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Zander and Clayton Ryan on Touring Experiences and Building a Supportive Music Network · The Scene Projects

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  This program is part of the Scene Projects podcast network.
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  Scene Project features interviews with independent musicians, comedians, and artists
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  from across the Midwest.
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  Become part of our community and support local art wherever you are.
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  This Bubba starts with the scene on the road with Clayton Ryan and Coffee Break
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  Entertainment.
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  What's going on?
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  What's up, dude?
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  What's up, brother?
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  Man, we've all been following along on the YouTube.
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  We know you just left Nashville.
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  You got a couple more shows coming up.
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  Where are they at, and how can people get tickets?
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  Oh, man.
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  Well, we're at Evangeline's in St.
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  Louis.
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  Tonight is a free dinner show.
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  And then we are at the Octopus in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday night.
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  And tickets are available at the door.
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  Just show on up.
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  Just show on up to the octopus.
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  Clayton Ryan, how's the tour been treating you?
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  Dude, it's been we've had the extensive a good night and work well well done.
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  And we've also had well, let me let
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  me back out on that.
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  We do our job well everywhere we go.
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  Even on a night where it gets a little slow and quiet, we make friends out of everyone that's
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  in the room, man.
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  That's what you gotta do.
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  And that's what this tour theme really has been.
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  It's like, let's be friends with everyone we see and play for.
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  And, I think we stuck very well to that concept, on this one.
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  Well and you you've kinda run the gambit.
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  Right?
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  You you've had a sold out show.
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  You've had a fairly, you know, nonexistent crowd for, you know, going up against the
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  packer game in, in Wisconsin.
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  Lessons learned.
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  And now moving through the Nashville, sounds like you guys had a great time there.
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  Excited about moving into Saint Louis.
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  I mean, anything can happen.
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  Right?
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  Yeah.
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  This one's, again, it's this is not so much like a ticketing show, and so I have no it's
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  more of like a dinnertime show, I I believe.
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  So I have absolutely no clue on this one either what it's gonna look like.
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  Although we do have, you know, this restaurant's reputation and food menu looks
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  awesome.
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  And, like, if that you know, with that going, I feel like that'll be you know, we're not gonna
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  have to work too hard to, like, solely sell us as music alone.
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  And so I think that's the big difference between, say, like, our Milwaukee situation
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  where it's like it was
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  a new city and we didn't really know anyone.
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  And we just kinda went
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  off whatever we whatever the locals could draw and whatever the venue could and our own
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  advertising.
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  And the thing is, you know, every time you do ads, you have no idea how many people are gonna
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  click through that ad next to buy a ticket or not.
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  And as I learned more about the Internet, I feel like all the clicks are bots.
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  So it's like, I don't know, man.
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  We're just figuring it out.
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  Just figuring it out here.
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  Sorry.
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  Not feeling like it's I'm going down conspiracy theory territory, Bubba.
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  Well, but but you're not.
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  And that's and that's why this show and just having this conversation was so important to
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  me.
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  You know, it's not about the content for me.
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  It's that it's it's valuable to you to turn this around, throw some graphics on it real
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  quick behind some snippets with the tour, and you have something.
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  Right?
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  So, you know, it it's kinda like my job to have these conversations and to be able to to
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  produce that as quickly as possible to kinda turn back to you so you can not only get our
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  name out there, right, but get your name, where it's important.
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  Right?
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  Having a graphic ready with the shows on it is your guys' next mission.
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  Right?
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  Slap something together, and, we're off and running.
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  So, it's everybody just kind of finding their role and doing it and then going and living all
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  the different situations so that we continue to get better at this.
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  Like, we've all invested in this as a career.
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  If this is where we're at starting out, you guys, you're a year in.
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  Right?
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  You you kind of committed to the the thing a year ago.
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  Look at where you've come.
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  Look at you know, you're in the freaking car going through Kentucky now.
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  Right?
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  Who would have ever thought we all would be here doing this?
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  So go live it.
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  Enjoy every bit of it, and, we can't wait to see you back here in the Upper Midwest where
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  it's still freezing ass cold, and, we can get together and make some more music.
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  Hey, man.
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  The cold makes your thoughts come clear.
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  That's how I was thinking
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  of it.
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  of it. Of it.
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  So
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  You would.
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  You deep, deep man.
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  Dude, it ain't deep, dude.
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  Songwriters aren't deep.
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  Okay?
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  Let's not like they are.
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  We're just people that have too much freaking time.
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  Yeah.
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  Well, thank god thank god you had the time that you do, sir.
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  You're a great songwriter, and you have a bright, bright future ahead of you.
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  And if I can spend my life, shining that light on you and telling other people about it, then
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  that's what I'm gonna do.
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  I know Alec feels the same way.
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  What a spot for you to be an Alec as someone who just committed to the idea, right, to see
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  the talent in someone and to go, yeah, I'll invest my time in you.
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  Right?
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  And now to see where that's paid off.
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  Right?
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  Like, you gotta feel pretty good about the decisions that we've made to get here.
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  And, yeah, without getting too philosophical on you guys, I just really wanted to get you on
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  the phone and tell you how fucking proud of you I am, and how happy I am that we don't have to
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  do this on radio so I can cuss at you in the car.
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  Hell yeah, Don.
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  What's up, man?
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  Talking about your Alex investment here, I don't I think it was more of a calculated move
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  than anything because everywhere I take Alex, everyone at like, I went back to South Dakota
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  to place some shows during Christmas time, and everyone's like, oh, where's Xander?
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  I'm like, oh, he didn't come on this this time.
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  They're like, oh, okay.
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  Well, hi, Clayton.
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  You know?
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  So that's that's more of a calculated move on his end than it would have been an investment
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  in my future.
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  He's really an industry plant.
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  They're just playing it down.
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  Right.
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  Well, this is how the industry is gonna run-in the future.
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  Right?
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  We're kinda building a model for how you build a network of your own.
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  Right?
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  We don't really need anybody more than what we got in the group already, but we're always open
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  arms to bring anybody else in.
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  And that taps you into all these different communities, man.
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  It's a beautiful thing that we all have built here.
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  And what, you know, Xander and Clayton, what you guys have built is the the physical
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  network.
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  Right?
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  Like, you're getting hitting all these venues.
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  Right?
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  Well, you can't fill every single date on their calendar.
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  So once you've established that level, they're gonna be more interested in the people that you
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  recommend as well.
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  So I hope you know that you guys are our trailblazers.
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  You got long coattails, and we're all riding them.
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  And, you know, just keep pulling, man.
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  Use that big body of yours, Clayton, to pull this whole fucking Midwest scene with you
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  everywhere across the country that we wanna go.
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  And, yeah, we'll just kinda come behind and pick up the pieces.
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  Well, the good thing is, you know, y'all are walking your own paths and, like, my my my my
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  footsteps are big and deep, but that may you know, you don't have to you don't have to match
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  my stride if your strides are way more better for y'all.
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  You know?
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  Like, I don't know.
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  That's a that's a great way to put it because that's that's something that I had to accept.
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  Right?
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  Like, I wanted to do everything that you guys are doing this year.
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  Right?
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  Like, but that's not in the cards for me.
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  You know what is in the cards is is continuing to foster this relationship with the city of
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  Minneapolis that I have and that scene that you guys have been a part of and that you came
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  from.
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  And, like I said, Alec, you go dropping Xander's name around, and you're gonna make a
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  lot of friends really quick.
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  Right?
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  So we're definitely, you know, feeding off your reputation already, but that's because we know
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  we're good people.
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  Right?
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  We're we're qualifying each other's abilities and the fact that you're not an a hole and
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  building a beautiful network.
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  So it's a lot of fun, man.
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  And I just I I like to take the time to to shout out the people that are out there doing
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  the dang thing.
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  I appreciate the YouTube stuff.
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  Go ahead.
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  Hey.
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  What's your company there, videographer?
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  Shout yourself out.
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  I'm a the company's name is KCC Creatives.
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  I'm barely at the the music and entertainment industry, working with artists, working with PR
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  reps and managements, just making everyone look good.
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  Well, you're doing a great job of it, sir.
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  I I'm loving the content.
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  I'm loving the dean of the day.
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  As someone who ate, anchovies and different things out of a packet in prison, I can I can
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  relate?
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  Yeah.
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  It's good.
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  It it's, nutritional at least.
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  You know?
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  It keeps it it keeps it going, dude.
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  Did you did you have this many flavors?
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  No.
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  We were pretty limited on the commissary list.
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  Hey, man.
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  I would I trust sardines outside of the country more than than I would here in America.
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  Although, I guess I don't know why I'm saying that.
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  I don't think we harvest sardines in this country.
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  You know, those those famous Mississippi River sardines were all eaten here in America.
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  Yeah.
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  I don't even know where they come from.
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  You're a brave soul, Clayton Ryan.
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  A brave soul indeed.
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  Why don't you guys shout those shows out one more time, and we'll let you keep on the road.
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  Sure, man.
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  We're heading the night to Saint Louis, but Evangeline's event.
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  Tomorrow, my old college stomping grounds in Sioux Falls.
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  Octopus, we got Doc Bullfrog and Madison Colbert on the middle.
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  So that should be pretty fun.
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  And then we take a little little break back home.
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  We've got to touch base with everyone and reload on sardines and air out the band.
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  I think we're gonna go for a deep clean this time.
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  And then I'm more like a bleach clean.
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  And then we're heading down to Texas for I I looked at the schedule, and I've said it over
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  and over again.
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  I still I don't know how many days we're in Texas.
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  It could be fourteen.
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  I don't know.
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  But we're going down to Houston.
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  We're going to San Antonio.
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  We're going to Lakeway.
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  We're going to I
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  think I think it.
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  Think I think we're at the I think we're at the eighteen ten Ogivin in Houston.
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  We're at Francis Boxside in Waco, I wanna say.
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  I'm gonna get the cities wrong.
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  That's San Antonio.
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  That's San Antonio.
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  But we're at the Francis Boxside.
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  We will be at Rebecca Creek Distillery.
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  We will be at the Cherrywood Cafe.
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  We'll be at Norman's Deli
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  in Oklahoma City.
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  LT's Corner Pub too in
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  that might be the way car.
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  That's like like way.
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  Like way.
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  There.
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  Thank you.
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  I love it.
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  You guys just make a habit of sending me a graphic every tour, and we're gonna keep the
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  people updated.
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  I love this update from the road.
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  It's inspiring for not just myself, but for other people listening.
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  And, yeah, it might not all be glamorous, but it means something to us, and it's a part of
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  the journey.
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  We appreciate you guys chiming in and watching the YouTube and everything too, man.
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  Make sure if you guys haven't checked it out, follow with the wild man.
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  If you look up Clayton Ryan on, YouTube, that's the series that we're going under right now.
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  And it's been a blast, man.
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  From when we played at the Seventh Street entry back at home to every show date on this tour so
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  far, we'll we'll be documenting it all.
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  Awesome.
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  Well, great job, fellas, and thanks for being part of the scene.
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  And thank you, Bubba.
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  We appreciate you, buddy.
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  This program is part of the Projects podcast network.
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  Scene Project features interviews with independent musicians, comedians, and artists
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  from across the Midwest.
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  Become part of our community and support local art wherever you are.
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  Welcome into a very exciting episode of the scene.
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  I'm your host, Bubba Sartz.
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  And here today for a very special update from the road is Coffee Break Entertainment, Alec
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  Glauwitz.
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  Alec, how you doing, brother?
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  I'm good.
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  Sweaty and stinky, but I'm well, buddy.
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  Well, I've been following along on the YouTube and, watching your guys' journey.
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  You're on the road with Clayton Ryan.
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  Your boys are out doing it.
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  I got the opportunity to talk to you, I jumped at it.
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  Wow.
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  I appreciate you calling, man, and thanks for watching the YouTube videos.
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  It's it's been quite fun, man.
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  We've got our new pal, Casey Carlson, on the road with us documenting this whole thing with
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  his really pro camera, and it's it's been a great time, dude.
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  So we've been trying to upload every day as as quickly as we can.
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  Just little updates from the road with fun little tidbits.
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  Clayton Ryan has been, he brought a bunch of sardines on the road to snack on, and so we've
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  been The
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  dines of the day is my freaking favorite, dude.
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  It's been a it's been a fun little review of every, different flavor of sardines out there,
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  man.
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  It's some of them are nasty, but they're not too bad, actually.
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  Well, he seemed very impressed with the ones he was trying today.
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  I actually had to go back and take notes.
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  Yeah, dude.
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  It's it's been fun, man.
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  I'll tell you what.
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  It's been, quite the adventure out here.
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  Lots of good people on the road, man.
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  It's nice to see that people still enjoy live music.
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  Well and and for those of you that aren't following along on YouTube, you should be.
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  But where have you guys been so far, and where are you at today?
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  Oh, absolutely.
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  Well, currently right now, we're somewhere in Kentucky on our way from Nashville to St.
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  Louis, Missouri.
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  But we we kicked it off on Saturday at Madison at the Red Rooster, which is a sweet little,
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  like, blues juke joint.
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  And that was a super fun time, man.
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  Technically, sold out.
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  They had 55 seats in there, and we had about sixty sixty five people in the building.
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  So we're considering it sold out.
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  That was a really great time.
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  And then we played in Milwaukee on Sunday, and that was a slow return out because we don't
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  know a whole bunch of people out there.
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  But at the end of the day, the venue was very happy with the performances and really enjoyed
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  it so that we need to come back.
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  You know, we're gonna promote it a little harder next time.
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  We did put some advertisements out and stuff, but, you know, I think we need to there was
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  also a a packers game going on, which we were not aware of.
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  Yeah.
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  There's no no luck there, buddy.
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  Dude, yeah, pro tip.
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  If you're gonna play in Wisconsin, make sure you check the packers.
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  And yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  That's that's a pro tip for y'all.
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  Shit.
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  But yeah.
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  So, Chris from Milwaukee and had just a day of driving down to Nashville and spent some time
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  down there for what they call new face Tuesdays.
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  It's just kinda like a four song showcase with a bunch of different both local and touring
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  acts.
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  And it was a lot of fun, man.
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  Everybody on the bill that night were, like, indie kinda grungy bands.
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  There was one solo acoustic lady that went up and did a really great job showcasing her
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  songwriting skills.
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  Then we went up and played two songs off of Clayton Ryan's ghost town record and then two
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  brand new unreleased songs that are more on the, the new era of Clayton Ryan, which is a
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  little less country and a little more, Midwest emo with a touch of country.
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  Well, and he can go so many directions too.
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  I know he's in the car there with you, and we'll see if we can't get everybody on speaker
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  phone here in a bit, but, that's awesome.
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  So a big night in Nashville was had, and now you guys are on.
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  You're moving to St.
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  Louis today.
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  And, what what's going on in St.
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  Louis, Alec?
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  St.
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  Louis, we are at Evangeline's, playing with a a girl named Frankie McCabe who's been touring
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  from, California.
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  She's been on the road for the last, like, three months, and she was kind enough to let us
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  hop on the bill with her while we're in Saint Louis together.
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  So we got, like, a dinner set over there at Evangeline's, and then we will be up at the
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  Octopus in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday night.
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  And then Clayton and I are back home in the Twin Cities for the weekend, just doing our own
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  solo gigs.
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  And then we drive all the way down to Houston next week, and we will be doing five different
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  dates through Texas and then making our way back up through The States, getting back home.
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  So I think there's, like, 13 dates total on this tour right now, which we are dubbing the
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  Little Folkin Roadshow.
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  I love it.
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  I love it.
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  Well, that's that's what the scene's gonna be doing later on this year as well.
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  We're taking this thing on the road.
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  We're hitting Madison.
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  We're gonna be out in Fort Dodge, Iowa with the show.
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  We just got back from a show in Saint Paul, as you know, at a place you know well, the Midway
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  Saloon.
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  Yes, sir.
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  Capturing a lot of content and a lot of great songwriters and that's really what it's all
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  about.
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  You guys are out there paving the way for the future of what we're doing.
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  So, it's nice to check-in and kind of hear the names of the venues and place that we're all
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  going to be frequenting here in the very near future and just so proud of you guys.
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  You're you're doing a hell of a job.
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  Get home safely.
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  Enjoy the last couple of shows out there on the road and we'll catch up with you soon.
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  Thank you so much, Bubba and congrats on everything you got going on too, man.
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  I'm glad you're able to get into the Twin Cities and do some stuff at the Midway Saloon,
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  man.
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  I know they had a really good time.
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  I'll tell you a good way to get into the cities is to start dropping your name around
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  everywhere you go.
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  Hey.
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  There you go, bud.
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  Hey.
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  I love you guys.
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  We'll talk again soon.
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  Back at you, man.
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  Have a great day.
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