Gina’s Protégé Max Jackson Lifts The Lid On The Weirdest Place She’s Been Asked To Perform

Published Mar 26, 2025, 2:20 AM

Plus we hear Max’s incredible version of this Aussie artist’s big hit!

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Gina and Maddie Podcast.

Speaking of live music, we have a very special guest in this year.

Oh my god, one of my favorite people, I mean entire planet, Max Jackson.

Welcome back.

Hey guys, thanks for having me back in person, not just on the phone. I'm here. So last time you came in, Adam.

Adam was here and Maddie didn't want to be here because he doesn't love country music.

That's what I said, is he avoided me.

Well, it's in my contract that there's a quota of how much country music I can hear a week, and Gina hits that quota, but she's about to do it again. Well it's Wednesday, so you've got in at a good time.

Max.

So I wanted to explain to the coast and to Maddie you did this thing.

Where you sort of just thought it's a good idea.

I'll just do covers of pop songs and it's gone crazy.

Yeah.

So I released a song called Little More Country in twenty twenty three, and I was just wanted to let people know what was coming out. So I would get onto my socials and say, got the song coming out.

It's called Little More Country.

What if you know another one by It's the Dust by Queen was a little more country, and then I would do the song yeah and yeah.

Over twelve million people have watched My Little.

Serial, which when it gets to that point, are you turning off notifications?

Literally?

Yeah, they notifications have to go off. It was the second video. It was my cover of poker Face. That was the one that took off first. And yeah, just wild to think. You know, people are writing on there like when are you coming to Arkansas?

Oh my god, no.

I don't remember. That is for the people playing at home. This is the original Kesh's tikte. That's enough for Kesher because I've got on my buttons here Max Jackson TikTok okay.

So this is what Kesh just sounds like a little bit more country.

Sad, big jingle, as big as a name bag, Tip seed stun.

Same gone clad.

The Bloody don't stop.

Helloing. You have ever heard who needs?

I can't even say how much I was lucky enough to hear this and actually sing on it.

You're on it, I'm in.

I'm on the yobow crowd that Max needed. We went in with the Barty friends and she needed some people.

You hit the brief hit the breath, Yeah, and.

It's it's it's unbelievably cool and it's so exciting. This has been so massive, and this is on a new album now right, You've got a whole album of these songs released last week.

Yeah, well release the whole EP on Monday. So it's just out this five tracks and basically yeah, people have just been writing to me forever. Where can we get the full version?

So now you can. It's on all of the streamings episodes.

I am so it's on my playlist. I'm so excited about this. So when you came in last time, we got the Central Coast to call in. I think one of them called it for really it was at Christmas time and called it with a really hard Christmas song.

Yeah, it was like all I want for Christmas is you.

All Christmas songs are a bit weird and really hard.

The records not typically you three record song.

So today we want the coast to call in and request a song that they would like to hear done country call us on four three six five, one oh four five and Max, You've got a whole bunch of others, Like what some others you've been doing live that go over whelm.

Oh we do dancing Queen, we do, Hey, baby, we do. We've done like ACDC. Actually, last time I was in here, someone called in and requested ACDC and then I put it onto my socials and it's been seen by three million people.

Now it was because of Star.

All right, let's go to the phones.

Max Jackson, she's got a guitar, she's here live in the studio.

What song do you want to hear? A little more country? And we'll do it next, Gina and Maddie. We have got a very special guest in the studio.

It's Max Jackson, who's the current Female Vocalist of the Year. She won two Golden guitars at the Australian Country Music Awards in January. She's the hottest thing since sliced Bread in country music right now. When you had your song called out a little more Country, we said earlier that then you just started imagining what pop songs might.

Be like like this.

TikTok can new album out on Monday, full versions of these songs, because normally you just stand there with your guitar.

Yeah and play it.

So we've got the coast to ring in and ask you are you okay? If they say what about this song?

Okay, we got twelve year old Pearl from Long Jetty on the line. Hello Pearl, Hi, say hi to Max.

Hi Max, Hi Pearl.

What's your song?

It's fly Away by.

Tones and I oh, I love this song.

Well, I've never imagined a country before, so I'm doing I'm literally doing it on the spot.

Okay, I'm going to slow it down a little.

So I had a dream that Sonday we would just fly fly, and I always now.

I could stay. So I had a dream and I just fly.

Oh ho wie, oh oh what do you think, Carlos. That was the most amazing in my life?

Thank you, bel thanks for calling in.

You can put that quote on the back of an album cover. Max five stars, Pearl from Long, Jenny Mels in Gharrican, Hi Mel.

Hi, Hi Mails. I had to Max him. Hey Mel, what do you want me to do?

I would like five hundred miles by the Proclaimers A little more country, please?

What a good song.

Literally, this is just a party starter no matter where you.

Play it right one bangers on the show last Friday.

Oh really, I'm going to go fast. I think like when I wake up. Well, I know I'm going to be. I'm going to be the man who wakes I'm next to you when.

I go out.

Yeah, I know I'm going to be. I'm going to be the man who goes along with you. And did I get drunk? Sounds country? Well, I know I'm going to be. I'm going to be the man who gets drunk next to you.

And if I have.

Here, I know i'm going to be. I'm going to be the man whose favoring you. Let's do the Corse. But I am would walk five.

Hundred miles and I am a walk five hundred more just to see the man who walked thousand miles to fall down your door, Lord Mail.

Just for you. I love it. Oh my god, I told you many? Can I can? I request one?

Absolutely?

Can you do a bit of a dancing queen? A little more country?

I can?

I can?

This is like an absolute favorite. Okay, okay, guys.

I'm not in the lads a lot.

And we're looking up for a place you go, Oh the way to play the vibe music, getting in the swing, come to look for king.

We'll go to the chorus and when you get the chair.

Yeah, you are the Dancing Queen, Young and sweet holy seventy Yeah.

The dancing Queen.

Feel the Bee from Tammery.

Okay, yeah, you can't dance and you can't jib down.

At the bar every Friday night. Ooh ooh see that girl and watch that scene dig in the Dancing Queen.

Oh my god, absolute scenes here in studio on love It Max, what a trait.

Thank you so.

Much, thanks for having me. Did you not hate it too much? The country right?

Like I said, we could do this all day.

Please come back, Please come back and do this again for us so good. Make sure you check out Max Jackson everywhere or wherever you're streaming music on the socials and you are coming back to town in a couple of weeks with Troy Cassadaily as well.

I am I cannot wait to open for him as such a legend.

Max, have the best day and thank you so much and Maddie Podcast.

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