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Juna N Joey on New Music, Upcoming Shows & Their Biggest Move Yet! Ep132 · Happy Hour with Deb

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  SPEAKER_00: I kind of want to learn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, I had recently like messed around with the saxophone, but I need to learn one song of the saxophone.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that is definitely what I'm gonna do.
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  SPEAKER_03: You know what?
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  SPEAKER_03: Because women think that's the sexiest shit ever.
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  SPEAKER_03: You do need to learn that.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's a sexy phone.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's a sexy phone.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's truly.
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  SPEAKER_03: Let us know.
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  SPEAKER_03: We'll broadcast the podcast from there.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hey, it's Deb.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's Happy Hour Deb.
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  SPEAKER_03: We are on day one of the country radio seminar, and next to me are Judy and Jerry, my old friends.
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  SPEAKER_03: Hello.
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  SPEAKER_03: Good to see you guys.
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  SPEAKER_03: So good to see you.
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  SPEAKER_03: Thanks for having me.
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  SPEAKER_03: Alright, tell me what's happened since the last year, since I've seen you guys.
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  SPEAKER_03: Oh gosh, a lot of happening.
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  SPEAKER_03: A lot has happened.
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  SPEAKER_02: I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_02: Start with whatever is fabulous.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_02: Well, um, I'll start with the biggest.
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  SPEAKER_02: We opened up a songwriting venue here in Goodlitzville a couple months back.
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  SPEAKER_02: What?
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  SPEAKER_02: That is so exciting.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's been really, really exciting.
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  SPEAKER_02: How is it going?
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_02: It's going so great.
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  SPEAKER_02: We opened back up in November and we have live music every night.
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  SPEAKER_02: We have Italian-inspired food, we got cocktails.
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  SPEAKER_02: I want you to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have live music every single night.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jordan Davis' dad was in there the other night.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he's hanging out.
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  SPEAKER_02: We've had some number one writers come in.
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  SPEAKER_03: Wait, what's the name of it again?
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  SPEAKER_03: It's called Round Here.
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  SPEAKER_03: Round Here, and it's downtown?
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  SPEAKER_00: H-E-A-R.
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  SPEAKER_03: H-E-A-R.
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  SPEAKER_03: And where is it located?
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  SPEAKER_03: It's located in Goodlitzville.
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  SPEAKER_03: Dude, I'm coming.
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  SPEAKER_03: Please.
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  SPEAKER_03: I'm totally coming.
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  SPEAKER_03: So you're like entrepreneuring and doing everything.
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  SPEAKER_03: What's it like?
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  SPEAKER_02: That's a tough business.
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  SPEAKER_02: Oh, it's very tough, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's it's our hood system went out the other day in the middle of a dinner rush, and the smoke, we couldn't get the smoke out of the kitchen.
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  SPEAKER_03: You know, it's something every day.
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  SPEAKER_03: I know.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's a tough industry.
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  SPEAKER_03: My daughter's a chef.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: And I know it's like she comes to it.
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  SPEAKER_03: And you're working nights and weekends, and everybody else has, but you do that as artists anyway.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_03: You know, you work when everybody else is playing.
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  SPEAKER_03: Exactly, yes.
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  SPEAKER_03: That's amazing.
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  SPEAKER_02: You guys have been playing it?
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, we've been playing there.
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  SPEAKER_02: We've been meeting artists, we meet writers, we just hop up on stage with people and we just start playing with them.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's just such a community of music and fun and family.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's just amazing.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um Nashville is a total community.
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  SPEAKER_03: I like feel that.
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  SPEAKER_03: Like if you guys pull for each other, I love that so much.
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  SPEAKER_03: You know, like every artist is so cool about helping the next one.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yes, along.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's not a cutthroat.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, it's about community.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's about community, yes.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, for sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: We also actually opened for Scotty McCreary as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm in Florida.
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  SPEAKER_02: You did?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we got to meet him backstage, and uh, he's such a wholesome guy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I heard that.
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  SPEAKER_00: We got to shake his head, he was like, Hey Joey, how you doing?
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  SPEAKER_00: I was like, oh my god, yeah, that's Scotty.
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  SPEAKER_02: That is so always equal in person.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he was so cool.
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  SPEAKER_02: We didn't talk for long, but just get in those few minutes with him, it was amazing.
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  SPEAKER_03: And just to be on stage opening up for somebody like that, that's a big deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it was about 4,000 people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_03: Were you guys nervous or no?
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  SPEAKER_03: You're like all pros.
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  SPEAKER_03: Really?
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  SPEAKER_03: I was nervous.
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  SPEAKER_03: I was nervous.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was like we were getting a little nervous, like walking out, but then like it it went away.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like the butterflies, they flew away, and like it was.
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  SPEAKER_02: I've got this.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's what you do for a living, right?
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  SPEAKER_02: Like you don't have the option, it's like go time.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: Anyone else you guys have been collabing with or uh yeah, we've been collabing with a lot of artists that have come through the venue and writing with them.
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  SPEAKER_02: We've been just getting we're gonna about to go into the studio and record some new music, which we're really excited about.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, every record we record, we're kind of finding a little bit more of our style and our direction.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I'm so excited for these next songs to go.
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  SPEAKER_02: So when will that drop?
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  SPEAKER_02: Do you know?
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  SPEAKER_02: Do you have a full album date or no?
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  SPEAKER_02: We act we haven't recorded any yet.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're kind of in the process of picking them right now.
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  SPEAKER_02: You don't know which ones to change.
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  SPEAKER_02: We have them in the pockets and we're gonna try and pull them out.
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  SPEAKER_03: I love that so much.
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  SPEAKER_02: Do you guys have a team that works with you?
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  SPEAKER_02: Like when you're recording and yeah, we um we recorded down at BMG for our last record, so we're not really sure where we're gonna go with this new one.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're hoping to do some stuff with them, you know, or maybe branch out a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_02: You get to start dropping singles?
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, definitely.
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  SPEAKER_03: I love when artists tell me that they're dropping a single every six weeks.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm like, yeah.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_02: Damn.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're about to get into that.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's a lot of work.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's a lot of work.
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  SPEAKER_02: How's your family?
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  SPEAKER_02: Family's good.
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  SPEAKER_02: Good, yeah, really supportive.
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  SPEAKER_02: Very supportive.
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  SPEAKER_02: Always supportive.
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  SPEAKER_02: Our mom, she works with us at the venue.
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  SPEAKER_02: So, you know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, our dad's taking care of business in Florida.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: So, you know, we're guys are like international superstars.
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  SPEAKER_02: I freaking love it.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love it so much.
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  SPEAKER_02: I think that's what draws people to the venue is that it's family-owned, and it's just us, a couple people from Florida, having a good time playing music, eating.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you really gotta come in.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's it's I totally would love to.
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  SPEAKER_02: Italian is my favorite.
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  SPEAKER_02: Oh, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: Tell me what's the greatest thing on the venue.
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  SPEAKER_02: Greatest thing, uh, it doesn't sound very Italian, but it's a beef cheek ragu.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's our chef, he trained in Paris, and he came from Disney.
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  SPEAKER_02: He is like an executive chef at five different five-star restaurants there.
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  SPEAKER_02: Ah, in Disney?
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: He moved to Goodlitzville the day that we hired him.
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  SPEAKER_02: Just left on a whim.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was weird.
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  SPEAKER_00: He needed a job and we needed a chef.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it was perfect.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's amazing.
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  SPEAKER_03: And when did you guys open up?
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  SPEAKER_03: You opened up in November.
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  SPEAKER_03: And it's you made it through the holiday season, which is nuts.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_03: And then it was kind of crazy.
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  SPEAKER_03: It opened up like at the worst time by now.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_03: And the winter was kind of nuts here, too.
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_03: Which, you know, you usually expect it to be.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_03: I swear to God, because I'm from Philly, every time I come here, the weather, I'm like, I'm like a bad luck.
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  SPEAKER_03: You're like I'm at home.
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  SPEAKER_03: Like, I know.
• 5:12
  SPEAKER_03: I haven't even been outside yet this morning, and I'm like, is it cold out there?
• 5:15
  SPEAKER_03: I was so damn cold yesterday.
• 5:17
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, it was snowing.
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  SPEAKER_03: Girl, what month are we in?
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_03: Let's talk about this.
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  SPEAKER_03: I flew in Monday.
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  SPEAKER_03: It was 70 degrees in Philadelphia, and they were getting tornadoes because you know, we're not used to humid weather in March.
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  SPEAKER_03: And then they were tornado watches here.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_03: And it was like being on the plane ride from hell, I swear.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_03: I'm not afraid.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_03: I've been crabbling my whole career.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_03: I was like, somebody get me a drink.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_03: What do you mean the card isn't coming around?
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_03: I definitely want to come see the rest of the country.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_03: What's the summer plan?
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  SPEAKER_03: You guys playing?
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  SPEAKER_02: Are you touring?
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  SPEAKER_02: What are you doing?
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, yeah, we're playing, we're getting to the studio.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're hoping to maybe build an outdoor patio at the venue and have like some live stuff.
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  SPEAKER_02: You have to, because live music in this city is just what it is.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's gonna be fun.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_00: We're really excited for the songwriting, uh, the Key West Songwriters Festival.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every year we look forward to that.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's just uh fun time.
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  SPEAKER_02: So yes, in May.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're going to the uh Space Coast one as well.
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  SPEAKER_02: It just started up last year.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is our second time doing it, so we're doing that first, and then we're going to Key West.
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_03: I heard Tampa does a really good one.
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, yes, I did.
• 6:17
  SPEAKER_03: That's is that October or November?
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_02: I'm not sure.
• 6:20
  SPEAKER_02: I heard about it this year, but I don't remember what the time period was.
• 6:24
  SPEAKER_03: I think it's the fall, which is good because it's a little hot in Florida.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_03: Although the week that I was there, we went to Clearwater.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_03: The week that I was there, it was like in the high 60s, but it was sunny and there was no snow.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_03: So I'm like, this is beautiful.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_03: I never see another snowflake as long as I live.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_03: It's gonna be completely gone.
• 6:40
  SPEAKER_03: Where do you want to play?
• 6:41
  SPEAKER_03: What's the dream?
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Red Rocks.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_02: Red Rocks.
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  SPEAKER_02: Is the dream?
• 6:45
  SPEAKER_02: Like that is just so beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's like a it's like so beautiful.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_02: It is.
• 6:52
  SPEAKER_03: You have to.
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_03: If you're gonna be here in Nashville, you're gonna be on the Opry.
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_03: Absolutely.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_03: Who's your biggest inspiration in music right now?
• 6:59
  SPEAKER_03: Oh gosh, that's a great question.
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  SPEAKER_03: Because the women are killing it.
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, oh my gosh.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like, I'm gonna be able to do it.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_03: Cheers to the women in country music.
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_02: Cheers, right.
• 7:05
  SPEAKER_02: I'd probably say Ella.
• 7:07
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, she's just like absolutely killing the game right now.
• 7:09
  SPEAKER_00: She's got some good songs.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, such like I think like the collab with Riley was so great.
• 7:15
  SPEAKER_02: But now that she's like, here's me, like, here's Choosing Texas, here's Danny.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_03: I don't think Choosing Texas is such an incredible.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_03: I'm from originally from Texas.
• 7:24
  SPEAKER_03: So every time I hear I get homesick, I'm like, and my granddaughter, I had a granddaughter since last time you guys saw me.
• 7:30
  SPEAKER_03: I'm now a grandma.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_03: 29-year-old grandma.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_03: Thank you so much.
• 7:33
  SPEAKER_03: It's a 29-year-old grandma.
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_03: Her name is Lainey.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_03: They were gonna get ultrasound, and they heard this and they named her Lainey after Lainey Wilson.
• 7:41
  SPEAKER_03: She's a Laney.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_02: Oh my god, that's so cute.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_02: I know.
• 7:44
  SPEAKER_03: Like, it makes me so happy, like when I go.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_03: I have a 14-year-old niece in Dallas, too.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_03: So every time one of you guys like airs, she becomes an Insta fan, her and all her friends.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_02: Oh my gosh.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_03: So it's such a cool thing to watch it be passed on, you know, to another generation.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_03: I think that's such a really cool place to do.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_03: So, how's it going out here?
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_03: You guys love it?
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_02: I we love it.
• 8:05
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_02: It's been so great to be here.
• 8:08
  SPEAKER_03: Honestly, it's a cool, it's a cool place.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_03: It's so cool.
• 8:11
  SPEAKER_03: It definitely is.
• 8:11
  SPEAKER_03: I love it here.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_03: So that's it.
• 8:13
  SPEAKER_03: Red Rock, where are you gonna play this summer?
• 8:15
  SPEAKER_03: Can we get a little sneak peek of any?
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_02: Well, we're gonna be playing at the venue a lot.
• 8:19
  SPEAKER_02: Honestly, we're hoping to build up our touring schedule a little bit more.
• 8:23
  SPEAKER_03: We're gonna add the link to your restaurant podcast.
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_03: Go check them out.
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_03: They're not only the coolest people, but they're serving Italian food now.
• 8:31
  SPEAKER_03: They're serving Italian food.
• 8:32
  SPEAKER_03: So, yeah, that's the best.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_03: I'm so proud of you guys that you guys went out on that limb to do that.
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_03: We're excited.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_00: Thank my parents for that.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, yeah.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_03: And you guys are supporting.
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_00: They're very supportive.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: And so that was like, it was just great that they're giving.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_00: It's great that we can do it together, you know.
• 8:48
  SPEAKER_03: I know.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_03: Tell me how important how important your fans are.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_03: Extremely important.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_03: You know, we wouldn't be here without them.
• 8:54
  SPEAKER_02: And we wouldn't have that little like glimmer of reassurance, you know, without them.
• 8:59
  SPEAKER_02: Like that we're on track, and people are responding, and they're loving it, and we're doing this for somebody.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_00: Meeting greets, we're doing this for somebody.
• 9:06
  SPEAKER_00: Signatures, that's all.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_03: It's all hits home.
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_03: I'm sure, I can't even imagine.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_03: Nobody's ever asked for my signature unless it was on the bottom of some kind of loan payment.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_03: It's the only time.
• 9:17
  SPEAKER_03: It's like sign here.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, what am I paying for?
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_03: It's ridiculous.
• 9:22
  SPEAKER_03: Because fans are they're the ones buying the merch.
• 9:24
  SPEAKER_03: They're the ones buying the tickets, and you know, they're the ones that are supporting.
• 9:28
  SPEAKER_03: What's the greatest compliment you've ever received?
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_03: Oh wow.
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_00: Greatest compliment.
• 9:33
  SPEAKER_00: Um, you look like Elvis.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_03: You look like Elvis.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_03: That's scary.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_02: That is a compliment.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_02: I don't know.
• 9:40
  SPEAKER_01: Like I'll probably just say.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_02: I don't know if I can think of the greatest.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_02: I just think like anybody like giving a compliment.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_02: Like, even like last night, like I bartend sometimes at the restaurant.
• 9:51
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 9:51
  SPEAKER_02: And somebody wrote on like the the check or like the bill, because I didn't they didn't see them when they left.
• 9:56
  SPEAKER_02: They were like, you're amazing, like keep shining bright.
• 9:58
  SPEAKER_02: Like I think like little things, like it doesn't have to be from anybody that's like has a name.
• 10:03
  SPEAKER_00: Starbucks and they're like, have a great day.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, like anybody small that just makes your night.
• 10:07
  SPEAKER_03: I was getting caught this morning and I was like, make it a great day, you guys are killing it back there.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_03: And the guy's like, like, who the hell is she talking to?
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_02: No, but like it goes so far, bro.
• 10:18
  SPEAKER_02: So far because I don't think you're gonna be able to do it.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_02: Just a little smiley face.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_02: You know what I'm saying?
• 10:22
  SPEAKER_00: Just a smiley face.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_02: Right, absolutely.
• 10:24
  SPEAKER_02: And just try a little harder.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_02: Like it's not that hard to be kind to people.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_02: I agree with you so much.
• 10:28
  SPEAKER_02: Like, it you don't understand how much that means to somebody, like to make their day it doesn't happen enough.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_02: That's why it's so shocking when it does happen.
• 10:35
  SPEAKER_02: We need to make a movement.
• 10:37
  SPEAKER_02: And I'm saying be nice, say you're gonna be able to do that.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_00: The smiley movement.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_03: I know, right?
• 10:41
  SPEAKER_03: It's not that bad.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_03: That's what I tell.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, it's really not, it's not that bad.
• 10:45
  SPEAKER_03: Like I've seen worse shit than this, you're gonna be okay.
• 10:47
  SPEAKER_03: You know, because sometimes people get completely caught up in that.
• 10:51
  SPEAKER_03: All right, somebody called me a Karen.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_03: Um girl, I know you'd have that reaction.
• 10:56
  SPEAKER_03: Somebody called me a Karen a couple months ago.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_03: First of all, you're not even a rock star until you have some haters, right?
• 11:01
  SPEAKER_03: Like you're not even a badass until you have some haters.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_03: So this guy, like literally on the happy, I don't handle my own social media, somebody else does it for me because like I'm a grandmom now.
• 11:10
  SPEAKER_03: You know what I mean?
• 11:11
  SPEAKER_03: Like, I want to be like, I wanna be like, I know.
• 11:15
  SPEAKER_03: It's so funny.
• 11:16
  SPEAKER_03: People are like, you're a you're a grandmother.
• 11:18
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, I know, I'm 29.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_03: She's older than I am.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_03: But um, somebody called me a Karen on social media, and it was literally my husband's like, I'm gonna duct tape oven mitts to your hands so you can't respond because that's the whole point of it.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_03: You're not, you can't, you can't.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_03: No, you can't argue insanity.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_03: Oh no, I did, girl.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_03: I was like, are you 48 living in your parents' basement?
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_03: Blah blah blah blah blah blah.
• 11:42
  SPEAKER_03: Like I went on this like big crazy, you know, because you hear so many great things.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_03: Exactly.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_03: It's gotta be that one person, it's living in their parents' basement.
• 11:52
  SPEAKER_03: Exactly.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_03: Like not allowed to eat your restaurant.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_03: No, don't even walk in, you go flower balls, right?
• 11:59
  SPEAKER_03: We can't have that here.
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_03: Called me a Karen and then said, This is the funniest part.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, you'll never end up on my algorithm.
• 12:05
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, how'd you find out?
• 12:06
  SPEAKER_03: Oh my god.
• 12:07
  SPEAKER_03: Exactly.
• 12:07
  SPEAKER_03: Views on your algorithm.
• 12:08
  SPEAKER_02: You're watching my video right now, giving me views.
• 12:10
  SPEAKER_03: Right, I was like, Well, the my first response was thanks for watching the show.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_02: Exactly, and commenting, because you're only raising my engagement.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's only positive for me.
• 12:19
  SPEAKER_00: It's negative from you, but it's positive from me.
• 12:20
  SPEAKER_02: Right, it is.
• 12:21
  SPEAKER_02: That's what I they don't know though.
• 12:23
  SPEAKER_02: Exactly, exactly.
• 12:24
  SPEAKER_02: Any attention is good attention, even if it's negative.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_02: You know what I'm saying?
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_02: And people, exactly.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_03: This is not free.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_03: Um, this is not free.
• 12:34
  SPEAKER_03: It's not free.
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_03: There's a wonderful sponsor, let me tell you about him.
• 12:37
  SPEAKER_03: Freedom Brew beer, uh, this amazing guy named Alan.
• 12:40
  SPEAKER_03: He left his job.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_03: I call them big people jobs, like because I don't have a big people job.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_03: Like real adults have regular jobs.
• 12:47
  SPEAKER_03: We will never know what that feels like, thank God.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_03: Thank God, right?
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_03: So um he left his corporate job, he opened this beer, Freedom Brew, it's delicious.
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_03: We can give you guys some if you want some.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_03: He is giving back to veterans, and he's helping prevent veteran suicide.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_03: And the reason that we get to sit here and have these conversations is that somebody's putting their life on their lines to protect us.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_03: So it's been really near and dear to my heart, and it's great.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_03: I know, thank God.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_03: Amen.
• 13:16
  SPEAKER_03: Thank God.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_03: And and especially now, you know, we're in some scary times, and the true heroes are the people that defend this amazing country.
• 13:25
  SPEAKER_03: So um super cool beer.
• 13:27
  SPEAKER_03: We'll give you guys some if you want some, and he's been really good to us.
• 13:29
  SPEAKER_03: And it totally fits.
• 13:31
  SPEAKER_03: Do you guys know that I'm a therapist and a life coach?
• 13:33
  SPEAKER_03: No, I did not.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_03: Oh my god.
• 13:35
  SPEAKER_03: See, I need to come in for a beer.
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_03: Yes, I need to come see the bar.
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_03: I totally will.
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_03: If I come get into this week, I totally will.
• 13:41
  SPEAKER_03: Yes, please.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_03: Um, I work in trauma and addiction.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_03: Wow.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_03: So um I it's really near and dear to my heart that we're taking care of these people.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_03: Finally.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_03: Finally, exactly.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_03: They need to get it.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_03: They need to be taken care of.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_03: They need to get a few years.
• 13:56
  SPEAKER_03: I train bathrooms for free.
• 13:57
  SPEAKER_03: Wow, that's amazing.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, it's really it's it's honestly, I feel like it's my duty as an American.
• 14:05
  SPEAKER_03: I have this beautiful life, and it's because somebody else cared enough to put their life on the line.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_03: So we really support them, and they're it's good beer, and we love it.
• 14:13
  SPEAKER_03: We love all of them.
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_03: That's amazing.
• 14:16
  SPEAKER_03: I know, it's a great story.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_03: It is, it really is.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_03: I know, it's such a good beer.
• 14:20
  SPEAKER_03: It's one of our sponsors.
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_03: So maybe, well, like you should get it in your restaurant.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_03: No, yes.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_03: I was just thinking, let me give you this.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_03: Yes, please.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_03: And if you want his contact, yes, absolutely call me.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_03: Um, when we leave, have hope giving you my personal number.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_03: Okay, absolutely.
• 14:35
  SPEAKER_03: And then um, yeah, I would love to see you guys work with me.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_03: Yes, yes.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_03: I want to come into the restaurant and see what else is good.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_03: What else is delicious?
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, we have like uh salmon, we have like beef cheek grilled cheese coming to the menu.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_00: We got space.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_02: Are you open lunch and dinner?
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_02: No, just dinner for now.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, four to five.
• 14:53
  SPEAKER_00: Four to nine, four to ten.
• 14:54
  SPEAKER_00: Four to ten.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_02: That's four.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_03: Eleven on the weekends.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 14:57
  SPEAKER_03: And you've been packed.
• 14:58
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, yeah.
• 14:58
  SPEAKER_03: If I already have to be a good one.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_03: If someone come in, they're like, why are they behind the bar?
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_03: Like they're rock stars.
• 15:02
  SPEAKER_03: Like, did anyone ever do that?
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, they say you need to be up on stage, girl.
• 15:05
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, oh I'm like, how can I get you?
• 15:08
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we'll hop up there with the people on stage.
• 15:10
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, oh, all the time.
• 15:11
  SPEAKER_03: Have you had good talent come in?
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_03: Oh yeah, really good.
• 15:14
  SPEAKER_03: Really?
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_03: Now, did they come to you?
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_03: How do you find these great?
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_03: I mean, everybody's talented in National.
• 15:19
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, exactly.
• 15:20
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we have like a music book where if they come in, they could just book themselves.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_00: And just sign the book, what dates they want.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 15:27
  SPEAKER_03: That's so cool.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_03: I love that you're giving back to independent artists.
• 15:31
  SPEAKER_03: Because this is what makes it go around, right?
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_03: We're all taking care of each other.
• 15:36
  SPEAKER_03: That's right.
• 15:37
  SPEAKER_03: I love that so much.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, hi Hope.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_03: I thought you were her the publicist.
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, God, Hope looks so professional today.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_03: That what are you guys planning for the summer?
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_02: Anything?
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_02: Um, we're planning on just re you know, working up at the venue and getting it, building it stronger and stronger.
• 15:52
  SPEAKER_02: We're changing the menu up for the spring, so we're working on doing that.
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_02: Working on the social media at the market.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're continuously uh take going to school.
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_00: We go to Berkeley College of Music in Boston online.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_03: Do you really?
• 16:03
  SPEAKER_03: I did not know that.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: We need 60 more credits.
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_03: Rock star is adorable.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_03: I need more.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_03: I'm really proud of you, thank you.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_00: I kind of want to learn.
• 16:14
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I had recently like messed around with the saxophone, but I need to learn one song of the saxophone.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_00: So that is definitely what I'm gonna do.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_03: You know what?
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_03: Because women think that's the sexiest shit ever.
• 16:22
  SPEAKER_03: You do need to learn.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_03: It's a sexy phone.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_03: It's a sexy phone.
• 16:25
  SPEAKER_03: It's truly.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_03: Let us know.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_03: We'll broadcast the podcast from there.
• 16:28
  SPEAKER_03: It is.
• 16:29
  SPEAKER_03: I think women love saxophone.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_03: Absolutely.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_03: Don't worry, we'll bring the entire show one day and film.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_03: Oh my god, the restaurant.
• 16:36
  SPEAKER_03: Oh my god, we would love to shoot for you guys.
• 16:38
  SPEAKER_03: It's so much fun.
• 16:39
  SPEAKER_03: So that's what you're gonna do, you're gonna learn.
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_03: When's graduation?
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_02: Honestly, we're kind of taking it slow.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_02: We're doing a couple classes at a time.
• 16:46
  SPEAKER_02: Like, probably should have been graduated at this point.
• 16:48
  SPEAKER_03: Do you people sleep?
• 16:49
  SPEAKER_03: Like, when do you never.
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_03: Um, what sleep?
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_03: I know, exactly.
• 16:54
  SPEAKER_03: Exactly, right.
• 16:55
  SPEAKER_03: It's that thing that makes you crash on the one day that you're off, but you're like, I can't do another.
• 16:59
  SPEAKER_03: Do you like do your own social media?
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_03: Uh yes, I do.
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_02: That's why I set my room for 5 30 p.m.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_03: because I was so tired.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_00: Gym, construction, round here, music.
• 17:09
  SPEAKER_03: And saxophone.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_03: Gym saxophone.
• 17:12
  SPEAKER_03: Gym tan laundry.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_03: Remember that?
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_03: Do you guys remember that from the Jersey Shore the summer?
• 17:18
  SPEAKER_03: God, you guys are so young.
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_03: I asked people, all right, I'm gonna have to ask you this.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_03: Do you guys remember the show Cheers and the theme song to Cheers?
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_03: I'm gonna send it to you, and when I come in the restaurant, I'm gonna expect you to bail it out.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_03: Okay, gotcha.
• 17:30
  SPEAKER_03: Everybody tells me that I need it for this show because it's about a bar where everybody knows your name.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_03: It was iconic in the night.
• 17:37
  SPEAKER_03: I have to.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_03: It was amazing.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_03: Go Google it when you come.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_03: Cheers.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_03: I watched it, right?
• 17:42
  SPEAKER_03: So they're like, now that I have all these friends in music, you know, we could we could really get it.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_03: Going, Scott, what are you looking at me for?
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, what's going on?
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_03: They're allowed to stay.
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_03: I'm having dinner at their restaurant.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_03: They said they'd let you come occasionally.
• 18:02
  SPEAKER_03: Is the restaurant good?
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_03: I know, I can only imagine.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, Italian is my fave.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_03: It's my go-to fave.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_03: I love it.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_03: Do you eat there?
• 18:11
  SPEAKER_03: Maybe we could have dinner together.
• 18:13
  SPEAKER_03: That would be fun.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_03: Exactly.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_01: Ooh.
• 18:17
  unknown: Oh no.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_03: Do you not do the parties when you're here at night, you guys?
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_03: The the parties.
• 18:23
  SPEAKER_03: The like Amazon party.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_03: Like at once the interviewing's over, there's all these parties.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, yes.
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_03: Sony as a party and Amazon as a party.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think we've been to a couple in the past.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_03: Are you sticking around tonight?
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_03: Uh I think so, maybe.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_03: You have to.
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_03: We're just hanging out, yeah.
• 18:38
  SPEAKER_03: Like, yeah.
• 18:39
  SPEAKER_01: I mean.
• 18:40
  SPEAKER_03: I think the parties are the reason that that you come.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_03: Another manager called me with another artist that's from Texas, and she's like, what do I do?
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, get him into the CRS.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_03: And she's like, Do we go to bed at the end of the day?
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, no.
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_03: Gets at home, go to bed.
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_03: Like you're gonna go home and go to bed.
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, the parties are really.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_00: Can't go to sleep.
• 19:03
  SPEAKER_00: It's can't really sleep.
• 19:04
  SPEAKER_00: We're working.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_00: We're working.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_03: Were you like nervous last night?
• 19:08
  SPEAKER_03: Like, I know you don't get nervous in interviews anymore.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_03: Like, you're way past that, but like.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_02: Well, we've been coming for a couple years, so yeah, it's just fun now to come and know everybody and just reconnect.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_02: It is.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_02: At first it's nerve-wracking to like make your first impression and people, you know, and now we're like what's up?
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you already know that.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_02: Good to see you.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_02: I know that.
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_03: Such a cool feeling.
• 19:26
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, it is everybody never put.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_03: Alright, guys, here's my final question.
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_03: You ready?
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_03: You're gonna come back, give me an hour interview, right?
• 19:33
  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_03: Totally come back.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_03: We're gonna pump your restaurant.
• 19:37
  SPEAKER_03: Perfect.
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_03: I'll have my uh assistant reach out to Scott, we'll let you know when it's dropping.
• 19:41
  SPEAKER_03: I'm gonna come in for dinner.
• 19:42
  SPEAKER_03: Please do.
• 19:43
  SPEAKER_03: I am it was so nice to see both of you.
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_03: I love that I love this interview.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_03: I'm so happy.
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_03: All right, tell that camera, Deb's their favorite.