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Live And Loud Across The USA Foghat's Roger Earl And Scott Holt · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: I know it always seems kind of fun just to
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  Speaker 1: jump onto Spotify or iHeartRadio and, oh, there's my favorite podcast.
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  Speaker 1: But what would happen if that one author that you've
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  Speaker 1: got for a podcast host is actually hosting 21 different podcasts?
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  Speaker 1: It's the thing. We're all doing a network of podcasts.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I always say go to their websites, arrow.net, A-R-R-O-E.net.
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  Speaker 1: It's that one place where you can find four stories.
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  Speaker 1: You've got your favorite park. You've got your favorite place
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  Speaker 1: of solitude. Where are you writing this down to preserve
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  Speaker 1: for a future self? A little bit too heavy for
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  Speaker 1: you today? Oh, it's not when you go to forest stories.
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  Speaker 1: Only on arrow.net. A-R-R-O-E dot net. Enjoy your exploration. Funky fresh. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: what's going on there, Mr. Michael, Michael, Michael? I'm just
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  Speaker 1: taking it easy and sleazy with a bunch of guys
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  Speaker 1: that are in a hat and it's pretty foggy in here. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: did you know, Michael, I've got to share with you
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  Speaker 1: here that three of the songs on this are recorded
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  Speaker 1: in Great Falls, Montana. And where am I from, Michael?
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  Speaker 1: I'm from Montana. That is right.
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  Speaker 2: And I did not know that.
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  Speaker 1: Kids.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my God. Arrow Collins.
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  Speaker 1: All yours for the next 10, buddy. What were you
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  Speaker 1: feeling in Great Falls? Because, I mean, you were so
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  Speaker 1: close to Glacier National Park. You had to be picking
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  Speaker 1: up on some sort of vibe there, guys.
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  Speaker 3: It was just one of those days that our front
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  Speaker 3: of house engineer sent us the recordings and we said, wow,
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  Speaker 3: these sound really good. That was a really cool thing
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  Speaker 3: about this record, you know, taking songs from all over
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  Speaker 3: the country. We were recording just about every show we did,
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  Speaker 3: which is something... I don't think a lot of bands
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  Speaker 3: have either not done.
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  Speaker 3: In fact, somebody asked us today, like, why didn't you
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  Speaker 3: just pick one place?
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  Speaker 2: Why? Let's go everywhere and record it. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of those things, dude. We're doing it anyway
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  Speaker 1: as fans. We're out there recording it. Why not get
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  Speaker 1: a professional mix from you guys, the band?
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was pretty much set the mixes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we had a.
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  Speaker 3: recording unit out on the road with a small one
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  Speaker 3: stuck it under our arm and plugged everything in from
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  Speaker 3: the board and uh it was you know we can
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  Speaker 3: still play that's what it's all about being able to play.
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  Speaker 4: And this is the proof of that Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, what is so great about that is, is that
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  Speaker 1: when you sit back and you listen to a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the modern artists today, they're trying to do the
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  Speaker 1: rhythm and blues. They're trying to do the real hardcore blues.
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  Speaker 1: And with you guys coming out now with, with, with
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  Speaker 1: this right here, I'm, when I first put it on,
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  Speaker 1: I went, Oh my God, this is it. This is
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  Speaker 1: what I'm craving. And so I, it's just all of
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  Speaker 1: a sudden it's like the leaders came in and said,
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  Speaker 1: let me show you how it's really done because we've
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  Speaker 1: lived the path.
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  Speaker 2: So where are you from now well.
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  Speaker 1: I'm originally from billings montana but i'm down here in
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  Speaker 1: carolina now so i mean i mean but the thing
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  Speaker 1: about it is though is that even then i mean
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  Speaker 1: the blues changes from montana versus carolina but gosh dang
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  Speaker 1: the roots are still like it goes straight to your.
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  Speaker 3: Soul thank you yeah um We try to get it right.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we have a blast every night that we play.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we're one of the most fortunate few in
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  Speaker 3: this world.
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  Speaker 2: We get to earn a living at something we love doing.
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  Speaker 2: It's really cool. I'm really happy with this record.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's a gift to us because, I mean, look
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  Speaker 1: at what you're doing. You're giving us something very special.
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  Speaker 1: To me, it was almost like this is what I
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  Speaker 1: really felt. When I got Frampton Comes Alive, I didn't
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  Speaker 1: realize it was a two record set. On this one here,
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  Speaker 1: you're giving us not only three, but you're giving us
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  Speaker 1: Earl and the Agitators as well. I mean, you are
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  Speaker 1: giving us such a gift here. And I'm going, what
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  Speaker 1: did we do? What did we do?
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  Speaker 3: You know it's it's part of our history it's what
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  Speaker 3: is how this band is and because um we have
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  Speaker 3: a brilliant manager actually who really cares about what's going
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  Speaker 3: on and so um you know we're going to continue
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  Speaker 3: making records we're going to continue playing live every year
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  Speaker 3: until what's what is the term scott gonna roll to
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  Speaker 3: road and right till we drop yeah did you drop
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  Speaker 3: your phone No, I dropped.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, dear. It's a miracle. It's a miracle.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm going to tell you, I'm going to get
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  Speaker 1: really super selfish here only because I've been in radio
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  Speaker 1: for so long. I want radio to pick up on
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  Speaker 1: this album and I want them to play it because
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  Speaker 1: I want people to get that full live experience and
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  Speaker 1: so that they can sit there and understand what going
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  Speaker 1: to your show is all about. Then I want them
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  Speaker 1: to go buy tickets and to get the visual of
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  Speaker 1: you guys up on that stage.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Visuals.
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  Speaker 1: OK, well, you because we get we get YouTube and everything. OK,
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  Speaker 1: that's cool. But when I've been to your concert, I
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  Speaker 1: know what I felt. I know that the vibration of
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  Speaker 1: that bass beat and those drums and that guitar, how
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  Speaker 1: I would wave and I'm going, I'm not making myself move. No,
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  Speaker 1: the band is making you move, dude.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we have that effect on people. That's what it's about.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody comes... People come to a podcast show to have
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  Speaker 2: a good time. Forget... Scott, you take over on this piece.
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  Speaker 4: YouTube is great, but you don't realize how pretty we
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  Speaker 4: are until you come to a show.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 4: You can't do that up close.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't move. There's more with Roger Earl and Scott
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  Speaker 1: Holt from Foghat coming up next. The name of the album,
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  Speaker 1: Live and Loud Across the USA. We are back with
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  Speaker 1: Roger Earl and Scott Holt from Foghat. The official video
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  Speaker 1: for My Babe, I mean, the vocals and the drums,
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  Speaker 1: everything is there. But because I haven't seen that particular
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  Speaker 1: piece of music done live, now I want to go
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  Speaker 1: to the show and I want to be able to have,
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  Speaker 1: I always say that fans have bragging rights. Yeah, I've
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  Speaker 1: been there. i've been there i saw that and they'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you exactly where they saw what year it was
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  Speaker 1: ask them something else i don't know but they know
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  Speaker 1: where they were with fog hat.
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  Speaker 4: Well with this record they they they're they're on the
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  Speaker 4: record too so if you were at the show that
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  Speaker 4: we did in in montana and you you made a
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  Speaker 4: noise it's on the record you know it's it's uh
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  Speaker 4: yeah this one's for.
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  Speaker 2: The fans We don't get anything for it, though. No,
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  Speaker 2: we're not paying you.
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  Speaker 1: But you are, and it's called Memories.
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  Speaker 4: That's the same thing they tell me. We're not paying it.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's great to get to.
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  Speaker 4: Do this, and the cool thing is this record is
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  Speaker 4: a legitimate live record. We didn't do anything in the
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  Speaker 4: studio to sweeten it up or fix anything. Everything is
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  Speaker 4: What we did on stage is what's on the vinyl.
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  Speaker 4: So when you get this record and you take it
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  Speaker 4: home and you turn it up loud, because it only
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  Speaker 4: sounds right if it's loud, you're going to hear this
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  Speaker 4: band in action legitimately.
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  Speaker 1: Now, when you talk about turning it up loud and
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  Speaker 1: right away, I'm going, okay, I have to think about
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  Speaker 1: those that are wearing the earphones or the earbuds. And
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  Speaker 1: that's one of the things that I love about it
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  Speaker 1: as well, because we listen beyond sound. I know for
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  Speaker 1: a fact with earbuds on, I really, when I closed
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  Speaker 1: my eyes, I felt like I was at the show.
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  Speaker 1: Whoever did the mixing on that or the mastering on that,
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  Speaker 1: brilliant job. Give them a pat on the back and
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  Speaker 1: some Chick-fil-A or something.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 4: Tim Frank was our front of house guy. He recorded it.
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  Speaker 4: And then Brian Bassett did the mastering on it. And
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  Speaker 4: they're two of probably the smartest people we know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, two of them.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and thankfully for us, they're using their powers for
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  Speaker 4: good and not evil. But we're lucky to have them
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  Speaker 4: in the camp, and they've delivered us a nice document
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  Speaker 4: of what we've been up to for the last couple
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  Speaker 4: of years.
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  Speaker 1: But your mantra is what really inspires me. And I
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  Speaker 1: would love to have an album or a guitar pick
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  Speaker 1: or something that has this on this. And that is
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  Speaker 1: that your focus on Foghat is today. In other words,
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  Speaker 1: you're not focusing on the past. You're focusing on where
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  Speaker 1: Foghat is today. I love that because you're taking us
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  Speaker 1: with you into your today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it is. It's a trip.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we've lost six people who have played in
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  Speaker 3: this band.
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  Speaker 2: But we've always... carried on.
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  Speaker 3: In fact, Craig McGregor, our last bass player, personally picked
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  Speaker 3: our current bass player.
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  Speaker 2: And it's, what's his name again?
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  Speaker 4: Rodney?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, that's it. Rodney O'Quinn. Yeah. Who did he
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  Speaker 2: play with before us?
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  Speaker 4: Pat Travers.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we sold him from Pat Travers. We stole him
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  Speaker 2: from Pat. We did. We said, hey, Pat, look over there.
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  Speaker 4: We grabbed Rodney and threw him in the van and
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  Speaker 4: took off.
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  Speaker 1: Who was the designer of the album cover? Because, I mean, boy,
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  Speaker 1: you talk about something that is so, so in touch
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  Speaker 1: with where we are. I mean, Mount Rushmore, the Bald Eagle,
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  Speaker 1: the Forest Line. There is something so.
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  Speaker 4: Is the album cover sexy or what?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God. I think it is. I think it
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  Speaker 1: is so... I mean, you feel so filled with pride
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  Speaker 1: with it.
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's America's 250th birthday. We had to put out
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  Speaker 4: something patriotic. Roger and I are two flag-waving patriots, and
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  Speaker 4: we said, let's put out an American record.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. I love America.
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  Speaker 3: It's my adopted home, and I love this country. Always
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  Speaker 3: have done.
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  Speaker 2: Quick story.
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  Speaker 3: When I was eight years old, I packed a bag
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  Speaker 3: at home, and my older brother said to me, where
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  Speaker 3: are you going, Roger?
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  Speaker 2: I said, I'm stowing.
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  Speaker 3: Away on a boat, and I'm going to America. He
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  Speaker 3: smacked me around the top of my head. took the
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  Speaker 3: bag away and said, don't be be stupid.
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  Speaker 2: You showed him.
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  Speaker 3: I eventually got here. 1969 was my first visit.
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  Speaker 1: So let's talk about the technical side of bringing this together.
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  Speaker 1: I recently did a thing on iHeartRadio where Gordon Lightfoot
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  Speaker 1: used two microphones, one that would record the live crowd,
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  Speaker 1: one that would record just him. Did you guys have
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  Speaker 1: to double mic everything as well to get it so pure?
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  Speaker 1: Because like I said, it sounds so good. But if
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  Speaker 1: it were coming through my smartphone, it would sound so
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  Speaker 1: like crap. You know, if I were out there just
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  Speaker 1: trying to record something. How did you make it sound
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  Speaker 1: so well?
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  Speaker 2: I should really.
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  Speaker 3: Ask Tim Frankquist about that. But there probably was an audience, Mike.
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  Speaker 3: But our front house engineer, Tim Frankquist at the time,
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  Speaker 3: who recorded all these songs, he recorded it, you know,
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  Speaker 3: from the stage into his board. And then he took
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  Speaker 3: that home and mixed it and then said, here it is.
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  Speaker 2: And we said, wow. And Brian Bassett....
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  Speaker 3: He had his finger in this pie as well. He
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  Speaker 3: mastered it. Longtime lead and slide guitar player. Brian's been
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  Speaker 3: with the band 30 years.
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  Speaker 2: He's also a genius.
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  Speaker 3: And he's also recorded and produced our three last studio albums.
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  Speaker 3: So we've got some talented people in this band. I
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  Speaker 3: just make some nice noises in the background.
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  Speaker 1: That's so funny you say that because people go so
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  Speaker 1: what do you do at the radio station i do
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  Speaker 1: the production oh okay you're not the morning guy i
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  Speaker 1: just do the production just yeah i.
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  Speaker 2: Just make everybody sound.
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  Speaker 1: Right that's right where can people go to find out
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  Speaker 1: more about everything that you're doing because i they really
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  Speaker 1: do need to catch you live get get the albums
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  Speaker 1: and and experience the vinyl they've got to hear it
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  Speaker 1: on vinyl and and then grow from there.
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  Speaker 3: Just go to foghat.com. All our dates will be on there.
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  Speaker 3: We've got about eight more this year and we're already
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  Speaker 3: booking for next year. So go to foghat.com to find
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  Speaker 3: out if we're going to be in a town near
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  Speaker 3: you or a city near you.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Well, please come back to this show anytime in the future.
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  Speaker 1: The door is always going to be open for you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, man.
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  Speaker 1: You be brilliant today, okay?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel pretty good. Stop singing, Roger.