Jay Franze: 0:41

And we are coming back live. I am Jay Franzi, and with me tonight, the Hobbs to my Calvin, my beautiful co-host, Miss Tiffany Mason.

Tiffany Mason: 0:52

That's a great costume, idea, Jay.

Jay Franze: 0:54

It is. We can go as Calvin and Hobbes. If you are new to the show, this is your stores for the latest news, reviews, and interviews. And if you would like to join in, comment, or fire off any questions, please head over to jfranzie and calm. Alright, my friend, before we get started tonight, let me tell you about the question of the day. The question of the day. Name a song you hate to love. Name a song you hate to love. Do not tell me now. Wait, we will answer that a little later in the episode. And if you would like to have your comments write off a little later in the episode as well, please go ahead and put those in the comment section. Tonight we have a very special guest. 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, sir, how are you?

Robby Johnson: 1:49

I'm doing great. How's it going, guys?

Jay Franze: 1:52

I would like to point something out really quick. We need to give credit to Miss Kathy. Last time you were here, you would not tell us what single you were about to release. You had us all guessing Miss Kathy got it right. Wow.

Tiffany Mason: 2:07

So Robbie, that's my mother. So kudos the mom.

Jay Franze: 2:12

No, it is Miss Tiffany didn't get it right.

Robby Johnson: 2:15

I mean, it's it's a pretty huge song.

Jay Franze: 2:19

Well, why don't you go ahead and tell us a little bit about your version of that song? Yeah, I mean Well, first of all, tell us what the song is. You can tell us now.

Robby Johnson: 2:27

All right, yes. So the song was released in uh September of 1980, and it's uh You Shook Me All Night Long from ACDC. And it's the song by which they want to be remembered. That's how big the song is. I think everybody on this planet has heard that song at least once in their life. You know, it's a song that if if there's a party, you're gonna hear that song. You know, it's it's that type of song. And I was, you know, trying to find a cover, going through Google search, best cover song for a male, you know, and and looking and going through some playlists and trying to figure it out, and I couldn't find it. I was like, oh my god, what what do I do? I want to put a cover on it. And then I was like, wait a minute, I know a cover, I do it live, and it's you shook me all night long. And people just love it because you know, you're at a country concert and you hear that electric guitar riff, you're like, oh, what? You shook me all night. Really? Wow. And you people's eyes just open wide, the arms go up naturally, they don't control it, they go, everybody's going crazy. So I'm like, yeah, I love doing that song a lot. So why don't I just do that? So I did that with uh my producer buddy Danny Rader, and I didn't want to reinvent the song. I always like to stay true to the song, and that's what we did. We kept the heart and soul of the song, the drum pattern, electric guitar riffs, the way the energy, and the vocals. And so we kept most of it and just added a touch of country, of country flavor to it with the fiddle, Janae Fleener's so good that solo. Wow. You know, it's another thing you're not expecting in the song, and it's just whoa, wow, fiddle solo, wow, and it's it's really good. And also, you know, Danny added some V3 that you can hear in the song, some piano, and also the harmonies are more a little more country. So we country it a little bit, but still we stayed true to the original song.

Jay Franze: 4:41

Tell us what your wife thought about the song.

Robby Johnson: 4:44

Oh, she loves it, and she's playing it on repeat. It's so funny. And and she doesn't know because she has the airpods and she's singing along, and she's she's a great singer. So it's it's always fun to see her work and just singing along, you know, and uh blurring it out. So it's funny.

Tiffany Mason: 5:04

Wait, she's not she's not playing harmonies on that with you?

Robby Johnson: 5:07

No, no. There's a limit to what autotune can do.

Jay Franze: 5:15

We're not looking to see you get divorced tonight.

Robby Johnson: 5:18

No, no, no, no, no, no. She's she's she's she has a really good ear, really. For listening, she has a a great ear. And sometimes, you know, I will send her a mix and she will be like, oh, you know what, and she has always has some great comments, and I take notes, and yeah, you're right. It should have this or that, and and and and she's she's good with that. She has a good ear. Am I safe now?

Jay Franze: 5:45

Yeah, kinda. Not quite there, but yeah.

Robby Johnson: 5:47

I'm not out of the woods.

Jay Franze: 5:49

No, you just work on it for a little while longer throughout the night.

Robby Johnson: 5:51

All right, all right.

Jay Franze: 5:53

So you took the song to your producer. What did your producer say when you first brought it to him?

Robby Johnson: 5:58

Uh, he thought it was a great idea. He really thought it was a great idea. Like me, he loves pretty much every genre of music, has played many different genres of music. He comes from a musical family, so it's part of his DNA as well. And he just had a blast doing it. And even, you know, Sean Moffat, the mixer, was like, hey, this is really cool. I'm enjoying this.

Jay Franze: 6:19

All right, sir. Well, we can't thank you enough for joining us. I mean, you are welcome to stick around if you'd like.

Robby Johnson: 6:25

Yeah, I can stick around. I love hanging out with you guys.

Jay Franze: 6:30

All right, my friend. I did it. I found another article for us to discuss tonight.

Tiffany Mason: 6:35

Yes.

Jay Franze: 6:37

This one seasonal, let's call it.

Robby Johnson: 6:40

Okay.

Jay Franze: 6:42

Thirteen most haunted places in country music history. Thirteen most haunted places in country music history history.

Robby Johnson: 6:51

Wow.

Jay Franze: 6:52

Again, true to form, did not review in advance.

Tiffany Mason: 6:56

I would think that a bunch of spirits hang out at the Grand Old Lobby.

Jay Franze: 7:02

I think so. Let's see if they are on the list, my friend. Let's start off with number 13. Taylor Swift's number 13. Number 13 on this list is the Flying Saucer.

Tiffany Mason: 7:15

Have you heard of the Flying Saucer?

Jay Franze: 7:17

I have. I've been there many times. Flying Saucer is a venue in Nashville. It is in an old hotel. Oh, I think I pointed it out to you when we were there. It's a hotel that looks like a castle, used to be a train station.

Robby Johnson: 7:31

Oh.

Jay Franze: 7:32

It's very nice. It's a very cool venue. I did not notice anything haunting about it. They have a lot of beer. They have over 80 different types of beer at that place.

Tiffany Mason: 7:41

Maybe it's not haunted. Maybe people get drunk and then they start hallucinating and seeing and hearing things.

Jay Franze: 7:48

It's one of those places you would go for sure. It's like a college hangout.

Robby Johnson: 7:53

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 7:53

Bobby Max. Bobby Max Music World. It says Bobby Max is the most haunted nightclub in America.

Robby Johnson: 8:03

Really?

Tiffany Mason: 8:03

Whoa.

Jay Franze: 8:04

And a lot of creepy stories come from Bobby Max.

Tiffany Mason: 8:07

I will not be at Bobby Max at night.

Jay Franze: 8:12

Well, I don't think you'll be there any other time either. Number 11, Hermitage Hotel. That's a beautiful hotel. It is a beautiful hotel. Five-star hotel in Nashville.

Tiffany Mason: 8:25

Ooh. Five stars and five ghosts.

Jay Franze: 8:28

Yeah. I've been there hundreds of times.

Tiffany Mason: 8:31

Never been to Nashville.

Jay Franze: 8:32

I've never experienced anything.

Tiffany Mason: 8:34

So you guys have spent a lot of time in Nashville. Do they have like these ghost tours? Because they I know they have them in Savannah. Okay. And they have them south of us in St. Augustine. Yeah.

Jay Franze: 8:46

All right. Number 10. Shreveport Municipal Auditorium. It looks creepy. Union Station Hotel, number nine. That is where the flying saucer is. So it's connected. Never seen a ghost in Union Station, my friend. Number eight, Johnny Cash Cinnamon Hill Home. Built in 1734.

Robby Johnson: 9:14

Whoa. Yeah, there's a chance.

Jay Franze: 9:17

There's a chance it's got a little bit of activity going on there.

Robby Johnson: 9:20

Yeah. Yeah.

Jay Franze: 9:23

RCA Victor Recording Studios. I have been there. That's where Elvis recorded all his big hits. I get to record Elvis's band there. Wow. And we recorded on all their old equipment that they used back in the day.

Robby Johnson: 9:36

They were really, you know, sound engineers, really. Today it's more like tech engineers. Yes, they're sound engineers, but back then they they had to know a lot about sound, how it traveled, and how they can block it and everything.

Jay Franze: 9:50

So when we recorded there, we were doing it as part of the Audio Engineering Society, and we set it up as a tutorial. We brought in Elvis' band.

Robby Johnson: 9:58

Was it Paul Lyme?

Jay Franze: 10:00

He is he's amazing. We used him in the studio a lot, and he was on the show talking about his experience doing the Elvis tour and stuff. It's definitely worth listening to.

Robby Johnson: 10:11

Oh, yeah, yeah. Amazing drum.

Jay Franze: 10:14

Yeah. Number six, Loretta Lynn's Ranch. Is that the top of Creepy? I don't know. It's not the top of Creepy, it's number six. Number five, Ernest Tubbs Record Shop. I've been there several times too. I've never been creeped out. That's right, downtown on Broadway, Mr. Yeah.

Tiffany Mason: 10:37

Ooh, I don't know why we didn't go. I want to go there next year.

Jay Franze: 10:42

The Grand Old Opry Hotel.

Robby Johnson: 10:45

Oh.

Jay Franze: 10:46

Again, I've been there thousands of times and never had a single experience.

Robby Johnson: 10:51

Sometimes it's just a feeling when you get inside a place. It happens sometimes.

Jay Franze: 10:57

The Gaylord Hotel, known as the most luxurious hotel in Nashville, it is also filled with ghostly guests.

Tiffany Mason: 11:06

Well, they need somewhere to stay too.

Jay Franze: 11:11

Elvis Presley's Graceland comes in at number three.

Robby Johnson: 11:14

Oh, really? Oh. I visited Graceland twice.

Jay Franze: 11:19

As visitors roam the halls, so do ghosts. Number two is Tootsie's.

Robby Johnson: 11:28

Tootsies. I've been in Tootsies.

Jay Franze: 11:30

I like Tootsies. It's one of those places you walk in from Broadway, you're on the lower level. You walk in from the alley, you're on the second level. And that's the one where Hank Williams used to cut across from the rhyme and in between sets and get sloshed. So I like Tootsie's. Right next door to Tootsie's is Legends.

Tiffany Mason: 11:53

And that's where we sat with where all the albums were on the wall? Yeah.

Robby Johnson: 11:57

Yep.

Tiffany Mason: 11:57

Oh.

Jay Franze: 11:59

Let's see. And number one is the Rhyman.

Tiffany Mason: 12:05

The Rhymes.

Jay Franze: 12:08

Oh, the Ryman, also known as the Mother Church.

Robby Johnson: 12:11

Yes. So the place I know is not on your list. And it's Blackbird Studios. That's where I cut my vocals. Yeah, I heard spooky stories about there's someone in there. And one of the stories was the guy, there's like a he closes the lights, goes down the stairs, blah blah blah, and then the lights go back up. Like, oh, I just closed those lights. It's kind of weird. Or people just walking and seeing the ghost and going back and not knowing it's a ghost. Like, oh, I saw this person. Like, what person? Oh, somebody else here.

Tiffany Mason: 12:51

What? Yeah.

Robby Johnson: 12:53

So yeah, it was kind of spooky. It's kind of spooky. I don't know if you have ever witnessed anything in your life that was spooky where you can't explain it. No?

Jay Franze: 13:03

Never.

Tiffany Mason: 13:04

I no, sir.

Robby Johnson: 13:06

I have. And it's really, it's it's weird. It's really weird.

Jay Franze: 13:10

Tell us about that.

Robby Johnson: 13:12

Okay, so I was young. I was maybe 11, 10, 11, maybe nine. I don't know. I don't remember. But I was in my room. I was just drawing. And I started feeling like it was very heavy, like a presence, something that was putting pressure on me. It was so weird. I started to be freaking out. I was like, oh my God, what's happening? What's happening? And I just turned around and there was, you know, a plastic bag on the floor. And you know, like a plastic bag where it just falls. It's like, okay, that that can happen. But this bag was like going like this and getting smaller and smaller, and as if someone was taking all the air out of the bag. So that was really, really spooky because it's not as if I heard something move and I turned around. It's like, oh, this bag is no, I felt something before it happened. And as soon as I turned, it happened. It's like someone was, hey, I'm here. Like, oh my God. And then I run, I ran downstairs to my mom, and I was good. And it's really that house really looked like uh like a haunted house. Uh I don't remember the name of that movie, but you know that house that has the two windows.

Jay Franze: 14:32

Oh, yeah. Horror movie. Yeah, I mean, you feel horror.

Robby Johnson: 14:36

Yes, it looked exactly the same. So when we were on the second floor, we felt something. Often we would feel something and just run down the stairs and be okay.

Tiffany Mason: 14:46

Robbie, I don't have socks or slippers on, and I feel like I'm very vulnerable because my feet are exposed right now.

Robby Johnson: 14:53

Oh my god, you gotta put socks. You're you're in danger, Tiffany. You're in danger.

Jay Franze: 15:00

If you don't have socks on, you're fine. They're staying far away from you.

Robby Johnson: 15:04

And one time I was I was going home for lunch from school, and we had this uh cassette deck with the radio, and it had a three-way switch. So it was a three-way switch, and my mom always listened to AM radio. So I get home and AM station, radio station is playing, uh, everything's going normal, and then it goes shh like, oh, what's happening? I had to click twice to bring it back to AM radio.

Tiffany Mason: 15:35

I mean, it's pretty the moral of the story is don't hang out with Robbie.

Jay Franze: 15:40

Yeah, that's what I got out of the story.

Robby Johnson: 15:44

You know why your arms go up when you come to my show? I know why. I know what's happening.

Jay Franze: 15:53

Oh boy.

Tiffany Mason: 15:54

Okay, well, here we go, guys. Alan Jackson is announcing his farewell concert in Nashville. He has been struggling with a little bit of tooth disease, so this is one last call show, a celebration of his legendary legacy. So that will be at Nissan Stadium June 27th, 2026.

Robby Johnson: 16:15

Sold out in 10 minutes. Yeah.

Tiffany Mason: 16:18

Oh yeah.

Robby Johnson: 16:19

I was at the last roadshow in Milwaukee. That was amazing. Because back then we didn't know he was going to do the one-off at the very last one at the Nissan Stadium. So I thought it was his last show, and it was a birthday present from my wife. Wow. What a great present. Yeah, it's I gotta say, it's the most beautiful present that I got in years.

Tiffany Mason: 16:41

Okay. Well, Mr. Zach Bryan sparks Firestorm with his new song teaser. So Bryant shared a studio clip of bad news. So we oftentimes report about Shabuzi with his good news. So this is gonna be Zach Bryan with bad news, a track critical of ice raids and the internet erupted. The teaser drew both praise and backlash, showing how his music is becoming a lightning rod for national conversations.

Jay Franze: 17:11

He recorded his entire debut album just in a series of B's. Yeah. He didn't go to a professional studio or nothing. He just started recording wherever he was at.

Robby Johnson: 17:22

Yeah. It is so raw and authentic. It's sometimes it's you can hear, you know, it's a little out of tune. And then I mean, so what? He just he just let it out. And and I guess internet and you know, social media, everything was so polished that I think people are kind of fed up with that. And he was like, hey, let's do it real. This is how it sounds when you do it like this, without all the artifacts and you know, the Pro Tools and tuning and all that. This is how I sound, and you get the raw feeling of his music, and people just jumped all over.

Jay Franze: 18:06

Yeah. It's awesome.

Tiffany Mason: 18:07

I think there's like a little bit of vulnerability or something in his voice in general. Yeah. So it's being showcased a little bit more, maybe recording in that manner.

Robby Johnson: 18:19

He's a modern-day poet. He's so good.

Tiffany Mason: 18:23

Well, in the meantime, we'll move on. Clint Black has been named 2025 BMI Icon Award Honoree. After decades of his hits like Killin' Time, his honor cements him as one of the country's true elder statesmen. I do like that song. My parents listened to a lot of Clint Black.

Jay Franze: 18:46

Yeah, he's awesome. He was the first artist to write every song on his record.

Robby Johnson: 18:51

Oh, wow. I totally respect that. I mean, I I wish I could I could do that. It's I feel it's you're more of an artist kind of thing, if if it's your own song. Kind of like Zach Bryant. I mean, he writes this stuff on his own.

Jay Franze: 19:07

That's who Andy Hall's playing with right now, Miss Stephanie. Andy Hull's drummer. Oh, nice. He was out with Lee Greenwood. Now he's out with Clip Black.

Tiffany Mason: 19:16

Very cool. So Blake Shelton, he admits that his backstage go-tos are Tank Jr. or Conway Twitty tracks plus vodka, right? Zero. And Ice. He says the mix of old tunes and his favorite drink, quote, gets him in the zone every time. Robbie, do you have a pre-show routine?

Jay Franze: 19:38

And does it include vodka?

Robby Johnson: 19:42

No, no, no, no, no, vodka.

Tiffany Mason: 19:46

No superstitions, no nothing.

Robby Johnson: 19:49

No, I like to be by myself before a show. You know, because the band, they'll just hang out like it's nothing, you know, and just joke around. And oh, time to go. They just get up and start tuning and then just go. Me, it's a totally different experience.

Jay Franze: 20:06

Like, ah, gotta get in the zone first.

Robby Johnson: 20:09

Yeah, they're you know, a lot nervous and everything, and don't speak to me. I mean, I gotta get in my zone. I gotta get in my zone. There's one thing I do, I go take a look at the crowd.

Tiffany Mason: 20:21

I feel like that would freak me out. I feel like that'd be a deal breaker. No, because the crowd down like uh nope.

Robby Johnson: 20:28

No, I I take a look at the crowd and I just I just kind of say to myself, okay, guys, I'm gonna do my best for you tonight. And I kind of know who's the people I need to deliver to they're right there. That's what I do. That's what I do.

Tiffany Mason: 20:45

If somebody has like uh, you know, I drove 14,000 miles to see you tonight, you know, like all the little signs that people have. Do y'all have like little scouts that go out there and they're like, hey, on your left at your three or three o'clock? Left, yes, okay. On your left at your three o'clock, there's this little girl and she's got a sign. Make sure you, you know, give her some attention or shout her out or something. Are there people that are giving you guys little, you know, heads up?

Robby Johnson: 21:13

I mean, it all depends on your production. If you have in-ear monitors, that's something that can happen. And you know, talking about my wife uh witnessing my shows, she was always in my in-ears. Every show she's at, she's right there, and in between songs, she will talk to me. And I did some shows in a theater, a theater run, uh, and where I had someone who helped me put the show together, and he would give me cues like that, where hey, there's someone with a sign. It'd be nice if you would just consider it, you know, point added. And so, yeah, you do have someone speaking. Sometimes the band leader or your uh monitors guy who's like, check the girl in first row.

Jay Franze: 22:01

It's funny you say that. I was gonna bring that up. Poison was known for having their roadies go out in the crowd and find girls for them. And they would sit there and like they'd play drums and then point with the drumstick, and then the roadie would go to that person in the audience and invite them backstage.

Robby Johnson: 22:20

Yeah, every band does that. No, no, I we didn't do that. We didn't do that.

Jay Franze: 22:24

Your wife wasn't feeding you that information. Look at the girl in the front row.

Robby Johnson: 22:30

Oh, I one time, because I would do uh somebody like you, uh Keith Urban, and I would bring someone on stage and bring a girl up on stage and dance and sing to her and do that. And uh one time I brought up this girl, she had a cowboy hat, but she had very uh she was kind of Dolly Parton-ish kind of thing. But I didn't notice it at first, but no, it it no, it didn't after the show. I heard about it for a long time. I was like, oh, you can grow because she was, you know, she had all these attributes. And I'm like, I didn't know, I didn't know, I swear to God, I didn't, I didn't notice that. She was just, you know, having a great time. I was like, oh, she's the perfect candidate.

Tiffany Mason: 23:17

Well, I will just say the last one is Lini Wilson. She is gearing up to host the CMA awards. Lini joked, she can't wait to make fun of Lake Combs. She insists it'll be all in good fun.

Jay Franze: 23:30

Oh 8 mil goes to Tiffany at JFranzy.com.

Tiffany Mason: 23:38

You know, I saw a thing on Instagram where she was like, hey y'all, come in my house. And she really does have that thick of an accent. And her house really does look like you would think Laney Wilson's house would look. Like, I mean, I don't know. I don't I guess I didn't have anything in my mind, but when I when she showed it, I was like, oh, this makes total sense. That that looks like Laney Wilson. Anyways, it will all be in good fun. I go way back with these people. I've earned the right to rib them.

Jay Franze: 24:09

Tiffany, you're fired. Goodbye. Sir, question of the day today is name a song you hate to love. Name a song you hate to love. Robbie, sir. I'm gonna give you the option to go first or last.

Robby Johnson: 24:26

Uh last.

Jay Franze: 24:27

Miss Tiffany, first or last.

Tiffany Mason: 24:30

I will go because you know, lyrics ruin a song for me. But what I love is pumped up kicks. All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run, better run. I love that song, but it's about Columbine. So I'm like, something else. I love that song so stupid much.

Jay Franze: 24:52

You're always bringing us down, Miss Tiffany.

Tiffany Mason: 24:55

I know. All right, I know. Your job to bring us up, Jay.

Jay Franze: 24:58

Yeah, sure.

Robby Johnson: 24:59

I hate to love.

Jay Franze: 25:01

Yeah. All right, let's go ahead and start with Travis. Travis says, Cotton eye Joe.

Robby Johnson: 25:08

Yes.

Jay Franze: 25:10

He says it's not even real country. But every wedding I've ever been to plays that song.

Tiffany Mason: 25:18

You're doing the docy dough, and you're swinging your partner around and around and enjoying that song.

Robby Johnson: 25:24

Totally.

Jay Franze: 25:26

Lindsay. Lindsay says, Toby Keith, bear for my horses. Oh, come on, that's a good song. Brent says, Billy Ray Cyrus, Iggy Breaky Art. Yes, it's awful. And yes, I dance to it every time.

Robby Johnson: 25:43

Those are good ones, really.

Jay Franze: 25:46

Michael. Michael's here every week, and Michael, I thank you for doing that. But he says, you should never hate to love a song. Love what you love and just love music. All right. Scott says, hit me one more time, Brittany Spears.

Tiffany Mason: 26:04

Is it that he hates to love the song or he is too much? He's embarrassed to like it. Yeah.

Jay Franze: 26:10

That's what I get out of that. All right. Maddie. Maddie, I don't think we've had Maddie here before. Maddie, thank you for joining us. Maddie says, Blake Shelton, Hillbilly Bone.

Tiffany Mason: 26:23

Oh, I agree with that.

Jay Franze: 26:25

Josh says, Taylor Swift, Picture to Burn. That's a great song.

Tiffany Mason: 26:31

That's a good song.

Robby Johnson: 26:32

I mean, she's an amazing writer and she's an artist. She's complete. She's so good. So so good.

Jay Franze: 26:41

She is definitely a pop superstar for sure.

Robby Johnson: 26:46

Maybe even more than Michael Jackson. Can you imagine?

Jay Franze: 26:49

You would never think anybody would be at that level. You know, between Madonna and Michael Jackson, and now you got Taylor Swift. That's yeah, absolutely. I think she's right up there for sure. Oh yeah. Heather says Cletus T. Judd. I love NASCAR. He's a comedian singer anyway. I don't think he takes himself serious. Robbie, not this Robbie, but that Robbie says Toby Keith. I want to talk about me.

Robby Johnson: 27:17

Oh yeah.

Tiffany Mason: 27:20

That's a fun song to sing along with.

Jay Franze: 27:22

Courtney says Shania Twain. Any man of mine. Shania Twain's awesome. Nothing embarrassing about Shania Twain. Eli says Kenny Chesney, bear in Mexico. Has zero depth. It's a party song.

Robby Johnson: 27:42

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 27:43

Tommy says Jason L. Dean. Jason L. Dean, 1994.

Tiffany Mason: 27:50

No, that's a love to love.

Jay Franze: 27:52

Grace says Florida, Georgia Lion, Sundays.

Tiffany Mason: 27:56

Yeah. I agree with that.

Jay Franze: 27:59

Nick says Kid Rock all summer long.

Robby Johnson: 28:02

I do that live.

Tiffany Mason: 28:05

Oh fun.

Jay Franze: 28:07

He says it's Sweet Home Alabama meets werewolves of London.

Robby Johnson: 28:14

It's funny because when I do it live, I go to Sweet Home, Alabama.

Jay Franze: 28:20

All right. Fair enough. Sarah, Sarah with an H says Billy Ray Cyrus, I keep breaky heart. It's cheesy, but I can't help singing along.

Robby Johnson: 28:30

Two votes.

Jay Franze: 28:31

James says Red Solo Cup. James is here every week. James, thank you. James often contributes to what the question of the day is. He did not contribute to this one. Sorry, James. Tonight's was delivered by Lisa. So Lisa, thank you for the question of the day.

Tiffany Mason: 28:49

I agree though. A whole song devoted to our Red Solo Cup.

Jay Franze: 28:53

Still fun. David says Florida, Georgia Lion Cruise.

Robby Johnson: 28:58

Oh yeah. This one is kind of a little it's a little burnt, I guess.

Jay Franze: 29:02

That's what he says. He says it's overplayed.

Robby Johnson: 29:06

Is it still the most streamed song in the country song?

Jay Franze: 29:12

I did not know that.

Tiffany Mason: 29:14

Yeah, burnt for sure. Great word.

Jay Franze: 29:17

Alright. We've got two people now. Emily and Miss Kathy. Submitting Blake Shelton, boys round hair.

Tiffany Mason: 29:27

Yeah, the boys' round hair.

Jay Franze: 29:36

Chris says big and rich, save a horse.

Tiffany Mason: 29:39

I'm a fan.

Jay Franze: 29:40

Hannah with an H. Not saying a word. Can I, Twain? Man, I feel like a woman.

Robby Johnson: 29:48

What? This song could come out today and still be a number one. I mean, talk about a title. A strong title. Man, I feel like a woman. My God. That's that's incredible. There's not a whole lot of song titles. As impactful as that. Wow.

Jay Franze: 30:12

We can tie it all together. Man I Feel Like a Woman was produced by Mutt Lang, one of the best producers in the world. Who also produced ACDC. There you go.

Robby Johnson: 30:22

That's why the record still sounds huge. Because there are some 90s records that really don't sound good at all.

Jay Franze: 30:33

Alright, Kevin says Jason Aldean Dirt Road Anthem.

Tiffany Mason: 30:37

Oh, I love that song.

Jay Franze: 30:39

Cindy. Cindy, thank you for joining us again. She says Down Under because the video is stupid.

Robby Johnson: 30:47

Love that.

Jay Franze: 30:48

What's the band that does Down Under? Uh Minute Work. Kim says 8675-309. Jenny. That's a great song.

Tiffany Mason: 31:00

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 31:02

All right. We are gonna end on this last one because it's just fitting to end here. And Epic Roxy. Here every week. Thank you. Epic Roxy. She says ACDC Highway to Hell. Oh, excellent guitar jams. I don't know. She's she's saying that, but it's excellent. Miss Tiffany, your turn? Oh, you gave one.

Tiffany Mason: 31:27

Okay, but yes, I did.

Jay Franze: 31:29

Okay, so it's Robbie's turn. Don't steal Robbie's turn.

Tiffany Mason: 31:31

Oh yeah, I know. I thought we were going on turn.

Robby Johnson: 31:32

I'm going last.

Jay Franze: 31:34

It's last. It's your turn, buddy.

Robby Johnson: 31:36

Oh, you're not. What is your pick?

Jay Franze: 31:38

What is my pick?

Robby Johnson: 31:40

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 31:41

I think I go with Michael. I don't hate any song. I'm willing to own my songs, but I like Taylor Swift. I'm a Swifty. And my kids play it around the house, and I would listen to them. I'm like, I actually like this stuff. It's really good.

Robby Johnson: 31:59

Me too. I'm kind of like, if I play it, it's because I love it. If I listen to it, it's because I love it. If I don't love it, I'm I'm not gonna play it. And and you know, country is huge, but where I come from, it's like nobody would say they listened to country music. It was like taboo to say it. Where is it? But assumed uh that's in uh Quebec. And now it's more assumed, you know, people are saying it without any taboo anymore. But back then it was like you would be in a conversation with someone, you wouldn't know that they listen to country music, and then it would just slip, you know, hey, you know, I listen to Gard Brooks. Oh, yeah, I listen to Gard Brooks. And you're like, oh, you like country music? Yes, of course I love country music, but it's not something you would straight out of out of the gate say, you know, I am a country music lover. You know, it's it was kind of taboo to say it.

Tiffany Mason: 32:55

It's so weird, and now you're a country music artist.

Jay Franze: 32:58

Yeah, that's why he doesn't go home anymore.

Robby Johnson: 33:01

But so for me, I don't feel bad for listening to songs I love.

Jay Franze: 33:08

But Michael, apparently you win tonight with your view of we should not hate or we should not hate to love any song. Love to hate, hate to love. Hate to love, hate to love.

Tiffany Mason: 33:22

That's a tricky little line there.

Jay Franze: 33:24

Yeah, I know, right? Leave it up to a woman to come up with a complicated question.

Tiffany Mason: 33:28

Did we say what Lisa said?

Jay Franze: 33:30

We can't leave Lisa off if she's the one who submitted the question. Yeah. She says, Kenny Chesney, she thinks my tractor's sexy. It's silly, but it makes me smile every time.

Robby Johnson: 33:42

I thought about that one, really. I I did. I was thinking, oh, maybe she thinks my tractor's sexy. I was like, oh, maybe that's the one. But no, you know, if I enjoy it, I enjoy it. And I don't hate it.

Tiffany Mason: 33:54

I think there's too much humor there. It's so cute.

Jay Franze: 33:56

Thank you, Lisa, for the question of the day. If you would like to submit your question of the day, you can do that over at jfranzi.com.

Tiffany Mason: 34:05

Number 10. Debuting with Laney Wilson, somewhere over Laredo. I am really loving this song. Yes. Mm-hmm. And ever since you told me that they do those bumpers.

Jay Franze: 34:18

Yeah, somewhere over Cincinnati.

Tiffany Mason: 34:20

Yeah. I think of it every single time, but it's a great song. Okay, number nine, moving up from number 10, it's Jackson Dean with Heavens to Betsy. And I'm just having a really hard time because I really thought it was Heaven to Betsy. So it's plural. Heavens to Betsy. Oh, Heavens to Betsy. I just'm not used to it.

Jay Franze: 34:44

All right. Number nine, Hardy.

Tiffany Mason: 34:46

Number eight?

Jay Franze: 34:49

Oh, number eight, Hardy.

Tiffany Mason: 34:52

This is party.

Jay Franze: 34:54

Party.

Robby Johnson: 34:55

Oh.

Tiffany Mason: 34:55

Party. It's gonna be John Party with Friday Night Heartbreaker.

Jay Franze: 35:00

First time she brought up John Party. She was like, I seriously thought Hardy and Party were the same person. She thought people were just pronouncing.

Tiffany Mason: 35:08

I thought they were like mistaking and like taking John and just saying Hardy. I didn't realize there was another guy. So okay, number seven is gonna be Chase Matthews with Darlin. Why does he call you Darlin?

Jay Franze: 35:25

All right, Robbie, I got a question for you. Yep. I like Chase Matthew a lot. I think he is a country boy for sure. But as we say this is more of that country club style music, do you like that or not like it?

Robby Johnson: 35:44

It depends the mood I'm in, really. So yeah, if I'm not in the mood, I don't think I would enjoy it. If I'm in the mood, I will totally enjoy it. It all depends on where I'm at, what I'm doing. You know, that's what it is. Yeah, there's a time and a place.

Jay Franze: 36:03

Do you think that that style belongs in country music?

Robby Johnson: 36:07

Oh, I think every style belongs in country music. Really. And I'm so happy that we have streaming where it opened the gates for a lot of artists out there that were doing their style of country music that was totally different with that what was on the radio. And it it just opened the gates because there was a time when I first moved to Nashville, it was really narrow. And you have to have a sound, need it to sound like this, the words. Oh, you need this word, this word, and that word in your songs if you want to play on the radio. And then you have streaming that starts to you know gain momentum, and you have a Luke Combs that is popular outside of radio, has a following, people that know the lyrics to his songs, his song Hurricane is doing great, and then he gets to radio because of that. And and then he comes up with If It Rains, it pours. First time I heard it on the radio, I was like, why did he pick that single? That's that we don't hear that on radio, but it just blew up and it opened the gates, really. That was a turning point in country radio for sure when that song hit, because it really was totally different. And also Chris Stapleton, same kind of thing, where he brought back the more traditional sound and really opened it up. And then you have all these new artists that have a huge following sell out arenas, and they kind of forced radio to say, okay, we got to play this because people just love it. It doesn't sound exactly the format that we used to have that was really narrow, 16 songs on a playlist that you rotate all the time. But it it opened everything, so it's great, and now it's so beautiful. You go on Spotify and you have country music that has influence from the 50s, some have have an influence from the 60s, some the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, and it's like you know, you can always skip if you don't like something.

Tiffany Mason: 38:19

It's the same thing with social media and comments, just keep scrolling. You don't like it, just keep scrolling. You don't like the song, just skip it. Well, going back to the variety that the 16 songs that they're rotating between is also Luke Combs, our spot number six, with Back in the Saddle. And I'm okay with this one coming on frequently.

Jay Franze: 38:39

Yes, I like that style of cool song. We talk about that.

Tiffany Mason: 38:44

Yeah, I like that he like hits the word and then he holds it out, and then he goes into a couple words and he hits another word and he holds it out. I like that. Sounds cool to me. Spot number five is good old Russ.

Robby Johnson: 38:58

Good old Russ.

Tiffany Mason: 39:00

With happened to me, and I'm a big fan of this because it's got an 80s reference, so I like that one. Jordan Davis is holding steady in spot number four with bar none, and now I think I've got Hannah when it comes on the radio. We always talk about how there's a space. Yep, bar, comma, none.

Jay Franze: 39:25

I think that's one of the most clever songs out right now.

Tiffany Mason: 39:29

I do too. I love the play on words there. Speaking of a song you hate to love, spot number three is Morgan Wallen with I Got Better. When Hannah got those tickets to Morgan Wallen and they knew they were going, and Hannah wanted to listen to the whole album. We'd be on the golf cart buzzing around, that song would come on. I'd be like, I just hate this song. I do not like this song. And now I really like it.

Jay Franze: 39:54

He grows on people.

Tiffany Mason: 39:56

He does. Spot number two is jelly roll held and steady in spot number two. Wait, wait, wait. What? Oh.

Jay Franze: 40:05

We do the drum roll for number two here on this show, Robbie.

Robby Johnson: 40:09

Oh, okay.

Tiffany Mason: 40:11

After sometimes we forget.

Jay Franze: 40:13

We try to do it before. We're not very good at this, Robbie. Leave us alone.

Tiffany Mason: 40:19

It's our first time hosting the show, so okay. And is everybody ready for spot number one?

Jay Franze: 40:27

Spot number one.

Tiffany Mason: 40:28

Okay, you're never gonna believe it.

Jay Franze: 40:30

Yes, your guy finally made it.

Tiffany Mason: 40:32

Scotty McCreary has arrived with Bottle Rock.

Jay Franze: 40:36

Yes, he finally made it. He gets a little bit of applause for that.

Tiffany Mason: 40:44

I've been a big fan of the song of the song. We've watched him slowly creep up that chart. But you know what's gonna happen. He's gonna be in like spot five quick. Yeah, that's great. Goodbye.

Jay Franze: 40:55

The way that floor tom hits when that band first kicks in is just awesome. I love it every single time I hear it.

Tiffany Mason: 41:02

Indie charts. Spot 10 is gonna be Don't Let the Gray Hair Fool You by Dew West. Spot number nine is Wish You Wouldn't Go by Ken Domish. Domish?

Robby Johnson: 41:17

I'm friends with him. Are you really?

Tiffany Mason: 41:20

You are. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, we'll tell him his raving fans on the JFrancy show.

Robby Johnson: 41:26

I should text him right now and ask him.

Tiffany Mason: 41:27

How do you show you?

Jay Franze: 41:32

Tell him JFranzy.com and come on and tell us himself.

Tiffany Mason: 41:36

Yeah. We'd talk to him. Numero 8 is Wish You Were There by Thompson Square. Spender off day Jay. Okay, spot number seven, oh hear me, miss you more by Hunter Clark.

Jay Franze: 41:56

Right, you do miss me more.

Tiffany Mason: 42:01

Spot number six, Pontiac. So tell me, mama, by Aaron Watson. Okay, I'm definitely going to jfrenzie.com. I'm gonna click on episodes. When the drop-down menu drops down, I'm gonna click on country music countdown and I'm gonna check out jfrenzy.com slash countdown.

Jay Franze: 42:22

It's pretty simple. No need to go to the menu. But she refuses.

Tiffany Mason: 42:28

Leave it up to a chick to complicate things. Okay. Spot number five is Country Boy by Randy Cobb. And I'm a big fan of number four. Yes. Turn the Night On by Chris Kizzya.

Jay Franze: 42:42

Oh, and you pronounced it right too. We've been butchering his name for weeks now.

Tiffany Mason: 42:51

It's not true. It is true. I always pronounce everything correct the first time around. Okay. Spot number three is I Don't Know How to Say Goodbye. Bang Bang. Boom Boom by Dwight Yoakam and Post Malone.

Jay Franze: 43:04

Robbie, have you heard that song?

Robby Johnson: 43:06

That's that's in the indie chart.

Jay Franze: 43:08

Yes.

Robby Johnson: 43:10

They're both really major artists.

Jay Franze: 43:12

Right.

Tiffany Mason: 43:12

Yeah.

Robby Johnson: 43:15

Wow.

Tiffany Mason: 43:17

And holding steady in spot number two is Red by Jet Jergensmeyer. Oh my goodness. Oh no, go back. And number two?

Jay Franze: 43:28

Oh damn.

Tiffany Mason: 43:34

Red by Jet Jergensmeyer.

Jay Franze: 43:36

Jergensmeier.

Robby Johnson: 43:40

Now you're gonna have to do this every time. It's like we do it every time.

Jay Franze: 43:44

That's the problem. I don't like it anymore. I'm done with it. She refuses to let it go. It was funny the first 60 times.

Tiffany Mason: 43:55

It's gonna be funny the next 60 times, too. Okay, and spot number one, Jay. Hide and gocchi by Eric V. Betty Gord.

Jay Franze: 44:05

They only get half the applause. All right, mailbag. Jordan. Jordan, thank you for your your message here, your input. If you would like to leave a message, please head over to jFrenzy.com or you can go to jFrenzy.com slash mailbag, or you can just go in the show notes and you can click on text. Whatever works for you. But Jordan says country award shows should focus more on songwriting than the spectacle. I agree. And less political. Less political. We discussed that a few weeks back. That's crazy how these shows are all political these days. Oh yeah. All right. Lindsay says we're about to see Americana rise the same way that we saw all country do it in the 90s. Right? That's kind of like what you were saying earlier. The different uh genres within country music itself. All right. Matt says too many artists chase virality instead of legacy.

Robby Johnson: 45:10

Well, maybe it's because they need to pay their mortgage trying to find a way to generate income. That's probably why.

Jay Franze: 45:19

Well, I can understand that if you're a new artist, you chase it because you want to become the big artist. But once you're the big artist, you should probably give up on chasing it at that point.

Robby Johnson: 45:28

And and what's crazy is the ones that do make it big is because they never chased it. And oftentimes they're the ones that just explode because they're so authentic and different and and people just just love it. They're original.

Jay Franze: 45:45

Ellis says this show feels more like a hangout at a Nashville bar. Thank you.

Robby Johnson: 45:50

Yeah, that's a compliment.

Jay Franze: 45:51

Thank you, Allah. Erica says stadium tours are overrated. The best shows are in the close small tight venues. She also says you need to be close enough to see the sweat.

Tiffany Mason: 46:06

I don't know if I need to see the sweat, but I do think like if I was looking at tickets for uh I think Brandon Lake, but they were showing these sections that were like behind the artist, basically. And I thought, shame on them for even selling the ticket. Like nobody wants a back view of the stage and to see all the sound equipment and the guys running around and all that kind of stuff. You know, you're there to see the artist and the band.

Jay Franze: 46:33

I I just thought it was kind of I don't know, a little disgraceful or they usually open that section up like at the last minute when people are begging for just to be able to get in. Yeah, they don't usually sell those seats with the intent for the audience.

Tiffany Mason: 46:49

I don't know. That's not a seat I want. So I like the venues that like every seat's a good seat. Like when we went to the Iowa State Fair, every seat's a good seat there. There's not a bad seat in the house.

Robby Johnson: 46:59

That's cool because you know, being the artist on stage, I love to see the people. I do a light check, not exterior, it's kind of hard, but when it's interior show, I do a light check to make sure that when this show starts, I can see everybody. And I just love that. So when it's too big and you can't really see anybody and you're just pointing fingers at, oh, there's people there, you know, just point anywhere. Uh I'm not I gotta. If I point somewhere, it's because I see a face and a smile and whatnot.

Jay Franze: 47:31

Have you ever played Laurie's Roadhouse? Nope. It's in Cincinnati. They have a lot of big acts that go through there. And I enjoy going there more than I enjoy going to some of the bigger venues because you know I can go in there, I can walk around, I can, you know, have comfortable seating. I mean, it's a nice place. And they serve food.

Robby Johnson: 47:51

And the sound's probably better, right?

Jay Franze: 47:53

It does sound good, yeah.

Robby Johnson: 47:54

Because arena shows sometimes it's just hardest. You know the lyrics, so you know when he's singing, but you can't really hear it.

Jay Franze: 48:02

The worst is when they talk in between songs. You can't understand a word they say.

Tiffany Mason: 48:07

Oh yeah, oh yeah. You know, I'm really a big fan, so like you know, if well, maybe you don't know, but when you go to church, there's usually somewhere where you can see the lyrics to song, right? And I really love the last couple of concerts I've gone to, they've put some lyrics up. And like, I know the tune, I've heard it on the radio, I'm excited to see this person, and now they're singing a song I don't really know, but I am a sing-alonger, and that is what makes the concert for me is if I can sing along. So if I know I'm going with enough advanced time, I'll do my homework and try to learn lyrics for more of the songs. But if not, like I took my daughter to Megan Moroni, I'm not a huge Megan Moroni fan, I am after the concert, but it was really nice. She had the words up there, so I could shout all the words with my daughter, and we were having a great time. I think, I mean, Robbie, this is a huge suggestion for you, but lyrics, we want to sing along, you know. It was it's just been so nice to see that. And I'm like, oh, cool. Now I can sing along.

Jay Franze: 49:07

Stick around long enough, and she's gonna start telling you how to do things, Robbie. That's just how it works. She came on here as a guest and she's never left.

Robby Johnson: 49:19

That's funny, but yes, the lyrics I would totally show if you know. Um, of course, there's a budget involved, and someone who has to follow along and make sure it follows and everything. But yes, totally. I would I would definitely have lyrics up there somewhere so that I could for me uh, you know, just take a quick look if I it happens, it happens. Makes sense to me. Makes sense to me.

Jay Franze: 49:47

Tyler says, I leave with a new playlist every episode. Y'all should seriously consider putting together an official Jay Franzi show playlist every week. Tyler, go to jayfranzi.com slash countdown. The playlist is already there, buddy.

Tiffany Mason: 50:05

I love how long it takes me to get through any of our episodes because whatever songs we talk about, like I'll be listening in my car and we talk about a song, and I'm like, I should listen to it. I'm like, no, I'm not gonna. And I'm like, eh, yeah, I'm gonna. And then I ask my lady on the phone if she'll please play the song for me, and I'm off and running. So it takes me a really long time to listen to our episodes.

Jay Franze: 50:28

Cole says we need more supergroups in country. Yep, I agree on that. We have one. High Mountain Breezes.

Tiffany Mason: 50:36

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Jay Franze: 50:38

High Mountain Breezes is nothing but a supergroup. I don't know, Robbie, if you've had an opportunity to hear them yet.

Robby Johnson: 50:44

No, no, but I'm I'm curious.

Jay Franze: 50:46

They've had a couple number one hits at this point, but they are all Nashville session players and Nashville songwriters and producers and engineers, and they just got together and they just started putting together songs they wanted to put together. It's all by um Bruce Tarletsky, his brainchild. But he uses Chris Lusinger on guitar, who is Garth Brook's guitar player. Curious. Naomi. That's a name we have not said yet. Naomi. She's like vinyl is not a fad. It is actually the future of what music should be. That is having a physical product back in your hands. I agree. I like having a physical product. Streaming is great, but you don't get the credits anymore. Well, I guess you do in Apple on some of those, but that's fine. But you don't get to hold the pamphlet, you don't get to look at the extra pictures, you don't get to read about the studio or any of that stuff.

Tiffany Mason: 51:40

It's like a cheap thrill, opposed to like the the tactile holding of it and going over it and thinking, I don't know, like you know, you see an airplane in the air and you're like, they could be going to a funeral, they could be going to a wedding, they could be going on vacation, they could be going to see a loved one, right? There's all these possibilities. And it's the same thing when you look at that album and you think like how they created it, and you know, and especially now Jay knowing you, you know, diving into who produced it and who are the people that deserve all that credit, you know.

Robby Johnson: 52:10

Yeah, it's I mean, streaming, like I said, opened the gates and uh helped a lot. The genre and all genres.

Jay Franze: 52:19

I love the fact that you can select any song you want to hear and you can listen to it. I love it. Yeah. But I still want to hold the product.

Robby Johnson: 52:27

Yeah, but I agree, it kind of it's not it's a totally different experience today than you know before when you had to earn money or ask for money to go and buy the album. Wait, wait for it and wait in line, and sometimes you get there, there are no more copies, and you had to go back, you know, the next week or something. So it was a totally different experience, and music had so much value. You don't you kind of almost don't have to pay to listen to music. So it's no, and uh yeah, so it's it's a totally different experience. And the sad part is gonna keep evolving, and you know, with AI coming in and everything, uh it's it's gonna change drastically.

Jay Franze: 53:14

Have you heard any AI songs yet?

Robby Johnson: 53:17

Yeah, there's some good songs, pretty good ones, really pretty good songs. I mean, the really good ones. Yes, but it's still lyrics from a human being. Because the ones that are totally AI, meh, you're missing something from the lyrics. It's it's it's gonna get there, and it's it's scary for artists. It's uh it's it's really scary. And people say it's not gonna be able to generate emotions, and that's not true. It's it's definitely gonna be able to do all of that.

Jay Franze: 53:50

All right, James says Tiffany's laugh is the new sound of country music. I love it.

Tiffany Mason: 53:59

I would have to agree. It's very melodious.

Jay Franze: 54:04

Chris said radio isn't dead. It just needs to stop pretending it's the gatekeeper anymore.

Robby Johnson: 54:12

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 54:14

And I'll end on this one. Vanessa says country music is at its best when it borrows from other genres.

Robby Johnson: 54:23

Yeah.

Jay Franze: 54:25

All right, Miss Tiffany, what you got going on this week?

Tiffany Mason: 54:28

Well, there is a new episode out of the Link Up Lounge. And this weekend we are gonna go watch a parade. So busy schedule.

Jay Franze: 54:39

Nice. Robbie, sir, what do you got going on this weekend?

Robby Johnson: 54:43

My son's friend from uh one of his old friends that he kept from Canada is actually here right now. He's on his fall break, and uh he's gonna be spending time with us. So that's gonna be cool this weekend. You know, just I mean, being an artist, it's 24-7. Right. Never stop. I got so many things on my list that I need to do, and you know, with the album coming and creating content and doing all that. But I'll try and find some time, you know, with the family and enjoy some good quality time with the family.

Jay Franze: 55:20

You said Quebec, what part?

Robby Johnson: 55:22

Right next to Quebec City, South Shore of Quebec City.

Jay Franze: 55:26

I used to go to Montreal all the time because it was only four hours from my house, and that's when you didn't need a passport to cross the border and any of that stuff.

Robby Johnson: 55:37

Times change.

Jay Franze: 55:38

All right. This past week I had an opportunity to go see the All-American Throwbacks. That was at Lori's Road House. That was 90s pop punk music, was actually pretty cool. They were a fun band. And I'm sure I will end up back there again this week. They always have the best and best acts that come through town. They've got Sammy Kershaw's coming up. Cool. Diamond Rio, a few others are coming to town. And then my wife is going out of town. I'm sure she's already asleep and not listening, but I cannot wait. See, Robbie, that's how you went over your wife right there. You just don't.

Robby Johnson: 56:17

You wait for her to sleep.

Jay Franze: 56:19

Wait till they're asleep and say, go.

Robby Johnson: 56:25

Hey, last weekend, last weekend I went fishing, fishing trip in uh BC, Canada. Uh there's a huge salmon run this year. The rivers are crystal clear, and you can see the fish. It's thousands and thousands of salmon. I mean, it's insane, and it's it's so much fun because they can, you know, they can give you a good fight. And uh it was a lot of fun. Also went uh white sturgeon fishing.

Jay Franze: 56:51

Now do you keep them or throw them back?

Robby Johnson: 56:53

Uh the white sturgeon are protected, so we can't keep. Oh, the salmon, no, it was catch and release, catch and release, yeah. And um the white sturgeon, it's really impressive because they can live up to they say 200 years old, even yeah, and they grow about a feet every 10 years. And we caught one that was about seven, seven foot, so he was about 70 years old, and because it's a prehistoric fish. They don't have scales, they have bone plates. It's it's really it's a very interesting fish. Wow, definitely Frasier River in uh BC.

Tiffany Mason: 57:34

Are you saying Fraser?

Robby Johnson: 57:36

Frasier, like, not Frasier, Fraser, subtle, but yeah, Fraser, and uh and did a little hike where we were going up the mountain wondering how we would go back down. It was, yeah, there were ropes to climb and everything. I was with my kids, and we're like, oh my god, this is cool, but how are we gonna get down?

Jay Franze: 58:07

You hope that you make it to the top and there's stairs going down the other side.

Robby Johnson: 58:11

Yeah, yeah, like and at one point we were like, we're gonna have to call in a chobber. But actually, it was it was fairly easy to go down, and uh, but I mean we uh we fell a few times, but it was it was nice, it was a lot of fun. Nice air was pure.

Jay Franze: 58:28

All right, well, we have done it, we have reached the top of the hour, top of hour number two, which does mean we have reached the end of the show. If you've enjoyed the show, please tell a friend and Miss Tiffany if you have not.

Tiffany Mason: 58:39

Tell two.

Jay Franze: 58:40

Tell two. You can reach out to both of us, you can reach out to all three of us. We will be over at jfranzi.com. We will answer any questions you have, and we'll be happy to keep this conversation going. Robbie, sir. Yes, we cannot thank you enough for joining us tonight. We would like to leave the final words to you.

Robby Johnson: 58:58

Uh thank you so much for having me on the show. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it. Spooky, everything. Uh, thank you so much. And thanks to the listeners, you know, people that are watching and uh listening and interacting and doing all that, a huge thank you. Because, you know, it's like for an artist, uh, you can release music, but if people like you don't bring light to it or people don't share it, stream it, request it, talk about it, nothing happens. So thank you so much, guys, for what you do with my music. And uh, yeah, you guys make it happen. You're the rock stars, so thank you.

Jay Franze: 59:40

Have a good night. Thanks for listening to the Jay Franzi Show. Make sure you visit us at JFranzy.com. Follow, connect, and say hello.