Coming to you LIVE from Austin, Texas, Dan and Reid take on the iHeart Country Festival. This special episode includes exclusive "The One That Got Away" stories with Jelly Roll, Riley Green, Walker Hayes, Chase Matthews, Chris Lane, and Kelsey Hart. The guys also play an awesome mashup with Ashley Cooke that's guaranteed to have you dancing along as you listen!
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You're off in God's Country with Wreath, also known as The Brother or Something, where we take a weekly drive to the intersection of country music and the great outdoors, two things that go together like NASCAR races and cutting the sleeves off your favorite T shirt.
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We're out in Austin, Texas this weekend for the iHeart Country Music Festival. We're gonna be doing a special bonus episode of the God's Country Podcast where we sit down with feature artists and we talk about the one that got Away.
Shore That was it party?
That thing you had to say, Budd, it's that part of the show for the one that got.
So Kelsey Hart, we're here and at our Heart.
Country Uns Austin, Texas. What's your one that got away? Yeah?
So I was thinking about that on the way here, the one that got away.
I was in Utah.
I knew you guys are y'all are big hunting guys. Yeah, so I did have to share this story. I was in Utah hunting for mule deer this last year and my father in law he told me he's like, man, he's like, if we see anything that's you know, even you know, one thirties, you know what in this unity, he's like, man, don't don't pass it up.
Well, we had this kid with us.
It was his first time hunting, and we got on this deer and I spotted it, and Gary, my father in law, he's like, man, uh, he's like, shoot that deer. And I felt bad, you know, cause this kid over here, he had never killed a deer before, and I had it right there in the palm of my hands. Man how it was ended up being like one forty or one fifty. Knew it was a pretty good deer, yeah, but I let the kid have it and he shot it. Well, Gary, he goes, we got back in the truck, he's like, buddy, you messed up. He's like, he's like, we ain't gonna see another deer like that. But the story kind of does come full circle because he was just like, well, man, maybe you'll get some good.
Karma or whatever.
And the next morning we go back out and I put a one eighty five on the ground.
So I've seen, I've seen.
So it was it was the one that that got away, but it was good came back.
It came the one that got away there, but they came Yeah, they came back.
Yeah, I've seen a picture of that Muley you seen.
You got a picture of it? Oh yeah, what browhere?
Yeah?
Hey man, you got new music coming out, sir dude, it's all burn burn this summer.
What was it for my summer?
Was great?
Song for your set was awesome? They go, where are you gonna you going on tour? Where you're gonna be?
So we're just doing just a lot of festival stuff this summer. We don't have like an official tour set right now, but I mean we've we got over.
One hundred shows though.
We're just all up.
We're gonna be everywhere playing festivals and and we'll keep all that.
You know, everybody posted on that.
How does it feel to be in Austin, Texas at the iHeart country music festivals around Heck yeah.
Well no, Like I said on stage, man, this this is all new to me. Yeah, and uh this is this is a big deal man.
This is awesome.
I'm super thankful to be here and yeah singing country music.
Many thanks for coming and hanging out with YEA set was awesome, son a great up there.
Thank you.
When I heard it was you, guys, I was like, yeah, I've always I've always loved you.
Boy.
It's like, who's our first guess. They're like Kelsey Hart. I was like, that's our buddy.
Hey, y'all love you.
Give it up for Kelsey Heart at the Music Fest.
Thank y'all so much.
Appreciate it.
Shi in the New Music Hell, yeah, Roley, you didn't know we gonna be doing this.
Dude, gave you all a show.
Bro, We don't know.
Hey, Fagan to you Magans, well we.
Heard man still doing it.
Mustache looking good today, son, I've.
Been hiding behind it that panda hotail.
Let me see the panther.
D.
There you go?
Yeah, I know that?
Is that the tutor or the roleague?
I don't know.
I've never bought myself a nice watch is an after tour gift.
Luke Bryan say, I like, Luke Brian, you get nice stuff.
Hey, give us a give us a quick you dumped a turkey yet, give us a quick update on the Turkey season.
Yeah, I killed two. I've only had about four or five days to hunt. I had a real tree bunch came down and filmed open the week Jared Mullins, songwriter, came down. He killed one, which says a lot because he's deaf in both ears.
I just wrote with him for the first time and he was legit like, so.
If y'all know turkey hunting, you know you got to hear him gobble and you try to find him, and he can only hear out of one ear, So every time one gobbles, he points the same direction because he can only hear that way.
He's got a system with a guy with people he takes like people who've never killed a turkey before.
It's kind of his thing. So he's got a system.
He tells him before they hunt that if they hear a gobble, they got to do this, and then point in the direction of where the gobble came from.
Because he's calling. Yeah, he's communicating and trying to get the turkey.
Come up.
Hey, bro, we do this thing on our podcast called the One that Got Away, and uh, it could be a fish, a turkey, a girl, a big deer, whatever it is, give us a give us your your one that got away.
I had a deer I hunted in Indiana pretty hard that I still lose sleepover. I missed a dunk against Alexandria in high school one time.
That one and the deer, what I think about.
I want to hear the deer though. First?
How big was he?
Oh?
He was, I mean mid one seventies and at the time I hadn't killed or seen anything like that. I was just hunting around Alabama and I met some guys playing a show at the flor Obama that had a club and some land leased up there. And uh, I put up with a Northern accents and all that for a few weeks and hunted them pretty hard and finally had a chance, and uh, you know, just one of those like got caught, blew it.
You'll put up with a lot. We put up with a lot to the big deer too early on.
You got to put up with more than you do now though.
I used to have to play a free show to go.
I feel wait, tell us about the duck. I want to hear about the dunk now.
Oh.
I just had a fast break against Alexander and missed it off the back. I actually asked a girl out from Alexander ask her to promise. She said, you couldn't go with me because I was the guy that missed the dunks.
You're you're, you're probably the one that got away from her.
Now maybe she was the one that got away.
Yeah, look at me now, Hey.
What you got coming up? You got a song? Just went to radio. Damn good day to leave.
Yeah in the studio back with Dan Huff and uh, you gonna put an album out sometime into the year fall.
Maybe, so a lot of new music.
This year on tour. My this ain't my last rodeo tour. Hell, little Angley and Tracy launched her out with me.
Got ready for Riley Green music at that Ready for that be coming out to this fall. Unless you're deer Hunt, it might be deer Hunt man.
Yeah, well I'll get the music out first before deer season.
You got a button all that stuff they getting the tree stand. Hey, come on the podcast, man, come hang out with us in Nashville.
This is what This is what you call a podcast.
This is what we do.
Actually, as long as we can just go hunt together, I don't care if you do the podcast yourself.
Was awesome, man, Look Green, Rolly Green, oh man.
All right, we got the mister Bobby Bones himself up here on the Gods Country Podcast stage.
Dude, you're trying to say one man.
Yeah, I'm sitting in a green room, but it ain't my green room eating somebody else's food. I was just doing that this little song I came up with. I was sitting the wrong green room eating their cheese.
I like you, is that the course?
Uh?
You could be either the one Bridge Corrus.
What are you doing here? What you got planned for tonight?
So I just arrived and they said there is a new startup podcast that gets no streams.
Go over real quick and be on it.
And I said it must be God's Country. Yeah, so I came over real quick to do some charity work with you guys than you and then make away stuff. Yeah I heard my voice on a video somewhere or something.
Yeah.
Then I'm gonna go do some stage stuff. We have a couple of military guys, a Crown Royal awesome, and then I'm hosting the show on Hulu tonight, and then let let's present no no, you.
Have to pay.
What does it feel like noise to know that you're sitting on the stage with like two guys that are like coming for you?
Dog?
Does it do you feel I've never had great questions?
Great question but is it you two you're talking about.
Oh, then I feel great.
Oh.
I didn't know if it was like this state of the two other guys at some point, Yeah, other guys that.
You don't know of how much?
How much are we paying you?
Noneci? Yeah, Sime.
If we come to years, can we swim your pool?
I don't think so.
My wife has a kind of a policy against that.
Hey, what are these?
Are the Travis Scott's Cactus Shacks the golf golfers And they're golf but they're very comfortable. And golf shoes are weird now because they don't really have spikes. They kind of go these are golf shoes. Yeah, so these are my most comfortable shoes now tonight. I'll be in uncomfortable shoes when I'm hosting. It's kind of a rule.
No, not boots.
I don't.
I don't own boots.
I don't boots where I came from. So I was kind of like, I'm not gonna wear I'm not a cowboy.
You guys definitely cowboys.
I would get booked off a horse right here in front of everybody. And I'm not a cowboy and.
I actually rode horses, but I was like, you know, I'm not gonna wear boots. Also, I couldn't play ball in them. Yeah, and I wasn't tough enough to wear cowboy boots.
I feel that I'm definitely tough enough, but I'm not like good enough at golf to wear golf shoes at like.
An event me either. But these cactives shacks were hard to get. So what's my flex?
All right?
We do this thing called the one that got away? At Bobby, what's your one that got away? It could be a deer, a fish, a pair of jays. What do you think it is?
That's interesting? The one that got away?
I would say. My junior year of high school, I played wide receiver. I was a I was a decent wide receiver.
I was.
I was a white I was a white guy.
So high modeor high energy, yeah, you know, not lot of speed, but high energy hands.
Yeah yeah uh.
And we were down six with like thirty seconds left and the ball hit me right in the facement.
I missed.
I dropped the pack.
I mean I basically it was the worst drop ever to lose the game in the history of.
Maybe high school sports.
Ever, So, without any thinking about my answer to this, because you gave me no heads up and you're gonna put me on the spot. It would be that eleventh grade draw now that it's not your fault. It's not it's not your fault.
I don't know what movie asty, I don't know y'all do it The Bobby Bone Show?
Yeah?
Yeah, so I would say that's probably the one that got away, Like I could have won the game in eleventh grade, I dropped the ball.
How many years ago of that?
More than five?
Is that?
Is that why you don't have any friends from high school?
Uh, there's no more than that, more reasons than that. Yeah, yeah, more than five years, less than fifty.
Okay, I'll take it.
Hey, we know you're a busy guy.
Let me say this though seriously, I don't because they're telling me to go. But I'm gonna say, for a second, you guys are doing a great job. Like seriously, I know when you guys came on my podcast, like, I am encouraged by watching you guys do what you're doing.
Geez, thank you, man.
I appreciate that.
And they follow me everywhere.
It's amazing that you're right, So I can tell no, I'm kidding, but and I'm actually seeing the like are both of our company now like put support in you guys because they also believe in you guys in a way of just they see the hard work you're doing and kind of the niche that you're excelling in. It's a very slow growing business, but you guys are doing it. I'm super proud to see it.
I appreciate it. Hey, it's good to have. It's good to have things like you to Chase Man. Yeah, encourage your bones.
Not not really because still you you know, your kind of doors.
But still, seriously, we appreciate you man. Yeah, I love you guys. Thank you. I hate did I have to go because this is fun for me?
No, it's good.
I gotta coming over.
You're coming our podcast? Yeah, Hey baby Bones everybody.
Yeah, Heart Music Festival.
We got Chase Matthew coming up. Thanks for hanging out with us. Go follow and go listen to the podcast. Here's Chase Matthewang. Hey, I see uh, I see your crew rocking the ignition hats.
Give me what is.
That ignition is?
Uh, it's it's a it's like our brand and kind of what we're doing. And a lot of people are asking you where can they get Ignition hats are coming soon. But something we're trying to represent and get a lot of people wondering right now you go, there you go, Little got Out. We got a cool label too, and uh a lot of bat management.
Just good things happening.
Yeah yeah, Ignition.
Oh yeah, well yeah, you.
Know, I'm a car guy, so I'm a gearhead, So I mean it makes sense.
What's your what's your favorite ride?
Well, I've got a I got kind of a cool collection, but it's kind of hard to pick my favorite. I like riding my Harley though, man, Like, that's just my my kind of my kind of day, you know, drink some beers and not ride your Harley. Then go drink beers and then they tell you so rough.
But yeah, hey, bro, tune in the top twenty dog dude, I'm talking again.
First show.
I'm clapping from my team.
Man.
I can't do it by myself.
Man, you know, it takes takes a takes a village, and it takes awesome fans and we feel that.
I just I feel I'm so blessed.
Bro.
Really.
That's on podcast God's Country. We we do a feature thing at the end. We talk about the one that got away. I wish we had a lot of time. We would keep you up here and talk forever, but we got to get to that. Talk to me about the one that got away for you.
Well, it was a truck. Yeah, it makes sense. I love it. Does that make sense?
Yeah? It was hell Yeah, dude, I had a I had an eighty four extended care have split rear window, uh, short bed basically bull those f one fifty and dude, I traded this dude this like.
I don't know why he wanted it so bad, but I traded him a junk four wheler for it.
And if he's watching it today, it's he's probably pretty upset.
But I got me a good truck out of it.
Before I was even sixteen, I was driving this thing up and down there our little one lane road I grew up on. So uh it had a hell of a lifter tick and and someone convinced me that the motor was no good in it. I could have just fixed it, and so I got rid of it, traded it for a street bike.
At fifteen. What was I thinking?
But you weren't. At fifteen, you weren't thinking.
Yeah, I just wasn't think so Yeah, but I mean, hey, dude, it's uh, it's the one that got away for sure.
I saw one the other day in traffic. Looked just like it.
Man.
I wanted to buy it from the guy, but his he must have had a he had a bigger motor than I.
Did, because he got another fast. Do you think you can get it back?
Is it gone?
Man?
I have no idea where it is?
He gonn scoop?
You want to go scoop?
You know, go find one on Mulla players say absolutely, number one and you can go buy whatever.
You know what, We'll just build one from scraps. You know, a man smoke that. You smoke your set, you made the most of it. You got it all going up the charts top twenty. Give it up a chase, Matthew.
Everybody have a hard.
Country music you guys.
Yeah, I'm sweating head to toe right now. But it's it's a little human right here outside the Moody Center right now.
But it's a good day.
Give us one more.
How does it feel to be here in Austin at the iHeart Country Music Festival?
Man, Well, we've got a live audience here. I can ask y'all. Do you guys have you ever been like, I mean, we all do it in our day to day life, like we'll just like kind of zone out, like kind of start daydreaming, like we're doing something that was kind of like you like, you know I'm talking about something, You're like, you like have to snap out of it. Like all the time, I feel like I'm living in a dream right now, man. And uh, I always got butterflies.
On my stomach.
Really cool things. You were going out with Jason Alden this year. That's great and Luke uh Luke Bryan. And you know, I'm a high school dropout. Man, I'm not supposed to be here.
And yes you are.
You supposed to be right.
You're sitting in that chair for the reason.
It's crazy, man, It's it's at the end of the day.
Man.
It's something I always tell everybody and anyone that I can.
I didn't.
I didn't do it up there, and I regretted it as soon as I got off stage.
You got your chance right now, don't you know what?
Man?
Every day I get on a stage and I tell people about what God has done in my life.
Man.
And and this is God's country for sure. And you know a lot of people need to remember. Man, we got to get back to putting God in in our in our in our songs, in our life. And man, that's it's just what this world was built on and the creator of it. And I wouldn't be here without what He's done in my life. I can't put it on anybody but him.
He give it up for Chase Matthew.
Everybody come sits on a podcast? Yeah, yeah, we got Chris Lane on the God's Country podcast platform.
With us What's Ups.
I was like, man, I gotta go use the bathroom and I saw I saw you in a green shirt in there, and then I came outside and I saw you on the couch playing the guitar in a different shirt, and I.
Was like, is there two Chris Lanes walking around off?
Yeah, so this happens on a nightly basis. But I haven't eye identical twin brother. I'm talking about Identical played that he plays drums in the band.
That's awesome.
He wants to be the least singer though, Oh no, you can't let him do that. Why not, man, it's we're brothers. By the way, I don't know if you knew.
Oh yeah, yeah, heck.
Yeah, which one of us is older?
Are you twins?
No?
Oh, thank god?
Yeah, I don't want to look like him.
You sounds like my brother.
Yeah, I'm actually older by one minute?
Are you saying?
But uh, jeez, I don't know.
Come on, guess go.
Go dude, he's really trying to figure he's like.
Looking at are you older?
Everybody says that, yes, legit, everybody says that he's years older.
And I literally took a fifty fifty guest.
I'm way I'm way more talented, less hairy, and than him.
Blacks on the wall with hey, hair's in though.
Hey, what a cool story, What a cool story about me and your wife at this place?
Man, Yeah, it's crazy.
We just uh, I've known that all along. We have a picture from that night randomly. Yeah, but yet it happened here backstage.
I just had my first song on the radio.
No one really knew who I was, but I met her that night and yeah, four or five years after the fact, she was single, I was single, and we started hanging out and uh, crazy how it worked out.
But that's how it works.
That's awesome. So special place here in Austin at the iHeart Country Music Festival for that's right, man, that's awesome.
Man.
We do this thing on our podcast called the One that Got Away. Hopefully you're prepped for it. It can be uh, probably not a girl now that you're all married up, you know what I'm saying, But it could be, could be, could be a fish, could be a deer, could be a hamburger?
Man.
What's the one that got away?
For you?
All Right, most of y'all probably won't care about this, but.
Those usually when they preface with that, it's usually the it's a small flex, okay, flex love it.
I had the chance to play augusta National come on and and uh we got to go out. We played the par three before the round, which is an incredible warm up.
Was this this year?
When was this this back in November? And uh we got into the round. I made a long par save on one, made a long par save on two, and I'm like, wow, this give made an awesome day. Whole three pipe to drive right down the middle, and I caught the shanks and I could not.
Get rid of them.
And it's like the worst place ever for something like that happened.
So, I mean, it's a terrible answer, but.
Dude, what you what'd you shoot?
What'd you end up going?
Eighty seven?
Bro? I mean you broke nine, bro.
That's that's that's a good. That's a good. That's a good.
Scor bad.
So you can swing them? You can swing them.
I'm not bad.
But uh, what's your handycap?
What do you play at?
I'm a nine right now.
That's great.
Yeah, that's great.
It's pretty good to us step out the car and start playing.
No, that ain't bad.
How much dre hommage beards you're drinking a guess a lot of crows and aw so it was a lot of transfusions that day. Those will get you real fast that those will make a round go downhill pretty pretty quick or go up or for.
Me, it usually helps.
Yeah, no doubt.
Stop caring so much, you know.
That's that's bucket list to play Augusta.
I love to play golf and Augusta.
I was down there, do you I was down there for the Tuesday practice round this this this year and do that place is? I tell everybody, even my mom like she loves like gardening and flowers and stuff. I'm like, even if you don't, if you're not a sports fan, if you don't like golf at all. Still try to go just to see how immaculate the place is.
It's incredible.
It's incredible, its spiritual, it's unreal.
Man, I agree me come do it full episodes with it sometime.
Hey, count me in, man, appreciate you.
Hey, everybody, give it up for Chris Lan. Y'all check out the God's Country Podcast anywhere you get your podcasts. We drop a new episode every Tuesday. Y'all go like it, share it, subscribe it, whatever you do these days on social media. Give it up for our boy, Chris Lane. Appreciate your hanging out like y'all.
Dude, you're a real one for wearing the Is that legendary?
Why tell?
First of all this is me?
Oh that's duck.
Bull your own Yeah, we just we just dropped the line with them. It's over there, Jase Penny, I need to get you some stuff.
I would rock it. It looks is that your pants.
To these are all my threads?
Yeah, sponsor, man, I know, Hey, I just noticed we all have this too.
Yeah.
I got tired of wearing the same thing when you get yours about five years ago. Good yeah, yeah, the little the small tattoos.
They kind of inflate. Yeah, you tight.
I know he did get as a guy in Nashville too. And I wore my wedding ring one night and I was like, can't do it.
You're done.
I can't do it.
I told her the guitar, you know, I know it's not making noise?
Hey, how many how much percentage of fancy? Like have you given your daughter for making that something that makes it?
Well?
She's saying when I die, she did it all so And honestly, I don't, no, Lie, I have no idea how much money I have.
So it's all there like the wives.
Isn't that funny how that works?
Bro?
I just want to make sure we have food, ain't Yeah?
Ain't My wife loved eating deer meat till I had my first single, and then all of a sudden it was it was prime.
Beach shave it out.
That happened right the first time, the royal to check.
You know, my oldest three kids, they're very satisfied with a little because they were poor. They came up and my three youngest No, Lie, they're like, I want a jet ski, want I want a pony?
They're not joking either. God, yeah, I'm like I'm like, for real, Yeah.
Hey, how cool is that you got it up with you?
Right?
Yeah? How cool is.
That she's one of the dancers on tour, She gets paid and nothing cooler.
That's these will be a lot more fun if we can bring our families out there.
And I know, Man's honestly, I feel a little guilty because I know most people don't get to do that, but I'll never Man, this will be days where we just look back and go, man, that was a time.
Yeah, well you rock your set, bro, that crowd was insane.
Set out there.
You're playing tonight?
Oh yeah, yeah, that's gonna be That's what we said.
How does it feel to be here in Austin at the iHeart country music fans.
Well, I love Austin, man. I mean, you know, as you're coming up, you always kind of make your way here and it's a nice like it's like Nashville but not, you know, it's.
A little bit cooler.
Maybe keep Austin weird, right Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's something about Austin where you're like there's a little more cred as a musician. So anytime I've been able to come out here is awesome and Texas fans. Man, they love like if you get in their their bit, like they'll show up for you.
They're loyal.
But yeah, grateful to iHeart for just putting us on the bill. And it's a fun phase of life, man. I mean this is a lot different from three or four years ago.
You know.
So blessed Huh.
Blessed is the word.
That's the that's the only only way to just Robert no doubt.
Well, we do this thing on our podcast going the one that got away, and uh, hopefully you were prepped for this.
Yeah, it could be.
Uh girl, because you got a wife, it could be anything, deer, well, turkey.
Whatever you know I have.
I've lost a few deer.
I lost the turkey last week. But I know called it right in, spooped it. I stood up, I got all jam you can't move.
I saw my hat. But you know, I was prepped for this.
And a lot of people don't know this, but Laney, Laney and I she almost got away and we had a year off after eight years of dating, and I thought, you know, she's a goner, but we saw each other at a wedding about ten months later and got engaged.
Like super fat. Yeah, so yeah, I didn't.
You know, I don't really all the all the girls that got away, I'm kind of glad they got I'm good.
I'll see them on this the GRAMD.
I'm like, you know, yeah, but you don't follow them or nothing.
They just pop up.
There's a few names. There's a few names. Lady will not let us stay in the house.
Hey, man, we appreciate you hanging out with us. And hey, wait for for your set and the stage.
And I've been knowing you for a long time and I'm so proud to see Thank you man.
Yeah, man, keep doing your thing.
Bro, will will We ain't stopping for sure.
Come on.
Y'all.
On the God's Country Podcast.
Day, Ladies and gentlemen, Ashley cooking.
Hell, Hell, Hey, I don't know if y'all.
Know this, but Ashley's full band didn't make it down here, so she just rocked that set with only two bandmates.
We were light on some tracks, y'all. Some tracks tracks are magic.
You ran tracks, We ran tracks, they were magic, Yes.
We do. Hey, we just had We just had Ashley actually last week on the on the pod and we did the one that got away with her.
So we're gonna do a little different thing with her.
We're gonna do a We're gonna try to We're gonna do a medic tunes. Can you hear that? You probably can't hear it, but we'll rock it.
Hey, y'all giving up for Ashley Cook?
Okay?
Say what key has I say?
Staring at.
Sagging, nugging, make wandering?
Why you even.
Get a girl?
I don't know you? Thank you to the baby you don't need?
Where's that you can see?
I see and it's here we go.
I see her dast trail.
Following over and over.
Baby, out your head on my shoulders.
Wait, baby, don't know right there is the seash hanging on the dollar branch that.
Rhythms cold on.
We gave you right, shend me.
You don't look good tail, the fast cars.
And freedom that sun set her every dang first.
Time feeling.
All right down?
Say him?
If you know this?
Huh down around the corner half a mile from here, you see them along traight run, then you watch them disappear that love?
Would you be? Now you know who? I saw miss.
Loose down along the tracks. She lost her home and the family believe it. She won't be coming back without a love wherever you've been down.
Here we go.
We gotta this one, dare.
Without?
Yeah?
What is no side seal the liver Oh? Sorry, how's it go too long?
Now?
I'm wondering if you love still strong?
Baby?
Here I am Sie seal the liver.
Y'are saying, you know that?
Here we go, he ril baby, come on side seals.
The liver als?
How do you.
Rim?
Bad sign?
See the liver out.
I've done a lot of.
Foolish things that I really didn't mean.
Yeah this one yeah, Oh it's the last one in the medley.
Oh, y'all enjoyed this little Ashley.
To us?
If you want to go and take a ride with me with three willing in the foe with the goldies.
Or why would I live?
This must be the money? If you want to go again hill on me and smoking hell in the back?
Get up?
N oh?
Why must I figure this?
Hey must be the money.
Let's go.
God's Country podcast legit like one of the best podcasts.
Y'all go listen, Hey, you got a song in the top ten.
You're rocking it. Play in the big stage tonight. Give us up.
Give us a quick how you feel of being an iHeart country Music Encil in Austin, Texas.
I was wild.
It's amazing here, y'all.
This is like such a fun time and it's a beautiful day, you know.
No doubt, Yeah, no doubt.
Couldn't nice for anymore. Everybody. We got Ashley Cook. Y'all be sure to watch her out the big stage that night. Appreciate you hanging out in God's country, Jelly.
Thanks for hopping on with us.
Man.
Oh stop this easy. This was an easy pitch.
Hey.
First thing you need to know about this basket of.
How you got doll bussy, the bus doll baby, the best basket how that ever lived? The floppy eared prince he is. He is such a handsome dog. He smells so bad, but he's the best dog ever.
Got fish down here?
What?
I just went fishing? Did you get this with the show?
Yeah?
I caught a buzz.
You fishing?
Really?
Yeah?
Hell?
You like fishing.
I love to fish. Haven't got the fish as much I used to, but I still fish about three times a year. Come fish with me, man, I'd love to go fish. I got some.
I got a lake behind my house. Bro, we can go down there live. I don't want we south, No South is a private lake. Dog, you know what I'm talking about, Man, I got some boat ready to go. Man, I got a big bass in that for sure.
What was that bass of the house name that we used to have Flash Flash? Yeah, we had a bass of Hound.
Yeah, the great dogs. Dude, stubborn, stubborn as a mule.
And man, how has how's your experience so far at i Heeart Country Festival gone?
Man, you know it's been really cool.
Man.
I keep saying it to everybody, but I got to reiterate it because it's unreal to me. Is that here's the lineup Old Dominion. They could sell this arena, no doubt. Brothers Osbourne could sell this arena. Killers Keith Urban could sell this arena. Riley Green could sell this arena. Jason Aldan could sell this arena. Lady A could sell this arena. Jilly Row could have sold this arena.
Ou sir, that's a bunch of you got nothing but headliners you got you got a list full.
Of headliners in the same space.
Even then, the the other X have been selling two to five thousand, ten thousand tickets. It's Ashley Cooks selling thousands of tickets. Jase Matthews is selling thousands.
We were out in the village this I guess this morning. It is more than this afternoon.
But all that whole first line up play and they all crush their set and definitely could see any of them coming up in here.
Day.
Hey man, we at the end of each podcast we do this thing and called the one that got Away. And uh, I don't know if you were prep for this or not, but what, Jeneral, I have a rule.
I'm not prepped for anything.
I love it.
I do way better when I'm just naturally man in the middle of that.
It's the one that got away.
It could be a fish, a deer, a song, a girl, Probably not a girl, because I don't think Bunny Be you bumped about that.
Yeah, trust me that it wasn't. That's the one I caught.
It's the biggest, biggest victory of my life that I feel that. Yeah, the one that got away for me, this is real inside baseball.
But let's go.
I own the masters of every single one of my albums, all thirty three of them except one. And I won't say what's one because I don't want to bring any attention to it. It's not one of my more recent ones. Anyways, it's a way older.
One, especially limitations and that stuff.
That was the one that got away. But it was also like any other bad thing in life, it taught me. Come on, man, I learned the business. Come on, I would have never learned this business if it wasn't for that. And because of that, I own my masters now. Yes, so I think if I had to give one away to own twenty nine, I'm okay with that. But that's still the one that got away because every time I'm scrolling and looking at my discography, there's just a little piece of.
Me, the angers, and every time I see you know what I mean. But that's uh, yeah, that's the one that got away.
Like you said, man, you learn from you learn from it, though, learn learn.
That's what man. My dude once told me. Man, you you don't lose, you learn.
Come on, I love that in life period.
You know you said one or the other.
You learn, man, you can either lose or learn. I choose the learned man, proud of appreciate, look, do it and long