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Glick's House of Muisc: James Luker
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Tonight on Glick's House of Music, Glick welcomes special guest James Luker for a no-holds-barred conversation about music, passion, grind, and the stories behind the sound From influences and inspirations to behind-the-scenes moments you wont hear anywhere else-this is the real talk musicians and fans live for. If you love raw talent,authentic vibes, and that signature Nonsensical energy...your in the right place HIT THAT LIKE!! DROP A COMMENT!! SUBCRIBE TO THE NONSENSICAL NETWORK!!!!! Turn it up! Tap In! Welcome to the House
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Music Energy and Stories at No-Name Lane
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No time spared from so far.
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things music a vibrant call for one and all to give their all in this sanctuary where dreams ignite music
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Rockin' her few stories shared. Chill, hang out.
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It's no-name lane.
Redneck Lifestyle and New Song Discussion
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I'm on my redneck shit
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Got a thick accent and them girls like different breed it ain't dyin' with me. Thick bloodline from a 765, ready for fight out on the outside.
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This is for my blue collar boys, makin' too much noise, tell em if they want it they can come and get in. Never runnin' from a fire cause we stay strapped up at the county line.
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This is how we live. Number fucks to give I'm on my redneck shit Got a 30-06 Getting moonshine lit way deep In the 765 Running homegrown smoke In a one-lane road Getting high as fuck to old George Jones It's how we are
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Don't tell me that I ain't, I don't co-tail ride I just ride in my lane, go 105 and I'm 55 Past the 5-0, smoking buckshot size I ain't home, no smoke, and I'm all laying broken house fucked in road troll zones That's how we are, that's how
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we live, so you're working hard No more fucks give, I'm on my redneck shit
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What's going on, y'all?
Introduction to James Luger and His Music Career
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Welcome to Glick's House of Music. I'm Glick. Tonight we got my boy James Luger back in the house, hanging out with us, shooting the shit, catching up with him, seeing what is going on with him him and his world, because he is a busy, busy guy.
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If you're not already, go ahead and give us a follow, bio.lake slash nonsensicalnetwork. Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me. If you don't know him yet, you're going to get to know him. One and only.
00:05:54
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All right. A legend in the making, if I will, sir. oh use James Luka and DeBilly. What's going on, bro? Hang on, man. I think we're having some issues. Oh, God.
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All that intro for nothing.
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He done broke his sound and everything.
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I might have to rejoin. That's cool. Go ahead. and That was one of his newer songs, Redneck Shit.
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Kid's been pumping out songs like freaking crazy lately. um What's going on, Shatter's Box? Daniel in the building? I'll cheers my water to you, buddy. I think I'm getting a little tapped and a little dehydrated.
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course, Kayla's there. What's going on, girl?
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Maybe James having technical difficulties isn't such a bad thing. We'll let you guys kind of file in. But yeah, I'm excited to have him back. I know I've had him on a few times. Some of you guys may have seen him before. Some of you guys may not have seen him before. So you'll get to see him for the first time and maybe hear some of his music and go check him out.
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He's not hard to find. James Luker, music, basically everywhere. And if you can't find them, just if you're following us, go to our stuff. I've got him tagged and everything like I do with all my guests. If there's a former guest that you guys like, just go back. I tag him in all kinds of stuff. They're not hard to find.
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But you definitely want to check this kid out. All right. What's up? I can hear you now. I just did like the most epic legendary intro and everything, and you couldn't even hear it. i I didn't hear any of them man. I'm going to rewatch it back, though. I got to. Anyways, it's just James Luger. Don't worry about it. ah you know ah He's been here before. He knows how we do.
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Fuck James Luger. I'm just kidding. What's going on, man? How you been?
James Luger's Songwriting Inspiration
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Man, I've just been grinding out, it you know, just working, working, working.
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You think? It's hard to keep up with your music, man. You're putting so much out lately. Every time one drops, I'm like, ooh, let me go listen to that. And then you're on social media going, oh, I just wrote a new song. Dude, I write a lot, man. I've been like, especially like, you know, we all go through some rough times. but i'm going through a little bit rough times, man. I've been writing some really good music, man. And then like, when you go through your good times, you can appreciate, you know, those times you went through because you can remember that story, you know? That's what makes, you know, music special, you know?
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Where's my water at? There it is Well, that' said that's the cool thing about your music, and I've said it before. I've said it a million times. you know You and I have talked, and you've been on the show. Your music is real.
00:08:46
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It's raw. You're just telling stories about life, dude. I will say, i am a little bit surprised. You've gotten a little soft on us in a couple of your songs, and I'm not mad at it. I didn't know you had a soft side. I was like, oh, he's a teddy bear. Yeah, and man. um Well, I just, um I felt I don't know. I really like doing a lot of country rock music. I love, i you know, I love rocking out and jamming out, you know, but like, I feel like a lot of people don't really see the other side, you know, enough. And so I just, I feel like i want people to get more personal. Like I want, I want to get more personal with them. I want them to know my story. I want them know what I went through. the things I've done, you know, like, so the other songs make sense, you know.
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i think that's what's most important to me. And that's, sorry, Sassy wants to say to everybody. Hi, Sassy. Hi, girl. She always got to be in the interview. I got to come out there so I can see her again. Yeah, dude, she's awesome. Hi, Kayla, how you doing?
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Sassy, you quit that. You quit. Look at her, man. She's crazy. That's Natty's girl right there. Yeah. Get out of here. Quit that. She'll be trying to play.
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But, yeah. nice No, man. it it lets people it lets people see a different side of you. I mean, you know, when I had you on early on, you were doing a lot of the heavier stuff, like the kick-ass music and, you know, real rock it out. And, like, I'm a badass. But, you know, that's...
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the little bit softer side lets people know, Hey, I'm a, I'm a real guy. I go through shit just like everybody else. You know, deal with things and you, your outlet has always been your music, you
Recovery Journey and Fan Connection
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know? yeah and And another thing is, is that like, I want people to know that like, i I don't ever, even if I had millions of followers, dude, I don't want people to be idolizing me. I want them to idolize God and, you know, and Jesus, you know, that's who you should be, you know, following. But the thing is, is that,
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I feel like people who's been through what I've been through and I can relate to those kind of people, I can maybe help them. I mean, tell you how many times people has, you know, the messages I've gotten from people like, you know, for instance, I had some guy the other day. It's like, do I haven't drank in like, you know, all you two years, dude. He was like, I know it's not like what you did, but like it's still somebody, hey man, surprise, surprise, staying off of something is, is you know, good, you know, like it's really good. Like I'm i'm going on two two two and a quarter.
00:11:17
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I count my quarters to make myself feel better. But two and a quarter. Hey, you got to take any victory you can. You know, of course, I still drink, but, you know, I don't drink like I drink. I smoke Mary Jane like a freight train.
00:11:34
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Yeah. When you and I met, I was drinking. When you and I first met, I was drinking every single night. Now I drink on Saturdays and that's really about it. So, dude, see, like that's self-control. See, like that's a, that's another big thing. You know, I see it. Here's the thing. If I ever, I couldn't just do Adderall one more time. If I did it one, if I did it again, I wouldn't come back. I know that for fact. You know, I'm very blessed to have what I have, you know, like,
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You know me and God have had ups and downs. Trust me, I've gotten mad at him. But let me tell you, dude, like, he has blessed me, man. Like, you've seen my house and everything. And, like, i'm to have what I have at a young age is very rare. And it's a huge blessing. And I have two animals. have a beautiful girlfriend. And I got a cat that I don't even like cats. But I like this cat. This cat's dope.
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is that that one that attacked me? no No, no, no. She's she's gone. okay I gave her to my landlord. well more or less she so It's safe for me to come back if i when I come back.
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I don't know. No, trouble hating him. Trouble fucked him up, actually. I had scratches all of it down by.
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Hey, I'm actually um i'm actually i'm i'm booking a lot of shows this year. i man I'd love to have you come out to one. Oh, dude, you already know. I was hoping that... Let's let's let's let's talk a little bit about that, man, because i'm I'm super proud of you and I'm super excited.
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You've got a full band now. I do. I do. No more backing tracks? yeah it's it's Well, it's not a full band just yet. I have a drummer and a guitarist, but here's the thing.
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we will be playing two backing tracks, but it'll be like louder and everything, but it's only starting off small just so I can make sure I can pay them. Yeah. I want to, I, I, here's the thing about me and I can, you can ask anybody this, you know, nobody, i don't get, I don't pocket anything until everyone's paid because I understand this is that you put your people who are helping you out first and that's the most important thing. And I feel like, you know,
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you got to make it feel like a family because it is a family. You guys are doing something together just because it says my name. It's not just about me. Nobody's a caterer to me. You know, I don't want that. I don't need that. We're a team. We
Teamwork in Music and Industry Challenges
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work together. I want you throw me your ideas. What ideas do have to help us grow? You know, so that way you can do this for a living. And so can I, you know, yeah and you do I make the final decisions at the end of the day Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I do. But i don't, I don't think about it just from my standpoint. think about from their standpoint too. Like,
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If, say, for example, my drummer, in Cam, he lives in Kentucky. He lives in, I'm not going to say where he lives, but he lives in Kentucky. And um so he, I have to think about, okay, so we have a show offer in West Virginia, for example. Say we had that.
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Okay, so I got to make sure he gets some gas money and everything. We'll book a couple of more music shows around that big show. Yes. Can you hear my dog? ah on I hope you can't. He's going a little crazy right now. I can't hear personally. but Okay, good, good. Okay, we're good Thank God for airpods. Yeah.
00:14:42
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No. ah yeah I mean, that's that's important, man. If you're you know you're you're building something, and you know ultimately, at the end of the day, you're you're the boss. You have the final say, but you know you try to look out and do the right thing for everybody that's involved. So at the end of the day, everybody fucking wins.
00:15:01
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yeah Exactly. like that's That's the thing, man. like I feel like things fall apart in the music industry because people get way too greedy. And especially, like, um like i know I know some people in this in this shit, man, who who aren't that good of people.
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And, like, I've learned what not to do from them. And I've met really great people, you know, who's, you know, taught me what to do, you know, how to do things good. And, like... I'm just – I want to do things the right way. You know, like I want to lead by example. I want to be a leader, a true leader, not one that is a fake, you know, humble, fake humble leader who thinks – who secretly thinks he's the GOAT. You know, me, I know where I stand.
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And I just – I'm working to leave a legacy behind. I want to leave my kids something. i want to I want to do something different. And I want to be – really also, i want to be the but turning point of my last name.
00:15:56
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you know, my last name don't have really good traits to it. So I would like to be that guy that makes something proud for my last name. You know, the cool thing about it is you and I, you and I have known each other probably close to two, three years now. And since the first,
00:16:11
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time I had you on this show, i think this is your third time. Um, the first time I had you on the show, you said that exact same thing and you stayed true to that. You know what you want to do. That's your goal. That's your mindset still, you know, I love that every day, man. Every day, dude, I have to, um, I think every time I get down on myself, man, I have to think about what's to come. Like what, what, like, if I quit today, 10 years from I'm like, damn dude, what could have been, you know, I'm not going to do that. You know, I'm either, I'm going to die trying to do this. Like, I don't care. I'm going to make it happen. You know, like that's, that is what I'm going to do, you know, and I have stuck to it since I was six years old and I'm not going to quit, man. Like, and here's the thing.
00:16:59
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What's fucked up about it is, is that sorry for my language people, but what's messed up about my language is, is, is, is the fact that, um, I tried to run from it a few times. Like, I was a really good fighter. I didn't yeah i didn and i did MMA and boxing. i'm really good at that. But I broke both of my feet.
00:17:19
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And my balance and know my balance is all messed up after that. So I just said, okay, well, you know, i got baseball still. Well, here's the thing about that. Slide into third base. Some dude had metal spikes, which you're not supposed to have, at least that our yeah at our in our state or whatever district, and this dude jumped and he landed and spiked me right on my knee. My knee came out of place and I popped back in.
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And then couple games after that, I slid in the home and my knee shifted, my left knee shifted and, it you know, popped out of place. And now I have something called loose kneecaps. So if I turn my leg the wrong way, they pop out of place.
00:17:57
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Right. So, like, I'm like, well, dang them. Yeah, you were just you just kept getting pushed into the direction of music, man. Literally, dude. So, like, by 9th, 10th grade, man, I discovered what THC was. And then I discovered, you know, music, playing house bars. I started playing house bars. I was, like, 14, 15. And then I played my first ah bar show. And I'm not going say what age, but I was a little bit younger.
00:18:23
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nan I packed that bar. And that was, like, that was like the point where i was, like, this is what I want. Because had people singing with me. it was like, you know, was something i never experienced before at that time. i was like, holy shit, man. Like, this is amazing. Like, cause it's never about the fame or money to me. Like, that's cool and shit. Like I can be like, Hey shit, I want that quad buy it. Yeah, that's cool. But I want to give experiences, you know, I want to help people and I want to do good things. And I'm not just saying that, like a lot of people get up on interviews and just, um I mean that shit dude. Like,
00:18:56
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And i can I'll prove it once I get to that point. And you'll be having me back on your podcast, you know, however long from now. And I'll be like, so know I'm doing this now. I'm doing that now. As soon as as soon as that brand-new Silverado is in the driveway, I'll be like, yeah, James is greatest guy ever. And he always gives him back.
00:19:15
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Oh, wait, we weren't supposed to talk about that. I forgot. i love me if you if you come here If you come here, I'll be like, hey, dude, just come ride Quads. Let's go ride some Can-Am. No, not. You know, I'm down. I would love to i would love to get back out there. um I'm super excited that you guys are, you know, that you're booking shows and and looking to do gigs and stuff. Hopefully, i mean, you know my rule. Three hours away, I'm um'm there.
00:19:40
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i mean, I've done surprised you once. Don't think I won't surprise you again We're looking into Kentucky right now. Like, ah right now, we've got two around Louisville, Matt Washington area.
Expanding Performance Locations
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We've been looking into West Virginia.
00:19:56
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We had a couple PA shows in the works. Just a lot of South shows and stuff. from Ohio shows. You're all over and around, but why not Ohio? I mean, you're right there. Why not Ohio? I mean, if I'm being real, like, I play a lot of Ohio shows. I want to, like, I want to expand just a little bit more this year because next year I'm trying to play enough shows this year, have enough, you know, credits, I guess you could say. And then I'm already booking shows for 27 well. Nice.
00:20:25
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I'm booking a lot. I'm trying to get a lot more mud festivals. I love mud parks. I prefer mud parks. dude If I had an opportunity to play a mud park with like 20,000 rednecks over a real 20,000 regular people, I'd like, I'm going to mud park.
00:20:37
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Because after I get off the fucking stage, I'm going to hang out with these people. I'm going to ride with them. I'm going to smoke with them. I'm to drink with them. We're going have fun. If there's any new artists there, I'm like, yo show me your music. You know, maybe I can.
00:20:49
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You know, that's what I'm saying. Like, that's what that's the position I want to be in, what I think these people should be doing. yeah they're not doing it They're doing it, but they're not doing it fully. They're putting them in spots below them. You want to put them in spots ahead you because they are the future after you. And that's what you need to thinking about all the time. And I just – That's what bothers me about, i'm not going to go into that, but you get what I'm saying. Yeah. Unfortunately, a lot of people are looking out for themselves and, and the hell with everybody else. Yeah, man, I get it. And, you know, you and i have talked about, you know, you you are in the music world. I'm in the podcast world. We run into a lot of the same things in in my world. You know, you, you think you meet somebody that's, that's down to help and and and be a part of something. And all it is, is just a stepping stone for them to,
00:21:35
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to screw you over the moment they can and and move on and go do something else. So, yeah, no, I get that and i understand that 100%, man. it's it's It's insanity the way that the the world works. But, um you know, fortunately for for you and, you know, even myself, yeah, that shit sucks. And when it happens to us, we just kind of deal with it and move on and keep doing what we do.
00:21:57
Speaker
Yeah. um You know, like, hey, you know, at the end of the day, it is what it is and it ain't what it ain't. You're going to forward. you're gonna let it drag you down. Like, I won't lie, man. Sometimes something that's unhealthy that I do to help my songwriting is, dude, I'll hold on to emotion and then I'll just let it all go on paper, you know?
00:22:15
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And it's not like the healthiest thing to do. I don't recommend it, but you know, it definitely, it definitely helps me write songs like ride alone, you know, like it's, it's just like, you know, Whitley, here's the thing. No one knows about that song. Whitley is that, um,
00:22:31
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I wrote that three months into getting off of pills and the I was like shaking in the studio and shit. And I produced that whole thing. That was the first song I did on my own completely. Nice. I like that song too. we've actually We've actually played it quite a bit here on the on the network.
00:22:47
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Oh, for real? Yeah. Oh, dude, I always played You know that. Dude, let me tell you a funny story that happened today. um So my electricians came over.
00:23:00
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today they had to fix one more thing for me and um dude i walked in there i walked in the kitchen there he had somebody knew with him i was like hey where's i asked where's the other guy he's oh well you know he didn't really say much he's all he just couldn't come today or something like that and the other day goes hey man i know who you are i said oh shit i said he goes yeah i fucking buff your shell time he's telling me that you know he's like yeah um got we've been doing this country singer's house And he was like, what's his music? And he said, well, here he is. And they looked me up and he was like, do you know, this dave is and he was like, holy shit. I gave him the last shirt I had, you know, nice say oh mar I gave him that. And he was a really good dude, man. Like he was he seemed like he wasn't much of a talker, but like he was just like, he's like, du you're really fucking good, man. Keep on going. He's like, thought it's really, really cool to be in your house. I'm not going to lie. I was like, hey, two thanks, man. Like, really cool.
00:23:52
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Right. but That made my fucking day, bro, for real. It's nice when people recognize you, man, and they like what you do. Yeah, man, like, that's what it's about for me, man. Like, I don't, get it's not about like, oh, look at me. I'm on top of the world. It's like, dude, hey, man, you feel the same way I do if you go through my shit, man. I get you, you know.
00:24:13
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Like, we're the same, like, we're all the same, you know. Like, we're all created by the same one, you know. We're all created by God
Finding Passion and New Projects
00:24:20
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at the end of the day. we're all No one's special at the end of the day. I just so happen to fucking sing into a fucking wires.
00:24:27
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and i just talk and I just talk in rhythm and rhyme and I just elevate my voice. It works. It works though at the end of the day, man. It does.
00:24:39
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Yeah. That's what it is. i your calling. Yeah, you find your calling, whatever that may be. And then you you know if it's a passion and it's a dream, you you chase after it no matter what.
00:24:52
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Yeah, can you give me that? um
00:24:58
Speaker
So, I seen that, you know, the the new the new logo. I'm digging that. is that is that Is that on merch or going on merch anytime soon?
00:25:08
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It is. And also... be wonder Oh, yeah, I got you. I got you. You're right now. I got you. I'm buying it. um I actually am running a special one because I'm at the start making the merch soon. I haven't done it yet, but my girl, she crochets a lot.
00:25:25
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She's going to hand make five custom-made JL blankets, and she's going to make coasters, handmade coasters, and she's going to make um hats for next, roll for this fall.
00:25:40
Speaker
Nice. We're going to make, like, like I'm going to buy, we're gonna buy a whole bunch of yarn here soon. shit She's really good at it, man. I'm actually, let me go ahead and show you guys a little example. Okay?
00:25:50
Speaker
So you guys know what my old JL one looks like? He's wearing it on his shirt. It's in the middle of the two names. So let me show you this. I like it, dude. I love it, man. I think it's badass.
00:26:04
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Look at this. This is this is insane.
00:26:09
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Oh, wow. Yeah. And that was the very first one she ever did. Nice. Yeah. it's um awesome and it's not a machine like she does it all handmade that's awesome that's like a badass yeah you're you got a delay over there but my girlfriend's laying on the bed watching on youtube she's i didn't see it yeah you got a little bit of a delay
00:26:46
Speaker
So that that's cool, man. I like that. that's that's ah um i need to I keep saying it. I've got all the equipment out there to do like shirts and cups and hats and stuff. And I'm like, I'm going to learn how to do that.
00:26:59
Speaker
I just i haven't had the time. And then when I do think I'm going to have the time, something else comes up. Because as you know, because you know that creative brain, you're like, Oh, I got an idea. Oh, I got it. And then you just run with it. That's what I was telling you before the show. You know, we got three new shows starting next week. And it's just spur of the moment. It popped into my head. And I was like, oh, I got an idea. And I just ran with it. It's just like, well. but You got to. I mean, like, it's either like either you're going to do or you're not, you know, at the end of the day. And it's like you have to you have to decide on A lot of people are like, no, let me think. It's like you got to do what feels right in the moment, in my opinion, you know.
00:27:36
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Like a lot of people, they think too much. And that's what I used to do. Like I used to overthink a lot and I've been trying my best not to anymore. And like the more I don't overthink the waste, like shit goes so much smoother. Yeah. Yeah.
00:27:52
Speaker
and That was my problem. I talked about things way too much. And now I have the mindset of, oh don't talk about it. Just just be about it. I mean, what's the worst thing that's going to happen? It's going to fail?
00:28:04
Speaker
Oh, well. You pick yourself up and dust yourself off try again, you know? Yeah, exactly. Can't worry about the what ifs or or anything like that. And I've said this a million times, dude, you are a young cat and and you are wise beyond your years so with with your mindset and the way you think and the way you talk. i know you and I have had conversations about that before. It blew my mind when I found out how old you were because I'm like, no way. yeah a My mama just whooped my ass a little bit more when I was a kid. That's all.
00:28:38
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yeah But um yeah, so outside of the tons of music that's coming out, Kayla's got down there, she's got your your link tree.
00:28:50
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Thank you. Tons of music coming out every time I turn around. ah you got the band that you that you got pretty much everybody in place.
00:29:01
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You're doing gigs. what else What else you got going on, man? What what else is going on in the James Luker camp? Well, I'm about to build my first studio, so music is going to be on hold for a little bit, but um I have a new record I'm working on called Outkast, and I have 90% of the writing done on it, and the song Outkast, I will give you hint it is a hint, it's like a kid rock feel, but more modern kid rock, but Brantley Gilbert makes. It's a...
00:29:35
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it's It's pretty heavy, and i' I'm really, really stoked for everybody here. Also, I'm looking into, I'm about to buy a camera here, seeing like an actual camera, so the music videos will have more detail. Dude, like, I'm just broke as shit, and right now we're trying to, like, get some stuff together more.
00:29:53
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I lost your audio. Oh, you did? Can you
00:30:00
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hear me now?
00:30:04
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Uh-oh.
00:30:08
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Technical difficulties. Give me Alright, I think you're back. You can hear me now? Yep, you're back. Okay, you're good. Alright, sweet. Alright, but yeah, anyway, so... Fuck, I forgot what I was saying. She broke his sheet right now. and Yeah, yeah. yeah um But like, we've been getting our stuff together a little bit more She's about to get back into modeling. I'm about to get a new truck here soon, and We're about to be able to lot more traveling. and um The good thing about it is that when I have shows out out of state, she can book um shoots all around there. And we're always coming back with some type of money. So we'll build a like stack stack on some stuff. And we want to move to Tennessee. I'd like to move to Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
00:30:55
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Okay. I'd really like to move there. Or Kentucky. Either one. Nobody ever wants to move to Kentucky. Yeah. I just want to get that. Like, i dude, I like, I love Indiana. Don't get me wrong here, man. But like in this town, I'm like Nickelback. I'm a half hated, half loved. It's wild, man. it's It's wild how you're, and again, knowing you for as long as I've known you, I've seen it. um It's wild how in your own hometown,
00:31:27
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People just like, you know, like you said, half the people are like, fuck that guy. The other half of people are like, hell yeah, dude. that That's insane. You know why? You know why those people don't like me, man? Is because like i I've always told the truth.
00:31:41
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And those people don't like me are usually daddy's money you bitches, to put it lightly. And they seen me in high school, how a skinny little fucking nothing who couldn't sing or nothing like that. And then boom, we're out of high school. They haven't done shit with their lives because their mommy and daddy gave them everything.
00:32:01
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little behold me, I dropped out. I got fucking job after job trying to find what I was good at. Got good at forklifting. You know, this got this house, you know, secured this house, got it, whatever you could say. um And just started putting out music.
00:32:18
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You know, like, I made my mistakes along the way, but i I've gotten through them. And they don't, they they want me to fail so bad. Because here's the thing. They're mad because their friends now listen to me. And they hate it. They can't escape me.
00:32:35
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And I think it's hilarious. They fucking hate me. I love the haters, man. You know? I love them, too. And this shows me I'm doing something right. You know? And here's the thing, though, is that, like, I feel like the bigger I get music, the less safe I am here. And the last thing I want to do is hurt somebody for trying to hurt me or my family and then go to prison and then ruin my career and then ruin my family's life and stuff. So yeah I'd like to move down South and move somewhere just in the woods. And, you know, like I love my hometown. Don't get me wrong. I'll probably, you know, eventually one day if I get the money to buy a place to come up here and hang out, you know, when I want to, but.
00:33:15
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As far as I'm concerned, though, I'd like to move down south, probably, and just to stay down there. Hey, man, I
Southern Living and Authentic Music Creation
00:33:22
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feel that. I want to get back down south so bad. Yeah, man.
00:33:27
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I hate this cold weather shit, too, up here. It's cold down south, but not as bad as it is up here. Yeah, i'll take I'll take my South Carolina winters over these these Ohio winters any day. Yeah.
00:33:42
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It's wild, man. I wake up in the morning and it's 55 degrees out. By the time ah it's lunchtime at work, it's ah you know it's up in the 60s and 70s. I'll take that. I'll take that over this bullshit. 18 inches of snow. No,
00:33:59
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no I'm good. I'm good. Yeah.
00:34:06
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No, man. Like I said, dude, I love i love where you Where you were when we met, where you are now, it's it's insanity. Like how much you've grown, how much you're doing. yeah Not only that, but as an artist, you've matured you know with with but your songwriting and and your vocals and whatnot. And the cool thing about it, like your music videos, you were saying you're you know you're actually to get a camera and this, that, and the other thing.
00:34:33
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the the music videos are cool. They've always been cool because they're they're real. I was showing Kayla one the other night and I was like, that's his backyard. And she was like, oh, that must be nice. And I was like, it it actually is really nice. I've been out there. It's it's nice to just be out there and just see nothing. That's what's so upsetting about me wanting to buy it is because I love this house I love this property. I just hate what's beyond it. Yeah.
00:35:02
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i But, you know, um I filmed right alone in my backyard, you know, like, and that did fucking, what, $64,000 on the music video on YouTube, I think. Yeah. And, like, you know, I fucking, I filmed breadneck shit in my backyard, and that did, that's almost at $30,000 for the music video. Thank you for everyone who watched, by the way. um Like, you know, it's just like, it dude, the worst advice I ever got was from this country rapper. He told me I couldn't make a million-dollar song in a $5 studio, and, like,
00:35:33
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I've done all this shit from recording in a living room. Yeah. You know, like I went up against like a lot of people who like a lot of big names who trashed my name and I'm still here.
00:35:45
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And that just proves to you that it ain't about what people say about you. It proves to you about the music, man. And i i feel like I've proven that early on. a lot of people still listen to me, I feel like. And I'm very blessed to have that.
00:35:58
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Yeah, man. It's the quality of the content you put out there. I say that all the time when it comes to what we do here. I don't have fancy high-dollar equipment, man. You just put out something that people enjoy. I know I'm a fan, and everybody I've introduced your music to they freaking love it.
00:36:16
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You know, I told you from Jump Street, it's real. It's authentic. It's genuine. It's it's not manufactured. You're not looking for stupid-ass catchy hook, and that's all you are is a hook or a beat. You know, it's it's actual talent.
00:36:35
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Yeah, like, you know, I know a dude who, like, Man, he's really good. like He has a couple ah he has like a couple of bands. He's really good. and He's done numbers back in the day, but like he doesn't really do numbers anymore. But he writes songs for movies now.
00:36:50
Speaker
He writes pointless songs for movies. He makes bank. Don't get me wrong. Congrats. but like Dude, i want pete i want if I'm looking at a gold record on the wall, I want i want to look at that. of like Dude, I wrote that song.
00:37:02
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when I was down and out or if I was like, I had a really good time that day and like it just touched my heart that day. So I wrote a good song about it. Now it's on my wall because it touched of that many people's hearts, you know? yeah that's that's That's what I want to feel when I look at a gold record.
00:37:15
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If I'm looking at a gold record and all it says is, you know, from this movie and stuff and this has your name and whatever, that just tells me it's like, you know, it's like, dude, you you wrote it for the plot. You didn't write it because that's how you felt.
00:37:31
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You know? And that that's, it I don't know, man. Like, I get it. Like, you need stuff, but that's not what I want to do, you know? Not at all. i want to I want to be known for something. Like, you know, fuck, I've had a lot people tell me Rhylon's their favorite song ever, and, like, they touched him that much. And I was like, dude, you know what mean? We feel really fucking good. I was like, holy shit.
00:37:53
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People like me. You know? like Like, when that song came out, I was like, damn, people actually like me. That's that's kind of cool. Right. that was That was a great song too.
00:38:06
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ah It was, it was unexpected. I'll tell you that, you know, from, ah you know, from my point of view, you know, or where I stand, you know, listening to your music. And when I first got turned on to your music, that came out of left field. And like,
00:38:26
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Oh, okay. Okay. i like it. Didn't I show you the music video before it came out? Yeah. yeah you You sent it to so um um me.
00:38:42
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you know I had a few songs that I liked. Blacked Out was one of my my favorite songs. It still is one of my favorite songs. I'm playing that live. Dude, I can't wait. and Then I had you on before the album dropped.
00:38:56
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And you're like, dude, I'm telling you right now, Moods is going to be the one I'm getting goosebumps right now talking about it all over again. and And every time I hear moods, because it's just it it just hits something that I relate to so much, I still, every time I listen to it, I still get goosebumps.
00:39:13
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And it's just like that that one that one verse just hits so hard. I'm like, this motherfucker. He told me. He warned me. mean you i did the live reaction to the to the to the to the damn album. And I had to listen to that song twice. i was like, yeah, he was on it. He wasn't wrong. Yeah.
00:39:31
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Dude, like, I think my favorite song off that EP is probably Cut From This Cloth, only because, like, I remember the day, like, it was, like, I just remember it like it was yesterday, man. I was on a job site back in 24. It was July.
00:39:45
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And I was almost done with the record, and I still didn't have a name for it. And i was um I was sitting there, you know, just listening to this beat I had. And they had done, like, but the crew done, went out somewhere. I had pizza there, so I just stayed on the side and ate. And like I plugged into this, um the Waltz speaker, or Bluetooth or whatever. And I started playing, and started listening to it. And I started writing. My fucking phone was messing up, and I couldn't scroll out without shutting off the beat. So i had to keep the beat turned on.
00:40:14
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So I found this construction pencil, and I found a Papa John's plate. I started writing. I started writing, ain't nothing to change. I'm still the same damn way. I was like, man, how's this going to work? And I was like, man, I started thinking about how it's like, for some reason, the fall people from fucking like wherever come up and visit us and they're just not the same as us. I'm like, they're not cut from this fall, bro.
00:40:39
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yeah I was like, it hit me. I was like y'all ain't cut from the same cloth. I'm back in the cut where you're getting lost, you know? And then, It just went from there. And then I went in the studio, recorded it I think I got it done in two hours.
00:40:53
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Oh, wow. And um it actually it actually did it. did ah I think it was like number three on the Texas music charts. and It was right under J-Wed. Hell yeah. And was like, damn. Hang on. only I have it printed out. Let me show you.
00:41:09
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It was really cool. i think I think you sent me a ah screenshot of that when it when it came out. And then I seen it on social as well. I was like, hell yeah. i mean, the EP is great.
00:41:20
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There's not a bad song on it. Oh, nice. I like that. Yeah, dude. And like that's that's why that's why I hung that up. you know like i have a I have a whole bunch of like magazine articles I don't hang up because I know my information.
00:41:35
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yeah But i I hung that up because it's like, dude, I wrote that song and a lot of people relate it because, you know, they get it, you know, they they felt that. And that's what I feel when every time I look at that, you know, it's it's not pride.
Songwriting and Personal Inspirations
00:41:49
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It's more or less, it's like, damn, I'm doing my job as a songwriter.
00:41:55
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it's It's one of those, yeah, it's one of those songs that no matter what state you're from, if you're from one of them small towns, like small country towns, backwood towns, whatever, you're yeah it's going to it's going to strike a nerve and you're going to relate to it because i mean I'm from Podunk, Ohio and I know when you know it's the same thing like people come around that aren't from from around here, you can tell you know yeah like you said they're not cut from this cloth you're not one of us you're not built you're not built to be here what are you doing exactly and like a lot of a lot of folks like i feel like a lot of folks don't know though people out in the country be smoking so that's why i put and i put it runs through my veins like a thc buzz rolling like rolling blunts rolling in my lanes no one does it like us because like yeah i i really like i feel like
00:42:45
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You know, every teenager, especially when I was 16 years old, ride with my homies in a truck. We had the windows up hotbox and that shit going down a fucking Potter Shop Road. You know, when we was doing that, I felt like I was like, man, no one's doing it like us. And anybody, like, any teenage boy's got a truck and they're out there riding around, hanging with their friends, that's something they want listen to. They want to vibe together, you know? Like, you always got to make them vibe songs, you know?
00:43:10
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And it's like... yeah you you you because like there's days in the studio where you're just like man i just want to i want to make a i don't make some people get this vibe to chill too what am i feeling right now what is something that makes me you know relax chill out you know hang out just chilling around hang around fire type shit you know and i don't i don't write for everybody i write for people who feel like you know i'm one more or less saying yeah no that's you know that's and And I grew up in the country and and that was one of our favorite things i mean that was one of our favorite things to do on the weekends was just roll around in our trucks, have a bonfire, listen to good music. and There was always somebody in our group that pulled out a guitar. And as much as we made fun of them and as much as we busted their balls for having their guitar and start strumming and singing songs, we all sang along and we all had a great time.
00:44:02
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Yeah, true. you read that comment? I can't read that. I'm trying to climb. Bro, that Broken Soul song hit too close to home with me. I lost my son in 2021, and this hits home.
00:44:15
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Keep it going. You make people feel good. Thank you. Hey, man, I'm sorry for your loss, dude. I understand that, and I appreciate that, dude. Thank you, man. See, that's what I'm talking about. That's example right there, man. like that's that's the That's why i do it.
00:44:31
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You know, like I lost my dad, you know, he took his life. He lost his battle with, uh, with mental health, with his mental health. And, um, that's what I was thinking about when I wrote broken soul, man, cause there's times where I think about my father, you know, and I'm just like, man, I wish he was here to see all this dude.
00:44:47
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Like, and like, I really did. So i don't know if anyone knows this, but I'm very authentic, right? I want people to feel what I felt. So the beginning of that music video is,
00:44:59
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a reenactment of what actually happened when i got the news.
00:45:04
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Yeah. And a lot of people don't know that. And, um, there's a church down on eight mile, what not eight mile. Like said, it's something mile road. and That's not eight mile. We haven't, we do have a road called nine mile road though, that people drive grace down all the the church is called nine mile church something like that. You guys can look it up.
00:45:23
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It's in I think it's in Fayette County or somewhere. It's near your Hamilton, Ohio or Oxford. And um I filmed the music video down there because every time I drove past church going to the dispensary.
00:45:36
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um Every time I passed that church, I always felt like good vibes. yeah I felt like that's the place where i want people. like but that's That's the kind of church I would want to go to. I want to go to something fancy and stuff. and i What do you do when you feel like you're a broken soul? You go, God.
00:45:57
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So that's why I was in front of the church saying like I'm broken soul outside of the church. I'm debating because I'm broken. I'm a broken soul. debating. Should I go back to pills or should I go to God? And that's the representation of the story.
00:46:11
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And, um, that's, I feel like I could have done a better job of representing that in the video a hundred percent, but, um, She filmed it and she did a great job. My editing skills just weren't the best. She had a lot of great shots that for some reason I didn't use because I was going too fast with the video because I was behind on schedule.
00:46:31
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And that's my fault. But she she's great. Like she shot small town atlaws and she's really good at it, man. And she, like I said, she does modeling and she's really good at photography. She's great.
00:46:47
Speaker
yeah it makes It makes it so much easier when you have somebody that that knows what they're doing and you're not just, you know, I'm the type of guy where I'm just like, I'm going fucking wing it and see what happens. Yeah. That's exactly what I did with Small Town. I invited my friends over. I got drunk as shit and I filmed a music video. I caught almost caught myself on fire. You can see it in the video. Yeah.
00:47:14
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ah You better get that insurance policy on this man so you can collect that money. Yeah, dead ass. Dead ass. Just don't kill me in my sleep for it.
00:47:28
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It's a joke. It's a joke. He said make sure you get the insurance policy in case I die. No, and i that's Like I said, dude, I hate to keep going back to it and kicking this dead horse, but i mean that's the thing. You're...
00:47:44
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that makes your music good and your videos is good it's it's fucking real life dude it's you know you're not you're not on some uh lot with a green screen and it's it's real life you're driving down the back roads back home you have it you know doing whatever it is you're doing yes and i don't have to pay i don't have to pay the farmer down the road to use his barn either you know like I want people to see what Indiana is truly like, and this is what it's like. you know There ain't shit around here, but we do what we do. That's why like it's a that's why I put a cup in this cloth.
00:48:17
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It's a farmer's land all flat and not shit. It's the place I call home. We turn the dirtugh we turn the dirt and roll in the dough. That's a shout out to the farmers. Yeah. you like The same thing, just a lot of flat land and cornfields. Yeah. Like I grew up on a farm from two years old up until the point when I was 11 or 12. And um I learned to drive. ah I was driving a 1486 IH, a 1586 IH and a 560 IH.
00:48:42
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And um I was also, you fucking, I drove my first truck when I was seven. Yeah. Like, you know, that's just how I was out there, you know. Yeah, we we was talking about that today. um my My middle daughter, she's got a permit. She's learning to drive.
00:48:58
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And I was like, and it was so different when i got when I got my license because I'd been driving since I was a kid because I grew up on the farms or around the farms. And we had the old farm trucks or the tractors or, you know, quads or whatever. So I just getting behind the wheel when I got my permit was just second nature by that point. It was like...
00:49:17
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Dude, I got a story to tell you, man. You're going laugh your ass off this. because So when I was like 15 years old, I had um my mom, for some reason, went out letting me get my permit. And so but I had to go get it when I was 18. And then I got my license to 19.
00:49:35
Speaker
But her ex-boyfriend's brother, he had this plow attached to his F-250 diesels. And i was i was in his I was in there and he got paid to go do his parking lot and I asked him, here's the thing. My papal was living with us because he had cancer at the time.
00:49:50
Speaker
And no, this is before had cancer. He just living with us, with his camper in the backyard. Sorry. I got those timelines mixed up. But anyway, I smoked with him and his trailer got fried. And then I got in the truck with Sean and I said, all right, take me. all right, let's go do this job or whatever. And I said, hey.
00:50:09
Speaker
Can I drive? Can I do the plow? And he goes, yeah, man, of course. fuck you He didn't even know I was oh yeah was baked, man. I was blitzed. But my papo, his stuff didn't mess around, man. I'm telling you.
00:50:24
Speaker
And, um dude, I plowed that fucking parking lot to perfection. And I was so proud of myself, man. I got in the truck. went back home. We got in the trailer. I talked my papo about it. He goes, when did you fuck up? I said, And he goes, good man.
00:50:40
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He put up another one and handed it to me. Hell yeah. Nice. I miss my Pablo, man. He's a legend. He has a Harley Davidson on his gravesite, and it has a pot plant above it, and it says, I would have hit him. Nice. That's awesome.
00:50:59
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That's fucking an awesome.
00:51:06
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My grandparents weren't cool. They just... they just my grandfather was students booth like, work, work, work, work. work yeah know You're a man. This is what you have to do. Both of them worked till the day they were putting the ground. so oh That's how my papa was too. but Here's the thing. He worked hard, but he was like really chill in combat. He didn't take no bullshit. He wouldn't he wouldn't scream at you unless like you were really fucking with him. yeah but like he would if like If you were being an idiot, he'd be like, I'm go let you be an idiot.
00:51:36
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um Or he'd straight say, walk away. Walk away. You better walk away. And then, like, you you have to, or you're trying to get it. I don't think I ever heard either one of my grandfathers raise their voice.
00:51:50
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I don't think I ever heard. I mean, I know that they were mean back in the day when they were younger, but I don't think I ever heard them raise their voice ever once. But i also knew very well without having to be told when I was getting close to that line. Like you said, it's it's it's best to go ah go about your business somewhere else. Yeah, exactly, exactly.
00:52:12
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You know, like, that's, like, do my grandfather, like, there was a lot of time, been shot, stabbed, been through it. Like, he got off heroin on his own, like, back in the 80s. Like, he weaned himself off on his own for my mom and stuff. And, like, – He's a really tough man, man. He was a really tough man. The day before he died, dude, we had to help him up, but he wanted to – he had to piss. and He wanted to piss on his own because that's his how he was. He wanted to stand say, help me stand up. I'm going to do this on my own. I'm going to do it.
00:52:40
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And he did. He didn't give up, man. Like, that dude was fighting until he – he wasn't scared, man. Mm-hmm. it's, uh, it's funny how some of those old school values that we when we were younger, we didn't realize it, but as we get older and we, we definitely picked up on them and, And we carry them with us. You know, yeah that's that's how both my grandpas were stubborn as all get out.
00:53:06
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But, you know, they said they were going to do something. They did it. There ain't no hands or butts about it. i I find myself with those traits a lot when it comes to certain things. It's like, oh, you ain't going to stop.
00:53:20
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I'm going to do it one way or another. it might kill me, but it's going to be a hell of a story. Yeah. My path Paul preached hard work, integrity, being a man, preached it Man, every time we went to work together, doing asphalt or whatever, he preached it to us. That's me, my brother, us all the time. He preached it to us. And he was like, he's like, you always, he said, you always keep promises.
00:53:43
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You all just, he preached that to me. Like he put it in our head, like be an honest man, have integrity and don't be prideful. yeah Have pride in the work you're doing, but don't be prideful about yourself. you know like both Both my grandfathers preach that. Say what you do and do what you say.
00:54:01
Speaker
And you don't ever have to worry about anything. yeah right I like that old school mentality. I wish I could beat some of that into my kids' heads. but maybe Maybe they'll pick up on it unknowingly as they get older. I don't know. We'll see what happens.
00:54:17
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Whenever I have kids, man, I'm going to I don't know. It depends on how the world is by then, man. But, like, I'm going to have my kids homeschool, dude. Like, i don't I do not trust this world anymore, man. Like, that's why I'm about to know the woods, bro.
00:54:31
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Like, she wants to be a stay-at-home mom eventually. And I'm like, well, once we get to that point, you know, like, will ah you can just teach them. you can You can be the teacher and everything. Yeah. She wants to do that.
00:54:47
Speaker
Yeah, learn them up. Now, man. Yeah. Yeah, dude. that this we We live in a and a crazy world and it ain't getting any better. No. But like here's the thing. i don't want to write a song about it too. like i want People are telling me you should write an American song you know about politics. I'm like, why? it's nots It's low-hanging fruit, man. That's that's why we don't we don't talk politics on here. It's a low-hanging fruit. It's clickbait is what it is.
00:55:19
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It really is, man. like And the thing about that is is that it's destroying people's lives. and like People want to listen to music to reality. They want us to have fun with their friends and just chill out and let their brain just forget what the hell is going on. Why the hell would you want to bring that to them and disturb their peace
Unity in Music Over Politics
00:55:40
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like that? Be like, yeah, fuck the government. you know it' be like Oh, yeah, fuck Biden. Or, yeah, fuck Trump.
00:55:45
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It's like, dude, why would you Why would you do that? Because like not only are you dividing your audience when you're supposed when you like that's why i don't get these people over here preaching like like, you know, hey, let's bring everybody together. But then like, yeah, I know this chick looks retarded with their hair all yellow and stuff, but she's still a human being. You know, you got you got you got to talk to like a human being.
00:56:07
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Yeah, that's the biggest problem, man. When you start talking about that stuff, you automatically split your audience in half or whatever the case is. You divide it at indian you it. That's one of the biggest problems I see in the entertainment world, whether it's music or comedy or movies, television, or even podcasting for that matter.
00:56:30
Speaker
Uh, you want to get on your, on your pedestal and and spout your goofy shit, but Hey, you're splitting, you're dividing your audience and splitting your audience. And like you said, I do this podcasting thing because I want to give people a break, man. There's enough bullshit going on in the real world, whether it's politics or, you know, finance, you're worried about your finances or jobs or family or whatever it is.
00:56:53
Speaker
you know what, I got two hours on it on a Tuesday night. Come and forget about all that bullshit. you know I'll hang out with my guy James Luka. And then when you get done, go listen to some of his music and continue to forget about that bullshit. There you go.
00:57:06
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There you go. And you know what I'm saying? You got a good point there. like I appreciate that, by the way. But like man, it just it always bothered me because like I understand if they're trying to attack you and whatnot, then you do something about it.
00:57:20
Speaker
But when you're just like, people need to talk more instead of fighting more. They need to talk more instead of talking over to like, hey, you talk and I talk. Where are we? Where's our differences? Find the difference. And people can't do that these days because everybody wants to be right.
00:57:34
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Everybody. But here's the thing. None of us are right at the end of the day. On both sides, there are flaws. Do you know why that is? Because none of us are perfect. yeah none of us are perfect. That's the thing.
00:57:46
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One of the biggest things, and ive and I've told people this, sometimes you got to shut your mouth and use your ear holes. We were given ears to listen. yeah A lot of people don't listen. That's all they do is talk, but they don't listen to what the other person's saying at the end of the day.
00:58:02
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Exactly. And, you know, like I, but I mean, it's just like in a relationship, you guys argue, you know, people argue, you know, in a relationship, um you guys are arguing over who's right, but doesn't it work out way better when you sit down and talk about it and calm setting,
00:58:20
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And then like controlling your emotions and just understanding, okay, where do we go wrong here? And then once it's solved, everything is fine. You know, that's literally, that's if it's the same logic. Just nobody wants to apply the same logic.
00:58:36
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Yeah, exactly. No, because everybody thinks they're right, you know. They're like, hey, you know, instead of applying this logic, let's go ahead and just say fuck off and throw shit the street. You know, there's an officer doing his job, killing for no reason. You know why? Because he's wearing a piece of metal on his fucking chest.
00:58:57
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Yeah, just trying to do his job. I mean, i getting mad at me is, you know, i I'm a quote unquote handyman. I fixed your sink, but I didn't use the right part that you wanted it. But you don't know how to do the job. That's why I'm here to do it. you Exactly. And like I'm speaking with a lot of philosophy because I feel like ah some philosophy matters in this situation because at the end of the day it matters right now, but it's not going to matter when we're gone.
00:59:26
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yeah know So what we have right now, we care about it a lot, you know but some people are also thinking about like what what are people going to see after you pass?
00:59:38
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It's not going to matter to us, but it's going to matter to them. And that's what people need to take an account for. Even though those people might not be born yet, they're still going have feelings when they are born, and they're going to see what you did. For instance, that was Presley for me.
00:59:52
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That's how it is. that yeah is You know, i said it I said it very early on when in this show tonight. You know, watching you mature as an artist, i'm I'm going through that right now as a podcaster. Man, four years ago, even up last year, I was old.
01:00:09
Speaker
loose fucking cannon on here. I would come on here and say some crazy shit. And I was just like, all right. I know that was a little bit crazy, but you know, it's all part of growing up and maturing and and realizing yeah those wild antics only go so far.
Personal Growth and Overcoming Negativity
01:00:25
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you know Yeah.
01:00:27
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I still have some issues with it. Sometimes I'm getting better with it. Like i say, I brought down to like from, from, I brought it down from a, from a 10 to like a two.
01:00:40
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No. um But I'm going to get down to zero here soon. My emotions are getting better. Yeah. I mean, I still have my moments of of absolute absurdity, but I saved that for Saturday night. The rest of the week when you see someone here, it's like, oh, hey, that guy actually is an adult. He's not a loose cannon.
01:01:02
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Dude, oh, i've I've lost my shit. i so I yelled at a sound guy on stage one time. Oh, geez. I try not to yell at anybody or have any arguments online. um But I do know, you know, we have a tendency to let our conversations get a little bit out of control and a little out of hand. But I try not to let any drama or anything like that happen live because yeah that's that's hard to come back from, you know, when you're in the middle of a show. And it's just like, yeah, I know that 20 minutes I just chewed your head off.
01:01:34
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You know, let's get back to having fun. Yeah, exactly. You know, and like it's it you online shit doesn't even matter. It's like, what are you are you really going to drive 20 hours to my house because you fucking ate me?
01:01:48
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Well, yeah, you know it's like, yeah, you're you would spend a thousand dollars to go up somebody's ass and then go to jail, then go back home, then have to fly back there for court, possibly do jail time.
01:01:59
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and But you could just use that thousand dollars to travel 10 hours and go to a different vacation and go to vacation, have fun with your family or something. and go Go find a beach somewhere and get you a nice cold drink and enjoy the water and the sun. Yeah, like don't drive across the country because you want to fight Billy 250 for no like for no reason.
01:02:23
Speaker
Yeah, over some of that goofy shit that don't mean nothing because I'll be honest with you, I mean i know some people have said some said some shitty things in our comments about me and I'm like, well, that guy don't like me.
01:02:34
Speaker
And you know what I do? I just go back to doing my real life shit because i don't i don't care what you say on the internet. it's but i willt lie sometimes blame Sometimes when I get stoned, I will troll them when I get stoned, but it's fine.
01:02:48
Speaker
I got to control myself, man. But like, like there was this dude, he's like, he's like, we doesn't help you get you stoned, moron. And I was like, and I said something like I gave him some facts. And then I said, well, maybe his name was Mark.
01:03:02
Speaker
I said, well, hey, man, also, you need to chill out. Smokey one, Marky Mark. He didn't like that. He looked like Marky Mark. hey i just you know There's the people out there that swear up and down they hate you, but they watch and listen to everything you do. I just call them fans. I don't call them haters.
01:03:22
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they just They love you so bad it pisses them off. yeah They hate watching, and hate listening, man. yeah hate your music so bad. Well, thanks for listening. yeah I don't know if you've noticed or not, but the more you listen and the more you watch, the the more I grow.
01:03:39
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Yeah, exactly. and will i won't call you i won't call you a hater. I'll just call you a fan. That's the truth. It really is.
01:03:52
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No, absolutely. 100%. don't want to keep you too long, man. I don't know. So if you got to get going, I can let you go.
01:04:04
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yeah I probably stick it off for my phone's at 14%. You got to charge your phone before you do an interview. Come on, man. Yeah, I know I do.
01:04:15
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we we've had Dude, we've done these interviews, and i think people I think people look forward to the technical difficulties because every time we've done one together, it's either been on your end or my end. i remember the very first time I had you on, your internet was so bad, but we tried to fight through it until we couldn't anymore. So I had to reschedule it and bring you back, and you were like, I'm at my mom's. I got good internet now. do that's we' do Literally, after that after that interview, that's exactly why I bought Starlink.
01:04:47
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Nice. but It's always something when you and I get together on this show. There's always one or two little bits of technical difficulty. Yeah, that's very true.
01:04:59
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Very true, unfortunately. Yeah, it's kind of it's kind of our thing. Man, again, i appreciate... appreciate you coming on, dude. I'm loving my watching you rise.
01:05:13
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And you already know. Let me know when ah you got some dates locked in. And if we can swing it, you know I'm there. And, hey, also, I know you say you've always wanted to do that, interview me before the show and then after the show and then get the show on on video.
01:05:29
Speaker
I'm down for that if you'd like to do that. You can definitely do that 100%. yeah um I don't know, like, there's certain venues who like to separate the artists from the from the people, but I don't, say if it's at a venue like that, I'll make sure I got you on whatever. I'll work around it for you. Yeah, we'll figure it out. Well, you already know I'm in, you're in, we'll make it happen. I think i think that'll be a really cool experience um for for not only your fans, but our fans here.
01:05:59
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Because, I can't wait to see you with a band. I've seen you sit up there and do an acoustic set and it was fucking amazing. it was that was That was a fun fucking night.
01:06:11
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And you put on a hell of a show acoustically. I can't wait to see what you do with a band behind you. Oh, man. Dude, I'm not going to give anything away, man, but I'm just going to say high energy.
01:06:24
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, I have no doubt about it. It's going to be insane. It's going to be a hell of a show. And it's going to be one of those that I'm going to love doing the interview before and see that. yeah i know you know I know how you are from seeing you live once before.
01:06:39
Speaker
then to get it recorded and then to have you come down off the, you know, from the show and have that, have that adrenaline rush and that high from being on stage, it's going to be one health experience and it's going to great time. But yeah, like I said, and you know, hit me up with some dates, let me know. And, you know, I'm going to be there, you know, we'll be there and we'll travel and come see you and hang out.
01:06:59
Speaker
Yeah, man, for sure it is. Sounds good, man. Thanks again, guys. Make sure you go follow James. He's literally everywhere. James Luka music. Go check him out. Go show him some love. If you don't know how to find him, just go to our page. He's tagged and everything. And as I said, he's been on several times, so he's not hard to find if you scroll through our page and hit him up, give him a follow, listen to his music, drop him a comment, let him know what you think.
01:07:23
Speaker
He is a reader of comments and a replier. So yes sorry everybody yeah I will let you bounce out here. I'm actually, while you're, while you're taking off, uh, I'm going to, I'm going actually play Whitley.
01:07:35
Speaker
And then i am I appreciate that. Bye. Uh, do my closing and I'm going get the flock out of here too, man. Much love. Appreciate you. Y'all be safe. Have fun. Take care, brother. Yes, sir. Bye.
01:07:46
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Bye. feel like a train. I'll be back someday.
01:08:10
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I can't live out the seasons without you by my side. don't roll an outcome and run in my life. Why do we collide when it always feels so right?
01:08:24
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This life has been killing me inside and out.
01:09:02
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There's no unfading teeth like I am every day I don't think that I'll ever change I'm no stranger to the rain But through it all I'll whisper the pain don't know how to believe my life Why do we collide when it always feels so right?
01:09:25
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This life has been killing me inside and I don't even have
01:10:01
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I'm a rawin' alcohol, been runnin' my life Why do we collide when it always feels so right? This life has been killin' me inside the night I need a handful of perks just to bring myself down
01:11:08
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Hell yeah. I like that song. I'm digging that song a lot Shout out again. Thank you James Luger always a good time. I love hanging out with that kid. I love that kid to death. He's Somebody I'm definitely Very proud of him very happy to call not only just a friend but a brother him and I have clicked from day one such a good dude
01:11:32
Speaker
and every time he comes on here, man, his personality just shows. And obviously you get a taste of who he is and his music. So make sure you guys are following him and checking him out. um Definitely appreciate y'all being here, ah hanging out with us. If you're watching the replay, if you're watching the replay on any of the shows here on the network, ah drop a like on it.
01:11:53
Speaker
I noticed that Kayla pointed out to me that apparently YouTube likes to change it up on us with the likes. I guess it depends on what the show is. um Maybe it depends on hashtags and tags that we're using, but drop that like on tonight's show, you
Upcoming Shows and Final Remarks
01:12:09
Speaker
get a little music note. A couple weeks back, we had the ghost face. So, ah yeah, those are kind of cool. But, yeah, if you're watching the replay on any of the shows here, Drop a like, drop a comment. could be anything. Say hi, say what's up.
01:12:21
Speaker
And if you're not already, go ahead make sure you guys like, share, subscribe, all that stuff. I've got lots of stuff happening, lots of stuff going on. I'll be back next week with Ohio zone, Mark Mason. I'm looking forward to hanging out with him. He is a fellow Cleveland Browns fan. So,
01:12:40
Speaker
Be prepared for some Cleveland football talk and with the music talk. You and I were already talking some proud stuff and our messaging back and forth. So I'm looking forward to having him on next Tuesday night.
01:12:54
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As far as the rest of the week, I think maybe Hump Day Ha Ha's will be back tomorrow. Not 100% sure if they're going to do a show tomorrow or if they're going to do a show Friday. I'm not 100% But Wally will back Thursday. i think he's doing cold-blooded conversations with Johnny. Johnny Bongs, a.k.a. Fidel Bongs, doing their thing.
01:13:16
Speaker
Saturday, we'll be back with nonsensical nonsense. We ran into some little little hiccups, little speed bumps in the road, but hopefully we're still going to be moving forward with the roast of this guy, the roast of Glick Saturday night.
01:13:33
Speaker
ah We'll do that for a couple hours before we get into our normal Saturday night shenanigans and fuckery. And then, and then, hey, Wally, speaking of Wally, Wally, are you guys doing ah Animal Kingdom are you doing Vroom Vrooms on Thursday?
01:13:52
Speaker
Scorpio, appreciate you, brother. Hey, man, I got lots more. stay i got lots more coming your way. Lots of lots of great musicians. ah Locked and loaded. Ready to do it. So,
01:14:08
Speaker
Animal Planet this Thursday. So, yeah. Saturday, the rest of Glick, and then our normal Saturday night shenanigans and fuckery and all that fun jazz. And then Sunday kicks off the new lineup, the new shows.
01:14:21
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Kayla and I will be doing our new show together, Beyond the Veil. Going to jump head first, I guess. Feet first. I don't know how that saying goes.
01:14:32
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Right into the paranormal. Right here in our own backyard. We're gonna we're going to share some... ah uh, hauntings and legends and lore, uh, some places right here in Ohio, uh, some places that, uh, we may go visit at some point because why not? Uh, apparently we, we, we, we should not be allowed to have adult money is I guess what's happening here here because we're going to hitting the road a lot in the near future.
01:14:59
Speaker
Um, so I'm stoked about that. i'm super excited about that. Um, dive into that, uh, Something I've wanted to do for a long time and just needed the right person to to do that with. And I have that now. Paranormal, supernatural, cryptids, true crime, all that stuff. And who would have thunk it?
01:15:17
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Because she's so far out of her comfort zone being in front of a camera talking. But she's been busting her ass this week doing research and stuff like that.
01:15:27
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um so yeah, the new lineup, we got that Sunday, of course, unnecessary roughness Sunday afternoon, ah Monday clicks drive in brand new show makes its debut on Monday.
01:15:40
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um don't even know what Wally is saying.
01:15:49
Speaker
it Shut up, Wally. Come over here and say it to my face. But Monday, Glick's driving, makes his debut, um the official debut. I know I did it with with our with a very good friend, Jake C. Young.
01:16:04
Speaker
ah But it's the official debut of Glick's driving. I'm hanging out with actor And sorry, Charlie, I'm going to get the proper pronunciation of your name Monday from you, but if you're listening, I do apologize. Charlie Donato, Donato?
01:16:21
Speaker
He's gonna kick me in the head, but he's gonna be hanging out when we were gonna hear some crazy stories from his career some of the movies he's been in some of the TV shows some of the Just he said he said he's got some stories for me. So I'm I'm crazy excited about that and then as I said next Tuesday mark Mason's gonna be hanging out in the in the house of music with me and then Wednesday night Another new show debuts, uh, Glick's comedy lounge.
01:16:50
Speaker
Uh, there's kind of a theme with Monday, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Um, and I've got a very good friend of mine, standup comedian, Kevin Hawley. That's going to be the premise of the show. I'm just going to be interviewing comedians and, you know, see what they're about, seeing what they're doing here in road stories, you know, getting all the, all the behind the scenes, uh,
01:17:14
Speaker
That's what I do here, behind the scenes of ah music and movies and television and and and comedy. So I'm dipping my toes into a whole bunch of stuff that will either sink or swim, I guess.
01:17:28
Speaker
And then also Monday will be Speedway Story. So you guys are going get a double shot on Mondays here on the network. It's going to be Glick's drive-in.
01:17:41
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Followed up by Wally and Johnny, man, talking to Vroom Vrooms.
01:17:46
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equipment um So, yeah, Thursday's Cold-Blooded Conversation. Then Friday, i believe Brittany and Snotty, I think they're doing the thing together. um They'll be doing their comedy thing, talking comedy, talking different various forms of comedy and whatnot.
01:18:07
Speaker
and hanging out on Friday nights. So yeah, it's it's a lot happening, a lot changing. Bear with us. I'm definitely, ah I got the interview thing down lock, so it'll be fine. And I know and i know movies and television, and i know and I know comedy, so I'm good.
01:18:24
Speaker
Just hopefully my guests are are cool. but but But fingers crossed. I've i've been very lucky and very fortunate with my music guests. So make sure you guys are subscribed. Make sure you got your notifications on. And come support the new shows and let us know what you think. Drop comments. Drop, ah you know, whatever. Check out our other social media. That's something else I'm working on. ah Hopefully doing more social media-y stuff.
01:18:52
Speaker
Clips and pictures and, you know, random shit. I don't know. I might get a wild burr up my ass and have something to say and I'll post it on social media. I don't know. Whatever. We'll see what happens.
01:19:03
Speaker
But, um yeah, so tune in next week. New shows, Beyond the Veil, Ohio Hauntings. Monday, we got Charlie. Tuesday, I got Mark. And Wednesday, i got Kevin. Wally, who do you have on Monday night? Do you have anybody on Monday night? 2026 is is our bridge
01:19:28
Speaker
So, yes, lots and lots of things. Lots and lots of things. Wes, oh, nice. Hell yeah. Hell yeah, son. But, yeah, with that being said, I'm done. What else am I going to talk about? What else do I got talk to you guys about? Go check out go check out James Luker.
01:19:48
Speaker
And if you want to your homework and be ready for next week, look up Mark Mason. He's not hard to find. um Listen to some of his tunes. But, yeah, thanks for watching. Thanks for hanging out.
01:20:00
Speaker
I'll see you guys. When will I see you guys next? Saturday. Yes, this is the last week. You don't have to look at my stupid face almost every day of the week. And I apologize for that in advance. But Wes,
01:20:21
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I don't know if you spelled that right or if I'm an idiot. Davery? Davery? Either way. Wally knows. I don't. But yeah, thanks for listening. Thanks for hanging out, guys.
01:20:34
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Why not end the show with one more James Luker song? You gonna be mad at it? I didn't think so.
01:21:00
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We'll be right back.
01:21:53
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foreign lands but when the sun goes down so does that fit the jack pounding shots to your buster ace we're rolling blocks shooting guns blowing smoke like a smokestack z71 like cadalac we set the backwoods on fire and nice turn up the sleeping rooms tearing up before the sunrise got the kc light shining through the pines and country girl
01:22:47
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We'll be right back.
01:23:53
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I'm serious. Open your stomach.