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The Jay Franze Show: Country Music - News | Reviews | Interviews
CMA Wrap Up, Artist You Would Like to Meet, and Country Music News
Nashville's legendary CMA Fest vibrates through this episode as Jay and Tiffany take you behind closed doors of country music's biggest gathering. Far more than just concerts and fan experiences, we unpack the fascinating ecosystem that forms when hundreds of thousands descend on Music City.
Walking Broadway's musical gauntlet creates a sensory experience like no other—stepping from one bar to the next delivers an entirely new soundscape, with multiple performances happening simultaneously across different levels of each venue. But beyond the tourist appeal lies the real magic: the networking, the connections made, and the stories that unfold when industry professionals who typically collaborate digitally finally meet face-to-face.
We share our candid personal highlights, from impromptu boob-signing adventures to meeting music legends like Lee Greenwood, whose dedication to listening to every veteran's story extends his meet-and-greets by hours. These moments of authenticity reveal the heart behind the glitz. Meanwhile, our exploration of Morgan Wallen's record-breaking chart domination—with 36 of 37 tracks charting simultaneously—leads us to examine how streaming has fundamentally reshaped album creation and consumption.
The conversation takes unexpected turns as we debate dream artist meetups (is Elvis still alive?), examine the potential of podcast influence on politics through Mark Maron's iconic garage recordings, and contemplate how Eminem's evolution into grandparenthood makes us all feel suddenly ancient. We even discover life-changing culinary wisdom with salt and pepper on french fries—proving that sometimes the smallest revelations create the most lasting impressions.
Whether you're curious about country music's beating heart, fascinated by entertainment industry mechanics, or simply love genuine conversation that ranges from heartfelt to hilarious, this episode delivers unique insights you won't find in mainstream coverage. Join our conversation by commenting at jayfranze.com or appearing live on-screen with us at jayfranze.com/live!
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Welcome to The Jay Franze Show, a behind-the-curtain look at the entertainment industry, with insights you can't pay for and stories you've never heard. Now here's your host, Jay Francie.
Jay Franze:And we are coming at you live.
Tiffany Mason:I am Jay Francie, and with me tonight the Barbie to my Ken, my beautiful co-host, miss Tiffany Mason.
Jay Franze:Aw, thanks, Ken. If you are new to the show, this is your source for the latest news, reviews and interviews. So if you would like to join in, comment or fire off any questions, please head over to jayfranze. com. And if you feel froggy, head over jayfranze. com/ live and you can join us right here on the screen with us live. You can ask questions, you can make fun of us, you can do whatever you please. All right, my friend, before we get started, let's talk about the question of the day. Question of the day If you could meet any artist or band, who would it be? If you could meet any artist or band, who would it be? Miss Tiffany, do not answer now.
Jay Franze:So if you'd like to go ahead and put your responses into the comment section, we will go ahead and read those a little later in the day. All right, let's go ahead and start off our day with CMA Fest.
Tiffany Mason:And what is CMA Fest Jay?
Jay Franze:CMA Fest is a festival in downtown Nashville where artists perform, they get together, they sign autographs, there's meet and greets, there's media days just a time for people to get together and network as a whole and for fans to come down and not only get to see their favorite artists perform but they get a chance to meet them.
Jay Franze:We actually had an opportunity to go this year, so we got to witness it firsthand. The hundreds of thousands of people in downtown Nashville and when I say hundreds of thousands of people, that is not an exaggeration. There were a lot of people in downtown Nashville, and when I say hundreds of thousands of people, that is not an exaggeration. There were a lot of people in downtown Nashville but, there were free concerts.
Jay Franze:There were also, you know, paid concerts, if you want to go to the big one in Nissan Stadium you know you had to pay a little bit of money to go there, but if you went to the ones in Nissan Stadium, you would get a chance to see artists like Noahahn Jelly Roll, trace Atkins so there's quite a bit of people there. You could have seen some of the big wigs, and then you had some of the smaller stages, which also had some fairly you know decent people there as well. However, we had a chance to go. So now we did a little less of the shows and a little bit more of the networking and meeting greets and those type of things, because well, that's our place in this big giant cog of Nashville is the meet and greets and the networking and the PR firms and meeting the artists and so on. So we had a good time. What was your favorite part of CMA Fest?
Tiffany Mason:Well, we actually brought our daughters with us and it was so sweet. I felt like just to see their friendship unfold and just to have Hannah experience Nashville she's never been before and just all the people. And my favorite thing about Nashville on Broadway anyway, I just love that. You like, take two steps and you hear one song, and you take two more steps and you hear a different bar that has different music coming out of it. And if you go into the bars, on level one, there's one performance going on. On level two, there's another performance going on. On level three, there's another performance going on. So that was really fun.
Tiffany Mason:Just seeing all the different levels of talent was really cool too, like people who were just trying to figure out how to, you know, break through it into even trying to be on the Nashville scene. To people that were, you know, singing on the stages. Maybe they have a little bit more popularity or maybe their PR firm is just better. Yeah, and there were some bigger stages than other stages, so that was really cool. And I mean the sightseeing, come on, the people watching. Nothing better, nothing better. We saw some very interesting signs from people.
Jay Franze:Tell us about those.
Tiffany Mason:No.
Jay Franze:Some of them were very descriptive were very descriptive.
Tiffany Mason:Yes, um, I'm trying to think of the other one, but I can't think of arena because the really bad one is, you know, clouding my memory. So but yeah, no, I just, I mean it's, it's just an experience right for all the senses, so just really awesome. What was your favorite part, jay?
Jay Franze:All right, my favorite part I'm, um, you know, I'm what you might call a workaholic, so I liked meeting all the people that we work with throughout the year. So a lot of the work we do these days is virtual, so I like the fact that we can meet with the people in person, shake hands, maybe even give a little hug or get to talk to each other one-on-one and those type of things. That was probably my favorite part getting to see the people behind the PR firms that we work with.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah.
Jay Franze:Getting to see some of their newer artists that we haven't had a chance to talk to yet. So we get to talk to some people and look forward to them coming on the show to talk to yet. So we get to talk to some people and look forward to them coming on the show and then get to meet the ones that we have, you know, had on the show before but just haven't had a chance to meet in person, or some of the ones that we haven't had a chance to actually go see play live.
Jay Franze:So that was probably my favorite part. My least favorite part was how sore my legs are from walking around on cement floors for three days or four days, so that's probably my least favorite.
Tiffany Mason:I was thinking about it after the fact. So Saturday night we decided it was kind of not like super early, but maybe it was like 8 o'clock and we were heading back and I was like I don't want this night to end yet. So then there were people like I guess I didn't realize it was a whole entire walkway for people just to get across the river and so we started up that. And then you were like this was not the right day to wear these shoes. And after the fact I'm like, oh my gosh, he was telling me his feet hurt and I was like, come on, jay, come on, let's keep going. And you're probably like I'm going to kill this woman.
Jay Franze:You're so good to me. Yeah, there's a pedestrian bridge that goes over the river in Nashville and takes you from downtown Nashville over to Nissan Stadium. One of the cool things is, once you get high enough on there, not only can you overlook the city, but you can overlook the stadium. You can see all the people in the stadium. You probably can't really see the stage, but you can at least hear the music.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, stadium, you probably can't really see the stage, but you can at least hear the music.
Jay Franze:Yeah, and that was pretty cool. But yes, there's a lot of walking to get up to the top of that bridge and you know, doing that in shoes or boots not comfortable I did look up tips for attending cma fest and they said, while cowboy boots look nice, they are not for a full day of walking.
Tiffany Mason:And I couldn't stop thinking about it when I saw everybody. And then Bella mentioned someone had told her that you only dress up like a cowgirl, cowboy, whatever, if you're a tourist. And so I was like, oh, we got a lot of tourists and they're all all their feet hurt.
Jay Franze:Well, yeah, I mean, I lived in Nashville for 20 years and typically, unless you're an artist getting ready to perform, most people are not walking around in cowboy boots and hats and stuff.
Tiffany Mason:No, and I am like hardcore in mom mode, so I wear my Birkenstocks and my Vionic flip-flops and I had all kinds of orthopedic support and sheer comfort.
Jay Franze:This is why nobody talked to us. It's all starting to make sense now.
Tiffany Mason:Like Hannah would say, my dogs were out, okay, but no, I thought it was a great event.
Jay Franze:Tell me about some of the people that you had a chance to meet.
Tiffany Mason:Who did you?
Jay Franze:enjoy meeting.
Tiffany Mason:I personally really liked seeing Grayson Russell Most, because which he's not going to want me to say this, but when I talked to him I can see that little kid in Talladega Nights talking about getting hopped up on Mountain Dew and how he's going to punch his grandpa or take his grandpa out or whatever. So that was really funny for me. I mean, the iconic Lee Greenwood was there. I couldn't even believe it. And then we were looking for him and we thought he was at one area or whatever. And then we found out he was in a different area. So we busted over there, trying to get there as quickly as we could, and when we got there the lady was like, oh, the line is closed, but this nice guy let me in front of him. His name was literally not even making it up John Smith, and so he let me in front of him. And he's actually a Navy veteran. Shout out to John Smith. I told him to start listening to our show. He's not a podcast listener, but I did show him on his phone where the podcast app is and how to find the Jay Franzi show so he could definitely tune in.
Tiffany Mason:And then I had the most awesome lady in front of me and her name was Ruby and she had been a music teacher and an art teacher. And what was so cool about that is when we were waiting in line for Lee Greenwood, there were all of these guitars that had been turned into art and I was like, oh my gosh, it's your two worlds colliding. And she was just amazing. She actually had passes to all four nights in the Nissan stadium, because two or three years ago she actually beat breast cancer and so they didn't really get to do anything like you know. You know, hooray, that you beat cancer, and so that was kind of her husband's way. On their anniversary he gifted them to her and so they were attending every single night at the nissan stadium for all the big acts, and she has just seen so many concerts. And also she shared a couple of stories of the line was long, you guys.
Tiffany Mason:Um, she also shared a couple of stories how they would, uh, hang out like after a concert like forever, and then the bands would come out to their tour buses. She was listing off all kinds of bands that she's hung out with, because her and her husband just hung out after the show and they'd come out and say, hey, you want to come on the bus with us, and so she'd hang out with them. So it was really super fun being in line with ruby. I just I, I loved waiting in line for lee greenwood, and then I got to tell Lee Greenwood about how God Bless the USA is my favorite song in the whole entire world, and so that was kind of cool. I will say, though, he looked so tired and I can only imagine at his age sitting there. I mean, he extended his time, was it by an hour? I think he was supposed to only be there for half an hour, I think he was there for an be there for half an hour.
Jay Franze:I think.
Tiffany Mason:He was supposed to be there till 4 30 and he stayed till five is when they closed and then he stayed longer to finish the line yeah, I was the second to last and I was there at 5 30 so that was pretty cool. I thanked him, of course, for doing that and you know it was really cool the guy that was like attending the line or whatever he said, you know it's really cool Lee will listen to any veterans story. So, however long that makes the line, however long that makes the weight, he will listen to every single story that any veteran wants to tell him. So I thought that that was really cool to just. I already think he's a standup guy, so you know, that just sealed the deal for me. And then, of course, I got my shirt signed and you guys, I chose a CMA shirt that had a chick riding a bull.
Jay Franze:You want to know why. Why, jay? I don't know, tell us you don't know why.
Tiffany Mason:You know why I know why so I get up to the top of the escalator, my daughter and I arrive and I was like so nervous because I never met jay in person.
Jay Franze:Y'all okay so it's something to be nervous about for sure, so I was like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
Tiffany Mason:And then, like I couldn't even help myself, I just gave you a big old hug and I was like, yay, we made it. So then we get scanned in and we get into the main arena or venue or floor or whatever you want to call it room, and um, we're barely there and Chase, like you should do, riding the bull, and I was like, whatever, I'm in.
Jay Franze:So you got a bull riding t-shirt. I did, I did, yeah, and then you had Lee Greenwood sign your boob and then you call them yeah, got it.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, it's all. Yeah, all the puzzle pieces are falling in place. He signed my sleeve and I'm so annoyed because I flattened it out, like you know, like when it hangs on a hanger and it gets a crease down the dead center I flattened it out and open it up a little bit. I open it up mostly towards the back, so the signature is on the back of the sleeve Like dang it, rookie mistake. See, that's why you got to wear it and have somebody sign your boob. Yeah, who signed your boob? Jay?
Jay Franze:good friend of mine, scarlet yeah, tell us about it it was fun, my favorite piece of the entire thing.
Jay Franze:It is the saddest thing in the world to me, but we go, we get to meet all the artists, say hi and take pictures and all the fun stuff. However, we were going by one person that we did not know, an artist that was an up and coming artist that we were not familiar with. She will be on the show in the future because we made that connection. However, at the time we did not know, and the PR firm taking care of the crowd and making sure everyone's going through the lines asked us if we wanted to go and get an autograph and said would you like a picture? And I said absolutely so. I pulled out my phone and held it up and took a selfie with her and that caught her off guard.
Jay Franze:Like she goes, I wasn't talking about me, I was talking about the artist, and it was an artist that didn't have anybody in line, so I mean literally there was nobody there. So it was an artist that didn't have anybody in line, so I mean literally there was nobody there. So I felt bad. I wanted to make sure that I talked to the artist, but I wanted to also joke and be funny with the girl, so she wanted to take the picture. I took the selfie and then she said no, no, she goes. If you want a picture, you can go get an autograph.
Tony Scott:I said sure, give me a picture and I'll take an.
Jay Franze:Okay, I said, well, but first you got to sign for me, you got to give me your autograph. And she said I don't have anything to sign. So I did, I opened up my shirt and I said here and I, you know, let her sign my boob, and she goes, I don't have anything to sign with. So I went up to the artist and I actually took the Sharpie from the artist to give to her and she did signed my boob and we took a picture together and then, when it was all over, I did go up and talk to the artist and take a picture and everything with her as well. Out of all the people we've met and all the things we did, that was probably the moment that I remember the most that lady had the sweetest mississippi accent too.
Tiffany Mason:Yes, that lady was sydney. Mack is who she was promoting.
Jay Franze:Oh yeah, that's the artist. Yeah, that was the artist. So she was promoting oh yeah, that's the artist.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, that was the artist. So she was promoting Sydney Mac but, yeah, totally caught her off guard and it was so sweet and she was so excited. And then her kids actually came up and she was like you guys, look what.
Jay Franze:I just did. You gotta see this. That was the best thing. Then we connected on social media and now she's my new best friend. Look, new best friend, look at that. Look at that. There you go. What I thought was funny is all the people who were in the streets of nashville taking selfies and talking to their phone with no shame in their game at all, just walking up and down the street just holding selfie sticks, dancing and singing or talking to their social media like it was nothing.
Jay Franze:Now, that is not something that I would want to do. I would not want to walk up and down Broadway just filming myself talking. It's just odd, just very odd. The entire street was full of people doing that, and then there was selfie stations.
Tiffany Mason:That's so weird. I did not notice that at all, not one time.
Jay Franze:You participated in it, so you can't tell me you didn't notice it. You took photos of yourself at the selfie stations.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, that's fine. I know it's about selfies, but like talking to their phone and stuff.
Jay Franze:Oh no, they did. I mean, even my daughter did it. Oh, yeah, I know, yeah, I mean for those who don't know, my daughter does sign language cover tunes and she puts them up on TikTok, so of course we're in Nashville. She had to do a country sign language video, so I'll put the link in the show notes if anybody wants to check it out.
Tiffany Mason:I had a fourth grade teacher teach us sign language. She had a deaf student at one point and so she taught every fourth grade class that came through how to do sign language. Thank you, Mrs Patterson. So I still remember the entire alphabet. I know a few words, but it was really fun to pick her brain, and then we had some jokes going with some sign language throughout the trip. So that was really fun too. It was cool.
Jay Franze:I mean, and I will tell you too, my daughter was most impressed, not with the artists, she was most impressed with the sign language interpreter that was interpreting the shows. So we saw Tricia Yearwood and there was an interpreter on the side of the stage just doing her job and my daughter sat there and watched the whole thing and then, when it was over, we went up and she made a new connection, new friends, and now she's got somebody in that world to talk to.
Tony Scott:Yeah, very cool.
Jay Franze:All right, my friend, would you like to move on to some country news?
Tiffany Mason:I would, and I think we'll get the sad news out of the way first. Does that sound fair? Fair enough would, and I think we'll get the sad news out of the way first. Does that sound fair? Fair enough? Unfortunately, mr connor smith, who is only 24. He tragically struck a pedestrian that was on a marked crosswalk and police are reporting that there are no signs of impairment and that connor is he's cooperating it appears to have been in accidents.
Tiffany Mason:There's so many people there and you know it was so sad too, I think, a couple of dramatic things that I that stuck with me from the trip was you saying that those barricades are so that people can't drive into the crowds? Yeah, which is so pathetic and sad that that's what it's come to.
Jay Franze:Yeah, they put those at the beginning and end of each block so that if somebody were to want to try to do that, they wouldn't be able to. But let's just reiterate that it appears that this was purely an accident. It was just hundreds of thousands of people on the street and, as he was driving by, ended up hitting somebody on a crosswalk. So it's very sad not only for the person that he hits that unfortunately passed away, but also for a young man to have to. He's going to have to live with that for the rest of his life now.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, yeah, okay. Well, on to more exciting things, or more happy things. Rootsy singer-songwriter Tyler Childress is set to release a new album produced by legendary Rick Rubin. The project promises fresh material and a creative pivot from his recent self-produced work. Nice, I like that, I suppose if you've got Rick Rubin on your side, probably going to be slightly better than your self-produced stuff.
Jay Franze:He is a very well-known producer. He's a different type of producer. He's a producer that seems to go purely on feeling.
Jay Franze:He's not a technical producer he doesn't come across as a musical producer. He is known for either sitting or, in some cases, he'll just lay on the couch in the back or on a windowsill. So it's it's all about feel for him, and he, I'm sure, is guiding people down a direction to get to something that makes him feel something. And if it makes him feel something, then the goal is that it'll make other people feel something. But he is not the type of producer who's going to sit there and musically guide you or help you or try to make things extremely polished, as we've talked about with, say, Mud.
Jay Franze:Lang, or even Dan Huff so he's a different style of producer, and that's the thing that I like most about being an engineer is getting to work with all of these different styles of producers. Not every producer will produce a record the same way, so you get to learn different tips and tricks from all of these people. And then you develop your own style. So when you do a project of your own, then it's like anything else you adapt what you like and then you let go of the things you don't like.
Tiffany Mason:So if he's just like laying there listening to it and you said that he doesn't really give any direction like what is he doing?
Jay Franze:He's telling you when something moves him is pretty much what he's doing. Yeah, I like this or I don't like that he's giving direction.
Tiffany Mason:It's like a perfect scenario for a co-producer.
Jay Franze:Yeah, no, that would be a great thing. We've talked about having two producers in the past.
Jay Franze:And when I work with another producer, like, for example, I've done a lot of projects with Jim Cristaldi. Jim Cristaldi is one of the best musicians I've ever met in my life. He's a great songwriter, he's a great musician. He's had a couple albums out. I mean, he is just really talented. But we're two different types of mindsets. I'm very technical and I want to make sure that we go in and get the best sound we can and we use the best equipment, go through the best preamps, the best consoles, all of the different things. Where Jim is a performer, he plays instruments. So we work very well together because neither one of us are good at the other person's job. Together we make one very good producer.
Tiffany Mason:It's very collaborative, like our friend Post Malone.
Jay Franze:Co as in collaborative.
Tiffany Mason:Yes, Well, speaking of somebody who likes to collaborate a lot, morgan Wallen's album I'm the Problem. That's what I was going to say. Yeah, sorry, debuted at number one on. Well, if I'm the problem, you might be the reason.
Jay Franze:Fair enough.
Tiffany Mason:All right, All right, Okay. So the album I'm the Problem debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with a record-breaking 493,000 album equivalent units in its first week and 36 of its 37 tracks charting on the Hot Country Songs chart simultaneously.
Jay Franze:That's a whole different world to me when you get, when you get songs charting simultaneously, you know you used to release a single and you used to go do radio tours and tour the country, even tour the world in some cases to promote that single. Now no, we'll just put them all up online at one time and everybody will listen to the whole album and all the songs chart. That's crazy. So I mean, that's exactly what's happening. I mean he puts an album say 10, 12 songs up online and then people will just play the album over and over and over again. So every single song is being played over and over and over again. So they're all charting.
Tiffany Mason:Okay. So this is what I will say about that. When I hear you talk about side a or side b or like that whole album was great or whatever right, I mean sometimes I'm in the dark. I know you're surprised, but sometimes in the dark and I'm like I don't know. I only knew the three popular songs by that band and it does make me a little bit jealous. So I think it's very interesting that hannah is recently really into morgan wallen and so she plays the entire album and I was like, wait a minute, this is genius. So there's no longer side a, side b, the whole album, but there's just an album and you listen to it. Right, and I don't know why this has been such a light bulb thing for me. But I'm like I I'm going to start doing that. I'm just going to find out the song that I like and what album it's on, and I'm going to listen to all the songs on the album.
Tiffany Mason:So, while it's kind of blowing your mind a little bit in that respect that like they're all just simultaneously on the charts, you know I'm thinking like right, we should respect the entire album, because it's such a shame that all those albums came out and only the ones on the radio are the ones that I know. I don't know the full albums. So I think that this is a more fair exposure of their collective art the whole album. I think that's how we should be consuming it.
Jay Franze:Well, in the past, people would write an album.
Jay Franze:It's different now, where people write a song, because they'll write multiple songs, all intended to be singles, and they upload them one at a time, at a time, at a time, sure.
Jay Franze:So rather than working a year to create an album, they record one song and release it this month, record another song, release it next month, and that way they're always on top of mind of their fan base, which is great, but they're all singles. There's no connection to those songs when, when you used to go into a studio and record an album, you're capturing a moment in time. You're capturing what it was like being in that studio, what it was like experiencing the things of that moment. For example, some people would rent a house and just turn that house into a studio and then, when you're writing with the intent for it to be an album, you write on more of that rollercoaster feel where you might open up with a hard hitting song and then maybe have your single next and then have a slower song, and you kind of just keep repeating the pattern and just keep things flowing, where, if you're just writing singles, you're just trying to write the next big hit right now there's pluses and minuses.
Jay Franze:You know.
Tiffany Mason:If they're all truly good songs and good hits, then you got no duds and maybe you have a catalog of great songs I feel like what you're saying is like the albums used to be almost like mini time capsules, right, like we're going to sit down, we're going to create this album, we're all going to really work hard and focus and like, okay, we wrote a song about love. Now how does that song, you know, connect with this next song we want to put on the album? So I think that's kind of cool. Just the I guess maybe methodology behind creating the songs.
Jay Franze:Well, yeah, and things kind of feel cohesive because you rent a studio and you're using the same studio, which a room itself has characteristics to it and adds to the way something sounds. So if you record everything in the same room, then all those 10 or 12 songs are going to sound similar. And if you use the same instruments.
Jay Franze:Maybe you get a B3, and that B3 is going to sound the same on those 10 songs where you might use a B3 on all 10 of your songs, when they're done as singles, and they'll all sound differently. So when you're recording an album all in the same place at the same time, there's a good chance things will sound very consistent you might say, well, there's less variety when you do it that way.
Jay Franze:But I feel like, like you mentioned the time capsule, I feel like you're capturing something as a whole when you do it that way yeah, yeah, I like that theory or that idea.
Tiffany Mason:All right, well, time capsule for miley cy 2013. She made that stupid video wrecking ball and she thought it was a good idea to be naked. Then she twerked on stage with Robert.
Jay Franze:Why are we calling it a stupid video if she's naked?
Tiffany Mason:Well, because it backfired on her. She found that it was hard to date because of the potential partners didn't like her sharing her sexual expression in the world.
Jay Franze:Yeah, I mean, I agree with that theory, you know, don't get me wrong. I think that that is the way it should be. However, people these days I feel like would not care about that.
Tiffany Mason:But 2013 was a different time 2013,.
Jay Franze:yes, what are your thoughts on robin? I think, am I blushing okay, tell you what you can have him. I'll take miley. Well, he's a little crazy, but it's like riding a bull. Why don't we know? He's pretty easy on the eyes.
Tiffany Mason:Why don't we move on? No, he's pretty easy on the eyes. Why don't we move on?
Jay Franze:before we get ourselves in trouble. All right, let's move on to the question of the day. And the question of the day is if you could meet one artist or band, who would it be? If you could meet one artist or band, who would it be? All right, this came up in the socials this week. People started guessing who I might pick and I found it humorous, so it came down. Tell me.
Tiffany Mason:Tell me, yeah, give me like three or four options.
Jay Franze:I'm going to weigh in, I can give you two.
Tiffany Mason:Oh, okay, two, Give me two.
Jay Franze:It came down to Journey or Livy, newton John, okay and yeah, that's the same reaction I had.
Tiffany Mason:But then I got to say Journey.
Jay Franze:I don't know. I think I'd rather go with Olivia Newton-John. I don't know. I've met Journey and I didn't meet Steve Perry. I met the rest of the band. I met the rest of the band a couple of times and great people love them to death nice, but I've never met Olivia Newton-John. I think I might like to meet a Libby Newton-John Because originally I thought, well, it'd have to be Lizzie.
Tony Scott:Hale, but I've met.
Jay Franze:Lizzie Hale. So this would have to be to me somebody different, right?
Tiffany Mason:Somebody that I haven't met so I don't know, good call, I might go with Libby.
Jay Franze:Newton-John.
Tony Scott:Not to mention Kreese, little blonde tart.
Jay Franze:Kreese was the word, I'll take her I remember as a kid my parents got tickets to see her live when she came through town on the let's get physical tour or whatever they called it okay, I wanted to go so bad and my parents said, no, this is for adults only, they're not taking any kids.
Jay Franze:Blah, blah, blah. And then they show up at my house to meet and one of them had one of their kids with them. I lost my mind. But yes, I wanted to meet Olivia Newton-Jones. I wanted to see her. I'll admit it, I had all of her LPs and stuff.
Tiffany Mason:Did they have passes to meet her? No, oh yeah, so which one of our crew members knew that about you?
Jay Franze:Two of them.
Tiffany Mason:How, how, how did they know?
Jay Franze:Because they're old as old as I am, and we grew up together. But the fact that they did chime in for this and it's to bust my cookies on Olivia, newton-john and Journey, I thought was pretty cool. There you go. That's pretty awesome, I would have to say oh George, you're lucky buddy, you're not fired tonight.
Tiffany Mason:Oh, hey, George.
Jay Franze:But yes, olivia Newton-John to me would be out of those. I think I would go that route. Steve Perry, yes, but Olivia Newton-John, hell yes, all right, how about?
Tiffany Mason:you Got it. I would have to probably say Aerosmith. Because they're cool I mean just cool Like, just because they're cool, like a lot of their music, and so I don't know. I would be interested to ask him about their lifestyle and how all that went down. I don't know, I just feel like he's one of those people who's lived a fast and hard life and I think it'd be cool to meet him, take a picture with him.
Jay Franze:All right, I don't know. I don't think I've ever met him. I hear he's a very nice guy. I've met the rest of them, but I've never met him.
Tiffany Mason:I mean, I saw him on American Idol. I can see he's a nice guy. That's really who they are right, all right.
Jay Franze:George is here.
Tiffany Mason:George says, Presley Tennant.
Jay Franze:Oh well, he kind of got to meet her. George, you were in her hands. Oh for those who? Do not know which would be everybody here. We were in Nashville and we went to a local what do you call it? Gift shop maybe?
Tiffany Mason:Yeah.
Jay Franze:Souvenir shop and they had license plates with people's names on it. So we looked and we found a license plate with George's name on it and we bought the license plate.
Tiffany Mason:Well, I got to back you up just a little bit. Hannah was looking for hers, and then you spotted George and you're like, oh, there's George. And I was like, oh, we have to get it.
Jay Franze:Yeah, so we got a license plate for George and then we decided we would take pictures of that license plate everywhere we went. So we did. We took pictures of that license plate everywhere we went. So we did. We took pictures of it as far down as McDonald's and we took it throughout the event. We had different people hold it, but one of the people I know, george, likes Presley Tennant. So we got Presley Tennant to hold the license plate for George and we took a picture of that it can be seen on our socials.
Jay Franze:Actually, no, it can't, I need to put.
Tiffany Mason:I'm working on a reel, I'm working on a reel.
Jay Franze:We'll put the George reel together.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, so there you go. That was really fun.
Jay Franze:All right Okay.
Tiffany Mason:Who else?
Jay Franze:Let's go down the list here. Dina says Phil Collins.
Tiffany Mason:I wonder why.
Jay Franze:I don't know. She does not say Mike, or Michael says you know the answer to this question Long hair Mike. Long hair Mike. No, not long hair Mike, that would be Mark.
Tiffany Mason:Oh, Mark Dang it.
Jay Franze:He was on the show last week. Now we have long hair, mike too.
Tiffany Mason:And he's referring to Steve Perry.
Jay Franze:Oh, okay, tina says Keith.
Tiffany Mason:Richards, and he's referring to steve perry tina says keith richards does not say why.
Jay Franze:Why don't we? We add a stipulation here to go ahead and add why, yeah, yeah, scott says scott strap or no, scott stap. I thought it was strap, the guy from creed oh, I don't know I don't know either. June says elton. John scott says in getty as in getty, lee in paul says led zeppelin um.
Tiffany Mason:It's stap, stap s-tA-P-P.
Jay Franze:I did not mean to doubt you, scott Scott Stapp. Debbie also says or Deb? I don't know if it's Debbie. I'm assuming Deb is short for Debbie. But Deb also says Geddy Lee, she's second at that All right. Mark says band made. I don't know who band made is, but I was told I had to listen to it and mark has put like a link to every single member in the band.
Tiffany Mason:So I will be checking up okay long hair mark no okay, I'm always gonna say it after every single one. So let's going forward. If it's long hair, mark you have to say long hair, mark. But you can't say M Botliago or whatever. His last name is Mark.
Jay Franze:Botolato. We can say his last name because he is a guest on the show, although he was probably not the type of guest that we'd use last names on. Either way, mark Botolato. Either way, mark bottolato, if you're with us tonight say hello in the chat there. Mark all right um hoagie h-o-g-i-e, yeah, hoagie hoagie says, I second that band-maid is awesome. Oh hello my new best friend. Oh, my new best friend that signed my boob.
Tiffany Mason:What did she say?
Jay Franze:Scarlett. Scarlett says Vince Gill.
Tiffany Mason:So I just looked up band made and it's a bunch of chicks In like Victorian, maybe more like anime.
Jay Franze:Well, they've come up on this several times. Yes, Japanese rock band CRC69 says band made.
Tiffany Mason:Yep.
Jay Franze:Okay, so a lot of people feel you like the chick-led front Female-fronted rock bands.
Tiffany Mason:Thank you, that's what I was trying to get at.
Jay Franze:I don't know if chick-led is the way they want to go, but female-fronted rock bands. Thank you, that's what I was trying to get at. I don't know if chick-led is the way they want to go, but female-fronted rock bands.
Tiffany Mason:Okay, wait, I'm sorry I messed it up. So your friend said Vince Gill.
Jay Franze:Yes, my new best friend.
Tiffany Mason:Okay, I like Vince Gill.
Jay Franze:Vince Gill.
Tiffany Mason:I would like watching his music videos.
Jay Franze:My A Project Music. I think that stands for my audio project says trent resner okay, oh look, hey, sarah's following directions. Sarah says taylor swift. Her storytelling is unmatched and she's inspired me through every era of my own life.
Tiffany Mason:I see what she did there. I see what she did there.
Jay Franze:Not only did she follow, directions and come up with an actual reasoning behind it. But she actually played along with the Taylor Swift.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, I like it.
Jay Franze:Mike says the Beatles, yes, ooh.
Tiffany Mason:I'd it. Mike says the Beatles, yes, ooh, I'd like to meet Elvis.
Jay Franze:Elvis, yeah, elvis would be good he's probably still alive right.
Tiffany Mason:No.
Jay Franze:You don't think so.
Tiffany Mason:No Alive in spirit, Jay.
Jay Franze:Thought he was hanging out with Michael Jackson somewhere.
Tiffany Mason:Oh, they're hanging out together. It's real hot.
Jay Franze:Oh, mike says I want to follow directions too. I would love to hear their stories firsthand.
Tiffany Mason:Right, that's what I think. That's the whole Metallica thing. That you could hear their stories, yeah, no, the Metallica thing is you could have their stories.
Jay Franze:Yeah, the Metallica thing is you could have a therapist. Anyway, jill Jill says I'll agree with Tiffany Elvis Presley. He had the charisma, the talent, like no one else.
Tiffany Mason:Mm-hmm, and he'd have that sweet hunk-a-hunk-a burning love voice. Well, Tiffany, nice to meet you.
Jay Franze:Yes, I am an impersonator. On the weekends, these people are busting my cookies like crazy tonight. I'm just telling you that.
Tiffany Mason:Let me hear it I want to bust your cookies. No.
Jay Franze:You can't, you're not allowed. Rachel says oh, I'm like Tiffany, I like Fleetwood Mac.
Tiffany Mason:Yes, that'd be another one that I think they've lived a fully experienced life. I bet they've got lots of stories.
Jay Franze:I hate you. I just want to point that out. You, chris, says Metallica. Everybody's on Miss Tiffany's side here. Anybody want?
Tiffany Mason:to show me some love. I have a taste of music.
Jay Franze:Tina, I refuse to mention Refuse. Yes, it means you will not do it. No, tina, I refuse to mention I refuse, yeah, refuse.
Tiffany Mason:Refuse. Yes, it means you will not do it. I refuse to mention that.
Jay Franze:No, oh fine.
Tiffany Mason:Tell me she says Beyonce oh.
Jay Franze:Oh, it's a. She's a powerhouse and a brilliant businesswoman.
Tiffany Mason:She is. She has lots of businesses and she probably has a lot to say about like mindset and like um gosh trying to think of one of her songs it's not coming to me right now but like female empowerment, you know she probably has a lot to say about like taking the bull by the horns and you know, last week we mentioned.
Jay Franze:Don't include last names unless you want it read on the air, because I'm bad at that. Rob says Johnny Cash. He was the definition of raw and real. Kyle says Radiohead. Emily says Shania Twain.
Tiffany Mason:You only got to work on a Johnny Cash project, right, you didn't actually work with him.
Jay Franze:Yeah, I worked on a live performance of his.
Tiffany Mason:Okay.
Jay Franze:I received the recording after he performed it live.
Tiffany Mason:Mm-hmm. Okay, I guess I don't really know anything about who he was as a person, other than his relationship with June Carter.
Jay Franze:So I don't know anything about him. That doesn't say much about him, so. Yeah, I mean that was a big project. I got to work on live recordings from thousands of extremely well-known country artists, but never actually got to meet them. And if I did meet them, it was for a different project, not for that particular project.
Tiffany Mason:Well, I know we talked about current artists or they were. I don't know if they were like today, current artists, but recent artists who you know would get trashed before they go on stage because their anxiety would be so bad. And I wonder if cash is maybe one of those people that you know. Just the pressure got to him and, you know, drank a lot.
Jay Franze:It's possible. I know from that that same series of live recordings was Jerry Lee Lewis. He was talking about it because I'm not drinking. He goes this is just a coffee cup, or whatever. He said that a few times throughout the beginning of the show and then when he got to Great Balls of Fire and he started it and messed it up and then started again, he goes okay, fine, I might be drinking, so you never know. Jason says Nirvana because Kurt Cobain's mind must have been something else. Lena says Dolly Parton.
Tiffany Mason:That'd be another fun one.
Jay Franze:Tommy says ACDC. Angela says Billie Eilish, my daughter Lucy would love you. She would love to meet Billie Eilish. Kevin says Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd is not just something you listen to, it's an experience.
Tiffany Mason:I kind of agree with that.
Jay Franze:Samantha says Prince, there's nobody like it in terms of talent and mystery. Really Mystery. Was Prince mysterious?
Tiffany Mason:Maybe in performance.
Jay Franze:Again busting my cookies. Brent, I should say your last name just for doing this. Brent says Lenard Skinnard. Thanks, brent, I appreciate that.
Tiffany Mason:Pronounced Lenard Skinnard. Pronounced Leonard.
Jay Franze:Skinnard. He says Leonard Skinnard. They taught me the meaning of Southern rock, but of course had to bust my cookies for the fact that we did not know that that was the name of their album last week.
Tiffany Mason:But long-haired Mark came on and saved the day.
Jay Franze:Victor. I like the name Victor, that was my grandfather's name. I like the name Victor, that was my grandfather's name. I like the name it was a potential contender if I had a son. But Victor says Eminem. He's been brutally honest in his music. I agree, but it's sad he used to talk about his daughter, haley, in the songs a lot and you think about a young girl having to grow up in that environment.
Jay Franze:But it said he used to talk about his daughter, haley, in the songs a lot and you think about a young girl having to grow up in that environment. But now Haley's old and has kids of her own. Oh, interesting it's great, so he's a grandfather at this point.
Tiffany Mason:Time has gone by. That's weird. Eminem is a grandpa, grandpa.
Jay Franze:Eminem, let that sink in.
Tiffany Mason:If you didn't feel old before you joined us.
Jay Franze:Tonight you're feeling very old now, James says David Bowie.
Tiffany Mason:Ooh.
Jay Franze:I don't know if this is your Hannah or not, but Hannah says Harry Styles.
Tiffany Mason:Not mine.
Jay Franze:You don't know that.
Tiffany Mason:I've never heard her listen to Harry Styles. She wouldn't pick him. Who would Hannah pick? Hannah would pick Morgan Wallen.
Jay Franze:I don't know this artist, but Olivia says Blackpink All one word. Blackpink.
Tiffany Mason:Oh, my goodness, we had the funniest. Okay, there is a new. Well, I don't even know if it's new, but there's a song by pink and it is called freefall, but I thought it was called turnaround. So I'm saying to the lady on the phone please play turnaround by pink. And so she plays some other song by PNK, and so then I say it again. I mean I must have asked eight different ways and never once did it come up. I was like Hannah, go in my Shazam and see which song that I Shazammed. And then it wasn't there. And I was like, okay, go into Pandora and see if you could find the ones that I've recently liked. And so that came up and she was like mom, it's called Turnaround. I was like, right, that's what I said Free. I was like right, it's what I said free fall, turn around, same same. But she still wouldn't play it. So I had to go in and Hannah had to type it in while we were driving this has nothing to do with black pink, but pink just pink, pink.
Jay Franze:We got it, mia. Sorry, I just can't do it. Sorry, she says Rihanna. I'm just gonna leave it at that.
Tiffany Mason:Is she the one that said Rihanna last week?
Jay Franze:Probably Mia.
Tiffany Mason:Shut up and drive.
Jay Franze:We need a button for you, Mia. You're fired. Jordan says Bon Jovi, the soundtrack of my youth.
Tiffany Mason:I would like to meet them as well, for the same reason as Aerosmith, Like just any of those 80s hair bands. I mean, that was a crazy lifestyle. And you know, the funny part is like you're saying, like who would you want to meet? And we're imagining that we get to have these long, elaborate conversations, but it's probably just like yeah, no.
Jay Franze:I mean, this is under the assumption that you get to have At least sit down and have lunch.
Tiffany Mason:Okay. Yeah, I mean we gotta have Do they eat With their mouth closed, because otherwise I don't want to meet Any of them.
Jay Franze:I don't know. Kate says Whitney Houston, her voice Is a divine gift. I will agree. That she has a great voice. I just never liked her as a person.
Tiffany Mason:Well plus, I will agree that she has a great voice. I just never liked her as a person. Well, plus, I'd like to ask her about when she was coming up, like I loved watching the Whitney Houston the movie of her, or whatever. The ending was terrible, but it was interesting to see how she was recruited. And then, you know, she had to make a choice and her family didn't have much, and just the evolution of her life from, I guess, rags to riches and have much, and just the evolution of her life from, I guess, rags to riches.
Jay Franze:Name redacted says I see how it is, scarlett, your new best friend. No, you can rest assured that you will always be my best friend.
Tiffany Mason:Aw.
Jay Franze:Let's just put that on the record. Ashley says Britney Spears. I didn't think about Britney Spears, but she would be up there on my list. I mean, she's very cute, but she's also like a screw loose. It would be fun to talk to her for a little while. I would like to know if she's really good at screw loose or if it's just really more of an act.
Tiffany Mason:I think she probably had her shit together. And then they say that supposedly we make up like I don't know rules that we will live our life by, or like we make a identity for ourselves or whatever, from like ages I don't know eight to 11 or eight to 13 or something like that. We kind of set our, our idea of the world and you know, boundaries and what we think is acceptable and all that kind of stuff Anyway, and I think like if you become too famous too soon, like all that's just messed up, and I think maybe you're just messed up for the rest of your life. You know, like even Miley Cyrus growing up in fame.
Jay Franze:She had no chance and she's taken some left turns, but she's come back. Yeah, all right, I'm going to start censoring so we can get through some of these and move on with our night. Justin says Tool. I think Dave Ray from the band Von Ray would agree with you. That's from what I can gather. His favorite band, madison says Phoebe Bridges. Eric says Bob Dylan. Haley says Lord.
Tiffany Mason:Oh Lord.
Jay Franze:Oh Lord, Carlos. Carlos says Bad Bunny. I've heard the name before.
Tiffany Mason:I don't know who Bad Bunny is. Uh-huh, I don't either. I think he's a rapper. Well, that was great.
Jay Franze:I'm glad you got all excited to tell me I don't know either. I don't either. I think he's a rapper. Well, that was great. I'm glad you got all excited to tell me I don't know either.
Tiffany Mason:I don't know either.
Jay Franze:I know the name, he brought Latin music to global prominence.
Tiffany Mason:Yes, he's a rapper and a singer.
Jay Franze:Okay, chloe's his paramour.
Tiffany Mason:Ooh, good pick.
Jay Franze:They helped me through my teenage angst.
Tiffany Mason:Oh, they helped me through GarageBand, and I do mean the game Garage. Oh, rockband Crap. I did that last time, rockband.
Tony Scott:Dang it, dang it dang it.
Jay Franze:Oh, you're proving that you cannot be learned.
Tiffany Mason:You can't teach an old dog new tricks, Jay.
Jay Franze:Oh, Ben says Slipknot. Oh, here you know what. Ava, I'd say you're my new best friend, but we just realized I can't have multiple best friends. So you're right, I'm going to get it from all angles, Name redacted. You're still at the top. You're the pinnacle, I guarantee it. If you want to share your name.
Tony Scott:We can throw that out there.
Jay Franze:Yes, tiffany, we all hear you over there. Ava, this one's for you, because you're the only one tonight who is on Team J. She says Nora Jones. Her calm presence and jazz roots are so comforting for Jay and his wife. That is awesome, ava, awesome. Thank you.
Tiffany Mason:Well, we're right here, right, we're like right here. Now I just gotta, because we are gonna talk about a passing oh really, you're gonna do that again um don't shoot the messenger. Okay, george has already chimed in.
Jay Franze:He knows where you're going. Go ahead, do it. I'll put George's answer on the screen.
Tiffany Mason:He is one of the musicians and the co-founders of the Beach Boys and he has passed away. His family announced this on Wednesday. Yes, george, the Beach Boys.
Jay Franze:Mr Brian Wilson, you will be missed. Yes, his mind will be missed for sure. I heard he was a little crazy. I've never met him so I don't know that firsthand. But he was definitely a talented musician, a songwriter, beyond others or most very sad, sad for his family. I mean no matter how old you are, it's sad when someone in your family has to go.
Tiffany Mason:Yep. Okay well moving right along Hard rock bands Seether and.
Jay Franze:Daughtry Seether.
Tiffany Mason:That's what I said. Seether and Daughtry.
Jay Franze:Oh, I'm sorry, it was just the accents. It caught me off guard.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, yeah, seether is my favorite. Okay and Daughtry will co-headline North American tour, starting October 1st in Virginia Beach and ending November 15th in Fort Lauderdale, produced by Live Nation.
Jay Franze:There you go.
Tiffany Mason:Love me some Daughtry. I don't know.
Jay Franze:Yeah, Daughtry is awesome.
Tiffany Mason:Mm-hmm.
Jay Franze:Cedar's great, but Daughtry is awesome. Sia is great, but Daughtry is awesome.
Tiffany Mason:Maybe I want to meet Daughtry or Carrie Underwood and talk to them about their American Idol experience and their rise to fame. That'd be cool.
Jay Franze:I don't know if that's where I would put my time with Daughtry.
Tony Scott:Yeah, I would put my time with you there.
Jay Franze:Maybe Howie broke free from the American Idol umbrella.
Tiffany Mason:That might be more interesting to me. But also Carrie Underwood was the first. Oh no, Kelly Clarkson was my go.
Jay Franze:Kelly.
Tiffany Mason:Clarkson won.
Jay Franze:Daughtry didn't win.
Tiffany Mason:I know.
Jay Franze:And he didn't win that Masked Singer either. I mean, and he should have that Masked Singer either.
Tiffany Mason:I mean, and he should have he's definitely more talented than any of those other people.
Jay Franze:He lost Masked Singer to Wayne Brady. It's like really, I mean, Wayne Brady's great and all he's funny he's a comedian that can sing, but he's not a singer. I mean he is, but he's not a singer. Like Daught, mean he is, but he's not a singer no and I don't know if you've seen dotry lately, but that boy is jacked I mean he sounds like I need to I had an opportunity to go see dotry play at a winery in california, northern cal cool.
Jay Franze:Extremely good venue. It was beautiful, I mean surrounded by rocks. Like I said, it was a winery with an outdoor ample theater and it was great Good time.
Tiffany Mason:Some rocks are what really really? That's great at the Stedtics.
Jay Franze:Free. It looked very nice and it made it sound very nice.
Tiffany Mason:You guys hear that there were rocks everywhere.
Jay Franze:There were rocks everywhere.
Tony Scott:Like a blister in my ass Right?
Jay Franze:You want something new? There you go.
Tiffany Mason:Okay, well, heart guitarist Nancy Wilson has retrieved her custom purple Spark Girl telecaster. It was stolen two weeks ago in New Jersey. Police recovered it via surveillance and an arrest will follow. But the 1996 Vanillin remains missing. Dang, who had the balls to go steal her stuff? You can't like pawn that, if it's purple and sparkly, feels like a dead giveaway.
Jay Franze:Definitely can't pawn it. But I don't know A lot of artists. When somebody steals their things like this, they won't press charges because they don't want the bad press.
Tiffany Mason:They should.
Jay Franze:They should absolutely.
Tiffany Mason:I mean normal people would.
Jay Franze:Especially a 1966 mandolin. I know that's the one that's still missing, but I mean that's.
Tiffany Mason:That's crappy. This one took it. She worked hard to have it, the memories are hers, that are with it, and you just took it upon yourself to take it.
Jay Franze:Fine, I'll return it.
Tiffany Mason:I didn't have you pegged as the five-finger sticky person, but Okay. Well, Metallica has remastered its deluxe box set of Load. Box set of Load that sounds terrible Includes 15 CDs, 4 DVDs, officially released on June 13th as a part of this week's major rock music drops.
Jay Franze:They're reimagining their load.
Tiffany Mason:It's terrible Box set of load. I think that their chat GPT needs to be corrected with Grammarly. Yeah, there you go, corrected with Grammarly.
Jay Franze:Yeah, there you go. When something's remastered, I think they're just looking to bring it back up into the public's eye. I don't think there's anything of Metallica's that truly needs to be remastered.
Tiffany Mason:Doesn't it just mean cleaning it up?
Jay Franze:Yeah, cleaning it up, you're bringing it up to today's standards, so it might be a little bit punchier, a little bit louder, that type of stuff. For all of the engineering fans out there, louder does not always mean better, but, yes, in today's standards you make it a little louder, you make it a little punchier, a little bit more compressed, and I'm sure that's what they did with this as well.
Tiffany Mason:but it's not necessarily necessary okay just my well part b of this headline is that the prog rock veterans have announced the fragile tour 2025. Anybody who wants to buy me a ticket, I'll go to the concert with you how is this part b of the headline? Because I thought that you said how is this part B of the headline? Because I thought that you said I thought that was the name of their tour, the Fragile Tour yes, the band yes launches their Fragile Tour.
Jay Franze:Oh my God, 2025. Not yes. Metallica launches a tour. The band yes, 2025. Not yes, metallica launches a tour. The band yes.
Tiffany Mason:No, that's terrible you are so good. Let's scratch that story, because who knows this band?
Jay Franze:Yes, Only everybody listening to this show, but you. It's one of the most popular bands in the world.
Tiffany Mason:I don't think so. No, it's not.
Jay Franze:Now, granted, I will give it to you that they're old, but so are you.
Tiffany Mason:Whoa.
Jay Franze:You should know who they are Never allude to a lady's age, Joe. Joe.
Tony Scott:Tiffany Tiffany you're fired.
Jay Franze:I'm just saying.
Tiffany Mason:Okay, I'm going to take a bite of my crap sandwich and you the band.
Jay Franze:Yes, they have launched a new tour. It's called the Fragile Tour in 2025. They'll be celebrating their new album Fragile tour in 2025. They'll be celebrating their new album, Fragile. The upcoming shows promise full performances of their classic LP with special selected guests.
Tiffany Mason:Wow, I'm going to get tickets for that, so whoever wants to buy me a ticket?
Jay Franze:Our good friend of the show, keith Sensing. This is his favorite band. So, keith, oh crap, that is for you. I think, Keith is probably You're fired.
Tiffany Mason:That was Keith's favorite segment ever. I don't know.
Jay Franze:I don't know if it is or not, but at least he knows who the band is. Oh it was, and he would probably see them. Oh, it was he who the band is? Oh it was, and he would probably see them. Oh it was, He'd probably see them live. Oh yes, If you are new to the show, this is where we we're sorry, recommend artists or music or something to each other and see what our thoughts are, and this week or last week I recommended a band called no Apology, with no spaces, no Apology.
Jay Franze:With no spaces, no Apology. I recommended that band to Miss Tiffany. I specified one song called Bad News if she wanted to listen to a particular song. So, miss Tiffany, what did you?
Tiffany Mason:think of no Apology. Well, I really liked it. I liked it. It started out that she was whispering and I thought that was kind of a cool effect, because then the drums come in. So I thought that was really I a cool effect, because then the drums come in. So I thought that was really I don't know, audioly interesting. Anyways, that was cool. And then I liked actually that she I know the song has nothing to do with marching or that she is part of like anything. She got these tall boots on, though, and it just made me think of like soldier ish, and it just had this great beat throughout the whole thing. I loved in the video the I don't know what it's called the part of the drum that looks like a symbol. Is it a tap, I don't know?
Jay Franze:A hi-hat, hi-hat, that's exactly what it is.
Tiffany Mason:Yes, yes, that's exactly what it was, so I like that. And then I liked her main line I am not the me you think, you know Like how freaking cool is that? I like that.
Tony Scott:You were able to understand the lyrics.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, of course. Of course. It's the most important thing to me.
Jay Franze:I know, but she's got a very thick accent.
Tiffany Mason:She does, she does, and I wrote down that. I thought that the drums were the star of the song and I like at the end that the guitar was so fast. I really liked all of it. It's a good recommendation. I would listen to it again. I did not hear you mention the fact that she is hot one time. Well, darn it. I must've missed that. My eyes tend to go for more masculine looks.
Jay Franze:She is kind of tough, but no, she's a beautiful, beautiful girl, and I mentioned last week that my wife is always busting my cookies. Every time I'm listening to the music or watching the video, she goes is that your girl again? Yeah, no, she's very good. She's an amazing singer, absolutely amazing singer.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, she really a lot of power.
Jay Franze:Yeah, she's definitely powerful. She's like I said, she does have a, but she definitely sounds great, she sings great and I don't know if it's her boyfriend or you know what the guitar player I would tell? You his name, but the Lord knows, I can't pronounce that name.
Tiffany Mason:Did you say, they're German?
Jay Franze:They are from the Ukraine.
Jay Franze:Oh okay, so they have names that I will not be pronouncing. However, her boyfriend is seems to be the musical mastermind. If it is her boyfriend, I don't know that. He seems to be the musical mastermind behind the guitar playing and probably arranging the band and stuff. They seem to be the centerpieces, like most bands have a guitar player and lead singer to be the centerpiece and then I think they built the band around them to be the centerpiece and then I think they built the band around them. They used to be a duo and it says formally of and it lists the duo, but I cannot pronounce it. I'm so sorry. I'd be glad to spell it for you, but it's not being pronounced. However, extremely talented musicians. They started by doing a lot of cover tunes. They even did Journeys Separate Ways.
Jay Franze:I mean they've done a whole bunch of cover tunes, and that's how I found them. And then they put this band together later. I don't know. They've got a lot of great songs. So that's my two cents and, if you would allow me, I would like to go ahead and tag on to this recommendation and give you yet another.
Tiffany Mason:I would love that, Jay. Okay, I am always intrigued by suggestions. I have my pen and paper ready. Everybody at home pen and paper.
Jay Franze:I promise you, we can tie it in. So back when they were doing the cover tunes, this band's hooked up with another band. The band was called halocene. They are an american band, originally from arizona, I believe. However, I think they're in nashville now, but these two have done a duet. So check out halocene, see what you think of them, and then we can go ahead and tie it all in with their duets, maybe the following week who knows?
Jay Franze:okay, so halocene will be the the new act to check out. The thing that I like about both of these bands is they are true independent bands, and when I say that I mean no labels behind them, no, no management that I know of that. They literally just get together, they perform the music themselves, they write the music themselves, they record the music themselves, they put their videos together themselves and they have live performance studios in their home.
Tiffany Mason:I was just going to say I'm having a flashback. This is the ones that record in their houses.
Jay Franze:Yeah. I mean when I say talented, I truly mean they are both very, very talented. But check out Hallucine and see what you think.
Tiffany Mason:Will do Okay, mark Moron, mark Moron, mark Mayron, oh Lord, did you just call him Mark.
Jay Franze:Moron.
Tiffany Mason:Is it Mark Maron? Is it Mark Maron?
Jay Franze:It's Mark Maron. Yes, he's only one of the most famous comedians in the world.
Tiffany Mason:Yes, like Maris Moron, yes, mark Maron ends his iconic podcast after 16 years. So he has recorded his topical and entertaining podcast WTF from his garage studio, interviewing famous people such as Robin Williams, nicole Kidman and former President Barack Obama.
Jay Franze:Have you ever heard of the show?
Tiffany Mason:Have you ever heard of him. I've not heard of him. Clearly, I have heard of the show. I never listened to an episode, though.
Jay Franze:Okay, I've listened to it quite a bit. It's definitely one I follow. Oh, now, he's definitely left-leaning, so he can get past his political beliefs and his opinions. His show is usually pretty good. He does record it from his home. It's just him and one other person that have been doing this podcast.
Tiffany Mason:He records it from his garage, Jay.
Jay Franze:I know right. That's the place to be, but yes it's just him and one producer, so it's just two people that have produced that show for that long Barack Obama went to his garage. He recorded in his garage.
Tiffany Mason:That's pretty cool.
Jay Franze:It is pretty cool. But to take that a step further, they had to put snipers up on all of his neighbor's roofs. Oh, so I mean they treated it like anything else.
Jay Franze:Secret service was everywhere just so he could drive to this guy's garage and record a podcast. But his podcast has been going like it says for 16 years. But he's known for very New York Jewish type humor and he starts every show with just him rambling about something. Usually it's like his therapy. He's usually rambling about something to do with his mental health or something, and he's just going on and on and on and then he brings on the guests and talks. So you're usually going through about 20-30 minutes of him rambling before you get to a guest.
Tiffany Mason:Um, so I have a client who has been podcasting for, I think, almost 13 years now and she says the reason that she likes to have the podcast and why that's her preferred method is she basically feels like she is talking out loud, like verbally processing things that are going on in her world or whatever. And so he probably has found the same way, just that oratory processing of whatever's going on that day or things that were bothering him or whatever. And then she does the same thing. She rambles for I don't know 15 minutes, maybe, maybe 10 minutes, not 20 or 30. But and then she gets to the heart of what the episode is about and I personally find it very entertaining. That's probably why you have enjoyed it as well, because you know it's that authenticity piece you know easier to relate to.
Jay Franze:Well, in our world, when we put shows like this together, they say just get to the meat, just skip everything get to the meat. But sometimes it's that extra stuff that allows you to get to know your host and makes the show more enjoyable, makes it stand out from any other interview that you know Barack Obama has done.
Jay Franze:Yeah, it's surprising to me. I mean, if you take Mark Maron doing his left-leaning podcast and having Barack Obama on, you can take Joe Rogan doing his right-leaning podcast. He likes to say he's in the middle but he's right-leaning.
Tiffany Mason:Right.
Jay Franze:He had trump on, so I mean two of them. It's showing you the power of the platform for sure. I would be willing to put money down that it was because of him being on joe rogan that he won the last election. So the power of the podcast is definitely there, for sure, but but we are not political. So what else do we have?
Tiffany Mason:Well, we have Kevin Hart, he roasts. Okay, let me just start over again. So, kevin Hart, take two folks.
Jay Franze:Headed point number 26. Tiffany will get it right this time.
Tiffany Mason:When he was opening.
Jay Franze:Start from the start.
Tiffany Mason:Okay, Only if you really want me to. You keep thinking maybe not Okay. During his opening monologue at the 2025 BET Awards on June 9th, Kevin Hart lampooned Sean Diddy Combs over ongoing legal issues, joked about Kanye West, Cardi B and even suggested using self-driving whammies.
Jay Franze:Waymo, waymo, waymo.
Tiffany Mason:What's up Waymos?
Jay Franze:Waymo is the self-driving vehicles. They're like Ubers, but they're just driverless.
Tiffany Mason:Where are those All over? California and parts of Arizona Autonomous vehicles.
Jay Franze:Autonomous vehicles.
Tiffany Mason:Wow, I know that they are working on something with autonomous vehicles in Jacksonville. Actually, I wonder if we will have a Waymos soon. Waymo, a Waymo it's like eggs in Spanish Wayvos.
Jay Franze:It's just plural.
Tiffany Mason:Okay, okay, okay, okay. So having the self-driving Waymo to prevent post-show party chaos, staying a step ahead of controversy Anyway so he was having no.
Jay Franze:Start over. Yes, Kevin Hart got beat up pretty hard for being pretty brutal during the BET Awards.
Tiffany Mason:Isn't he the one that got smacked by Will Smith?
Jay Franze:No, that was Chris Rock. Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, the BET awards. Isn't he the one that got smacked by Will Smith?
Tiffany Mason:No, that was um Chris Rock. Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah, I would think um that's got its own set of challenges.
Jay Franze:We can approach that a different day.
Tiffany Mason:Right, I would think that that would be a rough road to go with all of your colleagues, I guess in the room and then you're going to talk smack about them.
Jay Franze:Well, I mean, he's a comedian and that's what he does.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, and it was his opening monologue, so hopefully it was just funny banter, if you're hiring a comedian to host or to roast your audience, you have to know what to expect. Yeah, and then if you're Will Smith in the audience, you have to know how to take it.
Jay Franze:True statement. I think he's just had his issue with his wife.
Tiffany Mason:Whole different story. So Jeff Garland. He's an actor comedian and he just walked off stage at a Calabasas Country Club show after the organizers offered to pay him with a check instead of the agreed-upon $800 in cash. Around 40 attendees were reportedly disappointed.
Jay Franze:Yes, he did. He decided he would not perform because he was charging $800, wanted it in cash and would not perform. Now normally I could say, okay, fine, you told him. And he did say he wanted it like two months in advance or something like that. So I can understand. You don't get it two months in advance.
Tiffany Mason:So why did it even show up, then?
Jay Franze:That's your requirement and stuff. I get it. But the people who were hosting the event said, look, this is obviously a misunderstanding, we'll go ahead and we'll take care of it. They tried to pay him with a check. He said no. So they said, well, give us a minute, we'll go ahead and we'll try to come up with the cash and we'll get it to you. And he said no and left the person's like, look, I could lose my job over this. I've got people who've purchased tickets and all this stuff, and he was just, according to the source, was not willing to cooperate.
Tony Scott:So we don't know the full story.
Jay Franze:But I can understand both sides. I mean, if you ask for the money in a certain form, if you want it in cash, fine. A lot of comedians do that because in the past they would not get paid for their performance or they would get told see, you're coming on for 50 bucks tonight and they get paid in chicken wings or something. So so now what they're doing is they're asking for their money up front. A lot of checks in the past have bounced, so they ask for cash. That's a very old-school way of doing it. So when I was growing up, that was what a lot of people were doing is getting paid in cash, just so they could assure that they had the money. So I can understand that. He's an older comedian he's probably somewhere around my age and I can understand why he's doing it. But to not be reasonable at all, I mean, if they're trying to give you the money now and trying to find a way to give you the cash, stick around for a minute and see if they do it.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, well, and also, I mean, if you ask for it in cash and you ask for it in advance and they didn't pay it to you, then there should have been a conversation leading up to even that Before you get to that point. Yeah, yeah, whatever. Okay, I think that's all. That's all.
Jay Franze:I can butcher, for that's all you can butcher for one night.
Tiffany Mason:I've done my job.
Jay Franze:You've done it and you've done it well, thank you. What do we got going on this week, my friend?
Tiffany Mason:I think it's important that we talk about meeting bob bullock, I mean I've already met him I know, but I have talked to you. You have shared many bob bullock stories. You have referred to bob bullock many times. We hosted, co-hosted, an episode with bob, and so it was really cool to meet him in person. I mean, he couldn't have been a more ordinary person if he tried. He was the kindest, the nicest, the most welcoming to me and, you know, showed the studio around and let me sit in the hot the sweet spot.
Jay Franze:Let's step back for just a quick moment and introduce who Bob Bullock is.
Tiffany Mason:Yes, why don't you do a proper introduction?
Jay Franze:We mentioned Bob quite a bit and we never really say who he is. But Bob Bullock is a big engineer and producer that's been around for a long, long time. He started his career in California. He eventually moved his career to Nashville, where he has been ever since, I would say probably started in the 70s and has been working steadily since then. So if you could think about the amount of projects he's worked on from the 70s till now, he is a very big, popular engineer slash producer out of Nashville now and I've had the opportunity to work with him for a few years Wait wait, wait, wait, Back up to you being in.
Tiffany Mason:were you in Albany?
Jay Franze:I was in Albany, yes.
Tiffany Mason:And you saw his name and you were like I'm going to work for him.
Jay Franze:I did. I had a recording studio in New York and it was upstate New York, in Albany, and it had a break room and we were taking a break lunch one day and I saw a Mix magazine and a Shania Twain CD that were on the table. And I was looking through the Mix magazine and I said, oh, look at this school here. I said I'm going to go teach at that school. And I saw the CD and on the back of it it said engineered by Bob Bullock. And I said you know what? I'm going to go work for Bob Bullock.
Jay Franze:Long story short, I moved to Nashville and went to work at the school and eventually got to bring in Bob Bullock as a guest speaker and then Bob asked me if I would like to work with him as his second. I did that for a handful of years. Uh, one of the best experiences I had, as far as you know, not only getting to meet such a great person but to learn so much. You learn more working for him in one week than I would have years of working in the industry.
Jay Franze:So he's, a great guy, great producer, and he is, like I said, very, very nice person.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, yeah, it was really cool walking up the stairs and like seeing all of the gold and platinum albums and seeing his Grammy awards. And like seeing all of the gold and platinum albums and seeing his Grammy awards, like how freaking cool and how funny was it for me. So I'm looking at all of them, you know, and I'm like, wow, this is so cool, wow, it's so cool. So the gold and platinum albums or whatever have like the records, right and diamond, sorry. And then looking at some of them, they have cassettes and like jeepers, how far we've come. But it got me thinking that he's like a real editor, mixer, producer where you had to cut tape. And I just think, like I don't know if I would have had the patience to cut tape, like I will go in and I will try to remove the teeny, tiniest little sound and I will work on it until it is smooth and you cannot tell there was a cut. I don't know if I could have done it tactically, like to hold the tape and match it up and whatever. I just don't know if I could have done it. So that just impresses me even more.
Tiffany Mason:And then just so many great pictures that he had around, I guess, upstairs, and then he had this pile of cds and records and cassettes and I said, is this everything that you've done? And he was like, yeah, more or less. Yeah, I was like, oh my, it's like a pile, you guys. So I did take a picture of it. It is on my social if you care to see it. I think it was from Friday night, the first night we were there. Yeah, that was really cool for me just to see him meet him. And you know, I mean we're friends and so when I know that you look up to somebody so much, it's an honor for me to meet them and go, okay, let me learn about this person that my friend has such an interest in.
Jay Franze:Yes, bob Bullock has always been one of the best. I did have an opportunity to work with three producers on a consistent basis. I worked with many producers in Nashville, but three of them on a regular basis, bob being one of them, matt McClure and Jim Cristaldi being the other two, and I'm just disappointed that there was so much going on and we had our youngins with us that we did not get to meet up with the other two. But I would have loved to have introduced you to the other two as well.
Jay Franze:Yeah, next time, but I did mention, we had the youngins with us, so what were your thoughts on the youngins?
Tiffany Mason:It was just fun to see them looking around and it was really cute because Bella's very social media-versed, right, and Hannah is not, I don't know like she doesn't know how to pose for pictures or whatever, and so it was cute to see Bella like pose for a picture and be just completely comfortable and whatever, and then hannah be like a little stiff but be trying it and I tried to look away so she could just, you know, feel natural whatever she was doing. But that was kind of interesting. Oh, and then you guys, huh, my life changed. So we went to shake shack and then we sat down and jay had like all this salt and pepper and I was like what the heck are you doing with all that salt and pepper? And then he tore the tops off and he shook it onto his fries and I was like, wait, what You're doing, salt and pepper?
Jay Franze:You think people don't understand salt and pepper on fries.
Tiffany Mason:I didn't, and if I didn't, that means somebody else didn't. You guys, you've got to put salt and pepper. Salt and pepper on your french fries. It was so good I will never eat my fries without pepper again, so that was something that I will take away from CMA Fest, that I will forever do differently it was so good.
Jay Franze:The memory of the week was salt and pepper on fries. You should have been there when I broke out the hot sauce. That's all I should say. By the way, we did not get to eat any Nashville hot chicken or get to go to Prince's hot chicken, which is really what I remember we could have, but Jay didn't want to wait in line. Well, to be fair, it was the children's that did not want to wait in line oh well, I think it was you.
Tiffany Mason:And then they were like, okay, jay doesn't want to wait either, and I was like, but okay, we can do whatever I don't think that's the case.
Jay Franze:I would have liked to have gone to princess hutch again. Just I don't even know if it still exists, but it's one of those things that we just did not get to do there. There was so many things going on.
Tiffany Mason:Yeah, I would have liked to have gone to the old or the original. The OG Losers that would have been cool too.
Jay Franze:Yeah, we say that because now there's another location downtown Nashville, yeah, but Midtown has the original one and I think there's a location in Vegas now too.
Tiffany Mason:Oh really.
Jay Franze:Yeah, because they sent Kyle Fields, previous guest of the show. They send him to Vegas to do a residency and then, they bring him back and they send him back out several months later, or whatever it is.
Tony Scott:He's also the one that collaborates with Post Malone.
Jay Franze:I say collaborates, who doesn't? It'd be weird if they didn't. He's gotten up on stage with Kyle and played a couple songs. You know collaborates with Post Malone.
Tiffany Mason:I say collaborates.
Jay Franze:Who doesn't? Post has got to be. It'd be weird if they didn't. He's got up on stage with Kyle and played a couple songs.
Tiffany Mason:Oh, that's cool. That's cool. All right, yeah, we're just getting back into the swing of things, getting ready for Father's Day. Happy early Father's Day, jay.
Jay Franze:I'm not your father.
Tiffany Mason:No, but you're a father, and I can still wish you a happy Father's Day, that's true, you can, that's fair enough.
Jay Franze:I remember I told my wife that the first time my wife got mad at me the first time because I didn't recognize her on Mother's Day, I was like you're not my mother, but apparently I'm supposed to recognize her as the mother of my children.
Tiffany Mason:You're supposed to teach your children?
Tiffany Mason:Yes, you're recognize her as the mother of supposed to teach your children, yes, supposed to take them out to get things for her, and all that stuff right I have not made that mistake again well, my husband did make that mistake this mother's day and it was like okay, but also like hmm, okay, also, though, when they don't do it, then it gives you off the hook for father's day. So if I don't do very much, I'm off the hook. I mean, and you know what he said to me. He said what you said well, you're not my mom. I was like every year he's done something, and this year I got flowers from Hannah, because Hannah really wanted to buy flowers For her boyfriend's mom. So then she was like I'll get you flowers to your mom. And I was like, whatever, thanks, it was fine, it was fine.
Tiffany Mason:What was it, though I might be a little bit over it. Alright, should we land the plane? It was fine, was it?
Jay Franze:though I might be a little bit over it. All right, should we land the plane.
Tiffany Mason:Land the plane. Jay, Do you have the license? I do not. Do you see the runway?
Jay Franze:Do not, I do not and I do not. We can never guarantee that this is going to go straight or smooth. All right, folks. Well, we have done it. We have reached the top of the hour. It's actually top of hour number two, which does mean we have reached the end of the show.
Tony Scott:So if you've enjoyed the show.
Jay Franze:Please tell a friend.
Tiffany Mason:And if you have not, tell two.
Jay Franze:Thank you. I thought you were going to leave me hanging there for a minute. I thought I was too. You can reach out to both of us, or just maybe just me, I don't know. jayfranze. com, I will be happy to keep this conversation going. Tiffany will be fired dang it, tiffany might be fired. We don't know, we'll see how it goes. George, if you don't want her fired, just let us know he never wants me fired.
Tiffany Mason:He doesn't have to let you know he wants me around if you'd also like you can join us on the socials.
Jay Franze:We'll talk to you there too, and you can also see all these pictures we keep talking about over on the gram, as the kids say it, the gram the gram kind of feels cool to say it, doesn't it?
Tiffany Mason:I mean, like we don't get to say very often I couldn't say that to you, but we can say it to our people, the crew.
Jay Franze:Can we say that yeah. We did it. We pulled it off the gram. Is that what the crew expects of us? I don't know. Ms Tiffany, have any final words for us?
Tiffany Mason:I sure do. Sound is the soul's signature. Keep tuning in.
Jay Franze:And on that note, have a good night.
Tony Scott:Thanks for listening to The Jay Franzi show. Make sure you visit us at jayfranze. com. Follow, connect and say hello.