December 12, 2024 • 37 mins
Noah Thompson won the twentieth season of the hit TV show American Idol and he dropped by The Backstage Pass to talk about his latest single, Amercian Dream and his plans for 2025! Tune in!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, y'all, this is Nashville recording artist Noah Thompson and
you're listening to the Backstage Past Podcast powered by the
Sports Guys Podcast dot com, exclusively on KKTC True Country
ninety nine point nine in House, New Mexico.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
And welcome inside the Backstage Pass. Always a busy day
in just a couple of weeks out now from the
Christmas Holidays, Happy holidays, everybody listening out there KKTC True
Country ninety nine point nine and of course out there
Brandon Morel here, presented by our friends over at the
Caden Gordon Show dot com Today's best Country Mix, and
of course one of his new singles out there is
kicking ass and taking names, just like he did on
(00:35):
the twentieth season of American Idol. He's a winner, and
he's a winner in my book and one hell of
a country artist.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Here.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
The new single, American Dream is across all these digital
streaming platforms. Noah Thompson joining us here on the show. No,
what's up, buddy?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
What's up? Man?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Goodness have you man? It's uh up in a while.
We're putting this thing together too. Hey, Let's let's reflect
a little bit on some of those moments, you know what,
the holiday's coming up, we get a chance to spend
time with family and a chance to spend time there
are little ones there too. But take me back a
little bit too. I said, you get on this show
destined audition for this thing called American Idol, which is
blowing up the twentieth season. Was so much talent on there.
(01:10):
What do you remember best about just going through that
whole ride and that whole experience to make you the
artist that you are today?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
You know, I mean I try to. I definitely just
kind of hold on to every every, every little bit
of that entire journey. And you know, I was obviously
not an artist whatsoever by any means before I'd gotten
on that show, and I didn't really know what it
took to begin to even you know, claim to be
an artist in any way whatsoever. But my buddy, time
(01:37):
me up. We got on there, and you know, we
had no expectations of anything kind of happening out of it.
But you know, I think for me, the things that
I hold on to more than anything is just you know,
I walked onto that show as just this humble kid,
and I remember at one point in time, you know,
Lionel Ritchie throughout the show where it was a one
(01:59):
there was one performance did and he said, you know,
just man, every time you step on that stage, you know,
you step on there with big boots and you know,
on that stage and just you know, make that stage yours.
You know what I'm saying. And I try to tell
myself that each and every night I get on stage now,
especially because like you know, I'm at a point in
my career where it's very crucial just to be my
absolute self and not be so held being on trying
(02:20):
to do what everybody else is doing. You know what
I'm saying. It's just I think it's a big I
think that's a big thing, especially nowadays, you know. So
that's something I definitely hold on to a lot of
the time.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
You know, is it true out there to because I've
heard that saying and it had a lot of so
many great artists like yourself, you know, come off that
show and they say, man, the real work begins when
you get off a platform like that, not the work
that goes on when you're on a platform like that.
Not that it's not work, it still is, no doubt
about it, But is that true where that kind of
real work begins when you get off a platform like that.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
That's so true. Yeah, I mean, I mean I definitely
expected it. I guess, you know, I knew that everything
just wasn't gonna be like handed to me or whatever
straight off of a show like that do that. But uh,
I mean you you somewhat you can't help, but have
you know for me, like I just won the show,
(03:09):
you know, and you have semi expectations of like, okay,
well I just I just I just want American idol,
you know what I mean. Like, I mean, I can
probably do this for quite some time, but you know
what I mean, or I can, I can, I can
take my time off or do whatever, you know what
I'm saying, But realistically that was that's not the case,
you know what I mean. It's yeah, it's a huge
(03:30):
platform to to uh to to to get your name
out there man and just you know, make up thinking,
make a name for yourself and get into the music
industry super quick. But it is absolutely not a fast
route to to the you know, to to uh being
an artist, if that makes any sense, because it's it's
there's a big difference, you know what I mean coming
(03:51):
from a television show and not know anything outside of
that television show, and I did at all. I had
no clue as to what you know, Nashville was like,
or as you industry was like, or anything you know,
and coming off of the show, Man, I feel like
I feel like people definitely kind of look at you know,
kids in a sense that come off of these television shows.
(04:12):
If I'm being honest, I feel like they look at
them as if you know, it's just kind of one
after the other, you know what I mean, Which it
makes sense because you've seen it so many times. But
like I think, I think, uh, I think just making
sure once you once, especially coming off of a television
show such as American Island, I think it's very very
very smart to just you know, hone in on you
(04:35):
and you know, figure out what it is you want
to say as an artist and who you are as
an artist, because I feel like in a way in
a sense that you do get looked at very differently, uh,
from coming off of a television show rather than grinding
and out for ten or so years, you know what
I mean? If that makes any sense, I'm trying to
clear that up. But like you know.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Yeah, yeah, it makes it makes a lot of sense too.
Let me ask you this, those themes the week you
know where they did Disney and of course other different
genres of music. Uh, which week as you got through
the competition did you find the most challenging, whether it
came to song choice, wardrobe things like that, that was
the most challenging for you?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Oh man? Uh, let me think, dude, God, I haven't
even dude, I don't even watch When I come off
the show man, I was like, God, this is mean, dude.
It was a great time and we enjoyed it, but
like you know, for me, I was like, God, it's over.
We did it, you know what I mean? So I
don't even go back and watch any of these things.
And that's like that was such a whirlwind for me,
(05:35):
I think. I think honestly, for some reason, the the
when I sang a THET one point time, I can't
remember a particularly what round it was, but there was
around when, uh, when I had to switch up I
had to switch my song out super quick, and I
had maybe just a couple of days to switch up
a song. And it was around the time they had
(05:56):
Gabby Barrett come on our season, and she was our
guest mentor, and uh we were speaking with her, and
you know, obviously, like I said, scared, scared kid, and
I got on this show, had no idea what to expect,
and getting on there, I'm just trying to do my best, man,
you know what I mean. I'm getting on there, I'm
picking songs out left and right. I'm like, oh my god,
(06:17):
I know this song, but I don't really know it.
I'm trying to learn it super fast because I have
to sing it in less than a week, you know
what I mean. It's the whole thing. It's just like go, go, go,
go go. It never stops. And uh yeah, So like
that was that particularly was pretty rough on me because
it was not even I think a couple of days
before we actually had to perform, and I had to
just learn difference so completely different. I was singing. I
(06:38):
was singing a Chris Stapleton's song, and she said she
felt like, you know, it wasn't really resonating with me,
which I understood. I got that because you know, probably wasn't.
And then I ended up picking a different song, the
Benny Kings song stand by Me, and then I ended
up doing that one. So that was like a that
was kind of a very time consuming thing. That was
rough on me for sure, but.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yeah, you get you get through it, you come out
stronger on the other side too. Hey, we'll go back
to the debut single there one of Them, There one
Day tonight, which was twenty twenty two. So I just
talk about kind of what you remember most about that
one too, And I'm sure that at that time it
was like, man, I'm getting to get some of that
music out into those fans hands. I mean, you couldn't
have picked a perfect, more perfect.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Song, Thank you, man, I uh I I you know what, man,
I look at that song compared to the music that
I'm doing now, and it's it's very it's very much different,
as people can listen and tell. But I will always
and forever be grateful to that song because that is obvious.
That's my biggest song currently and probably will be for
a long time because it's it was you know, it
(07:41):
was my first song, man, and it was on a
huge platform and everybody got to hear it and uh
and a lot of people related to it though too.
Me and I still get messages about that song every day,
you know what, I mean, people just they love that
song and they'll reach out to me from all over
the world and they're like asking me come sing at
their wedding or whatever. You know what I mean, it's
a whole thing. So you know, I'm I'm always I'm
always super grateful for that song. But you know, yeah, man,
(08:04):
my music's definitely changed from from from that point on,
and I feel like I'm getting to an opportunity now
to uh to be more real in my music and
share real life stories with my with the fans that
are still kind of hanging in there with me over
you know, over the course of me coming off the
show and whatnot. So it's, uh, it's it's neat to
for me to see that, you know, no matter what,
(08:27):
whether you know the almost them near the garre is
almost changing, you know what I mean, throughout throughout the music.
It's neat for you know, just to see people still
sticking in with me and listen to my music. So,
I mean, you know, at.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
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gonna stick with you there o KKTC True Country ninety
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top some music and time to fire one up here
on the show. It's so one of the biggest singles
he had too as well. Upbringing came out to August
of this year, twenty twenty four, enjoyed Right Here KKTC
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the flash they too.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Granny bought me sigat Rest when I was fifteen, when
friend came round and times got heart. But Daddy taught
me how to clip the wings off some green sometimes
she got him Mickey on the Hide in the Dark
Turn twenty one found a good far fight was warm
on brown and one wrong up. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
I saw mad and I didn't know him. Why. I
saw a try found a peace and a cup of Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I've heard of silver line and had them want them
weather ahead of mile went some.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Way till y'all feel it on over. How do I
I keep this ship from sinca? I swear only here's
a devil. I'm a shoulder.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
He keeps seeing me straight into the tep bet depend
on whiskey like my pan shee.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
You want to be the one of free ride of history.
Can't help pour.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
One down Jane to pass something and hard stuff goes
with a tough bring in.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Scars on my numb, scars on my heart, the bars
on the windows, cars in the arden, and everything I
know's going up small.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
I don't even know how to start put away till
he'll fill his home over. How awhile I keep this
ship from sinking? I swear only here's a devil. I'm
a shoulder. He keeps seeing me straight into the t bed.
Depend on whiskey.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Like my pan She want to be the one be raiody.
Speaker 5 (11:01):
History can help pull one down, draining class, sound thinking,
hard stuff, gold in the tough up brain. Have her
sibling line and one way to hell my man way
(11:22):
to him to feel this all over?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
How do I keep this ship from syncing?
Speaker 1 (11:29):
I swear only in the devil on my shoulder, he
keeps eating me straight until.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
The defense Deepenal whiskey like my pantry.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Want to be the one to be variety.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
History can help pull one down, draining class, sound thinking
and hall stuff golden in the tough up Brain.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
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Speaker 1 (12:37):
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Speaker 2 (12:48):
Hey, of course, more great shows coming up good just
before we hit Christmas, so we'll take a two week
break and be back in the first of the years.
Are more great artists coming up there? January twenty twenty five,
Back here with no A. Thompson KKTC True Country ninety
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(13:10):
My friend upbringing. Man, what a what a story well told.
That's what country music is all about.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Right yeah? Man? That song I feel like I felt like,
if this makes any sense at all, I feel like
I needed that song for a long time. I feel
like I was chasing that song, but I could never
find it for some reason. And I think over the
course of me coming off of idol and kind of
(13:36):
going through all the stuff I was going through, man,
I just I made a lot of dumb mistakes.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
Man.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
And uh, just did a lot of stupid crap that
I regret. I mean, you know, not necessarily regreat because
I feel like it made me make it just makes
you a yard. I just I just I was drinking
all the time, man, and like I just I, Man,
I couldn't figure out why why things were going the
way they were. I couldn't figure I couldn't map anything out,
and I was just kind of going through it, man.
(14:01):
And uh, it's just one of those things. I just
extremely hard on myself at that particular point in my life.
And I was just sick of feeling that way. Man.
And uh, you come off of a national television show
and everybody just automatically assumes that you know this is
you know that that guy's life is probably great and whatnot.
But realistically, my life was probably about as low as
(14:22):
it had ever possibly been. And uh, you know, I
hate even saying that, man, but it was true. Like
I I couldn't figure out. I couldn't figure out a lot,
and I was just kind of going through a lot,
and uh, you know, I just became an independent artist.
And I chose to do that because I felt like
it was right and right for me, right for the
team because I wasn't. I wasn't in it, man, you know.
(14:42):
I wasn't. I couldn't be in it, and it was
just hard. And uh, I feel like I was kind
of the best decision I could have ever made, though,
And uh, by doing that, we ended up writing that
song because I felt like I was almost free, you know,
like it could be myself in a way and not
anything against American I or not like that. And they've
changed my life and done I mean, I wouldn't be
able to do music at all if it wasn't pre
(15:04):
maire and I don't know, they've did everything in the
world for me. But I just needed a sense of
relief for a minute and I got that, and because
of that, I ended up writing all the songs I've
written the past year because of that. Moment. You know,
I just I needed that so I could have a
breath of fresh air and just sit back and say,
you know what, man, this is this is what I
(15:24):
need to say, and this is what I'm gonna say,
you know what I mean. So that's that's kind of
how all those all these songs that I've been writing
have kind of come about because of that.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Well, you did a fine damn job on the one
we're gonna talk about America drinking a little bit, but
I gotta go back before that, even with one here
that talked about that you mentioned, you know, the drinking
things like that that you you have to you know,
eliminate those demons, because how hard that is in the
industry to not follow that path when it comes to
what the other voice is trying to say compared to
what the left. You know, the left side is trying
to get what the right side wants to do or
(15:54):
whatever whatever direction you want to go there too. But
you told me a great story in a song that
would demons in my whiskey. Let's talk about that one.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
You know, I've tried, I've tried my best to explain
to people that song isn't really particularly about me. But
I made a post recently, I mean a couple of
months back when we first initially released the song and
just tried to explain to people, you know, this is
definitely a song that's a true story. But it's like,
you know, I mean, I feel like, man, I come dude,
I come from a family of come from a family
of addicts and you know, alcoholics and all kinds of stuff,
(16:25):
and a lot of people just don't know that stuff
about me, man, And that's kind of my whole story,
you know what I mean. I've been in that I've
been in that atmosphere my whole life. And that's not
something that I wanted to get on a national television
show and necessarily talk about because I didn't want to
be some sob story, you know what I mean. I
just didn't. That's just the that's the reality of it.
But I knew in order to to to be a
(16:45):
true artist and like man, to to tell my real
stuff man, and just you know, be raw and real
with people, I wanted to to share those things. And
with that song, really, man, it's a it's really about
a buddy of mine that passed away about a just
about a year ago now, actually, Uh, him and I
(17:05):
and a bunch of brother I buddies, we all kind
of grew up together with He had just passed, and
I couldn't He started looking back at all these old
pictures of us hanging out and everything, and you just
get you get to looking at him, man, and he
was just you know, it's like he was there, but
he wasn't. And it's like he was in the moment,
you know, having a good time whatever. But you just
get to looking at his eyes and it's just like
his his is almost like his soul left his body
(17:26):
or something. It's just he just wasn't there, you know
what I mean, in the in the in the strangest way.
And uh. And I remember those moments, you know, and
uh when he when when he had first died, when
he had finally when he had just passed. Uh, you know,
I I started looking back at all those and I
couldn't help. I couldn't help but notice us looking at
the pictures. Man, I was just like, God, it's like
(17:47):
he's just he's not even there, you know. And when
I went back to I went back to Nashville, like
two days after we had buried him, and I wrote
that song with two people, Casey Casey Tendall and Lucas Scott,
and I was just talking to him about it. Man.
It was like I was really trying to chase a song.
I was just talking to him about what happened, you know,
because I didn't really didn't feel like writing a song
that day, to be honest. And uh, but I'm glad
(18:08):
we did, you know, because it fit the mold right
into what I was trying to say as an artist.
And you know, uh, it was kind of my tribute
thing to him, man, you know what I mean, because
he just I didn't want to. I knew, I didn't
want to write some sad, you know, funeral song or whatever,
because he just wasn't who he was. That wasn't in
his uh, this wasn't in his vein. Man. You know,
(18:28):
it's just that's not who he was he wanted, you know.
That's that's that I know. I know he would have
been proud of that song, you know what I mean.
So that's that's more of a reason kind of why
we wrote that song, for sure. But I think it's
a very relatable song in a lot of different aspects.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Though absolutely no doubt love it and it tells the
life story too, and like I said, for people that
do face those type of you know, consequences, would make
those choices out there too, and sometimes you just gotta
let it out and lucky emotions kind of come together
to That's a good thing about music and is therapy,
no doubt. I love the fact you put together or
even a great EP with some of these songs we're
talking about with One Day, Tonight and Stay Middle of
(19:05):
God knows where EP that came out there in the
last year in June. Uh, just the body of work, man,
fantastic great songs including the title track there too. Give
me some of those best memories of this particular album
and and not just singles coming out, but get a
chance to put a body of work on an EP
and share some of these tunes with the fans.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Yeah, man, you know, I mean, dude, I look at
that project as just such a learning experience for me.
Uh I you know it was. It was the first
time I'd ever sat in on a co write like
all these things that I that uh that kind of
just put together, you know what I mean. And I
had a team of people behind me working with me. Uh,
(19:47):
it was such a such a crazy experience to be
a part of. And yeah, I'm super grateful for that project, man,
And it was it was the first time I ever
got to, you know, write, sirnles Man and just and
be in rooms and be vulnerable and kind of talk
about so and things and uh, you know, I I'm
I'm I'm obviously wrote more right now, writing more deeper
lyrics as far as my songs are going and they're heading.
(20:09):
But like, you know, that was such a just a
learning experience for me, man, to kind of figure out
the whole you know, idea of what it takes to
put a project together. You know that that whole project, man,
was just really just such a learning experience for me.
And it was neat to such a such a cool
thing to get to be part of. And uh, you know, yeah,
but I knew that the middle of God Knows Where
(20:30):
it was really kind of the first song that I
love when I first moved to town, you know what
I mean that I had written and uh with other people,
you know, and getting to getting to use that as
the title track was really neat too.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
So well, I love this one too. It tells a
great story about it, and man, This is the current
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Make sure you guys go download it wherever you download
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Speaker 4 (21:33):
Mama's always said, that's pissed off.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
He spent all the money that he never had.
Speaker 4 (21:40):
Trying to put his little girl through the Rehaand we're
taking on the theme.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
And she has brothers gone praisee. A couple of.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
Weeks, he's about to have his baby. He don't love
his stady as far as I see.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
We'll just stave in.
Speaker 4 (21:59):
We'll just say this American Dream.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
I still want up believe days like this. He's out
just wone awake up.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
I just won a wake up from this American Dream.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Straight out of college.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
This his home with the folks, scouse of his old
student loans or the hostage and what's of.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
The beat when he can't heat looking for a job
every damn day of the week. As far as I seen, it's.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Another sad soul, noother sad soul chasing an American tream.
I still want up believe he's like this, he's out,
just worn away up, I just wown awake up.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Up from this American tre.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
Sorch of coming home, left the fan for his own
cause he can't get the fill on the phone for
the medicine and means helps him forget everything. Now he saying,
welcome home to the old American, the American dream.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
If I still want to believe the days like pay.
Speaker 4 (23:42):
I just wore away, If I just WoT awake up
from this American dream.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
I still want to believe for times like Peas.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
I just wore away. If I just want a wake
up this American americane.
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dot com. Let's dive into it. My friend loved it.
It just had from start to finish. It was that
ride roller coaster ride. You take it on and you
really understand what you're talking about when you say American
Dream Yeah, man, it's.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
A you know that that song. I've held on to
that song for part about a year at least a
year at least now. But it's I've always thought it
was just truly a special zone, and I thought I
thought people would really love it too. You know, it
seems to be that people are really enjoying it, and
(26:04):
they've been listening to it a bunch. I get messages
about it all the time also, But it seems that
people really do enjoy that song, or that they've loved
it so far. So it's been nice to see that
because I thought it was truly a special song the
first time I ever heard it. So I've always loved
that song.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
You know, when it comes to writing, to talk about
you sometimes everybody in this industry, a lot of artists
have talked to her on the program they experienced the
writer's block, or like I said, it's sometimes it'll come
from fantasy or that personal experience. You have to kind
of live it to be able to put it on paper.
Talk about just your writing style of what you love
most about the songwriting process.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Yeah, man, I mean, dude, you know, everybody goes through
writer the block, and I mean to be honest, you know.
I for the longest time I had I had struggle
with that, you know, it was it was the hardest thing.
But I think I think as far as like you know,
Nashville is such a communion town, and it's like you're
meeting everybody, You're you're writing with everybody, You're meeting new
(26:59):
people every day, You're you're doing all these things all
at once, and that I think, I think the main
thing is to just learn to especially I mean in
meeting people, just being vulnerable and being real and you know,
just being straight up about what you want to say
and who you want to be and all these things.
But I think, I mean, man, there's nothing like just
(27:20):
you know, there I don't especially for the writers too,
for the writers that you may write with or whatever,
for them, you know, especially going into a room. Writers
love nothing more than for you to walk in there
and just say, hey, you know, this is who I am,
this is what I want to say, and uh, this
is this is the idea I have today, you know
what I mean. But there's, man, man, there's absolutely nothing
(27:41):
better than like the real stuff though, you know, like
to me, I don't think so, you know, I think
and I struggled with doing that for a long time,
and I think it was because I needed I needed
to take a step back. Like I said earlier, I
think I needed to take a step back and find
out who I was and what I wanted to say.
You know, I think that was really important for me
(28:02):
to do that. You know. Uh but I think that
I think by doing that, Uh, it was it was
it was that was my that was my point in
in in becoming the real artist I want to be,
you know what I mean, the saying the things I
want to say. But man, there's there's there. I mean,
there's literally there's nothing like just you know, being raw
and real with the with the people you may be
(28:25):
writing with, or just you know, just sharing that and
then seeing people relate, you know, especially when you relate
saying people actually do relate because you know, you question it.
It's like, man, ain't nobody you know, nobody's gonna nobody's
gonna understand what I'm saying. Nobody's gonna get what I'm saying.
They do though, you know, people do get it because
there's a lot more people out there that have been
through the exact same things. You know, what I mean,
(28:46):
so it's uh, that's that's the that's the coolest thing
for me, for sure.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
No doubt too. Hey, you know we're coming up on
the twenty twenty five. I want to wish you and
the family the happy holidays and the merry Christmas and
of course forecast if you can. What's there for the
first quarter of twenty twenty five and what you're most
excited about. I know new music is probably coming out
and a whole lot more, but there's a lot of
things in that Thompson camp. You're ready to get out
of the bag, right yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Man, I mean, dude, we got a lot of things
that I can't really talk about right now, but we
got uh, we got we got we got some cool
things coming up, man. But right now, I'm really I'm
just I'm I'm I'm currently back home right now and
spend time my little boy and see my family. And
that's a lot of people don't know how simple of
a guy am, But I'm such a simple guy. I
just I enjoy, uh, I enjoy being home and when
(29:33):
I can and taking time seeing my family. And I
like to right on my own time when I come
home because it's just it's inspirational for me, you know
what I mean, And I do that a lot, and
uh it's it's neat for me to be able to
do that, you know what I mean and still be
able to kind of, you know, have a have a
full time music career. It's it's it's it's neat. Man,
it's cool. So I enjoy it do too.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Let's talk about that. Like I said, I a girl dad.
As of right now, she's turning five, it's turning up
coming up in May of of next year. To any
musical talents you're you're you're seeing out of your your
little one right now?
Speaker 1 (30:07):
He uh signed the little kid he is so the
kid is so hopper and all over the place that
he absolutely can't even stop for a second. And just
like I'm trying to make him pay attention, he does
not want to pay attention. I've been struggling with that.
But like no, man, he my dad and I you know,
I'll go out there and see him. We always play.
(30:27):
We played together our whole lives and uh, it's just
something we've always loved doing together. My little boy will
come over and basically beat the hell out of our guitars.
But he loves it though. Man, he loves listening, you
know what I mean? And uh that that to me
is the coolest thing ever. He just he really does.
He enjoys music, man, he does like he he wants
to listen to everything, you know what I mean, especially
(30:49):
me though. That's all he wants to listen to out
of time. It's neat. It's neat to hear that. So
but he uh, he loves music though, man, he really does.
I hope he. I love to see him do anything music.
But obviously I'd love to see him do anything.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
But you know, no doubt following those footsteps. All right,
let's have the fun with this because I throw some
sports questions at you from now and then, Hey, we
got this new twelve team college football playoff this year.
I guess, one, are you a fan of it? And
two some people say it's to the twelve it should
be sixteen. And then I guess, as a college football
fan in general, who do you root for?
Speaker 1 (31:21):
I mean, man, gotta be Kentucky, right, I mean, yeah,
gotta be Kentucky. I mean I mean I've you know, dude,
I got some into music at such a young age. Man,
I fell off. I fell off sports man, you know
what I mean. But like I loved, I love to
watch ever so often when I can, but I never
I never got into it. Man. I played t ball
(31:41):
and stuff I count a little boy, but after that
fell off the map. So fell off the map.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
Hey, you got a real job, said full time.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Yeah, yeah, I guess if you want to call this
a real job.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
No doubt, reality job, no doubt. Hey, let's get into
a little bit of restaurants and food there too, because
I know, you know, every chance I give a chance
to go there two or three times a year for
radio stuff and all that in Nashville, whether it be
country radio seminar or CMA week. Uh, Nashville's always got
holes in the wall, good places to eat when you
when you're there, you guys are either recording or playing
some shows and kind of hanging out with buddies. Where
(32:15):
do y'all like to to kind of go eat? And
when it comes to a night out.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
Man, I mean, bro, if I'm being honest with you,
we uh, I mean, if I'm going out, I'm going
to Red Door and then I'm probably gonna get pretty
uh pretty hammered, and I'm going on down to velvet taco.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
It's a good one.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
If you've never If no, I'm not even I'm not
even entirely sure if velvet taco is just a Nashville thing.
But velvet taco is just like you know, taco, bail
and crack. It's just good. It's real good. It's really good.
And if you haven't ever ate it, you got to
eat it because it's so good. And all my buddies,
that's where that's our first thing, you know what I'm saying,
We go straight to velvet taco. So Velvitaco's good.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
You probably said this on Idle two at the same time,
and we saw a little bit of the video when
you got to share it. But I want to know
if you never kind of followed that that that dream
path or pushed to be on the show or now
as a working musician, what other career path would you've
kind of stayed in. What occupation would kind of just
what you stayed stayed with.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
I mean, I'd still be uh, I'd still be slinging
a hammer man, you know, That's all. That's kind of
all I really knew how to do my daddy. My
dad taught me one of two things man. You know,
he was a He's a carpenter of my whole life.
And uh he taught me. He taught me this and that,
and uh I went straight into construction straight out of
high school. I have my little boy really young, and
I was just trying to figure life out super quick. Man.
(33:31):
That's that's a to be honest. I had no other
life goals man. You know, it was either it was
music for me. That's all I ever want to do
was just play music. That was it. And uh I
never thought I'd be able to do that. And so
when I got out of high school I started working.
I was like, well, you know, uh I guess this
is kind of this is kind of it. But I
was content with that. Man. You know, I didn't really
(33:53):
think at that point, Jime, it wasn't really about me anymore,
you know. And I wasn't trying to make anything about me.
Uh I really wasn't. I just I was. I knew
I had a son to take care of and that
was that, you know. But because of that, and given
the opportunity I was given from American inot, it just
gave me even more of a drive man to want
more and you know, do all this and that. So
(34:14):
I just I think that I don't think God would
have put me here if he didn't want me to
be here, you know.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
So I'm grateful, absolutely, no doubt. Congratulations, I'm becoming a
dad too. It's the best thing that ever happens to
someone out there too, you know, like say, to be
a boy dad girl dad too. And now I gotta
ask you about this. I'm not sure if it's in
the plans as yet, but I could see it happening too.
For all these reality shows like Idle in the Voice,
they're bringing back all these guest mentors. So I'm not
sure if it's in the works right now. You're probably
not able to speak on this too, but I wouldn't
(34:39):
be surprised if we get somewhere down the line, since
we got Carrie Underwood coming back now after what twenty
years or so of doing this? What about Noah Thompson,
the guest mentor on American Oh man?
Speaker 1 (34:50):
Hey, well, did I mean I'm not against it, you know,
especially carry Underwood be on there. I love that woman, man,
But uh no, like they they had me, they had me.
I think it was like either either a year or
two ago. But I came back and got to like,
you know, hang out with the kids, man, and it
(35:11):
was it was so that was the well, that was
just I guess that was a year. I think it
was two years ago. It was with It was with
em Man when he wanted em tongy and uh and
I remember me and Iam before all the things happened.
I loved him today. I loved I loved everybody on there. Man.
It was such a cool thing. It was neat because
it was like, you know, for me, I had just
got off that season. I got to go back and
(35:32):
talk to these kids. I'm like, man, I know exactly
how y'all feel. This is a lot. I get it.
But the one thing I can tell y'all was just
enjoy the moment, because like that's what not what I did.
I didn't enjoy the moment. You know, I was freaking
out man, you know. But but my particular situation is
like you know, man, I got, I got, and the
(35:53):
way I took it, it was like I had a
buddy something up. So therefore it drug me away from
my whole family. And that's all I really knew to
do at that point in time. It was just take
care of my family, take care of my family, you know.
So like I'm freaking out because I'm plumb across the
country and I didn't really know how to handle that,
you know, and I didn't handle that well at all
throughout the season. I really didn't. And uh but like
(36:15):
I said, man, all that, all those things, I should
have just enjoyed the moment and been in the moment.
And uh, you know, because that because there was absolutely nothing.
All my family was completely fine, you know, all these things.
It's just but I just I didn't know how to
get out of that. So that's what I told them.
Just to enjoy at the moment. But man, look they
want to call me back, I'm going. I ain't against it.
I love I think it'd be fun.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
I could see it again too as well. Out the
current single American dream across all those digital streaming platforms
and check him out, like I said, online, give even
a life on social media. One of the best to
do it to follow his dreams out there. Noah Thompson
here on the backstage, passed again, powered by the Sports
Guys podcast dot com and of course out there KKTC
True Country ninety nine point nine. My friend appreciate you
joining us as always, continued success going forward, happy holidays,
(36:59):
and looking forward to a lot of big things coming
up next year. Appreciate you being with us.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Thank you, brother, I appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
You got it. Noah Tompson out there too. We're back
with some more great music right there here on KKTC
True Country ninety nine point nine. Some of the big
hits coming up there. Take care, God bless We'll see
you soon here on KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine.
Here from the backstage pass.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
Hey all, this is Nashville Recording artists Taylor Austindy and
you're listening to the backstage Pass on KKTC True Country
ninety nine point nine.
Hey, y'all, this is Nashville recording artist Noah Thompson and
you're listening to the Backstage Past Podcast powered by the
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ninety nine point nine in House, New Mexico.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
And welcome inside the Backstage Pass. Always a busy day
in just a couple of weeks out now from the
Christmas Holidays, Happy holidays, everybody listening out there KKTC True
Country ninety nine point nine and of course out there
Brandon Morel here, presented by our friends over at the
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of course one of his new singles out there is
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(00:35):
the twentieth season of American Idol. He's a winner, and
he's a winner in my book and one hell of
a country artist.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Here.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
The new single, American Dream is across all these digital
streaming platforms. Noah Thompson joining us here on the show. No,
what's up, buddy?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
What's up? Man?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Goodness have you man? It's uh up in a while.
We're putting this thing together too. Hey, Let's let's reflect
a little bit on some of those moments, you know what,
the holiday's coming up, we get a chance to spend
time with family and a chance to spend time there
are little ones there too. But take me back a
little bit too. I said, you get on this show
destined audition for this thing called American Idol, which is
blowing up the twentieth season. Was so much talent on there.
(01:10):
What do you remember best about just going through that
whole ride and that whole experience to make you the
artist that you are today?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
You know, I mean I try to. I definitely just
kind of hold on to every every, every little bit
of that entire journey. And you know, I was obviously
not an artist whatsoever by any means before I'd gotten
on that show, and I didn't really know what it
took to begin to even you know, claim to be
an artist in any way whatsoever. But my buddy, time
(01:37):
me up. We got on there, and you know, we
had no expectations of anything kind of happening out of it.
But you know, I think for me, the things that
I hold on to more than anything is just you know,
I walked onto that show as just this humble kid,
and I remember at one point in time, you know,
Lionel Ritchie throughout the show where it was a one
(01:59):
there was one performance did and he said, you know,
just man, every time you step on that stage, you know,
you step on there with big boots and you know,
on that stage and just you know, make that stage yours.
You know what I'm saying. And I try to tell
myself that each and every night I get on stage now,
especially because like you know, I'm at a point in
my career where it's very crucial just to be my
absolute self and not be so held being on trying
(02:20):
to do what everybody else is doing. You know what
I'm saying. It's just I think it's a big I
think that's a big thing, especially nowadays, you know. So
that's something I definitely hold on to a lot of
the time.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
You know, is it true out there to because I've
heard that saying and it had a lot of so
many great artists like yourself, you know, come off that
show and they say, man, the real work begins when
you get off a platform like that, not the work
that goes on when you're on a platform like that.
Not that it's not work, it still is, no doubt
about it, But is that true where that kind of
real work begins when you get off a platform like that.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
That's so true. Yeah, I mean, I mean I definitely
expected it. I guess, you know, I knew that everything
just wasn't gonna be like handed to me or whatever
straight off of a show like that do that. But uh,
I mean you you somewhat you can't help, but have
you know for me, like I just won the show,
(03:09):
you know, and you have semi expectations of like, okay,
well I just I just I just want American idol,
you know what I mean. Like, I mean, I can
probably do this for quite some time, but you know
what I mean, or I can, I can, I can
take my time off or do whatever, you know what
I'm saying, But realistically that was that's not the case,
you know what I mean. It's yeah, it's a huge
(03:30):
platform to to uh to to to get your name
out there man and just you know, make up thinking,
make a name for yourself and get into the music
industry super quick. But it is absolutely not a fast
route to to the you know, to to uh being
an artist, if that makes any sense, because it's it's
there's a big difference, you know what I mean coming
(03:51):
from a television show and not know anything outside of
that television show, and I did at all. I had
no clue as to what you know, Nashville was like,
or as you industry was like, or anything you know,
and coming off of the show, Man, I feel like
I feel like people definitely kind of look at you know,
kids in a sense that come off of these television shows.
(04:12):
If I'm being honest, I feel like they look at
them as if you know, it's just kind of one
after the other, you know what I mean, Which it
makes sense because you've seen it so many times. But
like I think, I think, uh, I think just making
sure once you once, especially coming off of a television
show such as American Island, I think it's very very
very smart to just you know, hone in on you
(04:35):
and you know, figure out what it is you want
to say as an artist and who you are as
an artist, because I feel like in a way in
a sense that you do get looked at very differently, uh,
from coming off of a television show rather than grinding
and out for ten or so years, you know what
I mean? If that makes any sense, I'm trying to
clear that up. But like you know.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Yeah, yeah, it makes it makes a lot of sense too.
Let me ask you this, those themes the week you
know where they did Disney and of course other different
genres of music. Uh, which week as you got through
the competition did you find the most challenging, whether it
came to song choice, wardrobe things like that, that was
the most challenging for you?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Oh man? Uh, let me think, dude, God, I haven't
even dude, I don't even watch When I come off
the show man, I was like, God, this is mean, dude.
It was a great time and we enjoyed it, but
like you know, for me, I was like, God, it's over.
We did it, you know what I mean? So I
don't even go back and watch any of these things.
And that's like that was such a whirlwind for me,
(05:35):
I think. I think honestly, for some reason, the the
when I sang a THET one point time, I can't
remember a particularly what round it was, but there was
around when, uh, when I had to switch up I
had to switch my song out super quick, and I
had maybe just a couple of days to switch up
a song. And it was around the time they had
(05:56):
Gabby Barrett come on our season, and she was our
guest mentor, and uh we were speaking with her, and
you know, obviously, like I said, scared, scared kid, and
I got on this show, had no idea what to expect,
and getting on there, I'm just trying to do my best, man,
you know what I mean. I'm getting on there, I'm
picking songs out left and right. I'm like, oh my god,
(06:17):
I know this song, but I don't really know it.
I'm trying to learn it super fast because I have
to sing it in less than a week, you know
what I mean. It's the whole thing. It's just like go, go, go,
go go. It never stops. And uh yeah, So like
that was that particularly was pretty rough on me because
it was not even I think a couple of days
before we actually had to perform, and I had to
just learn difference so completely different. I was singing. I
(06:38):
was singing a Chris Stapleton's song, and she said she
felt like, you know, it wasn't really resonating with me,
which I understood. I got that because you know, probably wasn't.
And then I ended up picking a different song, the
Benny Kings song stand by Me, and then I ended
up doing that one. So that was like a that
was kind of a very time consuming thing. That was
rough on me for sure, but.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yeah, you get you get through it, you come out
stronger on the other side too. Hey, we'll go back
to the debut single there one of Them, There one
Day tonight, which was twenty twenty two. So I just
talk about kind of what you remember most about that
one too, And I'm sure that at that time it
was like, man, I'm getting to get some of that
music out into those fans hands. I mean, you couldn't
have picked a perfect, more perfect.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Song, Thank you, man, I uh I I you know what, man,
I look at that song compared to the music that
I'm doing now, and it's it's very it's very much different,
as people can listen and tell. But I will always
and forever be grateful to that song because that is obvious.
That's my biggest song currently and probably will be for
a long time because it's it was you know, it
(07:41):
was my first song, man, and it was on a
huge platform and everybody got to hear it and uh
and a lot of people related to it though too.
Me and I still get messages about that song every day,
you know what, I mean, people just they love that
song and they'll reach out to me from all over
the world and they're like asking me come sing at
their wedding or whatever. You know what I mean, it's
a whole thing. So you know, I'm I'm always I'm
always super grateful for that song. But you know, yeah, man,
(08:04):
my music's definitely changed from from from that point on,
and I feel like I'm getting to an opportunity now
to uh to be more real in my music and
share real life stories with my with the fans that
are still kind of hanging in there with me over
you know, over the course of me coming off the
show and whatnot. So it's, uh, it's it's neat to
for me to see that, you know, no matter what,
(08:27):
whether you know the almost them near the garre is
almost changing, you know what I mean, throughout throughout the music.
It's neat for you know, just to see people still
sticking in with me and listen to my music. So,
I mean, you know, at.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
The end of the day, well tell you what, We're
gonna stick with you there o KKTC True Country ninety
nine point nine to keep playing. It's a great knowing
top some music and time to fire one up here
on the show. It's so one of the biggest singles
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(09:03):
the flash they too.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Granny bought me sigat Rest when I was fifteen, when
friend came round and times got heart. But Daddy taught
me how to clip the wings off some green sometimes
she got him Mickey on the Hide in the Dark
Turn twenty one found a good far fight was warm
on brown and one wrong up. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
I saw mad and I didn't know him. Why. I
saw a try found a peace and a cup of Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I've heard of silver line and had them want them
weather ahead of mile went some.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Way till y'all feel it on over. How do I
I keep this ship from sinca? I swear only here's
a devil. I'm a shoulder.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
He keeps seeing me straight into the tep bet depend
on whiskey like my pan shee.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
You want to be the one of free ride of history.
Can't help pour.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
One down Jane to pass something and hard stuff goes
with a tough bring in.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Scars on my numb, scars on my heart, the bars
on the windows, cars in the arden, and everything I
know's going up small.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
I don't even know how to start put away till
he'll fill his home over. How awhile I keep this
ship from sinking? I swear only here's a devil. I'm
a shoulder. He keeps seeing me straight into the t bed.
Depend on whiskey.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Like my pan She want to be the one be raiody.
Speaker 5 (11:01):
History can help pull one down, draining class, sound thinking,
hard stuff, gold in the tough up brain. Have her
sibling line and one way to hell my man way
(11:22):
to him to feel this all over?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
How do I keep this ship from syncing?
Speaker 1 (11:29):
I swear only in the devil on my shoulder, he
keeps eating me straight until.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
The defense Deepenal whiskey like my pantry.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Want to be the one to be variety.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
History can help pull one down, draining class, sound thinking
and hall stuff golden in the tough up Brain.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
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Speaker 2 (12:48):
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Are more great artists coming up there? January twenty twenty five,
Back here with no A. Thompson KKTC True Country ninety
nine point of Tallas, New mexicoing up into Colorado. If
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My friend upbringing. Man, what a what a story well told.
That's what country music is all about.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Right yeah? Man? That song I feel like I felt like,
if this makes any sense at all, I feel like
I needed that song for a long time. I feel
like I was chasing that song, but I could never
find it for some reason. And I think over the
course of me coming off of idol and kind of
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going through all the stuff I was going through, man,
I just I made a lot of dumb mistakes.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
Man.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
And uh, just did a lot of stupid crap that
I regret. I mean, you know, not necessarily regreat because
I feel like it made me make it just makes
you a yard. I just I just I was drinking
all the time, man, and like I just I, Man,
I couldn't figure out why why things were going the
way they were. I couldn't figure I couldn't map anything out,
and I was just kind of going through it, man.
(14:01):
And uh, it's just one of those things. I just
extremely hard on myself at that particular point in my life.
And I was just sick of feeling that way. Man.
And uh, you come off of a national television show
and everybody just automatically assumes that you know this is
you know that that guy's life is probably great and whatnot.
But realistically, my life was probably about as low as
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it had ever possibly been. And uh, you know, I
hate even saying that, man, but it was true. Like
I I couldn't figure out. I couldn't figure out a lot,
and I was just kind of going through a lot,
and uh, you know, I just became an independent artist.
And I chose to do that because I felt like
it was right and right for me, right for the
team because I wasn't. I wasn't in it, man, you know.
(14:42):
I wasn't. I couldn't be in it, and it was
just hard. And uh, I feel like I was kind
of the best decision I could have ever made, though,
And uh, by doing that, we ended up writing that
song because I felt like I was almost free, you know,
like it could be myself in a way and not
anything against American I or not like that. And they've
changed my life and done I mean, I wouldn't be
able to do music at all if it wasn't pre
(15:04):
maire and I don't know, they've did everything in the
world for me. But I just needed a sense of
relief for a minute and I got that, and because
of that, I ended up writing all the songs I've
written the past year because of that. Moment. You know,
I just I needed that so I could have a
breath of fresh air and just sit back and say,
you know what, man, this is this is what I
(15:24):
need to say, and this is what I'm gonna say,
you know what I mean. So that's that's kind of
how all those all these songs that I've been writing
have kind of come about because of that.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Well, you did a fine damn job on the one
we're gonna talk about America drinking a little bit, but
I gotta go back before that, even with one here
that talked about that you mentioned, you know, the drinking
things like that that you you have to you know,
eliminate those demons, because how hard that is in the
industry to not follow that path when it comes to
what the other voice is trying to say compared to
what the left. You know, the left side is trying
to get what the right side wants to do or
(15:54):
whatever whatever direction you want to go there too. But
you told me a great story in a song that
would demons in my whiskey. Let's talk about that one.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
You know, I've tried, I've tried my best to explain
to people that song isn't really particularly about me. But
I made a post recently, I mean a couple of
months back when we first initially released the song and
just tried to explain to people, you know, this is
definitely a song that's a true story. But it's like,
you know, I mean, I feel like, man, I come dude,
I come from a family of come from a family
of addicts and you know, alcoholics and all kinds of stuff,
(16:25):
and a lot of people just don't know that stuff
about me, man, And that's kind of my whole story,
you know what I mean. I've been in that I've
been in that atmosphere my whole life. And that's not
something that I wanted to get on a national television
show and necessarily talk about because I didn't want to
be some sob story, you know what I mean. I
just didn't. That's just the that's the reality of it.
But I knew in order to to to be a
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true artist and like man, to to tell my real
stuff man, and just you know, be raw and real
with people, I wanted to to share those things. And
with that song, really, man, it's a it's really about
a buddy of mine that passed away about a just
about a year ago now, actually, Uh, him and I
(17:05):
and a bunch of brother I buddies, we all kind
of grew up together with He had just passed, and
I couldn't He started looking back at all these old
pictures of us hanging out and everything, and you just
get you get to looking at him, man, and he
was just you know, it's like he was there, but
he wasn't. And it's like he was in the moment,
you know, having a good time whatever. But you just
get to looking at his eyes and it's just like
his his is almost like his soul left his body
(17:26):
or something. It's just he just wasn't there, you know
what I mean, in the in the in the strangest way.
And uh. And I remember those moments, you know, and
uh when he when when he had first died, when
he had finally when he had just passed. Uh, you know,
I I started looking back at all those and I
couldn't help. I couldn't help but notice us looking at
the pictures. Man, I was just like, God, it's like
(17:47):
he's just he's not even there, you know. And when
I went back to I went back to Nashville, like
two days after we had buried him, and I wrote
that song with two people, Casey Casey Tendall and Lucas Scott,
and I was just talking to him about it. Man.
It was like I was really trying to chase a song.
I was just talking to him about what happened, you know,
because I didn't really didn't feel like writing a song
that day, to be honest. And uh, but I'm glad
(18:08):
we did, you know, because it fit the mold right
into what I was trying to say as an artist.
And you know, uh, it was kind of my tribute
thing to him, man, you know what I mean, because
he just I didn't want to. I knew, I didn't
want to write some sad, you know, funeral song or whatever,
because he just wasn't who he was. That wasn't in
his uh, this wasn't in his vein. Man. You know,
(18:28):
it's just that's not who he was he wanted, you know.
That's that's that I know. I know he would have
been proud of that song, you know what I mean.
So that's that's more of a reason kind of why
we wrote that song, for sure. But I think it's
a very relatable song in a lot of different aspects.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Though absolutely no doubt love it and it tells the
life story too, and like I said, for people that
do face those type of you know, consequences, would make
those choices out there too, and sometimes you just gotta
let it out and lucky emotions kind of come together
to That's a good thing about music and is therapy,
no doubt. I love the fact you put together or
even a great EP with some of these songs we're
talking about with One Day, Tonight and Stay Middle of
(19:05):
God knows where EP that came out there in the
last year in June. Uh, just the body of work, man,
fantastic great songs including the title track there too. Give
me some of those best memories of this particular album
and and not just singles coming out, but get a
chance to put a body of work on an EP
and share some of these tunes with the fans.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Yeah, man, you know, I mean, dude, I look at
that project as just such a learning experience for me.
Uh I you know it was. It was the first
time I'd ever sat in on a co write like
all these things that I that uh that kind of
just put together, you know what I mean. And I
had a team of people behind me working with me. Uh,
(19:47):
it was such a such a crazy experience to be
a part of. And yeah, I'm super grateful for that project, man,
And it was it was the first time I ever
got to, you know, write, sirnles Man and just and
be in rooms and be vulnerable and kind of talk
about so and things and uh, you know, I I'm
I'm I'm obviously wrote more right now, writing more deeper
lyrics as far as my songs are going and they're heading.
(20:09):
But like, you know, that was such a just a
learning experience for me, man, to kind of figure out
the whole you know, idea of what it takes to
put a project together. You know that that whole project, man,
was just really just such a learning experience for me.
And it was neat to such a such a cool
thing to get to be part of. And uh, you know, yeah,
but I knew that the middle of God Knows Where
(20:30):
it was really kind of the first song that I
love when I first moved to town, you know what
I mean that I had written and uh with other people,
you know, and getting to getting to use that as
the title track was really neat too.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
So well, I love this one too. It tells a
great story about it, and man, This is the current
single from Noah out there across all the digital streaming platforms.
Make sure you guys go download it wherever you download
your podcast, your music and all your different different music
listening streaming devices out there too, from whatever device you use.
This is it American Dream. Here it is from Noah
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Back in the Flesh, They too.
Speaker 4 (21:33):
Mama's always said, that's pissed off.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
He spent all the money that he never had.
Speaker 4 (21:40):
Trying to put his little girl through the Rehaand we're
taking on the theme.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
And she has brothers gone praisee. A couple of.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
Weeks, he's about to have his baby. He don't love
his stady as far as I see.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
We'll just stave in.
Speaker 4 (21:59):
We'll just say this American Dream.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
I still want up believe days like this. He's out
just wone awake up.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
I just won a wake up from this American Dream.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Straight out of college.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
This his home with the folks, scouse of his old
student loans or the hostage and what's of.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
The beat when he can't heat looking for a job
every damn day of the week. As far as I seen, it's.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Another sad soul, noother sad soul chasing an American tream.
I still want up believe he's like this, he's out,
just worn away up, I just wown awake up.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Up from this American tre.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
Sorch of coming home, left the fan for his own
cause he can't get the fill on the phone for
the medicine and means helps him forget everything. Now he saying,
welcome home to the old American, the American dream.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
If I still want to believe the days like pay.
Speaker 4 (23:42):
I just wore away, If I just WoT awake up
from this American dream.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
I still want to believe for times like Peas.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
I just wore away. If I just want a wake
up this American americane.
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past few weeks for King and Country, Joel Smallbone came by,
and of course Ricky Skaggs and a whole lot more
of the Little River Band. Bruce Wallace is one of
the longest members there too from the Little River Band.
Some great shows are out there too over the last
few weeks, and some good ones coming up to finish
twenty twenty four. Out there back you with Noa Thompson
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(25:20):
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in the Backstage Past powered by the Sports Guys podcast
dot com. Let's dive into it. My friend loved it.
It just had from start to finish. It was that
ride roller coaster ride. You take it on and you
really understand what you're talking about when you say American
Dream Yeah, man, it's.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
A you know that that song. I've held on to
that song for part about a year at least a
year at least now. But it's I've always thought it
was just truly a special zone, and I thought I
thought people would really love it too. You know, it
seems to be that people are really enjoying it, and
(26:04):
they've been listening to it a bunch. I get messages
about it all the time also, But it seems that
people really do enjoy that song, or that they've loved
it so far. So it's been nice to see that
because I thought it was truly a special song the
first time I ever heard it. So I've always loved
that song.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
You know, when it comes to writing, to talk about
you sometimes everybody in this industry, a lot of artists
have talked to her on the program they experienced the
writer's block, or like I said, it's sometimes it'll come
from fantasy or that personal experience. You have to kind
of live it to be able to put it on paper.
Talk about just your writing style of what you love
most about the songwriting process.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Yeah, man, I mean, dude, you know, everybody goes through
writer the block, and I mean to be honest, you know.
I for the longest time I had I had struggle
with that, you know, it was it was the hardest thing.
But I think I think as far as like you know,
Nashville is such a communion town, and it's like you're
meeting everybody, You're you're writing with everybody, You're meeting new
(26:59):
people every day, You're you're doing all these things all
at once, and that I think, I think the main
thing is to just learn to especially I mean in
meeting people, just being vulnerable and being real and you know,
just being straight up about what you want to say
and who you want to be and all these things.
But I think, I mean, man, there's nothing like just
(27:20):
you know, there I don't especially for the writers too,
for the writers that you may write with or whatever,
for them, you know, especially going into a room. Writers
love nothing more than for you to walk in there
and just say, hey, you know, this is who I am,
this is what I want to say, and uh, this
is this is the idea I have today, you know
what I mean. But there's, man, man, there's absolutely nothing
(27:41):
better than like the real stuff though, you know, like
to me, I don't think so, you know, I think
and I struggled with doing that for a long time,
and I think it was because I needed I needed
to take a step back. Like I said earlier, I
think I needed to take a step back and find
out who I was and what I wanted to say.
You know, I think that was really important for me
(28:02):
to do that. You know. Uh but I think that
I think by doing that, Uh, it was it was
it was that was my that was my point in
in in becoming the real artist I want to be,
you know what I mean, the saying the things I
want to say. But man, there's there's there. I mean,
there's literally there's nothing like just you know, being raw
and real with the with the people you may be
(28:25):
writing with, or just you know, just sharing that and
then seeing people relate, you know, especially when you relate
saying people actually do relate because you know, you question it.
It's like, man, ain't nobody you know, nobody's gonna nobody's
gonna understand what I'm saying. Nobody's gonna get what I'm saying.
They do though, you know, people do get it because
there's a lot more people out there that have been
through the exact same things. You know, what I mean,
(28:46):
so it's uh, that's that's the that's the coolest thing
for me, for sure.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
No doubt too. Hey, you know we're coming up on
the twenty twenty five. I want to wish you and
the family the happy holidays and the merry Christmas and
of course forecast if you can. What's there for the
first quarter of twenty twenty five and what you're most
excited about. I know new music is probably coming out
and a whole lot more, but there's a lot of
things in that Thompson camp. You're ready to get out
of the bag, right yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Man, I mean, dude, we got a lot of things
that I can't really talk about right now, but we
got uh, we got we got we got some cool
things coming up, man. But right now, I'm really I'm
just I'm I'm I'm currently back home right now and
spend time my little boy and see my family. And
that's a lot of people don't know how simple of
a guy am, But I'm such a simple guy. I
just I enjoy, uh, I enjoy being home and when
(29:33):
I can and taking time seeing my family. And I
like to right on my own time when I come
home because it's just it's inspirational for me, you know
what I mean, And I do that a lot, and
uh it's it's neat for me to be able to
do that, you know what I mean and still be
able to kind of, you know, have a have a
full time music career. It's it's it's it's neat. Man,
it's cool. So I enjoy it do too.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Let's talk about that. Like I said, I a girl dad.
As of right now, she's turning five, it's turning up
coming up in May of of next year. To any
musical talents you're you're you're seeing out of your your
little one right now?
Speaker 1 (30:07):
He uh signed the little kid he is so the
kid is so hopper and all over the place that
he absolutely can't even stop for a second. And just
like I'm trying to make him pay attention, he does
not want to pay attention. I've been struggling with that.
But like no, man, he my dad and I you know,
I'll go out there and see him. We always play.
(30:27):
We played together our whole lives and uh, it's just
something we've always loved doing together. My little boy will
come over and basically beat the hell out of our guitars.
But he loves it though. Man, he loves listening, you
know what I mean? And uh that that to me
is the coolest thing ever. He just he really does.
He enjoys music, man, he does like he he wants
to listen to everything, you know what I mean, especially
(30:49):
me though. That's all he wants to listen to out
of time. It's neat. It's neat to hear that. So
but he uh, he loves music though, man, he really does.
I hope he. I love to see him do anything music.
But obviously I'd love to see him do anything.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
But you know, no doubt following those footsteps. All right,
let's have the fun with this because I throw some
sports questions at you from now and then, Hey, we
got this new twelve team college football playoff this year.
I guess, one, are you a fan of it? And
two some people say it's to the twelve it should
be sixteen. And then I guess, as a college football
fan in general, who do you root for?
Speaker 1 (31:21):
I mean, man, gotta be Kentucky, right, I mean, yeah,
gotta be Kentucky. I mean I mean I've you know, dude,
I got some into music at such a young age. Man,
I fell off. I fell off sports man, you know
what I mean. But like I loved, I love to
watch ever so often when I can, but I never
I never got into it. Man. I played t ball
(31:41):
and stuff I count a little boy, but after that
fell off the map. So fell off the map.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
Hey, you got a real job, said full time.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Yeah, yeah, I guess if you want to call this
a real job.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
No doubt, reality job, no doubt. Hey, let's get into
a little bit of restaurants and food there too, because
I know, you know, every chance I give a chance
to go there two or three times a year for
radio stuff and all that in Nashville, whether it be
country radio seminar or CMA week. Uh, Nashville's always got
holes in the wall, good places to eat when you
when you're there, you guys are either recording or playing
some shows and kind of hanging out with buddies. Where
(32:15):
do y'all like to to kind of go eat? And
when it comes to a night out.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
Man, I mean, bro, if I'm being honest with you,
we uh, I mean, if I'm going out, I'm going
to Red Door and then I'm probably gonna get pretty
uh pretty hammered, and I'm going on down to velvet taco.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
It's a good one.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
If you've never If no, I'm not even I'm not
even entirely sure if velvet taco is just a Nashville thing.
But velvet taco is just like you know, taco, bail
and crack. It's just good. It's real good. It's really good.
And if you haven't ever ate it, you got to
eat it because it's so good. And all my buddies,
that's where that's our first thing, you know what I'm saying,
We go straight to velvet taco. So Velvitaco's good.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
You probably said this on Idle two at the same time,
and we saw a little bit of the video when
you got to share it. But I want to know
if you never kind of followed that that that dream
path or pushed to be on the show or now
as a working musician, what other career path would you've
kind of stayed in. What occupation would kind of just
what you stayed stayed with.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
I mean, I'd still be uh, I'd still be slinging
a hammer man, you know, That's all. That's kind of
all I really knew how to do my daddy. My
dad taught me one of two things man. You know,
he was a He's a carpenter of my whole life.
And uh he taught me. He taught me this and that,
and uh I went straight into construction straight out of
high school. I have my little boy really young, and
I was just trying to figure life out super quick. Man.
(33:31):
That's that's a to be honest. I had no other
life goals man. You know, it was either it was
music for me. That's all I ever want to do
was just play music. That was it. And uh I
never thought I'd be able to do that. And so
when I got out of high school I started working.
I was like, well, you know, uh I guess this
is kind of this is kind of it. But I
was content with that. Man. You know, I didn't really
(33:53):
think at that point, Jime, it wasn't really about me anymore,
you know. And I wasn't trying to make anything about me.
Uh I really wasn't. I just I was. I knew
I had a son to take care of and that
was that, you know. But because of that, and given
the opportunity I was given from American inot, it just
gave me even more of a drive man to want
more and you know, do all this and that. So
(34:14):
I just I think that I don't think God would
have put me here if he didn't want me to
be here, you know.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
So I'm grateful, absolutely, no doubt. Congratulations, I'm becoming a
dad too. It's the best thing that ever happens to
someone out there too, you know, like say, to be
a boy dad girl dad too. And now I gotta
ask you about this. I'm not sure if it's in
the plans as yet, but I could see it happening too.
For all these reality shows like Idle in the Voice,
they're bringing back all these guest mentors. So I'm not
sure if it's in the works right now. You're probably
not able to speak on this too, but I wouldn't
(34:39):
be surprised if we get somewhere down the line, since
we got Carrie Underwood coming back now after what twenty
years or so of doing this? What about Noah Thompson,
the guest mentor on American Oh man?
Speaker 1 (34:50):
Hey, well, did I mean I'm not against it, you know,
especially carry Underwood be on there. I love that woman, man,
But uh no, like they they had me, they had me.
I think it was like either either a year or
two ago. But I came back and got to like,
you know, hang out with the kids, man, and it
(35:11):
was it was so that was the well, that was
just I guess that was a year. I think it
was two years ago. It was with It was with
em Man when he wanted em tongy and uh and
I remember me and Iam before all the things happened.
I loved him today. I loved I loved everybody on there. Man.
It was such a cool thing. It was neat because
it was like, you know, for me, I had just
got off that season. I got to go back and
(35:32):
talk to these kids. I'm like, man, I know exactly
how y'all feel. This is a lot. I get it.
But the one thing I can tell y'all was just
enjoy the moment, because like that's what not what I did.
I didn't enjoy the moment. You know, I was freaking
out man, you know. But but my particular situation is
like you know, man, I got, I got, and the
(35:53):
way I took it, it was like I had a
buddy something up. So therefore it drug me away from
my whole family. And that's all I really knew to
do at that point in time. It was just take
care of my family, take care of my family, you know.
So like I'm freaking out because I'm plumb across the
country and I didn't really know how to handle that,
you know, and I didn't handle that well at all
throughout the season. I really didn't. And uh but like
(36:15):
I said, man, all that, all those things, I should
have just enjoyed the moment and been in the moment.
And uh, you know, because that because there was absolutely nothing.
All my family was completely fine, you know, all these things.
It's just but I just I didn't know how to
get out of that. So that's what I told them.
Just to enjoy at the moment. But man, look they
want to call me back, I'm going. I ain't against it.
I love I think it'd be fun.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
I could see it again too as well. Out the
current single American dream across all those digital streaming platforms
and check him out, like I said, online, give even
a life on social media. One of the best to
do it to follow his dreams out there. Noah Thompson
here on the backstage, passed again, powered by the Sports
Guys podcast dot com and of course out there KKTC
True Country ninety nine point nine. My friend appreciate you
joining us as always, continued success going forward, happy holidays,
(36:59):
and looking forward to a lot of big things coming
up next year. Appreciate you being with us.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Thank you, brother, I appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
You got it. Noah Tompson out there too. We're back
with some more great music right there here on KKTC
True Country ninety nine point nine. Some of the big
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