Zach Top’s New Single ‘Good Times & Tan Lines’ + Taylor Lewan Reacts To First Pitch Fiasco | Bussin'

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Zach Top’s New Single ‘Good Times & Tan Lines’ + Taylor Lewan Reacts To First Pitch Fiasco | Bussin' With The Boys"

Podcast Information:

• Title: Bussin' With The Boys
• Host/Author: Bussin' with the Boys
• Episode: 332
• Release Date: June 10, 2025
• Description: FanDuel Presents Bussin' With The Boys. Get on the bus with NFL players Will Compton & Taylor Lewan! fanduel.com/bussin

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1. Episode Introduction (00:59 - 02:27)

Will Compton welcomes listeners to episode 332 of "Bussin' With The Boys," introducing co-host Tara Lawan and announcing the special guest, Zach Top. He briefly recaps the weekend's events, including Taylor Lewan's first pitch trip to St. Louis and participation in a UFC event. Will also announces the launch of a new podcast centered around Father's Day and promotes merchandise available at bwtb.com.

Notable Quote:

Will Compton (00:59): "This was an incredible interview, a great conversation. You guys are going to enjoy it."

2. Zach Top’s First Pitch Fiasco (05:32 - 21:25)

The hosts delve into Zach Top's recent mishap during a first pitch ceremony at a Cardinals game in St. Louis. Zach recounts the experience of preparing to throw the pitch, his historical background in baseball, and the subsequent failure that led to online backlash.

Notable Quotes:

Zach Top (05:43): "Embarrassing moment of silence for my athletic career. It officially ended on Thursday."

Will Compton (16:25): "He dropped 30 points. Not once, twice. We call that back to back."

Zach Top (17:52): "You've been training, should I say the MLB team that's already reached out? Keep it tight to the vest, because we don't know exactly what we're doing."

3. Weekend Activities: Cardinals Game and First Form Energy (06:18 - 12:02)

Will and Zach discuss their trip to St. Louis, highlighting interactions with the St. Louis Cardinals team and their collaboration with Anheuser Busch and Dana White. They describe the vibrant atmosphere at the First Form Energy facility and their participation in promotional events.

Notable Quotes:

Zach Top (06:18): "We're part of a massive thing where Anheuser Busch, Dana White, First Form are coming together as three. As a three-headed monster."

Will Compton (10:42): "The people were great. Shout out Adam Freudle. The entire team at St. Louis Cardinals that was hosting us."

4. Zach's Redemption Journey (21:25 - 24:30)

Following the failed first pitch, Zach discusses his efforts to redeem his image. He shares how initial reactions were harsh but emphasizes his determination to overcome the setback. The conversation touches on the challenges of handling public perception and rebuilding confidence.

Notable Quotes:

Zach Top (20:07): "You have to come to terms with that, right? There's no doubt about it. I've already had a..."

Will Compton (24:30): "Have you ever talked to a therapist?"

5. Highlights from the Weekend (24:30 - 35:49)

The hosts recount various events from the weekend, including tours of Anheuser Busch facilities, taste testing First Form Energy drinks, and interactions with professionals like Andy Frisella and Sal. They highlight the highs of meeting influential figures and the lows of logistical mishaps, such as lost hotel reservations.

Notable Quotes:

Zach Top (32:49): "It really was. And Will said in the beginning we've said this a lot lately. Like every trip we've gone like man one for the books."

Will Compton (33:48): "It was an incredible weekend."

6. Introduction of Zach Top as a Musical Guest (68:19 - 86:16)

The episode transitions to introduce Zach Top as a rising musical artist. Zach discusses his journey in the music industry, his early days in a family band, and his transition to a solo career. He shares anecdotes about meeting industry veterans like George Strait and Carson Chamberlain, highlighting his growth and upcoming projects.

Notable Quotes:

Zach Top (82:55): "I spent all this time trying to, you know, have an idea of what could, you know, have a bandwagon team."

Taylor Lewan (85:38): "I've got to hold on to the guitar and play a little backup for George Strait, which is pretty dang cool."

7. Discussion on College Sports and NIL (57:35 - 65:25)

Will Compton and Zach Top engage in a detailed discussion about the recent changes in college sports, specifically the ability for schools to directly compensate athletes. They explore the implications of the new salary caps, potential loopholes, and how this shifts the landscape of NCAA amateurism.

Notable Quotes:

Zach Top (59:47): "So, every D1 school gets $20.5 million, and it's spread across all sports and athletics."

Will Compton (61:00): "The bigger thing that's got to happen is finding a way to lock these kids into contracts."

8. Father’s Day and Merchandise Promotion (54:16 - 55:43)

The hosts reiterate their Father's Day celebrations, promote related merchandise, and share heartfelt messages honoring dads. They discuss the importance of family and the launch of their new "For the Dads" podcast.

Notable Quotes:

Will Compton (54:39): "Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there."

Zach Top (54:16): "Dad Combine shoots on Wednesday. That'll be outstanding."

9. Conclusion and Teaser for Next Episode (166:43 - End)

As the episode wraps up, the hosts engage in light-hearted banter, promoting Zach Top’s new single and upcoming projects. They encourage listeners to support their endeavors, subscribe to their channels, and look forward to future episodes featuring more exciting guests.

Notable Quotes:

Zach Top (66:11): "We had to push that recording to, you know what you're going to listen to now."

Will Compton (183:53): "Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Enjoy our new single 'Good Times & Tan Lines.'"

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Key Takeaways:

• Zach Top's Resilience: Despite a public mishap during a first pitch event, Zach demonstrates determination to rebuild his image and continue his music career.
• Collaborative Weekend: The hosts and guest experienced a dynamic weekend filled with sports, promotional events, and networking with influential figures.
• Evolving College Sports Landscape: A significant discussion on the impact of new NCAA rules allowing direct compensation to athletes, highlighting both opportunities and challenges.
• Family and Community Focus: Emphasis on celebrating Father’s Day, promoting family-oriented content, and maintaining strong community ties through merchandise and new podcast ventures.
• Musical Journey of Zach Top: Insight into Zach's progression from a family band to a solo artist, his mentorship under Carson Chamberlain, and his aspirations in the country music scene.

For More Information:

• Merchandise: Visit bwtb.com to purchase Father's Day-themed gear.
• Subscribe: Ensure you're subscribed on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Play to stay updated with future episodes.
• Support Zach Top: Listen to Zach’s new single “Good Times & Tan Lines” and follow his journey in music.

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Transcript

[Will Compton]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Will Compton]

Episode of Busting with the Boys. This is episode 332 my name is Will Compton. Alongside me, co hosting as always, is Tara Lawan. This is the Zach Top episode. Before we jump into the Zach Top episode, we do about how long was the intro? Mitch? About an hour. Intro recap on the weekend, talking about Taylor's first pitcher trip to St. Louis, being at the UFC, breaking down everything. By the way, to all the dads out there, Happy Father's Day this weekend. Also reminder, first episode of the new for the Dads podcast hosted by myself alongside me and that will be Sherman Young. That drops tomorrow morning. You can buy Father's day [e-mail] we have hats, we have shirts, we have everything all around. The merchandise, the commerce [e-mail] if you want to support the boys, you want to support your dad and get him a little gift for Father's Day this weekend. That will all be on BWTB.com we will get into the intro. We will get into Zach Top. This was an incredible interview. You listen to Zach Topp's music, you're going to understand the personality behind the music. And he is one of the boys. To the point to where we were talking about dry humping in high school. It's a great interview, it's a great conversation. You guys are going to going to enjoy it. And no matter where you at, wherever you are right now, consuming this content, consuming this podcast, make sure you're subscribed on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Google Play. Wherever you're listening to the boys or watching the boys, please make sure you are Supporting us and subscribing to our channel. Let's get into it. Big hugs, tiny kisses.

[Tara Lawan]

All right, we're good.

[Taylor Lewan]

Be like busting with the boys.

[Zach Top]

Hanging with the fellas.

[Taylor Lewan]

Betting on a game. No woman's gonna tell us what to do. And I've been over here just drinking beer and making that noise, baby. I'm hanging with the fellas. Busing with the boys, bro.

[Zach Top]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of Bussin with the Boys. This is episode 332. We have a very special episode for you today. Jump into a lot of stuff, but as always, bus with the Boys is presented by FanDuel Sportsbook. FanDuel is America's number one sportsbook. Guess what? The NBA Finals, they're underway at this moment. We've seen the Pacers secure a wild comeback debut. We've seen sga, who I did say was going to get the NBA Finals MVP. He dropped 30 points. Not once, twice. We call that back to back. And with the series headed to Indiana, things might get a little bit crazier. But if you think you know how things are going to play out, Vandal has an NBA profit boost for every game of the NBA Finals. Whether it's SGA to drop 30 or Halliburton to pick up 10 plus assists, be sure to use profit boost tokens for an even bigger payday. Just head to fanduel.com bussin to download America's number one sportsbook and get in on the action. Fanduel official sponsors. Official sports betting partner of the NBA. Beautiful love. Fanduel. Phenomenal people. Phenomenal program. Everybody in who Sports Campbell's. That's the place to go. I will say, when I was in New Jersey, I found out there was a casino. Fun fact, Fanduel. I gave you back some of that money you gave us. I will just say that we'll just get. That's. That's about it. Not too much, but enough. That hurt my. Hurt me a little bit.

[Will Compton]

My. My parlay hit.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Let's give Will UFC parlay hits.

[Will Compton]

The drought is over.

[Zach Top]

The drought is over.

[Will Compton]

For you, yeah.

[Zach Top]

For myself, yeah. Yeah. The ufc.

[Will Compton]

My drought is over.

[Zach Top]

Because it's been a while, right? You were on a tough little streak there.

[Will Compton]

Hockey, basketball, first parlay I've won. I think I was gonna say this year, but if I won one in March Madness, then got that one. I haven't put too many together. However, I've been very gun shy because of my luck. And yeah, Joe Piper, Kayla Harrison and Marab.

[Zach Top]

Marab by the way, put it on absolute display.

[Will Compton]

Cashed.

[Zach Top]

The minute that fight ended, Will looks me in the eyes, he goes, that's a champion for a very long time. But then, you know, they say about parlays, when you're in a, when you're in a slump, what do you do? Just keep swinging. Keep swinging. Which brings me to my next subject that everybody in the entire world wants to talk about.

[Will Compton]

It's hard to beat a guy that refuses to quit.

[Zach Top]

It's hard to beat a guy that refuses to quit. And I am now taking that on for myself.

[Taylor Lewan]

Moment of silence.

[Zach Top]

For what?

[Will Compton]

Moment of silence. Your debacle.

[Zach Top]

Embarrassing moment of silence for my athletic career. It officially ended on Thursday.

[Will Compton]

Thank you.

[Zach Top]

Thank you very much. Let's talk about it, boys. So we fly into St. Louis on Thursday, Vibes are so high. We're going to the Cardinals game. Then after that we're headed over to first form. Going to check out everything all over the place. Form, energy is coming out. We're a part of this massive thing where Anheuser Busch, Dana White first form are coming together as three. As a three headed monster fueled by bustle with the boys to promote and just kick down the door of energy drinks on energy.

[Will Compton]

Here's what they're doing. Anheuser Busch, Dana White, first form. They're making a baby and they're making us the godparents.

[Zach Top]

We're the godparents.

[Will Compton]

We're the godparents.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Will Compton]

Of this baby of forming.

[Zach Top]

For some reason, if Dana White first form in 165 year organization that's in the absolute staple, as an absolute staple of America goes down, then we take over. Yeah, we got to get that in writing first. But right now it's more of a figurative deal. So the, so the vibes are super high. We get, we, we land in St. Louis. I'm actually already a little impressed. I don't know what to expect to hear the way Will talks about bonterra. No, it's 45 minutes away. But I'm just thinking to myself, the state of Missouri, show me. And guess what? They showed me.

[Will Compton]

They showed out.

[Zach Top]

They showed out. Pull up, Chrissy. Baby's in the car. He's got himself a nice all blacked out vehicle for us. We walk in this first form stuff everywhere and we're talking about the first pitch that's about to take place. There's a. Garrett was with us. He's doing the vlog. I'm telling him, buddy, when I was, you know, 11, 12 years old and I used to step on the mountain, Little League. I was throwing fucking heat. I threw heat back in the million dollar arm, 5 cent head. That's a Bull Durham reference, if you guys don't know that. And I would literally, I, I threw a no hitter.

[Will Compton]

Catch me up on your baseball career because I feel like I was first under the impression that you were 12 and getting on the mound. The impression I had of you playing baseball was you didn't like baseball. When you got hit, you quit, you were scared.

[Zach Top]

So there's different things. Yeah, yeah. So there's different things in the field. I enjoyed the defensive portion of baseball. I did struggle with the, the confidence, the courage of stepping into a pitch in the batter's box as a young child. But I did it as most American young boys did. Right. I had the T ball early. My father had me out in the backyard. We would play catch periodically. Mostly on the weekdays when he got off of work, catch a nice little meal and then go outside. I was always a fast young lad. Then I realized my speed would translate into the outfield. Then I figured out I'm taller than the rest of these kids. My dad puts me on the mound, had a little whip, had a little zip in my arm. And so as I get older and older, I played from 5 to 11 or 12, I can't remember. I ended 12 or 12 was my last season was on a. AAA baseball team. AAA travel Arizona baseball team. Silverhawks. We were awful. But your boy was on that team. We traveled all over the place and did that. There was a, there was a, a thing that took place like a little league. They brought all the teams from Arizona or like, you know, it's like an invite thing. You get invited and all these kids, they have a home run derby, fastest pitch, all these things. I ran the bases and I have a plaque that I hope my dad brings to the dad combine that says Terrell 1, fastest 12 year old baseball player in the state of Arizona. So I won that. I won that. So baseball was a, was a part of my life. I had a, I had a Yankees.

[Will Compton]

Now is there like you qualify and you keep going to state and then you win at running the bases or something?

[Zach Top]

No, this is in high school. This is like we all, it's, it's not as cool as the plaque. It says like you kind of got there.

[Will Compton]

Every, you were like fast team. They gave you every team.

[Zach Top]

Every team gave like put out their fastest player. And I just happen to be the fastest player of all the team's players. Does that make sense?

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

So 12 hits, puberty hits. I start becoming a skid and running dirt bikes. I'm smoking half smoked cigarettes out of a Target ashtray. And then, you know, I, so on and so forth end up finding football. That was kind of the last time I played baseball, but always enjoyed catch, always enjoyed ripping it up. I think I've played catch with probably all of you at some point in our lives and our time to be together. So when we go to this Cardinal game, I'm fired up. We threw the pitch of the sounds. I was nervous about that. Just kind of tossed it in there, whatever. This time I'm thinking I'm gonna, I'm gonna house this thing in here. And it might go a million different directions, but we're at the end of the day, we're gonna go, hey, that was a fast pitch. Yeah, that was my thought process.

[Will Compton]

The entire pregame was like, I'm just gonna throw it as hard as I can, right? I don't care if I missed the strike zone, I'm just gonna throw it as hard as I can. And we're gonna see what happens.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. So we get to the Cardinal Stadium. It's incredible. I mean, they have a little like area where all the people, where all the people hang out, where there's really a FanDuel sports book. Then there's like a first form banner and then the stadium on the, in the center field just says Budweiser. Like we're literally sitting here being like, this is.

[Will Compton]

We're home, we're home, we're home.

[Zach Top]

This is amazing. This is everything. Busting with the boys is backed by is a part of that that we believe in and everything's going our way.

[Will Compton]

The people were great. Shout out Adam Freudle. The entire team at St. Louis Cardinals that was kind of hosting us. Shout out the boy Kyle, who's ripping with Chris. Yeah, we, yeah, we had a good, we had a good St. Louis squad.

[Zach Top]

We had a great St. Louis squad. And who was the, who was the baseball player that you knew that you got tickets for Shane's thing?

[Taylor Lewan]

Lars.

[Zach Top]

Lars. So we see Lars. Lars is a homie. He's sitting there like, this is dude MLB cat cut off shirt, cock to the side. Just kind of hanging out, being a fan of us. I'm thinking this, bro, bro, you're a baseball player. Like, this is. You're in a totally different world than us, but you're on a, you're on a major league baseball team, which is one of the hardest. If you look at the path of getting to a professional sport, baseball could arguably be the hardest. Maybe hockey as well. I'm sure soccer has theirs, but I don't know a lot about soccer. We go in, we see the whole. The. Their hitting process. Their hitting meeting. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Large, like, do you guys want to come to the hitting meeting? Yeah, yeah, if we're allowed to.

[Zach Top]

And we sit there and we're like, yo, we're watching these guys go over the pitcher when he has the glove and towards, like, more his belly button. It's going to be like a change up when it's a little bit higher. That's a fastball or something else.

[Will Compton]

Something if somebody's on second base. If you can get tipped off in this, you'll.

[Zach Top]

You'll do a handout.

[Will Compton]

We don't want to give up the signs.

[Zach Top]

Well, you know, you're right.

[Will Compton]

You know what I'm saying?

[Zach Top]

To the right. Yeah, they put their hand out to the right. I'm just saying there's just a lot.

[Will Compton]

More that goes into the detail of baseball.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Will Compton]

Than I realize. Like, I assume they probably, like, watch film and stuff, but not to the level of detail that they're sitting there talking.

[Zach Top]

And if you're playing as many games in baseball as you do a year, I don't know how much time they're sitting there, you know, doing the recovery process. Hitting the gym, like, walking, watching the film. I. As a dumb football player, I think these boys just go out and play. God given, as I assume a lot of people who watch football are like, these boys just show up on Sunday, like, what a life they have. Right. So it's very cool to see behind the curtain. Pozo. I believe I'm saying his name wrong. I almost can almost guarantee you I'm saying his name wrong. Is a catcher for the. For the Cardinals. He's hitting there. Boy's got a trunk on him. Let's go and turn that off. Boy's got an absolute trunk on him. As he's doing some bp, he walks out, puts his bat down, and I go to grab the bat. But a second, I'm like, I know these boys are stitches, like, a different level of stitches. So I don't touch the bat. Pozo walks back up. I go, hey, I was about to touch your bat, but I didn't want to. And he gets very serious face with me. He's like, yeah, don't do that. I go, how superstitious are you? Let's put it this way. I'm wearing the same pair of under. I've worn the whole entire season.

[Will Compton]

Since game one.

[Zach Top]

Since game one. So these guys. These guys are about it. We go outside. I asked for a shits.

[Will Compton]

In the same stall. He only shits in one stall.

[Zach Top]

Yep.

[Will Compton]

Period. Same. Yeah. Same shower slot. Same stall.

[Zach Top]

That's kind of what it looks like, actually. It's a way cooler version.

[Will Compton]

So we get out to the field.

[Zach Top]

Get out to the field. We're playing a little catch. We're not allowed to go on the grass yet because the field, screw, they got their whole little deal, too. And we're just kind of tossing the ball back and forth. No gloves. We can't really throw it hard. And we're throwing, and then all of a sudden we get up there. I think we're throwing the first pitch out. Turns out we're throwing, like, the fifth and sixth pitch out.

[Will Compton]

Yep.

[Zach Top]

So kids go out. These two kids that go out first, Rockets, they. Those things right down the middle. They're a beautiful.

[Will Compton]

It was cool, too, because, you know, like, the kids are just elated to be there and then ripping one from the mound.

[Zach Top]

We were, too. We were very.

[Will Compton]

No, I know, but I'm saying they're.

[Zach Top]

Like young, young lads.

[Will Compton]

Just, oh, my gosh, what is this moment? You know what I mean?

[Zach Top]

Right. Someday I'm going to be back up here type of moment. That's the moment.

[Will Compton]

They're watching Field of Dreams right now, getting motivated even more about baseball.

[Zach Top]

Then we're sitting there, and as we're, like, kind of waiting to get the announcers calling up the next two people, like, hey, who wants to go first? We're kind of looking at each other. I'll go first. Yeah. I am zero percent worried about this. Zero percent worried about stepping on the mound. We go up there, they call our names. You know, we're doing Will's. Will's pose the whole time. Stay in character. Walk up there. I don't know who the guy catching the ball is. I don't know his last name, but I look at him and I say to him, hey, just so you know, I'm gonna throw the ball as hard as I can. I say that to him, and he goes, okay. Like, does like. Could not have given less of a. About what I just said to him. Could not have cared any anymore or any less. I get up to the mound, I stand up there. I'm so confident. I feel so good about this. I think I'm about to catch a contract. And I do my little, Little League, as much as I remember. Wind up and the pitch and as the ball is leaving my hand, bro, I know this is not good. This is not good. It. I don't know if it slipped. What it was. The trajectory of the ball obviously did not go the way we wanted. It was horrendous. It was fucking terrible. I am so mad at myself. I'm not just mad at myself. For me and my athletic ability now being in question throughout the entire world. I'm sorry. To the offensive linemen out there who our whole lives, hey, we've been the chubby kid. Go in the corner. Hey, you're in a block. Don't worry. It's really cool. You're the backbone of the football team. They tell you all these little phrases make you feel better, and you just want to show everybody. Listen, bro, I am a. I'm really. I truly am an athlete. You just don't get it. And I'll figure it out eventually. I had every offensive line, every chubby kid was on my back. Maybe that's why I failed. But every chubby kid, figuratively, was on my back as I threw that ball. And I shit the bed. I shit the bed. Taught myself 10 push ups.

[Will Compton]

You proved you're a great offensive lineman, bro. You proved your.

[Zach Top]

And I was like, yeah, we had a good time with it. Will had his nice little conversation in the car with me. The boys obviously did their thing. I see Brad LeBron, who's one of our boys, if you remember the Wrist Stream he was a part of. He's the autistic kid that sat in the corner. He. I walk in, he daps up Will the meat thing. The first thing he says is, that was awful, Taylor. Like, he said he was dog. He was. That was dog. So we got to deal with this the rest of the weekend. By the way, Will, your pitch, no one will ever talk about how great that was.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, it goes unknown, man, after following up on what you threw. But here. Here's what I want to show you. See how that I get that arm back? How I whip that arm back, I pull it through. Can you go back to Taylor's? See how yours. You kind of keep it up in front of you. Your entire body is going that way. You're stiff as a board. You can't get your body around. You got to get your hips around.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, my T spine.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, you got to get the T spine mobility.

[Zach Top]

My T spine.

[Will Compton]

But it's like you're standing up on the mountain. I was before Garrett's, like, are you nervous? I was like, oh, not really. But internally, you're starting to walk out there, and you feel, you know, you have all these people watching you, and you're just standing on the mound. You feel like you're standing on an island by yourself, and everybody's far away from you. They can't. They can't engage with you whatsoever. And it's just you and the catcher. And in those moments is when the lights come on and you either put on a show or you fold. And, yeah, I think that was like, an 84 mile an hour sinker that I seeded in there. And it felt good because I saw what happened with Taylor right before, when even, like, I wasn't as nervous when you threw that pitch. But also I'm like, yeah, I guess anything can happen out here. So it kind of sets in. The pressure sets in a little bit more. So I felt like I was carrying a lot of pressure. I'm just reminding myself, grip and rip. Grip and rip, old boy. You got this. And, you know, the rest kind of takes care of itself.

[Taylor Lewan]

Well, one little detail before you guys hit them out.

[Zach Top]

Beautifully said.

[Will Compton]

One detail before y' all hit the mound. I hate that that was you before, but that's. That's kind of my mentality going into this thing. When I zoom out and think about it like, that is what I think about those moments. Very high pressure. And this is not meant for everybody. Yeah, not meant for everybody. This is where the men separate from the boys. That's what I would honestly like. That's me objectively saying that if you were no part of this conversation, I wish you weren't, but I hate that you were right before me.

[Zach Top]

Right. Yeah. You're. You're. Yeah. You hate for me that I have to be on the other side of being a boy instead of a man.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Okay. What were you gonna say, G?

[Will Compton]

Well, did sneak in right before y'.

[Taylor Lewan]

All went out there, that this was his third time throwing out the first pitch.

[Will Compton]

My third time.

[Zach Top]

Experience does go a long way.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, experience goes a long way.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

That's technically my second, though, because the second one I did my mom through it, but it was my third time being out there, kind of feeling the noise, feeling the pressure. So the night before, I was doing some mental, you know, just visioning, envisioning what this can look like and feel like.

[Zach Top]

I'd like to say. Yeah. In the world I grew up in, my mom, she did raining for a little bit professionally. And when you get these horses ready to go and show at these, like, big events, the fraternity is the biggest you would go to a regular spot, you invite a bunch of friends over, get them really rowdy, and put up banners so the horse can kind of feel what it's like to be in that environment. I guess I didn't do that for my own horse, my internal horse.

[Will Compton]

Wednesday night, I was doing breath work. I was envisioning what the hops would smell like around me. Being inside St. Louis, Missouri, the arch behind me, the crowd, people feeling distant, not close enough. And you just got to take in the dirt underneath your feet, the grass surrounding around you, that perfect grass that they wouldn't let us step on. You got to feel the ball in your hands, and you just got to send it. You got to grip and rip.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, well, he's doing that. Wednesday night, I'm figuratively out in the bar, gooning, doing whatever, not watching film. I'm out here thinking, I'm on ball tomorrow. Don't matter. And not realizing that the preparation that takes place before the pitch is what truly makes the pitch what it is.

[Will Compton]

When people said, will, that was a great, great first pitch, in my mind, I'm thinking, I've already thrown that pitch a thousand times.

[Zach Top]

Right? Yeah.

[Will Compton]

You know what I mean?

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And that's. That's the mentality I need to take on at this moment in time. Right now, I need to be better.

[Will Compton]

You'll get redemption.

[Zach Top]

I. There's no doubt about it. I've already had a.

[Will Compton]

You've been training, should I say the.

[Zach Top]

MLB team that's already reached out?

[Will Compton]

Keep it tight to the vest, because we don't know exactly what we're doing.

[Zach Top]

We don't know exactly what we're doing, but we have had multiple teams reach out about me having my redemption. Want to say thank you to those teams, and at a later date, we will give out those teams names. And thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to make this right.

[Will Compton]

And no matter what, that final boss has got to be at Bush Stadium.

[Zach Top]

Yes. There's no doubt about it. There's no doubt.

[Will Compton]

You got to go back to that fear.

[Zach Top]

Here's what sucks. You throw that pitch, your boys chirpy. It is you having fun? We're having a good time. The Internet gets on you, and you're like, okay, this is great. And we all know in the game of the Internet, eventually there'll be a new. A new news story. Like, interestingly enough, Elon Musk and Trump start going at it.

[Will Compton]

You take over there.

[Zach Top]

Three hours later, I am now. Yeah. So is that a deep state move? I Don't know. It's not for me to say. It's not for me exactly. Maybe you're the ones going, guy, a pedophile. The other one's not really saying whole. It's a, it's a weird deal. All of a sudden my pitch comes out.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And I did think that ball was a little slippery when they hand it.

[Will Compton]

To me for algorithm's sake. Maybe Elon tapped in. We need a distraction while this other stuff is going on.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

So I'm just going to keep putting this in front of everybody's eyes.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Shout out to you. But yeah, man, you, you, you feel it. You have the Internet, do what it's doing and you think, all right, we're good. But I didn't realize like people say that was a lot like 50 cents his pitch. True. Absolutely. The trajectory of the ball was very similar. Here's the difference between me and 50 Cent. One of us hasn't been shot nine times and one of us wasn't a three time Pro Bowler football player. Right. So it's okay if the guy who got shot nine times and became super famous for rapping and started starting a vitamin water company, he could have been.

[Will Compton]

An athlete growing up.

[Zach Top]

It's okay though, if he didn't. The athlete who's expected to do athletic things steps on the mound and does the same exact thing. We got a fucking problem. Okay. Because I get to first form. I'm meeting Sal. I mean, Andy, the boys like the vibes are high, but you can just feel there's just some little something in the air. And Sal makes a comment about my pitch, which I love. I love the trip. We're back and forth. He had a couple bad takes himself. We were calling, we're having a good time. Later, new group of people makes another comment about the ball thing. Great fun. We're having a good time. Right? It's all good. This is an amazing facility. Look at how much you've built. You're the man. But blah, blah. Sal is an unbelievable dude. Does it a third time. He does it a third time. I go, hey, listen. We're sitting with their sauna and their little recovery areas. He said something about the ball again. I go, go get a ball. Just point it at some random guy. I had no idea who. Hey, get it. Can you get a ball and a glove? And I made Sal go out and have, have a catch with me. And the first ball I threw, he's like, oh, okay, you know how to throw a baseball. And that is the problem. Right? Because there's a lot of people who still think I dated Jeffree star. And at the end, and what hurts more than that is there's gonna be a lot of people in 20 years that think Taylor Lawan can't throw a baseball. I'm gonna get my redemption. When I get my redemption, great. Not everybody's gonna see it. And that's all right. I have to come to terms with that, right? Taylor, you failed for a ped. Mike Vrabel set me down. He goes, listen, here's the deal. 50% are gonna believe you. 50% aren't. That's the world I have to live in with this.

[Will Compton]

Now, I think a question of the Internet is people are wondering. People are wondering if you are actually left handed just based on your form and the way you kind of throw. At times it does look awkward when you throw something.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, at times it does. And I got a stiff shoulder. I got a tight little shoulder. I dislocated this elbow in 2012. So there's. There's some mechanical things going on with the left side of my body. That's not great. That being said, I can throw a ball. Yes. I am left handed.

[Will Compton]

There are also people on the Internet wondering if this was a bit and you were faking it.

[Zach Top]

No, unfortunately. Derrick Henry texted me and Will, he was pressing hard. He wouldn't let me know. This is fake because Derek and I have played catch before. Derek and I have spent a lot of years together. In a lot of years, there's been a ball around. What are you doing with your boy? Sometimes with the ball around, you just pick it up, toss it. We're having a conversation that has happened with me and Derek countless times. And Derek would not let it go.

[Will Compton]

That.

[Zach Top]

That was a bit. He. He wanted to believe in me so bad that he could not come to terms with the fact that I fucked up throwing a baseball.

[Mitch]

Good friend.

[Zach Top]

Great friend.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

How do people explain to their kids what they witnessed on Thursday?

[Zach Top]

I think this is better for people to explain to their kids. I think it's better for guys who don't play sports anymore, live the glory days in high school, to sit there and show their kids this is a professional athlete. I can throw a ball better than for anybody who's looking out there who has a young boy, has a young daughter that's into baseball. This is a big opportunity for you to get some street cred. I suggest you take them out, go have a catch today. The problem is explain this to my kids. That is going to be the Problem.

[Will Compton]

So I have a follow up question, so.

[Zach Top]

And I'll. I'll get to that follow up question when I'm done answering this one. Tuesday, I'm outside with my kids playing catch. Tell. Hey, get your elbow up a little bit. No, no, don't under toss it to me. But you put your butt. Throw it to Daddy regular. Those. Daddy regular. I want to go inside you. We can go inside. When you hit me in the chest five times and you catch it five times. Once we do that, we can go inside. I'm having that conversation. God forbid somebody shows that to my kids. Okay? Respect's gone. Anytime we want to go out and play ball, they'll just go, all right, dad. Yeah. You want some pointers yourself? Like, that's what I'm gonna deal with. Wind Rebel, the One. And Willow Rose, the One. Those poor kids have no idea how much their father has let down their family. All right, let's not forget about the Four nations tournament. When America and Canada are going at it. Those you are watching for the first time, maybe here to see Zach Topp might think Taylor, why does Canada matter? My wife's from Canada. They do a softball league every single year. Pat Gallagher, he watches. He's a sweet man. Been farming his whole life, picking peaches. What am I going to say to him when I see him in July, huh? Hey, sorry, you've been asked maybe be a part of your baseball team for four separate years. I'm sure that invite's gone. All right. How do I walk around the town of Kelowna and not get laughed at, giggled at, tarred and feathered, have a cabbage thrown at me? I walked into UFC in Newark. Some guy hit me with, oh, yeah, buddy of BS News. How about that pitch, though? You're right.

[Will Compton]

Donald Trump shakes my hand and then looks at Taylor and then walks past him.

[Zach Top]

Walk past, so disappointed, I go, oh, Mr. President, remember the podcast? He goes, remember that throw? And kept going. Djt. He said that? Said it. Looked at me stoffed. Hey, as you call yourself an American, thought you were a big, strong man. Looks like you're a little boy. Looks like you're a little boy, kid to a bar, you. Yeah, and they went like this. And this figuratively my chest right here. You're not good enough. And he walked away. Yeah, that's what my life is now, boys. That's what my life is now, okay? So while you guys lay your head in your pillows at nights, remember, at least you're not me, okay? Because I'm in hell and there's only one thing I can do. Pick up a ball and start throwing. All right, Internet wants to be mean. Good. I'll pick up the ball and I'll start throwing. All right? My daughters let me know when I.

[Will Compton]

Get to the next question.

[Zach Top]

Pick up the ball and start throwing. That's what this is. Go ahead, Will.

[Will Compton]

So if I can remember, when you're in these teaching moments with your daughters or anybody out there, having a teaching moment with their kids versus having a moment of being like, I can throw a ball better than him. What angle should they take? Hey, he can't throw a ball, and he's just got to keep working and keep practicing, and sometimes that's just going to happen. Or do they have the approach of, hey, no, he actually can throw a ball. The moment was just way too big. And here's how we're going to work on our mentality to kind of hone in all the pressure out of those two options.

[Zach Top]

I don't know if I fully. So you're talking about. If somebody else is in my situation.

[Will Compton]

So.

[Zach Top]

So somebody's talking about my situation.

[Will Compton]

It's essentially, you can't throw a base ball, or the moment was way too big. And you got to work on. You're either working on the skill of throwing or you're working on the mental of being like, hey, your body knows what to do. Let's. Let's get your mind out of the way of it.

[Zach Top]

And you're talking to me like. You're like, oh, this is how I would approach coaching Taylor.

[Will Compton]

No, I'm asking, like, how can people use it as a. A teaching tool for their kids? Like, how would you talk to your daughters about it? Like, is it, hey, Daddy can't throw a baseball? Or, no, Daddy shriveled under the light?

[Zach Top]

I would. I would. If my kids were in this situation and I was talking to my kids, I would say, listen, this is what happens when you don't prepare. This is what happens when you think you're good enough without putting in the work. You put in the work, you get better results. All right? Preparation is the key. All right? Losers do a little bit of work and expect to win, while winners do all the work they possibly can and still think they're gonna lose. Let's be fucking winners. That's what I would tell my kids.

[Will Compton]

Daddy was a loser.

[Zach Top]

Daddy was a loser. By the way, called my wife after the next day. We're talking about it. I don't realize the kids are in the car. And I said, oh, you know what I hear? I heard went and go, dad's a bad word. Can't say. Yeah, you're right, sweetie. Just when you think you can't get any lower, right? That's just when you think you hit ground zero.

[Will Compton]

That's when you got to get Turns out there's a little more dirt. That's when you got to get off the phone and flip that on tail and like, hey, you've got to let me know.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

If I'm on speaker, can I be 100 honest?

[Zach Top]

I knew they were in the car. I forgot they were in the car and I still did it. I started telling a story. CTE brain kicks up the all of a sudden all the nasty comments are in my head, rewrites my brain men and blacks me. And now all of a sudden I'm saying fucking in front of my kids.

[Will Compton]

You're in a mental storm right now.

[Zach Top]

We're in a storm. Be like the buffalo. I will be a buffalo in the storm.

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[Will Compton]

Weekend overall was great.

[Zach Top]

Great weekend.

[Will Compton]

It was one for the books. I know we say that a lot, but it was truly. Taylor and I are going home after our flight yesterday and it's like you go and you go to the Cardinal baseball game which was A plus. First form facility. Sal and Andy Frisella being around that entire culture and environment. A going to Anheuser Busch, having our live show who it was like 3,000 people that were there to listen to us talk to Dana White and Andy Frisella to launch Form Energy. That was an A plus. The tours, getting to drink the beer out of their. The massive tanks. The freshest beer that you will ever taste in your life. A plus. Get on a plane with Dana to fly to Newark that night on Friday night. That was an A plus. The night getting our hotel. That was an F. That was an absolute.

[Zach Top]

That was a. You're. That's an expulsion from school.

[Will Compton]

But going to the USC. Going to USC. 316. Also an A plus.

[Zach Top]

A plus.

[Will Compton]

It was an incredible weekend.

[Zach Top]

It was. It really. And Will said in the beginning we've said this a lot lately. Like every trip we've gone like man one for the books top five this and the other like the experiences we get to have doing the show are just getting better and better every single year, every single month, every single trip. It's just awesome. And even in situations like the hotel situation which we'll dive into you. You get done with that and you're like let me zoom out a second. Let me look at this whole weekend as a whole. That still doesn't even fucking. That's a. That's. It's like a little flesh wound that's not doing nothing to us because that was a brutal situation. However, all the things were able to get done like going to Anheuser Busch. That's been. That's been a business in America for 165 years. Getting able to sit on those hallowed grounds, which is like the Hogwarts a beer, bro. I literally thought like there was gonna be some DUI's giving out on broomsticks. That's how like, that's how much Hogwarts esque it was. And we get there and we do this live show and we have the powerhouse of Dana White. We have Andy Frisella, who's sitting there, who's a powerhouse in himself, and then this entire backing of all these massive fans and this facility. And we get to sit here and have a conversation and they're into it.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

To get after this energy drink that I am, I have no doubt, is not only a great quality, but is going to kick down the door.

[Will Compton]

Oh, form energy is gonna crush fire.

[Mitch]

It was raining too.

[Zach Top]

It was raining.

[Will Compton]

And they're standing out in the rain, embracing the suck.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And we're. Dude, just even after, like, we're sitting after the live show and it's Brendan, the CEO of Anheuser Busch. It's a Frisellas. It's Dana, me and Will and the boys and the conversations that are taking place. Will is asking great questions like, hey, what was the headache when you guys are doing this? Because from the moment, the inception, the. The thought of, hey, we should do an energy drink to an energy drink being launched was 207 days. So a lot of different things had to happen and in a quick pace for all that to get done. And that is badass, man.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Get to see the horses.

[Mitch]

I'm a real mid, tier, like energy drink consumer. And those first form energy drinks taste incredible. Yeah, they're so good.

[Zach Top]

We need it.

[Mitch]

We need to get.

[Will Compton]

I know it's hard to pick. Grape and orange have been my two.

[Zach Top]

Favorites right now when you get a bus and berry.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. We were pitching them.

[Zach Top]

Pitching about time off or LTO as they said.

[Will Compton]

Rtd.

[Zach Top]

Yep. That's. But dude, it was awesome. It really was. And then just being able to like do the taste test. It's Dana's crew, it's our crew were sitting there drinking out of these giant barrels of beer that are just like as perfect as you can possibly be. It's you feeling like Frank the Tank, dude. As soon as it hits your lips.

[Will Compton]

You'Re like, God, this is because it's what it's like. This will be the only time you have it where it's unpasteurized. Is that right?

[Zach Top]

Yeah, unpasteurized.

[Will Compton]

Before it heats up. And then they put in bottles and.

[Zach Top]

Cans and everything else about the process, too. It's like you bottle it, whatever. It's been pasteurized, and then it goes in a truck. That truck goes to a place, it gets hot, Then it goes back into a cold. Then it finally gets to the spot it's going to. You take it out, you bring it home. So there's a whole bunch of steps that have to go into before you drink it, buddy. We're going to the source and having these things. Then we do this taste test upstairs. They have this. They have this book that is like, every person who's been in this room since, like, 1986, because this is a new book, has signed that. We've been there, and we take up half a damn page.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Dana's throwing out hundreds, and we're putting hundreds down. He's signing it. We're signing it. We're putting eight. That a dollar from Jack. Whatever. Also from us, he takes another 100 out from busting with the boys. We put. Supplied by Dana, and it's just like, a good time. Everyone just, like, just feeling it. Rush back to the hotel. Go get on this insane plane, have amazing conversation. Just a. A feast.

[Mitch]

Some people were on that plane.

[Zach Top]

Who was the real loser?

[Taylor Lewan]

Winner, though, in this situation? Yeah.

[Mitch]

Honestly, to give context, Will Taylor and Garrett went on Dana's pj. There was not enough room. I willingly stayed back. I'm a team player.

[Zach Top]

Grudges.

[Mitch]

Willingly stayed back.

[Will Compton]

You did. You did.

[Mitch]

And in the moment, you're like, oh, man, it'd be sweet to be on the pj. Garrett sending me photos. Like, hey, I'm not trying to be a dick right now, but I have to show you this photo. It's a full plate of stakes and all the fixings. And so in my head, I'm like, I mean, that sucks. I've got to have some cool experiences. So I'm not mad. But then Garrett calls me at, like, 2:00am or actually, I call him, and he's like, this night turned into absolute hell. He's like, we should have never left St. Louis. The hotel bookings. I guess something happened. The reservations get lost. The boys are up for two hours trying to find any hotel in Jersey to stay at. So I think we both, you know.

[Will Compton]

We had our smells along the way.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Kind of like our first one, because you go from riding this high, and then you're flying this jet, and we get out of What's a little place called. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Signature. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And we walk out. And Dan, his team, they got all these black cars lined up, and we're kind of just standing with our bags and we got this busted little minivan that pulls up for our, for our Uber. We hop in, we go to this ran down Hampton Inn. It's got barracks, it's got a cop sitting outside for security all, all day, all night around. And we walk in like, hey, we're here to check in. Taylor's like, last name Lawan, it could be under Lawan Hargus Compton. And he's like, can you show me your confirmation number? Taylor Garrett. Pull out their phone and give him the confirmation number. He's like, I. It seems like your card got declined or didn't go through. Like, I don't have a reservation on here, therefore we don't have rooms for you guys. There's like, can we get three rooms for the night? He's like, oh, we're all sold out. And this is at, like.

[Zach Top]

He says. I'm like, liar.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, you're a liar. Two, 2:30 in the morning, and it was dark and ominous. In this lobby you had a couple different animals. A dude that looked like, what did I say? Patty the baddie on meth.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

And then another cat who had, like.

[Zach Top]

Sores on the back of his legs.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Get a towel and some toiletry bags. And the guy like, brings it out to him. Yeah, he just moves it to the side, then continues to walk around the lobby.

[Will Compton]

We're in a weird spot and we sit down and I'm like, so the work begins and we start looking for different hotels. And at this point in time, it's 2, 2:30 in the morning. So you're looking to book hotels. And you know, we're from the digital age. You're trying to book it online, but there's nothing that you can book because Friday is now blacked out. You can' you can't book a Friday reservation. You have to book on Saturday, since it's technically Saturday. So every check in is like 3pm so we are having to call all these hotels where you call. You gotta wait for the operator to tell you list all the options. You press 4 if you want to talk to the front desk. We probably called about 20 to 30 different hotels. Everywhere in Newark was booked. So the point to where I'm getting pissed off because I'm thinking they're just lying. Like, they're just not wanting to do their job or find a room because I'm like, there's no way that all of these hotels Are booked eventually. And I'll let Taylor jump into, you know, this weirdo that ended up talking his ear off. And it was. It was getting pretty weirdly heated. I know internally for myself for a moment, because it's like, hey, we need him calling hotels. Like, we have nowhere to go right now.

[Zach Top]

Right? Like, we need more guys on this. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

I'm thinking in my head, you know, Taylor will tell you about the conversation, but I'm thinking in my head, I need to hear Taylor. You got to just be like, hey, it's nice meeting you, or whatever. Taylor ends up doing that. And this dude, I'll let him break that down for you.

[Zach Top]

So they will all kind of set the stage a little bit where there's, like, barracks and then there's like a police. There's like a police car that has its lights out. Just saying this, you know, we're not in a good spots right off the highway. We walk in, like, the lobby area is lit. That noise you heard was Will Compton getting off the bus. We're dealing with a back issue again. What's in the.

[Taylor Lewan]

Was so different day, new back.

[Zach Top]

Hypothetically, if you're talking about battles and wars, Will won the battle of the pitch. But did he win the war? Because that back that he had good rotation, but I think it might have ended him. So we get to this hotel, and the lobby area is lit kind of. It's a little like. It's, like, flickery. But in the back where they usually have the continental breakfast, like, the little booths and everything like that. It's dark. There's, like, no lights on in there. So it's a very, like, dark and ominous kind of area. Like the setting of a scene of a. Yeah, dirty dude. It's gross. And as we're sitting there, like, Will's over in the darker area to the right. Garrett goes off to the left, and I'm kind of sitting in the middle little sitting area in a lit area, just like on my phone, trying to call places, trying to do everything I call place. Hey, do you have three rooms for tonight? They say no. I actually start with saying four because I'm trying to make sure you're dialed in, too. But it's quickly. It's like I just got to get three, maybe even two. Like, that's how bad this setup is. And after my third or fourth call, out of the shadows comes this guy. And it's very weird to talk about, but, like, it was one of those moments in your life where you're like, this Guy might actually do something to me where I'm actually thinking in my head, like, okay, if he does this, then I do that. Like, you're literally playing out a scene in your head of how to protect yourself. Guy comes out, and he doesn't say anything to me except for. So Red Rock. I'm like, red? Yeah. He was like, oh, yeah. He's like, how does that work? And I was like, oh, bro. Like, I met Dana, and then I met the people there at Red Rock, and they're very great to me, but I'm very, like, being complimentive about the place. He goes, how does somebody like me get into Red Rock? I'm like, dude, like, you just call, and you walk in. Yeah. You walk like. It's not like. It's like a who's who only place. Like, you just see what I do online. You're not seeing everything else. And he's like, I like talking for a little bit. I'm like, all right, man. Hey, great to meet you. I got, you know, I'm, hey, good to meet you. Blah, blah. Hope you. Hope you get a Red Rock. Hope you get some wins. And he's like, yeah, man. Appreciate that. Then he starts going into Cave Creek, Arizona, where I'm from. Then he starts talking about kf, but not being like, I know you're from Cave Creek. I just, you know, brings up the name, the town, Cave Creek, and starts talking about that, and then goes back into Red Rock. All these things where I'm, like, so uncomfortable, and the guy's got a darkness in his eyes, like, where the. Where literally, it's like, this cat is evil. Either that or he's just strung out of his mind because he says he's got, like, a near beer in his hand. He's, like, just kind of, like, walking around, not saying a whole lot, but he looks like he's either eager to speak. And I think after the second or third time, I was like, hey, man, it's great to meet you. The third time, I was like, buddy, I was really good to meet you, but, like, I got to call these places to find a place.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

He goes, can I get your number? I say, yeah, absolutely. He hands me his phone. It's like a. It's not. It's not the phone I have. It's not an iPhone. So I'm like, hey, I don't have this phone. Like, how does it work? He goes, oh, I don't know. I just got it. I just think, okay. So I'm now looking in his phone to find the place to put a contact in, only to put in 10 digits that are not even. Not one of the digits or any of the digits. You can't be like, maybe one of these are none of them. Or any of the numbers in my phone. None of them. Not one. And I give it to him. And the minute I do, I walk over to Will because no joke, I'm a little afraid, I'm a little nervous. Will is fuming. I don't know how much Will is fuming, but I'm more.

[Will Compton]

I'm more of like frustrated because I'm like, we gotta find a spot. And it's starting to hit me like, we might not find a right.

[Zach Top]

We might be homeless tonight.

[Will Compton]

Because I almost started to look in the Airbnb and if I can just message an owner that unlocks something digitally. Be like, hey, here's what our.

[Zach Top]

But what owners up at 2:30 that you want?

[Will Compton]

Exactly. Every. All this is going to my head to where I'm like, all right, it's about to be three in the morning. Like, do we just book a flight and get out here?

[Zach Top]

Places in the city, Right.

[Taylor Lewan]

We were getting out there.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

We're looking at 3045 minute drives.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Oh, yeah. Just to find a place to layer.

[Will Compton]

And knowing that it's already 3 o' clock, it's just going through your head and you're just starting to. You're not like, man, hopefully, because there's so many. There's so many hotels around the area and they're all just, oh, no, sorry, we're sold out. All right.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And then I'm feeling for you. I'm starting to get. Because at first I'm like, you know, as I'm calling these and I'm hearing your guys's conversation, like I heard him say Red Rock or whatever. And I'm just thinking like, Taylor, come on, man. Like, we gotta have all three of us call, you know, calling these places because it just. We gotta cast a wide web. Because everybody's saying we're sold out right now to where it was like, I'm getting internally mad about this guy talking to you because I hear you say, hey, it was good meeting you, man. He's like, hey, so, yeah, so Red Rock, I'm sure you told the story.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And just continues to dive in. And I'm just. It's just all like, it's 3 in the morning. We've been up since like 7:30, 8 in the morning.

[Zach Top]

The night before we were up late.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. The night before we were up late, so it's just.

[Zach Top]

It's just not a good thing.

[Taylor Lewan]

I.

[Zach Top]

So. But once the conversation.

[Will Compton]

And it's Friday night, so I'm starting to feel my back. So when I got up, I'm thinking, like, I was charging my phone for a little bit just to get enough juice. So then when it was charged a little bit, I'm thinking, I have to get up and kind of, like, walk around, right? And move.

[Zach Top]

But when you got up. So, like, when I finished that conversation, I'm legitimately looking for security and safety. I'm thinking, let me make sure I'm safe first, because this guy, I. Dude, I'm telling you. So it was so weird.

[Will Compton]

He's up at just three in the morning, hanging out. Even when we left, he's sitting there talking to the front desk guy, holding his little beer.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Wide awake.

[Will Compton]

Wait.

[Zach Top]

So I go over. I over to sit by a Will and start calling places. And then that's when Will's, like, charging the phone. He's got to get up and walk around. He walks away. I'm like a kid. Like, I'm scared.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh.

[Will Compton]

Like, he's like, yo, he's gonna come back to me like this.

[Zach Top]

Come back. And I'm also knowing, did you get it? Yeah, exactly. I knew I gave him the wrong number. So I'm thinking to myself, he's gonna come back with the wrong thing. And I'm like, oh, was that my fault? It's like, how many times can I do 10 digits? Yeah. This dude's like, oh, you're just lying to me.

[Will Compton]

There's like, let's go stand outside. Let's go outside.

[Zach Top]

Hey, can we go? Let's go outside. Let's go stand outside.

[Will Compton]

Because thank God for the Holiday Inn Express.

[Zach Top]

For real, bro.

[Will Compton]

About 15 minutes away. Thank God.

[Zach Top]

Dialed it in.

[Will Compton]

Do you have three rooms for us tonight? Yeah, we do. Like, right now? Yeah. You guys come over here. We got rooms. I was like, bro, you have no clue how much you just saved.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Save there, like, 15 minutes.

[Zach Top]

End up getting a room, putting our head down, waking up, like, what, 10 or whatever. Go to Buffalo Wild Wings.

[Will Compton]

Like, I kept falling asleep, right at, like, 11 or noon.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, it was one of those deals, man. But we. But yeah, got some bdubs. Bdubs? Sat there. Just talk. And it was funny, too, because we're basically having the conversations that we were having in St. Louis and stuff like that. We're, like, laughing and joking, and Will is getting a little vulgar. He's. He's Got a couple. He's just being louder than everybody else.

[Will Compton]

Guys, I got to get back. I got to take a violent shit.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. I look over, I see a father and a mother sitting with their daughter who's probably, like, 12 years old. And I'm just saying myself. I remember being a kid and then some guy being aloud and talking vulgar. My dad kind of be like, hey, excuse me, sir, could you just look at this? And I look over. I'm like, oh, we are the fucking guys that are doing this. Will's like, walking around like, I think a violent shit. When I get back, some guy in a baseball game gets beamed by ball. Will goes, oh, shit. You guys got to see this, man.

[Will Compton]

We're talking about that dude in the LSU game. A lefty zips at, like, 90 miles an hour and smokes kneecap, hits this.

[Zach Top]

Kid in the ground. While that. Also, there's a soccer game. Some guy's rolling around the game with his ankle. I'm like, these boys, oh, that might be bad, but it's not as bad as my pitch. I need to get up and walk it off. So, yeah, we end up sitting there. We go back to the hotel. We have, like, six hours. And so I start walking around this area because I'm bored. I'm like, there's only so much I can do in this room. How many times can you goon before it's like, let's go to life. I'm losing fluids. I go to, like, the Walmart. There's like a Walmart. Let me just go into this Walmart here, brother. Talk about America being a melting pot. All of them were in there. Every single ethnicity, every single human being. And not only that. I've never seen so many people in wheelchairs in my entire life. Was this dude. One dude was missing the knee down. He had that. Not. He had that stump out to the side. He's taking up half the lane. People are, like, moving around. Everyone's in a rush about something. This dude just slapping people with his knee nub. I was in there for about five minutes. I had to get out of there, man. But, yeah, I went for a little walk, went to Wawas ass, garbage, garbage.

[Will Compton]

And literally, if I Now, if I can play Mitch's side, like, if there's zero expectation about Wawas walking in, like, yeah, it's. I mean, it's a solid gas station.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. If there's zero expectation and you're like, wow. You walk and be like, this is a really nice, clean gas station.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, it's. It's like, Casey's. It's like, yeah, because we're like, let's go get some food. And somebody sent, like.

[Zach Top]

I was like, oh, well, I saw it on the thing. I was like, oh, dope. Mitch Carsley is always talking about how the Northeast Wawas is essentially their Buckies. I'm like, oh, this is gonna be a cool little event for us.

[Garrett]

You're just putting words in my mouth. Right?

[Zach Top]

That's not. Mitch. Have you not.

[Garrett]

I have not.

[Zach Top]

You literally said, I'm pretty sure I'm back of the bus. Last week, you said to somebody, somebody says about Wawas, you go, oh, yeah, that's. That's buggies for the Northeast. Or like, you're like, oh, yeah.

[Garrett]

I didn't come, like, compare it and.

[Zach Top]

Say that you were speaking highly about Wawas, which is just a gas station.

[Garrett]

I was speaking highly about Wawa, Yes. Correct. But I never said it was anything like Bucky's, because Bucky's is incomparable. But why, like, you got you FaceTime me Saturday.

[Zach Top]

This is Saturday.

[Garrett]

Yeah, FaceTime me. And I'm like, this place sucks, dude.

[Zach Top]

But I'm in my head, I think I'm walking into buggies. I think there's going to be a Wawa sculpture of whatever a Wawa is.

[Will Compton]

No, because we were also hungry. We were looking for food.

[Zach Top]

And you go. You go get a quesadilla to hit me back. Yeah. Hang up the phone. Well, someone here got a quesadilla. First off, I'm, you know, I'm getting myself a little pump, a little pregame UFC pump. The boys are going down to Wawas, and G's like, oh, I'm gonna go try a quesadilla. He walks in. I can smell him from here with the quesadilla. I'm like, that smells terrible. Wawas. Wawa's good gas station. Not even close to Bucky's.

[Garrett]

Not clean gas station.

[Zach Top]

Anything close to Bucky's clean gas station. Nothing impressive about the food compared to any other gas station. Onward, you're.

[Will Compton]

It felt well kept. It seemed very safe. You know what I mean?

[Zach Top]

Like, say, yeah, so nice to Mitch right now.

[Will Compton]

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[Zach Top]

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[Taylor Lewan]

Thanks.

[Will Compton]

What else do we have? What else do we have boys? Dad Combine coming this week.

[Zach Top]

Dad Combine shoots on Wednesday. That'll be outstanding. We've added since this weekend we've added another event.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

To the dad Combine.

[Will Compton]

But the the beautiful thing is all it feels like everybody's dad's pretty much coming. Most dads, 90 of dads are coming, which is an uptick. We have an uptick in percentage from last year.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, it's good, wholesome, fun. Get the old man around, hang out, swap some more stories.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Hopefully Dave doesn't try to cheat in a competition that there's no winner.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. It's fun that we've been able to turn content into like us hanging out with our dads.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

The week of Father's Day.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

So it's like we're having a moment with them where they're traveling in from out of town because we're all away from, you know, our families and everybody else, but just to have a nice hang with her. All with our dads, man.

[Mitch]

Speaking of dads, Bill made an appearance this weekend. Dude, he looks so good.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Mitch]

He has lost so much weight. He's just the man. He was wearing that American flag. Polo too. Just like. Just like taking it all in, watching you guys give your speeches and like, just like a proud dad moment. Your dad rips.

[Zach Top]

Bill rips. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Shout out Bill, defending mvp.

[Mitch]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Nvd. I know Bill, dude. Just seeing Bill's awesome, man. His transformation last year.

[Mitch]

Unreal.

[Zach Top]

Crazy.

[Mitch]

Still putting down a couple of those Michelob Zeros.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, I love that.

[Mitch]

Just a little taste.

[Zach Top]

Swan. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

I just wanted to take the butt Nas and Mick. Yeah. Michelob0.

[Zach Top]

We were sitting there drinking the beer out of the tap and I looked at. Well, man, because at this point Bill left. I was like, I kind of wish Bill was back on the wagon for just. Just this moment.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Because he's been sober for like a year now. But yeah, you're up there tasting the sweet nectar. The greatest beer of all time. Just. What was it? Unpasteurized cold. We're standing in 35°. A 35° room area with all these massive tanks.

[Zach Top]

They bottle 21, 000 bottles an hour of Bud Light.

[Mitch]

I thought they said per minute they could.

[Zach Top]

That'd be even more impressive.

[Mitch]

I'm pretty sure it was per.

[Will Compton]

That'd be even crazy.

[Mitch]

I think it was.

[Zach Top]

That's like 60 times more than 1.

[Mitch]

000 cans per minute. And it was like 16, 000 bottles a minute. But we can obviously fact check that. But I'm pretty sure it was a lot.

[Taylor Lewan]

I think he's. It'll be in the vlog.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, yeah, he said in the vlog.

[Mitch]

Watch the vlog.

[Zach Top]

Watch the vlog. Vlog's coming out.

[Will Compton]

Did you see in all. I'll need help with this, but apparently schools can now legally pay players in College Sports. Effective July 1, 2025, schools can directly compensate athletes per school. You. They will get 20 and a half million dollars per school, rising to $33 million over the next decade. That includes retroactive payments for the 2016-2024 period. That's huge for those guys. I wish I was in that period because I read that I get a little jealous. But it's all good. College football teams that get played with will get more nil money. That's on College Football. CFB 26 teams that get played with the mo. Teams that get played with a lot will get more money toward their nil. Yeah, this opens a new era that breaks from traditional NCAA amateurism, ushering in a new professionalized college sports model. So my first question, go ahead and sherm, or if anybody's dove into this.

[Zach Top]

And then I definitely want to dive.

[Will Compton]

Into this, is the schools that can now pay players say the 20 and a half million dollars, is that essentially like a cap that schools will have now? So what about the outside money with nil and all the brand deals going on? You know what I mean? You still have all the outside nil money, but for direct compensation, all schools can legally pay up to whatever that number was, 25.9, 25.9 or 0.5, 20.5. Every single school can legally pay that. Now they have to. Title 9 is stepping in and their argument is how is this going to get fairly spread out through all student athletes? So it's not just all going to college football. So, okay, so this is for. Yeah, that's on me because I think about just football. So it's 20 and a half million dollars toward all sports. Okay, but, so that's good, that's good for colleges. But it's still. Nil is still going to be like a supreme and it's still going to reign supreme. Like there's no cap on what these kids can still like make. Yes. And is it like the. Can the NCAA essentially tell? And I'll just use Nebraska as an example. Like Nebraska, you're putting 18 of your 20 million into football. Like, what's going on here? You, you got to spread out the love, blah, blah, blah. I mean, essentially these schools can do whatever they want with the money. They could give it all to football. They don't have to give a cent. I mean, if you're looking at it from a business standpoint, if football is the biggest driver at the university, you're going to put the majority of the dollars in football. And if Title 9 or somebody steps in, like that's just another parameter that they're going to have to eventually come up with. Come up with. If it's like you can, you know, 40% goes to football, 20% to basketball, you know, 5% to volleyball, to where it's like there's certain stipulations, you know what I mean? Because if not, it's like you're going to feed the. You're going to feed the best ones the most money because you're trying to stay on top because that's where all of your brand awareness comes from with recruiting.

[Zach Top]

I don't know. This question was already asked, but does every D1 school get $20.5 million?

[Will Compton]

Yes.

[Zach Top]

So Kent State gets 20.5 and it's.

[Will Compton]

Spread across all sports and athletics. They don't get it, but they, they can give it. Like that's their cap. Their salary cap that they can give throughout one year is $20.5 million.

[Zach Top]

Because my understanding of the NIL is the school has to essentially be removed from the NIL situation where you have this, this third party that's kind of facilitating all of the different sponsorships and everything for name, image, likeness and football or sports can't be a part of it. The schools can't be a part of it. But they kind of know what's going on. This now allows them to, okay, this is our bucket. 20.5 million across all sports. Correct. I mean, I love the idea of a cap. I love the idea of if college football is truly going this way, then let's start to match it in the, you know, as much as like the NFL as possible, where you have a certain amount of money per year you can go into, you can't go over. If you do, there's a fine or something happens with that and then allow players to get their sponsorships. Like you see George Kittle, he's rocking with Chubby's, he's rocking with Bud Light, all these different things. But if it's $20.5 million, I almost think of as like, hey, great for the other sports because football is going to get theirs.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

I'm sure the guys that are like lower on the totem pole in the locker room, they're going to get like, everyone's going to have more of a base salary than these guys are getting paid a lot. Because they know a lot money is coming from nil and you're just like, hey, gymnastics, track and fields, water polo, all water games, bowling, field hockey. Like these guys that are kind of like, hey, yeah, we're playing college sports, but we're probably not getting a whole lot. This is a good opportunity for them, great for schools.

[Will Compton]

But the biggest thing that's got to happen is you're going to have to, you got to find a way to lock these, these kids into athletes, into contracts.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

To where it's not portal season all year long and they can't like just sit there and dip in and out every other year unless they're, you know, unless they signed a one year deal with the school. You know what I'm saying?

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Garrett]

Kind of going back to what you were saying earlier of like keeping it in one like sport. Montana State this past year won the like D1 double A national championship. And then there's, there's this company that was created and you can essentially donate money to like on their website to certain players to try and keep them around to like increase their nil fund. That way like those kids are like more inclined to stay rather than go to a bigger school and get paid. So that's kind of like another like I guess you could say loophole that like I g. Like we can all donate 10 bucks to a player and that money will go directly towards that player so that like for their nil to stay at Montana State, look, I.

[Will Compton]

Mean we're in it. It's, it's all the, the money. The floodgates are busted wide open. It's, it's, it's legitimately for me, it's like when's the rule going to come out to where kids and athletes can be locked into like multi year deals?

[Zach Top]

Yeah. There's going to be a documentary that comes out in the next 10 years about the period that we're living in right now.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

About how crazy it was because yeah. The whole thing about contracts like that, I think that is the biggest thing. Like these players can't just come and make a bag for a year. Like, hey, we're going to pay you X, Y and Z. If you were saying a bag, a four year deal, like Bryce Underwood signs 10 year, four years, 10 years. Like next year, essentially he could go, I'm gonna go somewhere else and make. What is it? Sorry, four years, 10 million. He could essentially go to another school that's going to pay him $1 million more. And it's like, wow, like if I go and I sign with the Titans, I'm under contract with the Titans and the negotiations start, I could say I'm upset. I could be publicly about whatever and then have the conversation take place because it's, it's, it's the wild west, bro. Like there's so much money. All this is telling me, based on the little things I know about this already is $20.5 million is just being added to everything else that's going on.

[Will Compton]

Correct. Like again. And Mitch talking about loopholes, whatever, all how creative everybody's getting to get athletes money.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Will Compton]

It's like, all right, accepted that's great. Now let's figure out how these kids are getting locked into where they're there for more than just one year, and I, I to where they can't leave.

[Zach Top]

I love the idea of a cap in the sense that everybody, all these major schools are now on the same playing field. So now we can kind of get back to, well, I grew up a fan of this team. I'm loyal to this team. And you can kind of get more of a camaraderie, like, hey, this is our team. Not like, hey, it's springtime. This guy's not getting enough snaps during the spring practice. So I'm gonna get the hell out of here. Or I didn't play like they said I was gonna play, so I'm gonna get the hell out of here. Like, have one fixed area for free agency or the portal and then as a contract where you're like, you're, you are here. Unless these things happen. Like, you have different things in your contract or whatever. But I think if once you add a cap and add everything, it allows teams to be like, you're more back in the college football culture. Like, yeah, everyone's getting paid. That's great. But you chose to come here when, you know, the money was the same everywhere else, or it was the same in many different areas, you know, and if it wasn't, you took more there. Well, then they had to sacrifice something on the back end for a couple other players that they would have wanted. But right now it's just, hey, who's got the biggest bank account? Yeah, that's how I feel about that.

[Will Compton]

Hey, happy, happy Father's Day, man.

[Zach Top]

Happy Father's Day.

[Will Compton]

Happy Father's Day.

[Zach Top]

Happy Father's Day. The boys out there.

[Will Compton]

Happy the Father's Day. To all the dads out there. Oh, reminder, first episode of for the dads. You're listening to this right now on Tuesday. First episode of for the dads drops tomorrow on this channel, so be on the lookout for that. We also have a bunch of Father's Day merchants. I'm wearing for the dad shirt right here.

[Zach Top]

Oh, God. Just swivel your chair.

[Taylor Lewan]

I don't want any.

[Zach Top]

Says for the dads. Dads don't let dads miss trash day. It's a beautiful, beautiful optimism right there.

[Will Compton]

We got a bunch of. A bunch of merchandise for dads. Girl dads just go on our site bwtb. Buy that up. Back of the Bus merch coming soon. Your guys show drops Thursdays, Thursdays.

[Garrett]

Thursday morning at Back of the Bus pod on YouTube. We're still working on audio. Got just got to talk to people on the back end, make sure we can get that released. We hear that. We, we hear you in the comments. Audio feed is we hear you.

[Will Compton]

We see you. We're going to try to execute.

[Garrett]

We love you.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Zach top. Coming up next, big time guest. Cannot wait to dive into all the things with him. Like somebody put me on Jack and Garrett put me on Zach top. And for six months you guys have been saying, get this guy came in.

[Will Compton]

He'S like, we need to get this guy before he blows up. He's currently blowing up. Yeah, we had a podcast recording set with him a while back, but that was the day where he won. He won the year new male artist of the year. So he had. We had to push that recording to, you know what you're going to listen to now. He comes in later today, so he's going to be awesome. Boys are fired up.

[Zach Top]

Fired up.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Appreciate your support. Big hugs, tiny kisses. Enjoy. Zach top.

[Zach Top]

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[Taylor Lewan]

Thank you, guys.

[Will Compton]

Great introduction. Great introduction, Great introduction.

[Taylor Lewan]

That was magical. I need to, like, get a recording of that and start. I'm gonna have him play that before my shows and stuff.

[Zach Top]

Well, you know the best thing about this? This is being recorded. It is. Dude, your voice is. Is insane. And I do have to give a shout out to Jack and Garrett. So a couple of our boys, like, nine, ten months ago, it was in. In the football season, are like, dude, this Zach Top cat. Yeah, yeah, I get the Zach Top guy. Your boy Tyler's over here. Yeah, I guess working the phones. He's on the Internet trying to get our AOL accounts, trying to figure that whole thing out, how you get. Get Zach on. Zach on. And I like. I'm a guy that's like, everyone's on a show. And I was like, have you heard of Severance? How amazing is Severance? Yeah, you know what? I'm gonna wait three years until all the fuss is over. Severance. So as, like, the season ends, we're like, hey, talking about Zach Top. I go pop on the Spotify and I listen to your number one song, I Never Lie. And, buddy, it's essentially oceanfront property. By George. It is. It's like, this is incredible.

[Taylor Lewan]

Well, thanks, man. I haven't. Nobody's made that comparison before, and that's exactly right. It's just the whole thing is a sarcastic lie, and it's. Yeah, that's my favorite.

[Zach Top]

No one's brought that. No one said that before.

[Taylor Lewan]

No, I've never heard that comparison. I haven't even thought of it. But yeah, it's. It's exactly. It's the same thing.

[Zach Top]

Our boys who do a research were saying that your. Your parents aren't musically inclined at all.

[Taylor Lewan]

No, they. The music stuff. I mean, we all grew up in church and stuff, Sang in church, and so my mom and dad sang in church, but, yeah, they never. My dad can play a mean Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano and the banjo.

[Zach Top]

Okay, so they got a little something.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Not really. They have great musical taste. I'll say that. They got me started on the right stuff, but no, they. My oldest sister, Lake, and was the first one, and she's several years older than me. And the rest of us kids, the rest of us three, are all a year and a half apart, but she was the first one. She loved piano, was classically trained pianist, really good at that. I remember going around. We would go to her. She would go to competitions and stuff. And we ran around the Northwest following her around when I was real little. And so she started teaching. I think mom and dad forced her to start teaching us little kids piano too. And that was probably miserable for her. And then. Yeah, but it was. I think they got me a guitar when I was three. I think I just begged. I. I love George Strait. That was the. I wanted to. Amarillo by Morning was my favorite song. That was what I wanted to learn how to play. I just wanted to hold a guitar and wear a cowboy hat and look like George Straight. And so there's. There's goofy pictures of me doing that at three and anyways, and then, yeah, five years old, I. I took my first lesson, I guess, and we. Yeah, me and Maddie, who's my younger older sister, she started playing fiddle. And then shortly after that, Jor, my little brother, and then Laken, the piano player sister was. She started playing bass and he started playing mandolin. So we. I don't know, just stumbled in. It never was the idea, but stumbled into making a little family band and played our first show when I was seven. And. Yeah, anyways. But yeah, didn't come from mom and dad. They encouraged it.

[Will Compton]

Better informing, I guess.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

My dad did not encourage us to get into the livestock business. My little brother is now. But that's. I always say that everybody else kind of grew up. Oh, there it is. Yeah. Nice. They all grew up and got real jobs and I'm still just out here.

[Zach Top]

And you said your. You said your sister was going around the Pacific Northwest doing piano competitions.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Is it like a drum line thing where one person goes, the next person goes, and then someone starts hitting other people's keys?

[Taylor Lewan]

I have very.

[Will Compton]

Hold up a score.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

I don't like. I have very. Just vague few memories of that. I was really little. I probably. I guess I was probably five or six years old or something when she was doing that. But yeah, we just. We go sit and, you know, it's usually in some church or something. We sit there in pews and everybody go up there and they'd play their piece. And I think it was competitions. It may have been recitals. That's. I don't remember that part.

[Zach Top]

See, that's Probably.

[Taylor Lewan]

But if there was a winner, I guarantee you it was her.

[Will Compton]

She was that good, huh?

[Zach Top]

She.

[Taylor Lewan]

She is not much in, like, the sporting world, but one of the most competitive people, I think, like card games, board games, anything like that. And just like anything she does, she kind of has a. A need to be the best at it, for sure.

[Will Compton]

She'd fit in with us.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, she'd be all right. Yeah, she would definitely be able to do that. So you start this. You start this band at seven.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

What's the band's name?

[Taylor Lewan]

Top String.

[Zach Top]

Top String.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yes. My mom was. My mom came up with that. She was pretty proud of that.

[Zach Top]

Yes.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. But, yeah, we. It was a goofy. Like I said, we never, like, we didn't have a plan to be a band. We were all just like, I don't know, kind of wanted to learn an instrument. And mom and dad were like, okay, we'll put you in lessons. And then we. Our family orthodontist, who was like, also. They're like an extra set of grandparents for us kind of. They. He was like in a Rotary Club in town and stuff. And there was a Patsy Cline musical. Oh, there's a good one right there. Patsy Cline musical coming through. Playing at the local high school. And he was like. He called my dad and John, aren't you. Aren't your kids playing music or something? You think they'd want to come down here and play a show? And anyway, I guess so the story goes, my dad said, well, Randy, I can't answer that form. You're gonna have to talk to them. And so he handed me the phone, and I was like, yeah, Randy, we'd love to come play your show. Exactly. He. He was like, well, it's a couple months away. And I guess I went, well, that's good. By then we'll know some songs. We'd love to play your show. Anyway. Yeah, we did that. And that was. I learned what an autograph was that night. Some nice old church lady come up and asked me for my autograph. And I went to. My mom, was, mom, what's an autograph? And so anyway, yeah, that was the start of it all.

[Will Compton]

At that age. Or did you start spending a lot of time on the back your notebook practicing your autograph or in your notebook?

[Taylor Lewan]

That didn't come till, like, I feel like I was like 15 or something. Yeah. When I started to. Yeah. And it went through a few iterations, and now it doesn't look like anything. I feel like a lot of people's. Is it Just turns into some kind of scribble. As long as. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

High school.

[Taylor Lewan]

Because it's got to be fast.

[Will Compton]

You're like, you try and perfect something. Yeah. One day, if I'm exactly great at.

[Taylor Lewan]

Something, if I'm in the MLB or I'm a country singer, can do anything.

[Zach Top]

I remember when. When I was training for the combine, I signed a deal with Panini, and they're like, hey, we'll give you X amount of dollars. Panini sandwich. No, that's a car. It's a card company.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay.

[Zach Top]

So you, like, sign these stickers and they put them on, like, your rookie card or whatever.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay, sure.

[Zach Top]

And, like, you sign 4,000 of these, we'll give you, like, like 10. $10,000.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sure.

[Zach Top]

And I'm thinking to myself, bro, 10,000 is insane.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Like, that's amazing. So I started doing Taylor all Incursive Lawan. And then By like the 20th one, I was like, this is. Nope, we gotta switch something up. And a little swish.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Moving on. And it hasn't changed since then, but it is always kind of cool to go through a man if I'm. If I'm the man someday.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Signature. Gonna look, there's some.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, there's some school notebooks looking.

[Zach Top]

Like you mentioned baseball is baseball. You're the sport you grew up loving.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, that. Well, I started that one first, you know, started in T ball and all that. And I was a decent little baseball player. I was a lefty, so played first base. And then Taylor is.

[Will Compton]

He's a lefty.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. No kidding. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Baseball.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Dude.

[Zach Top]

Hey, pull up the clip.

[Taylor Lewan]

Come on.

[Zach Top]

So this weekend we were in St. Louis in the Cardinals.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

We're doing something with Anheuser Busch and four first form. This is me.

[Will Compton]

Watch this.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, hell yeah. First pitch here.

[Will Compton]

First pitch.

[Zach Top]

Now. I will say before we pause it, first question.

[Will Compton]

Have you seen this?

[Taylor Lewan]

No.

[Zach Top]

You seen this?

[Taylor Lewan]

No.

[Zach Top]

Second, and this is a massive insurance policy. Played a lot of football.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Shoulder. I dislocated this open in 2012. This thumb here, that's a UCL. That's actually. Hasn't been fixed at all.

[Taylor Lewan]

Perfect.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Will Compton]

He's totally fine.

[Zach Top]

So you can tell it's a little up. Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

He's healthy, he's confident.

[Zach Top]

It's fun to have fun with your boys. We're talking. But I. We're kind of doing the whole dance right now. Are we going to be friends or. We're not going to walk away from this. What's life really going to be like? And I know this is going to put me on the eight ball in a big way. Let's go play the clip. Look at that. Good.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's a, it's a great wind up. Oh, that was that thumb I saw. That was.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, you see it slip out a little bit.

[Taylor Lewan]

Dude, I hate, I love getting to like. Like I've just gained enough popularity that I like now like some sports guys are starting to pay attention like our fans and stuff. Somehow I got invited to do. I shot a charity free throw for the Houston Rockets game back when we played the Houston Rodeo in March. And I play a good little bit of basketball too. That was like. That became my favorite sport and I was always too small to. I always tried to be a post player and just you know, was too small, way too white and can't jump high and cannot. Yeah. Here, if you.

[Zach Top]

A couple of these.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh it's so, it's so. I'm so slow now. Yes, terrible. But anyways I, I did this and I went out there and I wore a frickin button down shirt which was already a bad idea. And the first shot I tried to shoot with my cowboy hat on and it's like oh, that doesn't work. Kind of take that off and set it down. Anyway, I air balled the free throw. It was horrible.

[Will Compton]

In that setting or in the middle of everybody and what do you mean like that?

[Taylor Lewan]

No, my warm up. Yeah. Oh yeah, here. Amelia's got. Yeah, there you go. She got videos. I, I made like seven in a row or something while I was warming up and I was like heck yeah, I'm good. And then. Yeah, there you go. Exactly. Yeah. I was, I was like hey, I'm locked in. And then walked out there when I did and it was like, you know, it's like a mid season game. There wasn't hardly anybody there.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

To see it anyway. But there were a couple of fans when I went down there warm up. There's already some people in there and they, A couple fans saw me and so somebody knows that I, I definitely airballed that free throw.

[Zach Top]

Somebody was aware.

[Taylor Lewan]

Kids or something suffered that night. I think, I think if I made it they got like there was like $5,000 donated and if I missed they still got 3,000. So terrible.

[Zach Top]

We're talking about a win, win situation.

[Taylor Lewan]

And how bad is that?

[Will Compton]

In the middle of an NBA game I would be.

[Taylor Lewan]

Exactly. Well, so it wasn't the middle. That was, it was way it was before the game started. So it was like there was almost Nobody in there, so I was saved. A little shame, but it still was just like, dude. That was like. My dad was always my coach in all the. You know, in baseball and in basketball growing up and stuff. And that was. He would always just, dude, make your free throws. You're playing in the post. You're gonna get fouled, big man. There's nothing makes me more mad than a big man that can't make his free throws. You're gonna go to the line check.

[Zach Top]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Can't say exactly.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. You're not sitting in Washington Watching Shaq, Mr. Free Throw, being like. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Taylor Lewan]

They call it free for a reason.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

All that stuff.

[Will Compton]

Professional ball players.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Make their free throws.

[Zach Top]

Right. The basics.

[Taylor Lewan]

Do you get paid $10 million a year?

[Zach Top]

Nothing. Yeah, nothing would make me more mad than, like, not making the playoffs and you're with your boys or you're at, like, a barbecue or something like that. Like in January while everyone's watching playoffs football and someone, like, drops a ball, but it's like they're kind of reaching out for it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And then some fat guy in the corner is like, how do you not catch that? You're talking like that for.

[Taylor Lewan]

Chips, dude.

[Zach Top]

Exactly. I saw you trip three times walking to that chair. What the are you talking about, dude?

[Will Compton]

He's got a point, though.

[Taylor Lewan]

I am that guy, though.

[Will Compton]

He's got a point.

[Zach Top]

How do you drop it?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, I'll be on. I'd be on the sideline watching the offense, you know?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I'm definitely that guy sitting there.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, dude. I mean, Cheeto crumbs.

[Taylor Lewan]

You gotta make that play.

[Will Compton]

Your dad being your coach growing up, did you have the. The Wiffle ball hanging down from a string in the garage? Work on keeping them hips closed.

[Taylor Lewan]

We. I don't think we ever did that. We definitely. I remember just. I was always. I would kind of side on the ball. He hated that.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Make the tea come over the top.

[Zach Top]

I'm down here. I'm not getting paid up here. I'm getting paid.

[Taylor Lewan]

Exactly.

[Will Compton]

Don't do that. Hot dog. And you see out there on the.

[Zach Top]

Internet, I thought you've been there before. Okay. He saw that shimmy shake you did after the basketball. He's like this.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, exactly. Act like you feel you play in.

[Zach Top]

Front of a full stadium, and you're like, thank you very much. Walk off. No excitement at all.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's the whole thing. Exactly. It's like, well, that's what I'm good at. So that's Like, I'm not nervous there. I'm not. It's not like some. Yeah. Big showboat thing, but it's like. Like, I don't. I don't do this. I'm bad at this. If I can. If I make a few in a row here. Yeah, I feel good.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Yeah. This is my deal right now. This is my deal. Yeah, dude, your dad. So you grew up. You grew up on a ranch slash farm. Which one was it?

[Taylor Lewan]

No, it was. So we lived on this. We. It was just a little hobby farm, basically. I think there was. He might had 30 acres there or something. I can't remember. But yeah, we had a bunch of goats around. Always a handful of horses. Every now and then a few cattle. But, yeah, you know, next to a bunch of people that were raising cattle and stuff. And then he had his. He's in the livestock business. He runs a sale barn back in Washington. Still does. My brother works for him now, so we got to. Oh, is that Sunnyside right there? Yeah, there it is. Magical.

[Zach Top]

That's the hometown right there, huh?

[Taylor Lewan]

That's it. Yeah. We lived. That was like the. We lived over on the. I don't even know what side of town it was, but we were kind of out. Out on the edge of it. But anyway, yeah, we had that hobby farm where we lived, and then it was like 10 miles away from there or something. He had a ranch for a little while with his business partner, and that was where we got to, you know, go up and play cowboy a little bit and, you know, goof around. We go ride some fence, do it. You know, whenever there's a branding or a gather or something, we got to go out there and put us on. Yeah. Take our lame little nags from the farm and wander around and make a mess for all the guys that actually knew what they were doing. And, yeah, it was grand time. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

When did you start to think that you could possibly have a future in music? The idea and fantasizing about it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I mean, you know, like, I always wanted to. That was always kind of the goal. But I think, you know, my parents having no. No exposure to the music business, like, I didn't have. Being in Washington, I didn't really have anyone to guide me on, like, what I need to do to, like, get into the music business. So I was just playing and singing, and I practiced like crazy, and that was kind of it. And then in college, I moved to Boulder. Went to CU Boulder for a year. Well, I guess three semesters. And then decided I hated it and I was a year away from finishing a mechanical engineering degree and decided I was sick of it. Well, that was my story to my parents. I, I, I started dating a girl and. And never fail.

[Zach Top]

As old as time.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. And never went to my circus class and failed that class. And then I was gonna have to take. It was like one of those that only is offered in the spring or something. And so I was going to take a whole extra year to go back and do that circus class again. And so I was like, I think I'm done. I'm gonna go work construction and save money and move to Nashville. That was not what I told my parents when I told them I was quitting school, though.

[Zach Top]

What were you gonna tell them? You just had.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, I told them. I was just like, no, it's just music is where my heart's at. This is really what I gotta do. Yeah. It sounded much more inspirational than. Exactly, exactly. I'm not passionate about your life. Exactly, exactly. That's right. But that, you know, that was always their advice to me was just like, you know, go get a good job and you can go play bluegrass festivals on the weekend, you know, with your buddies. And so that was kind of always what I thought I'd do. And then, yeah, started working construction, started posting some of these videos on Facebook was kind of the first thing that I did. That was the first one that blew up for me. Anyway, I'd posted a few and you know, I get like 1500 views or something. It wasn't nothing. But then had one, a guy named Daryl Singletary, who's one of my favorite singers. He was late 90s, early 2000s guy, phenomenal singer, real old school sounding. And he passed away in February of 2018. And I put up a video. There it is. Yeah, the old Spilled Whiskey was the song. Put that up. And anyway, that was the first it blew up. It got like 330, 000 views or something like that on Facebook. And so then I got a few calls from and emails from people in Nashville, mostly like shyster types kind of. It was like, if you can come up with $20,000, we'll cut you a record and make you a star. And I didn't know anything about the music business, but I was pretty sure that that was not how it worked.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

So anyway, and then a guy named Carson Chamberlain, who is my producer to this day, sent me some email. What is funny? The girl I was dating at the time was the one that saw it because I kind of a little different.

[Zach Top]

Girl than Boulder girl?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, this was Boulder girl.

[Zach Top]

Oh, same girl?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yes, sir. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

All right. Okay. We still dating her?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah? No, sir.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Taylor Lewan]

No. All right, Taylor.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Okay. Sorry, girl from Boulder, but really that up.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, Lord.

[Zach Top]

I don't know what you. You did, man, but woof. All right, go off teasing.

[Will Compton]

We're teasing.

[Zach Top]

We're having a good time. We're having a good time.

[Taylor Lewan]

What's Denise. We're having a good time.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Then, yeah, he sent some email and like, didn't hardly say anything in it. He was just like, hey, my name's Carson Chamberlain. Been in the music business a while. I'm not much for toot my own horn, but you can probably look me up if you want to give me a. Give me a call sometime if you want to talk about working together. Anyway, and so my girlfriend texted me, she was like, you remember this Chamberlain guy? And. Oh, none of those are Carson Chamberlain. He has. He is the most underground. Like. No. Oh, yeah, there you go. There's a couple pictures. Yeah, that's old school Carson there. Yeah, that's probably. That's probably the 80s or something, maybe 90s.

[Zach Top]

Okay, so he's aged a bit since then.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, there you go. There's a little more recent one. Yeah, that's just a few years ago. Anyways, you remember this Chamberlain guy? I said, nah, not really. And she was like, I'm sending you a Wikipedia link right now. You're gonna want to call this guy back. Anyway, pulled up the link and he was Keith Whitley's steel player and band leader, tour managed Alan Jackson for a few years, you know, big producer on Mark Wills, Billy Currington, Easton Corbin, a bunch of guys that I was up, you know, a fan of already and stuff. And, and so anyway, I was like, oh, dang. Well, this guy might actually be legit. And he, you know, he came about it a much different way too. He wouldn't ask him for money to go in and cut songs. He was like, man, let's see if we can be buddies and then we'll, you know, we'll see if we can work together after that. And so we spent, you know, it's been. I started coming to town that fall of 2018. He would fly me in, let me stay at his house, set up co writes for us. He was big time mentor and, you know, kind of a father figure for me out here as well. But anyway, yeah, started working with him. We wrote songs for four years, I guess, before we ever put out that first record last year. And, yeah, he kind of. He showed me the ropes on the music business, making records, you know, everything. So that was kind of my first foot in the door, where it was like, oh, if this guy thinks I got something, maybe I can, you know, have a chance at making it in this business. So, yeah, that's my long, rambling answer to. I think we got to what your question was about.

[Zach Top]

Honestly, dude, long rambling answers, exactly what we're looking at.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's what. That's what podcasts are about.

[Zach Top]

If Will and I could just sit back and talk the whole time, that'd make our. It's way easier that way.

[Will Compton]

So the family band had to break up.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, we all kind of.

[Zach Top]

That's cool. Tell us about when you first got the Nashville. Let's talk about when you're a child. Bring us back to that. So you're eight?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, we. We kept that going till 17, I guess. Yeah. Or I was 17. Anyway. Yeah. So about 10 years. We ran around and did that. And then, yeah, we were all. Me and Maddie were moving off to college, and Jordan was still younger, staying back home. And so I was just kind of like, you know, logistically wasn't going to happen anymore. And like I said before, they all grew up and got real jobs. Maddie's a veterinarian now. Laken is a teacher. Well, heck, she's chair of the math department at Front Range Community College now. She's still in Boulder, actually. Her family and stuff. And then, yeah, little brother's working for dad.

[Zach Top]

So when. When you first make the steps, you have the, you know, the very touching conversation with your parents. Mechanics isn't in my life. I need. I need to move to Nashville, Tennessee. When you get to Nashville, how intimidating is that for you? Because when I get to Nashville, it's like I'm a football player. I'm not really trying. I'm not in this massive world.

[Taylor Lewan]

Right.

[Zach Top]

But you walk down Broadway and every single bar you listen to, like, everyone. Sounds good.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Everyone's extremely talented. Like, you officially taking yourself as, like, a big fish, small pond.

[Taylor Lewan]

Absolutely.

[Zach Top]

And you've gone into the ocean.

[Will Compton]

You're in the big leagues.

[Zach Top]

You're in the big leagues. Bob, like, someone probably shoulders. You said, like, you do coaching, music, whatever, bro. You know. So how do you, like. What is your pro like? Are you. Are you naturally a confident guy with this? Are you kind of, like, leaning on people like, hey, I see you do that. I do this. Maybe we could help each other out an Accountability buddy out there. Like, what was your process when you first got to Nashville?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I was very.

[Zach Top]

Brought the girl with you?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yes. Yeah. For a minute. Yes. And then that. That ended a little while.

[Zach Top]

We should. Real quick. I'll put that to bed. But you should call her and just be like, thank you.

[Taylor Lewan]

We. We.

[Will Compton]

Yes.

[Taylor Lewan]

Well, she does deserve a lot of things.

[Zach Top]

You missed that. You failed that mechanics class. You probably just be a mechanic right now. You'd be the most. The most talented mechanic of all time.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

If it wasn't for this girl and her beautiful eyelashes, flapping them at you over and over again for you to fail that class.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, there's. There's a lot of things. I ended up being married to her for a little while.

[Zach Top]

That's all right.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

It's all good.

[Taylor Lewan]

So. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Call that an annulment, dude. You get that in there, you get your feet wet a little bit. We toss that out the window. You want.

[Taylor Lewan]

It wasn't quite that.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

But it is a few years. So we were past the annulment. It's all good.

[Will Compton]

There's a question way from me, like, so what actually happened?

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Why couldn't we make it work?

[Zach Top]

Get on the phone, call her up. Let's figure this out right now. Yeah. Anyways. Yeah. Onward.

[Will Compton]

So were you nervous coming out here for the first.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I think most through a divorce.

[Zach Top]

All this going on like this.

[Will Compton]

You talk to a therapist?

[Zach Top]

Oh, my goodness.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yes.

[Zach Top]

So you're in Nashville?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yes. Yep. I came. When I came out, it was mostly like. I didn't do any. I didn't play around town at all. Did not do the Broadway thing at all. It was just. I. I was still working construction when I came here. I got my dad to go in with me. We bought a place north of town, and I gutted the whole thing and remodeled it. It and then. And it was still waiting on it to be sold, so. But anyway, it got the job done. It was just, you know, I needed to have something to do. And then I'd ride a couple days a week with Carson and whoever else we were writing with. Oh, yeah, there's mine. Nice. That's what I did at work all the time. Nice. I get it. Here.

[Zach Top]

Did you get one?

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I spent way too long.

[Zach Top]

Hip swing is wild.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Dude, it's.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's. I don't think you're supposed to do that, but there.

[Zach Top]

There you go.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, here. Yeah. Gotta get it.

[Zach Top]

Okay. All right.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

You are a bit of a showboat, huh? You're a bit of a show.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

I see you on the Internet being all feminine and when I tell you.

[Zach Top]

About them hips, moving them hips, you ain't Elvis Presley.

[Taylor Lewan]

Amen.

[Zach Top]

Would really turn your dad into something on this pod.

[Taylor Lewan]

I love it, dude.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Do. Looking back at it now, do you think like, oh, I was a little like even when you go to Nashville to be a part of it, but then you kind of still stay underground with everything, like you're just doing your own thing.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. And that was a lot on the. On account of Carson, my producer, he. I kind of figured it would be I'm gonna get to town, I'm gonna play every night of the week. You know, I'm going to Nashville, I'm gonna play and sing. That's what I'm there for. And he advised me it was like, man, keep. Keep Nashville at arm's length kind of. And it's. It's like a. If you can get it to where Nashville wants you more than you need Nashville, that's. Then you've got a little leverage and that's kind of like a better foot to be starting off of. So anyway, that was. Yeah, we just set. We stayed underground, wrote a pile of songs. I signed a publishing deal in 2021 with. That was right when I. So I spent almost three years just flying in and out like for a week every month or something. And I would play shows out on the road, but I was still living in Colorado. Come in here frequently and write and do all that. But yeah, I didn't get moved here till spring of 21. I guess shortly after that got a publishing deal. So I was making a little check for that which was helpful. And then yeah, doing this supposed to be remodeling a house and I was just. Just playing with my hammer and playing guitar. So anyways. Yeah. And yeah. And then yeah, management publishing kind of came along with Major Bob Music still with them. Tyler is a representative of management company and Kyla over here.

[Zach Top]

So they crush it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Come along to. Yeah. Make sure I don't say anything too stupid. Let you guys know which. Which comments of mine we need to.

[Zach Top]

Cut and yeah, I feel like you've said nothing wrong. Well, it's really me. Am I guessing that right? I'm trying to look at your eyes. I got badass. I can't tell.

[Will Compton]

It seems like you built up a lot of trust with your mentor throughout him kind of looking at that vision for you because I'm sure you had a bunch of questions to be like yeah, like why Aren't I going out?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Why am I still swinging a hammer? I'm in Nashville.

[Will Compton]

Like, why am I waiting? Like, if I'm good, why wouldn't I want to get out in front of people, as many as I can, as fast as I can, and kind of just trust the process with him.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah. And the way he put it, he was just like, man, a lot of times people will. Like, it used to be a thing back in the 90s and before that kind of that, yeah, you go play some bar downtown. And that was when actual industry people would go hang out. You know, it wasn't the tourist thing that it is now. And industry people would go down to Roberts and have a beer after work and see who was ever, you know, whoever was in there playing at the time. And if they were good, it's like, heck, let's give this guy a deal. Record dealer, whatever, publishing or whatever. And. And so it's just not that anymore.

[Will Compton]

It's.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's a tourist thing. So what he. What Carson told me was just like, man, a lot of times it seems like people go down there, get a gig on Broadway or, you know, however many gigs, and you kind of just get sucked into that and it's hard to break out of it. You, you know, you don't have any time to. If you want to make any money on Broadway, you got to play on the weekends. And so you don't have any time to be playing on the road. You're not building an audience as much as, you know, if you. Now it's basically, you know, use Tick Tock and Instagram. The, you know, those are the best tools for independent up and coming artists. So that's. That's what I was doing. I was just singing cover songs, putting them online and building an audience kind of with that and then just, yeah, stacking up songs, writing songs like crazy. And yeah, looking back on it now, it's. There's. There was a lot of wisdom in that, and I think it made a lot of sense. And I've tried to, you know, pass that along to other guys that I've come across that are, you know, it's like, I gotta get to Nashville. It's like, you don't need to get to Nashville. It's, you know, you can be up here some, but like, yeah, keeping it underground. That was the other thing Carson said. Like, like keep a little bit of mystique about it. If you can be a guy that's, you know, anybody can see any night of the week in Town that's like, oh, well, he plays over here on Wednesday nights and he plays that writers round on Friday nights and then he'll be over there on Saturday. Then it's. It's almost kind of like some of the, the mystery and the shine comes off of it. And it's like the, the way it happened for me, it felt like people were starting to like, be aware that I was around because of the social media thing, but they couldn't come see me anywhere in Nashville. I didn't do many, many writers rounds, hardly ever played shows in town and. Yeah, anyway. And it works different for everybody. There's no, obviously no one formula for, you know, how to make it big in country music or music anyway. But, but yeah, it. I, I think there was a lot of wisdom and yeah, like you said, just the process that Carson had in mind and it, Yeah, I guess it's. It's worked out okay so far.

[Will Compton]

That's cool.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Did Carson ever sit there and be like, you know, he's obviously been a very long time before the Internet even existed. Did he ever break you down, like back in my day type conversations about how guys made it?

[Taylor Lewan]

Those are my favorite conversations.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Because it's crazy. It's like, yeah, if you want to do music, essentially what you're saying is like, you don't have to be in one central location anymore. You have the Internet to boost everything. But if you go back to the 90s, which is all the people that are kind of giving you your influence, how did these cats get figured out? How they get found 100.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah. Hitchhike to Nashville and go knock on doors with your guitar and ask if you can play him a song. You know, that's literally what would happen a lot of times. Or, you know, like I was saying, go, you know, get a gig playing in a bar and then, you know, Irv Woolsey comes in after work and has a beer and thinks you sing good. And yeah, it's like, well, yeah, it's. It's just get you a deal, boy.

[Zach Top]

It's crazy how that all. That all gets figured out. What's your thought with like, it's. Country music to me is so interesting right now because it seems like it's on a massive come up.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And I don't know if it's the amount of access that people have, but it's like, like the mainstream, like bro country that was kind of taking place in like the late 2000s and the tens. That's kind of like a little side gig now with a little more EDM music. But then you have, like, your bluegrasses with your tile Tyler Childers. You got, like, your rock with your jelly rolls and your earnest and hardy. So there's like, this obviously country genre with a bunch of sub genres.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

When you listen to country music, is it like, this is the only kind of country music I like. Are you, like, one of those guys? It's like, this is. To me, this is country music.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Or is it like, hey, there's a place for everything. What's your. Always is a place for everything before you want that cut. Everyone is allowed to do that. But, like, what's like. Is there, like, a piece of you that's like, this is the stuff that I mess with, even if it's not your particular genre?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, not much, dude. I'm pretty predictable. There's not. There's not. Yeah, I agree. It's like. I think it's cool that it is a wide, very wide genre right now, and, you know, there's room for a lot of different stuff. And it's. It's cool to me, too. That's like, you know, a lot of the same people that go to a Morgan Wallen show will go to my show, and, you know, to them, it's all country music, and they love it all. So it's. I'm glad I have a spot here and glad for everybody else that's got a spot in the genre, too. But, yeah, you know, if it's something I want to turn on in my truck or something. It's old, you know, 90s and earlier. Usually earlier. Some old Merle Haggard or something.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

George Jones and. Yeah, it's. I. I don't know. It's. That stuff never gets old to me. And there's. And two, like, those older guys made so many records, put out so many songs back in the day, you know, they'd be putting out two a year sometimes. And so there's always just, like, something that. Like, oh, my God, how have I never stumbled on this song before? So there's always. Yeah, something, you know, even though it's obviously decades old, still something new to discover. And that always tickles me, so. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Was it a hard transitioning from bluegrass to country?

[Taylor Lewan]

No, that was. Country was always where my heart was. And it was the teacher that we had, Marie Parks. She just happened to. Bluegrass was her thing, so she just taught me and my siblings what she knew. And so we kind of. Our whole family just dove into the. The whole bluegrass scene. We spent every summer Running around doing bluegrass festivals almost every weekend of the. Of the summer, we'd be doing that. I missed out. I was. I missed out on some all star baseball teams and stuff like that to. I think my parents realized even if I was okay as a 12 year old, I probably wasn't going to make the MLB, so maybe stick with the guitar, buddy. So. But anyways. But yes, we did that for, you know, 10 years. We were just doing those festivals and stuff, and that was just what we knew. That's what I had access to, so I did that. But, you know, we were still playing, you know, country covers in our bluegrass shows and stuff that, you know, I said Amarillo by Morning was the first song I ever asked to learn how to play when I was 5. I think my teacher said, well, that's a nice idea. Maybe it'll start with Jesus loves me and we can work our way up to that. But anyways. But, you know, so I was always playing country songs and stuff in. In our shows, and that was, you know, where my heart was for sure. But bluegrass was. It was a cool thing, too, because it tends to be a very, like, family friendly genre. And, you know, there's not many honky tonks that I could go up and do a set at.7 years old. But bluegrass festivals, they'll let you on stage for an open mic, you know, when you're a kid and stuff. So it was. I got a lot of practice in, like, an early head start on being on stage, being behind a microphone and, you know, entertaining people outside of just working on playing and singing, you know, that aspect of putting on a show. Got early practice on that, which I think was super beneficial for me, too. But, yeah, and then it was. It was basically just when I met Carson that was like, all right, here's my foot in the door. Now I can do the country thing that I've always wanted to.

[Zach Top]

That's awesome. Yeah, you've mentioned Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, George Strait. Like, all these guys have. Have had massive influence in you. Have you ever talked to George straight? Have you ever, like, had a conversation with him?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I got to.

[Zach Top]

This is the goat of all goats.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah, man, he is the man. It's hard to say. He's not. Yeah, yeah, he's. Yeah, he's amazing. What a crazy career. And, you know, it's wild now that he's 70 some. Is he like 72 or something? I think. But he, you know, still selling out stadiums is ridiculous. But, yeah, he. I got to do his charity golf tournament the last two years down outside of San Antonio. And yeah, so we got to hey.

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[Taylor Lewan]

Got to meet him a little. I wouldn't say I've really had a conversation with him but but he's been very nice to me and got to talk to him, you know, just in passing a couple times, which is cool enough for me. It was, yeah, it was pretty awesome. And I got to at his little golf tournament the last night of it they, you know, do a big show so his band sets up there and and they let a few, you know, of course there's a handful of different artists there and stuff. So he let everybody get up and do a few songs and he closes out the night and sings a little set. And this last year he I was getting off and he was like man, stay up here and play some with us. So I got to hold on to the guitar and play a little backup for George Strait, which is pretty dang cool. And I've got a picture of me the piano player took it from side stage kind of it's Jamie Johnson, George and then me and then Dean Dillon who is, you know, the songwriter who wrote over half a straight's big hits. Yeah, there it is.

[Zach Top]

That's awesome.

[Will Compton]

That's cool.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yes, that was pretty dang cool.

[Zach Top]

Was there ever like a starstruck moment with that or were you pretty?

[Taylor Lewan]

Like, oh, yeah, dude, I'm an idiot when I get around. There's. I. I told. When I met Vince Gill, he was another big influence on me, and I met him out at the Opry. I don't know. It's been a couple years ago now. I guess I told him. I was like, man, there's not many people left alive that would make me starstruck and act like an idiot. And you're one of them, so I'm sorry in advance. And it's kind of the same thing with George, with Alan, and.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's like, I don't know what to say to these guys. You know, it's kind of like, I wish I could just be cool and just have a normal conversation, because that's like, I like that now that I've got a little popularity. It's like when somebody can just talk with you and about something that's fun. It's like, I know there's, like, I've got a lot of fans and stuff, and obviously nothing like these guys. Like, I don't want to just be another guy saying, oh, my God, I grew up on your music. Your most amazing thing. You've heard that. Exactly, exactly. But it's like, I don't know what else to say.

[Will Compton]

It's tough, too, because there's party that just wants to tell them, like, how.

[Taylor Lewan]

Much they don't understand.

[Will Compton]

You have had.

[Zach Top]

I'm not standing here without you being in this world.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Doing this truly influence my life, my direction, everything.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

It's like, I bet fans and people say that all the time.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, exactly.

[Taylor Lewan]

Everybody says that. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

So we had. Will and I have had. You know, we've been around a lot of people doing. Doing this job and stuff like that, and it's been awesome. And there's. I've always kind of gone back and forth of, like, when I meet somebody. Do you do the photo? Do you not do the photo? Like, what's the dance that we're going to get into? Because you're basically evaluating. Are we going to be friends? Like, is this going to be something that, like, when you see us again, we're about dap up. Hey, good to see you.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And I had a situation. We're at ufc, and we're sitting right next to Johnny Knoxville.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And I'm like, yo, Johnny Knoxville. Like, I love Jackass. Growing up, this guy's a hero to me. And I'm sitting there, I'm in my head, like, I'm gonna introduce myself I'm not gonna do something. Let him do this thing. He seems like he doesn't want to be bothered. And Will's like, hey, I can just go up to him, be like, you guys should get a photo. And I'm like, no, no, don't, don't. Don't do that. Yeah. My young boy here, he really wants.

[Will Compton]

Because in my head, I'm like, like, yo, this is Johnny Knox.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. It's sick.

[Will Compton]

Taylor's kind of sitting there. I'm thinking, I know he sees him. Like, yeah, we got to make this happen.

[Zach Top]

So we end up not doing anything.

[Will Compton]

Left early.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And then we were at my house, like, on my birthday, a little banged up, just the two of us chilling. We have like. Yeah. Eat some Cold Stone ice cream.

[Taylor Lewan]

Hell, yeah.

[Zach Top]

And I'm like, I can't believe I just that up. Like, am I going to be best friends with Johnny Knoxville? Probably not. Like, is he going to give a who I am? Probably not.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

But I could have got the photo.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And just. Sick. Yeah. This is awesome. I got to meet. Shake your hand, that type of thing. And I it up. That's that night. That is actually that night right there.

[Taylor Lewan]

But it's so hard to. Yeah. Figure out. Yeah. If. Yeah. Is that the right move, or is this guy just gonna.

[Zach Top]

Will's face right there?

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Compton]

And I'm looking it down. I'm like, hey, I gotta figure this out.

[Zach Top]

I know when people are going up to John and he's, like, doing that, and he sits with his wife or girl, whoever it is, and I'm just, like, being a. Yeah, I'm being a. Is basically what I'm doing. And so now I don't.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

I've officially changed my stance.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Mike Tyson this weekend.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, exactly. We're at UFC this weekend.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. That's got, like, an intimidating aura.

[Zach Top]

Right. But like, Mike Tyson, when you walk into this, like, Dana White, he has, like, this room that his guests come into. So we, like, go in there.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And Mike Tyson's sitting there, and I'm like. I go, well, I'm gonna go introduce myself to Mike. You want to come with? He's like, yeah. So we walk over there, shake his hand. He stood up.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Tough watching him stand up. I can't believe you just fought Jake. Yeah, but, like, he, like, shook her hand. I was like, hey, go. Appreciate you, man. We'll see you later. And then dip. Got the. Out of there. Is that so hard? Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

No, no. Yeah. No, it's not exactly.

[Zach Top]

And so I've learned a lot in my day.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah. It's hard to. Yeah. It's like I may never be in the same room again.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Taylor Lewan]

As well. Just like, you know, even if you know the picture thing, just know that, hell, I shook Mike Tyson's hand right hi to him.

[Zach Top]

That's all. You're pretty cool. Is there a person you haven't met yet that you're like, this is my white buffalo.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's a good. Hank Jr. Will be one. Hank Williams Jr. Have you met Willie? No. That's. Yeah. Another great one. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Would be an awesome one.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Huge.

[Zach Top]

I mean, he's like 92 years old, right?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And he's still playing music.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Still out there. I saw something earlier today die on that bus. Probably. That's probably what he wants to happen.

[Zach Top]

And also, that's a hell of a shout out for marijuana. Yeah, yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, buddy.

[Zach Top]

You guys kept this man functioning for so long. But there was a thing that came out. He was in Arizona for something this past weekend. He had a seven minute standing ovation.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

There's a photo of him, like, crying.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

It's like. But this dude's life, it's. Is incredible.

[Taylor Lewan]

Insane, dude. Yeah, that's one. I did get some friends with his. His son, Lucas Nelson, who's also great. Great artist, great singer. Anyway, he. He texted me one time. We were. Last year, we were doing an old song. Gary P. Nunn wrote Last Thing I Needed first thing this Morning, one of my favorite Willie Nelson songs. We were covering that in our show and Lucas texted me one day and he was like, man, I showed your cover to my dad. I just wanted to know. He thought you did a really good job on it and he liked it a lot. And it's like, damn, that's. That's cool.

[Zach Top]

That's Willie Nelson. Check this out.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. How sick is that exactly? Yeah. So hopefully I would love to get to meet him. Obviously that'd be. Yeah, him and Hank Jr. That'd be about. Yeah. I don't know. All the old guys. That's who I want to.

[Zach Top]

That's what you want.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Stapleton was another big one. Chris Stapleton. I hadn't met him till just at the ACMs back in. What was that? March, I guess. Yeah. No, it wasn't. Was that last month April? Yeah. Or May.

[Zach Top]

What?

[Will Compton]

May, I think it was.

[Taylor Lewan]

What year is it? Jeez. Anyway, yeah, he was like. Like I hadn't. I'd seen him a couple times just in passing and kind of done the thing where it's like, man, am I really gonna be another guy? Because. Anyway. But I went up to him. He was super nice, him and his wife Morgan. But, yeah, that was. That was a cool one. I've been big, big fan of him.

[Zach Top]

Someone that does an amazing job of doing the shameless thing. Like, hey, I don't care. Like, I'm a big fan of you is Jelly Roll. He is so great at, like, gratitude and going to people, but, yo, just so you know, you're the man. Yeah, it's like Jelly Rolling. Like your Jelly roll, right?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Zach Top]

That's. That's a cat that I feel like. Does it. Does it the right way?

[Taylor Lewan]

I feel like a lot of those guys get to, like those. You know, some of those top guys in the genre or. And probably just in music in general or just whatever. Any kind of, like, level of fame. At some point, there's some realization that it's like, hey, yeah, we're all. Yeah, I hang out with a bunch of famous people, but. But we're all just people, too. So it's just like, yeah, I'm gonna go say hi. Like, Right. I was just gonna say somebody. Oh, Luke Combs was one that was just like. I. I saw him. I went to the cmas for the first time last fall, and I'd seen him kind of across the room and wasn't gonna go bother him anyway. He ended up coming up to me and was just. Yeah, cool as can be. Just like, dude, heard your stuff. Love it. You sound great.

[Zach Top]

And it's like, that's gotta be feeling too, right?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, dude, it's. Yeah, it's so awesome. And, yeah, I've been a fan of him for a long time. Yeah. So I don't know. Yeah, it's a funny. Yeah. At some point, you just gotta. We're. We're all doing the same thing.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

You're not gonna. Somebody just be like.

[Will Compton]

It's like.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Think of how you felt when, like, Luke or somebody tells you that. It's like they're probably feeling the same thing that you come up out of their way or tell us exactly something that. How you've kind of, like, exactly imprinted on them and kind of influenced them.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Out of all the people that you've named, who would you want to. You have an actual, like, conversation with givers. If you guys are sitting down, unbothered, uninterrupted, you're having a couple beers.

[Zach Top]

Oh, this is the. If you could have dinner with anybody, who would it be?

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, sure.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, man. I'm Alan or George would be pretty awesome.

[Will Compton]

Do you have a question that you would ask?

[Taylor Lewan]

That's a good question.

[Zach Top]

Nice.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, Nice. Nailed it. I don't know. I. Like.

[Zach Top]

We figure out we're doing it right on this show.

[Taylor Lewan]

I don't know, it just be, you know, it just. It'd be nice to have more than, you know, three minutes to just over.

[Will Compton]

Here at this golf charity thing. Thank you.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. To. Yeah. Sit down and have enough time to sit and have dinner. It's like, I don't know, we both love this music so much. Obviously, we'd have some things in common and, you know, could just. It just be fun to, you know, even not get into a bunch of, you know, deep questions about, man, how did you handle the fame or the success or whatever it is? Which I would love to ask that kind of stuff too. And, you know, in both those guys, too, had, you know, great family life and stuff, as far as, you know, anybody from the outside can see. And that's cool to. To me seeing Shout Out Denise. Yeah. Shout Out Denise.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Amen. And. Yeah. And so, you know, just. Yeah. Little things like that. Just how they navigated life. And how do you be so damn cool and still sell out?

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

When you're 70 years old. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Then they bring a Game of Thrones and you're like. You watch that?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, exactly.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And you're like, oh, that's my thing.

[Taylor Lewan]

Exactly. Exactly. Damn. You think Shane Gillis is funny, too.

[Zach Top]

Dude, that is.

[Taylor Lewan]

What is that about? Luan said in front of his kids.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, that was part of the intro.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, nice.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Dude, when I threw that picture. It's okay. It's all right. I'm an open book. When I did that, I was telling my wife the story about the pitch, and she's in the car with the kids, and she's like, hey, I'm in the car, blah, blah. I hear the kids talking, but then I get into telling the story, and I'm like, honey, I'm telling you. And I just hear my daughter go, dad is a bad word. I'm like, oh, no, I forgot you were here.

[Taylor Lewan]

Ct. How old is she?

[Zach Top]

She's seven. She turns eight in July. And she's. She's a sweetheart, but she. She caught me saying that one time, too. So my daughter, she's always on this. Like, she loves to sneak around on the prowl, like, hide and try to scale. I'm always like. I always, like, hide around corners and scare them so they try to get me. And she was hiding in our room, and something happened at her house, like. And I was on some old dad stuff where I'm like this, like, you know, one of those.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah.

[Zach Top]

And that was the first time I heard her say. Because she walks up, she goes, daddy. She's, like, hiding, and then comes out of the woodwork to go, daddy, what does mean? And I'm like, oh. And then we're trying to, like, pivot to ducking and all these other things. And I have this video of her I'll show you after the show of her being like. Like, yeah, dad's always like, this tattoo or this. This girl over here, and she's saying, like, just the same exact inflection I do.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's hilarious.

[Zach Top]

I ain't no running away from this one, man.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's amazing.

[Zach Top]

Tough parent, tough parenting, man.

[Will Compton]

Have you ever brought the family band out at one of your shows?

[Zach Top]

Oh, if you haven't, you should.

[Taylor Lewan]

No. Yeah, I have. Not before. I have.

[Will Compton]

I think that would rip.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. My what?

[Will Compton]

Sherman being dead ass serious. Like, the fam that got together at a young age.

[Zach Top]

You get so bad at shirt.

[Will Compton]

Sorry. He's laughing.

[Zach Top]

Dead ass serious. They should do that. They should do that.

[Will Compton]

Like, if you're in a spot to where you. You get to this level, you have the ability to do it. And you had this family band that you guys did through church and everything else, you went off, you're doing your thing, everybody's doing their thing. And it's like, you're at this point, and you're so grassroots. Are you laughing back there again?

[Taylor Lewan]

This is supposed to be kind of a comedy podcast, dude. Aren't we doing good if they're laughing?

[Zach Top]

His anger is hilarious. Hey, blood on the back. His back.

[Will Compton]

Like, I could. I'm saying, bro, I could be banged up talking about this right now, but to have the entire full circle moment to where you're at this level and the family comes back and everybody knows you because you're more grassroots. Like, yeah, you. Everybody's watched you grow, and they know the story about you and the fam, and then the fam's playing at the concert, like, that would bring a tear to my eye.

[Zach Top]

That'd be awesome. And just think about them like, well, whoever's opening for you and you looking and you're holding the guitar, you've done this a thousand times now, and you're like, I feel pretty good about this. But you look at the rest of your family, their pants, like, literally shaking, like, okay, there's 17, 000 people. Mary had a little baseball. If you just had your arm up like, you get the whole family, everyone's just going through the whole.

[Taylor Lewan]

Up here.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, yeah. You guys want to get paid? Gotta do that. See what he's doing, dog. That would be awesome.

[Taylor Lewan]

I did have one of the times I played on the Opry. My sister Maddie, the fiddle player there, she came up and played a couple of my songs with me, sang harmony and played fiddle on it and stuff. So that was pretty fun. Yeah, I have her on the opera.

[Zach Top]

How was she before that?

[Taylor Lewan]

What do you mean before?

[Zach Top]

Like, she went up and did that.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. She's. She got a little. She never loved the stage all that much. Hell, she. If she wanted to do it, she's a better singer than I am. But, yeah, she was never that big into the. Yeah. I guess the stage thing. I think she gets a little uptight.

[Will Compton]

Mechanism.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, for sure. Yeah, for sure. She killed it. She did great.

[Zach Top]

You've seen that Luke Combs, he does a fantasy football league every year, and the loser of the fantasy football league has to come up on stage and sing with him.

[Will Compton]

Oh, that's a fun.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, I've heard about that. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

I just saw clip. I don't know if it's just like.

[Taylor Lewan]

A bunch of his old buddies and stuff.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And it's like all his boys from Back with Georgia. Wherever he's from.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And they. He gets them on stage and they have to.

[Taylor Lewan]

What does he have to do if he lives, loses?

[Zach Top]

I don't know.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, That's a good question.

[Zach Top]

Quit the tour.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Music forever.

[Taylor Lewan]

I don't know.

[Zach Top]

That's a great question.

[Will Compton]

Take all the money from one show and give it to that show and give it to all the boys.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. To the winner.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Split it up between the boys. Exactly.

[Zach Top]

That's awesome. Opry, dude. Playing the Grand Ole Opry. I. I had the opportunity to walk on that stage and introduce a couple of my friends, and it's intimidating. Ernest and Jelly Roll.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

So I went out there and did that, and I thought I'd been there before, but I hadn't. It's like some guy showing me around about all the history that's taking place. Like, you walk in Dolly Parton's outfits there, which, by the way, she kissed me on the cheek one time. And I go on, say, there's me right there. Yeah. I go on stage and it's like everyone's kind of like. I guess, like, this is a Normal thing for the opera. But everyone's like, oh, very nice. Good song.

[Taylor Lewan]

All right.

[Zach Top]

There's not a whole lot of, like, everyone's just there to enjoy the music and it's such a hollowed ground. Like, were you. Was there a different level of nerves for that compared to something like maybe last night doing Nissan Stadium?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, dude. Yeah. The first time I did the Opry, you know, it kept. It's kept on getting more and more comfortable as I've done it a bunch of times. But the. Yeah, the first time I was very, very uptight. I don't. Like, I hardly remember the first time. It was just my.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Mind was going a million miles an hour and like, you know, I think my heart was probably doing 300 beats a minute for about three hours after that. But yeah, there's definitely, you know, it's that. That is the, you know, the longest standing country music kind of iconic show like that. It's. Everybody has come through there and, you know, stood in that circle and played that stage.

[Zach Top]

And the circle, bro, is so crazy.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

So on that stage, they have like a circle from the original, right? Yeah, it used to be the Ryman.

[Taylor Lewan]

Exactly. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Used to be Ramen. When they tore down or did whatever.

[Taylor Lewan]

They kept that Ryman got flooded.

[Zach Top]

So everybody. Yeah, you go. You do.

[Taylor Lewan]

I think Tyler's right.

[Zach Top]

You're the guest. Why am I talking.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's right. It got flooded, right? Okay. Yeah, yeah, Ryman got flooded. And so, yeah, anyway, some. Yeah, somewhere along there, they built their own Grand Ole Opry house out there. Aubrey Mills or whatever. But anyway, yes. Took some of the. The stage wood from the. The old Ryman stage and have it in there. So it's. Yeah, you're literally, you know, standing there where Buck Owens and Patsy Klein and, you know, just all of music history has come through there and it's wild.

[Zach Top]

Isn't that nuts?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, that's cool, man.

[Zach Top]

The history and it's just wild.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. I told. They walked me through it before I went up and played my songs and they asked me if I wanted to go up there and stand up there and get a picture. And I was like, no, I'm. I'm not gonna stand in there until I sing. And so I had like this weird little superstitious kind of reverence for it kind of before I actually got up there and did my. Until then. Yeah. To walk in there.

[Zach Top]

Do you have any, like, pre concert superstitions at all?

[Taylor Lewan]

Not really. Have a cocktail, have a cigarette.

[Zach Top]

All good things.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I. The only One, I have these, you know, darn tough socks. Very ad. I guess I have no deal with darn tough socks.

[Will Compton]

No free shout outs.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, no free shout outs.

[Will Compton]

Send him some socks.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sorry.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, I don't know a whole lot about the sock game, but go on.

[Taylor Lewan]

Dude, they have these. There's this pair. They're. They're white socks. It's just regular socks. They're white and they got a nice little blue and red stripe around the top. Just like kind of a classic looking old sock. And for some reason I love those socks. And I've got to have a fresh pair of darn tough socks to. To wear when it's like a big show. It's like, I gotta have a crisp white pair of those. It's gonna be a good show.

[Zach Top]

If you don't get a partnership over that. That is crazy.

[Taylor Lewan]

There they are right there.

[Zach Top]

They don't call with a seven figure bag. Every big show I have, there it is.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

My feet don't work. My voice doesn't feel right unless I have a pair of Darntail socks. Red, white and blue.

[Will Compton]

Darn.

[Zach Top]

Tell you, just winking that camera. We'll cut it all up for you.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, darl. You do not have these rights. You do not have these rights to.

[Zach Top]

Use that bus with the boys. We do not give you the right to use that clip until you pay our boy and a finder's fee for busting with the boys. Because that's people helping people. Rising tide lifts all.

[Taylor Lewan]

Amen. Amen.

[Will Compton]

What's it like out on the road?

[Zach Top]

Just a good blanket there, dude. What's it like?

[Taylor Lewan]

It's a blast, dude. I love it.

[Will Compton]

Like, how many times would you say you yank it on the road?

[Taylor Lewan]

My mom's going to see this.

[Zach Top]

Football players with that whole thing, like Wednesday after Wednesday, I'm doing nothing. The lady tries to come up to me. It's like, sweetheart, I got to keep this pent up. I'll see you Sunday night.

[Will Compton]

Do you use a different DAR sock?

[Taylor Lewan]

Got a special.

[Will Compton]

It's my big show one. This my yanker.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, this is the bigger show one right here.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, my God, dude, I. It's such a weird. I don't know how. It's a job a lot of times, and it is. It's a lot of work. It's. It's tiring and it'll wear you out, but it's. It does feel like we're still, you know, back in the day, we're running around in my pickup truck and a horse trailer. Or a van and all our gear piled in this 15 passenger van and. But it's still, you know, now we're rolling around on a couple buses, but it's still kind of the same. We're just a bunch of idiots out here running around playing music. And the. My whole band is like. Well, most of my band is people I've known for a long, long time. So we're like. Like, it's not. I didn't get to Nashville and, you know, hire some dudes in black T shirts to do my show that I don't actually hang out with. So we've got a great. It feels like a. A good family vibe on the road every night. We all have. Yeah, it just. It's. It's a party every night. It's. I don't know, I wonder if it'll ever, like, slow down because, you know, you see older artists now or the, you know, like, Dirk spent like, with him. You know, he wants to spend time with us. He's got kids, you know, they're getting to be teenagers and stuff, so he wants to spend time with his family. He flies into the show and flies back out, you know, so he can spend time with his family. It's not as much of the. And he still goose off and, you know, spends plenty of time on the road with his boys, too. But I wonder. I assume probably at some point, you know, I want to have a family too. And so at some point, I'm. Sure we'll. We'll slow down just a little bit and try to spend more time at home. But right now it's literally, you know, I get wore out and I think I want some time off. And then three days into time off, I'm just like, it's time to get back out on the road again and, you know, just go the road.

[Will Compton]

Dog mentality. Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Drink tequila lemonade and smoke cigs with the boys.

[Zach Top]

What a time. Yeah, I mean, you can't beat that.

[Taylor Lewan]

There's no better.

[Zach Top]

You hit 30, I'm gonna let you know right now. That hurts.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, I'm on in a decade and back. I'm cold tubbing now.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, exactly.

[Zach Top]

Socks. I don't wear those socks anymore. Cold tub. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Water with electrolytes.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, that's what everybody. Yeah, there's always everybody. First gets the little taste of it and gets out on the road and they party hard and then. Yeah, they hit like 35 and all of a sudden they're carrying around a damn gym trailer behind their bus.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. And. Yeah, they got a cold plunge out there and they go find a sauna and it's. I don't know. Part of me thinks I won't ever get there. But another part of me thinks that I have been 220 for a little while now and I think I could stand to lose a few. So maybe I need to do something different. I don't know.

[Zach Top]

You hold it well, dude, I wouldn't have guessed 220, did you? We're not doing it this year.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

But we do a beer Olympics.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice.

[Zach Top]

And you would be an. An amazing addition to when we do the final. The final beer Olympics. It's in my backyard.

[Taylor Lewan]

I love it.

[Zach Top]

We drink all the beer.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, it is. I can get down with that.

[Zach Top]

It is a lot, bro. It is a lot of fun. Like you.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

You beer games guy at all or you just like to say, oh yeah. You're so.

[Taylor Lewan]

Absolutely.

[Zach Top]

What's your. What do you think you're best at? Can you slam a beer? Can you chug? Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Not like super fast. I'm pretty. I'm a respectable speed chugger, I think. But I'm not gonna blow anybody out of the water. A pretty good beer pong player.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. I don't know. But I mean you guys are a bunch of athletes. I mean I'm.

[Zach Top]

You sell my pitch.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Okay. I think I can. I think he can delete a beer though. He can delete it.

[Zach Top]

Sure might. I didn't see you were racing to pull that clip up.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

How are you how to pop that clip up real quick?

[Taylor Lewan]

Beers like that. And you're still all slimmed down and trimmed. Both of you guys. I'll tell you, I feel like you both. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Wake up every day at 5, 4am in the morning.

[Will Compton]

All right.

[Zach Top]

We do our journals. We get in the cold tubs. We work out for three hours straight that we come into work. We don't sleep really. We just get after it. No man. We just eat relatively. Okay. And look at it. And as much as Will's back will let him and my knee will let me.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

I'm in hell right now.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Really?

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. I love my injuries a lot too. Physically.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay.

[Will Compton]

So I appreciate the.

[Zach Top]

He really does.

[Will Compton]

But I have a long road. I have a long road.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sure.

[Will Compton]

A lot of progress.

[Zach Top]

You should have seen the neck on this guy when he was playing.

[Will Compton]

Like it was all 19 piece.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Now we're down to like a shriveled 17.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, is that your circumference?

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

I was trying to 19.

[Will Compton]

Oh, does that mean it's the girth?

[Zach Top]

So this is. This is the first event of beer Olympics. So what we do is. It's a boot. So it's 36 ounces of beer.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yep.

[Zach Top]

And we chug it. And you do your time and your partner's time.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay.

[Zach Top]

And then you go seating. After that, first top three scores get points, and then we go right into beer bongo or beer pong.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yep. After that, what are the other events? What else do we.

[Zach Top]

We'll do flip cup beer ball. You.

[Taylor Lewan]

I'm so bad at flip cup.

[Zach Top]

Really?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Some.

[Zach Top]

That's. You could easily just go chick game. Don't eat it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Like a lot of people.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, exactly.

[Zach Top]

Everyone's always like a flip cup. Why you do flip club? That's for. That's for the ladies to have fun.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I kind of.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

I kind of have a good time.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's electric when it, like.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

You get a tight game, and.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. It's going down the line, but. Yeah, I'm not very good at it. I can see what is beer ball.

[Zach Top]

So I love the jazzed. So you have. On the table is the four corners. You put a beer on each corner. So Will and I be partners? You and Tyler be partners?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

I would throw my ball at one of your cans. Once it hits the can, he's got to start drinking his beer.

[Will Compton]

Snap it open, start drinking.

[Zach Top]

You have to retrieve the ball and put it back on the table. He can drink until that ball is back on the table.

[Will Compton]

Once you race and touch it back on the table, I have to stop.

[Zach Top]

First one to finish their two beers is. Is the victor.

[Will Compton]

That game. Right there is a lot of room for arguments.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, A lot of room. Especially when you. That's, like one of the later games.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Because you chugged at 36 ounces right there.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah.

[Zach Top]

You're all different people.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

From the moment.

[Taylor Lewan]

Absolutely. Absolutely.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Tensions can get.

[Will Compton]

Because he's being blacked out the end of the night. Be like, zach, go play.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Go play some songs.

[Zach Top]

We got one. Yeah. It gets a guitar throw.

[Will Compton]

So do something.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, it gets. It gets rowdy, man.

[Taylor Lewan]

I love it.

[Zach Top]

It all started with, like, we would OTAs in college. We would do a case race.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

So, like, after the first scrimmage every year, we would all get together as a team. You and me, a case. Who could finish it the fastest.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And then we did beer Olympics, my, you know, fifth or sixth year in the league, and it was me and the whole one. All the offensive linemen.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Just go to my house. We would get crazy.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

The next time we filmed it, this could be a little something right here. So we've done it three times now.

[Will Compton]

I love.

[Zach Top]

Two times. For real. We're like really taking it serious.

[Taylor Lewan]

Hell yeah.

[Zach Top]

And then this year it was like there's too much going on.

[Taylor Lewan]

Is it. Yeah. Is it a bunch of, bunch of athlete guys that you all know or is it mostly just buddies and comedians?

[Zach Top]

I want to say, like those two guys, those are offensive linemen from Michigan. The two girls over there, there with barstool.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And then you had. We had Shane. We had broken.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Jelly roll. He just comes.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Gets everybody. Dustin lynch came last year. Yeah, Dustin lynch came. Who was hilarious. Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Has there been any big surprise yet that you. You didn't know they beard that hard?

[Zach Top]

I, I was more surprised that.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Wilcoffin does beer hard on my back.

[Will Compton]

Just lifting my hand up.

[Zach Top]

I was very surprised at how bad Shane and Bert were.

[Taylor Lewan]

Really?

[Zach Top]

Yeah, yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Because they're like the, they're the boozers.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Like they are the guys that are coming. They show up 20 minutes late. Respect it. Do your thing. We going for the chug. Shane actually, he can chug a beer. Yeah, he can put a beer down.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sure.

[Zach Top]

He, he, it's like me with the first pitch, he just. The moment was too big for him. He started. It starts like getting in his nose. Bert can drink beer all day but can't do anything.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

And shame. Shane was playing the I'm too cool for this hole.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

And then half assing his flip cup.

[Zach Top]

Like not taking it serious.

[Taylor Lewan]

If you guys have me there, there, I will, I will be going hard. I will take it seriously.

[Zach Top]

If you could pick one partner, you could pick anybody in the world to be your partner. Who's gonna be.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, wow, that's a good question.

[Will Compton]

Anybody in the world that you know. That would be solid.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Dude, I don't know. I fit my piano player, David. He's. He's a pretty party hardy kind of guy. Oh yeah, yeah, he could. And he's. He's good at.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Like some stupid little beer games like that and stuff too. Yeah, he could definitely.

[Will Compton]

You know, I feel like we need there. Isn't it Luke Combs who can delete a beer?

[Zach Top]

Yes, absolutely.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

He did that on Rogue.

[Taylor Lewan]

Maybe. Yeah, maybe Luke would be.

[Zach Top]

Luke would be solid. He was shotgunning.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah. He was shot.

[Zach Top]

I love to throw my hat in the ring against Luke when I Come out. You need some competition right now. I'm retired.

[Will Compton]

You need some competition right now. Retirement world. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

You're kind of undisputed champ on the chug, huh?

[Zach Top]

Yeah. I've never lost. I've never lost. It was funny. Two years ago they did the Kelsey brothers. They found out we were doing the Olympics, so they held their own event on the same day.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And there was a video of Jason Kelsey doing it. And so the boys shout out to my boys back there. They put our videos back to back. And I. I edged them out there, smoked them.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And Shane. Shane's always been. He's a good beer chugger, but. Yeah, no one's really come close. Yeah, it's been. It's been a gift for a long time.

[Taylor Lewan]

I love it.

[Zach Top]

For a very long time, man. I love it. You talked about your piano player. How, like, these are all your boys.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

How long have they been with you?

[Taylor Lewan]

Dave? I've known him for 10, 10, 11 years or something.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Taylor Lewan]

So we.

[Zach Top]

We got some history with.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. And then it's funny, so they. Him, his brother is the bass player, and the bass player's wife is the acoustic guitar player. So it's a whole family affair. They all came up playing bluegrass stuff, too. They had like family bluegrass bands and stuff. And so that was kind of how we met originally. And then they decided to, you know, follow along and do the country thing with me too. And then my steel player and drummer are guys that I've met more recently. They've been, you know, Nashville area pros for a long time. But they're, you know, they. It feels like I've known them forever too. It's. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Has there ever been a time where it's like bands in a tough spot, big arguments on the bus or anything like that? Some guy's like, I'm out of here. The two husband and wife, they're in a big fight. She gonna show up tonight? I don't know.

[Taylor Lewan]

No, not really. I. I think probably Dave is the most problematic one. He's the. He's the best one. Everybody loves him. And then he. He's kind of just a child. He, like, we're going out for like a six day run, and he brings two pairs of underwear and one sock. And so then he's like, back there in my closet, like, hey, man, you got a extra shirt I can wear for the show tonight? I don't have a shirt. So, like, he's. But it's all very lovable. Just like Dave you jackass. You know, why you got to be this way, but, you know, you kind of wouldn't have it any other way.

[Zach Top]

Good vibes only, it sounds like.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, it is. There's, there's no bad apples.

[Zach Top]

I love it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, it's pretty awesome.

[Will Compton]

Are you a fan of Colorado? Buffalo?

[Taylor Lewan]

Not really.

[Zach Top]

Anti Dion guy.

[Taylor Lewan]

What is it?

[Zach Top]

Anti Dion?

[Taylor Lewan]

No, no, no, not at all. That. I, I, I'm, I'm a fan. Yeah, My sister is.

[Zach Top]

I love him. He's great.

[Taylor Lewan]

My oldest sister that's still in Boulder, she hates him. Oh, yeah? Yeah, she, I mean, her whole take on it is that he doesn't. He's just a good recruiter. He's not a good coach. It's just, you know, it's Deion Sanders, so people are going to want to come play for him.

[Will Compton]

I mean, he turned it around pretty good for that program where they were.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, that's what I think. It's just like, hell. Nobody gave a about CU football games until. Yeah, he showed up. I never went to one while I was there at school and stuff.

[Zach Top]

Too busy playing. So. Are you familiar with Shador and Travis?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Zach Top]

How do you. Did you follow Shador and the draft process or anything like that?

[Taylor Lewan]

No, man, I get. After the football season is done, I'm just pretty. Move on to college basketball very quickly. And then it's golf for me. Big golf guy. We watch a lot of golf on the, on the bus.

[Zach Top]

I don't know how you do it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Peaceful.

[Will Compton]

Who are you guys? Who are your.

[Taylor Lewan]

Well, I'm so, I've become buddies with Chandler Phillips. It's his second year on tour. I guess he played at a mic. He's so, I mean, he's, I guess, an up and coming. Ish.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Tour guy. Whatever. He's. He's crazy. He's really, really good. Chandler Phillips is his name. I actually got to. That was one of the cool sporting moments that I've gotten to do so far at the Waste Management.

[Zach Top]

What a time, by the way. Oh, God, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

We got hired to do a little private, private gig there early in the week while the practice rounds were still going anyway. And so they gave us. Oh yeah, there I am down there. So they gave us some tickets to the, to sit at the 16th and hang out there all day before the show. And so I texted Chandler. It was like, hey, dude, make sure you play the back nine today on your practice round. I'm gonna be on the 16th. And he was like, dude, I'll get you A pass. Just come walk the course with me. And I was like, I can do that. They'll let me do that. And anyway, and then I was like, well, I didn't. I don't have, like, golf clothes. Do I need to go get some, you know, proper attire or whatever? No, dude, wear your jeans out there. So there I am walking around in air forces and starch jeans and a button down shirt like an idiot. But anyway, I got to walk with Gary Woodland, who is super nice. And then Lee Hodges, too, who I guess knew who I was and was a fan of stuff too. And he's not far from it. He lives just down in Huntsville, Alabama. But yeah, so that was one of the coolest, coolest experiences I've done. Walking the whole course.

[Zach Top]

Isn't it crazy being the world you're at and then having access in these other worlds? Like golf?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yes.

[Zach Top]

Like, is that not. It's mind blowing.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's so fun. Yeah, that's one of the, like, I don't think I ever really thought of that when I was trying to, like, make it in music. But that's one of the most fun things to me now is how the. Yeah. The entertainment world and the sports world combine very quickly. Yeah, it's badass. Like, I. I'm buddies with John Daly now. That's insane.

[Zach Top]

How wild is John Daly? The guy is.

[Taylor Lewan]

He's so fun.

[Zach Top]

Fit for a straitjacket. But he's an all time cat.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. All time.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

All time.

[Zach Top]

What. What's Johnson? What's one thing, like, you gained access to that? You're like, this is the coolest moment.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's probably it. Like John Daly facetiming me every few days. He's just. Yeah, he. He just will be in a bar drunk somewhere, and my song comes on or something, and he just calls me up and he's like, hey. He calls me son. He's like, hey, son, what are you doing? And I don't know, we're just about to get on stage or whatever, and he's like, well, just wanted to let you know your dad loves you. I'll talk to you later. This is like. That's what I needed to hear before this show.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, dude, it's. It's the freaking best, dude.

[Zach Top]

His story is so incredible. I'm not a golf guy, but hearing about him.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Being like one of the just in case guys and then coming in and winning it, that's how like the whole thing gets started.

[Taylor Lewan]

Insane.

[Zach Top]

Insane.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah. And Now I guess there's Cal Raleigh Mariners star, Seattle Mariners.

[Zach Top]

I don't know who that is.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, that's all good. Sorry, Cal. I know who you are. He's like leading the league in homers right now or something.

[Zach Top]

Oh, cow.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Anyway, anyway, I guess he uses one of my songs, bad Luck, for his walk up song now. And so they invited me out to one of the games. Oh, we're gonna be playing up in Washington in August. I guess it is. And they invited me out two games. You know, cool stuff like that. I went to Mariners games when I was like 5 years old and, you know, so then getting to. I don't know. Yeah. It's just cool. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

You guys.

[Zach Top]

With your name on the back, it's like, yo, this is. Yeah, dude, this is awesome.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah. I've got my wall of shame at the house. You know, we go play different arenas and stuff. And they'll make you jerseys. I got, like. Yeah. I don't know. Shoot. There's probably 10 or 12 so far. Jerseys. I got them all hung up and they'll just say top 25 on them. And that's the year that we played them. But anyway. Yeah. No, I'm not a Seattle teams guy. The Mariners. But I'm kind of a. So I told you when we were talking before Lake and my oldest sister went to school out at mit, so we kind of became Boston sports fans somehow. Probably just because Seattle sports team sucked at the time. So it's more fun to root for the Red Sox and Bruins and the Patriots and stuff.

[Zach Top]

So.

[Taylor Lewan]

And the Celtics. But. Yeah. So I, like. I don't know. I was kind of a Boston sports guy for a long time, but I'm still a Mariners fan for sure. And I'm just a Titans guy now. Brady retired and I'm. Yeah. So it's like I kind of discovered that I wasn't as much a Patriots fan as I was a Brady guy.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

So anyway. Yeah, I'm a big Titans guy.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. So when that breakup between Belichick and Brady was going on. Your heart's torn. Let's just find out who does better. Better.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Okay. Smart. Yeah, That's. That's business.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's as bandwagon as it gets.

[Zach Top]

So you jumped on the Tampa Bay train for a year or two?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I did.

[Zach Top]

That's okay. Ain't nobody mad at that. That's very normal.

[Taylor Lewan]

But now I'm a die hard Titans guy.

[Zach Top]

Die hard.

[Taylor Lewan]

What do we think?

[Zach Top]

You want me to put. Okay. You know he knows his name. All right.

[Will Compton]

Cam will be legit.

[Taylor Lewan]

I'm very excited about it.

[Zach Top]

I hope he is.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, same.

[Zach Top]

It's just I always look at the. You've seen the video of Shador Sanders and him working out together. And Shador, he does rap, and he's like, we should make a song together. And Cam Ward's like, no, I do football. Like, when you Google me, it's going to say American football on Wikipedia.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Like he said, that's all I want to be known for. Like, having that type of mentality.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yep.

[Zach Top]

And hearing guys talk about Cam Ward right now. Obviously, we're all in underwear right now. We're not. No pads are on. No one's getting hit. But, yeah, the Titans deserve it. They deserve a quarterback they could sit with for the next 10 to 15 years.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Like, this is our guy.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's what I hope.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And if he's good, too, it'll be electric for everybody.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Right?

[Will Compton]

This dude having a talking. Having his celebrations.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

I think it'll get everybody.

[Zach Top]

Nashville deserves a team that crushes. Like, you look at the Predators. What was it, 16, 17, 18.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

They were on that diabolical run for a little bit. Like, the city rallying around. That is unbelievable. The short stint that we have with the Titans when it was like, you know. Yeah, 18, 19, 21.

[Taylor Lewan]

Absolutely. Yeah. It was like, oh, King.

[Zach Top]

People are about it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And it's like. It's just awesome because the city is the. The best part about the city and the worst part about the city from a sports standpoint is there's so much to do.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yes.

[Zach Top]

So, like, why am I gonna go to a shitty football team.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And go see Zach top play.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sure.

[Zach Top]

You know, it's a whole different.

[Taylor Lewan]

Three shows a weekend at Bridgestone arena and.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Zach Top]

So if Ward can be who we think he's gonna be.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, dude, it'll be. I'm so excited for it. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

So when you moved here, you're just like, okay, this is my team. Already retired.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kind of that. And it's just like, all right, I'm here. I'm not going to be a bandwagon guy anymore. This is home now.

[Zach Top]

So we're playing the flag.

[Taylor Lewan]

Just gonna. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

So this team goes, oh, and 17, you're still playing the flag.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Taylor Lewan]

Absolutely. I need to get. Me. Yeah, yeah. I got a. I got a Tannehill jersey. I wanted Tannehill to work, so any. I mean, he did. He played well. And Stuff And.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

In that little run. But just wasn't quite the. It seemed like it was going to be the. Like he spent that little time down in Miami and just didn't work there. And then came up here and it was like, I only got the Derek Henry thing working. This could happen.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Taylor Lewan]

And so I got my Tannehill jersey. I guess I'll have to give me a Dang. I never had a tail of the one jersey.

[Zach Top]

That's okay. That's all right.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sorry.

[Zach Top]

They were available at one point. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

So respect the seven.

[Zach Top]

So you could have done it, but it's all good. Yeah. We spent the seventh seven. I got a couple in the closet. I'll send you one.

[Taylor Lewan]

Perfect.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Don't you worry.

[Will Compton]

I'd like to get a Cam War jersey.

[Taylor Lewan]

I know. That's. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Yeah, we'll see. Hopefully. Yeah, hopefully, like you said, a long term guy. Because. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

I don't know.

[Taylor Lewan]

I hate. It's funny. Yeah. I'm gonna sound like a real old sports dad now that just like how much people move around. I feel like every year I don't pay too much attention in the off season to all the moves and stuff. And so every year the first week comes around and I'm like, who in the hell is on, you know, whatever team now? Yeah, exactly. Gotta catch up with wherever.

[Will Compton]

Oh, we gotta.

[Zach Top]

That's the problem with these boys, man. No loyalty.

[Will Compton]

No loyalty.

[Zach Top]

Exactly. A little bit more money, huh?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Exactly. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Julio Jones now.

[Zach Top]

Exactly. Nice. Exactly. Should we hit our tear talk?

[Will Compton]

Dude? Would love to.

[Zach Top]

All right, so we all know you're a massive fan of the show, but just for the people that are watching for the first time, I'm gonna explain tear talk. We are gonna go honorable mention if you got it. Tier 32 and 11 being obviously the best. The category is going to be love songs.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay.

[Zach Top]

You can take a minute, think about the songs you're gonna have, and then we can. We can go into it and if you're like, hey, I got four or five that I truly don't know where to put. Where you can put a couple honorable mentions in there.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay.

[Zach Top]

I'm gonna take a quick pee.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, dude, we'll start. Hell yeah.

[Zach Top]

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[Zach Top]

No purchase necessary. VGW Group Void. We're prohibited by law 21 + terms and conditions apply. Shall we dive into the talking about trying to make it? Tired of this nine to five?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, exactly.

[Zach Top]

If you close the cabin door Miss. Thank you.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh my God it is. That's such a funny like juxtaposition for country music specifically because it is like the the blue collar.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, just I'm out here working trying to make it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, exactly.

[Zach Top]

Do I want steak tonight?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, exactly. What's in catering tonight?

[Zach Top]

Yeah, exactly.

[Taylor Lewan]

My third catered meal of the day.

[Zach Top]

Do you do you feel like you'll run out of things to write about if you just keep on the tractor you're at right now? Your life's gonna get more and more awesome.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, for sure.

[Zach Top]

Like, you're not. You're not gonna be doing laundry. Yeah, somebody do that. You clean your house. I'll leave the socks there. The cleaners will get it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. You know, it kind of disgusts me.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Like, quickly. It's getting that way. I don't do anymore. It's. Yeah, that's a good question. I feel like right now it's like I'm getting older. You just kill it.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Taylor Lewan]

I. I feel like I'm, like, getting older and so, like, I keep on, you know, having a little more life experience and have some more stuff to write about because of that. You know, Everybody, I don't know, they start having kids or something, and they start writing, you know, kind of songs about having kids a little bit. Luke Combs is big in. In that world right now, so I guess that's. But, yeah, it's a weird thing to. At least before, it was like, hell, I was working construction. It's like, I can relate with the people that are listening to my musical.

[Zach Top]

Right.

[Will Compton]

He starts to get a little nervous about I'm running. I'm running out of material. Then just. His next girlfriend's like, will you marry me? He's like, honey, it's been like three weeks, right?

[Zach Top]

You don't understand. I got this writer's house coming up. We gotta do something here.

[Will Compton]

Let's have a kid.

[Zach Top]

Let's have a kid.

[Taylor Lewan]

Let's have a kid.

[Zach Top]

Nothing wrong with getting married in three weeks.

[Will Compton]

No. Nothing. Well, three weeks. Not five.

[Zach Top]

Five.

[Will Compton]

For sure, not five.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, five. My wife and I, we got engaged in five weeks. No, married in two months.

[Taylor Lewan]

What?

[Zach Top]

Yeah, we got an old, though.

[Taylor Lewan]

No. This is your wife now.

[Zach Top]

Yep. Still there. She's still alive. We are still with us. You know what I'm saying?

[Taylor Lewan]

Praise God.

[Zach Top]

I fall down the stairs so many times.

[Taylor Lewan]

She's just.

[Zach Top]

She's just really. She can handle herself. No, we've been married for nine years, man.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. College. Y' all met in college?

[Zach Top]

No, we met here. Oh, no, we met here. She was in Leapers Fork, Tennessee.

[Taylor Lewan]

Wow.

[Zach Top]

And she became friends with my mom. They stole puppies.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Compton]

Taylor got drafted.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Taylor was like, all right.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

We. But we met, dude. And I was like. It was a whole long story. I was dating somebody else, and I'm breaking up with her. Her and I like run away to LA for six days in San Francisco, back down to Arizona. There's her. I'm the one on the left and.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah, yeah, cool.

[Zach Top]

She. She comes down to Arizona, white with a ring. And we come back to Nashville right before OTAs. And it's like, April 18th.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

2016. And we're like, yo, 420. Let's get married on 420. It'll be funny. So we just go and get married on 420.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh my God.

[Zach Top]

And it was at this little church somewhere that's, you know, I could not get you there now, but it's like in the middle of town. It's like Vanderbilt or Belmont or one of the two.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sure.

[Zach Top]

And yeah, we've been here for nine years. We have two kids. Before my wife's even. Like, we met. It was going so fast. Even my wife is like, hey, I should set a prenup. I should do a prenup. And I'm like, okay. Like, I had like, my financial team was like freaking out.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sure.

[Zach Top]

My friends were freaking out. She's like, everyone's gonna think I'm after your money. Let's just get that locked in so no one can say.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And I'm like, you sure?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

All right. You know, because like, I know the conversation, bro. It's so funny, that story. So I get my lawyers.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

For like. And I walk into this, you know, the 18th floor of this building, it's all rich mahogany. They're pouring scotch and meat at 11am like, everyone's got a three piece suit on. We go to her lawyer's offices. Like they're still using filing cabinets. Who's that? Some lady though. Receptionist is smoking a cigarette. In a minute, honey. You know, we're like, we look back and laugh at that all the time. But it was like, it took like a day. And it was so uncomfortable, bro.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

The whole thing was. I was, I was.

[Taylor Lewan]

The whole prenup thing.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. And I was like, I obviously had people tell me about it before.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Cuz I told people 12 days in knowing her, I was like, I'm going to marry this girl. Everyone's like, holy, dude, this guy.

[Taylor Lewan]

Settle down.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, he's done. And when she brought it up, it was like a breath of fresh air. But it was also like, even doing. The conversation was like, so awkward. Now it just sits in our safe, man.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

A little prenup.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Hang him. So anyway.

[Taylor Lewan]

Crazy.

[Zach Top]

Onward.

[Will Compton]

So tear talk.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Best love songs.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Spicy tear Talk. Presented by R.O.

[Will Compton]

Top Love Songs. Are we talking lovemaking?

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, I'm so prepared for love making.

[Zach Top]

I did a little variety, but I don't have love making. I know. My word for yours. Oh, also, when we finish our tear talk, we'll go around the room.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay?

[Zach Top]

Okay. And we'll all give one word to describe how we feel about your tear talk.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay.

[Zach Top]

So mine for you is going to be horny.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, just.

[Will Compton]

Do you want me to go first?

[Zach Top]

Go first. Horny.

[Will Compton]

My honorable mention. The hamster stopped running.

[Taylor Lewan]

You acted like you had this already. You ready?

[Zach Top]

Because I'm ready. Yeah, let's do this.

[Will Compton]

All right, My tier three. My tier three is going to be.

[Zach Top]

I'll go.

[Will Compton]

Give me.

[Zach Top]

This is actually my first. This is our first.

[Will Compton]

My tier three is gonna be Give Me that by Webby.

[Zach Top]

Do you know that song?

[Taylor Lewan]

No.

[Zach Top]

I don't either. Can we play that for 10 seconds?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, girl.

[Will Compton]

Give me that.

[Zach Top]

Okay, we'll got it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Give us a little bit of it, Will.

[Will Compton]

Girl, Give me that. You know you want it, girl. Don't act like you don't want it, girl. You want it just as bad as I do.

[Taylor Lewan]

Hell, yeah. That's beautiful. Tier 2. And that's love, baby. And that's love.

[Will Compton]

Tier 2, Lollipop by Little Wayne.

[Taylor Lewan]

I wanna lick you like a lollipop. Isn't that what that is?

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

100.

[Zach Top]

That's what it is.

[Taylor Lewan]

Damn. Now I need to rethink my list.

[Will Compton]

My tier one is gonna be so much more by a poet named Petey. Pablo Freak a leak song.

[Zach Top]

Sing a little bit for me.

[Will Compton]

No, because I'll sing the full. I'll sing the entire song.

[Zach Top]

Do we all have the same word?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, we all do.

[Will Compton]

Do you want it with your horny?

[Zach Top]

Yeah. On three. One, two, three.

[Taylor Lewan]

Horny.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Good job.

[Taylor Lewan]

Thank Pony.

[Zach Top]

Will start off rough, right? You're taking off in that plane. You're like, we're gonna die.

[Will Compton]

Something for the graphic, though, we should put. We should put the. The new single, because I think that would be hilarious. The tan lines.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, there you go. Good times and 10.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Good times and tan lines.

[Taylor Lewan]

Song for sure, dude.

[Will Compton]

Tier three. Webby.

[Taylor Lewan]

Lil Wayne Petty, Pablo. Very natural plug there.

[Zach Top]

I tried to give everybody a variety.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice.

[Zach Top]

In my tear talk.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice.

[Zach Top]

My first honorable mention. I have two honorable mentions.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice.

[Zach Top]

My first honorable mention is if it means a lot to you. That's by a band called A Day to Remember. It's about two people. They're in love. They end up breaking up in the end. But it's still a love song. Fun fact. You were married at one point. I was engaged to a different woman at one point.

[Taylor Lewan]

Really?

[Zach Top]

Yes. We used to get high in my Ford Taurus in high school and listen to this song all the time. And before every game I listened to this song.

[Taylor Lewan]

Wow.

[Zach Top]

I would think about her and tear up and think, this has no idea. I'm still doing my thing out here. Huh? Hope she's watching this noon game. That's what I would think. So that is a. That was near and dear to my heart. Based on the guests we have, my next honorable mention goes to a goat. Toby Keith. You shouldn't kiss me like this.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, great.

[Zach Top]

Kiss me like this. Unless you mean it like that.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, baby.

[Zach Top]

Because I'll just. Anyway.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

That's an awesome, beautiful, beautiful song.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

My tier three, all the sad boys out there goes out to this one hit wonder. Plain white teas. Hey there, Delilah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice.

[Zach Top]

What's it like in New York City? Because I'm a thousand miles away and tonight, girl, you look so pretty, bro.

[Will Compton]

That is so funny because it's.

[Zach Top]

I'm in the middle of my. I'm in my tear top.

[Will Compton]

Oh, the black guys, the black dudes were breaking this down and it was so funny. These like white guy talking about white boys in there.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. He goes, you want to talk about real real? This my boy been going through.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

California. Yeah. My tier two is going to go to Barry White. Practice what you preach. That is a horny song. That's a love making song right there.

[Taylor Lewan]

Hell yeah.

[Zach Top]

And my tier one, which I would.

[Taylor Lewan]

Not have guessed that from the title. I don't know that song.

[Zach Top]

Practice what you preach. Yeah. We can play it for a little bit after. I don't have a voice so I can't do it. Okay. My tier one, which should be a God tier. I want to take you back to April 12, 1914. A ship cruised from Europe to USA. They said the ship was unsinkable.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

On that boat was a young man who won tickets on this beautiful ship in a poker game. Jack Dawson. He met this young rich lady who was setting sail to a free land with an abusive fiance. Only to meet each other on the tip of that ship and they were flying and a song played. And that song is My heart will go on by Celine Dion.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

That is my tear talk.

[Taylor Lewan]

Magical dude.

[Zach Top]

Now we'll go around the room. Mitch, you want to give us one word?

[Garrett]

I'm gonna go. Sad boy. Hyphenated.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Will Compton]

Hyphenated. Diversely elite.

[Taylor Lewan]

Say wholesome.

[Zach Top]

Thank you.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Respectable.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Mitch]

Tasteful.

[Zach Top]

William.

[Will Compton]

Beautiful.

[Zach Top]

Thank you.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. It felt very heartfelt to me. You put a lot of thought into that.

[Zach Top]

That's a full sentence.

[Taylor Lewan]

Very preferred. Prepared. Heartfelt was my word.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Taylor Lewan]

Now sentence. One word. Dumbass. Okay, now I gotta go. I didn't prepare near as much, but I have mine and I changed it just a second ago. Honorable mention will be. I went kind of weird offbeat country love songs because those are the only songs I know is country songs. Honorable mention is let's Fall to pieces together. Together by George Strait. Let's fall pieces together right here in each other's arms. It's like, you know, they both just broke up with somebody, but it's like, well, what is the alone is much better together. I think that's one of the coolest lines anyway. Yeah. Good little.

[Zach Top]

That's a good line.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

So he's George street, you said?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

He's got himself a future, man.

[Taylor Lewan]

I'm telling you, it's going to be something. He's gonna be something. Something. Yeah, there's honorable mention. Tier 3 is job description by Alan Jackson, which is. That song just means a lot to me because it's. It's the. The whole thing is a story about. Well, it's Alan on the road. He wrote it about his wife. He. It's. I sleep 80 miles an hour wind Another diesel down the interstate Dream about my little girls easy chair that sits beside the fireplace and we shut her down in another town Shower up and do just what we came to do Sing for the people Count the money and the miles back home to you. So I think that's a. That's one of my favorite.

[Will Compton]

He adds a good element to the tear talk.

[Zach Top]

He does. He does.

[Taylor Lewan]

I just. I knew I was picking songs that no one was gonna know, so. Just kidding. Some people know that George Straight song, but that's a pretty deep cut. Allen song. There's. I love that. That was tier three. Tier two is Fantasy by. I can't even remember the dude's name. It's a big deal. It's like Kendrick Lamar or something. Like pull that up. Pull up fantasy from your head to your toes. I wanna move from the bed down to the flow and I wanna. You make it so good. I don't want to leave, but I gotta. No, no, no, no, no. What's your fantasy to see. Yeah, exactly.

[Will Compton]

I can't wait till this is broken down on urban podcast.

[Taylor Lewan]

Talking about something.

[Zach Top]

The hell were you talking about on this Damn show.

[Taylor Lewan]

Exactly. Up here, boy. Up here.

[Zach Top]

I don't want that. I want. You listen to that Frisa music, dude.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, there you go.

[Taylor Lewan]

Sorry. Ludicrous.

[Zach Top]

Also was in the Fast and the Furious movies, which.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, that's right.

[Zach Top]

We all know I'm not a fan of.

[Taylor Lewan]

Okay, I'm with you, brother.

[Zach Top]

But anyway.

[Taylor Lewan]

Anyway.

[Zach Top]

Sorry. Sorry.

[Taylor Lewan]

Luda Fantasy by Ludicrous. That was tier two. Tier one is my favorite memory. Merle Haggard, first time we met. His favorite memory of mine. They say time changes all it pertains to, but your memory is stronger than time. I guess everything does change except what you choose to recall. There's a million good day dreams to dream on, baby. You are my favorite memory of all.

[Will Compton]

Well done. Love that one. That's my word.

[Taylor Lewan]

Thanks.

[Will Compton]

Hyphenated. Well done.

[Taylor Lewan]

Hyphenated. That was really good. Yeah, we're getting pretty loose with our hyphenated words over here.

[Zach Top]

My word. Poetic.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice.

[Garrett]

Hyphenated. Don't know any of them.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I told you. Yeah, you knew the ludicrous one.

[Will Compton]

Interactive.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice.

[Zach Top]

Predictable for Zach.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. You stole that. I was gonna say hyphenated. Par for the course. Yeah.

[Mitch]

Hyphenated. Free show.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, like I'm over here. There's zero depth to the songs that I chose. Taylor's telling stories. He's telling stories and singing. I'm talking about. Give me that.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

How to suck dick. Like take it in the ass.

[Zach Top]

Hey, man, all skills.

[Will Compton]

Do you want it in your.

[Zach Top]

Imagine, buddy. All right, New singles out. Good Times and Tan lines. We popped that bad boy on in our team meeting today or our pre production today.

[Taylor Lewan]

Nice. What'd you think?

[Zach Top]

How'd you come up with that? I thought it was solid.

[Taylor Lewan]

To me if you need to. Because I don't want to hear that.

[Zach Top]

It'S bad, but can I be honest with you?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Come on.

[Zach Top]

We put the first 45 seconds on, and then one of our guys paused it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, he's been fired.

[Will Compton]

Taylor made the comment. This is 90s country.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, this is 90s country.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's pretty. Yeah, it's pretty down the middle. No, no curveballs here. I believe the idea was Carson's actually. Or he just saw it somewhere, like on a T shirt. Half the songs we write is, you know, some dumb things on a bumper sticker somewhere. Exactly. See one of these goofy stickers in here or something? Yeah. Bush.

[Will Compton]

Beef. What's for dinner?

[Zach Top]

Yeah, yeah, that's.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's a good one. But. Yeah. So he. He saw. Yeah. Something on a T shirt. Or whatever it was. And like, man, that sounds like a song. Good times a tail end. So we wrote it with another buddy of mine, White McCubbin. Great writer. Yeah. Just felt like it was. It's all there. Yeah. There's some of those, like, titles like Cold Beer and Country Music was another one of them that it's like. It's kind of like, how did somebody not write this already? It seems like it's just like almost low hanging fruit kind. It's just like. That's right there. How's that not been done?

[Zach Top]

So anyway, George Straight did write Cold Beer Conversations, right?

[Taylor Lewan]

He did. Well, he didn't write it, but somebody did. I can't remember who did.

[Zach Top]

Fair enough.

[Taylor Lewan]

But, yeah, I. I think Dean Dillon was on that song. But anyways. Yeah. So it. I don't know. It's just. Yeah. There's no secrets here. It's just a fun. Supposed to be a good time, summer anthem song, you know?

[Zach Top]

How'd you hit the.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's not going to change the world. Maybe it'll change somebody's tax bracket. I don't know.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, there you go.

[Will Compton]

You'll change the vibes on a boat.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is. Yeah. We've been cranking it up already. We. When we've been out on the boat. It's a good boat song for sure.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Just as summer's starting to hit. Heavy force. That's good.

[Taylor Lewan]

It. Honestly, I was telling this to the guys while we wrote it, so we never said anything about this, but I was homeschooled from all the way up to my sophomore year of high school, I guess, and then went to community college anyway. Homeschooled Christian family. So, like, I wasn't a very wild kid in high school or anything. They're not even wild, but just like, doing stuff like this. I was going to bluegrass festivals. I was kind of a nerd. And it's worked out okay, so I'm not, you know, complaining, but I feel like hearing other people's stories of high school where they're, like, sneaking out and, like, you know, drinking with their friends all night and whatever. Yeah. Just like, I wasn't hardly even. I wasn't allowed to date anybody. I would, like, I couldn't do anything. It was very. A very kind of, like, sheltered childhood and. And I had a great time. Nothing but fun memories. But I was telling the guys. I was like. Like, this is like. I'm kind of writing this as what I imagine my high school experience should have been. Like, just running around with My buddies.

[Zach Top]

Having a good time.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, exactly. Chasing girls and skinny dipping and whatever. Anyway, I was being a nerd and trying to learn to play guitar like Tony Rice, so.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, you've definitely picked the right path.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, it's worked out okay.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Like I said.

[Zach Top]

When you got to Colorado.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Did you find yourself going through like a rebellious phase at all? Like being in this like kind of. It sounds like a sheltered life.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Can't date people. Then you go around, there's girls walking around.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I know. I really wasn't. I was still fairly like. I. Yeah, I got drunk with my college roommates a bunch, so that was fun. But I. I never did anything very crazy. I still don't still have.

[Will Compton]

What was the most amount of trouble you got into in high school?

[Taylor Lewan]

In high school? Well, I was dating a girl. That or no, we weren't allowed to be dating, so whatever. We hung out secret. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, dude. Yeah. Yeah. I was texting this girl too much and so my parents took my phone away. I. It was like a solid full summer of just non stop warfare with my parents over this chick and she would like. She. I didn't have a phone. I. I didn't have my own car, so I had to borrow my parent. One of my parents cars to go anywhere. So she would come like drive to my street at like 2 in the morning and I would sneak out the basement window and run up. We go park her car in the sand dunes and make out.

[Zach Top]

What would you.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Make out.

[Taylor Lewan]

Out. Yeah, that's it.

[Will Compton]

Feel some boobs.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Some over the pants. Some over the pants stuff. Yeah, let's go.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

A lot of brakes to wipe off your mouth.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah, man.

[Zach Top]

God. There's just the denim of your pants absolutely giving you a callus on your face. You're just like, yes, God, please. That's something to it.

[Taylor Lewan]

What a feeling, dude. Those were the days. Life was so simple.

[Zach Top]

Being in high school, bro. And meeting somebody and being like, wow, maybe something could happen here.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Is maybe the greatest rush any human being will ever have in their life.

[Taylor Lewan]

Wild.

[Zach Top]

Everyone remembers their first time. Everyone remembers like making out for the first time. Doing anything.

[Taylor Lewan]

Just dry something. Yeah, exactly. Let's just rub our pants together and just grab. Feeling a little. I feel booby over a shirt, man. God.

[Will Compton]

Just going home with the.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, go ahead, finish.

[Will Compton]

Just going home with a empty nut in your jeans.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, dude. Yeah. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

And like at first you're upset about it, but then eventually dries again.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's cool.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Throw this in the hamper. Hide it under some clothes.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's what I was about to say, because mom's doing laundry. That thing back.

[Zach Top]

Oh, this one must have been there for a while.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, gosh, dude.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, those. Some of those just sitting there watching a movie with a couple girls and just that, you know, you're, like, just pressing against their thigh like they don't. Like they don't. Oh, yeah. It's gonna activate something crazy.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Like, you feel that catching a cramp.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Those are the days. Write a song about that, dude. Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

This is it. Dude. This is the song. This is it.

[Will Compton]

Blue.

[Zach Top]

Good times and dry hump.

[Taylor Lewan]

If you relate to anything we just said, this is the song.

[Zach Top]

Right? You want to go back to high school when you used to up your denim pants, Zack tops, Good times and tan lines. Is the song for you?

[Will Compton]

No, that's a new.

[Zach Top]

You can have that too, if you want. You can take.

[Will Compton]

It's got to be called. It's got to be called Blue Balls.

[Zach Top]

Got.

[Will Compton]

Got to be called Blue Balls.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, I'm blue for you.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Oh, my goodness.

[Zach Top]

That's awesome, dude.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, you should. We can anytime you want to have a brainstorm.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, you already asked about it. When I start running out of material to write about it.

[Zach Top]

Yeah, we'll just tell you about high school. High school situation, which.

[Will Compton]

Text me a couple high school stories.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

Getting a little group chat. I do kind of want to ask him the question, but I feel like Tyler gonna get mad or the OG busting questions.

[Will Compton]

Would you cut your dick off for a Super Bowl?

[Taylor Lewan]

No.

[Zach Top]

When he lost a V card.

[Will Compton]

Is that an OG question?

[Zach Top]

That's. That's how we used to start.

[Will Compton]

It's more like. Oh, the first time you yanked it.

[Zach Top]

Feels like it's not the show.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah. We've grown.

[Zach Top]

We have.

[Will Compton]

We've grown.

[Taylor Lewan]

This is a good show.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Family friendly on here.

[Zach Top]

I'll stay away from it. I'll stay away from that.

[Will Compton]

Dude.

[Taylor Lewan]

This has been a long time ago.

[Will Compton]

Bud Light question.

[Zach Top]

Oh, that's right.

[Will Compton]

So you know how people would do anything for a Bud Light? An ice cold Bud Light. What would Zach.

[Taylor Lewan]

Allegedly. No, no, no, no, no. My bad.

[Zach Top]

Anybody would do anything for anybody, and.

[Taylor Lewan]

Everybody would do anything for Bud Light.

[Will Compton]

What would Zachary Top do anything for?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I know, I know. I already got the breakdown. I already got the rundown.

[Zach Top]

Okay.

[Taylor Lewan]

Dude, I wonder what the notes are. Okay.

[Zach Top]

I know what the. No, I wonder what the notes are like that come in for our Guests.

[Taylor Lewan]

It wasn't hardly anything. Tyler just texted me this morning and said, just type that question and said, can't say family. And then he told me to prepare a list of songs, which I kind of did. And that was it.

[Zach Top]

That's.

[Taylor Lewan]

But yes. What would I do anything for? I. I want to be better at golf. Just. There is. Other than parking girlfriend's car in the sand dunes and making out all night, the best feeling in the world is just hitting a flush golf shot. And if I could just hit the ball flush every time, that'd be amazing.

[Will Compton]

I like that answer.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, it's kind of boring.

[Zach Top]

No, you rounded it out nice.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I really, really better at golf.

[Zach Top]

I was like, all right.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, it's pretty boring. No, no, I got. Yeah, just hitting flush golf shots. I want. I. I want to have that energy. I kind of have that energy on a pool table. I'll. I'll hustle some people on a game of pool. Lately, somehow a tick tock video got posted. Some dude after a show came up and asked me to play pool for a hundred dollars, and I beat him and took his hundred dollars. So now if fans see me and I'm playing pool somewhere, they'll come up and play me for a hundred dollars. And I don't believe I've lost yet. So I. I just love the energy of. And I'm not that good. I'm not, like, great. I played in a pool for a little while. I played in a pool league for a little bit. Look at that. See, that one was for my music video. I had to miss that on purpose. Did you see how nicely I missed that?

[Zach Top]

You had to do that purpose?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Zach Top]

For.

[Taylor Lewan]

For my. It was bad luck. The music video for bad luck. Look at that thing.

[Zach Top]

Is that. How much did that piss you off?

[Taylor Lewan]

A lot, dude. Yeah, it hurts. That was an easy shot too. But yeah, no, just the energy of, like, being able to hustle somebody out, just taking somebody's money at anything. And golf is a really fun one.

[Zach Top]

Nothing.

[Taylor Lewan]

Like, love taking people's money at golf. And I hate getting my money taken in golf.

[Zach Top]

If you could play golf against one person, who would it be?

[Taylor Lewan]

Like, just, like, play around with somebody.

[Zach Top]

Play around for money.

[Will Compton]

Probably John Daly.

[Taylor Lewan]

Well, yeah, but then I'm gonna beat his ass. Yeah, that. See? Yeah, well, yeah, So I just pick, like, the worst player I know.

[Zach Top]

All right, well, yeah, pick someone.

[Taylor Lewan]

Somebody that I love taking money from. Owen punches my sound guy. He got a little cocky attitude on him. So a bunch of the guys in My. Yeah, you're not gonna find Owen punches on the Internet. I'm sorry. Anyways, so Dave the piano player, Jimmy the bass player, and, oh, and my sound guy have all kind of started getting into golf. So they like to go out and golf with me. I'm not very good. I'm like a eight handicap right now. I think they're horrible. They're like a 40 handicap, all of them. So we would play. They would do a three man scramble against me, and we play for $100 on the whole match or something. Them and I went through a stretch where I was playing the worst golf of my life. And they beat me one time and I had to pay them. That was the absolute worst. And then we went out and played like the next week or something, and I started talking shit because Owen was. Owen's the biggest talker in the world. And so they won that one time. And mind you, if this guy played by himself, his own ball, he'd shoot 175. So anyway, and they're beating me in the scramble, and he was talking a lot of. So then the next time we played, I was like, all right, Owen, just put your money where your mouth is, buddy. We're playing for 200 today. And you know, it's a big money. I know. Anyway, anyway, and then they beat me again. And so now I'm just in the seventh circle of hell with shame and disappointment. And then a third time we go out and play. And now I'm talking a lot of. Because I'm just like, yeah, you got lucky twice. Don't worry, it's not gonna happen again. Lo and behold, they beat me a third time in a row. And then Owen just got a little out of hand and he starts talking about how he's gonna beat me playing his own ball. And I was just like, dude, how delusional do you have to be that you got lucky three times playing a three man scramble versus me? Now you think you're gonna beat me playing your own ball. And so then we played and I beat him and. But anyway, it just felt really good after all the talking, all the shame. And it seems like they beat you.

[Will Compton]

Down mentally so much that it's what you would do anything for, is just hit, flush, golf. Shots, Shots.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Owen is so deep.

[Will Compton]

Hey, we've won the war.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Owen needs that clip.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Would you do anything for it? Beat my friends.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Take Owen Punch's money at golf.

[Zach Top]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. How much did you. So you played for 100.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Lost 200 lost and then 200 again.

[Zach Top]

So that's 500. Would you and own play for one on one?

[Taylor Lewan]

I think just 100. And we only played like five holes or something.

[Zach Top]

So you're still in the hole.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh yeah, for sure.

[Zach Top]

I don't know how to come back from that financially.

[Taylor Lewan]

No, it's. Yeah, it's. Yeah.

[Zach Top]

Interest rates are high, I'll be honest. Inflation tariffs, you know.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, man.

[Zach Top]

But yeah, we've got some stuff out there for you.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's tough out there.

[Zach Top]

Before we get out of here, is there anything you want to promote? Say give out, give a shout out to somebody?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, you've got it. New record coming out, obviously. The new single came out on the 9th. Yeah. Today. Yeah. And then, yeah, I've got a new record coming out August 29th. I promised the people a summer album and I barely made it, but We've got it August 29th. The record will be called Ain't In It For My Health, which I think is pretty funny. It was kind of a. It's a line out of one of the songs out of the first song on the album, but it's kind of like a, A little oh look, the image is already out. Oh, I guess they. Yeah, that was getting posted, getting announced. So yeah, that's. That ain't in it for my health. Yeah, it's kind of like a little I'm here to stay statement, you know. Yeah, like ain't a one hit wonder sort of thing. Anyway, so. Yeah, new record. Excited about that. Fifteen songs. Well, you got one of them today. Yeah, 14.

[Zach Top]

So 14 more songs. Is there, is there a song on that album that you're like most proud of that you're like, I hope people love this one.

[Taylor Lewan]

There's a few. Obviously. I love all the songs. I wouldn't have put them on the record if I didn't. But yeah, there's, there's like. I'm a little older now than like the, the stuff on the first record and there's like a couple more life sort of songs and I think there's a couple of those that. There's one called between the Ditches that I think is going to be, I hope is going to be pretty powerful. I think it is. Hopefully people resonate with it. But yeah, there's. I don't know, there's a bunch of stuff on there that I'm really, really excited about and it's kind of, you know, it's. It's same old me. It sounds, you know, sounds like the same Artist. But I think the music has matured a little bit and it's, it's moving forward and yeah, it doesn't sound like just, just, you know, same old bland.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. But Jack, you have something.

[Mitch]

I do have a question and I think people like to know this. I'd like to know this. Excluding yourself, who are Zach Top's top three live touring acts currently?

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, nice. Jake Worthington. He's a guy that's been out opening some shows for us. He is phenomenal. One of the best singers and as country as cow. He's hilarious. I love that dude. I'll say. Dirks Bentley. I'm not trying to just plug who we're on tour with right now, but we're on tour with Dirks Bentley. He's just hilarious. His whole show is kind of a comedy routine and a big old bit. That's. In fact, that's what he said. He. He says there's. There are no hits, there are only bits. And so it's. I don't know. His show is just very entertaining to watch. Super funny. And Chris Stapleton, probably, he's just. I don't know. I love the. In the age of like guy. And I ain't knocking it, but like there's a lot of guys running around with a wireless mic holding a red solo cup singing their songs and he just stands up there behind the microphone and holds his guitar or plays his guitar and sings and captivates people with that voice. I don't know. It's cool. I love Stapleton and just badass songwriter obviously too. But.

[Mitch]

Yeah, two part question as well.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, come on.

[Mitch]

Is there anything the fans can expect in the future of a potential Zach Top Billy Strings album?

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, that's a good question. Man, we had so much fun doing that little project, little mini project together. I love Billy. For some reason, he seems to be able to tolerate me too. It's fun to like. He inspires me so much. There's not. It's like, I don't know, sometimes it can feel hard to. I just. Every time I get around him, it's like, God dang, I need to go practice my guitar. I need to go practice my singing. I need. He just like makes me want to be better. It's not at all. It's like, oh, I'm not as good. It's just like, it's a. It's a very positive type of. Damn it, I want to be better. And so I love every time I get to be around him. Nicest dude in the world. Too. But, yeah, it. We will do more things in the future together for sure. I don't know exactly. Yeah. I don't know exactly what it's gonna look like, but, yeah. Love. Yeah. Being on shows with him and stuff and. And making music together. We'll do something.

[Mitch]

I am the people.

[Zach Top]

The people.

[Taylor Lewan]

I am damn sure I speak for them.

[Zach Top]

That's awesome, brother. Shout out Billy Strings.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Hell yeah. Billy Strings, please come on the show. Yeah, Billy.

[Will Compton]

Dude, you are crushing it.

[Taylor Lewan]

It.

[Will Compton]

And it is. It's been an honor to have you on the bus.

[Taylor Lewan]

Appreciate that. Thank you guys for having me.

[Will Compton]

People are. People are starting to love you. You're ascending right now. Hope the album crushes. Wish you all the success. We will all stay in touch. Hell, yeah. Especially when you bring the fam on.

[Taylor Lewan]

Amen.

[Will Compton]

And you hit the bluegrass. Forget the old family.

[Taylor Lewan]

If I get him convinced to do it, I'm inviting you to this. We can do.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. We can do the introduction.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. I love it. Oh, yeah. That's what I need to do. Yeah. Have you come do your introduction for me on the.

[Zach Top]

I'll do that.

[Taylor Lewan]

We're playing Nashville or something.

[Zach Top]

Just. I'll even do it for free. Well, the first one will be free if you want, like a heroin deal. Yeah, first one's free. Let's get you hooked real quick, you know, get you hooked on everything that's going on. Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Amen.

[Zach Top]

We do pocket. We've done so many podcasts, and every time we have somebody on that we don't know, there's always this little anxious worry. Hopefully the DS wants to talk. Have a good time. You've been that, brother.

[Taylor Lewan]

Well, thanks.

[Zach Top]

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[Zach Top]

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[Zach Top]

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