FRI PT 2: Bobby Got Embarrassed At An Event + Koe Wetzel On His Abs, Wild Reason He Opened A Bar & Playing College Football

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – FRI PT 2: Bobby Got Embarrassed At An Event + Koe Wetzel On Abs, His Bar, & College Football

Date: June 12, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones (with Amy, Eddie, Co-host contributors)
Guest: Koe Wetzel

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Main Theme / Purpose

This episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at Bobby’s recent embarrassment over not meeting a dress code at a high-powered event, vibrant discussions about the importance of networking (especially over golf), and a candid, wide-ranging interview with country-rock artist Koe Wetzel. Koe dives into his fitness journey, why he opened a bar, and his days playing college football, giving listeners both laughs and unique insight into life on his tour and in his personal life.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Bobby’s Event Embarrassment & Corporate Life

[03:47–21:22]

• Scenario Recap:
  Bobby and Eddie were invited by company execs to attend a high-profile event featuring celebrities, execs, and key clients. Bobby struggled with the dress code, having previously been overdressed at a similar event and this time, erred on the side of casual, only to find everyone else in full suits.

  • Quote:

    "I just wasn’t dressed to what everybody else was. There’s all these pictures where everybody—even Eddie—dressed suit. Every... And I’m just like, 'giddy up clothes.' I don’t know if anybody else cared, but I definitely felt a little weird.” —Bobby [06:16]

• Dress Code Anxiety:
  Bobby explains his anxiety about "artist fancy" vs. "business formal" attire, how it’s different at industry events, and the pitfalls of second-guessing event instructions.

• Networking Through Golf:
  The group emphasizes how relationships are built during events—especially on the golf course—and why Bobby brings Eddie for his knack at small talk.

  • Quote:

    "If you play a round of golf with somebody, there is a bond that is formed…For business, that's where relationships happen.” —Eddie [18:11]

• Pressure to Perform:
  While Eddie enjoys these long networking days, Bobby finds them draining due to the need to always be 'on.'

  • Quote:

    “I just feel the pressure to all…those things where I have to, like, be there. I feel like I have to perform for like 14 hours at a time. I’m not really allowed to not be on.” —Bobby [20:00]

• Funny Banter:
  The crew jokes about Amy needing to learn golf for invites, who’s best at mingling, and the importance of being genuine with clients.

  • Quote:

    “The fact that Eddie’s so great with clients and people is the reason I take them.” —Bobby [24:25]

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2. Bobby’s Speech & Comedy at the Event

[12:23–16:47]

• Improvised Comedy:
  Despite little prep, Bobby leverages his stand-up background to break the ice in a business-room setting.

  • Quote:

    “This is not a room for comedy. I’m making fun of rich people. This is awesome.” —Bobby [15:07]

• Jokes Land:
  Bobby recaps three jokes he used, including one about not being confused for NFL star Brady Quinn, and poking fun at the wealth in Palm Beach.

• Success with Talent:
  His strategy—connecting with people via humor and shared stories (like "Dancing with the Stars")—helps with audience rapport.

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3. Viral “Best Friends” Content and Social Media

[27:26–31:04]

• Sitcom-Style Videos:
  Bobby and Eddie recount how their head of digital, Brandon Ray, makes sitcom-inspired highlight videos of their trips (“Best Friends Take New York/Golf”).

• Caddy’s Reaction:
  Funny moment when a golf course caddy comments on their bromance:

  • Quote:

    “He goes, you’re actually kind of gay, but you’re not gay.” —Bobby [29:34]
    (Everyone laughs at the caddy’s nonchalant confusion about their humor.)

• Song of the Summer?:
  They debate whether their silly videos or new singles from country acts (Parmalee and LOCASH) will be 'song of the summer.'

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4. News Segment: Elon Musk, Trillionaires, and Stock Hype

[31:35–37:39]

• SpaceX Goes Public:
  Amy shares news that Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX launches its IPO, peppered with fun “what would a trillion dollars look like?” facts.

  • Quote:

    “If you spent $2,400 every minute around the clock, it would take 792.5 years to spend a trillion dollars.” —Amy [33:34]

• Stock Market Realities:
  The crew riffs on whether it’s "too late" to get in, cautioning about IPO hype and referencing Trump/insider trading risks.

  • Quote:

    "Sometimes it comes out in such a flurry, it's way higher than it settles...Unless you have insider information. But then you can also go to prison." —Bobby [35:04]

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5. Blended Families, Names & Personal Reflections

[43:45–51:57]

• Taking Stepparents' Last Names:
  Amy and Bobby share stories of blended families, last-name changes, and how stepparent/stepchild relationships evolve or dissolve after divorce.

• Parenting Perspectives:
  Bobby reflects on how having a child himself brings up unresolved emotions about his biological and stepfather.

  • Quote:

    “There’s like this new rawness in thinking about that, and my therapist had told me that too. You're going to go through stuff that you think you've gone through, but now that you have a kid, it's going to hit you in a weird way…” —Bobby [51:14]

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6. TV & Pop Culture Nostalgia: TGIF Deep Dive

[52:09–56:42]

• Podcast Recommendation:
  Bobby recommends a podcast about TGIF, recounts trivia about Full House, Dinosaurs, and sitcom crossovers (like Urkel on Step by Step).

• Behind the Scenes Full House:
  Details on Bob Saget replacing the original Danny Tanner, and Stephanie vs. Michelle’s breakout fame.

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7. FEATURE INTERVIEW: Koe Wetzel

[57:45–75:15]

a. Koe’s Fitness & Abs

[57:48–59:16]

• Bobby marvels at Koe’s transformation:

  • "Hey, surprise. You got abs." —Bobby

  • "I got abs. I know it. They came overnight..." —Koe

• Koe credits cardio, discipline, and prepping for his tour.

b. Dad Life & New Routines

[59:16–60:47]

• Goes to bed and wakes early for workouts before his one-year-old daughter gets up—reflects on how much he’s softened as a “girl dad.”

  • "You were born to be a girl dad." —Koe quoting his partner

c. Touring in Australia

[61:17–62:35]

• Notes the rise of Texas/country music in Australia; Grateful for the reception and shares travel lessons (“get in extra days for jet lag!”).

d. Mispronunciations & Family

[62:39–62:56]

• Talks about mispronunciations of his name (“Cole” instead of “Koe”, even by family).

e. New Album: "Night Champion"

[63:19–68:26]

• Album was unplanned; organic songwriting led to a full record.
• Title “Night Champion” references his personal growth out of party-era, inspired by his granddad’s hunting dogs ('Night Champion' as champion of night hunts).

  • “It’s kind of like I…conquered that night.” —Koe [68:01]

f. Why He Opened a Bar

[65:03–66:28]

• "We were always going to bars and usually getting in trouble or getting kicked out…so I just wanted to build one I can’t get kicked out of.” —Koe
• He now owns two bars in Texas.

g. College Football & Sports Memories

[70:47–72:31]

• Played linebacker at Tarleton State ("only played one year, then snapped my leg").
• Cherishes memories of football—still “misses it every day”.

h. Fun Moments: Grip Strength Contest

[68:49–70:47]

• Bobby and Koe compete on a grip strength machine; Koe easily outmuscles, though Bobby puts up a good fight.

i. Writing Process and Collaborators

[64:01–65:03]

• “I’m a melody guy…melody first, then lyrics.”
• Avoids the “just crank something out” mentality—prefers organic, pressure-free co-writing.

j. Favorite Artists Growing Up

[74:47–74:59]

• Randy Rogers Band, Nirvana, Garth Brooks.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Bobby’s Fashion Dilemma:

  "I just got burned like three weeks ago showing up looking like an accountant when the other guy looked cool. So I was just going to show up looking not as accountanty, but I felt very underdressed." —Bobby [06:16]

• Networking Wisdom:

  "If you play a round of golf with somebody, there is a bond that is formed…For business, that's where relationships happen." —Eddie [18:11]

• On Abs & Health:

  "I got abs. I know it. They came overnight…layers of fat and beer and everything else that's been happening over the last 10 years." —Koe Wetzel [57:53]

• On Opening His Bar:

  "We were always going to bars and usually getting in trouble or getting kicked out…so I just wanted to build one I can’t get kicked out of.” —Koe Wetzel [65:21]

• On Personal Change:

  "It’s kind of like I, I conquered that night. And now I’m waking up at 7, you know, whenever I used to be going to bed at seven." —Koe Wetzel [68:01]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:47] – Bobby’s event attendance story & dress code mishap
• [06:16] – Discussion about attire and event dynamics
• [12:23] – Bobby’s impromptu comedy set at the dinner
• [18:11] – Value of golf in business networking
• [27:26] – Viral “Best Friends” golf video & caddy’s comment
• [31:35] – Amy’s segment on Elon Musk & the rise of the “trillionaire”
• [43:45] – Blended family/step-parent stories
• [52:09] – TGIF/90s sitcom nostalgia
• [57:45] – Koe Wetzel interview begins
• [65:03] – Koe’s story about opening bars in Texas
• [68:01] – “Night Champion” album theme explained
• [70:47] – Koe’s college football days
• [74:47] – Koe’s top three favorite artists

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Overall Tone & Style

The episode is light, self-deprecating, funny, and authentic, with Bobby openly sharing his insecurities and mishaps. Conversations are candid and warm, showing off the strong camaraderie between Bobby, Amy, Eddie, and their guest, Koe Wetzel.

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For listeners who missed it:
You’ll get a great sense of what it’s like inside Bobby’s world of media events, the awkward-yet-hilarious human side of industry networking, and an in-depth, personal dive with Koe Wetzel that covers everything from his abs to his attitude about family, songwriting, risk-taking, and the transition from rowdy nights to fatherhood.

Transcript

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[Bobby Bones]

Had a rough one this morning. Waking up. So your part tours, we'll share it with you. A couple months ago one of our executives hit me up and said, hey, we need you to pre record a Thursday show and come down and play golf with clients and speak with clients and then speak at an event. And so we finished the show on Wednesday and late Wednesday night, late Wednesday night, we flew into the Palm beach airport and got like five hours sleep. I'm not complaining because we got to play golf and that's nice. And then the day just went all day. I made the mistake of taking a nap for like 12 minutes and then you just feel worse. I got to the room, took a shower. I had a couple meetings I had to get to because we had a lot of executives there and clients and I just thought I'll just rest my eyes for a second. And I set my alarm and I woke up like 12 minutes later and just it made me feel worse. A 12 minute. I need about if I'm going to nap about 30 minutes for it to be a full nap or I just come away in the negative. So we did that and then we had an event last night. I made some notes, which we didn't get until late last night either, which is why this morning was kind of rough for me waking up. If I were to go back and because I've signed an NDA, I can't be super specific about it, but Eddie and I went to do a TV show and they said business, cocktail, some weird dress code and I thought I shouldn't dress this up because there was another celebrity that was there as well. Now I'm using the word celebrity because that's what they said I was. I went in as a celebrity. They brought in a second celebrity. So they had two celebrities there. And I thought, I know whoever the other celebrity is is not going to dress like they're saying to dress. It was very elevated, but I'm still going to do it. And I wore suit, basically, jacket, button up, and then I get there, and the other celebrity was in just like a short sleeve with like some jewelry. And I was like, dang, I wasn't going to wear that. But they didn't go as hard as what the dress code suggested. So this event was happening. And I think I'm not going as hard as the dress code suggests. And I get there and everybody's in a suit and tie. Everybody dressed out, as they say to the nines. And I'm in like some slacks and just a collared shirt.

[Amy]

Well, I feel like executives versus some other celebrity. That's very different vibe.

[Bobby Bones]

But even the other talent, because they brought in some talent for this.

[Amy]

They were dressed up too full suit, full everything.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Did you know the other talent?

[Bobby Bones]

A lot of them, yeah. So they brought in some folks. The people that I did know were. Well, I got to know Brady Quinn, who played football at Notre Dame and in the NFL, but he works for a company, works for Fox Sports Television as well. They brought in a guy from like Steve Harvey show. They brought in Clay, Travis Clay and Buck. Sean Hannity was there. It was that type of. Of crowd. And then they brought in, I think, probably the biggest spenders in the company or people they. They have great relationships with. And so they just create like this day, this. Play golf with the talent, get to know them. A lot of them we work with already. It's just a, you know, further cement the relationship sometimes just to make new friends. Like we made Eddie and I made new friends yesterday. And then we go to this big, real nice dinner and then hopefully the relationship's better. Where if they're like, we need to spend more money, they spend with us. Right. It's the goal. Very relationship centric, but you still have to perform. And I just wasn't dressed to what everybody else was. There's all these pictures. Were everybody. Even Eddie, dress suit, every. And I'm just like, giddy up clothes. I don't know if anybody else cared, but I definitely felt a little weird. And I'm always, hey, dress a little more than what the dress code says. But I just got burned like three weeks ago showing up looking like an accountant when the other guy looked cool. So I was just going to show up looking not as accountanty, but I felt very underdressed.

[Amy]

Well, does anybody say anything to you? Like our executives, like, hey, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

No, they wouldn't. Not there. I could get an email today, but even then I don't think they're going to. What did you think?

[Eddie]

I just feel, I don't understand. Like, at what point can you be George Straight and just show up everywhere with wranglers, a starch shirt and a cowboy hat. And even if it says formal, like even if it says cocktail attire, you're George Straight.

[Amy]

But that's a cowboys cocktail attire.

[Eddie]

Yeah. So like Bobby, I feel like you should just have your look always. And if it's a cardigan and a, your glasses.

[Amy]

Did you have a cardigan?

[Bobby Bones]

No, but I do definitely have a look and I do have. There is also artist fancy, which is what I didn't do on the first one, which is what I kind of did on this one. But then the other people that were talent didn't follow artist fancy. It's if you go to the CMAs, like you wear a full tuxedo or you can show up on like a leather jacket and jeans, people are like, yeah, still, that's artist fancy. He's dressing up for the event. So most of the time I do get the benefit of the doubt to dress artist fancy. I just felt because nobody else was dressed the style that I was, that I kind of was a sore thumb there. It didn't bother me that much. I just kind of felt a little stupid.

[Eddie]

Like Sean Hannity, I feel like he's always in a suit. So that's kind of his vibe, right? Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

But again, even Brady Quinn, he was

[Eddie]

dressed to the nines.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, this guy is so good looking and so giant and he played quarterback. You would think the guy was an NBA player.

[Eddie]

Amy, do you know him?

[Amy]

No.

[Eddie]

Google him.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Yeah, really good looking guy. And we get up early in the morning and they put us on a really like nice bus. It's not like a school bus.

[Eddie]

No, they call that, what do they call it? Sprinter buses. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But bigger than a sprinter van. Yeah, bigger.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So we get on this bus. What do you see?

[Amy]

Yeah, he's like a model looking. Yeah. I'm seeing a younger pictures of him playing ball and now he's older.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but he still looks like a model.

[Amy]

Right? I know, but he's not a current player.

[Eddie]

Correct.

[Bobby Bones]

He's like an analyst now.

[Amy]

I would imagine every photo of him doing whatever. He's a sports coat, tie, but, like, he's dressed up in every single picture.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd guess. I'd guess he's probably 38 now. What does it say his age is? 41. Okay, so we're on this nice bus. We're sleepy as crap, and we're going to the golf club to play. And he's sitting next to me, but I don't know that it's him. They don't tell us who's coming to this. And also, it was so early, so we're just kind of staggering down. And Eddie's sitting up a row from me. And I text him. I said, I think Brady Quinn is sitting next to me one aisle over on the bus. Cause there was an empty seat next to me because somebody, like, spilled something in it. I didn't know that I sat in the other seat that I think people spilled something in and. Cause he's a big dude, but nobody's really talking a whole lot because it's early in the morning, and Brady Quinn looks at me and goes, hey, you buy bones? And I was like, you, Brady Quinn? He's like, yeah. Brady was the backup quarterback to Matt Castle, who I do my NFL show with. And he goes, I watch you guys podcast like, Matt Castle's the greatest guy ever. And so we kind of hit it off right there because we had a mutual friend. So I texted Matt. I was like, hey, what do you think about Brady Quinn? Because if he was like, nah, dirtbag. Hey, just say hi. Matt's like, brady's the greatest dude ever. And so got to know him. We wouldn't play golf. It was very humid. Eddie woke me around yesterday. Haven't played a whole lot, but he really put it on me. He played pretty good yesterday. We made some friends on the golf course, and then we got back to the clubhouse, and I had some work to do and a couple meetings to have, and Eddie had work to do, video work. And so we needed to get back to the hotel. And so I just go to the person who's handling the. For the company, say, hey, can we leave ahead of the bus? But this golf club is, like, in such a remote part of what that Palm beach area, West Palm beach, whatever you guys want to call it. They're like, ah, it's going to take 20, 30 minutes to get a car here. I'm like, that's fine. So Eddie and I sit in a corner, finally get in a car. We get Back I go have some meetings, take a shower, sleep for 12 minutes, and then we're up again doing the thing. And I'm just. I've had. We had no food. No lunch. They had lunch, but we were gonna have to stay there and eat. So we go back to this. This event. I get to put my clothes on and get dressed to go down. I feel like an idiot because I'm not dressed like everybody else and they want me to speak.

[Amy]

So you didn't know you were speaking?

[Bobby Bones]

I did, but they didn't give me anything to speak about. Okay, so it was, hey, go up, because there's gonna be some PowerPoint and there's gonna be the CFO talking. And that's very business. Go up and do your thing. But talk about how great the company is. Like, that's really the only notes they gave me. And so I don't really know when I'm gonna speak. And so after steak, right?

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

They brought the appetizer, then they brought the main meal. And then after steak, a guy gets up and he's like, all right, we're gonna bring up one of our greatest talent. And I'm hoping it's gonna be one of the other talent in there. Cause there were like seven in there. I didn't want to go first because there's no vibe in the room. And so. All right, Bobby Bones come up. And I'm like, oh, man. So one of the things I'm happiest about in my career is that I spent probably three years doing standup non stop and getting at my best, okay, at it. But I'm just comfortable in that environment, even doing private gigs where the lights are on and people are sitting at round tables eating. Like that really makes you capable. And so I wrote a few jokes for it. And I thought, I have no fear. I'm just going to go do the jokes. And people laugh. They laugh. And I get up and I lead it and I say, hey, I'll just read. It's not going to be that funny in the room here. Maybe some of them weren't that funny last night, but I'll read you. Some of them said, let me see here. I started off, I said, hey, really cool to have a lot of the same talent in the room. A lot of times people, you know, I saw Clay and Buck getting confused for each other. You know, they do a show together. Yeah, they kind of look alike. I said, there's Brady Quinn. I think the joke, if I say it right, I think it was like, you know, how many times I've been confused for Brady Quinn today? Zero.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Gave a little beat. Little sad. Zero. Got a pretty good laugh. And I'm thinking, all right, they're listening. That's not a home run hitter joke. But I just wrote it. And I got to mention Brady Quinn again, which is pretty cool because he's pretty cool. And so we did that. And we would be driving around, and that is the richest place I've ever seen. That city is the richest place I've ever seen. Just in general, I've seen other cities like Los Angeles, where they have parts that are rich. But everywhere we went, it was obscene looking. There was so much. It was yachts and yachts everywhere. Yeah. And so I said. I said, how many of you guys actually live here? And some did, and they run their businesses from there. I said, first you guys, the first time here. People are different here. I saw a woman walking a poodle this morning with jewels on its collar and leash. Because I did see that. And then I said, and then right after that, I saw another guy walking his financial advisor dad. Got a pretty good laugh. And I'm like, I'm in now.

[Co Wetzel]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

We're two in. This is not a room for comedy. I'm making fun of rich people. This is awesome. And then my third joke wasn't as strong, but I didn't know really, like, what was gonna do the best. The hotel we were in. This is not the joke. The hotel we were in was obscene because you walk in, I don't even know how to explain it other than if you had like a grandma that was kind of rich and they made everything gaudy looking and you're like, is this stuff really valuable or just old or knick knacky?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But everything, everything in the hotel looked like it, but it was all very valuable. Like it. The ceiling was painted like the Sistine Chapel.

[Eddie]

It looked like we were in Italy, but we were in West Palm Beach Street. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And everything was so fancy. And I said, this is the fanciest hotel I've ever stayed in. I spent five minutes in the elevator trying to figure out if those were buttons or some sort of precious metal. Got a decent laugh when did the spiel about the company. But what was funny was everybody, while I was there taking pictures, was asking me about Dancing with the Stars. I still get asked about that the Most from people 55 and up. Every third conversation was Dancing with the Stars. So I got up and I told a couple stories about that and how I only won that show because of our relationship with our audience. Like, they went to bat for me for sure, over and over. And that's why we won. That's why they changed the rules. And so I turned that story into, hey, this is why. Like, I think this works. I think this is why for advertisers, like, if it works with us, this is why we can work for you guys. And it was good. And so the conversation was good. And I walked off, and we were flying out right when my speech was over. And so at it, I did the

[Co Wetzel]

room a little bit.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I went to Rich, our cfo. I was like, you good with that? Because I kind of went rogue and just did jokes. Like, the jokes just in general. Like, was he okay with.

[Amy]

Yeah, he was like, what if he was like, no?

[Bobby Bones]

He would have said no. He'd have been like, wasn't what I was looking for. See, in a couple weeks, that's tough. Yeah. But I like it because I know how he feels. Man of little emotions that are camouflaged. Like, I enjoy that about him. And he was like, great job. Talked to a couple other people, and then we got out of there. So I felt good about it. Weird room wasn't built for comedy. Had three jokes. Two and a half of them worked really well. Got in this morning? No, Got in late last night. Woke up this morning, felt like, I've been hit by a truck. So if I'm a little off today, that's what's up. But we did tape the show yesterday at their request, which rarely happens where they're going. We need you to tape the show and just come down and do this thing. But I tell you this. So Eddie and I go. And I would. I would say that I am not initially up on meeting at times the warmest, because I'm always like, what is this person up to? Not good at small talk. Once we hit on. Once we hit it off, like friends for life. But I'm always a little suspicious of people and what their intentions are. Not Eddie. Eddie loves everybody all the time. Eddie's like a lab. I want to be your best friend.

[Eddie]

Oh, a Labrador.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I love small talk.

[Bobby Bones]

It works.

[Eddie]

My favorite.

[Bobby Bones]

I say, when nobody on the bus was talking, everybody was asleep. You know, he was talking. Eddie was up two seats up talking his whole life story to this dude. I don't even know what business the guy's from.

[Eddie]

No, he was head of sales of iHeart. I'm like, dude, we've never met before. This is crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that who it Was. Yeah. They were just going to town, like, talking it up. And even on the golf course, like, we played with a couple of guys and Eddie said this to me last night, and he's right. If you play a round of golf with somebody, there is a bond that is formed because you just spent four hours intimately with them. Like for business. That's where relationships happen. Because we finished the round and we're sitting at our table eating dinner last night, and one of the guys from that we were with from St. Louis has a company. He comes up and is like, did you guys ever get that beer you left? Right. I mean, it's like our best friend.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Out of the whole room, automatically you're like, oh, my gosh. Like, he's a long lost friend. Good to see you.

[Bobby Bones]

We just spent four hours with them and 45 minutes later, we're like, what, you're. Yeah. You wear normal clothes. Like it's a thing.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

The other guy we played with, name was John. He works in, like, precious metals, Gold, silver. I was like, you got to come on the show and talk to us about, like, stuff like. Because we want to talk about stuff like this. And so turns out he's like, awesome. Like, cycles 100 miles every other week. And so I got his email this morning. I was like, I want to email John for my personal email. That's my new friend. Like, he's not even trying to email me. Like, I'm trying to email him.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So that was our day yesterday. It's a long one. And I wouldn't say it was fun, but it was. It was worth the trip, right?

[Eddie]

Oh, I thought it was fun. Like, I had a blast. Being able to play golf is especially.

[Amy]

Sounds like it was really nice.

[Bobby Bones]

I just feel the pressure to all. And those. And those things where I have to, like, be there. I feel like I have to perform for like 14 hours at a time. I'm not really allowed to not be on. I think for me, that's why sometimes it doesn't feel as fun.

[Eddie]

I get that.

[Bobby Bones]

And those meetings in between when I should. I should have taken a longer nap, but I couldn't. Those hurt. Oh, those hurt bad.

[Eddie]

You didn't go to the beach at all?

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie went to the beach. I said, I forgot about that. So we were.

[Eddie]

It was literally outside the hotel door. I'm like, how are we not going to the beach? It's right there.

[Amy]

I'm trying to figure out what hotel y' all were at. I just.

[Bobby Bones]

We couldn't get in without going through security, outside on the street to get into the hotel.

[Amy]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

This event was so insane. That one, Fazio, Elizabeth Fazio, who has a job of prominence in our company, she works with us in the syndication part of our company, but really a prominent, respected job, has a lot of responsibility. It was so important to them to have good people. She was the person at the table just checking in guests. Like she was. She was doing the piece of paper. Okay, Wilson, check on the thing. Like, they brought her down to do that.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And so it has. Is a. Is a wild. It's so much money down there. It's wild to see all the yachts just right there. Oh, yeah. And I go back, and so we put all our bags in Eddie's room. And my. Our deal was when I started talking, Eddie was going to go up to the rooms, get our bags. So as soon as I was done talking, I could go and meet him in the car, and we would go to the airport. And so I was moving my bags over before he went down for the dinner, and he was like, how to go? I was like, I had a couple of meetings, a couple of clients in, like, the boardrooms here. And he goes, oh, I went to the beach.

[Eddie]

I mean, you can't put me in a hotel right by the beach and me not see the beach. I had to go. I only went for, like, 30 minutes, but it was just. Dude, I love it.

[Amy]

I think I found where y' all stayed. It does look like another country.

[Bobby Bones]

Let me say the name.

[Eddie]

Did she get it?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah. The only reason I know that, because that logo was on the butter.

[Amy]

Yeah. But also, look at the ceiling.

[Eddie]

It was on the butter.

[Bobby Bones]

It was on the butter, and I didn't know what it was, and I just envisioned so bad. Yeah, that's it.

[Amy]

I just went through 10 hotels, and I finally found the Sistine Chapel that painted.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, we didn't pay. I didn't pay for it. We didn't pay for it. I know the company put us up.

[Amy]

That's why I. I know Amy.

[Eddie]

And he's not joking. That emblem was on the.

[Amy]

On the butter. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I didn't know what the hotel was called, but I do see logo. Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. This looks grand. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow.

[Amy]

That's what it looks like. Rolling up to it.

[Bobby Bones]

That's exactly what it looks like. And there's a guard station outside of it where they make sure that you.

[Amy]

That looks With.

[Eddie]

Not security guards, police officers.

[Amy]

That's insane.

[Eddie]

Palm Be West Palm beach police officers.

[Amy]

Cool. That's fun. See, this is why I need to learn golf.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, if.

[Amy]

Listen, if I was really good at golf, maybe I would get invited. Maybe. Think about it. I'm talking like, whoa, she can play.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't even think you need that much. I don't think you need. Whoa, she can play. I think if you're just a golfer.

[Amy]

Yeah, but if I could, I'd probably get invited to a lot.

[Eddie]

I agree. I agree.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

So get to it.

[Amy]

Chop, chop. I know. My back.

[Eddie]

Oh, no, Amy, if we can still do it, you can do it.

[Amy]

Well, but y' all are. Y' all been golfing for years.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Are you? Right? I can do it.

[Bobby Bones]

I think you. Yeah, you'd have probably been invited because.

[Amy]

Because, like, Sean, I could check people in.

[Bobby Bones]

No, not yet. Not for him as one of the talent. Because Sean Hannity's like, I'm not sure. Her role on this show because I don't listen to Sean Hannity. But he had her there. I met her and talked with her for a long time.

[Amy]

Well, you had Eddie there. No, Eddie went because you went.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm talking about. I met her. There was somebody that wasn't the main.

[Eddie]

What does that mean?

[Amy]

Not. Not to be rude.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no. Be rude.

[Eddie]

Well, what do you mean?

[Amy]

Okay.

[Eddie]

No, I'm thinking I went because Bobby, like, I wouldn't go.

[Amy]

I'm going because. Yes. I'm saying it's not like you. You were invited and then Bo and Bobby was invited. It's that Bobby was invited and y' all are. He took you. I think I. I could be wrong, but you can golf. You can mingle. You're good. You're good. Like, you can, like, talk to anybody. Like, you're a good. Like, it makes sense.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All of that matters.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

The fact that Eddie's so great with clients and people is the reason I take them.

[Amy]

Well, I can talk to people.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but you don't play golf.

[Amy]

That's what I'm saying.

[Eddie]

Let's get it.

[Amy]

I know if.

[Bobby Bones]

I think had it been different, it would have been you.

[Amy]

Did. Did Sean Hannity's person play golf?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know if Sean played golf.

[Amy]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Because he lives there. I think he lives down there. But yeah, had it not been golf, it probably would have been you. But I do think you're the only person from the show. If I couldn't go and they needed somebody, they would just send you by yourself. I think that would not To a golf event. If you couldn't go, you wouldn't go. You wouldn't play golf, you just go to the rest of the stuff. Stuff you do great. But I think you would go. But Eddie goes because he, he's like my emotional support animal in those situations.

[Eddie]

Interesting therapy dog.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't.

[Eddie]

Don't touch Eddie.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm telling you, there isn't a person on this show that is better with those small talk situations than Eddie is. And they know that too. Like, Julie, our boss, knows that. She's like, yeah, Eddie kills it with these clients.

[Eddie]

I mean, I kind of, I don't know, it's weird, but I like those events. You walk in, there's a little music going, there's an open bar, Everyone seems happy and willing to talk. And like, man, you just say you got four kids. Oh my, you have four boys. And dude, it's over. We're talking for an hour at that point.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, I need that because I'm not really up for, like music or events or people, everything. I just, it's just not really my thing as much. Yeah, but yeah, that's what, what's up? I did text Amy during the event. They had a PowerPoint and in the PowerPoint they were trying to, you know, make reference and they were being funny that everybody's attention is on all these different things. And they showed a phone and every one of the phones had red dots at like 500 to a thousand. All the apps. Yes.

[Amy]

Notifications.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And every, every app had. And so I sent it to am. I said, hey, how'd they get your phone on this?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Is that funny? Because we laughed.

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah, no, no, I get it. I think I reply back, ha.

[Bobby Bones]

Why did I write down Eddie's bald head talk?

[Eddie]

Oh, no. Oh, was it with Hosea?

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe These two dudes I was sitting on in the middle of two bald dudes.

[Eddie]

But, but we know him. And he, he looked at my head. He said, you finally joined the team. Like, awesome. And then I had to explain to him, like, there was a whole process. Bobby wanted to fly me to Turkey. I wore a, a hair system.

[Bobby Bones]

And so then he pulled up the hair system picture and showed him.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, maybe that's what I, I, I

[Eddie]

had you check my head.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie did have me. I don't know. But that wasn't a big deal. I don't think I made a note about that. Okay, that makes sense. Cuz if you're bald and you're having to shave your head, you need somebody to check your head.

[Eddie]

Yeah, my kids are usually the ones that check my head.

[Bobby Bones]

And he was like, check me that

[Eddie]

Makes sense, because, man, sometimes you get

[Bobby Bones]

a mirror, and in that hotel, you had to do it in a gold bar, and you couldn't really see as well. In the gold bar.

[Co Wetzel]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Wow, A statue.

[Amy]

Yeah, it looks fancy.

[Bobby Bones]

So something else that I posted on social media that ended up being kind of funny is that Brandon Ray, who is like my head of digital and travels and shoots and edits, and it's all that. He is a great musician as well, plays lead. Lead guitar for Raging Idiots. And he took some of the footage from Eddie and I in New York and put like a. A sitcom song on the top of it, and he sent it just out of nowhere. He goes, hey, I made this. This is funny. And so it's this song here. Hold on. If this is us walking in New York here, Best friends taking New York. Your name. Go, Let's go. And it's like hearts, and it's so corny and funny. Pretty cute. And so we're playing golf, and I was like, hey, how. How hard is it to make a new song, but the same theme. He goes, I don't know. I just replaced golf. We use the same file. And so we just took some footage from the golf thing here. So I Singing that all day.

[Amy]

Cute.

[Eddie]

It's funny, some of the comments of people saying, like, man, you guys look like it's so much fun to play golf with y'.

[Amy]

All.

[Bobby Bones]

No, we. And we purposefully made those videos.

[Co Wetzel]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

For that.

[Eddie]

Carrying Bobby on my back through the sand trap.

[Bobby Bones]

There was another one, too, where do paper, rock, scissors. And what I do is when he does scissors, I, like, point to my wiener.

[Eddie]

But that was organic. I really didn't know you going to do that.

[Bobby Bones]

And so the cat. They give you a caddy at this course, and so we don't know them and the caddy doesn't. You get to talk to them and know them and stuff. But he doesn't, like, know what we do. And we're just having him shoot our videos.

[Amy]

Oh, gosh.

[Eddie]

Yeah, exactly.

[Bobby Bones]

And he's going to. I get it. I kind of like it. Like, you're gay, but you're not. That's what he said. That's what he said. He goes, you're actually kind of gay, but you're not gay.

[Eddie]

I get it.

[Amy]

Because you were.

[Eddie]

It's funny.

[Amy]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Bobby, you just get on his back. That's funny.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Thanks.

[Amy]

I just pulled it up.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

You hadn't seen it.

[Amy]

I. I don't know if I saw the New York one. But I hadn't seen the music.

[Bobby Bones]

So funny.

[Amy]

I hadn't seen the. Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I had nothing to do with it.

[Amy]

I hadn't.

[Bobby Bones]

It's all brand new.

[Amy]

Oh, you kissed him on the head.

[Eddie]

On the head. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Then Eddie's like. Eddie's like this. What the. Oh, okay. Yeah, it's like a 90s sitcom.

[Amy]

Yeah, I see it now.

[Bobby Bones]

Funny, huh?

[Eddie]

Oh, I was telling them, too, that some sales guy came up to us yesterday. I was like, bobby.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I was, like, singing this song back to us in the. The event last night.

[Amy]

Is that the song of the summer?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that or Puerto Rico. Oh.

[Eddie]

Or the Parmalee song.

[Amy]

Last time in San Juan.

[Bobby Bones]

Parmalee song. I think it's out today.

[Eddie]

Is it out today?

[Bobby Bones]

I think so, baby. Yeah.

[Eddie]

That could be the song of the summer.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, they're saying it is. It's Parmalee and Low Cash, and they're walking down the street much like Eddie and I's video. Yeah, I don't think. I don't think they were doing it to be funny. I don't think theirs was absurd.

[Eddie]

We look at it like, wow, that's

[Bobby Bones]

a lot like ours, huh? And theirs is. Because if you like. Yeah, okay, so the real song is Coladas and then now in the Rain. Yeah. So I have to be careful because Facebook will flag us with if I sing anything lame. Their version is a few, like, Old Shenandoah.

[Amy]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

And Chattahoochee in the Rain. Or I don't know, but it's something like that. But they combine suit. There's a super team. Low Cash and Parmalee. What do they call those?

[Eddie]

Like, those bands that get together.

[Bobby Bones]

Super group.

[Eddie]

Super group.

[Bobby Bones]

Basically traveling Wilberries.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but. But it's every member. They're all in it.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like. Yeah, maybe they should have trimmed a couple. Well, Low Cash only has two people.

[Eddie]

Right, right, right.

[Bobby Bones]

So that was our day yesterday. I don't think I have any other notes to give here. Amy, do you want to do your story?

[Amy]

Sure. So today is a big day, I guess, potentially for Elon Musk, because today's the day he could become a trillionaire because of the SpaceX going to Wall street, going public. So you're probably like, well, what does a trillion dollars even mean? What does that look like? If you're a trillionaire and you spent a billion dollars on a single purchase, you just went out and you're like, oh, yeah, I'll buy that $1 billion on a Tuesday. That would be like, someone with a net worth of $100,000 spending a hundred dollars.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Amy]

So it really is like there's never

[Bobby Bones]

been a trillionaire now.

[Amy]

Yeah, he's going to be the first ch he's at right now he's worth 800 billion and this could give him that extra 200 to put him over the top.

[Bobby Bones]

Is the company going to be worth a trillion or is he going to be worth a trillion? Or both.

[Amy]

His net worth would surpass so net worth it says would surpass a trillion bucks. That and so that means him being a trillionaire. So he's surpassing the GDP of countries like Ireland, Sweden, Israel. Here's another little fun way. Cause I mean money's hard to when it gets that big. If you spent $2,400 every minute around the clock it would take 289 days to spend a billion dollars. Which was like oh okay, I'm lost. No, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

Even in that it was too many numbers.

[Amy]

No, wait till I get to the. No, I'm trying to show you the difference between a billion and a trillion.

[Eddie]

Well, so stick with me. Hold on. But a trillion is a thousand billion. I think that's a simple way to say.

[Amy]

Well I know but I like this. So can I finish?

[Bobby Bones]

Can I finish?

[Amy]

Excuse. For the sake of it I'm going to repeat.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Amy]

If you spent $2,400 every minute around the clock it would take you 289 days to spend a billion dollars. If you did the same thing with a trillion dollars same thing. It would take 792.5 years to spend it with the billion. You can spend it in less than a year. A trillion. You'd have to be Methuselah.

[Bobby Bones]

Dang Bible reference.

[Amy]

I mean it's just crazy he has because like whatever he has so much

[Eddie]

money so we can buy SpaceX stock.

[Amy]

Yeah but people that I'm listen experts I follow they're like it's too late. Stop too late on it. But I don't even public. No, but we want to get it. You see all these other people that got in there's like I think 4,000 different people that are begun while when he becomes a trillionaire today potentially they are become worth 100 million. And they were because they were in on it from the.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Now you're just buying it as a get go.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. But so. So to today is it today today. So it goes public.

[Amy]

Supposed to go public.

[Bobby Bones]

Right.

[Eddie]

So what you're saying is there have been investors that have been in it from the very beginning. I get it. We're not Them like, but you can buy the stock. To buy the stock. You're still. The day that it opened would be a good place to start.

[Amy]

More than 4,400 current and former SpaceX employees are expected to become multimillionaires through company stock with roughly 400 of their holdings exceeding $100 million. That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

With my limited history of buying stocks, that is not always accurate. Sometimes it comes out in such a flurry, it's way higher than it settles.

[Eddie]

Oh, the starting price.

[Bobby Bones]

Sometimes it comes out and I just don't think there is a consistent right to let's buy on any specific day. Unless you have insider information. But then you can also go to prison.

[Amy]

Well, I just like, didn't Trump just

[Bobby Bones]

do something like, yeah, he bought UFC TKO stock. Way after that was like, let's have a thing on the White House line. And then it went up and he made my birthday. Yeah, yeah, yes, yes.

[Eddie]

That's inside information.

[Bobby Bones]

That's cheating.

[Eddie]

That's like making it happen.

[Amy]

They like just. Yeah, it's like that's cheating.

[Bobby Bones]

So.

[Eddie]

But I feel like SpaceX has done stuff in space, but I feel like it's still unlimited. They can do way more and you

[Bobby Bones]

should invest if you feel that way.

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wasn't saying not to. I just was like with the hype around it, some people were thinking, oh, this is gonna make me so much money.

[Eddie]

I think, I think it's a good. I think you're still kind of at the start of it.

[Amy]

Well, let's go then.

[Bobby Bones]

Hop in.

[Eddie]

I think I'm going to. That's today. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know what they're estimating it shares, it says.

[Amy]

I thought I read it somewhere.

[Bobby Bones]

We should quit stock talk.

[Amy]

Well, mostly it was just we've got our first trillionaire. Yay.

[Bobby Bones]

If there are hybrid humans, it's got to be the Elon Musk. Peter Thiel's like, what do you mean?

[Eddie]

What's the hybrid human? And what alien?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't like that word. Non human origin.

[Eddie]

That's it.

[Bobby Bones]

Nho nhos, like they just have so much and I'm massive capitalist. No doubt about it. Without capitalism, I don't get to go from where I came from to where I am now. It's just such an anomaly that something's up.

[Amy]

The trillionaire part just.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, just the super billionaire part.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

The Peter Tills of the world, Elon Musk's of the world, just how separate

[Eddie]

they are from everyone else.

[Bobby Bones]

Bezos is of the world. Bezos story is interesting too, because, you know, guy started from scratch. I mean his family was rich, but he still had to have a great.

[Amy]

His family was rich. I didn't know that.

[Bobby Bones]

Like quarter million dollars to start his the beginning. I think his stepdad, if you look it up, his stepdad was wealthy. I wait for Mike to give me some fact check on that. I'm going straight from the dome and I listen ain't hating. So he may not be an alien. The other one's probably aliens.

[Amy]

Oh, you're going alien.

[Eddie]

Well, Eddie called aliens.

[Amy]

I thought you were going maybe like

[Bobby Bones]

hybrid of non human origin.

[Eddie]

Oh, hnhs.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Co Wetzel]

There was a woman in New Jersey. She went out on the town.

[Bobby Bones]

Night out.

[Co Wetzel]

She came home or came to her

[Bobby Bones]

friend's house, and she went missing. They couldn't find her. And she fell down the trash chute from the 14th floor down to the 4th floor. But there was so much trash backed up.

[Amy]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

That it stopped her fall. Oh, she's alive.

[Amy]

Okay. God.

[Eddie]

Oh, she's alive.

[Amy]

I thought she suffocated.

[Bobby Bones]

There was so much trash backed up. Wow.

[Amy]

But how did they find her?

[Eddie]

I mean, she's probably screaming.

[Amy]

Screaming.

[Bobby Bones]

At some point, you say she was drunk? Yeah, drunk. At some point, you sober up.

[Eddie]

You pass out first, probably.

[Bobby Bones]

And you wake up like this. Where am I? Dang. Good thing they ain't been taking the trash out.

[Amy]

Yeah, ours doesn't have a compact thing because you hear people, sometimes they go to sleep in dumpsters.

[Eddie]

They get crushed.

[Amy]

Yeah. Oh, the worst.

[Bobby Bones]

Mike, what'd you see? Yeah, he was an engineer at ExxonMobil and gave him about a quarter of a million of a billion.

[Amy]

A quarter?

[Bobby Bones]

Nearly a million. Sorry. 245. Jeff Bezos's stepdad. Yeah, Miguel Mike Bezos. And then he invested in Amazon early on, so now he has 30 billion.

[Eddie]

Stepdad wasn't even his bio dad.

[Amy]

And he got his name.

[Bobby Bones]

He got to impress the real mom,

[Amy]

you know, But, I mean, Jeff took

[Bobby Bones]

his name probably for $250,000. I'll take any. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Co Wetzel]

No, I don't know.

[Amy]

Well, you can adopt. Like, my. My half brother and half sister, they took their. Just so weird to me because my dad was still kind of like, in their life, and they took their stepdad's name. So I don't even have the same last name as him, even though we have the same dad. And the fact that my dad was like, yeah, cool. What?

[Eddie]

No, but can you force them to keep.

[Amy]

No. Well, I think my dad could have put in a little more effort to be like, you know, but I think that's why that his ex wife was like, look, you. Do you. I'm getting remarried. He's gonna adopt the kids legally. It is what it is. And my dad's like, okay, that's fine. Having these other two kids over here, Amy and Christy, they'll keep my last name. I don't know that's just been weird to me as an adult. Looking back now on that and to. I can't address it now, but then sometimes people are like, wait, y' all have the same dad, but y' all don't have the same last name? And I'm like, no. Weird, right?

[Bobby Bones]

I never consider taking Arkansas Keith's last name.

[Amy]

Yeah, but had you, it would have made sense. Cause your dad was a deadbeat. My dad wasn't.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't you talk about my dad like that.

[Eddie]

What'd you call him?

[Bobby Bones]

I get pissed.

[Amy]

He was. I mean, I feel. You know, whatever.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm kidding.

[Amy]

Yeah, I know. But that's the thing. Like, my dad wasn't. So it's just weird, you know, I see maybe.

[Bobby Bones]

Nah, I don't even. I want to put myself in what

[Amy]

I think, emotionally, he wasn't involved. He sort of was detached. And he's like, okay. I feel like I would be like, no, those. No, he can adopt them, but. Well, I don't know that I would even let them adopt them. What's the point? There's no point. It'd be like if I got remarried right now and my boyfriend or my new husband adopted Stevenson, and Ben was like, cool. That's so weird.

[Bobby Bones]

That'd be weird.

[Eddie]

That would be weird.

[Bobby Bones]

And I think I was too old when my mom married Arkansas Keith.

[Amy]

But.

[Bobby Bones]

But because I was, like, 12 or 13, if I was, like, 5 and my biological dad was gone and it was.

[Amy]

I think it would have made sense, possibly. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because then I had the same last time with my mom. And people will message me and go, why do you call Arkansas Keith your ex stepdad just because your mom's dead? That's not why I call him my ex stepdad.

[Amy]

It's just for clarity.

[Bobby Bones]

They divorced before my mom died.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So even if my mom was alive, he'd be my ex stepdad. My mom's dead. He's my ex stepdad. He's my ex stepdad regardless of if my mom's alive or dead. So that's why. And I don't always say that, but sometimes people go, what's the relationship? Well, he was my stepdad for, like, six years. It was awesome. He was awesome.

[Eddie]

Yeah. And I don't think you've ever said X. Really? You just say he was my stepdad?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, a couple times. But again, I don't throw it out there. Yeah. It's like my stepdad.

[Amy]

But you're right, they did get divorced before she died. I have. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I wouldn't call on my Ex stepdad. If they were still together when she died.

[Eddie]

Except that sounds so weird.

[Amy]

Well, I have girlfriend, stepmom, but I rarely called her stepmom. I always said my dad's wife.

[Eddie]

Oh, right.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably a difference of closeness, I would imagine, because Arkansas. Keith and I were very close, obviously, because we still are without any sort of.

[Amy]

I know. What's crazy is she was with my dad from when I was 9 to 30. Something. I don't remember the year they got divorced. 33. So 9, 19.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a lot of years.

[Amy]

29. Right when they got done. I have not heard from her since. Nothing. I have no idea. Nothing. Not a peep. Not a peep.

[Bobby Bones]

Does that hurt your feelings?

[Amy]

Well, it just more so confirms probably why I had the desire in me to call her not my stepmom and my dad instead of my dad's wife. And my dad would be like, she. She loves y'. All. Does she? Because I feel like. Or maybe emotionally she ran away. I will say she did thoughtful things for me. She was very, like, Christmas was always special. She was very good at, like, wrapping gifts. Like, that was her fun. She loved making a theme. And so things were very thoughtful. So, like, on your birthday, there was always a theme. And then, like, in college, she really helped me decorate my rooms. Like, she would help me have a theme. I think she liked themes, which was good. I mean. And my dad would do the handiwork. I remember, like, my bedroom in college was really cool thanks to them. Like, they really. They came for a weekend and did all this work and I'm like, wow, they care. But then. Oh, just disappeared. Nothing. And like, my. My sister's kids, like, the. She was their grandma for a while. Nothing. Nobody's hurt. Nothing. No clue. Don't even know.

[Bobby Bones]

Step grandma, huh?

[Amy]

Yeah, but to the kids, that's Pawpaw's. That.

[Bobby Bones]

But what would the kids call her?

[Amy]

Probably her nickname. Whatever it was.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you don't have to say it.

[Amy]

So. I don't know. It's just weird because that's. I mean, they had my mom as their grandma too. But then you had. That's the grandma. And she was very involved in their lives in that way. I just trying to think of what it would take to be in someone's life for 20 plus years. And then because your relationship falls apart with the dad. Dad, you just like, no, hey, I hate that this happened. Or I'm gonna miss time with y', all, or I know this is weird, but this is goodbye. Like, nothing. Just.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's Hard to understand.

[Amy]

I'm okay by it. It's just interesting behavior. Now that I'm an adult, what would I like? I. Even my. My boyfriend, I just had for a year and a half, he had three kids. And I texted each of them individually after the breakup, and I wanted like, hey, I'm here if you need anything. And had good exchanges with them. Like, and that was just a boyfriend.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you think that that experience with those kids makes that nerve a little touchier when you're talking about that your dad's ex wife and you, or did you always have? Maybe.

[Amy]

I think it was just the. I want to call it a point of contention. Maybe that is. That. That's what's coming to my mind right now. But it was a friction with our dad of, like, him trying to constantly convince us that she wanted us around. And I kept thinking, no, she doesn't. Like, I don't even as a kid, you thought that? Yeah. Like, there was just this, something's off, and I couldn't figure it out. Even though she did like themes. So I felt.

[Bobby Bones]

Love the theme.

[Eddie]

See that?

[Amy]

So, like, okay, you know, but that's how you think. You think presence, love, pretty paper theme. Both, like, hair, thoughtfulness. But that was her thing for everybody.

[Bobby Bones]

It doesn't matter to defend anyone. But it also could be like an embarrassment thing.

[Amy]

I agree. Like, or just like, now that she

[Bobby Bones]

didn't really love you guys, but maybe she's just embarrassed. I. I don't know.

[Amy]

She was so angry at my dad. I could see that. Where she's just like, peace out. I'm over this. Which I understand. And emotionally, it's easier to just walk away and detach. And maybe she felt like, well, they don't really. Maybe they. Maybe she felt from us. They don't really like me anyway, either, so I'm just gonna make it.

[Bobby Bones]

Or she was inserting. Your dad was poisoning the well with you guys to not like her because of what happened with you.

[Amy]

Never. He never said anything.

[Bobby Bones]

But if you're her, you don't know what's happening in her mind. Right, Right. But I understand the adulting. And then all of a sudden, all these emotions come back because we have a baby now. Matter of fact, before we started this podcast, I went and changed a diaper. Shout out, me boy. And then going like, man, how could, like, an adult person leave a baby?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Thinking about, like, my biological dad.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, how do you just leave a baby that you had? But then it is met with my biological dad when he had me was 17. My mom was younger than that, but he was also a kid, so. But there's like this new rawness in thinking about that, and my therapist had told me that too. You're going to go through stuff that you think you've gone through, but now that you have a kid, it's going to hit you in a weird way because you're going to go.

[Amy]

So kids bring up a lot of work. You realize you need to address, if you're willing, parent, like, parenting will just do that.

[Bobby Bones]

Amen. Right, everybody?

[Eddie]

Amen, brother.

[Bobby Bones]

Freaking man.

[Amy]

Amen.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, what is that? Hey, man, what are you saying? Jelly roll.

[Eddie]

No jelly. Jelly roll.

[Bobby Bones]

Jelly roll. Amen.

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you remember the TV show Amen about the church is a good one. Back in the day. I listened to a whole podcast on the flight home last night, just in general, about tgif.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's cool. I mean, that was.

[Bobby Bones]

Would you guys pursue a podcast an hour long about tgif? Yes. Okay.

[Eddie]

Do they talk about the theme songs?

[Bobby Bones]

No, they didn't talk about theme songs, but they talked about how they picked the lineup. They talked about shows coming in and out, what came later, why they started. Initially, it's pretty cool. It got all the way to Sabrina the teenage witch. She was 20 when she was playing that role.

[Eddie]

And they were. That was tgif?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, near the end. Wow. And I. I like the show Dinosaurs and how Dinosaurs was doing so good in tgif. They moved it to Wednesday because it was always thought that Fridays were the days you just put your garbage because nobody was at home. But they found, like, this niche of families needing to watch shows together. And then they went into this whole part about dinosaurs, the show, and not to Mama. That was what the dad's name was. Not your mama. And then Gotta love me. I'm the baby. Do you ever watch Dinosaurs? I freaking loved it. So they moved it to Wednesday. It was a terrible move. They, like, bombed out on Wednesdays, moved it back to Friday. Once it got back to Friday, nobody cared as much anymore, so it was canceled. And they talked about the final episode. And I don't. I didn't remember the final episode. Do. Do they go extinct because of a winter storm?

[Eddie]

No way.

[Bobby Bones]

And the winter storm is caused by the company. The dad works for that the whole time. It's like they're, like, chopping down trees. It's, like, bad for the environment. And the winter storm comes and kills all the dinosaurs. So it's making, like, an environmental message at the same time. Then later it went into syndication and. And they had shot like eight or nine episodes and never aired. And they. Those debuted in syndication, but it wasn't after they were extinct. But I listened to this whole hour long podcast about tgif. I love it. I love that stuff.

[Eddie]

Dinosaurs. Does that live on a streaming?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, everything from TGIF is on Hulu. There's like 800 hours of shows on Hulu. They said this on the podcast. So this is not me being smart.

[Eddie]

Cuz I've seen Full House. I've seen Family Matters up there. I've not seen Dinosaurs up there.

[Bobby Bones]

The fun thing about Full House in this podcast was that was the first one. Obviously they had put in John Poses. I think is his name is the original Danny Tanner. They wanted Bob Saget. Bob Saget was on another show, couldn't get him. So they cast John Poses. And if you ever watched the original theme song of the pilot, it's him. It's not Bob Saget as the dad. It's weird to see even the whole first episode. You can watch it online. His name John Posey. John Posey. Thank you. And so after they shot it, they liked it. They're ready to go with it. But then Bob Saget was open. So the producers were like, I know we got the green light, but we still want Bob Saget. They fired John Posey. Bob Saget is the guy, right? Danny Tanner.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And then that show, bad ratings at first. It's a story of a lot of shows bad ratings and somebody who still believes in it. But they talked about how everybody was convinced that the breakout star of that show was going to be Stephanie Tanner because she had everything. Timing, acting ability, comedy, able to memorize scripts and lines. And she thinks she was eight and just unsuspected. It ended up being those babies. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Little Michelle.

[Bobby Bones]

That their Q scores. The only television character. Because obviously they're all characters. But I guess it could even be the actors, but mostly the characters. At the time, the only characters that their Q score was worse than was Bill Cosby. He was number one, the most loved person on television, period. Number two were the Olsen twins.

[Eddie]

Wow. I think for them it was their catchphrases that got me like a little baby going, you got it, dude. Like, that was great.

[Bobby Bones]

Never watch Dinosaurs, huh? Those, I mean, maybe Those costumes were 9ft tall and 5ft wide and they had a person in them and a person running the face with a different machine.

[Eddie]

Wow. That's all in the podcast. Probably.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think I would remember that. My retention probably wouldn't go to that. I'm sure it was. And the same guy who did the baby is also Elmo.

[Co Wetzel]

Really?

[Eddie]

Oh, they did sound kind of the same.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin Clash. Wow. Yeah. The dad's name was not your mama. That was his whole name. Hit him with the frying pan. Gotta love me. I'm the baby. Episode one. It breaks out of the egg. It just starts talking immediately. Yeah, it's like pink or. Or some. My colors aren't the best, but man, that's. And so ytgif they say ended up. Because they also talk about the crossovers in it where, like, Urkel would go to Full House. And Urkel did Family step by step. Sorry. He did Full House and step by step. And in step by step, he did the Urkel at the prom. The original. Do the Urkel, do the Urkel. You know, grab your pants and pull them real high. And everybody. Originally that was on the rooftop at a party where they spiked the punch on Family Matters. And then he went and did the Urkel.

[Eddie]

He's drunk.

[Bobby Bones]

On Step by Step. And they were talking about how they crossed over. It was so interesting to me. But Amy's listening to the Bachelor. People who gets conned into thinking they knock somebody up.

[Eddie]

That's what you're.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm listening to, not to mama. Okay, we're going to get to this CO Wetzel podcast here. Our podcast. We are doing the podcast. This Co Wetzel interview that we did that was on this morning. Really? Like co. I don't know. What else do I say? I really like.

[Eddie]

Cool dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Good enough.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Got a new album out. And here's CO Wetzel. Here we go on the Bobby Bones show now.

[Amy]

Co Wetzel.

[Bobby Bones]

Co. Good to see you, man. Yeah. Yeah.

[Co Wetzel]

Good to be here.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, surprise. You got abs.

[Co Wetzel]

I got abs.

[Bobby Bones]

What the crap?

[Co Wetzel]

I know it. They came overnight. You know, I think that's the consensus on it.

[Bobby Bones]

There was a picture of co. I think it was a lake. With your daughter maybe. Yeah. And I was like, like, you're a big dude. Strong dude. Obviously. I was like, how is he that big and like barrel chested with. That's my thought. With abs.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I think.

[Co Wetzel]

I think it's because nobody saw me whenever I, you know, I played college football and stuff. So before I got hurt, you know, I was pretty ripped up. And then I just kept on putting layers and layers on. And then finally it went away. And so they're. They're making themselves visible again.

[Bobby Bones]

Layers. You mean skin?

[Co Wetzel]

Not Clothes, not big layers of. Of fat and beer and everything else that's been happening over the last 10 years.

[Bobby Bones]

Good for you, dude. I was proud for you. I was like, dude's been hitting a hard.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, man, I've. I've been locked in, man. We've, you know, getting ready for this tour and everything and just kind of, you know, getting in the gym and eating healthy and not drinking as much, man. It's been good.

[Bobby Bones]

What do you do when you work out?

[Co Wetzel]

Man, I do a bunch of cardio stuff. A lot of. I do like the bro. The bro stack or whatever it is, the arms, chest, abs, and that's kind of like rotate them out like twice a week.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you go to a normal person

[Co Wetzel]

gym when we're on the road? Yeah, but I've got. I've got the gym at the house, so it's easy just to wake up, get in there, knock it out early, and then, you know, I'm waking up by like, probably like six every morning, try to get the workout done. And then baby girl wakes up about 7, 7:15. So that's when our days start.

[Bobby Bones]

Now ours wakes up around then, too.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You know what's crazy to me? How old is your daughter?

[Co Wetzel]

She just turned one two weeks ago.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so ours is now three months, so I'm a little behind you. But it's crazy to me how long they sleep, dude. Once It's. That's like 11 hours sometimes.

[Co Wetzel]

We've. We've. My girl Bailey, man, she's trained. She's done like the routine deal, you know, since she was about seven months. And do we put her in her crib at 7? She's like, all right. But has that for 12 hours and doesn't wake up once, man.

[Bobby Bones]

It's.

[Co Wetzel]

It's a blessing, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

It's also unbelievable to me because when you have the baby, at first it's every two and a half hours because you got to feed them. You know, there's just all these things happening. And my wife said at some point, you know, she's gonna sleep for like, 10. No way. I argued with her. There's no way this baby.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, there was. It was rough there for the first. First few months. I was like, man, what have I got myself into? You know? And. No, I get it. Does it get so much better? I've got a bunch of buddies that, you know, have younger, you know, little babies and stuff, and they're like, man, does it get better? I'm like, just trust me, it does, man. So it's Been. It's been a lot of fun and. And like I said, the. Getting the sl. A lot better, too.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you feel a softness because you have a little girl? I guess that's a no.

[Co Wetzel]

No. I don't know. I mean, I still have my. My days, but, you know, it's just kind of. I know it's all over the place, man.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't.

[Co Wetzel]

I don't know where I'm at these days, man. Everything's happening and going on, but I feel like.

[Bobby Bones]

Because we had a little girl, like, I feel like I'm way, way softer with her than I would have been if we had a boy.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, for sure. And. And that's what, you know, me and Bailey talk about. She was like, you were. You were born to be a girl, dad. And so I don't. I guess that's a way of saying, yeah, I've gotten a little softer over the. Over the years, especially the last year. But, no, she's a. She's an angel, man. And I don't know. I can't imagine having a boy now.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, I just feel like it would be different. I think it'd be like I'd push him down. Suck it up, kid. I know you're three months.

[Co Wetzel]

Throw some dirt on it.

[Bobby Bones]

Get adversity. This is what life's all about. Do you guys go to Australia? We did.

[Co Wetzel]

We just got back probably a month ago. We were over there for two and a half weeks, Did Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

[Bobby Bones]

What'd you learn about that trip, man?

[Co Wetzel]

A lot, actually. It was. It was really cool to see, you know, people, you know, all the way on the other side of the world coming out and, you know, supporting Texas music, man, and singing our songs back to us. It was wild. You know, we did CMC last year. CMC Rocks. Big festival over there and had a great time. Yeah, getting over there, man, it's just. It's so much fun, dude. I tell everybody it's like a huge Texas. Like, everybody's just so cool. And they. They love the country. The country music genre over there is blown up so big. And so it was. It was cool just to get in there and, you know, stick our foot in the water and hopefully get to go back over there for some more shows.

[Bobby Bones]

When you go that far, do you give yourself a couple of days before you perform or do you land and hit the ground running?

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, so last year we really did, and we kind of. We jumped into it and didn't prepare for the jet lag and all that. And We. We drank all the way there, and then we drank once we got there. We didn't really slow down any. And so, yeah, the show last year was pretty rough. So this year we were like, hey, we got to get a few extra days. And I think we had about three, which we had. You know, we rehearsed once we got over there and drank a lot of water and kind of got the jet lag out of the way before we started.

[Bobby Bones]

So do people mess up your name a lot if they don't know you?

[Co Wetzel]

Not too. Not too bad.

[Bobby Bones]

So Koe gets set as CO most of the time. If people don't.

[Co Wetzel]

Most of the time, it's that or Koe or Cole. I still have an aunt to this day that calls me Cole for some reason. And we try to. We try to be like, hey, it's. It's co. But she just said it cold for so long that it's just cold now.

[Bobby Bones]

So that's pretty good. I still get Bobby Jones.

[Co Wetzel]

Bobby Jones.

[Bobby Bones]

That's not even mine. I mean, I guess because my name is so stupid. So I get Bobby Jones, Bubba Jones.

[Co Wetzel]

Hey, he was a dog. He was.

[Bobby Bones]

He was great in the 50s when he played golf or whatever. Whatever age that was. Whenever you. Because you have the new record that's out today, like, what was the purpose of a new record for you with this one?

[Co Wetzel]

We didn't go into it thinking it was going to be an album, man.

[Bobby Bones]

We.

[Co Wetzel]

We went into it writing a couple singles, you know, to try and follow up High Road and, you know, whatever what it had done. And so we went in there, we wrote a few of them. A few turned into six or seven, then those turned into what is now the night champion, you know, and so that was what. What this album was really cool about because we didn't. I didn't go into it being like, oh, we got to make a record. It just kind of made itself. And I think that goes to. To, you know, Gabe Simon and. And Carrie K. And all the badass writers that we had on it, man. It's just these songs came really naturally and organic and they. They just kind of came out of nowhere, and before we knew it, we had a record.

[Bobby Bones]

How do you write a song? What's your process?

[Co Wetzel]

I'm a melody guy. I love having a melody. Just having an idea of kind of where I want to go with the song and what I want to talk about. But, yeah, I've always been melody first and then lyrics second.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you go in a room at 9am and write until 3. Traditionally, do you write on the road? Like what. Who do you write with?

[Co Wetzel]

I'm writing all the time, so I like, I just pull up my phone, pull out a bunch of voice notes and stuff like that and. But yeah, once, you know, once I started co writing with people and coming to Nashville a lot more, that was kind of the, the whole deal was, you know, get into a room and just see what we can come up with. And I wasn't, I wasn't used to the, you know, the, the two hour sessions or the one hour. Oh, we got to put out a song like that. Like, I was never a fan of that. So with these writers that we've put together, you know, from Ashley Gourley to Steph Jones and, and all these badasses, man, we've, we've kind of got it to where we don't try to, to put a limit on, on how long we have to write a song. We just get in there and you know, if the song makes itself for sure, but if it doesn't, you know, we don't try to force it. And that's what's really been cool about me getting in with these, these, these other writers.

[Bobby Bones]

You still have a restaurant or bar?

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, two down in Texas.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, two now.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah. Fort Worth and Houston.

[Bobby Bones]

Did it start with just one?

[Co Wetzel]

Started in Fort Worth. I think we just celebrated three years for the one and fourth, and then Houston's coming up on a year and a half maybe.

[Bobby Bones]

Why'd you start those?

[Co Wetzel]

I don't know, man. It was just, I think it was kind of one of those things, you know, I like to have a good time like other people to have a good time. And fourth just seemed like the place to do it. You know, we were always going to bars and usually getting in trouble or getting kicked out of bars. I said, hell, I just want to build one that I can't get kicked out of. And so is it more go and hang out? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll go, we'll go out there and. Yeah, all my friends and everything, like we have a back room. It's not really a room, it's just like the back of the bar that we'll kind of block off and we go in there. It'll be a, any, any like big event in Fort Worth or, or wherever around there. We'll kind of make it a plan to meet up at the bar around 10 or 11.

[Amy]

And it's quite the investment in a place to not get kicked out.

[Co Wetzel]

We're cool with all the Cops around there too. Like, all the cops are really cool with us and stuff. So, yeah, I mean we, we have a good time.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it bar first, restaurant second?

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, pretty. So like during the day it's a restaurant slash like pretty much like a sports bar kind of. And then once, once the lights go down, it's a, it's a full on honky tonk club. Whatever you want to want it, Whatever you want it to be, it can be.

[Bobby Bones]

I picture if I went into a Co Wetzel bar, it would be a stage with the fencing in front of so people can't throw beer bottles and

[Co Wetzel]

hit the chicken wire.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, the chicken wire. Like that's what I would picture a Co Wetzel bar to be like. It's so rowdy that. That's what happens.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, it's a good time and a lot of people have a lot of fun. I feel like it's. The DJs are great, play a bunch of different styles of music and we got the bottle girls and all the, all the things.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you dance?

[Co Wetzel]

No. Hell no.

[Bobby Bones]

At all.

[Co Wetzel]

I mean, I can dance. I just choose not to. I'm. I like to play music for people to dance to. I can't. I'm not the dancer.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't even get into it and dance on stage a little bit?

[Co Wetzel]

No, no, I'll let, I'll let Luke Bryan keep dancing on stage. That's, that's not my, my forte.

[Bobby Bones]

Why is it called the Night Champion? There is no song called the Night Champion.

[Co Wetzel]

No, I didn't. And you know, it's kind of. Well, I mean, Nine Lives, I think was the first record that I put out that actually had a song on it that was named after the record. But the Night Champion is kind of. It kind of goes back to kind of the closing of all the records and stuff that I've made over the last 10 years. Just kind of coming out of, you know, the party era of me and just kind of where I've been the last 10 years. And you know, I think a lot of people can tell the changes that I've made in my life over the last year or two and just coming out of it, you know, with my fist raising the air and it's kind of like I, I conquered that night.

[Bobby Bones]

You won night.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Co Wetzel]

And now I'm waking up at 7, you know, whenever I used to be going to bed at seven. So, yeah, just. It's a lot of that. My, my granddad, he raised hunting dogs. And the Night Champion is awarded to Dogs that, you know, win so many events throughout the night hunt and he only had one night champion dog. And I don't know, it just kind of, kind of mixed everything into to what it is and you know, the night champion.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you feel like you just don't go as hard as you used to? Is that age or maturity or what?

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, for sure. I think it's, it's age. It's kind of all of it, man. You know, having, having a baby girl, just me getting older, you know, I don't have the urge to just go shut down bars anymore and pick fights with cops and stuff like that. So. Yeah, man, I think it's, it's kind of all of it.

[Bobby Bones]

You ever get in the middle of a fight and just know you're going to lose?

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Bobby Bones]

And then what? Do you run or do you just go and you know what? I've entered a fight and for sure I'm going to lose. I might as well just ride it out. Is that what you do?

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah. Take the pain.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, well, I don't get in fights because I know I'm going to lose. We have this machine here. This is a grip machine. You ever seen one of these? Yeah. Would you mind giving us a run, see what you can do on it? Let me see if. Let me make sure it's on. Don't hurt yourself because I hurt my back. That's how weak I am. But give it a 1, 2, 3, go. Okay, let it go.

[Co Wetzel]

Hands are lotioning.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So this is his first cold pull. He gets to do one more.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

130.

[Amy]

Oh my. And it was lotiony.

[Bobby Bones]

Cold and lotiony. Wow, wow, wow.

[Amy]

Not bad. That's actually really good.

[Bobby Bones]

Cold and lotiony at 130. Yeah, I got like 97. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know that fight thing I was talking about? That's why I don't fight.

[Amy]

He didn't even like.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, he didn't. He didn't.

[Amy]

He just was like, oh, squeeze.

[Eddie]

No. Grunt. Nothing.

[Amy]

Nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I'm a grunt now. You know what's up now?

[Co Wetzel]

I know.

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Get that jargons off. There you go. Here we go. Jergens, co Wetzel. And get it. There we go.

[Eddie]

Oh, that looked tough.

[Bobby Bones]

It was.

[Co Wetzel]

I think so.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you right handed, left handed?

[Co Wetzel]

I'm right handed.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, well, 1130 is. 130 is high, but I'm surprised it's less really high. Let's see what I got here today.

[Co Wetzel]

It's early in the morning. By the way, everyone I know, my

[Amy]

hand's always a little weaker in the morning.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I got. With my offhand right hand. I got 100.

[Co Wetzel]

Yay.

[Bobby Bones]

Solid with my offhand. Let me do my good hand again. Let's see if I can beat KO what do you think the odds are I can beat CO all right, here we go. All right, Co what's that say?

[Co Wetzel]

152.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it doesn't. That's a lie.

[Co Wetzel]

It's not 113.

[Bobby Bones]

113, though.

[Amy]

Pretty good with your offhand.

[Eddie]

No, that was.

[Bobby Bones]

That was. That was my left hand.

[Co Wetzel]

You left handed?

[Bobby Bones]

I'm left handed, yeah. You're not though, right?

[Co Wetzel]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you play baseball at all?

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, I played baseball like. Like my whole life, up until my senior year, high school.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it because you wanted to play college football so you just dedicated yourself?

[Co Wetzel]

I was like. I kept my. I had really bad problems with my shoulders, and so I had offers to go, like to some jucos and smaller schools like that. But I went to Tarleton State on a visit to play football. And I walked in, the guys took me out that night to the bars. We walked into city limits in Stephenville and Randy Rogers was playing up, up on the stage. And I was looking around trying to find an ugly girl, and I couldn't find one. And so I was like. They, like the next day they offered me and I was like, yeah, absolutely.

[Bobby Bones]

This is for me.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like.

[Co Wetzel]

It's like the biggest cowboy school in the world, I guess so it made. It made sense.

[Bobby Bones]

And you played football there? Yeah. How many years?

[Co Wetzel]

Just one. And then I snapped my leg and had to have surgery. And whenever I came back, like, we were playing a lot more shows and I was drinking ten times more beer. And so I was like, man, I'm out of here.

[Bobby Bones]

What positions did you play in high school?

[Co Wetzel]

I played linebacker. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you have a best game? 14 tackles, couple picks?

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, I had. I think my highest that I had was like 23, 24 tackles. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Dang.

[Co Wetzel]

I could get after it a little bit.

[Bobby Bones]

Any pick sixes?

[Co Wetzel]

No pick sixes. I only had one interception in high school and it's my freshman year against Carthage. I'll never forget it. And I ran it back all the way to like the 1 yard line and got smoked. Came off the sideline. My nose just pouring blood. We had these white jerseys on. There's blood everywhere. It was. It was pretty dope.

[Bobby Bones]

Would you. Would you laugh at receivers if they tried to Crack you.

[Co Wetzel]

No, they didn't. They didn't try to do that too often.

[Bobby Bones]

Only one time.

[Co Wetzel]

Just one time.

[Bobby Bones]

Just one time.

[Co Wetzel]

And they didn't do that anymore. Watch film. I'm like, yeah, I'm not doing that.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you miss playing ball?

[Co Wetzel]

I. I miss it, man. Every day. Just about every. Every night before I go to bed. Like, there's always. I don't know if it helps me go to sleep or if it's just good memories, but, like, just looking through the football helmet, I guess, is kind of. I don't know why that. And standing at home plate and hitting the home run. I don't know why, but, like, it's like the last thing I see for some reason.

[Amy]

Oh, like when you're closing your eyes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I thought he put a helmet on to go to bed and he liked.

[Amy]

And I was like, what an interesting.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, you know what you do?

[Co Wetzel]

You wake up in my football cleats. I was like, with a lot of. But that's not what I want.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

The album is called the Night Champion. It is out today. The song that we're gonna play is Hurts like youe. So you wrote this with a lot of the guys you mentioned earlier. I don't know. Give me a story. Something about this song that's kind of interesting.

[Co Wetzel]

Before we play it, we put the song together and. And honestly, I wasn't the biggest fan of it whenever we first wrote it, just because it was more of, like, on the. I guess, like, mainstream side of things. Like, it was more of a more poppy song than I was kind of used to writing or put together. And so I didn't think too much of it whenever we first wrote it. You know, I enjoyed it. I thought it was a good song, but it. It just didn't really stick out to me. But the more I listened to it and the more the song came together, you know, going to. The making, the recording process of it and everything, man, it really started to hit me in the teeth a little more. And, man, it just. It really grew on me. It was a tune that we wrote, you know, about just kind of like a drug that you can't get away from, you know? Even though you know it's bad for you, you're still going to go after it. That was kind of. The more I kept listening to it, the more it made sense to me, the more I kept playing it, the more just kind of became a bug in my ear. And so, yeah, man, it was. It turned out to be a really cool song, I think it's one of the more upbeat, obviously radio style songs on the record. And yeah, man, it turned out pretty good.

[Bobby Bones]

The Night Champion World Tour. I mean, there's a lot of. Do you even come home?

[Co Wetzel]

No, once. Once. We start here in about next month, I guess. Yeah, I won't be home.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, it's rock, rock and roll tour type, like where you don't come. You don't do Friday, Saturday and just come home. Like it doesn't look like he comes home till 2031. He's just gonna stay out. It's almost three months and all his shows are in the day. He's gonna be the day champion. That's his next goal.

[Co Wetzel]

That'll be the next record.

[Bobby Bones]

Last question. Growing up, favorite three artists,

[Co Wetzel]

Randy Rogers. Randy Rogers band, Nirvana, Garth Brooks.

[Bobby Bones]

Solid three. Yeah. Co Always appreciate you coming by, man.

[Co Wetzel]

Thank y' all for having me.

[Bobby Bones]

I hope you. The record streams like crazy and song does great. And you guys again, go check out the Night Champion World Tour. It's all on his website. And remember Cole Wetzel.

[Co Wetzel]

Yeah, Cole.

[Bobby Bones]

There he is. Co Wessel. Yeah.

[Co Wetzel]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, we're now done. Hope everybody has a great weekend. Anything you want to say, Amy?

[Amy]

If you are looking for a podcast to listen to, Feeling things with Amy and Katie.

[Bobby Bones]

There you go.

[Amy]

New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

[Bobby Bones]

Heck yeah.

[Amy]

So.

[Bobby Bones]

Heck yeah.

[Amy]

Heck yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I have Keenan Thompson on the Bobby cast from New York. The Martin Short clip that we posted yesterday, they wanted to collab on. I hate asking people to collab on stuff.

[Eddie]

Who wanted to collab? Netflix.

[Bobby Bones]

Keenan.

[Eddie]

Oh, Keenan.

[Bobby Bones]

They collabed on it. He was like, martin Short's awesome. He knows he's awesome. You'll see him, like, looking in the mirror. He's like. He's the funniest guy ever and the nicest guy. But he's like, got the swagger about him. Yeah. So that's a. If you want to watch it on Netflix or listen to the podcast and the Bobbycast, we will see you guys on Monday. You guys have an awesome weekend. Thank you for listening. And if you're a part two or we love you more. Bye, everybody. Quick question for all the parents listening. When was the last time your kid asked for something and you didn't have to think twice about saying yes? Because a lot of parents have been hearing the same request lately. Can I have Lingokids? And here's the thing. Lingokids is the number one entertainment platform for young kids with more than 4,000 interactive games, songs and shows. Astronauts, wild animals, superheroes dinosaurs. It's literally everything kids love all in one place, so when they ask for it, you can actually feel good about saying yes. Download Lingokids for free, start exploring today, or unlock even more amazing content with LingoKids Plus. And if you go with the yearly plan, you can save up to 60%. Search lingokids in the App Store or Google Play. Everything kids Love Living with a rare autoimmune condition brings uncertainty, but it can also create community. In season six of Untold Life with a severe autoimmune condition, they go beyond MG and cidp as host Martine Hackett welcomes stories from other conditions like myositis and IgAN into the conversation. Untold Stories is produced by Ruby Studio in partnership with Argenics. Listen to Untold Stories Life with a severe autoimmune condition on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Service opens doors. And at American Military University, it can open doors for the whole family. If you have a loved one who served in the military, you may qualify for reduced tuition. AMU offers flexible online programs designed to fit your schedule so you can keep moving forward wherever life takes you. Learn more at AMU Apus Edu Military Open doors to the future for you and your family with the help of American Military University. That's AMU Apus Edumilitary. And now for a bit of breaking news. Between your breaking news with me, the Geico Gecko, here are some things you ought to know today. People who switch their car insurance to geico save about $900 a year. Experts are calling that nice to know. Also, plants can hear when bees buzz. My ficus just heard that. And finally, animal experts have confirmed that goats have regional accents. I'm getting a hint of Irish there. It feels good to get good news. It feels good to Gecko.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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