April 25, 2025 • 35 mins
Nashville and Texas Recording Artist William Beckmann is back on the show to talk about the release of his upcoming album, Whiskey Lies & Alibis due out June 20th! Tune in to hear more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey y'all, this is recording artist William Beckman, and you're
listening to the award nominated Backstage Pass on KKTC ninety
nine point nine True Country and on KYBN ninety eight
point one. You can also stream the show on tar
Heel Worldnetwork Dot Org and KISW Country.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And welcome inside the Backstage Pass. It is a Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
It's new music release Day, my favorite day of the
week because we get hit up man like the Dickens
around here too with all the great artists and the
new music. Brandon Morel here, KISW Country and our friends
at Tarheel Worldnetwork dot Org out there too, and of
course out there in the Bay Area KYBN ninety eight
point one, your Bay Area Broadcasting Network, and our friends
at KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine out through
(00:43):
iHeartRadio the Backstage Pass worldwide. Feel like Pittbull sometimes now
saying that too out there and one of my favorite
guys to welcome back to the show as we count
down the days to CMA Fest will be live in Nashville, Tennessee,
at the Music City Center, broadcasting our show for the
second year in a row.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
That police to welcome in one of the guys. He's
doing his thing out there and keeping his style of
music alive for all the country music fans. So William
Beckman to the show. What's up, my friend, Brandon.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
What's going on? Man? Good to see you, Good to
hear from you.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Good to hear from you. Brother. We were just talking
about that.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
It's been probably a year and a half to two
years since we saw each other at the last the
winning Rice Festival down here in Winnie.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
It seems like just a few short days ago.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Right, I know, time flies. We were talking about that, man,
But I'm glad to be back on with you.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Well, I tell you what, let's talk about this branded music.
You guys have been on quite the ride to end
twenty twenty four and kind of begin twenty twenty five.
You know, this whole thing and your branded music out
there too, as you grow as an artist and do
a lot of cool things out there too, to tour
and get some things kind of rolling, talk about and
give us an update on what's been going on. I
guess latter part of twenty twenty four and in this
(01:48):
first outset of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, we've been rolling some new songs. Out that we're
stoked about. They're all part of a record that's set
to come out in June. But this is my first record,
my first body of work working with a record label
with Warner Music Nashville, and I'm really happy with the
way it all came out, and I'm ready for it
to be out into the world.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Man.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yeah, I was talking about that till you guys have
been playing the road a lot, you know a little bit.
I like the fact is I've gotten to see you
live tremendous show out there. Mentioned that Winnie Rice Festival
in Winnie, Texas a few years ago there and you
got just incredible stage presence man in front of the audience.
And I think it's that style of music that really
reminds me of a little bit of Hank Junior, Hank Senior,
a little bit of Roy Orbison kind of throwback style
(02:31):
that you really, you know, make it your own. Tell
me a little bit about in the fans that may
not know the artist, William Beckman kind of when you
knew that that bug was gonna bite and you were
gonna take this, you know, to kind of a full
time career and do this thing called music.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Yeah, I mean, I was pretty young when I figured
out that I wanted to do it full time and
do it as a as a job and for a career.
I'm twenty nine years old now, and I probably knew
back when I was fifteen sixteen that this is what
I was going to be doing.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
So it's been a long work in progress, but I
wouldn't want it any other way, man.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
You know, I love that last album, Here's to You,
Here's to Me. A lot of cool things on there
for twenty twenty three for the audience, and we've been
playing a lot of the music out there on some
of the affiliates now, and of course you guys really
infused this in your live show. I big people on
that record and just kind of some memories and hit
on some highlights for the record Here's to You, Here's
to Me.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yeah, that record was one that I put out a
couple of years ago, but we still play a lot
of those songs. There was one that comes to mind
called Tennessee Drinking that I had written with some great
people up in Nashville. That's one of my favorite ones
to play. But probably the most outlaw country sounding song
(03:48):
off of that record is one called she Can't Be Found,
which to me is kind of like a Waylon Jennings
type of song.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
We usually end the show with that song.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
But but yeah, we got a lot of songs that
are similar to that in that vein off of this record,
and so it'll be a good transition into a new
body of work. People are gonna hopefully grab onto some
songs that they like and that they're reminded of off
of that last record.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
So yeah, you had a good one too. I love
the songs that really set the tone for records all
the time too. And of course, I know, just trying
to pick a bunch of songs that have been in
the can, whether it's shared with you or you guys
write it yourself too, or is CO write damn this
Heart of Mine? I really love how this one set
the tone for that particular record too, And that's got
to be one of your favorites.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Yeah, there was a lot of harmonic on that record.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I'm a big like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fan,
and there must have been three or four different tracks
that had you know, harmonica intros. And it was mainly
because of that, because I was trying to chase a
little Tom Petty in there, but yeah, damn, this hard
of Mind to me is one of those tunes that
just an up tempo, good feeling song and we play
(05:01):
that one every night too.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
And even before that, looking back at some of the
music you put out and I know we first met it,
it was the song Bourbon Whiskey that really it puts
you on the map out there too, at least in
my category two, because that was one of those just
took the world by storm country music a lot of
independent artists too at the same time. And then for
media people like myself, we really know something, we like
something that's what the heart and the ear likes and
what the eyes kind of see out there. Man, You really,
(05:24):
you know, painted a picture with Bourbon Whiskey and kind
of spread the word out there for the fans to
really understand the song and what it's about lyrically, what
it means.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
This had to be not just one of.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Your favorites out there, but this had to be one
that's still in the show set right now, and really
had you get discovered out there from streams after streams
across all these different platforms.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Yeah, I mean that's still a fan favorite and a
favorite amongst us in the band to play. When I
wrote that song, I was in a big traditional country
phase and I was listening to a bunch of vinyl records,
and a lot of them were old school country albums,
and I knew that I wanted to try to channel
some of that early country music from like the fifties
(06:06):
and sixties and try to make something that was reminiscent
of that.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
And that's the song that came out of it.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
And I remember thinking to myself that most of those
old country singers were talking about one of two things,
either getting drunk and drinking or their.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Woman walking out on them.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
So I decided to combine those two subject matters and
make it into one, and that's how Bourbon Whiskey was written.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
You know, you brought up a good point there with
vinyl records. More and more artists that talk to you
now too talking about that very thing you know about
vinyl records coming back and having a collection of them
when they were a kid, and of course still even
going to record stores and whatever's left of.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Them and trying to buy them there too.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
You know, for me, I still love the fact that
you can go to shows and see some of that
craft out there where they've taken it from CD to
you know, streaming now, which is kind of eating up
the entire thing out there when it comes to paying
songwriters and things like that, which it should do more.
And I want to get into like a fight with
that with Spotify, Soundclap things like that, and of course
the artists too for strings. But it's a good thing
that Vinyl's making a comeback because to me, that Vinyl
(07:11):
thing is authenticity for the record, right.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
I mean, I've always been a big Vinyl fan. I've
got a big collection at my apartment in Nashville. I'll
probably have somewhere between four hundred and five hundred different
albums that I've collected over the years. But I love
the act of it, Like I love being able to
pull it out and look at the back of it,
and you know, most of them have the lyrics printed
out on the sleeve or on the insert, and just
(07:36):
putting it on and listening to the to the record
in its entirety, I think is a is a lost
art and I've always enjoyed that part of it. I'm
excited that this record that we're putting out in June.
They've already sent it out to get pressed and everything,
so it'll be there, you know, vinyl copies will be
a available, And I took a lot of time into
(07:58):
the packaging of it all sure that the lyrics were
printed on there and all the different songwriters and the
credits and stuff.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
I just think it's cool.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
I think that that's the one thing that you kind
of miss out on when you're streaming stuff and listening
to music just on the different streaming platforms like Spotify
and Apple Music, because you kind of missed out on that,
you don't. I know that you can look up who
wrote the song, but you know the lyrics and stuff.
I think they include that as well. But there's nothing
like holding it in your hand and being able to
(08:25):
feel it, and you kind of feel connected to the
music a little bit more whenever you're holding it in
your hand, I guess. And so yeah, man, I love
the fact that people are kind of making vinyl at
thing again.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, it's a great thing out there too. Love it.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
In fact, like you said, put your hands on it too,
and you kind of see all that, and you got
side A or side B. You can flip it what
you like. And I still find the ill casual thing
to pull the needle over and just kind of sit
there and put it on that particular up you know,
playlist in your home. And of course I just bought
me any record player few years back, and they're like,
that's still around, Brandon. I'm like, yeah, that things are
still around if you find the right store to those
(09:02):
put those things out there too. And I still love
Lucky you got stacks and stacks up too that my
grandmother had left to me. So it's great to see
all those things making a come back. Well, tell you what,
we'll just talk here on the show. We gotta play
a little music from William Beckman here again the backstage past,
KISW Country and of course tar Heel World Network dot
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Honkey Talk Blue, It's William Beckman here, it is crank
it up, coming right back, Stay tuned.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Honky Ton Blue. It's the color of my hardy since
you second bye, But it's all that I can see.
I just sit and drum only tear drops for you, darling.
(10:02):
When I think of you, your memory terms a room,
monkey talk blue. Forgetting you has been twice. It's hard, Yes,
the whiskey on my breath and empty bottles and crowded.
Speaker 7 (10:25):
Rooms, or on that I've got left.
Speaker 6 (10:30):
Monkey talk blue is the color of my hearty. Since
you sacodbye well the song that I could see, I
just sit and cry only tears drops for you, darling.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
It's when I.
Speaker 6 (10:59):
Think of you, your memory terms around. Honkey Tom Blues.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
Let's go, Honky.
Speaker 6 (11:06):
Tom mona Lisa a work of ar. She ain't got
(11:33):
a thing on me said, I'm a living, breathing love
gone wrong, her master, her peace. Honkey Tom Blues. It's
the color of my hearty. Since you say goodbye, it's
(11:58):
all I see. I just sit and cry, only tear
drops for you, darling. When I think of you, your
memory turns are monkey tll believe. When I think of you,
(12:24):
your memory terms are monkey toll believe.
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(13:42):
Looking forward to being a part of that for the
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(14:03):
Aussies say, we're gonna fly fifteen hours, sixteen hours to Nashville,
the time of your life out there, Honkey Talk Blue,
We're got to talk about this one with William Beck
and my friend another great old school feel to this one.
There was anybody that loves blues music has got to
understand what Honkey Talk Blue is all about.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Give us the lowdown.
Speaker 6 (14:23):
Man.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
That's a song that I actually did not write, but
you'll be pleasantly surprised to hear that. Chris Stapleton, who
I'm a massive fan of, was a songwriter on that song,
along with Bryce Long, who's a fantastic songwriter as well.
Bryce Long and I actually wrote a separate song on
(14:44):
this record called Not That Strong.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
But Honky Talk.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Blue was the they'd sent me this demo, and man,
I fell in love with it, and I knew right
away that it was Chris Stapleton singing it, and it
was really cool the way that that demo was recorded
and it was real slow and there's a lot of fiddle,
and it was so Stapleton. It sounded like it came
(15:09):
from the like the backwoods of Kentucky or something. And
when it came time for us to record it, I
had to, by the way, ask for permission to record it,
and the first couple of times I asked, they had
politely declined because apparently Chris Stapleton had liked the song
so much for himself that he was debating on putting
(15:30):
it on one of his own albums and had always
considered it for his records and just never really kind
of found the right one to put it on, so
he was kind of saving it for himself, and then
finally he caved in and let me have it. So
I put it on my record and we went into
the studio and John Randall, who produced this record with me,
wanted the band to play it kind of like a
(15:51):
drunk I was in the room when he told the
band to play it, like what did he say, played
like a half drunk Texas band at at Green Hall
on a Friday night, And so that's what the That
was the the instruction that they were given, and I
think they nailed it.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Man, it sounds it sounded, it sounds great.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
I sure did no doubt. All right, whiskey lies and alibis.
This is coming out in June for this album that
you guys have already announced. What a title, man for
a song and a title for an album, because right
there you mentioned a nutshell really make up country music.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Right, Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
For sure.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Man, It's a cheating song, and I think that cheating
songs are kind of a lost a lost one. I
wrote that with Jesse Joe Dillon and Jesse Frasier and
I can't I loved the title. I came up with
the title and and Jesse Joe Dillon wanted it to
be She's like, that sounds like a cheating kind of thing,
but we should kind of make it an interesting perspective
(16:48):
of the guy that the girls not cheating on, but
cheating with, And so that's kind of what it's about.
It's it's almost like the Eagles, Lion Eyes meets I
don't know, kind of like Gary Stewart. She's acting single
kind of things. So, but the sonically the sound of
the song is really really cool. There's like baritone guitar
(17:09):
and it kind of sounds like a Roy Orbison esque
type of songs.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
So that's another one I'm pretty proud of.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
You should be, no doubt.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Hey, speaking of Texas, mentioned you played that festival there
a couple of years ago in Winnie. But he also
have done some things down here with Green Hall you
mentioned there, and beautiful new bronfles Texas down here and
a lot of the venues. Man, you've got on the
road with Randy Rodgers and a bunch of these great
Texas artists. What is it about in your mind about
Texas that brings the fans out these local music fairs
and festivals and rodeos and things like this that really like,
(17:40):
if they've heard your name and the music has been
played on the radio, they're going to give you a
follow And even if it hasn't been played on the radio,
and they come out and check you out. And of
course I know it's your style and the way you sound,
but man, Texas folk just love their country music, right, Yeah,
they do.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Man.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
I think I think a lot of it has to
do with, like the sense of community. I think that
the fans know that they're all part of something that
they can't really.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
Get anywhere else.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
And I know us as the musicians and the artists
that are involved in that scene, we fuel a very
tight knit community and we're all buddies with each other.
We see each other whenever we can, you know, like
the Steamboat Festival music fest that takes place every year
in Colorado. That's where you really get to see all
your buddies because we're all on the road and we
(18:24):
don't really get to see each other all that often
unless we're on a festival together. But yeah, there's just
a big camaraderie between all of us, and I think
the fans have that same sort of feeling, that same
sort of kinship and family really, so they're some of
the best bands in the entire world. They're so supportive.
And I've got people that I see countless shows, and
(18:47):
you know, I just played a show recently and I
met this one fan. She said, this is my thirty
second time seeing you, And I said, I can't think
of anybody that I've seen thirty two times. But it's
just it's awesome to feel the love and to feel
like you're part of something bigger than yourself. And I
think that's what the Texas country music scene.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Is really all about. Is that sense of community?
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Man, I think that we wouldn't be anywhere without the fans,
and they're the ones that make it all worth it.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Now, growing up, you mentioned in an old School sound
that you have too. At the same time with those
names we've talked about here in the program, But were
you a Conway Twitter fan growing up?
Speaker 4 (19:22):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Okay, Conway fans?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Is these reality shows now? And I love this. We
talked about the vinyl making it come back.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
I think old school country is making it come back,
or at least a lot of these contestants on Idol,
the Voice and some of these reality singing shows that
are coming out there. And I heard one of the
guys he was talking about bringing back some Conway and
I want to thank you guys the recent episodes of
this season of Idol, and I love one called Goodbye
Time and of course Hello Darling and all the ones
that had played.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
But I think it's a tribute to the years.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
That have gone by, but the memories that these artists
created that will never be forgotten.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
What's such as that as Goodbye Time and Hello Darling?
Speaker 5 (20:02):
Right?
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Absolutely, you know, we could go on and on about
the legends and the greats of country music. I think
that there is definitely a resurgence in that style of music.
I definitely tried my best to contribute to it. But
if you look at people like my buddy Braxton, Keith
and Zach Topp, you know, they've got a really traditional
(20:25):
sound and and.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
Their fans eat it up, you know.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
And so I think it's really it's really important to
respect the people that came before you and try to,
you know, carry the torch and however way you can.
And I think that right now that it's a great
time for country music to be alive, you know, oh
no doubt.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
And it really is going to keep extending itself out
there too at the same time. And I love the
fact is and you know you're from that del Rio
Texas down there too, and of course they are based
in Nashville too, But man, it's I remember a guy
that was out there head Texas Ties for a long
time out there too, that was part of a great,
great country group out there. Love me some Radney Foster.
(21:07):
I know you do too.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
Oh yeah, I love me some Radney.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
He's like my uncle. I tell everybody that he is.
He's truly like an uncle figure to me. And every
time I get to see him, it's always fun. And
I learned so much from him. I learned so much
from him when I was younger, and I still every
time I hang out with him, He's always got a
new story to tell, and it's always a good time
(21:30):
with him. And arguably one of my favorite songwriters in
the whole world.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Of course, part of that great group Foster and Lloyd,
the classic country out there from the eighties and nineties.
Not to be forgotten too, because we're not gonna forget
about him here on the backstage pass We're gonna do
is play some more music. It's William Beckman out there too.
It's game I like to play. Figure out which game
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Speaker 11 (22:00):
Figure she's a fair loaded dice in a dark casino
and reno.
Speaker 7 (22:19):
She knows it. I'll roll them every time. She's figured
out that if I get to drinking, drinking gets me
thinking I might get lucky nice, maybe her kiss will
turn way or turn Why don't you stay.
Speaker 12 (22:46):
She's a beautiful twisted kind of game, not coma broad no.
Speaker 5 (22:54):
In a water break.
Speaker 12 (22:58):
She's always just the word him away. That's just a
game I like to play. I like to play. That's
just a game I like to play. I like to play.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
A girl always may.
Speaker 7 (23:20):
Sound like a banded damn. It leaves me empty handed, looking.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
Like a food.
Speaker 7 (23:30):
But if you ever filted when she wants you, it
ownts you because you think you got a chance, but
you ain't got a chance.
Speaker 12 (23:42):
She's the beautiful twisted kind of game, not gon for
broad no and a lot of break.
Speaker 5 (23:55):
She's always just a word him away. That's just the
game I like to play.
Speaker 12 (24:04):
I like to play. That's just the game I play.
Speaker 5 (24:10):
I like to play.
Speaker 11 (24:27):
She's a Barlada dash in a dark casino reno.
Speaker 7 (24:33):
She knows it.
Speaker 13 (24:35):
I'll roll.
Speaker 5 (24:37):
Everything time.
Speaker 12 (24:39):
She's a beautiful twisted kind of.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
Game that called the brown No. I don't want to break.
Oh nol mom goos ain't got on change.
Speaker 12 (24:58):
That's just the game absolute, She's just the game relactically bactlue.
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Speaker 3 (26:22):
Back Here with William Beckman game, I like to play
I love the title of this, the arrangement and everything
coming up on this forthcoming album coming up here in
Gin love this one.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
Thank you man. That's U.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
It's probably our favorite one to play in the set
right now.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
But yeah, it's it's a great song to me.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
It's kind of it's kind of It reminds me of
like early Darry Allen, you know who I'm a very
big fan of, and somebody who is also really traditional too.
You had a lot of traditional sounding songs on his records.
But yeah, that's a song that I cut. That was
an outside cut that my buddy Ryan d had a
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hand in writing. And Jesse Joe Dillon also, she's on
fire right now. She's writing some of the best songs
in Nashville right now. Of course everybody knows her dad
Dean Dylan, but Jesse Joe is having an incredible.
Speaker 4 (27:13):
Her last year, she had an incredible year.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
She's going to continue to have success this year and
I hope it continues.
Speaker 4 (27:20):
And then some but she was a writer.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
And then of course Jesse Alexander, who is John Randall's wife,
So it was cool that my producer's wife had had
a cut on this album.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
But yeah, great tune. I love it.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
We actually filmed It's got some kind of comparisons like
with gambling and stuff and rolling of the dice and
betting it all on love, and so we went to
Las Vegas and shot some stuff for it, and it
was really cool.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
A couple other ones off there too, first we'll talk
about this one for Whiskey Lives and Alibi's coming out
June twentieth, So makesure you guys streamed that across all
the platforms out there for William beck In here at
California Quake.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
I have to dive into this one. I love it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
I wrote that with Ryan Beaver and again, man, just
a lot of baritone guitar, a lot of that old
smokey type of type of sound, and that was that
was one that him and I we came up with
that idea and we chased it and I think we
only wrote half the song before we put it down
for a couple of months and then we revisited the
song and ended up finishing it.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
But yeah, another great track. I'm really proud of that one.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
And the second one I had to refer to so
I love the fact we all may think this way sometimes,
no pun intending when I say this, but I love
the title track borderline crazy.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
I gotta go there. I gotta find out about this.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Yeah, man, I wrote that song with Red Atkins, who
I'm a massive fan of as well. It's it, you know,
everybody that I got to work on or work with
on this record. I was already a massive fan, whether
it was John Randall or Rhett, but yeah, he wanted
to know a little bit more about where I was from,
(29:02):
and I told him that I grew up in Del Rio,
and you know, being a border town kid, growing up
on the Rio Grande and on the border of Mexico.
It's just how I was raised and so it's definitely
an interesting background and upbringing. And so he I think
he came up with the with the idea of talking
about making a border town song but having the title
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Borderline Crazy, which I loved. I was like, man, I
can't believe I've never thought of that before, and so
we chased him. Man, it's just about going to Mexico
and going to the bar, going to the Corona Club
and drinking a beer, trying to forget her memory.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
Yeah, you made me think of that too, And I
was listened to when I was just in Mexico for
my sister's wedding out in Cabo, which we were talking
about Randy Rogers one of his favorite hangout spots too,
and I got to go to Cabo Wabo Cantina, which
oh yeah, Higmar's Bar and that's kind.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Of a famous thing is if you go there. People
have never been to Cabo.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
If you go there, that's one of the things you've
got to put on like the bucket list, because it's
just a great food, great on and beyond and Sanmy
visits Cabo, Wibo Canteena.
Speaker 5 (30:01):
Is on Bar.
Speaker 4 (30:01):
I know, I bet yeah. I'm a big Sammy Hagar fan.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
So that's that's a borderline crazy.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
If we go across Mexico border, where you go west
or south or whatever direction, you go out there too.
It's always fun to be in a great country such
as Mexico. Are we gotta have a little fun here?
As we wrap it up again, the album comes out
GM twentieth and have fun with it. Whiskey Lies and
alibis from William Beckman out there too. Any new foods
you've gotten to try there in Nashville, A lot of
(30:28):
new restaurants have opened up. What are some of your
favorite things you've gotten eat man.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
I'm a big foodie. I love I love me some good,
some good food.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
There's this new restaurant it's let me think it's a
steakhouse called the Henry off of Twelfth Avenue that I've tried,
and it's really good. Trying to think what else. There's
a couple spots that I'm not thinking of right now,
but yeah, I would definitely recommend the Henry. They got
(30:57):
good food, good menu, good wine too.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
Winan drinkers like myself, we love that. Kind of gave
up the beer drinking a while back, but all have
me a shot of wine time then too.
Speaker 4 (31:08):
All right.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
You know, look, I know the NFL Draft is coming
up to over the next few weeks, and that leads
to everything with the mini camps, and of course, I
guess what I'm trying to say is could this be
the year that the Tennessee Titans finally actually get right
the ship again, get things going from the front office
to the head coach.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
And what are they going to do at the top
of this draft.
Speaker 4 (31:26):
I don't know, man, anything's possible. Really.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
You know, you're asking somebody who's still a Cowboys fan,
so you know, you always just got to wish them
all the best.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
And hope that they played, that they play well.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
But yes, it's been a minute since I've been to
a titaned game, but hopefully they've got a good season.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
I'm with you on that too, because I'm an Arizona
Cardinals fan out there. But I will say, heard of
the Texans and look the Cowboys pass to what twenty
years have been pretty much off the radar. But I
hope just one season, can Duck stay healthy?
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Please? Please? Oh?
Speaker 4 (31:59):
Yeah, for sure?
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
I mean that's kind of like I went to a
basketball game with Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen and we
went to see the San Antonio Spurs, who I grew
up being.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
A fan of.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
But Wemby's out right now, so it's kind of like,
you know, we got to get him back in. He's
got to get better. I know he's injured right now.
I hope he heals up soon, man, because everybody wants
to see him play.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
How about this The NBA Playoffs coming up there too
this weekend. In fact, yeah, he wakes the Rockets number
two seed, the Houston Rockets turning it around the last
three years, I mean, fifty two wins this year and
hope to get out of the first round playing the
Golden State Warriors. But man, it's just cool to see
the Rockets kind of back on the upswing, right, I know. Yeah,
phenomenal story. Like I said, for rags to riches coming
(32:42):
out of there over the last three years, no doubt.
Speaker 4 (32:44):
Yeah, are you a big golf guy, You big golf guy.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
You watched the Masters, Watch the Masters a little bit there,
and congratulations to Rory, Michael Roy winning the.
Speaker 4 (32:53):
Man making history and so well deserved.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Me and the guys were watching it on the bus
and biting our fingernail when he missed that first putt,
but he ended up. He ended up with it. So, man,
I enjoy watching golf. My dad, my brother a big golfers.
I am not a great golfer. I wish I was,
and I need to put a little more time and
practice into it. But yeah, man, that was It was
(33:17):
pretty cool to see that historic moment, for sure.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
They had it on at several of the TV's and
the bars right there at Sandos Finish stead of the resort,
and I stayed at down there in Cabo, which is
always world class resort. That got him in Cancun and
of course all over the country out there too, worldwide
again for just a great trip to Cabo, and of
course you watch the Masters to get a chance to
do that. Of course, all the great things coming up
over the next few weeks. Best time of the year
right now to be a sports fan, with Major League
(33:43):
Baseball and the NFL Draft, in the NBA Playoffs and
golf really hitting its peak as well. Whiskey Lies of
Alibis comes out June twenty aeth the brand new record
from the great William beckmun Texas born in brad Nashville,
base Now too, and of course you check out his
music across af the DSPs and give him a like
across all digital streaming platforms. Will give you a little
taste of music out there and be playing more from
(34:05):
that particular album on our station's KISW Country Tarheel Worldnetwork
Dot organ of friends at KKTC True Country ninety nine
point nine and KYB in ninety eight point one year
Bay Area Broadcasting Network. My friend much thanks always giving
us a little bit of a lift here on the show,
and of course savine to swing from talk about all
the great music and it's always a privilege and a
(34:25):
pleasure to have you back here.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
On the show. Hope to see you at CMA.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
Fix my friend, I'll see you there, Brandon. Thank you
so much for taking the time. It means a lot.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
You got it.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
William Beckman, one of the big stars out there too
in country music. And of course more great shows and
more great music coming up all those same affiliates out there.
Until then, take care, God bless we'll see you soon.
Speaker 15 (34:43):
Hey y'all, this is Casey Tendall and you're listening to
the Backstage Pass exclusively on KKTC ninety nine to nine
True Country in Taus, New Mexico. For more of my music,
catch me at Kseytendallofficial dot com.
Speaker 1 (34:56):
Hey all, this is national recording artist Hally Kerns and
you're listening to the Backstage Pass with Brandon exclusively on
KKTC True Country ninety nine nine in Taos, New Mexico.
Hey y'all, this is recording artist William Beckman, and you're
listening to the award nominated Backstage Pass on KKTC ninety
nine point nine True Country and on KYBN ninety eight
point one. You can also stream the show on tar
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
And welcome inside the Backstage Pass. It is a Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
It's new music release Day, my favorite day of the
week because we get hit up man like the Dickens
around here too with all the great artists and the
new music. Brandon Morel here, KISW Country and our friends
at Tarheel Worldnetwork dot Org out there too, and of
course out there in the Bay Area KYBN ninety eight
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at KKTC True Country ninety nine point nine out through
(00:43):
iHeartRadio the Backstage Pass worldwide. Feel like Pittbull sometimes now
saying that too out there and one of my favorite
guys to welcome back to the show as we count
down the days to CMA Fest will be live in Nashville, Tennessee,
at the Music City Center, broadcasting our show for the
second year in a row.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
That police to welcome in one of the guys. He's
doing his thing out there and keeping his style of
music alive for all the country music fans. So William
Beckman to the show. What's up, my friend, Brandon.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
What's going on? Man? Good to see you, Good to
hear from you.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Good to hear from you. Brother. We were just talking
about that.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
It's been probably a year and a half to two
years since we saw each other at the last the
winning Rice Festival down here in Winnie.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
It seems like just a few short days ago.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Right, I know, time flies. We were talking about that, man,
But I'm glad to be back on with you.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Well, I tell you what, let's talk about this branded music.
You guys have been on quite the ride to end
twenty twenty four and kind of begin twenty twenty five.
You know, this whole thing and your branded music out
there too, as you grow as an artist and do
a lot of cool things out there too, to tour
and get some things kind of rolling, talk about and
give us an update on what's been going on. I
guess latter part of twenty twenty four and in this
(01:48):
first outset of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, we've been rolling some new songs. Out that we're
stoked about. They're all part of a record that's set
to come out in June. But this is my first record,
my first body of work working with a record label
with Warner Music Nashville, and I'm really happy with the
way it all came out, and I'm ready for it
to be out into the world.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Man.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yeah, I was talking about that till you guys have
been playing the road a lot, you know a little bit.
I like the fact is I've gotten to see you
live tremendous show out there. Mentioned that Winnie Rice Festival
in Winnie, Texas a few years ago there and you
got just incredible stage presence man in front of the audience.
And I think it's that style of music that really
reminds me of a little bit of Hank Junior, Hank Senior,
a little bit of Roy Orbison kind of throwback style
(02:31):
that you really, you know, make it your own. Tell
me a little bit about in the fans that may
not know the artist, William Beckman kind of when you
knew that that bug was gonna bite and you were
gonna take this, you know, to kind of a full
time career and do this thing called music.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Yeah, I mean, I was pretty young when I figured
out that I wanted to do it full time and
do it as a as a job and for a career.
I'm twenty nine years old now, and I probably knew
back when I was fifteen sixteen that this is what
I was going to be doing.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
So it's been a long work in progress, but I
wouldn't want it any other way, man.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
You know, I love that last album, Here's to You,
Here's to Me. A lot of cool things on there
for twenty twenty three for the audience, and we've been
playing a lot of the music out there on some
of the affiliates now, and of course you guys really
infused this in your live show. I big people on
that record and just kind of some memories and hit
on some highlights for the record Here's to You, Here's
to Me.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yeah, that record was one that I put out a
couple of years ago, but we still play a lot
of those songs. There was one that comes to mind
called Tennessee Drinking that I had written with some great
people up in Nashville. That's one of my favorite ones
to play. But probably the most outlaw country sounding song
(03:48):
off of that record is one called she Can't Be Found,
which to me is kind of like a Waylon Jennings
type of song.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
We usually end the show with that song.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
But but yeah, we got a lot of songs that
are similar to that in that vein off of this record,
and so it'll be a good transition into a new
body of work. People are gonna hopefully grab onto some
songs that they like and that they're reminded of off
of that last record.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
So yeah, you had a good one too. I love
the songs that really set the tone for records all
the time too. And of course, I know, just trying
to pick a bunch of songs that have been in
the can, whether it's shared with you or you guys
write it yourself too, or is CO write damn this
Heart of Mine? I really love how this one set
the tone for that particular record too, And that's got
to be one of your favorites.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Yeah, there was a lot of harmonic on that record.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I'm a big like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fan,
and there must have been three or four different tracks
that had you know, harmonica intros. And it was mainly
because of that, because I was trying to chase a
little Tom Petty in there, but yeah, damn, this hard
of Mind to me is one of those tunes that
just an up tempo, good feeling song and we play
(05:01):
that one every night too.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
And even before that, looking back at some of the
music you put out and I know we first met it,
it was the song Bourbon Whiskey that really it puts
you on the map out there too, at least in
my category two, because that was one of those just
took the world by storm country music a lot of
independent artists too at the same time. And then for
media people like myself, we really know something, we like
something that's what the heart and the ear likes and
what the eyes kind of see out there. Man, You really,
(05:24):
you know, painted a picture with Bourbon Whiskey and kind
of spread the word out there for the fans to
really understand the song and what it's about lyrically, what
it means.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
This had to be not just one of.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Your favorites out there, but this had to be one
that's still in the show set right now, and really
had you get discovered out there from streams after streams
across all these different platforms.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Yeah, I mean that's still a fan favorite and a
favorite amongst us in the band to play. When I
wrote that song, I was in a big traditional country
phase and I was listening to a bunch of vinyl records,
and a lot of them were old school country albums,
and I knew that I wanted to try to channel
some of that early country music from like the fifties
(06:06):
and sixties and try to make something that was reminiscent
of that.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
And that's the song that came out of it.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
And I remember thinking to myself that most of those
old country singers were talking about one of two things,
either getting drunk and drinking or their.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Woman walking out on them.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
So I decided to combine those two subject matters and
make it into one, and that's how Bourbon Whiskey was written.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
You know, you brought up a good point there with
vinyl records. More and more artists that talk to you
now too talking about that very thing you know about
vinyl records coming back and having a collection of them
when they were a kid, and of course still even
going to record stores and whatever's left of.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Them and trying to buy them there too.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
You know, for me, I still love the fact that
you can go to shows and see some of that
craft out there where they've taken it from CD to
you know, streaming now, which is kind of eating up
the entire thing out there when it comes to paying
songwriters and things like that, which it should do more.
And I want to get into like a fight with
that with Spotify, Soundclap things like that, and of course
the artists too for strings. But it's a good thing
that Vinyl's making a comeback because to me, that Vinyl
(07:11):
thing is authenticity for the record, right.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
I mean, I've always been a big Vinyl fan. I've
got a big collection at my apartment in Nashville. I'll
probably have somewhere between four hundred and five hundred different
albums that I've collected over the years. But I love
the act of it, Like I love being able to
pull it out and look at the back of it,
and you know, most of them have the lyrics printed
out on the sleeve or on the insert, and just
(07:36):
putting it on and listening to the to the record
in its entirety, I think is a is a lost
art and I've always enjoyed that part of it. I'm
excited that this record that we're putting out in June.
They've already sent it out to get pressed and everything,
so it'll be there, you know, vinyl copies will be
a available, And I took a lot of time into
(07:58):
the packaging of it all sure that the lyrics were
printed on there and all the different songwriters and the
credits and stuff.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
I just think it's cool.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
I think that that's the one thing that you kind
of miss out on when you're streaming stuff and listening
to music just on the different streaming platforms like Spotify
and Apple Music, because you kind of missed out on that,
you don't. I know that you can look up who
wrote the song, but you know the lyrics and stuff.
I think they include that as well. But there's nothing
like holding it in your hand and being able to
(08:25):
feel it, and you kind of feel connected to the
music a little bit more whenever you're holding it in
your hand, I guess. And so yeah, man, I love
the fact that people are kind of making vinyl at
thing again.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, it's a great thing out there too. Love it.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
In fact, like you said, put your hands on it too,
and you kind of see all that, and you got
side A or side B. You can flip it what
you like. And I still find the ill casual thing
to pull the needle over and just kind of sit
there and put it on that particular up you know,
playlist in your home. And of course I just bought
me any record player few years back, and they're like,
that's still around, Brandon. I'm like, yeah, that things are
still around if you find the right store to those
(09:02):
put those things out there too. And I still love
Lucky you got stacks and stacks up too that my
grandmother had left to me. So it's great to see
all those things making a come back. Well, tell you what,
we'll just talk here on the show. We gotta play
a little music from William Beckman here again the backstage past,
KISW Country and of course tar Heel World Network dot
orgon of friends out there in ninety eight point one, KYBN,
your Bay Area Broadcasting Network, and KKTC True Country ninety
(09:26):
nine point nine, New Mexico and Colorado out there. It's
Honkey Talk Blue, It's William Beckman here, it is crank
it up, coming right back, Stay tuned.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Honky Ton Blue. It's the color of my hardy since
you second bye, But it's all that I can see.
I just sit and drum only tear drops for you, darling.
(10:02):
When I think of you, your memory terms a room,
monkey talk blue. Forgetting you has been twice. It's hard, Yes,
the whiskey on my breath and empty bottles and crowded.
Speaker 7 (10:25):
Rooms, or on that I've got left.
Speaker 6 (10:30):
Monkey talk blue is the color of my hearty. Since
you sacodbye well the song that I could see, I
just sit and cry only tears drops for you, darling.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
It's when I.
Speaker 6 (10:59):
Think of you, your memory terms around. Honkey Tom Blues.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
Let's go, Honky.
Speaker 6 (11:06):
Tom mona Lisa a work of ar. She ain't got
(11:33):
a thing on me said, I'm a living, breathing love
gone wrong, her master, her peace. Honkey Tom Blues. It's
the color of my hearty. Since you say goodbye, it's
(11:58):
all I see. I just sit and cry, only tear
drops for you, darling. When I think of you, your
memory turns are monkey tll believe. When I think of you,
(12:24):
your memory terms are monkey toll believe.
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(13:42):
Looking forward to being a part of that for the
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(14:03):
Aussies say, we're gonna fly fifteen hours, sixteen hours to Nashville,
the time of your life out there, Honkey Talk Blue,
We're got to talk about this one with William Beck
and my friend another great old school feel to this one.
There was anybody that loves blues music has got to
understand what Honkey Talk Blue is all about.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Give us the lowdown.
Speaker 6 (14:23):
Man.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
That's a song that I actually did not write, but
you'll be pleasantly surprised to hear that. Chris Stapleton, who
I'm a massive fan of, was a songwriter on that song,
along with Bryce Long, who's a fantastic songwriter as well.
Bryce Long and I actually wrote a separate song on
(14:44):
this record called Not That Strong.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
But Honky Talk.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Blue was the they'd sent me this demo, and man,
I fell in love with it, and I knew right
away that it was Chris Stapleton singing it, and it
was really cool the way that that demo was recorded
and it was real slow and there's a lot of fiddle,
and it was so Stapleton. It sounded like it came
(15:09):
from the like the backwoods of Kentucky or something. And
when it came time for us to record it, I
had to, by the way, ask for permission to record it,
and the first couple of times I asked, they had
politely declined because apparently Chris Stapleton had liked the song
so much for himself that he was debating on putting
(15:30):
it on one of his own albums and had always
considered it for his records and just never really kind
of found the right one to put it on, so
he was kind of saving it for himself, and then
finally he caved in and let me have it. So
I put it on my record and we went into
the studio and John Randall, who produced this record with me,
wanted the band to play it kind of like a
(15:51):
drunk I was in the room when he told the
band to play it, like what did he say, played
like a half drunk Texas band at at Green Hall
on a Friday night, And so that's what the That
was the the instruction that they were given, and I
think they nailed it.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Man, it sounds it sounded, it sounds great.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
I sure did no doubt. All right, whiskey lies and alibis.
This is coming out in June for this album that
you guys have already announced. What a title, man for
a song and a title for an album, because right
there you mentioned a nutshell really make up country music.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Right, Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
For sure.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Man, It's a cheating song, and I think that cheating
songs are kind of a lost a lost one. I
wrote that with Jesse Joe Dillon and Jesse Frasier and
I can't I loved the title. I came up with
the title and and Jesse Joe Dillon wanted it to
be She's like, that sounds like a cheating kind of thing,
but we should kind of make it an interesting perspective
(16:48):
of the guy that the girls not cheating on, but
cheating with, And so that's kind of what it's about.
It's it's almost like the Eagles, Lion Eyes meets I
don't know, kind of like Gary Stewart. She's acting single
kind of things. So, but the sonically the sound of
the song is really really cool. There's like baritone guitar
(17:09):
and it kind of sounds like a Roy Orbison esque
type of songs.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
So that's another one I'm pretty proud of.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
You should be, no doubt.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Hey, speaking of Texas, mentioned you played that festival there
a couple of years ago in Winnie. But he also
have done some things down here with Green Hall you
mentioned there, and beautiful new bronfles Texas down here and
a lot of the venues. Man, you've got on the
road with Randy Rodgers and a bunch of these great
Texas artists. What is it about in your mind about
Texas that brings the fans out these local music fairs
and festivals and rodeos and things like this that really like,
(17:40):
if they've heard your name and the music has been
played on the radio, they're going to give you a
follow And even if it hasn't been played on the radio,
and they come out and check you out. And of
course I know it's your style and the way you sound,
but man, Texas folk just love their country music, right, Yeah,
they do.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Man.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
I think I think a lot of it has to
do with, like the sense of community. I think that
the fans know that they're all part of something that
they can't really.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
Get anywhere else.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
And I know us as the musicians and the artists
that are involved in that scene, we fuel a very
tight knit community and we're all buddies with each other.
We see each other whenever we can, you know, like
the Steamboat Festival music fest that takes place every year
in Colorado. That's where you really get to see all
your buddies because we're all on the road and we
(18:24):
don't really get to see each other all that often
unless we're on a festival together. But yeah, there's just
a big camaraderie between all of us, and I think
the fans have that same sort of feeling, that same
sort of kinship and family really, so they're some of
the best bands in the entire world. They're so supportive.
And I've got people that I see countless shows, and
(18:47):
you know, I just played a show recently and I
met this one fan. She said, this is my thirty
second time seeing you, And I said, I can't think
of anybody that I've seen thirty two times. But it's
just it's awesome to feel the love and to feel
like you're part of something bigger than yourself. And I
think that's what the Texas country music scene.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Is really all about. Is that sense of community?
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Man, I think that we wouldn't be anywhere without the fans,
and they're the ones that make it all worth it.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Now, growing up, you mentioned in an old School sound
that you have too. At the same time with those
names we've talked about here in the program, But were
you a Conway Twitter fan growing up?
Speaker 4 (19:22):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Okay, Conway fans?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Is these reality shows now? And I love this. We
talked about the vinyl making it come back.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
I think old school country is making it come back,
or at least a lot of these contestants on Idol,
the Voice and some of these reality singing shows that
are coming out there. And I heard one of the
guys he was talking about bringing back some Conway and
I want to thank you guys the recent episodes of
this season of Idol, and I love one called Goodbye
Time and of course Hello Darling and all the ones
that had played.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
But I think it's a tribute to the years.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
That have gone by, but the memories that these artists
created that will never be forgotten.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
What's such as that as Goodbye Time and Hello Darling?
Speaker 5 (20:02):
Right?
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Absolutely, you know, we could go on and on about
the legends and the greats of country music. I think
that there is definitely a resurgence in that style of music.
I definitely tried my best to contribute to it. But
if you look at people like my buddy Braxton, Keith
and Zach Topp, you know, they've got a really traditional
(20:25):
sound and and.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
Their fans eat it up, you know.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
And so I think it's really it's really important to
respect the people that came before you and try to,
you know, carry the torch and however way you can.
And I think that right now that it's a great
time for country music to be alive, you know, oh
no doubt.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
And it really is going to keep extending itself out
there too at the same time. And I love the
fact is and you know you're from that del Rio
Texas down there too, and of course they are based
in Nashville too, But man, it's I remember a guy
that was out there head Texas Ties for a long
time out there too, that was part of a great,
great country group out there. Love me some Radney Foster.
(21:07):
I know you do too.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
Oh yeah, I love me some Radney.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
He's like my uncle. I tell everybody that he is.
He's truly like an uncle figure to me. And every
time I get to see him, it's always fun. And
I learned so much from him. I learned so much
from him when I was younger, and I still every
time I hang out with him, He's always got a
new story to tell, and it's always a good time
(21:30):
with him. And arguably one of my favorite songwriters in
the whole world.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Of course, part of that great group Foster and Lloyd,
the classic country out there from the eighties and nineties.
Not to be forgotten too, because we're not gonna forget
about him here on the backstage pass We're gonna do
is play some more music. It's William Beckman out there too.
It's game I like to play. Figure out which game
you like here It is kk TC True Country ninety
nine point nine and our friends out there KYB in
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(21:57):
and KISW Country back in the flight.
Speaker 11 (22:00):
Figure she's a fair loaded dice in a dark casino
and reno.
Speaker 7 (22:19):
She knows it. I'll roll them every time. She's figured
out that if I get to drinking, drinking gets me
thinking I might get lucky nice, maybe her kiss will
turn way or turn Why don't you stay.
Speaker 12 (22:46):
She's a beautiful twisted kind of game, not coma broad no.
Speaker 5 (22:54):
In a water break.
Speaker 12 (22:58):
She's always just the word him away. That's just a
game I like to play. I like to play. That's
just a game I like to play. I like to play.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
A girl always may.
Speaker 7 (23:20):
Sound like a banded damn. It leaves me empty handed, looking.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
Like a food.
Speaker 7 (23:30):
But if you ever filted when she wants you, it
ownts you because you think you got a chance, but
you ain't got a chance.
Speaker 12 (23:42):
She's the beautiful twisted kind of game, not gon for
broad no and a lot of break.
Speaker 5 (23:55):
She's always just a word him away. That's just the
game I like to play.
Speaker 12 (24:04):
I like to play. That's just the game I play.
Speaker 5 (24:10):
I like to play.
Speaker 11 (24:27):
She's a Barlada dash in a dark casino reno.
Speaker 7 (24:33):
She knows it.
Speaker 13 (24:35):
I'll roll.
Speaker 5 (24:37):
Everything time.
Speaker 12 (24:39):
She's a beautiful twisted kind of.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
Game that called the brown No. I don't want to break.
Oh nol mom goos ain't got on change.
Speaker 12 (24:58):
That's just the game absolute, She's just the game relactically bactlue.
Speaker 14 (25:28):
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Speaker 2 (26:20):
Here on the Backstage Pass.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Back Here with William Beckman game, I like to play
I love the title of this, the arrangement and everything
coming up on this forthcoming album coming up here in
Gin love this one.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
Thank you man. That's U.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
It's probably our favorite one to play in the set
right now.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
But yeah, it's it's a great song to me.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
It's kind of it's kind of It reminds me of
like early Darry Allen, you know who I'm a very
big fan of, and somebody who is also really traditional too.
You had a lot of traditional sounding songs on his records.
But yeah, that's a song that I cut. That was
an outside cut that my buddy Ryan d had a
(27:01):
hand in writing. And Jesse Joe Dillon also, she's on
fire right now. She's writing some of the best songs
in Nashville right now. Of course everybody knows her dad
Dean Dylan, but Jesse Joe is having an incredible.
Speaker 4 (27:13):
Her last year, she had an incredible year.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
She's going to continue to have success this year and
I hope it continues.
Speaker 4 (27:20):
And then some but she was a writer.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
And then of course Jesse Alexander, who is John Randall's wife,
So it was cool that my producer's wife had had
a cut on this album.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
But yeah, great tune. I love it.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
We actually filmed It's got some kind of comparisons like
with gambling and stuff and rolling of the dice and
betting it all on love, and so we went to
Las Vegas and shot some stuff for it, and it
was really cool.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
A couple other ones off there too, first we'll talk
about this one for Whiskey Lives and Alibi's coming out
June twentieth, So makesure you guys streamed that across all
the platforms out there for William beck In here at
California Quake.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
I have to dive into this one. I love it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
I wrote that with Ryan Beaver and again, man, just
a lot of baritone guitar, a lot of that old
smokey type of type of sound, and that was that
was one that him and I we came up with
that idea and we chased it and I think we
only wrote half the song before we put it down
for a couple of months and then we revisited the
song and ended up finishing it.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
But yeah, another great track. I'm really proud of that one.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
And the second one I had to refer to so
I love the fact we all may think this way sometimes,
no pun intending when I say this, but I love
the title track borderline crazy.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
I gotta go there. I gotta find out about this.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Yeah, man, I wrote that song with Red Atkins, who
I'm a massive fan of as well. It's it, you know,
everybody that I got to work on or work with
on this record. I was already a massive fan, whether
it was John Randall or Rhett, but yeah, he wanted
to know a little bit more about where I was from,
(29:02):
and I told him that I grew up in Del Rio,
and you know, being a border town kid, growing up
on the Rio Grande and on the border of Mexico.
It's just how I was raised and so it's definitely
an interesting background and upbringing. And so he I think
he came up with the with the idea of talking
about making a border town song but having the title
(29:25):
Borderline Crazy, which I loved. I was like, man, I
can't believe I've never thought of that before, and so
we chased him. Man, it's just about going to Mexico
and going to the bar, going to the Corona Club
and drinking a beer, trying to forget her memory.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
Yeah, you made me think of that too, And I
was listened to when I was just in Mexico for
my sister's wedding out in Cabo, which we were talking
about Randy Rogers one of his favorite hangout spots too,
and I got to go to Cabo Wabo Cantina, which
oh yeah, Higmar's Bar and that's kind.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Of a famous thing is if you go there. People
have never been to Cabo.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
If you go there, that's one of the things you've
got to put on like the bucket list, because it's
just a great food, great on and beyond and Sanmy
visits Cabo, Wibo Canteena.
Speaker 5 (30:01):
Is on Bar.
Speaker 4 (30:01):
I know, I bet yeah. I'm a big Sammy Hagar fan.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
So that's that's a borderline crazy.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
If we go across Mexico border, where you go west
or south or whatever direction, you go out there too.
It's always fun to be in a great country such
as Mexico. Are we gotta have a little fun here?
As we wrap it up again, the album comes out
GM twentieth and have fun with it. Whiskey Lies and
alibis from William Beckman out there too. Any new foods
you've gotten to try there in Nashville, A lot of
(30:28):
new restaurants have opened up. What are some of your
favorite things you've gotten eat man.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
I'm a big foodie. I love I love me some good,
some good food.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
There's this new restaurant it's let me think it's a
steakhouse called the Henry off of Twelfth Avenue that I've tried,
and it's really good. Trying to think what else. There's
a couple spots that I'm not thinking of right now,
but yeah, I would definitely recommend the Henry. They got
(30:57):
good food, good menu, good wine too.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
Winan drinkers like myself, we love that. Kind of gave
up the beer drinking a while back, but all have
me a shot of wine time then too.
Speaker 4 (31:08):
All right.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
You know, look, I know the NFL Draft is coming
up to over the next few weeks, and that leads
to everything with the mini camps, and of course, I
guess what I'm trying to say is could this be
the year that the Tennessee Titans finally actually get right
the ship again, get things going from the front office
to the head coach.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
And what are they going to do at the top
of this draft.
Speaker 4 (31:26):
I don't know, man, anything's possible. Really.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
You know, you're asking somebody who's still a Cowboys fan,
so you know, you always just got to wish them
all the best.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
And hope that they played, that they play well.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
But yes, it's been a minute since I've been to
a titaned game, but hopefully they've got a good season.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
I'm with you on that too, because I'm an Arizona
Cardinals fan out there. But I will say, heard of
the Texans and look the Cowboys pass to what twenty
years have been pretty much off the radar. But I
hope just one season, can Duck stay healthy?
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Please? Please? Oh?
Speaker 4 (31:59):
Yeah, for sure?
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
I mean that's kind of like I went to a
basketball game with Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen and we
went to see the San Antonio Spurs, who I grew
up being.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
A fan of.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
But Wemby's out right now, so it's kind of like,
you know, we got to get him back in. He's
got to get better. I know he's injured right now.
I hope he heals up soon, man, because everybody wants
to see him play.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
How about this The NBA Playoffs coming up there too
this weekend. In fact, yeah, he wakes the Rockets number
two seed, the Houston Rockets turning it around the last
three years, I mean, fifty two wins this year and
hope to get out of the first round playing the
Golden State Warriors. But man, it's just cool to see
the Rockets kind of back on the upswing, right, I know. Yeah,
phenomenal story. Like I said, for rags to riches coming
(32:42):
out of there over the last three years, no doubt.
Speaker 4 (32:44):
Yeah, are you a big golf guy, You big golf guy.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
You watched the Masters, Watch the Masters a little bit there,
and congratulations to Rory, Michael Roy winning the.
Speaker 4 (32:53):
Man making history and so well deserved.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Me and the guys were watching it on the bus
and biting our fingernail when he missed that first putt,
but he ended up. He ended up with it. So, man,
I enjoy watching golf. My dad, my brother a big golfers.
I am not a great golfer. I wish I was,
and I need to put a little more time and
practice into it. But yeah, man, that was It was
(33:17):
pretty cool to see that historic moment, for sure.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
They had it on at several of the TV's and
the bars right there at Sandos Finish stead of the resort,
and I stayed at down there in Cabo, which is
always world class resort. That got him in Cancun and
of course all over the country out there too, worldwide
again for just a great trip to Cabo, and of
course you watch the Masters to get a chance to
do that. Of course, all the great things coming up
over the next few weeks. Best time of the year
right now to be a sports fan, with Major League
(33:43):
Baseball and the NFL Draft, in the NBA Playoffs and
golf really hitting its peak as well. Whiskey Lies of
Alibis comes out June twenty aeth the brand new record
from the great William beckmun Texas born in brad Nashville,
base Now too, and of course you check out his
music across af the DSPs and give him a like
across all digital streaming platforms. Will give you a little
taste of music out there and be playing more from
(34:05):
that particular album on our station's KISW Country Tarheel Worldnetwork
Dot organ of friends at KKTC True Country ninety nine
point nine and KYB in ninety eight point one year
Bay Area Broadcasting Network. My friend much thanks always giving
us a little bit of a lift here on the show,
and of course savine to swing from talk about all
the great music and it's always a privilege and a
(34:25):
pleasure to have you back here.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
On the show. Hope to see you at CMA.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
Fix my friend, I'll see you there, Brandon. Thank you
so much for taking the time. It means a lot.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
You got it.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
William Beckman, one of the big stars out there too
in country music. And of course more great shows and
more great music coming up all those same affiliates out there.
Until then, take care, God bless we'll see you soon.
Speaker 15 (34:43):
Hey y'all, this is Casey Tendall and you're listening to
the Backstage Pass exclusively on KKTC ninety nine to nine
True Country in Taus, New Mexico. For more of my music,
catch me at Kseytendallofficial dot com.
Speaker 1 (34:56):
Hey all, this is national recording artist Hally Kerns and
you're listening to the Backstage Pass with Brandon exclusively on
KKTC True Country ninety nine nine in Taos, New Mexico.
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