April 3, 2025 • 32 mins
One of the best singer-songwriters joined us on the show as Ray Fulcher dropped in to talk about 2025 and more! Ray is responsible for many of Luke Combs hits and we even got to play two of Ray's new songs that are unreleased! Tune in!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, this is Nashville recording artist and songwriter Ray Folcher,
and you're listening to the award nominated Backstage Pass on
KYBN ninety eight point one and KKTC True Country ninety
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ki SW Country and tar Hill Worldnetwork Dot Org.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
And welcome inside the Backstage Pass.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Always a busy day, a slew of shows out there
too as well, and of course KKTC True Country ninety
nine point nine, KYB in ninety eight point one, iHeartRadio,
and of course wherever you guys find your podcast, you
find the show out there too, across all the streaming
platforms out there, and at the same time you catch
it ki SW Country and Tarhel Worldnetwork dot Org out
there too. One of the greatest singer songwriters out there too.
(00:43):
He's had a career unlike many that have started in
this business too. When it comes down to we got
to catch up there back at Country Radio Seminar twenty
twenty five. And one of the benefits that we did
this year for the hurricane victims and Carolina and of
course all the wildfire victims out in California, it was
Heads Carolina Tales California. The great event out here too,
the great Ray fulture here on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Ray. What's up man?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
What's up?
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Man?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Hey? How's it going, Brandon?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Good to have you brother.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I always talk music for the next twenty thirty minutes
or so too. Hey, I mentioned the top there. You know,
no strangers of this industry. You've been doing this a
long time. And but I want to know kind of
that story. I'm sure a lot of the fans. What
did that bug kind of bite for songwriting and being
able to tell the story.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Yeah, man, so I was going. You know, I've always
loved country music growing up. I mean it was I remember,
I tell the story a lot like my first memory
of country music when I was like I was either
five or six, riving my dad and I we were
like in the Hunt Club.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
At the Hunt Club.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
I remember Oceanfront Property comes on, and I just remember,
even as a tiny kid, like loving that song. And
then it kind of that and I kept that with
me through school and all, but I really never it
was just kind of the soundtrack to my life until
I was going to school Athens, Georgia, and I was
out one night some friends on way to go this
(02:00):
artist that at the time I'd never heard of, and
it ended up being Eric Church early days like two
thousand and six, and man, I remember the first time
that night. I remember watching him play a song called
Lightning off that first record Centers Like Me Record, and
I just remember that thing floored me like before it
was you know, I love and I always have loved
(02:23):
Alan Jackson, George Strait, Travis Truple, like go to Keith Whitley,
go down the line. But Eric Church's songwriting was a
little bit different than that. And it was like there
was this song Lightning where it was like, uh, he's
singing a first person song about this guy that's like
on death Row and how all of the regrets that he
has and the reason why he did what he and
(02:44):
it's like, man, I believed that so much, and it
was just such a different take on like songwriting. And
I was like, man, I don't know why this guy's
different from me or what's making it want to be
something that it makes me want to do.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
But I bought a guitar the next week.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
I mean, I just stay that night inspired me like crazy,
as like a light bulb went off, and you know,
I didn't necessarily start trying the songwrit At first, I
just tried to kind of learn guitar and learn some
cover stuff, and then later on in college kind of
started dipping my toes into songwright and then you know,
it really was until I moved in twenty fourteen that
I really ever even co wrote for the first time.
(03:22):
But it was probably two thousand and six, two thousand
and seven that that kind of I got bited by
the songwriting music kind of bug.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
And that bug gets you in a good way too,
no doubt. And let's talk about just some of the
things that some of those cuts you've had out there too.
And we talked about this, you know, OneD States when
you got to play Hurricane and a bunch of the
great songs Luke Cohens just put out there to turn
his career into the one of the most stellar careers
of all time and the riot he's been off for
the last you know, eight to ten years with seven, eight,
probably ten twelve number ones right now too. How did
(03:51):
that connection happen with Luke? And of course you guys,
you know Penning now some of the best songs that
are just heard around Nashville too.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Yeah, man, so man, It's wild how Luke and I met.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So when I'm I moved to town, made the twelfth,
twenty fourteen, and on the way up there on the
stop that and I didn't I didn't know anybody. It
was the scariest thing I'd ever done. But I was like,
the guy I was gonna be living with, I met
him one time and that was it. I was just like,
you know, when I gotta go try it, I gotta go,
you know, have to go do this for me and
go see what happens. And so it's May twelve, twenty fourteen,
(04:24):
and I made a stop like halfway to Nashville, and
there was another guy that I met moving the same day,
John Langston. I'm sure you know John, and uh so
we exchanged numbers, all right. Well, three days later it
was my and he told me, He's like, I don't
really know a ton of people either. I moved in
Nashville same day, and so we exchanged numbers. And three
(04:47):
days later it was my birthday. So I called John
and was like, Hey, it's my birthday. Do you want
to go, you know, hang out or something. He's like, man,
I don't know a lot of people either.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Let's go.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
So it went to Buffalo Wild Wings and we're sitting
there and he gets a text and he goes, man,
we got to go here in a second. I have
a friend from my town who's staying on my couch
this weekend to record some songs and he's going to
be moving to town later this year. We go to
his apartment kind of hang out my third day in Nashville,
and that guy that friend stay on his couch.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Was Luke Colmbs. And so at the time, I mean,
I didn't know who that was or whatever. We just
we hit it off that night.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
And really the biggest thing, I mean, kind of going
back to what I was just talking about a second ago,
the biggest thing that we bonded over was was Er
at church. We were such huge fans of his music
and even though the album cuts and stuff. So when
Luke moved in September of twenty fourteen, I was one
of the first people he called because he didn't know
anybody either. So by you know, by late fall of
(05:43):
twenty fourteen, we're starting to write. And our very first
song that we wrote was called beer Can, which was
on It ended up being on his first record that
we just kept doing it so.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I love that one too, and the connection there too,
and the hits go on and on after that too,
is well.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
We got to play some music here too.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
We'll talk to Ray about a whole lot more stuff
here too at the same time.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
But this is gonna be some fun stuff here.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
I want.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I love about it too.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
We get a chance to play some unreleased music there
and make that connection with the audience out there too.
We'll talk about the latest single there from Ray Fulcher.
This one's called Long Night in Lynchburg. Here it is,
and check you out at Ray Filcher music dot com
for more information out there at tour dates, merchandise makes
you guys, go grab some of that and give him
a follow across all the social media out there. It's
Ray Filterer the backstage past, KISW Country and tar Heel
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Speaker 6 (06:34):
It it, I'm jenkin.
Speaker 7 (06:52):
They're slinging barrows upon around, they're working. I've heard it
because she ain't coming back. They're buzzing there as I'm
poor in this Jack tall and strong indeed looks like
I ain't young.
Speaker 8 (07:11):
They want that.
Speaker 7 (07:12):
I ain't gonna get no sleep.
Speaker 8 (07:15):
It's gonna be a long night in Lynchburg.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Them boys in Tennessee. You're working over time, so they
don't get to run that out of old number seven
before I get her off five. Man, he ain't no
time for press when they trying to.
Speaker 7 (07:30):
Be up from my mess, saying her, it's gonna.
Speaker 8 (07:34):
Be a long, long, long night is Lynxburg.
Speaker 7 (07:43):
To the peace signs, left the gravel fly and cut
out through the yard.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
But she don't see it ain't just me.
Speaker 7 (07:52):
Hell hem, hert is broken.
Speaker 9 (07:54):
Hard, says a lot of folks.
Speaker 6 (07:56):
Burning into both things, probably wishing she would have stayed
because he had a day all since the day she
drove away. It's gonna be a long night in Lynchburg,
then Borls and Pennessee. You're working over time so they
don't get your run that out of whole number seven
(08:17):
before I get her.
Speaker 8 (08:18):
Off my nerve.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
There ain't no time for praise when they're trying to
be up from my miss, saying her, it's gonna be.
Speaker 8 (08:27):
A long, long, long night in lyz Burg.
Speaker 9 (08:35):
Yeah, I'm drinking.
Speaker 7 (08:50):
Dear slinging beer was a phone a right, It's gonna.
Speaker 6 (08:59):
Be alone Night in lynch Bird and Botos and Tennising
are working over.
Speaker 8 (09:05):
Time so they don't get your run end.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
Out of Oh number seven, I get her off myiven Sin.
No time for PRIs when a cademy open my me
me saying her It's gonna be alone.
Speaker 8 (09:19):
Long Long Night in Lyz Bird, Helle Night in Edsburg.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
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Speaker 3 (10:01):
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Country ninety nine point nine in Tallas, New Mexico.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
And Long Night in Lynchburg, Ray Fulch You're back here
with us on the backstage Pass, and of course some
more great shows coming up over the next few weeks.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Sadie Pass going to.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Drop by, and a whole lot more working on some
great projects and we're gonna be in Cabo coming up
next week. You never know what musician or who I'll
talk to you out there in Mexico, Cabo, Sat Lucas
out there happy again, just a birthday with my daughter
and of course my sister getting married Cabos. We'll take
a little time off for that, but come back for
all the affiliates out there with other slow of shows
over the next few weeks, including a kick ass like
(10:40):
rocker country act out of say New York Tubes.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
You's got a christ background, NB Marshall.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
It's going to be coming by here on the program
at Australian Country Artists Too, which aesome great artist here too.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Back here, Ray Fulcher here, we got to talk about
this one.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
We appreciate you letting us play here on the backstage
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Speaker 2 (10:58):
Long Night in Lynchburg. Friend, just tell us a great story.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Thank you man.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
We we uh so, I actually recorded that song for
my second album, which we're sort of still you know,
working on and stuff. I had about had ten of
those songs ready and we released some of those songs
last year. We're kind of still working towards it, but man,
it was one I just was like, Man, what's something
that we can that I can write and record that
is going to just be a great like show opener,
(11:25):
a great live song, but then also just says that
really infectious chorus and man.
Speaker 8 (11:29):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
One of my friends had the one of my songwriting
friends had the title long Night Lynchberg, and we were like,
I don't know what that means, but that sounds just
the title sounds awesome.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
And then we kind of made up, you know, made
up the.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Story that this sort of in the song, and you know,
it's kind of a tip of the cap Tennessee because
Lynchburg's just right down the road, you know, where Jack
Daniels is and stuff. So it was kind of cool
to build up, you know, to put all those elements
in there. I wrote that song with Matt roy and
Lynn Hunton.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Great stuff out there to the up tip of rims
of the guitar and the things you're in there, like
just the musical instrumentation, all gas, no breaks playing on us.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Yeah. Man, that was a.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
That that and that the demo of that song is
now famous and uh, and in certain parts of Texas
because I wrote that song with Jordan Walker and Zach
I've been well. Jordan, he he sent the demo to
his uncle out in Vernon, Texas. Next thing you know,
his uncle's blasting on the boat out there and all
the people that he hangs out with gets a copy,
(12:32):
and next thing you know, it's like the demo of
that song was like famous in Vernon, Texas, way before
I even put the song out. But yeah, I wrote
it with those two guys, and Jordan had that idea
of just all gas and no breaks, and we were like,
you know, what's a different take on that? And you know,
I think when we first talked about the idea, it
was like easy to make it sort of just a
just sort of a rocking song, a lifestyle song. But
(12:55):
then we were like, let's add this other, you know,
part two. It's like, not only do I sort of
do everything in that manner, but I'm gonna love you
in that way too, And that was our cool little
spin on it.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
So I'll tell you this latest single out there, you
guys put out for twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Man, God, what a song Ray for two Cigars that.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
We'll play a little bit here in the piece of
it here but uh, I think it's just that ballad
of a country song that really takes people on a
journey of just a life telling type story where they
can understand the meaning of this to resonate with this one,
I love two cigars man.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
Yeah, thank you man. That one.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Uh, I don't know if I'll ever put one out.
It's more special than that. We all, it's a big
group of us that kind of follow Georgia football and
kind of grew up with it together. And the day
of the National Championship game against Alabama in January of
twenty two and we ended up winning the game that night,
one of the guys in our group, his dad is
(13:46):
also part of our group, and his dad actually passed
away in Indianapolis, like of a heart attack, right about
two hours before kickoff. And so truly this song is
a just a I mean, as true of a story
as it possibly and his You know anything about Jamie
and who the song's about, it's I say about who
the song's inspired by. Is he is if George, if
(14:07):
Georgia won the game, You're going You're gonna something. He's
gonna find somebody that smoke a cigar with it, because
he's always gonna have to one for him, one for
somebody else.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
So this is a type of the cap to him.
But I also hope that it whoever that person.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Is for the listener.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
You know, I feel like we have these big moments
in life where we stopped for a minute and we go, man,
I wish so and so was here for this moment.
I think this song is about those moments and about
those people that are in the listener's life and happened.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
You know, you mentioned that too.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
It's phenomenal connection and that's why I started this about
six years ago. With the connection now sports of music
and now they integrate so well with each other too.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Just tell stories like that.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
You've been a huge Dogs fan of connection with that
love it is, uh love your son Go Dogs. It
just came out to twenty twenty. Another one that connected
with fans.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Very well, right, Yeah, that one has become a uh man.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
It's it's one that every time around football season, like
you see the stream and just go through the roof
and it became like a we put it out, you know,
it was really just a typic of the cap to
my own dad.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
You know.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
It's sort of that of the Southern bravado a little
bit where it's like, you know, all right, love, He's
not Godolph's you know, where it's just kind of that, you.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
Know, want you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
And so if this fall time, me and my dad
are talking about one of two things deer hunting or
Georgia football and so and I know a lot of
families like that, you know, and so again it's kind
of like insert whatever the bond is between you and
your person. But for me, it was just kind of
a tip of the cap to uh, you know, to
my dad and just the you know, really how much
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kind of college football means in the South. It's way
more than a sport, and just hopefully you know, sort
of illustrates that.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
You know, it's cool to see this.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
And we probably talked about this at the It's Carolina Tals, California.
Been there in Nashville at the category Ted looks nickmar
out there too.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
So much fun to just see the feet right now.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
This female category Country us too with Laney and then
all the great ladies that are right there with her,
between Ashley Cook and Ashley McBride, Hannah Ellis and Carly Pearson.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Give me some thoughts on this wave of girl power
movement for country music.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Man, I think it's awesome and they're all they're all
freaking so talented and like I mean, even recently, I
think you mentioned one of her names earlier, but even recently,
I wrote with a couple of girls. I've been writing
with Sadie Bass and Carly Scott Collins just and that's
just two of Like I mean, every time I have
are getting in the room with these girl artists, I'm
like blown away by not only their voices, but just
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their songwriting and ability and the things they want to say.
Speaker 4 (16:38):
Man, I think it's a it's a great, great time.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
As ladies having it said. Tyler movement out there too,
and they know what they're doing. Super talented more than
just singers. The great songwriters. Two at the same time,
we're gonna play one from a great songwriter here too.
KISW Country Tarhel World Network, Dot Morgan, of course their
friends KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine in Taos,
New Mexico, and of course after to NAT eight point one,
k y b A in the Bait area. It's uh,
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tell you what, if you got a car, it's gonna
tell the story backseat of a Pontiac. It's ray filter
here it is the backstage pass. Crank it up, powered
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Speaker 7 (17:27):
I learned that don't go no way without George Jones
my mind getting out of the car with a pudding
lipstick on.
Speaker 6 (17:41):
Learn baby sisters cry when you take the toy on
the record Jack in the back seat of a pony.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
I learned blue light to make you cuse when you
see them turn around. Ain't nowhere, Alabama, Ain't no please
for breaking down her cigarette smoke still cigarette smoke, even
with the whendoors cray in the back seed of a pond.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
He had the world was out.
Speaker 8 (18:17):
The window of the year's flood passed.
Speaker 6 (18:20):
Took me till now and realize how fast the.
Speaker 8 (18:23):
Mouse fill up the day.
Speaker 9 (18:26):
Just came.
Speaker 7 (18:27):
Get them back the ball field is a bad please
to remember you forgot your glood and the rear view
me gets turned down and dead.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
It starts cheering.
Speaker 7 (18:41):
Up the Watchprompa take his last ride in a long
black Cadillac from.
Speaker 6 (18:49):
The back seat of a pond, and the world was out.
Speaker 8 (18:53):
The window of the year's flood passed.
Speaker 6 (18:55):
Took me till now.
Speaker 7 (18:57):
The realize how fast the mouse fill.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
Up the day you just can't get them back.
Speaker 7 (19:18):
Then he turned sixteen, finally get to keep that.
Speaker 8 (19:21):
Ain't to call you one, but.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Just don't want to screen Getsie from.
Speaker 8 (19:25):
There to Bee.
Speaker 7 (19:29):
Jeney Picker up at seven. Gotta heav home by ten.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
There's a little spot to.
Speaker 7 (19:38):
Hide behind the old drive in a couple I think
God years later, you're ride back in the back seat
of a poney, Ay in the back seat of a
poney who have a puny. Hey y'all, this is recording
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Speaker 3 (20:55):
You know, I never words when it comes down to
too but man, hey sent me that one too unreleased
right now. But when this thing comes out, of course
you guys are gonna hear it worldwide in the thirty
plus countries out there too, for all of our syndicated
stations to Nightheart Radio too at the same time. But man,
this right here, it is one of the best that
I'm not afraid to say this when I say this,
and I'll say this a lot about a lot of songs.
When you pen this, my friend, this is one of
(21:16):
the best country songs ever written, ever told that. Now
the public is getting a chance to hear.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
Man, thank you so much. Yeah, it's uh, it's really
just a shot. I love the nostalgic songs. But man,
with this one, we found a way just to kind
of it was myself, Jordan Walker, and Ben Hayslipp, who's
you know, got a ton of ton of bee hits,
and Jacob Rice and uh, you know, Jacob and Jordan
and I and Ben all come from like similar backgrounds,
(21:42):
and so we literally just took these little snapshots of
like growing up and like you know, being a kid
in the back seat and what that felt like, and
then making just this story out of it and kind
of this coming of age thing, and and uh, you know,
it really doesn't have what's wild about it. It's like
the it feels like this is a song that the
which is unique in a way that the verses are
(22:03):
sort of the the emphasis of the song. And then
because the courses are kind of short and they're really
just like a almost like an interlewd course.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
It's not this big, single long thing.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
It's like it just takes you to the next part
of the story, which I thought was really unique and cool,
and it just seemed to come together pretty cool like that.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
So there's a damn good song, no doubt about it too,
and we released it.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Appreciate you let us play first year out there too
for unreleased music, and when it does hit it out
there streaming wise, we give it a lot of push
out there, put it in rotations for our stations out
there too. Of course, you guys, and love that one too.
If you got some feedback, please send me that to
as well. And definitely four great music coming up here too,
So give me kind of forecast you were first first
kind of through that first quarter. Now this year, I
cannot believe it's we're talking April and the second quarter
(22:45):
of the year goals and things that you kind of
want to see for New Year's resolutions that are still there,
and just some projects to work on every twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (22:52):
Look, well it's been it's been a good quarter one.
I really.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
At the beginning of the year, I was like, all right,
this first quarter, I'm gonna like all you know, so
to speak, all gas, no breaks with the with the
songwriting and not not only for me, but for other
artists and trying to you know, get in there and
get a good start to the year, which we have.
I mean, I think this is this is the most
intense start I've had as far as the number of
songs I think. I'm I want to say, seventy five
(23:19):
songs then since the New year, which is a big
number for me, for me, and uh so I'm proud.
I'm proud of the kind of the working termination. And
I think now we flip the page where I'll still
be writing, but we'll kind of think about, all right,
what are we going to be releasing, you know, maybe
this summer fall and then uh and I'm playing a
bunch of different shows. I'm actually been doing a bunch
(23:40):
of like uh private shows. Song right, arounds later on
the year, we'll probably be doing some more stuff like
touring type stuff, but we'll play the opera again. I've
got a show coming up at the at the Country
Music Hall of Fame. First would be really fun just
as a huh kick.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Off event for them.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
But I'll get to play some stuff that i've some
of the hints I wrote, but also some some new
stuff like we're playing on here, which would be really
fun for me.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
So get to do a bunch of that stuff and
then continuing to uh, it's all.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Right, and then you know, some some cuts that I
had come out last year and come out about, you know,
with other other artists too.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
You know, you never forget your first body of work.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
It's kind of like me, I had one kid and
one kid only, but it's like you never forget your
first kid, or if I had a second kid, which
I don't. But at the same time, I love my daughter,
like I said, with everything, all my own being and
looking back at it, just like you loved your first
album Spray Painted Line.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Oh man too. And this song I'm playing right here too.
I gotta crack it up. Oh yeah, A little red culture.
He a little bit of John Wayne, tell me about
this week.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
That's right man.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Now, when we made we made the demo, instantly knew it.
I was like, somebody's not if we don't get this
thing cut like this week, I might go record it.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
And that's what we did.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
Tell it's a great story there too, And of course
that is again available for all the streaming platforms out there,
and it's that a little bit of fun till you
mentioned hobbies away from music too, If you're not talking
to somebody about Georgia football, yeah out there too. Are
there other kind of hitting hobbies or maybe a hitting
trick we don't know about.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Yeah, I uh, but I love golf and it's it's
an addiction where it's like, uh, you know, I'm good
enough to where I can go out there and make
some great shots, but I'm also bad enough to where
it's leaving me that passion to want to get better,
you know what I mean? And so uh that and
I actually, uh, anyone who spent your time me will
tell you how I love history.
Speaker 4 (25:33):
So I don't know if you call this a hobby
or not.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
But if I'm at home on the TV's on and
it's not the Braves or it's not Georgia football, it's
usually going to be on some kind of history documentary.
It's just something I love. I love learning about where
we came from. I love learning about just like you know,
the things that have brought us to where we're at
in the world. And also a country of music history
is really high on the top of that list.
Speaker 4 (25:57):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
I mean, that's why I'm man that the uh, you know,
things like the Hall of Fame in the Rhymen and
the Grand Old Opera are so reverent in my mind
because of just the history that's happened in all those places.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
So I'll tell you what, you like the music out there,
so they got to throw one at you to it,
and of course TV shows no doubt about it, And
just for me, it was kind of cool because I
love the fact that we can talk about this one
on here too. It's a huge fan of his work,
and I love magic and just kind of some things
that are out there too. Because this guy named David
Blaine has had Have you seen this Do Not Attempt
on on Disney Plus?
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Have you seen these episodes?
Speaker 5 (26:27):
No?
Speaker 4 (26:27):
I hadn't seen that, but I know I've seen some
of the stuff he's.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
Got one where he goes to I think it was Asia,
Southeast Asia, somewhere over there too, and they're teaching him
the snake charmers and they're teaching him in front of
you see that freeview.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
I have, I've seen, like I've seen a clip of this. Yeah,
crazy brother, you watch.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
I would never do that, I think about you, but
I would never put my life on the line like that.
Speaker 11 (26:47):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
You can't.
Speaker 4 (26:48):
They're in There's not a number in the world you
could pay me to do that.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
I feared that too.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
I'll just you know, I'm using that big fan of
horror movies growing up, but I cringed. And the whole
time he was yeah, doing that, snake would reach out
and of course like the snake charmer he had or
handler whatever he had named fits which if you watch
the documentary give too much away, but people go watch it.
Forge there was like a bogus snake or bogus snake
get over the credit pronunciation for it. But this thing,
actually they were showing through the culture of it and
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through all of the different things because this was real,
I mean handling of snakes. He just let I'm sure
they can minimize it too. For the episode, but they
let the snake hit the snake handler too, for the
guy name fits. The snake was like biting the arm
several times of like, and of course they didn't tell
you until after the fact.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
He got bent.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
It was nocturnal at night. I'm not gonna play with
snakes period.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
My dude, I see, I don't trust so long with that.
I don't care if it's nocturnal internal external it is,
I'm out.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
I'm out.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Makes for great television, which again David Blaine's not hurting
for money out there too when it comes to that
to it. But I do want to go check his
show out the residency there in Las Vegas for the
great show when he's back doing it again too. And
of course I think there's four episodes out right now,
the one at the there's one at the Arctic Circle,
which is like each Norway or something out there too.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Are you talking about when.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
They filmed it, like fifty below zero and dude, you
talk He went like, as an I didn't know the
sich things like I think ice diving, like putting his
whole body like underneath like a bed of ice, and
like just going right through glacier and like just pulling
himself on this rope and going about I was sixty
to eighty feet and then he had to like actually
take there was gloves on his hand and he had
to bust his way, knowing how Ice is not forgiving,
(28:23):
and bust his way out or die crazy.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
Oh gosh, yeah he can have all that. I'll watch it,
but I ain't doing none of it. Man, that's great.
That makes me crazy thinking about it.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
He had a joke o there too.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
He said he was all thinking with Jimmy Kimmel Show,
and I was watching some of the previous year on YouTube.
Whether the interview came out and you're doing press. He said,
you were a big fan of Houdini growing up. But
Jimmy looked at him. He says, you know, when Whodini died,
he goes fifty two, and he's how old are you
fifty one? Because you haven't even take the next year off.
Speaker 4 (28:52):
Yeah, yeah, got it.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Funny. I love that. Hey. When it comes to food,
Nashville's no shortage of a great restaurant. I love everything.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Of course, every time I'm there, it's either I got
to go to get the hot chicken, where I want
to go get the hot chicken, which you know, for
me is always just fun times out picked between princes
and Pattie Bees.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
For you, cooking meals or going out, what do you like?
Speaker 4 (29:12):
Man, I enjoy cooking. I've been doing more cooking this
year than I have.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
I got my rectech you know, out back and stuff
and then I do I whip up the stuff just
for the week.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
But man if I have a deal to.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Go to Hall's chop House right there in Midtown is
my favorite spot. It's like not it is a steakhouse,
but it's not too expensive. But I just love the
most times when you go in there, they'll be like
in the corner, they'll be sort of like a a
jazz or like a motown kind of band playing in
the corner, and uh, I love.
Speaker 4 (29:44):
I love food, but I love.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Atmosphere too, and it's like the perfect sort of like
southern steakhouse atmosphere. And on some Sundays they do like uh,
in that same corner, they do like gospel music and
it's fun.
Speaker 4 (29:56):
It's fun.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Man.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
So Hall's is the one that always comes to mind.
And I tell everybody, uh, go too, so.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Great place out there too.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Hey, the next big thing we'll be there in all
the hope to see that around is the CEA Fex
coming up there in Nashville. I think it's June fifth
and eighth, coming up here at Nissan Stadium, and of
course all the surrounding different arenas and the different stages
that are around there too. Give us some plans for
a CMA FES because I hope to see you out there.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Do yeah, I'll be I'll be around right in the
first part of that week, and then I'm out playing
shows that weekend, so I actually won't play cm A
fest this week, but but holler at me when you
come in the first part of the week and uh
and I'll be there.
Speaker 3 (30:32):
So looking forward to connecting out there too as well.
He's got great music, one of the best singer songwriters
out there too, doing it for himself and for a
lot of great artists out there.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
The collaborations are fantastic. Give him a follow again.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Ray Fulcher Music out there too on social media and
ray fulchermusic dot Com for all the great music out there.
Those unreleased songs are coming and of course looks like
a brand new album. Some more songs coming out there too,
and you can check out two cigars across all those
digital streaming platforms. My friend honored a pleasure to have
you here on the station, here with us talk about
some of the great music. Looking forward to connecting when
(31:04):
I get in town and always appreciate the time and share.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
It with us, no doubt.
Speaker 4 (31:08):
Hey, thank you, Brandon. It's been a pleasure and I
can't wait to hang again.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
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Speaker 2 (31:35):
We'll see you soon. Take care, God bless.
Speaker 11 (31:37):
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Hey, this is Nashville recording artist and songwriter Ray Folcher,
and you're listening to the award nominated Backstage Pass on
KYBN ninety eight point one and KKTC True Country ninety
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
And welcome inside the Backstage Pass.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Always a busy day, a slew of shows out there
too as well, and of course KKTC True Country ninety
nine point nine, KYB in ninety eight point one, iHeartRadio,
and of course wherever you guys find your podcast, you
find the show out there too, across all the streaming
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it ki SW Country and Tarhel Worldnetwork dot Org out
there too. One of the greatest singer songwriters out there too.
(00:43):
He's had a career unlike many that have started in
this business too. When it comes down to we got
to catch up there back at Country Radio Seminar twenty
twenty five. And one of the benefits that we did
this year for the hurricane victims and Carolina and of
course all the wildfire victims out in California, it was
Heads Carolina Tales California. The great event out here too,
the great Ray fulture here on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Ray. What's up man?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
What's up?
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Man?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Hey? How's it going, Brandon?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Good to have you brother.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I always talk music for the next twenty thirty minutes
or so too. Hey, I mentioned the top there. You know,
no strangers of this industry. You've been doing this a
long time. And but I want to know kind of
that story. I'm sure a lot of the fans. What
did that bug kind of bite for songwriting and being
able to tell the story.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Yeah, man, so I was going. You know, I've always
loved country music growing up. I mean it was I remember,
I tell the story a lot like my first memory
of country music when I was like I was either
five or six, riving my dad and I we were
like in the Hunt Club.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
At the Hunt Club.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
I remember Oceanfront Property comes on, and I just remember,
even as a tiny kid, like loving that song. And
then it kind of that and I kept that with
me through school and all, but I really never it
was just kind of the soundtrack to my life until
I was going to school Athens, Georgia, and I was
out one night some friends on way to go this
(02:00):
artist that at the time I'd never heard of, and
it ended up being Eric Church early days like two
thousand and six, and man, I remember the first time
that night. I remember watching him play a song called
Lightning off that first record Centers Like Me Record, and
I just remember that thing floored me like before it
was you know, I love and I always have loved
(02:23):
Alan Jackson, George Strait, Travis Truple, like go to Keith Whitley,
go down the line. But Eric Church's songwriting was a
little bit different than that. And it was like there
was this song Lightning where it was like, uh, he's
singing a first person song about this guy that's like
on death Row and how all of the regrets that he
has and the reason why he did what he and
(02:44):
it's like, man, I believed that so much, and it
was just such a different take on like songwriting. And
I was like, man, I don't know why this guy's
different from me or what's making it want to be
something that it makes me want to do.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
But I bought a guitar the next week.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
I mean, I just stay that night inspired me like crazy,
as like a light bulb went off, and you know,
I didn't necessarily start trying the songwrit At first, I
just tried to kind of learn guitar and learn some
cover stuff, and then later on in college kind of
started dipping my toes into songwright and then you know,
it really was until I moved in twenty fourteen that
I really ever even co wrote for the first time.
(03:22):
But it was probably two thousand and six, two thousand
and seven that that kind of I got bited by
the songwriting music kind of bug.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
And that bug gets you in a good way too,
no doubt. And let's talk about just some of the
things that some of those cuts you've had out there too.
And we talked about this, you know, OneD States when
you got to play Hurricane and a bunch of the
great songs Luke Cohens just put out there to turn
his career into the one of the most stellar careers
of all time and the riot he's been off for
the last you know, eight to ten years with seven, eight,
probably ten twelve number ones right now too. How did
(03:51):
that connection happen with Luke? And of course you guys,
you know Penning now some of the best songs that
are just heard around Nashville too.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Yeah, man, so man, It's wild how Luke and I met.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So when I'm I moved to town, made the twelfth,
twenty fourteen, and on the way up there on the
stop that and I didn't I didn't know anybody. It
was the scariest thing I'd ever done. But I was like,
the guy I was gonna be living with, I met
him one time and that was it. I was just like,
you know, when I gotta go try it, I gotta go,
you know, have to go do this for me and
go see what happens. And so it's May twelve, twenty fourteen,
(04:24):
and I made a stop like halfway to Nashville, and
there was another guy that I met moving the same day,
John Langston. I'm sure you know John, and uh so
we exchanged numbers, all right. Well, three days later it
was my and he told me, He's like, I don't
really know a ton of people either. I moved in
Nashville same day, and so we exchanged numbers. And three
(04:47):
days later it was my birthday. So I called John
and was like, Hey, it's my birthday. Do you want
to go, you know, hang out or something. He's like, man,
I don't know a lot of people either.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Let's go.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
So it went to Buffalo Wild Wings and we're sitting
there and he gets a text and he goes, man,
we got to go here in a second. I have
a friend from my town who's staying on my couch
this weekend to record some songs and he's going to
be moving to town later this year. We go to
his apartment kind of hang out my third day in Nashville,
and that guy that friend stay on his couch.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Was Luke Colmbs. And so at the time, I mean,
I didn't know who that was or whatever. We just
we hit it off that night.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
And really the biggest thing, I mean, kind of going
back to what I was just talking about a second ago,
the biggest thing that we bonded over was was Er
at church. We were such huge fans of his music
and even though the album cuts and stuff. So when
Luke moved in September of twenty fourteen, I was one
of the first people he called because he didn't know
anybody either. So by you know, by late fall of
(05:43):
twenty fourteen, we're starting to write. And our very first
song that we wrote was called beer Can, which was
on It ended up being on his first record that
we just kept doing it so.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I love that one too, and the connection there too,
and the hits go on and on after that too,
is well.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
We got to play some music here too.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
We'll talk to Ray about a whole lot more stuff
here too at the same time.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
But this is gonna be some fun stuff here.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
I want.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I love about it too.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
We get a chance to play some unreleased music there
and make that connection with the audience out there too.
We'll talk about the latest single there from Ray Fulcher.
This one's called Long Night in Lynchburg. Here it is,
and check you out at Ray Filcher music dot com
for more information out there at tour dates, merchandise makes
you guys, go grab some of that and give him
a follow across all the social media out there. It's
Ray Filterer the backstage past, KISW Country and tar Heel
(06:28):
Worldetwork dot organ and friends at KKTC True Country, ninety
nine point nine, kyb in ninety eight point one, coming back, craig.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
It it, I'm jenkin.
Speaker 7 (06:52):
They're slinging barrows upon around, they're working. I've heard it
because she ain't coming back. They're buzzing there as I'm
poor in this Jack tall and strong indeed looks like
I ain't young.
Speaker 8 (07:11):
They want that.
Speaker 7 (07:12):
I ain't gonna get no sleep.
Speaker 8 (07:15):
It's gonna be a long night in Lynchburg.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Them boys in Tennessee. You're working over time, so they
don't get to run that out of old number seven
before I get her off five. Man, he ain't no
time for press when they trying to.
Speaker 7 (07:30):
Be up from my mess, saying her, it's gonna.
Speaker 8 (07:34):
Be a long, long, long night is Lynxburg.
Speaker 7 (07:43):
To the peace signs, left the gravel fly and cut
out through the yard.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
But she don't see it ain't just me.
Speaker 7 (07:52):
Hell hem, hert is broken.
Speaker 9 (07:54):
Hard, says a lot of folks.
Speaker 6 (07:56):
Burning into both things, probably wishing she would have stayed
because he had a day all since the day she
drove away. It's gonna be a long night in Lynchburg,
then Borls and Pennessee. You're working over time so they
don't get your run that out of whole number seven
(08:17):
before I get her.
Speaker 8 (08:18):
Off my nerve.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
There ain't no time for praise when they're trying to
be up from my miss, saying her, it's gonna be.
Speaker 8 (08:27):
A long, long, long night in lyz Burg.
Speaker 9 (08:35):
Yeah, I'm drinking.
Speaker 7 (08:50):
Dear slinging beer was a phone a right, It's gonna.
Speaker 6 (08:59):
Be alone Night in lynch Bird and Botos and Tennising
are working over.
Speaker 8 (09:05):
Time so they don't get your run end.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
Out of Oh number seven, I get her off myiven Sin.
No time for PRIs when a cademy open my me
me saying her It's gonna be alone.
Speaker 8 (09:19):
Long Long Night in Lyz Bird, Helle Night in Edsburg.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
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Speaker 3 (10:01):
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Country ninety nine point nine in Tallas, New Mexico.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
And Long Night in Lynchburg, Ray Fulch You're back here
with us on the backstage Pass, and of course some
more great shows coming up over the next few weeks.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Sadie Pass going to.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Drop by, and a whole lot more working on some
great projects and we're gonna be in Cabo coming up
next week. You never know what musician or who I'll
talk to you out there in Mexico, Cabo, Sat Lucas
out there happy again, just a birthday with my daughter
and of course my sister getting married Cabos. We'll take
a little time off for that, but come back for
all the affiliates out there with other slow of shows
over the next few weeks, including a kick ass like
(10:40):
rocker country act out of say New York Tubes.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
You's got a christ background, NB Marshall.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
It's going to be coming by here on the program
at Australian Country Artists Too, which aesome great artist here too.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Back here, Ray Fulcher here, we got to talk about
this one.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
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Speaker 2 (10:58):
Long Night in Lynchburg. Friend, just tell us a great story.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Thank you man.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
We we uh so, I actually recorded that song for
my second album, which we're sort of still you know,
working on and stuff. I had about had ten of
those songs ready and we released some of those songs
last year. We're kind of still working towards it, but man,
it was one I just was like, Man, what's something
that we can that I can write and record that
is going to just be a great like show opener,
(11:25):
a great live song, but then also just says that
really infectious chorus and man.
Speaker 8 (11:29):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
One of my friends had the one of my songwriting
friends had the title long Night Lynchberg, and we were like,
I don't know what that means, but that sounds just
the title sounds awesome.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
And then we kind of made up, you know, made
up the.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Story that this sort of in the song, and you know,
it's kind of a tip of the cap Tennessee because
Lynchburg's just right down the road, you know, where Jack
Daniels is and stuff. So it was kind of cool
to build up, you know, to put all those elements
in there. I wrote that song with Matt roy and
Lynn Hunton.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Great stuff out there to the up tip of rims
of the guitar and the things you're in there, like
just the musical instrumentation, all gas, no breaks playing on us.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Yeah. Man, that was a.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
That that and that the demo of that song is
now famous and uh, and in certain parts of Texas
because I wrote that song with Jordan Walker and Zach
I've been well. Jordan, he he sent the demo to
his uncle out in Vernon, Texas. Next thing you know,
his uncle's blasting on the boat out there and all
the people that he hangs out with gets a copy,
(12:32):
and next thing you know, it's like the demo of
that song was like famous in Vernon, Texas, way before
I even put the song out. But yeah, I wrote
it with those two guys, and Jordan had that idea
of just all gas and no breaks, and we were like,
you know, what's a different take on that? And you know,
I think when we first talked about the idea, it
was like easy to make it sort of just a
just sort of a rocking song, a lifestyle song. But
(12:55):
then we were like, let's add this other, you know,
part two. It's like, not only do I sort of
do everything in that manner, but I'm gonna love you
in that way too, And that was our cool little
spin on it.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
So I'll tell you this latest single out there, you
guys put out for twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Man, God, what a song Ray for two Cigars that.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
We'll play a little bit here in the piece of
it here but uh, I think it's just that ballad
of a country song that really takes people on a
journey of just a life telling type story where they
can understand the meaning of this to resonate with this one,
I love two cigars man.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
Yeah, thank you man. That one.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Uh, I don't know if I'll ever put one out.
It's more special than that. We all, it's a big
group of us that kind of follow Georgia football and
kind of grew up with it together. And the day
of the National Championship game against Alabama in January of
twenty two and we ended up winning the game that night,
one of the guys in our group, his dad is
(13:46):
also part of our group, and his dad actually passed
away in Indianapolis, like of a heart attack, right about
two hours before kickoff. And so truly this song is
a just a I mean, as true of a story
as it possibly and his You know anything about Jamie
and who the song's about, it's I say about who
the song's inspired by. Is he is if George, if
(14:07):
Georgia won the game, You're going You're gonna something. He's
gonna find somebody that smoke a cigar with it, because
he's always gonna have to one for him, one for
somebody else.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
So this is a type of the cap to him.
But I also hope that it whoever that person.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Is for the listener.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
You know, I feel like we have these big moments
in life where we stopped for a minute and we go, man,
I wish so and so was here for this moment.
I think this song is about those moments and about
those people that are in the listener's life and happened.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
You know, you mentioned that too.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
It's phenomenal connection and that's why I started this about
six years ago. With the connection now sports of music
and now they integrate so well with each other too.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Just tell stories like that.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
You've been a huge Dogs fan of connection with that
love it is, uh love your son Go Dogs. It
just came out to twenty twenty. Another one that connected
with fans.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Very well, right, Yeah, that one has become a uh man.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
It's it's one that every time around football season, like
you see the stream and just go through the roof
and it became like a we put it out, you know,
it was really just a typic of the cap to
my own dad.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
You know.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
It's sort of that of the Southern bravado a little
bit where it's like, you know, all right, love, He's
not Godolph's you know, where it's just kind of that, you.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
Know, want you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
And so if this fall time, me and my dad
are talking about one of two things deer hunting or
Georgia football and so and I know a lot of
families like that, you know, and so again it's kind
of like insert whatever the bond is between you and
your person. But for me, it was just kind of
a tip of the cap to uh, you know, to
my dad and just the you know, really how much
(15:42):
kind of college football means in the South. It's way
more than a sport, and just hopefully you know, sort
of illustrates that.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
You know, it's cool to see this.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
And we probably talked about this at the It's Carolina Tals, California.
Been there in Nashville at the category Ted looks nickmar
out there too.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
So much fun to just see the feet right now.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
This female category Country us too with Laney and then
all the great ladies that are right there with her,
between Ashley Cook and Ashley McBride, Hannah Ellis and Carly Pearson.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Give me some thoughts on this wave of girl power
movement for country music.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Man, I think it's awesome and they're all they're all
freaking so talented and like I mean, even recently, I
think you mentioned one of her names earlier, but even recently,
I wrote with a couple of girls. I've been writing
with Sadie Bass and Carly Scott Collins just and that's
just two of Like I mean, every time I have
are getting in the room with these girl artists, I'm
like blown away by not only their voices, but just
(16:36):
their songwriting and ability and the things they want to say.
Speaker 4 (16:38):
Man, I think it's a it's a great, great time.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
As ladies having it said. Tyler movement out there too,
and they know what they're doing. Super talented more than
just singers. The great songwriters. Two at the same time,
we're gonna play one from a great songwriter here too.
KISW Country Tarhel World Network, Dot Morgan, of course their
friends KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine in Taos,
New Mexico, and of course after to NAT eight point one,
k y b A in the Bait area. It's uh,
(17:04):
tell you what, if you got a car, it's gonna
tell the story backseat of a Pontiac. It's ray filter
here it is the backstage pass. Crank it up, powered
by the Sports Guys podcast dot com.
Speaker 7 (17:27):
I learned that don't go no way without George Jones
my mind getting out of the car with a pudding
lipstick on.
Speaker 6 (17:41):
Learn baby sisters cry when you take the toy on
the record Jack in the back seat of a pony.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
I learned blue light to make you cuse when you
see them turn around. Ain't nowhere, Alabama, Ain't no please
for breaking down her cigarette smoke still cigarette smoke, even
with the whendoors cray in the back seed of a pond.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
He had the world was out.
Speaker 8 (18:17):
The window of the year's flood passed.
Speaker 6 (18:20):
Took me till now and realize how fast the.
Speaker 8 (18:23):
Mouse fill up the day.
Speaker 9 (18:26):
Just came.
Speaker 7 (18:27):
Get them back the ball field is a bad please
to remember you forgot your glood and the rear view
me gets turned down and dead.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
It starts cheering.
Speaker 7 (18:41):
Up the Watchprompa take his last ride in a long
black Cadillac from.
Speaker 6 (18:49):
The back seat of a pond, and the world was out.
Speaker 8 (18:53):
The window of the year's flood passed.
Speaker 6 (18:55):
Took me till now.
Speaker 7 (18:57):
The realize how fast the mouse fill.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
Up the day you just can't get them back.
Speaker 7 (19:18):
Then he turned sixteen, finally get to keep that.
Speaker 8 (19:21):
Ain't to call you one, but.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Just don't want to screen Getsie from.
Speaker 8 (19:25):
There to Bee.
Speaker 7 (19:29):
Jeney Picker up at seven. Gotta heav home by ten.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
There's a little spot to.
Speaker 7 (19:38):
Hide behind the old drive in a couple I think
God years later, you're ride back in the back seat
of a poney, Ay in the back seat of a
poney who have a puny. Hey y'all, this is recording
(20:18):
artist Dusty Black and you're listening to the Backstage Past
podcast exclusively on KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine.
Speaker 5 (20:26):
That Caden Gordon Show Today's Best Country Mix is a
two hour show playing independent and mainstream country music you
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Speaker 10 (20:42):
Hey guys, it's Presley Tennant and you're listening to the
award nominated Backstage Pass podcast powered by the Sports Guys
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point nine.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
You know, I never words when it comes down to
too but man, hey sent me that one too unreleased
right now. But when this thing comes out, of course
you guys are gonna hear it worldwide in the thirty
plus countries out there too, for all of our syndicated
stations to Nightheart Radio too at the same time. But man,
this right here, it is one of the best that
I'm not afraid to say this when I say this,
and I'll say this a lot about a lot of songs.
When you pen this, my friend, this is one of
(21:16):
the best country songs ever written, ever told that. Now
the public is getting a chance to hear.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
Man, thank you so much. Yeah, it's uh, it's really
just a shot. I love the nostalgic songs. But man,
with this one, we found a way just to kind
of it was myself, Jordan Walker, and Ben Hayslipp, who's
you know, got a ton of ton of bee hits,
and Jacob Rice and uh, you know, Jacob and Jordan
and I and Ben all come from like similar backgrounds,
(21:42):
and so we literally just took these little snapshots of
like growing up and like you know, being a kid
in the back seat and what that felt like, and
then making just this story out of it and kind
of this coming of age thing, and and uh, you know,
it really doesn't have what's wild about it. It's like
the it feels like this is a song that the
which is unique in a way that the verses are
(22:03):
sort of the the emphasis of the song. And then
because the courses are kind of short and they're really
just like a almost like an interlewd course.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
It's not this big, single long thing.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
It's like it just takes you to the next part
of the story, which I thought was really unique and cool,
and it just seemed to come together pretty cool like that.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
So there's a damn good song, no doubt about it too,
and we released it.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Appreciate you let us play first year out there too
for unreleased music, and when it does hit it out
there streaming wise, we give it a lot of push
out there, put it in rotations for our stations out
there too. Of course, you guys, and love that one too.
If you got some feedback, please send me that to
as well. And definitely four great music coming up here too,
So give me kind of forecast you were first first
kind of through that first quarter. Now this year, I
cannot believe it's we're talking April and the second quarter
(22:45):
of the year goals and things that you kind of
want to see for New Year's resolutions that are still there,
and just some projects to work on every twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (22:52):
Look, well it's been it's been a good quarter one.
I really.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
At the beginning of the year, I was like, all right,
this first quarter, I'm gonna like all you know, so
to speak, all gas, no breaks with the with the
songwriting and not not only for me, but for other
artists and trying to you know, get in there and
get a good start to the year, which we have.
I mean, I think this is this is the most
intense start I've had as far as the number of
songs I think. I'm I want to say, seventy five
(23:19):
songs then since the New year, which is a big
number for me, for me, and uh so I'm proud.
I'm proud of the kind of the working termination. And
I think now we flip the page where I'll still
be writing, but we'll kind of think about, all right,
what are we going to be releasing, you know, maybe
this summer fall and then uh and I'm playing a
bunch of different shows. I'm actually been doing a bunch
(23:40):
of like uh private shows. Song right, arounds later on
the year, we'll probably be doing some more stuff like
touring type stuff, but we'll play the opera again. I've
got a show coming up at the at the Country
Music Hall of Fame. First would be really fun just
as a huh kick.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Off event for them.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
But I'll get to play some stuff that i've some
of the hints I wrote, but also some some new
stuff like we're playing on here, which would be really
fun for me.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
So get to do a bunch of that stuff and
then continuing to uh, it's all.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Right, and then you know, some some cuts that I
had come out last year and come out about, you know,
with other other artists too.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
You know, you never forget your first body of work.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
It's kind of like me, I had one kid and
one kid only, but it's like you never forget your
first kid, or if I had a second kid, which
I don't. But at the same time, I love my daughter,
like I said, with everything, all my own being and
looking back at it, just like you loved your first
album Spray Painted Line.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Oh man too. And this song I'm playing right here too.
I gotta crack it up. Oh yeah, A little red culture.
He a little bit of John Wayne, tell me about
this week.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
That's right man.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Now, when we made we made the demo, instantly knew it.
I was like, somebody's not if we don't get this
thing cut like this week, I might go record it.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
And that's what we did.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
Tell it's a great story there too, And of course
that is again available for all the streaming platforms out there,
and it's that a little bit of fun till you
mentioned hobbies away from music too, If you're not talking
to somebody about Georgia football, yeah out there too. Are
there other kind of hitting hobbies or maybe a hitting
trick we don't know about.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Yeah, I uh, but I love golf and it's it's
an addiction where it's like, uh, you know, I'm good
enough to where I can go out there and make
some great shots, but I'm also bad enough to where
it's leaving me that passion to want to get better,
you know what I mean? And so uh that and
I actually, uh, anyone who spent your time me will
tell you how I love history.
Speaker 4 (25:33):
So I don't know if you call this a hobby
or not.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
But if I'm at home on the TV's on and
it's not the Braves or it's not Georgia football, it's
usually going to be on some kind of history documentary.
It's just something I love. I love learning about where
we came from. I love learning about just like you know,
the things that have brought us to where we're at
in the world. And also a country of music history
is really high on the top of that list.
Speaker 4 (25:57):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
I mean, that's why I'm man that the uh, you know,
things like the Hall of Fame in the Rhymen and
the Grand Old Opera are so reverent in my mind
because of just the history that's happened in all those places.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
So I'll tell you what, you like the music out there,
so they got to throw one at you to it,
and of course TV shows no doubt about it, And
just for me, it was kind of cool because I
love the fact that we can talk about this one
on here too. It's a huge fan of his work,
and I love magic and just kind of some things
that are out there too. Because this guy named David
Blaine has had Have you seen this Do Not Attempt
on on Disney Plus?
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Have you seen these episodes?
Speaker 5 (26:27):
No?
Speaker 4 (26:27):
I hadn't seen that, but I know I've seen some
of the stuff he's.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
Got one where he goes to I think it was Asia,
Southeast Asia, somewhere over there too, and they're teaching him
the snake charmers and they're teaching him in front of
you see that freeview.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
I have, I've seen, like I've seen a clip of this. Yeah,
crazy brother, you watch.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
I would never do that, I think about you, but
I would never put my life on the line like that.
Speaker 11 (26:47):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
You can't.
Speaker 4 (26:48):
They're in There's not a number in the world you
could pay me to do that.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
I feared that too.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
I'll just you know, I'm using that big fan of
horror movies growing up, but I cringed. And the whole
time he was yeah, doing that, snake would reach out
and of course like the snake charmer he had or
handler whatever he had named fits which if you watch
the documentary give too much away, but people go watch it.
Forge there was like a bogus snake or bogus snake
get over the credit pronunciation for it. But this thing,
actually they were showing through the culture of it and
(27:14):
through all of the different things because this was real,
I mean handling of snakes. He just let I'm sure
they can minimize it too. For the episode, but they
let the snake hit the snake handler too, for the
guy name fits. The snake was like biting the arm
several times of like, and of course they didn't tell
you until after the fact.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
He got bent.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
It was nocturnal at night. I'm not gonna play with
snakes period.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
My dude, I see, I don't trust so long with that.
I don't care if it's nocturnal internal external it is,
I'm out.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
I'm out.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Makes for great television, which again David Blaine's not hurting
for money out there too when it comes to that
to it. But I do want to go check his
show out the residency there in Las Vegas for the
great show when he's back doing it again too. And
of course I think there's four episodes out right now,
the one at the there's one at the Arctic Circle,
which is like each Norway or something out there too.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Are you talking about when.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
They filmed it, like fifty below zero and dude, you
talk He went like, as an I didn't know the
sich things like I think ice diving, like putting his
whole body like underneath like a bed of ice, and
like just going right through glacier and like just pulling
himself on this rope and going about I was sixty
to eighty feet and then he had to like actually
take there was gloves on his hand and he had
to bust his way, knowing how Ice is not forgiving,
(28:23):
and bust his way out or die crazy.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
Oh gosh, yeah he can have all that. I'll watch it,
but I ain't doing none of it. Man, that's great.
That makes me crazy thinking about it.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
He had a joke o there too.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
He said he was all thinking with Jimmy Kimmel Show,
and I was watching some of the previous year on YouTube.
Whether the interview came out and you're doing press. He said,
you were a big fan of Houdini growing up. But
Jimmy looked at him. He says, you know, when Whodini died,
he goes fifty two, and he's how old are you
fifty one? Because you haven't even take the next year off.
Speaker 4 (28:52):
Yeah, yeah, got it.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Funny. I love that. Hey. When it comes to food,
Nashville's no shortage of a great restaurant. I love everything.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Of course, every time I'm there, it's either I got
to go to get the hot chicken, where I want
to go get the hot chicken, which you know, for
me is always just fun times out picked between princes
and Pattie Bees.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
For you, cooking meals or going out, what do you like?
Speaker 4 (29:12):
Man, I enjoy cooking. I've been doing more cooking this
year than I have.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
I got my rectech you know, out back and stuff
and then I do I whip up the stuff just
for the week.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
But man if I have a deal to.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Go to Hall's chop House right there in Midtown is
my favorite spot. It's like not it is a steakhouse,
but it's not too expensive. But I just love the
most times when you go in there, they'll be like
in the corner, they'll be sort of like a a
jazz or like a motown kind of band playing in
the corner, and uh, I love.
Speaker 4 (29:44):
I love food, but I love.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Atmosphere too, and it's like the perfect sort of like
southern steakhouse atmosphere. And on some Sundays they do like uh,
in that same corner, they do like gospel music and
it's fun.
Speaker 4 (29:56):
It's fun.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Man.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
So Hall's is the one that always comes to mind.
And I tell everybody, uh, go too, so.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Great place out there too.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Hey, the next big thing we'll be there in all
the hope to see that around is the CEA Fex
coming up there in Nashville. I think it's June fifth
and eighth, coming up here at Nissan Stadium, and of
course all the surrounding different arenas and the different stages
that are around there too. Give us some plans for
a CMA FES because I hope to see you out there.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Do yeah, I'll be I'll be around right in the
first part of that week, and then I'm out playing
shows that weekend, so I actually won't play cm A
fest this week, but but holler at me when you
come in the first part of the week and uh
and I'll be there.
Speaker 3 (30:32):
So looking forward to connecting out there too as well.
He's got great music, one of the best singer songwriters
out there too, doing it for himself and for a
lot of great artists out there.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
The collaborations are fantastic. Give him a follow again.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Ray Fulcher Music out there too on social media and
ray fulchermusic dot Com for all the great music out there.
Those unreleased songs are coming and of course looks like
a brand new album. Some more songs coming out there too,
and you can check out two cigars across all those
digital streaming platforms. My friend honored a pleasure to have
you here on the station, here with us talk about
some of the great music. Looking forward to connecting when
(31:04):
I get in town and always appreciate the time and share.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
It with us, no doubt.
Speaker 4 (31:08):
Hey, thank you, Brandon. It's been a pleasure and I
can't wait to hang again.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
Got it Ray Filter out there too, KISW Country Guitar
Heel Worldnetwork dot Org, KKTC True Country ninety nine point
nine and our friends kyb In ninety eight point one,
iHeartRadio and powered by the Sports Guys Podcast dot com.
It is the Backstage Pass. We'll see you guys soon.
More great artists coming up, Sadie Bass this week and
a whole lot more. Keep it tuned to those affiliates
out there and always the Sports Guys Podcast dot Com.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
We'll see you soon. Take care, God bless.
Speaker 11 (31:37):
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 3 (31:50):
Hey, y'all, this is Calie Tucker and you're listening to
the Backstage Past Podcast powered by The Sports Guys Podcast,
exclusively on KKTC
Speaker 10 (32:00):
True Country ninety nine point nine in Tallas, New Mexico,
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