1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: I've been a part of sharing the story of NBC's 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:06,240 The Voice since twenty sixteen, but they've been scattered across 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,919 all the digital platforms. Now all of those conversations are 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,880 in one location. Aro dot net, a r r oe 5 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:18,120 dot net. Look for that voice, Mindy. I love this 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,920 picture of you with that guitar. That that is very classic. 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,559 I hope you're putting that on some sort of merch 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,280 so that you can sell the hell out of it. 9 00:00:26,559 --> 00:00:28,879 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I wish I saw what picture 10 00:00:28,879 --> 00:00:29,559 you're talking about. 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: Well, it's you with an acoustic guitar. It might be 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,679 a hummingbird. And then and then you've got that microphone, 13 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:36,719 which to me is the connection to the soul of 14 00:00:36,759 --> 00:00:42,520 anybody who was tapped into to experience it. Yes, and 15 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,520 it almost looks like you're a free spirit? Are you. 16 00:00:46,359 --> 00:00:48,359 Speaker 2: Almost? I don't know what gave that away. 17 00:00:49,119 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 3: Yes, I'm definitely a free spirit. I've I've been a musician, 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,000 working musician for a really long time now, you know, 19 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:00,759 since I was fifteen years old, and I've always kind 20 00:01:00,759 --> 00:01:02,560 of just marched to the beat of my own drum. 21 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,439 And I've never, I've never, I've been unapologetic about my 22 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,439 life choices and proud that I've never given up on 23 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:12,519 this dream for sure. 24 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: Well you're in the right city for that, because I mean, heck, 25 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,159 what would happen if if Patsy Klein or Hank Williams 26 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:19,000 would have gone in there trying to sound like Charlie 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,760 Pride or something, I wouldn't have happened. 28 00:01:22,599 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 2: It's amazing. 29 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean for you to be there in 30 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,680 the first place. And I think that's the one thing 31 00:01:27,719 --> 00:01:29,400 that a lot of people who've never been to Nashville 32 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,280 don't understand. It's not always about just singer songwriting what 33 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,760 it is. It's about a lifestyle that's going on inside Nashville. 34 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 2: Truth. 35 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: Yes, especially that traffic. Can we finally do something about 36 00:01:42,719 --> 00:01:44,560 that traffic in Nashville? 37 00:01:45,519 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 3: Just when you think they're doing something for it, it 38 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,560 just somehow gets a little bit worse. 39 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, they want people to stay longer. 40 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: The right. 41 00:01:55,359 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: Making that choice to even audition for NBC's The Voice 42 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,079 did that was Is that a moment where you had 43 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:03,400 to sit down with your creative self and say, I 44 00:02:03,439 --> 00:02:05,200 need you to listen to me, I need you to 45 00:02:05,239 --> 00:02:07,959 find focus. We're going to do this and you're going 46 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:08,919 to get on the show. 47 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, it wasn't for me. 48 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 3: It was a process of well, first of all, I 49 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,719 was recruited to be on the show by the casting company, 50 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,159 and as soon as I saw the email, I was like, oh, 51 00:02:22,199 --> 00:02:24,199 this is spam, and I threw it in the spam, 52 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,520 you know, and I got another follow up email and 53 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,080 I realized it was the real deal. And yeah, there 54 00:02:31,159 --> 00:02:33,680 was a there was a whole process of me saying, 55 00:02:33,719 --> 00:02:36,400 you know what, I have to surrender to the. 56 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: Process and just I'm going to do this. 57 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 3: I'm going to sit down, I'm going to give them 58 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,240 what they need, and whatever happens happens. 59 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 2: And here we are. 60 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,199 Speaker 3: I'm top four for Snoop Dogg. It's just at this 61 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,080 point in the game, it's just hard to believe it. 62 00:02:48,159 --> 00:02:50,120 But I'm so so grateful. 63 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,759 Speaker 1: How did you move beyond that thinking that it wasn't spam, 64 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,719 because I mean, we get so many emails these days, 65 00:02:56,719 --> 00:02:58,680 and I wish these PR companies would come up with 66 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:01,360 a better way to communicate, whether because we do we 67 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,199 instantly put somebody in the trash can. 68 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 3: Well, I got the follow up email and I looked 69 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,560 up the person's name who was emailing, and I found 70 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,280 their LinkedIn, and I'm like, oh wait, this is actually real. 71 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:16,719 Speaker 2: Okay, this is amazing. 72 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 3: And you know, I've had some friends on the show 73 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,599 being in Nashville, as you can imagine, I know musicians, 74 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:24,520 but I've had some friends that have been on the 75 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,599 show in the past, and they also were recruited. So 76 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,599 I knew that that was a thing. I just couldn't 77 00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:32,919 believe it was a thing for me in the moment. 78 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:39,080 But like I said, following through with it was just 79 00:03:39,159 --> 00:03:43,639 a process of like surrendering and seeing whatever happens happens, and. 80 00:03:45,919 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: I'll never forget it. 81 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: You know. When I got that email and she's like, 82 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,479 all right, well let's start picking songs out, I'm like, 83 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,960 I'll believe this when I get my plane ticket. Ye 84 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,199 got my plane ticket. And the whole time going out there, 85 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,919 I'm just like, I'm doing this. I'm going on the voice. 86 00:04:00,639 --> 00:04:02,319 Speaker 1: So were you like me? Though? You had other people 87 00:04:02,319 --> 00:04:04,080 call them too, just to find out if they were legit, 88 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:05,800 because I mean, if something good comes in, I sit 89 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,800 there and say, I'll ask my wife Lee, please, can 90 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,000 you can you please call this person because I'm not 91 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,439 feeling it inside my gut. 92 00:04:12,879 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 3: No, because I once I feel like, once I realized 93 00:04:16,759 --> 00:04:21,160 it was legitimate, and I was so scared of the 94 00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:22,639 confidentiality part of it. 95 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,439 Speaker 2: I was I just kept it all to myself and 96 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:25,759 was like, I can't tell anybody. 97 00:04:26,959 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 3: But then once I realized it was real, and I 98 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,240 was like to my husband, I was like, get in here, 99 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:32,879 look at this email. What do you think about this? 100 00:04:33,079 --> 00:04:35,839 And he was like, this is so amazing. You got 101 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,160 to go for it. But yeah, I was definitely very 102 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,120 skeptical at first. 103 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,759 Speaker 1: But how do you deal with that confidentiality? Because I 104 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,040 work for a movie promotions company and we're always signing 105 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:48,920 those pieces of paper. And I sat in my soul, 106 00:04:48,959 --> 00:04:51,079 I'm going you want me to what? I can't even 107 00:04:51,199 --> 00:04:53,600 keep Christmas presents away from people? You want me not 108 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:54,600 to talk about this? 109 00:04:55,079 --> 00:05:02,199 Speaker 3: Ah, and trust me. Before I left for filming here 110 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,839 in Nashville, I had residencies, meaning regular gigs, and I 111 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,519 would say six out of seven days a week. So 112 00:05:09,639 --> 00:05:11,839 it was really hard when I was gearing up to 113 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:15,279 leave for the shows to not say anything anybody because 114 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:16,680 everyone's going to be like, where did she go? 115 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,199 Speaker 2: So she just vanished into thin air. 116 00:05:19,879 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 3: But it was something that I thought about, like, Okay, listen, 117 00:05:23,759 --> 00:05:29,160 if I say anything, it can ruin somebody else's chance 118 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:31,480 of having their moment, you know. So I just kept 119 00:05:31,519 --> 00:05:33,519 telling myself like, Okay, this isn't about me. This is 120 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,759 about all of the people who signed up to do 121 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:37,800 this show, and I'm not going to leak anything. 122 00:05:38,319 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: See. I love that about you, Mindy, because it's not 123 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,639 about you, And I would love to see the research 124 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,439 on the people that when you come on that screen, 125 00:05:44,639 --> 00:05:47,399 how their lives personally change, because you're adding something to 126 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,439 our lives by you being on that show, and then 127 00:05:50,439 --> 00:05:52,720 we only get it one song at a time. Really, 128 00:05:52,959 --> 00:05:55,759 are you kidding me? I want more of Mindy Miller. 129 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 2: Well you can get. 130 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,639 Speaker 3: More if you if you look me up on the 131 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,360 social media platforms. I've been going at this for a 132 00:06:05,439 --> 00:06:08,639 really long time. You know. This is a career that 133 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:13,040 I've been pursuing since I was fifteen years old. So 134 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,600 there's lots of stuff floating around, and then some new 135 00:06:16,079 --> 00:06:19,240 stuff that you can stream online on you know, Spotify, 136 00:06:19,319 --> 00:06:20,160 Apple Music. 137 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 2: And all of that. But I appreciate you saying that 138 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,480 that you want more because I've got more coming. 139 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: Well, what was it like for you at such an 140 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,199 early age to step inside that recording studio, because you 141 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:31,959 know how parents are and friends are when you say 142 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,240 I'm going to go record some music in a studio. Okay, 143 00:06:34,439 --> 00:06:37,160 Well is that someone's bedroom that they've got a cassette deck? 144 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,199 What's going on here? But I mean it was the 145 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:40,160 real deal for you. 146 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you know not to not to spend 147 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,360 too much time on this, but you know, I got 148 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,920 really sick when I was a teenager and I had 149 00:06:51,959 --> 00:06:54,279 to end up dropping out of school because they said 150 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,639 I'd have to repeat it and I was like, I'm 151 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:57,879 not I'm not doing that. 152 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 2: I'm going to finish school. So I homes school. I 153 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:01,759 got it done early. 154 00:07:02,519 --> 00:07:06,639 Speaker 3: And when I was really sick in the hospital, you know, 155 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,680 like almost you know, you know, if I didn't catch 156 00:07:10,759 --> 00:07:12,480 what was going on, I could have died from it. 157 00:07:12,959 --> 00:07:15,600 My folks they saw that and they were kind of like, 158 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,040 you can do whatever you want. You know, that changes 159 00:07:18,079 --> 00:07:20,680 your whole perspective. They're like, we almost lost you. 160 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 2: You can do whatever you want to do. 161 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 3: And I had a really great group of musicians in 162 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,399 my band that were like more like older brothers, that 163 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:34,120 were so protective that I swear my parents never worried 164 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,319 about a thing They were like, they're taking care of her, 165 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,639 they're protecting her. But there were definitely nights when I 166 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,519 would come home from the studio two or three in 167 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,800 the morning and they would just be like, what. 168 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: What is this life my daughter's living. 169 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 3: But they were so supportive and understanding, and they knew 170 00:07:50,079 --> 00:07:55,120 my passion for performing. They knew that it was a 171 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:59,800 calling for me from a young age, and so I 172 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,839 wouldn't change a thing. 173 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: You know this. 174 00:08:02,839 --> 00:08:05,399 Speaker 2: I do believe all of the good things that happen. 175 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 3: All of the bad things, they all happen for a reason, 176 00:08:07,279 --> 00:08:09,800 and they all happen in their own time, and I 177 00:08:09,839 --> 00:08:11,399 feel like it is my time right now. 178 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,839 Speaker 1: So when you're coming home at two, three o'clock in 179 00:08:13,839 --> 00:08:15,519 the morning and they're asking where have you been? Did 180 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,560 you did you give them the raspy voice. I was 181 00:08:17,639 --> 00:08:20,480 in there singing, Oh my god, you have no idea. 182 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: That's all I was doing. 183 00:08:21,879 --> 00:08:27,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, yeah, I mean it was I kept in 184 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,480 you know, I'd keep in touch with them, but I 185 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,480 mean it was I felt like it was something they 186 00:08:31,519 --> 00:08:33,799 got you too. But after a while, it was just like, yep, 187 00:08:33,879 --> 00:08:35,440 there's Mandy coming home at two or three in the 188 00:08:35,519 --> 00:08:36,360 morning after a gig. 189 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:39,159 Speaker 1: But that's the way it is. I mean, because I mean, 190 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,279 my wife and I will still sit here and joke 191 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,840 around about those days where we would stop at like 192 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:46,159 a Denny's restaurant at four o'clock in the morning and 193 00:08:46,279 --> 00:08:48,440 fall asleep after we ordered breakfast that early in the 194 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,039 morning because we were out performing all night. 195 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a hard it's a hard lifestyle for sure. 196 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 2: But you know what will we do with that waffle 197 00:08:57,639 --> 00:08:58,399 house and Denny's? 198 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: I mean, please do not move. There's more with Mindy 199 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:08,960 Miller from NBC's The Voice coming up next NBC's The Voice. 200 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,000 We are back with Mindy Miller. One of the things 201 00:09:12,039 --> 00:09:13,720 that you have put focus on when it comes to 202 00:09:13,799 --> 00:09:15,840 growing through your music journey is the fact that you 203 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,519 do bluegrass. Now, I'm here in Carolina, I know what 204 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,519 it's like to be up there in those Appalachian mountains 205 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:23,360 with authentic bluegrass. Do you take a tour and listen 206 00:09:23,399 --> 00:09:26,080 to everybody's different styles, because Dolly Parton will tell you. 207 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,120 She said that bluegrass is how people got their news, 208 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,679 that was their newspaper. 209 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 3: Mm. 210 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a really good way. That's it. I love 211 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:35,120 that quote. 212 00:09:36,039 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, bluegrass is you are from the being 213 00:09:40,759 --> 00:09:44,879 from the Carolina, It's like it's really known for having 214 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:50,799 a good bluegrass community. It's not as widely known about Washington, 215 00:09:50,919 --> 00:09:56,039 DC area bluegrass community. I mean, it's such a crazy 216 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,159 pool of talent up there, and some of some of 217 00:09:59,279 --> 00:10:02,159 our really great bluegrass musicians came from the DC area, 218 00:10:02,639 --> 00:10:05,480 and I was fortunate to grow up around some of them. 219 00:10:06,879 --> 00:10:11,039 You know, the great Eddie Stubbs who's retired now, but 220 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,000 you working in radio, you might know Eddie Stubbs, who 221 00:10:14,159 --> 00:10:16,080 is like the voice of Nashville. 222 00:10:16,279 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 2: You know, he just retired a few years ago. He's 223 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:19,200 from my hometown. 224 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,879 Speaker 3: And how he was a fiddle player in a bluegrass 225 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,440 band called the Johnson Mountain Boys. 226 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,919 Speaker 2: And I was a super fan when I was a kid. 227 00:10:29,039 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 3: You know, we would go to the concerts and I 228 00:10:30,639 --> 00:10:33,879 would I would get you know, my CD signed and 229 00:10:35,039 --> 00:10:35,600 super fan. 230 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:39,759 Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean I love listening to all bluegrass. 231 00:10:39,799 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 3: I love you know, people from Kentucky will say that 232 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,639 their bluegrass is the only good blue grass people. 233 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 2: You know, it's a very. 234 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,879 Speaker 3: Man it's such a skilled genre that like I hardly 235 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,639 can even call myself a bluegrass musician because it's kind 236 00:10:55,639 --> 00:10:57,840 of like scary once you put yourself out there. It's 237 00:10:57,919 --> 00:11:04,679 like there are so many incredible instrumentalists, songwriters within that 238 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:10,120 that arena. And I think my favorite country artists are 239 00:11:10,159 --> 00:11:13,279 the ones who start off as bluegrass musicians and then 240 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,639 they go to country like Zach Top's a great example 241 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:15,879 of that. 242 00:11:17,279 --> 00:11:22,279 Speaker 2: It's just a it's just a different soul that comes 243 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,039 from bluegrass. 244 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,399 Speaker 3: I know it doesn't seem like people don't always when 245 00:11:26,399 --> 00:11:28,240 they think of bluegrass, the first thing they don't think 246 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,720 is soulfulness. But the soulfulness, the storytelling and the like 247 00:11:33,039 --> 00:11:35,360 grit that that comes from that genre. 248 00:11:36,039 --> 00:11:37,759 Speaker 2: It's like the stuff that when you hear it. 249 00:11:37,879 --> 00:11:40,519 Speaker 3: But that's why when you hear it, it makes all 250 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,000 the hair on your body stand up, because there is 251 00:11:43,039 --> 00:11:44,480 such a soul that lives in it. 252 00:11:44,759 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: So true. No, you're absolutely right, because I mean when 253 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,919 you when you study the history of Vince Gil, Ricky Skaggs, 254 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,919 and even Alabama with Dixie Land Delight, when they bring 255 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,639 in that that that bluegrass kind of a vibe to it, 256 00:11:55,879 --> 00:11:58,360 you you can tell it changes him. And I believe 257 00:11:58,399 --> 00:12:00,360 that even when they speak and they walk through the 258 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,919 world today, it's because of that bluegrass that they are 259 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,879 so connected to the people because it is the people's music. 260 00:12:06,879 --> 00:12:12,919 Speaker 2: Absolutely. M yeah there And gosh, you just listed off 261 00:12:13,039 --> 00:12:13,679 my favorites. 262 00:12:15,519 --> 00:12:18,159 Speaker 1: So have you Have you learned how to clog yet? 263 00:12:19,879 --> 00:12:20,919 Speaker 2: No, I have not. 264 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:25,159 Speaker 3: But it's funny you bring this up because at my show, 265 00:12:25,279 --> 00:12:28,320 I do a Friday night show when I'm in town 266 00:12:29,039 --> 00:12:32,240 at a very iconic venue in town called the Nashville Palace, 267 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:36,639 and every Friday night we have one of the best 268 00:12:36,759 --> 00:12:41,679 Appalachian buck dancers named Tommy Jackson come to my shows. 269 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 2: He's he is. 270 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 3: He has a dance company called the Rocky Top Review, 271 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,159 but he trained the square dancers on the Opry. He 272 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,200 has trained like all the kids, all the buck dancers 273 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,919 through the generations, and he comes to my shows every 274 00:12:57,039 --> 00:12:59,720 night and the Silver Fox he is. 275 00:12:59,879 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 2: He still gets up there. We play the fastest Rocky Top. 276 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 3: We can give him well without falling off the rails. 277 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,320 And I mean, there's videos on my social media you 278 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:10,759 just have to go watch. It's amazing. 279 00:13:10,919 --> 00:13:12,919 Speaker 1: People don't realize around the rest of the country that 280 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,559 these bluegrass performers are traveling across the Southeast all weekend. 281 00:13:16,639 --> 00:13:18,639 It starts on a Thursday and goes all the way through, 282 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,000 because I mean they go from one night to the 283 00:13:21,039 --> 00:13:22,759 next club, to the next club to the next club, 284 00:13:22,879 --> 00:13:25,120 because wherever the stage is, they want to be able 285 00:13:25,159 --> 00:13:26,279 to perform their bluegrass. 286 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:31,759 Speaker 3: Yep. Yes, absolutely wow, And thankfully we still have the 287 00:13:31,919 --> 00:13:36,240 legendary station in here in Nashville that is just this 288 00:13:37,039 --> 00:13:39,799 sweet little music venue that's nestled in between a bunch 289 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,559 of high rises and it's still staying the same. It's 290 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,759 still the traditional bluegrass and country in there. 291 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 2: So thank goodness we still have that here in town. 292 00:13:49,879 --> 00:13:52,039 Speaker 1: So now, when you do your performances on Friday, are 293 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,360 you pretty much like over there in Black Mountain or 294 00:13:54,399 --> 00:13:56,440 even Ashville, North Carolina, where if you have a party 295 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,360 like that, you've got to have sweet potato pie and 296 00:13:58,399 --> 00:13:58,960 sweet tea. 297 00:14:01,279 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 2: Well, I love both of those things. 298 00:14:06,919 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: It's a Southern tradition, man. I mean, if you're gonna 299 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:10,679 go out and listen to some bluegrass, you better have 300 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,000 that sweet potato pie right now. 301 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 2: Mm hmm, absolutely, yeah, that's that's uh. 302 00:14:16,519 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 3: You know, the the bluegrass community is a really small, 303 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:24,080 tight knit one, and going to bluegrass festivals or even 304 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,000 like the Bluegrass Music Awards here in Nashville, it's so 305 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,360 great to watch that that community come together and and 306 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,399 and uh, there's there's a really great core of musicians 307 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,960 right now. Especially Vince Gill has them working for him. 308 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,639 You know John Metter, he's like my favorite vocalist. He 309 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,879 was in a bluegrass band call it Authentic Unlimited, and 310 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,000 Vince Skill hired him. Now he plays in his band 311 00:14:49,039 --> 00:14:50,679 with Vins on the Opera almost every night. 312 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 2: You know, It's it's phenomenal. But like they've been kind 313 00:14:53,879 --> 00:14:55,000 of taking me under their wing. 314 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 3: And I've been getting to hang out with a lot 315 00:14:57,039 --> 00:14:59,639 of the bluegrassers and kind of feeling, kind of feeling 316 00:14:59,679 --> 00:15:02,279 like my roots here in Nashville are just you know, 317 00:15:02,639 --> 00:15:05,840 showing even more like my roots that I brought here. 318 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,639 Speaker 2: I just I love the community here in town. 319 00:15:09,799 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: Are we going to start seeing you at things like 320 00:15:11,559 --> 00:15:13,720 meurl Fest and Wilkesboro because I mean that is like 321 00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:16,720 bluegrass having right there when it comes to music during 322 00:15:16,759 --> 00:15:17,759 the spring months. 323 00:15:18,919 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 2: Well, that would be great. I would love to perform 324 00:15:20,879 --> 00:15:23,799 at meural Fest. That would be That'd be a dream. 325 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,799 So yeah, let's let's get I'm gonna get on it. 326 00:15:26,919 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: Well, because it's just so weird how Meuralfest has become 327 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,960 such a global thing. People are coming from all over 328 00:15:32,039 --> 00:15:34,080 the place Ireland and you're going to Oh, that's right, 329 00:15:34,159 --> 00:15:37,200 I guess Irish music in a way it's bluegrass. 330 00:15:38,279 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 3: Funny you say that because I was checking my Spotify stats. 331 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,360 You know, I have finally got the nerve to open 332 00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:50,480 it up and see how little streams I had. But no, 333 00:15:50,679 --> 00:15:55,519 the my songs are to My songs have the highest 334 00:15:55,559 --> 00:15:59,159 streams in Ireland. And we have a lot of friends 335 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,679 that come from Ireland to Nashville to watch music and 336 00:16:02,799 --> 00:16:05,240 I'm constantly, you know, connecting with them here. 337 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 2: But yeah, Irish are our. 338 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,279 Speaker 3: Friends in Ireland are great supporters of country and bluegrass. 339 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,559 Speaker 1: So are you Are you thinking about merchandise yet, because 340 00:16:14,559 --> 00:16:16,159 when you do go on tour, you're gonna have to 341 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,120 have some merch because that's how people, you know, they 342 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,360 kind of save that kind of stuff forever and ever 343 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,639 and ever. Are you thinking along those lines yet? 344 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,399 Speaker 3: Oh? Of course, merk is like one of the most 345 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:32,759 helpful supplemental things for touring musicians. And like anybody, any 346 00:16:32,879 --> 00:16:35,399 listeners who are music fans listening to this, like, we 347 00:16:35,679 --> 00:16:38,240 love you and are so thankful when you buy merch 348 00:16:38,919 --> 00:16:42,720 because merch sometimes those two t shirts you just sold 349 00:16:42,759 --> 00:16:44,679 at a show? Is the gas money to get to 350 00:16:44,759 --> 00:16:48,759 the next one? Like, It's genuinely just like a great thing. 351 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,559 But I have a couple t shirts. At the end 352 00:16:52,639 --> 00:16:55,080 of this week, my website's going to be launching with 353 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:59,120 the new merch store that you know has been being updated. 354 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,720 And trucker hats are like a big thing for me. 355 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,480 I wear trucker hats constantly, so it was only natural 356 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,319 we have a cool trucker hat coming. 357 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,799 Speaker 1: Wow, once again, are you a free spirit? Look at 358 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:14,039 you with that trucker hat on that totally says that 359 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:15,000 you're a free spirit. 360 00:17:16,839 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 3: I'm just living, you know, I have in my own 361 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,640 little imagination I'm a long haul truck driver. 362 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,759 Speaker 1: Just you know, did you ever do that? Because I mean, 363 00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:26,839 look at Red Soulvine back in the nineteen seventies. He 364 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,359 actually went out there on those trucks. 365 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,519 Speaker 3: Man, you did, And that's something that before I had, 366 00:17:32,839 --> 00:17:36,680 you know, kids, I was like, what if to my husband. 367 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,680 I was like, because he plays pedal steel guitar for 368 00:17:38,759 --> 00:17:43,039 me and we tore together, and I was just like, 369 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,720 what if we became truck drivers and just like made 370 00:17:47,759 --> 00:17:50,240 our tours based off of our trucking routes like we 371 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:53,480 were totally talking about at one point, but then you remember, 372 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,079 like what you mentioned earlier, the traffic and coupling in 373 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,079 my road rage. 374 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 2: I just don't think it's idea. 375 00:18:01,599 --> 00:18:03,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, but then you tour the country and you say, Okay, 376 00:18:03,559 --> 00:18:05,240 we're gonna stop in this town for like two weeks 377 00:18:05,279 --> 00:18:07,759 because this is true crime country and we're gonna sit here, 378 00:18:07,799 --> 00:18:09,839 We're gonna solve this crime, and then go on to 379 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:10,799 the next performance. 380 00:18:11,559 --> 00:18:14,799 Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, that's that's hilarious. Yeah. 381 00:18:16,319 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about you, Mindy? 382 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,119 Because I want them to know your journey and to 383 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,759 experience all of you, not just what we're seeing on 384 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:24,799 NBC's The Voice. 385 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for for that. I appreciate it. 386 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 3: I am pretty darn active on Instagram and TikTok and Facebook, 387 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,200 and if you search Mindy Miller music you can find me. 388 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,519 I have music on streaming on all the streaming platforms 389 00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:48,960 and lots more to come real soon. And you know 390 00:18:49,079 --> 00:18:52,759 my social media, it's it's a great way to keep 391 00:18:52,839 --> 00:18:56,559 up with with me, especially going into the new year. 392 00:18:56,599 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: I have a whole new video series. 393 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 3: I'm gonna be launching. Wow, that's going to include traveling 394 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:09,039 and I'm next year. People keep asking what's your plan 395 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,599 for next year, and that for me is to be 396 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,640 on the road as much as possible. I'm trying to 397 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,559 find a way to bring my family with me because 398 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,000 it is a way of life for my family, and 399 00:19:23,319 --> 00:19:26,000 I kind of just want to take take it on 400 00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:28,480 the road altogether as a family next year. That's the 401 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:33,519 big goal, you know, especially while my son is small 402 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,599 enough to be willing to be in like a bus 403 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,799 with us or a camper. That's that's I want to 404 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,079 I want to reach as many folks around the around 405 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,759 the country and around the world next year as possible. 406 00:19:44,839 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 2: That's my goal. 407 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 3: Wow. 408 00:19:45,759 --> 00:19:48,319 Speaker 1: Well, please come back to this show anytime, especially if 409 00:19:48,319 --> 00:19:49,880 you come here and you play at Coyote Joe's. I 410 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,240 want to talk to you face to face. 411 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 2: Let's do it. I would love that. I'm going to 412 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,079 write Kyote Joe's down right now. 413 00:19:55,319 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: Absolutely. Will you be brilliant today? 414 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 2: Okay, thank you you as well. It's great to talk 415 00:20:00,319 --> 00:20:00,480 to you.