September 9, 2024 • 30 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, what's up you guys. It's Mary Sarah. I am
a Nashville recording artist and you are listening to Brandon
on the Backstage Pass on the Home of the grandel
Opry WSM.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
And welcome inside the backstage Pass. Always a busy day
here on a Sunday. It's WSM Radio. How can it
not be busy here on the Home of the Grandel
Lopry two every Sunday from five point thirty to six am.
And of course you can catch us on our other
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And I'll tell you what. She was on the voice
just a few years back, and she's still taking names
and doing the rest out there too. The great Mary
(00:30):
Sarah joining us here on WSMAM six fifty. Mary, how
you doing.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I'm so wonderful. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
It's good to have you too. Hey, take me back
to that because you did a lot of cool songs
off of that episode. I remember Johnny and June was
one of the big tunes out there too. I told
you so was a bigger rendition. Of course, Randy Travis
one of his biggest hits in his day. As you
look back in the years have gone by, What do
you remember best about that show?
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Oh my gosh, there are so many memories it. I
find it really funny because like, or at least ironic
that they call it reality television, because when you're out
there in LA you're there for like weeks at a time,
you're working with hair and makeup, you're working with wardrobe,
you're doing like all the things that are so not reality,
(01:20):
and it was just it was like so crazy that
that time. And some of the biggest things, I guess
definitely working with Blake Shelton. I mean some of the
memories getting to work with him, as well as just
honestly garnering some really amazing friendships out of it, and
people who I've watched just blow up as well to
friends of mine, from songwriters, some people have gone more
(01:40):
towards dance and just blown up. But like, it's just
been such a cool experience. And I can't believe it's
been as long as it's has been, because it feels
like it was just yesterday. But you mentioned Johnny and Juna.
That was actually I think my top selling song on
the whole season. So I love that song. We still
do that song live. But yeah, I mean every all
(02:03):
of it. There really isn't a moment I could pinpoint
to say like, oh that's like what I've taken away
from it. There was just so many things and then
it was just crazy. You know, you're in front of
millions of people every Monday and Tuesday. It's such a
wild thought.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
There's a reason that's been going for that long, no
doubt about it too. And you know a lot of
people say a lot of valuable lessons off of their too.
The coaching. I love the fact that I've seen other
competitions out there too, and they all have their different
kind of pros and cons. But what was so good
about that is the way that the coaches on every
season just walk you through the business side of it,
and they teach you about not just being on stage
with like you said, vocals and stage presents maybe some
(02:38):
things that come naturally, but they teach you some things
that for some artists may be unnatural.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Talk about that a little bit absolutely. I Actually one
of the things that was really cool working with Blake was, uh,
there was one I can't remember which song we were on,
but I was you know, there there's heightened adrenaline. There's nerves,
you know, but I never really how much it affects
my voice. And one of the times I was working
(03:04):
with Blake, he was like, hey, I think you're exactly
like me, and I think we need to take this up,
like up a step, because what happens is you get
so like in your nerves an adrenaline that you can't
sing as low as you want to sing. And that
was one of those things that I was like, oh geez,
I think, yeah, good point. Like you know, in any
other day, I would normally sing this song, probably lower
(03:25):
if I was just sitting in a room singing to people.
But when you get up on stage in front of thousands,
millions of people and you got all those nerves and everything,
it can definitely cause you to have a little vocal change.
And you know, it was I didn't really think about
it too much until that moment, and it was kind
of cool to be like, hey, Blake Chilton and I
are kind of the same, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
You know, I loved your music. We'll get to the
latest single here a little Bit, which is just a
top ten country hit in my opinion that I said
it here on the backstage past it is that phenomenal.
But I love the one before it that you guys
got to release called Change Smoking, which was an April
of this year. Walking me through that one and just
some great writing and overall working with some great people
on that project.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Oh my gosh, chain Smoking is my.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
I.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So I got pitched this song, so I didn't write it,
but when I first heard the song, I fell in
love with it. I love, like, one of the biggest
things I love about country music is storytelling. And I
just heard this song and thought, oh my gosh, like
you know, and I would say, at a certain point
in my own life, I related to literally the meanings
(04:30):
and everything in Chain Smoking, you know, trying to find
myself in the years and such, and so it's it's
such an epic song. It's such a driving song. It's
a really fun song to perform live too. But yeah,
we really wanted to encompass especially we did visualizer with it,
and I thought it was really fun because I wanted
to kind of encompass the idea of what I thought,
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you know, the girl in the song, I'm talking about
what she kind of looks like and feels like. So
I got to do a little kind of like acting
with my visualizer with them. It was really really cool.
So I grew up honestly doing theater when I was
a kid, so kind of that like acting side. And
then I've actually I played a lead role in a
film not too long ago that they just released. It's
(05:12):
on Amazon, and so it's nice to be able to,
I don't know, sometimes like play little roles and such.
You know, I really love the aspect of music videos.
So Change Smokin Is one of those ones that we
just had a lot of fun with, and I mean
production wise, Bart Butler produced it. It like so good. Brandy
(05:32):
Clark's a writer on that song, Trevor Rosen, like so
many amazing names on there. Like so I'm just blessed
honestly to be the artist to be able to sing
it and perform it. But yeah, it's it's an epic song.
I love it. You know.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
What I love was during cm ay week was to
get over there and check out the shows for the
first time at all. I mean everything, the Chevy Vibe
stage and I mean everything was out there, the smaller stages,
and then walk over to Nissan and see all the
big time performers do their thing. I wanted to get
your take on just how great that week is to
give back to the fans one and then to walk
over there to the stadium and see somebody like Lanny
Wilson just be a top pros pro and get out
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there and do her thing. What does that mean for
females in country music?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Oh my gosh, I'm such a fan. Like, I'm such
a fan. I don't know if you saw just recently
her performance in New York where her hair was like
blowing in the wind, and I just like the stars
a line because literally her album is called Whirlwind, and
I'm like that, I mean, it just couldn't be more perfect,
and like she's such a trooper. She had a hair
(06:32):
going across her face and she's like casually just pulling
it away like it's nothing, but she's literally like in
a tornado. So I mean, it's really really, really cool.
I'm such a fan, and she really is paving a
way for us females and really showing how like these
women can really be. I mean, if you look back
in the history of country music, like Patsy Cline, Timmy
(06:55):
why that, Loretta Lynn, Like these are tough women that
in and back then it was even worse, you know,
being a female and music or really kind of being
a female one a lot of anything. It was harder.
It was just a little harder. And so it's just
it's like a testament how strong wrestlerman can be. And
so I'm such a fan of hers.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
And thankful for Yeah, I love that cea week too, because,
like you said, Tod, it's amazing the fans lining up
outside with their tickets and like coming to see you know,
Cody Johnson and Dolly Parton early of course, Laney and
all those big stars there at the Music City Center
for Fanfare X and getting there and shop all the
good stuff. And we actually actually went to the wrong
media booth and they actually had to go down the
(07:35):
hallway all the way to the media room over there
compared to where the artist green room was. But did
you get to do any meet and greets? I know
you performed some of the stages at c Mayfest.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Yeah, Unfortunately, honestly, I didn't do any meet and greets.
We're planning on a bigger c mafest this next year,
just with like the new releasing and stuff, so I
had a couple opportunities come up to perform this year,
and I was like, no way, I'm turning that down.
I mean, I love c Mayfest, so I'm like, let's
do it.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
You know.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Said we weren't super active on getting a lot of
stuff this year, but uh, you know, those opportunities came
along my path and I had to take it because
I just I do. I love my fans. I love
getting on stage. It's probably, to be honest, my favorite
thing out of what I do is being able to
get on stage and perform outside of honestly meeting the fans,
because that that's what makes everything worth it and what
(08:20):
we do and the hard days and everything. When you
hear somebody talk about, you know, how much they love
a song or how it's impacted their lives, and it's
just such a big thing. Like, so, yeah, I love
ce Mephis. Like I've been going. I've been in Nashville
for twelve years, so I've practically gone every year. So
it's like, you know, you can't not It's.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
One of the best events of the time of year
that it is in the summer, and this year the
weather actually cooperated pretty well for us. To tell you what,
to get a little stubborn here, what's up?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I thought it was great the weather. I was like,
this is the first time I experienced good weather over Samfus.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Yeah, we weren't stuborn, but hey, Tom, to get a
little stubborn here on the backstage past. We'll take you
back to February of this year. It's Mary Sarah out
there too, and the single is called Stubborn out There.
Time to do it here on AM six fifty, the
home of the Grande Lappary year from Mary Sarah's Stubborn
Enjoyed crank it.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Out just like a spinner.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
It's sounder on my skin, a faucet that's dripping on
that and worm queer clutch on that Chevy get side
of sane, ready to get unstuck and moved down the road,
just like that wants, but the lives in the rain.
I keep patching it up, but it still funds its way,
(09:45):
just like my phone keeps finding your name every time
I'm all along, Ma, Ma, Ma.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
Stub you does get dying gainst the wall, but it
just want really.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Don't know wh.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
Why I can't turn.
Speaker 7 (10:16):
Bab my hog got a mind of that song.
Speaker 6 (10:21):
The main aware that it's gone let you go. Oh,
it's so stup.
Speaker 8 (10:26):
Then you put out the fire, but it still wants
to burn. You close the book, but the page never turned.
Speaker 6 (10:42):
You say to move on. I stay and readers keep loving.
Speaker 7 (10:47):
You don't matter halber.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
Ma, ma ma, stop. You does get falling, don't gets
the wall, but it just want ray.
Speaker 7 (11:05):
And I don't know what. I can't tell you my
whomes gold of the song ever know it's gone.
Speaker 6 (11:20):
You know it's so stuff up. Well she'll missen how
shall acquire? But the kids?
Speaker 7 (11:40):
Jillgas tells him just about the kids, and it's gone, just.
Speaker 9 (11:46):
Smoking into cover every.
Speaker 6 (11:53):
Bye, my stop. He does get so much working great.
Speaker 10 (12:08):
Wha why I can't Oh, it's so stuborn.
Speaker 6 (12:32):
It's so stubi.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
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Speaker 11 (12:42):
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Speaker 4 (12:55):
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Speaker 2 (13:20):
We're having fun here quest we're were recording. We get
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syndicated stations. I love that song and I was like,
you know what, We're gonna feature that on WSMAM six fifty.
Tell us about how this one came about because it's
(13:40):
such a fun song.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Oh my gosh, stubborn. Okay, So if you get to
know me, you will know I'm I'm pretty nang stubborn.
Like in a lot of what I do, it's it
just is what it is. I've accepted it as myself.
But this was another song that was pitched to me
and I just it was one of those things. Vocally too,
I grew up and where how I started was in
(14:04):
vocal lessons, and so when I heard this song, I like,
I thought, this is perfect for my vocal range. It
starts low to hide, it's got this epic lift in
the chorus that I fell love with that I was like,
I can't not. I have to take this song. And
when I say pitched, no, you know a lot of
people don't know. Like there's publishing houses all over Nashville
(14:26):
and they've got thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.
And as an artist, we go around and we get
pitched these songs and this is one of them. Hillary Lindsay,
Shane Mcanellen, Ashley Gorley are the writers on this song,
which is like, whoa crazy first performance. But the other
thing why I love the song so much is it
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kind of reminds me of my love for Nashville. And
I have been in the sound for, like I said,
twelve years, and it hasn't been crazy easy. You know,
like you're having to be here. You're grinding, you know,
you're doing the best that you can. And like I
feel like I watch a lot of people come in
and out of Nashville, and I think it's like the
(15:09):
thing about it is, I'm like stubborn in love with Nashville,
Like it just can't get rid of me. And I'm like,
and so I don't know, that's what it kind of
reminds me of a little bit, and so I do.
I love this song.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
So this is for that.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
One's for all my stubborn people out there, because I
know I'm not alone in this.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
You said, they try to get rid of you, but
you know what, she finds a way to keep coming back.
It's perseverance and just getting starborn. And that's the cool
thing about it is, you know so much talent. I've
talked to so many great artists here on the program,
both singers and songwriters, and every time I go there,
even having any street conversations or go out to a
small show, even leading to some of the big shows
between the singers and songwriters, some of those names you
just mentioned, Shane McAnally and some of the other ones.
(15:47):
It is just a town full of talent, and everybody's
out to help everybody, but also everybody's out to make
it and it's hard to do it in this business.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, you just have to keep going. Honestly,
Like if you look at anybody who's really like famous
in the in the public eye and you research their stories, man,
there's the reason why they call it at least a
ten year town. And like a friend of mine was
telling the other day when she got here it was
a seven year town. So they just keep adding years
on to it. But you know there's a reason for.
Speaker 11 (16:20):
That, and I do.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
I think it's like you network and you really garner
some amazing friendships and that's thankfully what I've been able
to do through these years. And I just now kind
of feel like we're getting the opportunity to show the
world who Mary Sarah is. And I've spent this time
working on this music for a good amount of years now,
and so there's a lot of passion and a lot
of a lot of team effort in all of this,
(16:43):
and so it's just just really cool.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Well it seems like too. And I remember from the
episodes that you've always felt like you were a performer
and to be in the performing arts, in this creative
business that we're in called music, when you take the stage,
I'm just gonna say it. And I've seen just videos
and I want to catch you live in the real thing.
But from what I can tell, what I can see electrifying.
That's what comes That's the word that comes to mind.
It's so pure, so good. What do you enjoy most
(17:08):
about performing in front of the fans. You mentioned that's
where you like to be is at stage.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Oh gosh, you know, it's an amazing question, so I
I couldn't like really put a finger on it, to
be honest, and thank you. Electrifying is an amazing word.
I really thank you for that compliment. But I.
Speaker 5 (17:29):
Don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
It's just something natural inside of me that like, when
I'm up there and getting to sing songs, it feels
so freeing to me, and maybe I just have so
much emotion in me that I need to get it out.
I don't know what it is. That just I love
so much about being on stage. I love storytelling, you
know again getting back to the fans, like getting off
(17:50):
of the stage and them coming over and be like,
oh my gosh, that song, Oh my gosh, the way
you perform that, oh my gosh, that no you hit like,
it's just really really cool. I just I just love
it so much. I don't know really what the exact
thing is. There's so many things to add up to
why I love, you know, getting up there and performing. Yeah,
that's that I could.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Show off in this song. Next you thought, like I said,
Stubborn with the latest single take You Back, to the
end of May May thirty first, to be exact. It's
called the Bottom from Mary Sarah. Here it is on
the home of the grand ow Lobrary wsm AM six fifty.
Crank it up because I guarantee you it's going to
take you on roller coaster ride back with more.
Speaker 10 (18:43):
Student tap professional six figures.
Speaker 6 (18:47):
Know this more on paper? What a life that would be?
That was a five year plan five years ago.
Speaker 13 (18:58):
Might need their five or so. But it's all right
because the men good company. I could have chased gold
till I was.
Speaker 6 (19:10):
Down by the five bold and knee on incident.
Speaker 10 (19:14):
I wanna be with the mountains, hammer.
Speaker 6 (19:17):
Collars of bood. I wanna drinkwear you buy one and
maybe itself.
Speaker 7 (19:25):
If we had more money.
Speaker 6 (19:27):
Reads more problems.
Speaker 7 (19:28):
Cards on me at the top, so you can find
us at the bottom.
Speaker 9 (19:33):
Shell bottoms up bottom, mother barrel, Tell my son comes up.
Speaker 10 (19:45):
Down here.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
I'm a regular round here round our.
Speaker 10 (19:49):
Bit serves straight from the whelminging strong cheap.
Speaker 6 (19:53):
You can put them on my time.
Speaker 7 (19:55):
And now.
Speaker 6 (19:57):
I wanna be where the mountains hand the collars and.
Speaker 7 (20:03):
I wanna drinkware here, buy one and they did itself.
If we had more money read on More Proble Start.
It's only at the times.
Speaker 6 (20:14):
You can find us at the bottom, shelves, bottles.
Speaker 9 (20:18):
Of the bottle, mother bell, I wanna be with the
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Mets and the collars.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
And.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
I don't wanna drinkwear buy one, and.
Speaker 7 (20:51):
We had more money made on the More Proble Start.
It's only at the times, and you can find us
at the bottle.
Speaker 6 (21:05):
Money at the top, so you can find us at
the bottom, shell bottoms up, the bottom uble barrel.
Speaker 10 (21:15):
Tell the sun comes up.
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Speaker 5 (21:45):
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Speaker 2 (21:54):
Baby and back here on w s M AM six fifty,
the Home of the Grand Old. I've been there just
a few times this year, and I can tell you
nothing is better than making your debut. And you don't
have to leave this question because here's someone who's done that,
Mary Sarah. Shortly after getting off the voice, she made
her grand ol opry debby, you got to talk about
the Bottom here because it's just a fantastic single that
you guys have put out. So we'll do the operation
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a second. But the Bottom itself, my goodness, what an
amazing song that we get to feature here on AM
six fifty WSM from the great Mary Sarah. Tell us
all about this one.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Oh my gosh, the Bottom is my sassy song. I
when I heard this song, I was like, this is
this is me? It felt like me. I grew up
in Texas. I grew up in a small town. I
grew up singing in honky tonks and dive bars and
fellowshipping with people in there, and like it really has
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always been my favorite place, and some of my favorite
places and some of my favorite memories are just like
in the divest of dive bars, but with really amazing
people and two for ones and you know, it's it's
such a it's a beautiful song. I love it so much,
and it reminds me of kind of like Redneck Woman
in a way. I love Redneck Woman. Like it's just
(23:08):
very dassing and upbeaten. So when I heard the song,
I was like, I can perform the heck out of
this song, Like this is like my jam. It felt
like a summer jam for people to roll their windows
down to and just sing along. And I've you know,
I feel like a lot of the times I do
work on songs that have a lot of more storytelling
and a little more serious, like if you look at Stubborn,
(23:29):
if you get teen Smoking, they're definitely more like kind
of storytelling, more emotional. This one is just fun and
I haven't done that yet, And so that was what
we really want to accomplished with this. And I think
by the time anybody hears our interview, our music video
for the Bottom will be out, so we should be
premiering that next week.
Speaker 7 (23:48):
Too.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
The attitude and the sasas in a song, Yes, it
remind me a little bit of Gretchen Wilson and a
redneck moment. Like I said, to get straight to the point,
the way the way the song comes out lyrically and
the way it makes somebody feel. I mentioned that center
circle since we're on the home of the grand Ole
Lopry too, and just proud to have this new adventure
here on the show. First time you stepped in that
center circle, what went through your mind? And I know
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in the back of it too that I've got to
get there as soon as it's announced again that Mary
Sarah's going to step in that center circle. What was
it like the first time? What would it like to
do that, to do that again? What would feel like
to do that again?
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Oh my gosh, that moment. I mean, that's been what
I've I think anybody, you know, anybody in the country music,
it's like the ultimate goal that everyone has. And so
I had kind of talked a little bit with Pete Fisher,
who ran the Opry for a long time, and he
was always kind of like, hey, we need a little
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bit more going on, you know, we need just a
little bit like you gotta get some music out there,
you gotta get like you know, and so it was
always kind of like you got to do a little
bit more to get there, you know. And I totally
get it, because you know, like those are prime spots
and like, you know, there's a lot of us. So
but yeah, when I I got off of the Voice,
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I immediately got an email from Pete and he was like,
pick a date. We when I got back, it was
actually CMA Fest that year, and so I was probably
honestly my most epic CMA Fest so far, because every
show I played it was last minute booked, which is
unheard of, which is normally like c mafest is booked
way ahead, a hand ahead, and uh. And I had
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packed shows like packed, I mean coming out of them,
and I was like, oh my god, it's crazy. But
when he offered, you know, to get into the circle,
I was like, I mean I cried for sure. It
was amazing and like to be in there, there's really
nothing like it. The only thing I could probably compare
a little bit is like the Ryman, but that's the original,
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you know, the original Home, and that was like amazing too.
I'd gotten to do that prior to the Voice for
Rape Price tribute. But those, you know, those times in there,
it's just like sacred grounds. I mean, it was so
respected and I feel honored to even get the opportunity
to be in a place like that. So I'm not
even sure if I really remember everything that happened while
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I was up there, because I was just like, ah,
but it was amazing. I had friends and family around me,
my best friend Carly was right up in the front,
just like with a little camera. It was just it
was incredible. It was really so beautiful. So thank you
the Opry for that. And yeah, we're looking forward to
(26:27):
hopefully getting back on there.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Well, I'll make a prophecy here too. I did a
few years ago when I talked to Landy Wilson, You're
gonna get as a member of the opry. I think
the performance is gonna happen again sooner than later for
the great Mary Sarah out there too, with all the
great hard work and getting back inside at center Circle.
And if it does, I got to fly in there
just to see it since I made the prophecy if
it does come true, I gotta be sitting there, what
five six rows back or maybe the front row and
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just just see it happen right again.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Well, we'll have to we'll have to stay in touch here,
and you know I've got a few backstage spots too,
so we'll if if if this really does really sooner
up later ran out of me calling you be like,
hey man, you're.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Backstage backstage with Mary Sarah at the operation. From one
fellow textan to another, that's a good sign too, out
there love it the same time. All right, let's have
a little fun too. I finally, for me, at least,
the hot chicken debate came down to two places. When
I was there this year for Country Radio Seminar and
for CMA week there for the fest, it was Hattie Bees,
which is my favorite there because I started off doing
the medium and then I actually got to drive in
(27:27):
kind of get it, get it, take in, takeout order
there from Princes Hot Chicken. I've only tried two places.
I know there's others a party foul and there's so
many that do it, but I think from the two
original places, one are you a hot Chicken fan? And
two where's your favorite place?
Speaker 1 (27:39):
Oh my gosh, Okay, well I have to go with
Hatti Bees. Now, I'm not a massive hot Chicken fan.
It's not the thing that I'm like wanting to get
every day, but I do like it, and I haven't
had Princes though, so I think I can't really, you know,
I can't be like, oh, Hattie's is the best because
I just don't have the experience of the law of
(28:00):
other hot chickens. But my boyfriend Mitch is like a
huge Hattie Bee fan. So like, it's definitely hands down
the one we end up going to. So that's probably
why I haven't tried Princes either, because he's always like
a hottie.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Bees Natty Bees is good, no doubt, all right. Being
from Texas, I know for me it's you know, I'm
a different I say, Arizona Cardinals fan for NFL, But
I got to work in a little sports topics here
for you growing up Cowboys Texans?
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Who is it? Growing up? I was a Houston Texans.
I grew up about an hour south of Houston, so
I was a little closer to It's a little closer
there than Dallas.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
I love it, which is good. And you know what,
this franchise is coming back to existence, resurfacing themselves a
little bit, having a great season.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
I'll say we've had some hard years. But I have
sang the national anthem for them, and that they have
like eighty five thousand people in the stadium for that anthem.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
I was like, fuly, crap, Now have you done Minute
Made Park in the Astros? Have you sang the national
anthem at at Minute Made Park?
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah, a few times. Yeah, I'm a big national anthem singer.
I do love it. I know it's odd and I know,
like a lot of singers and like, no, never going
to do that, but I just find it a part
of what you know, it's it's my gifts and like
the least I can do to pay tribute to those
who have fought on my behalf for my freedom. So yeah,
it's just something I really love doing.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Well, I'll tell you what. She's one of the best
out there too. Glad we can highlight her here on
AM six fifty WSM, the Home of the grand Ole Lapper.
You can check out the backstage past powered by the
Sports Guys podcast dot com every Sunday morning right here
five point thirty to six am, and check her out
at Marysarah dot com with an hsa r ah dot
com and the new single the Bottom across all the
streaming platforms. And guess what more to come because we're
(29:45):
just halfway through twenty twenty four and I know there's
more to come, more albums, more singles out there too. Hey,
appreciate you being with us and hope you enjoyed the time.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Brandon, thank you so much. This has been such a
joy and I look forward to the next one.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
We're gonna keep doing it again, no doubt, Mary Sarah
dot com and go stream the bottom across all those
digital streaming platforms. We're back next Sunday for another episode
here on WSM AM six point fifty the Home of
the Grand Ole Opry. We'll see you then, take care
of God bless Hey y'all.
Speaker 12 (30:11):
It's Nashville recording artist Russell Dickerson and you're listening to
the backstage Pass with Brandon on the Home of the
Opry six fifty am WSM
Hi, what's up you guys. It's Mary Sarah. I am
a Nashville recording artist and you are listening to Brandon
on the Backstage Pass on the Home of the grandel
Opry WSM.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
And welcome inside the backstage Pass. Always a busy day
here on a Sunday. It's WSM Radio. How can it
not be busy here on the Home of the Grandel
Lopry two every Sunday from five point thirty to six am.
And of course you can catch us on our other
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And I'll tell you what. She was on the voice
just a few years back, and she's still taking names
and doing the rest out there too. The great Mary
(00:30):
Sarah joining us here on WSMAM six fifty. Mary, how
you doing.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I'm so wonderful. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
It's good to have you too. Hey, take me back
to that because you did a lot of cool songs
off of that episode. I remember Johnny and June was
one of the big tunes out there too. I told
you so was a bigger rendition. Of course, Randy Travis
one of his biggest hits in his day. As you
look back in the years have gone by, What do
you remember best about that show?
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Oh my gosh, there are so many memories it. I
find it really funny because like, or at least ironic
that they call it reality television, because when you're out
there in LA you're there for like weeks at a time,
you're working with hair and makeup, you're working with wardrobe,
you're doing like all the things that are so not reality,
(01:20):
and it was just it was like so crazy that
that time. And some of the biggest things, I guess
definitely working with Blake Shelton. I mean some of the
memories getting to work with him, as well as just
honestly garnering some really amazing friendships out of it, and
people who I've watched just blow up as well to
friends of mine, from songwriters, some people have gone more
(01:40):
towards dance and just blown up. But like, it's just
been such a cool experience. And I can't believe it's
been as long as it's has been, because it feels
like it was just yesterday. But you mentioned Johnny and Juna.
That was actually I think my top selling song on
the whole season. So I love that song. We still
do that song live. But yeah, I mean every all
(02:03):
of it. There really isn't a moment I could pinpoint
to say like, oh that's like what I've taken away
from it. There was just so many things and then
it was just crazy. You know, you're in front of
millions of people every Monday and Tuesday. It's such a
wild thought.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
There's a reason that's been going for that long, no
doubt about it too. And you know a lot of
people say a lot of valuable lessons off of their too.
The coaching. I love the fact that I've seen other
competitions out there too, and they all have their different
kind of pros and cons. But what was so good
about that is the way that the coaches on every
season just walk you through the business side of it,
and they teach you about not just being on stage
with like you said, vocals and stage presents maybe some
(02:38):
things that come naturally, but they teach you some things
that for some artists may be unnatural.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Talk about that a little bit absolutely. I Actually one
of the things that was really cool working with Blake was, uh,
there was one I can't remember which song we were on,
but I was you know, there there's heightened adrenaline. There's nerves,
you know, but I never really how much it affects
my voice. And one of the times I was working
(03:04):
with Blake, he was like, hey, I think you're exactly
like me, and I think we need to take this up,
like up a step, because what happens is you get
so like in your nerves an adrenaline that you can't
sing as low as you want to sing. And that
was one of those things that I was like, oh geez,
I think, yeah, good point. Like you know, in any
other day, I would normally sing this song, probably lower
(03:25):
if I was just sitting in a room singing to people.
But when you get up on stage in front of thousands,
millions of people and you got all those nerves and everything,
it can definitely cause you to have a little vocal change.
And you know, it was I didn't really think about
it too much until that moment, and it was kind
of cool to be like, hey, Blake Chilton and I
are kind of the same, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
You know, I loved your music. We'll get to the
latest single here a little Bit, which is just a
top ten country hit in my opinion that I said
it here on the backstage past it is that phenomenal.
But I love the one before it that you guys
got to release called Change Smoking, which was an April
of this year. Walking me through that one and just
some great writing and overall working with some great people
on that project.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Oh my gosh, chain Smoking is my.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
I.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So I got pitched this song, so I didn't write it,
but when I first heard the song, I fell in
love with it. I love, like, one of the biggest
things I love about country music is storytelling. And I
just heard this song and thought, oh my gosh, like
you know, and I would say, at a certain point
in my own life, I related to literally the meanings
(04:30):
and everything in Chain Smoking, you know, trying to find
myself in the years and such, and so it's it's
such an epic song. It's such a driving song. It's
a really fun song to perform live too. But yeah,
we really wanted to encompass especially we did visualizer with it,
and I thought it was really fun because I wanted
to kind of encompass the idea of what I thought,
(04:51):
you know, the girl in the song, I'm talking about
what she kind of looks like and feels like. So
I got to do a little kind of like acting
with my visualizer with them. It was really really cool.
So I grew up honestly doing theater when I was
a kid, so kind of that like acting side. And
then I've actually I played a lead role in a
film not too long ago that they just released. It's
(05:12):
on Amazon, and so it's nice to be able to,
I don't know, sometimes like play little roles and such.
You know, I really love the aspect of music videos.
So Change Smokin Is one of those ones that we
just had a lot of fun with, and I mean
production wise, Bart Butler produced it. It like so good. Brandy
(05:32):
Clark's a writer on that song, Trevor Rosen, like so
many amazing names on there. Like so I'm just blessed
honestly to be the artist to be able to sing
it and perform it. But yeah, it's it's an epic song.
I love it. You know.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
What I love was during cm ay week was to
get over there and check out the shows for the
first time at all. I mean everything, the Chevy Vibe
stage and I mean everything was out there, the smaller stages,
and then walk over to Nissan and see all the
big time performers do their thing. I wanted to get
your take on just how great that week is to
give back to the fans one and then to walk
over there to the stadium and see somebody like Lanny
Wilson just be a top pros pro and get out
(06:08):
there and do her thing. What does that mean for
females in country music?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Oh my gosh, I'm such a fan. Like, I'm such
a fan. I don't know if you saw just recently
her performance in New York where her hair was like
blowing in the wind, and I just like the stars
a line because literally her album is called Whirlwind, and
I'm like that, I mean, it just couldn't be more perfect,
and like she's such a trooper. She had a hair
(06:32):
going across her face and she's like casually just pulling
it away like it's nothing, but she's literally like in
a tornado. So I mean, it's really really, really cool.
I'm such a fan, and she really is paving a
way for us females and really showing how like these
women can really be. I mean, if you look back
in the history of country music, like Patsy Cline, Timmy
(06:55):
why that, Loretta Lynn, Like these are tough women that
in and back then it was even worse, you know,
being a female and music or really kind of being
a female one a lot of anything. It was harder.
It was just a little harder. And so it's just
it's like a testament how strong wrestlerman can be. And
so I'm such a fan of hers.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
And thankful for Yeah, I love that cea week too, because,
like you said, Tod, it's amazing the fans lining up
outside with their tickets and like coming to see you know,
Cody Johnson and Dolly Parton early of course, Laney and
all those big stars there at the Music City Center
for Fanfare X and getting there and shop all the
good stuff. And we actually actually went to the wrong
media booth and they actually had to go down the
(07:35):
hallway all the way to the media room over there
compared to where the artist green room was. But did
you get to do any meet and greets? I know
you performed some of the stages at c Mayfest.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Yeah, Unfortunately, honestly, I didn't do any meet and greets.
We're planning on a bigger c mafest this next year,
just with like the new releasing and stuff, so I
had a couple opportunities come up to perform this year,
and I was like, no way, I'm turning that down.
I mean, I love c Mayfest, so I'm like, let's
do it.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
You know.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Said we weren't super active on getting a lot of
stuff this year, but uh, you know, those opportunities came
along my path and I had to take it because
I just I do. I love my fans. I love
getting on stage. It's probably, to be honest, my favorite
thing out of what I do is being able to
get on stage and perform outside of honestly meeting the fans,
because that that's what makes everything worth it and what
(08:20):
we do and the hard days and everything. When you
hear somebody talk about, you know, how much they love
a song or how it's impacted their lives, and it's
just such a big thing. Like, so, yeah, I love
ce Mephis. Like I've been going. I've been in Nashville
for twelve years, so I've practically gone every year. So
it's like, you know, you can't not It's.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
One of the best events of the time of year
that it is in the summer, and this year the
weather actually cooperated pretty well for us. To tell you what,
to get a little stubborn here, what's up?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I thought it was great the weather. I was like,
this is the first time I experienced good weather over Samfus.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Yeah, we weren't stuborn, but hey, Tom, to get a
little stubborn here on the backstage past. We'll take you
back to February of this year. It's Mary Sarah out
there too, and the single is called Stubborn out There.
Time to do it here on AM six fifty, the
home of the Grande Lappary year from Mary Sarah's Stubborn
Enjoyed crank it.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Out just like a spinner.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
It's sounder on my skin, a faucet that's dripping on
that and worm queer clutch on that Chevy get side
of sane, ready to get unstuck and moved down the road,
just like that wants, but the lives in the rain.
I keep patching it up, but it still funds its way,
(09:45):
just like my phone keeps finding your name every time
I'm all along, Ma, Ma, Ma.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
Stub you does get dying gainst the wall, but it
just want really.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Don't know wh.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
Why I can't turn.
Speaker 7 (10:16):
Bab my hog got a mind of that song.
Speaker 6 (10:21):
The main aware that it's gone let you go. Oh,
it's so stup.
Speaker 8 (10:26):
Then you put out the fire, but it still wants
to burn. You close the book, but the page never turned.
Speaker 6 (10:42):
You say to move on. I stay and readers keep loving.
Speaker 7 (10:47):
You don't matter halber.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
Ma, ma ma, stop. You does get falling, don't gets
the wall, but it just want ray.
Speaker 7 (11:05):
And I don't know what. I can't tell you my
whomes gold of the song ever know it's gone.
Speaker 6 (11:20):
You know it's so stuff up. Well she'll missen how
shall acquire? But the kids?
Speaker 7 (11:40):
Jillgas tells him just about the kids, and it's gone, just.
Speaker 9 (11:46):
Smoking into cover every.
Speaker 6 (11:53):
Bye, my stop. He does get so much working great.
Speaker 10 (12:08):
Wha why I can't Oh, it's so stuborn.
Speaker 6 (12:32):
It's so stubi.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
Hi.
Speaker 11 (12:42):
This is Grammy Award winning bluegrass artist Ronda Vincent and
you're listening to the Backstage Past podcast on the home
of the Grand Ole Opry w sm A M six
point fifty.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
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Speaker 12 (13:09):
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Speaker 2 (13:20):
We're having fun here quest we're were recording. We get
to put them out on a Sunday morning for you
here on WSM Home with a Grand Ol Lopry. Out
there Sunday mornings from five point thirty two six am.
You catch us out there at the Sports Guys podcast
dot Com and out there too are other affiliates and
syndicated stations. I love that song and I was like,
you know what, We're gonna feature that on WSMAM six fifty.
Tell us about how this one came about because it's
(13:40):
such a fun song.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Oh my gosh, stubborn. Okay, So if you get to
know me, you will know I'm I'm pretty nang stubborn.
Like in a lot of what I do, it's it
just is what it is. I've accepted it as myself.
But this was another song that was pitched to me
and I just it was one of those things. Vocally too,
I grew up and where how I started was in
(14:04):
vocal lessons, and so when I heard this song, I like,
I thought, this is perfect for my vocal range. It
starts low to hide, it's got this epic lift in
the chorus that I fell love with that I was like,
I can't not. I have to take this song. And
when I say pitched, no, you know a lot of
people don't know. Like there's publishing houses all over Nashville
(14:26):
and they've got thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.
And as an artist, we go around and we get
pitched these songs and this is one of them. Hillary Lindsay,
Shane Mcanellen, Ashley Gorley are the writers on this song,
which is like, whoa crazy first performance. But the other
thing why I love the song so much is it
(14:46):
kind of reminds me of my love for Nashville. And
I have been in the sound for, like I said,
twelve years, and it hasn't been crazy easy. You know,
like you're having to be here. You're grinding, you know,
you're doing the best that you can. And like I
feel like I watch a lot of people come in
and out of Nashville, and I think it's like the
(15:09):
thing about it is, I'm like stubborn in love with Nashville,
Like it just can't get rid of me. And I'm like,
and so I don't know, that's what it kind of
reminds me of a little bit, and so I do.
I love this song.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
So this is for that.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
One's for all my stubborn people out there, because I
know I'm not alone in this.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
You said, they try to get rid of you, but
you know what, she finds a way to keep coming back.
It's perseverance and just getting starborn. And that's the cool
thing about it is, you know so much talent. I've
talked to so many great artists here on the program,
both singers and songwriters, and every time I go there,
even having any street conversations or go out to a
small show, even leading to some of the big shows
between the singers and songwriters, some of those names you
just mentioned, Shane McAnally and some of the other ones.
(15:47):
It is just a town full of talent, and everybody's
out to help everybody, but also everybody's out to make
it and it's hard to do it in this business.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, you just have to keep going. Honestly,
Like if you look at anybody who's really like famous
in the in the public eye and you research their stories, man,
there's the reason why they call it at least a
ten year town. And like a friend of mine was
telling the other day when she got here it was
a seven year town. So they just keep adding years
on to it. But you know there's a reason for.
Speaker 11 (16:20):
That, and I do.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
I think it's like you network and you really garner
some amazing friendships and that's thankfully what I've been able
to do through these years. And I just now kind
of feel like we're getting the opportunity to show the
world who Mary Sarah is. And I've spent this time
working on this music for a good amount of years now,
and so there's a lot of passion and a lot
of a lot of team effort in all of this,
(16:43):
and so it's just just really cool.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Well it seems like too. And I remember from the
episodes that you've always felt like you were a performer
and to be in the performing arts, in this creative
business that we're in called music, when you take the stage,
I'm just gonna say it. And I've seen just videos
and I want to catch you live in the real thing.
But from what I can tell, what I can see electrifying.
That's what comes That's the word that comes to mind.
It's so pure, so good. What do you enjoy most
(17:08):
about performing in front of the fans. You mentioned that's
where you like to be is at stage.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Oh gosh, you know, it's an amazing question, so I
I couldn't like really put a finger on it, to
be honest, and thank you. Electrifying is an amazing word.
I really thank you for that compliment. But I.
Speaker 5 (17:29):
Don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
It's just something natural inside of me that like, when
I'm up there and getting to sing songs, it feels
so freeing to me, and maybe I just have so
much emotion in me that I need to get it out.
I don't know what it is. That just I love
so much about being on stage. I love storytelling, you
know again getting back to the fans, like getting off
(17:50):
of the stage and them coming over and be like,
oh my gosh, that song, Oh my gosh, the way
you perform that, oh my gosh, that no you hit like,
it's just really really cool. I just I just love
it so much. I don't know really what the exact
thing is. There's so many things to add up to
why I love, you know, getting up there and performing. Yeah,
that's that I could.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Show off in this song. Next you thought, like I said,
Stubborn with the latest single take You Back, to the
end of May May thirty first, to be exact. It's
called the Bottom from Mary Sarah. Here it is on
the home of the grand ow Lobrary wsm AM six fifty.
Crank it up because I guarantee you it's going to
take you on roller coaster ride back with more.
Speaker 10 (18:43):
Student tap professional six figures.
Speaker 6 (18:47):
Know this more on paper? What a life that would be?
That was a five year plan five years ago.
Speaker 13 (18:58):
Might need their five or so. But it's all right
because the men good company. I could have chased gold
till I was.
Speaker 6 (19:10):
Down by the five bold and knee on incident.
Speaker 10 (19:14):
I wanna be with the mountains, hammer.
Speaker 6 (19:17):
Collars of bood. I wanna drinkwear you buy one and
maybe itself.
Speaker 7 (19:25):
If we had more money.
Speaker 6 (19:27):
Reads more problems.
Speaker 7 (19:28):
Cards on me at the top, so you can find
us at the bottom.
Speaker 9 (19:33):
Shell bottoms up bottom, mother barrel, Tell my son comes up.
Speaker 10 (19:45):
Down here.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
I'm a regular round here round our.
Speaker 10 (19:49):
Bit serves straight from the whelminging strong cheap.
Speaker 6 (19:53):
You can put them on my time.
Speaker 7 (19:55):
And now.
Speaker 6 (19:57):
I wanna be where the mountains hand the collars and.
Speaker 7 (20:03):
I wanna drinkware here, buy one and they did itself.
If we had more money read on More Proble Start.
It's only at the times.
Speaker 6 (20:14):
You can find us at the bottom, shelves, bottles.
Speaker 9 (20:18):
Of the bottle, mother bell, I wanna be with the
(20:42):
Mets and the collars.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
And.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
I don't wanna drinkwear buy one, and.
Speaker 7 (20:51):
We had more money made on the More Proble Start.
It's only at the times, and you can find us
at the bottle.
Speaker 6 (21:05):
Money at the top, so you can find us at
the bottom, shell bottoms up, the bottom uble barrel.
Speaker 10 (21:15):
Tell the sun comes up.
Speaker 12 (21:18):
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Speaker 4 (21:30):
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Speaker 5 (21:45):
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to backstage Past right here on w s M Radio.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Baby and back here on w s M AM six fifty,
the Home of the Grand Old. I've been there just
a few times this year, and I can tell you
nothing is better than making your debut. And you don't
have to leave this question because here's someone who's done that,
Mary Sarah. Shortly after getting off the voice, she made
her grand ol opry debby, you got to talk about
the Bottom here because it's just a fantastic single that
you guys have put out. So we'll do the operation
(22:16):
a second. But the Bottom itself, my goodness, what an
amazing song that we get to feature here on AM
six fifty WSM from the great Mary Sarah. Tell us
all about this one.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Oh my gosh, the Bottom is my sassy song. I
when I heard this song, I was like, this is
this is me? It felt like me. I grew up
in Texas. I grew up in a small town. I
grew up singing in honky tonks and dive bars and
fellowshipping with people in there, and like it really has
(22:47):
always been my favorite place, and some of my favorite
places and some of my favorite memories are just like
in the divest of dive bars, but with really amazing
people and two for ones and you know, it's it's
such a it's a beautiful song. I love it so much,
and it reminds me of kind of like Redneck Woman
in a way. I love Redneck Woman. Like it's just
(23:08):
very dassing and upbeaten. So when I heard the song,
I was like, I can perform the heck out of
this song, Like this is like my jam. It felt
like a summer jam for people to roll their windows
down to and just sing along. And I've you know,
I feel like a lot of the times I do
work on songs that have a lot of more storytelling
and a little more serious, like if you look at Stubborn,
(23:29):
if you get teen Smoking, they're definitely more like kind
of storytelling, more emotional. This one is just fun and
I haven't done that yet, And so that was what
we really want to accomplished with this. And I think
by the time anybody hears our interview, our music video
for the Bottom will be out, so we should be
premiering that next week.
Speaker 7 (23:48):
Too.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
The attitude and the sasas in a song, Yes, it
remind me a little bit of Gretchen Wilson and a
redneck moment. Like I said, to get straight to the point,
the way the way the song comes out lyrically and
the way it makes somebody feel. I mentioned that center
circle since we're on the home of the grand Ole
Lopry too, and just proud to have this new adventure
here on the show. First time you stepped in that
center circle, what went through your mind? And I know
(24:10):
in the back of it too that I've got to
get there as soon as it's announced again that Mary
Sarah's going to step in that center circle. What was
it like the first time? What would it like to
do that, to do that again? What would feel like
to do that again?
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Oh my gosh, that moment. I mean, that's been what
I've I think anybody, you know, anybody in the country music,
it's like the ultimate goal that everyone has. And so
I had kind of talked a little bit with Pete Fisher,
who ran the Opry for a long time, and he
was always kind of like, hey, we need a little
(24:41):
bit more going on, you know, we need just a
little bit like you gotta get some music out there,
you gotta get like you know, and so it was
always kind of like you got to do a little
bit more to get there, you know. And I totally
get it, because you know, like those are prime spots
and like, you know, there's a lot of us. So
but yeah, when I I got off of the Voice,
(25:02):
I immediately got an email from Pete and he was like,
pick a date. We when I got back, it was
actually CMA Fest that year, and so I was probably
honestly my most epic CMA Fest so far, because every
show I played it was last minute booked, which is
unheard of, which is normally like c mafest is booked
way ahead, a hand ahead, and uh. And I had
(25:25):
packed shows like packed, I mean coming out of them,
and I was like, oh my god, it's crazy. But
when he offered, you know, to get into the circle,
I was like, I mean I cried for sure. It
was amazing and like to be in there, there's really
nothing like it. The only thing I could probably compare
a little bit is like the Ryman, but that's the original,
(25:46):
you know, the original Home, and that was like amazing too.
I'd gotten to do that prior to the Voice for
Rape Price tribute. But those, you know, those times in there,
it's just like sacred grounds. I mean, it was so
respected and I feel honored to even get the opportunity
to be in a place like that. So I'm not
even sure if I really remember everything that happened while
(26:07):
I was up there, because I was just like, ah,
but it was amazing. I had friends and family around me,
my best friend Carly was right up in the front,
just like with a little camera. It was just it
was incredible. It was really so beautiful. So thank you
the Opry for that. And yeah, we're looking forward to
(26:27):
hopefully getting back on there.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Well, I'll make a prophecy here too. I did a
few years ago when I talked to Landy Wilson, You're
gonna get as a member of the opry. I think
the performance is gonna happen again sooner than later for
the great Mary Sarah out there too, with all the
great hard work and getting back inside at center Circle.
And if it does, I got to fly in there
just to see it since I made the prophecy if
it does come true, I gotta be sitting there, what
five six rows back or maybe the front row and
(26:50):
just just see it happen right again.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Well, we'll have to we'll have to stay in touch here,
and you know I've got a few backstage spots too,
so we'll if if if this really does really sooner
up later ran out of me calling you be like,
hey man, you're.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Backstage backstage with Mary Sarah at the operation. From one
fellow textan to another, that's a good sign too, out
there love it the same time. All right, let's have
a little fun too. I finally, for me, at least,
the hot chicken debate came down to two places. When
I was there this year for Country Radio Seminar and
for CMA week there for the fest, it was Hattie Bees,
which is my favorite there because I started off doing
the medium and then I actually got to drive in
(27:27):
kind of get it, get it, take in, takeout order
there from Princes Hot Chicken. I've only tried two places.
I know there's others a party foul and there's so
many that do it, but I think from the two
original places, one are you a hot Chicken fan? And
two where's your favorite place?
Speaker 1 (27:39):
Oh my gosh, Okay, well I have to go with
Hatti Bees. Now, I'm not a massive hot Chicken fan.
It's not the thing that I'm like wanting to get
every day, but I do like it, and I haven't
had Princes though, so I think I can't really, you know,
I can't be like, oh, Hattie's is the best because
I just don't have the experience of the law of
(28:00):
other hot chickens. But my boyfriend Mitch is like a
huge Hattie Bee fan. So like, it's definitely hands down
the one we end up going to. So that's probably
why I haven't tried Princes either, because he's always like
a hottie.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Bees Natty Bees is good, no doubt, all right. Being
from Texas, I know for me it's you know, I'm
a different I say, Arizona Cardinals fan for NFL, But
I got to work in a little sports topics here
for you growing up Cowboys Texans?
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Who is it? Growing up? I was a Houston Texans.
I grew up about an hour south of Houston, so
I was a little closer to It's a little closer
there than Dallas.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
I love it, which is good. And you know what,
this franchise is coming back to existence, resurfacing themselves a
little bit, having a great season.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
I'll say we've had some hard years. But I have
sang the national anthem for them, and that they have
like eighty five thousand people in the stadium for that anthem.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
I was like, fuly, crap, Now have you done Minute
Made Park in the Astros? Have you sang the national
anthem at at Minute Made Park?
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah, a few times. Yeah, I'm a big national anthem singer.
I do love it. I know it's odd and I know,
like a lot of singers and like, no, never going
to do that, but I just find it a part
of what you know, it's it's my gifts and like
the least I can do to pay tribute to those
who have fought on my behalf for my freedom. So yeah,
it's just something I really love doing.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Well, I'll tell you what. She's one of the best
out there too. Glad we can highlight her here on
AM six fifty WSM, the Home of the grand Ole Lapper.
You can check out the backstage past powered by the
Sports Guys podcast dot com every Sunday morning right here
five point thirty to six am, and check her out
at Marysarah dot com with an hsa r ah dot
com and the new single the Bottom across all the
streaming platforms. And guess what more to come because we're
(29:45):
just halfway through twenty twenty four and I know there's
more to come, more albums, more singles out there too. Hey,
appreciate you being with us and hope you enjoyed the time.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Brandon, thank you so much. This has been such a
joy and I look forward to the next one.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
We're gonna keep doing it again, no doubt, Mary Sarah
dot com and go stream the bottom across all those
digital streaming platforms. We're back next Sunday for another episode
here on WSM AM six point fifty the Home of
the Grand Ole Opry. We'll see you then, take care
of God bless Hey y'all.
Speaker 12 (30:11):
It's Nashville recording artist Russell Dickerson and you're listening to
the backstage Pass with Brandon on the Home of the
Opry six fifty am WSM
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