1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 The Kayden Gordon Show Today's Best Country Mix. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,320 We got a lot coming up for you next. 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,300 We got interviews with Marilyn Carter and Craig Leoyd, 4 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:12,800 Flint Adams, Beck Black, and Tim McGeary right here 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,600 on The Kayden Gordon Show, including last week's guests. 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,800 So stay tuned. 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,280 The Kayden Gordon Show. 8 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,200 Today's Best Country Mix. 9 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:42,680 I got my buddies down at the Honky Tonk in the old Friday 10 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:50,960 night, cold beer and pool sticks, a ride on cue for a Texas 11 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,800 size hell of a time. 12 00:00:53,800 --> 00:01:00,400 Girl, since you drove away, I'm in a lonely star state. 13 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:09,960 I could hop in my truck, me and old Willie could ride just 14 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:16,920 a couple hours down to the coast, a bazillion girls 15 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:23,400 with Brazilian tins, but not a single one I'm needing to hold. 16 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:30,360 Oh, since you couldn't stay, I'm in a lonely star state. 17 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:39,320 I need that wake up smile, says baby, stay here a while. 18 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:43,800 How I need my sweet soulmate. 19 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:49,280 Sure ain't a moonshine jar counting shooting stars, 20 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,280 and I'll wait just as long as it takes. 21 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:01,280 I'll be watching for a little red Wrangler Jeep 22 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:06,760 to come flying around the bend. 23 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:11,200 Old school of blaring on the radio, 24 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,200 hair flying in the wind. 25 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Yeah, girl, until that day, I'll be in a lonely star state. 26 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:31,160 I need that wake up smile, says baby, stay here a while. 27 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:38,280 How I need my sweet soulmate, sure ain't a moonshine jar 28 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:44,240 counting shooting stars, and I'll wait just as long as it takes. 29 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:54,200 Yeah, since you drove away, I've been in a lonely star state. 30 00:02:54,200 --> 00:03:01,200 Since you said you couldn't stay, I've been in a lonely star state. 31 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:24,200 I've been in a lonely star state, until you come back one day, I'll be in a lonely star state. 32 00:03:31,200 --> 00:04:00,200 God has his little ways to make big things happen every day. 33 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,200 One land, one dozen flies away. 34 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Really soon a new little baby gets made up. 35 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:21,200 Oh, God has his little ways. 36 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:31,200 He can make a mountain, he can make oceans. 37 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:38,200 He can make rivers run to the sea. 38 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:45,200 He can make the moon glow and the grass grow. 39 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:53,200 He can make a difference in you and me. 40 00:04:53,200 --> 00:05:00,200 God has his little ways to make big things happen every day. 41 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,200 One land, one dozen flies away. 42 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:10,200 Really soon a new little baby gets made up. 43 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:20,200 Oh, God has his little ways. 44 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:27,200 I was down hard when my daddy died. 45 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:35,200 I cried and cried when I buried him that day. 46 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:41,200 It wasn't very long, we heard a different song. 47 00:05:41,200 --> 00:06:10,200 A new kind of crying came our way. 48 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:27,200 Round and round are the circle guns. 49 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:34,200 Seasons change, they come and they go. 50 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:41,200 Through it all, one thing I know. 51 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:48,200 Oh, God has his little ways. 52 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:55,200 God has his little ways to make big things happen every day. 53 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,200 One land, one dozen flies away. 54 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:11,200 Really soon a new little baby gets made up. 55 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:18,200 God has his little ways. 56 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:30,200 God has his little ways. 57 00:07:48,200 --> 00:08:03,200 Oh, God has his little ways. 58 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:09,840 That's so awesome to hear. So why don't we take a moment to introduce yourselves and tell us a 59 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:17,520 little bit on how you got started in music. We can start with Craig. Yeah, thank you. So I've been 60 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:24,720 only singing and performing now for about, I think it's about four years. And yeah, I came, 61 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:33,520 I went to a show that Marilyn and her better half were performing in and really enjoyed the show 62 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:39,440 there and got talking to them, got talking to some other performers and decided that I really 63 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:45,520 wanted to get involved in performing and songwriting and went on from there really. 64 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:53,520 And it's been fantastic to work with Marilyn and David and others to be able to turn my ideas into 65 00:08:53,520 --> 00:09:02,240 songs and release music. And for you, Marilyn? Well, I've been doing it a very long time. 66 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:11,280 I've been probably a professional musician for about 35 years and been doing Carter and Carter 67 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:18,400 since 2000, so 23 years. And had been doing it full time prior to the pandemic, but currently 68 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:24,480 have a day job as well, just to pay the bills because life got a bit tricky over the pandemic 69 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:31,840 as it did everywhere. But I love music and it's been a huge part of my life, not just as Carter 70 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:37,040 and Carter, but we also did a lot of covers bands over the years and we worked with lots of different 71 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:44,000 artists like Craig, we helped produce and write other people's albums. And yeah, I just love 72 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:49,680 being in the studio. I love that music has the soul connection with people. I think that's the big 73 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:54,880 attraction for me and particularly country music because it's all about the story and about the 74 00:09:54,880 --> 00:10:04,560 lyric and about the melody. And yeah, I love that a lot. If you had an opportunity to duet or 75 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:09,520 collaborate with any singer, who would you choose and why? Well, switch it around and go to Marilyn 76 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:18,320 this time. Well, that's easy. That's easy for me. My hero, if you want to put it that way, the woman 77 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:24,960 who inspired me to become a recording artist was Amy Grant back all those years ago. You probably 78 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:33,520 say Amy Grant. She's around about my age, a bit older, but I followed her career and I got a record, 79 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:40,000 an old-fashioned record we call it now, that LP given to me for my 21st birthday and it was her 80 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:45,760 lead me on album. And yeah, if I could do a duet with her, I'd be jumping at the chance. 81 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:48,240 And for you, Craig? 82 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:56,800 Yeah, mine would definitely be Garth Brooks. I'm sure you know. I grew up listening to 83 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:03,040 Garth's music on a little radio under my pillow when I was supposed to be sleeping at night. 84 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:12,080 And he's influenced my songwriting, my sound, my taste of music enormously. I love the way 85 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:18,720 he performs. I love the big show nature of his events as well that he puts on. So yeah, I'd love 86 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,240 the opportunity to even meet him, let alone sing with him. 87 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:26,240 Now, do you guys have any upcoming projects or singles that we can look forward to? 88 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,200 Craig, I don't know if you want to jump in on that one or Marilyn. 89 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:36,240 Doing very well and that was co-written with Marilyn and with the other half, David as well. 90 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:44,800 It's a beautiful song in my mind. It tells the story of a little store out in a little 91 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:50,640 place called Taggaty, which is in a rural part of Maryland. And I think it's a little 92 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:55,120 bit like a sort of gang will you put that into words, but it's a bit like a small town, 93 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:03,280 a rural part of Victoria and really quirky owners. The little store now is the only thing left in 94 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:07,840 this little town. Everything else has closed down. The school has gone. The other shops have gone. 95 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:13,600 And we wanted to pay homage to that that little store. And there's other similar little stores 96 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:19,920 right across particularly rural Australia that are really the lifeblood of the community. So 97 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,760 It was a fantastic experience recording it and getting to do it with Marilyn. 98 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:32,160 And as far as Carter and Carter goes, we've released eight albums over our career so far 99 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:36,720 and we're due to start recording another one. So I'm hoping that that will be something happening 100 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:44,400 in 2024. We've just been enjoying the opportunity to work so much with other artists. David and I 101 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:50,880 are big on the collaboration. I just think it's an injection of energy and injection of colour 102 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:58,960 into our own songwriting. It makes us better, it gives us other ideas and we get to write 103 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:04,080 about things that perhaps we wouldn't always write about. For example, there's a song on Craig's 104 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:09,440 album. It's his first album called The Other Side of Me and there's a song on there called 105 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:14,560 The Final Call which I'm sure Craig will release down the track but it's a murder ballad and I just 106 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:20,560 keep saying to people I would never probably write a murder ballad if Craig hadn't come to us with 107 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:26,960 the idea and I gotta tell you it's one of my favourite songs. So yeah it's really great and 108 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:34,080 yeah we'll just keep working on songwriting camps we do here in Australia and we teach music and 109 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:38,480 yeah keep writing with other people and hopefully something from Carter and Carter like I said in 110 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:49,520 2024. Now if people want to learn more about you two where can they find you? Craig we can start 111 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:59,760 with you. Yeah so probably best place to go is my website craigloyd.com.au or craigloyd.co.uk. 112 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:04,560 You can also find my music on all of those normal streaming platforms of Spotify and 113 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:11,120 Apple Music and all those other places as well. Yeah same for us if you google Carter and Carter 114 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,880 we have a little trouble with the and or you know A-N-D or the ampersand which is that funny little 115 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:22,880 symbol but if you if you just google Carter and Carter Australia country music you'll find us 116 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:29,760 we're on all the places too including YouTube and Spotify and Apple Music all of those places 117 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:37,440 and yeah we'd love to for people to tune in and say g'day. That's a naughty thing to say isn't it 118 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:48,960 say g'day. If you had one message to tell anyone that might be listening or any of your fans what 119 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:56,880 would you tell them? Marilyn you can start out. I'd like to say that go for whatever your dream is 120 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:02,240 and you know we hear anything is possible and sometimes we go oh you know it's not really 121 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,400 possible if I wanted to be a world famous surfer and I've never been in the surf and I'm 50 years 122 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:12,400 old probably not possible but you know things like that do happen but at a general level just go for 123 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:17,520 your dreams and if there's something that you're passionate about even if you don't get to the big 124 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:23,040 end goal that you you may be starting off with the journey towards fulfilling that passion and 125 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:28,000 doing the things that you love is so important and I think that we have health and happiness 126 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:34,800 and you know longevity around being happy and being joyful and that's about following and doing 127 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:41,600 things that you love. What do you guys like doing at Sadate Music? Do you have any hobbies, interests 128 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:52,480 anything like that Craig? So for me the music writing recording is very much my hobby I've got 129 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:59,360 a day job too which is a really really busy day job so for me yeah the music is the big one also 130 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:04,400 spending a lot of time with the the family and kids they're at that age where they're playing an 131 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:09,760 awful lot of sport and other interests music and things as well so yeah that keeps me keeps me pretty 132 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:20,560 busy. Yeah and I live on a farm here converts to acres about 23 acres on top of a mountain and we 133 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:27,840 grow everything organically and I've got about 45 animals so that keeps me busy I've got a huge big 134 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:34,880 veggie garden and an orchard music of course is in there as a hobby and I've got two daughters and 135 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:40,640 four granddaughters so I'm also very much about family in fact family should I should have just 136 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:46,960 said it is always at the top of my list same as Craig and yeah it's just we just want to spend as 137 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:57,120 much time yeah for me doing the things that that I really enjoy. Awesome well Craig, Marilyn is there 138 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,560 anything that I forgot to mention that you guys would like to mention today? 139 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:08,240 I just want to say thank you Kayden for reaching out to us over here in Australia we really 140 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:15,600 appreciate the airplay and the interview and the contact I love this song of Craig's it's been a 141 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:22,480 great honour to do a duet with him as well and I just think that this song is so full of nostalgia 142 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:29,600 for so many people growing up in small towns or having that small town experience where it's 143 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:34,480 you're not just a number you're your name and I think this song really brings that out so 144 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:40,800 thanks very much for having us. Yeah likewise just want to say thank you it's really nice that we get 145 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:46,080 to put our music out there and people listen to it and it's obviously people like you and shows 146 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:50,960 like yours that get our music out there so just a big thank you to to you the station and everyone 147 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:57,280 else that listens to the music and supports our music as well. Craig and Marilyn thank you so much 148 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:02,000 for taking the time to come on the Kayden Gordon Show today's best country mix we appreciate your 149 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:11,280 time and support thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 150 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:36,240 It's a reminder of how we used to be 151 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:42,720 One big family right there on Main Street 152 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:53,440 Paints a little faded the roofs seem better days the signs no longer hanging 153 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:58,800 We don't need it to find our way As I walk through the door 154 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:04,800 He's sitting at the counter Making me my coffee 155 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:10,800 Smiles and turns my way As I cross the creaky boards 156 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:18,800 It's like I've always been here Everything around me warms my soul 157 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:28,800 There's something about this little country store It feels like home 158 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:36,800 His door is always open He's got everything you need 159 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:42,800 Send a letter by your beer Right there on Main Street 160 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:48,800 You can tell your story Tell him anything 161 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:54,800 He's good at listening Right there on Main Street 162 00:19:54,800 --> 00:20:00,800 We don't mind the clutter Or the thick dust on the shelves 163 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:06,800 He's the one we come for For more than what he sells 164 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,800 As I walk through the door 165 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:16,800 He's sitting at the counter Making me my coffee 166 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:22,800 Smiles and turns my way As I cross the creaky boards 167 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:30,800 It's like I've always been here Everything around me warms my soul 168 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:40,800 There's something about this little country store It feels like home 169 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:46,800 He survived the fire He survived the storm 170 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:52,800 The world moves on so quickly But he's still standing strong 171 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:58,800 He brings us all together We don't have to be alone 172 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,800 Come to his little country store 173 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,800 As you walk through the door 174 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:12,800 He'll be sitting at the counter Making cups of coffee 175 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:18,800 With a smile on his face As you cross the creaky boards 176 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:26,800 You'll feel something familiar Everything around you warms your soul 177 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:32,800 There's something about this little country store 178 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:38,800 There's something about his little country store 179 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:58,800 There's more to his little country store It feels like home 180 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:17,800 Separated from the distant shore Shallow living 181 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:24,800 Left me cold and won't suffocate in A sea of sin 182 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:30,800 Crawling for the guilt again 183 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:37,800 In a world where the shame and doubt Still is hidden 184 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:45,800 Still it reaches out against the tide I roll on 185 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:50,800 Clinging to his everlasting arms 186 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:55,800 How can you drown the man who walks on water? 187 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:01,800 Nothing I can do to break free 188 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:07,800 She's gripped, holding me forever With all my heart 189 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:14,800 I believe the one who walks on water 190 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:21,800 Rescues me from a past 191 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:30,800 I sure do regret from a certain future Of selfishness from myself 192 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:38,800 And my own way, surrendering I find in my faith 193 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:43,800 How can you drown the man who walks on water? 194 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:48,800 Nothing I can do to break free 195 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:55,800 She's gripped, holding me forever With all my heart 196 00:23:55,800 --> 00:24:03,800 I believe the one who walks on water 197 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:08,800 There is a river of forgiveness flowing 198 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:13,800 Come, taste and see 199 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:18,800 Come, taste and see 200 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:23,800 How can you drown the man who walks on water? 201 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:29,800 Nothing I can do to break free 202 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:36,800 But she's gripped, holding me forever With all my heart 203 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:43,800 I believe the one who walks on water 204 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,800 The one who walks on water 205 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,800 The one who walks on water 206 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:59,800 Rescues me 207 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:07,800 Who walks on water 208 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:17,800 Who walks on water 209 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:42,800 I saw the light, it shined so bright 210 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:49,800 When you kissed me in your arms last night 211 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:56,800 And I saw the light on your front door 212 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:02,800 And I saw the light on your back door 213 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:10,800 And I saw the light on your front porch 214 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:17,800 You were sitting with a stranger of sorts 215 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:26,800 Don't call me darling, call me on the phone 216 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:33,800 You would call me if you were alone 217 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:41,800 So here's a quarter, call me if you can 218 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:56,800 I'm a bona fide honey dear 219 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:20,800 Lé, lé, lé, lé, lé 220 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:28,800 Don't call me darling, I'm not your sweetheart 221 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:36,800 You are playing the villain's part 222 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:44,800 Don't play no games, boy, hold him if you can 223 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:52,800 I don't need a, a poker playing man 224 00:27:52,800 --> 00:28:00,800 Don't call me darling, call me on the phone 225 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:08,800 You would call me if you were alone 226 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:15,800 You know I hate those text messages 227 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,800 Just look at the payphone, something 228 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:35,800 Don't call me darling anymore 229 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:42,800 Hey, oh yeah 230 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,800 Like the smokin' pops of a Harley 231 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,800 And the rumble that they make 232 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,800 Is the laughter of a child 233 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,800 Her first July parade 234 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,800 You got a baseball diamond on a summer night 235 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,800 You got a hot dog and an ice cold beer 236 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,800 And you're singing the national anthem 237 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:11,800 And you're holding back a tear, yeah 238 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,800 It's what we do, it's who we are 239 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,800 It's where we stand 240 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,800 American made, yes I am 241 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,800 It's American made, oh yes we can 242 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,800 It's what we do, it's who we are 243 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:39,800 It's where we stand as Americans 244 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,800 The depression didn't break us 245 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,800 Our people held on strong 246 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,800 It taught us what was important 247 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,800 And sometimes we could be wrong 248 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,800 And the fathers had fought before us 249 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,800 And the sacrifice they made 250 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,800 There's an eighteen year old standing in the sand 251 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,800 And he's doing the very same, yeah 252 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,800 It's what we do, it's who we are 253 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,800 It's where we stand 254 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,800 American made, yes I am 255 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,800 American made, oh yes we can 256 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,800 American made, it's tried and true 257 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,800 American made, it's me and you 258 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,800 It's what we do, it's who we are 259 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,800 It's where we stand 260 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:50,800 American 261 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,800 When the towers fell around us 262 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,800 We knew just what we had to do 263 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,800 One nation under God 264 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,800 One country for me and you 265 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,800 And we all cried for freedom 266 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,800 For what was right and what was true 267 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,800 And we all stood together 268 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,800 We were all red, white and blue, yeah 269 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,800 It's what we do, it's who we are 270 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,800 It's where we stand 271 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,800 American made, yes I am 272 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,800 American made, oh yes we can 273 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,800 American made, it's tried and true 274 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,800 American made, it's me and you 275 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,800 It's what we do, it's who we are 276 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,800 It's where we stand 277 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,800 As American 278 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,800 American made 279 00:31:54,800 --> 00:32:03,800 American made 280 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,800 Let's get started by getting to know you a little bit 281 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,800 and how you got started in music 282 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,800 Yea, well I kind of grew up in music 283 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,800 my mother was a Baptist piano player 284 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,800 and kind of sat on the front row most of my life 285 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,800 and I kind of was enthralled in music 286 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,800 I had a musical family 287 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,800 and I've done it my whole life 288 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:57,920 the whole thing about taking the piano lessons, guitar lessons and all that stuff. 289 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:04,000 Got older, Caden, and joined a band and got a lot of experience like that, playing a lot 290 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,480 of cover tunes as well. 291 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,480 We've all heard this same story, you know. 292 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:15,400 Just doing a lot of country cover stuff and I started writing, you know, I went in the 293 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:24,400 Marine Corps after high school and did that for six years and honorably discharged and 294 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:30,120 got out of there and pursued music in Nashville, kind of moved up here and started with a publishing 295 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:31,120 company. 296 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:35,600 Started actually singing, Caden, I started singing songs for a publishing company, Sony 297 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,640 Tree Music. 298 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:43,520 And I was doing songs for other writers and during that time I was just meeting, you know, 299 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:49,280 producers, writers and things like that and that's kind of how I got started. 300 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:54,560 If you had any advice to give to anyone that might want to start doing music or pursue 301 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,360 a career in music, what would you tell them, Flint? 302 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,960 This is what I would tell them, Caden. 303 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:09,480 I would say pick an instrument, I don't care what it is, start playing, accompanying yourself 304 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,440 and learn about yourself and music. 305 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,800 I think that's the best advice I could give anyone. 306 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:20,200 I mean, obviously you can take up, you know, advanced lessons and this and that and the 307 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:26,280 other but I think learning about what you're good at is just getting an instrument and 308 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:32,000 doing it on your own and really coming into yourself as a musician, songwriter. 309 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:36,000 That's what I would say. 310 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:41,320 Do you have any upcoming singles or projects that we can look forward to? 311 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:46,680 Well you know, I had the single Who Walks on Water, a Christian release and it was released 312 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,680 Caden on April 14th. 313 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:53,280 So it's doing pretty well. 314 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,360 Nicole at Brickshore Media, obviously doing a lot of good work. 315 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:01,040 Randy Smith, a private label artist, doing a great job. 316 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:05,200 Rachel Albertson, just a lot of help. 317 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:11,240 You know, I haven't heard much of it because it's only been out of, you know, what, three 318 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:12,240 weeks now. 319 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:16,520 So it hasn't been out long and just excited about that. 320 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:23,160 I've got an upcoming event, 615 Live and it's kind of a CMA Fest weekend. 321 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,360 I think it's June the 8th, Caden, at 12. 322 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:31,120 I'm doing a little acoustic show during that time. 323 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:36,200 I think, like I said, about 12 p.m. so looking forward to doing that and kind of get out 324 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:41,680 and meet and greet with people. 325 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:46,320 If someone was to write a song about you, what do you think that they would take the 326 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:51,780 time to write about? 327 00:35:51,780 --> 00:35:53,920 What would they write about me? 328 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:58,600 I think, you know, I don't want to put myself on a pedestal but I've been through some hard 329 00:35:58,600 --> 00:35:59,600 times. 330 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,040 I've had some failed country record deals here in Nashville. 331 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:07,440 I think it would be a never quit song, Caden. 332 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,360 Something of that nature. 333 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:16,760 Never quitting always wins. 334 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,480 What do you like doing outside of music, Flint? 335 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:22,760 Do you have any hobbies, interests, anything like that you like to do? 336 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,560 Caden, I love to play golf. 337 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,680 A little side story on that. 338 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:34,200 When I moved to Nashville, obviously we all as musicians and upcoming artists, we had 339 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:35,200 to get a side job. 340 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,920 I got a side job as a PGA Tour caddy. 341 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,040 I caddy for a lot of stars. 342 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,120 Vince Gill is a good friend of mine. 343 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:43,680 I caddy for him a long time. 344 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,600 I got to talk about music. 345 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:52,440 I got to mingle Caden with the stars here in Nashville. 346 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,280 Actually a golf course just outside of Nashville. 347 00:36:55,280 --> 00:37:00,120 Also a few years later a golf course here in Nashville. 348 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,200 A lot of stars were members. 349 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,440 I got a lot of insight doing that. 350 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:10,560 To answer your question, golf is my passion other than music. 351 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:11,720 It really is. 352 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:18,480 I think the passion I get from golf is intertwined with music. 353 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:19,720 It's an individual thing. 354 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:23,600 I love to compete against myself. 355 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,440 Does that make sense? 356 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,880 Yeah, I definitely see what you're saying. 357 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:28,880 That makes sense. 358 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:29,880 Yeah. 359 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,680 Yeah, so I love golf. 360 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,200 I love the challenge of it. 361 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:42,760 I'm just very passionate about that sport. 362 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:48,840 Walk me through a somewhat typical day of Flint Adams. 363 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:49,840 Flint Adams. 364 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,840 Well, first thing I grab a cup of coffee, Caden, like most people. 365 00:37:53,840 --> 00:38:02,520 It usually takes me a little while to get started with a little Jebalia coffee and get 366 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:06,280 up and after that do a little breakfast. 367 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:14,120 I usually play at least an hour, Caden, of guitar. 368 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:22,600 If I have a melody that I've been playing throughout the last few weeks, I'll continue 369 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,760 to do that until I have an idea. 370 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,880 Now I don't know where that idea comes from. 371 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:35,240 Sometimes it's talking to people throughout the prior weeks, the days, whatever. 372 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,640 Then I'll incorporate that in the melody. 373 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,440 That's kind of how I wrote Who Walks on Water. 374 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:44,240 I had a melody and I said, well, I don't have a title. 375 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:46,120 I don't have anything to write about. 376 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:52,080 Usually, as you know, songwriters want to... We all say the same thing, Caden, but 377 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,720 we want to say it in a different way. 378 00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:57,280 That's what I kind of wanted with Who Walks on Water. 379 00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:03,840 We always say, well, Jesus saves us from here, but I wanted to write a song about how Jesus 380 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:07,000 saves us without saying Jesus saves us. 381 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,520 Obviously, Jesus walks on the water. 382 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,080 I wanted a kind of an illustration of that. 383 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:17,480 To answer your question in the morning, I usually am looking for an idea. 384 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:25,440 Not every day I come up with an idea, but that's what I try to do. 385 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:33,000 Flint, if people want to learn more about you, where can they find you? 386 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:38,480 Well, I haven't been out a lot. 387 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:46,960 There's an event, June the 8th, at the Cambry Hotel of CMA Fest. 388 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:47,960 I'm going on at 12 p.m. 389 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:52,520 I'm going to do a little acoustic set, about 15, 20 minutes. 390 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,000 I think I might do three or four songs. 391 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,800 Come on out and hang out with me. 392 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:06,680 Get to know my personality and get to know what my heart writes about. 393 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:10,140 You can find out there. 394 00:40:10,140 --> 00:40:15,560 If you had one message to tell anyone that might be listening or any of your fans, Flint, 395 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,200 what would you tell them? 396 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:19,840 I would tell them two words. 397 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:21,520 Don't quit. 398 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:28,960 Whatever it is, don't quit because you're going to be enticed so many times and so many 399 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,040 ways to quit, whatever you're inspired to. 400 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:32,240 I'm not even talking about music. 401 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,160 I'm just talking about life in general. 402 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,360 I'm going to say don't quit. 403 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,240 Don't listen to the naysayers. 404 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:45,800 Really believe in yourself and learn and grow in your craft, whatever that is. 405 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:46,800 If it's music, great. 406 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,440 If it's computers, great. 407 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:54,280 If it's music, find out about your craft and do it. 408 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,280 Just do it. 409 00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:03,720 Flint, where do you see yourself in the next five to 10 years or where do you want to be? 410 00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:10,280 I want to have three or four great songs under my belt, really great songs that impact people's 411 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,000 lives, Kaden. 412 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,000 I do. 413 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:19,000 I want to have songs that inspire people, that motivate them. 414 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,000 That's where I'd like to be. 415 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:26,920 Flint, is there anything that I forgot to mention that you would like to mention here 416 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:28,680 on the show today? 417 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:41,000 Off the top of my head, Kaden, I think we've covered a lot of stuff. 418 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:46,240 Well Flint Adams, I just want to take a moment to thank you so much for coming on the Kading 419 00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:48,440 Order Show today's Best Country Mix. 420 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,880 We appreciate your time and support, so thank you. 421 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,800 Hey Kaden Gordon, thank you so much. 422 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,160 Look forward to seeing you someday. 423 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:58,880 Hello and welcome to the Kaden Gordon Show today's Best Country Mix. 424 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,320 Joining me right here today is Beck Black Beck. 425 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,360 How are you? 426 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:04,620 I'm doing splendid. 427 00:42:04,620 --> 00:42:05,800 How are you doing? 428 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:07,400 I am doing wonderful. 429 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:12,600 Thank you so much for taking your time to come on the show today. 430 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:13,600 My pleasure. 431 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:18,880 So, let's get started by getting to know you a little bit and how you got started in the 432 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,880 music industry. 433 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:32,920 Happenstance, I was acting in a film as a sailor and as a muse. 434 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:37,760 I thought about the role for a while and I started writing the song called The Sailor 435 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,160 Song. 436 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:43,920 And then it became the theme for the short film that was produced by David Lynch's nephew, 437 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:46,320 also named David. 438 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:50,640 I really had no inclination that I was a writer or anything like that. 439 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:56,800 I had gone to film school, everything for writing screenplays and being an actor and 440 00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:01,320 music sort of fell into my lap and I believe that music chose me. 441 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:06,200 And that's when I started my career is when I realized I could write songs. 442 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:15,080 What is it about music that you absolutely love about it? 443 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:19,760 Music is the universal language. 444 00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:23,120 Everyone can understand it no matter what the lyrics are. 445 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:28,240 Everyone can dance to the beat, no matter what genre it is. 446 00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:31,360 Even animals love music. 447 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,920 That's what I love about music. 448 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:35,400 Everyone can. 449 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,840 They even say that trees might even love music. 450 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:43,080 We don't know, like plants even grow better to classical music. 451 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:44,080 Music is healing. 452 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,080 It's emotive. 453 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:51,360 It's healing both for the writer and for the listener I believe. 454 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:55,880 That's why I love music. 455 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,880 What advice would you give somebody that might want to start doing music, whether that be 456 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,340 like performing, writing, singing? 457 00:44:02,340 --> 00:44:06,840 What would you tell them? 458 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:18,160 The best advice I can give as a seasoned musician and business woman and composer is to protect 459 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:19,160 your music. 460 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:25,960 You need to learn the music business, be thorough in understanding what master sound recording 461 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:33,680 means, writing and publishing, and copywriting your music, and just being smart about how 462 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,720 you're going to make your music happen. 463 00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:39,160 Music also comes at a budget. 464 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:40,160 What's the trade? 465 00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:42,580 What are you going to do to help others? 466 00:44:42,580 --> 00:44:46,640 Make sure that everybody understands what their role is. 467 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:50,640 That is my best advice in the music industry. 468 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:58,160 Do you have any upcoming singles or projects you want to tell us a little bit about, Beck? 469 00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:06,880 Well, I have a new album coming out in the fall, Electric Cowgirl, with two singles that 470 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:12,360 have already released, Gotta Get Back to My Baby and Don't Call Me Darling. 471 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:17,120 I'm in the middle of actually recording a few extra songs for the album because currently 472 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,240 we have five. 473 00:45:19,240 --> 00:45:25,440 In order to try to go out for a CMA or a Grammy, you need at least seven songs to make an 474 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:26,440 album. 475 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:30,880 So, upcoming is the Electric Cowgirl. 476 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:34,640 Where do you see yourself in the next couple years, or where do you want to be? 477 00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:39,880 Do you know what career path you would like to go down? 478 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:44,800 What would you like to do in the next couple years? 479 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:54,600 I would like to tour the album, Electric Cowgirl, compose a band, start out in Nashville, go 480 00:45:54,600 --> 00:46:00,120 up and down the East Coast, then go west, and then take it globally. 481 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,120 That's what I really see. 482 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:07,200 In addition to Electric Cowgirl, I also have a rock album called Hollywood Boulevard. 483 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,480 So I'm a cross-genre artist. 484 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,520 I see myself touring in both genres. 485 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:22,520 I see myself hopefully winning some sort of accolade, and just having my music heard is 486 00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:23,520 the biggest thing. 487 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:29,280 Because as an indie artist, the hardest thing is to get your music heard and your performance 488 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:35,560 seen. 489 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:39,920 If you weren't doing music right now, what do you think you'd be doing? 490 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:48,520 If I wasn't doing music right now, I'd probably be a music attorney. 491 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:53,080 During the pandemic, we all had to learn different things. 492 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,280 We weren't performing at that time. 493 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:57,120 The clubs were closed. 494 00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,080 The tours were canceled. 495 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:06,920 So I took the time to learn about music law, about trademark, about copyright, and about 496 00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:16,920 how to put all of my music into a PRO, which there's BMI, there's ASCAP, and really organizing 497 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,160 everything, doing the admin work. 498 00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:20,880 I think organization is key. 499 00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:28,400 So if I were not a musician, I have quite an interest in being an attorney for the music 500 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:29,400 industry. 501 00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:31,560 I think that's what I would be. 502 00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:38,640 Or I would be acting full time, because it's hard to put all of your energy into music 503 00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:43,880 and then still have some leftover for the acting craft, which is a lot of auditions 504 00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:48,000 and going to classes and such. 505 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:49,960 But I do auditions. 506 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:55,280 And during the pandemic, casting directors didn't want the artists to be in the room. 507 00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:58,920 So I learned how to tape my own auditions. 508 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,360 So I would be also acting a bit more. 509 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:07,160 If I wasn't doing music full time, I would have more of the energy for that focus. 510 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:11,840 But again, I believe the universe wanted me to do music for some reason, and that's why 511 00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:13,800 I'm doing it. 512 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,760 And it just, again, it was happenstance. 513 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,720 And I'm so thankful that I am a musician and that I have the gifts I have. 514 00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:27,480 I just really want to share them with the world. 515 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:34,560 Walk me through a somewhat typical day of Beck Black. 516 00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:40,560 A typical day in the world of Beck Black is calling my lovely assistant Cece and going 517 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:49,040 over our to do list, which includes doing music promotion, promoting to radio, attempting 518 00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:57,400 to get exclusives written up about the music, doing a bit of admin work and taking a walk 519 00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:05,400 in nature for an hour, getting some exercise and then getting back to the grind again. 520 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:09,360 Looking forward to the days that I can just create is what I'm looking forward to. 521 00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,960 But that's a typical day is all of the promotion it takes. 522 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:19,560 Recently, I've been learning websites, how to update my website, how to add to it. 523 00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:24,200 And that's really an artist's map is to have a website, I believe, and knowing how to do 524 00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:25,200 these sort of things. 525 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:29,920 Every day it's also learning a new trade. 526 00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:35,080 So I've I think a typical day is just taking on new tasks. 527 00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:40,040 If people want to learn more about you, where can they find you? 528 00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:45,760 Everyone can find my music at www.beckblack.com. 529 00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:48,080 B-E-C-K Black. 530 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,440 B-L-A-C-K dot com. 531 00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:51,900 Go there. 532 00:49:51,900 --> 00:49:53,320 Click the listen here button. 533 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,000 Hear all the music I have. 534 00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:02,200 Check out the videos, the events coming up, everything like that. 535 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:07,920 If you had one message to tell anyone back, what would you tell them? 536 00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:12,440 One message I would tell everyone is to be yourself. 537 00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:20,100 To be you, undeniably you, and learn how to say the word no. 538 00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:27,440 Be respectful to others and be respectful to yourself, but make sure that you are you 539 00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:33,880 and be you and don't let anyone tell you different. 540 00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:34,880 I like that. 541 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:37,780 I like how you worded that. 542 00:50:37,780 --> 00:50:38,780 Thank you. 543 00:50:38,780 --> 00:50:39,780 Thank you, Kayden. 544 00:50:39,780 --> 00:50:44,600 I think it's very important because I've been told you can't do rock, you can't do country, 545 00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:46,960 you can't do pop, you have to choose one thing. 546 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,080 You can't be an actor and a musician. 547 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,160 And I don't believe that. 548 00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:52,000 I am me. 549 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,440 I'm going to be me no matter what. 550 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:57,760 And I'm not going to listen to other people and what they have to say because it's just 551 00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,120 an opinion and everyone has an opinion. 552 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:03,680 So just be you. 553 00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:04,680 Absolutely. 554 00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:16,000 Beck, is there anything that I forgot to mention that you would like to mention today? 555 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,960 I think you did a really great job covering everything today. 556 00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:23,160 I would just like to add, it means a lot. 557 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:24,740 Support on social media. 558 00:51:24,740 --> 00:51:30,200 You can support your fellow artists for free just by liking their posts, by commenting, 559 00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:31,200 by sharing. 560 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:33,160 It's really simple. 561 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:34,480 Support each other. 562 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:39,440 Artists that are listening right now, follow me on Twitter, Beck Black Music. 563 00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:41,700 Follow me on Instagram, Beck Black Music. 564 00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:44,080 Follow me on YouTube, Beck Black Music. 565 00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:47,120 Tell me that you liked what I said today or tell me if there was something that you wish 566 00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,640 I would have said or tell me something about yourself. 567 00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:51,600 It's all about communication. 568 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:55,720 It's all about social networking by supporting each other. 569 00:51:55,720 --> 00:51:57,560 It's a music community. 570 00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:59,480 And I think that's so important. 571 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:03,080 And without my other musical friends, I wouldn't be where I am today. 572 00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:04,920 It's all about community support. 573 00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:07,920 Just like you're supporting me right now and other artists, Kate. 574 00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:13,320 And it's so important to have every single platform we can to be seen and heard. 575 00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,880 And thank you so much for having me on your show today. 576 00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:21,040 It's all about sharing is caring. 577 00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:24,960 Beck Black, thank you so much for taking the time to come on The Kating Gordon Show today's 578 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:26,280 Best Country Mix. 579 00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:29,720 I really do appreciate your time. 580 00:52:29,720 --> 00:52:30,720 Thank you. 581 00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:31,720 I appreciate your time too, Kate. 582 00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:33,160 And thank you so much for having me on your show today. 583 00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:37,200 Hello and welcome to The Kating Gordon Show today's Best Country Mix. 584 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,480 Joining me right here today is Tim McGeary. 585 00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:42,280 Tim, how are you doing today? 586 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:43,280 I'm doing great. 587 00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:49,320 How's everybody out there in Radio World? 588 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:53,600 So for those that don't know much about you, why don't we take a minute to kind of introduce 589 00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:57,640 yourself and tell us how you got started in music. 590 00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:03,240 Okay, well, basically, I've been playing original music like a long time. 591 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:07,320 And in 83, 84, I was in the band called The Rescue. 592 00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:08,320 And we were on A&M Records. 593 00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:14,320 We used to open up for like Billy Idol and Duran Duran and Stray Cats, List N Persons, 594 00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:16,040 every band that was like sort of famous in the 80s. 595 00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:20,440 I can name them all, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Roxy Music, you know, that kind of stuff. 596 00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:22,080 So I've always done that. 597 00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:23,800 And I did a couple of solo records. 598 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,760 And then a friend of mine said, hey, you know, you should go up to Nashville because you 599 00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:27,760 write a lot of songs. 600 00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:30,200 So I said, okay. 601 00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:34,800 And you know, and I was one of a rock writer, you know what I mean, and pop stuff like that. 602 00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:37,080 So but you know, I thought, well, I had records out. 603 00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:38,400 You're not a record deal. 604 00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,600 And I went to Nashville and I got totally schooled, which was great. 605 00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:46,120 And this song is a special thing. 606 00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:52,920 But so and but so down here, I got a job as a paramedic and a flight medic. 607 00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:53,920 And then I got a firefighter. 608 00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:56,600 I was a part of the DMAT team. 609 00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:58,120 We were at 9-11 at the ground zero. 610 00:53:58,120 --> 00:53:59,120 We've been at Katrina. 611 00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:02,120 I did that for 23 years. 612 00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:08,400 I retired a few years ago and jumped back into music and the producing side of it now. 613 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:11,360 And also doing shows and shows in Europe. 614 00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:19,440 I had shows last year in Scotland, Germany, Czech Republic and Portugal and Denmark. 615 00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:21,640 So yeah, things are you know, it's fun. 616 00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:23,640 And people love American music over there. 617 00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:24,640 Love it. 618 00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:27,920 You know, so it's fun to play for them. 619 00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:32,360 So I did that for many years and I went up there. 620 00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:35,640 So I've been going to Nashville and playing and writing with national people for the last 621 00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:37,280 11, 12 years. 622 00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:42,320 But when they first started talking, they say they got a single furniture in the room. 623 00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,120 And that's basically for the video. 624 00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:47,160 So like, you know, then American made that song. 625 00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:50,200 It's like the smoking pipes of a Harley and the rumble that they make. 626 00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:53,860 It's the laughter of a child's or 1st July parade. 627 00:54:53,860 --> 00:54:56,860 You're at a baseball diamond on a summer night. 628 00:54:56,860 --> 00:55:00,760 You got a hot dog and a nice cold beer and you're singing the national anthem and you're 629 00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:02,640 holding a bag of tear. 630 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:10,320 And when I wrote that, you know, they were teaching me things, you know, about that. 631 00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:19,280 And after two years of like, you know, trying to influence the Irish skull, you know, it 632 00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:21,000 finally got through. 633 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:22,720 And I think that song was the film. 634 00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:23,720 I felt like, okay. 635 00:55:23,720 --> 00:55:28,560 Now, after I wrote this American made, I thought, okay, I'm getting it now. 636 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,040 And and seeing as that one. 637 00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:33,120 So it's like that sounds very special to me. 638 00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:35,800 And my and my father passed away a couple years ago. 639 00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:36,800 He was an FBI agent. 640 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:37,800 He loved that song. 641 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:38,800 And I play it. 642 00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:40,480 You know, you could see his eyes light up. 643 00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:46,840 And so it was cool when I watched him when he watched me play it. 644 00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:48,880 Okay. 645 00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:49,880 That's awesome. 646 00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:55,400 Tim, I know you have a song that we just recently did a promotion together with. 647 00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,400 It is called American made. 648 00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:02,000 Give us an opportunity to kind of tell us a little bit about that song, why you wrote 649 00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:03,000 it. 650 00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:05,440 And I know it has such a huge significance on your life. 651 00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:07,400 So tell us a little bit about that one. 652 00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:08,400 Yeah. 653 00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:13,240 Well, like I said, you know, it was one of the songs when I first when I when I wrote 654 00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:18,320 that song, I knew that like everything they were teaching me up in Nashville was like 655 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,080 it was it was finally making sense. 656 00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:22,000 And I was trying to get it. 657 00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:25,160 And but, you know, I was that's all the firefighter. 658 00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:26,160 You know what I mean? 659 00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:27,160 Yeah. 660 00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:30,760 9-11 came and it's like, you know, and I love the way our country came together, you know, 661 00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:32,080 after that. 662 00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:35,600 And I saw so many random acts of kindness after that. 663 00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:41,880 And so I thought, like, you know, it's time to, you know, take some pride in our country 664 00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:42,880 sometimes. 665 00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:44,640 I mean, you know, not that we do everything right now. 666 00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:45,640 You know, we don't have anything wrong. 667 00:56:45,640 --> 00:56:46,640 You know, we make mistakes. 668 00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:49,560 That's just it's human. 669 00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:55,000 But this, you know, this song is just sort of like, you know, the joy of being who we 670 00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,920 are as a country. 671 00:56:56,920 --> 00:57:03,800 And so when I wrote it and I wrote it with that, you know, that verb to, you know, express 672 00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:06,760 my love of, you know, our country and that's American made. 673 00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:10,200 And I think when I say that, like, I mean, you know, there's things that we do. 674 00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:14,520 And like I said, when things are at our worst, we seem to be the best. 675 00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:16,760 You know, it's great. 676 00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:19,640 And I love that about us because, you know, we sort of do it. 677 00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:24,920 We get it going, you know, when it's when things are moving. 678 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:33,320 So I'm really excited about this last that this this you're getting this around for the 679 00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:34,320 country to listen to. 680 00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:37,440 And I will say every time I do play it, people love it. 681 00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:40,920 I mean, just like this, you know, I get them all, you know, I make them yell like, oh, 682 00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:44,480 I want to be hell yeah, you know, to make, you know, so all the men and women are going 683 00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:46,280 around the world that are keeping us safe. 684 00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:47,520 Because it's really true. 685 00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:51,880 If we have like 900 bases, it's like we're all over the place. 686 00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:57,040 And these people that are out there, these, you know, men and women that are doing the 687 00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:00,240 job to keep our country safe so we can do what we do here. 688 00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:05,200 And, you know, you know, I really sometimes we don't we forget what they do. 689 00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:07,800 Sometimes we don't, you know, we don't get it. 690 00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:09,760 And I really appreciate what they do. 691 00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:13,600 Like I really appreciate it because, you know, I'm sitting there singing on, you know, on 692 00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:16,360 a beach, you know, with friends or something. 693 00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:19,520 And like, you know, and I get to do that. 694 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:24,200 And so that's a lot of that's other part of it, too, because I've worked with like a lot 695 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:29,240 of veterans organizations, you know, does a PTSD and did some shows for them, raise 696 00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:31,240 some money for some veterans. 697 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:34,120 So that, you know, needed some money and all that kind of stuff. 698 00:58:34,120 --> 00:58:35,680 And I'm all about giving back. 699 00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:41,600 And that's the thing is like because me, I'll say I'm a fortunate man, I have a beautiful 700 00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:45,520 wife, we've married 43 years, you know, we've been through some some serious stuff. 701 00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:51,160 You know, we lost a son 16 years ago to a car accident, 18 years old. 702 00:58:51,160 --> 00:58:58,080 And we just, you know, I feel grateful because everything we've been through, we still stuck 703 00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:01,960 together and and everything that's come in my life. 704 00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:07,720 I mean, it's just I, you know, I try to stay positive on a regular basis, even sometimes 705 00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:09,560 when things are tough. 706 00:59:09,560 --> 00:59:12,040 But it seems to work out that way. 707 00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:17,240 And it seems to things, I don't know, things are working and I'm just having a great time 708 00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:18,880 doing music and writing music. 709 00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:21,080 That's what I love to do. 710 00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:26,480 Tim, if someone was to write a song about you, what do you think that they would take 711 00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:28,960 the time to write about? 712 00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:38,840 Well, I mean, I guess, you know, the thing is, what it means to be grateful on a regular 713 00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:43,520 basis, what it means to be strong when when it's hard to be strong. 714 00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:44,520 You know what I mean? 715 00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:48,400 I mean, I'm not talking strong, you know, like lifting weights, I'm talking about strong, 716 00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:54,000 like, you know, keeping it together when like, you know, somebody, you know, you know, I've 717 00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:58,000 been like 36 years clean and sober. 718 00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:02,520 So I beat that I'm done with that, that that part of my life is done. 719 01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:06,320 You know, never going back to that ever, ever again. 720 01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:09,960 Everybody, you know, we had down here, we lost the home, we were like homeless. 721 01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:11,600 They put it back together. 722 01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:16,080 I was working two jobs, you know, sleeping two to three hours a night, you know, but, 723 01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:17,080 you know, perseverance. 724 01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:23,280 And another thing, too, is whatever I do, I do 100 percent. 725 01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,400 I don't do anything like half. 726 01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:26,400 It's like all or nothing. 727 01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:31,080 So, you know, when I went to be a paramedic and stuff, I rode more than anybody. 728 01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:32,080 I studied all the time. 729 01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:34,960 I was, you know, just wasn't I was smarter or anything. 730 01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:39,360 I mean, it just it just I just worked hard and I made sure that whatever I was going 731 01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:40,840 to do, I'm going to be the best at it. 732 01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:46,360 You know, so what I'm doing now, even now, I got, you know, I have my studios called 733 01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:50,320 Black Rose Studios and and I'm producing people. 734 01:00:50,320 --> 01:00:54,600 But I have I have a person that's really versed and did a lot of my records, Ray Nesbitt, 735 01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:56,680 which is a lot of songs of mine. 736 01:00:56,680 --> 01:01:01,920 And he comes over once a week and and he we go to he teaches me stuff that, you know, 737 01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:05,840 I don't know, and this dog for recording. 738 01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:12,320 And so I will say, you know, I don't know, like, you know, full steam ahead. 739 01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:15,880 You know, I mean, I just, you know, I tell the whole time, like especially like new musicians 740 01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:16,880 I work with and stuff. 741 01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:20,160 I say, you know, whatever you play, I say, I have stories. 742 01:01:20,160 --> 01:01:23,520 So I was with my friend in Nashville and he said, hey, can you come in? 743 01:01:23,520 --> 01:01:27,920 And I'm doing this open mic thing and he saw me to end the night with, can you come in? 744 01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:29,640 I go, OK, sure, I'll be there. 745 01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:32,080 Well, I've written three songs that day, three different people. 746 01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:34,320 I was like my brain was fried. 747 01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:38,320 But I'm pretty much like whatever I say I'm going to do, I do it. 748 01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:39,320 You know what I mean? 749 01:01:39,320 --> 01:01:41,160 Everyone sort of brings food to a big party. 750 01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:44,760 But I do a private show and I tell them a lot about the songs, like behind the songs 751 01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:48,200 and where I found it, you know, where they came from, what I was trying to say when I 752 01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,600 wrote it, you know, or like who I co-wrote it with. 753 01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:52,400 And I was like, it's fun. 754 01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:55,600 And people get sort of like, you know, the the stuff in the back, you know, the stuff 755 01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:57,880 that, you know, wow, I didn't know it was about that. 756 01:01:57,880 --> 01:01:59,360 You know, and it was cool. 757 01:01:59,360 --> 01:02:00,360 So it's really fun. 758 01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:02,080 And I do do them all over the place. 759 01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:05,880 So if anybody's listening to this radio station, I said, Tim, I'd love you to come out. 760 01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:09,680 Yeah, I can make that happen. 761 01:02:09,680 --> 01:02:13,120 Tim McGeary, thank you so much for taking the time to come on the Cade and Order Show, 762 01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:14,560 today's best country mix. 763 01:02:14,560 --> 01:02:16,400 We definitely appreciate your time and support. 764 01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:17,400 Thank you. 765 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:18,400 Yeah. 766 01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:20,440 And thank you so much for everything you do in Cade. 767 01:02:20,440 --> 01:02:23,040 And I really appreciate what you know, how you're helping me out here. 768 01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:27,200 And I think all the artists that you help, the independent artists that are trying to 769 01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:28,200 get their music out. 770 01:02:28,200 --> 01:02:32,360 And as you know, there's some really good music out there that people don't get to hear. 771 01:02:32,360 --> 01:02:37,200 And what you do, you know, for these musicians and me, it's like it's been incredible. 772 01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:41,160 And you're really helping the scene that people get to hear some stuff that they wouldn't 773 01:02:41,160 --> 01:02:44,560 be able to except for your efforts. 774 01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:47,680 The Cade and Gordon Show, today's best country mix. 775 01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:58,800 Thanks you for listening.