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<v Speaker 1>This is Later with Lee Matthews. It's Lee Matthews Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>More of what you hear from news Radio one thousand

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<v Speaker 1>You've seen him in so many things, whether it's The

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<v Speaker 1>Rookie of the Day after Tomorrow, Traffic Vantage, my favorite,

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<v Speaker 1>The Right Stuff where he played Oklahoma's own Gordo Cooper.

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<v Speaker 1>Dennis Quaid has just been in the studio to record

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<v Speaker 1>a song called America I Love You Too. May have

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<v Speaker 1>seen it on CMT's twenty twenty Concert for Love and

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<v Speaker 1>Acceptance and it is out now. Dennis, welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>How you doing there, Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 1>Love to have you back here in Oklahoma, which we'll

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<v Speaker 1>talk about in just a minute. Did you write America

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<v Speaker 1>I Love You Too? And what inspired it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? I did. I wrote it. I was sitting around

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<v Speaker 2>early last year that would be pre COVID and knowing

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<v Speaker 2>there was an election year coming out, how we were

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<v Speaker 2>sort of talking at each other rather than talking to

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<v Speaker 2>each other. And I wrote this song America, I Love

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<v Speaker 2>You Too. It's about unity, really, it's about coming together.

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote it as a non partisan campaign song, if

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<v Speaker 2>you will. I like to say that it's nonpartisan, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's for sale.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing wrong with that. And you had some help from

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<v Speaker 1>Robbie Kreeger of the Doors.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, we did a video of it. We had a

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<v Speaker 2>block party and right outside my house, which is a

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<v Speaker 2>cul de sac, had set up an American flag behind

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<v Speaker 2>a bandstand and just did a block party concert. All

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<v Speaker 2>the neighbors came out and we had a great party

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<v Speaker 2>back and it was fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>How did Robbie get involved? Did you ask him?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I did, Robbie. Robbie and I've been playing together

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<v Speaker 2>or for a couple of years now. I've become friends

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, He's always been my hero. The first

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<v Speaker 2>song I tried to order on the guitar when I

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<v Speaker 2>was twelve years old was Light My Fire. But it

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<v Speaker 2>just turns out that I have a voice that is

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<v Speaker 2>in the same register as Jim Morrison, and so I've

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<v Speaker 2>had the pleasure and honor of playing with him around

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<v Speaker 2>kind of charity events. He gives a lot of He

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<v Speaker 2>gives a lot back in the community.

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<v Speaker 1>Robbie does Dennis Quatus with us. You know him from

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<v Speaker 1>so many great movies and one of which we'll ask

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<v Speaker 1>about in just a minute. But his new single out

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<v Speaker 1>is called America I Love You Too. A live performance

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<v Speaker 1>that is available for download and everywhere. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>think is the primary reason we're talking at each other

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<v Speaker 1>rather than to each other these days?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know that is I think something that's been

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<v Speaker 2>building and building as the political parties get more and

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<v Speaker 2>more separated. Used to have used to have liberal Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>and conservative Democrats, and now it's become so polarized that

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<v Speaker 2>it seems like we can't agree on hardly anything because

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's got to get in line behind the party. I

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<v Speaker 2>myself have been an independent all my life, voted both

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<v Speaker 2>ways or into what, uh, you know, I thought the

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<v Speaker 2>country needed at the time. And you know, I think people.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not people. But in general, it's become too much

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<v Speaker 2>about political parties rather than America itself.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think social media helps either.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't either. Now recently we have seen free speech

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<v Speaker 2>h pretty much muddled because of social media, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think America is going to take to that very well,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what political party you might you might be

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<v Speaker 2>affiliated with.

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<v Speaker 1>He wrote it and performs on America I Love You Too.

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<v Speaker 1>The singles out now you might recognize Robbie Kreeger also

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<v Speaker 1>playing with him and Dennis Quaid is with us on

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<v Speaker 1>news radio one thousand kt Okay and am I correct.

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<v Speaker 1>The song is available for download.

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<v Speaker 2>Everywhere, absolutely everywhere you can get music.

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<v Speaker 1>I used to say go down to the CD store,

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<v Speaker 1>but we don't say that anymore. Dennis Quaid, you were

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<v Speaker 1>here in town not long ago production of that movie

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<v Speaker 1>that you were shooting in Guthrie.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, wrapped up production in Guthrie. The movie is called Reagan,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's about the life of Ronald Reagan. And guess who.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you got? Have you got his? Well down? Well?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, so, uh you know, he said, well a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>That was really a way to kind of a collect

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<v Speaker 2>his thought. Let you know, he was about to come

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<v Speaker 2>go about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I know, we had a lot of my friends

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<v Speaker 1>and listeners who are in the theater in the theater

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<v Speaker 1>scene apply for and become extras in that movie. And

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<v Speaker 1>they were very excited excited about the project.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Oklahoma is a great place to make movies. They

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<v Speaker 2>understand that there that it does help the economy. Uh

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<v Speaker 2>you know, whether you're a carpenter, a painter, or you're

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<v Speaker 2>a ranch or whatever. It's a great uh advertisement for

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<v Speaker 2>your state for tourism and uh, you know it puts

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people to work, and uh, I just

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<v Speaker 2>love My dad is from Oblahoma by the way, Oh okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and yeah, my cousin is Geene Audrey.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you played Gordo Cooper, who is from Shawnee,

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<v Speaker 1>you weren't that far away from home.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's right. God, he was a great guy and

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<v Speaker 2>I met him. I was in the right stuff. We're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the movie in Gorda Cooper, for those who

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, was one of the first of the seven

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<v Speaker 2>Astronauts way back there in nineteen sixties, and I grew up.

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<v Speaker 2>He was my hero. Actually as a kid. I was

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<v Speaker 2>in Houston, which is a city, and he was the

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<v Speaker 2>youngest of the seven. He was like the rock and

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<v Speaker 2>roll astronaut. I really thought that name Gorda was cool.

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<v Speaker 2>When I got the part, which I couldn't believe I

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<v Speaker 2>got the part. He turned out he looked three miles

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<v Speaker 2>from me here in Los Angeles, and we became friends.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you had you had the right stuff for the movie.

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<v Speaker 1>He had the right stuff for the project. And the

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<v Speaker 1>right song America I Love You Too, that performed by

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<v Speaker 1>Dennis Quaid CMT's twenty twenty concert and Love and acceptance

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<v Speaker 1>you might have seen. Oh, and I guess I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to ask you how coronavirus doesn't seem to be slowing

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<v Speaker 1>you down. You're still making movies, still making music.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was a great time to start a podcast platform,

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<v Speaker 2>which my partner and I did this last year because

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<v Speaker 2>we're making scripted podcasts and it's about all you could

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<v Speaker 2>do for a while. You can make movies, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can listen. And that's going great gun and I'm very

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<v Speaker 2>excited about it. And doing Reagan was really one of

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<v Speaker 2>the thrills of my life. In fact, the only other

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<v Speaker 2>movie I could compare it to as far as my experience,

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<v Speaker 2>would be the right stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, look for the podcast. It's available. It's called Denna Sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Am I pronouncing that right? Dinnoissance?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's called there's the one called the Dinnaissance. We're

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<v Speaker 2>doing eighteen podcast. Actually, we have a descripted podcast called

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<v Speaker 2>make It Up as Over Man. Mailla does Nashville to

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<v Speaker 2>become you know, a singer songwriter. Uh. We have a

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<v Speaker 2>Halloween series coming out. We have another queen called Uncle Dranch.

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of all our South Park type of thing

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<v Speaker 2>that we want to make it into an animated show

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<v Speaker 2>about a golf and Western singer who woke up out

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<v Speaker 2>of his thirty year hangover and wants to make a comeback.

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<v Speaker 2>Uncle Drank is played by Jerry Busy.

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<v Speaker 1>Perfect perfect another Oklahoma boy, I might add, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I play Blendy, who is Blender his best friend.

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<v Speaker 2>We have Luke Wilson, Kinky Friedman, who you may remember, yep,

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<v Speaker 2>have Kinky Friedman. Blaze is agent and it's so inappropriate,

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<v Speaker 2>it's wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Well, look for the Uncle Drink. The Totally Hammered podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Dennocence is another one of his podcasts, and you can

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<v Speaker 1>probably find those on the iHeartRadio app wherever you find podcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>And his new hit single America. I Love you too.

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<v Speaker 1>We love you, Dennis Quaid and thanks for giving us

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<v Speaker 1>some time today.

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<v Speaker 2>Well love Oklahoma and we'll be back very soon there

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<v Speaker 2>making more films because it's just a great place to

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<v Speaker 2>do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And we looked for the premiere of Reagan, which should

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<v Speaker 1>be out in the next couple of years.

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<v Speaker 2>I gather I well, yes, in about a year. You

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<v Speaker 2>never can tell this has been later it Lee Matthews

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<v Speaker 2>the Lee Matthews Podcast.

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