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Welcome to Tracer Rounds, and I'm your host, Terry.
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And you're on MBR, where we're giving veterans a voice.
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And tonight's voice is to DJ Nick.
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He is also a DJ on our platform, but he's also on multiple
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platforms. So it's not just us that gets to
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share in his talent. The whole world gets to share in
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his talent. And he's coming to us from
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Milan, Italy. Is that correct?
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That is correct, Terry. And thank you so much for having
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me on the show today. And thank you for that
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wonderful, wonderful introduction.
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Well, there's so much more I could say, but I figured I'd
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kind of let you talk about your history and how you got started
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and how you got started with MBR.
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And then just in radio in general, can you just kind of
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give us a rundown of how you got your start into radio and then
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how you've progressed to where you are now?
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I know that's a lot of conversation, but I'm excited to
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hear it all. It's spans sadly quite a few
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years now because I'm, you know, 42 now.
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I started going to red when I was 18, so a few moons have
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passed since then. But what happened was at the
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time when I, I 'cause I, I've been a music journalist for the
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longest time, so I'd interviewed all the artist I really wanted
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to meet and such. And yeah, and done tons of
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reviews for, for C DS that they I receive and such.
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It was something that I really, really enjoyed.
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But I was like, how can I further my passion for music?
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And that's when the light bulb went off and like, oh, you know,
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should I try my hand at DJ? And, and what happened was I was
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approached by a wonderful lady who sadly is no longer with us,
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Diane Landry from Texas. And she got a start on a on a
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radio station. It was an Internet station at
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the time. And she's like, what do you want
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to do? And I'm like, at the time I was
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more into, I was more a rock and metal head.
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And so I was like, I really want to do a show bringing people
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European rock and metal. And, you know, because because
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the, the audience was mainly American, I was like, maybe they
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don't know these artists. Let's see if we can give do
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something a little bit different.
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So I did that for a while and it was great fun and also got to
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once again have great artists on the show to talk to and such.
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And then I came across MBR and once again, I was, I was, you
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know, I heard heard great stuff. There was not in the early
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stages, but they've been been around for a couple of years.
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And at that time I'd switched from doing the metal from Milan
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show to doing whiskey and cigarettes, which is my current
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show, which is a country music show, or rather I guess I should
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say a roots music shows. We cover all the genres that
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fall under the roots label. So country, Americana,
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bluegrass, you know, Southern rock, etcetera.
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And so I asked them if they won and they were like, yeah, you
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know, by all means though, we don't have a country show, so
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come on over. And I did, and I've basically
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been part of the furniture since then.
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Wow, how long has it been? With MBR, oh, I think it's been
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about. Could it be possibly 20 years?
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Possibly. Oh my goodness, so you're really
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OG of MBR? You've been here a long time.
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Yeah, yeah. I think, I think Joel and I are
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probably the Ogs, you know, when it comes to to who was there at
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the time, because he at the time was a DJ.
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He hadn't power overlord, but and then so it was also great to
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see Joel kind of, you know, rise among the ranks and then
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ultimately, you know, take over. So that was a wonderful journey
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to see for me personally and still be here now, you know,
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under, you know, under his his management.
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So I'm very, very, I'm super happy to still be here.
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I'm glad that that I still have a place here and hopefully I
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will continue to do so. And I also want want to applaud
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you for your work, Terry. You do an absolute job.
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You know, I've been checking out some of your stuff and you're
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awesome at what you do. So I'm really happy, you know,
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to call you a colleague. Oh, well, thank you.
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I really appreciate that. That's quite a compliment.
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I'm, I'm a little bit speechless, if that's possible.
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I don't know if it's possible, but they they dub you the Romeo
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of the rodeo. How did you get that title?
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You know what? That was actually bestowed upon
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me by a Canadian artist by the name of Amy Lee.
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I was at my first award show. I was nominated for
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International Radio Personality of the Year in Nashville.
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And, and so and I'd met Amy a couple of times and not had met
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her, sorry. I'd interviewed her.
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And this was the first time I actually met her.
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And so we were at the Silver Bullet Saloon in Nashville along
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with all the other nominees. And what happened was it's
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customary for Italians when they meet somebody, usually a woman,
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to give them two kisses. Eek.
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This is completely smile you. I did not realise at the time it
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was not normal for North Americans, I assume, because you
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know, we did develop a French banal.
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So I I sort of like Amy. I rushed up to her and I kissed
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her on both cheeks and she and she's a married woman, mind you,
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and her husband was there, but it didn't cause any problems,
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but looked at me and said I could get used to that.
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Really are the Romeo of the rodeo.
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I'm like, well, thank you. I like that name.
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I'm going to keep it. So that's that's how that came
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about. That's an awesome story.
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But yeah, I mean, you know, in other cultures things are
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customary there that aren't necessarily customary here.
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So yes, I understand, you know, the it's not really like so much
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of A, it's more of a like a cordial greeting for you, I
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guess versus, you know, like for us to be like.
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With age, I've learned to ask. With age I've learned.
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With age, I've learned to ask. It's much more you Petra risk
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because like, OK, this is how we do it over here.
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I'm sure it's fine over there. And so, yeah, and I've learned
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when it comes to my American friends of like, is it OK if I
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give you 2 kisses on the cheek or you just want to do a
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handshake? Well, it's good that you asked,
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just in case. Yeah, Yeah.
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I don't want any angry husbands or boyfriends on my case.
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Right. So do you come here often or are
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you mostly do your show from Italy all the time or how does
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it work? Because you, you came here for
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awards and things like that. So do you come here and
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interview or do you just interview solely from Milan or
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what? How is that happening?
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I, I only, I mean, I haven't been to the states in the
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longest time and it's, and it's very sad for me because I love
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America visiting. I have so many friends over
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there that I have not even met in person yet.
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And I've worked with for the longest time because outside the
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radio, I also, I also podcast, I mean podcasting States and
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podcast with them for years. But I've never met them in
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person. And that is a big goal of mine.
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But yeah, last time I think it was like, I think it was like
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mid 2000s. I was in Saint Louis.
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My cousin's wedding she got, she lives in America.
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She was and she is married to a Missourian.
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So we went for her wedding in Saint Louis, which is fantastic.
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But when it comes to the interview stuff, yeah, I don't
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really get the chance to interview folks once again in
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person, thanks to the miracles of the Internet and technology
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and stuff, one can do things like, you know, through Stream
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Yard or through Zoom or through Teams or what have you.
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So that's how I've been doing it.
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Now what was crazy as I used to do it over the phone and I
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literally would have to record, I'd have to use the speaker and
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would it with what either my phone or recorder like 1 Tory
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sort of sort of old school gorilla kind of journalism.
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No good not to have to do that and to be able to rely on on
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VoIP services and it makes life so much easier.
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And it was maybe it breaks the barrier.
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I think you almost feel like you're in the same country, even
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though there is a significant time difference of course.
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Right, exactly. Yeah, there's how many hours
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between you and I right now? Is it 8 or is it more than that?
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Oh, you are on the Are you in on the East Coast or Pacific
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Standard Time or Central Standard Time?
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Central. I'm in Texas.
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OK Oh yay, fantastic. Yes, 7 hours.
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There's a 7 hour difference between the some 7 hours ahead.
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OK. So it's in the afternoon there
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for you. It's actually early morning.
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It's 2:00 in the morning over here.
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Oh. It's 2:00 in the morning.
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Good grief, I'm sorry I got you out of bed.
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No, no, I've been up, I've been up.
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I'm I'm very much a night owl. I mean, my mind is pretty much
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set on Eastern Standard Time these days because of podcasting
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with folks in the states. Actually, you know, before I
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hopped on here, I was literally finishing up a podcast with my
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friend Keith and we just finished our review of Tastic 4
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first steps. So and he's in North Carolina.
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So it's it's it's it's all in days work for me when it comes
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to to these anti insane hours. Not to mention I'm a huge hockey
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fan. I mean, aside from loving
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football of course, because I wouldn't be an Italian if I
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didn't like football or soccer. But I'm a huge hockey fan, huge
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NHL and Montreal Canadiens fans. So I'm used to being up at all
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hours watching the Montreal Canadiens, even though they
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haven't been pretty good lately. I mean, it's sometimes like, why
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do I even bother? But you know you have to root
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for your team in the good and the bad times, so.
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That's right. No fair weathered fans.
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You have to, you know, it's got to be a die hard fan all the way
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through. Oh yeah.
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Yeah. So you're on our platform almost
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every day of the week and you do top 10 country, pop, rock, all
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that, all that. So how did you how did you
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decide to start with all those different shows instead of just
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doing the whiskey and cigarette show?
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Well, The thing is I since I love so many genres of music, I
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even as I listen on a regular basis, I will go from anything
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start to I don't know, to also. So I'm very and K pop recently
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has become a huge thing for me lately.
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I love K but some So what's what happened was I was like, yeah,
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countries all fine and good during four hours of country
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music or root music and what have you.
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But it's like, it would be nice to kind of, you know, bring in
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my for other music, you know, go back to my old days of the rock
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and metal days. And so to find a way to do that.
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And so I went to Billboard and I let's do those.
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And so I did. I went with the with the the
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rock and with the globe art. And that's something I really,
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really am happy that Billboard introduced recently as the
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Billboard global chart, because that way you get enough of what
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the world is listening to, not just one particular area.
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So that's something that I've really been enjoying doing,
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especially, especially the, the, the global chart, because you
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get so many different styles within that, within that one
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chart. And, and so it's, it's a great
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fun. And I actually am this, I went
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out of my way and this is just because I'm like, because I'm
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not, so I don't have anything better to do.
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So I decided to create the billboards global chart top 50
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Spotify playlist. And every single week I'm
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updating it. I know it's, it's and this is
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just like a pet project. I'm like, I just feel I want to
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do this. And if people come across it and
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they add it to their playlist, you know, listen to it in the
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car or have you, I'm happy. It's just, it's just nice to
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kind of share that with the world, if you will.
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So that's pretty much the the story behind that.
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So you're a little like a Casey Kasem if you're familiar with
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Casey Kasem's Countdown Top 40 Countdown.
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I wish I was half as I wish I was half as talented as Casey or
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Wolfman Jack or folks of that that here.
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I mean, those were those we're talking about legends there.
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And I wish I had half the, the personality and the charisma
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that they had because when Casey was doing, you know, the, the,
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the, the countdowns and stuff, he just made it so fun and so
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different. It didn't feel because sometimes
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I can't yell at myself. I'm like, yeah, you could do
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something to spice this up a little.
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But it's a it's very hard because when I don't want to try
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and, you know, emulate what's a lend like Casey did.
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But yeah, I I kind of said if I had 110th of that man's talent,
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I would consider myself exceedingly lucky.
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I think you do. You've won several awards.
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What all awards have you won if? You don't mind me asking that?
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Oh no, of course. And it's still it's still flaws
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me to this day that I've even won an awards because I never
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saw that coming. So I've what are the one I
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mentioned earlier, which was for best international radio
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personality and that was over in Nashville.
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And then I won another one for best radio show in Ashland, KY
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and, and those were the true trophies that I got to walk
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away. And it's wonderful to actually
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have a little trophy sitting on your table.
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And I, I did that. And then there were a couple of
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digital ones that I received as well throughout the years.
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But I think the one that meant, I mean, I love them.
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Thank you for the thank you for that, Amber.
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I appreciate it. But what, what really meant so
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much to me? I'm glad to that I'm looking
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young. I try.
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But anyways, no, what I was saying is the month pro meant
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the most to me was the very first one I, I, I won.
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I mean, I love the other ones. I won, of course, but as they
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say, you never forget your first.
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And the reason for that is there's another hilarious
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anecdote, an anecdote for you, Terry, if if I may.
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So I was at once again, after having made a complete fool of
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myself with Amy and this is on the cheek.
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And then also having been LED into the bathroom by her husband
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because he was a Toronto Maple Leeds supporter and I'm a Habs
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supporter, takes me into the bathroom, shows me the toilet.
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He says, what does that look like?
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I'm like, it's a toilet seat. He said, no, look at the logo.
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He's like the Habs logo is a toilet seat.
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I'm like, I'm not going to dispute that because you're five
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times my size, but whatever. So there was that and so that
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and then after that, everybody chilled out, had a couple of
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drinks and everything else. And we get to the awards and I'm
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sitting there with my manager and I'm like, I'm going to go
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out for a smoke because I don't know when they're going to get
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to me. So I might as well go outside
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and have a smoke. So when outside I'm having, by
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the way, folks, don't ever, don't stop smoking.
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It's not good for you. And I went, I went back in and I
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see my, I see the announcer singing When the Moon Hits the
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Sky. DJ Nick to the stage, please.
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I'm like, oh, I missed my moment and my managers rushing up to
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the stage and Nick, where are you?
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Because I announced the award and I was outside.
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And so I rushed up to the stage, grabbed my trophy and like, I'm
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so sorry guys and such. And so I gave him a little
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prepared speech that I had prepared and, and all that.
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And it was, it was just amazing, amazing night.
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And then after that, this one chap at the bar kept offering me
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drinks. And that was something that was,
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I was I never expect. Is it true?
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Why are you drinking? And I'm like, you know, let's go
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with a whiskey and Coke. And he says, put it on my tab.
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Anything this guy wants, put it on my tab.
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I'm like, wow, I don't even know this dude.
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And he's offering me drinks. This is amazing.
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And then the next day, walking around Nashville and people
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literally pointing me out and recognizing me, that was such a
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weird feeling. It was such a weird feeling, but
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it made me feel so welcomed because once again, you're in
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Nashville, which was, you know, granted, things have expanded,
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but it is still considered the capital of country music.
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And the best of the best have been there.
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And so I was like, I felt so humbled that people literally
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pointing me outgoing international radio personality,
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like, yeah, cheers, man. And it was this.
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It was just unforgettable. And I cannot thank the people in
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Nashville enough, are being so welcoming, so kind, and I just
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really felt like it was almost a second home for me.
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And it's true what they say about the Southern, the Southern
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hospitality, it really is a thing.
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That's so awesome. I love that story and it's
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because you're so likable that people just want to gravitate
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towards you and say, look, there he is.
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There's DJ Nick. We got to wait.
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We got to buy him a drink and whiskey and coke.
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You know who all could say that? DJ Nick, international radio
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personality like that's, that's an honor.
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No, that's an honor. So we're going to take a quick
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break and we're going to play Audios Amigo by Dallas
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Alexander. I don't know if you know him,
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but he's a Canadian special for Versus troupe that's now a
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country music singer and just moved a recently to Nashville to
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Honus Craft. So we're going to play him and
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then we'll be right back with DJ Nick.
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And welcome back to the Tracer Rounds podcast.
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And I'm with DJ Nick and he is a radio.
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He is, we just, I just muted you.
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I'm sorry. He is on our music side on MBR
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and he's also syndicated with other platforms and he has the
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Whiskey and cigarette show. And so I'm really fortunate to
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have you tonight because I really didn't think you'd say
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yes. Well, as always, it's great
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hanging with you, Terry. And may I say that was a
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fantastic song you just played. Absolutely loved it.
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And I love the the video was absolutely awesome.
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I and very much spoke to me. I have to say, because one,
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obviously it's country music, but secondly, I'm a huge comic
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book fan and I love the comic book style of that.
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So it kind of, you know, spoke to me on multiple levels because
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I'm a big nerd, let's be honest. And so I love superheroes, I
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love comic books and so on. So that really spoke to me.
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And you know, Dallas did a fantastic job with that song.
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He really did, and I love that. It's kind of a Zorro feel to the
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comic book too. So Zorro's in there too.
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So, you know, like you said, another superhero.
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So I really like how he put all those elements together and
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really made a very dynamic video.
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Agreed. Yeah, I love music too.
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I'm a music fan. I can't tell you everything
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about music, but I can tell you that I like just about every
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genre. There's a couple I might be like
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on the fence a teeny tiny bit, but other than that, I mean, I
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like country, I like pop, I like rock, I like rap, I like
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instrumental, like jazz, I like Blues, I like bluegrass.
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You know, any kind of music. I mean, good music is good music
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no matter what the genre. Well said.
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And I it sounds like, you know, you're of that on that same
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concept because of all the different shows you host and,
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you know, all the different things that you do on your
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platform. So tell me who is like your Oh,
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I'm so glad I got to interview this person or I got to meet
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this person who would be your one like, Oh man, that's.
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Awesome. Oh my.
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I mean, I don't want to sound, you know, like I'm dodging the
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question or, or deflecting, but it's, it's a very loaded
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question because I've had the privilege of meeting so many of
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my heroes. I all folks I admired from a
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musical standpoint, but I count myself incredibly, incredibly
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blessed. And I thought I'd never get the
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chance to talk to him. I mean, if I go back to my rock
26:35
and metal days, I mean, I've had the chance to, to hang out with
26:39
folks like, you know, Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day.
26:42
That was a huge one for me. And that, that was amazing.
26:46
It was literally at a Green Day show because I was interviewing
26:48
Green Day that day. And so then I went backstage and
26:51
so we, I hang out with Billy, really, really nice dude.
26:54
And then it was just wonderful to talk to him.
26:56
Then another another guy that I was a huge fan of, which I mean,
27:00
I there might be more popular in the in the in Europe than they
27:03
are in the States, even there if they are an American band.
27:05
And that's Sabotage. And I met their, their lead
27:09
singer, John Oliva, who I was a huge, huge fan of.
27:14
And I thought I, I, I would never get to meet him.
27:16
And that once again, I got on the tour bus, chatted to the guy
27:19
and I'm like, I cannot express to you how much your music means
27:23
to me. And I always think you should
27:25
thank them because, you know, they're sharing their gift with
27:27
the world. And they might hear it a million
27:29
times, but I think, you know, they they can never hear it
27:31
enough. So I think it's important to let
27:34
them know how much music has impacted you.
27:36
So and and then there are tons of other ones that I got to do
27:38
when it comes to, to to the rock and metal side of things.
27:42
Lita Ford was a was one which was brilliant Lita.
27:46
Ford. Oh my goodness.
27:47
But here's the weird one with Lita.
27:49
With Lita, it was on the phone and we literally did something
27:52
where we went through her discography and so we had, I had
27:57
her pick 3 songs from every album of hers and we literally
28:00
went through them. And so she was on the phone for
28:03
a significant amount of time with me to literally where she
28:06
was driving. She went to a fast food
28:08
restaurant with her kids. I heard it all.
28:11
You could literally hear her kids in the backwards.
28:13
Like you guys, shut up, I'm doing an interview.
28:15
And she was literally, so I was literally with her all the time
28:20
throughout the course of this. It was really weird.
28:21
It was, but it was amazing that I got to talk to Lita.
28:23
It's been a really lovely gal. And then another very memorable
28:27
one from that day. And then I'll get some country
28:29
ones here shortly. But the other one that was meant
28:31
a lot to me was talking to the guitarist from Vixen, who sadly
28:34
is no longer with us. And that was also in her car.
28:39
And a certain point, she literally said, Nick, is it a
28:42
problem if I just go outside and pee?
28:43
I really can't hold it in anymore.
28:45
I'm like, that's rock'n'roll baby, take it, go ahead, I'll be
28:48
right here. And so literally heard that she
28:51
had to get out of her car and go out.
28:53
And because I said she's a rocker, that's what they do.
28:56
And so that was that was a great honour for me.
28:57
It's very sad. I said that that that that Jan
28:59
is no longer with us. But she was absolutely a
29:00
wonderful, wonderful person in the country world.
29:03
Well, there's quite a few. The first one that comes to mind
29:07
is Tanya Tucker. Oh yes, Tanya Tucker of.
29:10
Course, I got to have Tanya on my show twice and she was like,
29:14
so elated about it. She's like, you're in Italy.
29:17
I can't believe I'm talking to you in Italy.
29:19
I can hear you so clearly and stuff like, yes, that's the
29:22
miracles of technology. Tanya, you appreciate that.
29:27
And then she's like, I still have to come back because I love
29:29
the name whiskey and cigarettes. I have to come back.
29:32
So she came back. And other ones.
29:34
I mean, I, I could just just go down the list of how lucky I
29:37
was. Charlie Pride was another one.
29:38
Like oh wow. Yeah, another really fantastic
29:41
dude. I mean, I have really bad things
29:43
to say. I've been very lucky.
29:44
I've never had any sort of bad interviews.
29:46
There have been a few, of course, but most of them were
29:49
great. Bobby Bare was another one I got
29:51
to talk to, and he was a big hero of mine.
29:53
Hank Williams, Junior. Who else was there that?
29:57
And here, here's the very sad one.
29:59
I was supposed to interview Ken Kenny Rogers, and what happened
30:03
was I was in Nashville at the time and I was just about to.
30:07
It was the day before I had to leave to go back to Italy.
30:09
My manager writes to me, says, do you want to interview Kenny
30:12
Rogers, which is like, is the Pope Catholic?
30:14
I mean, and I'm like. Of course.
30:17
Yeah, exactly. Like, obviously I do.
30:19
And like, OK, he'll be available tomorrow at such and such a
30:21
time. Like, oh man, I'm flying out.
30:24
I won't be able to talk to him. And so I I live with the regret
30:27
now because once again, you know, Kenny's no longer with us.
30:30
Either. And I have that huge regret that
30:32
I never got to talk to Kenny Rogers because that's another
30:35
one which would have meant a lot to do for me to talk to.
30:38
I mean, then there were there were, there were so many other
30:40
ones that that were that said that, you know, as I said, I was
30:43
incredibly happy with both in the independent world and, and
30:47
the established 1. And they're really, and once
30:49
again, they're just such nice people.
30:51
It's amazing because as long as you think fame and fortune has
30:54
gone to their heads, they might be a bit Snooty or what have
30:57
you, but by and large I've noticed that they're really,
31:01
they're really down to earth. I mean, I think if you, you
31:04
know, treat them right and and such, they tend to behave
31:07
themselves and be good. Luke Bryan, another guy I
31:10
absolutely love. He was, he was fantastic.
31:12
Chris Stapleton was another one. I actually my, my fun.
31:16
Here's a fun, another fun anecdote for you.
31:18
I actually was able to stomp Luke Bryan.
31:20
I never thought I'd be able to do that, but I did because we
31:23
were doing the interview. And at some point I said, you
31:25
always have this huge smile on your face.
31:28
What in life makes you smile? He stopped, and he's like, I'm
31:34
going to need a moment to think about that one.
31:36
And it took him a while. Like, I literally stomped Luke
31:39
Bryan, who's done so many interviews in his life.
31:42
So I was like, you go. So was so yeah, that was, that
31:45
was another, another great one. So.
31:47
But like I said, I could go on all day because as I said, I've
31:49
been, I've just been, I've been so lucky because I've been doing
31:51
this for so long. And I've had the chance to have
31:54
so many people that I've gone to talk to that have written and
31:56
sung songs that, like I said, have made my life that that much
32:00
better. And so, yeah, I'm incredibly
32:02
thankful to all of them. Yeah, definitely.
32:05
So is there any other DJs that you've wanted to meet that
32:08
you've met that you're like, Oh my goodness, I'm getting to be
32:12
in the same virtual space as them or or literally in the same
32:17
space? Well, I'd love to hang out with
32:18
you, you know, I mean, if ever I'm in Texas, you know, I mean,
32:22
I have not been to Texas in ages.
32:26
That was one of my first trips to the States.
32:28
I literally it was in Fort Worth.
32:30
Yeah, right. I'm right here.
32:32
There you go. Fort Worth was I had a blast in
32:35
Fort Worth. It was absolutely fantastic.
32:37
I was hosted basically by by Diane Andrea.
32:41
I said the the girl who gave me my my first gig there and she's
32:44
like coming over the house and so on, etcetera.
32:46
You know how you'll be my guest for, for a couple of, a couple
32:48
of days or what have you. And she introduced me to Cajun
32:52
cooking, one of the most fantastic things I've ever
32:56
tasted. So we had like the sausage gravy
32:58
and the biscuits and all this, all this stuff.
33:01
I was like, oh, this is amazing. The only problem was I came
33:04
back, I was like, I don't know how many pounds I put on by then
33:07
because this we ate this stuff like on all the time.
33:10
Like this food is really good, but it's kind of taking a toll
33:14
on my gut. So I don't know if I could eat
33:15
this all the time, but I'd love to meet you in, in, in rural
33:19
liberty area for for sure. I mean, all the other folks at
33:22
MBR would be wonderful, actually have a hangout and just meet
33:25
everybody. You know, it's I'd say, I'd say
33:29
you guys first and foremost because you're the ones that
33:32
I've known you for the most. And so, yeah, what is your?
33:36
I have a question for you then, Terry.
33:37
What is your poison of choice? My poison?
33:41
Like what do you mean? Like when it comes to adult
33:44
beverages, is an adult beverage that you particularly enjoy.
33:47
You know I don't drink. Oh, OK, yeah.
33:50
So well, because of. That it's like a fruit juice or
33:54
a. Absolutely.
33:55
Or a coffee, Yeah. Sweet sweet tea.
33:58
Does that work? Well, I actually don't drink
34:00
sweet tea because it's too sweet.
34:02
Here in the South, when they say sweet, they mean sweet.
34:07
It's more sweet than tea, yes. Yes, yes, if you didn't put
34:11
about 3 cups of sugar in it for southern tea, it's not sweet
34:15
enough. Well, I guess then I'll, I'll,
34:18
I'll buy you a non alcoholic beverage then when I when I
34:21
hopefully get the chance to meet you in person.
34:23
Well that sounds great. I actually love mojitos.
34:25
But a virgin mojito? I love those.
34:27
There you go, those are amazing. Those are amazing.
34:32
So I am just so fascinated by your whole career and how you
34:38
really got started and and how you were a music journalist and
34:42
then transition to radio show host.
34:46
How many platforms are you actually on right now besides
34:49
MBR? Well, when it comes to the
34:52
stations syndicated, I think we're on I think almost 30
34:57
syndicated stations at this point between FM and Nets, both
35:01
over here nationally and internationally.
35:03
Yeah. So I'd say, I mean, I'm terrible
35:07
at keeping score with this kind of stuff.
35:09
And that's why I have a manager because you delegate and you let
35:13
them deal with those headaches, as he once told me.
35:17
And I don't claim to be, you know, you know, the the like the
35:21
Super rock star DJ, what have you, But he's he told me you're
35:25
the talent, I'm the brains. Let me take care of this stuff
35:28
and you just focus on the show. And that's pretty much what
35:31
Michael and I have been doing. I've been, Michael's been my
35:34
manager for once again, I think almost, you know, almost 15
35:38
years now that he's been my manager.
35:40
And you know, it's because of him that I've had so much
35:43
success and I've enjoyed, you know, the, the things I have
35:46
because the man is just top notch and, and such a great and
35:51
such a wonderful person. He's a decent human being.
35:54
He understands you. Super patient because I can get
35:57
tetchy at times. You know, I'm Italian.
36:00
We're passionate people. So, you know, I can be a
36:02
difficult customer at times, but he has the patience of the Dalai
36:06
Lama with me. And I really appreciate that,
36:09
that, that, I mean, he's a, he's a Pittsburgh Penguins fan.
36:13
Nobody's perfect. But, you know, other than that,
36:15
I, I love the guy to bits. And I definitely would not be
36:18
here, I don't think, if it hadn't been for people like
36:21
Michael. That's awesome.
36:23
That's really a good testament to your relationship that after
36:27
all these years you can still say the same things and say, you
36:29
know, you complement each other skill sets.
36:31
He's really good at the scheduling and keeping you on
36:34
task, and you're really good at doing the talony things that you
36:37
need to do, the creative things. So I mean, that's a really great
36:41
relationship. And that's a really great
36:42
testament to that relationship is your ability to just, you
36:46
know, depend on him to get you in the right place at the right
36:49
time and to really help promote what you do and just, you know,
36:52
kind of be that rock that you need beside you when you're
36:55
doing all this. I think that's awesome.
36:57
Oh yeah, I mean, we have The Karate Kid relationship.
37:00
I call him Sensei. He calls me Grasshopper.
37:03
We've been calling us this for the longest time.
37:05
I. Love that.
37:08
I love that. Well, I think we're going to
37:09
take another quick break and we're going to play a song you
37:12
probably haven't heard, and it's going to be Joe Muse is the
37:17
artist and the song is Dead Man Walking.
37:20
Oh nice. Here we go.
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42:18
Joel was there, so H Train and Amber from Into the Weeds and
42:22
Tony from Inside the Hoosier Mind.
42:24
And we also had Jose Flores with the motivated mindset.
42:29
So all these guys are hosts and and they're really digging your
42:33
accent and they're digging what you do.
42:36
And we do listen, and I do listen to you too at work when
42:40
your show is on. I'm really excited.
42:42
I appreciate that, Yeah. Hope you hope you make.
42:45
I hope it's enjoyable at least. It's bearable at least.
42:50
No, it's very enjoyable. I appreciate what you do and I
42:53
get lots of opportunities. Since you're on several
42:55
different times, I get lots of opportunities to hear you.
42:58
And I was like, I need to have him on the show.
43:00
How cool would that be? Oh, well, thank you.
43:04
And I'm very, very glad to be here once again.
43:06
And I will say this. I mean, I guess tonight it's all
43:09
about the anecdotes. I feel like one of those old
43:12
school, I feel like Keith Richards, they're kind of kind
43:14
of relating his biography. Oh yo, back in the.
43:16
Day we were doing this. No, I mean it, but no, I'm
43:20
kidding. But I'm what I'm what I'm saying
43:22
is when it comes to the accent. And that has been kind of been
43:26
brought up multiple times, even in my interviews, because when I
43:29
have most of my artists, the artists I talk to are from the
43:31
states or from Canada, you know, North America mainly, and they
43:36
always like I was expecting an Italian.
43:39
Why do you sound British? And I'm like.
43:43
This is just how I talk. And I mean, I, I guess tonight
43:46
I'm going to, I'm going to reveal the secret behind that
43:48
because a lot of people wonder what the story is behind this.
43:51
Why I sound like this is well, I was born and raised here in
43:55
Italy. My father is Italian and
43:57
multiple generations. My mother is South African and
44:01
she moved from South Africa to Italy when she was like 18 or
44:05
whatever, met my father and here I am.
44:07
But so that's that's why what's really weird is I did not
44:11
inherit my mother's South African accent.
44:13
I got this. I guess it's probably because
44:16
also my grandmother, my maternal grandmother who lived in
44:20
Brighton, England, she would send us, you know, my, myself
44:24
and my siblings videotapes. When she came over to she'd
44:26
bring us videotapes of TV shows from the UK.
44:30
So we watched a lot of English teller, British television.
44:33
And that might have been possibly influenced my accent.
44:36
I don't know, but definitely developed my love for for
44:39
British TV. Huge Doctor Who fan, of course,
44:42
and, and all that. But some, Yeah.
44:44
And that's. So if anybody's wondering, This
44:46
is why I sound like this. I've actually, I've been told my
44:49
accent is Estuary English, which I love that.
44:52
I love the title, which kind of means within the London area,
44:57
but not exactly. This was actually told me by a
44:59
violinist and linguist. She's like, oh, because she is
45:03
literally from England and she was listening to my accents like
45:06
that's Estuary English. And I'm like, oh, OK, thank you.
45:08
Now I have a name for it. That's good.
45:10
Yeah. So it is interesting.
45:13
And I wondered about that. I didn't ask, but I did wonder.
45:16
So what do people think around you?
45:18
Because you live in Italy and you have that accent.
45:20
So do they think you belong there or do they think what are
45:23
you doing here? Well, the The thing is this, it
45:26
always surprises them because I am, you know, fluent.
45:30
Obviously when I speak Italian, I've got an Milanese Italian
45:33
accent because obviously born and raised in Milan.
45:35
And when I open my mouth and speak English, I've got this.
45:38
And they always flaws them because they're always like, oh,
45:42
I wasn't. Expecting that.
45:44
You know, and then this, they're just blown away by it because
45:47
Italians, I mean, I, I love my country, don't get me wrong, but
45:52
it, Italians are getting better at speaking English and
45:56
especially the new, the, the latest generation.
45:58
Now I sound like an old man, but that's how it is.
46:01
The latest generation are getting good at it because
46:03
they're starting to watch films and TV shows in the original
46:08
language, mostly English with subtitles.
46:10
So they're beginning to learn, you know, to speak it better.
46:15
Fun fact, the, the, the theatre that I go to, the movie theatre
46:18
I go to offers films in English with subtitles.
46:22
And I'm so glad because I can't as much as we have the best
46:26
dubbers in the world and actually, you know, famous stars
46:29
from Hollywood want to meet their Italian dubbers because
46:32
they're that impressed. So I'm not just saying that, but
46:36
they offer because I want to always watch movies in the in
46:38
the original language because I think it it conveys the true
46:41
feelings as much as a double can a voice double can do.
46:44
And so it's great to see so many folks going to these showings in
46:49
the original language. Case in point, the other day I
46:52
went to see the new Fantastic Four movie and within my movie
46:56
theatre there were tons of folks and they were just speaking
46:58
Italian, but they were there to watch it in the original
47:01
language. And so I think it's a wonderful
47:02
thing that we get that opportunity.
47:04
I mean, I will even watch films during languages I don't speak.
47:08
I love Squid Game, for example, and I watched it in Korean with
47:11
the subtitles because I wanted to hear it in the original
47:14
language. I know it's also dubbed, but I
47:16
would rather hear it in the native language because I think
47:19
it just brings forward more of the expression when it comes to
47:22
watching ATV show or a movie. Sorry to to go down that that
47:26
tangent there, Terry. No, no, I totally agree with
47:29
you. I watched Rambo in French and it
47:33
just does not have the same dynamic as when you're hearing
47:37
it. You know, in English, hearing
47:39
French, hearing Rambo speak French was.
47:43
Imagine sliced alone in French. Was not good and I was like, no,
47:48
I want to you know, I want to hear it in the language it was
47:50
originally produced. And so I'm 100% with you on
47:53
that. I think even if if I don't speak
47:55
the language, the intent and the the acting is all geared towards
47:59
the language and all the intonations and on the
48:01
inflections are all about that language and so it conveys so
48:06
much more of the meaning behind the movie and behind the feeling
48:10
and everything that goes along with the dialogue.
48:12
So I 100% agree with you. I'd rather watch subtitles in my
48:17
language and hear the movie in whatever language it was written
48:21
to be in. I totally agree with that.
48:23
I think that's on point, and I think it's on point for songs
48:26
too. When they translate a song from
48:29
the the the the language it was written in and then they put it
48:33
into English or another song, it kind of loses something in my
48:36
opinion. You know, you bring up a great
48:38
point because for the longest time in Italy, pop songs, I
48:42
mean, of course they had the original, you know, they had
48:44
their own. We have our own obviously pop
48:47
songs. But for the longest time, way
48:49
back when, so like in the 50s or the 60s or what have you, they
48:52
would take famous, you know, English songs or, you know,
48:56
English language songs and translate them into Italian.
49:00
Or even more interesting, you would have the artist, the
49:04
original artist who sang that in English, sing it in Italian.
49:07
Neil Sedaka did that multiple times.
49:09
Paul Anka did that multiple times and it would literally
49:13
come over and they would sing the songs in Italian.
49:16
And it was, I mean, it, it was kind of fun and it was it was an
49:20
interesting thing. There's actually Speaking of
49:21
country music, Faith Hill's song This Kiss, which is super
49:26
popular, of course, then became popular for an Italian pop
49:30
artist who changed, who had literally translated the song
49:33
and, and made it her own. And it was so funny to go to my
49:37
friends and say, you guys know this is actually an originally
49:40
an American country song, right? None of them had a clue.
49:43
I had to play it for them, but it was it's kind of fun.
49:47
No, there are there are some, some, some, I I mean, it's hit
49:50
and miss. Some of them, like you said, you
49:53
lose the original sort of oomph that they have sometimes.
49:57
I guess I I guess it it can work.
49:59
I suppose it's also bias isn't in the sense that if you've
50:03
heard that version first, you're attached to that particular
50:06
version as well. Yes.
50:07
Like a cover of a song. It's like, oh, they can never do
50:10
that better. You know, I, I don't know, you
50:12
think of knocking on heaven's door.
50:14
Some people like, oh, Guns and Roses, you know, but there might
50:16
be the Dylan fans like, no, it's the original Bob Dylan.
50:19
I'm sorry. So it's it's it varies.
50:21
That's true. I agree.
50:23
That's true. Well, it's like, you know, I
50:24
don't know if you know much about Supertramp.
50:26
If you were a fan, I. Was a Supertramp.
50:28
Fan and you know they sampled part of is it Breakfast in
50:33
America off the album and they take a look at my girlfriend and
50:37
they put it in another song and it works really well in there
50:40
and I actually like that they included it.
50:42
So they took something old and made it new again with other
50:45
lyrics, you know that go along with it.
50:47
And I like when they do that when they bring back something
50:50
that was really iconic at the time, at least in my mind it was
50:54
and and they put it in a new and a song and they're like Oh yeah
50:57
that's super cool I'm like yeah that's a really old song.
50:59
You didn't know that, did you? No.
51:01
We know if you can then, you know, introduce it to a new
51:04
audience. It's a great thing because
51:07
you're you're they're getting exposed to something that that
51:10
you know, was iconic and important and it's now being
51:13
brought forward to another audience.
51:15
Granted, might come there in a different form or different
51:18
shape, but you know, it's, it makes me think of all Gov Kid
51:22
rocks all summer long. Who folks were maybe not, not
51:25
familiar with werewolves of London, you know, and, and such.
51:29
And because obviously some folks have never heard of Warren
51:31
Zevon, but you know, it kind of exposed them to that.
51:35
Granted, for them it will only be Kid Rock.
51:37
And they were like, oh, who's Warren Zevon?
51:39
I don't know what this werewolves thing you're talking
51:41
about, but I thought it was kind of fun when it came to, you
51:45
know, that particular situation. Yeah, no, I agree.
51:50
And I, I, I do like when they sample songs and they do kind of
51:52
make something that's old new again.
51:55
And then, like you say, expose it to another audience 'cause
51:57
it, you know, really and truthfully, if you're just only
52:00
listening to today's music, you're missing out.
52:03
I mean, because there's so much good music that goes way, way
52:06
back that if you're not listening to something that
52:09
happened in the 50s and 60s, even 40s for that matter.
52:13
Yeah, there's so much great stuff from the. 40s yes.
52:16
I would really even wink in my parents eyes then.
52:20
I mean my father hadn't yet been born.
52:21
My father was born in 46 so. Yeah, right.
52:25
But there's such good music because it's like music
52:27
transcends time. And so good music is good music.
52:32
It doesn't matter the genre. I mean, it really is good, you
52:36
know, it can transcend relationships, everything, time
52:40
and space, you know, good music is good music, period.
52:44
I think, you know, so you shouldn't shut it out to just,
52:47
well, it's not today's music. I don't want to hear it.
52:48
That's old stuff. No, you, you bring up a great
52:51
point, you know, recently, of course, you know, we lost the
52:55
legend that was Ozzy Osbourne. And you know, I was obviously a
52:59
huge fan of Aussies, but it makes me think of Black Sabbath.
53:03
And if you think of the very first Black Sabbath record,
53:06
which if I'm not wrong, came out in 1969 and you know, their,
53:10
their, their, their title album. And I obviously I'd, I'd gotten
53:15
into Aussie first because I guess, you know, I was old, I
53:18
was younger, so I hadn't to sort of gotten on the Black Sabbath
53:21
train, no pun intended. But you know, I was more, I was
53:25
literally on the Blizzard of Oz stuff, etcetera.
53:27
And then I was like, oh, let's check out his previous band,
53:29
Black Sabbath. And I was listening to the first
53:31
Black Sabbath record, like I said, 69 And my, my mother walks
53:35
into my room. He's like, is that Black
53:37
Sabbath? I'm like, yes, it is.
53:39
I'm like, Mom, you know, Black Sabbath.
53:42
She's like, what do you know about black?
53:43
Sabbath mom, she's like this, she said.
53:45
Of course I had the vinyl. I'm like, oh right, 1969, That
53:51
explains it. Or, or heck, even my dad, who I
53:55
I got, I got, you know, from Ozzy Osbourne.
53:57
I got stuff like Alice Cooper. I love Alice Cooper with a
54:00
passion. And my dad is like, oh, you
54:03
know, yeah, I was going to like, parties when school's out was
54:06
playing and like, Dang, my father listened to Alice Cooper.
54:10
This is how many generations Alice stands with his music.
54:14
And like you said, good music is his music, no matter what decade
54:17
or period it was made in. But it blows my mind when you
54:20
get to these artists you were like your parents were listening
54:23
to and now you're listening to them and they're still going,
54:26
you know, So and, and I of course, I hope that Alice keeps
54:29
going for as long as he can. But, you know, as I said, it's
54:32
it's just amazing that artists like him, you know, can have
54:35
touched so many generations without him.
54:38
Isn't. Yeah, it is amazing like Steven
54:41
Tyler and. He knows I mean.
54:44
He's been around a long time. And, you know, The Rolling
54:46
Stones and Mick Jagger. I mean, like, you know, these,
54:51
like you said, they're through the history of of our teenage
54:56
years, our parents, they're maybe our kids even will still
55:00
be listening to it. It's like, you know the.
55:03
Mughals are still going live, aren't they?
55:05
The Eagles, they lost well with one of the I.
55:09
Really lost the guitarist, but didn't I think Vince Neil come
55:12
in to replace him temporarily or something like?
55:14
That yes, I think so. Vince.
55:16
Vince Gill. Pardon me?
55:16
Vince Gill? Yeah.
55:17
Yeah, he did. He did for a while.
55:19
And just like The Beach Boys, had the guy from Full House.
55:24
What's his name? I just forgot his name but he
55:26
was the drummer for a while. Yeah.
55:29
Yeah, I don't know why I can't think of his name, but yeah, I
55:32
love it when they get somebody that's a huge fan and they bring
55:35
them in and then let them play, you know, because they've been
55:37
studying the music for so long and playing on their own, so.
55:40
Once again, introducing the Eagles to another generation,
55:43
because the Eagles have been going on forever.
55:47
Yes, Hotel California. I mean, that's iconic, right?
55:50
I mean. California Desperado, you name?
55:53
It Yes, exactly, exactly. Yeah, the Eagles.
55:57
And then everybody has to go to Winslow, AZ and stand on the
56:00
corner. They most certainly do.
56:04
My sister even did it. She sent me a picture from
56:07
Winslow, AZ standing on the corner.
56:09
Yeah. Wow, that's amazing.
56:12
Yeah, it's pretty neat how you get to sometimes live the music
56:16
that you hear, you know, like you get to visit some of the
56:18
places they're talking about or something, and it just brings
56:21
all that music and those memories home, I think.
56:24
Oh, I totally agree and see that at the same time though, when
56:27
you listen to those bands or those artists maybe not around
56:29
anymore. They they retired.
56:32
You're really like, oh man, I wish I could have seen them live
56:34
now. Yes, lately I'm not a big
56:36
concert goer, but you know, if I had somebody told me know what
56:38
concert would you like to? Where's your dream concert?
56:42
I would say without, you know, even even thinking about it,
56:44
Creedence Clearwater Revival. I would kill to see CCR with the
56:50
original line up. I think, I believe John Fogerty
56:52
is still doing stuff. I think he's not kind of gone.
56:54
I don't know whether he's still with CCR where he's just a solo
56:57
artist these days. But I would have killed to see
57:01
CCR, you know, back in the day or the the old line up because
57:06
that's another band that I I like so much because they
57:09
transcend their genre. You can call them somewhat
57:13
country. They're a little bit rock.
57:15
They've got so many elements that they they are able to
57:18
please so many folks from different backgrounds.
57:21
I mean, because you can be a hardcore country music art a fan
57:24
and love CCR. You can love rock'n'roll and you
57:26
love CCR. You can be a pop fan, you love
57:29
CCR because they are just that good that they can cater to so
57:34
many different palettes. Yeah, no, I agree.
57:37
I I think that's on point. I there's several artists I'd
57:41
like to see too, that some of them are together, some of them
57:44
aren't. But one of my favorite was Rick
57:46
Springfield. I'm sorry, but I just love him
57:49
and he's still performing and he's like 70 something now, I
57:52
think, but he's still out there killing it.
57:55
It's like there's a lot of them out there like that.
57:57
I saw Bruce. Springsteen is still going which
58:00
is insane. Yes, yes.
58:01
And REO Speedwagon, I think they just announced they were
58:04
stopping performing, but I I got to see them and they were one of
58:07
my favourites. There's several like that.
58:09
I haven't seen the Gem Blossoms yet.
58:11
They're supposed to be in town in September and I want to see
58:14
the Gem Blossoms. I love them so much, I love
58:16
their music. I hope you get to see them.
58:18
I've heard that the shows have always been good, you know, no
58:20
matter what period. So I think you you I've heard
58:23
it's treat. They're friends of mine.
58:25
They're friends of mine who are fans of the gem blossoms.
58:27
So I think really, yeah, if you get, I mean, I, The thing is, I,
58:31
my, my friends have also very sort of eclectic tastes, some
58:36
music and, and yeah, and I and some of my friends have actually
58:40
gotten the chance to see him. And they're like, it was, it was
58:42
epic. It was one of the best shows
58:44
I've ever seen. And, and so, because if I, I
58:47
thought maybe after so many years, they wouldn't be able to
58:49
bring it, but man, they brought it.
58:50
And so I would highly suggest if you get, if they're in your
58:53
area, Terry, or you know, even a couple of states or a couple of
58:57
states away, go for it. I know they're coming with the
59:00
spin doctors. Oh wow, yeah, totally, totally
59:03
have to go. Right I.
59:06
Don't know people convincing them that.
59:08
Right, that that right there is like, Oh yeah, let's go.
59:12
Well, we're coming up on the end of our hour.
59:14
And I really hate that because I really enjoyed our conversation
59:18
and I really enjoyed talking to you about your career and then
59:21
about music. Because it sounds like we kind
59:24
of run in the same lanes of, you know, music appreciation, you
59:29
know, like, it doesn't really matter if it's country because I
59:30
love country too. And I love, you know, rock and I
59:35
alternative like I love it all. If music is just, you know,
59:39
what's the heartbeat? My heartbeat actually.
59:42
And I feel like it's the heartbeat of America and all the
59:44
other countries is because anything that we if we can't
59:48
share anything else between our countries, we can share music
59:52
and music, you know, bridges that gap sometimes and brings us
59:56
together, you know, because I think I know this is kind of
59:58
cliche, but music, I think heels.
1:00:02
Heals the soul and can really put people together when they
1:00:05
didn't think they had anything in common.
1:00:07
I think music is our commonality and we can find some common
1:00:11
ground if we can just share, you know, some music and a drink and
1:00:16
relax, right? Amen.
1:00:18
I couldn't have put it better myself.
1:00:19
I think definitely music is a universal language.
1:00:22
You know, even if you don't speak that language or
1:00:24
understand that language, you can still Bob your head and, and
1:00:26
tap your feet and, and have a good time.
1:00:28
So that was very eloquently put, Terry.
1:00:30
I couldn't, I couldn't add any more to that.
1:00:32
And it's very sad that this hour has just flown by.
1:00:35
I guess time goes, time goes, goes, flies by when you're
1:00:38
having fun, I guess. I absolutely, I have enjoyed it
1:00:42
so much. Is there anything you wanted to
1:00:43
say right before we taking off? Anything that's coming up for
1:00:45
you that you want to share with the group?
1:00:48
Well, I guess First off, I want to thank you so much for your
1:00:52
time and for having me on. I greatly, greatly appreciated
1:00:55
it. It was a blast and definitely
1:00:57
very memorable indeed. When it comes to me, I guess you
1:01:00
know folks, if you haven't checked out the whiskey and
1:01:02
cigarettes show, you can of course check us out on on on
1:01:05
MBR, of course, every Sunday from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Eastern
1:01:10
Standard Time. We play the very best and
1:01:12
nothing but the best of the country music from Alabama to
1:01:15
Zac Brown and also have great interviews with independent and
1:01:19
established artists. So check us out.
1:01:21
And if I may Terry, I would like to quickly plug my my podcasts.
1:01:28
I. Think my my Co host would kill
1:01:30
me if I'd not take this opportunity to do that.
1:01:32
So First off, I mentioned my love for comics.
1:01:35
So you're you're fans of superhero movies.
1:01:38
You can check myself and my Co host Keith Bliss on Happiness in
1:01:42
darkness, the superhero movie podcast.
1:01:44
We'll discuss any and every superhero movie under the sun
1:01:47
recently reviewed the Fantastic Four first steps and last but so
1:01:51
not least gold standard the Oscars podcast where myself and
1:01:55
there's two lovely ladies, Zan Sprouse from Ohio and Rachel
1:01:58
Friend from Indiana. We, we have reviewed all the
1:02:00
best picture winning movies in chronological order.
1:02:03
And now we're reviewing movies that we have picked and all
1:02:05
sorts of of, of films have come out.
1:02:08
So that's happiness and darkness and gold standard, the Oscars
1:02:11
podcast, and you can find us anywhere where podcasts are
1:02:14
found. And I would say go check them
1:02:16
out because I'm a fan. So you've got a fan for life.
1:02:20
So, so much for coming on the show tonight and for sharing
1:02:24
your information with us as far as what you're doing and and you
1:02:28
know how you got started and just sharing a little bit about
1:02:32
you because I see your name all the time, but I've I didn't
1:02:35
haven't got a chance to really engage with you.
1:02:37
So this was my opportunity and I'm so glad I had it.
1:02:40
I'm so glad I I got to talk to you, you know, and meet the the
1:02:44
legendary woman behind the legendary show.
1:02:46
So we're very happy to have to hang out with you, Terry.
1:02:48
Well, thank you. This is Tracer Rand signing off.
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