BOBBYCAST #616 - Ranking the Best 90's Country Artists Ever

Summary

BOBBYCAST #616 — Ranking the Best 90's Country Artists Ever

Date: June 2, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones (with co-hosts Eddie and Brandon Ray)

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode of the Bobbycast, Bobby Bones is joined by regulars Eddie and Brandon Ray for a nostalgic deep dive into 1990s country music. The trio holds a playful draft, each selecting a five-person (artist) team of the greatest country stars from the decade. The only rule? They can’t pick the untouchable “top-tier” icons: Garth Brooks, George Strait, and Shania Twain. What follows is a passionate back-and-forth of picks, personal anecdotes, notable hits, and some good-natured ribbing, reflecting the hosts’ deep affection for ‘90s country.

The episode culminates in an “AI” verdict of who built the best team (spoiler: Eddie gets the crown), followed by a quick bonus segment from Movie Mike’s podcast interviewing actor Emile Hirsch.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Explaining the Draft & Rules

[02:13] – [02:55]

• The draft format is explained: no Garth Brooks, George Strait, or Shania Twain.
• Each of the three participants will draft five ‘90s country artists.
• Selection order is decided by spinning a wheel; Brandon gets first pick.

Notable Quote:
Bobby Bones: “The only rule is there’s a tier we don’t get to draft—Garth, George Strait, and Shania Twain…They’re not on the board, so they’re out.” [02:38]

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2. Round 1 — Building the Teams

[03:03] – [08:08]

Brandon’s Pick #1: Alan Jackson

• Personal influence: childhood memories rollerblading to his tapes.
• Praised for defining the decade musically.

Bobby’s Pick #1: Brooks & Dunn

• Celebrates their energetic, enduring live shows and unique on-stage dynamic.

Eddie’s Pick #1: Reba McEntire

• Calls her a "90s country icon"—versatile across singing, acting, and Broadway.
• The team riffs on how many Reba songs they know; “Fancy” and “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” top the list.

Quote:
Eddie: “I feel like I had to pick Reba because she was such a ‘90s country icon.” [07:20]

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3. Draft Rounds 2–5 — The Picks, The Debates, The Deep Cuts

Detailed Team Breakdowns (🕒 = approximate timestamp of first mention in round:)

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Brandon’s Team

1. Alan Jackson 🕒 [03:26]
2. Tim McGraw 🕒 [08:40]
   • The team reviews McGraw’s ‘90s discography, noting his early hits—“Don’t Take the Girl,” “Indian Outlaw,” “Where the Green Grass Grows.”
3. Trisha Yearwood 🕒 [14:50]
   • Praised for "absolutely" being the sound of ‘90s country (that they could pick).
4. Diamond Rio 🕒 [24:43]
   • Their first concert memories tied to this group.
5. Mark Chesnutt 🕒 [33:06]
   • Brandon gushes: “My all-time favorite 90s country artist growing up, hands down…Nothing screams the 90s country more than Mark Chestnut.”

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Bobby’s Team

1. Brooks & Dunn 🕒 [03:37]
2. The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks) 🕒 [10:32]
   • “Wide Open Spaces,” “There’s Your Trouble,” “Ready to Run,” and “Goodbye Earl” highlight their huge late-‘90s run.
3. Vince Gill 🕒 [19:20]
   • Lauded for his singing, songwriting, guitar playing.
   • “I Still Believe in You,” “Go Rest High on that Mountain.”
4. Tracy Lawrence 🕒 [29:01]
   • Perennial hitmaker with “Time Marches On,” “Alibis,” “Sticks and Stones.”
   • Noted for being “the Arkansas guy”—personal connection for Bobby.
5. Faith Hill 🕒 [36:16]
   • “Breathe,” “This Kiss,” “Wild One”—major crossover success.

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Eddie’s Team

1. Reba McEntire 🕒 [04:43]
2. Travis Tritt 🕒 [13:15]
   • “He’s Old Trav!” Energy, soul, and ‘Eagles’ tribute cred.
3. Clint Black 🕒 [21:24]
   • “Killing Time,” “A Bad Goodbye.” Noted for his unmatched run of early hits.
4. Joe Diffie 🕒 [30:17]
   • Fun, character-driven songs like “Third Rock from the Sun,” “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox,” “John Deere Green.”
5. Dwight Yoakam 🕒 [43:55]
   • Recognized for his Bakersfield twang, timeless “cool guy” vibe.

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4. Debates, Memories & Hilarious Banter

Through all rounds, the crew:

• Playfully challenges each other's nostalgia and musical knowledge.
• Debates if artists qualify as “90s” or lean too heavily ‘80s/2000s (Randy Travis, Kenny Chesney, Judds).
• Shares memories—first concerts (Diamond Rio, Clint Black), favorite radio stations, and even awkward first-kiss stories at the tail end.
• Struggles not to burst into spontaneous singing of hits, joking about copyright restrictions.
  • “We’re all gonna bust a vessel trying not to sing these songs.” —Bobby, [47:12]

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5. Honorable Mentions & Notable Snubs

[44:14] - [46:42]

• Sawyer Brown, Toby Keith, Little Texas, Martina McBride, Wynonna, Dina Carter, Shenandoah, Lone Star, Blackhawk, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Colin Raye get nods as significant 90s acts.
• The hosts explain why some greats missed their draft due to “too 80s/2000s” or personal taste.

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6. AI Picks the Winning Team

[49:05] - [50:10]

• An “AI” judge (via anonymous, off-air scoring) deems Eddie the winner for "massive radio hits, critical respect, traditional country credibility, crossover appeal, and iconic personalities."
• Bobby gets playful flak for a “less cohesive” but still star-packed team.
• Listeners are encouraged to vote on their favorite team via social media.

Quote:
Bobby Bones: “AI has picked Eddie as the best overall team.” [49:19]
Eddie: “I love it, AI. I love it.” [49:21]

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7. Generational Perspective — Do Younger Listeners Know These Artists?

[47:19] - [48:56]

• Brandon quizzes Dylan, the 26-year-old in the room, about familiarity with the draft artists.
• Dylan recognizes a couple of the “big names” like Reba, but is mostly unfamiliar; highlights shifting generational awareness.

Notable exchange:
Bobby: “If I say Alan Jackson, do you know a single song?”
Dylan: “Chattahoochee? Yeah, like the big, big stuff. But, like, when you’re talking about the Chicks—nothing.” [47:55]

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8. Bonus Segment: Movie Mike Interviews Emile Hirsch

[59:00] - [64:17]

• Actor Emile Hirsch (“Into the Wild,” “Speed Racer”) discusses being a VHS store junkie, idolizing directors like the Wachowskis and Peter Weir, and the thrill of working with the Matrix creators.
• Describes his own route to acting through an obsession with Jim Carrey and TV comedy.
• Reflects on “Into the Wild”’s impact—making him “more worldly,” traveling internationally, and how some films are only appreciated decades later.
• Light, easy rapport; good for movie and acting buffs.

Memorable moment:
Emile Hirsch: “Some movies that are great people, people never appreciate…It’s very heartening to see this film that we cared so much about organically make this resurgence.” [64:00]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Iconic Chart-Toppers Off the Table:
  “Garth, George Strait, and Shania Twain...They're off the board. They're in the top tier.” —Bobby Bones [02:49]
• On Brooks & Dunn’s Staying Power:
  “They're still playing arenas... Ronnie sounds great. He's in his 70s.” —Bobby Bones [04:01]
• Vince Gill's 90s Prowess:
  "Possibly the best voice in country music. Ever." —Eddie [20:12]
• Brandon's Honesty on Team Picks:
  “This is a selfish pick. This was my all time favorite 90s country artist growing up...” —Brandon (choosing Mark Chesnutt) [33:06]
• The Struggle Not to Sing Along:
  "Mostly it was tough to not sing every song. That was the hardest, because also sometimes we need to have a word or two sang to us." —Bobby [51:08]

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Final Thoughts & Takeaways

• The 90s country draft brought out the nostalgia and deep musical knowledge of the hosts.
• The conversation illustrates the lasting impact and broad appeal of artists like Alan Jackson, Reba, and Tim McGraw.
• The segment with a younger team member (Dylan) sheds light on generational gaps in country fandom.
• The show closes with camaraderie, personal stories, and an invitation for audience participation in the ongoing debate over country music’s greatest decade.

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Timestamps At-a-Glance

• [02:13] — Draft rules & start
• [03:26]-[08:08] — First round of picks: Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Reba
• [08:40] — Tim McGraw’s 90s output
• [10:32] — Dixie Chicks picked & name discussion
• [14:50] — Trisha Yearwood
• [19:20] — Vince Gill
• [21:24] — Clint Black
• [24:43] — Diamond Rio and first concert stories
• [29:01] — Tracy Lawrence
• [30:17] — Joe Diffie & 90s music videos
• [33:06] — Mark Chesnutt
• [36:16] — Faith Hill
• [43:55] — Dwight Yoakam, final pick
• [44:14] — Honorable mentions
• [49:05] — AI picks Eddie's team as the winner
• [47:19] — Dylan reflects on 90s artist familiarity
• [59:00] — Movie Mike x Emile Hirsch interview

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Summary by Bobbycast AI — country music trivia master approved!

Transcript

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[Brandon]

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[Eddie]

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[Emile Hirsch]

I appreciate that I be seeing it,

[Bobby Bones]

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[Emile Hirsch]

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[Brandon]

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[Bobby Bones]

Hey, everybody, welcome. It's me, Bobby Eddie, and Brandon Ray, and we are going to draft our teams of the greatest 90s country stars of all time. Now, what we're going to do first, though, is explain. The only rule is there's a tier we don't get to Draft. The top tier that we'd easily fight over is Garth, George Strait, and Shania Twain.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

Nice.

[Bobby Bones]

That's number one. They're not on the board, so they're out.

[Brandon]

Love it.

[Bobby Bones]

We already know they're top tier, and every team was going to start with them anyway.

[Eddie]

Okay. But we would all have different.

[Bobby Bones]

It doesn't matter.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

They're off the board.

[Eddie]

Okay. All right, let's scratch them out.

[Bobby Bones]

They're in the top tier.

[Eddie]

Dang.

[Bobby Bones]

Just makes it a little harder.

[Brandon]

I like it.

[Bobby Bones]

So we have a wheel up on the screen, which everybody can see. We're gonna spin the wheel. Whoever it lands on will go first, and then we'll just go clockwise for second and third. All right, Mikey, spin the wheel.

[Eddie]

Let's go, baby. Here we go, baby. Let's go, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

For those watching on.

[Eddie]

Let's go, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

Brandon won. He'll have the first overall pick. Each of us will get five players, which is five artists.

[Eddie]

Wonderful.

[Bobby Bones]

And Brandon. No Garth. No Shania and no George Strait. Who is your first overall pick in the 90s country artist draft?

[Brandon]

All right, give me Alan Jackson.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah. That's a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that who you'd have gone with?

[Eddie]

Yeah, for sure. You?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it was either him or my next one.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I'll go next. It was going to be Alan Jackson or it was going to be Brooks and Dunn.

[Eddie]

Yep. I figured.

[Brandon]

Nice.

[Eddie]

Dude, those are so good.

[Emile Hirsch]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

They just won an acm.

[Brandon]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Again.

[Brandon]

God.

[Bobby Bones]

And a little bit they won for duo, but a little bit's because there

[Eddie]

aren't many duos around.

[Bobby Bones]

But they're still playing arenas.

[Eddie]

Yes. And Ronnie sounds great.

[Bobby Bones]

He still sounds great. He's in his 70s.

[Eddie]

And kicks can move still like they look and sound.

[Bobby Bones]

Their dynamic is kind of funny on stage because they both have their moments where Kicks is very much the talker. He's the funny guy. He's going to get up and do all the stuff. And Ronnie's the lead singer. But then Kicks also has his songs.

[Eddie]

He has his songs, and he also has. I don't want to spoil anything, but he has a little harmonica solo.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you're not spoiling anything.

[Eddie]

He does a little harmonica solo. It's a live show.

[Bobby Bones]

Wait, wait.

[Brandon]

What?

[Eddie]

What? Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Going Brooks and Dunn with my first pick, Eddie.

[Eddie]

I'm going to have to go with Big Red Hair. Reba. Give me Reba McIntyre.

[Brandon]

There you go, man.

[Bobby Bones]

How many Reba songs can you name?

[Eddie]

Oh, just a couple. The Lights Went out in Georgia. Fancy. And then I'm out.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw Reba and Brooks and Dunn do their show together in Vegas, so I went to that. And they use the same band anyway. At least they did for a long time.

[Eddie]

Oh, really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Oh, that helps.

[Bobby Bones]

And so it helps that they knew all the songs.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I love Reba. And I think part of Reba's appeal, too, has been she's able to. Been able to last for so long in so many different worlds as.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah, country singer, singer, actress, host,

[Bobby Bones]

Broadway, all of that. And then I started to challenge myself to how many Reba songs I knew once she was performing. I gotta say, I'm a mid, but I'm not a die hard. Know all the songs of Reba.

[Eddie]

How many did you know?

[Bobby Bones]

I know. Fancy. Yeah, I know. That's the night the lights went out in Georgia.

[Eddie]

Jamie.

[Bobby Bones]

I know. Consider me gone. Brandon. Do you know Consider me gone? I know. I'm a survivor because that ended up being a survivor. Survivor. I know. Does he love you? Oh, does he love you?

[Brandon]

Laurie Morgan.

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Brandon]

Linda Davis.

[Bobby Bones]

Hillary Scott's mom. Oh, yeah. And then I started to struggle because. Didn't Reba sing on Cowgirls Don't Cry? Yes, she did, but I think that was Brooks and Dunn's song.

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah, it was. It was Brooks and Dunn's song. And they featured her.

[Bobby Bones]

If you see him. If you see her. I just looked that one up.

[Eddie]

If you see her. That's not the same as. Do you love him?

[Bobby Bones]

No, it's different.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Brandon]

That was another duet with a. With another female artist.

[Bobby Bones]

It's Brooks and Dunn and Reba.

[Brandon]

Oh, never mind.

[Bobby Bones]

Reba's leading that one.

[Brandon]

Gotcha.

[Bobby Bones]

Where Cowgirls Don't Cry. Brooks and Dunn. I think it's their song.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So Reba was on that song Be a Light with Chris Tomlin back in the day. We played. It wasn't like a massive song. It was Reba and a whole bunch of other artists.

[Eddie]

Okay. I don't know that one.

[Brandon]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, of course. Little Rock.

[Brandon]

Little Rock.

[Eddie]

Oh,

[Bobby Bones]

yeah.

[Eddie]

That was a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

Whoever's in New England, I remember that music video.

[Brandon]

I do, too.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I remember more than the song is that music video. Let's see. I'm looking it up now to see what I remember going out like that. Is that new? That had to be new Reba, right? If you guys don't know it, I don't know it. Anyway, I felt a bit of a fraud when I could Only pull up 5 or 6 Reba songs. Where Brooks and Dunn. I was get, like, 20 deep.

[Eddie]

I know. And I feel like I had to pick Reba because she was such a 90s country icon.

[Bobby Bones]

I think you had the right pick.

[Brandon]

Oh, absolutely. That was gonna be mine. It was between Alan Jackson and Reba for me.

[Bobby Bones]

I think I just, as a kid, didn't, like, buy Reba CDs. I just knew all the songs on the radio.

[Eddie]

Right. And she was all over everything.

[Bobby Bones]

We're not discounting you. I was talking bad about myself, but I should have known more of her songs. I could only go five or six deep before I had to look it up.

[Eddie]

Hey, what was the format of that concert? Would they alternate songs? Or was it like Brooks and Dunn first, then Reba?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, don't hold me to it. But it was a bit of switching back and forth.

[Eddie]

But they were on stage at the same time.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, they sang together. Some Brooks and Dunn would do. Some Reba would do. Some Reba would. Every time she'd leave, she'd have a new outfit on, though she'd come back and show up again.

[Brandon]

Classic Reba.

[Eddie]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Okay, first round.

[Eddie]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

We do have them up. For those watching on Netflix, we have our teams up here. So, Brandon, you have Alan Jackson. Would you like to go with your second overall pick?

[Brandon]

I'm going to go with my second pick. This was tough. I mean, this for me was personal. Me and my brothers, we used to rollerblade on our carport to the cassette of this next artist, and it was the entire 90s for me growing up.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Brandon]

And, you know. No, I'm just kidding. I'll just say it. Tim McGraw.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Brandon]

Yeah. Indian Outlaw. Come on.

[Eddie]

What I think about this, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't take the girl.

[Brandon]

Don't take the girl is what.

[Eddie]

What was 90s versus what was 2000s? Because you can only take into consideration what was 90s.

[Brandon]

What was 90s, right.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Well, let's. Let's look it up here.

[Eddie]

Let's see where that. Where that line was drawn.

[Brandon]

I think his first record came out in 92 or 93.

[Eddie]

Oh, really? Oh, I didn't realize that.

[Bobby Bones]

Biggest Hits, 1994. Don't take the girl from Tim McGraw. Yeah, I like it. I love it. 1995.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

It's your love. 1997. Just to see you smile. 1997. Where the green grass grows. 97. Something like that. 99. My best friend. 99. Indian outlaw. 94. My next 30 years. 99.

[Eddie]

Oh, my God.

[Bobby Bones]

He's one of the biggest 90s country artists of all time, 100%. That's amazing because he's so relevant now. He doesn't get put in that category because of his Today irrelevant. Yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

I didn't realize that because he's doing

[Bobby Bones]

new music, like Brooks and Dunn. Still relevant. They're winning awards, but they're just playing their old stuff at shows.

[Eddie]

So where was something like that?

[Brandon]

96 or 96.

[Bobby Bones]

Something like that was 99.

[Eddie]

That's reminding you, dude. That's still in the 90s.

[Bobby Bones]

According to this. Anyway. A highly relatable, upbeat song about high school love and summer nostalgia.

[Eddie]

Ah, the best.

[Bobby Bones]

So you know where they were headed to?

[Eddie]

Yeah, in that plane. Where he was headed to in that plane? Yeah.

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

He was headed to New Orleans.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I don't know what you're talking about. He also flies. I thought you were talking about him in real life.

[Brandon]

No, no.

[Eddie]

I don't know. I don't know, dude. Kidding me.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, over to me.

[Eddie]

Oh, man, that's tough. This is tough.

[Bobby Bones]

It is tough. I need to look up certain artists here.

[Brandon]

Top 30 90s country artists.

[Eddie]

That's what he's Googling.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, I'm going to go with that dude. And I. I don't know what name we put it under, but I'm gonna go the Dixie Chicks.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Good.

[Bobby Bones]

Because in the 90s.

[Brandon]

Supreme 90s, man.

[Eddie]

Yeah, late 90s.

[Bobby Bones]

We're going with the Chicks. They're the Chicks. Okay, but what if all their music was released under the Dixie Chick?

[Eddie]

Did they change all that music? Like, did they have to go in and change all the chicks?

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I mean, just for now, if you look them up. But all their label covers still say Dixie Chicks.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

From back in the day.

[Brandon]

Right. But they did change, like, the artist's name under it.

[Eddie]

Right. So, like, if you look up Wide

[Bobby Bones]

Open Spaces, it'll say the Chicks now.

[Eddie]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

Unless you look at the album cover and it says the Dixie Chicks, but

[Movie Mike]

don't look at it.

[Brandon]

You can't look at it.

[Bobby Bones]

So here we have, like, they were massive, but it was all in the late 90s. But wide open spaces.

[Eddie]

Late 90s, all.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. There's your trouble. I'm just kind of looking for the woman boat here.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

That's why people. Yeah, there's your trouble. Wide open spaces I can love you better let her rip Tonight the heartache's on me that was a genius.

[Brandon]

On me, on me.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's see.

[Eddie]

What about, like, not Ready to make nice? That was 2000.

[Bobby Bones]

No that was way later. Yeah, that's when they. After they got in trouble.

[Emile Hirsch]

Yep.

[Eddie]

Traveling Soldier. That's a good one.

[Brandon]

Really good one.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I don't have them all, guys. Let's see what else we have here on that. Wide Open Spaces. I Can Love you better jam so good. Wide open spaces. There's your trouble.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Tonight the heartache's on me. Let her rip. That's just that album. But anyway, I'm going to Dixie, which

[Eddie]

is the one where should they kill

[Brandon]

the dude or Earl?

[Eddie]

Earl. Cause Earl had to die.

[Bobby Bones]

What's the other album here, Fly.

[Brandon]

Ready to Run.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, God.

[Brandon]

Ready?

[Eddie]

Ready to run.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a jam too. Cowboy.

[Brandon]

Take me away.

[Eddie]

Oh, my goodness. Ask for that every day.

[Brandon]

Goodbye, Earl.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, man. Okay. I don't feel so bad about that. No, dude, that's really nine massive songs in there for the 90s. Okay. I've got the chicks.

[Emile Hirsch]

Oh.

[Brandon]

Oh.

[Eddie]

How did I forget this one?

[Bobby Bones]

Don't do Chris Gaines. We've already eliminated Garth Brooks.

[Brandon]

Can't do Chris Gaines, dude.

[Eddie]

Wow. I'm between two here now, but I think that this artist that I'm thinking of. Don't look at my list. I think maybe had a lot of hits in the 80s.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, Randy Travis. Is that who you're thinking?

[Eddie]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, that's the reason that I didn't go with Randy Travis, because it was mostly 80s based.

[Eddie]

That's what I'm thinking.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll look up his 90s hits because of that.

[Eddie]

But you know what? Forget it. If he sticks around later on, maybe I'll pick him. But I'm going to go with Travis Tritt.

[Bobby Bones]

Good one.

[Eddie]

Oh, I'm going to go with Old Trav.

[Bobby Bones]

I thought the Eagle stuff that he did was so cool.

[Eddie]

Oh, Desperado.

[Brandon]

Huge.

[Eddie]

Tequila Sun.

[Brandon]

It was.

[Eddie]

Oh, shoot. I just got another one. Oh, my gosh.

[Emile Hirsch]

Take it easy.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know how much we can sing on this.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Without getting kicked off.

[Eddie]

Let's not sing anymore then. We're done singing. We all know the song.

[Bobby Bones]

1993 tribute. The. He did the album Common Thread. The Songs of the Eagles.

[Eddie]

Wow. That's cool.

[Brandon]

Really cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's see what else he did. Take it easy. Desperado, Tequila Sunrise. Oh, no, I guess he was just part of it. He didn't do the whole album. I guess a bunch of artists did it.

[Eddie]

Oh, they did.

[Bobby Bones]

I remember that video. So I just assumed he did more than one song.

[Eddie]

So the one he did was Take it Easy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Alan Jackson did Tequila Sunrise, Little Texas Did Peaceful Easy Feeling. Clint Black did Desperado. Man. That was a jam version too.

[Brandon]

That's pretty cool, man.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a great one. Diamond Rio. Did Diamond Eye or Lion Eyes? Best of My Love. Brooks and Dunn, you did the Best of My Love. Yeah, we can't sing it.

[Eddie]

Can't sing it. We know it, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's. Man, what if you pick that album as your favorite 90s artist? The Eagles tribute album.

[Eddie]

All of them.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So go ahead.

[Eddie]

I want Charles Tritt.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Oh, you got it.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, back over to Brandon. You have Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw.

[Brandon]

This was tough. Let me go into my spiel about this. No, I'm going to go with Trisha Yearwood.

[Eddie]

Solid.

[Brandon]

Nothing screams the 90s more than Trisha Yearwood.

[Eddie]

It's not true, but solid.

[Bobby Bones]

What screams the 90s more than Trisha?

[Eddie]

Garth.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, Garth can't be on the list.

[Brandon]

Yeah, well, that wasn't on the list.

[Eddie]

Well, you just said. You said nothing. Nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a good point.

[Brandon]

Nothing that we can choose. Yeah, okay.

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

I have Brooks and Done in the Chicks. I gotta get off the band circuit.

[Eddie]

Nah, stay on it, dude. If you feel good with the band circuit, stay on there.

[Bobby Bones]

The Bobby cast.

[Brandon]

We'll be right back.

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Brandon]

Didn't he tell you not to audition

[Bobby Bones]

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[Eddie]

We were filming Anchorman. Clearly I was the idiot. Thank God he didn't listen to me, right?

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[Eddie]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Podcast Announcer]

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[Brandon]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Podcast Announcer]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

And we're back on the bobbycast. All right, I'm gonna go with as my third pick. I like how Eddie has a laptop, but he's still standing paper.

[Eddie]

I get a good visual of scratching.

[Bobby Bones]

I was thinking, well, Eddie's a disadvantage. He doesn't have a computer, but he literally has one right beside him, right? I know.

[Eddie]

I'm an idiot.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, I'm gonna go with Vince Gill.

[Eddie]

Solid.

[Bobby Bones]

1992, I still believe in you.

[Eddie]

Don't sing it.

[Bobby Bones]

1992 I still believe in you I love. Don't let her love start slipping away.

[Brandon]

Oh, such a good song.

[Bobby Bones]

Listen to this. Also in 1992. One more last chance. I know more last boys. I love you, baby It's a lot that I do. Yeah, we do some good old boys. I'm making Noise. Yeah.

[Eddie]

So good.

[Bobby Bones]

Whenever you come around, that.

[Brandon]

That song. Oh, what?

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Eddie]

Brandon? What? Whenever you come around, where does it take you to?

[Brandon]

Just. It's one of the best written songs ever.

[Bobby Bones]

How about Go Rest High on that mountain, 1994?

[Eddie]

Come on. Dude, that was unbelievable. Just, I think maybe possibly the best voice in country music.

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah.

[Eddie]

Ever.

[Podcast Announcer]

Ever.

[Brandon]

And a lot of people forget he was a host of the ACM Awards

[Bobby Bones]

for a long time.

[Brandon]

I mean, seven years straight.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, like, he had multiple dimensions.

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Not just a great songwriter, not just a great singer.

[Brandon]

Oh, guitar player.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I was gonna say.

[Eddie]

Amazing guitar player.

[Brandon]

The dude was in Pure Prairie League back in the day.

[Bobby Bones]

And you know what they sang? Eddie, go.

[Eddie]

The only thing I can think of is the Human League.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you're thinking of a different Pure Prairie League.

[Brandon]

Oh, gosh.

[Bobby Bones]

I only know one song. I think.

[Brandon]

I think I know the song.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it? Yeah. I don't know if I'm right. It's the name of somebody that we know and work with.

[Brandon]

Yes.

[Eddie]

Oh, Morgan.

[Bobby Bones]

Nop.

[Brandon]

Abby. Amy, what you want to do? Oh, that one.

[Eddie]

Amy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep, that's it. Okay, so I have Vince Gill as my number three pick.

[Eddie]

That's so good.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, over to Eddie, who's got Reba and Travis Tritt.

[Eddie]

Give me Clint Black.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a great one.

[Eddie]

I gotta go.

[Brandon]

Clint Black. Mine.

[Eddie]

I did.

[Brandon]

Yep.

[Eddie]

Man, that's the best thing to hear when you're like, third pick.

[Brandon]

Well, you want to hear Skill, then Clint Black.

[Eddie]

When you pick yours, you want to hear like.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, it's like fantasy football.

[Eddie]

Dang it.

[Bobby Bones]

I was going to draft him next.

[Eddie]

Yes. Yes. Good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. We just had Clint Black in, and I think he had four number ones in a row off his very first album. Something that hasn't been done since. Killing Time will always be just a song that reminds me of being a kid around that time listening to Kissing 96, dude.

[Brandon]

KMS 95 for me.

[Bobby Bones]

What'd you guys have?

[Eddie]

K Frog.

[Bobby Bones]

You had a K. Frog.

[Eddie]

A K Frog.

[Bobby Bones]

A country station called K Frog, and

[Eddie]

that's where the country music came from.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you know any of the radio people?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I knew. And he's still a K Tex now. Cause after K Frog turned K Tex and what's his name?

[Brandon]

Jumping Johnny Johnson.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that who you had?

[Brandon]

No, I don't.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, we had Bob Robbins, and he was around for, like, 40 years. Wildly popular in central Arkansas. Would take Arkansas Keith fishing on his fishing show.

[Eddie]

Really?

[Brandon]

No way.

[Bobby Bones]

Because he had a fishing show like A local fishing show as well. Oh, that's cool. Yeah. And then he retired, or he moved to another station, and they put me on. I was not met warmly because it was just so different than what he did. Now it's wonderfully warm because that's my hometown.

[Eddie]

Sure.

[Bobby Bones]

But, yeah, it was a pretty brutal transition from Bob Robbins to, well, Bobby Bones.

[Eddie]

Would you guys call the radio station and, like, win stuff?

[Bobby Bones]

I never called the country station to win stuff, but I called the pop station to win stuff all the time. Well, the country station, though, was in Little Rock, and the pop station was in Hot Springs. Okay, so I lived in Hot Springs

[Eddie]

to pick up your prize.

[Brandon]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I would win behind the Mall Cinema Passes like nobody else. Yep. And then I won a couple times dinner at El Chico.

[Eddie]

Oh, dude, El Chico's great.

[Bobby Bones]

All you had to do is remember the top five at nine, and you get in and you tell them what the top five at nine was, and you win either behind the Mall Cinema Passes or Dinner Del Chico.

[Eddie]

That's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

Which was in the mall.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Okay, perfect. Yeah, perfect. That made sense.

[Bobby Bones]

Which was right by the radio station. I later worked at that radio station. That was my radio station that I worked at first. Full circle, four years. All right.

[Eddie]

Okay, that's back to you, Brandon.

[Brandon]

It's to me.

[Bobby Bones]

Clint Black, though. My point. Sorry I got off track there. Killing time.

[Eddie]

Better man.

[Bobby Bones]

Better man. Awesome.

[Eddie]

Leave it. Can't do it.

[Bobby Bones]

Can't do it.

[Brandon]

Can't do it because you're about to cry or.

[Eddie]

No, I just can't do it.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, but even, like, Clint Black's. Even, like, his ballads were good.

[Brandon]

Oh, man.

[Eddie]

There was one like the.

[Bobby Bones]

Like the Rain.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Nothing but the Tail Lights.

[Eddie]

Nothing but tail lights. There was one that I used to love. It was him and Wynonna. It was a duet, and I can't remember. Good at being goodbye or good at.

[Bobby Bones]

He had a duet with. With his wife.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I call one when I said. I do.

[Brandon]

When I said. And they just made it a movie with Lisa Hartman. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So there's a Clint, like. Let me see what we got here. Clint Black.

[Movie Mike]

A Bad Goodbye.

[Eddie]

Eddie. A bad Goodbye. Ooh, that one's so good, man.

[Brandon]

Sing it.

[Bobby Bones]

I wish. What are our rules on singing it, Mike? Probably don't sing it. Probably don't sing it.

[Eddie]

Okay. Yeah, don't do it.

[Bobby Bones]

Doesn't sound like much of a rule

[Brandon]

if it's a probably, though.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, Brandon, you're up. You have Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, and Trisha Yearwood, all Right.

[Brandon]

I'm gonna bring the band element here with a debut album that came out in 1991 with a hitch single, Meet in the Middle. I picked Diamond Rio.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's good. Dude.

[Bobby Bones]

My first ever concert.

[Brandon]

I remember that.

[Bobby Bones]

Brandon was with me.

[Brandon]

Yeah, I was there.

[Eddie]

You guys went together. What is it called? Magic Mountain.

[Bobby Bones]

Magic Springs.

[Eddie]

Magic Springs.

[Brandon]

Such a good time.

[Eddie]

You know what? I think my first concert was Clint Black in South Padre Island.

[Brandon]

Really?

[Eddie]

Yeah. So look at that. First concert. First concert. Whose was yours?

[Bobby Bones]

Why'd you point at me and go? First concert.

[Eddie]

Diamond Rio. Yeah. Just got picked. That was your first concert. And then Clint Black right before that was my first concert.

[Brandon]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

So we're picking the person next to us. First concert.

[Eddie]

Okay, so follow the trend then.

[Bobby Bones]

I owe Brandon's first concert.

[Eddie]

Brandon.

[Bobby Bones]

Brandon, what's your first concert?

[Brandon]

Which one did you pick?

[Eddie]

Hey, pick someone, like, with a one hit.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it doesn't matter. You can pick anybody you want. No, literally. What was your first concert?

[Brandon]

I can't remember right now. You don't remember very first concert ever. I can't remember.

[Eddie]

Huh.

[Bobby Bones]

What's the first concert you remember going to?

[Brandon]

Let's see. Dude, I grew up, like, going to church, so I went to a bunch of church concerts. Like lame.

[Eddie]

Jars of Clay. Jars of Clay.

[Brandon]

Riz Boys was one of the first ones. Audio Adrenaline.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't remember your first concert ever?

[Brandon]

I want to say Audio Adrenaline was one of them.

[Eddie]

All right, you got to pick them.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, I'm going audio Adrenaline. Great fourth pick.

[Brandon]

Oh, so 90s.

[Bobby Bones]

Mike, what was your first concert ever?

[Movie Mike]

Vans Warped Tour, 2003.

[Bobby Bones]

Just the whole festival?

[Movie Mike]

Yeah, the whole festival.

[Bobby Bones]

Does that count, or should you have to pick one? A specific one?

[Eddie]

No, it's got to be their show.

[Bobby Bones]

Then.

[Movie Mike]

Tsunami Bomb. That's why I always say Vans Warped work. They were like, pop punk band from the early 2000s.

[Bobby Bones]

Dylan, you're younger than us. What was your first concert ever?

[Brandon]

Five Finger Death Punch. Oh, wow.

[Eddie]

I love it. All right.

[Brandon]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

That's my next. I'll go with Five Finger Death Punch. Number four. All right, so Brandon adds Diamond Rio. By the way, did they sing Mr. Malmo?

[Brandon]

That was Lone Star.

[Bobby Bones]

Those two always lit on my mind in the same space.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So Diamond Rio. Meet in the middle. Diamond Rio. I'm gonna get Lone Star in Diamond Rio. All their songs mixed up.

[Brandon]

Norma Jean Reilly.

[Eddie]

Oh, Norma Jean Riley.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't do it all. Wish I had a call. Beautiful mess. What a beautiful. That's all I can do.

[Eddie]

I Don't remember that one.

[Bobby Bones]

Would if we could sing more. Okay. Gosh. Unbelievable.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's a good.

[Bobby Bones]

Huggable, kissable. Yes.

[Eddie]

Oh, man.

[Bobby Bones]

What else you got?

[Brandon]

This Romeo ain't got Julie yet.

[Eddie]

Dude, that is so clever.

[Brandon]

What a title, man.

[Eddie]

So clever. You know when they were in the writers room and that one came out? They were doing that one.

[Brandon]

Let's go to lunch.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, we got Brooks and Dunn, the Chicks, and Vince Gill. On my team, I gotta pick a number four here. I'm between two, and I really don't want to give Eddie someone to lean on.

[Eddie]

Give me someone to lean on. Come on.

[Bobby Bones]

I need to look up and see when this guy songs. Because you're right. It starts to be fuzzy.

[Eddie]

You worried about the 80s or the 2000s?

[Bobby Bones]

2000s.

[Eddie]

Oh, I got you.

[Brandon]

I know what he's thinking.

[Eddie]

I know what he's thinking.

[Brandon]

I know exactly.

[Eddie]

Yes, I do. Am I wearing flip flops?

[Brandon]

Ooh, you don't have a shirt on.

[Bobby Bones]

I already looked up Kenny, and I didn't feel like to me, it was, oh, I'm not a big enough Kenny guy. Especially early Kenny, for all those songs to resonate when I looked them up.

[Eddie]

Okay, all right.

[Bobby Bones]

I can tell you. I'll have to come back and tell you who I didn't pick. I'm just not gonna go with this person here, even though he's massive. I'm gonna go with. Tracy Lawrence.

[Eddie]

Oh, God.

[Bobby Bones]

You know what?

[Eddie]

I never had him on my list.

[Brandon]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

T Law for a couple reasons. One Arkansas guy, but, like, time Marches On. Paint me at Birmingham Alibis.

[Eddie]

Come on. Texas Tornado.

[Bobby Bones]

Sticks and stones. Find out who your friends are.

[Eddie]

Those are all just great songs.

[Bobby Bones]

Find out who your friends are. It's too late, but time marches on. 96. Alibis. 93. Sticks and stones. 91. Texas tornado. 94.

[Eddie]

I love that one.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh. So, yeah, I'm gonna. Oh. Just can't break it to my heart. 93. That's a champ.

[Eddie]

She got it so good.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, I'm going. Tracy Lawrence at number four.

[Brandon]

Oh, bro.

[Eddie]

Bro.

[Brandon]

If the good die young. You remember that song? Don't Give them. Giving me the good Die young.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that Tracy Lawrence?

[Brandon]

Yeah, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, man.

[Eddie]

Wow. Didn't realize.

[Bobby Bones]

What year was that?

[Brandon]

93 on the alibis record.

[Bobby Bones]

You should have picked that one. Oh, I did, I guess.

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

That's yours. Look at me. You did.

[Emile Hirsch]

Look what I did.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, Eddie, you have Reba, Travis Trent, and Clint Black. Who will you be adding to your team?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I think I Have to pick this now. Even though I wouldn't pick him as a number four, if I don't pick him here, you guys are going to take him for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

It may have been who I was already thinking about.

[Eddie]

No, it's not.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

It's Joe Diffie.

[Brandon]

That's a good one. Joe Freaky.

[Eddie]

Was it on the radar at all for you guys?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah. It's possibly for a number fiver. Yeah, I had it in there. Joe Diffie I was a massive fan of for a couple reasons. One, I loved Third Rock from the Sun. Oh, so good pick up, man. Because they were funny as a kid, and I knew all the words of third Rock from the Sun. Can't sing them.

[Eddie]

Yeah, you can't.

[Bobby Bones]

But that's like Bare Naked Ladies one week. But the country version where if you knew all the words to that song. And Joe Diffie was awesome. And I got to know him a little bit later, but right before he died, he died from COVID And so when I got to know him, he wasn't sick. We had played, like, three Grand Ole Opry shows. Not together. We weren't on the same stage at the same time, but we played, like, near each other. So. And he came over and did early on to my house, and we did a Bobby cast. And when he died, it was crazy because he wasn't, like, sick or someone who had, like, put himself through a ton. And you thought, oh, man, this guy. So rest in peace, Joe Diffie.

[Eddie]

Glad we got to meet him for sure, dude.

[Brandon]

Funny story about Joe Diffie.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you write with him?

[Brandon]

He was one of my first mentors when I moved to town.

[Bobby Bones]

No way.

[Brandon]

Yeah. So I signed a publishing deal with a company. There was a guy named Lonnie Wilson. He plays drums. His son is Dallas Wilson, cousins of Lanie Wilson. Writes all those songs and stuff. But Joe Diffie would just drop by the studio and we'd write songs and all that kind of stuff. And he's like, hey, boys, you ever heard of the Jonas Brothers? And we're like, yeah, what about them? Apparently, they're big fans. We should write a Jonas Brothers song. Features Joe Diffie. And we did. Worst song you've ever heard in your life. Like, so bad.

[Eddie]

Never happened, huh?

[Brandon]

Never happened. Thank goodness. But, like, the sweetest guy on the planet. Yeah. Really, really nice guy.

[Bobby Bones]

I loved Prop Me Upside the jukebox because the video was amazing. Yeah. And it's. You know, they had that piano at the beginning, and at first it was like, you know, well, I ain't Afraid to die. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Don't sing so much. Don't sing so much and then dump. Don't. Don't.

[Bobby Bones]

Loved it, like loved that song in that video. This is CMT Prime. Joe Diffie was CMT prime for me, I think, because he had a bunch of character and that really translated in his videos as well. Any of you here? Yeah. John Deere Green on a hot summer night.

[Brandon]

Billy Bob and Love Charlene.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, man.

[Eddie]

Good stuff. I'm glad you guys like my pick.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we love Joe Dippy. Okay, Brandon, you have. This is it. One more pick. It's your 90s country team with Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, Diamond Rio. Who will you be selecting at number five?

[Eddie]

This is your last pick.

[Brandon]

You don't have to pick. And this is a selfish pick. This was my all time favorite 90s country artist growing up, hands down. And I may get some haters for this or I may get some lovers. Mark Chestnut is my pick.

[Eddie]

Dude, Mark Chestnut was awesome.

[Brandon]

He was awesome.

[Eddie]

The nut.

[Brandon]

Dude. Just so many hit songs all over the 90s. Nothing screams the 90s country more than Mark Chestnut.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, let's see. Let's look at his 90s library here. Which, by the way, didn't he record Friends in Low Places before Garth? He did, yes.

[Brandon]

And he also.

[Bobby Bones]

That shouldn't like Bubba shot the jukebox should come to mind first.

[Eddie]

Yes, but Friends in Low Places did to me. It's a big D and I don't mean Dallas.

[Brandon]

Oh, man.

[Bobby Bones]

What comes to mind for you?

[Brandon]

Oh, well, mini sure is Monday. It's a little too late.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a good one.

[Eddie]

Yep, that's a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

1996 is a little too late.

[Brandon]

Yep. Too cold at home.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know that one.

[Brandon]

Too cold at home.

[Eddie]

Okay, that's it.

[Brandon]

Oh, he said it's too hot to fish, too hot for golf, but it's too cold at home.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, interesting.

[Eddie]

I like it. Clever.

[Bobby Bones]

The Jonas Brothers should sing now.

[Brandon]

Oh, man. Dude. Jonas Brothers smash.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, Brandon's team is now complete. Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, Diamond Rio and Mark Chestnut. For those that are watching here, we have it up on the screen on Netflix. If you're listening to the podcast, we'll keep reminding you.

[Brandon]

I gotta ask Dylan real quick. Do you know any of these artists or.

[Bobby Bones]

Dylan, how old are you? First of all?

[Brandon]

Just turned 26 in March.

[Eddie]

Congrats.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow.

[Eddie]

He's a kid.

[Bobby Bones]

Dylan, do you know? Well, let's do it at the end. Okay, let's do it at the end. Let's walk through it. Dylan at the end. Don't be looking stuff up.

[Brandon]

Sorry, I was just super curious.

[Eddie]

We trust you, Dylan.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so I have one person left. So I have Brooks and Dunn, the Chicks, Vince Gill, Tracy Lawrence. Do you have your person ready, Eddie? Who are you going to go with?

[Eddie]

No. Nope, I don't. I have so much to choose from.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I'm gonna talk mine out a little bit. You okay with me talking it out

[Eddie]

a little bit or. No, Absolutely.

[Bobby Bones]

My mom used to sing the Judds a lot, but I think there's so much 80s in that.

[Eddie]

A lot of 80s in there.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Because I really. I loved the Judds, but I think they're two 80s. I don't want to go with three bands, but you know who is just sorely. It's hard to say. Underrated, but just probably won't make you guys list. But they have so many Jams of Shenandoah.

[Eddie]

That's on my list for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I really. I'm thinking about putting them in, but I just don't want the.

[Brandon]

I thought you were gonna say the tractors.

[Eddie]

I love that one. Dude, the tractors are awesome. So.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you know who you're gonna go with next?

[Eddie]

Uh, I really don't.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't want to put you on anybody.

[Brandon]

That's the tough part. I feel like we can do that on our honorable mentions.

[Eddie]

I'm leaning towards someone, but I have three solid options left. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Let me look up this person's body of work in the 90s, because I feel like.

[Eddie]

It's a lot. Well, what are you looking at there? You looking at. Kind of like.

[Bobby Bones]

I like my team to be well balanced. I like to see what you guys miss, too.

[Eddie]

For sure.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, Eddie. I didn't miss. No, no, you're. No, you guys are good. I was gonna say there's. Is there any sexism on the board? But no, everybody at least has a female artist on the team. I mean, I've got three, but look at you.

[Eddie]

But to be fair, they're a band. They're in a band.

[Brandon]

So the one.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I'm just gonna talk, and if you take my person, that's fine.

[Eddie]

I won't. I don't worry about that. I have three that I'm already picking from.

[Bobby Bones]

You know who else is freaking great? Sawyer Brown.

[Brandon]

Yeah, they're on my list.

[Eddie]

Yep. What's the lead singer's name? Mark. Mark.

[Movie Mike]

Mark.

[Bobby Bones]

And the dude was an athlete. Like, college athlete.

[Eddie]

Mark. What?

[Brandon]

Mark Knopfler?

[Bobby Bones]

No, that'd be Dire Straits, right?

[Brandon]

Mark Miller.

[Bobby Bones]

Mark Miller.

[Brandon]

Mark Miller. Yeah, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Saw your Brown was awesome. It's just the band.

[Brandon]

I did used to think that the lead singer's name was Sawyer Brown. Yeah, I think most people did. Yeah.

[Eddie]

It's a normal.

[Bobby Bones]

Like the Race Is on, which was a remake that was 89.

[Eddie]

Oh, it was.

[Brandon]

How about Some Girls do.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Can't sing It.

[Bobby Bones]

My. One of my favorite Sawyer Brown songs is. It's hard not to sing it, but thank God for you.

[Eddie]

Oh, dude, so good. I want to sing it so bad right now.

[Brandon]

I know, dude, just let it go.

[Bobby Bones]

So just for those, I'll give you, like a piece of it. I wanna think that's it. No, not God.

[Brandon]

What a song.

[Eddie]

I wanna thank Mama no more.

[Bobby Bones]

Some Girls Do Six Days on the road, the Boys and me.

[Eddie]

Good stuff, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Sawyer Brown's awesome. I'm gonna go with Faith Hill after all that.

[Eddie]

I'm gonna go with.

[Brandon]

That's a good pick.

[Eddie]

Faith Hill.

[Bobby Bones]

I say, I say, I say saw ya. I say, I say Faith Hill chick.

[Eddie]

Okay. All right. Out of left field.

[Bobby Bones]

But yeah, it's who I was leaning on anyway. I just didn't want to say it. So with Faith, you get it's yous Love, you get this kiss, you get Breathe, you get Peace in Our Heart, which is the Janis Joplin.

[Eddie]

You get Wild One and you get Tim.

[Bobby Bones]

Then. Yeah, Tim shows up, plays a couple shows with me too.

[Eddie]

You get Tim McGraw a little bit.

[Bobby Bones]

The Bobby cast.

[Brandon]

We'll be right back.

[Podcast Announcer]

Number one hits, millions of records sold awards, sold out tours. You think the Jonas Brothers are satisfied? Nope. It's podcast time.

[Bobby Bones]

We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions.

[Podcast Announcer]

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[Bobby Bones]

You know, Steve Carell is a great singer.

[Brandon]

Didn't he tell you not to audition

[Bobby Bones]

at the office or something? I told him, whoa.

[Eddie]

We were filming Anchorman. Clearly, I was the idiot. Thank God he didn't listen to me, right?

[Podcast Announcer]

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[Eddie]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Brandon]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Crime Stories Narrator]

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[Podcast Announcer]

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[Brandon]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Brandon]

The world should hear about this.

[Podcast Announcer]

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[Bobby Bones]

Listen to Saigon on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Bobby Bones]

Welcome back to the Bobbycast. All right, Eddie.

[Eddie]

Gosh, now I have the field like I have everyone else left in 90s country to choose from. And that might. Might sound like an advantage, but it's not. It makes it way harder to choose. So my selfish pick would be Rick Trevino. I love Rick Trevino.

[Brandon]

That's a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

But.

[Eddie]

But no, I was a member of this fan club, Little Texas, but that would be my. That would be so selfish. I don't know if that would be.

[Brandon]

I. I made a selfish pick with

[Eddie]

Mark Chestnut I know, but Mark Chestnut still, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

He's classic of the 90s for sure. Little Texas Amy's back in Austin. God bless Texas.

[Eddie]

God bless Texas.

[Bobby Bones]

Kick a little.

[Eddie]

Oh, come on.

[Brandon]

Gotta kick a little.

[Bobby Bones]

I know.

[Eddie]

I love Little Texas. I'm gonna talk it out a little bit. When you said the Judds.

[Bobby Bones]

I know, dude.

[Eddie]

I'm like, why not go with Winona? Because Winona was miss 90s for sure. But then I'm leaning towards Dwight Yocum

[Bobby Bones]

because Dwight Yoko was on my list.

[Eddie]

Dwight Yocum, dude was so awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

So many great songs with his dance.

[Eddie]

Oh, I love Dwight Yoakum. And dude, you know, like I saw on TikTok, he can still sing.

[Bobby Bones]

Really?

[Eddie]

And still dance and act and act.

[Brandon]

Great actor.

[Eddie]

Dresses like he did in the 90s still with his bell bottom, with those pants, tight jeans with a pointed boots. So I'm gonna go with Dwight Yoakum.

[Movie Mike]

That's a good one.

[Eddie]

As my final pick.

[Bobby Bones]

This is a good one.

[Eddie]

Dwight freaking Yoakum, the heart and soul of Bakersfield.

[Brandon]

Bakersfield. There you go.

[Bobby Bones]

I was close to picking Toby Keith.

[Brandon]

Thought about that was up there on my list. And then, man, he's a good pick.

[Bobby Bones]

He had so many 2000s jams too, that I let that take me out of it. He had, you know, should have been a cowboy was 90 for Toby Keys.

[Podcast Announcer]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. But like a lot of his big, big ones were 2000s.

[Eddie]

I want to talk about me, but Kenny Chesney thought.

[Bobby Bones]

But again, same. I'm not an early Kenny guy. Kenny was really like that traditional country for a while till they kind of figured it out.

[Brandon]

My main honorable mention. I almost picked her. Martina McBride. She was 90s all day, man.

[Eddie]

She was. Yeah.

[Brandon]

Wow.

[Eddie]

Dena Carter thought about her, but really only like one really big smasher.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Album.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Big album.

[Brandon]

You guys remember and I'm gonna have to say it right. Black Hawk.

[Eddie]

Why was he so careful with Blackhawk?

[Brandon]

Because if you say it fast, I

[Bobby Bones]

thought about throwing out like a Billy Ray Cyrus.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

At five. And he's known as a quote, one hit wonder. But in the country world, he had more hits than that. But his song was so big it crossed over. And that's what they're talking about when they say one hit wonder. But some gave all from Billy Ray Cyrus.

[Brandon]

That's a big song too.

[Bobby Bones]

Also the song about him getting thrown out of his house. I can sing every word to it. Hold on.

[Brandon]

Restraining limb of it.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Let's think. Not allowed back.

[Emile Hirsch]

No.

[Brandon]

My daughters hate me.

[Eddie]

Is that a. I Done messed up.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it's. Where am I gonna live when I get home? You know?

[Brandon]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

That's.

[Brandon]

What a great line, man.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I don't know that one.

[Bobby Bones]

In the video he comes out and all the stuff's thrown out on the front. Front yard.

[Eddie]

Dude, for you so much of his videos.

[Bobby Bones]

Very much.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

It's true.

[Eddie]

Like, I think videos. What's his name? Not Steve Warner. Colin Ray had some good videos.

[Bobby Bones]

Colin Ray was somebody that was on my list. I didn't think we'd get to him. But definitely, I think, sorely underrated as one of the greater artists of the 90s.

[Brandon]

Some of the best songs came from Colin Ray. Yeah, his name was actually Bubba.

[Eddie]

If you guys know before I do what. Really?

[Brandon]

His real name was Bubba Ray. Bubba Ray. And the. The label guy was like, hey, man. So I go by Bubbling.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Colin.

[Bobby Bones]

Right?

[Eddie]

So was it still R A Y or. Or was it R A Y?

[Brandon]

R A Y with an E. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Love me, Love me.

[Eddie]

Great. If you get there before I do.

[Brandon]

Oh, dude, I'm gonna start crying.

[Bobby Bones]

Little Rock, which I was from Little Rock, but that song, that. It's that addiction.

[Eddie]

Oh, really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we even had Little Rock. But also because he's like, I think I'm on a road here in Little Rock. Yeah, sorry. I wait and see One small day in Little Rock without you. Because he's like, I. I can't. I'll end up singing the melody. Can't do that. No, it's okay.

[Eddie]

Yeah, you don't want to go down that road.

[Bobby Bones]

That's my story. That's a good one. That's my story.

[Brandon]

What's the one, girl? Little Red Rodeo. You remember that Red Rodeo.

[Eddie]

I remember that one. Yeah. Was. Had some smashers.

[Bobby Bones]

We're all gonna bust a vessel trying not to sing these songs.

[Eddie]

I know. Hey, as soon as we're over, we're just.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, 26 year old Dylan.

[Brandon]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

If I say Alan Jackson. Do you know a single song? Did you grow up listening to country music at all?

[Brandon]

A little bit. My parents really didn't listen to country music. My mom from Georgia.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Brandon]

Yeah, I am from Georgia. My mom didn't listen to music hardly ever. It's just not her thing. And my dad was rock.

[Bobby Bones]

We may be setting you up to fail then. I thought just because you're from Georgia, you'd have it around you. That and Ludacris and Outcast.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

Yeah, pretty much. And you know, you guys could have been drafting the US National Cricket Team.

[Eddie]

And I.

[Bobby Bones]

No different.

[Eddie]

To me, nothing sticks out there.

[Brandon]

I mean, yeah, obviously, the big names.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you know an Alan Jackson song? How about Chattahoo?

[Brandon]

Chattahoochee? Yeah, like the big, big stuff. I feel like. I know, but, like, when you're talking about the chicks, nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I wish I know who he is. I. If I saw him, I'd recommend.

[Eddie]

I get that.

[Brandon]

I don't know any music of his. Tracy Lawrence, nothing. Faith Hill, nothing. Reba, of course, Reba.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, Tim McGraw. Can you name a song?

[Brandon]

No, probably not. Probably not.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Dang.

[Eddie]

I like it. I love it.

[Bobby Bones]

How about Morgan Wallen?

[Brandon]

Yeah, I mean, I can name his stuff.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

I feel like I'm kind of forced into that, though, just like nowadays.

[Eddie]

Oh, Bobby's forcing you.

[Bobby Bones]

What do you listen to now, though, if you were to go into your music now?

[Brandon]

A lot of startle Simpsons, a lot of Sturgill Simpson.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, that's country music.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. Luke Combs, too. Yeah.

[Brandon]

My wife loves Luke's Combs. But you just saw Luke Combs and Neyland was that good show.

[Bobby Bones]

It was a great show.

[Brandon]

He always puts on a great show.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but that's a different environment when you're doing a whole stadium.

[Brandon]

It was a little tough.

[Bobby Bones]

It can be hard to connect points.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because of the. The visuals.

[Brandon]

And if, like, he went to the other side, forget about it.

[Bobby Bones]

Or lack thereof visuals. Good job, boys.

[Eddie]

We're gonna ask AI who won.

[Brandon]

Oh, great.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, we just did.

[Brandon]

Wow. Go Eddie.

[Eddie]

Look at that.

[Brandon]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't believe in AI.

[Eddie]

What are you talking about? You love AI.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[Eddie]

Look at this.

[Bobby Bones]

AI has picked Eddie as the best overall team.

[Eddie]

I love it, AI. I love it.

[Bobby Bones]

The team feels the most like a 90s country hall of fame. Every single artist has a distinct identity. The biggest strength is massive radio hits, critical respect, traditional country credibility, crossover appeal and iconic personalities.

[Eddie]

AM.

[Bobby Bones]

There's also no reach pick. Brandon comes in at two from AI Allen McGraw, Yearwood, Diamond Rio, Mark Chestnut. Brandon may have the strongest top two artists. The roster probably wins. Listeners who prefer neo traditional country crossover. Still, this may actually be the best curated team. Oh, mine's the least cohesive. Yeah, we're not playing it. They're not on a team. I mean, I guess they are.

[Eddie]

It's a team.

[Bobby Bones]

I know, but I mean, we're not

[Eddie]

out, you know, basically saying, you're not going to win the super bowl with this team.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think this team has the biggest mainstream appeal. Overall, Bobby's team.

[Eddie]

So you're like the Cowboys.

[Bobby Bones]

Brooks and Dunn might honestly be the best single pick available. Once Garth, Shania and George Strait were removed, the chicks were massive culturally and commercially. Vince Gill. Lalala. Lalala. Scrolling down. Tracy Lawrence, strong value pick, but compared to the depth. Oh, don't hate on Tracy Lawrence. Oh, Bobby could easily argue for number

[Eddie]

one after all that, though, it's like giving you a little cookie.

[Brandon]

Hey, Mike, did you add that last part in?

[Bobby Bones]

So keep scrolling down.

[Brandon]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that just the teams?

[Movie Mike]

That's the teams again.

[Bobby Bones]

Dang. Well, good thing AI doesn't pick who

[Eddie]

won the last one.

[Bobby Bones]

Do we know the pop star draft?

[Brandon]

Yeah, I have to tally the votes on the story. Bobby's one.

[Eddie]

Huh?

[Brandon]

But there are a ton of votes in the comments that we need to tally.

[Eddie]

Okay. Oh, there's still tallying going on.

[Brandon]

Yeah, we're still counting the votes.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, that'll do her. Anything you want to say, Eddie?

[Eddie]

No, dude, that was just a lot of fun and tough. Tough to pick. It was a lot of great 90s artists out there.

[Bobby Bones]

Mostly it was tough to not sing every song. That was the hardest because also sometimes we need to have a word or two sang to us. We can remember it all. Okay, that's it. Thank you, guys for listening or watching. If you're watching on Netflix, we're gonna put these up. You can vote too, but we take our names off of it. We just say team one, team two, team three. Another thing was in the comments, people were going, no, that's not the team I would pick. And they were, like, picking from all three teams, making their own team. Oh, weird.

[Eddie]

No, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

That's not how you do it. Once someone's taken off, you can't have them anymore.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

And then we did the picking. Brandon, I can't wait for you to go to your first concert.

[Brandon]

It's gonna be great. Any suggestions would be great.

[Eddie]

Whoever it is.

[Brandon]

Yeah, whoever. I don't care.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you never, like, have that conversation? Has it never been something you've talked about, like, first concert, man?

[Brandon]

Not really. Like I said, I went to a ton of, like, local shows, like, bands that would play, but, like, I don't know, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you remember the first girl you ever kissed?

[Brandon]

I do.

[Eddie]

What was her name?

[Brandon]

Her name was Melissa Marlowe, actually. Brennan Bailey.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, so it's two. He knows every first, second, third girl he kissed, but he can't remember the first girl.

[Eddie]

You know the first girl I kissed. You know why I kissed her?

[Brandon]

Why?

[Eddie]

Because she Looked like Joe Montana.

[Brandon]

I remember that.

[Eddie]

I was in fifth grade, man, what do you expect?

[Brandon]

If there was ever that come up,

[Eddie]

though, I just kept that in my head. I never told her.

[Bobby Bones]

You're like, I want to do this because you look like Jo Montana.

[Eddie]

I just like, I want to be your boyfriend.

[Brandon]

Did you tell her that?

[Eddie]

No, Never.

[Bobby Bones]

But later in life, Nope. Because it probably would have hurt her feelings, too, to know she looked like Joe Montana.

[Eddie]

Until today, it would have.

[Brandon]

Have you seen her today?

[Bobby Bones]

A picture, you wonder?

[Eddie]

I pull it up. It is Jo Montana. Wow.

[Brandon]

What a lucky guy.

[Bobby Bones]

The first girl that I ever kissed, I believe I was in between 6th and 7th grade. I may get the age things mixed up, but I was in Kansas City. I was up there with my uncle, who had a roofing business, so I was helping him out in the summertime, and there were some other kids from some of the other people that worked with my uncle. And we were all in, like, the room of this house, and they were playing spin the bottle, and they were all my age or one year older. And I never kissed anybody. And it just never landed on me. Never landed on me. I was thinking, I'm gonna get out of this unscathed, because part of me wanted to kiss my first girl, but part of me was like, I don't want it to be here because I'm embarrassed and ashamed. And so it landed on me. I was like, oh, God, the next person is gonna be who I'm gonna have my first kiss with. I remember thinking this, and it spins and it lands on a girl that was across from me. And I remember when it landed on her, I saw her face and she goes, do I have to?

[Brandon]

Oh, man.

[Eddie]

My first terrible memory.

[Bobby Bones]

My first kiss was with someone who said, do I have to?

[Eddie]

But how was the actual kiss? Was it good?

[Bobby Bones]

I just remember being hurt in my guts. Cause I knew she didn't want to do it, but I did it. And, yeah, you had to.

[Eddie]

Dang, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yeah, man.

[Eddie]

Sorry we brought that up.

[Bobby Bones]

I know. That'll wrap up today's show. Thank you, guys. And we will see you guys soon. And don't forget, follow us. Hebobbycast.

[Brandon]

Oh, do I have to?

[Bobby Bones]

Social media.

[Brandon]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Do I have to?

[Brandon]

Hang tight. The Bobbycast will be right back.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news? Huge news. We created our own podcast called hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast. Well, we didn't invent it. We. We just contributed to First People to do podcasts.

[Eddie]

Pretty.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Pretty wide range of podcast, but this one's extra special. So how did we. How do we actually come up with the name hey Jonas? Guys, I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it and we were thinking. I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing a bit for the podcast where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, hey, Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that. Guys, listen to hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it.

[Podcast Announcer]

This is Saigon, the story of my family and of the country that shaped us.

[Eddie]

The United States will not stand by and allow any, however great, take over another country.

[Bobby Bones]

From iHeart podcasts, Saigon, please allow me

[Brandon]

to introduce Joseph Sherman.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't think I'm serious about a free Vietnam? I should stop talking so much. I like hearing you talk. One city, a divided country and the war that tore America apart. This is for Vietnam. I've taken a hit from Japanese brown fire. Do you read me?

[Crime Stories Narrator]

They're pouring petrol all over him.

[Podcast Announcer]

He's holding matches.

[Brandon]

I'm on a landmine for freedom.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's get out. Freedom for Vietnam. Saigon. Starring Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict. Staying here's madness.

[Podcast Announcer]

The world should hear about this. There's a fire coming to this country

[Bobby Bones]

and it's going to burn out everything. Listen to Saigon on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Podcast Announcer]

Why is everyone obsessed with romance right now? Like everyone, your co worker who quote unquote doesn't read. Is reading romance your mom. Book talk the entire Internet. I'm Sanjanah Basker. I'm Tyler McCall and this is Radio 831, a romance podcast. The books, the tropes, the adaptations, the drama, the discourse, and what all of it says about how we actually love, yearn and obsess. We're going to Wuthering Heights, which, for the record, is not a romance novel. And yet it has haunted the romance genre for 200 years. We're getting into dark romance age gaps, certain Russian hockey players and sentient objects in love, which is a thing. That's the kind of conversation we're having every episode. Listen to the Radio 831 podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Crime Stories Narrator]

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[Bobby Bones]

And we're back on the Bobby cast. Okay, now I want to go over to this segment from Movie Mike's movie podcast. He had a really cool interview with actor Emile Hirsch. Emil's been in a bunch of big movies over the last 20 years. Into the Wild, which was a great book. Alpha Dog, which I loved. I believe Justin Timberlake was in that. Lords of Dogtown, once upon a time in Hollywood. Mike talks with Emil about growing up as a huge movie nerd and so forth. You're gonna hear all this. If you love movies. This is a podcast I would encourage you to check out and subscribe to. So here is Movie Mike with actor Emile Hirsch.

[Movie Mike]

Hey, Emil. I was super obsessed with my video store growing up. I would go all the time, rent as many movies as I can. Oftentimes in the early 2000s, they were a lot of your movies. What were your go to rentals as a kid? Because I heard you were also super obsessed with going to your video store.

[Emile Hirsch]

Oh, man, I was burning through so many different films at the video library in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I wish I. I wish I had the, like, the paper charts with all the titles I had each week filled out, because I filled up a bunch of those. And there were, you know, I mean, I would kind of burn through different genres. Sci fi, horror, drama. You know, I was. I was kind of like into. Into it all. There was like a lot of Peter Weir, Spielberg, Kubrick, you know, just. Just cool directors. I would like get into and want to watch all their stuff. A lot of action, kung fu. And, you know, I. I don't quite have Quentin's memory. I can't rattle off titles as easily as he can, but there was. There was a lot of them. And that was actually one of the things that Quentin and I originally bonded over, was just, like, mutual. It kind of like, think if you like, film, film, film. Nerd. He's cool with.

[Movie Mike]

You know, you mentioned Quentin. Was there anybody else that maybe you watched as a kid that ended up you being able to work with him later on?

[Emile Hirsch]

Well, to come back around to Speed Racer, I saw the Matrix in theaters when I was 13 years old, and that for me was like one of the. One of the big. I mean, that movie truly blew my mind. And to get to work with the Wachowskis all those years later was like, I couldn't have been more excited because it really was that intense of an experience for me in the theaters.

[Bobby Bones]

I was like.

[Emile Hirsch]

So anyway, I remember I ran home after the film and told my sister, I was like, you have to go see this movie right now. Like, then she went and saw it. She was like, thank you so much for telling. Like, she was like, thanking. You know, it's like it was like that kind of movie where you couldn't wait to tell someone to go see it.

[Movie Mike]

You've been a part of so many just defining movies of my lifetime. When people run into you in public, what do they recognize you from the most?

[Emile Hirsch]

To be honest, I don't really know. I don't think there's like a clear. There's not really like a clear one.

[Movie Mike]

Weirdly enough, I do find that odd.

[Emile Hirsch]

Yeah, weirdly enough, there's not like, sometimes it's. It's one movie and sometimes it's another, but there's not. There's not really, like, one that people are like, oh, you were in that. You know, I don't know, maybe Speed Racer will just gain more and more cult following and it'll be that.

[Movie Mike]

Of all the characters you've played, who do you think would have the best chance of beating Speed Racer in a race?

[Emile Hirsch]

Jay Adams from Lords of Dogtown.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Emile Hirsch]

He's gonna be the only one crazy enough to go for him.

[Movie Mike]

Did you know, like, immediately when you were a kid, like, I want to grow up, be an actor?

[Emile Hirsch]

Yeah, kinda. Yeah. I was really young. Like, really young. And I just. I don't know, I just was super into watching, like, in living color on TV when I was like, 4 or 5 and my parents probably didn't even

[Brandon]

know I was watch.

[Emile Hirsch]

Kind of fell in love with, like, Jim Carrey's wildness and hilarity and all that cast and then just watched a bunch of different TV shows and I don't know, I just got more and more, you know, really loving movies and performances and just, I don't know.

[Brandon]

It's weird.

[Emile Hirsch]

It's weird looking back on it now. It's been so long. But looking back on it, I remember I was, like, really into it. I was, like, really excited about every part of the process, you know.

[Movie Mike]

My final question, I was 16 years old, went into the wild, came out, they moved. Movie completely changed my life. I got really into transcendentalism. I read Walden by Henry David Thoreau at 16 years old because of how much that movie changed me. We were talking earlier about you taking away the family aspect from Speed. How did that movie change you as a person?

[Emile Hirsch]

I think it, you know, I think it, like, sort of made me a little bit more worldly, you know, traveling the world, being a part of this kind of international film, getting to meet all these actors from different parts of the world, getting to shoot it in Berlin, getting to work with incredible directors like the Wachowskis. And, you know, I feel like. I don't know, it's hard to know necessarily how it changed me because I. I don't have any. I don't have any alternative to compare it to in a certain sense. So it's like, it's hard to know. But I know that I'm extremely proud to have been a part of a movie that is that people are appreciating as much as they are, you know, and some movies that are great people, people never appreciate, you know, sometimes that just doesn't happen for a film. So it's really. It's very heartening to see this film that we cared so much about organically make this resurgence. You know, it's. It's not something that's, like, been manufactured.

[Movie Mike]

Well, it's awesome to see people loving the movie again. Really great to talk to you. I appreciate it.

[Emile Hirsch]

Thanks, Mike.

[Bobby Bones]

Thanks for listening to the BobbyC. Share this episode with a friend because they don't pay to advertise us.

[Podcast Announcer]

Number one hits, millions of records sold awards, sold out tours. You think the Jonas Brothers are satisfied? Nope. It's podcast time.

[Bobby Bones]

We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions.

[Podcast Announcer]

A Jonas is available now and their first guest is a big one, Paul Rudd.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, Steve Carell is a great singer.

[Brandon]

Let me tell you, not to audition

[Bobby Bones]

the Office or something. I told him him.

[Brandon]

Whoa.

[Eddie]

We were filming Anchorman. Clearly, I was the idiot. Thank God he.

[Brandon]

He didn't listen to me right.

[Podcast Announcer]

Listen to hey, Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your husband is not who you think he is. Your body is not what you thought it was. Your identity is formed by a secret history. I'm Dani Shapiro and these are just a few of the stunning stories I'll be exploring on the 14th season of Family Secret. He kind of shoved me out of the way and said, move. And he went out the front door and he jumped in a car and drove off. And that was the last time I saw him. Listen to season 14 of Family Secrets on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Here's something that should not be as complicated as it is getting a racist statue removed. And here's something that should be a whole lot easier than it is getting a new one put up in its place. I'm Akilah Hughes and Rebel Spirit Season 2 is about both of those things.

[Eddie]

As I was watching these statues come down, I was thinking about what it meant that I grew up in a

[Brandon]

majority black city in which there were

[Eddie]

more homages to enslavers than there were to enslaved people.

[Podcast Announcer]

Listen to Rebel Spirit Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Eddie]

For years the Unhoused have been presented as a monolith in mainstream media. We'd unhoused a podcast that's changing the narrative. I'm Theo Henderson and I created the show while it was unhoused on the streets of Los Angeles. We've grown into a two time Webby Award winning podcast, the only podcast that shares unhoused stories and news from the Unhoused perspective. Listen to we the Unhoused on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Podcast Announcer]

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