with the
record label, so the single got pulled and it died
at forty five on the charts, so you know, elation
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turns to deflation. But then shortly after that, that song
got picked up by ESPN for NASCAR and it was
played in all in and out of every commercial break
during the week and every commercial break during the race
every week for NASCAR, and so that it had another life,
you know. So that's one of my favorites just for
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the success story of it, because the song is about
survival and that song had a rough beginning but ended
up making us some considerable money the NASCAR thing, which
we did not expect. So the so the song's live
matched the subject of the song. I've always loved it
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for that reason, and I dropped the Gary Allen song dropped.
I love that Jay Joyce, the awesome producer Ja Joyce
produced it, and I've always wanted the Ja Jeygeh production
on one of my songs, and so I got to
have that with Ja Joyce on Gary Allen song dropped,
and the Kicks Brooks was a big one because he's
a songwriter, writes all of his own stuff, and I
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think on the solo record he did, he only did
two maybe two songs that he did not write. Mine
was one of them. And wrote it with vibrator Brian White,
who is also on I think four songs on the
New Window to the World record with that we brought
in so but Kicks heard it and record it said
he reminded him of the old club days playing in
bar bands, and it's called My Baby is the song.
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But that was an honor to have him record a song,
being an iconic artist that he is and an iconic
songwriter that he is to record a song that he
did not write. So that was you know, it wasn't
a big giant hit, but it was a sure and
honor for me.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
I gotta throw some numbers out there too, being a
sports guy out there. I throw numbers out as a
play by play announcer for football all the time. And
I had to say this because worldwide album CD sales
and digital downloads and you know where I'm going with
this now top thirty five million, and Little river Man
has set a record for having had top ten hits
for six consecutive years and this is crazy. The very
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the very first band to achieve a remarkable status and
just those numbers have to be mind boggling to you.
You mentioned as much as being in the group now
to do this as for a living on an every
day basis and play these worldwide shows. But the fans
continue to show up based on, like you mentioned, the
past work that was done by previous members and the
fact is that you guys are still going out there
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setting I mean box office records. Those numbers are staggering,
which is still iconic and for you, just talk about
what that means for you as a now current member
and all the work we mentioned about Wayne and some
of the past members have done too.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
I mean, I hold great respect for all of them,
everybody that's come before me. You know, I replaced rich Herring,
who retired, you know, back in twenty twenty two, and
everybody knows rich Hering. He's an awesome guitar player and
a producer and everything else. Writer and back even before that.
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Members that I don't even know, some I know, some
I don't know, but just keeping it going. And it
all really kind of goes back to Wayne because he's
been the anchor for the whole thing and gone through
some downtimes down years, you know, and then we're on
an upswing now and those theaters are fully they're full
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every show, and that is amazing to be a part of,
to see it happen. You know, I'm like, man, I
want to sit out. I want to be out in
the seats. Oh, I've got to be up here playing.
I want to go to a show sometime.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Staggering numbers two, which is just amazing. And I love
the fact it was I don't BM. I put out
there reminiscing as garnered that rare status of over five
million airplays on American radio, and Lady the song Lady
Now is close behind with over four million airplays. And
like you said, consistency is that keyword for something because
you go through ups and downs like anything else in
any industry, any line of work occupation out there too,
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but especially the music industry. To have those it's it's
all about, You're right, the authenticity, the storytelling of the songs.
And I tell you this listening to a lot of
the current stuff put out on this current album, which
is fantastic. I mean, it's all about storytelling, as you know.
And the fans can when they can resonate with something, Man,
they're the ones that are gonna buy the concert tickets
and come out there and buy the merchant support you.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Guys, they decide, you know, it's all it's all about them.
And and they asked me, I've been at several times,
what how does the audience factor in? How do the
fans factor in? I'm like the fans, the audience like everything.
That's one hundred percent everything. Because I told somebody just
the other night in Washington was like, you know, I
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can play these songs sitting on my couch, but if
you guys didn't show up, this would not be a
very fun show. And it turns into a real fun
show because we have a house full of people that
are having a great time and we and we relate
to them. We always talk to people after the show
and thank them for coming and and uh, we just
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want everybody have as good a time as we do.
And I think I think we accomplish that. As we
get people are up dancing. These are this is our demographic.
You know, we got some youngsters, but there are a
lot of older folks up there and they're on their
feet dancing every every show.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
If you guys have plans to come back to Texas,
count me in to attend one of these live shows,
cause you ever get back around my Houston area down
here too, where I'm in a little town called Beaumont,
which is of course the Playwalker and Tracy Byrd and
Mark Chestnutt and speaking of the Bringers, George Jones, if
you ever go back to Texas, please hook me up, man,
because I want to come see you guys play live.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Hey, you're on the list, whatever you whatever, you're on it.
I love it.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Can't wait to hear those icon of kids play too.
And of course Little riverband dot com for more information
out there too for tickets and shows, new you guys
and all the great merch out there too, and of
course the single and the album is out there to
window to the world with the single first time on
it too, and just great enthusiasm and love from all
the fans out there too and everybody in the music industry.
I'm just to have a little fun, you know. For me,
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it's been kind of cool just watching a little bit
of parody in the National Football League this year. And
I love the fact that the two teams that need
it the most when it comes to a championship with
the Buffalo Bills, who've been to a Super Bowl but
never won one, and the Detroit Lions who've never been
to one, or can they have a chance to win
one if you haven't been to the showcase yet. But
for you, NFL, who kind of gets the water kind
(38:19):
of flowing for you? For me, it's myers on a Cardinals.
We've got a chance. We're in the playoff hunt this
year for the first time in the last like three
four years with our quarterback Kyler Murray. But are you
a Titans fan kind of in Tennessee or is this
a back home thing.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
I I'm a Titans fan, you know, even with the
heartbreak and the disappointment. I guess I'm more of an
overall fan. And I'm a heavy into fantasy football. So
I'm really happy about my team this year. I'm just
next weekend as the first round of the playoffs and
I'm number two, and so I've had a pretty good
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year of some good players and not a lot of injuries.
But I enjoy watching great players play great games. I
enjoyed watching that the last night was it the Cleveland
Denver What a great That was a great game. And
I enjoyed watching the snow game, the Buffalo game. I
always I always remember years ago I was in Vegas
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and we had ten people on our band and crew
and we all did ten game parlay cards. And our
bass player was not into football at all. He just
went check, check, check, check, check my card, and by
the night game he had won nine and we were
all out. By the afternoon games, we were out. So
his card was the one, and it was And it
was the year in the nineties Miami was terrible. Flow
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was great, and Miami was going to Buffalo to play
in the Snow and he picked Buffalo and we were like,
we're already counting the money. And Miami went up there
and beat him in the snow with a two and
eight record.
Speaker 2 (39:55):
In Buffalo.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
Yeah and so, but yeah, I'm overall football fan, and
you know, and I just rode with the disappointment. I
watched a lot of college as well. Speaking of Kyler Murray,
I'm an ou guy, you know, so.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
You get them to see Oki, I love it. Uh Hey,
let's talk about this. Being in Nashville, I've been to
several crs as we've participated in for Country Radio seminar
and of course the Big c a week that comes
around in uh a June of every year. During c
week out there too at the Music City Center and
as no stranger for restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee, it's even
(40:29):
gotten bigger over the last few years. Were some of
your favorite eating spots out there in Nashville, Tennessee?
Speaker 1 (40:36):
I like Uh, I like char I just had lunch
at Chart today. You know, there's there're in a few
different cities, but uh, unique to Nashville. I like the Southern.
I like their gumbo. You know, if you're not going
to be in New Orleans, go to the Southern. You know,
it's the next best thing. And uh oh I like UH.
I like a lot of Asian food. I like uh
(40:57):
Eastern Peak always win and they're kind of off the
grid a little bit, you know. But yeah, I'm backed up.
I've got a list of restaurants I haven't been to
yet because there's just every time I come back in town,
there's my friends will talk about a new place, like
I haven't even heard of that place. It's amazing. You
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got a Michelin Stars chefs. So so let's let's say
I'm backlogged on my restaurants. I used to be up
to date.
Speaker 2 (41:27):
Growing so much, no doubt, they're growing every corner it
seems like what opens up not just Broadway, but even
out the little subsidies and a little small towns just outside
of downtown there in beautiful Nashville, Tennessee. I still yet
to get out to Taos too, and like it's get
out there too, the ski town where the station is
there a KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine. And
just experienced some of the local stuff out there too,
(41:47):
some hamburgers and barbecue and all the good stuff out there,
so tows and skiing, and of course up into Colorado.
I love to travel out there too, And I'm about
to go to Arizona here in just a few weeks there,
just after Christmas, and get out there and hike in
Sedona and all that too. Have done it before, I
can't wait to do it again. But going that far
west and into the desert into California has some of
the best traveling and some of the best scenery out.
Speaker 1 (42:07):
There too, beautiful, beautiful. Our flat back from Oregon the
other day was or No Seattle, Washington. Got to fly
over all the mountains and just just mind blowing, you know.
And and I fly a lot, and I see a lot,
but it still blows my mind. This the way it looks.
It's so much beauty out there, you know.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Oh it's beautiful. Love mountains and more than I do beaches.
No disrespect to that too, but I'm a mountains kind
of guy too. All right, let's do this one. Maybe
a million dollar question. You never know. Had Bruce Wallace
never become a working musician, what of their career path
would you have taken?
Speaker 1 (42:42):
Chef? I would have gone to culinary school, probably like that.
Back in the early nineties. I almost did it. I
was in a downtime between gigs and I was wondering
what to do. And you know, I'm a home chef,
but I'm addicted to cooking shows and experiment a lot,
especially during all the COVID time I was cooking every night.
(43:05):
And uh, that would probably have been my other career.
I'd have gone there. Creative, creative and something I enjoy.
You know, it's like music, like an.
Speaker 2 (43:17):
Artist, yet being creative and creating something from nothing and
putting it out there too, and so somebody a little
bit of taste of that too, and if they love
just as much as the music as they do the
food out there too and creating something having a good time.
Speaker 1 (43:27):
Hey, you make a dish. You make a dish. It's
just like writing a song, you know. I can't I
don't know what it tastes like in their mouths, you know.
And I don't know what it tastes feel it sounds
like in their head, you know. So you just put
it out there and hope you're like it.
Speaker 2 (43:39):
Well, we love it, brother, and I tell you what,
it's so good to have you here on the show.
Can't wait to see what your fifty holes there for.
The Little River Band coming up in twenty twenty five
and you guys kick it off in New Zealand and
Window to the World is out there across all the
digital streaming platforms, which sure you guys go check it
out if you've not already. The latest body of work
out there too with those songs Window to the World
and first time on it you heard right here on
KK two True Country ninety nine point nine. Bruce, appreciate
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the time, congratulations of all the success. Happy holidays coming
up to as well, my friend out there to you
and your family. We appreciate you being with us and
I would love to get out there and be on
a little Riverbands guest list to attend a few shows
here in Texas and just see you guys, continue to
kick ass and take names, appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (44:17):
We will make that happen and we'll see you soon.
You got it.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
The legendary Bruce Wallace here on the backstage pass a
part of the Little Riverband. Check them out Little Riverband
dot com. And of course we're back with more great
shows here powered by the Sports Guys podcast dot com
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KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine. More great music
coming up here on the station. Take care and God blessed.
We'll see you soon.
Speaker 10 (44:38):
Hey all, this is national recording artist Halle Kerns and
you're listening to the Backstage Past with Brandon exclusively on
KKTC True Country ninety nine nine in Taust, New Mexico
Hey, y'all, this is Bruce Wallace of the Little Riverband
and you're listening to Brandon on the Backstage Pass exclusively
on KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine at TOWS,
New Mexico.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And welcome inside the Backstage Pass KKTC True Country ninety
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we had a great one to line up for you today.
And I've been a big fan of this gentleman for
his career in music for a long time and he
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had a chance to join this band call to see.
Oh yeah, Little River Band, It's been around for a
long time. These guys are celebrating their fiftieth anniversary in
twenty twenty five, kicking off of New Zealand, and the
new album is across all the digital streaming platforms. Bruce Wallace, Bruce,
what's up man?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Oh not much? Look been looking forward to this for
a while. I'm glad to be here, Brandon.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Well, Dave, Well, let's start right there, man, because you
came into the band just a few years ago, and
of course iconic Little River band. I mean everything has
been set out there, from cool Chains to Lonesome Loser
and all this good stuff and the music and the harmonies.
How much fun was it for you? And we'll start
right there. When you got the call, after your illustrious
career in music and a great songwriter, and you've had
a lot of songs recorded by some of the top
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country artists out there, when you got word you were
joining this band, what kind of emotions what went through
your mind?
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Well, first it was excitement and then and then I
realized I'd been listening to these songs my whole life,
but I never played them really, you know. So then
excitement turned into terror when I realized that was how
complex this music is. And you know, I've been on
some cool gigs, but uh, but this was this was
(01:43):
a work It was a workout. So so yeah, but
then they were very patient with me, got me in,
gave me all the materials to learn this stuff. So
it was just I had to get in the memory banks,
you know, get it up in my brain. But yeah,
it was very very difficult music. And and I've been
a guitar player and a singer all my life just
so to being a guitar vocal band like this is
(02:05):
just the perfect gig for a guy like me.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
You know, you moved to Nashville there back in nineteen
eighty seven and from southern Oklahoma, and of course jumping
into that music kind of that Sideman business, and you know,
you toured for a lot of years there playing you know,
guitar for some of the top artists out there too,
Mindy Smith being one of those too, And just the
experience from all the jobs that you've had in music.
Talk about how that's really just kind of shaped you
(02:29):
as an artist, a guitar player, e lead vocal guy,
and to really just kind of make this thing kind
of become natural because of all your great experience out there.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yes, and I've always been a fan of great songs
and great singers and harmonies and all of that. Just
all of it just came into play. And a lot
I learned with David Gates. I got to play the
Brad music with David Gates for a while, and there's
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a lot of strings do some shows with string arrangements,
and so I was accustomed to hearing that and playing
along with that, and so yeah, it always I guess
it all just kind of came into fruition, into one
moment where I was perfectly prepared to be in a
band like this. You know. It's like I couldn't think
of another band that would be any more perfect for
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a guy like you know, for me to be in.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
You know, you work with a lot of those top
artists out there, I mean, Gary Allen, Dirk Spentley, I mean,
like I said, track record speaks for itself out there too,
with Trace Atkins and Charlie Pride, and those songs have
been recorded by those legends. Talk about just you know
what that's meant to you in your career and also
not just being a singer but a songwriter at the
same time, because I talked to a lot of great
artists here on the program, and they say, it's just
important enough that sometimes you know, the song writes itself,
(03:45):
rather than you writing a song and then getting picked
up by all these great artists to turn it into magic.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Is is pretty cool, right, Yeah, you know, and some
of some of my cuts happened writing with the artists,
but some of my favorite ones I didn't write with
the artists, you know, they just found themselves in it.
And and I used all of my experiences from you know,
life and relationships and everything else to write some of those.
And and like one of my favorites was the Charlie
(04:15):
Pride that came out of nowhere. I wrote the song
with his son, Dion Pride, and with another friend of my,
Burton Collins, and and Dion was in Nashville just trying
to make his way into business, and he was from
I think he was living in Texas. His family's back there,
and he was missing his home. So we wrote a
song called I Missed My Home, and so Dion cut it,
(04:36):
and then his dad, Charlie liked it, and so Charlie
cut it as well. And so yeah, so they come
from everywhere.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I was gonna say, yeah, it's all good at Charlie
Pride can put his stamp on it too, and say, yeah,
go ahead, son, record that one too, because that legendary career.
I got to see Charlie speaking of that to Bruce
and tell you before he had passed. I can't remember
how many mo before that, but man, what a true
professional in the businesses, I'm sure you know. And he
actually came down to Louisiana. Down here a little town
called vent in Louisiana, and there was a casino there
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called Delta Downs, which has like a little event center
they have inside of it too, And my mom had
gotten like some tickets last minute. She called me up.
I was like, yeah, Mom, let's let's do this. Let's
just have a you know, a son mom kind of fun,
fun night. And we went out there and man, just
like I said, I'm just much love to it. But
before he passed, I can always say there's two guys
they got to see perform lives. One is a Texas
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legend and George Jones the possum and number two right there,
Number one could be one A, one B and Charlie.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yeah and I And you know you're talking about songs
like you mentioned George Jones, you know he stopped loving
her today. That song came across their plate and they
were like, that's that's so dark. Who's going to record that.
Nobody wants to hear you sing that. It's so depressing.
Ended up being one of the top played country songs
of all time. I think Top.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Three absolutely no doubt about it too. You know, I
mentioned we talked about this and going through this, but man,
you guys have just a great fan club out there too.
We're gonna play some music on the show today, which
is really cool. But I got into a little bit
of that. Y'all released a new CD which was actually
called Fan Favorites. Talk about this. I mean, the songs
were actually photed on by the fans and the fan
(06:20):
club and they you know, fans presented with these songs
and all this cool stuff too. I thought that was
kind of cool because getting the feedback from the people
that really promote the career in the band talk about
that and this CD that you guys released.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Yeah, it's always important, I think to hear from the fans,
you know, to hear what are their favorites, you know.
You hear people have deep cuts, you know, and I
like some of the deep cuts too, you know, but
we don't always have time in the show to play them,
you know, because there's hits. You know, you got to
get the hits in. So it's a it's always interesting
(06:59):
and some people will come up with a suggestion out
at the show that even you know, after the fan
Favorites record that boy, I'd like to play that one,
but I don't. I don't think. I don't think we
can fit that in the show. You know, we'd love to,
you know, but and uh and getting feedback on the
new record, you know, that's a that's another that's another thing,
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you know, finding out what people like, you know, because
you just you put things out there and people have
to make up their own minds what they like, and
at that point it's out of your control. Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
New record here is fantastic. I have a chance to
listen to a bunch of tracks offer there from the
Little River Band. Window to the World. We're gonna play
that track right here on kk t C True Country
ninety nine point nine again powered by the Sports Guys
podcast dot com and out there too as well and
our friends in Colorado and Tawst, New Mexico. It's Window
to the World. It's the title track to the current
album out there too. We'll talk more with Bruce Wallace
(07:55):
here of the Little River Band. Stay tuned. More coming
up after the team.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Time to put the ships up, Let the sun in.
It's beauty, good morning, nothing's gone to change my point
of view.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Even if it's raining.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
You know, I don't care since blue sky shining somewhere.
It all depends on what you're looking through.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Everybody's gotta d't go to the world.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
We go to the world.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
It's a picture perfect postcard from the.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
Del You have me.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
We gotta Wind go.
Speaker 6 (08:44):
To the world.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Windn't go to the world.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
There's so many good things now to see.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Some who wouldn't go to.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
If you're swimming, or if you're sinking, if the bruiser got.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
You thinking, stay in bed, lady, pass you by. Oh my,
let me tell you I got a good way to
make every day been like a holiday.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It's all right there.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
You won't believe. No ask swung outside.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
We got it. Window to the world.
Speaker 7 (09:31):
We go to the world.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
It's a picture perfect ghostcard relmedy for you and me.
We got a window to the world. We know, to
the world. There's so many good thanks you have to
see well, window.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
To sort, don't you say, don't you, Unita, don't you
want take.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
To our window to the world.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
We know to the world. It's pitch perfect postcard. Randy,
you have me.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
We've got Wind go to the.
Speaker 6 (10:25):
World to will know to the world.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
There's so many because thanks have to see to our
wouldn't know to the world, know.
Speaker 6 (10:36):
To the world that we know to the world outside.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
It's extra perfect postcard rantody, you me, we got the windo.
Speaker 6 (10:47):
To the world and we know to the world.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
And there's so many things. Have to see who I
wouldn't know to the world? Okay, Clay, look outside, don't go.
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the Little River Band and hit songwriter Bruce Wallace joining
us here, so let's talk about it man, Big project too.
(12:24):
One of the first cuts we got a chance to
play off the record, which is out there across all
the digital streaming platforms window to the world, what a
tune man, and you guys said, and everybody Wayne, they
just put their own spin on it, right.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
You know. When I when I got into the band.
Shortly after I got in, Colin Winnery, the other guitar
player in the band, he's been in for a few years,
he informed me that he wanted to make a new
record and he was gonna lean on me for some
songs and songwriting and stuff, and which I was. You know,
I was still getting my feet wet on the music
and I'm like, oh, now we're gonna make a record.
(12:59):
So I didn't have a clue what to write. You know,
I've written over twenty five hundred songs but I didn't
know what to write for this band because the music
is all over the place. There's rock, there's yacht rock,
little jazzy, little prague, little whatever. And he said, I
want to make a record that's got some modern but
some middle of the road feel good, you know, kind
(13:20):
of buffet, kind of just you know, easy digestible music,
just and you know, with some messages. I was like,
all right, I can do that. I can do that.
So I immediately Colin and I wrote a lot of
them together. But I also involved some of my favorite
collaborators in the business that I've written with a lot,
(13:42):
you know. I called in Brian White and Phil Barton.
Between those guys, I don't know, probably four hundred songs
I've written with those guys. And Jeff Copeland's on on
a Soul Full of Sunshine, which we got a Randy
Hauser feature on. He and I've worked together a lot,
Beverly Mahood, Max Shephard or on the song First Time
(14:06):
that we have a video for. So we wrote that
probably six seven years ago or something. So that was
one that I brought into the band. They all loved it,
but like you said, everyone put their own stamp on
this record. You know, we it. It's very very I'm
in a band full of talented people, so no doubt. Yeah, whatever,
(14:31):
you know, anybody in the band wants to do something.
Whatever you do is fine because everybody's great. You know.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Hey, speaking of those long running members, let's talk about,
like I said, Wayne Nelson, lead singer, bass player, been
around a long time. He's kind of that band leader
and this guy who's knows everything about what Little River
Band is all about. Just talk about you know. And
I've had you know, successful Hall of famers and people
here on the show, great artists to speak with here
who've done it all in the music industry, just like you.
(14:57):
But Wayne Nelson to hold this thing down since nineteen
eighty man, that's the year I was born. So tell
you how young I am right now. I'm feeling old,
but hey, we're still young here at heart. But to
hold it down, man, and do what he does. And
this being like you said, the coming up, this is
going on fifty years of the iconic Little Riverband. What
that means as a testament to stand the test of time.
(15:18):
The guy like Wayne Nelson could hold this thing down
and just be that kind of one of those those
band members that really, you know, just eats, lives and
breathes this this whole thing.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Right, he sure does. And when I got into the band,
Colin said, Hey, you're gonna meet Wayne Nelson, And I'm
gonna tell you, We've had a lot of great people
we worked for and things in the business over the years,
but Wayne might be the best, you know. And I said,
all right, I hear you. And then I got in
and started interacting with Wayne and just how he does
(15:48):
it and couldn't be a nicer guy, I mean, and
he treats everyone well, just a perfect gentleman. And he's
really good at it, which is after all these years,
you think he'd be just jaded and angry like some
people get or whatever. You know, over the years hete
wears on people. But for some reason, not that guy
(16:11):
he is. He's positive and we're having fun and I
don't know, I don't know where he gets his energy.
It's baffling to me.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Hey, he's on that juice right now, drinking the good water.
He's all probably keeping himself healthy, eating healthy and working
out and all the good stuff.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Yeah he eats healthy. Yeah, he's in shape. He's in
better shaped than people twenty years you know, older, younger
than him.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
You know, it comes down to it. You got to
be in this thing called the music industry. Hey have
all the hits, let's go back to it. I mean,
even this, I was kind of seeing that reboot. We
were talking about this before the show. The voice to
the episode is one of the battle rounds, and it
was one of the artists stepped out there on stage
over there and I guess the playoffs and things like that,
and now they're down to the live shows that they're
(16:54):
out for the Voice season twenty six right now. But
how cool was that to just kind of see a
little bit of the past, you know, come to thee
and Reva said, this is one of the great iconic
harmony groups of all time. And then they take a
song like Lonesome Loser, which you guys now played today
as you remember of this band, and to see that
done live and kind of, you know, just bring it
back into into that into a nutshell there that that
(17:14):
was one of the iconic songs of all time. There
and you guys get to play this and to see
those artists perform it. Bruce on the Boys had to
be this really.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Mind boggling, right, yeah, and you know they're younger and
they did a great job. We reached out to them.
You know, we have a media company called Golillas, and
when we first saw it, we didn't know that was
going to happen. But when we saw that it happened,
you know, of course we reached out to Riba. We
reached out to those singers that were doing it on
Team Reba and congratulated them on a great job and
(17:45):
thanks for doing that. That was awesome and they replied back, oh,
it's you know, thank you, and yeah, it was really
really great to see that that. We're seeing a lot
of younger people on our shows too, so we've made
a point to talk to them a lot. To the
younger generations, you know what got you into Little River Band?
You know their hockets see them from the stage out
(18:05):
there singing the words, you know, and like you're seventeen
or you know you're twenty two or why how are
you here? And they go our parents, we grew up
on this music. We love this music. So it's it's
not going away.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
No, I never will, Manuel'll stand the test of time.
May talk about this too, Shed some Lightier two thousand
and four for Little River Band inducted into the Australian
Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame at the eighteenth Annual
ARIA Music Awards September fifteen, Awarded the Casino Entertainer of
the Year at the G TWOE Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.
(18:44):
I mean again, you know, you never take these awards
and people say, you know, the Hall of Fames and
things like this too at these big, big shows and
what have you. But a lot of people say, you know,
we get into this to make the music and make
fans feel something too. But the band just just keeps
getting recognition and credit where it's it's due out there.
That's amazing accomplishment and well.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Deserved, absolutely, and you know, it just speaks to the
legacy of of this this organization and how it's just
lasted and uh and we we really work hard on
the live show and you know, we're carrying production, we're
doing the whole thing. And and while other bands might
(19:24):
be on the twilight of their career, this band is
moving up. I mean, we're we're out there with a
semi full of gear and a you know, and just
carrying on this legacy is just a for a guy
like me. It's just a big, big honor, you know,
because I was a fan. When people come up after
a show and say, I'm a big fan, like so
(19:44):
am I.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
And I'm playing this band, I'm one of the memberes.
Early enough for the Little River Band too well. Time
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Speaker 3 (20:09):
I thought about you, wrote some words down through on
a melody. I kind of like the sound. I don't
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know where you are. I hope this gets to you,
causin my heart it died. Didn't make you wanna turn
it up way too loud, make you lose yourself in
(20:51):
the middle of a crowd. Did you turn it off
and put another record on? Did it get you down
the highway on a mid trib smile cheer in your ride,
thinking about somebody that's no longer in your life. When
(21:17):
you heard it for the first time, then you wake up?
Let's see my number? You gonna picking up? Do you remember?
(21:44):
Is there still a chase? Or are we too far
gone for a stupid song? Didn't then you want to
turn it up way too lauds yourself? Love a crap?
(22:08):
You shut it off and put another record on?
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Did it get you down.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
A highway on a mid that time was fill of
the chair? In up thinking about somebody that's no longer
in your life when you heard it, wasn't wasted time?
(22:39):
Silly legs, I do.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Joy?
Speaker 7 (22:45):
Can't you see what it means to me?
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Didn't make you want to turn it up way too loud?
Make you lose yourself in the middle of a crown?
Did you shut head off and put another record off?
Did it get you down the highway? Ont be dark,
trib and smile on your face in your rap thinking
(23:22):
about somebody you're longer in your life? When you heard
it from the first time.
Speaker 6 (23:34):
For the first time, Stin you heard it fall first.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Time for your first time. Stin you heard first time
on the first.
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And of course the music shows continue here on KKTC
True Country ninety nine point nine out there too. So
let's talk about this one too, because first time actually
(25:19):
came out earlier this year, was that first single off
this new record, which is fantastic Window to the world.
You guys mentioned you're at that peak now, Bruce, but
what a song to kind of just continue making that
record and one to kind of put your name around
for the Little River band to get out there to
the fans. And really this one's been a great feedback
from those fans too.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
It's been really good. It's going over really well. And
I really love this song. We have a great video
for it as well. But it's just one of those
songs that you could plug in at what it makes
you think of, who it makes you think of, you know,
like within our own band, everyone thinks of different things,
you know, when they heard it when I played it
(25:59):
for them. So everybody's got their reasons while they love it.
And it's fun to watch the faces of people when
they hear it, you know, and and my, my, my
reasons aren't their reasons, you know, And but to see
them and to see the you know, the the love
that they show for it, and young and old they're
they're I hear from people like, oh my, it's my
(26:21):
daughter's favorite song right now, you know, and they're seventeen.
So we so, yeah, get back to the making of
the record. We try to make, you know, accessible music
and great songs with great message, but you know, could
cross over to different things, you know, could be country.
People people say, oh, it sounds a little country or
(26:43):
you know, of course, you know, I mean Little Riverband
had a song called Down on the Border years ago.
You know that's that's real country with big harmonies, and
so yeah, it's it just kind of seems like it
fits the brand, you know, the big vocals, the message.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
I want to ask you about that, you know, build
on that. The upcoming fiftieth anniversary of Little River Band
kicking off twenty twenty five in New Zealand, that has
got to be mind boggling for you guys first of all,
to tour over there too. And what I love about
it too is they have a tremendous amount of respect
for music fans. You know, my show went global on
WSM Radio. We just finished a strong fall campaign with WSCM,
(27:24):
the Home of the Opera. We did seventeen shows there too,
and we were played in over thirty countries worldwide with
all big time artists out there, which was a really
cool feeling too, so everybody worldwide for you guys going
to New Zealand and celebrating not only the album out
there across all the digital platforms, the singles. First time
the single window to the world the album itself too,
but to celebrate fifty years and to kick it off
(27:45):
in New Zealand with all those great fans kind of
building that for me a little bit and let's talk about.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
That absolutely, and we get to do it. It's the
Timeless Summer Tour that we're doing five six shows, I think,
and and it's with Bonnie Tyler, Starship and Boy George
and a bit of a random lineup. But if you're
a music fan from that those years, you're gonna find
(28:13):
a lot you like in that show and that event.
And so I'm really looking forward to it. I've met
I've met friends with the people in Starship now and
but I'm looking forward to meeting Bonnie Tyler and Boy
George and see what they're about, you know. Always interesting.
That's another byproduct of this gig, you know. I get
to meet people. I got to meet Jones Jet last
(28:34):
summer and wow, you know, and all these people we
play with and legends, you know, and it's just my
mind is still gets boggled all the time.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
I would too after and of course mine does. Having
a radio show, getting to speak with some of the
best talent in the industry every day and doing this show.
You know, I love it because we talked about all
the current things going on, but let's build on some
of the past a little bit, because I know, for
you guys, cool change never gets old. I mean Lonesome
Loser we talked about with the syndication here with the
voice and you guys, I mean the publishing company, record
(29:06):
company contact and Reba and getting all that you know,
put on there for the group harmonies to kind of
come out for that particular battle at the time too.
To hear that song just really come to life and
what those artists did on a great job there too.
So those two songs me iconically. But you know, for me,
Bruce my favorite one and had to be, and I
spent it several times during the week because from the
original version to the remastered version and Lonesome Loser just
(29:28):
has to be fun to sing it live for you
guys and still put that out there and people sing
it back.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
To y'all, right, absolutely, they do every show. It never
I mean I probably several hundred deep into playing it
live and shows, and it's always fresh. It's just to
this day, it just feels iconic and fresh and just
the interaction and the energy from the audience. We're providing
(29:54):
memories and everybody can remember where they were in, what
car they were in, and blah blah, and I wrote
it where my sister, my brother listening to his songs.
So it's fun to watch to be in a physician,
to be able to present those memories, you know, and
watch the faces when they when they are enjoying it.
(30:15):
You know, it's I don't really know how to explain it,
but it's it is a great feeling to play such
iconic songs because they it's every night. It just they're
just big. It just works every time.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
You know, of all the great songs you mentioned there too,
the artists of recording. We talked about Gary Allen and
Dirks Bentley, I mean, Kicks Brooks, I mean all these
great artists you've had a chance to work with, and
list goes on and onto was there that one song?
And maybe you're your top. It's hard to say one
because like having your favorite kid, I mean, only have
one kid. But my thing is like for people that
I know. One of my cousins, he has seven kids,
and he's always like, well, I don't know which one's
my favorite. I'm like, I guess, well in the order
(30:49):
they were born or what have you? I tell him,
I said, well, what top two or three songs out
there for you that were recorded by other artists some
of those names I mentioned there too, that was your favorite?
Either to get in there and write it, co write it.
Give me some of those songs, some of those tunes
that maybe fans know about.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
One that I loved was Montgomery Gentry kind of song
called so called Live that I wrote Sean Patrick McGraw.
And that song was about the struggle, you know, all
about the struggle in Nashville and you know, getting in
the system, getting you know, disappointed, you get knocked down.
You know you got to you gotta get back up
from disappointments. You know I've had, you know. That was
(31:27):
a single for them on the radio, and and then
they had a problem with the record label and they
got and their first thingle offt That record went to
number five. So we were going, man, we're summer is
coming up. This is a single top ten easy, it's
gonna be great. Well, they had a problem with the
record label, so the single got pulled and it died
at forty five on the charts, so you know, elation
(31:49):
turns to deflation. But then shortly after that, that song
got picked up by ESPN for NASCAR and it was
played in all in and out of every commercial break
during the week and every commercial break during the race
every week for NASCAR, and so that it had another life,
you know. So that's one of my favorites just for
(32:10):
the success story of it, because the song is about
survival and that song had a rough beginning but ended
up making us some considerable money the NASCAR thing, which
we did not expect. So the so the song's live
matched the subject of the song. I've always loved it
(32:30):
for that reason, and I dropped the Gary Allen song dropped.
I love that Jay Joyce, the awesome producer Ja Joyce
produced it, and I've always wanted the Ja Jeygeh production
on one of my songs, and so I got to
have that with Ja Joyce on Gary Allen song dropped,
and the Kicks Brooks was a big one because he's
a songwriter, writes all of his own stuff, and I
(32:52):
think on the solo record he did, he only did
two maybe two songs that he did not write. Mine
was one of them. And wrote it with vibrator Brian White,
who is also on I think four songs on the
New Window to the World record with that we brought
in so but Kicks heard it and record it said
he reminded him of the old club days playing in
bar bands, and it's called My Baby is the song.
(33:19):
But that was an honor to have him record a song,
being an iconic artist that he is and an iconic
songwriter that he is to record a song that he
did not write. So that was you know, it wasn't
a big giant hit, but it was a sure and
honor for me.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
I gotta throw some numbers out there too, being a
sports guy out there. I throw numbers out as a
play by play announcer for football all the time. And
I had to say this because worldwide album CD sales
and digital downloads and you know where I'm going with
this now top thirty five million, and Little river Man
has set a record for having had top ten hits
for six consecutive years and this is crazy. The very
(33:58):
the very first band to achieve a remarkable status and
just those numbers have to be mind boggling to you.
You mentioned as much as being in the group now
to do this as for a living on an every
day basis and play these worldwide shows. But the fans
continue to show up based on, like you mentioned, the
past work that was done by previous members and the
fact is that you guys are still going out there
(34:21):
setting I mean box office records. Those numbers are staggering,
which is still iconic and for you, just talk about
what that means for you as a now current member
and all the work we mentioned about Wayne and some
of the past members have done too.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
I mean, I hold great respect for all of them,
everybody that's come before me. You know, I replaced rich Herring,
who retired, you know, back in twenty twenty two, and
everybody knows rich Hering. He's an awesome guitar player and
a producer and everything else. Writer and back even before that.
(34:55):
Members that I don't even know, some I know, some
I don't know, but just keeping it going. And it
all really kind of goes back to Wayne because he's
been the anchor for the whole thing and gone through
some downtimes down years, you know, and then we're on
an upswing now and those theaters are fully they're full
(35:17):
every show, and that is amazing to be a part of,
to see it happen. You know, I'm like, man, I
want to sit out. I want to be out in
the seats. Oh, I've got to be up here playing.
I want to go to a show sometime.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Staggering numbers two, which is just amazing. And I love
the fact it was I don't BM. I put out
there reminiscing as garnered that rare status of over five
million airplays on American radio, and Lady the song Lady
Now is close behind with over four million airplays. And
like you said, consistency is that keyword for something because
you go through ups and downs like anything else in
any industry, any line of work occupation out there too,
(35:56):
but especially the music industry. To have those it's it's
all about, You're right, the authenticity, the storytelling of the songs.
And I tell you this listening to a lot of
the current stuff put out on this current album, which
is fantastic. I mean, it's all about storytelling, as you know.
And the fans can when they can resonate with something, Man,
they're the ones that are gonna buy the concert tickets
and come out there and buy the merchant support you.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Guys, they decide, you know, it's all it's all about them.
And and they asked me, I've been at several times,
what how does the audience factor in? How do the
fans factor in? I'm like the fans, the audience like everything.
That's one hundred percent everything. Because I told somebody just
the other night in Washington was like, you know, I
(36:39):
can play these songs sitting on my couch, but if
you guys didn't show up, this would not be a
very fun show. And it turns into a real fun
show because we have a house full of people that
are having a great time and we and we relate
to them. We always talk to people after the show
and thank them for coming and and uh, we just
(37:01):
want everybody have as good a time as we do.
And I think I think we accomplish that. As we
get people are up dancing. These are this is our demographic.
You know, we got some youngsters, but there are a
lot of older folks up there and they're on their
feet dancing every every show.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
If you guys have plans to come back to Texas,
count me in to attend one of these live shows,
cause you ever get back around my Houston area down
here too, where I'm in a little town called Beaumont,
which is of course the Playwalker and Tracy Byrd and
Mark Chestnutt and speaking of the Bringers, George Jones, if
you ever go back to Texas, please hook me up, man,
because I want to come see you guys play live.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Hey, you're on the list, whatever you whatever, you're on it.
I love it.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Can't wait to hear those icon of kids play too.
And of course Little riverband dot com for more information
out there too for tickets and shows, new you guys
and all the great merch out there too, and of
course the single and the album is out there to
window to the world with the single first time on
it too, and just great enthusiasm and love from all
the fans out there too and everybody in the music industry.
I'm just to have a little fun, you know. For me,
(37:58):
it's been kind of cool just watching a little bit
of parody in the National Football League this year. And
I love the fact that the two teams that need
it the most when it comes to a championship with
the Buffalo Bills, who've been to a Super Bowl but
never won one, and the Detroit Lions who've never been
to one, or can they have a chance to win
one if you haven't been to the showcase yet. But
for you, NFL, who kind of gets the water kind
(38:19):
of flowing for you? For me, it's myers on a Cardinals.
We've got a chance. We're in the playoff hunt this
year for the first time in the last like three
four years with our quarterback Kyler Murray. But are you
a Titans fan kind of in Tennessee or is this
a back home thing.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
I I'm a Titans fan, you know, even with the
heartbreak and the disappointment. I guess I'm more of an
overall fan. And I'm a heavy into fantasy football. So
I'm really happy about my team this year. I'm just
next weekend as the first round of the playoffs and
I'm number two, and so I've had a pretty good
(38:53):
year of some good players and not a lot of injuries.
But I enjoy watching great players play great games. I
enjoyed watching that the last night was it the Cleveland
Denver What a great That was a great game. And
I enjoyed watching the snow game, the Buffalo game. I
always I always remember years ago I was in Vegas
(39:16):
and we had ten people on our band and crew
and we all did ten game parlay cards. And our
bass player was not into football at all. He just
went check, check, check, check, check my card, and by
the night game he had won nine and we were
all out. By the afternoon games, we were out. So
his card was the one, and it was And it
was the year in the nineties Miami was terrible. Flow
(39:39):
was great, and Miami was going to Buffalo to play
in the Snow and he picked Buffalo and we were like,
we're already counting the money. And Miami went up there
and beat him in the snow with a two and
eight record.
Speaker 2 (39:55):
In Buffalo.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
Yeah and so, but yeah, I'm overall football fan, and
you know, and I just rode with the disappointment. I
watched a lot of college as well. Speaking of Kyler Murray,
I'm an ou guy, you know, so.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
You get them to see Oki, I love it. Uh Hey,
let's talk about this. Being in Nashville, I've been to
several crs as we've participated in for Country Radio seminar
and of course the Big c a week that comes
around in uh a June of every year. During c
week out there too at the Music City Center and
as no stranger for restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee, it's even
(40:29):
gotten bigger over the last few years. Were some of
your favorite eating spots out there in Nashville, Tennessee?
Speaker 1 (40:36):
I like Uh, I like char I just had lunch
at Chart today. You know, there's there're in a few
different cities, but uh, unique to Nashville. I like the Southern.
I like their gumbo. You know, if you're not going
to be in New Orleans, go to the Southern. You know,
it's the next best thing. And uh oh I like UH.
I like a lot of Asian food. I like uh
(40:57):
Eastern Peak always win and they're kind of off the
grid a little bit, you know. But yeah, I'm backed up.
I've got a list of restaurants I haven't been to
yet because there's just every time I come back in town,
there's my friends will talk about a new place, like
I haven't even heard of that place. It's amazing. You
(41:17):
got a Michelin Stars chefs. So so let's let's say
I'm backlogged on my restaurants. I used to be up
to date.
Speaker 2 (41:27):
Growing so much, no doubt, they're growing every corner it
seems like what opens up not just Broadway, but even
out the little subsidies and a little small towns just outside
of downtown there in beautiful Nashville, Tennessee. I still yet
to get out to Taos too, and like it's get
out there too, the ski town where the station is
there a KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine. And
just experienced some of the local stuff out there too,
(41:47):
some hamburgers and barbecue and all the good stuff out there,
so tows and skiing, and of course up into Colorado.
I love to travel out there too, And I'm about
to go to Arizona here in just a few weeks there,
just after Christmas, and get out there and hike in
Sedona and all that too. Have done it before, I
can't wait to do it again. But going that far
west and into the desert into California has some of
the best traveling and some of the best scenery out.
Speaker 1 (42:07):
There too, beautiful, beautiful. Our flat back from Oregon the
other day was or No Seattle, Washington. Got to fly
over all the mountains and just just mind blowing, you know.
And and I fly a lot, and I see a lot,
but it still blows my mind. This the way it looks.
It's so much beauty out there, you know.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Oh it's beautiful. Love mountains and more than I do beaches.
No disrespect to that too, but I'm a mountains kind
of guy too. All right, let's do this one. Maybe
a million dollar question. You never know. Had Bruce Wallace
never become a working musician, what of their career path
would you have taken?
Speaker 1 (42:42):
Chef? I would have gone to culinary school, probably like that.
Back in the early nineties. I almost did it. I
was in a downtime between gigs and I was wondering
what to do. And you know, I'm a home chef,
but I'm addicted to cooking shows and experiment a lot,
especially during all the COVID time I was cooking every night.
(43:05):
And uh, that would probably have been my other career.
I'd have gone there. Creative, creative and something I enjoy.
You know, it's like music, like an.
Speaker 2 (43:17):
Artist, yet being creative and creating something from nothing and
putting it out there too, and so somebody a little
bit of taste of that too, and if they love
just as much as the music as they do the
food out there too and creating something having a good time.
Speaker 1 (43:27):
Hey, you make a dish. You make a dish. It's
just like writing a song, you know. I can't I
don't know what it tastes like in their mouths, you know.
And I don't know what it tastes feel it sounds
like in their head, you know. So you just put
it out there and hope you're like it.
Speaker 2 (43:39):
Well, we love it, brother, and I tell you what,
it's so good to have you here on the show.
Can't wait to see what your fifty holes there for.
The Little River Band coming up in twenty twenty five
and you guys kick it off in New Zealand and
Window to the World is out there across all the
digital streaming platforms, which sure you guys go check it
out if you've not already. The latest body of work
out there too with those songs Window to the World
and first time on it you heard right here on
KK two True Country ninety nine point nine. Bruce, appreciate
(44:02):
the time, congratulations of all the success. Happy holidays coming
up to as well, my friend out there to you
and your family. We appreciate you being with us and
I would love to get out there and be on
a little Riverbands guest list to attend a few shows
here in Texas and just see you guys, continue to
kick ass and take names, appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (44:17):
We will make that happen and we'll see you soon.
You got it.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
The legendary Bruce Wallace here on the backstage pass a
part of the Little Riverband. Check them out Little Riverband
dot com. And of course we're back with more great
shows here powered by the Sports Guys podcast dot com
and out there too as well by other friends at
KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine. More great music
coming up here on the station. Take care and God blessed.
We'll see you soon.
Speaker 10 (44:38):
Hey all, this is national recording artist Halle Kerns and
you're listening to the Backstage Past with Brandon exclusively on
KKTC True Country ninety nine nine in Taust, New Mexico
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