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Even if I do then, well I don't know.
I wanted to think, cause baby somehow, you walked in and swept me off of my feet.
You bring out the best in me.
I'd be right here, at the same place.
I'd be making the same mistakes.
And after all the leaves will pull, baby I'm still prepared.
Oh yes my heart will gray in your hair.
I'll take it all, baby I don't care.
Bet you've been so dirty cause your soul is clean.
Your rough hands build and dream.
We didn't know what the future would hold.
Even if I do then, well I don't know.
I wanted to think, cause baby somehow, you walked in and swept me off of my feet.
You bring out the best in me.
I'd be right here, at the same place.
I'd be making the same mistakes.
And after all that we've been through, baby I'm still prepared.
Ooh.
Soft kiss on my forehead when I've had a hard day.
Your arms around me when there's no words to say.
Like my fingers on this guitar.
You have your hands around my heart.
Nobody knows how the future unfolds.
Even if I do then, well I don't know.
I wanted to think, cause baby somehow, you walked in and swept me off of my feet.
You bring out the best in me.
I'd be right here, at the same place.
I'd be making the same mistakes.
And after all that we've been through, baby I'm still prepared.
Ooh.
The storms we weathered together somehow made us fade as we lean on each other.
So maybe there's no other.
Even if I do then, well I don't know.
I wouldn't change a thing cause baby somehow, you walked in and swept me off of my feet.
You bring out the best in me.
I'd be right here, at the same place.
I'd be making the same mistakes.
And after all that we've been through, baby I'm still prepared.
Ooh.
And even after all that we knew, baby I'm still prepared.
Ooh.
Just like the prodigal son I went astray.
Not realizing the price I'd have to pay.
For choosing the world over Christ, I almost lost my life.
But he gave me a chance to get it right.
And Lord I couldn't make it without you.
Lord you look beyond my past and you made my life brand new.
And Lord I couldn't make it without you.
You're the lover of my soul and I'll never let you go.
I couldn't make it without you.
Make it without you.
There's nothing else that can take your place.
And I truly thank you for your amazing grace.
I never understand the love you had for me.
And Lord I couldn't make it without you.
Lord you look beyond my past and you made my life brand new.
Yes Lord I couldn't make it without you.
You're the lover of my soul and I'll never let you go.
And Lord you are the best thing that's happened to me.
Yes Lord you are the best thing that's happened to me.
And Lord I couldn't make it without you.
You look beyond my past and you made my life brand new.
Yes Lord I couldn't make it without you.
You're the lover of my soul and I'll never let you go.
I couldn't make it without you.
Make it without you.
I couldn't make it without you.
Make it without you.
Waylon and Willie, Packard and Jones
Lays on the jukebox all night long.
Our pockets are empty from playing those songs.
Waylon and Willie, Packard and Jones.
A good hearted woman left me walking the floor.
I spent my nights behind swinging doors.
She left my blue eyes crying in the rain.
I play A-eleven, he stopped loving her today.
Waylon and Willie, Packard and Jones
Lays on the jukebox all night long.
Our pockets are empty from playing those songs.
Waylon and Willie, Packard and Jones.
I still love Amanda, light of my life.
She left me in darkness instead of blue skies.
I still hear the engines of those silver wings.
I'll give you the grand tour with two golden rings.
Waylon and Willie, Packard and Jones
Lays on the jukebox all night long.
Our pockets are empty from playing those songs.
Waylon and Willie, Packard and Jones.
Grandma kneeling on her napkin.
Grandpa wailing on his step.
He said he walked her home from school one day.
But he'd been together since.
Oh, she never thought of leaving.
Even when I hit the shot.
She said the first ten years were hell.
The last floor to shower flat.
And they don't make them like that no more, no more.
They don't make them like that no more.
Any modern day girl would have been long gone.
Cause they don't make them like that no more, no more.
They don't make them like that no more.
Good Lord, call Grandma home.
In the fall of 1989.
I remember Grandpa saying.
I hope that I'm not far behind.
Oh, we tried to cheer him up.
And help him to move on.
He just stared at her old pictures.
Crying, smiling.
They don't make them like that no more, no more.
They don't make them like that no more.
He said I'm glad I'm not a young man now.
Cause they don't make them like that no more, no more.
They don't make them like that no more.
No more.
Last week we buried Grandpa.
And I cried and cried and cried.
Cause I only know a man like him.
Once in my life.
Like a line of board that hit me.
So I can't remember.
So I pulled out my cell phone.
I called up a grave.
To come write this on their stones.
They don't make them like that no more, no more.
They don't make them like that no more.
They don't make them like that no more, no more.
They don't make them like that no more.
No more.
Adriana Freeman.
They don't make them like that no more.
Right here on the Kayt & Gordon Show today's best country mix.
Earlier you heard Eric Diamond, Terrence Phillips, and Robbie Hart.
Right here on the Kayt & Gordon Show. Today's best country mix.
And we are going to continue your non-stop music right now with some Carol Markstrom.
Love will abide.
Take things in stride.
Sounds like good advice.
But there's no one at my side.
And time washes clean.
Love's wounds unseen.
That's what someone told me.
I don't know what it means.
Cause I've done everything I know.
To try and make you mine.
And I think I'm gonna love you.
For a long, long time.
Caught in my fears.
Blinking back the tears.
Can't say you hurt me.
When you never let me near.
And I never drew.
One response from you.
All the while you fell.
All the girls you never knew.
Cause I've done everything I know.
To try and make you mine.
And I think it's gonna hurt me.
For a long, long time.
Wait for the day.
You go away.
Knowing that you warned me.
Of the price I'd have to pay.
And lies full of flaws.
Who knows the cause.
Living in the memory.
Of a love that never was.
Cause I've done everything I know.
To try and change your mind.
And I think I'm gonna miss you.
For a long, long time.
Cause I've done everything I know.
To try and make you mine.
And I think I'm gonna love you.
For a long, long time.
My motorcycle needs a little change.
Fence needs mending, house needs paint.
I got a million things that need to be done.
But baby I can only focus on one.
The way you're looking back at me right now.
I'm thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about you playing with my mind.
Baby ain't no doubt.
I'm thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about.
Baby you've always had a one track mind.
So what you're saying ain't no surprise.
What may come as a shock to you.
Is that I'm having all those little thoughts too.
The way you're looking back at me right now.
I'm thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about you playing with my mind.
Baby ain't no doubt.
I'm thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about.
Baby since you and me are on the same page.
Let's do something about it.
What do you say?
The way you're looking back at me right now.
I'm thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about.
Baby ain't no doubt.
I'm thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about and...
The way you look at me right now..
I'm thinking about everything I shouldn't be.
Thinking about
you playing with my mind...
Baby ain't no doubt.
I shouldn't be.
Thinking about
Everything I shouldn't be thinking about
We invented together alone, nothing is new
It's like when you pick the phone up when they're coming through
Oh I take heat, I take warning
Thinking what if we never can see the morning
It's a bright light, a glamour bursting through
The fluorescent tint of a hospital room
So I held your hand thinking we'd meet again
As the heavens bend, oh it's the betterest friend
Red sky all night
Little sunshine all around
Oh and I laugh down loud
Oh no I can't come down now
Red sky all night
Can you feel it?
Screen locked off top notes, stop this looking
Scheming every detail with the devilish grin
You give me all this affirmation or my head'll explode
A work in progress, honest, blame it on my selfish notes
It's the charming scent of a waiting room
Running low on memories that don't include you
How long does it take to rearrange us?
I never knew you were so strange
Red sky all night
Little sunshine all around
Oh and I laugh down loud
Oh no I can't come down now
Red sky all night
Can you feel it?
We're floating in this urgency
Just me and you and you and me together
Your silence means the most to me
It's a quiet kind of mini little symphony
It's a whole world dancing in our living room
You make my days doom loop, a place with a view
Oh what I would give to never leave this
Oh I couldn't dream of replacing
Red sky all night
Little sunshine all around
Oh and I laugh down loud
Oh no I can't come down now
Red sky all night
Can you feel it?
Hello and welcome to the Kaden Gordon Show today's best country mix.
Joining me right here today is Sonny Morgan and Mark Narmore.
How are you guys doing today?
Doing great. Having fun here in Texas.
That's incredible.
That's awesome. So why don't we learn a little bit about you guys.
So why don't we start with Mark and how did you get into music Mark?
Well you know Kaden I started pretty early.
I had lived around the Muscle Shoals area which most people know
about the recording that went on there in the 60s and 70s.
So I was pretty young. My first cousin actually, Spooner Oldham
who's a rock and roll Hall of Famer and Sonny
we'll talk about him later but he was
instrumental in getting the Muscle Shoals thing started.
You know birth the industry. He was one of the guys.
So I looked up to him. He was a songwriter, keyboard guy.
Really followed in his footsteps Kaden at about age six.
My mom had an old upright piano.
I just spent ten years on that really teaching
myself how to play and finally probably in the early teens
got good enough to play in a band and just started writing
songs quite a bit more. So that's really how
I got my start there. Muscle Shoals Alabama.
And for you Sonny?
Well I started singing and got into the music
business when I guess I was about five, six years old. Singing
in the choir at my church there in Dallas. I grew up in Dallas.
And went through the First Baptist Church
downtown Dallas which is a huge congregation and
finally up in my teens there was a choir
director, Leroy Till. He's passed away now but he took
a liking to me and said look I see a lot of potential.
So he started really working hard with me and I got a real good solid
foundation from a singing standpoint.
I was one of the youngest people that sang. They had a
singing Christmas tree and it's a long story. You ought to look it up sometime. First Baptist Church
Dallas singing Christmas tree but you crawl up in this sixty
foot tall tree and you're a Christmas ornament and you sing Christmas carols and
stuff. It was a lot of fun. And when I was ten
in elementary school they had a guy that came
in and wanted to start music lessons
with kids on band instruments because the elementary
school fed into the junior high so they wanted
kids to learn music before they got to junior high so they could have a decent band there.
I actually wanted to learn the
piano or the guitar. My dad said you can't be in
the band with either one of those. You have to learn the trumpet. So he stuck
a trumpet in my hand and from age ten to
oh gosh I guess probably until I was in my early twenties I played trumpet.
And that's where my musical ability
to be able to read music and things like that came about. One of my
fondest memories was when I finally got out of the
school part of it. One of my
jobs required me to go to Washington D.C. to do some
business with a guy who actually owned
or was a part, he started the insurance company, Geico,
very wealthy guy. And I went over to his house to meet with him
and he lived in literally a museum with monets
and picassos and all of that other stuff. And this was the last time
I literally played a trumpet. But he had this music room and he had this piano
and it had a candelabra on it. I said man that looks like something Liberace
ought to play. And he said that's Liberace's piano, his last one he had.
And I said you're kidding me. He says no. And I said do you know how to play it? And I said oh yeah.
So anyway he had this
trumpet sitting right next to it on a trumpet stand and I said boy that's a good looking trumpet.
I said tell me about this one. He said well that was the last
trumpet that Louis Armstrong ever played. And I said well I
played trumpet. And he said do you know how to play it? And I said yeah. So I got on there and
I played Hello Dolly on Louis Armstrong's trumpet which now is in the
Smithsonian Institute which I think is kind of a cool deal.
But that's how I got through that. And then of course laid everything down
for a while in the music business and was in the car business
for about 40 years. And
if you speed it up to 2010
I met a guy by the name of George Strait which is a country singer. I don't know if you ever heard
of him or not. Oh yes I have. He and I became
pretty good buddies. I sold him cars. I sold him exotics like
Rolls Royces and Bentley's and things like that. We became real close.
And his musical style I
really enjoyed. I never even paid much attention to him before I met him.
I was more of a rock and roll guy. I told him when I first met him
I said if you were Eric Clapton I could tell you what you ever played. But the only
thing I know is X's and Amarillo by Morning is the only thing I know about you.
And he said well you know we'll probably get along
real well because I wasn't some guy guy fan that was going to
goo goo all over him. So anyway we became pretty good buddies.
There's some long long stories that I can tell you that would raise the hair on your back
but I won't go into all that. But anyway
his influence was what did it to me.
I started singing again and
I'd sneak off to these little karaoke bars
around. I was living in Austin, Texas and
I'd sneak off to these little karaoke bars when I knew there wasn't anybody there.
And I found this one place on Sunday nights that would
literally it was just a bunch of drunks sitting at a bar and
me and another guy were the only ones that were there. So
I'd give the karaoke guy 20 bucks. Give him a list
of 20 songs and I'd sing 20 songs right in a row just
to kind of get used to singing in front of people. So
I did that oh gosh six eight ten months I guess I did.
And then being the fact that I was in the car business
Bentley, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, Lotus and all that
I had a big party at our store for Bentley. It was to raise money
for a charity there in Austin.
And children's charity.
I decided I'd do a deal where
I'd have a lady by the name of Kat Edmondson who was
also an influence on my music. As a matter of fact one of my songs on my first album
was called Hopelessly Blue and it was a song that she recorded and she's a
jazz singer out of New York now. She moved from Austin up to
New York. Now she's doing Broadway and all this other stuff and doing real well for herself.
I knew her very well. She was a bar singer and
I got to meet her because I was trying to build this dealership and
I was living down there in a hotel before I moved down from Dallas and brought the family
down. So anyway she
I called her and said would you mind doing a deal
for us a little show for us and I'm going to have a five star
chef the only chef that's ever beat Bobby Flay and all that stuff and had him
come down from Dallas and did a five course wine pairing and all on the showroom.
I built a stage, invited 50 couples
and the couples had to bid on these tickets to
come and it's per couple and I think the highest one was like 50
grand that these two people had bid on because they wanted it wanted to be
there and anyway she brought a guy that I met
and became a dear friend with. It's a guy named Ray Benson who
has a band called Asleep at the Wheel
and he and I got to know each other real well.
To the point where one day I called him up and said hey let's go to the
let's go to your next show I'll pick you up in a Bentley instead of riding an old
tour bus you got and I'll drive you to the deal. It's about a two hour drive
and we ended up at this place it's called Albert. It's the Albert Dance Hall
in Albert, Texas which I think there's a population
of about five people in Albert but it's the oldest dance hall in
in Texas and people come from everywhere to come to this thing so he had a show
there and the place was full and I was sitting
off to one side and he's about three quarters of the way
through the show and he goes Sonny Morgan come to the stage please.
Sonny Morgan come to the stage and I said well you know he's probably wanting me to get
getting ready to go to the get the car ready so he can blast out of there after
the show was over. Anyway he leaned down off the stage and
said you know our songs I said yeah I know every one of them he goes
he goes well get up here and sing with me so basically I got up on the stage
with a sleep of the wheel for the first time I've never been on stage with
anybody much less you know a named group and we
sang probably four five six songs I guess and I
was perfect harmony with him and and he looked over to me and put his hand over
the mic and says you don't need to think about doing this anymore you just
need to do it and so basically I set
seven cover songs went to a recording studio there in Austin and sent seven
cover songs to Nashville. There was a now that I'd known years
ago that worked for radio station here I was doing
years ago I did radio spots for part internships
so he was a program director of a radio station
and I knew he'd moved to Nashville I didn't really know what he did but
I looked him up on Facebook I lost contact with him he was there and I
found his email address and sent him an email saying hey look I've got seven
songs I've recorded would you listen to them
tell me if I need to keep my day job or what I need to do with these things
and so I sent them to him and about an hour and a half later says when you can
come to Nashville I'd like to talk to you about
doing some recording and stuff we flew out there
and kind of the rest is history I was supposed to meet with Daryl
Singletary and and that was one of his clients
and he passed away the the morning I was supposed to meet with him for lunch that
like Monday morning so or that Monday so that never really came about but I did
the first song that I recorded was one of his songs that he
he'd written he'd never recorded it but he'd written it and
and it's called it's a beautiful world and it's it's still
way high in the world charts I mean it's still going strong
and but anyway that's kind of a full circle now I've got three albums out
working on the fourth and you know things have been good
to me I've won the International Singer and Songwriters Association
male album of the year 22 which is my biggest thing you know that
was like winning an Emmy or something or a
what do they call them a Grammy and you know I was totally shocked I was
taken back I couldn't I really was speechless when I
went up to try to do an acceptance speech I I just almost froze because I
just I was in disbelief because I'm competing with a lot of
people that you know are a lot you know bigger names today but it did
work and we had a lot of fun thanks to Mr.
Namor there that wrote probably three quarters of those
songs that were on the that were on that album but
you know it was it was quite an honor and and
I'm up for another award in Indiana it's called the Who's Who of
of uh our independent artists and that's in November in Indiana and
I'm looking forward I'm up for album of the year on that one and
song of the year uh she's still going strong Mark is the one that they got me
on on that one so we're looking forward to that Mark
wrote that one too so uh anyway we're uh we're looking forward
to it um but I do a lot of uh I do shows I've done you know local
stuff around here but what I do and I and I have it in my
heart more than anything is because I do it kind of as a tribute
to my mother who passed away in 15 she was 94
but she lived in a senior assisted living uh center in Dallas and she
would call me up and say son you need to come up and listen to this young man he's
so good so Karen my wife and I
went to this place and this guy sounded like
nails on a chalkboard to me I mean it was so bad
but all these people just loved the guy and uh I told Karen I said
one of these days I might if I ever have an opportunity I'm gonna I'm gonna sing
in front of these people so I do about oh I guess 10-12
senior centers in the uh Fort Worth, Granbury I live in Granbury Texas
which is about 60 miles southwest of Fort Worth but uh
I do senior centers in Weatherford, Burleson,
Fort Worth, Cleburne, uh Granbury and I do those um
I do one I'll do some every week I did three last week and
and and really and truly it's one of those things that
uh I just really do enjoy these these folks with Alzheimer's and and
memory loss and all that to turn these people with these frowns and
scowls on their face to turn them into smiles and they're tapping their feet
and they're singing along and we had a great we have a great time
doing it and you know just really enjoy and I do a lot of
entertaining I besides just singing I interact with them and you know all of
that good stuff and it's just so much so much I get so much out of it and it
and just uh to see I'll give you an example there's
there was a gentleman that that really bad Alzheimer's and he uh was slumped
over leaning down with his head in almost to
his lap and um his wife was there with him
and uh the next thing I know he's tapping his feet he's looking up
and I look up again and they are dancing on the floor
and he's just having the best time of his life
and for her to come over with tears in her eyes and say
you know if it weren't for you I don't know what would happen today he you know
he's not been doing real well so uh you know the gift of music and and uh
and all that to me is just as important as winning an award and everything
else when I see these people the way I see them
and the way they respond to some of it and I think that the good Lord
has given me some kind of gift to interact with these people to entertain
them and and have them enjoy the gift of music
and I just I'll never stop it I mean if if I was
you know George Strait right now and and selling out a hundred thousand
people's stadiums I'd still be doing that in
senior centers I mean I wouldn't change anything with that because I get
literally I get more out of that than anything
where can people find you on social media if they want to check you out
well I've got a Facebook page Sonny Morgan music
um also if they get into Sonny Morgan music and they want to learn some more
about me I have a private I have a private Facebook page called
fans of Sonny Morgan and you know I do a lot of stuff that a lot
of people there's you know people on Facebook
one of those things they get tired of seeing the same old stuff so
fans of Sonny Morgan if you want to really you know learn more about me
they can they can they can follow me on Sonny Morgan
music and and then I can invite them over if they
want to over to fans of Sonny Morgan and then I've got a
I've got a website called Sonny Morgan music.com
I'm on Instagram I'm on Twitter Mark you'll like this uh
uh I knew Maren Morris before she was you know she got popular she was a
she opened up for Kat Edmondson a lot and I met her through Kat
and uh I sent her just a little note remember me and
at Kessler theater back when when you opened up for Kat Edmondson
she sent me back a note and we've been conversing back and forth which is kind
of interesting but uh she she was kind of like me she
started out uh you know singing in in these little
places these little restaurants and things there was a
they have Red Robin in Alabama that's hamburger joint Red Robin guy
in Tennessee not Alabama yeah well she was
she was singing out of Red Robin in Arlington Texas when I knew her
so uh which is about oh 40 miles from here
but uh anyway it's uh those are the those are the places you can you can
you can find me um I should probably leave them out but uh
you know the website's a big one and of course uh Facebook
Facebook's been a real real good to me I've really has been
that's awesome and Mark where can people find you
they can find me Kaden at marknormore.com and the last name is
well it's m-a-r-k-n-a-r-m-o-r-e.com and also you can find me
and Sonny knows I'm on uh I'm an insta guy
you can check out my insta account marknormormusic
and of course Facebook good old trusty Facebook Sonny's right
Facebook has been good to all of us right Kaden
and on there is simply mark Mark Normore and you can look me up there
and uh what are you doing he said well I wrote
and in some of the tracks here and produced produced
a lot of the original music and what it was is uh
most of the album's name was Muscle Shoals Big Town
Big Sound Big Little Town or something like that right and
uh it was redos of old uh songs that were recorded there in Muscle Shoals
that were that were done by uh new or the the current artists that
are out there right now like uh Mick Jagger did did a song and Alan
Jackson Willie Nelson I mean it was it's a great album I mean it really is
but anyway he I said uh I said so tell me about you a little bit and he said he
went through the deal Neil Young he was toured with him for 20
plus years now he got he had I said hold it a minute
I said you are the holy grail of uh songwriter I said he told me about
some of the songs he'd written uh some songs for the box tops which is
long before you were around Kaden but big hits back in those days and uh
he wrote uh When a Man Loves a Woman by Percy Sledge which
you know was a huge hit and I'm sitting there in awe
with this guy and I'm going man this guy I finally asked him I said I'm always
hungry for country music have you ever written any country
stuff and so I'm gonna turn it back over to you Mark
Well uh at the time Sonny uh Spooner and I along with a buddy of
our Carl Holder Kaden had been feverishly writing
together you know I had known Spooner all my life and
we played in church together played some gigs together
we'd even written a couple of songs together but we'd never written
that many on together until about 2010 uh Carl Holder an old high school buddy
of Spooner's got the three of us together and we we would sort of get
together twice a month eat tell jokes you know what's going on in our lives
and and we would write two or three songs then we go into the studio in
Muscle Shoals at the Nut House that's an appropriate place for us
because we're a bunch of nuts nutty people
that was awesome yeah but we we would go in and record these demos
and most of them were country or bluesy kind of shoalsy sounding demos most of
them were country songs meant to pitch to the country market you know to
to artists like Trace Adkins and like you said Alan Jackson
and the like well Spooner after he had met Sonny he gets with me
I saw him at church one day and he said I met this guy Sonny Morgan from
from Granbury Texas who's looking for some songs would you
compile our best you know our best 10 or 20 songs and let him
look over them and see if he would they might like any of
the record so the rest is history I handpicked us
he sort of told me you were Texas you know kind of country like Alan Jackson
and maybe George Strait so I cherry picked really the best of our catalog
that we'd written over about seven or eight years so Sonny got the
creme de la creme the cream of the crop if you will
of the Spooner mark in Carl Songs and
Spoon Sonny was so gracious as to cut on that first record how many Sonny you
cut maybe seven or eight of our songs yeah
yeah and good and the subs and the subsequent albums
well maybe that wasn't your first one so I know you did one before us
that cat songs on it but the second one you cut most
were we on that one too yeah you're on the first one
but you're on the first one yeah this I think the second and third records we
wound up getting even more and more cuts Kaden so we
that being said we just kept writing toward Sonny and we
we would write a new song and he was kind of our artist
you know and the same holds true for Valerie Wilson who
came into our writing picture she's written with me and Sonny both
and she's a great songwriter so the same thing when Sonny
is looking for something he will have an idea or a hook
and and we will all write for Sonny he's our artist man we're proud of him and
proud to be on the the Sonny bus
feelings mutual without a doubt feelings mutual
and it does it really does they you know how many
times have you seen successful songs that are written
because that the the artist and the songwriters are in sync
and right you know you think about some of the people
uh what's the old boy I always forget his name and I
the one that made George put George Strait on the map
um what's his name mark Dean Dillon
there's a perfect example if it weren't for Dean Dillon I bet George Strait
wouldn't be George Strait like like George Strait we know him today I mean
it's just they just happen to have a chemistry there
and he understood what he what he he needed how he needed to sing a song and
that's what he wrote towards that that artist and and uh
you know there's a lot of them out there you know I'm not a
I try to help and and some of the lyrics but I am sure as heck not a songwriter
I'll tell you that right now I've tried and I've
I've tried many times and failed many times but uh
you know the thing about it is with these guys they're so in tune with
the way I sing the style that I sing and all of that that uh
and they know my range my vocal range and stuff like that so
it really makes uh it really makes a great marriage from
from that standpoint uh you know my biggest thing is is that
uh you know it's just getting getting everything in line you know I
tried this earlier this year to uh try to
get in the studio and and my producer who's I think one of
the best producers in Nashville maybe the best producer uh he came down
with uh with cancer throat cancer and that slowed everything down which
you know bless his heart he's still fighting that stuff and
and uh when they when they when they diagnosed buddy there at
Vanderbilt hospital there whatever the name of it is university medical center
whatever it's called they told him they wanted they wouldn't
expect him to live for six months and he he didn't want to have anything to do
with that and so he went and did this holistic
stuff uh down to Mexico and uh all of it he's still around that
was about oh gosh it's been about a year since they
they've diagnosed all this stuff and he's still going strong and and uh
but I've kind of had to been I've kind of waited for that
because you know I'm kind of lost without without him there
with this band that I use and and uh they're great I mean they're to me the
one of the best studio bands ever Brent Mason is uh the lead guitar player and
um they're just there's so many I you know
Spivey that uh can't remember Spivey's first name but anyway he's
the best fiddle player ever um you've got uh Steve Henson who uh Loretta
Lynn steel guitar player and and uh you got Donnie Wilson who used
I mean he's been on all these different records used to play in the
whole band with George Strait and there's just so many good people and
then the engineer they've got uh is uh has won like two or three uh
Grammys for engineering on songs and and uh it just you know it's the best of
the best and it makes me sound so good you know you hear these songs that I
sing and you hear that band behind me and they are just incredible I wish I
could just bring them all here to Granbury and have them move all here so
we could go start doing some touring around here because
we would be be one of the hottest bands in town and it's part of the country
but not only is Buddy a great producer he's a great engineer too isn't he Sonny?
Mix engineer and and not only that but he's probably the best
no disrespect Mark but he's probably one of the best keyboards
I mean I've never seen the guy is just well let me I'll tell you how good he is
whenever if you ever watch the Grand Ole Opry on
on they do it on you can see it on Facebook live
but whenever you see the Grand Ole Opry generally
the guy that's playing keyboards is Buddy Hyatt and uh
I don't know if you ever watched Lee Huckabee if you ever know who Lee
Huckabee is but he used to be the governor of
Virginia I think it is anyway he is also a musician and he has a show
on television that they bring acts in and you usually see and it's out of
Nashville so when you see the keyboard player there
it's Buddy Hyatt he was with Toto the group Toto
for like I don't know if you do this or not Mark but he was with Toto for like
eight years I forgot but yeah some of these songs
you hear if you listen to some of the stuff from
Toto it's Buddy on keyboards so wow these monsters
yeah it's unbelievable I mean it's just it's just the the talent that I and I
got lucky on that one too I uh my first recording that I went to my
my manager out of Nashville's a gentleman by the name of Chuck Rhodes
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I am good, Kaden, how are you?
I'm doing just fine, thank you so much for asking
So we are going to chat a little bit about our week last week
And so we're going to start a little bit different
From the beginning
So it's gonna be a little bit more of a
A little bit more of a
We're gonna start a little backtracking
We're gonna skip the Friday that we left
I'll tell you guys about that after
Because Jon wasn't with me at that point
But we did see each other on Saturday
Which was in the lovely city of Fort Wayne, Indiana
It was my first time visiting Jon's neck of the woods
As most of you know, Jon's came down here numerous times to Massachusetts
But you know, this is the first time where I've got to see Jon's neck of the woods
Which was very, very exciting
So we got to get a tour by the lovely Jon Graham
He brought us all over Fort Wayne
And it was just an amazing time
What was one of the things that you enjoyed showing me the most in Fort Wayne, Jon?
I would probably say probably one of the most enjoyable things showing you
Was just kind of like some of the major landmarks
Like Parkview Field, downtown Fort Wayne
And it was also really exciting
You being a part of the festival, the Three Rivers Festival
Although it was a little bit rainy
And I feel like we got out of there before it really downpoured
I thought that was kind of fun showing you around
Because you and I know that was both unplanned
Yeah, it was
We were looking to do it, but then we were like, eh, there's too many people down there
But then we decided to just stop by to kill time
I've heard from a few people saying it's been better other years
Jon, what do you think about it?
Was it okay this year comparing that you've been to this multiple years in a row?
Considering I've been to the festival several years in a row
This was a little bit of a let down
And I feel like the crowd not being there as much
Because it was the last day that we went
And normally on the last day
Now granted whether I've kept some people home
People are often literally standing next to each other just to get through the line
But I guess for it being your first time
It was nice that we could just shoot through the line
But I will also say too, the food
You and I shared outlaw fries, which was a big thing
And I gotta say, compared to other years that me and the group have shared outlaw fries
The food was a big let down
So you're saying another years
Because I've never been
You said that the fries were usually pretty good
But not this year
Yes, yes, yes, correct
I see, I see, I see
Well, I mean, yeah, I would have to agree
Even though I've never been
So I can't really judge on this
But they were a little cold, I'm not gonna lie
They were a little cold
Yeah, like yeah
That right there with the cold fries
It was kind of
That's why it was a let down
Because I mean like
And the thing is that these food vendors
They kind of also live off on tips
And I did tip them after we got the food
So obviously the tip didn't change their mind
With heating up
Well, not necessarily heating it up
Because then it would just be soggy fries anyway
But I mean why they didn't just make us fresh fries
I don't understand
I mean like
I would consider us being there
Kind of around kind of time to the beginning of mid-afternoon
So there's no reason why they can't just like make fresh fries
Yeah, I agree with that
I think that they could have definitely done better with that
Now to hit it all off
There's one thing I want to mention
At the end of the night
We had a nice dinner over at John's parents' house
And I might say that that ribs that your mom made
Has probably been the best ribs I've ever had
Aww
Well, my mom actually
So kind of flash forwarding
But I'm not going to give away too much
She read your big lengthy post
When I returned home after a long week of being with you
And there's a little blurb in your paragraph about the ribs
And she was so honored
That I think you used the words top notch
That they were top notch ribs
So she was very honored to get that recommendation
And she was a little bit concerned that we were going to get more recommendations
To be at the Graham house
Just for ribs
But things lead to the weekend
I don't think we've had that issue
Well, I mean she's not a restaurant
So she's not open for that
I didn't say that she was a restaurant
So I mean I would hope people wouldn't want to show to the house
Yeah
Yeah I know
But yeah
My mom definitely thanks you for your comments
About her ribs being one of the best
Well you're very welcome
So the next day which was Sunday
We met up with
There was eight group total members from your group John
Or was there seven?
It was yeah
Yeah it was seven because three and three and yeah
You know like that
It was more including you
And then ten including Anna and your dad
So yeah including me would have been seven
And me and you would have been eight
So yeah six other members
Right so six other members from his autism group
And we all went up to Crown Point Indiana at the Deep River Water Park
And it was a good family friendly sized water park
I will say that
I think that it was really really nice
It was a really really nice atmosphere
And it was just really really fun to check out a water park that I had never been to before
So that was pretty fun
However the ride was kind of long
It was like a two hour ride which was
Wasn't as bad as I was anticipating it was going to be
But it was still fun
Yeah yeah
Oh yeah
Now I think I know my highlight
But what was your highlight from Sunday?
Probably the tornado slide that brought you right out to the lazy river was probably my favorite
And I think I know what you're going to say
But I don't want to say it so I want you to say it
I'm going to tell you if I'm going to think of it in my head
And I want you to tell me and I'm going to tell you if I'm right
See if we're on the same page
Okay okay
Well although the toilet roll ride which is
You know like which was kind of the tornado ride that Kay was talking about
Was like was a good portion of the day
I've written that multiple times
So it's not the highlight of the day
But I think the highlight of the day was after all of us left
We went out to Red Robin and one of the members forgot their phone at the table
And they didn't realize until we left the mall area that they forgot their phone
So your dad and I had to pull over and turn around and go back to the mall
To pick up this individual's phone
Which was quite funny
And at the end of the day we were only five minutes apart from the other driver
You know I was not thinking that's what you were going to say
That would have been in the top five
But what I was thinking you were going to say was when we raced
Like with the body slide with the mat looking thing
That was the first one, that was my first choice
My second choice was that we got free dip and dots
And then the third one was actually the phone thing
So I actually thought it was those racing was your favorite part
No, no
The racing thing was definitely fun
I was not actually expecting you to go on it
Because I thought I heard back in the day
That you might have been afraid of body slides
But it's good to know that you've grown up
Well I mean I wouldn't do the ones that are...
So that one had a mat thing though
I wouldn't have done it if it was just a body slide
Or the one that drops, I wouldn't have done it then
But since it had a mat I was okay with it
Oh okay, alright
But yes
So I think for me for number one it would have been the phone
Number two it probably was the free dip and dots
Number three would have been the Toyla bowl ride
Number four would have been I think the tornado ride
Which that's the one with the black slides and black tubes
It was fun to kind of go in between the left and right ones with you
Oh and I gotta say too folks that Kayden did not split up with me at all
We consistently rode the rides together
Which is what best friends should do
So now I will say the least favorite Kayden
And hopefully you and I are thinking the same thing
But you and I both brought in...
Goggles?
Yeah you and I both brought goggles into the water park
And we were basically shunned away
Well we weren't really necessarily shunned
We basically were asked to return our goggles back into the van
Because apparently the lifeguards don't like the ones with the nose part of it
But we'll remember that we actually kind of accidentally
After we brought the first one back to the van
That your one was actually deep down in your back
So you kind of accidentally snuck it in
But yeah that was my least favorite part of the experience
Because that's the first time ever
That I've ever been asked to return anything in my vehicle
When visiting the water park
And you know it's interesting that the fact that it was at the way bottom
Makes me think that she didn't even do a thorough search
Unfortunately yours was on the top
If yours was on the bottom like mine I think we could have gotten
It would have been okay but yours was at the top
So that was obviously one of the first things that she saw
And so obviously it was accidental
We didn't realize the second one was all the way at the bottom
But we just left it in our bag
We didn't take it out or anything
Yeah and the more I think about it
It's really funny that that's really the only thing that she saw
And that's really the top thing that was at the top of the bag
And it's like she just kind of lost focus in the rest of the bag
I mean I'm not saying that we're bad people
And we could have snuck in god knows what
But I mean you do bring up an interesting point
Like how could she have forgotten
That or like how could she have missed that there was a second goggles below
Yeah
But anyways mind my grass
Monday we left for Nashville and it was an early day
And Kaden you can take it away
Yeah so we made a couple pit stops before
We stopped in Owensboro, Kentucky and met some really good people
Banshee, Kathy Bell and her mom
Mystic and Wild Thing
And you know it was nice to get up with them
We had some Denny's for like a
I would say it was like a brunch
We had a little brunch, we sat down, we talked, we exchanged business cards
And it was a good time, we got some photos
It was really really awesome to sit down with them
But let's see
Oh that was the other thing I was going to mention
Banshee gave us gifts and as much as I appreciate it
The gifts that we got on this whole trip were just very very interesting
And I don't know why people
The things, I mean I love these like the idea and everything
But the ideas that these people come down with in like the
Kentucky area, Tennessee and everything
The ideas of these people that I work with that I think are really good gifts
It's just very fascinating
Yeah, you know yeah
And now I will say that
The gifts that I got from Banshee
So when I got back home
Mom immediately smells smoke
And so
I don't know if your fan base knows
But I certainly know that you know that
You and I both know that Kentucky Banshee likes the smoke
And so she asked me kindly to air out the poster
So I just
You know and again
I'm not really a big poster fan
You know like in all kindness to Kentucky Banshee
But I am throwing it out
You know yeah
Because there was no amount of like fresh air that was going to
You know air that out
You know I mean because recently it started out in the back of my trunk
And I also think that was probably the smell
That you and I kind of picked up on in my car
You know I was like what is that stench
You know
And I looked everywhere and I didn't find any rotten food or anything
Or rotten milk
Which was within my first thought
But you know I mean I know I personally take care of my car
And you know I get a good car wash and all that
And that was another nice thing too about the end
Is that I feel like going through Pitch and Forge
And all the places that we went which we'll also get
We'll get that in the full report here later
But those places got a good amount of rain
Like you know we went through a rainstorm which we'll mention later
But I mean really at the end of the day when I got back home
My car was almost clean
You know like the outside at least has been most clean
Yeah and that was one of the things that I would say that was probably overall
The part that kind of was
Eh is that it rained like almost the entire time we were there
That's the other thing
Yeah I agree because Tuesday and Wednesday
When we spent the time in Nashville
You know we both wanted to do kind of things downtown
Kind of do things outside of what we already had scheduled
Which Kayden if you want you can get into that
But I know I wanted to go down and walk down Broadway with your dad and Anna
And kind of experience that
Kind of that scenery
But you know mostly it rained and sometimes you just have to make the best out of it
Yeah I definitely agree with that
And we made a workout we definitely did for sure
Yeah you know like yeah
You know like yeah so I definitely like that
You know
Yeah and so I don't
Yeah so it was fun
So yeah and then we went to a couple different studios
We saw Mr. Joe Kelly which that was
It was a decent meeting I will say that
And then we saw
We ran into Aaron Boswell at the studio
By the way he just released a new song today
That we get to hear before anybody else called Noel so check that out
We'll play it later too
And we got to meet Stephen Wrench over at Music and Film
So we went to a couple different studios it was cool to see
And you know we had a great time Monday and then we
You know after that we pretty much just chilled at the hotel
And we went to the pool a couple times
I think it was like three different times while we were in Nashville
Right John it was three?
Yeah right right yeah
Yeah because I really think
And I told my mom I generally really think that one of the best studios that we saw
Had really had nothing to do with your contacts
But it was cool it was really cool to see the Omni Studio
The Omni Sound Studio?
Yes
Yeah it's Omni Sound yep
Yeah that one was pretty neat so that one was cool that we had a chance to check that one out
And yeah so we kind of just went on to Tuesday at that point
And Tuesday we went to go to the Music City Bar and Grill
Up on Music Valley Drive which that was really really cool to see a few people
And someone showed me how to dance and that was very uncomfortable and embarrassing
Which whatever I did it they said I needed to I didn't want to
We go down the whole shebang and I'm going to leave it at that
But yeah so
And I do believe there are videos that dance right?
Yeah they'll have to scroll through to find it I ain't telling them where
They'll figure it out
It's on TikTok
It's not on TikTok I mean I made a video of it but it's only just a photo I didn't like actually
The video isn't on there of that so yeah
But anyway
Anyways so it was just it was a great time and you know
We just made the best of the rain and you know did what we could inside and it was great
I think that I would rate it a 10 out of 10
But I think the trip went really really well what do you think John?
Yeah I don't I certainly think that the trip went a little bit better than expected
I know that you and I have butted heads a couple times
But I really think that a lot of that had to do with the weather
And you know like the weather and such
You know I will say it's a little bit funny and strange and yes my mother might even agree
But you know I took some time to myself too
Well actually you and I both took some time and kind of went to go see a movie
You know yeah I know you weren't really set to see a movie on vacation
But we really had nothing else planned on the last night that we were in the Nashville area
And really you know I like to think of it kind of as a refresher
Because the following day is following our national trip
We would be doing more driving and then you know so it was nice to kind of be refreshed
And do some things that you and I both kind of wanted to do
And I just got to say too that this kind of had me thinking of some fresh ideas at home
But the mall area where the theater is an outdoor mall much like in my home city Fort Wayne
Where there's different points, you and I both walked through, I wouldn't say walked through as in tour
But we passed a terrestrial commercial radio station that was literally in kind of like a side
That had leased a part of the mall for their little studio
I mean it was a little bit of a nook and cranny and I know after seeing that that kind of gave me some ideas
On what we can do in the future with KJ Media
So it was kind of nice to see kind of a broad perspective of where you can play a state television slash production studio
I mean I don't know if you feel the same way, Kayden, but you know you were telling me about a weirdest dream
That kind of had to do with leasing out space in the mall
But yeah I thought that was an interesting new perspective and the movie was good too
Yes absolutely, so that brings us over to Wednesday
Which one of the highlights that I had fun on Wednesday was seeing Bob McGilpin's studio
And we worked on a song with him which was really really fun that I can't wait to share with you guys soon
So that was one of my big things on Wednesday that we did
Yeah, you know Bob's home studio was very cool
Yeah Bob's home studio was very impressive
And the original impression I got from you was that it was going to be kind of like a music writing session
But it really was more of a music production session because he had already kind of produced the song
And we spent probably like a good hour kind of going through different ways he can improve the song
And there's a nice little cool three wire connection with him, isn't there?
Yeah, that I actually didn't know until we saw it on his computer
Yeah, yeah, but I mean honestly with that being said, yeah, K and I cannot wait until we can officially debut this new song that you wrote and Bob sang for you
Absolutely, and oh the country music hall of fame, that was something that we did
Right, right, right, yeah, I was going to say that probably was Nashville
Yeah, that falls under the Nashville
So now that we went through the two days that we were in Nashville, what was your highlight, Kaden?
That's a good question. I would have to say probably the production session and the country music hall of fame
Even though it was said online that it was like you take about an hour to two hours, but it actually took us less than that, isn't that right, John?
Yes, that's right. Well actually online it says an hour and a half to two hours
Oh, sorry, yeah, that's right
So yeah, so I mean I'm thinking probably if you got the narration part of the tour, which I think guides you in a certain route, I think that's probably what they were talking about
And really even if you didn't even take the narration tour, if you follow a certain route through the museum, I think that probably took you a good three hours or so
And I will say that me and Kaden both have pictures from the museum on our social media
Yes, we do. Now we are on to Thursday, which Thursday was...
Yeah, Thursday was...
You get Alabama
Right, it was Alabama. Yeah, that was pretty much a basic travel day pretty much for us
Because we went to Gary Taylor's studio in Huntsville, WDJL. Go ahead, John
Oh, no. You can continue
Yeah, and we actually helped fix an issue, which was pretty cool
I really, really think that if I have a job in the future radio, it's definitely engineering
I think at this point I probably don't even really need to even go to school because even said by myself in First Spectrum, and definitely Kaden's setup
I kind of have taught myself how to set up these mixers, and that goes all the way from mixers you can use online to terrestrial radio stations
And then, yeah, if anyone's listening, you should listen to this story
So we went in there, I mean, I wouldn't say a quick hello, but I definitely would say a quick pit stop, say hello, go on air with Gary
And just kind of enjoy some fellowship until we had to go en route to our next stop, Pigeon Forge, with your friend Lee, who wrote an amazing song
But anyway, more about that later
And so I put her microphone in program two, and long story short, just figured it out
But it's kind of nice, it's also kind of nice just to know that I was respected in that moment
Which, I mean, I already know that I'm respected for what I do with Kaden and everyone else, that I can help, but, yeah, Kaden, did you have any thoughts with that?
Yeah, I agree, it wasn't something that we were kind of expecting to do, but we did it anyway to help out, so that was nice
Right, and then, similarly after that, because I can speak on this since I was the driver for the day, we were on our way to Pigeon Forge to meet Kaden's friend and artist, Lee, who basically wrote this fantastic song
Rang from a quarter machine
Right, right, and we hope that you are requesting it and that radio stations are playing it and all that stuff, but yeah, so Pigeon Forge from Alabama is about a five hour or so drive from Huntsville, and it was beautiful scenery really from Alabama up to, I would say, probably the outskirts of Nashville
And then once we got into Knoxville, that is when, I got him, the storm coming through was really cool, but we ran into storms and rain and downpours
Right, and really at that point, we also were in touch with Kaden's dad and aunt, and they were in traffic as well, so they hadn't really made leadway to get there
And so at that point, it became just, okay, it just became a slow down, take your time kind of thing, because I mean, I would say we are traveling across the Midwest in my Toyota Camry, it's got some miles on it, and we don't need to be stranded in the downpour and rain and storms
I made sure that we took our time, that we were good on gas, and that we needed to make stuff, we did that, we ran into a lot more traffic jams than I don't think I've ever been in in one sitting while driving, so that should say a lot
I don't think I've ever experienced that much traffic, not much traffic jammed due to the rain and stuff
So I don't think that was a little bit of a learning curve, just trying to get through all that, a little bit stressful, but for me, I don't think it was stressful for Kaden, because he was just kind of relaxing and listening to his teens
But given all that, I will say that Kaden, throughout the entire trip has been an excellent passenger, a passenger like of mine, he respected me, he definitely kept me company and awake during times when I was bored in my mind
But yeah, we finally made it to Lee's, I think about an hour after we formally said that we would be there, but Lee was very understanding, and we appreciate that, in bad weather
And then we finally got to have a cookout, we finally got to have hamburgers, and they were very very welcoming, and it was a good time, it was a nice cookout, nice little barbecue
And he even thought of me, he gave me a plant, cokes for the road and to drink, you know, I don't think I, oh right, it was Lee that grilled, I was trying to think who was that that cooked everything
But yeah, it was Lee that did it himself, and everything was perfect, and I mean I think the fact that we were driving in the rain, trying to survive the storm, it made our appetites even greater
So, you know, so again Lee, you know, from Kayden, myself, and from Anna and Dad, we appreciate the cookout, it was very very thoughtful, and we can't wait to do it with you again
Absolutely, now Friday was Dollywood Day
You also didn't forget one thing though, he did go to TikTok Live with Kayden
Yes, he did go, well I mean we went Facebook and TikTok Live for a few minutes, yeah that was fun, and he, I designed a CD for him, and so they finally arrived, and I got a couple CDs
And he gave us rings from an actual quarter machine, he's got like a legitimate quarter machine that he bought off of Amazon, and if you put like a quarter in it, you get a ring, it comes out like a ring back in the day
Yeah, that was so much fun, and I got in on some of the action, and yeah, Friday arrived and Kayden went on
Yeah, so we rose, we woke up right in early to head on over to Dollywood, which there was so much there, there was a lot of roller coasters and different shows and stuff like that
But was there something in particular that you liked the most John? I think it was the final roller coaster we went on, I think that one was my favorite
Yes, definitely the final roller coaster that we went on, I think that was probably, I think that was definitely the most fun
You know, because there was one roller coaster on that we went on, it was just the two of us, and I felt kind of groggy towards the end of it
That's probably the best words I can probably explain, you know, so I mean I guess for me I think the best way to get through a day at Dollywood, or really at any theme park
Is maybe, is definitely smart, start out small, you know, with the small, you know, not necessarily kiddie roller coasters, but the smaller roller coasters, kind of like the slings
And then, you know, after like a few hours pass by of food and whatnot, you know, then once I, then I think if I have only one caffeine drink and don't start out with like coffee or anything like that
Then, you know, then I feel like I can actually kind of enjoy the rides more, and it's probably just, I don't know if it's just me, but
And years pass, you know, I mean, my, I don't have so much adrenaline anymore with rides, it's just kind of, again, kind of that groggy feeling
You know, and that's like always like in the morning, so I guess for me, like the best time to actually ride like something like that, you know, is probably towards the end of the evening to ride, you know, some of the newer rides and some of the adrenaline rides
What were your thoughts on that, Steven?
I agree, I think that's the best way to go about it, and overall though, I would say it was definitely a great day, for sure, yeah
I think that it was, it was not very, well, I mean, it was packed, but it wasn't really like packed-packed, so it wasn't like super bad with that, but yeah, it was a great day, and
Oh, the Hollywood Wax Museum! We ended up checking that out, that was really, really fun
Because I've never been in a wax museum, so that was cool
I, yeah, I gotta say, I don't think I've, I don't think I've been in a wax museum either before, but, but I'll say, you know, like this time around, it's been, it's been definitely super fun
You know, and just kind of seeing the reactions, you know, like from, you know, like from your family, you know, compared to us, it's just, you know, it's just like super fun
Now, I will give you advice, and I don't know if Kayden would, I think Kayden would probably agree, but, now obviously, we did pay for, or yeah, I did pay for you and me, so
I paid for you and me on the All Access Pass for this Pigeon Forge tourist trap, I would say probably next time, I'm most willing to do the wax museum and not do the All Access Pass, because the VR, the VR was a little bit unexpected
I will say it was pretty fun, I was, yeah, it was pretty fun, but the last two events that we did were kind of confusing and terrifying
Yeah
So, yeah, you know, yeah, but I mean, again, you only live once, so if you are into terrifying, like kind of like escape mazes and stuff like that, then yeah, you know, it deserves to be, to treat yourself the first time you're there
Yeah, so that pretty much concluded that whole night, and then Saturday we pretty much headed back, stopped in Indianapolis and had some lunch, and then that was pretty much it, throughout the whole thing, so we had a blast and it was a great time, for sure
It was, it was, it was, and, you know, and, and, and, and definitely, you know, you know, there was one more learning thing that we experienced on Friday night, we were locked out of our, of our room, so we kind of have a, that was kind of, and we're not going to mention, we're not going to mention the hotel, but
You know, because also we don't want to upset potential sponsors or clients, but again, everyone needs to do their due diligence on, on hotel reviews and, and all that, so obviously, you know, every hotel's going to have one or two bad reviews, but this one was probably, so far, probably the worst I've been through, and again, I'm not going to name, name
But, you know, but, like, again, you know, I would say you get what you pay for
Yeah, for sure, for sure
Well, with that, John, do you have any final words?
No, I mean, not, not that I can think of, I would probably say I would give the whole trip a 10 out of 10. Now, I do think that I saw your blurb, your favorite part of the entire trip overall, but not that you've had some time to settle in, what would you say was your favorite part of the trip in, like, like in, in the entirety, like what was your favorite place, thing to do, etc, etc
You know, I don't know if I'm going to change my answer or stay with the one that I wrote back when I first started it. That's a good, good question.
Yikes.
Because, because I want to say that I think you wrote that you liked Nashville, I'm just kind of surprised that you did, you know, that it wasn't between like Nashville and people, or water part
That's a good question.
I would say my number one favorite part was country music Hall of Fame. My second was meeting all the people I love working with. And the third was Deep River Water Park.
Okay, okay. All right. Yeah, yeah. Now I don't think I don't think I actually did my top three. So I'll go and do my top three since, since you did. So what the heck. I will say number one was definitely Dollywood.
Number two.
Number two would have been the country music Hall of Fame and then number three, much like you said was Deep River Water Park and really quite honestly again, you know, I've lived here in Indiana, my entire life so Deep River Water Park is nothing new.
You know, but I mean, honestly, it's so good to go with the family and my friends. So I mean, I'll always be like a top, a top pick but you know it just goes to show you, you know, live a little everyone like you know I mean, you only live once, you know, go out and see the world.
Absolutely. Well, thanks, John for chatting about this. I had a blast with you. And thank you so much everyone for listening to the Katie Gordon show today's best country max.
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