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the shower and to the top of his lungs, he sings,

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I want because I can't. All right, I'm back to

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the radio show now on the best Cherry.

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Speaker 1: Won't you take me.

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Speaker 3: To the ocean's side. I'll catch a boat and our

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sail across the sea. Tell them Mada not to come.

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Speaker 1: And then, won't you take me.

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Speaker 4: Out to the desert hut so I can see what

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I'm really made. Tell them man not come in.

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Speaker 1: Man, you see it takes time to make time in

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this Praise Praises city.

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Speaker 5: I'm going where they say all the living.

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Speaker 6: Won't you take me up to the bass land so

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I can see for miles around?

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Speaker 1: Tell them man not come man mack. Won't you take me.

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Speaker 4: Up to the mountains high where the trees they rise

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Speaker 1: Till them man dot cone And because it takes.

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Speaker 7: Time, the mad time where the rays raises city, I'm.

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Speaker 1: Going where the city all the live.

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Speaker 5: Bands easy, yes they do.

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Speaker 8: Now, won't you take me.

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Speaker 1: Up to heaven.

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Speaker 8: So can see.

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Speaker 1: Everyone that I've ever loved. Tell them mattera not come back.

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Speaker 6: Where nobody else says ever been, tell them matter not

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Speaker 1: Because it six.

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Speaker 9: Time the mad time in this crazy, crazy city.

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Speaker 5: I'm going with the s all the liver easiy where time.

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Speaker 1: Crazy crazy scene all the man.

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Speaker 10: What a great track that is Matt Axton and the

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song is crazy City And we're going to be speaking

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with him in just a moment. Welcome everybody. We have

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entered our number two numrow doos of Matt Connorton unleashed

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on this Saturday morning, September twentieth, from the studios of

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w m n H ninety five point three FM and

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Glorious Manchester, New Hampshire. And Matt Axton is going to

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becoming a Manchester on September twenty fourth at the Rex Theater.

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But uh, let's see if we have him on the line. Matt,

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are you there?

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Speaker 11: Yes, sir? Right here?

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Speaker 10: Hey, welcome, So you are you are calling from the road? Correct,

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You're out on tour right now? Where Where are you

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Speaker 11: We're out in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. We played at the

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Guthrie Center last night out here, the Rlogutree Center.

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Speaker 10: Oh, very nice, very nice. Yeah, you're touring. Let's see,

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so you started this month and then you're touring into

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October as well. Correct, you're out for uh, you're out

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on the road for a couple of months.

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Speaker 11: Absolutely.

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Speaker 11: This is the longest tour to date from US. We

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came all away from Los Angeles, California, started out in Oklahoma,

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first ever you know, Eastern Seaboard, Northeast run of our

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of our existence, and we're very excited.

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Speaker 10: Oh very cool. Well, welcome to New England and I

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know you're gonna be You're gonna be right here in

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Manchester on the twenty fourth. I want to so, I

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want to start here because I so I played that

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song Crazy City. You sent you sent us a bunch

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of tracks to choose from. I opened with that one

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because selfishly, that is my favorite, and I want to

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tell you what I love about it, you know, because

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you sort of you sort of blend genres a little bit,

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the Americana genre, a category of what you do but

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Americana is kind of a broad term. It tends to

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sort of touch of country vibe, not not too countries.

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such a great song. But then you get to that

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to it, and I really like the way you slip

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but it also fits in so seamlessly. But I noticed

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like that, and I love that song. I wanted to

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tell you that right up front. I think that's such

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that maybe, you know, sometimes it can be too broad

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of a genre, but I think that is its strength

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little bluegrass, a little soul in there. And I come from,

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you know, a legacy. My dad, Hoyd Axton, really never

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believed in writing a good song, no matter what kind

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it was. And I fell under that as well. I

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couldn't help but escape, you know, but embrace that mentality

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around songwriting. So in a show, we're gonna sort of

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take you on Americana journey, is what I say. At

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the beginning of the show. We're going to mix it

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up a little bit and tell some good legacy stories

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and in the end, I just want you to tap

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your foot, get your mind moving a little bit, and

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give you a little escape if we can.

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there a certain I've heard musicians who who have you know,

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famous families, or that they have a famous mom or

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a famous dad. Or talk about how there can be

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a certain weight to that. There's a certain pressure that

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comes with that, And I'm curious if that's how it

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is for you. Obviously you're very proud of your legacy.

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you have your own identity, I guess is what I'm

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trying to say. Like, you are Matt Axton and you

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have original music that you've created. You know, you're not

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doing You're you're not doing a show that where you

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just go out and play your dad's music for example.

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you have your own sound. But you also have this

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incredible legacy that you have to of your family that

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you have to carry around with you. Is there any

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kind of pressure with that or do you take that

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an honor. Yeah, way, they're both. My grandmother was an

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amazing you know, songwriter and curator of community through art,

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mainly in Nashville and in the sixties through the nineties,

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different genres, different generations of musicians, and I feel like

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to have them on my shoulders, weighing anything down. And

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I'm lucky in one way too that the legacy I

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get to keep alive is pretty dang fun.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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and that was really his mantra around life is the

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joy of art and community that you can create through that. So,

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you know, every once in a while we'll do a

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white dedicated show, you know, I'll get grab his band

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so eclectic. I can really mix in his songs in

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any way that we can, and that's a real challenge

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our original songs as well. And then I have the

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accent curse of just way way too many songs, hundreds

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of them. They keep pouring out of my brain all

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the time. It's a curse, like I said, but it's

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also a really fun adventure every time. And one other

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thing that's different with my legacy too is a lot

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of legacy kids have one parent who's the creative and

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then one parent who sort of stays home and keeps

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everything balanced. And I did not have that aspect. My

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mom was my dad's piano player and band manager and

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tour manager. So when it was time to go on

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the road, it was a musical, you know, we all went,

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the whole family. So I was just always sort of,

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you know, in wrapped in this this lifestyle.

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Speaker 10: Growing up in a family like that. Was it just

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kind of a foregone conclusion that this is what you

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were going to be doing? I mean, was there any

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was there or a moment growing up where you thought,

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I might do that, I might do something else, or

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was it just always was this always the obvious path

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there was just a thing that was constantly happening. But

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got a scholarship to go play football at University of

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Oklahoma oh High School, and that was that was sort

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of my you know, my main direction. I was going

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to go do sports. And then I ended up hurting

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my knee really bad and had to get surgery. And

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was fun. Let's keep going. And what the rest is history.

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You haven't put it down since you know, I'll be damned.

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Speaker 10: That's wild. So if you hadn't got hurt, you know,

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so obviously getting injured that's a terrible thing. But you know,

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you took it and you you did something positive with it,

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using that time to really, uh, to effectively start your

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music career right at that moment, you know, as your own,

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as your own entity on your own path. That's that's

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fantastic and uh, that's wild. Do you ever look back

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what would have happened if you had if you had

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interruption of that injury? Do you ever do you ever

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have fantasies about playing in the NFL or anything like that?

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bank statements and my guess, you know what was wrong

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those things. Everybody has those moments in our life right

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where it's the fork in the road and like, hey,

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if I would have chose this, what would have happened?

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What would my life be like? And the reality is,

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you know, as much fun as it would have been

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to do that and live that lifestyle, I love that.

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sports that way. Yeah, but I think, you know, music is,

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like you mentioned, it's such a connector. It's an amazing thing,

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you know, it's the only the closest thing to magic.

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I think we have in the world right art and

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music in particular and cross languages and oceans and generations.

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people if it's it's needed. And I just think, you know,

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there's nothing more powerful than a really good good song sometimes,

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So that's that's an honor. And I tell you, boy,

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show was like my soul is very full. It's just

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my wallet and gas tank gra empty.

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Speaker 10: Understandable, Matt, I don't. I don't know if something shifted

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on your end all of a sudden. The phone line

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is a little bit choppy. I don't know if you

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if you went to a different room or something.

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Speaker 11: Okay, something, Well, I'm still here. I have not moved

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in the corner of this little room here.

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Speaker 10: Okay. Yeah, it just sounds that's okay, Well, we'll we'll

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work with it though. And then so, uh, when you

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you said this, this is the longest store that you've

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been on so far, coming out, coming all the way

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out to the East coast.

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Speaker 11: Yeah. Absolutely. So we usually go out to Nashville about

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every six months and sort of zigzag back to California

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and add some markets, and this is the first time

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we have decided to go east out of Nashville. We

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were there for Americana Fess for about a week and

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we got this gig up here in Great Barrington at

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the gut three Center, and we wanted to build a

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tour around it. So my mom is actually from upstate

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New York, so I've spent a little time growing, you know,

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as a kid coming out here. But we wanted to,

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you know, go full force and bring our music to

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to new ears and hopefully make a bunch of new friends.

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Speaker 10: Oh outstanding. By the way, whatever was wrong with the

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phone cleared up, so it's just probably something some kind

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of external issue. I can hear you great now, so

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which is good because I'm enjoying. I'm enjoying talking with you.

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You mentioned too, you've got a lot of songs. Did

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I read this correctly? You've you've have you recorded over

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three hundred songs already. Is that number correct?

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Speaker 11: I've written over three hundred songs. I'm all recorded about

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thirty or forty. But like I said, it's a continual process,

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I think for the rest of my existence.

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Speaker 10: So when you go to record an album or you're

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gonna be going into the studio, is it hard to pick?

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I mean, it's a good problem to have, I guess, right,

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to have so much material, But is it hard to

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uh make those decisions about what you're gonna record and

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what you're gonna maybe put on the back burner knowing

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that you some songs you might never get a chance

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to record, right because you've written so many? I mean,

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is that is that difficult to narrow that down?

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a good problem to have a problem on the left. Yeah,

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And what I try to do, I always try to

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do one one hot cover song every album, you know,

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pay homage to one of his tunes. Yeah, and so

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so that's going to add in, you know, a little

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bit more time to that process. But you know, right now,

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the group I'm bringing on tour, my main group, it's

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called you know, Mad Accident, Bad Moon is sort of

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a more country leaning Americana outfit. Ye, and we do

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a lot of we lean I tell for fans of

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white Accent and the Almond Brothers basically what we meet.

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So there's a lot of what we call guitar minies.

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which brings you know, that that element of Almen Brothers,

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grateful Dead, you know, the southern rock element to it with.

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naturally my songwriting style will start adjusting to that. I'll

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go dig into the vault and I'm like, oh, I

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wrote this song a long time ago that would fit

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really well. So it's constantly sort of you know, unearthing

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stuff and then adding new things and adjusting. So it's

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like I said, it's a it's a challenge, but it's

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something that you know, I will run at full force.

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Speaker 10: Have you always played with a full band or did

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you ever do solo shows just you on a guitar

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on a on a seol or anything like that or

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is it always a full band?

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Speaker 12: No?

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Speaker 11: Absolutely, we sort of mix it up all the time.

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Speaker 2: I do.

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Speaker 11: I do a lot of solo you know, folks, singer

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songwriter stuff. That's how my dad, you know, cut his teeth.

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He just grabbed a guitar and jumped in the car

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and travel over the country in the early sixties and

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went to every music mecca he could find and just

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absorbed as much as he could.

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Speaker 13: You know.

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Speaker 11: He went up to New York, went to Chicago, went

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down south to the blues mecchas and and that really,

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you know, set them up on the path. Like I said,

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it me hyper eclectic and just really wanting to write

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a good song. And I couldn't help, but you know,

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sort of follow that path, and there's something, you know,

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it's a different connection with just you and a guitar

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on a stage. You know, there's nowhere to hide with

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the band you can have. You know, there's much higher hives.

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You know, you can just get so much more sound.

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But I enjoy both the truthfully. You know, when I

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grew when I was born, my dad was I'm my

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dad's youngest kid, so he was a lot more settled

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and had a very consistent band by the time I

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came around. But what he would do every show, if

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he would start it with the full band and they

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he'd send him off in the middle and he'd just

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come out with the guitar and do a lot of

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his early folk stuff, and that was always the moment

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that people sort of resonated with the most that resonated

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with them. Oh you know, so there's there's just something

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raw and really intimate about doing that, and I love it.

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I mean, I write all my songs that way. Yeah,

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you know, just me and a guitar sort of. I

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was born and raised up in Lake Tahoe, California, up

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in the heights here in Nevada Mountains, and you know,

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I just go sit out there on the porch and

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stare out into the into nature and try and get

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inspired whenever I can. And now I live in Los Angeles,

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so now I stare at traffic and get inspired.

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Speaker 10: You know, it's a lot of fun, a lot of

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traffic there, that's for sure. So you mentioned it. So

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you're the youngest. You said, you're the youngest child of

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your dad. Yeah, yeah, did your siblings. I don't know

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how many siblings you have, but have any of them

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also taken this path or just you in terms of

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you know, your dad's legacy following that is and becoming

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a musician and doing all that you're doing. Are you

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the only one or.

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Speaker 11: I'm the only one left doing it as a full

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time thing. All my siblings tried in some sort of form.

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My sister April tried to do She went more of

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the acting side of things. My oldest brother Mark went

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to the production side. He was the smart one, oh

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and stuff behind the scenes. And then my middle brother

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Michael was tried to do the sort of the traveling

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troubadour thing. So they all they all gave it a

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good shot and all talented in their own right. But

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now it's you know, it's followed on me. Like I said,

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I have, they had a different mother. My mom is

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the one who sort of like sort of balanced everything out.

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I tell people my mom is a classical piano master,

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like you know, maestro. Yeah, and my dad is a

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country bumpkin. So I land somewhere right in the middle

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of it too.

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Speaker 1: I try so.

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Speaker 10: Now I'm not sure you know you mentioned you're the youngest.

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I'm not sure when exactly your dad passed away, But

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did he ever get to see you you on a

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stage plane or I'm not sure the timeline.

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Speaker 11: No, Yeah, so he passed away actually in nineteen ninety nine.

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Oh that millennium. Wow, you know when I was sixteen

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years old when he did. So, you know, we we

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we connected enough to have some good moments. But no,

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that was he passed before I was ever ever able

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to find my own voice. Really okay, But what he

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would do, you know when we were on tour, he'd

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bring the kids up every show, he picked songs to

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bring the kids up. We always do enjoy the world

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as a big family group at the end. So well,

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I got to be on stage with him and share

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some musical moments, but never got to show him, you know,

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show him my own voice.

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Speaker 10: Like I said, Yeah, that's cool though that you got

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to be on stage with him, that's uh. And to

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do that, that's that's great. And what about your mother

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is she Is she still with us or.

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Speaker 11: Yeah? Absolutely? She actually came out for the show last night.

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On very special occasions they get to bring her out

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and she still plays in the band and she's absolutely

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the highlight, the best person on the stage every time.

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And when I go back up to Lake Tahoe, I

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run a couple music festivals and nonprofit music you know,

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music nonprofits up in my hometown and she sort of

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leads that and we jump in. She jumps in the band,

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and I get to jump in her band all the time.

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So that part's still magical, keeping played alive with people.

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Speaker 10: Oh in his band, that's that's fantastic. That must be

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so much fun. That is so cool that you get

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to do that. And I'm sure she's very very proud

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of you. And that's that's great.

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Speaker 11: That's that's awesome, and and you know, and she's really

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good too. That's the fun part. It's not just being like, oh,

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here's my mom. It's all do something amazing and she

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does it.

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Speaker 10: Oh, that's that's outstanding.

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Speaker 1: Oh.

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Speaker 10: By the way, So the tour, so I was reading,

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the tour is called Beast Goes East. Now, obviously the

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East I get because you're you're living on the West

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coast and we're on the East coast. But why why Beast?

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Speaker 11: Well, so one of the people cannot tell from us

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talking about football and all that kind of good stuff.

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I'm a larger human being, okay. And one of our

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our mascots, you'd say, is that people people call me

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the last California and Grizzly, So there's a lot of

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bear influences and a lot of our artwork and all

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that kind of stuff. So it's more, you know, the

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Beastly Bear is finally treading east type thing and just rhymes,

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you know, as musicians like rhymes.

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Speaker 10: Right right, that's true. Yeah. I'm looking at a picture

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on your website of you and three other guys who

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I assume are in your band, and you are kind

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of how tall are you because in this picture? But

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you can't tell from a picture. I mean you could

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be standing on something I don't know, but it looks

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like you're towering over everybody else.

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Speaker 11: Well I make them do that. That's the ego things,

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got check them. No, But so I'm about six four.

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Oh you're a good day.

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Speaker 10: Okay. You're a big guy.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, yep, yump, and you know, two hundred and sixty pounds,

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but getting a little bigger every day on tour. I'll

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tell you what. But it's you know, Also, it's funny

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because I have a pretty tall band too. Just really

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happen that way, and so most people don't notice until

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I get off stage, you know, then I start talking

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to like, oh my god, they're like what happens, pecially

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with the cowboy boots? On being near eight feet tall, right, so,

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but yeah, that's the best the beast sleep part.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, where.

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Speaker 10: Does your height come from? Was your father tall?

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Speaker 11: You know, he was about six feet tall, but he

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was he was as wide as the Mississippi type of thing.

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And yeah, he always wore cowboy boots and a big

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cowboy hat. So he just had one of those larger

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than life sort of personalities and statues. My mom's tall.

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My mom's six foot one, So I think six' one

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plus six feet equals six four and that's.

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Speaker 10: Just matha think, Well, that's definitely Yeah, there's definitely something

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genetic on your mom's side, because six to one that's

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very tall for a woman that's very tall. Yeah right,

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oh yeah, that would that would that would definitely explain it. Wow,

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So you're gonna be uh so, what's your for our

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listeners who are in the area. Of course, you know

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online we have listeners all over, but for our local

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listeners who listen on FM here in Manchester, what what

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should they What should they expect? Again, you're going to

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be at the Rex Theater on September twenty fourth. Looks

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like shows at seven point thirty. Do you have a

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00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,200
do you have an opener with you or or is

474
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,039
it is it just you and your band? Or how

475
00:25:17,079 --> 00:25:18,240
does that? How does that work?

476
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,599
Speaker 11: No, this one is just us and our band. You know,

477
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,599
when we were reaching out trying to figure out how

478
00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:26,200
to set this tour up, you know, the Palace Theater

479
00:25:26,279 --> 00:25:27,880
and the Rex Theater are like, hey, you let's just

480
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,880
give it a shot. Just come out here and see

481
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,480
if we can, you know, give you a good a

482
00:25:32,519 --> 00:25:35,559
good spotlight to bring your music. And yeah, very grateful

483
00:25:35,599 --> 00:25:36,920
for that. Like I said, it's our first time in

484
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,839
all these markets and we'd love to sort of make

485
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,839
this a routine. We've had a great tour so far,

486
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,559
just like I said, meeting good people and telling good stories.

487
00:25:45,559 --> 00:25:48,799
And we sort of adjust the show to every different venue.

488
00:25:48,839 --> 00:25:51,559
You know, on this tour, we've done a couple of festivals.

489
00:25:51,559 --> 00:25:53,759
We do some late night honky tonks, some fun little

490
00:25:53,799 --> 00:25:57,119
divy bars, and we really changed the show to every place.

491
00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,920
And I know, like last night at the Guthree Center,

492
00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:02,799
we did a little more intimate, a little a lot

493
00:26:02,839 --> 00:26:06,240
more history and storytelling and explaining the ins and outs

494
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,839
and the whiys of the artistic lifestyle and all that

495
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,279
fun stuff. So the rest will be similar to that.

496
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,480
But at the same time, we like to we like

497
00:26:13,559 --> 00:26:15,920
to you know, rock out and groove out and get

498
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,519
people to sort of tap their feet and have a

499
00:26:17,559 --> 00:26:19,799
good time. So it's going to be a good mix

500
00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:22,359
of those and that's my job is to figure out

501
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,680
exactly how to give you, guys, the best experience for

502
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:26,559
the people in the room.

503
00:26:27,279 --> 00:26:29,720
Speaker 10: I'm curious, Sue, do you know do you know ahead

504
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,160
of time before you arrive at the venue, do you

505
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,960
know enough about that particular venue where you've already planned

506
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,680
out what the show is or or are you going

507
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,799
into that are you kind of reading the room? Like

508
00:26:40,839 --> 00:26:42,359
do you arrive at the venue and you kind of

509
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,599
check the place out and you think, Okay, now that

510
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,880
I'm here, Now that I'm physically here and I can

511
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,640
take this all in. Now I kind of know what

512
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,119
the show is going to be tonight. I mean, is

513
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,440
it that spontaneous or do you already know before you

514
00:26:54,519 --> 00:26:55,279
arrive at the venue.

515
00:26:56,599 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 11: No, it's a good mix, you know, especially for new

516
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,319
markets and new venue, is right you sort of you know,

517
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,160
we know this is more of a seated theater, so

518
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,039
we'll treat that a little differently than we will, Like

519
00:27:05,519 --> 00:27:07,720
a couple of days ago, we played at this you know,

520
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,119
rockous honky Tonk in New York City, So we're gonna

521
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,559
we know, we're gonna treat those a little differently in general, right,

522
00:27:13,759 --> 00:27:17,880
but you know, we also adjust when we get in there.

523
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,839
We want to fill the I mean, this sounds so

524
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:21,720
hippie dippy artists, but we're gonna like sort of fill

525
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,079
the energy and yep and talk to the staff and

526
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,319
talk to you know, see who's coming and showing up

527
00:27:26,319 --> 00:27:29,359
and sort of working around that. And it's really a challenge,

528
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,519
but it's a really fun one and something that you know,

529
00:27:31,599 --> 00:27:34,359
we're working really hard on and very proud of the

530
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:35,599
ability to do that.

531
00:27:36,079 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 10: And it's nice that you play the style that you

532
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,519
play and the configuration of your band and everything that

533
00:27:41,519 --> 00:27:44,000
gives you some flexibility to kind of change that on

534
00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:46,119
the fly if you need to, which is which I'm

535
00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:48,519
sure is very nice. I'm always kind of jealous of that.

536
00:27:48,559 --> 00:27:50,519
I'm a musician and I've played in some bands, but

537
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,440
none of the bands that I ever played in were

538
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:53,960
the kind of band where we could show up at

539
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,400
a venue and say, oh, let's change the vibe a

540
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:58,960
little bit. You know what I mean. It's like if

541
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,920
you're playing in a you know, a hardcore metal band

542
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,720
or something, it's, you know what, you're doing the same

543
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,079
thing no matter where you're playing. But I've always been

544
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,759
kind of envious of musicians who have that a scenario

545
00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:14,240
where they can kind of switch it up if they

546
00:28:14,279 --> 00:28:16,640
need to. But no, that's really cool. So that's gonna

547
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,400
be uh yeah, September twenty fourth at the Seventh at

548
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,640
seven thirty pm at the at the Rex Theater right

549
00:28:22,759 --> 00:28:25,839
in downtown Manchester and by the way too for our

550
00:28:25,839 --> 00:28:27,880
local listeners. If you've never been to the Rex, it's

551
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,519
really beautiful, so you should definitely check it out. And

552
00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:32,200
this sounds like it's going to be a great show.

553
00:28:32,279 --> 00:28:35,799
So Matt, before we let you go, and we are

554
00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:38,480
going to play another track at the end of our conversation,

555
00:28:38,559 --> 00:28:40,359
I think I'm gonna play Same Old Story because that's

556
00:28:40,359 --> 00:28:42,039
another one that I really like a lot. I think

557
00:28:42,039 --> 00:28:45,720
that's really cool. But anything else too. We should know

558
00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:48,359
about how people should find you online. Where's the best

559
00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:50,160
place to go to follow everything that you're doing. I

560
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,880
know you've got you've got a huge social media following,

561
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,119
which is fantastic. And such an important part too of

562
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,759
you know, the times that we live in having that

563
00:28:58,799 --> 00:29:01,039
social media following. That's something your dad never had to

564
00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:04,480
worry about, certainly, but in twenty twenty five, you gotta

565
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,079
work with social media. But where's the best place for

566
00:29:07,119 --> 00:29:09,400
people to go online to follow everything that you're doing?

567
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 11: Yes, or main site and a number one I cannot

568
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,799
agree more Like, we just live in a digital social

569
00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:20,200
world now, and so that's what it's all about, right,

570
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,400
I mean, the power is in the independent artist's hands,

571
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,559
and I'm fiercely, proudly independent when it comes to that stuff.

572
00:29:25,559 --> 00:29:28,480
So every every clap and every click really matters a

573
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,279
lot to people in our realm.

574
00:29:31,559 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 10: Yep.

575
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,839
Speaker 11: But so matdaccident dot com is the main site, very simple,

576
00:29:35,839 --> 00:29:37,640
and then Matt acts and music on all the social

577
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,480
media platforms on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, all those things.

578
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,319
And you know, it's something social media is amazing because

579
00:29:45,319 --> 00:29:47,599
you can really connect with people that you wouldn't really

580
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,440
have got any chance to in the past. It can

581
00:29:50,559 --> 00:29:52,799
be daunting and crazy at times, but in the end,

582
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,039
it's that's what it's about, with connecting with people. So

583
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,559
please come say hi on any sort of way. Obviously

584
00:29:58,599 --> 00:30:00,599
in person is the best, so they can I can

585
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,880
builk you for all your all your bitcoins or whatever.

586
00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 8: You know.

587
00:30:05,079 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 11: But in the end, I said, it's just about connecting

588
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,079
with people and spreading a little bit of joy.

589
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,799
Speaker 10: That's our job absolutely. And before before we let you

590
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,720
go and we're gonna play this track, same old story.

591
00:30:15,799 --> 00:30:17,920
Anything we should know about this song. I really like

592
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,319
this song a lot too, Anything we should know about it?

593
00:30:22,039 --> 00:30:24,400
Speaker 11: Yeah, So this is one I was talking about earlier

594
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,200
where I've had it for quite a while and when

595
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,319
I got this band together, I've had my right hand man,

596
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,279
guitar player Taylor krop Slash Almond Brothers proteget sort of

597
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,200
playing with him for about three years, two and a

598
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,160
half years. He's the main other player in the band.

599
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,440
Once he joined the band, I was like, Oh, I'm

600
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,720
gonna go dig into my archives and pull this song out,

601
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,720
and it's become sort of a staple. It's the last

602
00:30:46,759 --> 00:30:48,720
single we just released. It's the one we're turning around

603
00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:51,960
right now, and very proud, very proud of it. And

604
00:30:52,039 --> 00:30:54,680
it's just a good old fashioned like sort of outlaw

605
00:30:54,759 --> 00:30:58,680
country vibe, but with the you know, the the the

606
00:30:58,799 --> 00:31:02,519
story of the common things, you know, some some some money,

607
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,480
some heartbreak, some life experiences that we all sort of

608
00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:08,319
connect with at the end with a little uplift at

609
00:31:08,319 --> 00:31:10,039
the end, saying hey man, we can all, we can

610
00:31:10,079 --> 00:31:11,960
all figure this out. It's just the same old story.

611
00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:12,319
Let's go.

612
00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:15,319
Speaker 10: Yeah, I love it, absolutely love it, very good. So

613
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,240
we're gonna we're gonna end with that. So we'll let

614
00:31:17,279 --> 00:31:19,319
you go so we can hit that track. But matt Axon,

615
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,240
thank you so much. Have a great show, have a

616
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,319
we'll have a great Where are you playing tonight, by

617
00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:23,759
the way.

618
00:31:25,759 --> 00:31:28,559
Speaker 11: We're playing out in New Jersey somewhere. Oh, I don't

619
00:31:28,559 --> 00:31:29,079
even know where I.

620
00:31:29,039 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 10: W day somewhere on these cost people can go to

621
00:31:32,759 --> 00:31:34,799
the website to find it. But UH, so I have

622
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,680
a great show tonight in New Jersey. And and of course,

623
00:31:37,839 --> 00:31:39,960
UH sounds like the tour is going well, so we

624
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,960
wish you continued success with that. And UH look forward

625
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,319
to having you in Manchester on September twenty fourth. And

626
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,039
thank you so much for joining us today. I really

627
00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:47,960
enjoyed the conversation.

628
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:48,559
Speaker 1: UH.

629
00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 10: You've been generous with your time. It's great to speak

630
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,359
with you, and UH, and UH be safe.

631
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: On the road.

632
00:31:55,319 --> 00:31:57,039
Speaker 11: Well, thank you so much for letting me talk. And

633
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,400
uh and uh you know a great name by the way,

634
00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:01,839
Matt's to Nite.

635
00:32:02,599 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 10: Yes, yes, absolutely, Matt's to Night.

636
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: I like it.

637
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 11: All right, thk you again and yeah, thanks for playing

638
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:10,279
our music out there.

639
00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 10: You got it, you got it all right, Matt, Thank you,

640
00:32:12,119 --> 00:32:15,640
take care all right bye? All right. That was the

641
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,759
great Matt Axton. And again He will be in Manchester

642
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,119
at the Rex Theater on September twenty fourth, seven thirty pm.

643
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,279
But let's play this again. I really really like this

644
00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:26,400
song a lot. This is called same old story and

645
00:32:26,519 --> 00:32:27,640
this is Matt Axton.

646
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:37,599
Speaker 1: It's the same.

647
00:32:39,279 --> 00:32:52,279
Speaker 14: Old story once say again? And I guess some things

648
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:54,079
just name.

649
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 8: Change.

650
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:18,079
Speaker 4: Well, now, he was just a nice young man getting

651
00:33:18,359 --> 00:33:23,920
by the best he can, just wanted to do things right,

652
00:33:25,039 --> 00:33:28,279
have a happy house and home, shrid to love. His

653
00:33:28,519 --> 00:33:33,759
wife came back one day after.

654
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 6: Sleeping all way, opening the door up the stairs, but

655
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,920
his wife was not a loan up there.

656
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:57,039
Speaker 1: It's broken. Oh, it's a broken heart and home. But

657
00:33:57,279 --> 00:34:02,000
it's the same story. Won't again?

658
00:34:05,319 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 10: And I guess some things just say a change.

659
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 1: Won't you try a bit?

660
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 8: Now?

661
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:16,199
Speaker 1: You won't mother?

662
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 10: Then if you take too much, too little, vactor.

663
00:34:20,039 --> 00:34:20,800
Speaker 8: Turn the bad.

664
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:27,199
Speaker 15: Money don't mean a thing when you're stone, read book.

665
00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:32,079
Speaker 1: Don't bother me for change. They have be healthy as

666
00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:36,480
long as you can remember. There's no money in the cure.

667
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 8: It's in the treatment. Man.

668
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:50,079
Speaker 1: But it's the same old story. Won't again. And I

669
00:34:50,239 --> 00:35:56,679
guess somethings just say a change. I am just one

670
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:01,079
little life, an actor in this great It lived day

671
00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:05,679
and night just to think, think in the scheme of time.

672
00:36:07,079 --> 00:36:11,880
Grateful for what I have and what I find amaze.

673
00:36:12,159 --> 00:36:13,159
Speaker 6: That's what I grab.

674
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 1: I'm the ones that came before to give me a change.

675
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:27,360
But it's the same old story once again.

676
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:30,920
Speaker 2: Man.

677
00:36:31,079 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: I guess somethings just need a shame.

678
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:47,599
Speaker 13: But it's the same one story was again and I

679
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,400
guess somethings the same.

680
00:36:51,840 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 10: A change. That's a fun song, same old story. That

681
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,840
is Matt Axton and Matt Axton will be at the

682
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,679
Rex Theater on September twenty fourth, right here in Manchester,

683
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,679
New Hampshire, so check him out. But of course I

684
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,559
know we have listeners online from all over, so if

685
00:37:33,599 --> 00:37:36,360
you go to Mattaxton dot com you can find all

686
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,079
this to our dates. He's gonna be playing he said,

687
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:41,800
somewhere in New Jersey tonight, and I really enjoyed speaking

688
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:43,719
with him, So thank you again, Matt. If you're still listening,

689
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,719
thank you again for joining us this morning. I really

690
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,079
enjoyed our conversation and I am definitely a fan. And

691
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,519
check out Matt Axton online. He's got a big social

692
00:37:52,599 --> 00:37:55,440
media following too, so he's very easy to easy to find.

693
00:37:55,519 --> 00:37:57,360
But again, he will be at the Rex Theater right

694
00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:01,800
here in Manchester on September twenty fourth, so be sure

695
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,320
to uh you can get your tickets right online. And

696
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:09,199
let's see, well, speaking of shows and so forth, so well,

697
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,360
we'll get to this in a moment. There's there's some

698
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,119
pretty big music industry news I do want to dive

699
00:38:14,159 --> 00:38:16,679
into with Jenny for a few minutes. But first we

700
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,840
should also talk about what we did one week ago

701
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,760
today last Saturday, because we went to a couple of

702
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,880
great events. Yeah, we did, so, we went to uh,

703
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,639
we had your your art was featured in the what

704
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,199
was the actual name of the show again.

705
00:38:28,119 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 16: Well Circle it's the annual Full Circle show at the

706
00:38:31,079 --> 00:38:35,039
Mosaic Art Collective yep, and I have two pieces on display.

707
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,199
Speaker 10: Only one is available. Oh yes, one of them soulds congratulationing.

708
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,639
Speaker 16: Yeah, that was amazing. I've never actually had something stell

709
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:46,440
at the opening before, so that was actually really cool

710
00:38:46,519 --> 00:38:48,599
to have happened. Yes, there's a whole lot of people.

711
00:38:48,639 --> 00:38:50,360
There are lots of good food, lots of good people.

712
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,280
And you know, if you don't know the Mosaic Are Collective,

713
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,199
you really should. It's one of the greatest art places

714
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,039
I think here in the Queen City. I'm a little biased,

715
00:38:59,079 --> 00:39:01,440
maybe I don't know, but you should go check it out.

716
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,239
The Full Circle. The show is going to be staying

717
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,320
up for the rest of the month, and there is

718
00:39:07,559 --> 00:39:11,119
currently an an open call right now for the Exquisite

719
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:15,440
Corpse Show and that show opening will be October eleventh.

720
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,480
The deadline to submit pieces is us I believe September

721
00:39:19,519 --> 00:39:23,000
twenty eighth. September twenty eighth at midnight is the deadline.

722
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,920
If you go to Mosaic Artcollective dot com you can

723
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,880
see the instructions. It's very easy to submit and you

724
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:34,599
know it's worth doing. In this particular show, they're looking

725
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:39,360
for not just you know, scary, but unique, the unexpected

726
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:45,159
things that inspire you, creations that are strange that are uncanny,

727
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,480
that emerge from themselves. If you will, you know, take

728
00:39:49,559 --> 00:39:51,280
it as you will, go read up on it at

729
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,400
mosaic Our Collective. I highly highly encourage you to do that.

730
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,599
The art collective is located at sixty six Hanover Suite,

731
00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:01,360
Suite two oh one here in the Queen City, and

732
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:05,119
they also have an upcoming event coming up on September

733
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:10,039
twenty ninth at five forty five pm until seven ten.

734
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,639
They're hosting a new series called the Artist Talk Series.

735
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,639
It's going to take place once a month. It's going

736
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,719
to feature a panel discussion as well as talks from

737
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:23,039
professional artists and this month it is Florent Porisano. I'm

738
00:40:23,079 --> 00:40:26,199
sorry if I pronounced your name wrong, please forgive me.

739
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,800
The front doors do lock at six pm, so if

740
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,320
you come up late, you're gonna need to call the

741
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,039
gallery to have somebody come in and get you in.

742
00:40:33,519 --> 00:40:35,920
And that's coming up here on September twenty ninth at

743
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,719
five forty five right here at the mosaic Are Collective

744
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:43,480
at sixty six Hanover Street, Sweet to one, Manchester, New Hampshire.

745
00:40:43,639 --> 00:40:46,280
Mosaic Arcollective dot com. I highly encourage you to go

746
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,760
check it out very good, very good.

747
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 10: And then of course we went over to Bad Burger

748
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:55,559
that was so fun, Vices Inc. Vices Inc. And Plague Dad,

749
00:40:56,079 --> 00:40:58,480
and of course Under the Horizon, who we were talking

750
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,280
about a bit in the first hour with our guests.

751
00:41:00,559 --> 00:41:04,480
Under the Horizon came up in that conversation. Yeah, absolutely, swhere.

752
00:41:04,519 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 16: Every time I see them, the better and better.

753
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,800
Speaker 10: They've gotten louder and heavier, and they're just so good

754
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,840
and they're so young too, They've got a huge career

755
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,639
ahead of them. So yeah, we love Under the Horizon. Great,

756
00:41:13,679 --> 00:41:15,519
great job, and they really did. They put their all

757
00:41:15,599 --> 00:41:16,039
into everything.

758
00:41:16,079 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 16: There's so much energy in the stage you can't help

759
00:41:18,079 --> 00:41:20,639
but just like get excited and should check them out.

760
00:41:20,679 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 10: And Bad Burger is great. That was the first show.

761
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,480
They've been doing shows there for for quite a few

762
00:41:24,559 --> 00:41:28,360
That was our first visit. That was our first visit to. Yeah,

763
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,880
and the sound was great, and yeah the Burger is

764
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:31,239
really good.

765
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 16: Oh, the sound was excellent. The sound was excellent. And

766
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:35,960
I really took note of the fact that they really

767
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,480
took care of the artists. Yes, each individual band, each

768
00:41:39,519 --> 00:41:41,519
individual artists. They didn't just set it and forget it.

769
00:41:41,639 --> 00:41:43,119
Speaker 10: No, very professional.

770
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,559
Speaker 16: Yeah, big time, So definitely a great place to go

771
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,960
check out a band, have a bite to eat. We

772
00:41:48,119 --> 00:41:52,440
definitely enjoyed ourselves and I would I would. And they

773
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,639
had that huge truck out front, so you can't miss it.

774
00:41:55,079 --> 00:41:59,280
There's a big monster truck on Elm Street that says

775
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,320
bad Burger, so you can find it very easily right there.

776
00:42:02,559 --> 00:42:03,599
Speaker 14: You stop and see that.

777
00:42:04,199 --> 00:42:06,280
Speaker 16: I would definitely suggest doing that and check out under

778
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,280
the Horizon play Dad, Oh my god, I love him.

779
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,519
Speaker 10: Yeah, it was just it was a really great show.

780
00:42:11,639 --> 00:42:12,119
Vice's Inc.

781
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 13: Was amazing.

782
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 16: It was so enjoyable and I really liked the venue

783
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,440
because I had it was comfortable, I could sit comfortably.

784
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 10: So yeah, that was cool, really good, really good. And

785
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,559
then you want to mention what's happening today?

786
00:42:26,119 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 16: Yes, today, today, today, today, go over to the Great

787
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:33,559
north Ale Works for their Paws and Pints party fundraiser

788
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,079
happening today from one pm to four pm. Matt and

789
00:42:36,079 --> 00:42:38,400
I are definitely going to be stopping by. This is

790
00:42:38,559 --> 00:42:42,480
a great, great thing. They actually ran a contest where

791
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:48,039
people submitted their pets, photos, cats and dogs to see

792
00:42:48,559 --> 00:42:52,159
who was gonna win and be printed on their new

793
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:56,280
paw prints Blonde Ale, which is releasing today and they

794
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,000
used it as a fundraiser to benefit our local here,

795
00:42:59,079 --> 00:43:02,639
the New Hampshire Animal Rescue League. And they raised forty

796
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:07,920
nine thousand dollars in the label contest alone for the

797
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,639
Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire.

798
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 10: That is amazing. That is absolutely amazing.

799
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 16: So if you go down there today, they're gonna reveal

800
00:43:14,559 --> 00:43:16,599
the cans, you're gonna see who won the contest, what

801
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:20,840
animal is on the pawp pints blonde Ale. They're going

802
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,239
to have cans to go available. They come in four

803
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:28,360
packs as well. There is going to be just like

804
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:33,000
a party atmosphere fundraiser. They're raising more money today. All

805
00:43:33,039 --> 00:43:34,920
of this, all these proceeds are going to the Animal

806
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,239
Rescue League of New Hampshire, which is awesome. You know,

807
00:43:37,519 --> 00:43:38,559
anybody's been around us.

808
00:43:38,639 --> 00:43:38,679
Speaker 6: No.

809
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:43,280
Speaker 16: Matt and I are our Katie parents and we love animals,

810
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:47,320
and I know that there was a large throth of animals,

811
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:52,760
especially cats, recently brought in to the state from flood zones.

812
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,159
So I know there's a lot of animals in the

813
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:58,960
state needing care, needing help, and needing fosters and needing homes.

814
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,400
So please do check out the Animal Rescue League of

815
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,559
New Yamshire and if you can make a donation great,

816
00:44:05,559 --> 00:44:08,920
If you can help out or in any way possible,

817
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,320
please I encourage you to and I would definitely Matt

818
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,239
and I would definitely love to see you today at

819
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:16,440
the Great North Aleworks, located at ten fifty colt Ab

820
00:44:16,559 --> 00:44:19,800
Unit fourteen, right here in the Queens City. If you've

821
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:21,639
never been there, it's an excellent place.

822
00:44:22,039 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 10: I love the tacos. I'm just gonna say that out loud.

823
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 16: I love the tacos and it's a wonderful family owned business.

824
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:32,559
Buy local, Shop local, go check out the Great North

825
00:44:32,639 --> 00:44:37,239
al Works and they're awesome. Pause and pints fundraiser today.

826
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 10: Very good, Very good. We have a little bit of

827
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,840
time I want to get in a music news story.

828
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:44,599
You know, we do like to cover if we have

829
00:44:44,679 --> 00:44:46,840
a little bit of time in the show some weeks,

830
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,480
we'll cover some music industry news going on, especially with

831
00:44:50,559 --> 00:44:52,159
the audience we have. We know a lot of musicians

832
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,000
listen to the show, a lot of industry people, and

833
00:44:54,039 --> 00:44:56,360
I happen to see this pop up and this relates

834
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,079
to a subject that comes up often on the show,

835
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:03,760
and that is Live Nation and it's a ticketing arm Ticketmaster.

836
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:05,599
It's the same company. If you didn't know Live Nation

837
00:45:05,639 --> 00:45:09,480
and Ticketmaster, they are interchangeable, kind of like Comcasts and Exfinity.

838
00:45:09,559 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 16: You can say either one and it's the same company.

839
00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:14,960
But again Healthcare Optum owned by the same people. Yeah,

840
00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:18,400
everybody's good. Like businesses have like a ton of these days,

841
00:45:18,519 --> 00:45:20,000
but it is kind of hard to keep track of

842
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,000
the subsidiaries.

843
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,599
Speaker 10: This is from Music Businessworldwide dot Com and I didn't

844
00:45:23,639 --> 00:45:27,159
realize this until this morning, but this just happened a

845
00:45:27,199 --> 00:45:31,079
couple of days ago. Live Nation and Ticketmaster sued by

846
00:45:31,119 --> 00:45:36,440
the Federal Trade Commission over alleged illegal ticket resale tactics.

847
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:38,960
Because something that we've talked about on the show whenever

848
00:45:39,039 --> 00:45:42,800
we talk about Live Nation and Ticketmaster is how you know,

849
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:46,280
because obviously over the years, ticket prices keep going up

850
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,360
and up and up, long before there was any hint

851
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,840
of severe inflation in the economy, just completely separate from

852
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,639
all that, you know, and people people feel gouged and

853
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:57,400
it gets so expensive. And one of the things that

854
00:45:57,519 --> 00:46:01,480
goes on is, you know, we've talked on the show

855
00:46:01,519 --> 00:46:06,239
about how these small companies that are effectively ticket scalpers

856
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,760
will buy up as soon as Live Nation puts a

857
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,440
show on sale, they'll buy up a bunch of tickets

858
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:14,400
and they'll resell them on their own sites at a

859
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:19,000
higher price, especially once Live Nation Ticketmaster runs out of

860
00:46:19,519 --> 00:46:21,639
the tickets. But a lot of them have been bought

861
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:23,800
up by scalpers who then resell them. But what a

862
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:26,159
lot of people don't know is some of these companies

863
00:46:26,519 --> 00:46:29,920
that are doing that are actually owned buy Ticketmaster. So

864
00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:35,039
Ticketmaster sells tickets to these own their own yeah, to

865
00:46:35,159 --> 00:46:40,480
themselves effectively, and use this system to jack up the prices. Yeah,

866
00:46:40,599 --> 00:46:41,719
most people don't realize.

867
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 16: I know about scalpers, and I've always thought that these

868
00:46:45,039 --> 00:46:48,400
companies are supposed to have safeguards in place stop all

869
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,559
of that. Yeah, so I will say that, not that

870
00:46:51,639 --> 00:46:53,960
I'm totally surprised, but heck wow.

871
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:57,559
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's a dirty, dirty business.

872
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 16: And then selling them back to you for triple the costs.

873
00:47:00,599 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 10: So yeah, So here's the story. This is again, this

874
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:08,119
is from Music Business Worldwide dot Com. The Federal Trade

875
00:47:08,119 --> 00:47:10,960
Commission has sued Live Nation and its ticketing arm, Ticketmaster,

876
00:47:11,719 --> 00:47:16,400
accusing the company of profiting from scalpers operating on its platform.

877
00:47:17,039 --> 00:47:20,119
In a complaint filed on Thursday, September eighteenth, and the

878
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:23,760
US District Court for the Central District of California. The

879
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,719
FTC accused Ticketmaster of failing to uphold its own ticket

880
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:33,760
purchase limits, in effect allowing scalle Yeah, in effect allowing

881
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,800
scalpers to buy up large numbers of tickets and to

882
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:41,760
resell them on the secondary market at markups. So the

883
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:47,559
secondary market, that's these you know, it's them Joe's Tickets

884
00:47:47,599 --> 00:47:49,320
dot Com or whatever. Yeah, you know.

885
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:54,760
Speaker 16: It only three yeah, yeah, they buy all the tickets,

886
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,119
and then if you really want to go, Yeah, the

887
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,079
only way to go is to pay those guys.

888
00:47:59,159 --> 00:48:02,480
Speaker 10: And that's why Ticketmaster limits how many tickets you can buy.

889
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:06,719
It once except except they don't actually do it for themselves. Apparently.

890
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:09,920
The FTC says Ticketmaster is motivated to do this because

891
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:14,760
it makes additional fees on the tickets resale. Ticketmaster can

892
00:48:15,199 --> 00:48:20,000
triple dip on fees, collecting fees from one brokers when

893
00:48:20,039 --> 00:48:24,000
they purchase the tickets on the primary market, two brokers

894
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:29,440
again when Ticketmaster sells their tickets on Ticketmaster's secondary market,

895
00:48:30,119 --> 00:48:35,079
and finally three consumers who purchase tickets from Ticketmaster on

896
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:41,440
its secondary market. Unquote says the complaint. Joining the FTC

897
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:49,079
in the lawsuit are the district attorneys of seven states, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah,

898
00:48:49,199 --> 00:48:55,119
and Virginia. The complaint alleges that Ticketmaster violated the Bots

899
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:59,840
Act bots. The Bots Act, the twenty sixteen law for

900
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:04,239
forbidding the use of bots to buy tickets in online stores.

901
00:49:05,039 --> 00:49:08,159
Live Nation has in the past supported the Bots Act,

902
00:49:09,199 --> 00:49:12,480
or at least you know, on the public Publicly, the

903
00:49:13,679 --> 00:49:16,800
FTC notes that Live Nation's policy is to allow artists

904
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:21,280
to sell to set ticket purchase limits themselves, but quote,

905
00:49:21,679 --> 00:49:27,400
in private, defendants have tacitly worked with these very same scalpers,

906
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:31,360
allowing them to unlawfully purchase millions of dollars in tickets

907
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:35,280
in the primary market, so that defendants can extract more

908
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:40,280
profit for themselves when reselling those tickets on the secondary market.

909
00:49:40,519 --> 00:49:45,519
Unquote what ruins the world. The FTC alleges that Ticketmaster

910
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:48,519
has been aware for years that certain ticket buyers have

911
00:49:48,679 --> 00:49:51,920
violated the limit and turned a blind eye to the practice.

912
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:58,320
The complaint states that in twenty eighteen, Ticketmaster identified five

913
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:02,880
ticket brokers who control six three hundred forty five Ticketmaster

914
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:06,519
accounts and possessed more than two hundred forty six thousands

915
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,360
I'm sorry, two hundred forty six thousand tickets to nearly

916
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:16,760
twenty six hundred events Jesus FTC complaint against Live Nation. Okay,

917
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:19,079
so oh, we have to have the ticket prices up

918
00:50:19,159 --> 00:50:24,400
so high, so, the complaint states, quote. In public, defendants

919
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,079
maintain that their business model is at odds with brokers

920
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:32,039
that routinely exceed ticket limits. In private, defendants acknowledge that

921
00:50:32,159 --> 00:50:35,440
their business model and bottom line benefit from brokers preventing

922
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:39,159
ordinary Americans from purchasing tickets to the shows they want

923
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:43,360
to see at the prices artists set unquote. The FDC

924
00:50:43,639 --> 00:50:48,480
also alleges that Ticketmaster is engaged in bait and switch tactics,

925
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:53,559
in which the company displays deceptively low ticket prices to

926
00:50:53,639 --> 00:50:57,199
consumers and ends up charging much more at checkout. And

927
00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:59,800
by the way, anyone who's ever bought tickets from Ticketmaster

928
00:51:00,159 --> 00:51:02,920
knows exactly what that's about. You look at the price

929
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:04,480
of the tickets and you think, Okay, they're going to

930
00:51:04,519 --> 00:51:06,199
cost this. I'm going to get two tickets. They're going

931
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:09,079
to cost this. Probably some sort of extra fee involved,

932
00:51:09,119 --> 00:51:10,400
so it might be a little bit more, and then

933
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,519
you get to check out and it turns out it's like,

934
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,400
you know, you thought you were spending two hundred dollars

935
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:18,440
on tickets, You're actually spending over three hundred dollars on

936
00:51:18,519 --> 00:51:21,199
tickets with all the fees and everything else. And is

937
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:24,400
this fee and that fee and you know anyway, so

938
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:27,079
it says your Live. Nation announced in twenty twenty three

939
00:51:27,159 --> 00:51:29,880
that it was switching to an all in pricing model

940
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:33,079
at its owned venues in the US, under which the

941
00:51:33,159 --> 00:51:36,760
final price, including fees, but excluding sales taxes, is shown

942
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:40,719
at the very beginning of the ticket purchase process. CEO

943
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:43,800
Michael Rapino has said that the switch to all in

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pricing has proven to be a success, and the company

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has backed efforts to make all in pricing the law.

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Despite this, the FTC alleges that quote over the last decade,

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the first price the consumer has seen on Ticketmaster's platform

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has almost it's never been the price the consumer pays.

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According to internal Ticketmaster documents, the average percentage of fees

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charged on tickets ranges from twenty four to forty four

951
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percent of the total price from twenty nineteen through twenty

952
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twenty four, consumers paid over sixteen point four billion in

953
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mandatory fees on ticket purchases from Ticketmaster unquote. That's from

954
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the complaint. The lawsuit is separate from the anti trust

955
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action which I think we talked about on the show

956
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before that the US Department of Justice launched against Ticketmaster

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and Live Nation in May of twenty twenty four. That

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lawsuit alleges that the company engaged in quote monopolization and

959
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other unlawful conduct that thwarts competition in markets across the

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live entertainment industry unquote. The DOJ lawsuit is seeking to

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break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster, undoing a year's old

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agreement that allowed the two to merge despite concerns over

963
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the company potentially employing monopoly power in the live entertainment business.

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Has accused Live Nation of violating the terms of that agreement.

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In its lawsuit, The FTC says Live Nation slash ticket

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Master controls quote roughly eighty percent or more of major

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concert venues, primary ticketing for concerts and a growing share

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of ticket resales in the secondary market unquote. As of

969
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noon on Thursday, Live Nation shares were down three point

970
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six percent on the New York Stock Exchange. Trending at

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around one hundred and sixty three dollars per year. So

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there you go. So that's the newest. And you know, look,

973
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I'm a I'm a free market capitalist, and I think

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that you know, I'm not into, you know, the idea

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of the government coming in and controlling pricing for concert tickets, certainly,

976
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but I'm also not in favor of you know, these

977
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companies being able to blatantly violate the law bet and

978
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Slitz baton switch, which is illegal obviously. And look, I mean,

979
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even if even if you're someone who takes the position

980
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that if you're if you're a true free market I mean,

981
00:54:08,119 --> 00:54:10,880
I say free market capitalist, but I say that loosely

982
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,760
because I do believe that government has to regulate some things,

983
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not to not to get in political because we don't

984
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do that on this version of the show. But even

985
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if you're someone who thinks that all this is fine,

986
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because you don't think that the government should have anything

987
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to say about it, legally or otherwise, and the FTC

988
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shouldn't be getting into this. Even if you think that,

989
00:54:30,119 --> 00:54:32,320
don't you at least want to know as a consumer,

990
00:54:32,639 --> 00:54:36,079
don't you want to know why ticket prices are so

991
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I just as a consumer, isn't it good to be

992
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informed about it?

993
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Speaker 16: But in the very least, shouldn't I think there's law

994
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:47,519
involved in the fact that they shouldn't be able to

995
00:54:47,599 --> 00:54:49,880
violate their own rules, right, like you're not.

996
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:51,159
Speaker 10: The whole point of.

997
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Speaker 16: Having these laws that you can't buy X number of

998
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tickets is to stop scalping, is to stop people getting

999
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ripped off. But if they make the rules and then

1000
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they're sending it, selling it to themselves, right, and then

1001
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selling it to you. Yeah, this whole triple dip thing,

1002
00:55:06,639 --> 00:55:10,199
I yeah, that's criminal. In my mind's eye, that's criminal.

1003
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Speaker 10: Well, there won't be any criminal penalties, I'm sure, but

1004
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there might be fines. But I mean Ticketmaster that that's

1005
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the other thing.

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Speaker 16: In the very least they should have to be it

1007
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should at least be held accountable to their own rules

1008
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and regulation.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, absolutely so, so that's the newest wrinkle with that.

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Speaker 16: Remember where else can you get a ticket? It's they

1011
00:55:30,199 --> 00:55:32,800
have a monopoly on the market, right, It's it's very

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hard to get tickets to venues outside of.

1013
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Speaker 10: Them, of course, of course, and it is a monopoly

1014
00:55:38,519 --> 00:55:41,039
absolutely all right, So we're going to close out this

1015
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hour with one more track from Matt Axxton, who again

1016
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is going to be at the Rex Theater on September

1017
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twenty fourth. We're gonna play this great song called Blue

1018
00:55:48,079 --> 00:55:49,719
Sky Rain, and then we're going to show some love

1019
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:52,360
to our amazing sponsors. And then if you are listening

1020
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live in the in the third hour, if you're listening

1021
00:55:55,679 --> 00:55:57,920
live on Saturday in the third hour, we've got Lydia

1022
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:00,360
ready coming up. She was on the show fairly recently,

1023
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but she's got a brand new single called The Way

1024
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We're Rolling, which I really like, so looking forward to

1025
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having her back. She's gonna be joining us to be

1026
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a Microsoft teams all the way from the UK. But

1027
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in the meantime, check this out again. This is another

1028
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great track from Matt Accent. This is called Blue Sky Rain.

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Speaker 17: There's a blue scary rolling over the plane. There's a

1030
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blue scary rolling over the plane.

1031
00:56:59,559 --> 00:57:04,800
Speaker 1: Man, my good night, see it coming.

1032
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Speaker 18: It was two sticks when she say I can love

1033
00:57:13,599 --> 00:57:20,679
you any more? One chance is all I need. Come on,

1034
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one more, baby, please. I wouldn't never before get you,

1035
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no matter what I go through, because at one time

1036
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you were the stars and my sky, blue sky.

1037
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Speaker 17: Ray rolling over the plane, it's a blue sky rolling

1038
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over the plane, and I good.

1039
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Speaker 1: Now, UH see it coming. It was a big, shall

1040
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perpeted romance. It was a quick version of the slow

1041
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down unique the colors. But the picture, okay, I know

1042
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where I should be a baby. It's nice as a

1043
00:58:25,239 --> 00:58:37,199
skyy rolling over the plane. There's a blue sky rolling

1044
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over the plane.

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Speaker 15: I could not see it coming, and I say, carrying

1046
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me down. So well, nobody will ever.

1047
00:59:02,599 --> 00:59:07,119
Speaker 12: Tell man, watch your man when you're said, I will

1048
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never let you go, never let you go.

1049
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:23,519
Speaker 1: I never let you go. I never let you go.

1050
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:40,159
I never let you go. Well, I have yet to

1051
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:44,320
be a woman who does not play with the strings

1052
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:45,519
of my heart.

1053
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Speaker 18: I wish it was not so easy about the peace

1054
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and and folleyball.

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Speaker 1: But there's a flood. Guy,