2026-07-07- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1

Date: July 7, 2026

Hosts: Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, Shannon The Dude

Summary by Segment

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Episode Overview

This episode kicks off another "Ask Anything Tuesday," where callers and listeners can pose any question—sports-related or totally random—to the KSR crew. The show weaves through lighthearted banter about wedding suits and listener run-ins, a deep dive into the U.S. Men's National Team's World Cup exit, and a large, unfolding story: the indictment of former Wildcat Kerr Kriisa in a $2.2M fraud scheme. The hour also features lighter fare, such as a quirky local "bird noise" mystery, favorite cover songs, and an unexpected champion: Western Kentucky’s concrete canoe team.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Wedding Suit Shopping & Banter

• [02:43–05:56] The crew recounts getting suits for Billy’s upcoming wedding, humorously debating whether it's “fair or foul” for all the guys to match and telling stories about tie selection mishaps and the perks of custom fitting at Logan’s in Lexington.
  • Matt encourages women listeners to get their men fitted for a good suit at least once.
  • Drew describes the logistical challenges of finding a suit that fits after gaining some weight.

Notable Quote:

“To all the women that are listening, make your man go get one suit… You owe it to them. Go out there. Pick the buttons. They fit it. I was excited to see that I was a size down from what I normally did…”
—Matt Jones, [05:14]

Light-Hearted: The Bird Noise Mystery

• [06:29–08:31 & 26:30–26:48] Listeners have hyped an odd, high-pitched intermittent "bird noise" around Lexington Green. The hosts share their subtle experiences, surmising it's probably exaggerated by some but later, a caller reveals it’s a bird-repelling device that's unplugged each Christmas for power needs.

Notable Reveals:

“If you go to the top where the fan is… the noise up top, before you unplug it, is piercing. I put earplugs in my ears.”
—Caller, [26:26]

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2. Fan Encounters & Small-Town Fame

• [09:12–10:33] Matt recounts overhearing a woman in a restaurant recognizing his voice but declaring him "no Lee Cruz," sparking banter about local celebrity status and whether to confront listeners mid-meal.

Notable Quote:

"I’m three feet from her...she said I wouldn’t recognize him, but I’d know his voice. Then she goes, ‘He’s fine, but he’s no Lee Cruz.’”
—Matt Jones, [09:38]

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3. US Men's National Soccer Team World Cup Exit

• [11:09–16:43] Dissecting the American loss to Belgium, the hosts lament a performance they describe as “terrified” and error-prone—particularly ridiculing goalkeeper mistakes and recurring U.S. knockout-stage failures.
  • The group questions perennial optimism about "American soccer being on the rise".
  • Everyone shares their new rooting interests (mostly “anyone but England”).

Notable Quotes & Moments:

• "He tried to kick it and just hit the ground. Everybody's like—who did that?...I missed was. We looked terrible."
  —Matt Jones [11:32]
• "We always lose in the final 16, and we lost again. So were we better or did we just play more bad teams?"
  —Matt Jones [14:02]

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4. Ask Anything Tuesday Highlights

• [21:13–36:00] Questions range from sports hypotheticals—would Matt Jones forgo Kentucky athletics for four years if it meant a different president—to musings on the best age to “peak” in life (answer: 25–30 personally, 45–55 career-wise).
  • Discussion about which Kentucky counties are still "dry."
  • One caller shares that WKU won the national title in “concrete canoe” (a civil engineering contest).

Notable Quote:

"My biggest regret is that I went to law school at 21. I wish I had taken a couple years and done something stupid…"
—Matt Jones, [24:59]

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5. Kerr Kriisa Indictment – UK Basketball Scandal

• [27:32–34:08] Major story: Kerr Kriisa, former UK basketball player, indicted for a $2.2M fraud scheme, allegedly scamming money by fabricating personal tragedies and impersonating family members, including inventing a fake “Irene.”
  • Speculation that his victims were likely West Virginia boosters and comparisons to a Netflix documentary plot.
  • Reports emerge that Kriisa may have scammed UK fans by selling player tickets and not delivering.

Notable Quotes:

“$2.2 million fraud scheme. That’s a lot of money to be scamming people. And he ain’t even that old. He may have peaked before everybody… in scamming.”
—Matt Jones, [27:37]

"He also created a fictional female character named Irene...Why do you pick the name Irene?"
—Matt Jones, [32:02]

Funny Exchange:

Shannon (re: Kriisa’s fake names): “Who would ever do something like that?”
Drew: “Picture Irene in your head. That innocent, sweet old lady.”
—[30:40]

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6. Other Fun Segments

• [43:04–43:17, 47:10–48:18] Rapid banter returns—Matt asks about famous Irenes, and listeners (and hosts) share their favorite cover songs.
  • Mention of Granny Clampett (Irene Davis) and Irene Cara.

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7. Serious Note: Mitch McConnell’s Health

• [44:04–45:27] A rare dive into politics: With rumors swirling about Senator Mitch McConnell’s health, Matt insists there’s a public responsibility to clarify his status given his public office.

"When you’re in office, there’s a public responsibility. You have to say what's happening. ...You can't just hide."
—Matt Jones, [45:16]

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “I will say the rest of the world hates us about this. ...I listened to this [UK] podcast and they just, they talk so much trash.”
  —Matt Jones, [16:08]
• “I'm probably for Argentina or maybe Norway. Just anyone but England.”
  —Matt Jones, [15:45]
• “If he had just not played in the TBT… Mario, you and Chris Beezmore put him in prison.”
  —Matt Jones, [34:08]
• “Should what are they going to – what do you do about Mitch McConnell right now? ...You can only hide it so long.”
  —Matt Jones & Shannon, [44:04–44:53]

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Segment Timestamps for Quick Reference

• Wedding Suits & Tailoring: [02:43–06:29]
• Bird Noise Mystery: [06:29–08:31] & [26:30–26:48]
• Matt’s Fan Encounter (Lee Cruz story): [09:12–10:33]
• USMNT World Cup Post-Mortem: [11:09–16:43]
• Ask Anything Tuesday, Peak Life Age: [23:02–24:59]
• Kerr Kriisa Indictment & Reactions: [27:32–34:08]
• Dry Counties/Concrete Canoe: [36:04–39:09]
• Mitch McConnell Health Discussion: [44:04–45:27]
• Favorite Cover Songs: [47:10–48:18]

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Tone & Language

The show mixes trademark KSR irreverence (plenty of self-deprecating humor and local in-jokes) with genuine engagement on sports topics, community oddities, and listener questions. Even serious topics—like the Kriisa indictment or McConnell’s health—are handled in KSR's conversational, approachable style.

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Conclusion

This episode of KSR, while built around listener Q&A, is rich with the hosts’ chemistry and Kentucky flavor. It spans from suit shopping hijinks and bird deterrents to frank, funny, and occasionally biting commentary on local gossip, sports heartbreak, and breaking news affecting the UK sports scene. The conversation never gets bogged down, with noteworthy exchanges from all three hosts and active participation from the audience.

Transcript

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[Shannon]

this is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage and the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Safe Summer Driving Tour. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, Tuesday, July 7th. I'm Matt Jones here in Lexington, Kentucky. We're going to do an ask anything Tuesday, you can call in and. And ask anything. This is your chance. If you want a random topic or if you want a specific sports question, let's say you've always wondered, okay, what about this? Or you just want to say, do you like chicken? We can do that, too. I don't know if that's a great topic, but we could do it. Yes, that's the Clark's Puppet shop phone lines 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-77-45254. In this edition, sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ he'll make them pay. Here with Drew and Shannon after yesterday. Last night, the US Men's World cup team loses. We're going to come to that in just a second. But I think most importantly, Drew, yesterday we all got our suits for Billy's

[Drew Franklin]

wedding, suited up, had a fun time with you all yesterday afternoon.

[Matt Jones]

We did. We ended up all deciding to wear the same suit.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's match.

[Matt Jones]

Is that fair or foul?

[Drew Franklin]

I think it's absolutely fair. I like that. We're going to be like our own set of groomsmen sitting together in the car.

[Matt Jones]

Except Ryan, who wasn't there. But we all got. There were three choices. Dark brown, medium brown, and tan.

[Drew Franklin]

Chocolate, camel, and light tan.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so chocolate, that was the ups. We couldn't do that one.

[Drew Franklin]

I would have worn it one time, but it's not a rewear. I wanted to get something I could wear a few times.

[Matt Jones]

But tan we can all wear. But now we're all going to be wearing the same thing, so we do look like alternative groomsmen. If you don't like the groomsmen Billy has. Yeah, Shannon, you pick us instead.

[Shannon]

I mean, I know Billy's friends. There's a good chance they don't even show up for the wedding. We can step in. We're the subs. Next man up.

[Matt Jones]

Next man.

[Shannon]

You're up there.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right, Shannon.

[Drew Franklin]

I will look even closer. He doesn't know this, but yesterday I walked off. I was shopping for other stuff. I went last, and I'd already picked out my tie. That's my tie. I got it. Turns out Shannon also picked it. So when it came to my turn, I was like, well, I'm not changing. We'll just have the same time.

[Matt Jones]

You are going to have the same time. We're going to be groomsmen. Oh, I don't know if that's allowed.

[Drew Franklin]

I had my number one pick I wasn't even considering another one.

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You wouldn't.

[Matt Jones]

So you didn't get off it. You were just like, well, I can't.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I had my pick. I'm not changing.

[Shannon]

I could have changed, but it was there. And somebody said, that's the one. And I go, okay, you're the experts here.

[Drew Franklin]

What shoes are you wearing, Shannon? Let's just go top to bottom.

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Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you to Logan.

[Shannon]

Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

They were awes for Logan's is right there at the Lexington Green. I'm giving my personal shout out. They give great service and like they even you could get shirts that had your initials on them. Here's my thing. To all the women that are listening, make your man go get one suit out there, all right? Make him look like, you know, not like a worthless schloss. Just one time for you. Right? Like you owe it. They owe it to you. Go out there. You can, like I said, pick the buttons. They, they fit it. I was excited to see that I was a size down from what I normally did. That made me feel excited. You didn't have the same feel?

[Drew Franklin]

No. I actually had to buy a second suit. I have four weddings this summer. I thought I was done with weddings. I have four, including coming up back to back weekends. And last just Sunday, I went to try on my suits. I've got some nice suits from Logan's in the past. Yeah. And not only did the button, not kind of button, like each end of the pants couldn't even talk to each other. They were so far apart.

[Matt Jones]

So I couldn't even have a convers.

[Drew Franklin]

I ended up with multiple suits at Logan's yesterday.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

I will say I've gotten suits there before. The shirt process we went through yesterday was new to me. That was crazy fun.

[Matt Jones]

Over the top shirts for us.

[Drew Franklin]

But like the fabric, the collar, the, the everything. The cuff.

[Matt Jones]

August 8, the event of the year is in. Wherever it is. I'm not even sure now. When we came up, we listened for the sound. I actually heard it, but I had to be listening for it. It wasn't like the kind of thing that if it wasn't for our conversation, I don't know that I would have noticed it, but I noticed it. It's intermittent. It's very high. I faintly heard it. I mean, and then at first I was like, is this just in my mind that I want to hear it? Then I walked into Joseph Beth and I didn't hear it. So I was like, okay, I must have heard it. You guys said the same Thing, right? You heard it a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I've probably walked through there a thousand times and never even noticed it because it wasn't that bad. I thought when we were told about. It's like a continuous noise. It kind of comes and goes. But yeah, once I was looking for

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[Drew Franklin]

It's good.

[Matt Jones]

Mario has a video online, and you can test it out if you go to Mario's Facebook.

[Shannon]

Can't hear. It's Mario talking over it. Mario's talking over it.

[Matt Jones]

Mario does talk over it, which is kind of strange. The point is to see whether or not you can hear it. And Mario's like, yo. Which I don't know what that was.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I could hear it too, but it wasn't, like, over the top. Some of the people that were writing in were exaggerating how loud it was. Like. Like they were going, Mario, you thought

[Matt Jones]

it was very loud, didn't you? Again, with those young ears. People were writing, like, acting like their children just start screaming and throwing things up in the air. I didn't hear it like that, but I did vaguely hear it. But, you know, I. I had never noticed it. And like you, I'd been there many times, so it may be a good thing this week. Just go and see if you hear it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I don't want to say people are exaggerating, but I have a hard time believing that that, like, keeps people from walking under there, that their kids go crazy. It's a noise, and it's not the most pleasant noise, but I didn't. Don't think it could be that disturbing.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, that's what people say. And I believe all people when they say things. Maybe you do not.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm just glad we could hear it. I was worried about us.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, I was. Well, I know I have a little bit of a hearing loss from doing this show and wearing these headphones all the time. Like, I just know. I can tell. I used to have really good hearing. And now, you know, I turn the microphones up and, like. I know. Thank you. Thank you, Joby. But I. But. But it was good to hear that. I could hear it at all. Then last night I went to dinner. Okay. So I'm having to learn new areas of restaurants.

[Caller]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Which is all the ones out in Hamburg.

[Drew Franklin]

Welcome to my side.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So I'm having to learn. So we went to the. To the Ramsey's. That's out there because it's summer vegetable. They had the word corn and maters on the front.

[Drew Franklin]

That's corn daisy.

[Shannon]

Good. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Corn and maters. Went in with my parents there. They were in town, and, Shannon, you have to tell me what to do here. There was a table next to us, and all of a sudden I hear this woman go, matt Jones. And I went, oh, you know, what are they going to say? And I heard her say to whoever she was with, well, I wouldn't recognize him, but I'd know his voice.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And I wanted to be like, well, I'm right here, lady.

[Shannon]

Oh, she still didn't know you were right there?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I don't know. You would think, like, maybe. But then she. I mean, I. She said I wouldn't recognize him. I'm three feet from her. So I didn't say anything. Then she goes, he's fine, but he's no Lee Cruz. What's that about? He's no Lee Cruz.

[Drew Franklin]

Like, you know where you stand.

[Matt Jones]

I'm a Lee Cruz. I'm a foot taller than Lee Cruz.

[Shannon]

Maybe she don't like tall guys.

[Matt Jones]

He's just a wee little man.

[Drew Franklin]

Maybe she likes we a little afternoon

[Matt Jones]

daytime TV like they like. Because he, you know, he dresses well.

[Shannon]

He goes to Logan's. I bet.

[Matt Jones]

I bet he does go to Logan's. And he's got that nice smile and all that. But she said. But she said that, and I don't. No one at the table seemed to acknowledge that I was just a few feet from. So then I said, well, should I.

[Shannon]

Hey, you should have said, I appreciate the call.

[Matt Jones]

No, but I didn't. I let it go. But do you think it was a coincidence, or do you think they would like her dad or her. Not her son maybe was like, he's right there.

[Drew Franklin]

I'd guess someone at the table was like, hey, Matt's over there. And that's when she probably said, I wouldn't recognize him, but I know his voice. If I were you, I would have gone up and said, I would be happy to buy your meal. However, Lee Cruz can buy your meal and then walk off. Call your boy, Lee.

[Matt Jones]

What if. Was it be bigger if I said, from Lee Cruz or just give her Lee's phone number? Yeah, well, I do have Lee's phone.

[Drew Franklin]

You should call him.

[Matt Jones]

So anyway, that was. That was nice. Now, the U.S. men's National Team, they lost last night. Kind of got their tails kicked right.

[Drew Franklin]

You could tell from the beginning. I know Belgium's a better team. They're top 10 in the world. And we were punching up a little bit in weight class, but we just looked terrified. We couldn't do the basics. There was guys standing around, couldn't clear the ball out. And then later in the match with the goalie stubbing his toe.

[Matt Jones]

So what happened with that? I mean, that you don't even have to know soccer to know that goalie play. Shannon was pathetic. Now he tried to kick it, and he just hit the ground. And then everybody's like, who did that? I didn't hear that on the television. It was a higher pitch. May not have been able to hear it. I missed was. We looked terrible. You could almost tell from the beginning. I knew we were in trouble. Shannon, when they said at the beginning that their two best players, they were just holding them out.

[Shannon]

Yeah, Well, I knew we were in trouble when they scored in the first two minutes of the game. I actually turned over the Braves game to watch a soccer match, and I'm going, who am I right now? You guys are on me so bad about this World cup, and I turn it on, and that's what I get. So I think I'm done with soccer.

[Matt Jones]

It was a. It was a disaster.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I wonder if the. I mean, you wouldn't want to change it, but the fuel went from us not having the red car till we took them off.

[Lele Pons]

We.

[Matt Jones]

We. The mojo got flipped with the whole Baligan thing. We probably gave them a huge motivation.

[Drew Franklin]

We lost ours.

[Matt Jones]

It was like. It was a distraction. We started being like, we're America

[Shannon]

again.

[Drew Franklin]

You're watching a different broadcast.

[Matt Jones]

And we start doing that. And I think, you know, there's a karma to it. After a while, in hindsight, you wonder if we should have just said, all right, we'll beat you without it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, we have the chip on our shoulder.

[Matt Jones]

Because now the problem is we look like we cheated, and we still.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, Captain America. Pulisic, he did not look good.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, Pulisic. Now, why is he supposed to be good? Now, granted, I don't watch him, but he's.

[Drew Franklin]

For the last several years, he kicked

[Matt Jones]

it, like, three times and just missed and hit his grandma. Like, it was terrible.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, he did a lot of standing around. Really? They all look terrible.

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[Drew Franklin]

We did have Tillman getting the free kick again. That was pretty cool. We had, like, 30 seconds of optimism, and then they scored right after that.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, why is that? Why did we get a goalie that went to Harvard?

[Shannon]

I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

There's no sport where you're like, what's the epitome of the position we could get here? Let's go to Yale.

[Shannon]

We don't need anybody who's going to be smart.

[Matt Jones]

We don't need anybody from Harvard. I like smart people, but they should not. Smart people should not be playing sports at the highest level.

[Drew Franklin]

So I stubbed his toe.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. I mean, smart people, they think too much. He was like, should I kick this? Just kick it.

[Drew Franklin]

He's worried about the wind.

[Matt Jones]

He's in the angle. Just kick it.

[Drew Franklin]

He did have a great save to start the match right away.

[Matt Jones]

It was. The whole thing. It was really exciting. This entire. I mean, I'm going to keep watching the World cup, but just the whole American run was exciting, you know? But then we lost, kind of where we always lose. We always lose in the final 16, and we lost again. And so were we better or did we just. You know, they added more teams, so we played more bad teams. Were we better?

[Drew Franklin]

I feel like we were. We looked so much better even against the bad teams. But we went. We reverted right back to old school U.S. soccer last night. Yeah, I think you tweeted this. We do this every year. I feel like we're on the rise. You don't want us in four years.

[Matt Jones]

They say the same thing every year. At the end, Shannon, they go, well, one thing's clear. American soccer is on the rise. And it's like. It's like what they used to say about dippin dots. It's the ice cream of the future. When's it getting here?

[Drew Franklin]

Landon Donovan turned us around. Then Clint Dempsey turned us around.

[Matt Jones]

Then when is dippin dots gonna be here?

[Shannon]

They dropped the ice cream of the future. They dropped that.

[Matt Jones]

They finally gave that.

[Shannon]

Yeah, they, like, the future's here. We are here.

[Matt Jones]

I don't see dipping dots like I used to.

[Shannon]

They're still out there. I do like the guy, though, with the one button on his shirt. I do like.

[Matt Jones]

Did you see they've. That shirt has sold out. 5. It's a $500 shirt.

[Shannon]

Is there only one button on the shirt?

[Matt Jones]

No, it's just how he wears.

[Shannon]

Okay. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

We should wear that to the wedding.

[Shannon]

One but brown.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, we should all wear just one button. Little bellies hang out and the rest just hanging out. So, I mean, so we're out. Who are you going to be for now? I'm kind of anyone, but I'm.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm pretty neutral. Yeah, anyone but England. I'm pretty neutral observer at this point.

[Matt Jones]

I'm probably for Argentina or maybe Norway. Just anyone but Norway.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, Norway with the Viking row.

[Matt Jones]

The English people, they just. They get all for. As much as I like Scottish And Irish people, the British people, English people get on my nerves.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Other than Mexico, they're the closest thing we have to arrival. And the whole thing.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'll go with Norway.

[Drew Franklin]

They're fun.

[Shannon]

British people get on your nerves?

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's not. British soccer fans get on my nerves. In general, I like British people. They usually have a good sense of humor. But for some reason, British soccer fans, I listen to this podcast and they just, they talk so much trash. I will say the rest of the world hates us about this. Like, they had been saying really nice things and they just. This guy was listening to him on the drive this morning. He just was like, cussing out the entire planet. And I thought, oh, I don't think this whole thing worked out like we hoped, but.

[Drew Franklin]

And anyone that's not just locked in on soccer, they all just closed the book on soccer last night.

[Matt Jones]

Like, well, that's true. Do you think the writings just tank now over here? They do, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

In America, a lot of people that were tweeting and getting behind it and trying to learn the game are now

[Matt Jones]

like, all right, me up in four years, we're done. Yeah. Well, you're probably right. It's a shame, though, because it was, it was a fun run here. I still may go to a game. I may go to the quarterfinals in Kansas City.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, that'd be fun. To great soccer city.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So I'm contemplating 888. Why am I going to say 888?

[Shannon]

Say ESPN, getting ready for your new gig.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. 859-280-2287. We are going to take a break and be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. Apparently, a building they're building in New York, an office tower. They've told everyone to leave because they're worried it's going to collapse today.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, God, that's unsettling.

[Shannon]

Literally.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right.

[Shannon]

Not settling at all.

[Matt Jones]

Literally. One person writes, matt, are you on Ambien? You're doing all these voices again?

[Shannon]

It was a new one.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Caller]

What?

[Shannon]

The American one, The monster voice, whatever that was.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah, I have my voices. I'm gonna miss Zlatan in my life, though. You, you kick ball in you hero. You miss zero. He's zero. That's deep. He says it's so few words, but it's so true.

[Drew Franklin]

He's been good for the broadcast.

[Matt Jones]

He's been very hen.

[Drew Franklin]

And your boy Lawless.

[Matt Jones]

I can't do the on Reeves voice. Lawless that, you know, they used him last night, but basically they've kicked him to the curb. Get out of here.

[Drew Franklin]

At one point they're like, just go interview fans.

[Matt Jones]

And the other three, seriously. I know how in TV the assignment you get that's like, you want to work weekends. It's kind of what they did to Alexi Law. Sorry, we're going to take your calls. It is Ask Anything Tuesday. Ask Anything Tuesday. One person writes map. This is a random one to start, but what would you rather happen? Trump another four years of president or you can't watch any Kentucky Reds or Hurricanes game for four years.

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's, that's, that's for you, the Reds.

[Matt Jones]

I think I'm good to skip the way they're playing. Kentucky would be okay. The question would be, do I get to follow the games? Can I listen and just not see it, or do I have to not know what's happening?

[Shannon]

I think I like not knowing what happened.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think I could do that for four years.

[Shannon]

Yeah, like you'll find out.

[Matt Jones]

Let's assume I didn't have the job. I don't think I could, not for four years. Know what happened. Yeah, I couldn't do that. I guess I would have to live with the Orange man for four more years. Now, if you said I could just not watch it but still follow along, I might choose that.

[Drew Franklin]

What if it was taken Tucky out, just the Reds and canes?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I could skip the resin. It'd be Kentucky. Kentucky would be what I couldn't skip. I mean, the canes I've grown to love. Reds just are heartache.

[Drew Franklin]

They're unhealthy for you.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what I do with my season tickets at that point, but. But yeah, it's Kentucky. The joy of Kentucky fandom is the mo. The biggest non serious thing in my life. Does that make sense?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, it's very serious, but I mean,

[Matt Jones]

it's not like family, friends, life or death. But you take that away. I would say the joy of Kentucky sports may be the highest thing outside of that.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Even when it's not joyous. That's like what me and my friends talk about. So if I'm not watching the games or tuned in, I would just be in the dark on everything.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, this show would be awful if I didn't know what was happening with the.

[Drew Franklin]

We're going to need more counties.

[Shannon]

Like, we wouldn't talk any sports. You know, we would never do a show where we don't talk sports.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Tucker. Go ahead, Tucker. Ask anything Tuesday.

[Caller]

Yes, this is a random life question. I had listening to you all like a week ago. I just can't decide on an answer. So I think it's perfect for today. You've heard of like as a negative where people peak too early in high school or college?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

And I've never really heard the correct age that somebody should peek at. So my question is, what five year period would you want to peek at in your life?

[Matt Jones]

That's a great question. What it would be the fight. Yeah, you'll hear people peak too early and then they're hanging out in the high school parking lot. So I think there's two different things. I think from a personal level, your social life, and you're sort of dating everything life. You should peak between 25 and 30.

[Drew Franklin]

That was exactly my answer.

[Matt Jones]

Those are, in my opinion, the most fun years. You might have a little bit of money, like you're not completely broke, but you haven't settled in your life.

[Drew Franklin]

Your back's not hurting yet.

[Matt Jones]

You can still make mistakes and get over it. And if you're smart, you're still single. Is that the sound from Joseph? Beth, are you green? Yeah. I appreciate the call. That sounded like the sound from Joseph did. From a work standpoint, I think your professional life probably should peak 45 to 55, maybe 40 to 50, depending on what you do. That's what I would say. What about you?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, 25 to 30 was my quick answer. If you went to college, you're already out, still young enough where you're starting a new job or you gotta have enough money to probably have a little fun. You don't have to get too serious yet. But then when you get past that, you know, things start hurting. You got more responsibilities. Maybe you got kids that are growing up and you little more things and responsibilities occupying your time. So 25 to 30 was an easy.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I say to people, the biggest mistake I see people make is they graduate college and they immediately get into a serious job or whatever and they don't like. My biggest regret is that I went to law school at 21. I wish I had taken a couple years and done something stupid, you know, and then gone to law school. And I didn't do that. You did that.

[Drew Franklin]

I did not go to law school.

[Matt Jones]

But I mean, you took a few years to kind of be Drew Franklin.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll call it a decade. No regrets.

[Matt Jones]

But I think that was. I think that's good. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

John got me a Young and now.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead, John.

[Caller]

Hello.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, quick question for you. Do you know the only time that you could go to Lexington Green and not hear the bird sound?

[Matt Jones]

What's that?

[Caller]

You can go from the second week in November to the second week in January and you will not hear that bird sound. And the reason I know that is because if you've ever seen what the Christmas tree looks like at Lexington Green for Christmas season. Have you ever seen that?

[Matt Jones]

No, but go.

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But.

[Matt Jones]

So they don't. They stop it during the day.

[Caller]

Okay. Yeah. I install the tree. We have to unplug the bird sensor because you don't have enough power to run everything at the same time.

[Matt Jones]

Look at that.

[Caller]

If you go to the top, if you go to the top where the fan is and that's what that's for, is to keep the pigeons from out of there. The fan and, and the nest up top. That noise up top, before you unplug it is piercing. I mean it's, it's to a point where, I mean, I put plugs in my ears, but you get up there and we.

[Matt Jones]

I appreciate the inside info. Appreciate the call. See, you never know who's listening. They've. We've got sources, tree sources.

[Drew Franklin]

The moment he gave the dates, I knew he had inside info. I didn't know he's the one that

[Matt Jones]

actually unplugs it, installs it. That's right. 859-280-2287. Ask anything Tuesday. We got to talk about Kirk Reese. The details are.

[Caller]

Whoa.

[Matt Jones]

I mean I know what I thought it was going to be, but I didn't. It wasn't what it is. So we do need to deal with that. When we return.

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[Shannon]

Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Is this Kylie Minogue?

[Shannon]

No, Nelly Furtado.

[Matt Jones]

Nelly Furtado.

[Shannon]

Yeah,

[Matt Jones]

I forgot that 1-859-280-2287. Kirk Risa. The indictment came out $2.2 million fraud scheme. That's a lot of money to be scamming people. And he ain't even that old. He may have peaked before everybody in this if in scamming.

[Drew Franklin]

Now we know why the FBI was involved.

[Matt Jones]

No kidding. $2.2 million. Two victims listed on the. On the indictment. But that. That could be more. It just may be the only ones they feel like they can prove apparently lied and said his. According to the indictment, lied and said his mother had cancer and Borrowed money from that, then impersonated his mother to write people to say, I need us. I need money to save the family farm. Also in desperation to try to pay the money back. Said, I will sell my organs to pay you back. Over a three year period started in West Virginia. Looked like to me from the indictment that the, the victims are in West Virginia. I know nothing. I'm going to guess, Drew, you think it's West Virginia boosters?

[Drew Franklin]

I assume so. I mean, it would almost have to be a booster like that to want to reach out and support a player. Someone random. That seems unlikely.

[Matt Jones]

2.2 million.

[Shannon]

Especially if it's a lot of one or two people involved too. I mean, who has that kind of

[Matt Jones]

money other than boosters and an Estonian in Morgantown, West Virginia, like you're not just going to meet somebody to give you $2.2 million at the B dubs. There's like you're gonna have some connection with a pretty. I mean, $2.2 million is what is baffling to me. Indicted, he faces up to 50 to 60 years in jail.

[Drew Franklin]

Nuts.

[Matt Jones]

That is nuts. Now I, I would say that's not what's going to happen, but there was a lawyer that was on local radio saying that normally in a case like this, you'd be looking at seven to ten years in jail. That's a lot.

[Drew Franklin]

And that's a dude who was going to make at least 2.2 million playing professionally. He had already signed with the team. Not in the States, but I think he had already signed with the team back in Estonia. I can only assume he's made a bunch because he's hopped around during the Nil era. He's been on a different team every year. His bank account should be doing pretty well. So scam people.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, he had to have been making money from nil.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I mean, he did the quadruple dip of bouncing around to different teams during

[Matt Jones]

the make of it. Like, how does this happen? You think he's just like a scammer at heart or.

[Drew Franklin]

I guess so. I guess he just got really greedy and wanted more and thought, you know, I'm over here in America, I'll be going back home in a few years and.

[Matt Jones]

But there's a sense of desperation when you impersonate your mother. He also created a fictional female character named Irene Shannon.

[Shannon]

Who would ever do something like that?

[Matt Jones]

Irene. Why do you pick the name Irene?

[Shannon]

That sound like a sweet little old lady.

[Drew Franklin]

I guess that's why picture Irene in your head. That innocent, sweet old lady, do you

[Matt Jones]

know anyone named Irene? Has there ever been a famous Irene? I don't think I know an Irene.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, like if someone emailed you, it's Jessica or Irene. Who are you more likely to get money?

[Matt Jones]

I don't think Irene is older. I'm going to be like, oh, sweet Irene.

[Drew Franklin]

Can't get out there and make.

[Matt Jones]

Doesn't have a farm. So Irene. Now there's all kinds of rumors going around and I kind of wish we could do a show just on the rumors because the rumors are amazing. I'm gonna say the one scuttle butt rumor I feel comfortable talking about is since the story is broken, I've had a number of people, probably five to six people write the text machine. And this is something I'd heard kind of in the air, that Kerr at Kentucky would take his player tickets, sell them and then never give the people the tickets. I don't know if that's true, but there are a number of people that have written me and said that and they all tell exactly the same story. Do you think that's plausible?

[Drew Franklin]

A little bit. I'd heard some scuttlebutt, not as specific that he owes people in Lexington small amounts of money, but several people. Nothing to the extent of millions. Maybe a thousand here, 500 there. But that was going around Lexington too.

[Matt Jones]

A couple of people sent me screenshots of like it would be between five hundred and a thousand dollars and then pay and then never get it. And I think his theory probably was. Well, I'm not, I mean I'm a UK player. They're not gonna, they're not gonna, they're

[Shannon]

not gonna come out even doing with this money though. I mean, you've already got free stay, so it's not like you need to, you know, pay your mortgage with it. You've already got transportation, you know, you got everything you need.

[Matt Jones]

All of the, it has all of the looks of a gambling situation where like, I mean someone who needs a hundred thousand dollars quickly and you're his age, like you're not paying off your mortgage, you don't have student loans. You know, I mean there's gotta. That would be. What would immediately come to your mind, but we don't know. And that's just complete guessing.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean some people just have. I don't know if they're born with it, but that like con man personality to them where it's almost like a high of doing stuff like that.

[Matt Jones]

I can't think of one. Irene. Oh, wait a minute. Wasn't there A movie. Me, myself and Irene.

[Drew Franklin]

That's Kerr. That's him. Me, myself and Irene. They were the three that were pulling off the scam.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

If they do a Kerr documentary. No, if they do a Kerr documentary, that'll be the name of it.

[Drew Franklin]

I think Jim could pull it off.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

By the way, this is a story that could be a Netflix document entry, right?

[Drew Franklin]

One of those. Yeah, Those untold series. Without question.

[Matt Jones]

An Estonian comes to America, plays for four different schools, scams people at each school, then keeps moving before the trail gets him.

[Drew Franklin]

Was about to head home because it

[Matt Jones]

was about to go back to Estonia, and then he probably been fine. So if he had just not played in the tbt. Mario, Mario, he's in prison because of you. You and Chris Bees. More put him in prison.

[Drew Franklin]

We got to delete the episode where I said I need a finder's fee for getting Kerr on tbt because he was my number one pick.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you have. You have implicated yourself quite a bit with Kerr.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I didn't stay at home last night. I stayed at a hotel. Told Abby, take the kid, get out of here.

[Matt Jones]

I like how you just volunteered yesterday. So, yeah, I was gonna have Kurt. You were gonna have Kurt come host this show? Yeah. I was very excited about tell our bosses that we had a federal inmate hosting the.

[Drew Franklin]

When I was planning that TBT show, I didn't know I'd have a fugitive involved. This was also news to me as well. I'm also one of the people conned here. I'm a victim, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

I know you're a victim.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm a victim.

[Shannon]

I'd be walking out of the studio with all of our equipment, trying to sell it to somebody.

[Drew Franklin]

Of all those details, the one that said, I'm working to sell my organs to repay you, that one was the wildest eye opening to me. In all that stuff, you don't see

[Matt Jones]

a lot of 24 year olds trying to sell their organs.

[Drew Franklin]

Just trying to convince how desperate he is.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you know, insane story. That's one that, like, somebody's going to do a full report on it and there's going to be a lot more to it. I want to know. I want. I kind of wonder if one of the victims might be somebody now, not in West Virginia.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, if you're giving them that kind of money, I mean, you've got to be well off. And that could lead to you being well known in your community.

[Matt Jones]

I think so. Ronnie. Go ahead. Ronnie.

[Caller]

Good morning, you all. Can you hear me?

[Matt Jones]

Yes, good morning.

[Caller]

Listen Good morning, you guys. Matt, I got a Kentucky question to ask you.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Caller]

Is it true Bourbon county is a dry county and Christian county is a wet county? I appreciate it.

[Matt Jones]

It used to be true. I appreciate the call. I don't know if Bourbon county is still dry. Is that right?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

Christian county is definitely wet, but I don't know if Bourbon county is still.

[Drew Franklin]

How many dry counties are still around?

[Matt Jones]

There's not very many. Most of them are now either wet or moist.

[Shannon]

It's wet.

[Matt Jones]

It is wet.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

How many? There can't be many dry counties left. I mean, when we started this show, I remember one time there were like 35, but I think most of them have gone. Well, I know, like Bell county has Harlan County. They were all driving.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm trying to look it up on the.

[Matt Jones]

We'll look it up. Tyler, Go ahead, Tyler.

[N]

Hey, Matt, I've got a question. So there's a new national championship in the state of Kentucky University. Can you guess which one that is in last two weeks?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what you mean by the question. Are you saying a school in Kentucky won a national championship?

[N]

That's correct.

[Matt Jones]

In college or high school?

[N]

College.

[Matt Jones]

But what plays in June? It's got to be something like cow milking or something. What is it?

[N]

Yes. So WKU and Bill, I wish Billy was on today, but WKU won a national title and Concrete canoe.

[Drew Franklin]

Concrete.

[Matt Jones]

It doesn't sound like a real thing. What is concrete canoe?

[N]

So it is a civil engineering student competition that students that are in those programs around the world. There's 200 boats that compete, but we compete in the Indiana Kentucky conference. So we competed up in Lexington UK and U of L co hosted it.

[Boost Mobile Announcer]

But what is.

[Matt Jones]

You haven't told me what it is.

[N]

So it is a competition where students have. It's like a four part competition. So they have a report, they have a presentation.

[Matt Jones]

What is a concrete canoe? What is a concrete canoe? What do you mean?

[N]

So it is a. You would think that it's a clunky boat, but really these boats are about 20 foot long, about, you know, 180 pounds. Say if you saw one. So.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, I'm still not understanding what you're saying. It's a canoe. It is a boat. Okay. And it is. Who can build the best boat.

[Caller]

Yes.

[N]

And compete and race it. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, so you race it. Okay, got you. So you build a concrete boat and race it.

[N]

Yes. And you get up to four people in it and there's five different racing events and they. They Competed up in West Virginia and took home the whole thing for the first time in school history.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, wow. Well, congratulations to the. It seems like a very specific competition. The concrete canoe.

[N]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Like every form of. Do they do that for every material form?

[N]

So there's different competitions for different student groups, but this is the big one for civil engineering. It's. It kind of ties everything that the students learn in school all together.

[Matt Jones]

Well, congrats to Western Kentucky and their concrete canoe. And I appreciate it. Go, Toppers.

[N]

Thank you. Go, tops.

[Matt Jones]

There you go. You never know. Like you don't you. You. You never know what people do. You never know what titles they have.

[Drew Franklin]

There's a picture of the canoe. There were 25 teams in the national championship, and they beat him.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. So that. That doesn't look like. It looks like wood. It does look like wood, but it's made of concrete.

[Drew Franklin]

Lightweight concrete.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Also have our dry counties.

[Matt Jones]

How many?

[Drew Franklin]

It's from a Herald leader story that's 3 years old, so it could have changed, but Menifee, Elliott, Morgan, Leslie, Knott, Casey, Clinton, Monroe and Allen.

[Matt Jones]

So only two. And Eastern Kentucky. Well, McLean's not in Eastern Kentucky's the

[Drew Franklin]

one in Western Kentucky.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Well, I bet they change soon. Which will be the last one? Three or four years old, probably Casey County. That'll be the last one. Central Kentucky has over 100 banks and credit unions who offer more than 200 checking accounts. Why can't banking just be simple? As the only credit union in Newsweek's best in state rankings, UK credit union believes in simple. And that means simple checking. We help you do more than just get by. We help you get ahead. Visit us online at Official credit Union University Kentucky can UK Credit union membership eligibility required. Insured by ncua. We'll take a break and be right back. Ksr.

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

That's right there.

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[Matt Jones]

Is this.

[Shannon]

Who's this Chris Jansen? Buy me a boat.

[Matt Jones]

Irene's Irene Davis played Granny Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies. How about that?

[Shannon]

Oh really? I used to watch that with my parents all the time.

[Matt Jones]

Beverly, she was an Irene. Apparently there was the singer of what a Feeling in Flashdance was Irene Cara.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So there you go. There's two very famous Irene.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you think he was sitting around listening to that or watching?

[Matt Jones]

He was like, you know what? I like this. Irene, you said something during the break that made me laugh. Shannon, I don't think it can go undone.

[Shannon]

I had a question for Ask Anything Tuesday. Who's a better fundraiser? Is it Mitch Barnhart or Kirk Risa?

[Matt Jones]

I think it was Kerr. I think that's why. I think that's why we had to make a change. Kerr was bringing in more money than Mitch Barnhart.

[Drew Franklin]

Mitch had a whole department helping him out the budget.

[Matt Jones]

It was just Kurt and Irene.

[Shannon]

Those are the only two Mitch willing to sell in Oregon for the university's good. No, he's like, you're not taking my kidney sensor.

[Matt Jones]

And goes, listen, man, I'll give you a kidney.

[Shannon]

Yeah,

[Matt Jones]

it's ridiculous. Let me ask you a quick question. Should they have to. Like, should what? What? What are they going to. What do you do about Mitch McConnell right now? Like, should they have to say something? Yeah, we had this conversation about the other guy, but Mitch McConnell is even more important than that. Like, they can't. They gotta say something.

[Drew Franklin]

Now. It's wildly reported of how bad the situation.

[Matt Jones]

They said they found him unconscious. They asked his press people, will you say whether he's conscious now? And they wouldn't comment, which means probably not. Like, Shannon, they have to say something, right? Like, he's.

[Shannon]

You can only hide it so long. I mean, it's just like anything else. If you don't tell us the truth, we're going to start making up our own narrative. And you're going to hear all these rumors which we've heard. We don't know if they're true or not, but we've heard.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, there's rumors, like, everywhere. Especially today, this morning, there are rumors everywhere. My history with Mitch is known. I pray for him and his family. But there's also. When you're in office, there's a public responsibility. You have to say what's happening. And they can't keep not saying it. It. So I'm not sure what the end game is. Like, you got to say something.

[Drew Franklin]

Didn't, like, someone say they talked to him and that might not be true? Like, another politician was like, oh, talk to him.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I don't know. Did somebody say that?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I don't have the name because I can't name more than, like, five politicians, but.

[Matt Jones]

Well, either way, you gotta say, like, this idea that you can just hide. I mean, this has become a thing for politicians the last few years. I mean, there were a couple people. There was a woman, I think, from California, dying, Feinstein, a senator, who she had, like, dementia, and they were hiding it. Like, you can't do that. These, like, these Are your public representatives. You have to. You have to say it so you know, there are. Shannon said there's rumors all over Louisville today, but if you don't want to have those, like, you have to make a statement. So my prayers are with him for all the history. Like, he served the state for a long time, and I wish him the best. Matt. Go ahead, Matt.

[Caller]

Yes,

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead.

[Caller]

I'm sorry. Can you. Can you hear me?

[Matt Jones]

I can hear you.

[Caller]

Okay. I had two things on the. Ultrasonic insect repellent.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

I bought two. Two little ones were camping a cavern lake at Morehead, and me and my wife put one on and within 30 seconds, she got sick. Nauseated, just went to bed.

[Matt Jones]

The sound made your grandkids sick?

[Caller]

No, it was my wife.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, your wife was. Your wife's got good hearing. Well, that's explains why Mario was throwing up yesterday outside. What's the other one?

[Caller]

I was wanting to know each one of yours favorite cover songs. Okay. And mine is. Mine is this Disturbed sound of Silence. Oh, and I.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Caller]

Especially like to hear what Shannon thinks of the vocal performance on that song.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. I don't think I've ever heard that.

[Shannon]

Oh, you've heard Disturbed the Sound of Silence? I've played it on the show before.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right.

[Drew Franklin]

Who.

[Matt Jones]

What's yours?

[Shannon]

I think you got to go like all along the Watchtower. Hendrix. That's a Bob Dylan song, and he took it and made it his own. I mean, it was.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I like that.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's good.

[Drew Franklin]

I got one.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Chris Cornell covering Nothing Compares to you. Have you heard that one?

[Matt Jones]

I don't think I have.

[Drew Franklin]

Very good.

[Matt Jones]

You say that for Shannon?

[Drew Franklin]

No, but you've heard it. Shannon, right?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it's great.

[Matt Jones]

There are things that are covers that like. I don't even know their covers. I still think I loved When. What? When Guns N Roses did the song

[Shannon]

Knocking on Heaven's Door.

[Matt Jones]

Knocking on Heaven's Door.

[Shannon]

Another Bob Dylan.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. I thought. I thought that one was great.

[Drew Franklin]

You don't like him, but Luke Combs is pretty good at covering songs. Fast Car and Ordinary, her two regulars on my playlist.

[Matt Jones]

Fast Car is very, very good, I will grant you. I still prefer the original. But the amount of times you prefer a cover over original is rare, especially if you heard the original first. Um, I would also say it's. It's a deep cut. But Tyler doing Tulsa turnaround is a lot better than when Kenny Rogers did it, which again, I say this about once a year. Go back and listen to Kenny Rogers when he went his in his psychedelic acid phase. And tell me if you think he would have ended up where he did that album. Shannon oh yeah. Crazy.

[Shannon]

It is. It's weird.

[Matt Jones]

And the Kenny Rogers then became Kenny Rogers after doing that is nuts. We'll take a break, we'll do some counties more. Ask Anything Tuesday it's ksr.

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