September 9, 2024 • 28 mins
Texas Country Artist Sandee June joins us on WSM, AM 650! The home of the grand ole opry! Tune in every Sunday morning from 5:30-6:00 AM!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, everyone, This is Sandy June. I'm a Texas country
artist and you're listening to the Backstage Past podcast on
the Home of the Grand Ole Opry WSM six fifty AM.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hey, welcome inside the Backstage Past. Another Sunday morning right
here home with the Grand Ole OPRYWSM AM six fifty
every Sunday from five point thirty to six am right
there to get up, drink some coffee and worship the Lord.
You know, we always say go to church. That's worship
day two and I love doing that and putting the
power in his hands to make it a great day.
Appreciate you starting our day with you guys listening to
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us here on WSMAM six fifty, So appreciate you starting
your day with us here. And of course we can
also be heard out there on the digital apps including
iHeart Tune in WSM Mobile app and of course WSM
Radio dot Com. Like I always say every Sunday, you
got a great one for you here too. In a
song that you guys have to hear that came out
shortly back there around Memorial Day and now has definitely
turned into one of her golden tunes out there. Miss
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Sandy June joining us here on the backstage pass powered
by the Sports Guys podcast dot com.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Sandy, how you doing, Hello, Brandon, I'm doing great, And
hello out there, WSM world.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
There's a lot of fun, no doubts. And once we
got the announcement, I think I had deer in the
headlight look and then it was kind of like, you
know what, hey, welcome to the big leagues. Game on
right there. It's fun, right excited about it. But hey,
tell us about this one too, because you've been working
hard on this one called Rolling Strong, and I was
kind of, you know, no pun intended, but rolling around
Nashville in a car nearing CMA week, you know, this
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past year and looking back at it, got to play
it for a lot of people in the industry, a
lot of executives, people in the music business, heard great
feedback on this song. Played it for my business partner,
Alan Price, who's my managing partner and talent coordinator with
the show. This song had a lot of work went
into it, and I know we did some clips and
breaks and things like that for different times in the
show that Keith Whitley event and talked about it. But
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what a song and I know so far ever since
it's come out rolling strong, it has done well for you.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yes, thank you very much. This song has actually been
about two and a half years in the making. I
co wrote this song with a good friend of mine
is the founder and executive director of Wheelchairs for Warriors
here in Galveston County. They're a nonprofit organization that makes
high tech wheelchairs for our wounded veterans and anyone that
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is interested and would like to check out their website.
A portion of the proceeds of this song goes to
that organization, and that is Wheelchairs foro Warriors dot org.
But her and I, Crystal Larramore is her name, we
finally sat down and committed to writing in this song.
It started out to be an anthem song for her organization,
but now it's for America. It is for our veterans,
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is for our first responders, it's for our law enforcement.
It's for all of our hard working, God fearing American
citizens and patriotism God and my family run through my veins.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So it's very near and dear to my heart, this song,
and I hope it touches the rest of the world
the way it does us. So it's available anywhere, and
we're getting a lot of good response out of it.
I was just in Spring last weekend at an antique
shop and Ed pulled the song of the YouTube video
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up for this lady in the shop and she just
started bawling. She just said, this is such a moving song,
and what a great time for this song to come out,
you know, right, It came out right at Memorial Day,
on Memorial Day actually the day four, and then we've
got you know, July fourth, and you know it is
an election year, so people, you know, emotions are running
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strong right now about America. So it's just a perfect
song and perfect timing.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I'm gonna use the phrase from the song, Toby Keith,
this one's for you. We're gonna play it right here
on WSM the Home of the Grand Ol, Lobrary, Sandy
June and Rolling Strong sending it out to everybody out
there who is important, our law enforcement, our first responders,
and everybody. It talks a lot about patriotism, So Toby,
this is from you from Sandy June. Here on w
s M A six fifty, the Home of the Grand
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Speaker 4 (04:07):
America Hazard Problems, About America Hazard Dreams.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
She's the land of many freedoms, She's the land of anything.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Roll strong where the sun sets. Roll strong home with
the red wine.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Blue wheel by wheel will.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Roll lawn slowly while our warriors spiker you free, damas
and free. They wrote blank checks for you and me.
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Our boys turned into men defending this country.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
Wheel live in.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Rolling straw where the sun sets, Roll a.
Speaker 7 (05:53):
Straw home with the red wine blue wheel by Will
will roll lawn slowly.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
While our warriors spike you.
Speaker 8 (06:13):
Farm down the highways and by ways.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
The farm to market rolls. Our flag is proudly waving
from the farm lands to the coast.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Roll strong where the sun sets.
Speaker 9 (07:01):
Ron strong with the red, white and blue.
Speaker 7 (07:10):
Will Bye, Will will roll lawn slow. To me, kid,
this one's for you. Wheel by Will will row.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
Lawn slow while my warrior skiper you.
Speaker 8 (07:56):
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Back here with Miss Sandy June on wsm AM six
fifty the Home of the Grand Old Opera here, and
I love this song. You mentioned how just important it is,
but we're in that election year and no, I don't
talk politics on this show, but Rolling Strong a fantastic,
fantastic song. And I love when you put in there,
when you said, Toby Keith, this one's for you, because
what an impact Sandy he had on country music.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
He did. He was one of America's number one patriots
and I think coming up right behind him now is
Jason Aldean. So mane. But it is a good line
and I've gotten a lot of good response about that too,
So I'm glad I was. I didn't know if shoot
or shooting, but we did. We found up putting that
in there, and I'm so glad we did.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I love the lyric. It always catches it, no doubt
about it. Whiskey that's away. This was in twenty twenty three.
We go back to talk about a couple of previously
released the singles before Rolling Strong. This had to be
one of your favorites out there to record. And I
love the feel of this one too, because anything with whiskey,
you got my attention.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
That's right. Well, yeah, that was okay. So Chris Roggie Fisher,
a good friend of mine, she actually wrote that song,
and she had pitched it to me, pitched actually several
songs prior to that to me, and you know, I
just I've got to feel it, and I've got to
be emotionally attached to the song before I commit myself
to it. And whenever, you know, I heard that when
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she had sent me an email saying, okay, if you
don't like this, when I give up and I heard
that song, and I knew right away I had to
go to the studio and record that because it's something
we can all relate to. And I don't think there's
probably a family out there that hasn't had a problem
in some kind of way, shape or fashion where alcohol
may have kind of messed up or you know, cause
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a little problem in their family. So that's what this
song is about. And in redemption of it.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
So you know, you've been doing this thing called music
for a long time talk about maybe some of the
things that fans don't see behind the scenes, some of
the challenges that you have to go through as an
artist to just continue to put a song after song
and just have success in this industry.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
I think one of the most challenging aspects of this
is in the writing, because I'm always thinking about what
what do people want to hear? What do what words
are going to move people? And I try to keep
my writing based on experience or what's dear to my heart.
Because we all have similarities, we all have differences, so
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I know there's someone out there that is probably going
to relate. I try not. I know there's a lot
of funny and fun songs out there, and that's great,
but I am a very you know, I guess emotional
person and I like to write about things that mean
stuff to people and it's going to really touch them.
That's one of the hardest things for me is just
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trying to put things in the right words that are
going to move people. I want someone when they hear it,
I want them to go wow. You know.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Let's talk about another one too, which was one of
my favorites out there. Last year's single Honky Talk Angels.
I just love the title of that too, because it
really resonates country music.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
That's right. That was an old song by Kitty Wells,
and I just loved it so much and I had
to go to the studio and just do my own
cut of that, and I love the way it turned out.
So if you're an old Kitty Wells fan, you like
Honky tonk Angels, you're gonna love it.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Love me some Kitty Wells. And I still tell you this,
I still love and listening to like I said that
wsm APP and of course the every night at the
Opera I mentioned there too. Got a chance to go
a couple of times this year being in Nashville for
some events that we had done for Keith Whitley Memorial
Show and of course the Big Toby Keith a fundraiser
we did back in March of this year during CRS.
But I think that old school sound, your sound, kind
of like you know, the music you put out, and
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you look at artists like Laney doing her thing now
today is just being on fire, and Ashley Carly Pearce,
Ashley Cook, Hannah Ellis, the names go on and on.
I think it's a great thing for a little bit
of that nineties kind of country flavor to be coming
back at this point, right.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Yes, absolutely, And I just love classic country. That's you know,
I don't know. That runs in my blood too, So
I love that nineties and old classic country. I love
me some Merle Haggar and Raylon and Retta and Patsy,
So I try to hang on to that and sing
and just like they did, they sang about life and
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stories and things that people related to, and I just
love that.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Now, those ladies I mentioned to give me some thoughts
on the girl power movement right now in country music too,
because I love this and hey, anybody like Lanny Wilson
walking home with Entertainer of the Year is just a
huge stamp for the industry right now.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Absolutely, She's paved in the way for some women out there.
I tell you what, I'm so proud of her. I
am so proud of her. I don't know. I mean,
she got in there at the right time, the right place,
the right everything, and she is the real deal. I
love how country she is and I love what she's
doing for other female artists out there.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Yeah, her new album comes out there in August called Whirlwind.
Make sure you guys check that out across all the
streaming platforms out there too, and some great songs off there.
Got to see her play on the big stage at
Nissan Stadium there too, along with Jelly Roll, one of
those the Saturday nights we were there during Cmafest. If
you've never been to CMA Fest, I got to go
in twenty twenty five because it's always fun out there
to go for that week. A trouble Train. We got
to talk about this one here back in TWI twenty
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twenty two.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Oh yeah, that's another one. You know, we're talking about
how you know, alcohol can hit certain families pretty hard,
can it can also be you know, fun and social.
But I wrote that song ed and I wrote that
song the music room one night and we were just
kind of playing around and that song evolved. Well it's
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about a year later, you know, something personal happened in
my family, so that song really again, you know, it
hit home with me and made the song even come
to life more. And so I have a big emotional
attachment to that song, and I think a lot of
other people will too if they hear it.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Well, I tell you time to play another one here.
You're gonna feel this one too. You're gonna know this
one too. It's classic from Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty and
it's done well for Miss Sandy June out there too.
And I love listening to this ever since I was
growing up as a kid back in the eighties and nineties.
My dad would put that on that radio station out
there and we'd sing it. Of course, a little Vinyl records,
and some of the kids listening, what's Vinyl? Well, hey,
you know what, it's still going strong and Vinyl's making
a comeback right now. It's after the Fire is gone
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from Sandy June out there to her version of it
here on WSM the Home of the Grand ol Opper. Here,
Sandy June, crag it up.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
The bottle is almost empty. The clock just now struck ten.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
Oh, darling, I have.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
To call you to our favorite place a game.
Speaker 6 (16:36):
You know it's.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
Wrong for us to meet.
Speaker 6 (16:40):
But the fire's gone out at home.
Speaker 9 (16:44):
And there's nothing cold is ashes. After the fire is gone.
Love is where you'll find it when you.
Speaker 7 (16:59):
Find no love at home.
Speaker 9 (17:03):
And there's nothing cold ashes after the fire is gone.
Speaker 11 (17:21):
Remember your lips so warm and tender, your arms told
me just right, sweet words of love.
Speaker 8 (17:42):
You remember the one at home to God.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
Each time we say it's the last time, but we
keep paying at home. And there's nothing cold ashes after
the fire is gone. Gold is where you find it
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when you find no love it.
Speaker 9 (18:17):
And there's nothing colds ashes after the fire Gold, and
there's something cold ashes after the fire is gone. Hey,
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all listen is T Graham Brown and you're listening to
Backstage Pass right here on WSM Radio Baby.
Speaker 10 (18:55):
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Speaker 2 (19:10):
Man, you can always check us out. That's when we
record right there as the spot talked about there. But
of course the digital apps out there. iHeart tuned in
WSM Mobile app and of course wsmradio dot Com out
there too. Here's worldwide as we feature a different artist
every week out there kicking some tail in country music.
And this week no different is Sandy June out there
with their song Rolling Strong, and that one too, After
the Fire is gone. And I can't remember a day
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where I turned on that great radio station out there.
You played all that classic country and you put a
great spin on this, and man, this has done well
for you on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yes, it has a very unexpected do well because I
actually recorded this prior. I think i've recorded this back
in twenty twenty. Yeah, twenty twenty. It was one of
my first three songs ever recorded. And this came out
long before Loretta Lynn passed away, So I don't I
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don't know where all the activity is coming from, but
it's getting a lot of traction on YouTube and getting
a lot of spins out there, and I'm really proud
of this song. I love Me some more. Red Alan
though too, so a lot of her story. I used
to lay in bed at night with my grandmother and
we've watched Coal Miner's Daughter at least once or twice
a month, a minimum. Once a month we've watched that movie.
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It's just so good. So I knew I had to
do that one.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
But I love Me from Conway Twitty, and I think
Conway was part of my childhood. Every time he came
on the radio, you knew it was his voice.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Sandy, that's right, that's right. I mean they're They're definitely icons,
and you knew who they were when that when their
music came on.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
I love them both, oh just great, And like I said,
I just missed every day. God rest their souls, no doubt.
I love Speaking of souls, you put out a great
song too that I got a chance to check out
a while back. When you put it out, I think
it was September of twenty twenty two, if my math
was corrector of the date, so at least I remember that.
But I love this one too, and I actually listened
to it again as a today and at least once
a week. But you know, music feeds our souls, and
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this one here music fed my soul. I think this
was just a great track, and there's some great writing
in the song because this really talks about again how
country music shaped all of us too, and who we
grew up listening to impacted this song.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
That's right exactly. This is a very dear song to
me too, because it does to be. It's where music
came from and it's what helped shape me and mold
me into the person I am today. There's not a
song out there that I, if I listen to, there's
a memory, a moment attached to it. You know, I
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can tell you exactly where I was and what I
was doing when that song touched me or moved me.
So you know, there's always a memory attached to a song,
and music does feed my soul. So that's you know,
this song is about what music did for me and
has done for me.
Speaker 11 (21:53):
All right now.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
I love me some Houston, Texas. I'm an Astros fan,
not so much Texans, but I will watch baseball. It
was just there a few weeks back when the Astros
played the Rangers at the min in May Park, And
so I love Houston, but I also love your rendition
of your song. Too Many Hearts in Houston talk about
that one for everybody listening out there.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Absolutely so Too Many Hearts in Houston was written by
Ed's dad's best friend. He's eighty seven years old and
he has an arsenal of songs that he's wrote over
his years. He's an old rodeo guy. Funny songs, emotional songs.
But every song he's written has been a memory for him.
It's been an experience or a memory. It's a true story.
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So none of them are written on paper. So we
recorded him singing several songs one day, and this one
I said, I would like to go record this for him.
He doesn't have any songs he's ever recorded. He's never
you know, he sings, plays the guitar, so this is
a song he wrote. And I was so happy and
proud and honored to have released this as a single
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to radio.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
That's a beautiful song. Noe oubt too, And I love
again to spin on the music out there. Feel that
nineties country feel out there too. With all the songs.
Another one you did, I think it was back in
twenty twenty two was homemade remedy. And for folks that
haven't heard this one too, it's available for streaming out
there across all the DSPs of digital streaming platforms. How
did this one come about?
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Absolutely? This is it's kind of funny. There's you know,
I guess a little controversy about this song, but it's
another memory of growing up. And you know, back in
the day, we had a lot of homemade remedies. You know,
used to give paragoric for collic to babies, or rub
it on their gums and rub their gums. You know,
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they don't any of that now anymore. So this song
evolved about how I grew up in homemade remedies and
you know, going to church on Sunday with my grand
with my grandmother, and another memory song growing up things
that we don't really see and do anymore. We do,
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but I don't know, it's just different. Things are different.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Things are different now too. I wish I could have,
like you said, for collic and things like that. I
wish I could have put some whiskey up. Your wife
would have probably killed me too, which was literally going
through that.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
We also look at us, we're still here. We did too.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
I remember an old remedy that she had too. She
would actually make like just iced tea, like use those
lifting tea bags, and she put them in the microwave
with her water. Now we're not talking about city water,
we're talking about well water. She had a Culligan pump
out there too, which was the freshwater pump out there too.
But I told her, I said, still at forty four,
I guess something was right too, because she used to
have those that funny wang in her tea when you
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drank it or something like that too. I said, I
drank it all my life, in most of my thirties
and forties and look at me now. It was a
homemade remedy. The water was fired.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
That's right, there's nothing wrong with a homemade remedy. So
that's a fun song. It's you know, it takes you
back kind of song.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
It does, no doubt. Hey, another one. We just lost
another late grade man. I'd say, it just seems like
it just I miss him so much. But I got
a chance to talk to William Lee Golden there at
the Sunday Morning Country event that we broadcast her in
c a week on that Sunday, You've got a chance
to worship the Lord and have a good time out
there at the Opery and go backstage. But William Lee
came by, and of course I knew at the time
Joe Bonnsell's health was not doing very well too, And
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you know, definitely losing one of the great ones in
country music. But for everybody knows how many times they
stepped on the Opry stage and then touring together as
the Oakreage Boys for fifty years. Talk about just the
impact Joe had on you, you know, growing up as
a young artist, and just the Oakredge Boys in general.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
Oh my goodness, amazing. I mean it's just, you know,
a classic memory their music, everything, lots of memories attached
to all their music. I just good times, good time.
That's all I can say is good times, good memories,
good everything. A classic.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Yeah, Joe's second in Heaven right now too, no doubt
about it. And I love it so much there because
again I I just can't commend those greats for doing
what they did out there to really just pave the
way for the young artists today too, and artists to
just rising in general. That the Oakridge Boys were in
everyone's life too. And you turn on the radio, you
knew what Elvira and all those songs were about out there.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
The harmony from then, the harmony.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Man, see that harmony was crazy too. Let's look into
I guess the future. Now, you've got some new projects
you're working on to at the same time, So tell
everybody after rolling strong, of course, what's coming up next,
because I know musicians never rest on their laurels. There's
always something coming out of the next, whether it be
a full length album or an EP or another single.
(26:26):
Talk to talk to us about that.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Absolutely. I'm working on an EP right now. I've got
about five new singles that few, I've got to go
back to the studio and do my vocals on. But
got about five new singles that I'm working on right now.
The EP coming out after the first year, and I've
got another patriotic song I'm going to release. I did
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record too, and this next one I'm going to save
till next Memorial Day. So and this one, I'll give
you a little hint. It's called red Our Period eperiod
D period, but it it stands for remember everyone deployed.
So it's going to come out next Memorial Day. And
it's if you like the Rolling Struggle. I really like
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this one, all right.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
If you've ever been a musician, and we'd probably asked
you this in the past, but always fun to catch
up with the new listeners. What other career path would
Sandy June have taken?
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Well, I actually do have another career path, but my
original what I really am. I'm a registered nurse. I've
been a registered nurse now for I guess twenty eight
years something like that. But if I weren't a nurse
and I weren't doing music, I would love to be
an actress. That's what I always thought. That's what I'm
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going to be when I grow up. You know, I'm
going to be an actress. I just I love I
love acting and movies and theater and stuff like that.
But I've decided to take care of people and see
the people insteads a form of entertainment, right.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Of entertainment, taking care of people and singing to people. Yes,
it is no doubt about it too, and we all
need more great people like miss Sandy June out there too.
For more information, Sandy June music dot com and of
course check out Rolling Strong across all those digital streaming platforms.
See it's always easy when you guys come on here
on WSMAM six fifty, the home of the Grand Ol
Library and make some new fans. That's what we do
here on the show too. You always appreciate you being
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a great and faithful loyal person here to the program too.
Love getting your music out to all the fans at
the same time. And again, Sandy Junemusic dot com, appreciate
you being here and got many more of these to come,
no doubt.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Thank you so much, Brandon, and don't forget listeners. Check
out my YouTube video.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
On Rolling Strong and of course tomorrow morning is Coffee
Country and Cody, so wake up with them. A great
program to have during the weekdays and we'll see you
guys with more great episodes coming up over the next
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Hello, everyone, This is Sandy June. I'm a Texas country
artist and you're listening to the Backstage Past podcast on
the Home of the Grand Ole Opry WSM six fifty AM.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hey, welcome inside the Backstage Past. Another Sunday morning right
here home with the Grand Ole OPRYWSM AM six fifty
every Sunday from five point thirty to six am right
there to get up, drink some coffee and worship the Lord.
You know, we always say go to church. That's worship
day two and I love doing that and putting the
power in his hands to make it a great day.
Appreciate you starting our day with you guys listening to
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us here on WSMAM six fifty, So appreciate you starting
your day with us here. And of course we can
also be heard out there on the digital apps including
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Radio dot Com. Like I always say every Sunday, you
got a great one for you here too. In a
song that you guys have to hear that came out
shortly back there around Memorial Day and now has definitely
turned into one of her golden tunes out there. Miss
(00:54):
Sandy June joining us here on the backstage pass powered
by the Sports Guys podcast dot com.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Sandy, how you doing, Hello, Brandon, I'm doing great, And
hello out there, WSM world.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
There's a lot of fun, no doubts. And once we
got the announcement, I think I had deer in the
headlight look and then it was kind of like, you
know what, hey, welcome to the big leagues. Game on
right there. It's fun, right excited about it. But hey,
tell us about this one too, because you've been working
hard on this one called Rolling Strong, and I was
kind of, you know, no pun intended, but rolling around
Nashville in a car nearing CMA week, you know, this
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past year and looking back at it, got to play
it for a lot of people in the industry, a
lot of executives, people in the music business, heard great
feedback on this song. Played it for my business partner,
Alan Price, who's my managing partner and talent coordinator with
the show. This song had a lot of work went
into it, and I know we did some clips and
breaks and things like that for different times in the
show that Keith Whitley event and talked about it. But
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what a song and I know so far ever since
it's come out rolling strong, it has done well for you.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yes, thank you very much. This song has actually been
about two and a half years in the making. I
co wrote this song with a good friend of mine
is the founder and executive director of Wheelchairs for Warriors
here in Galveston County. They're a nonprofit organization that makes
high tech wheelchairs for our wounded veterans and anyone that
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is interested and would like to check out their website.
A portion of the proceeds of this song goes to
that organization, and that is Wheelchairs foro Warriors dot org.
But her and I, Crystal Larramore is her name, we
finally sat down and committed to writing in this song.
It started out to be an anthem song for her organization,
but now it's for America. It is for our veterans,
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is for our first responders, it's for our law enforcement.
It's for all of our hard working, God fearing American
citizens and patriotism God and my family run through my veins.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So it's very near and dear to my heart, this song,
and I hope it touches the rest of the world
the way it does us. So it's available anywhere, and
we're getting a lot of good response out of it.
I was just in Spring last weekend at an antique
shop and Ed pulled the song of the YouTube video
(03:14):
up for this lady in the shop and she just
started bawling. She just said, this is such a moving song,
and what a great time for this song to come out,
you know, right, It came out right at Memorial Day,
on Memorial Day actually the day four, and then we've
got you know, July fourth, and you know it is
an election year, so people, you know, emotions are running
(03:37):
strong right now about America. So it's just a perfect
song and perfect timing.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I'm gonna use the phrase from the song, Toby Keith,
this one's for you. We're gonna play it right here
on WSM the Home of the Grand Ol, Lobrary, Sandy
June and Rolling Strong sending it out to everybody out
there who is important, our law enforcement, our first responders,
and everybody. It talks a lot about patriotism, So Toby,
this is from you from Sandy June. Here on w
s M A six fifty, the Home of the Grand
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Speaker 4 (04:07):
America Hazard Problems, About America Hazard Dreams.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
She's the land of many freedoms, She's the land of anything.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Roll strong where the sun sets. Roll strong home with
the red wine.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Blue wheel by wheel will.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Roll lawn slowly while our warriors spiker you free, damas
and free. They wrote blank checks for you and me.
(05:32):
Our boys turned into men defending this country.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
Wheel live in.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Rolling straw where the sun sets, Roll a.
Speaker 7 (05:53):
Straw home with the red wine blue wheel by Will
will roll lawn slowly.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
While our warriors spike you.
Speaker 8 (06:13):
Farm down the highways and by ways.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
The farm to market rolls. Our flag is proudly waving
from the farm lands to the coast.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Roll strong where the sun sets.
Speaker 9 (07:01):
Ron strong with the red, white and blue.
Speaker 7 (07:10):
Will Bye, Will will roll lawn slow. To me, kid,
this one's for you. Wheel by Will will row.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
Lawn slow while my warrior skiper you.
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Back here with Miss Sandy June on wsm AM six
fifty the Home of the Grand Old Opera here, and
I love this song. You mentioned how just important it is,
but we're in that election year and no, I don't
talk politics on this show, but Rolling Strong a fantastic,
fantastic song. And I love when you put in there,
when you said, Toby Keith, this one's for you, because
what an impact Sandy he had on country music.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
He did. He was one of America's number one patriots
and I think coming up right behind him now is
Jason Aldean. So mane. But it is a good line
and I've gotten a lot of good response about that too,
So I'm glad I was. I didn't know if shoot
or shooting, but we did. We found up putting that
in there, and I'm so glad we did.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I love the lyric. It always catches it, no doubt
about it. Whiskey that's away. This was in twenty twenty three.
We go back to talk about a couple of previously
released the singles before Rolling Strong. This had to be
one of your favorites out there to record. And I
love the feel of this one too, because anything with whiskey,
you got my attention.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
That's right. Well, yeah, that was okay. So Chris Roggie Fisher,
a good friend of mine, she actually wrote that song,
and she had pitched it to me, pitched actually several
songs prior to that to me, and you know, I
just I've got to feel it, and I've got to
be emotionally attached to the song before I commit myself
to it. And whenever, you know, I heard that when
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she had sent me an email saying, okay, if you
don't like this, when I give up and I heard
that song, and I knew right away I had to
go to the studio and record that because it's something
we can all relate to. And I don't think there's
probably a family out there that hasn't had a problem
in some kind of way, shape or fashion where alcohol
may have kind of messed up or you know, cause
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a little problem in their family. So that's what this
song is about. And in redemption of it.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
So you know, you've been doing this thing called music
for a long time talk about maybe some of the
things that fans don't see behind the scenes, some of
the challenges that you have to go through as an
artist to just continue to put a song after song
and just have success in this industry.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
I think one of the most challenging aspects of this
is in the writing, because I'm always thinking about what
what do people want to hear? What do what words
are going to move people? And I try to keep
my writing based on experience or what's dear to my heart.
Because we all have similarities, we all have differences, so
(11:49):
I know there's someone out there that is probably going
to relate. I try not. I know there's a lot
of funny and fun songs out there, and that's great,
but I am a very you know, I guess emotional
person and I like to write about things that mean
stuff to people and it's going to really touch them.
That's one of the hardest things for me is just
(12:12):
trying to put things in the right words that are
going to move people. I want someone when they hear it,
I want them to go wow. You know.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Let's talk about another one too, which was one of
my favorites out there. Last year's single Honky Talk Angels.
I just love the title of that too, because it
really resonates country music.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
That's right. That was an old song by Kitty Wells,
and I just loved it so much and I had
to go to the studio and just do my own
cut of that, and I love the way it turned out.
So if you're an old Kitty Wells fan, you like
Honky tonk Angels, you're gonna love it.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Love me some Kitty Wells. And I still tell you this,
I still love and listening to like I said that
wsm APP and of course the every night at the
Opera I mentioned there too. Got a chance to go
a couple of times this year being in Nashville for
some events that we had done for Keith Whitley Memorial
Show and of course the Big Toby Keith a fundraiser
we did back in March of this year during CRS.
But I think that old school sound, your sound, kind
of like you know, the music you put out, and
(13:06):
you look at artists like Laney doing her thing now
today is just being on fire, and Ashley Carly Pearce,
Ashley Cook, Hannah Ellis, the names go on and on.
I think it's a great thing for a little bit
of that nineties kind of country flavor to be coming
back at this point, right.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Yes, absolutely, And I just love classic country. That's you know,
I don't know. That runs in my blood too, So
I love that nineties and old classic country. I love
me some Merle Haggar and Raylon and Retta and Patsy,
So I try to hang on to that and sing
and just like they did, they sang about life and
(13:44):
stories and things that people related to, and I just
love that.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Now, those ladies I mentioned to give me some thoughts
on the girl power movement right now in country music too,
because I love this and hey, anybody like Lanny Wilson
walking home with Entertainer of the Year is just a
huge stamp for the industry right now.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Absolutely, She's paved in the way for some women out there.
I tell you what, I'm so proud of her. I
am so proud of her. I don't know. I mean,
she got in there at the right time, the right place,
the right everything, and she is the real deal. I
love how country she is and I love what she's
doing for other female artists out there.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Yeah, her new album comes out there in August called Whirlwind.
Make sure you guys check that out across all the
streaming platforms out there too, and some great songs off there.
Got to see her play on the big stage at
Nissan Stadium there too, along with Jelly Roll, one of
those the Saturday nights we were there during Cmafest. If
you've never been to CMA Fest, I got to go
in twenty twenty five because it's always fun out there
to go for that week. A trouble Train. We got
to talk about this one here back in TWI twenty
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twenty two.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Oh yeah, that's another one. You know, we're talking about
how you know, alcohol can hit certain families pretty hard,
can it can also be you know, fun and social.
But I wrote that song ed and I wrote that
song the music room one night and we were just
kind of playing around and that song evolved. Well it's
(15:08):
about a year later, you know, something personal happened in
my family, so that song really again, you know, it
hit home with me and made the song even come
to life more. And so I have a big emotional
attachment to that song, and I think a lot of
other people will too if they hear it.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Well, I tell you time to play another one here.
You're gonna feel this one too. You're gonna know this
one too. It's classic from Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty and
it's done well for Miss Sandy June out there too.
And I love listening to this ever since I was
growing up as a kid back in the eighties and nineties.
My dad would put that on that radio station out
there and we'd sing it. Of course, a little Vinyl records,
and some of the kids listening, what's Vinyl? Well, hey,
you know what, it's still going strong and Vinyl's making
a comeback right now. It's after the Fire is gone
(15:52):
from Sandy June out there to her version of it
here on WSM the Home of the Grand ol Opper. Here,
Sandy June, crag it up.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
The bottle is almost empty. The clock just now struck ten.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
Oh, darling, I have.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
To call you to our favorite place a game.
Speaker 6 (16:36):
You know it's.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
Wrong for us to meet.
Speaker 6 (16:40):
But the fire's gone out at home.
Speaker 9 (16:44):
And there's nothing cold is ashes. After the fire is gone.
Love is where you'll find it when you.
Speaker 7 (16:59):
Find no love at home.
Speaker 9 (17:03):
And there's nothing cold ashes after the fire is gone.
Speaker 11 (17:21):
Remember your lips so warm and tender, your arms told
me just right, sweet words of love.
Speaker 8 (17:42):
You remember the one at home to God.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
Each time we say it's the last time, but we
keep paying at home. And there's nothing cold ashes after
the fire is gone. Gold is where you find it
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when you find no love it.
Speaker 9 (18:17):
And there's nothing colds ashes after the fire Gold, and
there's something cold ashes after the fire is gone. Hey,
(18:44):
all listen is T Graham Brown and you're listening to
Backstage Pass right here on WSM Radio Baby.
Speaker 10 (18:55):
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Speaker 2 (19:10):
Man, you can always check us out. That's when we
record right there as the spot talked about there. But
of course the digital apps out there. iHeart tuned in
WSM Mobile app and of course wsmradio dot Com out
there too. Here's worldwide as we feature a different artist
every week out there kicking some tail in country music.
And this week no different is Sandy June out there
with their song Rolling Strong, and that one too, After
the Fire is gone. And I can't remember a day
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where I turned on that great radio station out there.
You played all that classic country and you put a
great spin on this, and man, this has done well
for you on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yes, it has a very unexpected do well because I
actually recorded this prior. I think i've recorded this back
in twenty twenty. Yeah, twenty twenty. It was one of
my first three songs ever recorded. And this came out
long before Loretta Lynn passed away, So I don't I
(20:01):
don't know where all the activity is coming from, but
it's getting a lot of traction on YouTube and getting
a lot of spins out there, and I'm really proud
of this song. I love Me some more. Red Alan
though too, so a lot of her story. I used
to lay in bed at night with my grandmother and
we've watched Coal Miner's Daughter at least once or twice
a month, a minimum. Once a month we've watched that movie.
(20:23):
It's just so good. So I knew I had to
do that one.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
But I love Me from Conway Twitty, and I think
Conway was part of my childhood. Every time he came
on the radio, you knew it was his voice.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Sandy, that's right, that's right. I mean they're They're definitely icons,
and you knew who they were when that when their
music came on.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
I love them both, oh just great, And like I said,
I just missed every day. God rest their souls, no doubt.
I love Speaking of souls, you put out a great
song too that I got a chance to check out
a while back. When you put it out, I think
it was September of twenty twenty two, if my math
was corrector of the date, so at least I remember that.
But I love this one too, and I actually listened
to it again as a today and at least once
a week. But you know, music feeds our souls, and
(21:03):
this one here music fed my soul. I think this
was just a great track, and there's some great writing
in the song because this really talks about again how
country music shaped all of us too, and who we
grew up listening to impacted this song.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
That's right exactly. This is a very dear song to
me too, because it does to be. It's where music
came from and it's what helped shape me and mold
me into the person I am today. There's not a
song out there that I, if I listen to, there's
a memory, a moment attached to it. You know, I
(21:36):
can tell you exactly where I was and what I
was doing when that song touched me or moved me.
So you know, there's always a memory attached to a song,
and music does feed my soul. So that's you know,
this song is about what music did for me and
has done for me.
Speaker 11 (21:53):
All right now.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
I love me some Houston, Texas. I'm an Astros fan,
not so much Texans, but I will watch baseball. It
was just there a few weeks back when the Astros
played the Rangers at the min in May Park, And
so I love Houston, but I also love your rendition
of your song. Too Many Hearts in Houston talk about
that one for everybody listening out there.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Absolutely so Too Many Hearts in Houston was written by
Ed's dad's best friend. He's eighty seven years old and
he has an arsenal of songs that he's wrote over
his years. He's an old rodeo guy. Funny songs, emotional songs.
But every song he's written has been a memory for him.
It's been an experience or a memory. It's a true story.
(22:32):
So none of them are written on paper. So we
recorded him singing several songs one day, and this one
I said, I would like to go record this for him.
He doesn't have any songs he's ever recorded. He's never
you know, he sings, plays the guitar, so this is
a song he wrote. And I was so happy and
proud and honored to have released this as a single
(22:55):
to radio.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
That's a beautiful song. Noe oubt too, And I love
again to spin on the music out there. Feel that
nineties country feel out there too. With all the songs.
Another one you did, I think it was back in
twenty twenty two was homemade remedy. And for folks that
haven't heard this one too, it's available for streaming out
there across all the DSPs of digital streaming platforms. How
did this one come about?
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Absolutely? This is it's kind of funny. There's you know,
I guess a little controversy about this song, but it's
another memory of growing up. And you know, back in
the day, we had a lot of homemade remedies. You know,
used to give paragoric for collic to babies, or rub
it on their gums and rub their gums. You know,
(23:34):
they don't any of that now anymore. So this song
evolved about how I grew up in homemade remedies and
you know, going to church on Sunday with my grand
with my grandmother, and another memory song growing up things
that we don't really see and do anymore. We do,
(23:54):
but I don't know, it's just different. Things are different.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Things are different now too. I wish I could have,
like you said, for collic and things like that. I
wish I could have put some whiskey up. Your wife
would have probably killed me too, which was literally going
through that.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
We also look at us, we're still here. We did too.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
I remember an old remedy that she had too. She
would actually make like just iced tea, like use those
lifting tea bags, and she put them in the microwave
with her water. Now we're not talking about city water,
we're talking about well water. She had a Culligan pump
out there too, which was the freshwater pump out there too.
But I told her, I said, still at forty four,
I guess something was right too, because she used to
have those that funny wang in her tea when you
(24:32):
drank it or something like that too. I said, I
drank it all my life, in most of my thirties
and forties and look at me now. It was a
homemade remedy. The water was fired.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
That's right, there's nothing wrong with a homemade remedy. So
that's a fun song. It's you know, it takes you
back kind of song.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
It does, no doubt. Hey, another one. We just lost
another late grade man. I'd say, it just seems like
it just I miss him so much. But I got
a chance to talk to William Lee Golden there at
the Sunday Morning Country event that we broadcast her in
c a week on that Sunday, You've got a chance
to worship the Lord and have a good time out
there at the Opery and go backstage. But William Lee
came by, and of course I knew at the time
Joe Bonnsell's health was not doing very well too, And
(25:09):
you know, definitely losing one of the great ones in
country music. But for everybody knows how many times they
stepped on the Opry stage and then touring together as
the Oakreage Boys for fifty years. Talk about just the
impact Joe had on you, you know, growing up as
a young artist, and just the Oakredge Boys in general.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
Oh my goodness, amazing. I mean it's just, you know,
a classic memory their music, everything, lots of memories attached
to all their music. I just good times, good time.
That's all I can say is good times, good memories,
good everything. A classic.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Yeah, Joe's second in Heaven right now too, no doubt
about it. And I love it so much there because
again I I just can't commend those greats for doing
what they did out there to really just pave the
way for the young artists today too, and artists to
just rising in general. That the Oakridge Boys were in
everyone's life too. And you turn on the radio, you
knew what Elvira and all those songs were about out there.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
The harmony from then, the harmony.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Man, see that harmony was crazy too. Let's look into
I guess the future. Now, you've got some new projects
you're working on to at the same time, So tell
everybody after rolling strong, of course, what's coming up next,
because I know musicians never rest on their laurels. There's
always something coming out of the next, whether it be
a full length album or an EP or another single.
(26:26):
Talk to talk to us about that.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Absolutely. I'm working on an EP right now. I've got
about five new singles that few, I've got to go
back to the studio and do my vocals on. But
got about five new singles that I'm working on right now.
The EP coming out after the first year, and I've
got another patriotic song I'm going to release. I did
(26:48):
record too, and this next one I'm going to save
till next Memorial Day. So and this one, I'll give
you a little hint. It's called red Our Period eperiod
D period, but it it stands for remember everyone deployed.
So it's going to come out next Memorial Day. And
it's if you like the Rolling Struggle. I really like
(27:09):
this one, all right.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
If you've ever been a musician, and we'd probably asked
you this in the past, but always fun to catch
up with the new listeners. What other career path would
Sandy June have taken?
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Well, I actually do have another career path, but my
original what I really am. I'm a registered nurse. I've
been a registered nurse now for I guess twenty eight
years something like that. But if I weren't a nurse
and I weren't doing music, I would love to be
an actress. That's what I always thought. That's what I'm
(27:40):
going to be when I grow up. You know, I'm
going to be an actress. I just I love I
love acting and movies and theater and stuff like that.
But I've decided to take care of people and see
the people insteads a form of entertainment, right.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Of entertainment, taking care of people and singing to people. Yes,
it is no doubt about it too, and we all
need more great people like miss Sandy June out there too.
For more information, Sandy June music dot com and of
course check out Rolling Strong across all those digital streaming platforms.
See it's always easy when you guys come on here
on WSMAM six fifty, the home of the Grand Ol
Library and make some new fans. That's what we do
here on the show too. You always appreciate you being
(28:21):
a great and faithful loyal person here to the program too.
Love getting your music out to all the fans at
the same time. And again, Sandy Junemusic dot com, appreciate
you being here and got many more of these to come,
no doubt.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Thank you so much, Brandon, and don't forget listeners. Check
out my YouTube video.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
On Rolling Strong and of course tomorrow morning is Coffee
Country and Cody, so wake up with them. A great
program to have during the weekdays and we'll see you
guys with more great episodes coming up over the next
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