1 00:00:07,679 --> 00:00:18,679 You're listening to double humin h command God, don't get so greenly matself. 2 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,679 Welcome everybody, Happy Monday. Here we go. It is Matt Connorton Unleashed 3 00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:02,439 and we are live from the studios of w h ninety five point three FM 4 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:07,280 and Glorious Downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, also on Comcast Channel six if you're 5 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,840 in Manchester, and hello to all of our online listeners across the nation and 6 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:12,719 around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connorton dot com for 7 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:17,079 all of your live streaming options, social media links, contact info, show 8 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:21,319 archives, et cetera, et cetera. Today is Monday, October twenty third, 9 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:36,239 twenty twenty three, and I am not alone. Jenny Jenny is here 10 00:01:36,239 --> 00:01:40,959 at the news desk, resident accounted for. Yes, Welcome everybody, and 11 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:42,640 we do have a great musical guest too coming up in the second hour. 12 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:47,319 We're going to be joined by Dakota Smart. In fact, that song you 13 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:52,120 just heard right before the intro music was the greatest thing you've never seen. 14 00:01:52,599 --> 00:01:56,799 And he's got a bunch of brand new stuff that has not been heard anywhere, 15 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,560 some new tracks that are not even released yet that he's in sharing with 16 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,480 us. Uh when he joins us in the second hour, So looking forward 17 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:07,439 to that very talented uh, very talented young man. 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Uh, we should say he loo it everybody 27 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:46,599 in the Facebook live chat, I see Miriam Bannis s joins us and says 28 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,360 good afternoon, Happy Monday, Happy Monday to you. Marian Jenny, of 29 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,400 course you're in there and say she'll own peeps. And as you also uh 30 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:00,919 pointed out, uh, you and I can no longer share the Facebook feed 31 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:07,439 out on the Facebook's Facebook is being very difficult about that. They accuse us 32 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:12,479 of spam, when in fact it's our show sharing it out to our pages. 33 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,759 It is my own page. Yeah, I can't share it out to 34 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,919 my own page, and it's my name. I did get it on my 35 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,319 own page. I typed in some stuff and then pasted the address, and 36 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:29,199 it does look like it's on my page. Oh, in this moment, 37 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:34,000 okay, in this moment, but I'm a bit a bit worried about trying 38 00:03:34,039 --> 00:03:37,879 to share it anywhere else. Yeah, it's very strange. We have taken 39 00:03:37,919 --> 00:03:40,240 your posts down. It was so bad we couldn't show it. The screen 40 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,199 is blacked out. We can't play this literally said that. Yeah, it 41 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:50,639 did very weird, Yes, very weird. Jfed says, I think I 42 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,680 shared them in the group. Thank you, Jfed appreciate that. Thank you, 43 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:58,120 darling. Yes, yes, but yes, if you are listening to 44 00:03:58,199 --> 00:04:00,080 us on the Facebook, if you'd like to share out the show, feel 45 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:05,159 free because we cannot. But that's all right. Hey, we got something 46 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:12,319 very special for you. Though me I'm going to know for the audience because 47 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:15,240 they've been deprived. It's been a long time since I've done this, been 48 00:04:15,279 --> 00:04:19,639 a decade today on the show. No, it has not been a decade, 49 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:26,079 but it's been a little while. Today on the show, Yeah, 50 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:33,319 I'm going to be performing something. Yeah, And well, here, let 51 00:04:33,319 --> 00:04:39,480 me give you a little We'll give you some context first. So a letter 52 00:04:39,519 --> 00:04:46,680 has been written by a Congressman from the Great State of California, representing California, 53 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,959 a United States Congressman named Tom McClintock. Now, I probably disagree with 54 00:04:53,439 --> 00:04:58,639 Congressman mcclintalk on a variety of things. I don't know that much about his 55 00:04:58,759 --> 00:05:01,920 voting record or anything. Per se. I don't know that much about him. 56 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,120 I've always been aware of him because mcclintalk is a name. You hear 57 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:13,079 it and it sticks with you. But uh, but I I did not 58 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,040 know that. Well, let's let me put it this way. I never 59 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:21,519 imagined that I would be doing what I'm about to do with anything that he 60 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:30,800 himself produced. But where'd that article go? So? Who he? Who 61 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:35,839 he? McClintock. This is from Newsweek. This will explain what's what we're 62 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:42,560 about to do, it says Republican mocks Matt Gates. McCartney critics McCarthy. 63 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,519 I keep doing that. I don't know why. In a super snarky letter, 64 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,519 Sky. You probably already know where this is going, says here. 65 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:59,680 Representative Tom McClintock, Republican of California, allegedly penned a super snarky letter that 66 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,879 my Florida Republican Matt Gates and other representatives critical a former House speaker, Kevin 67 00:06:03,959 --> 00:06:10,160 McCarthy. McLintock is reported to have addressed the Republican lawmakers, most prominent of 68 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:15,839 which was Gates, and sarcastically congratulated them. McCarthy was removed from his position. 69 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:18,399 Okay, we know all about that. We've been talking about that quite 70 00:06:18,399 --> 00:06:26,519 a bit on the show weeks. Yes, yes, and uh, I'm 71 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,319 going to now I have the letter here. Are you're going to do what 72 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,600 I think you're going to do? Oh? Yes? Oh? Scott Robinson 73 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,680 in the chat room says, I feel a dramatic reading, or maybe a 74 00:06:36,759 --> 00:06:42,399 reading with some smooth jazz. Yes, oh no, this one requires no 75 00:06:42,759 --> 00:06:47,319 smooth jazz for this. But you are right, Scott, because I'm dying 76 00:06:47,399 --> 00:06:49,759 to share this letter with all of you. It is. It is quite 77 00:06:50,079 --> 00:06:58,199 quite a work of art that Congressman mcclintocks has put together here. But anybody 78 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,680 could just any radio hosts could just read the letter. But no, you 79 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:05,519 deserve you demand. I mean you might not know it, but you demand 80 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:14,480 one of my world famous dramatic readings. You're using your hypnotic powers over that 81 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,839 microphone, aren't you. Yes, Miriam Banish says, I do love the 82 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:23,879 dramatic readings, don't you all, Miriam? Don't you all? Now this? 83 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:29,160 Uh the reason this requires a dramatic reading is the it is prepare for 84 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,879 maximum sarcasm in this letter. Uh. It is so acid tongued. I 85 00:07:33,959 --> 00:07:39,079 will probably have a canker saur on my tongue just from reading this aloud. 86 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,879 Oh my, But I will not be reading it. I will not be 87 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:46,639 merely reading it. I will be performing it for all of you. Yes, 88 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,920 well, now, so this is this is really something? Are you 89 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,199 going to take your shirt off? No, that would be strange, but 90 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,480 it would be a performance. Uh, not the kind anyone wants to see. 91 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,839 I do have body hair now this So this is dated October twenty first, 92 00:08:03,079 --> 00:08:07,519 twenty twenty three. It is on the Official Congress of the United States 93 00:08:07,519 --> 00:08:13,839 House of Representatives, Washington, d C. Stationery, and it is addressed 94 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:20,160 too the Honorable Andy Biggs ken Buck, Tim Burchett, Eli Crane, Matt 95 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:26,000 Gates, Bob Good, Nancy Mace, and Matt Rosendale, sometimes referred to 96 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,040 as the Crazy eight. Oh. Ronda Faverro joins us in the Facebook live 97 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,200 chat, of course, from the great state of California. Ronda, I'm 98 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,120 glad you're joining us, because I am about to perform a dramatic reading of 99 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:43,200 the letter, the open letter written by Congressman Tom McLintock from your home state. 100 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,200 Yeah, to Matt Gates and others. And this is good stuff. 101 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,919 Okay, you ready, m laid on me? All right? Here we 102 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:58,399 go. Okay, dear wayward colleagues, your letter of October twenty, in 103 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:03,759 which you graciously offer to martyr yourselves as long as you can get your way, 104 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:11,919 is perhaps the most selfless act in American history. I was certain that 105 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:18,960 our Republican colleagues who refused to vote with the Republican majority would have been inspired 106 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:26,799 by your stirring example of party discipline and loyalty to quote vote with the team, 107 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:33,480 as you so eloquently phrased it. I was frankly stunned when they did 108 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:39,919 not. I do not understand why a handful of our Republicans couldn't see the 109 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:46,120 simple fairness of the principle to which you have been so unswerving in your devotion. 110 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:52,799 Heads I win, tails, you lose. We should have been moved 111 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:58,600 by your willingness to suffer censure, suspension, or removal from the conference to 112 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:07,159 enforce your personal press diferences on the overwhelming majority of your unenlightened colleagues. We 113 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:13,600 should have appreciated how you and two hundred and six House Democrats saved us from 114 00:10:13,639 --> 00:10:22,600 a Republican speaker. We truly don't deserve you, but your sacrifice is not 115 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:31,480 in vain. You have succeeded in replacing the outdated concept of majority rule with 116 00:10:31,519 --> 00:10:37,000 an exciting news standard that a speaker must be elected by ninety eight point two 117 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:45,879 percent of the Republican Conference. Sunday a Messiah will be born unto us who 118 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:52,559 can achieve this miraculous threshold, And on that day your judgment will be vindicated 119 00:10:54,360 --> 00:11:01,679 and you will be hailed as the geniuses that you are. I think we 120 00:11:01,799 --> 00:11:09,679 are all truly humbled to learn that your quote fidelity to Republican virtues and principles 121 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:18,000 remains unwavering. Who could not be moved to tears to read that you offer 122 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:24,200 your self sacrifice. Quote sincerely and with the hope of unity with purpose. 123 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:31,799 With this in mind, I modestly suggest that you plan your martyrdom in the 124 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:37,080 only way that truly matters, to have the wisdom to see the damage you 125 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,440 have done to our country, and to have the courage to set things right 126 00:11:39,519 --> 00:11:46,559 before it is too late. I'd close a proposed resolution that perhaps one of 127 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:52,519 you can offer as we begin the fourth week of national paralysis and as the 128 00:11:52,559 --> 00:12:05,960 world burns around us. Signed your secret admirer, Tom McClintock. Oh my, 129 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:15,120 I'm so emotionable. Just marvelous dollars, babless bugglers. Thank you, 130 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:20,919 well done, We thank you, oh, thank you all. Wow, 131 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:26,039 this is we are all blown away by your brilliant ye broke, I appreciate 132 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,799 it. Yes, so that was uh and I have a canker now I 133 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,279 can feel it on my tongue. It was that acid tongue sarcasm in that 134 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,480 letter. But there you go where it is. That was Tom McClintock's letter. 135 00:12:37,759 --> 00:12:41,320 By the way, my favorite, just I have to point out my 136 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:48,720 favorite part of this whole thing is when he says you have succeeded in replacing 137 00:12:48,759 --> 00:12:52,840 the outdated concept of majority rule with an exciting news standard that a speaker must 138 00:12:52,879 --> 00:12:56,679 be elected by ninety eight point two percent of the Republican Conference. Someday a 139 00:12:56,799 --> 00:13:03,720 messiah will be born unto us who can can achieve this miraculous threshold. I 140 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,000 just I love that. I love that. So there you go. That 141 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:11,360 is Tom McClintock's I'm sorry, Congressman Tom McLintock, the honorable Tom McClintock from 142 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:16,960 the great state of California, whom has earned a new level of respect from 143 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,559 yours truly because honestly, prior to this I I've really paid that much attention 144 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,840 to him. Carol's the Warwitz joins us in the chat and says happy Monday. 145 00:13:26,799 --> 00:13:31,360 Hello Carol, Hello Darling, nice to see you now. Ronda Hi, 146 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,200 Yes, yes, Rondo favero fur se here here here here, yes, 147 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:41,200 yes, slatting your brilliance, thank you. Yes, yes. And 148 00:13:41,279 --> 00:13:46,519 if you don't know today, as of now, I think they're voting, 149 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,320 they're not voting until tonight, right for some reason. Yeah, So they're 150 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:56,279 going to get together to night behind closed doors and discuss nine different candidates. 151 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,960 Now, these people can't find their way out of a paper bag with only 152 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:05,639 two candidates. How the heck are they gonna narrow down nine before they actually 153 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:11,159 plunge this nation back into the nineteen twenties. Well, I mean, hey, 154 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,879 look at we're twenty nine days away from the government shutting down, so 155 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,840 there's that. Sure, then we'll default, So that'll happen. Oh, 156 00:14:18,879 --> 00:14:24,120 that's a little more ways off. Fortunately, the defaultry troops stationed around the 157 00:14:24,159 --> 00:14:28,440 world, aircraft carriers being repositioned, and we're gonna stop paying them in twenty 158 00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:31,600 nine days. Because Congress can't get out of their own way to do anything. 159 00:14:33,279 --> 00:14:35,960 We sent them there to do the people's work, which they haven't done 160 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,720 for over two weeks. They're too busy with their egos. More than two 161 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,320 weeks. I think we're in day twenty. If I'm not mistaken, I 162 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,039 think you're right. Yeah, yeah, Day twenty of just nothing. A 163 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,559 paralyzed legislative branch of our government for the first time in our comedy, who 164 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:56,879 said that the world is burning around us, because it's true, it is 165 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,559 well, and we're doing what we got. Egos arguing behind closed doors, 166 00:15:01,559 --> 00:15:05,759 that's what we've got. And they want to rule the country but they can't 167 00:15:05,879 --> 00:15:11,559 even handle Congress. Yeah, yeah, only one house. Can you imagine 168 00:15:11,559 --> 00:15:16,639 if they had control over both of them? Jeez, Scott Robinson says, 169 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:20,840 why rush it? No need for rash decisions, That's right. Nothing major 170 00:15:20,879 --> 00:15:24,399 going on in the world, No, nothing we need to take care of. 171 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:28,440 Oh, we're just cruising along. Oh and by the way, seven 172 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:33,039 of the nine Republicans, seven of nine, I feel like that's a Star 173 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:39,360 Trek reference. It is seven of nine running for speaker are election deniers. 174 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:45,240 They voted to not certify the election of President Biden. Or at that point, 175 00:15:46,159 --> 00:15:50,440 are any of them eating and embedding of the insurrectionists, you know, 176 00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:52,240 like Jordan? Well, I think that, Yeah, I think that was 177 00:15:52,279 --> 00:15:58,080 more of a Jim Jordan thing. None of these other well, I don't 178 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,080 know. It says here now, this is from media. Seven of the 179 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:06,039 nine House Republicans who have put forward their names for speaker are election deniers. 180 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:10,559 One of the many signs of the pervasive influence former President Donald Trump wields over 181 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:15,360 the party. The slim majority Republicans have in the House has led to an 182 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,840 ongoing struggle for power, as hardliners like Matt Gates demanded concessions from Kevin McCarthy 183 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,799 before they finally let him claim the Davil on the fifteenth round of voting, 184 00:16:23,039 --> 00:16:27,080 only to oust him mere months later. Since then, the House GOP caucus 185 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,759 this is a good refresher for anyone who's not caught up. Since then, 186 00:16:30,759 --> 00:16:37,080 the OUGOP caucus has done its best impression of raging dumpster fire, with Representative 187 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:41,039 Jim Jordan being the latest flop in his run for Speaker, failing in count 188 00:16:41,039 --> 00:16:45,679 on one, two, three consecutive floor votes and losing support each round. 189 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:49,559 As fellow Republicans denounced these strong arm tactics from Jordan, allies before I closed 190 00:16:49,559 --> 00:16:55,000 door caucus vote ordered him to stop trying to make fetch happen. That's not 191 00:16:55,039 --> 00:16:57,519 an expression I'm aware of, but it's in the article make fetch happen. 192 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:06,000 Republican House members have been unfiltered in their anger and frustration about the festering debacle 193 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:12,400 their own GOP colleagues created, and polls show even GOP primary voters don't approve. 194 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:21,839 There's been some chatter about reinstalling McCarthy or granting Speaker pro Tem Patrick McHenry, 195 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,839 Republican of North Carolina, some additional powers to allow the House to function, 196 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,640 but right now the next step will be a candidate forum held at six 197 00:17:29,799 --> 00:17:34,279 thirty tonight, followed by what is expected to be multiple rounds of votes tomorrow, 198 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:40,359 with the lowest vote getter being dropped each round until one man is left 199 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:44,720 standing. By the way, the Patrick McHenry thing, I thought that was 200 00:17:44,759 --> 00:17:48,720 a good idea, that one, But as I was mentioning on the show 201 00:17:48,759 --> 00:17:52,200 on Friday, for those who don't know, there's a there's a pretty major 202 00:17:52,279 --> 00:17:56,680 roadblock to making that happen. There's a catch twenty two here that I just 203 00:17:56,799 --> 00:18:00,359 learned about last week. Oh, I don't know this that well. It's 204 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,039 funny. It's one of those things that it once he realized it, it 205 00:18:03,039 --> 00:18:07,119 seems obvious. But until someone mentioned it, it had never occurred to me. 206 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:14,000 So the idea that was being floated around was give Patrick McHenry the speaker 207 00:18:14,039 --> 00:18:15,880 ProTem who apparently got to be that because he was on a list, a 208 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,720 secret list that Kevin McCarthy a had about who would step in if anything happened 209 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,039 to early. Before you say what you're gonna say, I just want to 210 00:18:22,039 --> 00:18:26,359 spit this out to see if I'm close or not. I'm blaming it on 211 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:36,400 ego because Jordan was backing the idea of empowering empowering Patrick McHenry with more powers 212 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,720 in order to have the House do some work while they're trying to find a 213 00:18:40,799 --> 00:18:44,680 speaker, and then at the last second he backed out of that and they 214 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:51,599 had a third round of voting for him that failed. In my understanding is 215 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,319 it's ego that caused that. Well, there is there more than that. 216 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:00,079 There's another problem though, there's a technical problem. And like I said, 217 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:03,240 it's something that seems obvious once I heard someone say it, but until someone 218 00:19:03,279 --> 00:19:04,920 said it hadn't occurred to me, and then I was like, oh, 219 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:11,200 yeah, the problem is Okay, they can't vote on anything until they have 220 00:19:11,279 --> 00:19:17,400 a speaker, which is why the House is paralyzed. While in order to 221 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:22,759 give Patrick McHenry additional powers to you know, do the people's business and get 222 00:19:22,759 --> 00:19:26,359 the House moving again on a temporary basis, you have to vote on that. 223 00:19:26,519 --> 00:19:30,960 Except here's the catch twenty two. You can't vote on it because you 224 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,119 can't vote on anything until you have a speaker. See, it's a trap. 225 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,200 There's no way out, there's no I mean, like what happened if 226 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:45,519 the speaker died and now you have the speaker ProTem you still have to elect 227 00:19:45,559 --> 00:19:48,880 a new speaker. Does that mean the House is dead in the water until 228 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,920 they do? Yes, But in a I did not know that. I 229 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,759 thought the speaker ProTem could go if there was you know, natural progression to 230 00:19:57,839 --> 00:20:00,920 them, No, you would you would have to elect a new speaker. 231 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,440 I wonder if that it has to do as a protection because that person is 232 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:10,599 also the third in line for the presidency they get. Yeah, maybe maybe, 233 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:11,599 I don't know, but I mean but also, I mean, this 234 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,720 has never happened before either, not like, none of this has ever happened 235 00:20:15,759 --> 00:20:21,039 before, So I don't think anyone could have foreseen there has to be something 236 00:20:21,599 --> 00:20:25,079 the only otherwise, what's the point of having a backup? The only thing 237 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:29,359 they could do well, because the backup presides over the election of the new 238 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:34,960 speaker ultimately, I mean that's Patrick McHenry's only real role as Speaker pro tem 239 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,079 is to elect get a new speaker elected, to conduct the votes to get 240 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,960 a new speaker. If Democrats were smart, they'd be trying to peel off 241 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,759 a little handful to vote with them and get back to work. Well, 242 00:20:48,799 --> 00:20:52,279 that was part of the idea too with maybe you know Democrats would go along 243 00:20:52,279 --> 00:20:59,079 with that. Compromise in terms of Patrick McHenry. But but you can't. 244 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,720 What they could do is just elect Patrick McHenry speaker. That's what I think 245 00:21:03,759 --> 00:21:07,200 they could do that. That would be a smart move because it seems like 246 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:12,480 everybody could get behind that guy. Yeah, but is he even on the 247 00:21:12,519 --> 00:21:18,599 list though he's not on the list. No, he's not running. They 248 00:21:18,599 --> 00:21:22,920 should elect they should, they should, they should seriously, just like I 249 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,440 don't know, try and convince them, because if if that's somebody the Democrats 250 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,160 can get behind, then we can get that done and move along. Right. 251 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:33,240 He's, like you said, he was on the short list, so 252 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:38,359 he's obviously been vetted before he was given the speaker pro time position. Vin 253 00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:41,640 or Kevin McCarthy dislikes him. I don't know. I mean, I honestly 254 00:21:41,759 --> 00:21:45,720 had never even given the guy any thought until all of this happened. As 255 00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:49,960 I think is the case with most people. It's all his fault. Well, 256 00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:52,759 the ego is more important than the country, him and the other seven. 257 00:21:52,799 --> 00:22:00,960 Oh yeah, I mean the guy's the total psycho. Yeah, plunge 258 00:22:00,039 --> 00:22:06,680 the country into literally standing still while the world is burning around us, because 259 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,519 that's beneficial, that's helpful. Yeah, that's helpful, and there is blame 260 00:22:11,599 --> 00:22:14,480 to go around. As I've said, you know, I do wish the 261 00:22:14,519 --> 00:22:19,759 Democrats had stepped up and saved McCarthy. I understand think I understand why they 262 00:22:19,759 --> 00:22:22,599 didn't. Well, the thing is, it's like like the analogy that I 263 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,880 came up with that I like to use as it's hard to save it like, 264 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,000 if someone is drowning, you should save them no matter what. But 265 00:22:30,079 --> 00:22:33,039 you might be forgiven for hesitating a nanosecond if while they're drowning. Instead of 266 00:22:33,839 --> 00:22:37,079 they're yelling something like help me, I'm drowning, they're yelling I hate you, 267 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,799 I wish you were the one drowning. Then they're flipping you off as 268 00:22:40,799 --> 00:22:44,240 they're going under the water. I mean, that's basically what macarty. Because 269 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,079 the weekend before this happened, McCarthy was making the rounds on the Sunday morning 270 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,279 talk shows doing his usual you know, he doesn't he doesn't talk about bipartisanship 271 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,200 unless it suits him, unless it suits him in the moment, obviously, 272 00:22:56,319 --> 00:22:59,279 well he was let it go. Well, he was on he was on 273 00:22:59,279 --> 00:23:03,240 the Sunday Morning because they actually played a video of it before they before you 274 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:04,559 know, at the meeting where the Democrats decided whe they were going to do 275 00:23:04,759 --> 00:23:08,240 or not do, and they showed him on the you know, Sunday morning 276 00:23:08,279 --> 00:23:14,119 talk shows just blaming the Democrats for everything under the sun and not being conciliatory 277 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,039 about anything. And you know, and I think that the reason he did 278 00:23:17,079 --> 00:23:21,559 that, well, I have two theories I think he made because he could 279 00:23:21,559 --> 00:23:25,480 have he could have reached out to the Democrats in theory, or they could 280 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,480 have reached out to him. There could have been some kind of a conversation, 281 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,559 some sort of an agreement where I mean, you know, they weren't 282 00:23:32,559 --> 00:23:38,480 going to save him for free, but maybe some sort of something conciliatory for 283 00:23:38,519 --> 00:23:44,440 the Democrats. But but where enough Republicans would would still stay with McCarthy that 284 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,480 you know, they could have run right over Matt Gates and the other seven, 285 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,160 you know, if they had all worked together in a bipartisan way. 286 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:56,000 Unfortunately that's not how the world works anymore. But I think he made a 287 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:02,400 calculation that it would be actually potential worse for him to do that, to 288 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:08,519 be seen working with the Democrats, and that maybe maybe Gates and the others 289 00:24:08,559 --> 00:24:12,240 would back off, you know, maybe they were bluffing on actually trying to 290 00:24:12,279 --> 00:24:18,880 take him down. But if he but if he was seen approaching the Democrats, 291 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,400 then they would definitely take him down. So I think he just made 292 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:29,680 a calculation that it was safer to just continue to trash the Democrats and hope 293 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,559 that his own conference wouldn't take him out or you know, the fraction and 294 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:37,559 that was stupid. Well come on, that was yeah, that was his 295 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,559 that was his calculation. It took you fifteen votes to get elected, Yeah, 296 00:24:42,599 --> 00:24:47,880 fifteen rounds. Why would you even think that. The other thing you 297 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,119 think. The other theory I have though, is he also might have just 298 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,720 said he also I mean, you know, he's a human being. He 299 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,759 may have just reached a point where he just said, I can't do this 300 00:24:56,799 --> 00:25:00,200 anymore. Whatever happens happens, and I'm just gonna worry about it and him. 301 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,119 Who could blame him? Who could blame him? So but I do 302 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:08,039 wish the Democrats had saved him. I absolutely do, because this is horrible 303 00:25:08,079 --> 00:25:11,960 for the country, what's happening now. And and look, they have no 304 00:25:11,079 --> 00:25:15,119 excuse. I mean, you know, the the crux of the blame lies 305 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,839 with Gates and these others. But you know, the Democrats had no excuse 306 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,400 for not being able to see what was going to happen. And what what 307 00:25:22,519 --> 00:25:26,039 almost happened was Jim Jordan. You know. So you might not like McCarthy, 308 00:25:26,039 --> 00:25:30,240 you might not trust him, you might find him, but he won't 309 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:33,319 shut the government down, right, But at least yeah, at least in 310 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:40,079 McCarthy you have because some of these House Republicans are perfectly fine with government shutdowns 311 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:45,920 and even supported the idea of default, so which is so dangerous, including 312 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,160 Jim Jordan, by the way, who never voted for a continuing resolution, 313 00:25:48,319 --> 00:25:55,799 not once in terms of keeping the government open and funded. So so they 314 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,119 should have been able to see what was going to happen. Yeah, they 315 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,680 didn't trust McCarthy and they were happy to stick the shive in him. But 316 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:07,119 at the same time, uh, you know, if you can see past 317 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,920 the politics of it, this is really bad. Un let's see. But 318 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,440 then I thought too, At one point I thought, well, actually, 319 00:26:14,599 --> 00:26:18,839 though, I might eat my words on that, because if they can manage 320 00:26:18,839 --> 00:26:22,240 to get up some sort of a power sharing agreement, get mckenry in there, 321 00:26:22,559 --> 00:26:26,160 who apparently used to be more conservative. He used to be a he 322 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,720 was a like an old tea part like a tea party guy at one time. 323 00:26:29,759 --> 00:26:32,279 But then he kind of moved to the middle middle of the party, 324 00:26:32,319 --> 00:26:34,920 not the middle of I think the party moved. Yeah, but he he 325 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,839 seems apparently he's a reasonable guy and he's not for shutdowns in defaming maybe like 326 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,960 him and jefferies co chearing. Well so well, I thought, well no, 327 00:26:42,039 --> 00:26:45,039 but he would have you know, he would have had to give some 328 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,359 you know, conciliations to the Democrats. But I think that but again, 329 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,640 so if that had worked out and the Democrats actually gained power, then I'd 330 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,079 be sitting here eating my words, saying, oh, well, you know 331 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:00,440 what, they actually played this perfectly because for them, they got more of 332 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:06,079 what they wanted in the end. But again, but then I realized when 333 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,279 I heard I wish I could remember, I'd like to give them credit. 334 00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:11,680 Whoever was who pointed out that, actually, no, that can't work because 335 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,799 in order to give mckenry that additional power, you have to be able to 336 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,319 vote on that, and you can't vote on that without a speaker, and 337 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,000 once you have a speaker, there's no reason to give mckenry additional power. 338 00:27:19,759 --> 00:27:23,920 Mike from Queen City Cabinetry, one of our great sponsors here at WMNH. 339 00:27:25,039 --> 00:27:27,400 And of course, Mike is one of our co hosts on Retro Spectrum Radio 340 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,039 on Friday nights. Is in the Facebook life chat and says hi everyone, 341 00:27:30,279 --> 00:27:37,960 Hello Mike, and Isaac Banks from of course Greensboro, North Carolina says good 342 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:44,559 afternoon, hashtag Matt Connerton and hashtag Jen Coffee lead singer Slash vocals of a 343 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:49,599 Pop singing and Saturn and we do karaoke at Center City Park, downtown Greensboro, 344 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:56,319 North Carolina and also singer vocals of Knights Skylard. Hmm all right. 345 00:27:56,839 --> 00:28:02,480 Isaac Banks also says true Matt and Jen, because I'm listening to this about 346 00:28:02,519 --> 00:28:06,920 the situation, well, we appreciate that. Uh. The studio line is 347 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,640 open if you'd like to chime in on any of this. Six three two 348 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:18,799 five six seven six three two five six seven. And there is a name 349 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:26,519 that we're hearing a lot. Is Tom Emmer, the majority whip who is 350 00:28:30,759 --> 00:28:34,440 seems like he could be the guy, except he's got a problem because he 351 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:41,319 uh he voted to certify the election. Uh, but he's actually done a 352 00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:45,359 lot of the work and that he would be more part of this too. 353 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,400 Is you need somebody who knows what they're doing. You can't, like, 354 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,559 we don't need an on the job learning situation going on here. We're this 355 00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:55,880 far into a mess. We're twenty nine days away from shutting down government. 356 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,400 You know, Like I said, we got troops in the middle of the 357 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:02,359 ocean on aircraft carriers poised to go into battle. I don't think we should 358 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,599 cut off their paychecks now, you know what I mean. Like, there's 359 00:29:04,599 --> 00:29:08,799 so many bad things on the horizon that need to be dealt with in Congress 360 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:15,200 now, not waiting weeks from now, and we're all biting our nails and 361 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,839 praying for whatever. You know, this is not what we need. We 362 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:23,400 need the country to be to be working. Republicans need to get their egos 363 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,480 out of the way, do what's best for the country. For freaks fake 364 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:30,200 well, it's just a small I mean, like I said, it's just 365 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:37,960 they can't agree on anybody. Well, we have those eight who they can't 366 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,200 agree on anybody. Yeah, I know, they can't get over their own 367 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,160 way to legislate into government. There's nobody who can get to two seventeen. 368 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,000 It's ridiculous. You need like a handful of Republicans that care more about the 369 00:29:49,039 --> 00:29:52,960 country than they do their egos to just go vote with the dumbs right, 370 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,799 just put well, that's not going to happen. Well, I mean, 371 00:29:57,839 --> 00:30:03,119 I don't disagree, but I don't know what else to do with I mean, 372 00:30:03,119 --> 00:30:07,759 the alternative is to just sit back and watch it all burn. So 373 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:12,440 Politico explains this about Tom Emmer, who I guess is kind of the top 374 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:17,559 candidate of the nine. It says his House Republicans sort through a field of 375 00:30:17,559 --> 00:30:22,920 short timers and backbenchers to pick their next speaker whip. Tom Emmer stands out. 376 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,279 The Minnesota Republican helped the GOP clot's way back into the majority as a 377 00:30:27,279 --> 00:30:34,880 two time NRCC chair. Not only has he won support from colleagues by raising 378 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:40,720 money and campaigning across the country, he has spent the past nine months as 379 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:47,680 whip building relationships among conservatives and centrists alike. But Emmer has a Donald Trump 380 00:30:47,759 --> 00:30:51,839 problem. The former president has told associates that he doesn't want Emmer for the 381 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,039 job, as Trump's allies have already taken a social media and talk radio to 382 00:30:56,079 --> 00:31:00,119 pan him as too out of step with the leader of their party. Said 383 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:04,640 one anti Emmer member, that's kind of fun to say, quote he's openly 384 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,519 hostile to Trump, which isn't helpful since Trump will be the nominee. It's 385 00:31:08,599 --> 00:31:14,720 laughable that he, at the end of the day would end up being the 386 00:31:14,799 --> 00:31:18,279 Speaker of the House. Even if he gets the majority of the majority, 387 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,119 he will come far short for members who won't vote for him on the floor 388 00:31:22,359 --> 00:31:29,440 unquote. To be sure, Emma has shown a willingness to go against Trump 389 00:31:29,559 --> 00:31:33,039 when other top Republicans would not. He was one of the few senior GOP 390 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:37,960 leaders, for instance, who voted to accept the electoral votes that clinched President 391 00:31:38,039 --> 00:31:42,960 Joe Biden's victory. But Emmer's But Emmer World is pushing back hard on the 392 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:47,279 whisper campaign against him, and his allies have a retort for every charge, 393 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:52,799 from the fact that Emmer supported both of Trump's presidential bids to one ally's insistence 394 00:31:52,839 --> 00:31:55,720 that he's quote never heard him say a negative thing about Trump unquote, to 395 00:31:55,759 --> 00:31:59,240 the autographed photo of the two of them that Emmer keeps in his office. 396 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,160 Rather, they say, the entire conflict has been concocted by his foes in 397 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,839 the House, who have grievances that have nothing to do with Trump. They 398 00:32:06,839 --> 00:32:10,359 point to a representative Jim Banks, Republican of Indiana, who narrowly lost the 399 00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:15,960 contentious whip race last year, even after many MAGA World figures weighed in against 400 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:21,759 Emmer and to allies of Conference Share Elease, a Stephonic Republican of New York 401 00:32:21,799 --> 00:32:24,519 whose orbit has also clashed with Emmer's, dating back to when the two sparred 402 00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:30,599 over her push for more women campaign recruits. By the way, not one 403 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:35,160 of the nine Republicans running for speaker as a woman. I noticed that. 404 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,440 Yeo. I did notice that, and I'm not surprised. A lot of 405 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:44,279 people are noticing that. One Emmer ally said, quote Banks activated Trump World 406 00:32:44,319 --> 00:32:47,920 against Emmer, and a lot of that was unfounded. But they're still lingering 407 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:52,400 false narratives from that race. It didn't work for Banks, It's not going 408 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,119 to work now to paint Emmer as if he's a never Trumper unquote. The 409 00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:00,920 issue for Emma is a narratives can be hard to change, particularly if Trump 410 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:05,759 himself is bear is buying them. One Emmer critic predicted there will be quote 411 00:33:05,839 --> 00:33:09,880 at least ten hard no's unquote ready to oppose him in a floor vote. 412 00:33:10,319 --> 00:33:15,720 But that isn't stopping Emmer world from responding point by point to the allegations being 413 00:33:15,759 --> 00:33:28,119 made against him. Emmer denied the oh wait, what is this? Oh 414 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,680 okay, here's so, there's a list here of the of the charges, 415 00:33:31,039 --> 00:33:38,079 not charges in terms of legal charges. That's a different high profile Republican, 416 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:44,319 but just accusations against Emmer by his fellow Republicans. Why they some of them 417 00:33:44,359 --> 00:33:46,480 might not like him? Okay? Charge number one. As head of the 418 00:33:46,599 --> 00:33:52,279 NRCC, Emmer told GOP candidates to distance themselves from Trump on the campaign trail. 419 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,640 The response, Emmer denied the allegation, which appears system from a twenty 420 00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:00,279 twenty two CNN story during a Fox News interview where he likewise praise Trump as 421 00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:06,400 a fantastic ally for the House GOP. Instead, he said he told candidates 422 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:12,159 to know your district and how best to win, which I guess is another 423 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:14,159 way of saying, if you're in a you know, if you're in a 424 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:19,480 purple district, you might not want to be too close to Trump. Charge 425 00:34:19,559 --> 00:34:22,480 number two and I'm kind of skipping a lot of this, but charge number 426 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:29,039 two, Emmer has not endorsed Trump for president. The response from Emmer's allies 427 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:34,880 true, but neither have other senior GOP leaders, including former Speaker Kevin McCarthy 428 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,800 or Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who have all tried to stay inside political switzerland 429 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:44,639 as the presidential race swirls around them. Emmer's allies says he'll endorse whomever wins 430 00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:50,920 the nomination. Trump included when the time comes charge number three. This is 431 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,519 interesting. Emmer's office was behind a whisper campaign during the whip race, accusing 432 00:34:54,639 --> 00:35:02,519 Banks of hiring Tucker Carlson's son Buckley to win favor from conservative media. The 433 00:35:02,599 --> 00:35:07,039 response, Emers denied that the blind quotes in question came from him, including 434 00:35:07,079 --> 00:35:12,880 the Tucker Carlson himself. Indeed, the anonymous comments could have come from anywhere. 435 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,320 Many GOP lawmakers said much the same thing about Banks to reporters around that 436 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:22,920 time. By the way, so Tucker Carlson's son is named Buckley, I 437 00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:28,119 just I don't know. Maybe it's a family name. It's probably after William 438 00:35:28,199 --> 00:35:35,320 F. Buckley. Maybe the charge number four just Buckley who wants to be 439 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,000 named Buckley? I mean, I guess when you're that rich, you don't 440 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:44,079 care what your name is. But still charge number four. Emmer didn't do 441 00:35:44,199 --> 00:35:47,239 enough to help Jim Jordan win the speaker's gavel since he was angling for his 442 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:52,960 own bid. The response that is so bs one. Em or ally told 443 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:58,199 us hisitor circle noted they allowed Jordan to use the Whips office conference room to 444 00:35:58,199 --> 00:36:00,639 meet with holdouts in that at one point, Jordan's foes even yell that Emmer 445 00:36:00,679 --> 00:36:09,599 seemed to stop calling them about changing their minds. So I'm gonna skip down 446 00:36:09,599 --> 00:36:13,679 a little bit here, but it says here comes a hard part pinning down 447 00:36:13,679 --> 00:36:16,719 two seventeen and again the reason where the reason we're focused on Emmer is because 448 00:36:17,199 --> 00:36:21,679 it's generally believed that of the nine candidates, he has the best chance. 449 00:36:22,559 --> 00:36:24,920 So it says here it might all come down to what Trump himself does. 450 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:30,719 The former President hasn't weighed in against Emmer publicly, and he isn't yet making 451 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:35,599 calls to Whip opposition. People knowledgeable about the race said, will that change 452 00:36:35,679 --> 00:36:39,119 if Emmer wins the nomination. Some in the Whips orbit hope he might stay 453 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:45,519 neutral, particularly after his backing for Jordan failed to anoint him speaker. Emmer 454 00:36:45,559 --> 00:36:50,960 has some hard right allies who might help, like Andy Biggs and former uh 455 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,960 Oh, the former House of Freedom caucus chaer who helped out aust McCarthy, 456 00:36:55,000 --> 00:37:00,599 broached Emmer as a potential alternative. Matt Gates has also been acting as a 457 00:37:00,599 --> 00:37:06,400 bit of a go between between Emmer and Trump world. Uh. The one 458 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:12,679 Emmer critic argued Gates's assistance might backfire given a toxic standing among most House Republicans 459 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:19,360 right now. And uh, there's a little more there, but that's that's 460 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:28,760 the so. I guess Emmer is kind of the front runner in this so 461 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:34,480 we uh we shall see six O three two five O six O seven. 462 00:37:34,519 --> 00:37:37,039 If you'd like to join us a six O three two five O six O 463 00:37:37,199 --> 00:37:39,599 seven, I would just say do it h soon because we have a great 464 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:45,920 uh musical guest coming up in the second hour, Dakota Smart. We'll be 465 00:37:45,000 --> 00:38:00,119 here with us. Who else is on that list? Uh? So the 466 00:38:00,199 --> 00:38:07,199 nine candidates and most of these people I know very little about, but Tom 467 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:08,800 Okay, Tom Emmer, who we were just talking about, of Minnesota, 468 00:38:09,079 --> 00:38:14,840 Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Byron Donalds of Florida, Kevin Hearn of Oklahoma, 469 00:38:15,199 --> 00:38:20,119 Jack Bergman of Michigan, Austin Scott of Georgia, Pete Sessions of Texas, 470 00:38:20,159 --> 00:38:28,639 Gary Palmer of Alabama and Dan Mooser Muser. Don't know of Pennsylvania, honest, 471 00:38:28,679 --> 00:38:30,800 don't know. I am, yeah, I don't know much about these 472 00:38:31,079 --> 00:38:44,079 people, says here. Now this is from media. I At the point 473 00:38:44,079 --> 00:38:47,599 that Congress was voting on the Electoral College certification on jan six, twenty twenty 474 00:38:47,639 --> 00:38:52,639 one, Trump and his allies had filed and lost over sixty lawsuits in state 475 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:57,920 and federal courts across the country, with the rulings often coming from judges appointed 476 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,920 by Republican governors and presidents, even by Trump himself. The entire accumulative total 477 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:07,480 of evidence quote unquote submitted with these lawsuits, even if viewed in the light 478 00:39:07,519 --> 00:39:09,760 of light, most favorable for Trump, would not have been enough to overturn 479 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:15,559 the election. So it's just explaining why you know these these seven of nine 480 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:23,280 who voted against certifying the election. I'm kind of in favor of Jack Bergman 481 00:39:24,159 --> 00:39:29,239 Michigan. Now, I don't think I know much about him. The reason 482 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,800 I say that I'm kind of in favor for him is because he's a retired 483 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:38,920 Marine lieutenant general. He's served four terms, and he's made frank statements about 484 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:45,119 how important it is to ensure that our government and particularly our military is funded 485 00:39:45,159 --> 00:39:50,000 and working correctly, So I see him as being the guy that won't let 486 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:54,599 the country shut down. And maybe he has a little cooler head than some 487 00:39:54,639 --> 00:40:00,639 of these other folks. I just I'm leaning towards anybody who is not going 488 00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:05,000 to be in favor of letting us burn right and sitting back and roasting marshmallows 489 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,840 over the fire next to Trump. That's my opinion. So who's out of 490 00:40:09,079 --> 00:40:14,440 that guy again? Jack Bergman, I don't know a hole of a lot 491 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:15,760 about him, I feel like, but if I'm picking from one of the 492 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:21,719 nine, he's the guy I'm leaning towards because of his military background, because 493 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,800 he's flat out said he wouldn't defund the military, which means he won't let 494 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:30,119 the government shut down because he recognizes that military people don't get paychecks when the 495 00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:35,559 government shuts down. So he seems to me like a safer bet because of 496 00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:38,480 those factors. Yeah, because of the and given the climate of the world 497 00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:42,000 right now, like this is not a good time. Plus, I think 498 00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:49,920 he would try and work harder on getting these UH nominees cleared from the military 499 00:40:50,039 --> 00:40:52,480 appointment, all of these promotions that have been held up well that's being held 500 00:40:52,559 --> 00:40:57,159 up in the Senate though, by Tommy Tubberville. So yeah, but if 501 00:40:57,159 --> 00:41:00,400 you had a decent speaker in the House, you could do some kind of 502 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:04,119 you know, agreements. Maybe he's got something he needs gone through the house, 503 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,760 maybe he can do something anything. I don't know. I don't think 504 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:13,639 there's anything you can do with u Tubberville. Yeah, no one senator should 505 00:41:13,639 --> 00:41:17,599 have this much power. He's for somebody who claims to care about our country 506 00:41:17,679 --> 00:41:22,440 and our borders. What he's doing to the military is horrible. Yeah, 507 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:30,440 absolutely, undermining our defenses. He's hurting our military. Absolutely, he's preventing 508 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,480 people from taking positions over from others who have retired, and the retireds are 509 00:41:35,519 --> 00:41:38,880 gone. They're not forced to stay on. They're gone. There's nobody in 510 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:44,280 that position, which is absolutely not what you want to hear for a military, 511 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,440 at least in my opinion. In my opinion, but yes, I 512 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:51,360 would be more in favor with Bergmann for the simple fact that I don't think 513 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,880 he'd let the country burn and close and default on our bills. And Okay, 514 00:41:57,039 --> 00:42:00,199 well, who knows, maybe he'll end up being the guy. Don't 515 00:42:00,199 --> 00:42:04,239 trust anybody from the state of Florida anymore. So Donaldson's out in my book 516 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,039 just because of where he's from. Oh all right, yeah, No, 517 00:42:07,159 --> 00:42:10,880 I don't trust nothing coming out of Florida anymore. What's wrong with that state? 518 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:21,239 Oh my god? Sometimes yeah, that any favorites anybody you even think 519 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,920 might be remotely decent. I mean, everything I read about Tom Emmer, 520 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:30,119 he doesn't he doesn't sound completely insane. So maybe him. M But again, 521 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:31,440 like I said, if I had my way, you know, they 522 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:35,599 wouldn't have Vowsedid McCarthy and I don't have a lot of nice things to say 523 00:42:35,639 --> 00:42:37,599 about that guy, but I would have rather that, Like I said, 524 00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:42,440 I would have rather the Democrats had saved him. There is uh, this 525 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,519 will probably be the We're getting already getting close to the top of the hour, 526 00:42:45,599 --> 00:42:50,000 so this will probably be the last thing on the subject. There's a 527 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,559 according to media, there's a new poll. Overwhelming majority of Republicans fed up 528 00:42:54,599 --> 00:43:02,280 with House Gops speaker drama. It says here. According to a new USA 529 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:08,519 Today Suffolk University poll, sixty seven percent of Americans believe the House should elect 530 00:43:08,519 --> 00:43:14,840 a speaker as soon as possible, compared to twenty five percent who don't care. 531 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:22,039 If a new speaker is chosen and a vast majority and the vast Republicans, 532 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:28,159 oh, this is sorry, this is written strangely, and the vast 533 00:43:28,199 --> 00:43:32,760 majority of Republicans agree. Media needs a I've often said this, They need 534 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:38,880 to need to proofread these and overwhelming fifty seven percent of Republican voters want the 535 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:44,199 speaker drama to be over compared to thirty four percent who are willing to put 536 00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:51,239 up with a longer delay in the House choosing its new leader. David Pale 537 00:43:52,639 --> 00:43:58,159 Paleo logos, Sure I'm not saying that correctly, A director of Suffolk's Political 538 00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,320 Research Center told USA Today, quote, how often do you see Democrats, 539 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:07,239 Republicans, and independents agree on anything in DC? Look at every demographic, 540 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,440 gender, geography, age, race, education level, income, political philosophy, 541 00:44:10,599 --> 00:44:15,760 even those who trust CNN versus Fox News. They are all speaking in 542 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:20,360 the same seven words in unison, elect a speaker, and do your job. 543 00:44:21,039 --> 00:44:24,840 The same poll found the House's overall favorability rating and the toilet In all, 544 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:29,199 fifty four percent of voters have an unfavorable opinion of the House, compared 545 00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:32,239 with just twenty five percent of Americans who have a favorable opinion. Well that 546 00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:36,639 I mean that last part that's kind of like whatever. I mean, people 547 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:42,840 generally tend to have a low opinion of our elected lawgivers and overlords to begin 548 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:47,519 with. But yeah, I mean, you know, a majority of Republicans 549 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,840 don't like to see this. There are some of course, who you know, 550 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,360 are fine with you know, they'll say, well, you know, 551 00:44:55,400 --> 00:45:00,000 when the governments, when the government's functioning, they're doing things that are better, 552 00:45:00,639 --> 00:45:04,519 so it's better to not have government working. There are people who seem 553 00:45:04,559 --> 00:45:10,119 to legitimately and sincerely believe that, but you know, you gotta think it 554 00:45:10,199 --> 00:45:14,440 through. But yeah, I mean, I don't know, I don't know 555 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:20,599 who can get to two seventeen. And you know, maybe when they do 556 00:45:20,679 --> 00:45:23,199 finally have a speaker, maybe they should change the House rules so that, 557 00:45:24,679 --> 00:45:28,920 you know, maybe you just need a majority. I mean, I understand 558 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:34,360 that if you do it by majority vote, that would require a lot more 559 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,960 party discipline on the side of the Republicans because if you if you were to 560 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:43,679 do it by majority vote and not worry about minimum thresholds, than Hakim Jeffries 561 00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:50,679 would be elected speaker because Republicans would be split and Democrats are united behind their 562 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:57,679 leader in the House, Hakim Jeffries. But can you have to can there 563 00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:02,280 be like a shared speakership? Well, not on paper, but but again, 564 00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:06,800 I mean you could have. I mean, this is not getting better, 565 00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:08,880 and I get a funny feeling when we wake up tomorrow morning, they're 566 00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:14,000 not going to be ready to vote in the House. Yeah, how many 567 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,119 of them? Do you think you're going to be willing to sign the pledge 568 00:46:15,159 --> 00:46:20,920 to stand behind whoever? I don't see that happening either. The pledge. 569 00:46:21,039 --> 00:46:23,280 Yeah, there's trying to there. There's talk of trying to get a unity 570 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:28,639 pledge. So, in other words, if they if the caucus can agree 571 00:46:28,679 --> 00:46:31,320 on a candidate, they all sign this pledge that says they're going to back 572 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:37,519 the one person that comes out as the candidate's most vote getner and take that 573 00:46:37,559 --> 00:46:40,360 to the floor. But you have it's a it's an agree to follow whoever 574 00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:45,800 gets the most it. So, yeah, I don't see that happening either. 575 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,039 I see. No, they've not had unity all this time. What 576 00:46:49,159 --> 00:46:52,320 makes you think signing a piece of paper is going to give them unity? 577 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:58,320 This is going to be the worst seated Republican Congress ever. Yeah. Hey, 578 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,840 but Matt Gates the most famous that he's ever been, the most famous 579 00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:07,639 idiot, and he's loving it. He he's come off in the last couple 580 00:47:07,679 --> 00:47:10,320 of months as a complete sliine ball. He already did, though it doesn't 581 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:14,239 matter like everyone already thought he was a slneball, well now even more so 582 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:15,679 because there's been evidence to come out that he is a real sline ball. 583 00:47:16,039 --> 00:47:21,000 Referring in part to Cassidy's book, which I have now completed, by the 584 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,599 way, Yeah, that was funny. Yeah. And for those who don't 585 00:47:24,599 --> 00:47:30,599 know, Cassidy Hutchinson wrote a book called Enough and she's the one that testified 586 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:36,320 in front of the jan sixth committee that actually was the basically the uh what 587 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,480 would you call it? Well, she's been described as the star. She 588 00:47:38,639 --> 00:47:44,480 was the chief of staff to the chief of staff. Yeah. Yeah, 589 00:47:44,519 --> 00:47:49,079 and she flat out talked about how Gates had uh tried to hit on her. 590 00:47:49,639 --> 00:47:54,199 Oh yeah, but she said that she has higher standards in men than 591 00:47:54,519 --> 00:48:01,760 Matt Gates. Yeah. I mean, uh yeah, he's he's loving this, 592 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:07,559 you know, he'd uh and and uh Jim Jordan too, another guy 593 00:48:07,559 --> 00:48:10,280 who you know, he's he's on Fox News a lot. He does a 594 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:15,599 lot of television. I don't know if he didn't have such a high profile 595 00:48:15,639 --> 00:48:17,280 in terms of all of his television appearances, if he ever would have been 596 00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:22,559 considered. But yeah, this is uh, this is a mess. This 597 00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:27,760 is bad not getting better. There was some nine candidates. They can't pick 598 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:31,440 between two. Yeah, boy, yeah, it's uh, that's too much. 599 00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:35,280 It's gonna take them forever to narrow that down. Yeah. I don't 600 00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:39,000 know how that's gonna work either. Like, these guys spent the last two 601 00:48:39,119 --> 00:48:45,639 weeks over two people. They're going backward. Yeah, and that didn't get 602 00:48:45,639 --> 00:48:47,480 anywhere and now we got nine. This is this is not working. This 603 00:48:47,599 --> 00:48:52,400 is not not helping the people. Need a way out. Can we like 604 00:48:52,599 --> 00:48:55,679 have a vote of no confidence in our in our Congress? Like, is 605 00:48:55,719 --> 00:49:00,760 there anything we can do? Can we recall a few or something? Oh? 606 00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:04,239 You know, you know what I wanted to mention too is something that 607 00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:07,440 we learned a lot over the weekend about and then well we're close to the 608 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:09,119 top of the ar but just quickly, something we learned a lot about over 609 00:49:09,159 --> 00:49:13,920 the weekend is some of these House members who did not support Jim Jordan, 610 00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,679 who got all kinds of harassment and death threats, and one of them. 611 00:49:16,679 --> 00:49:23,119 I think it's Congressman ken Buck. He's being evicted from his office back home 612 00:49:23,159 --> 00:49:30,360 in his district because apparently his landlord was furious with him for not supporting Jim 613 00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:36,480 Jordan. So now his landlord is evicting him from his office. Hey, 614 00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:40,000 at least it's not a death threat. So but way to show the world 615 00:49:40,039 --> 00:49:44,760 how to lead there, Republicans. Oh, it's just incredible, incredible. 616 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:49,400 Yeah, and you know even I mean even a lot of republic well NA 617 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,039 polling data shows it. But yeah, I mean, you know, my 618 00:49:52,679 --> 00:49:57,280 dad when he he's said it, both in text messages, but I think 619 00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,280 he said it on the show too, the last time he called in that. 620 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:01,440 You know, he thinks it's an embarrassment. It is, you know, 621 00:50:01,559 --> 00:50:06,719 it's uh, it's gonna be me more in there. It's gonna become 622 00:50:07,159 --> 00:50:13,400 exponentially more bad or more embarrassing. I should say. If in twenty nine 623 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:17,079 days we stop paying our bills, our troops are keeping the you know, 624 00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:22,679 and they've given away the house in twenty twenty four they have given it away. 625 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:28,119 There's no way they're going to people to maintain, to get rid of 626 00:50:28,119 --> 00:50:30,199 some folks right now, there's there's no way they're gonna be able to maintain. 627 00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:34,440 And it's not over yet. We have to wait and see what happens 628 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:38,000 in the next act of display going on in Congress. Yeah, well I 629 00:50:38,039 --> 00:50:40,599 see uh, I see a musician out in the hallway. 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If 662 00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:47,039 the weight is gonna kill me, heavy industry say speak, say tat, 663 00:53:47,079 --> 00:53:52,000 I'm not again in a sensation, my hometown tells me, Brockie, write 664 00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:57,079 it home the brain. If the world haven't guessed it, Nigred, I'll 665 00:53:57,199 --> 00:54:00,719 be the greatest thing you've never seen. But don't don't hide you in the 666 00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:07,880 ceiling him the name doesn't travel to Newsealing. I'll be playing. Everybody got 667 00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:16,960 the pieling. I'll be the greatest thing you've never seen that I came from 668 00:54:17,039 --> 00:54:22,840 alone. How the people over the car my grandfather jove eating willers around the 669 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:27,880 car. But Daddy grew up booking there the single job you could find twelve. 670 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:32,320 I would dad sing every single thou a mother started, room company started, 671 00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:37,840 I will not then the living company. So he ever asked me why 672 00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:42,280 I'm talking round, I could say, take at the ball offend the third 673 00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:45,840 time, say thought, I'm not again. In a sensation, my hometown 674 00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:51,199 tell thee bony bridey all the day here. If the world never gets to 675 00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:55,280 heim me prater, I'll be pray to singing down the scene. If the 676 00:54:55,440 --> 00:55:00,639 dolls don't high end in the ceiling. In the name there is a travel 677 00:55:00,679 --> 00:55:06,880 to News, I'll be paying everybody cut your building. I'll be the greatest 678 00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:21,400 thing you've never seen, the greatest singing ever seen. Yah, sorry that 679 00:55:21,519 --> 00:55:24,519 I'm not again. In nensensation, my hometown tells me book you're writing, 680 00:55:24,639 --> 00:55:29,440 open graders, it's the world. Never guess the hear me, please, 681 00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:35,800 I'll be greatest singing deva seed. If the town don't higher than the ceiling. 682 00:55:36,559 --> 00:55:40,400 In the name the travel to New zeal I'll be daying. Everybody cut 683 00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:59,800 the building. I'll be the greatest singing never seen. Welcome back everybody, 684 00:56:00,039 --> 00:56:02,760 as we enter our number two New marow Doos of Matt connorton Unleashed and we 685 00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:08,320 are live from the studios of WMNH ninety five point three FM and Glorious Downtown 686 00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:13,840 Manchester, New Hampshire, also on Comcast Channel six if you're in Manchester, 687 00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:15,719 and hello to all of our online listeners across the nation and around the globe. 688 00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:19,760 You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all your live 689 00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:22,440 streaming options, social media links, contact info, show archives, et cetera, 690 00:56:22,519 --> 00:56:27,559 et cetera. Today's Monday, October twenty third, twenty twenty three. 691 00:56:28,079 --> 00:56:30,800 Jenny is here at the news desk. I am present in accounting for and 692 00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:37,800 joining us on the couch, and we just heard his track Greatest Thing You've 693 00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:40,599 Never Seen, which I really really like. Dakota Smart has joined us. 694 00:56:40,639 --> 00:56:44,519 How are you hey, I'm doing good. Thanks for having me. Yeah, 695 00:56:44,639 --> 00:56:45,840 thanks for joining us. You had a cool name. Dakota is a 696 00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:50,400 cool name. I like that. Thank you. It's not like I've heard 697 00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:52,239 of other people named Dakota, but not very many, I don't. I 698 00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:57,400 think you're the first Dakota I've ever actually met in person, So that's awesome. 699 00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,599 I really like that song. Now, where did you record that. 700 00:57:02,199 --> 00:57:07,599 So I recorded that in Nashville at Blackbird Studio. Oh, somebody else was 701 00:57:07,599 --> 00:57:09,559 talking about Blackbird Studio on the show. We've we've had a few guests who've 702 00:57:09,599 --> 00:57:14,159 recorded in Nashville over the years. I think I remember somebody else talking about 703 00:57:14,199 --> 00:57:16,639 that. Now, did you go down there specifically to record that or were 704 00:57:16,679 --> 00:57:21,199 you also doing some touring or Actually So I went down to Nashville for a 705 00:57:21,239 --> 00:57:24,079 few reasons. I go back and forth and wanted so that I can get 706 00:57:24,119 --> 00:57:29,159 into writer's rooms and write with other right, with other writers, to pitch 707 00:57:29,239 --> 00:57:32,519 songs to publishers, and also to record. So this year I went down 708 00:57:32,559 --> 00:57:37,480 there to record ten songs and that was one of them. And we also 709 00:57:37,559 --> 00:57:38,440 have a few that we're going to play in the air in a little bit. 710 00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:44,280 Very cool. How long has that been out? So? I released 711 00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:47,119 Greatest Thing You've Ever Seen on September twenty ninth. Okay, so it's pretty 712 00:57:47,159 --> 00:57:50,679 so it's pretty new. Yeah, And this is this is the first of 713 00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:53,639 all the songs that I've recorded in Nashville that have come out so far. 714 00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:58,480 Oh cool, excellent, excellent, And can you tell us about the video? 715 00:57:58,639 --> 00:58:00,880 I see your name in the credits at the end, so it looks 716 00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:04,159 like you do a lot of that yourself. Yeah, So the video was 717 00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:07,559 was really cool. What we did is me and my girlfriend actually went and 718 00:58:07,679 --> 00:58:14,840 took my truck up to link in New Hampshire and went through the Kingga Mangus 719 00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:17,639 and filmed the music video up there. And we wanted something that was just 720 00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:22,760 it really highlighted New Hampshire, you know. We wanted something that when you 721 00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:24,079 look at the video, you're like, man, that's what New Hampshire looks 722 00:58:24,159 --> 00:58:27,320 like. Yeah, almost makes you want to just go and visit it, 723 00:58:27,400 --> 00:58:30,440 you know, yeah, like it. So we did that and she was 724 00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:34,079 filming it and later on I took all the videos and edited them and put 725 00:58:34,159 --> 00:58:37,440 it together. Excellent. Yeah awesome, Yeah, thank you. Do you 726 00:58:37,519 --> 00:58:39,840 have other videos or just that one so far? Yes, so I've I 727 00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:45,320 have a few videos that are out there of the stuff that is recorded from 728 00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:50,320 Nashville. This is the first one that I put out. I have edited 729 00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:52,719 the second one so far, but that one's not out yet. Yeah. 730 00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:55,280 I'm really excited about that one too. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. If 731 00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:59,679 you have any questions or feedback or anything at all, off for Dakota Smart 732 00:59:00,119 --> 00:59:02,199 is with us in studio. The phone line is open six oh three two 733 00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:06,880 five oh six oh seven six O three two five oh six oh seven. 734 00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:09,760 You can also text us at six one seven nine one seven four four seven 735 00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:14,360 six. I'm on social media at Matt Connorton. You can email me Matt 736 00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:16,599 at Matt connorton dot com. And of course you can interact into opine in 737 00:59:16,639 --> 00:59:19,599 the Facebook live chat. But the best thing to do so that we can 738 00:59:19,639 --> 00:59:22,079 hear and enjoy your Adulca tones is to give us a call at six O 739 00:59:22,239 --> 00:59:29,360 three two five oh six o seven. And as far as do you write 740 00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:32,119 everything yourself or do you collaborate with anybody? So everything that I put out 741 00:59:32,159 --> 00:59:37,840 under my own name is entirely me. And I've been writing music since I 742 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,480 was maybe about ten years old. Oh O kidding, but I really got 743 00:59:40,559 --> 00:59:44,880 serious with it when COVID hit. Yeah, and I've been playing piano since 744 00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:46,840 I was eight. I started playing guitar when COVID hit as well. So 745 00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:52,239 a lot of the songs that you hear with guitar. One of these tracks 746 00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:54,559 actually that will we'll play in a little bit called killing It. That's a 747 00:59:54,639 --> 00:59:59,039 song that I play on guitar, and uh, it's been a very new, 748 00:59:59,239 --> 01:00:02,559 like recent thing for me playing guitar really yeah, and it's it's crazy 749 01:00:02,599 --> 01:00:08,960 because when COVID hit and I started playing guitar, my songwriting just like advanced 750 01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:12,880 by leaps and bounds. And I think the reason why is it just gave 751 01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:16,199 me like something to challenge myself. And as soon as I knew three chords 752 01:00:16,239 --> 01:00:20,360 on the guitar, I was I was already just writing songs. Wow. 753 01:00:21,559 --> 01:00:23,320 And I wrote a little over one hundred songs in twenty twenty, oh my 754 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:28,039 god. And yeah, it's just been crazy. I try to write. 755 01:00:28,519 --> 01:00:31,280 One of my biggest inspirations tell me that you should write. Try to write 756 01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:35,360 something every day, even if you don't finish it, just try to write 757 01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:37,559 something every day. Yeah, and that's why. So it's just been, 758 01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:43,119 you know, song after song. So yeah, I'm really excited about it 759 01:00:43,199 --> 01:00:45,320 and all the stuff that I put out under my own name. Yeah, 760 01:00:45,599 --> 01:00:50,800 is me one hundred percent. I noticed in the video because you mentioned playing 761 01:00:50,840 --> 01:00:54,440 piano and starting out on that in the video, there's is that actual? 762 01:00:55,119 --> 01:00:58,800 Is that actually you in the video playing piano or yes? Oh cool? 763 01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:02,039 Yes that was so the beginning of that video, we actually went to one 764 01:01:02,119 --> 01:01:06,199 of my gigs and film me setting up. Yeah. And one of the 765 01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:08,599 things that I thought was really interesting about it is like I wanted to show 766 01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:13,320 where I am as a musician right now. You know, I want to 767 01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:15,280 show that, you know, everybody, you know, they come to the 768 01:01:15,320 --> 01:01:17,840 gig, they see all set up, they see you know, the lights, 769 01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:22,599 they see everything. You know, they don't usually see the setup and 770 01:01:22,679 --> 01:01:24,199 the breakdown and that whole process. So it's like, man, I really 771 01:01:24,239 --> 01:01:28,519 want to show a little bit of like you're in the behind the scenes. 772 01:01:28,599 --> 01:01:31,119 You're you're somebody who's like coming to the show before anybody else, Like you're 773 01:01:31,239 --> 01:01:35,599 you're somebody who's helping set up. To show just kind of the work that 774 01:01:35,679 --> 01:01:37,920 goes into it, even at this level. Yeah, and I thought that 775 01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,840 that would be something really special to share with the audience. Yeah. And 776 01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:45,360 the but the the the part where it's it's a it's a kid playing piano? 777 01:01:45,599 --> 01:01:49,599 Is that actually you that's that's actual? Yeah, those are older videos 778 01:01:49,599 --> 01:01:52,079 of me playing piano. Oh that's cool, that's nice. Is it a 779 01:01:52,199 --> 01:01:57,000 This might be a little bit of a nerdy question, but is it is 780 01:01:57,079 --> 01:02:01,280 it difficult to the process of because I assume those were all like what VHS 781 01:02:01,360 --> 01:02:06,400 tapes of you. Actually no, so those are man, I gotta remember 782 01:02:07,079 --> 01:02:09,679 my mom. She's you know, over the years, she's been taking videos 783 01:02:09,719 --> 01:02:13,239 of me playing and performing, and she's, you know, my mom's my 784 01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,719 biggest fan. Yeah, and she I think that was like on an old 785 01:02:16,760 --> 01:02:22,119 cam quarterer. I want to say. Yeah. So it's it's funny because 786 01:02:22,159 --> 01:02:25,800 you know, I just got a new laptop just recently, and we ended 787 01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:30,559 up taking that video and putting it on the laptop. So, you know, 788 01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:31,840 beforehand, I couldn't do anything with it. But yeah, you know, 789 01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:35,119 after putting on the laptop, it's like, oh, it's actually here. 790 01:02:35,159 --> 01:02:37,280 I can tell you some of that. That's what I was curious about. 791 01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:42,280 If it's difficult to do that, I think it like I think beforehand 792 01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:45,599 it would have been. But you know, we've this year, we've like 793 01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:49,079 been going through all the memories and all the kind of stuff that we videotaped, 794 01:02:49,079 --> 01:02:51,639 and we're like, hey, we want to use some of this stuff. 795 01:02:51,760 --> 01:02:52,760 Yeah, you know, instead of just having this sit like in the 796 01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:55,599 vault forever, right, let's take some of this stuff out and see what 797 01:02:55,639 --> 01:03:00,000 we can do with it. Yeah. Yeah, And what was the inspiration 798 01:03:00,119 --> 01:03:05,079 for that song? The greatest thing You've never seen. So the funny thing 799 01:03:05,119 --> 01:03:08,960 about Greatest Thing You've Ever Seen is that the first verse and chorus of it 800 01:03:09,119 --> 01:03:13,679 I wrote within maybe I don't know, twenty minutes one night. It was 801 01:03:13,719 --> 01:03:16,079 like one o'clock in the morning. I don't know why I'm usually up at 802 01:03:16,079 --> 01:03:19,880 one o'clock in the morning, because that just seems to be the time of 803 01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:21,880 my brain is like, oh, that's time to write a song. Yeah, 804 01:03:21,920 --> 01:03:25,199 yeah, and again, I think I think this song really speaks to 805 01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:31,360 musicians, but I also wanted it to speak to the everyday person because I 806 01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:36,400 feel like everybody, everybody's like they have a goal, they have a dream, 807 01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:38,840 they have something that they're working towards, and it feels like a lot 808 01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:43,320 of the times, you know, ninety percent of the work nobody sees. 809 01:03:44,159 --> 01:03:46,920 And I really wanted something that could just relate to those people, or really 810 01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:50,480 to anybody on the level where it's like, hey, you have these dreams, 811 01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:52,400 you have so much that you do in the background, and I kind 812 01:03:52,440 --> 01:03:58,159 of wanted to bring all in the background and you know, kind of show 813 01:03:58,199 --> 01:04:01,880 that yeah, yeah, another thing is too the next you know, I 814 01:04:02,159 --> 01:04:06,039 finished the first verse in the first course and then I started, you know, 815 01:04:06,119 --> 01:04:10,719 showing friends and family, and I got the advice that hey, why 816 01:04:10,719 --> 01:04:13,800 don't why don't you make the second verse a little bit more about you know, 817 01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,400 your family and kind of you know, their struggles and whatnot. You 818 01:04:16,480 --> 01:04:21,079 know. Yeah, so yeah, I think it's the inspiration was came from 819 01:04:21,079 --> 01:04:25,039 a couple of different places, one being a musician having my dream that I'm 820 01:04:25,119 --> 01:04:29,000 chasing, and also trying to relate to everybody who is chasing a dream, 821 01:04:29,239 --> 01:04:31,679 right, because yeah, you know, there's a lot more work that goes 822 01:04:31,719 --> 01:04:36,199 into it with anything in what people usually see. Absolutely. Yeah. It's 823 01:04:36,239 --> 01:04:40,159 like they say, you know, you know when when somebody gets famous and 824 01:04:40,239 --> 01:04:42,239 they say, oh, they were an overnight success, and it's like, 825 01:04:42,280 --> 01:04:45,159 well, there's really no such thing. You didn't see everything they had to 826 01:04:45,239 --> 01:04:47,599 do to get to this point exactly. Yeah, yeah, no, I 827 01:04:47,639 --> 01:04:50,440 think that's really cool. And like I said, the videos, the video 828 01:04:50,559 --> 01:04:54,639 is really great. Thank you. Absolutely well, do you want to play 829 01:04:54,679 --> 01:04:57,760 another one of these? We can play one of these studio tracks, these 830 01:04:58,039 --> 01:05:01,239 new ones that you have, Yes, so yeah, I'd love to do 831 01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:04,079 that. I'll let you, I'll let you pick. Yeah, the next 832 01:05:04,159 --> 01:05:08,840 one that I'm planning to put out. There is a song called porch Light. 833 01:05:09,119 --> 01:05:11,800 Okay, yep, and it's kind of a funny love song. And 834 01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:14,599 was this also? Were these all done in Nashville? Yes, these were 835 01:05:14,639 --> 01:05:16,159 all done in Nashville. Cool, cool, All right, we'll give this 836 01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:20,760 a listen. This is porch Light from Dakota. Smart check this out. 837 01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:48,679 I think that I really gonna mess it up this time. And you don't 838 01:05:48,679 --> 01:05:54,320 want me in the house, Tony, I guess it looks thigh. I'm 839 01:05:54,440 --> 01:06:03,559 sleeping out sign if you hear me in there. I forgot my boots over 840 01:06:03,679 --> 01:06:13,199 by either stairs and now I'm standing out on the porch singing over these chords 841 01:06:13,519 --> 01:06:21,480 to show you that I can. I'll be half you rather than standing waiting 842 01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:29,199 in the come for a second chance to treat you right. And I know 843 01:06:29,599 --> 01:06:32,840 I was out of line and let you down. This time. I'll be 844 01:06:33,039 --> 01:06:40,320 singing if it takes all night. So honey, oh being up this store, 845 01:06:40,440 --> 01:06:57,039 I'm waiting for you underneath the porch man. When we were just kids, 846 01:06:58,679 --> 01:07:03,920 I was in love with everything you did, and you wouldn't take my 847 01:07:04,199 --> 01:07:10,039 crap. You'd give it rapster had back and show me how to live. 848 01:07:14,559 --> 01:07:23,480 We're older now, but in my heart still a at sohow and I got 849 01:07:23,559 --> 01:07:29,800 what I has. My lesson has been learning and A miss you ride Now. 850 01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:38,639 I'll be half here right along, standing waiting in the cold for a 851 01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:44,639 second chairs to treat you right. And I know when I was out of 852 01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:48,480 line and A let you down. This time, I'll be singing if it 853 01:07:48,639 --> 01:07:55,360 takes all night. So honey, col being up this store, I'm renny 854 01:07:55,440 --> 01:08:19,119 call you underneath the wall line. I'll be out here rather than standing waiting 855 01:08:19,359 --> 01:08:26,800 in the cold for a second chance to treat you right. And I know 856 01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:30,760 when I was out of line and it let you down. This time, 857 01:08:30,159 --> 01:08:36,439 I'll be singing if it takes a night. So funny all being up the 858 01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:45,439 store, I'm waiting for you underneath the porch line. I'm waiting for you. 859 01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:56,000 Oh when I'm waiting for you, Oh when I'm waiting for you. 860 01:08:58,920 --> 01:09:08,239 Underneath the thought line. Welcome back, everybody. Oh that's good. Porch 861 01:09:08,399 --> 01:09:12,159 light by the great Dakota Smart, who has joined us live in studio here 862 01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:15,479 on the program. And I gotta say, I love your voice. Thank 863 01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:18,319 you so much. Yeah you really really good. And uh you're getting some 864 01:09:18,399 --> 01:09:21,399 love in our chat room too, U. DJ Steve, who joins us 865 01:09:21,399 --> 01:09:26,079 soft Friday Nights for Retrospectrum Radio says, Hi, Matt and Jenny, great 866 01:09:26,159 --> 01:09:30,199 show so far. Mike from Queen City Cabinetry, one of our great sponsors, 867 01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:33,800 says, really like this. Isaac Banks says, good song, Matt, 868 01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:40,000 I'm listening to you right now. Dakota Smart is the best jay fed 869 01:09:40,079 --> 01:09:44,159 from the great State of Vermont says I like that, and Isaac Banks says, 870 01:09:44,359 --> 01:09:46,880 awesome song. I love it, very nice, very nice. That's 871 01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:51,079 awesome. Yeah, thank you guys so much. So we were talking and 872 01:09:51,159 --> 01:09:56,920 you're gonna play You're gonna play something live for us. Yeah, it was 873 01:09:57,439 --> 01:10:00,239 so that this song is has been one that's very near and dear to my 874 01:10:00,359 --> 01:10:02,560 heart. One of the reasons why is it's been so much fun to play 875 01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:05,600 this one out live. Uh. And this is a song about just being 876 01:10:05,640 --> 01:10:09,520 a musician on the road, playing show after show, night after night. 877 01:10:10,079 --> 01:10:14,000 And uh, it's called killing it. So yeah, all right, you're 878 01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:15,520 gonna give this one a go. By the way, before you do that, 879 01:10:15,560 --> 01:10:18,720 I just want to tell you someone named Lori Smart is in the chat 880 01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:23,600 room a relation. I assume, yes, And uh, Laurie says, 881 01:10:23,680 --> 01:10:44,760 go Dakota, so very good. That's awesome, very good. Ain't no 882 01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:47,560 loon. I'm gonna end up running out of town, so we don't just 883 01:10:48,399 --> 01:10:53,199 hand on my shoulders. Couldn't give me fun and all these miles on the 884 01:10:53,279 --> 01:10:56,800 beat of car, get it for the gold. This did a gutten bronze 885 01:10:56,960 --> 01:11:00,720 stream mine know me for a minute to them go give me in the backseat 886 01:11:00,880 --> 01:11:02,760 right and in the taxi loves me, let me leave me battle skills their 887 01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:13,319 strong these days has been going that way. He show me what I gotta 888 01:11:13,399 --> 01:11:18,279 do to get paid. He he ain't no more. We can fall change 889 01:11:18,279 --> 01:11:21,239 if it's happening. It's happening, you know. Went back again, show 890 01:11:21,279 --> 01:11:34,000 me where to sign down the lines and I'm killing it. I'm giving little 891 01:11:34,079 --> 01:11:39,920 tees, but it can't stay. Whether than man never changes ways over these 892 01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:43,920 heels. He'll love me the next stage, leaving that no mad lifestyle thing. 893 01:11:44,399 --> 01:11:46,239 Do it wit alone, bit of car. They work. My heart's 894 01:11:46,279 --> 01:11:49,560 in the lyrics that it don't get hurt now. They said they know means 895 01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:53,600 they're on but your phone. He's never gave a damn till my songs got 896 01:11:53,680 --> 01:12:01,399 heard. These days has been going that way. He show me me what 897 01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:08,800 I gotta do the good paid, ain't knowing more? Who weakened tha change 898 01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:11,840 if it's happening, it's happening. And you went back again, show me 899 01:12:11,920 --> 01:12:35,960 where to sign dot the lines, and I'm killing it. These days has 900 01:12:35,960 --> 01:12:45,239 been going that way, showing what I gotta do the good paid, ain't 901 01:12:45,319 --> 01:12:49,039 no more weaken faun change if it's happening, it's happening. And you went 902 01:12:49,119 --> 01:12:53,279 back again, show me where to sign doting lines and I'm killing it. 903 01:12:55,119 --> 01:12:59,239 Very nice, very nice. That was awesome, Thank you so much. 904 01:12:59,680 --> 01:13:02,720 If you're just joining us. Dakota Smart is a live in studio with us 905 01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:06,640 here and just played one of his new songs and that one's uh, that 906 01:13:06,720 --> 01:13:10,239 one's not out yet, correct, No, that one's not out yet. 907 01:13:10,359 --> 01:13:14,920 Yeah, the studio version. Yeah, really really good. You've got let's 908 01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:19,079 see. Lisa Mackenzie Rodriguez if I'm saying that correctly, says, awesome song, 909 01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:24,680 porch light, amazing voice, Dakota, You're yes, you're killing it. 910 01:13:26,359 --> 01:13:28,840 Very nice, that's awesome, Thank you so much. Yeah. Uh. 911 01:13:29,039 --> 01:13:31,279 DJ Steve says that was very cool, really liked it, and Isaac 912 01:13:31,319 --> 01:13:36,279 Banks says, go, Dakota, you rock, very cool, very cool, 913 01:13:36,520 --> 01:13:41,039 that's awesome. Thank you guys so much for the love. Absolutely absolutely, 914 01:13:41,600 --> 01:13:44,319 if you if you have anything for Dakota, Uh, the studio line 915 01:13:44,439 --> 01:13:46,680 is open six oh three two five oh six oh seven, six oh three 916 01:13:46,760 --> 01:13:50,840 two five oh six o seven. If you have any questions or feedback or 917 01:13:51,319 --> 01:13:58,520 anything at all. And how many oh you've Do you have any idea how 918 01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:02,000 many songs you've written? In to you said you wrote one hundred and twenty 919 01:14:02,079 --> 01:14:08,760 twenty alone, so I think you had said. Wow, man, that's 920 01:14:08,840 --> 01:14:11,920 a that's a hard question to answer. It's got to be in the in 921 01:14:11,960 --> 01:14:16,199 the hundreds, right. Oh oh yeah, so I think I mean I 922 01:14:16,319 --> 01:14:18,920 start so again. I started writing when I was like ten years old. 923 01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:27,359 So yeah, I'm guessing I've I've probably forgotten more songs than anything. I 924 01:14:27,439 --> 01:14:30,239 probably wrote a little. I've probably written at this point, probably close to 925 01:14:30,279 --> 01:14:33,359 three hundred four hundred songs. Wow, Yeah, that's a lot. Do 926 01:14:33,399 --> 01:14:36,760 you remember the first song you ever wrote? Unfortunately, yes, I knew 927 01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:45,199 it's a I will say one of my biggest inspirations is is Ed Sheeran, 928 01:14:45,399 --> 01:14:48,880 And one of the reasons why is because he's he's an amazing songwriter and it's 929 01:14:48,920 --> 01:14:54,720 funny because he actually talks about his early songwriting and he's like, you know, 930 01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:57,560 everybody thinks it's like something you're born with, and he's like no, 931 01:14:58,760 --> 01:15:00,680 It's like he's like no, he goes, it's something you have to put 932 01:15:00,720 --> 01:15:03,239 the ten thousand hours and you you really have to. You just have to 933 01:15:03,319 --> 01:15:06,319 keep writing and keep writing. It's like it's like turning on a faucet, 934 01:15:06,359 --> 01:15:09,720 you know. At first, he's like, you know, you're you're you're 935 01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:12,800 gonna get the dirty water until it finally starts to run clean. And and 936 01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:15,520 I think that's really just a beautiful way of looking at it, because you 937 01:15:15,600 --> 01:15:17,840 know, it's really all in your control. Like to anybody out there who 938 01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:21,279 who you know, really wants to write music and wants to write good music, 939 01:15:21,319 --> 01:15:24,520 it's all in your control at all. Is is just in the time 940 01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:27,880 that you put into it, right, And I think that's just a really 941 01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:32,439 beautiful thing. Yeah, do you did? I assume that the first song 942 01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:36,000 you ever wrote. I assume there's no version of that that continues to exist 943 01:15:36,159 --> 01:15:42,359 or no, no, no, there's not. I had somebody a singer 944 01:15:42,399 --> 01:15:45,640 songwriter on the show recently, Lou Antonucci. I think he say say his 945 01:15:45,720 --> 01:15:49,520 name and and he surprised me. He uh, you know, he's an 946 01:15:49,520 --> 01:15:53,439 older guy and he you know, he's got decades of songs. And he 947 01:15:53,479 --> 01:15:56,159 said, he actually the first song you ever wrote. He actually still he 948 01:15:56,279 --> 01:15:58,439 played it on the show. Is like, wow, that's awesome. He 949 01:15:58,560 --> 01:16:00,760 was really good too, and I said, wow, you you started out 950 01:16:00,039 --> 01:16:05,239 started out well? Yeah. Now are you playing out a lot? You 951 01:16:05,359 --> 01:16:09,840 doing a lot of shows? Yeah, So that's that's my full time right 952 01:16:09,880 --> 01:16:13,920 now. Is elling live shows excellent? Is it always just you? Or 953 01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:15,319 do you collaborate with anybody? Do you have a do you ever have a 954 01:16:15,399 --> 01:16:19,079 band? Or once in once in a while, I'll collaborate with friends or 955 01:16:19,159 --> 01:16:21,960 play with the band, But most of the time it's just me. Okay, 956 01:16:23,119 --> 01:16:26,439 okay. Tom Langard is in the Facebook live chat and says that was 957 01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:30,760 great and gives a big thumbs up, very good, very good. And 958 01:16:30,079 --> 01:16:32,199 when you play, do you do like a full night? Like do you 959 01:16:32,279 --> 01:16:34,960 go somewhere and do like a three hour because obviously you have a lot of 960 01:16:35,199 --> 01:16:40,680 a lot of music. Yeah, I'll usually be doing my My average gig 961 01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:45,600 is usually three hours, sometimes four. I have done a five. I 962 01:16:45,680 --> 01:16:50,399 don't recommend it, really, Yeah, that's that's Springsteen type show there. 963 01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:55,760 Wow. Yeah, it's uh, this summer has been amazing. You know. 964 01:16:55,800 --> 01:16:58,079 I want to give a big thank you to all the venues who have 965 01:16:58,159 --> 01:17:00,920 been you know, having me come out and play show for them. It's 966 01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:05,119 been absolutely amazing. I think I started with fifty dates for the summer when 967 01:17:05,159 --> 01:17:10,039 I got back from Nashville this year, and I think looking back at it 968 01:17:10,119 --> 01:17:12,600 for the total year, I think we're getting close to one hundred. Now. 969 01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:15,800 Wow, that's really good. Yeah. So it's just been you know, 970 01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:18,920 sometimes three gigs a week. I mean, I think I've been averaging 971 01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:24,840 the summer close to three gigs a week, sometimes up to five, sometimes 972 01:17:25,319 --> 01:17:30,199 five gigs in four days. Wow, having multiple gigs of days. Yeah. 973 01:17:30,159 --> 01:17:34,439 Yeah. What was the show where you had to play for five hours? 974 01:17:35,279 --> 01:17:41,239 That was? That was me and a buddy we were playing for I 975 01:17:41,319 --> 01:17:44,600 think it was a I think it was called Harborfest in Maine, Okay, 976 01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:47,159 and we had to play for five hours. Luckily that show, we were 977 01:17:47,239 --> 01:17:51,119 able to kind of you know, take a break each and have the other 978 01:17:51,159 --> 01:17:54,800 one play a couple of songs and then we'd you know switch off a little 979 01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:57,399 bit, which was a lot of fun. But yeah, that was that 980 01:17:57,560 --> 01:18:00,319 was my five hour show also. Actually no, I did have a private 981 01:18:00,399 --> 01:18:02,680 party that was five hours as well, but I took a couple of long 982 01:18:02,760 --> 01:18:06,920 breaks to even it out. Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. And 983 01:18:08,119 --> 01:18:10,199 uh, how did you learn to sing? Are you self taught or did 984 01:18:10,239 --> 01:18:14,119 you take lessons or so? I actually, when I was younger, I 985 01:18:14,199 --> 01:18:16,479 started singing in church. Actually that that was the first place that I started 986 01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:20,479 singing. And my parents are very musical. My dad he plays in a 987 01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:23,840 band. He's a bass player and a guitar player, and my mother is 988 01:18:23,840 --> 01:18:29,000 a drummer. Oh wow. Yeah, so I came from a I come 989 01:18:29,039 --> 01:18:31,439 from a very musical family. Yea. And yeah, so that was that 990 01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:36,680 was my first experience of singing just in public. And then after that, 991 01:18:38,399 --> 01:18:42,560 I really like any chance I could talent shows, anywhere that I could get 992 01:18:42,600 --> 01:18:45,960 up on stage, I would get up on stage. Yeah. So your 993 01:18:45,039 --> 01:18:49,520 your dad plays in a band currently, he actually plays in a band. 994 01:18:49,560 --> 01:18:54,600 I think they're they're going their separate ways right now, but he he's been 995 01:18:54,680 --> 01:18:57,520 playing in a band for the past few years called Marcie Drive. Okay, 996 01:18:57,680 --> 01:19:00,000 yep, I think I've heard of Marcie Drive. Yep. And and your 997 01:19:00,039 --> 01:19:04,239 mom's a drummer. Does she play accurrently at all? Or she she Once 998 01:19:04,279 --> 01:19:08,520 in a while, she'll she'll play, but she usually doesn't play out live. 999 01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:10,840 So it's it's, you know, if we're we're all hanging out, 1000 01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:13,319 or we're going and watching the show and hanging out with with friends and what 1001 01:19:13,439 --> 01:19:15,359 not, she'll come up and play a couple of songs. Oh wow, 1002 01:19:15,600 --> 01:19:17,960 cool cool. Yeah. She actually because of the fact that I grew up 1003 01:19:18,159 --> 01:19:21,079 having a drum kit in the house, I actually was self taught, just 1004 01:19:21,319 --> 01:19:25,399 picked up the sticks and started learning how to play drums. Yeah, oh 1005 01:19:25,479 --> 01:19:30,560 wow, Are you a good drummer? I don't know actually, So, 1006 01:19:30,720 --> 01:19:34,600 I mean I think I guess I can sit in with most bands and play 1007 01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:39,640 a set. But to me, like, I wouldn't say that, like, 1008 01:19:40,079 --> 01:19:43,920 you know, it's my strongest instrument. Yeah, I'd say I'm proficient 1009 01:19:43,960 --> 01:19:45,319 at it, Like I can sit in with a band and play some tunes, 1010 01:19:46,319 --> 01:19:49,439 but you know, I'm my my inspiration is you know, people like 1011 01:19:49,520 --> 01:19:56,359 John Bonham and whatnot. Yeah, but yeah, it's it's interesting to me 1012 01:19:56,439 --> 01:19:58,720 that you mentioned having a drum set in the house because of your mom. 1013 01:19:58,800 --> 01:20:02,680 Because a topic of conversation that's come up on the show recently with a lot 1014 01:20:02,760 --> 01:20:06,720 of a lot of our guests. Is it seems like most drummers, I 1015 01:20:06,800 --> 01:20:11,279 know, they're in multiple bands. Yeah, because drummers are in such high 1016 01:20:11,279 --> 01:20:14,119 demand because it's hard to find drummers. And I always say, my theory 1017 01:20:14,199 --> 01:20:16,840 about that has always been that most most kids, when they're growing up and 1018 01:20:16,840 --> 01:20:19,680 they first start getting interested in music and they want to learn a musical instrument, 1019 01:20:19,680 --> 01:20:23,520 when they go to have that discussion with their parents, if they say 1020 01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:27,640 I want to play drums, the parents are usually like, uh, oh 1021 01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:30,960 no, right, nobody wants all the racket and everything. You know that, 1022 01:20:30,199 --> 01:20:33,520 and you know the tube another thing that would be loud and annoying. 1023 01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:40,119 But so that's always been my theory about why drummers are And so because like 1024 01:20:40,359 --> 01:20:43,119 most drummers we have on the show there and they're like, yeah, I'm 1025 01:20:43,159 --> 01:20:47,079 in like ten different bands. And but in your case, you actually grew 1026 01:20:47,159 --> 01:20:49,479 up with a drum set in the house because of your mom. So that's 1027 01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:53,199 really cool. Yeah. I think that's why drum kits are usually put in 1028 01:20:53,239 --> 01:20:55,800 the basement so that if you are playing the drums, you know, it 1029 01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:59,119 tries to keep the noise volume a little bit lower. Yeah, yeah, 1030 01:20:59,239 --> 01:21:02,920 absolutely. Did you Did you ever write with your parents at all? Ever 1031 01:21:02,960 --> 01:21:08,239 write a song with them or I've never like sat down and wrote a song 1032 01:21:08,319 --> 01:21:11,319 with my with my folks, But they definitely give me a lot of ideas. 1033 01:21:11,520 --> 01:21:14,520 And you know, they're usually the first ones to hear one of my 1034 01:21:14,640 --> 01:21:16,319 songs when it's done. Yea. And because of the fact, like my 1035 01:21:16,520 --> 01:21:20,840 my parents are very supportive and I'm very very grateful for how supportive they are 1036 01:21:20,920 --> 01:21:24,920 of the music. So a lot of the times, when I get done 1037 01:21:24,960 --> 01:21:27,079 with the song, I usually go, hey, you guys want to hear 1038 01:21:27,119 --> 01:21:30,079 this and check this out, and and they'll give me an honest opinion on 1039 01:21:30,159 --> 01:21:31,840 it. Yeah, And a lot of the times they have some really great 1040 01:21:31,880 --> 01:21:35,760 opinions. Really. Yeah. So it's I mean, you know, it 1041 01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:40,119 makes sense. You know, they they they know you the best out of 1042 01:21:40,199 --> 01:21:44,880 anybody, right, That's true. That's true. Yeah, Well we should 1043 01:21:45,079 --> 01:21:47,640 you want to play another I could play another studio track? Yeah, let's 1044 01:21:47,680 --> 01:21:50,960 do that. Let's see what haven't we I think we have one, or 1045 01:21:51,359 --> 01:21:54,359 actually we have a couple we haven't played, right? What? What? 1046 01:21:54,800 --> 01:21:58,439 What should we play next? What? I'll let you pick. I'm thinking 1047 01:21:58,600 --> 01:22:01,159 I got to remember what's on there. You gave me Blue Eyed Crazy, 1048 01:22:01,199 --> 01:22:04,520 which we haven't played, and uh oh, and I guess that's it because 1049 01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:08,479 you you played killing It and we played porch Light. So yeah, well 1050 01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:13,840 we'll spend that track blue Eyed Crazy, all right, and anything anything we 1051 01:22:13,880 --> 01:22:16,079 should know about this before we uh before we play it. Yeah, definitely, 1052 01:22:16,479 --> 01:22:18,479 because it just by the title, it sounds like there might be a 1053 01:22:18,560 --> 01:22:24,600 story. Oh there is, there is, Yeah, this is This song 1054 01:22:25,199 --> 01:22:28,800 has been a lot of fun writing wise. There's a lot of songs where, 1055 01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:32,600 like you know, you you start writing it and it just becomes you 1056 01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:35,520 know, an hour goes by, or maybe two hours and then and then 1057 01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:39,119 sometimes you're like, all right, I'm gonna I'm gonna shelf this and just 1058 01:22:39,319 --> 01:22:42,640 leave it right. This song was like the total opposite. It was like, 1059 01:22:42,720 --> 01:22:45,720 the first verse and chorus came to me really quickly, and I was 1060 01:22:45,760 --> 01:22:48,000 playing it on guitar, and I actually had the idea of like, all 1061 01:22:48,079 --> 01:22:51,159 right, I'm like, you know, in my heart, I'm a songwriter, 1062 01:22:53,199 --> 01:22:55,239 and I wanted to try and sit down and write a song for somebody 1063 01:22:55,279 --> 01:23:00,199 else. So the first verse in the chorus just flew by, and then 1064 01:23:00,239 --> 01:23:01,479 I shelfed it because of the fact that I had to I had to run. 1065 01:23:01,560 --> 01:23:05,439 I couldn't finish the song right then and there. And like a few 1066 01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:10,800 months later, when I was in Nashville, I was going through songs to 1067 01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:15,359 record and I was like, wait a minute. I stumbled upon the the 1068 01:23:15,840 --> 01:23:17,800 like little phone recording I had of this. I was like, man, 1069 01:23:17,840 --> 01:23:20,159 I go, I really want to finish this and see what it would sound 1070 01:23:20,239 --> 01:23:24,199 like. And I switched it from guitar to the piano, so this is 1071 01:23:24,239 --> 01:23:28,079 actually a piano track. I'm playing the piano on this song, and I'm 1072 01:23:28,399 --> 01:23:30,680 like, this is one of my favorite songs for the piano part. Like, 1073 01:23:30,840 --> 01:23:34,680 I'm really proud of this one. But I got done writing it and 1074 01:23:34,960 --> 01:23:38,479 I talked to my I reached out to my producer so that the guy who 1075 01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:42,560 produced my songs in Nashville. His name is Liel Reynolds. He's a Grammy 1076 01:23:43,279 --> 01:23:46,279 nominated producer. He's really really amazing, really fun guy to hang out with 1077 01:23:47,359 --> 01:23:50,920 and really fun in the studio. And when I sent him this, I 1078 01:23:50,960 --> 01:23:54,319 said, hey, I go, I really want to get the song to 1079 01:23:54,399 --> 01:23:55,920 the list of songs, and he goes, I don't know, man, 1080 01:23:56,079 --> 01:23:59,399 it's you know we kind of already had to set a songs and then he 1081 01:23:59,479 --> 01:24:01,760 listened to it goes yeah, we got to record this. Yeah, but 1082 01:24:01,880 --> 01:24:06,840 this song was one that like I want to I feel like the best songwriters 1083 01:24:06,920 --> 01:24:11,359 are the best listeners. And I feel like if you're someone who can listen 1084 01:24:11,399 --> 01:24:14,479 to someone else's story and then put it into words and relate to other people 1085 01:24:14,520 --> 01:24:16,960 with that as well as your own, I feel like that's just really one 1086 01:24:17,000 --> 01:24:20,359 of the measures by that you're a really good songwriter. Yeah, And I 1087 01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:25,359 just want to challenge myself with this. So I took inspiration from a lot 1088 01:24:25,399 --> 01:24:29,479 of other you know, friends of mine who are in relationships and you know, 1089 01:24:29,600 --> 01:24:31,039 some of my own relationships in the past, and kind of just pulled 1090 01:24:31,079 --> 01:24:35,560 them together and created the song. But yeah, all right, all right, 1091 01:24:35,680 --> 01:24:40,840 very cool. So this is this is called Blue Eyed Crazy from Dakota. 1092 01:24:40,920 --> 01:25:00,159 Smart. Seeing that the doors will both a bomb and folded as all 1093 01:25:00,239 --> 01:25:04,000 the bousy men have broken in, you leave the options open for your victims 1094 01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:10,159 and crawl back. I feel like every other j you're just anohing nuther before 1095 01:25:10,239 --> 01:25:15,920 the twy ride, nevery when you bowl the opten you baby, should you 1096 01:25:15,319 --> 01:25:26,079 find to try to spread that shot down by your knockdown by your pretty little 1097 01:25:26,119 --> 01:25:30,800 boot him kind of being on your right the ring for the one and that 1098 01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:38,319 would be my man. The fuck then you pull me through? I guess 1099 01:25:38,359 --> 01:25:46,640 the sister who I say? And you you always wanted to be the one 1100 01:25:46,680 --> 01:25:53,399 who's in control. My car husband off a single something tells me how to 1101 01:25:53,479 --> 01:25:58,399 probably hit the road to yow the map to everything. And though I was 1102 01:25:58,760 --> 01:26:04,680 always saasen and you hell raising bringing me down to my knees, I guess 1103 01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:13,680 your amas just smaller roun free. Shut down by your knockdown by your pretty 1104 01:26:13,760 --> 01:26:18,319 little blue I crazy head had a thing for your boy the ring called the 1105 01:26:18,399 --> 01:26:24,680 one a double beep BP be in. Can't fuck that one you bud be 1106 01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:41,880 through. I guess it's just a blue iron crazy you shut down by your 1107 01:26:42,239 --> 01:26:47,399 knockdown by your pretty little blue I crizy head had a thing for your by 1108 01:26:47,479 --> 01:26:53,960 the ring for the one of double beet up. Can't fuck that what you 1109 01:26:54,279 --> 01:26:59,479 pulled me through? I guess it's just a blue iron. I guess it's 1110 01:26:59,520 --> 01:27:04,720 just a wag crazy shut down by your knock down by your breeding the bock 1111 01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:13,600 crazy had a thing for your bottling for the one a double Beat Baboo Jim, 1112 01:27:15,960 --> 01:27:24,079 I guess just the boo and crazy you. I guess just the boo 1113 01:27:24,199 --> 01:27:31,159 hay, crazy you. I guess it's just the boo and crazy new. 1114 01:27:35,239 --> 01:27:39,359 I think you got a hit song there, Dakota. Thank you. I'm 1115 01:27:39,399 --> 01:27:43,239 not kidding. That's really good. That is Blue Eyed Crazy from Dakota Smart, 1116 01:27:43,880 --> 01:27:46,560 who has joined Jenny and I here in studio. That's Dakota right on 1117 01:27:46,640 --> 01:27:49,840 the couch there for those of you watching online. And yeah, that is 1118 01:27:49,920 --> 01:27:54,479 Blue Eyed Crazy. Great great track. If you have any questions or anything 1119 01:27:54,800 --> 01:27:57,920 for our guest, Dakota Smart, the studio line is open six oh three 1120 01:27:57,960 --> 01:28:02,359 two five six oh oh seven six three two five six seven. So how 1121 01:28:02,439 --> 01:28:05,439 did how did that come about? Your connection with I'm sorry, I forget 1122 01:28:05,479 --> 01:28:10,199 the name of the producer you mentioned Little Reynolds litl Reynolds. How did that 1123 01:28:10,279 --> 01:28:15,760 come about? Uh? So, we actually we're looking for somebody to produce 1124 01:28:15,800 --> 01:28:19,039 the songs that uh I was wanting to record down in Nashville, and uh 1125 01:28:19,079 --> 01:28:21,560 we just reached out to to Blackbird Studio and we said, hey, who 1126 01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:26,520 do who do you guys recommend? And they gave us the name of Little 1127 01:28:26,520 --> 01:28:30,960 Reynolds and after you know, just looking up some of the stuff he's done, 1128 01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:33,600 and also just you know, getting on the phone and talking to him. 1129 01:28:33,600 --> 01:28:35,640 I said, man, this is this is a really cool guy. 1130 01:28:35,720 --> 01:28:39,520 I really want to you know, work on some songs with him. And 1131 01:28:39,560 --> 01:28:43,640 then what was the process like of of getting started. Did you have to 1132 01:28:44,119 --> 01:28:46,479 send him some demos and see what he thought or yeah. So so what 1133 01:28:46,560 --> 01:28:51,279 we did to start was we went through a bunch of demos and we were 1134 01:28:51,359 --> 01:28:55,960 kind of just shooting ideas back and forth. And and by the way, 1135 01:28:56,039 --> 01:29:00,039 this this timeframe was like a few months from the actual time that we got 1136 01:29:00,159 --> 01:29:03,600 you know, started talking and then actually went in the studio, so we 1137 01:29:03,680 --> 01:29:06,600 had a lot of time to play around with ideas. And by the time 1138 01:29:06,640 --> 01:29:11,960 I got to Nashville, it was kind of crazy because it was like I 1139 01:29:12,039 --> 01:29:15,760 had so many things that I wanted to do and so many like just people 1140 01:29:15,840 --> 01:29:17,600 that I had reached out to, and I was like, hey, you 1141 01:29:17,680 --> 01:29:19,880 know, I want to play at this venue. I want to you know, 1142 01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:24,199 I want to write a song with you, and and is this crazy? 1143 01:29:24,479 --> 01:29:27,439 Like I think one of the hardest things is like trying to schedule your 1144 01:29:27,520 --> 01:29:31,840 time, especially in that situation. So when I got down there. We 1145 01:29:31,960 --> 01:29:34,560 ended up having to like just find a time to get together and do pre 1146 01:29:34,640 --> 01:29:41,079 production, and I think it was one of the first things we did. 1147 01:29:41,199 --> 01:29:45,279 So we did pre production and that was really really cool because it was like 1148 01:29:45,319 --> 01:29:48,840 one of the first times that we were able to sit down and like really 1149 01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:53,600 take a deep dive into these songs. And then we just talked about sounds. 1150 01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:56,119 Were like, hey, what's your inspiration here, and what do you 1151 01:29:56,119 --> 01:30:00,119 think the drum kits should sound like? And what kind of guitar sounds you 1152 01:30:00,279 --> 01:30:03,560 like? And I just you know, just unloaded my whole creativity like vision 1153 01:30:04,119 --> 01:30:08,680 on him about everything, and and you know, he gave me his ideas 1154 01:30:08,680 --> 01:30:11,479 and whatnot. It was really awesome. So uh, I mean, especially 1155 01:30:11,520 --> 01:30:15,159 when it came to like the drum kit when it comes to Tom's, I 1156 01:30:15,399 --> 01:30:18,319 like, like a muted Tom sounds so like kind of like the Beatles. 1157 01:30:18,359 --> 01:30:25,239 They put tea towels over the toms, and I thought that was really cool. 1158 01:30:25,279 --> 01:30:26,800 So I was like, man, we got to do that. You 1159 01:30:26,840 --> 01:30:28,520 know, if the Beatles did that, I got to try it. I 1160 01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:30,880 got I got to see how that sounds. And we actually did that on 1161 01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:35,960 the drum kit for for all of these songs and I think, yeah, 1162 01:30:36,039 --> 01:30:39,680 I think I think all of them. I got to remember correctly. But 1163 01:30:39,800 --> 01:30:43,119 anyways, just just stuff like that, like getting right down into the nitty 1164 01:30:43,119 --> 01:30:45,479 gritty of what we wanted the kick drum to sound like all the way to 1165 01:30:45,560 --> 01:30:48,319 all the toms, and you know, should the guitar be more you know, 1166 01:30:49,159 --> 01:30:51,359 should it be more bright? Should it be a little bit darker? 1167 01:30:51,479 --> 01:30:54,840 You know, do you want electric here? Do you not? And and 1168 01:30:55,319 --> 01:30:59,000 you know, how do you want to play your piano part? So that 1169 01:30:59,119 --> 01:31:02,960 was that was really really cool. It's interesting that you mentioned drums because I 1170 01:31:03,560 --> 01:31:08,680 have been saying for years that I feel like as far as how drums should 1171 01:31:08,720 --> 01:31:11,439 sound like, I don't really I don't listen to a lot of country but 1172 01:31:12,159 --> 01:31:16,680 but occasionally. But my observation though has been with with you know, quote 1173 01:31:16,760 --> 01:31:23,479 unquote new country. Is Nashville really figured it out as far as how drums 1174 01:31:23,520 --> 01:31:29,720 should sound. Yeah. I think what's what's hard about it is that everybody 1175 01:31:29,840 --> 01:31:32,680 has a different idea on what the drum kits should sound like. Yeah, 1176 01:31:33,399 --> 01:31:38,079 And to me, I mean, I think it's just because I'm an old 1177 01:31:38,119 --> 01:31:42,319 soul, I just I love a lot of the the older sounding kits, 1178 01:31:43,600 --> 01:31:45,239 but I like, I like the tone and the texture to them, but 1179 01:31:45,359 --> 01:31:48,119 I want them to you know, to be present on the track, right 1180 01:31:48,359 --> 01:31:53,560 right, So, like I I like a kick drum that's that's present, 1181 01:31:53,640 --> 01:31:56,439 that's that really has you know, that's something that, like you you feel 1182 01:31:56,479 --> 01:32:00,560 it sometimes more than you hear it, Yes, exactly. And uh and 1183 01:32:00,720 --> 01:32:04,079 I love that. I love toms, that dead sounding you know, te 1184 01:32:04,199 --> 01:32:09,079 towel toms. I feel like, because of the fact that there's so much 1185 01:32:09,159 --> 01:32:13,560 going on in a track, you know, sometimes having something that rings out 1186 01:32:14,079 --> 01:32:16,720 like those toms that ring out really far, I just feel like sometimes it 1187 01:32:16,880 --> 01:32:20,560 just ends up becoming muddy. Yeah, you know. So to me, 1188 01:32:20,680 --> 01:32:26,239 it's like that that kind of dead sounding sixties style drum. Uh. It 1189 01:32:26,439 --> 01:32:30,199 just it it's so present in it. It's it's so crisp when you hear 1190 01:32:30,279 --> 01:32:32,079 it. Yea. And because of the fact that a lot of people, 1191 01:32:32,279 --> 01:32:35,800 you know, it's it's something that was really popular in the sixties, I 1192 01:32:35,840 --> 01:32:40,399 feel like it's something that can kind of come back in a style today. 1193 01:32:42,039 --> 01:32:45,439 Yeah. And and by the way, obviously, so you know your music 1194 01:32:45,560 --> 01:32:49,359 isn't certainly isn't country, But how do you describe it to people? Who 1195 01:32:49,359 --> 01:32:54,159 haven't heard of your music. So I have inspirations all over the board. 1196 01:32:54,520 --> 01:32:58,600 Like I grew up, the first genre of music that I really wasn't like 1197 01:32:58,720 --> 01:33:01,159 fell in love with as a kid was blues. Like I used to listen 1198 01:33:01,199 --> 01:33:05,079 to BB King all day and I love that. My dad got me into 1199 01:33:05,119 --> 01:33:13,159 BB King, And then later on I went from BB King man to what 1200 01:33:13,359 --> 01:33:15,239 was the artist Stevie Wonder? I went from BB King to Stevie Wonder, 1201 01:33:15,279 --> 01:33:19,239 and then I got a little bit more into rock and roll as high school 1202 01:33:19,319 --> 01:33:23,960 hit. And also I had a phase where I was really into cold Play. 1203 01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:28,439 Actually this is good to note. When I was younger, the song 1204 01:33:28,560 --> 01:33:31,760 that made me want to start writing music was Clocks by Coleplay. And the 1205 01:33:31,800 --> 01:33:34,560 reason why I was a little kid, I was watching a movie and I 1206 01:33:34,760 --> 01:33:40,920 heard the song Clocks in the movie and it just made me feel something, 1207 01:33:41,359 --> 01:33:44,439 and I just said to myself, I want to make people feel something like 1208 01:33:44,600 --> 01:33:46,960 that song made me feel something. And that was actually the thing that, 1209 01:33:47,199 --> 01:33:53,159 believe it or not, that got me like just just started writing. And 1210 01:33:53,199 --> 01:33:57,800 then I went from like that kind of stuff into folk, and I really 1211 01:33:57,880 --> 01:34:00,439 love folk. I think from a lyrical standpoint, I'm very much a folk 1212 01:34:00,479 --> 01:34:04,720 writer. I like to write stories and I also have a very heavy rock 1213 01:34:04,880 --> 01:34:09,239 influence, but I also do have some country influences. I mean, I 1214 01:34:09,399 --> 01:34:13,520 really loved Johnny Cash, and I love a lot of the more roots country 1215 01:34:13,560 --> 01:34:16,960 stuff. I don't know if you heard of the artist Zak Briancues, but 1216 01:34:17,079 --> 01:34:20,560 I've I've really gotten into a lot of his his music, and I feel 1217 01:34:20,600 --> 01:34:25,079 like lyrically, that's like my bread and butter. I like stuff that is 1218 01:34:25,239 --> 01:34:29,880 just honest, you know, and that's that's kind of my inspiration. So 1219 01:34:29,960 --> 01:34:33,600 I'd say that I'm folk rock with influences of country. And yeah, the 1220 01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:36,439 story of how I got into, uh, Johnny Cash was pretty funny. 1221 01:34:36,479 --> 01:34:41,920 My my grandfather was a truck driver, but he he passed away when I 1222 01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:44,479 was three, so I never really got the chance to like to meet him 1223 01:34:44,520 --> 01:34:47,640 and know him. And one day I was hanging out, you know, 1224 01:34:47,720 --> 01:34:49,840 after school, talking with my dad and he said, hey, do you 1225 01:34:49,880 --> 01:34:54,279 want to know what your your grandfather used to listen to. I said, 1226 01:34:54,479 --> 01:34:56,239 yeah, I'd love to know what he used to listen to. And he 1227 01:34:56,279 --> 01:35:00,640 showed me the song boy named Sue, and I laugh so hard listening to 1228 01:35:00,720 --> 01:35:03,960 that. That's just such a funny song. Yeah, and I listened to 1229 01:35:04,079 --> 01:35:08,600 it on repeat and and after that I was just I was I was hooked. 1230 01:35:08,600 --> 01:35:11,399 I was a Johnny Cash fan. Yeah, and I mean that happened. 1231 01:35:11,399 --> 01:35:15,800 I was probably like I gotta say twelve or younger something like that when 1232 01:35:15,840 --> 01:35:20,399 I first Yeah, so he's been he's been an influence from a young age. 1233 01:35:20,600 --> 01:35:25,479 Okay. And by the way too, So we were talking while the 1234 01:35:25,720 --> 01:35:28,600 off air, while the song was on Blue Eyed Crazy, you were talking 1235 01:35:28,640 --> 01:35:31,359 about the piano part. Yes, the solo there. Yeah, so that 1236 01:35:31,520 --> 01:35:38,279 was the solo in that song is probably my favorite solo I've ever done, 1237 01:35:38,319 --> 01:35:42,720 period. And it took me. And actually, what's funny is is that 1238 01:35:43,760 --> 01:35:46,279 I'd be in the studio and and and the lull would be talking to me 1239 01:35:46,439 --> 01:35:49,560 behind the glass, and I would do a solo and then he'd be like, 1240 01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:53,720 all right, do one more, and I do another one, and 1241 01:35:53,800 --> 01:35:56,000 he'd go, right, I don't know, man, he goes, I 1242 01:35:56,039 --> 01:35:59,279 don't think that was the one, And then he just he just kept playing 1243 01:35:59,319 --> 01:36:00,880 it back until until he looked at me and he goes, yep, all 1244 01:36:00,960 --> 01:36:04,279 right, we got it. And at that point I didn't even I couldn't 1245 01:36:04,279 --> 01:36:09,680 remember half the other takes. Yeah, yeah, no doubt, but I 1246 01:36:09,960 --> 01:36:12,880 just had to I just had to trust, you know, his judgment and 1247 01:36:13,000 --> 01:36:17,159 being like knowing when we got the actual like that's the solo. You know 1248 01:36:17,199 --> 01:36:21,039 what's cool about it too, is it fits a song so perfectly, but 1249 01:36:21,159 --> 01:36:25,039 you don't you kind of don't see it coming. Yeah, and that's you 1250 01:36:25,119 --> 01:36:29,000 know. I think that's what's really cool about that track is that a lot 1251 01:36:29,079 --> 01:36:33,279 of songs they go for the guitar solo, And I mean, my first 1252 01:36:33,359 --> 01:36:36,439 instrument was a piano, and I want to highlight that. Even though a 1253 01:36:36,520 --> 01:36:39,840 lot of the times when you see me playing originals today, a lot of 1254 01:36:39,880 --> 01:36:45,000 the times I will be playing the guitar. But I really wanted to highlight 1255 01:36:45,479 --> 01:36:49,039 all those years of playing piano and in all those years of playing with bands 1256 01:36:49,119 --> 01:36:53,840 and doing solos, and and I was like, you know, I really 1257 01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:58,079 want to have something like that. So yeah, we we gave it a 1258 01:36:58,159 --> 01:37:01,680 try, and luckily it fits. So yeah, absolutely, let's see Lisa 1259 01:37:01,840 --> 01:37:05,760 Mackenzie Rodrigue in the chat room says, very cool. I love the beat 1260 01:37:05,840 --> 01:37:10,359 and your piano playing is amazing. All of these songs are big hits. 1261 01:37:11,079 --> 01:37:15,720 Way to go to coda from two of your biggest fans. Thank you so 1262 01:37:15,880 --> 01:37:20,560 much. Roni Favero says, my favorite drum kit was a North They are 1263 01:37:20,640 --> 01:37:25,880 shaped like horns. Really, I don't know, yeah, that's what she 1264 01:37:25,960 --> 01:37:28,159 said. I'm gonna I'm gonna have to look that up. I don't I 1265 01:37:28,199 --> 01:37:30,079 don't think I've ever heard of that. Yeah, that's really cool. Yeah 1266 01:37:30,239 --> 01:37:36,439 yeah, Now, so what's the status of so the songs that we've been 1267 01:37:36,479 --> 01:37:39,600 playing, these are not out yet, do you know when they're going to 1268 01:37:39,680 --> 01:37:45,279 be coming out or so We're looking at releasing Porch Light at the end of 1269 01:37:45,359 --> 01:37:46,880 next month, so that'll be the next single. Yeah, that's going to 1270 01:37:46,920 --> 01:37:50,119 be the next single, and then we're going to take a break through December 1271 01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:54,840 from releasing anything because you know, if I feel like December people are, 1272 01:37:55,199 --> 01:37:57,520 you know, getting into the Christmas spirit and whatnot, and I don't, 1273 01:37:57,600 --> 01:38:00,079 I don't, you know, I want to kind of take a break and 1274 01:38:00,159 --> 01:38:03,119 releasing music and then just hit it hard in twenty twenty four. Yeah, 1275 01:38:03,760 --> 01:38:05,880 and a lot of these songs are going to be coming out in the beginning 1276 01:38:05,920 --> 01:38:10,399 in twenty twenty four. I think I think I'm looking at maybe doing a 1277 01:38:10,560 --> 01:38:15,479 song a month or maybe you know, every six weeks or something like that, 1278 01:38:15,960 --> 01:38:19,760 and I have a lot, Like you know, this is four songs 1279 01:38:19,960 --> 01:38:25,079 out of ten, and four of them are full band. We actually the 1280 01:38:25,640 --> 01:38:28,359 song killing It is one of the acoustic ones. So I want to bring 1281 01:38:28,439 --> 01:38:36,119 a variation today. And we're thinking about doing an EP of acoustic songs because 1282 01:38:36,199 --> 01:38:40,720 six of those songs that I recorded down there are acoustic. Oh okay, 1283 01:38:41,600 --> 01:38:45,239 yeah, So it's a I'm really excited about it because these are you know, 1284 01:38:46,439 --> 01:38:49,319 these are so much different compared to anything that I've ever written before. 1285 01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:55,479 Really yeah, and it's just a whole new like I feel like a whole 1286 01:38:55,520 --> 01:38:59,479 new chapter for me as a songwriter. Oh cool, Cool? Is some 1287 01:38:59,640 --> 01:39:02,520 of your stuff online if people want to hear. Yes. So the first 1288 01:39:02,960 --> 01:39:06,159 album that I ever put out was actually in twenty twenty two. It was 1289 01:39:06,239 --> 01:39:11,199 an album called Leap of Faith. I felt like that was pretty fitting for 1290 01:39:11,760 --> 01:39:15,399 my first album. And another thing is is like these these albums, you 1291 01:39:15,479 --> 01:39:19,840 know, I play shows all summer and I save up money to go and 1292 01:39:19,920 --> 01:39:25,640 record, and so the first album, you know, when I chose, 1293 01:39:25,680 --> 01:39:28,199 I was like, man, I really need to put something out that is 1294 01:39:28,279 --> 01:39:30,840 like a big body of work. I put out Leap of Faith, and 1295 01:39:30,880 --> 01:39:33,279 I called it Leap of Faith because of that, because it really was. 1296 01:39:33,840 --> 01:39:35,760 It was a huge leap of faith to be like, Hey, you're going 1297 01:39:35,840 --> 01:39:40,159 to take all this time in this money and you're going to invest it in 1298 01:39:40,239 --> 01:39:45,079 yourself. And what's cool about that is all the all of those songs in 1299 01:39:45,159 --> 01:39:49,199 Leap of Faith were actually written when I was in my teens, no kidding. 1300 01:39:49,319 --> 01:39:55,159 And then we had to postpone the release of the album because of COVID, 1301 01:39:55,800 --> 01:39:58,840 And the reason why is because I wanted to have a release party and 1302 01:39:58,920 --> 01:40:02,560 I wanted to actually do a show. So we ended up waiting. Yeah, 1303 01:40:02,600 --> 01:40:05,840 we ended up waiting almost in a whole year because of the fact that 1304 01:40:05,920 --> 01:40:10,399 we couldn't find a venue in the in the like in the peak of COVID 1305 01:40:11,000 --> 01:40:13,720 that was willing to do a release party, which which made sense, you 1306 01:40:13,760 --> 01:40:17,079 know, we weren't. So we waited and and and once once we found 1307 01:40:17,119 --> 01:40:19,880 a place, it was it was great. You know, people from my 1308 01:40:19,960 --> 01:40:24,600 hometown they all came out to see me play and and you know, I 1309 01:40:24,760 --> 01:40:28,359 just I'm so blessed for that. It was amazing. And will will there 1310 01:40:28,439 --> 01:40:30,119 be a video for Porch Light? Yes, there will be a video. 1311 01:40:30,159 --> 01:40:34,000 Actually, that's that's really funny that you asked that, because the video for 1312 01:40:34,159 --> 01:40:39,680 porch Light is a com a combination of videos that we took in the studio. 1313 01:40:39,880 --> 01:40:42,920 Oh okay, so it's gonna This is the coolest thing about the porch 1314 01:40:43,039 --> 01:40:46,439 Light video is that it's gonna be really a big like behind the scenes of 1315 01:40:46,520 --> 01:40:49,880 like this is what went into creating this. And I feel like that's gonna 1316 01:40:49,880 --> 01:40:54,279 be really cool to get people's reaction to that. Oh, excellent, excellent. 1317 01:40:55,479 --> 01:40:58,319 We've got a little bit of time left. Did you want to play 1318 01:40:58,359 --> 01:41:00,520 one more on your guitar or not to put you on the spot, but 1319 01:41:00,680 --> 01:41:02,520 I could Yeah, we could do that. Yeah, I'd love to. 1320 01:41:02,560 --> 01:41:05,760 I'd love to hear you play some more awesome. Yeah, whatever, whatever 1321 01:41:05,760 --> 01:41:09,199 you want to play. And I think, if anything, i'd be willing 1322 01:41:09,239 --> 01:41:11,560 to do a cover for you. Sure, Yeah, if you'd like. 1323 01:41:11,680 --> 01:41:15,199 Yeah, if you're just joining us. While he's grabbing his guitar, Dakota 1324 01:41:15,680 --> 01:41:18,239 Smart, Dakota Smart is here with us in studio. He is on the 1325 01:41:18,319 --> 01:41:21,920 couch and he's got his guitar. He's gonna he's gonna play something for us. 1326 01:41:25,600 --> 01:41:36,079 Yeah, whenever you're ready to just go for it. Alrighty are you 1327 01:41:36,199 --> 01:41:38,920 able to hear me? All right? Oh? Yeah, yeah, you 1328 01:41:39,039 --> 01:41:46,399 sound great. Yeah. Now this is a cover that I usually play on 1329 01:41:46,439 --> 01:41:50,560 the piano, but we're gonna try it on the guitar and see it sounds. 1330 01:42:11,239 --> 01:42:17,359 He'll be a fine bounds Clyde. I'm telling you, baby, these 1331 01:42:17,600 --> 01:42:26,640 things eat out your bones in drive your young mind, crazy boy when you 1332 01:42:26,880 --> 01:42:34,359 please your head between the collar and jall. I don't know much, but 1333 01:42:34,479 --> 01:42:43,720 this no WD at all. And I'm dandy fine too. And I'm dandy 1334 01:42:43,840 --> 01:42:49,640 fine, don't cause if I say him, I miss you. I know 1335 01:42:49,920 --> 01:42:58,479 that you won't, but I miss you in the mornings when I see him 1336 01:42:58,479 --> 01:43:10,680 the sun. Something in the orphane tells me here when I adarn to you, 1337 01:43:10,920 --> 01:43:14,720 I'm just a man to me, you are that I am? Where 1338 01:43:14,800 --> 01:43:20,399 the hell of my songs to go? A pointing myself again. Something in 1339 01:43:20,600 --> 01:43:41,239 the orange tells me he'll never coming home. A needy hear you see you've 1340 01:43:41,319 --> 01:43:54,680 been withing no night this orhane don singing your eyes from Barbarlay. Your voice 1341 01:43:54,760 --> 01:44:02,039 only trembles, and you trying to speak. Take me back to us dancing 1342 01:44:02,239 --> 01:44:12,159 this wood used to create. To you, I'm just man to me all 1343 01:44:12,279 --> 01:44:17,399 that I am. Where the hell the my spones to go for pointing myself 1344 01:44:17,560 --> 01:44:25,439 again? Something in the ore end tells me he'll never come in upon if 1345 01:44:25,520 --> 01:44:28,720 you live to day here. I will just stare her out through here. 1346 01:44:29,319 --> 01:44:35,560 The Oran stuches all things around, cross treason too, How I hit you? 1347 01:44:36,399 --> 01:44:57,119 Please turtain those headlines around to you. I'm just man to me all 1348 01:44:57,199 --> 01:45:02,920 that, and where the hell and the my spones to go opposing myself against 1349 01:45:03,159 --> 01:45:11,119 Something in the Oran tells me you'll never come in home if you leave to 1350 01:45:11,279 --> 01:45:15,840 day out. Just stare at the way the Orange touches all things around, 1351 01:45:17,640 --> 01:45:24,720 Chriss treason do? How am hit you? Please turn those headlights around? 1352 01:45:26,600 --> 01:45:41,520 Please turn those headlights around, Please turn those headlights. Oh round, nice 1353 01:45:42,239 --> 01:45:46,319 great Dakota Smart. Who does that song? So that is something in the 1354 01:45:46,359 --> 01:45:49,880 Orange by Zach Bryan. Oh okay, wow, great tune, great tune. 1355 01:45:50,000 --> 01:45:54,239 Thank you. Yeah, that's a so that's usually something that I play 1356 01:45:54,239 --> 01:45:57,279 on piano. So if you ever come to see me play live, you'll 1357 01:45:57,319 --> 01:45:59,680 hear me cover that on the piano. Yeah, it sounds pretty good on 1358 01:45:59,720 --> 01:46:03,000 that kid, I'll tell you, thank you, absolutely absolutely. We are 1359 01:46:03,119 --> 01:46:08,760 almost out of time, but of course you've got the website dakotasmart dot com 1360 01:46:09,159 --> 01:46:12,920 yep, and so people can find all your your music and your social media 1361 01:46:13,000 --> 01:46:15,800 through there. And what do you have now? Do you have any shows 1362 01:46:15,840 --> 01:46:18,600 this week that you want to plug you anything you're plan out this week? 1363 01:46:18,720 --> 01:46:24,079 Actually that is a good that's a good point. I do have one on 1364 01:46:24,319 --> 01:46:29,039 Saturday coming up at the Front four Cellars. Actually I should check my schedules. 1365 01:46:29,960 --> 01:46:33,079 I want to make sure I get this one right. Yeah yeah. 1366 01:46:33,159 --> 01:46:40,399 Where is where is that Front four Wolfborough? Wolfborough? Oh okay, the 1367 01:46:40,479 --> 01:46:44,840 leaks Yeah yeah yeah, beautiful area. That's a that's a nice place in 1368 01:46:44,880 --> 01:46:47,920 the summertime. Yeah, I'll look and make sure that I have the right 1369 01:46:48,000 --> 01:46:51,520 time. Yeah yeah. So it is going to be on Saturday, the 1370 01:46:51,640 --> 01:46:55,399 twenty eighth. It is going to be Front four Cellars and I'm going to 1371 01:46:55,399 --> 01:46:59,119 be starting at five o'clock and that is in Wolfborough, in Wolfboro, Yeah, 1372 01:46:59,239 --> 01:47:00,880 yep. So if you guys want to find me on social media, 1373 01:47:00,960 --> 01:47:05,039 you can find me at Dakota Smart Music and that is on everything that's Instagram, 1374 01:47:05,600 --> 01:47:11,279 Facebook, YouTube, even TikTok as well. Excellent, very good, 1375 01:47:11,520 --> 01:47:14,039 very good, Well, thank you so much for coming in today. This 1376 01:47:14,119 --> 01:47:16,640 has been amazing. Yeah. Oh I actually I forgot one last thing to 1377 01:47:16,680 --> 01:47:20,319 mention. I should have mentioned this earlier. I am I'm actually going to 1378 01:47:20,359 --> 01:47:25,760 be playing this year at the New England Music Awards on November twelfth. Oh 1379 01:47:25,880 --> 01:47:30,039 congratulations, thank you. Yeah, so that's the tickets for that are actually 1380 01:47:30,119 --> 01:47:32,760 for sale on the New England Music Awards website. So if anybody wants to 1381 01:47:32,800 --> 01:47:35,880 come and see me play live on the New England Music Awards stage November twelfth, 1382 01:47:36,520 --> 01:47:39,680 I'm going to be there. Very lot of fun, very cool, 1383 01:47:39,800 --> 01:47:44,199 excellent. Miriam Banish in the chat room says glad I was able to listen 1384 01:47:44,640 --> 01:47:46,920 long enough for a song I missed someone I was at an appointment. Well, 1385 01:47:46,960 --> 01:47:50,840 of course, if you missed anything today, Miriam, it will be 1386 01:47:51,000 --> 01:47:55,840 up in just a little bit at wmnhradio dot organ at my website. Matt 1387 01:47:55,920 --> 01:48:00,960 connorton dot com. Paul Murray in the chatroom says, great interview, Glad 1388 01:48:00,000 --> 01:48:03,119 you liked it. Laurie Smart says I love the way he performs the cover 1389 01:48:03,319 --> 01:48:08,720 Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan, but we love his originals even more. 1390 01:48:09,279 --> 01:48:14,279 Absolutely, Will Vegas from Will's Autocarez and the Chatterman says, Dakota is 1391 01:48:14,359 --> 01:48:16,239 really good. Long day at the shop and his music really helped me out 1392 01:48:16,279 --> 01:48:19,039 today. Excellent, excellent. I'm glad to hear that. Thank you so 1393 01:48:19,159 --> 01:48:25,520 much. And Laurie Smart says he's a five time nominee for the New England 1394 01:48:25,600 --> 01:48:28,399 Music Awards. You're humble. You didn't mentioned that you are a five time 1395 01:48:28,479 --> 01:48:32,680 nominee. And Julie Murray says, enjoyed watching this show. Thank you so 1396 01:48:32,840 --> 01:48:35,760 much, Thank you so much. We got to wrap up, Jenny, 1397 01:48:35,800 --> 01:48:40,079 did you want to plug your website? Of course you can always check me 1398 01:48:40,159 --> 01:48:44,600 out at Jencoffee dot com j E N N c O f f UI dot 1399 01:48:44,720 --> 01:48:46,760 com. There is a new video up and new article up and there'll be 1400 01:48:46,840 --> 01:48:51,960 more coming soon. As always, fighting for healthcare for all and who's our 1401 01:48:53,239 --> 01:48:58,079 I was trying to look it up really quickly. Tomorrow you have Darling Hill. 1402 01:48:58,319 --> 01:49:01,199 Darling Hill will be our musical guestrow On Wednesday, slim Ball you will 1403 01:49:01,239 --> 01:49:05,960 be coming in. And then on Friday, Ty Charles is the Peregon Dream. 1404 01:49:06,319 --> 01:49:10,399 Yes, but some new stuff coming. Oh, very cool, very 1405 01:49:10,479 --> 01:49:13,960 cool. That's awesome, awesome week and Thursday will be a best of because 1406 01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:16,439 I will be in Providence at an event. Yes, yes, indeed, 1407 01:49:16,760 --> 01:49:21,000 all right, so we gotta go. But Dakota Smart, thank you again, 1408 01:49:21,039 --> 01:49:24,840 my friend. Thank you guys so much for having me. Absolutely and 1409 01:49:25,199 --> 01:49:41,600 we'll leave you with a little more of this one album. Man A crashed 1410 01:49:42,000 --> 01:49:45,600 on my twenties, buying and buying soon and go be past it over on 1411 01:49:45,720 --> 01:49:48,279 the pain I can give you pretty boys, baby, just come back to 1412 01:49:48,359 --> 01:49:54,039 bid and gig your other boys. Twenty five is speaking on the corn. 1413 01:49:54,439 --> 01:49:58,600 Guess say once you're thirty men the music is altho. Reason around the clock, 1414 01:49:58,800 --> 01:50:00,960 just to appreciate. I can. If the weirdest gonna kill me in 1415 01:50:01,119 --> 01:50:08,800 the industry, say speak sorry thought, I'm not at any in the sensation. 1416 01:50:09,119 --> 01:50:12,960 My hometown tells me, boy, get write it holding grated. If 1417 01:50:13,039 --> 01:50:16,840 the world haven't guessed it in the creed, I'll be the greatest thing you've 1418 01:50:16,920 --> 01:50:23,239 never seen. If it don't got hide in the ceiling him the name doesn't 1419 01:50:23,319 --> 01:50:29,920 travel to newshal I'll be playing everybody got the billing. I'll be the greatest sing