1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,919 And joining us live in studio at the News desk, Brooks Young is here. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,360 Hello, sir, Hello, Hello, thank you for having me. 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,759 Yeah, it's great to see you. Man. When when did I interview 4 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:12,640 you the first time? It seems like another lifetime ago. I think it 5 00:00:12,759 --> 00:00:17,160 was another lifetime ago. I want to say it was jeez, it had 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,000 been at least ten years or more. Yeah. Yeah, I'm trying to 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,039 remember. Now have I interviewed you? I think more than once before? 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,920 Right, yeah, it had to be yeah. Yeah. And did I 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,960 go Was I at a show that you did live too? Did we do 10 00:00:31,079 --> 00:00:36,359 something with with you live? Trying to remember? Maybe nothing at the Flying 11 00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:42,759 Monkey. Maybe, Oh it's possible, it's possible. Yeah, yeah. 12 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,560 Yeah. So it's great to have you. It's it's been a long time. 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,520 Obviously you've been very busy. I've been very busy. Yeah, I've 14 00:00:48,759 --> 00:00:52,520 been very busy since I've seen you last. And yeah, and just keep 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,079 on, you know, trucking through. Yeah and now currently, uh, 16 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:00,679 you're because for a while you had Brooks Young band. Yeah still do you 17 00:01:00,719 --> 00:01:03,000 still do? Yeah? Okay, yep, yep. We we just had 18 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,480 a rehearsal the other day. We're playing in Conquered. Next Friday, I'm 19 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,000 doing a few shows with the band and some local solo stuff before I head 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,480 out on tours. So, oh I got you okay, yeah, because 21 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:15,879 I noticed, like, like, you've got Brooks Young dot com and you've 22 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:21,200 got Brooks Young band dot com. Yeah, a nice website, by the 23 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,560 way, I'm I'm a website nerd. I look at websites and oh, 24 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,920 thank you, and I assess them and it's a it's a good website. 25 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,719 The guy know who handles it. No, that's not for real, because 26 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,000 some a lot of musicians have horrible websites. Yeah, you have to be 27 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:38,640 up in the game, you know. Yeah. Yeah, No, So 28 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,959 that looks really good now, so yeah, tell us about the tour. 29 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,400 So you're gonna be going out with George Good? Yes, So I head 30 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:51,159 out in October through November. I'm on tour with George throw Good in the 31 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:57,040 Destroyers and we're going all over the place from Pennsylvania, New York, uh, 32 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,840 Florida, Georgia and Kentucky, North Carol line of South Carolina. You 33 00:02:00,879 --> 00:02:05,200 know, there's a list list of shows, a huge list, and uh 34 00:02:05,239 --> 00:02:07,960 I was on tour, did a couple of dates last summer with him in 35 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:14,280 Sammy Hagar in the Circle with Mike Anthony from Van Halen on face and uh 36 00:02:14,439 --> 00:02:17,479 Jason Bonham on drums, George thur Get in his band and myself and oh 37 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:22,639 wow, we had a blast and George and I just got along really well 38 00:02:22,719 --> 00:02:27,080 and he was interested in having me come out and join him this fall on 39 00:02:27,159 --> 00:02:30,120 tour. So yeah, So I've been prepping for that, getting ready because 40 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,240 there's a lot of logistics you know, involved with something like you know, 41 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,360 of that scale. Oh of course. Yeah. How many dates is it? 42 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,599 I want to say it's a little under twenty oh, and we'll be 43 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,360 adding some more. There might be a date on there. I believe that 44 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,800 we might do with Sammy Hagar as well. Yeah, in October, yeah, 45 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,879 because we'll be in the Neck of the Woods the night before, so 46 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,719 that that's that's rumor there. But yeah, I'm looking forward to it. 47 00:02:53,759 --> 00:02:55,919 You know, George is a great guy, and you know, he he 48 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,439 really did a lot for you know, getting the Blues and things like that, 49 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,639 kind of going in a more rock style of things. And he's a 50 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:07,400 funny guy, really nice and I you know, looking forward to I'll be 51 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:13,439 seeing George next week, so excellent. Yeah. Yeah, he'll be up 52 00:03:13,439 --> 00:03:15,800 in New Hampshire, so I'm gonna go see him and chat a little bit. 53 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,039 But yeah, I'm looking forward to it and just kind of prepping myself 54 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:24,199 for that tour. Yeah, he's such a staple on classic rock radio. 55 00:03:24,719 --> 00:03:28,919 With that, I'm trying to think of who else would even be in that 56 00:03:29,039 --> 00:03:35,280 category where it's it's very blues oriented, but more more so than most classic 57 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,520 rock is. Yeah, and he had that whole you know, that kind 58 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,120 of a bow diddle league kind of you know, that whole shuffle kind of 59 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,960 thing going on with the guitar and the slide. Yeah, and George, 60 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,560 you know, he really picked that up and you know, took it to 61 00:03:46,599 --> 00:03:50,120 a different level. Yeah, and kind of made it a little bit more 62 00:03:50,159 --> 00:03:53,159 in the forefront of music. I still remember. It's funny. I still 63 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:58,240 remember being a kid and seeing the video for Bad to the Bone the first 64 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,719 time and seeing him, know, because he's walking into the pool hall and 65 00:04:01,719 --> 00:04:04,719 and uh, you know, and I think that that might have been I 66 00:04:04,719 --> 00:04:09,120 don't know, I don't know if it was his very first radio hit at 67 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,800 the time, but it was an early one, you know. And then 68 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,240 he had a he had a huge run and I can't think of yeah, 69 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:20,519 I can't think of anybody quite like him who really Again, it has become 70 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:26,480 such a staple on classic rock radio, which I'm sure from a business standpoint, 71 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,720 probably helps him sell a lot of tickets. Yeah, we're playing large 72 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,720 venues, excellent. One of the venues I'm really excited for is November first. 73 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:40,279 We're going to be at the hard Rock Live Venue in Orlando. Oh 74 00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:43,439 wow, that's the big one. Yeah, So I'm really looking forward to 75 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,160 that, and I know a lot of my friends and family, you know, 76 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,639 want to come down to see that show. So yeah, you know, 77 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:51,519 it'd be a lot of familiar faces at that and it'll be nice and 78 00:04:51,519 --> 00:04:57,079 warm. Yeah. When when is that? November? November? Yeah, 79 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,360 yeah, well it's a good time to go. Yeah yeah. Now how 80 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:01,560 long do you get? How long have a set do you get to play? 81 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,240 I usually play for about forty five okay, yep, okay, And 82 00:05:05,399 --> 00:05:10,160 uh so I do that usually. Uh you know, my daily routine there 83 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,319 is you know, I'll be at the hotel kind of do my thing there, 84 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,720 and then I head over for sound checks at four, so I'll check 85 00:05:16,759 --> 00:05:19,120 in with the venue, go to my dressing room, I have a tour 86 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:23,439 manager that goes with me, yeah, and you know, takes care of 87 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,240 my stuff. And then usually we'll have dinner around six. I'll do us 88 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,240 sound check before dinner. Yeah, and then you know, myself, the 89 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,560 band crew, everyone, we all eat, you know, and and do 90 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,079 our thing, and then I'll go out there and I'll play and do my 91 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,160 thing, and then George will go out and uh, you never know, 92 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,199 George and I might you know, trade a few licks on this tour. 93 00:05:44,319 --> 00:05:46,000 So have you done that before with him? No? No, no, 94 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,600 And I think you know, hopefully that that's what this tour is all about. 95 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,800 So yeah, that must be kind of a kind of a dream, 96 00:05:51,879 --> 00:05:57,519 right to be able to actually share the stage yeah, simultaneously and yeah play. 97 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,120 Yeah, So you know, I'm sure or that will be happening on 98 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,399 this tour. And you know, he's just just a great guy, and 99 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,240 you know, he has a great fan base as well, and you know, 100 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,399 to get to see how the fans react, you know, with George. 101 00:06:10,439 --> 00:06:14,959 And I remember we were in Chicago last summer and were we played the 102 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,920 Hollywood Casino and it was twenty five thousand people. Wow, And one of 103 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:25,439 the fans gave George a cane. So if you're familiar with George, he 104 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,319 has like the cobra as kind of like his logo. Oh yeah, and 105 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:34,199 someone gave him a cane and it had like an ivory type cobra on the 106 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:38,480 top of it. Yeah, And George and I were backstage and you know, 107 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,079 trying to get the you know, the plastic off the cobra because he 108 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,439 wanted to use it to go and you know, walk out and go see 109 00:06:44,439 --> 00:06:46,639 the rest of Sammy set. Yeah, And uh, it was really cool 110 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,600 and he just great fans and you know, he's just a great guy to 111 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:54,839 be around. Sammy must be fun to be around. I would say, 112 00:06:54,879 --> 00:07:00,480 Sammy's funny. So I last summer, I never met Sammy before until summer, 113 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,639 and I was standing outside of my dressing room. So it was my 114 00:07:04,759 --> 00:07:11,279 dressing room and across right across the hall was Jason Bonham and he was warming 115 00:07:11,399 --> 00:07:14,519 up on drums, so he has like a rolling B drum set there and 116 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,160 he's jamming out to Fleetwood Mac and and walks Sammy. He goes red T 117 00:07:18,279 --> 00:07:21,319 shirt one never met him before, and he looks right at me and he 118 00:07:21,319 --> 00:07:27,319 goes Brooks and he comes over and we chat for a while, and yeah, 119 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,720 just so much energy, very positive guy. You know, just good 120 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,160 people to be around, and you know that that's what it's all about, 121 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,920 you know, and that's how you know, you make it to that level 122 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,040 of things and performing like that. You know, you just you have to 123 00:07:42,079 --> 00:07:45,360 surround yourself with the right people. Oh yeah, yeah, And Michael Anthony 124 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:49,439 seems like I've got I met Sammy once. Uh. I met him actually 125 00:07:49,639 --> 00:07:53,759 at Meadowbrook when he was on that This was many years ago, when he 126 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,319 was on the tour that he did with David Lee Roth. Oh, I've 127 00:07:57,399 --> 00:07:59,600 got to I was at that show and I got to meet him. I've 128 00:07:59,639 --> 00:08:03,199 never met Michael Anthony, but he seems like he must really nice guy, 129 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:07,720 very much like Seemmy. Very quiet. Yeah, they're just regular guys at 130 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,000 the end of the day, you know, they hang out just like us, 131 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,839 and you know, and we all hang out and chat, have a 132 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,360 drink after the show and just talk about whatever's going on in our life. 133 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,920 Now. When you go on tour, does does your band? Is it 134 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,839 all the same people who go with you on tour that you have here who 135 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:30,399 play shows with you in the area on certain shows, Yeah, for this 136 00:08:30,439 --> 00:08:33,679 particular tour will be just myself. But yeah, like when I was on 137 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,720 tour Three Dog Night for you know, a couple of years we did that, 138 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,879 you know, it was my same band yea, and so you know, 139 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,279 we had rehearsal on Sunday for some stuff we have coming up, and 140 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,840 it's you know, over the years, I've had a couple of different lineups, 141 00:08:46,919 --> 00:08:50,600 but the people that are in the group now or you know, people 142 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:54,039 that have been with me for at least ten years. Oh no, kidding, 143 00:08:54,159 --> 00:08:56,320 Yeah, Oh that's good. I mean, that's that's gotta be hard 144 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,600 to keep you know. I mean I've been in bands, and I know 145 00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:03,080 how hard it is to keep the same group together for any period of time. 146 00:09:03,159 --> 00:09:05,080 Really, A lot of people don't realize how hard it is. Yeah, 147 00:09:05,159 --> 00:09:09,799 yeah, oh yeah. You're dealing with everybody's schedules and everyone you know, 148 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,720 and and often varying levels of commitment. So that's impressive. Yeah. 149 00:09:13,759 --> 00:09:16,960 So and it just works out. You know, we all we have that 150 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,320 certain cohesiveness and it just works. You know, we read each other really 151 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,600 well on stage. Yeah, you know, we can uh, we know 152 00:09:24,639 --> 00:09:28,559 when something's up. Yeah. Yeah, that must be particularly important with the 153 00:09:28,639 --> 00:09:33,360 music that you do, because so I've never been in a blues band, 154 00:09:33,519 --> 00:09:39,440 but obviously with what you do, there's there's a lot of room for improv 155 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,159 right there. And or sometimes a song that you know might normally be four 156 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,960 minutes might be six minutes. And you know, yeah one word live. 157 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,639 You know, we're more like a blues rock you know, we're you're you're 158 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:52,440 straight old standard blues you know. Yeah, yeah, like BB you know, 159 00:09:52,799 --> 00:09:54,879 you know I did that for a while back when I you know, 160 00:09:54,960 --> 00:10:00,519 first got started out, when I was playing with BB King. Then usually 161 00:10:00,639 --> 00:10:03,639 you know, I did some stuff with Robert Cray fairly recently. Wow, 162 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:09,320 so that that was more straight blues. Yeah, and you know this winter 163 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:13,639 was great. I did a show with Los Lobos kid. Yeah, Los 164 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:18,360 Lobos Man, those guys were great, and you know, David and uh, 165 00:10:18,799 --> 00:10:22,159 you know, it's just just just a fun I always you know, 166 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,759 listen to you know, the Wolf, you know, all all of those, 167 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,960 all of those songs that they did in LaBamba and all of that, 168 00:10:30,399 --> 00:10:33,279 and you know, to be there and do a show with them and hang 169 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,559 out with them, you know during all that, it's just you know, 170 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,960 it's really interesting to like be able to hang out with the people that you 171 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,960 grew up listening to. Oh, no doubt, you know, you get 172 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,960 that, you're you kind of walk in like, Okay, what's it gonna 173 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,679 be? Like, Yeah, you know, is it gonna be everything you 174 00:10:48,799 --> 00:10:52,360 thought? Or is it? You know? And most of the time it's 175 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,360 very good. That's good to hear too, because you know, there's not 176 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:01,720 everyone has the same experience and that some people we'll say, you know, 177 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,039 don't meet your heroes, you know what I mean. But but it sounds 178 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:09,279 like for you it's been pretty good. Yeah, you know, I I've 179 00:11:09,399 --> 00:11:13,639 I've I only have one story and I will not share it that it wasn't 180 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:18,799 that way really, and I was surprised. Yeah, but you know most 181 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:22,720 most, like nine percent of them were good. Yeah that's good. Yeah, 182 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:28,440 that's good. So you did with Robert Cray? Did did recently? 183 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,039 You said you worked with him? Yeah, that was well, I would 184 00:11:31,039 --> 00:11:33,440 say fairly recently. It was a year or two ago, and yeah, 185 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,600 I did some tour dates with Robert for a while, and uh, hopefully 186 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,519 he might be doing some more stuff with him this year. So yeah, 187 00:11:41,639 --> 00:11:46,080 Robert's a great guy, very talented, and you know, he's part of 188 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:50,320 that that circle of guitarists. So you know, you have your you know, 189 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,720 your BB King and you have Robert and Eric Clapton and uh during actually 190 00:11:54,720 --> 00:12:00,639 speaking of Eric, during COVID, Eric's daughter, Ruth Clapton and I recorded 191 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,399 together. Oh no kidding, yeah, we did. I honestly, I 192 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,039 didn't even know he had a daughter and he was a musician. If she's 193 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,440 a very talented singer, and Ruth and I actually did one of her dad's 194 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,519 songs, We did Promises, Oh no kidding, yeah, and we recorded 195 00:12:13,519 --> 00:12:16,879 that during the pandemic and we had a great time. And uh, I 196 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,440 was just talking to her last week and she lives over in Yorkshire, England, 197 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,440 Oh wow. And uh yeah, So I'd become really friendly with you 198 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,759 know, Eric and his his management, and he invited me down to see 199 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,039 him last September at the Garden. Yeah, and he hooked me up down 200 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:35,840 there to see him and Jimmy Vaughan and uh yeah, I'd get to hang 201 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:41,320 out with Jimmy Vaughan about a month ago and such a talented, you know 202 00:12:41,399 --> 00:12:46,279 guitarist. Yeah, and you know, we had a good conversation about just 203 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:48,399 you know, the other the other casts that play with you know, with 204 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,279 him and Eric and everyone. It's a very tight knit circle. Brooks Young 205 00:12:52,759 --> 00:12:56,960 is with us in studio. By the way, Miriam Banish really liked that 206 00:12:56,039 --> 00:13:00,360 song ventil later. Oh that's great. Yeah, yeah, I had a 207 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:05,360 blast recording that. Yeah, I noticed south there's a video, So is 208 00:13:05,399 --> 00:13:09,799 that now? Is that actual footage from the recording or is yeah? Where 209 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,200 do you Where did you record that? I recorded that a phenomenal studio up 210 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:18,559 in the White Mountains called Mojo's Studio. Oh yeah, yeah, legendary yep, 211 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,320 yep. Anthony and you know, and his dad up there, and 212 00:13:22,519 --> 00:13:24,480 uh, I have a blast. I recorded quite a bit up there, 213 00:13:24,519 --> 00:13:28,039 and I actually did a show with them this summer. We did a big, 214 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,879 big thing up there up in the Notch and I just love going there. 215 00:13:31,919 --> 00:13:33,679 You know, you walk in, it's just the vibe, it's perfect. 216 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,679 We did a little piece of on New Hampshire Chronicle I think back in 217 00:13:37,759 --> 00:13:43,639 February, and which was great. We did that, and then I also 218 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,080 why we were recording the album. We were also I was working on another 219 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,919 project where Governor Sanoni and I did a song together, that song about New 220 00:13:50,919 --> 00:13:54,639 Hampshire and the video yeah, I went viral and oh I didn't even know 221 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,480 about it, no kidding, Oh yeah, look it it's does he play 222 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:05,519 guitar? Uh? He he dabbles with guitar. Understood, Yeah, but 223 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,519 yeah, I coached him through and he came up with the lyrics and yeah. 224 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,600 Yeah. He called me up one night and he's like, Brooks, 225 00:14:11,639 --> 00:14:13,759 I have this idea and I was like, sure, yeah, what do 226 00:14:13,759 --> 00:14:16,519 you want to do. He's like, I want to do a song everywhere 227 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,000 man, all about New Hampshire and the different locations. And I said, 228 00:14:20,039 --> 00:14:24,120 all right, let's do it. And the Governor and I we've been friends 229 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,000 for quite a while now and yeah, so it's like, sure, you 230 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:28,559 know, come on over, we'll do some recording. And he emailed me 231 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:33,759 the lyrics and we worked it out and he did a great job and so 232 00:14:33,879 --> 00:14:37,000 you'll have to look it up. It went viral. So speaking of the 233 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:41,480 Los Lobos show, it's I was in my hotel when I was up doing 234 00:14:41,519 --> 00:14:45,600 that show with them, and my bass player Al he was across the hall 235 00:14:45,639 --> 00:14:48,799 in his room and he texted me a picture of his TV and it's CNN 236 00:14:48,879 --> 00:14:54,320 and it's me and the Governor. CNN's playing you know this this music video 237 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,559 and doing a segment on it and it was hilarious and I didn't get to 238 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:01,120 see it at the time, but yeah, yeah, so yeah, it's 239 00:15:01,159 --> 00:15:03,840 been a real busy year. Yeah, yeah, it sounds it. Yeah. 240 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,919 Yeah, when when I first met you at that point, I think 241 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,159 even even then, like back when when I had first interviewed you, you 242 00:15:13,519 --> 00:15:18,320 you had played with. Who were some of the early people that you played 243 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:22,360 with? Because I think I think i've obviously BB King, right Lewis and 244 00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:24,759 the News. BB King is who I was thinking of, because I remember 245 00:15:24,759 --> 00:15:28,320 we talked about that before. Yeah, yeah, Huey, Lewis and the 246 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:35,159 News, Pat Benatar, Jez, a bunch of people. Yeah, there's 247 00:15:35,159 --> 00:15:39,200 a list somewhere. I think is BB King though? Is he kind of 248 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,360 the first? Like bb is the big, the big, the big thing. 249 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:46,840 So do you remember in Manchester here there was a Singer Park and there 250 00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:50,080 was the stage the music. Yeah, so the BB King was playing there 251 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,240 and the date got ranged out and rescheduled to September eleventh, and so I 252 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,519 was at that show and a friend of mine brought me to it and I 253 00:15:58,559 --> 00:16:03,399 got to meet BB King and so it was with b Beyond nine to eleven 254 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:07,240 there and kind of became friends with him and told him what I did, 255 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,559 and I believe I think gave him a CD or something of the sort he 256 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,679 had my music, and uh, just recently, probably right after that, 257 00:16:14,759 --> 00:16:18,279 I got an email from his agent at William Morris asking saying, you know, 258 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:19,639 bb would like you to open up and play some shows. Wow. 259 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,759 And I wasn't prepared for anything like that. Yeah, And you know, 260 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:29,240 I remember where I was standing the moment I got that news, and I 261 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:33,240 was like in my head like okay, I have this, so what what 262 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:34,720 what am I going to do with this? And I like get on the 263 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:41,559 phone and uh oh yeah, here's the so yeah. So the other shows, 264 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:45,360 Collective Soul, the Wallflowers, trying to think of what some of the 265 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:49,720 early ones sellside Johnny and the Aspbury Jukes. I played a lot with them 266 00:16:51,399 --> 00:16:56,279 were starting out, and Rick Derringer, Negar Winter Wow, and those are 267 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:02,759 fun yeah, and just you know, just good times and uh, you 268 00:17:02,799 --> 00:17:04,359 know, just learned a lot from him, you know. But it sounds 269 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:08,039 like that that opportunity with BB King really kind of launched you right there. 270 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:11,039 Sure was. Yeah. Once you and that's the thing you start there, 271 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:14,519 and it's like, well where do you go from there? You know, 272 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,039 And I was like, but BB was, He's definitely, you know, 273 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:22,039 the most humble man. And I learned a lot from him and had a 274 00:17:22,039 --> 00:17:25,680 lot of conversations with him, you know, over those years, and it 275 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:30,240 was really sad when he passed away. Yeah, and I remember him telling 276 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,599 me, you know, because he I knew, I knew this was the 277 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,599 moment in my life where it was one of the shows I was playing with 278 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,920 BB King and I walked back to the dressing room, I'm going into the 279 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,440 venue. I got my guitar in my hand, I got my suit everything, 280 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,079 and I take my suit jacket off and I put it up next to 281 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:53,680 BB King's in the dressing room while he's sitting there eating dinner and is with 282 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:59,119 him Willie, and I set my guitar down next to Lucille his guitar, 283 00:17:59,599 --> 00:18:03,599 and that is like one of those moments where it was like, you know, 284 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,960 the surreal like moment, you know, because I you know, I 285 00:18:07,039 --> 00:18:11,119 was you know, younger then, but you know, I was watching him, 286 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,559 you know, on DVDs, and I had every single album and you 287 00:18:14,559 --> 00:18:17,359 know, just soaking it in and learning that and then all of a sudden, 288 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,839 there I am in this small little backstage room, you know, and 289 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,839 my my friend of Straton next to Gibson, you know, Lucille and my 290 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,119 coat. I always knew that, you know, dress sharp. So anyone 291 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,960 who knows Bev. He always had these very stylish you know, suit coats 292 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,160 and everything like that. Oh yeah, and I remember him he said, 293 00:18:34,319 --> 00:18:38,759 uh, always dress when you're going out there to perform, like you're going 294 00:18:38,799 --> 00:18:45,079 to the bank for a loan. Yeah, yeah, that's good. Yeah, 295 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,000 yeah, it must have been. It must have been a shock when 296 00:18:47,079 --> 00:18:49,880 you when you got the call, because I would imagine like when you hand 297 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,680 him your CD or you handed it to or as manager or whomever, Like 298 00:18:53,759 --> 00:18:56,559 in the back of your mind, you know you're you're doing that because you 299 00:18:56,599 --> 00:19:00,440 know it's smart to do that, but you probably don't really expect anything's going 300 00:19:00,519 --> 00:19:03,240 to happen, right because because so many of us, you know, we 301 00:19:03,279 --> 00:19:07,319 have that you know, uh, we we get an opportunity to hand something 302 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:11,079 to somebody, and but but we know that, you know, they've probably 303 00:19:11,079 --> 00:19:15,599 got people handing them stuff all the time. You know, they're they're never 304 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,599 gonna listen. What are the odds that they're going to listen to it? 305 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,119 And then when it when it happens, when you get that call, I 306 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,279 mean, that must have been mind blowing. Yeah, it sure was, 307 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,640 you know. And uh and then to do more shows afterwards. Yeah, 308 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,960 after that first, you know, initial show, and you know, the 309 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,519 whole point was to just do a really good job and you know, hope, 310 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,240 hope it all goes well. Yeah, cross your fingers and you're up 311 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,759 there, you know, in front of a few thousand people, you know, 312 00:19:40,839 --> 00:19:42,559 And yeah, that was my first big show, you know, like, 313 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,759 yeah, I was there with opening for BB King and there was probably 314 00:19:45,759 --> 00:19:48,799 like three four thousand people I think at that first show. Yeah, and 315 00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:53,000 I never experienced anything like that prior, and you know, I just wanted 316 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,319 to go up there and do the best that I could. And where was 317 00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:00,480 it that show? That first show was that hand to Beach because Sino ball 318 00:20:00,559 --> 00:20:04,279 Room. Oh okay, that was my first you know, my first gig 319 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,359 gig. Yeah, yeah, you know wow, and uh so yeah that 320 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,640 was fun. I played there many times over the years since with Huey Lewis 321 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,000 in the news and Pat Benatar and yeah, a bunch of folks and uh, 322 00:20:15,319 --> 00:20:18,480 that's always a fun room to play. Yeah, yeah, no doubt 323 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,920 who have you played with who would really is there someone you've played with who 324 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,079 would really be kind of surprising because well because when for example, when you 325 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:30,759 say Huey Lewis and the news, it's kind of like, yeah, okay, 326 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,319 I he's a great guy. Yeah, yeah, loves golf stocks. 327 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,839 We walked around the casino, so Huei's I believe it was his grandfather. 328 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:42,759 He tell me his grandfather played. Yeah, I think his grandfather played drums 329 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:47,480 in a big band, a swing band back in the day. And they 330 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:52,319 actually played at Hampton Beach Casino and Hue and I walked around inside and he 331 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:55,400 was telling me like where the stage used to be, and you know, 332 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:59,680 all these great stories and yeah, just a really nice guy. Yeah yeah. 333 00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:03,000 He give me a big shout out up on stage and oh that's cool. 334 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:04,480 And I thought that was pretty cool. I was like, all right, 335 00:21:04,599 --> 00:21:07,319 you know, because I grew up, you know, I was born 336 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,039 eighty two and you know, Back to the Future and you know all of 337 00:21:11,039 --> 00:21:14,359 those songs, you know, the album Sports and all that like, and 338 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,319 then like whoa you know Huey Lewis. You know, he was such a 339 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,759 you know, a big name in the eighties. Oh yeah, you know, 340 00:21:19,839 --> 00:21:23,240 and Back to the Future that whole soundtrack. Yeah, and uh and 341 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,319 fantastic. I mean they sound just like the album when they're live. Really, 342 00:21:27,559 --> 00:21:30,880 I've never I've never seen them live. I have some good friends who 343 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,839 who are big fans who have seen them live. But yeah, he doesn't 344 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,480 play anymore. I know. It's terrible. What happened to him. That 345 00:21:37,079 --> 00:21:40,720 manear's disease. I think it's called yea. Yeah. I remember seeing an 346 00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:42,200 interview where he was talking about it. It was when they came out with 347 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,599 that last ep Weather. Yeah, it was a few years ago. Yeah, 348 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,359 and he was talking about how they're playing a show and just all of 349 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,480 a sudden is hearing like either just couldn't hear or everything sounded strange, or 350 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,039 so it's hard to like sing in team you know and tune. Yeah, 351 00:21:56,079 --> 00:22:00,279 and I think too, he said it it comes and goes, so he'll 352 00:22:00,279 --> 00:22:04,000 have moments where his hearing is somewhat normal, but it doesn't last, so 353 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:08,440 he's he's pretty much pretty much done. Yeah, Yeah, it's terrible. 354 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,000 Do you ever worry about that? Do you ever worry about something happening to 355 00:22:11,079 --> 00:22:15,200 you're hearing? I mean, I'm sure you have some hearing loss because part 356 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,839 of being a musicians, you know, you're you're in front of loud amps 357 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,119 and you know, I mean I got only I haven't gotten my hearing tested 358 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,200 because I'm literally afraid to be same here. I think I would be afraid. 359 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,400 Yeah, I don't have any issues yet, knock on wood. You 360 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,759 know, I haven't had any any type of ringing in the ear, and 361 00:22:30,799 --> 00:22:34,440 yeah, any you know, I try to do the best I can when 362 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:40,240 I'm on stage performing usually those large shows there either I'll have any your monitors 363 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:42,640 and or you know, the monitor mix is a pretty healthy you know, 364 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:47,839 yeah, yeah mix. But once you start getting you know, the horn 365 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:52,799 section up there and you know everything else. And I remember, I'll never 366 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:56,839 forget this. This was that same show with BB King at the Casino and 367 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:00,799 I'm up there and we're doing our sound check and in BB him an organ 368 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:06,279 player, uh had two Leslie's And I remember my keyboard player, Jeff, 369 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,680 He's up there and he goes to the hit the first note. We were 370 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:14,599 doing something and I could feel the air and the sound on my bat and 371 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,119 I was like, oh my gosh, my ears. And that's the one 372 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,759 time I think in my life where I was like, oh jeez, I 373 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:25,079 you know, better be careful here. Yeah, yeah, I'm I'm pretty 374 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:29,599 well. I don't. I don't play anymore, but I notice like I 375 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,559 have tonitas, but I only really notice it when I first wake up in 376 00:23:32,559 --> 00:23:34,519 the morning, so it doesn't bother me yet. But I don't listen to 377 00:23:34,519 --> 00:23:37,440 headphones anymore except when I'm doing the show. Yeah, but like I, 378 00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:41,480 you know, I miss putting on headphones and listening to loud music. But 379 00:23:41,519 --> 00:23:45,680 I'm actually afraid to now because I don't want it to get any worthy, 380 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,359 you know. Yeah, I you know, I tried to use the in 381 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:52,839 ear monitors when we were on tour with Three Dog Night. We used them, 382 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,279 and but I always found myself pulling out an ear really yeah, because 383 00:23:56,279 --> 00:24:00,920 I just I love that natural you know, yeah five the feel because it's 384 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,799 too isolated in the mix, and you know, I feel like I'm not 385 00:24:03,839 --> 00:24:10,880 there right right, exactly exactly now. When you go out so on this 386 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:15,960 tour with George Thoroughgood, you're gonna be no, you said you're not bringing 387 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,359 the band. No, no, maybe there'll be some a date or something 388 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,920 maybe added where you know, I get to bring the guys, But yeah, 389 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,160 no, no, so this is myself and George Thoroughgood and the Destroyers 390 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,039 and uh yeah, so so what what do you do? You just go 391 00:24:30,079 --> 00:24:33,359 out and you just go out on stage by yourself or yeah, yeah, 392 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,720 so I'll go out and yeah, yeah I've I've gotten to that. You 393 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,839 know, the last summer there, you know, a twenty five thousand people 394 00:24:40,839 --> 00:24:41,599 there in front of me. I was like, yo, okay, I 395 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,079 got this now. Yeah you know, yeah, it took a moment. 396 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,799 You know, I's gonna say that must be that must be scary at first, 397 00:24:47,799 --> 00:24:48,880 because when you're you know, when you're up there with a band, 398 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,759 it's like, you know, you can all kind of lean on each other 399 00:24:51,839 --> 00:24:55,119 and it's like that it's like a security blanket. Yeah exactly, it's like 400 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,400 we're all in this together. But uh yeah, it's it's it's a little 401 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,559 different when you're up there by yourself and you have all those eyes looking at 402 00:25:00,559 --> 00:25:03,599 you. Yeah, you know, you're like, you know, just okay, 403 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,240 everything, you know, let's not break a string. Let's sound good. 404 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,240 You know. I try to make sure like I don't talk too much 405 00:25:11,319 --> 00:25:15,200 or whatever during you know, the day before hand leading up, you know, 406 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,160 I try to save as much energy, because when I go out there 407 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,880 and perform like that, you know, I try to give it everything that 408 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,039 I have. Yeah, and I try to not leave anything, you know. 409 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,119 So I go out there and I do the absolute best that I can, 410 00:25:27,759 --> 00:25:32,599 and it usually shows because it looks like I just came out of a 411 00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:36,359 swimming pool by the last song. Oh yeah, yeah. And then I'll 412 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,119 go back in my dressroom and take a shower or whatever and go back out 413 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,839 and you know, listen to the rest of the show. So but the 414 00:25:44,839 --> 00:25:47,559 first time, it must have been pretty scary walking out there by yourself, 415 00:25:47,599 --> 00:25:49,759 I would imagine, right, yeah, you know it. Yeah, for 416 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,960 those size shows, you know, I kind of, you know, I 417 00:25:52,039 --> 00:25:56,960 built myself up for like the smaller like two thousand like seat venues, but 418 00:25:56,039 --> 00:26:00,480 like you do those other ones that are you know, twenty twenty five thousand 419 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:04,640 people, it's like an ocean. Yeah. I mean this was in Chicago. 420 00:26:04,839 --> 00:26:07,519 We were in where was it. Yeah, I think Chicago, Illinois 421 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:11,880 is twenty five thousand people. Like Meadowbrook looks big. But you go to 422 00:26:12,039 --> 00:26:15,160 some of these venues that are out in the Midwest and stuff, and it's 423 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:21,039 Meadowbrook look very small, and and they're all set up the same, they're 424 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:23,839 just you know, wider spread, more people. Yeah. But it's really 425 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,079 interesting though going to all the different cities and towns and you kind of like 426 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,279 every city in town is so different, like the people, like the audience, 427 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,839 Like you could be playing and you know, so one of the dates 428 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:41,599 on there's lex Kentucky. I've played there before, and it's so much different 429 00:26:41,599 --> 00:26:45,559 than say you go a couple hours away and you're in Nashville or Knoxville or 430 00:26:45,599 --> 00:26:51,079 whatever. Like the audience, the crowd reacts so differently. Some people they'll 431 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:55,119 just sit there and then they'll clap afterwards, or more people are standing up 432 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,400 cheering and you know during So it's so different. So it's really neat to 433 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:02,839 see. Yeah, well when you're opening too, I would imagine there's probably 434 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,680 some crowds, you know, because we've all seen it happen where you know, 435 00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:08,720 if they don't if you're the opener and they don't know you, you 436 00:27:08,759 --> 00:27:12,160 know, this is that I would imagine sometimes as that beginning thing where they're 437 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,559 a little tentative. Yeah, but then you know, a couple of songs 438 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,079 in there like okay, yeah, this is cool, yeah yeah yeah yeah, 439 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,039 and then usually I'll I try to go out like to the merch table 440 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,799 or whatever, you know, after I perform and sign a few things, 441 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,119 or usually we have a guest list, people will come backstage. You just 442 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,640 kind of meet some people and uh you know, you get to uh see 443 00:27:33,759 --> 00:27:34,880 see a lot of different things on the road, and that's for sure. 444 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:41,000 Yeah. Ye Does your approach to playing change at all where you're with the 445 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,960 full band versus when you're by yourself. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so 446 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,480 you know, I'll have you know, my main guitars with me, like 447 00:27:48,519 --> 00:27:52,000 my you know, Fender Stratic caster and my Martin Acoustic with me and stuff 448 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,599 like that. But yeah, the song choices are different, my you know, 449 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,880 my style playing is still the same, you know, obviously you have 450 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,960 to put a little bit more into it. Yeah, you know, and 451 00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:06,359 but it opens it up a lot, so I can play a lot, 452 00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:10,039 you know, a lot of my original stuff a little bit more different, 453 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:14,079 not different, but you know, more open sounding. And you know, 454 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,640 the key thing is really just keeping my voice, you know, and checking 455 00:28:18,079 --> 00:28:19,480 and being able to have that because you know, at the end of the 456 00:28:19,559 --> 00:28:22,640 day, when I'm out there's you know, it's it's my guitar and my 457 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,559 my vocals. Yeah, So do you ever have any trouble with your with 458 00:28:26,599 --> 00:28:30,400 your voice? No? You know, you know, usually if I if 459 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,240 I do quite a few nights in a row, like long nights. A 460 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:37,799 couple of nights ago, I played for three hours straight and that probably wasn't 461 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,319 the best. I noticed it, and I can notice it a little bit 462 00:28:42,319 --> 00:28:47,599 today, like I'm really raspy, and usually it's not. Usually it's fairly 463 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,279 smooth. Yeah, yeah, do you do you actually feel it or yeah? 464 00:28:51,319 --> 00:28:52,039 I can sear it, yeah, you know, right, and hear 465 00:28:52,079 --> 00:28:55,119 a little bit. But you know, I try to drink you know, 466 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:56,920 I got like throat coat, and yeah, I drink a lot of that 467 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:02,759 before I go out and play yea and do vocal exercises warming up. So 468 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:07,279 no, that's good because you know, a lot of vocalists don't a lot 469 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:11,680 of vocalists don't take care of their throats. And then you know, at 470 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,319 a certain point, you know, things start to kind of give out. 471 00:29:15,119 --> 00:29:18,240 Now. J Fed is in the Facebook live chat. He's one of our 472 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,359 friends from Vermont, and he asks, and this will sound like a strange 473 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,640 question, but I'll explain afterwards why he's asking this. He says, do 474 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:33,240 you think he will do an ice bath with George path with George. Now, 475 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,880 the reason he's asking that is he's a very j Fed is a very 476 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:38,880 big proponent of the ice bath. You know, I'm familiar with it. 477 00:29:40,759 --> 00:29:45,720 Yeah, so I did a show I played with the drummer for Bruce Springsteen, 478 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,759 Max Weinberg. Yeah, and Max does an ice bath for his arms 479 00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:52,599 after the show. No kidding, Yeah, so I'm familiar with. Does 480 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,519 he just put his arms in it or does he get into the bath? 481 00:29:56,759 --> 00:29:59,279 No? No, just his arms? Oh okay, yeah, oh see 482 00:29:59,359 --> 00:30:02,200 j Fed, he he gets into the ice bath. Yeah, we don't 483 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,920 have bath backstage. We have showers, showers. Yeah, yeah, maybe 484 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,160 if I go back to my hotel and you know, my tour manager call 485 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,279 him up and say, hey, can you know, fill it with ice 486 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,119 and phil yeah, Philip Brooks is you know bathtub with ice? Yea, 487 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,759 they might scratch their head, but you know, but that would But in 488 00:30:15,759 --> 00:30:18,319 that case, so you'd be doing it by yourself, like you wouldn't invite 489 00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:23,359 George over pretab Yeah. Yeah, maybe maybe we might have you know, 490 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:29,079 a whiskey or something together before, but yeah, we usually keep the bathing 491 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:33,720 to ourselves, right And Texas. Mike joins us in the Chatterman says, 492 00:30:34,279 --> 00:30:40,279 Brooks were you Were you the one to portray Garth Brooks at the Palace Theater 493 00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:44,039 during the pandemic. Yes, that was me. Oh now so okay, 494 00:30:44,039 --> 00:30:45,599 so what is I don't know about this? What is uh? What is 495 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:51,000 this? Yes, sue, excuse me. Over at the Palace Theater, 496 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,599 we did a show during the pandemic. It was called Brooks Place Brooks Okay, 497 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,720 And it was a Garth Brooks tribute show during the pandemic that we did. 498 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:02,119 And I put a band together, I'll be damned. Yeah, yeah 499 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,480 it was. It was just it was this idea that I had. Yeah, 500 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,480 it was like, oh, this would be neat and during COVID, 501 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:11,119 like you couldn't really go out anywhere, so it's all videotaped and you know, 502 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,000 and you know, the whole big production, the video wall, the 503 00:31:15,119 --> 00:31:17,759 lights, the smoke, the whole nine yards. Yeah, some of it's 504 00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:19,759 on YouTube, I think, no kidding. Yeah, if you do Brooks 505 00:31:19,799 --> 00:31:22,720 Place, Brooks, I think it's oh, I think it's on there. 506 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:26,640 Yeah, I didn't know about this. That's cool. Yep. So yes, 507 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,240 that was me and with a full band or just you full, oh 508 00:31:30,319 --> 00:31:33,000 full, yeah, everything and you and it's just all Garth Brooks Brooks. 509 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,319 Oh wow, I'll be damned. Yeah, Texas, Mike says Garth Brooks 510 00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:40,519 is his favorite artist. So yeah, that was a lot of fun. 511 00:31:41,279 --> 00:31:45,960 Wow, that was a one and done deal. Did you happen I'm not 512 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,160 a big country guy, but did you happen to do a hard luck woman? 513 00:31:48,279 --> 00:31:52,160 And I don't believe so? Uh, the only reason so I have 514 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,160 an affinity for well, Kiss is my favorite band, and of course Garth 515 00:31:56,279 --> 00:32:00,279 covered that, and of course and on the cover that are recorded, Kiss 516 00:32:00,319 --> 00:32:04,240 is actually on the track with him. So and they even uh, I 517 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,599 don't know if you've ever seen it, there's a YouTube video of them performing 518 00:32:06,599 --> 00:32:08,359 it together. Look that I did not know that. Yeah, they performed 519 00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:12,680 it together. This was nineteen ninety four. They actually performed it together on 520 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,160 the Tonight Show. Really yeah, it's it's uh yeah, it's pretty cool. 521 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,079 Well, we should, uh, let's play another track. I played 522 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,920 ventil later earlier, but we should give this other one to listen. Uh, 523 00:32:25,079 --> 00:32:30,599 dream Away and the latest album supply Chain Blues. Yeah. Yeah, 524 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,319 so we'll play this and then we can and then we can talk some more. 525 00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:37,680 Any anything you want us to know about this. Did you also record 526 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:42,039 this at Mojo? Yeah? Yeah, this is from Mojo, and yeah 527 00:32:42,039 --> 00:32:45,240 it was a great So this this song I wrote actually way back when I 528 00:32:45,279 --> 00:32:50,759 lived in Manchester a long time ago. I wrote and recorded like on one 529 00:32:50,759 --> 00:32:53,880 of my first EPs, and I was asked to re record the song and 530 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:58,079 make it a little bit more bluesy and put it on this actual album that 531 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,440 went out. And this album, It's If, actually went to the top 532 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,680 of the charts for a while and even past Buddy Guy for like a week, 533 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,279 don't okay. I was like, Okay, this is cool, this 534 00:33:07,359 --> 00:33:10,279 is cool. Yeah, but yeah this song dream Away, Yeah I did 535 00:33:10,359 --> 00:33:14,559 very well and I'm very proud of it. Cool. All right, check 536 00:33:14,599 --> 00:33:24,599 this out. This is dream Away from Brooks Young. Every day dream away 537 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:37,960 that fall good, fall in love with me. It seems just like yesterday 538 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:47,279 the afors saw you, fash you made my house give a beach, flooded 539 00:33:49,799 --> 00:34:07,159 inside of men, dreams and never money. I was shouting, wake by 540 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:22,679 you. You make me feel so complete, So I don't you say you'll 541 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:30,760 stay with me? I want to touch your lips. I feel you with 542 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:51,760 my single chimps, watch your body by, would I kiss you good night? 543 00:35:50,039 --> 00:36:00,800 Every day I had dream away that I fought a girl to fall. 544 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:17,320 Lowe Brooks Young is here. He is at the news desk. Hello, 545 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,719 Hello, Hello, wonderful to have you here, sir, and uh yeah, 546 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,320 if you're just joining us. We've been talking music and Brooks has an 547 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:30,400 upcoming tour with George Thoroughgood and we've been playing playing a couple of the studio 548 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,840 tracks, really great stuff. So Brooks, how many how many albums have 549 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,119 you recorded? You must you must have quite a few at this point, 550 00:36:37,199 --> 00:36:40,719 right, Oh geez, that's a great question. I want to say five 551 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:45,599 five albums five yeah, five, five some studies, some live, a 552 00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:50,000 live album, a couple of studio albums, a couple of EPs, and 553 00:36:51,079 --> 00:36:52,559 the goal is by the end of the year to go back and do a 554 00:36:52,599 --> 00:36:57,679 follow up on the latest album. Excellent, yeah, excellent. Are you 555 00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:01,559 going to do? You think you're gonna making full length albums because we live 556 00:37:01,599 --> 00:37:06,039 in an era where you've got a lot of different options in terms of how 557 00:37:06,039 --> 00:37:07,800 you approach it. Yeah, you know, And that's interesting you say that, 558 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:12,159 because I have been thinking about that, and you know, everything nowadays, 559 00:37:12,199 --> 00:37:15,480 you know, it's all about throwing out the single, you know, 560 00:37:15,599 --> 00:37:20,960 put the single out there. But there's something about the continuity, the having 561 00:37:21,039 --> 00:37:23,480 the whole album work with each other, you know, all the tracks, 562 00:37:23,559 --> 00:37:27,800 you know, kind of melt together, and I like that. I like 563 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:34,360 going into the studio and having that mindset of I'm going to make this cohesive 564 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,960 project, yeah, you know, rather than just go in and record a 565 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,440 single, which I've done many many times, which is also fun. But 566 00:37:40,519 --> 00:37:45,320 there's just something about walking out and knowing you have a whole album, right, 567 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:46,719 you know. I can go in there and make a whole album and 568 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:52,079 then maybe put two songs as singles out first and just kind of test the 569 00:37:52,079 --> 00:37:53,840 waters a bit, right, you know, which I've which I did with 570 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:59,320 this album. So yeah, you know, a whole album. Definitely whole 571 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,119 album. Do you like being in the studio? Love it? Do you 572 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,960 good? If I could do, if I could be anywhere all the time, 573 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:07,760 it would probably be in the studio. Oh interesting, Okay, So 574 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:15,239 you prefer that to being live, don't I look at them as two different 575 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,440 things? Yeah? Yeah, you know. I love the live aspect of 576 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:22,920 the performing part of it and being able to that connection with the audience and 577 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:29,400 the performer something about the studio that I love is be the creative side of 578 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,519 me. Like I can be very creative, I can stop, I can 579 00:38:32,599 --> 00:38:37,599 you know, reduce something when I'm doing live it's that's that's the moment, 580 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:42,239 right, you know. And something about going in the studio and just knowing 581 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,760 that you know the skies, the limit, you know, and you know 582 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,800 recording and so I don't know, I enjoy it. Now. Do you 583 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,880 have if you worked with producers or do you produce yourself or usually you know, 584 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:58,360 I produce a lot of the things with you know, the gentleman who's 585 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,639 at the studio, Anthony and I. I'd do a lot of their producing. 586 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:06,119 I had on this album a good friend of mine, Charlie Cantrell. 587 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:10,079 He was the executive producer on the last album. And so yeah, usually 588 00:39:10,159 --> 00:39:14,920 there's a couple of us. Yeah, I know a lot of times too. 589 00:39:15,079 --> 00:39:17,360 You know, sometimes you might go into a studio and the engineer becomes 590 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:22,000 almost a de facto producer if they're someone who has a lot of ideas and 591 00:39:22,119 --> 00:39:27,800 suggestions. Many hats Yeah, Charlie Cantrell, that that name is familiar to 592 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,719 me. Should I is that someone I should know? You're probably thinking of 593 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:36,320 the cantrell the guitars. Maybe I don't know. For Alison Chains, I 594 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,239 just I feel like I've heard I've heard that name. So yeah, Charlie, 595 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,320 he owns the world's smallest horse, Einstein. Maybe you've heard of that 596 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:50,280 chronicle and oh maybe that might be that might be why Yeah, the world's 597 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,920 smallest horse. Yeah, yeah, Einstein. We're good buddies. Ye. 598 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:02,079 Now has your approached to recording changed over the years. Yeah, yeah, 599 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:08,039 I know when to stop recording and I know what to listen for. I 600 00:40:08,079 --> 00:40:12,280 know, you know where I'm at. You know, I can go in 601 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,480 the studio and say, okay, that was a great take. Yeah, 602 00:40:14,639 --> 00:40:16,800 not do like thirty takes of you know, the same thing. Like I 603 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:22,679 can go in there and I know exactly what I'm looking for, and you 604 00:40:22,679 --> 00:40:27,039 know, i'd like I've tried different ways where we go in and record like 605 00:40:27,079 --> 00:40:30,880 a scratch track with the band and then we will start from the drums ground 606 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,599 up and you know, overdubbing things like that. Yeah, the Supply Chain 607 00:40:34,639 --> 00:40:38,719 Blues album was recorded a little bit differently. Supply Chain Blues. That's a 608 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:45,239 great name, Yeah, I thought so, right, And uh so you 609 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:50,920 know that that album there was full band. We all kind of recorded together, 610 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:55,280 the drums and the bass and keys, and very little overdubbing, Like 611 00:40:55,400 --> 00:41:00,400 all the guitar that you hear is me actually playing it. Why I coorded 612 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:04,239 it, okay, overdub anything. Really, the only thing I did was 613 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,360 the vocals. Okay. And when you said, now you know when to 614 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,880 stop instead of you know, thirty takes. So when you when you used 615 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:15,760 to do a lot more takes? Was it is it perfectionism or were you 616 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:21,760 just never and just searching for well, could it be something else? You 617 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,679 know, it's just the riff or could there be a better riff? Yeah? 618 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:29,239 You know. And so now I kind of go in there into the 619 00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,559 studio prepared, you know. And I we always went in prepared. Yeah 620 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,960 we could. We could knock a whole album out, you know, usually 621 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,440 within a weekend the band, no joke, like really, we do a 622 00:41:39,519 --> 00:41:44,719 lot of rehearsing prior, yeah, and we go in knowing exactly what we 623 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,320 want to do. So we don't go in there blind. Yeah, because 624 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:52,239 we don't waste anyone's time at the studio and we don't want to waste our 625 00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:55,119 time. Go in there with a mission and we do it. And in 626 00:41:55,199 --> 00:42:02,039 and Out and uh yeah, excellent, excellent, they focused. Yeah, 627 00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:07,119 and now in your live show, obviously, you know you have a lot 628 00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:08,760 of originals, but I assume do you also do some covers. We do 629 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:13,400 a few covers. Yeah, we actually, uh so we're we're doing like 630 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,119 a fun little like a club pub kind of show coming up next Friday and 631 00:42:17,119 --> 00:42:22,679 Conquered at Pucci's. Oh okay, and we actually put a cover and we're 632 00:42:22,679 --> 00:42:28,760 doing Dirty Laundry by Don Henley and oh, that's so weird, Brooks. 633 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:34,199 I was thinking reason for it. I was thinking about that song today for 634 00:42:35,079 --> 00:42:37,679 Yeah, that's so weird. These weird coincidence has happened to me. I 635 00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:43,480 was thinking about that song specifically for something because of something completely unrelated to music. 636 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,880 I was thinking about, uh, Progosian and Russia. His plane went 637 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:51,440 down yesterday, and I was thinking about that song, that line from Dirty 638 00:42:51,519 --> 00:42:53,639 Laundry, It's interesting when people die, Yes, I was. I was 639 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:58,400 thinking about that today. That just popped it because I relate everything to music, 640 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,400 so of course that it's just so weird. Anyway, I'm sorry. 641 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,599 I didn't mean to derail you. I said, that's just so weird. 642 00:43:02,639 --> 00:43:07,280 Though A lot of songs. You mentioned that one. I've always wanted to 643 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,559 do it, and uh, you know, our keyboard player Jeff just got 644 00:43:09,559 --> 00:43:15,960 a refurbished almost mint new nineteen thirty seven, him and B three with Leslie 645 00:43:16,199 --> 00:43:20,239 Nice, and I kept hearing it in my head and I was like, 646 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,880 oh my gosh, we have this now, like, yeah, we can 647 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:27,119 do it like that, dude. Yeah, and oh that's so cool. 648 00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:30,559 I just I love it. I don't know. So yeah, so yeah, 649 00:43:30,599 --> 00:43:31,880 we do a few covers, a lot of originals. Yeah, you 650 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,360 know, we do a good mix and a show like this, it will 651 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,159 be kind of like a sixty forty mix or so. But gotcha, gotcha? 652 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:45,159 Very nice? And uh, what's do you know what's happening after the 653 00:43:45,199 --> 00:43:51,079 George Thorough Good tour? Do you know what I'm going to album that's gonna 654 00:43:51,079 --> 00:43:54,039 be next time agenda? Yep? I think from what I hear, you 655 00:43:54,079 --> 00:43:58,599 know there's gonna be some more show dates added on while I'm on tour, 656 00:44:00,159 --> 00:44:04,760 some other projects and things, and probably maybe a few more George shows added 657 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,519 on. We just added I Believe and another show just last week onto the 658 00:44:07,559 --> 00:44:10,320 tour. Oh excellent. Yeah, so we keep adding on. Why we're 659 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:16,960 there, so yeah, yeah, and and yeah, so if that push 660 00:44:17,079 --> 00:44:21,920 us back the album, that's actually a good problem to have because you want 661 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,559 those you want those dates with George obviously. Yeah, well exactly, you 662 00:44:24,599 --> 00:44:29,039 know, out on the road and performing. I love that, and then 663 00:44:29,159 --> 00:44:30,960 you know, nothing, you know cooler than coming off the road and then 664 00:44:31,199 --> 00:44:35,320 do an album. By the way, if you ever broken a string while 665 00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,639 you're doing the solo thing in front of them, I never have you never, 666 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:43,159 never once? That's that's awesome. How do you avoid it? Do 667 00:44:43,159 --> 00:44:46,320 you change? Because I've known guitar players who will literally every show they'll change 668 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:52,480 all the strings just to make sure. So I I'm very particular about my 669 00:44:52,559 --> 00:44:55,599 guitars and I go through them with a fine tooth comb. Yeah, everything 670 00:44:57,039 --> 00:45:00,599 before and yeah, so and I just you know, take you know, 671 00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:04,280 good care of my things. I use quality stuff and and do the best. 672 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:07,079 But sometimes, you know, stuff happens. Yeah, you know. 673 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:13,280 Unfortunately it hasn't happened yet. Good, so good. Yeah, yeah, 674 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,559 I'll think of you. I'll be calling you. I don't I don't blame 675 00:45:16,599 --> 00:45:21,880 you. I don't blame you. Very good, very good. And uh, 676 00:45:22,039 --> 00:45:25,039 are you gonna do any do you have any plans to do anything sort 677 00:45:25,039 --> 00:45:30,679 of out like the like the Brooks Brooks what did you call it? Brooks 678 00:45:30,039 --> 00:45:32,760 that was that was a one time moment. If you were there, you 679 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:37,000 witnessed it for the one time in history. Yeah, I know, there's 680 00:45:37,039 --> 00:45:38,519 a lot of work. There was a lot of work and you know, 681 00:45:38,639 --> 00:45:43,199 to be somebody else and yeah, no doubt learn all those songs, the 682 00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:45,679 whole group, and there was a lot of rehearsing, a lot of Yeah, 683 00:45:46,119 --> 00:45:51,599 so it's a big production. Yeah. Yeah. And what about collaborations, 684 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,920 because you know you talked earlier about collaborating with what was your name, 685 00:45:54,000 --> 00:46:00,159 Ruth? Yeah, because again you know, going back to the intern of 686 00:46:00,199 --> 00:46:02,599 having different options for how you create music and or how you release music with 687 00:46:02,639 --> 00:46:07,679 all this technology. So yeah, I mean you can really you can collaborate 688 00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,880 with anybody anywhere in the world. Yeah, emailing tracks back and forth and 689 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:15,079 it's it's quite remarkable. Yep. So yeah, you know that that would 690 00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:17,199 be great, and you know, you never know what will happen, you 691 00:46:17,199 --> 00:46:22,159 know, especially with this tour. Yeah, you know what what collaboration might 692 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,199 come up to be on the next album, because it seems like so you've 693 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:30,800 you've had this great opportunity to play with with so many of your heroes. 694 00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:36,599 But it must be I would imagine you've probably thought about wanting to record with 695 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,760 some of these people. So, you know, my my, my main 696 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:43,400 you know, everyone has a dream. Yeah, and you know, right 697 00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:46,199 now, I'm very fortunate I've been able to set myself up to be able 698 00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:49,880 to do what I'm about to do. And you know, it just was 699 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:52,559 hard work, dedication and sticking with it, you know. And it's a 700 00:46:52,639 --> 00:46:57,679 lifestyle, and it's a type of job that most people don't understand, right 701 00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:00,239 because you know, it's not your ordin here everything, right, it was 702 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:06,440 hard for some people to grasp. Yeah, you know, but my biggest 703 00:47:06,519 --> 00:47:10,719 dream would be to record and do something with their Clapton with clapt At. 704 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:15,519 Yeah. And uh so you know, I definitely see that in the future. 705 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:20,559 Yeah, and that that's kind of my my big ticket, that's my 706 00:47:20,559 --> 00:47:23,320 my my my bucket list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no doubt. 707 00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:27,880 Yeah. I always say, you know, because you were you were talking 708 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:34,119 about your collaboration with his daughter something about with the pandemic. Yeah, terrible 709 00:47:34,199 --> 00:47:37,000 thing, but we have to find these silver linings where we can. And 710 00:47:37,559 --> 00:47:40,280 uh, one thing that I always found was a silver lining is we're kind 711 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:44,119 of lucky in a way that it happened when it did, because if it 712 00:47:44,119 --> 00:47:47,840 had happened twenty years earlier, or even ten years earlier, where we didn't 713 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:52,039 really have I mean, you know, ten years earlier, yeah, we 714 00:47:52,159 --> 00:47:54,960 you know, we've had the technology, but people weren't necessarily as comfortable with 715 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:59,840 it, you know. And but you know, it happens in twenty twenty, 716 00:48:00,039 --> 00:48:02,280 and you know, people are musicians are doing incredible things, not just 717 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:08,559 collaborating, you know, getting used to the idea of collaborating online with emailing 718 00:48:08,599 --> 00:48:14,039 tracks back and forth and things like that, but but actually doing live performances 719 00:48:14,119 --> 00:48:17,320 online with other musicians in other places. You know, we saw in fact, 720 00:48:17,639 --> 00:48:22,519 we saw some some bands doing that who hadn't even played together actively in 721 00:48:22,519 --> 00:48:28,280 a really long time, doing doing reunions online and playing some of their classic 722 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,119 songs. So we did. So that was that was pretty amazing, and 723 00:48:31,199 --> 00:48:36,119 so so you know, we're lucky that it that had happened and when it 724 00:48:36,159 --> 00:48:38,880 did, you know, in terms of timing, geez, I think if 725 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:42,960 if it had happened when I was growing up, that would have been awful. 726 00:48:43,039 --> 00:48:49,599 Before we know, she's you know, so so fortunate that way. 727 00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,400 Now is the and it's so the song you did with Ruth, is that 728 00:48:53,559 --> 00:48:57,840 available online? Yeah, it's on Spotify, Apple Music, everywhere. It's 729 00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:00,639 called Promises Promises. Okay, I'll check on her one of her dad's songs. 730 00:49:00,679 --> 00:49:06,360 And it's funny because it's her favorite song that her dad does and it's 731 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:08,360 my favorite song. Yeah, And so I said, do you think he'll 732 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,320 be okay with it? And she's like, well, let me ask. 733 00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:15,880 And I'm like, oh, geez, no pressure, you know, and 734 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:16,880 she's like, no, he's fine with it. He's fine with it. 735 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:22,119 And we recorded it and you know, she laid down her vocal parts over 736 00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:27,320 over there and yeah. So yeah, it was just a great time and 737 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,119 being able to do that in her and I would video back and forth and 738 00:49:30,159 --> 00:49:34,480 talk about the song and this and that and yeah, there's a little clip 739 00:49:34,519 --> 00:49:37,519 if you follow on my Facebook, there's a little clip of her talking about 740 00:49:37,519 --> 00:49:42,320 it. Another Yeah, oh, very cool, very cool. So when 741 00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,880 does the Before we run out of time, I want to make sure people 742 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:51,000 know. So when does the tourist start? The tour starts October twentieth. 743 00:49:51,039 --> 00:49:54,199 I believe you can go to Brookshong dot com and there's a tour poster there 744 00:49:55,599 --> 00:50:00,119 with George and I on it, and oh yeah, what's the first date 745 00:50:00,199 --> 00:50:06,719 on there? Matt so October twenty feet in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Excellent Palace 746 00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:10,039 theater. Yes, well the Palace. I feel like that's such a common 747 00:50:10,159 --> 00:50:14,840 name, the Palace theater. Yeah, try try when you have to tag 748 00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:17,960 it on social media. Yea, that you're doing. How many different palace 749 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:22,679 theaters pop up? No doubt, no doubt. By the way, the 750 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:25,559 videos, I like the music videos that you do. Do you do you 751 00:50:25,559 --> 00:50:29,480 have someone specific you work with on that or you see it all yourself? 752 00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:31,679 This guy right here, no kidding. Wow, Yeah, they're very pro 753 00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:37,400 they look great, thank you? Yeah? Absolutely? How many? How 754 00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:38,800 many music videos do you do? I mean, do you have rather? 755 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:43,119 Oh geez, I don't know. You quite a few? Yeah, there's 756 00:50:43,159 --> 00:50:49,199 there's there's a small like documentary thing on on YouTube about the band, yeah, 757 00:50:49,199 --> 00:50:52,880 which was also recorded a whole live show. So that's a good five 758 00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:57,280 five or six videos just that itself. Oh okay, yea. And locally 759 00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:00,119 I see too. You're gonna be at on September one, You're gonna be 760 00:51:00,119 --> 00:51:02,119 at Pucci. Yeah, that's gonna be fun. It's gonna be you know, 761 00:51:02,159 --> 00:51:05,639 it's it's a fun little spot and conquered, you know, I grew 762 00:51:05,679 --> 00:51:07,760 up and conquered. Yeah, and it's just gonna be fun. A bunch 763 00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:13,320 of people, friends and fans and family and the whole band's going to be 764 00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:15,320 there and we're just we're gonna rock out and we're gonna have a great time. 765 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:19,400 Where's the first place you played? Do you remember the first place you 766 00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:24,519 ever played live? Yeah, Franklin Opera House. No kidding, that's not 767 00:51:24,559 --> 00:51:29,599 a bad start. Actually, that's a that's a decent sized place. Yeah, 768 00:51:29,599 --> 00:51:30,719 when I lived in Manchester. Yeah, I see. I thought you 769 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:35,440 were gonna say, somewhere and conquered, like like maybe Perucci. No, 770 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:38,679 no, no, I didn't. I didn't even play Panucci's until just a 771 00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:42,559 few years back, I think, really before the pandemic. Yeah, I 772 00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:45,079 brought I did a show there with Boyd Tinsley, the violin play for Dave 773 00:51:45,119 --> 00:51:49,239 Matthews bands. Yes, yeah, so him and I became good friends, 774 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:51,719 and you know, he brought me out to a bunch of Dave shows and 775 00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,800 him and I did some tours together before the pandemic, and uh, we 776 00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:59,599 actually did a show at Panucci's. Oh no kidding and h wow. Yeah 777 00:51:59,639 --> 00:52:01,960 so that was fun. So yeah, yeah, but Franklin Oprouse was the 778 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:06,440 first, I believe. So, you know, I did a couple of 779 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,039 small things, like when I was younger, in my early twenties, I 780 00:52:08,119 --> 00:52:13,000 lived here in Manchester and I used to go to all the different blues open 781 00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:15,199 jams, and that's kind of how I got my feet wet of playing with 782 00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:19,760 other people. Yeah, and then that and while I was doing that, 783 00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:22,320 that's when I met BB King at Singer Park, gotcha, And then that's 784 00:52:22,639 --> 00:52:28,239 where it all started. Do you recommend that? Because one other thing I 785 00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:30,800 did want to ask you is, you know, like a kid who's maybe 786 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:34,719 just starting out and they're really into they really want to learn to play blues, 787 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,800 blues rock and so forth. Uh should is that something they should do? 788 00:52:38,079 --> 00:52:42,360 To go to blues jams and just try try to play with different people 789 00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:45,440 on different days. And definitely, for sure I recommend that more than sitting 790 00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:49,880 at home playing along to a YouTube video. Really yeah, get out there 791 00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:52,719 and play with other people. You know that that if you want to perform 792 00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:57,480 live, Yeah, it's going to be your best practice. Yeah yeah, 793 00:52:57,519 --> 00:53:01,039 interesting, Okay, did you take lessons or you self taught? My grandfather 794 00:53:01,119 --> 00:53:04,599 taught me a bit when I was younger, and then I kind of took 795 00:53:04,599 --> 00:53:07,840 it from there on my own. Okay, gotcha, gotcha. I did 796 00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:12,400 a lot of when I was growing up, a lot of sitting listening to 797 00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:15,000 BB King and Eric Clapton, And luckily, you know, I played trumpet 798 00:53:15,039 --> 00:53:17,679 for a long time, and I know how to read music and stuff like 799 00:53:17,719 --> 00:53:22,960 that, so I was able to apply my knowledge of that and you know, 800 00:53:22,519 --> 00:53:25,239 carry it over to the guitar. Oh okay, so you started on 801 00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:29,679 trumpet? Yeah, oh interesting. Do you still play it? I do? 802 00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,920 I do. I was actually a fun little fact that many people don't 803 00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:39,360 know is I was awarded by the Marines the Suffer for Della's Solo Artists for 804 00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:43,800 playing trumpet. Oh no kidding, Yeah, I'll be damned. Oh that's 805 00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:49,199 cool. You ever play alive? Very rare? Probably not? Yeah? 806 00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:52,000 Yeah, your hands full with the guitar, Yeah yeah, no, it 807 00:53:52,039 --> 00:53:54,079 makes sense at home, you know, play some Miles Davis or no kidding 808 00:53:54,119 --> 00:53:57,719 little tunes? Yeah. Yeah. Oh that's cool, very cool, very cool.