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In this conversation, the hosts introduce themselves and their special guest, Taylor. They discuss their favorite country songs and artists, emphasizing the emotional and relatable nature of country music. Taylor shares his appreciation for the song "Cover Me Up" by Morgan Wallen and the deep emotional impact it has on veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress. The conversation also touches on the evolution of country music over the years, with a focus on older country artists like Conway Twitty and Hank Williams. Overall, they express their love for country music and its ability to tell stories and evoke emotions. Alright everybody today we have a special episode, but I'm gonna start with introducing myself My name is Joby My name is Adam and I'm Jay We actually have a special guest on today Go ahead and introduce yourself Taylor So my name is Taylor. I grew up with Jovan And after I graduated high school got closed with Jay Because of Jovan I've known Jovan since I was oh god, what was I for I think you were three Yeah Yeah, bro, like I've known you my entire like that man's like my brother. I've known him my entire life We've been inseparable since before kindergarten But yeah guys, I don't really have much else to say Sorry we can hop into it. I'm gonna start with my little song that we're doing off the polls I also want to thank everybody, you know for supporting the polls and answering those little questions that we ask you guys It's great. It's fun So the song I was going to talk about or the country song I was going to talk about Off the polls is gonna be by my mom the one and only Save me by Chili Roll. I Really haven't gotten into the artist that much and then you know, I listen to that song. I thought it was amazing I think the guy is amazing. I think he's really just a stand-up guy like he stands for and Just all the positivity he brings on stage and off the stage. I really appreciate it and you don't really see that That much these days with artists, you know, it's pretty hard to find. So I really like that I've listened to him just a bit more since hearing that and so I think it's amazing and uh Adam go ahead and share your poll answer Yeah, the one that stood out for me was gonna be my wish by rascal flats. I want to send him my nose, you know It's on I've heard it a lot growing up. It's just one of those What's up? Go ahead say anything Okay, okay Yeah, I think so Okay, I just want to shake All right The song that I had picked up from the pole was gonna be my wish by rascal flats and that one was sent in by Knows I know. Thank you for listening. Thank you for participating Really it's a good way to Man I can't find my words All right one more time promise My pick for this pole was gonna be my wish for rascal flats and to my nose. I know it's I've heard the song growing up. I was in the country all the time growing up my mom And this is one of those few songs. I stood out this really nice song about it kind of captures perfectly how to say I love and support you like just kind of very emotional song but um It really exaggerates that The idea of I'll be there for you. I'll be supporting you. I wish the best for you There's a really wholesome song in general, so it's kind of something you can listen to and kind of Myself, there's always someone there. So it's really nice peaceful happy song to listen to Jay, which one stood out for you? I'm actually not going to be going off the pole this time. I'd like to talk about some of the ones that My my co-workers actually gave me and my little sister So shout out to jealous shout out to Cynthia and Daniela Thank you guys for listening and supporting Daniella said she wanted me to include your man by Josh Turner Josh Turner has some bangers, but this one How can you not let down? You know, everybody knows the answer to this song. They've had Patrick star freaking a I covered all over tick-tock The next one I wanted to do from Cynthia was a dirt road anthem budget by Jason Aldean That was a staple in my life as well. I remember hearing it for the first time with my auntie D Yes, my auntie D on a farm My mom's side of the country like The one that I wanted to shout out from Adela was Carrie Underwood She told me to do before he cheats because how the fuck do you miss that? How the hell do you miss that, you know, that's a banger song Another one that I wanted to talk about actually real quick Along with Carrie Underwood before he cheats was one called just a dream My mom listened to that all the time. So shout out mom She she would listen to that all the time after my uncle Esteban had actually passed away So that's all kind of means a lot A lot of my family will probably know what exactly I'm talking about when I say like when you watch the music video you kind Of feel some things but yeah, let's go ahead and pass it over to Taylor Taylor talk about your poll or answer that you chose So, I don't know who this guy is off the poll but somebody threw in cover me up and I Okay, so I just want to talk about like as an ex-service member what that song like Actually means and how much it resonates with people who did serve that song was not originally Written by Morgan Wallen. Okay It came out And was produced by Jaden And the song is talking about dealing with post-traumatic stress So for people who don't know what PTSD is it's usually acclimated with Some sight some sort of like going through a traumatic event. So like for service members oftentimes it's you know us getting deployed and You know, we see some things that the general public doesn't understand that we see You know, we have to go do things that the general public will never understand or comprehend that we do and that song Resonates so well with me It has a very deep Not just chorus but the lyrics themselves are just so deep And not only do they kind of hit you in your soul But they hit you in your heart like if you genuinely understand what that song's about And not only do they kind of hit you in your soul But they hit you in your heart like if you genuinely understand what that song's talking about, it'll move mountains in your emotions um And it's it's crazy It's absolutely insane how much that and it's not just me like all of my buddies that I served with it resonates with all of Them too. I mean I remember when Morgan wallen first did the cover of it. We were like, oh morgan just dropped a new album and a single Let's go listen to this quick and we listened to cover me up and we were all sitting in my barracks room um when I was out in florida and I can remember sitting there with six of my buddies and all of us were just in tears I mean it it just it hit like a brick. It hit like a freight train Yeah, that's uh That's something I can Kind of i've been learning more about country music. I haven't been like a country music listener I've grown up a bit off of it like, you know, because my uncle he loved, you know playing tennessee whiskey. He loved it um But I was never really into it and i've been learning a bit more about it since i'm trying to learn at least They're like, you know all types of music and everything um, I learned it's really Music you can relate to I know rap has the same type of way of doing that but country. It's a bit more Power, I want to say and I That was the main reason why we wanted to bring taylor on because he knows more about this Obviously more obviously than I do and so yeah, I mean it always hits Harder as music and it's something i've learned. I mean Um adam, can you speak to that? Oh, yeah, definitely Oh now yeah No country music, I mean It's it's supposed to be emotional. I mean, that's the whole reason I mean big tough guys pick up guitars and share their emotions, but Um, I remember growing up. I mean, like I said, I grew up listening to country music. My mom loved it I didn't really have a taste of the moment. So I was just listening to whatever my parents listened to and um I remember listening. I can't remember what song it was, but I was listening to country in the car I was listening to the lyrics and I was actually paying attention to lyrics like as a kid and I was like, I think I remember mentioning it to my mom like hey, like I never really realized that the music tells like a story to it. It sounds kind of like Whack bringing it up just like yeah, there's stories in there but um But I mean being able to like look at The lyrics and like break it down and actually like get the meaning from it It was something different to kind of influence my music later on. So like, okay, that's probably why i'm why i'm now I mean i've always tended to be more of that storytelling listener and the emotion side rather than just like I mean It's just it's very calming. It's soothing You can't not listen to it and like you have to like country music if you don't you're kind of lying There's gonna be some kind of aspect of country that you're gonna like I mean, you just gotta go out and find it because there's always something Yeah, that's true I agree with that I mean I've never been one to listen to it I'm gonna keep saying it because I know it's true and I don't want to Make it seem like i'm a big avid country listener. I've recently just got into it um But I know jay and taylor know Crap ton about it. So, um, we're gonna go into our like our favorite country artists right now and um, taylor How about you kick that off for us? Yeah Okay. Um, so I like Old country music like yes love my george straight love my alan jackson love my kody johnson love Like, you know some of the 90s to newer artists, but oh my god I could listen to conway And keith whitley hank walkman hank jr. Hank william. Why I can I can listen to all of the hanks like Older country music just resonates so much better with me like You have to realize like the difference between like 60 70s 50 I should say 50 60 70s and 80s countries versus 90s early 2000s and current country is significantly different So like back in the day It was outlaw music like outlaw country was the thing and it was so beautiful so phenomenal like You want to listen to you want to listen to something that makes you like? yeah, like i'm ready to go hop on my horse and go walk out in the middle of town and have a nice little shootout with Somebody like outlaw country bro gives those vibes 100 But so then then we transitioned and we started talking more about like Life storytelling, which was was a thing anyways but like one of the bigger artists that started telling not just singing outlaw music, but like Storytelling was marty robbins marty robbins made this huge transition like obviously Everyone's heard big iron like it was a tiktok trend for a fat minute Um But marty robbins kind of like helped kickstart that transition and then you come to people like conway and and uh, hank laughlin where they're talking about like actual life whether it's like oh my god, like I'm married and this woman looks beautiful and i'm thinking about cheating on my wife To like conway has this song. It's called. That's my job And when he starts out the song he's talking about him as a kid And he's like, you know, I just had a nightmare where's the first person i'm running i'm running to my dad Like i'm going to get that comfort from my father then he he grows up and he's like dad I want to go be a music artist who's going to help me if I fail out and his dad says that's my job That's what I do Everything I do I do it all for you to keep you safe with me oh well, and then And then he obviously conway makes it big like conway was huge back in the 70s and 80s And like for reference if you guys don't know who conway is, um, obviously, he's a country singer But some of his songs kind of have like frankie valley in the four seasons vibes um Yeah, yeah, i've played a couple of his songs in the truck while you were in there jovon. Um, yeah I think I've heard a few of them. They're really good but He like he's got some really good music um, one of the newer artists that that's kind of underground that I would like absolutely, you know, We could talk about kojo all day. I love cody johnson. Cody. Johnson's got one of the most impeccable voices i've ever heard ever but um Hank williams jr's son sam williams Is kind of underground right now and he just not too long ago He did a cover of his dad's song weatherman and if you haven't listened to it, I would Without a doubt recommend it like If you need one of those songs, it's going to kind of give you a reality check in your life and make you feel Some things you need to feel that is the song to listen to Because not only does he relate to like obviously it relates to people who you know Listen to country music avidly like I do But it relates to everybody because those are emotions. Everyone feels as a man You know, we we we especially in this generation and it's not just this generation it was worse than like my dad's generation or his dad's generation Kind of the just suck it up be a man and go about your business. Like just just Go on and do what a man's supposed to do He kind of really hits that and that's what hank was chasing after when he originally wrote the song and so He opens up and he's like, you know, mr. Weatherman. What's your forecast? And he says I need a major change because I can't stand no more rain Like he just starts talking about how hard it is to be a man Emotionally and how sometimes we just need that little glimpse of a blue sky and sunshine To really just push us over and make us realize. Okay life's going to be okay And Just hearing about those songs Yeah, just hearing about those songs makes me think I should have picked up country a long time ago. I know taylor you always played it for me, but I'm always going to stick there in the mud like not listening to it. So I do feel well I mean i'm the same way with rap though I'm the same way with rap though. We all heard you over Like you're like, yo, let me show you this new rap song and i'm like, nope. I'm good. No, thank you And then i'm like yo Let me show you this. Let me show you this country song. You're like That's like the best podcast though because it's about us, um Expanding our taste like hence the whole slogan. It's about us expanding our taste listening to different stuff That's like why i've been trying to get into more stuff. But um Uh, jay, if you can talk about your favorite artist, that'd be great, buddy Uh for me, um, I mean I I can I'm not gonna say it's all about me. I'm not gonna say it's all about me I can i'm not gonna say it's old school because like I mean i'm sure taylor knows that it's not really old school because there was like he was like he's talking about transitions and stuff You know between different types of countries. I mean just like how all music has grown. Um over time but some of the The main like two artists that I could say that I was like kind of like growing up on were um We're definitely tim mcgraw and lee bryce Um a little bit of carrie underwood in there. Uh, like I had mentioned in the intro Uh carrie underwood was more of my mom's side um and then my grandparents kind of got me more on my mom's side my grandparents on my mom's side got me more into um a lot a lot of like the people that you know, most people know now like Like jason aldean tim mcgraw chris young luke combs lee bryce. Um, and josh turner uh, so I kind of wanted to highlight mainly, uh, lee bryce and tim mcgraw only because these guys were people I kind of uh I kind of grew up on in a way. Um The albums that I listened to a lot from lee bryce were the um where the live like you were dying album and then Uh two lanes of freedom was another one too. And then damn country music was another good one that I listened to a lot um A song from tim mcgraw that I think everybody should go listen to for sure Um only because I mean, I don't know how recently it blew up. I know it was fairly recent when it came out um, one of my teachers actually Showed it in class. I forget who it was It might have been mrs. Powers. It might have been um, but it's called humble and kind. Uh, it might have not been her It might have been uh Yeah, that came out like four years ago Yeah, yeah, yeah, so it was it was about the time that I graduated maybe um Uh, maybe a little earlier actually because it was before It's before 2019 I think Um, but humble and kind is a beautiful song. Um it just kind of you know, it's it's one it's one of those upbeat songs where You know how to be able to um Um you know, I mean like humble and kind, you know, like Be good to people don't you know? Don't don't do certain things to people that you wouldn't want done to you Like this song is basically the golden rule like in a way where it's like treat people the way you want to be treated um uh, I I know I know I don't I just dropped in right now just to kind of say that it was a good song but um, I uh, go ahead and uh, hop in adam if you wanted to talk about it a little more Sorry, I got excited, but are you okay? You're good. Yeah No, humble and kind is a good one. Um It actually has more of like a personal touch that I wanted to more address that um My mom she was kind of the one like Whenever we go on road trips, whatever i'm always like i'm also in dj just playing whatever my stuff But um, I like to try to ask my mom like hey, give me a song Give me a random song just kind of get her taste in so she's not bored in the car I mean she likes her music, but she loves her country So one of the ones she recommended at one point was humble and kind and before we had played it she told me like This is what that's as well. Just telling us like this is kind of my song that I relate to you guys like I basically the way she hoped to have raised us and just having that decency humble kind kind of just being true to yourself and What she raised me to be so shout out mom for your listening. She doesn't listen to this i'm kidding Because I thought that was a pretty cool personal touch I could add So, thank you jay for the opportunity, sorry, of course, of course, of course, of course, um, it's I mean, it's it's always good to relate to it's always good to have music that you can relate to So I don't mind if you guys even need to like hop in me, you know um Uh another another uh artist that I was talking about right now was uh, lee bryce um What the song the album that I wanted to talk about the one that my mom had in the car was hard to love um It was probably like, you know that the album at the time I guess you can say. Um I I listen to songs like a woman like you drive your truck, you know Um, but drive your truck is insane Drive your truck was one of the ones that we also kind of related With my uncle Esteban passing because he did own a pickup truck. I can't tell you what year what model nothing like that but um Shout out to my uncle Esteban, you know, he he used to own a little ford pickup truck I think it was a ford something like that um But it was it was one of the songs that he kind of related to Um, but the one I really wanted to kind of highlight, uh off this album was that way again um that song It's like it's like it's a it's a sad song it's a sad country song but this country it's like It doesn't feel like a country song in a way because I mean like uh, like like we were talking about earlier I think before the podcast, uh, we were talking to taylor's kind of catching up with him um, he was saying that like, you know new country is like Fear and love and all that and like this one is more so like heartbreak and I think heartbreak country songs are really good. I know taylor can touch up on that a little bit more. Uh, Oh, yeah, you know more pieces. Um But uh, this song was one of those heartbreak songs it's really sad, um It's about how a husband and a wife um Like over time they just kind of drift apart in a way where uh, like And he doesn't realize it but she does um she Like in the song it literally says she's catching herself looking down at her ring every now and then Um, she doesn't want to leave him and she just wants him. She just wants to see him that way again Like he wants to she wants to see him Open doors for her. She wants to see him like be all upbeat and love her and feel her and Feel her and um she wants to be playful and he she doesn't want him to be like The kind of the kind of guy where he's like, I don't want to deal with you right now I gotta work in the morning. I'm, sorry, like just kind of like turn around in bed, you know, like So this is one of those like super heavy hitter songs. I highly recommend go to go listen to it um I kind of described it like the way it really is Um, so yeah um, i'd like to hand it over to Uh, can I touch on lee bryce for a second before we jump to to adam? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah Okay. Yeah Not to get overly personal Um, don't get me wrong. Lee bryce has a lot of amazing songs like drinking class phenomenal I drive your truck can move a grown man to tears without fail but like lee bryce wrote this song And it's called save the roses and if you haven't listened to it, I would highly recommend just Listening to the way that this man speaks about death um About eight months ago. I got diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and A couple weeks after I got diagnosed the song kind of popped up while I was driving And I was with my mom. We were on the way to a doctor's appointment um To go get some testing done And the song played And it absolutely moved me to tears and I looked at my mom and I was like mom Die like if you know like if I die Like if this cancer takes my life like this is what I want my funeral to be like I don't want you guys to be sad. I don't want you guys to be thinking. Oh, he was so young Why did he have to go? I want you guys to be happy I want you guys to go do the things we used to love doing together And that's what lee bryce talks about in that song. He's like listen like You should be fishing with a cold beer in your hand instead of missing me here Y'all should be missing me there like in in at the pond in the blind in your truck four-wheel And you shouldn't be missing me staring at my casket Go do the things that we used to love doing together, and I I don't think i've had a song Resonate with me so like so so so much Like we're all not promised tomorrow But my my chances of life are significantly slimmer than anyone else. It just it really made me sit back and realize like I haven't been appreciative of like the friends in my life the family in my life and like the things that we've done Like I have so many amazing memories and I I want those to be the things people think about And lee bryce kind of really kicked that thought in for me Um, thank you for bringing that up taylor Um All right, adam go ahead buddy, yeah, thank you taylor for sharing that personal aspect Um, of course artists I wanted to go with Um, probably pretty popular name. I'm sure most people are familiar with uh, it's gonna be blake shelton Because he's like the face of country that especially for my mom she Likes blake shelton. Don't tell her I said that but um One of the songs that I think I want to say it was this song when I Kind of first noticed that story aspect of country music uh, it's going to be austin by blake shelton, it's a It's a little song but it's uh The way they go about it. They kind of it's between him and his interest going back and forth through voicemails. So it's really interesting Take on the storytelling and it just kind of really shows The potential within like old country music and the way they went about telling the stories and It wasn't just saying how they feel. It's like You were feeling how they felt Yeah, so that was just half His side, but there's also just a really fun song. It's a play on words. It's called some beach Really funny song. It's just uh, it's a fun song. You can listen to it has like a nice little vibe to it. Um It's it's a funny song if you guys haven't heard it. I mean I recommend it. It's just Different um Just the different Feels you get during the day where you just don't want to be doing what you're normally doing you'd rather be at some beach, but There's different aspects. It's just funny. You got to hear it. He talks about going to the dentist or he They give him numbing cream in order to do a certain procedure, but they start drilling before the numbing cream takes effect So he's like some beach. I want to go out somewhere. I'd rather be anywhere from here He needs to find a parking spot as soon as he's about to park someone whips in Takes his spot and he gets upset about that too. Just wants to be away from everything. So It's a fun song. I just like that you can like be able to see the difference between oh he's telling a story about this girl and he's like, oh just making jokes about day-to-day life and Kind of making light of it saying it'll be all right. We can be somewhere else, but it'll be all right I mean, it's just fun. I don't know if you guys have heard it But um, those are probably my two favorite of his just because it kind of shows the different sides of what he can do I really it's a good song Yeah, it's a fun one, I mean you can't not have fun and kind of giggle as you're listening to it um j I know you said humble and kind that was really good call for music. But um Beside bleak shelton just to point out like a really sad song. That's really sad. But one of the sad songs I like Zach brown band goodbye in her eyes. Just really good song the emotional kind of Be able to know it's over before it's over and just kind of having that feeling Like just for me to be able to describe that it just shows how well he makes you feel it so it's cool just kind of they have very Very strong skills to make you feel what they're feeling in country. So I like that aspect of it. That's probably why The people are drawn to it. I mean You gotta have an ear for it You gotta listen to lyrics and gotta be able to Tear it apart the way that you want to in order to get the story But if you can it's some really good music. So hopefully if you want to listen to any of those for you, especially some beach It's fun. It's just a stupid song, but I recommend it jovi, I know you Don't say that you said that you don't really listen to country music. I know you had like your old Early tailors first phase like last year, but I think that's passed over now He has never passed over especially since the since the chief just won the super bowl Good call First and foremost, I will say I was not going for anybody. I was actually wanting the niners to win but Sad case sad case. I mean, I wish it was the raiders, but I know it's never going to happen Um, but yeah, I was never a an avid country listener, um I did stumble onto a few while listening to rap and stuff like that and I guess what this would be considered is what taylor told me earlier is a country pop and I guess I am Pretty into pop I guess Uh, so the first artist I want to talk about I listened to him A lot in high school and I really don't know Where I got This artist from I think he just appeared out of nowhere on my suggested I didn't have spotify at the time. I was listening to youtube Had to get all the dumb ads and then listen to the music which is pretty terrible But um, I listened to thomas rett a lot um, not a hundred percent like really knowing who he was um the first song that I listened to A lot. I think it's like one of the first country songs that I really like loved was marry me by him And um, i'm not sure if you guys have heard it I mean I have never mind beautiful. Yeah, it's pretty it's pretty popular. It's a good song. It's I mean, it's a good song Yeah um, I know it's pretty sad um I don't know. I like singing it. I like singing in general like belting all those notes out. I thought it was fun Uh that song alive along with a die. Happy man. I thought that was also a really good one I don't know. He's like the way Um, I don't know I like the romantic side of country I guess it's very um, very nice I liked it um Speaking of um romantic sides of it. I also like the artist, uh, kane brown um One of them I listened to a lot was um homesick. I listened to that a lot while I was at uh, f of state Uh, I don't know why no other song could really express how I was feeling except that song which I thought it was funny because i'm such a Mainstream rap listener that that was my go-to song for like almost a year straight. So I thought that was very ironic Yeah, thanks for that I knew it was gonna cut Um Another one from kane brown. I really like listening to was uh, thank god It's off the album different man. I like that one a lot. I think naz was the one who showed me that song and it was when I was first hopping into An awesome relationship with my wife. Uh, shout out my beautiful wife. I love you Should have been me Shut up Can we like take a minute to talk about toby keith too like Oh, yeah at some point 100 uh, honestly once i'm done with this, uh last part Take the floor because the last artist i'm going to talk about i'm pretty sure everyone knows them I mean life is a highway is a banger because of cars and that's the only reason why I know them why I listen to them Um, rascal flats. I love I love them. Obviously. They're such a fun band but um the two songs I listen to them the most Uh is one of their um, it's off their christmas ep It's a i'll be home for christmas Uh, I know it's a classic like christmas song obviously, but I like the way, um, they sing it I don't know. I like it better than anybody else did and so it's my go-to when christmas time comes around I think it's really nice and beautifully sung And then obviously this one everyone knows it what hurts the most is a banger. I've listened to that song so many times And I can't count how many times i've sung that Drunk in the trunk with taylor what hurts the most just belting that out. Am I right taylor? Dude the amount of times that we sat in my six Blasted what hurts the most and scream cried to that song is insane Like the the absolute heartbreaks we went through from ages of like 16 to 21 It was wild Yeah, and jay was it was just kind of their third wheeling or sadness for no reason But um jay, I know you wanted to talk about uh rascal flats and then um from there we'll talk about toby keith So uh jay go ahead and take it away Um, I actually wanted to highlight a song from rascal flats. I'm glad you guys brought him up Uh, he they they were a group that actually were in the movie. Um For hannah montana Um, they it's it's a beautiful song I actually didn't know it was in the movie until I heard it again And then marlene kind of mentioned it to me like oh, yeah, this is the song that was in Yeah And it's uh, it's it's blessed the broken road. Uh, it's a love song beautiful beautiful love song Um, I love it so much. I can sing every word for it. I remember Uh, I remember always like like singing the song This is one of the songs that I kind of listen to In the car like I know marlene doesn't like country but this is one of those ones that like I think about her too a lot um, it talks about like how like as a Like like you go through a lot of like relationship problems in the past and stuff like that and you know all these little like sharp turns heavy or bumpy roads and um, Kind of like a kind of broken road, you know You go through that whole broken road that whole path just to get to Where you were meant to be with so it's like The whole line god bless the broken road that led me straight to you like that type of Like that's just literally what what it says and so I always think about marlene when I hear this song So it's a nice little nice little touch on I love this song a lot. But yeah, um Go ahead and pass it over to taylor for the whole toby keith part of our podcast You I don't take it away Hey, i'm not sure if you're muted or not No, my mic was just being stupid. Okay. So like I said Well, oh I was saying but apparently my mic wasn't working Everyone's heard a toby keith song whether it's courtesy of the red white and blue. It's a red solo cup like he's got Some amazing songs but one of the ones that I want to touch on that Kind of really resonates obviously courtesy of the red white and blue resonates with me. It got played at my basic graduation but another one I want to talk about is american soldier because like Yes, it's one of his popular ish songs but it resonates with me so well because it talks about like the life of a service member and what it's actually like like what it's like to live that life and he like Paints the picture so well But overall as an artist toby keith was just he was phenomenal Um, he wrote some absolutely outstanding music. He was a stand-up guy um And a lot of his songs are super catchy I mean there there are so many different toby keith songs I could sit here and talk about for hours on end talking about you know How great his music was how this song hit during this part of my life or how this song resonated with? This part of my life But as an artist in general, he will forever be one of the greats Like yes, obviously when you talk about country music like george straight allen jackson conway keith whitley Like those are names that are commonly talked about and so is tim mcgraw like tim mcgraw is forever going to be one of the greats But toby keith is up there like he's definitely in my top 10 favorite country artists ever And you can't he's irreplaceable he's got a very unique voice he's got a very unique range um He's just he's a great overall artist and it's unfortunate that he passed away Um, but it's not like he's going to go unremembered because like I said, his music is unforgettable. He's one of a kind Yeah, um, I actually wanted to bring up a song by him that I I mean you you already said it taylor once uh, but the song red solo cup uh, I remember my my whole family on my dad's side is all mexican They're all they're all straight like mexican and I remember how that song was written Red solo cup. No, actually. Yeah somebody bet toby keith that he Couldn't write a song about anything sitting in a studio and toby keith said all right pick something out And they pointed at a red solo cup and he wrote red solo cup That's amazing Uh, but I I was like I was saying with the whole uh, you know, my whole family's mexican, you know and it's not saying that like mexicans can't listen to country either because a lot of us also grew up out in the country doing field work and working on farms and stuff so um you know going into that my I remember being at a party with my uncle mike and my aunt sonia, uh so shabbat to them, uh and I remember I remember like Coming downstairs after playing like some video games with christian or play with his toys or some shit. Um and I remember hearing that song and I was like country in this house. Like I was surprised And then I remembered mike is also white So so it kind of it kind of went well, love you mike, um, uh, but it was uh, It was it was it was kind of like a like a funny thing to me that like to be able to hear that so it's it was kind of cool to know that like certain genres of music aren't just for certain people like Anybody can like country anybody can like rap anybody can like hip-hop, you know that kind of That whole deal but yeah, it's just it's just a nice little memory. I wanted to bring up Um Speaking of like country music we kind of listened to growing up. Do you remember jovon? Going to the ag show with uncle paul and amos and we were in the back seat of the fj And big green tractor came on and amos about had a spasm and then all three of us were just laughing and singing it And paul looked like he wanted to just absolutely off himself Bro, it was so bad. We're like all piled in this tiny fj. We're like probably 12 years old And jason aldean's big green tractor comes on And the three of us kids are just having the time of our life, you know mine in our business Oh my goodness I know we have all kinds of custom I know we have all kinds of custom Oh, I know I mean there we have some interesting memories to country music for sure I mean You know from us driving through parlier to fowler fowler to parlier and me being like hey listen to this new song or like Listen to this upchurch song. You just dropped or this remix or hey, look jelly roll. Just I When you save me And I was like listen bro, like you need to listen to this song like it is going to resonate Like resonate with you like crazy and I remember sitting in my truck And we listened to save me and i'm trying to remember the other jelly roll song off the top of my head and I can't But we listened to those two and you kind of just looked at me and you were like, dude That hit me like a freight train and I can remember the both of us were tearing up And we were parked outside your house and like there's just we have so many amazing memories where country music kind of brought Not only to light like our emotions, but like created core memories for us Like I know country has never been a big thing for you But like for me it has and I know there's been those instances where i'm like john just trust me and listen to this song No, that's just putting facts right there, um, so many freaking memories to country music it's insane. Um, Uh taylor, I know you know this song and Um, it's obviously like, you know, very near and dear to you know, um my family You know, um my family but uh, tennessee whiskey because my uncle would always listen to that. Oh, I know listen to it all the time You know what's crazy too is like that that song itself is just if you really sit down and listen to the lyrics that That are put out. It's just it's so deep like the way chris stapleton is describing that love is insane A hundred percent. Um something that I kind of wanted to uh, Uh something that I kind of wanted to bring up was um Was just kind of like a little memory that I had with uh, With taylor was talking about memories and stuff like with music, but I figured oh boy Then i'll make a reference to something that I talked about in our nostalgia episode What where I said fun fact we almost died we were all in taylor's truck, uh cameron No, yeah, um, we were with cam so shout out cam, um, it was all of us and we were listening to freaky friday by um And They were going let's go mudding guys, let's go mudding and I was like, all right, fuck it Let's figure out what this money shit is. And so we went we were driving around Um fowler area like out in the country And it had just rained and so there was mud on the side of the road Taylor was like let's do it. And so we hit it and when we when I tell you that we almost fucking died We almost toppled over the car and fucking died. Okay For reference ladies and gentlemen for reference. I was driving a cab and a half long bed six. Oh diesel Okay And we hit this mud and don't get me wrong. I had great tires on my truck like I was running 37 37 inch ats like I then they were thick so like there's no reason we should have bled at all And we hit the rut and all of a sudden the truck starts spinning out and the ass end of the truck is just fish Tailing and I was like, oh great So here I am trying to cut steering and get this truck back online We do a full 180 have no idea in the world how we didn't flip And when we had stopped my driver door was like not even a foot and a half from a tree in an orchard But we should have died and What made it even funnier was like i'm looking in the rearview mirror and I can see jay and cam in the back seat And jay is like grasping for dear life on every oh shit handle he can find And has a seat belt on and then there's just jay In the passenger side back seat no seat belt No care in the world has accepted his fate and he's ready to die And jovon just starts screaming in the front grabbing every oh shit handle he can see And i'm just casually like super calm and quiet steering the truck in every which direction I can figure out how to get it back on the road It was funny because it was To to panic and screaming and cameron was in the back just looking at us like you know what? I was ready for what's about to happen. I'm not gonna shit you guys I was ready for it Cam literally looked at us and was like I was ready to die and all of us were like what? Like I remember I was like holding on I looked at taylor and taylor was like in full concentration mode Like ready to correct the correct the fucking truck. I look at joey fucking swinging his little ass like in the front seat I look at him the blankest expression on his face and I was like, were you not scared? She's like, no, I was ready. I was like But see and like we were letting her eat man like my turbo was screaming that truck was hauling We were having a great time until we weren't And then we have the bright idea We have the bright idea to go sit at the fowler park after and all of us were like we almost just died We we could have died right now. That's crazy. And I kid you not jay If jovon and I are together in a vehicle on a friday and freaky friday comes We change it because we're like nope not dying today. That is not a thing Yeah traumatizing Oh, man, that was crazy Every time I hear that song, I just think back to holding on for dear life looking at my window and thinking, you know What this is this is it? I was like, holy shit bro, we were like literally right outside of your house at the time to like We weren't even like 500 feet from the driveway Oh, that was so bad I think the world was just playing with us like hey, watch this No, it was just my redneck stupidity be so for real But um With everything with all that. Um, we don't have much time left. I do want to talk about um any new music that's You know come out recently And um, you know the usher album just recently dropped along with his uh, simple half-time show that we all got to watch last night Um jay, I know you're like the biggest usher fan. There is so go ahead and talk about that That is father that is that is dad fun fact Me me and natalie and adela shout out them uh, we used to think that that my dad was always usher because I mean not to like brag or anything But like my dad is like he he can sing pretty well And when he sings he sounds like usher and it's kind of scary Yeah But uh Watching watching the halftime show last night was fucking awesome my whole childhood my whole Oh, I got a bunch of nostalgia a bunch of chills. I was I I kind of I called alicia keys. I called Um ludicrous and I called little john. I wasn't expecting will.i.am or uh, jermaine deprey deprey. I think that's how you say his name um All of us was really hoping for justin bieber including marlene. I know me and her were kind of disappointed with that. I was expecting to see I know I was expecting to see like a A re a redo of the of the oh my god dancing they did or for them to even dance to uh, To somebody's love like I think that would have been an awesome. But overall in my opinion Obviously because i'm an usher dick writer Yeah, I did I did um, I have a cologne too i'm not gonna Like literally it's it's a black bottle and it says usher on it. Um um Oh, yeah, but it's uh all around. I thought it was a amazing amazing superbowl halftime show and incorporated all of his music Uh that I liked growing up. Um Uh, I I was happy to also see her on stage as well. Uh, marlene had told me that she went to a coldplay concert and she seen Uh her open up for coldplay and she was saying that her was so talented that she was playing the drums She was doing everything every instrument basically and so I was like that's awesome to see her kind of do that on stage Like in front of everybody, you know for me at least for the first time because that was my first time seeing her actually played Instruments. I was like, yeah, i'm the girl talented, you know um So along with the halftime show, he also dropped his album coming home Like I said, i'm the biggest usher fan and I fucking hate that I had to say this but there was not that many good songs on there um I I feel so bad saying that but I will highlight the ones that were really good that are worth listening to. Um I also kind of want to squeeze in here, too Um, we have a playlist on spotify. Um, i'm not sure if jovi's been kind of updating or putting together the apple playlist But we have a some spotify that's connected to our podcast. Uh, so actually real quick quick tutorial also as well Um, if you go to our podcast page on spotify and you hit more like this Um, there's a there's a playlist that's called jaj podcast name drops and all of our music from every episode that we've mentioned Or not every episode that we mentioned but every episode that we mentioned like together with every drop that we named drop or reference Um, it's going to be in this podcast and in this playlist. I mean, sorry um so if you guys want to go ahead and give that a follow and that way you guys can kind of Expand your taste as well a little plug there. Um But a song from the coming home album that I wanted to highlight was uh That that he didn't release as a single because he did release standing next to you with junk junk cook um Fire song risk it all was one that I mentioned earlier, too the first episode Uh, good good with um with summer walker and 21 savage were also really good ones that he released those were all Singles that he released before this album But the the number one song that I loved on this one that brought me back to old usher feeling was one of them ones Uh, go ahead and give it a listen. I thought it was amazing Uh, but yeah, um, I know that kanye also dropped as well Um, so I know jovi's the biggest kanye fan here. So go ahead and hop on that jovi All right. Um As kanye fans know it's been a hot minute since kanye has dropped the last album he dropped was donda and um, we all know that This is the tricky part of it being a kanye fan. We know he says some Pretty dumb stuff. So i'm gonna Be the first to lay it out. I'm gonna say like I support the music But not entirely everything he says. Um, I do stand up for what he stands for though. I mean, um the positivity stuff and um If you're a kong a fan, you're a fan of yourself Um the self-motivation I get it, but he did drop his very anticipated album for vultures And it's just like the first edition of it. He's gonna be dropping three. So he has two more to go um, honestly, I Enjoyed this album. I mean I was up like at 3 a.m. Listening to it because it took him forever to drop it um the whole thing with album music I had a I had to get a two month little free subscription for it just to listen to the album, but you know, it was worth it but Ah, man, it was just such an experience listening to it. Um getting to see his listening party as well was pretty cool And uh, it finally dropped after like months and months of anticipation and like delays and stuff like that It finally was put out to us um, so i'm going to talk about like the songs that I really liked from it and that the songs that I enjoyed and felt like it was like I don't want to say old school. Kanye because I don't think we're going to get that anytime soon, but Just kong a songs that I like to listen to in general Um, I really love the first song of the album stars. I think it was a great opening felt very um Transitional into what he was going from donda into vultures is very um a big transition and you know, very different flow um Another one. I liked a different vibe for kong. He was burned. I like the transition of beats into that right there It was very very fun um Kind of sounded like old school kong a for a minute because you could tell he was just having fun on the beat and everything We tied all the sign. I thought it was you know Just it felt good to hear kong having fun for once instead of like pushing out music and then um another one I liked was um paperwork that was just a fun song and then um good don't die, which kong a kind of Dives into his emotional side and it was kind of cool to hear that because we really haven't heard Kong a talk about his issues and stuff like that I mean we all know he has them But it was cool to hear him actually talk about it and how he's feeling and stuff like that But I thought it was really cool. Um Adam i'm not sure if you gave it a listen, but um if you did, uh, did you have any songs you liked on there? I didn't listen to too many. I just kind of listened to the ones that you recommended to me um, but burn was for sure a fun one, I mean it was a faster beat and kind of just some like Sing along with you. I mean it sounded like they were just having fun So that was the vibe I got from that one. Um, thank you for sending that to me, by the way. Thank you um I haven't really listened to usher's new album. Um, just whatever jay sent me. He also sent me a few of them um, he does have a fun vibe I know jay said he was a little disappointed with what he came out with or with like the majority not majority, but There could have been some more The majority i'm sorry Sorry But a superbowl show that was very fun to watch, um I was watching at work. Um, I was playing it from my phone and I had it there for my co-workers to watch I had to keep going back and forth between commercials to charge it. I was like six percent the whole game We made it work. So, um, I know jay he did find a few songs from usher And so i'm glad you found that um, joey you've been waiting forever for a new county album So i'm glad you got what you were looking for So yeah, i'm glad you guys got your update music Yeah As far as new country albums kojo just recently dropped an album and when I tell you that album is like Probably his best yet It's amazing. If you like listening to cody johnson, I 100 would go listen to his new album. It's beautiful Dirt cheap absolutely is my favorite song on that album. It hits so hard and like I said earlier in the podcast Mm Sam williams super underground newer and uppercoming artist. His dad was hank williams jr Give the man a listen like he's been around for a minute, but he's still kind of like not heard of um I know after I started listening to him and I was put on by one of my friends I started sending friends back home and they were like yo like this dude's got an amazing voice um but Yeah, I mean That's that's really it as far as new country albums to be honest the new kojo album is the only one really worth listening to Yeah, I wanted to highlight another drop as well. Uh, beyonce actually dropped two songs after the super bowl They're both country songs, which is kind of crazy Now you don't really expect her to kind of delve into them Uh, one of them is called 16 carriages and then the other one is called Uh, I think texas hold on something like that um Uh another artist who is coming out soon as well. I know Taylor also mentioned that yeah, I was called texas hold them. Um, taylor also mentioned that post malone is dropping a country album soon um That i'm really excited for uh, i've i've heard him cover a bunch of country songs beautiful voice, you know, he has Yes, he's such a good like, um, what's what's the word? He has like a really raspy and versatile voice Yeah, that's what I was gonna say versatile um Go ahead my fault Um his cover of i'm gonna miss her by brad paisley was literally insane like the day post malone drops his country album I I will be mia blasting it not gonna lie Did you guys see when post malone did devil in disguise Oh, yeah, it was beautiful beautiful cover That was awesome um another Oh, sorry. Sorry. I'm glad you know. No, you're good. Sorry, jay Um, I don't know if you guys caught the america the beautiful the a7 before superbowl. I didn't see it because I missed the beginning But oh, I did Yeah, I caught it. It was gorgeous Oh, and he showed up in a bolo a turquoise bolo tie man was like listen i'm from texas i'm fixing to rep Yeah, he's cool that he's from texas Bro that man is as conservative as they come if you look at his instagram feed It's nothing but him out in the sticks with his firearms. Just having a heyday Looks like he's fun to hang out with especially since he's like the main like representative of like bud light now So it looks like he's just a fun guy to grab a beer with honestly As long as he's not drinking bud light i'll be fine Um Another artist I wanted to kind of highlight as well Um who is coming out with a country album too? Well, it's rumor right now. I don't know if it's confirmed Um, but lana del rey. I know a lot of lana fans are out there um, she's coming out the whole country album And you know, i'm pretty excited. She just covered uh country roads. Take me home um I'm, i'm pretty excited. I actually really like the cover a lot And i'm excited to hear more and more from her in terms of country because I feel like her voice will suit it Uh, so yeah, i'm pretty excited about that I mean, I don't think i'm really waiting on any artists dropping right now as of lately. Well, there's one and I think I think uh one person here in particular is waiting on the album as well. The next orange county album Adam do you think we're gonna get that anytime soon? Uh this year for sure, but I don't know how soon we should be expecting it he's been like dropping like little teasers like little clips of songs so far, but Nothing full yet Well, i'm just waiting on that i'm really excited for it Oh, yeah, we're gonna be really excited about that. I know jay's gonna jump on that one, too I am Hopefully soon But as of other artists shopping, I don't know if there's any more I think there might I mean there's so much speculation For a default album, but I know this year. I don't know. Sorry I don't know exactly when but I know sometime this year. Um, I think khalid is planning on dropping a new album as well That's exciting So that's pretty cool. We haven't gotten much from him Um, this his last album was okay But I mean the stuff we listened to in high school is what i'm looking for young dunvinberg location So maybe he'll get back to that a little bit. Oh, yeah But I think this might be a good spot for us to call it. How do you guys feel? Pretty good. Uh, it's been it's been an hour. So I want to say it's pretty good time. Oh damn Yeah, we're nice. Bye Yeah, I think we're good Yeah, so go ahead joey give your give it the outro Um before I do my little show and stuff first and foremost, I want to thank our first guest on this podcast it was Great to have you taylor. I'm happy you were able to Hop on and I know you're one of our like biggest supporters because you always call me after you listen to an episode So it's it's nice to know that you're supporting us. So I thank you a lot for that before I do my little outro So thank you taylor. Oh, yeah, of course, bro I mean, you know i'm always going to support my boys like as soon as I found out you guys were doing a podcast I was all over that shit I mean, I literally made papa listen to it on the way to the golf course like when he was out here visiting Like the entire way to power ranch. The only thing we listened to was the podcast Thank you taylor, of course But uh, yeah, yeah, I think um I'll go ahead I was gonna say it's uh, it was awesome to have you on say and give you kind of like Expertise in country. I'm glad that it was you out of all people because I know you and I love you dearly. So I'm Uh, i'm hoping that you know everything's going well as well medically, um, I hope to Uh, see you get better and i'm going to keep you in my prayers constantly Hey, thanks, man. I'm i'm doing my best and it was like I said, it was a pleasure to be on guys We all know taylor loves country music. So I mean Would be a better option to ask But all righty, I think with that we'll go ahead and Exit out of here. Um, so with that i've been jovi i've been adam I've been jay and i've been taylor All right, thank you guys for listening this has been jay jay podcast and we are done Good night guys. Thank you. Thank you. Y'all. Take care