Tony Scott: 0:21

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 Franze.

Jay Franze: 0:49

And we are coming at you live. I am Jay Franze and with me tonight, the June, to my Johnny, my beautiful co-host, Miss Tiffany Mason.

Tiffany Mason: 0:59

Good evening Jay.

Jay Franze: 1:02

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. All right, my friend, before we get started, let me go ahead and tell you what the question of the day is. The question of the day what are some of the day is the question of the day. What are some of the best country vocal intros of all time? It could be any vocal intro, but what are some of the best country vocal intros of all time? Save it, we'll talk about it later. If you want to put your comments in the comment section, we will go ahead and read those off a little later in the show. But first, tonight we have a very special guest with us. I said it once, I will say it again we have a very special guest. We have a country music recording artist hailing from the great state of Tennessee. We have Robbie Johnson. Robbie, my friend, how are you?

Robby Johnson: 1:52

I'm doing good. Thank you so much for having me back on the show, jay and hi Tiffany.

Tiffany Mason: 1:57

Hello Robbie.

Jay Franze: 1:59

It is our pleasure. We cannot thank you enough for joining us tonight. I hear you have a new single out. You Pick the Flowers. What can you tell us about it?

Robby Johnson: 2:07

Yes, so you Pick the Flowers. It's a song about a guy that makes the big proposal to a girl he's been bouncing around with since third grade. And it's funny because you, when I wrote the song the way I write, I just sit down and let the words out and realized afterwards that oh, it's me rewriting my own story. I never did that proposal. I am married to wonderful children, but I never proposed. It just happened so quick and it was like the worst wedding ever.

Robby Johnson: 2:43

And I guess, I'm rewriting my story to make it beautiful, because you know that's what's great about music is you can listen to a song. It's a story song. You've never been through that story in your life, you've never had that in your life, but still you feel the emotion, you live it through the music for the duration of a song and it's kind of the same thing for this. I'm rewriting my own story, making it nice and cute and acceptable, I guess. So that's the reason for this song.

Jay Franze: 3:16

It's funny you say that I proposed to my wife three to five times before she thought I was actually serious. Wow, but you worked with danny on this song, yes, so can you tell me what part you took, and what part he took, in the writing of the song?

Robby Johnson: 3:32

uh. So the writing. Usually how it works is, you know, I write the song on my own and have, pretty much you know, the bulk of the song, and then I just sit down with Danny and oftentimes he will come up with the chord progression. We'll talk about the arrangement, structure of the song. He will challenge me on some lyrics and oftentimes, when he comes back with always amazing tracks, I take a listen and I sing along and oftentimes I tweak the lyrics again and change things around and make the song even better. So I mean, the music wouldn't be where it's at without his input. So he's a co-writer on pretty much all of my recent music.

Jay Franze: 4:21

Doesn't he also play as well as produce the projects?

Robby Johnson: 4:24

Oh yeah, he plays every instrument except for fiddle. He leaves that to Janae Fleener who's exceptionally, I mean she's one of the best in Nashville and Danny's also, I mean, a top player. He plays on the Jason Aldean records, kenny Chesney, john Hardy, all the big Dersh Bentley, all the big records he's on there playing. He's amazing. He comes from a musical family, knows all, not just country music, but he knows all the rock songs, blues, he knows everything about it.

Jay Franze: 4:59

He's awesome.

Robby Johnson: 5:02

Too much talent for one man, yeah, and also the talent, but also he's so great to be around and work with. He's funny, he has wit and all that. So it's. It's always, it's always good to hang out with danny and recording wise. He has his own home studio a really nice studio, by the way. I shot a video there once, and also sometimes I will do overdubs in a studio in nashville, or he will. You know it's. He does most of the overdubs that he does for other you know big producers and all that he does at his place. He's all set up for that now even has a b3 and a special room for the, the speaker, and I mean he's.

Robby Johnson: 5:51

He's top level oh, he really is for sure but when I track my vocals I usually either go to Starstruck or Blackbird, because they have the mic that I need for my vocals.

Jay Franze: 6:06

Which is.

Robby Johnson: 6:07

It's a Neumann 269. It's a good one. Broadcast edition yeah, they have those at Blackbird and also at Starstruck, and they have great engineers, so it's always fun.

Jay Franze: 6:17

Well, you know, at Blackbird they're going to have great engineers, so it's always fun well, you know, at blackbird they're gonna have that mic because he's got a mic closet that won't quit. I mean, that's how he got started with it. All is he was collecting microphones and had nothing to do with them. That's john mcbride, that's martina mcbride's husband, miss tiffany, and he started collecting microphones and he's got every microphone you could ever imagine in closets and closets of space wow every studio has a mic closet.

Jay Franze: 6:45

He has like a mic house have you been there? Oh yeah, I was there. Not only have I been there. That one room they have, with all the dowels that stick out of the wall oh yeah I was there for the grand opening of that when it was.

Robby Johnson: 6:59

George Massenburg's room Wow.

Jay Franze: 7:01

So, yeah, no I mean it's a great place. It really is.

Robby Johnson: 7:05

Yeah, do you know? There's a ghost story.

Jay Franze: 7:11

I do not, but I'm anxious to hear it.

Robby Johnson: 7:12

They say someone is walking upstairs. You know they don't like a present where you know they switch off the lights, they go down and then the lights come back up on their own or stuff like that. Just saying so. I'm never going to record there at night, that's for sure Fair enough.

Jay Franze: 7:32

I can imagine if you're recording a record, like you listen back to a Martina McBride record or something you hear little footsteps going around.

Tiffany Mason: 7:40

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 7:45

Hey, could you tell that person to you? Know that what? Person there's nobody, that's the addict. I don't know what you're talking about. So which of those studios do you prefer?

Robby Johnson: 7:55

um, I mean, they both have their. I mean they're great studios, oh they're both amazing, both amazing, I mean yeah, I don't have a favorite, you know it's all about the people you work with and at the end of the day, I mean, it's a mic and they have to have the right gear to go. You know the vocal chain and everything, and both have great equipment.

Jay Franze: 8:21

Well, it's not just that. I mean Blackbird has students, so they don't only take interns, but they actually produce their own students, and those students are there as well. So you have a lot of hands you know helping yeah. That could be good or it could be bad. If you I mean if you're in there singing a vocal and you don't want 20 people staring at you, Well, actually, sometimes it's better when there's a crowd listening.

Robby Johnson: 8:46

You give a little more, you know.

Jay Franze: 8:48

A little bit of oomph.

Robby Johnson: 8:50

Being an entertainer and performer. Yeah, sometimes it helps.

Jay Franze: 8:54

That's funny. So you're recording this song. You're working with Danny. How long does it take you to put these songs together, like if you go from start to finish on a song? How long does it take you?

Robby Johnson: 9:06

a couple weeks. I would say, you know from the start, you write it, and then I mean danny's very, I mean he's a very busy guy, so to find a window where I get with him, sit down, play the song, go over it, and then he starts working on it and then finds the time, cause he I mean he was with Kenny and the sphere in Vegas. He was there doing those shows, so he was not too shabby.

Robby Johnson: 9:32

No, not, not too bad, and uh, even I mean he was there for a long time. So he brought, he brought in equipment, he had a studio set up there and he was able to do some tracks and overdubs there, because it's it's also his life, he's a session player and plays on.

Robby Johnson: 9:49

Like I said, you know hit records and so he's in demand. So he had a studio set up there to keep on working. So just finding time to get with Danny and then, you know, get to the point where I have a good enough track where I can go and cut vocals, and then sometimes I will. You know, like I did a song title Getting Gear, and also I did a cover for the album because I'm going to be hopefully releasing an album soon. I keep releasing singles and pushing the album back.

Robby Johnson: 10:24

Yeah, I did a, I did a cover of a classic rock song and I needed real drums and so he just sent it to chris mccue who, uh, got real drums. So I mean it adds time to the process. And then you want to make sure you got everything in place before sending it to mixing. And I work with Sean Moffitt now for mixing and I want to make sure he doesn't have to do any edits where it's just mixing. And yeah, then he will have it, you know, for a week, a week and a half, depending on if there's or tweaks or not. And I'm gonna touch wood with sean it's really the guy's, he's amazing and you get the song back the first. You know mix. It's like, oh my god, this is, this is, this is perfect. I mean what? What does it need more? I mean, and? And then you? Then you struggle to find something to say. You need to tweak something.

Robby Johnson: 11:23

Yeah, we've got to tweak something. You do a few tweaks and then you get a new mix and you send it to mastering. Because I don't know exactly when things are done. There's always an extra delay of a week or two before they can get to it.

Jay Franze: 11:42

So yeah, a couple of weeks when you're working with these guys, everybody's busy and everybody has stuff on the schedule.

Robby Johnson: 11:48

Oh, yeah, I mean when they're working on big releases, big albums from major labels. Yeah, I mean, they're going to do that first.

Tiffany Mason: 11:59

We'll get to your stuff they're gonna do that first, we'll get to your stuff. So if you've released, you know five songs, let's say how many more do you have to go before that album is complete?

Robby Johnson: 12:09

uh, well, right now, you know, for an album, uh, you need at least seven songs to call it an album. Now, okay for distribution. Under that it's an ep. You can't, you can't call it an album, it's not gonna it's not gonna work. And I have enough music to release an album. Uh, it's just like I said. It's just that I write new songs and I'm like, oh, am I gonna bury this in an album? And where it doesn't have you know, we don't shine light to it, and and so I'm like I'll release another single and another single and I just wrote a new song and I'm excited about it.

Robby Johnson: 12:48

I'm like, oh, I gotta, I gotta release this as a single. So I don't know where the album's gonna be coming out.

Tiffany Mason: 12:55

You know how many times you perform a song before you get tired of the song, so right now you're really excited about it and you're recording it and you're getting ready to cut it and mix it Right. And then you play it a couple of times and like you know, is it? 50 times. Is it a hundred times?

Robby Johnson: 13:10

Oh no, I mean, before you cut vocals I mean I must probably sing it a couple hundred times really to, I mean to tweak everything, everything, make sure the words come out great, because sometimes you, you know you read the lyrics and they're great, but sometimes you put in a word that doesn't sound too good when you sing it. So you have to change and tweak and and, and, like I said earlier, sometimes you get the track back from danny. It's like oh my god, this needs new lyrics, this chorus is not as powerful as the track, so, or sometimes it's the opposite, you have to change the energy, or because everything is tied together, the melodies, the instrumentation, and I mean everything, the chords, the notes. You've got to make everything work together. But I mean I don't have any songs that I'm really, you know, tired of.

Jay Franze: 14:10

I've got to play that one again.

Robby Johnson: 14:15

No, I don't have any. You know, there are those songs that you hit. You know really high notes. They're like why in the hell did I have to do that?

Jay Franze: 14:25

You're going to hate yourself later in life.

Robby Johnson: 14:28

Oh yeah, it's funny because this new one that I wrote I sing it so much. I've done a lot of driving the past few days and I kept singing, and singing, and singing, to a point where my vocal cords were really strained and I couldn't hit the high notes anymore. I'm like what the hell's going on? I've been singing too much. Yeah, yeah, you got to give it some rest.

Jay Franze: 14:56

You mentioned a couple of things earlier. I want to just touch on real quick.

Robby Johnson: 15:00

Sure.

Jay Franze: 15:00

You said you covered an old rock song. What rock song was it.

Robby Johnson: 15:04

It was released 45 years ago by a band. I mean, I want to keep it a surprise.

Jay Franze: 15:12

Nobody listens to this show. Don't worry about it.

Robby Johnson: 15:15

I mean I'll give you a hint.

Jay Franze: 15:18

Yeah, do that. Let's play a game.

Robby Johnson: 15:20

The name of the band is very easy it's four letters.

Jay Franze: 15:25

Four letters 40 to 50 years ago. All right, We'll work on it.

Robby Johnson: 15:33

Very easy.

Jay Franze: 15:34

All right. The other thing you mentioned was that you like to give the tracks over to the mix engineer with no, edx needed.

Robby Johnson: 15:40

Yes, very important.

Jay Franze: 15:41

So who's editing up to that point?

Robby Johnson: 15:44

A lot of it is Danny, and oftentimes I will do some editing on my end as well. Okay, it all depends on the song.

Jay Franze: 15:53

So how involved do you get in that?

Robby Johnson: 15:56

Oh, I mean if, if I get overdubs you know like a drum overdub, or you know like fiddle from Janae, or maybe sometimes I get you know another electric guitar overdub and I just like to listen through everything they did and sometimes there are hidden gems that they don't know they did. You know, at the end of the recording they just keep on playing and sometimes they come up with incredible stuff that you're like, oh my god, this needs to be in the intro. So you edit and you move stuff around. Or they did like on drums.

Robby Johnson: 16:39

I always ask for okay, just give me an option where it's, it's, you know, not basic, but what a drummer would play, say you ask any drummer, okay, here's the, the chart, you know let's do this and here's the feel, what they play. Then I'm like give me an option, you know, with different fills and different groove. And then I, I ask for you know, go crazy, do stuff you would never do, even if it doesn't make any sense. And oftentimes I will go and go through the versions and oftentimes I, for the bridge, I will use option number three where they go completely somewhere else and it just lifts the song and brings you somewhere else. You know it's not always the same. You know you get a different feel that's awesome.

Jay Franze: 17:34

I love that you do that. I like to do things like that myself. So again, we go back to you for a second. You're editing. Do you have your own rig at your house then?

Robby Johnson: 17:43

yeah, I mean I, I work on pro tools and I have, uh, I work with. Yeah, I just do that at home and I mean I don't track anything. Well, it's not true. I mean I can do, you know, like, yeah, it's gonna be, demo.

Robby Johnson: 17:59

Yeah, it's going to be yeah, it's not going to be the same quality. I mean, I've done some MIDI files, you know, like for keys and stuff like that. You can get away with it, Cause then they take their own sound you know they have better sounds than me and just apply the sounds to the MIDI track. Uh, I've done that, but I wouldn't.

Jay Franze: 18:18

I wouldn't track vocals or instruments or guitar in my place you could always go buy yourself a neumann, a vintage neumann yeah, yeah, let's mortgage the house and get a microphone.

Robby Johnson: 18:32

I mean, those are expensive, you know, and just to make.

Jay Franze: 18:35

When they're new, they're expensive. When they're vintage, I don't want to touch it.

Robby Johnson: 18:40

Yeah, yeah, and it's crazy because you know people carry them around in those cases, you know, and locks Right and they don't trust anybody to fix it, because sometimes you know they will steal If you go to a corner. You know, steal parts.

Jay Franze: 19:01

And yeah, you got to be be careful, don't bastardize it now. Miss Tiffany mentioned how often you sing a song live before you get sick of it, but have you had an opportunity to perform this song live yet?

Robby Johnson: 19:15

this one, no, no. I haven't at Barstool's Cry. I had the opportunity to perform it live and people just really dug it. They were singing along. It's very easy. So they were singing along when you get through the second chorus. But no, I wish.

Jay Franze: 19:33

So when's the next opportunity?

Robby Johnson: 19:36

Working hard to get out on the road, but I mean it's tough. It's tough Because you know I could go out me my guitar and just do that, you know. But I don't want to give people the full experience, so that's why I like to go out with a full band. I mean, that's really really expensive to get out with a full band. And I got to say people are not aware of this, but there are some bands right now that are touring. They're not making any money at all they're going to be in debt when they're done with the touring and it's more, it's

Robby Johnson: 20:12

oh yeah, it's an investment and oftentimes you know they have backers and all that and it's like it's like taking a risk, like, okay, we're doing this, it's going to cost a lot of money, but it's going to pay off and it's going to turn into something bigger, but oftentimes it doesn't, unfortunately, so it's it's very tricky to get out there and if you don't get on the road, is there not an option where you can kind of like be on the road in your general area?

Robby Johnson: 20:43

Yeah, I mean that's what you tend to do. Is you start a small, you know, touring circle in your area and do that? And, like I said, I've been into meetings the other week and touching that and trying to make that happen where you, I get on the road and just because I miss it so much, it's the best thing ever to be out there and creating those moments with the fans.

Robby Johnson: 21:08

Oh my god, it's it's really the best feeling every time someone asks me you know what's your biggest highlight? And it's not a particular show, but it's. It's just when you're in the moment, live with the band, the crew, the crowd, and everybody knows that something's happening right now. Yeah, it's really cool.

Tiffany Mason: 21:31

Like everything else kind of fades away.

Robby Johnson: 21:34

Yeah, yeah, you got always something that isn't working. You're in-air monitors. There's always something. There's always something for't working. You know you're in-ear monitors. You know there's always something. There's always something for sure. Oh, something like when you do a live show. Still, when you're in the moment, you don't care, you just go with it and have the best time of your life well, I know you're talking about the struggles finding the right tours to be involved in.

Jay Franze: 21:58

When we saw you at cma, you were talking about an upcoming opportunity that you might have. Is that still in the works?

Robby Johnson: 22:03

Yep, that's still in the works. Yep, I'm still in the works. Unfortunately, there was some, I would say, health issues that not on my side that have slowed things down, but it's still in the works and, yeah, I can't wait for it to happen, I mean. But hey, there are some things we don't control.

Jay Franze: 22:27

Absolutely Well. Last question I have for you, sir what did your wife think of the song?

Robby Johnson: 22:34

She loves it, the number one's kind of great. Yeah, number one and loves it. But I would say she's, she's constantly playing that cover song because it's funny, because she used to study at night with the original song and now so she loves, she loves the song, but now she keeps listening to, uh, my cover and uh, she's like, oh my god, this is so good. Hey, I got this song.

Tiffany Mason: 23:04

That's about you know me proposing to you, you know, rewriting it's so funny that you say that you know uh luke bryant's song um luke who played again, that's his biggest, that's his biggest song.

Jay Franze: 23:21

That song's awesome.

Tiffany Mason: 23:22

I tell my kids all the time and I tell my husband I'm like I wish this is how I met your dad. So if I could rewrite just how I met my husband, that's how I would rewrite it.

Jay Franze: 23:34

Yeah, my wife and I have about 15 different stories of how things went. I don't think any of them are real.

Robby Johnson: 23:41

It's the same for me and my wife Because we had a moment. I worked at Burger King. I got to tell this. So I work at Burger King and they were opening a new Burger King, so I was getting training. I got training to be like a manager not the top manager, but manager, shift manager and the second week new employees come in to get the training and I give the training to them and she's amongst the employees that are coming in and I knew her already from high school and everything. Sure, you did yeah, and everything.

Jay Franze: 24:17

Sure, you did.

Robby Johnson: 24:19

Yeah. So and the story goes that at that time I had a girlfriend and I'm not the kind to cheat, so nothing was going to happen. But at one point we're emptying the van, you know, for the boxes and everything, and she has a salad box, you know, box with salad, and I just grab it and I'm really just going for the box. But imagine what happened when I took the box Tiffany understands.

Robby Johnson: 24:49

And she thought I did it on purpose and to this day she keeps saying that I did it on purpose, even to my kids. She's like you're dead.

Tiffany Mason: 24:56

Grab me, you need to grab me, and I'm like no, I was going for the box.

Robby Johnson: 25:01

I swear and nobody believes me.

Tiffany Mason: 25:03

No, I don't either, and that's how it started it's after that, after that moment, she started to she liked it because, I mean, she didn't back away, you got the ring on it.

Robby Johnson: 25:19

So yeah, exactly but yeah, I didn't go for what she thinks I was going for. Lettuce thinks I was going for yeah, I was going for the lettuce.

Jay Franze: 25:30

That sounds so wrong.

Tiffany Mason: 25:32

You're starting and you're sticking to it.

Jay Franze: 25:35

We need to stop that conversation.

Tiffany Mason: 25:37

It's just sounding wrong. It sounds wrong.

Robby Johnson: 25:42

Oh and oh. I know there's another story.

Jay Franze: 25:45

Tell us another story.

Robby Johnson: 25:47

Sure, I was doing a show. It was in Eau Claire.

Jay Franze: 25:51

Wisconsin.

Robby Johnson: 25:52

Yeah, Country Jam USA. Oh yeah, I was doing a song, one of my songs, I Ain't the Guy. For some reason, I forget the lyrics. I stumble and I'm like I'm a great guitar player and he just chimes in and plays an epic guitar. Solo for me to get back in.

Tiffany Mason: 26:16

Start again.

Robby Johnson: 26:17

You know, keep going, I keep forgetting the words, I mess it up and I don't know why it happened. But then my wife, we we'll, I did a radio tour and sometimes she's there and she will chime in and you know, and it's funny, and one time she told the story and said it was because there were a bunch of girls in the front row. You know, like this, and you know it was summer you know exactly exactly I mean and she was like he was looking down. I was like no.

Robby Johnson: 26:50

I wasn't no no, and she keeps telling that story, same thing, and everybody believes her and no, I wasn't going for the lettuce.

Jay Franze: 27:00

You stick to these stories, I'll give you a credit I should write a song. There's something about lettuce, something about lettuce stories.

Tiffany Mason: 27:05

I'll give you a credit.

Robby Johnson: 27:06

I should write a song. There's something about lettuce.

Jay Franze: 27:09

Something about lettuce. I can only imagine the stories my wife tells the kids. I don't even want to know. Have no desire, alright, sir. Well, thank you for joining us tonight. I know we only have you for a limited time. I do appreciate you being here. Is there anything else you would like to add before we kick you off?

Robby Johnson: 27:28

Thanks to you guys and thanks to everybody you guys, I can release all the music I want. If you don't stream it, share it, request it and talk about it, nothing happens. Thank you so much. You guys are the true rock stars that make it happen. So thanks, thank you very much.

Jay Franze: 27:51

We appreciate it, sir. Thank you for joining us, and when you do go back out on the road, we're going to be the first ones there to see you.

Robby Johnson: 27:59

Awesome, I thought you were going to say watch with the lettuce.

Jay Franze: 28:02

We'll be the first ones to show up with lettuce.

Tiffany Mason: 28:05

I'll be carrying the lettuce. Please be careful.

Jay Franze: 28:09

I'm going to have t-shirts made Heads of lettuce on them.

Robby Johnson: 28:13

Yeah, all right, thank you so much.

Jay Franze: 28:16

All right, buddy, have a good night.

Robby Johnson: 28:17

Have a good night, robbie, you too. Bye.

Jay Franze: 28:22

Nice.

Tiffany Mason: 28:23

How was that? Oh, he's an awesome guy, you know. I do have a follow-up question for you, jay, so he was talking about the fiddles.

Tiffany Mason: 28:31

Fiddle player he was talking about the fiddle player. So when we were talking to Danny last week we talked about Chelsea, the fiddle player, and now he's bringing up a fiddle player. Is the fiddle player? Do you feel like there's a resurgence of the fiddle player or because we kind of have this resurgence of, like americana, folk, bluegrass music? So do you think the fiddle player is again making a resurgence or a comeback, or are they always there and we're just the stories just happen to be talking about fiddle players right now.

Jay Franze: 29:05

I think they've always been there. I don't think there's a big resurgence of them, but I think when we go in the studio we don't typically hire a fiddle player, so what we do is we hire a utility player, so somebody who can play multiple instruments, but they're the instruments that you would not typically have on every song.

Jay Franze: 29:25

So you would have a person who might be able to play steel guitar, fiddle, dobro, mandolin, and that way, whatever the song calls for, you have that utility player there that can just pick up that instrument and play. So you're not hiring a fiddle player for a 10-song session who might only play on one song.

Tiffany Mason: 29:44

Got it. That makes so much sense, Jay. You're like a wise old owl.

Jay Franze: 29:50

Old is right, Wise I don't know about. And then the other thing he was talking about, the B3, he was talking about the separate room for the Leslie cabinet.

Tiffany Mason: 29:58

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Jay Franze: 30:00

The Leslie cabinet. If you're not familiar with it, it's the size of a mini fridge. Wait, is that what that, Neumann is? No, the.

Tiffany Mason: 30:10

Neumann is a microphone.

Jay Franze: 30:11

So, that's a microphone and the Leslie is think of it like the speaker for the B3. It's like a big cabinet. It goes in its own room so that way the player can sit in the room with everybody else, but the sound is coming out of another room that's isolated so it doesn't bleed into the other instruments. But that's one of the best sounding instruments to me that there is. I just love the sound of a B3.

Tiffany Mason: 30:34

Ah, got it Okay. This might be one of my favorite episodes, just from all the learning I love it Look at that. We are an educational show. Sometimes, sometimes. Okay, carly Pierce and Russell Dickerson are going to be hosting the AMCs. It's going to be on August 20th in Nashville and it will feature tributes from Luke Bryan, ashley McBride and big name honorees like Jelly Roll, of course, luke Combs and Eric Church. He's just such a nice guy. He really is Big name honorees like Jelly Roll, of course, luke Combs and Eric Church.

Jay Franze: 31:06

He's just such a nice guy. He really is.

Tiffany Mason: 31:09

Well, another really nice guy, Luke Bryan. Is he though, Is he a nice guy, I mean we've established that he's kind of amazing, and even people in Nashville say it.

Jay Franze: 31:18

He is a nice guy.

Tiffany Mason: 31:20

Yes.

Jay Franze: 31:20

What's his name?

Tiffany Mason: 31:22

Luke Bryan All right. So he was in Cincinnati and he actually slid mid-song, but he kept the show rolling. Literally he was turning on a six-stage mishap. It turned into a viral dance moment that fans cannot stop replaying. I did not actually see this, but this also reminds me of my niece and I were talking about the Morgan Wallen concert. They were all talking about it and I guess Morgan Wallen in Arizona. When he came out I think we covered that he had like a bottle thrown at him and a ball Okay, yes, a ball, that's right. And so they were in Arizona on the second night and he said after last night I didn't think I'd ever play in Arizona again. He said, but tonight the crowd has been a lot more enjoyable and a lot more fun. And he was like so you guys are making me rethink that. So that was interesting that you know it brings up this common thread and this poor Luke slipped on the phone.

Jay Franze: 32:24

The video looks like he was going to take a spill but he caught it and then he turned it into a dance move. It was a cool video.

Tiffany Mason: 32:32

And he's known for awkward dance moves anyway, he played in Cincinnati.

Jay Franze: 32:37

It was the same venue that Cyndi Lauper played at last week.

Tiffany Mason: 32:40

Oh nice.

Jay Franze: 32:41

So I did not get a chance to go see Luke.

Tiffany Mason: 32:43

I would have liked to but I was unable to yes. Yes, so I mean, at the end of the day, we got to remember these are just regular people. They're humans. They put on their pants one leg at a time, just like us. Yeah, they have some luxuries, but they're still people with feelings and like basic human decency people.

Jay Franze: 33:02

I don't know how people do it with that, one leg at a time. I do both legs at a time.

Tiffany Mason: 33:06

Is that right?

Jay Franze: 33:07

It's like a hop, a little small little hop.

Tiffany Mason: 33:10

Okay, I'm too old to do hops. I think if I tried to do that, I think my feet would hit the knee and then my face would hit the floor, I think.

Jay Franze: 33:20

Right.

Tiffany Mason: 33:21

I don't think I could do a two-leg. Just hop right in.

Jay Franze: 33:26

No, my skinny jeans wouldn't let me do that.

Tiffany Mason: 33:30

You wear skinny jeans today?

Jay Franze: 33:32

No, can you imagine, if I did that would be?

Tiffany Mason: 33:35

horrible.

Jay Franze: 33:37

No, nobody wants to see that.

Tiffany Mason: 33:38

No, I'm kind of upset at you for putting the vision in my brain. I thought we were friends.

Jay Franze: 33:45

We were.

Tiffany Mason: 33:48

Okay, old Dominion needs pause for a Miss you man emotional tribute to a young fan's late dad. So during one of the tour stops, the band paused their set to fulfill a young fan's request, a sign reading Miss you man, honoring her dad, creating a heartwarming, powerful concert moment. I love when artists do that.

Jay Franze: 34:10

Yeah, it's sad.

Tiffany Mason: 34:11

They just acknowledge something cool. Yeah, miss you man Makes me think of. You Should Be here. That's what that makes me think of. Alright, eli Young Band goes indie with new album, strange Hours. Heading back to their Texas roots, so they're going independent. For the first time in over three years, the band embraces their Texas sound once more with Strange Hours, self-released via Unlevel Records.

Jay Franze: 34:39

I love when they say independent for the first time in three years. It's like three years isn't that long, but yeah, so the first time in three years. It's like three years isn't that long, but yeah, so the first time in three years. It kills me that bands that we know of bands that have been on the charts or sells you know major records go on tour and then they're independent Labels. Don't want to keep them.

Tiffany Mason: 34:59

Uh-huh.

Jay Franze: 35:00

It's sad that you know. Just like Robbie said earlier, it's about money. You know, people are losing money on them. They're not going to keep investing.

Tiffany Mason: 35:09

I know I feel like we got to figure out how to turn that around, Like not me and you, Jay.

Jay Franze: 35:14

I don't think he does. Let's do it right now Spitball.

Tiffany Mason: 35:18

All right, we're going into Mastermind people, right? No, get your pen and paper out. No, I mean, it's just sad Like they're so talented and they take time out from their family, and they take time, even I mean, away from their family. Okay, I'm trying to say like they go on the road and they have the time that they're recording. Yeah, they sacrifice a lot and I don't know, you know that song video Kill the man a radio star, it's kind of like yeah, it's kind of like streaming killed the, the recording artist yeah, there's a.

Jay Franze: 35:53

There's a whole bunch behind all of that which we can get into one day. But I know when we had David Ray from the band Von Ray on the show, he was talking about how the bands that he used to perform with, which was Creed and Nickelback and those types of bands, he used to go on the road with those and they're still playing but his band isn't Granted they stopped playing. But he said they didn't have that one breakthrough hit. They had several songs out, they had one that was on TV shows and stuff, but they didn't have that one mega hit. With the one mega hit he said they would have been able to go continue touring like no longer.

Tiffany Mason: 36:34

yeah, that's disappointing how much talent we've all missed out on because yeah anyways. So mr mealy zerman's sophomore album Different Night, same Radio, arrives August 8th. The follow-up to his debut was teased at CMA Fest and promises more mature, introspective sound, highlighting personal struggles and growth, with tracks like Coming in Cold Nice, not coming in hot.

Jay Franze: 37:03

Not coming in hot no.

Tiffany Mason: 37:05

It's coming in cold.

Jay Franze: 37:06

It's good to see him put out his next album. Let's see if he can keep the engagement that he had in the first one keep the momentum going, so we'll see.

Jay Franze: 37:15

I like him. So far, so good. All right, if anybody out there would like to go ahead and put their comments in the comment section, I will add them to our list and we will go ahead and go through the responses to what are some of the best country vocal intros of all time, or what are the best vocal intros of all time. Miss Tiffany, as always, I allow you the opportunity to go first. I'm going to go ahead and take this opportunity and share.

Tiffany Mason: 37:51

I'm trying something different tonight and I am going to go with Josh Turner when he gets ready to start the song and he says, Maybe lock the doors and turn the lights down low, nice, nice call.

Jay Franze: 38:04

I did not think of that.

Tiffany Mason: 38:06

Yeah, that's a really good one, because you know exactly what it is and he's the one starting it.

Jay Franze: 38:11

Nice, I like that. That is a good call. Thank you, all right Well.

Tiffany Mason: 38:19

J approved.

Jay Franze: 38:21

J approved. All right, we've got a lot tonight. I'm going to start with those in our chat room we have Kathy.

Tiffany Mason: 38:28

That is my mother, that is your mother While you're here, Kathy. I have a lot of questions.

Jay Franze: 38:35

I've got some questions for you. Mom, Just go ahead and drop your number in the chat. I'll give you a call after this.

Tiffany Mason: 38:45

Careful, all right.

Jay Franze: 38:50

She did say Miss Kathy once again did say friends in low places, Sarah. Sarah says George Strait, Amarillo by morning. Man, that comes up quite a bit. I like it. It's a good one. Jake's is Dolly Parton.

Tiffany Mason: 39:10

Jolene. Yeah, how does this one start, though? This is all how it starts, right, the vocal and does say vocal intro.

Jay Franze: 39:18

Now, to me, when I think of intro, I think of intro to the song, but a lot of people are taking this as intro to the vocal itself, which I think makes more sense. So just the start of the vocal.

Tiffany Mason: 39:32

Okay.

Jay Franze: 39:34

Like you said with your Josh Turner.

Tiffany Mason: 39:37

Yeah, but he starts acapella.

Jay Franze: 39:39

Yeah.

Tiffany Mason: 39:40

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 39:41

I like it, though Melissa says Randy, randy Travis forever and ever amen a warm baritone is pure country magic it's true, chris says. Garth Brooks the dance. It is quiet and sincere. It pulls you in immediately. Thank you, chris. Hannah I don't know if it's your daughter, hannah quiet and sincere, it pulls you in immediately.

Tiffany Mason: 40:10

Thank you, Chris. Hannah, I don't know if it's your daughter, Hannah. I'm going to.

Jay Franze: 40:12

Doubt it, strongly doubt it. I'm assuming your daughter doesn't listen, just like mine doesn't listen, keith Whitley, when you say nothing at all starts off with a whisper and it feels heartfelt.

Tiffany Mason: 40:25

It's perfect.

Jay Franze: 40:29

Nice.

Tiffany Mason: 40:30

I would say the same thing, but I would have to go with the Alison Cross version. But, yes, agreed.

Jay Franze: 40:35

I cannot get over my time meeting her. Ever since then I can't look at her music the same. She's awesome, amazing talent. But the girl is in left field for sure. So fun to be around, but she's in left field, alright. Mike says Reba McEntire Fancy. I love that song.

Tiffany Mason: 40:57

I do too. I interviewed a woman about that song.

Jay Franze: 41:00

He says that Reba's storytelling comes alive right from the first word. I would say that is a true statement, that Reba's storytelling comes alive right from the first word Mm-hmm. I would say that is a true statement, mm-hmm.

Tiffany Mason: 41:09

Yeah, that song jumps right into the storyline.

Jay Franze: 41:11

Yeah.

Tiffany Mason: 41:13

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 41:15

She's awesome.

Tiffany Mason: 41:16

I just love that commentary. It's so true that story just like you're in it from the first words.

Jay Franze: 41:22

Yeah, it's a great story, Mm-hmm. Laura says Vince Gill whenever you come around. In it from the first words it's a great story. Laura says Vince Gill whenever you come around.

Tiffany Mason: 41:31

ACDC's gotta be the winner.

Jay Franze: 41:35

Ah yes, mom I guess ACDC's 40, 50 years old at this point.

Tiffany Mason: 41:41

Maybe Kiss, but I think ACDC.

Jay Franze: 41:45

See look at your wife, his, I think, acdc. See look at your money.

Tiffany Mason: 41:47

Because his wife likes it too. Okay, wait a minute, we have to back up really quick. So my mom commented and she said ABBA, toto, kiss, acdc and Rush. So sorry, we did not let the crew members know where Tiffany's brain was.

Jay Franze: 42:06

Nobody knows where Tiffany's brain is.

Tiffany Mason: 42:08

No, tiffany doesn't know where Tiffany's brain is, hello. So we're going back to what band did he cover? So we're spitballing? So I don't know. You guys weigh in on that too. We need to know. What do the crew members think? I think we should do the top three ABBA, kiss or ACDC. No see.

Jay Franze: 42:30

I still in my head I want to go further back.

Tiffany Mason: 42:34

Well, that's a you problem.

Jay Franze: 42:36

It is.

Tiffany Mason: 42:37

Kathy took us back.

Jay Franze: 42:41

And you know what, 40 or 50 years ago, I'm just doing that for the listeners.

Tiffany Mason: 42:48

She would never allow me to call her Kathy to her face.

Jay Franze: 42:50

No, I wouldn't allow you to do it. That's not right.

Tiffany Mason: 42:53

I do have a friend, and she lets her kids call her Donna. They would always say Mom, mom, and she would never reply. So then they started saying Donna, and now they always call her Donna.

Jay Franze: 43:10

Well, to be be fair, you call me daddy's. Make sense now. Yeah, oh, mercy Travis, this is Alan Jackson.

Tiffany Mason: 43:18

Remember when oh so good. Nail on the head. Remember when the guitar comes in.

Jay Franze: 43:28

See, you're good for something.

Tiffany Mason: 43:32

Thanks.

Jay Franze: 43:33

Jenna says Chris Stapleton Tennessee Whiskey Another song that is brought up every week.

Tiffany Mason: 43:40

It's just so tender and memorable. It strikes a chord with people.

Jay Franze: 43:44

I don't know where it is on this list. I'm going to try to jump around here for a minute, because we mentioned.

Tiffany Mason: 43:50

Mike being on here every week.

Jay Franze: 43:53

Yeah, here it is. He says, you better wait, steve Perry. He's here every week he gets to jump to the top of the list.

Tiffany Mason: 44:04

That's right.

Jay Franze: 44:06

Carlos says Brooks and Dunn Neon Moon. Ronnie Dunn's voice is like honey.

Tiffany Mason: 44:11

Yep.

Jay Franze: 44:14

I love the adjectives Like honey.

Tiffany Mason: 44:18

I like that everybody is explaining to us. Thank you.

Jay Franze: 44:21

Well, that's because you yell at them.

Tiffany Mason: 44:22

You yell at them, Jay.

Jay Franze: 44:24

Oh, I would never, I value them. You yell at them, jay. Oh, I would never, I value them. Bill says Alison Krauss, I'm going to go with Tiffany. Sure, you are Bill. She's not going to call you daddy, he says when you say nothing at all, okay, fine.

Tiffany Mason: 44:44

That's pretty good.

Jay Franze: 44:45

Kelly says Marty Robbins El Paso. It says the narrative start makes me want to hear the whole story.

Tiffany Mason: 44:56

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 44:57

Adam Shania Twain, you're still the one.

Tiffany Mason: 45:03

Oh.

Jay Franze: 45:04

I like Shania Twain. I don't know you like Shania Twain, I don't. You like Shania Twain, I don't want to go against you, adam, or anything, but I don't see anything special about it.

Tiffany Mason: 45:12

Oh, come on, it's a good vocal intro.

Jay Franze: 45:15

Okay, fine, tiffany gave you. So you get one thumbs up. One thumb up, rachel. Rockalooch Merle Haggard Mama. Tried what? Rockalooch, merle Haggard Mama.

Tiffany Mason: 45:28

Tried. What is Rockalooch?

Jay Franze: 45:30

Rachel in Italian.

Tiffany Mason: 45:33

Oh, oh, okay, Okay, sorry, I didn't even hear the thing now because I was like what's Rockalooch, what's?

Jay Franze: 45:39

Rockalooch, Rockalooch, Merle Haggard.

Tiffany Mason: 45:41

Mama Tried. It's classic and straight to the point, mama Tried Yep.

Jay Franze: 45:48

Craig says Tricia Yearwood, she's in love with the boy. Yes, she is.

Tiffany Mason: 45:54

Yeah, because it starts out telling a story and Tricia says yeah, yeah.

Jay Franze: 45:59

All right, jay, I'm going to let you get away with this because of your name, but he's got a handful of options here. Jay says, killing me softly.

Tiffany Mason: 46:12

Oh, come on. Yes, yes, because it starts out with the oh.

Jay Franze: 46:21

Nice Carry on my wayward son. That's got to be by far the number one of the night.

Tiffany Mason: 46:29

I don't know Josh Turner.

Jay Franze: 46:32

I like yours. I'm just saying Carry On my Wayward Son is one of the best vocal arrangements ever.

Tiffany Mason: 46:39

Okay, I'll take your word for it. I don't know about vocal arrangements.

Jay Franze: 46:45

I will always love you, Dolly and Whitney.

Tiffany Mason: 46:49

Mm-hmm, that was another one that came to mind, I think. But I was thinking it was because you had just shared the Kelly Clarkson video with me, so I was like, is that really fair? Is that what actually came to my mind? You know what? Another one came to my mind. Who is the? I think it's. Is it Luther Vandross? My mind. Who's the? I think it's, uh, is it luther vandross or it's like vandross, where it's like, uh, yeah, we sure got it together, baby, and it's like the he sings like that for sure okay, I thought of that one too tom says fat bottom girl that's pretty good.

Tiffany Mason: 47:25

I mean, they say it and then they go into the song.

Jay Franze: 47:30

All right, John, he's competing with Jay now.

Tiffany Mason: 47:34

Okay.

Jay Franze: 47:34

He says, if we're going to go with vocal arrangements, let's go with Seven Bridges Road.

Tiffany Mason: 47:40

Oh, I don't know if I know this song.

Jay Franze: 47:41

You know it, you know it for sure. Carol just says Elvis Pres presley seven bridges road and sue says I agree with I will always love you.

Tiffany Mason: 47:57

She is amazing you know what I was thinking while I was watching that is, it's impressive, like I I love, how I love the song so much I want it to come at me faster, but you, they just let all the words simmer, you know, like that vulnerable, almost haunting kind of you know, and then it waits forever, comes back with the next words and waits forever. Like I just love it.

Jay Franze: 48:28

I agree. Chris says I can't believe Tiffany didn't say Aerosmith Dude looks like a lady. I think, you have fans.

Tiffany Mason: 48:42

Duh Told you. That's why they come back. It's me.

Jay Franze: 48:47

Nina, yeah, I completely understand that. That's the only reason why I keep you around. Notice we haven't fired you today.

Tiffany Mason: 48:54

I know you used to be so fire happy, don't worry, I'm doing something right.

Jay Franze: 49:00

Oh, nina says Conway Twitty. Hello darling.

Tiffany Mason: 49:04

See it's like Joshway Twitty Hello darling, mmm. See it's like Josh Turner's song Hello darling.

Jay Franze: 49:11

Eddie says Miranda Lambert man, she's been in the news all this week. How come we didn't talk about her? The house that built me, she's been on the news all week for showing off her hiney again.

Tiffany Mason: 49:22

Mm-hmm Again.

Jay Franze: 49:25

It happened again after Miami oh, yeah, yeah. I'm sure she's not gonna be showing off her hiney anytime soon, but you know hey. I'm glad she did I. We get it out there.

Tiffany Mason: 49:37

I've often thought that about like well like when Taylor Swift does all of her costume changes and some of the dress is so short and, like Hannah now being in high school, their cheer outfits are quite Like. When Taylor Swift does all of her costume changes and some of the dresses are so short and, like Hannah now being in high school, their cheer outfits are quite short, but most of the girls have like little shorts underneath. So then it's like I mean that's fine, but these country artists, they probably need to put some shorts on underneath.

Jay Franze: 50:02

Right.

Tiffany Mason: 50:03

You got all your giblets hanging out.

Jay Franze: 50:08

Oh, that's not what I wanted to hear. I was about to say my daughter. I always have my daughter wear shorts under skirts or things like that, but now you said giblets. Right at the time I almost said my daughter.

Tiffany Mason: 50:23

You don't want our giblets hanging out. Jay, I don't want to think my daughter Having giblets. Stop.

Jay Franze: 50:32

Alright, let's see what else we got. Let's start cherry picking.

Tiffany Mason: 50:35

I'll let be our bushel full of cherries.

Jay Franze: 50:37

My bushel Kevin Says Tanya Tucker, delta Dawn.

Tiffany Mason: 50:45

Okay, I can see that.

Jay Franze: 50:47

Laurie says Tim McGraw, Don't Take the Girl. Who would have ever thought somebody would say Tim McGraw and Best Vocal Intro?

Tiffany Mason: 50:57

But hey, it's a good song I like it. I haven't heard that song forever.

Jay Franze: 51:03

Oh, here's a good one. Angie says Willie Nelson Always on my Mind.

Robby Johnson: 51:08

Is it Always on my?

Jay Franze: 51:09

Mind or you Are.

Tiffany Mason: 51:11

Always on my Mind. You Were. You were always on my mind. You were always on my mind. Which is it? You Were Always on my Mind.

Jay Franze: 51:24

Yes, but is that the whole title or is it Always On my Mind?

Tiffany Mason: 51:28

I don't know.

Jay Franze: 51:30

I can't tell you to Google it.

Tiffany Mason: 51:32

No, it's on my phone with me.

Jay Franze: 51:33

Derek says, faith Hill Breathe.

Tiffany Mason: 51:37

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, trying to think of how that one starts. Yeah, real airy Mm-hmm.

Jay Franze: 51:44

Tina says Blake Shelton, austin, that's a good one.

Tiffany Mason: 51:49

Oh man, I love that song. Love that song. This is going to be a hard episode to replay Because I love so many of the songs we're saying and what I do is I listen to our episode and then every song that comes up I'll be like, hey, lady in the radio, can you play XYZ song? And then, sure enough, it comes up, which usually leads to another song and I'm like, okay, go back to the episode.

Jay Franze: 52:08

Go back to the episode Amber says for Trey, trey Calloway guest last week, she's going with George Jones. He stopped loving her. Today, ryan says little big town girl crush.

Tiffany Mason: 52:28

Amen, I'm fine with that one. I will certify that one every day of the week.

Jay Franze: 52:32

Sophie. Have we had a Sophie here before? I like that name. Sophie says Clint Black Killing Time. I like Clint Black, but that's not the song Like the Rain, oh dear god. I like Clint Black, but that's not the song Like the Rain, oh dear God. I like that one, sophie. We could have been right there with each other. We'll take that halfway.

Tiffany Mason: 52:54

I don't know if Sophie wanted to be right there with you. We're halfway there, Sophie. You want to meet me the rest of the way Come on. Maybe you can fix what my wife has broken.

Jay Franze: 53:06

David says Patsy Cline Crazy.

Tiffany Mason: 53:09

Crazy yes.

Jay Franze: 53:11

Agreed. Speaking of crazy Janice says Luke Combs, beautiful crazy Brian says Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter. Come on, let's end it with ooh, that's a good one. Oh, there's two good ones, we can't end three. Damn, you guys are bad. All right Um James says. Johnny Johnny Cash Folsom prison.

Tiffany Mason: 53:38

Oh yeah, do you notice that a lot of these are deep voices, jay?

Jay Franze: 53:42

I do. I see that, Speaking of deep voices, it says Leanne Rimes blue. Do you think she's got a deep voice for a female singer?

Tiffany Mason: 53:56

Yes.

Jay Franze: 53:58

Yes, I just remember the song Blue being fairly deep.

Tiffany Mason: 54:02

Mm-hmm, I just remember trying to sing along with her and I am more of an alto and I can sing along to her, but also some get almost where I can't. Well, you don't probably sing along very much, are you a sing-alonger?

Jay Franze: 54:20

Depends If I'm by myself and nobody can hear me, I'm sure.

Tiffany Mason: 54:24

Oh okay, I didn't know you were a closet sing-alonger. Well, I clearly am a sing-alonger. And do you ever notice? Sometimes you sing along and it's so low that you can't even hear what's coming out. Or if you match the impression.

Jay Franze: 54:37

That's me talking in public daily. I've gotten to a point where I don't say things out in public because nobody can hear me. Or if I go to a concert or a club somewhere or bar it and honky-tonk something, people cannot hear me talk.

Tiffany Mason: 54:56

I can see that.

Jay Franze: 54:57

It's disappointing. People need to hear what I have to say. I should start a talk show All right, last two Patrick's is Darius Rucker, Wagon Wheel.

Tiffany Mason: 55:11

You cherry-picked that one Come on.

Jay Franze: 55:13

I like Darius Rucker. I like his voice. His voice is not the most vocally talented voice out there, but I like it. I like it.

Tiffany Mason: 55:21

I do too, I like it.

Jay Franze: 55:23

It's pleasing to listen to. It's not the largest dynamic range. And then Frank Frank D. See, frank Frank is following the rules, but Frank D says Kenny Rogers the gambler.

Tiffany Mason: 55:41

Oh Okay.

Jay Franze: 55:43

And.

Tiffany Mason: 55:43

I know a Frank.

Jay Franze: 55:44

D Frank, if you want to chime in and reveal yourself. I would like to know if you were the Frank D that I'm thinking of. But Frank D says Kenny Rogers the Gambler.

Tiffany Mason: 55:56

I like it.

Jay Franze: 55:59

Let's talk about the charts.

Tiffany Mason: 56:02

All right, starting with number 10.

Jay Franze: 56:06

Russell Dickerson, because that's how we do it.

Tiffany Mason: 56:10

We don't start with one.

Jay Franze: 56:13

It would make so much more sense, though, if we did.

Tiffany Mason: 56:17

Just give away the ending, Right. So number 10 is Russell Dickerson. Happen to Me, this song is Okay. It's got that play on words that I love so much, where, like, it's got dual meaning, but it's just, and it's taken a long time to get to number 10, I feel like Well, at least he's climbing.

Jay Franze: 56:39

It's his debut.

Tiffany Mason: 56:42

I suppose Mr Bailey Zimmerman is at number nine with Backup Plan. We just talked about Bailey Zimmerman.

Jay Franze: 56:49

Now, that's the song I like.

Robby Johnson: 56:51

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 56:52

I like it. I do, I feel like I relate to it. I I like yeah.

Tiffany Mason: 56:55

I like it. I do, I feel like I relate to it. I like it. Yeah, it's very J-esque. Oh no, no, no. The young kids now are saying J-coded. So if something is like you, it's whatever you coded. So it could be like Tiffany coded or Kathy coded or J-coded. So the Bailey Zimmerman backup plan is very J-coded.

Jay Franze: 57:13

Yeah, let's not say that it doesn't sound right. It doesn't sound like something that we should be saying.

Tiffany Mason: 57:20

Well, it's because the young kids say it. We're not the young kids. Oh, we're young 100 is the new 50. All right, numero ocho, jay's favorite number, mr Luke Bryan, thank you for that. That country song came on still climbing. Oh no, he dropped no, he's climbing yeah, when you go down you're climbing up gotta gotta get up to get down.

Tiffany Mason: 57:50

Nope, gotta gotta get down to get up. That's what it is. Number seven let's shut that down. Number seven shibuzi, get down. Nope, gotta gotta get down, get up. That's what it is. Okay, number seven, let's shut that down. Number seven Shaboozy Good news From number eight to number seven. That's your favorite. It's not my favorite, but it is a. Really. I mean I need some good news. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do I like it. Number six Thomas Rhett. After All, the Bars Are Closed and I swear to God, the minute we start talking about charts, this song comes into my head. I cannot remember what it's called, and then we get to whatever number he is and I'm like, oh, that's what that song was, that's it.

Tiffany Mason: 58:28

Sounds very memorable. I don't know what's going on. The song is, but I can't seem to remember. I think I don't know the lyrics to it, so I can't remember the name of the song. Usually you can figure out the name of the song by the lyrics. Oh man, that's what we gotta do. That's what it is. Write it down.

Jay Franze: 58:42

I just thought of something. Go ahead, tell me your thought.

Tiffany Mason: 58:45

Okay, I'm gonna tell you my thought. The next question of the day is going to be Best song that the chorus does not allude to the title. Okay, yeah, that.

Jay Franze: 58:53

That the chorus does not allude to the title.

Tiffany Mason: 58:54

Okay, yeah, that's the next question of the day, people.

Jay Franze: 58:59

Are there a lot of those? There might be, I don't know. I thought of something we could do here in the future. We got this top ten list.

Tiffany Mason: 59:08

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 59:09

What if you had to sing every one of the songs?

Tiffany Mason: 59:12

I could do it.

Jay Franze: 59:15

All right, never mind Bad idea Abort, abort.

Tiffany Mason: 59:19

Damn it. Remember how they call our jukebox carry? I want to be jukebox Tiffany. Hashtag goals. Oh, that's another thing. My niece does not want me hashtagging things anymore. I'm not supposed to be hashtagging things.

Jay Franze: 59:35

First of all, hashtags are out of fashion, to begin with.

Tiffany Mason: 59:39

I know I'm supposed to stop hashtagging them, but I'm old so I still hashtag things. Okay, number five Mr Sam Hunt country house. I'm so sad it's declining in popularity. It went from three to five.

Jay Franze: 59:55

I just like the way you say it. Say his name again.

Tiffany Mason: 59:59

Sam Hunt.

Jay Franze: 1:00:00

That's not the way you said it the first time.

Tiffany Mason: 1:00:02

How'd I say it?

Jay Franze: 1:00:04

You said country.

Tiffany Mason: 1:00:06

Oh, Sam Hunt. Because, I'm thinking country now.

Jay Franze: 1:00:11

Fake country.

Tiffany Mason: 1:00:12

Sam Hunt, Because when I'm in Iowa sometimes I get this draw because they're very close to Missouri. They're 20 minutes from the Missouri border.

Jay Franze: 1:00:23

We have to pause for a minute. Please pause. I absolutely love your mother. She says you are wrong. It's always on my mind.

Tiffany Mason: 1:00:33

My mom likes to say yeah, I think Kathy could be the new George. I'm just saying there you go, she's on it tonight. She is All right. She might be the number one crew member now.

Jay Franze: 1:00:45

Kathy, I think we got something going on.

Tiffany Mason: 1:00:48

We got a spot for you.

Jay Franze: 1:00:52

Nope, it's your mom. I'm going to stop. Nope, I know I almost going to stop.

Tiffany Mason: 1:00:54

Nope, I know I almost do, but nope, we're going to keep going.

Jay Franze: 1:00:57

Number four we're going to call it Nate.

Tiffany Mason: 1:00:59

Smith, fix what you didn't break, and this one, he's staying even sooner.

Jay Franze: 1:01:04

That seems to be my theme song these days. Yes, it is, kathy, you want to fix my wife's?

Tiffany Mason: 1:01:08

broken. No, no, she doesn't.

Jay Franze: 1:01:16

She's got her own thing going on.

Tiffany Mason: 1:01:16

I am sure she does. Kathy, you can speak for yourself. Do you want to fix what my wife has broken? Mom, I'm going to see you tomorrow. Take it easy. Okay. So these are the top three. I should take it more seriously.

Jay Franze: 1:01:26

The top three. Yes, we should. We have a very serious show.

Tiffany Mason: 1:01:30

Okay, in bronze place, tyler Hubbard with the song Park, and this boy has climbed up two levels, so he went from five to now in spot number three. This is the one I always fly by.

Jay Franze: 1:01:49

All right, go ahead.

Tiffany Mason: 1:01:50

Okay, number two is Morgan Wallen. Just In Case God, I love this song so much I just feel like maybe like a million people can relate to that. You fall in love, but you leave a little space just in case that one person I don't know. I just feel like that's a thing.

Jay Franze: 1:02:10

Oh my gosh, that little bit of space is like a garage door. At this point, kathy, come on.

Tiffany Mason: 1:02:19

All right, you guys and number one. Oh, that's what we're doing for number one.

Jay Franze: 1:02:27

That wasn't the right button.

Tiffany Mason: 1:02:29

Let's try this again, say it Okay, and for number one, josh Roth.

Jay Franze: 1:02:37

Whoa, you said it slow, so you got it right.

Tiffany Mason: 1:02:41

Oh, I had to, because I worked it out before I even said it, because you asked for the drumroll button and I was like oh, now I can't just say it, I'd overthink it there you go, huh, two buttons I freaking love that song. I'm so proud of you, Jay.

Jay Franze: 1:03:01

Don't be too proud. I pressed the wrong one.

Tiffany Mason: 1:03:05

We got a sad trombone and number one Womp.

Jay Franze: 1:03:13

Oh, dear God it happens.

Tiffany Mason: 1:03:16

So there you have it.

Jay Franze: 1:03:21

That's the charts. All right, my friend.

Tiffany Mason: 1:03:28

What do you got going on this week that you're out on the road. I am out on the road because, y'all, it's the Iowa State Fair, okay, and we are squeaking in one last concert, one last hoorah, before school starts. School starts in Florida on Monday. Hannah has to be reprising to high school, so she starts school, and so I said do you want to go see Megan Maroney? So I finally decided, out of all the people we were going to see, I think we're going to hit up Miss Maroney. See what kind of breakup she's talking about.

Tiffany Mason: 1:04:01

There are two songs I'm really excited to hear man on the Moon and Hair Salon. That is because man on the Moon is just funny. And Hair Salon my sister works in a hair salon and that story, like I can see the music video playing. There's nothing left to my imagination. It's so vivid for me. Yeah, those are the two songs I will be looking forward to the most, but there are a couple of other ones that I do enjoy of hers. But yes, hannah and I are in Iowa getting ready for the Iowa State Fair, y'all. And if you have not been to the Iowa State Fair or the Minnesota State Fair, massive plug for them that you should go. You should go attend the Minnesota State Fair. Massive plug for them that you should go. You should go attend the Minnesota State Fair or the Iowa State Fair. You will not regret the money.

Jay Franze: 1:04:41

It's not a state fair, but I miss the Topsfield Fair. It was a city or town about 15, 20 minutes away from where I grew up and my father would take the whole family there every year. It was just amazing. And then later after I left, they started having some really good musical acts come through town. So I'm like, oh, that would have been good. I'd like to take my kids to the fair just so they could see kind of the fairs that I grew up with.

Tiffany Mason: 1:05:11

I mean you are disappointed that I didn't invite you, but you should have invited your family and we could have shown you.

Jay Franze: 1:05:18

Yes, I have to be invited. I'm not just going to crash your party. I didn't want to say this, but Kathy invited me.

Tiffany Mason: 1:05:26

I don't think she did she did.

Jay Franze: 1:05:28

She said we had to keep it quiet though we couldn't tell anyone. Sorry, kathy, I get it now All right. Oh, sorry, kathy, I get it now All right. Well, hey, there's a big country festival here in town starting tomorrow for the next few days, voices of America starts tomorrow.

Robby Johnson: 1:05:52

It's in Ohio, ohio.

Jay Franze: 1:05:52

But tomorrow's headliner is Darius Rucker.

Tiffany Mason: 1:05:56

Oh nice.

Jay Franze: 1:05:57

Billy Carrington, Carly Pierce. But do you know who's opening up for them? I will give you a hint it is a previous guest of ours. Nope, you're wrong. It's Blake Tyler.

Tiffany Mason: 1:06:14

Nope you're wrong, it's blake tyler. Okay, fair enough. Fair enough, blake tyler.

Jay Franze: 1:06:23

Good good, that's what I was gonna guess I went to see blake play over at laurie's roadhouse. That was a good night. I forget the opener, but it was another one that's being produced and managed by Matt McClure.

Tiffany Mason: 1:06:38

Oh, wow.

Jay Franze: 1:06:41

Friday night Carrie Underwood, shaboosie and Parmalee.

Tiffany Mason: 1:06:47

Nice.

Jay Franze: 1:06:48

Okay, Saturday Hardy.

Tiffany Mason: 1:06:52

Oh, okay, I would like to see Shaboosie, but I only know two songs I don't know. I'm afraid he's going to be a two-hit wonder. Is there a two-hit wonder person?

Jay Franze: 1:07:02

Well, I'm sure there is. However, I don't think it's a saying like one hit.

Tiffany Mason: 1:07:07

Okay, okay, I think he might be a two-hit wonder.

Jay Franze: 1:07:10

And then Sunday Bailey Zimmerman.

Tiffany Mason: 1:07:15

Oh.

Jay Franze: 1:07:16

Nate Smith.

Tiffany Mason: 1:07:19

Oh man, I'm really wanting to see Nate Smith now.

Jay Franze: 1:07:23

Especially on my radar. Yes, man, there's a lot of people playing this festival. That's so cool. I'm just telling you about the headliners, but there's going to be 20 people here, 20 people a day.

Tiffany Mason: 1:07:36

Oh, wow.

Jay Franze: 1:07:37

Actually probably not 20. It's probably more like 19.

Tiffany Mason: 1:07:41

No, Don't lie.

Jay Franze: 1:07:43

I don't know, I'm not going to count, but I would like to see Carrie Underwood and I would like to see Darius Rucker. They're on two different nights. I mean Bailey Zimmerman, I could deal with the one song.

Tiffany Mason: 1:07:55

He has two other radio songs.

Jay Franze: 1:07:57

Yeah, I mean, I know the songs, I like them, but I'd like to see Carrie Underwood for sure. Right, alright, the other one I was going to mention to you was the Oak Ridge Boys.

Tiffany Mason: 1:08:09

Tell me more.

Jay Franze: 1:08:10

They're coming back to the Ohio area.

Tiffany Mason: 1:08:14

Oh, the 15th maybe right.

Jay Franze: 1:08:16

I don't know, I'd have to look it up, okay, do you want to know? I can tell you, I have the technology right here in the palm of my hand.

Tiffany Mason: 1:08:26

Oh my gosh, it's amazing. Where'd you get that? Technology works.

Jay Franze: 1:08:30

Oh look, they're going to be in your old neck of the woods, minnesota.

Tiffany Mason: 1:08:35

Oh, oh look they're going to be in your old neck of the woods, Minnesota.

Jay Franze: 1:08:37

Oh, august 16th, it is a Saturday, so that means you can come in on Friday and you can leave on Sunday. Let's make it happen, okay.

Tiffany Mason: 1:08:50

Tickets bought, let me see, buy now. Yep, okay, done, don't say it, I know alright, folks.

Jay Franze: 1:09:00

Well, we have done it. We have reached the top, in this case the bottom of the hour, which does mean we have reached the end of the show. If you've enjoyed the show, please tell a friend, and if you have not, tell two tell two. You can reach out to both of us over at jayfranze. com. We will be happy to keep the conversation going. We can't guarantee which conversation, but we will keep one of them going. Miss Tiffany, my friend, do you have any final words for us?

Tiffany Mason: 1:09:25

Of course, crew members, we will see you later, but keep tuning in and keep dropping those comments for us.

Jay Franze: 1:09:32

On that note, have a good night.

Tony Scott: 1:09:36

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