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The Bobby Bones Show
FRI PT 2: We Spin The Wheel And They Open The Secret Envelope! + Has Raymundo Been To Garth Brooks’ House? + Zach Top on Fame, Getting Recognized And A New Album
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Amy
This is an iHeart podcast.
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Bobby Bones
I'm Jake Hofer and this is Back 40, a limited series show on Wire to hunt, part of Meat Eaters Podcast Network. Each episode I'll be asking eight whitetail hunting pros a focused, thought provoking question about hunting and land management. How do I hunt the best part of the farm with less than ideal access?
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Zach Top
Should you?
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Bobby Bones
That's what the real question is. Stand without good access is not a good stand. Listen to Back 40 on iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.
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Amy
Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor.
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Bobby Bones
And I'm Drew Phillips and we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated adhd.
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Amy
Oh my God, perfect.
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Bobby Bones
And want to hear people with mental illness psychobabble. Yes, yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom's the podcast for you. Open your free iHeartradio app, search emergency Intercom and listen now. So what happened to Chappaquiddick?
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Amy
Well, it really depends on who you talk to.
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Bobby Bones
There are many versions of what happened.
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Zach Top
In 1969 when a young Ted Kennedy.
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Bobby Bones
Drove a car into a pond and.
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Amy
Left a woman behind to drown.
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Bobby Bones
Chappaquiddick is a story of a tragic death and how the Kennedy machine took control. Every week we go behind the headlines and beyond the drama of America's royal family. Listen to to United States of Kennedy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. The Super Secret Bestie Club podcast. Season four is here and we're locked in. That means more Juicy Cheeseman, terrible love advice, evil spells to cast on your ex.
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Zach Top
No, no, we're not doing that this season.
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Bobby Bones
Oh, well, this season we're leveling up. Each episode will feature a special bestie and you're not gonna wanna miss it. My name is Curly. And I'm Maya.
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Zach Top
Get in here.
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Bobby Bones
Listen to the Super Secret Bestie Club on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or.
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Amy
Wherever you get your podcasts.
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Zach Top
I just normally do straight stand up.
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Bobby Bones
But this is a bit different.
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Amy
What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of.
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Bobby Bones
A chilling true crime story.
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Zach Top
Does anyone know what show they've come to see? It's a story about the scariest night of my life.
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Amy
This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Bobby Bones
Let's go. Get your bones on. Get your Bobby bones on. Gonna play this interview with Zach Topp. Who? Zach's awesome. Had an album come out today. We talk about all that, but here we go. This is Zach Topp in studio, which, by the way, I came here to say this, that you can watch his performance. All you have to do is go over to our YouTube page. We can't put it here because you know the rules, but you can watch his performance over on our YouTube page. Just search for the Bobby Bones show and hit subscribe. Okay, here he is, Zach Top. Let's go on the Bobby Bones show now. Zach Top. I'm a big fan of Zach. Zach, good to see you, buddy.
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Zach Top
Good to see you, man.
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Bobby Bones
Thanks for being here. You're always, like, super nice. And what I hear from my good friends, now that you've gotten really famous, you're still super nice and I like that.
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Zach Top
That's good. Yeah, I like that a lot. Try to not be too different.
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Bobby Bones
Yeah, you're like the mo. And I mean this as a compliment. The most normal, extremely talented now. Rocket ship riding guy now.
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Zach Top
Well, thanks. I appreciate that.
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Bobby Bones
Do you feel like your life has changed a bunch in the past year?
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Zach Top
Yeah, no doubt. Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
How so?
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Zach Top
A lot of.
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Bobby Bones
Got a nice watch on.
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Zach Top
Yeah, I guess. Goofy stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. There's, you know, obviously being recognized a lot more as interesting and different. It's still fun for me. I know. Like, you know, at some point, people all kind of start to be like, all right, now I need to have my privacy a little bit too. And I kind of get that feeling sometimes. But I'm still like. I just get a kick out of it if somebody recognizes me in airport or grocery store or something. It's still. It's pretty fun for me.
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Bobby Bones
Do you feel if you're not wearing your cowboy hat, people don't recognize you as much?
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Zach Top
No, I wish.
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Bobby Bones
Oh, really?
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Zach Top
I've tried to be more incognito and just put a ball cap on. And the other day I was in.
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Bobby Bones
Bass pro Shops and everybody's gonna recognize you in Bass pro Shops.
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Zach Top
Well, that was my first mistake. That's right. That's my. That's my obviously obvious clientele. So that was dumb to think I wouldn't. But I was in full relaxation, day off, off of the road mode. And I was wearing a pair of jean shorts cut off, cut off jeans that were way too short and white socks that were up to My calf and camouflage Crocs and wandering through there in my ball cap and sunglasses, thinking I was gonna breeze through there with nothing. Sure enough, there's a bunch of people that come up and ask to take a picture. And it's like, great. Well, this is how I want to be remembered by people in my white socks and my camo Crocs. But yeah, I. Somehow I don't think. I guess maybe that's just a. Everybody. You wouldn't think you have a very recognizable face from your own perspective, but.
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Bobby Bones
Also the single mustache.
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Zach Top
Well, yeah, there's.
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Bobby Bones
And also the fame and the fact you're putting out awesome music. I mean, I think that's probably the biggest part of it. Would you mind retelling a story that you told me once about. Sure. Because again, if I can remember it. Well, you'll remember it's about calling and setting up your own gigs when you were a kid.
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Zach Top
Oh, yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Would you mind retelling our audience that story?
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Zach Top
Yeah. Well, it was basically, it was just the first gig.
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Bobby Bones
Our.
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Zach Top
Our family orthodontist growing up, who was also a good friend of ours. Kind of a bonus set of grandparents, really, to all those kids. Anyway, he and my dad were in. Randy Schuler is his name. Randy and my dad were all in Rotary Club together, you know, doing the small town thing there in Sunnyside, Washington. And we had recently started. Well, I guess it'd been a couple years. I'd started playing guitar. The rest of my siblings had taken up instruments too. We weren't really playing as a band anyway. The Rotary Club I think had something to do with. They were putting on this Patsy Cline musical at the local high school. And so Randy called my dad and asked John, would you. I heard the kids been playing some music. You think they'd like to come open up the show for us? And my dad was like, well, Randy, I don't know. I don't even know if they're a band really. You're gonna have to talk to them. So I don't remember it personally, but I've been told the story many times and I'm sure it gets more fantastic every time it's told. But that little seven year old me, I guess I would have been at the time, got on the phone with Randy Shuler and Randy asked me, well, we'd like to come open this show. And I said, well, we'd love to do your show. When is it? He said, well, it's a couple months away. And I said, perfect. That way we'll Know some songs by the time the show comes around. That was kind of. Randy is. Is the reason we started the family band, really. We were all just learning instruments and not really trying to do anything with it. And anyway, so he was kind of the. The birth of the family band. Top string.
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Bobby Bones
You have your guitar with you?
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Zach Top
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Can I ask you a couple things about. As you hold your guitar, what is like. What's like the most famous bluegrass lick? Because I know, like famous blues licks.
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Zach Top
Yeah. Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Can you. Can you give me like a. Some sort of. Like a very famous bluegrass or like a traditional bluegrass lick that.
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Zach Top
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
That our audience would know.
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Zach Top
I love something they know.
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Bobby Bones
No, no. Okay, don't do that. That you think's awesome. Okay, here we go.
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Zach Top
The G run is. I mean, that's the most overused and fantastic one.
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Bobby Bones
That's a good one. That's the way you ended on that. Yeah, that's like.
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Zach Top
Yeah, exactly. That's like an ending lick, but you can throw it all over place in the middle. You can start songs with it. It's like I said, it gets overused.
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Bobby Bones
If I were to tell a joke, you end it with that. We'll do three jokes. Ready?
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Zach Top
Y.
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Bobby Bones
Why don't skeletons ever fight each other? Well, they don't have the guts. It works. Let's do one more. It's perfect. What job did the frog have at the hotel bell hop?
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Zach Top
We ended with a little seventh there. You know, a little more funny. I like that joke pretty well.
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Bobby Bones
I don't know. You're speaking Mandarin right now, but I appreciate that. Yeah, yeah. Whatever you just said, I can't agree anymore. You just put out a whole new album.
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Zach Top
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Now you've been crushing it. I don't know, is there more pressure now that people have an expectation from you or is it just fun to get new music out?
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Zach Top
I think there's, you know, the age old fear of the sophomore slump or whatever, but I don't. I feel. I feel very confident in these songs. It's funny, you know, the. A lot of this record was already written and a bunch of it was recorded before we ever put out the first one.
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Bobby Bones
What do you mean you had already written all the songs? You just didn't put them on the first record?
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Zach Top
Yeah, a bunch of them. Yeah, we. I think there's 10 on here that were. Yeah. Stuff that was recorded before we ever. Before we ever put out the first record and five that we recorded after. But most of those were written before still too. So it was kind of. It was Kind of a cool way to. You know, I spent close to five years or something here just writing and, you know, playing a little on the road, but not much. You know, there's not much to tour on if you don't have music out. So playing. Playing bars all around. Not around Nashville, but on the road, you know, playing cover songs and stuff. But anyway, just doing a ton of writing and so had a bunch of stuff stacked up. I think we had recorded somewhere around 30 songs before we ever picked the first 12 to be on the first record. So it's kind of a cool. Like, you could kind of zoom back and. And look at big picture sort of. Hey, I think this song sounds more like, you know, next record fits more there. So we already had a plan, you know, for most of it before the first one came out. So it feels like, I don't know, that preparation makes it feel like there's less pressure and, yeah, mostly I'm just pumped to have more music out.
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Bobby Bones
For those that are listening to this. And you heard him tune his guitar in 1.2 seconds, like, what you watched there was Picasso paint. He goes, yeah, I got that. It was super fast. And I know. Are you gonna retune for Splitsville?
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Zach Top
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Okay, let's listen in.
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Zach Top
Okay, you gotta put her down in the drop D. So you hear we got an E note on there that don't fit with that D chord.
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Bobby Bones
Oh, no, it does not.
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Zach Top
Now we gotta.
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Bobby Bones
That was. Dude, that's crazy. That's crazy. Do you think you've just played so many hours to be proficient, or do you think there's something in you that helps your proficiency?
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Zach Top
I think there's. I think there's definitely something in you that's got to kind of start it. But, yeah, there was a lot of hours put in on it.
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Bobby Bones
I've heard that ages 10 through 15 are kind of the ages where a lot of people get great playing an instrument because there's not much you can do at that age. It's not like you're 16, you have a car or a job. Would you agree with that theory?
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Zach Top
Yes, 100%. I can't imagine, like, I know, you know, lots of folks that. Yeah. Pick up an instrument or something while they're in high school. I can't imagine doing that. Yeah, you're just too busy. There's too. You got too much responsibility at that point. When I was. I don't know. Yeah, I started playing at five. Probably from the ages of like eight to 15, I was probably playing two or three hours a day. I just, I loved it that much and that's all I wanted to do. But yeah, now it's like, who has two or three hours a day to sit and work on an instrument if it's not your job already? And so it's. Yeah, I think it's. That's definitely true.
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Bobby Bones
Would you turn on music and play along with music? Yeah. And what would you listen to the most? To play along with?
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Zach Top
My parents had. You remember those old. It looks like a briefcase, but it's.
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Bobby Bones
Got a tape deck. Yeah, the tapes.
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Zach Top
Yeah, exactly. Had one of those. And so there was all kinds of stuff. I remember that was the first place I heard the don't close your eyes record. Keith Whitley, he was. He's obviously one of my favorite. Probably my favorite singer. That was where I discovered his stuff. I think I learned that whole record. Well, and they had a. One of the greatest hits ones in there too. So I remember learning I'm over you and no stranger to the rain, all that stuff. Bunch of George Straight stuff. My mom and dad's favorite was George Straight. So I had a ton of that stuff around. And then like Dan Seals, I remember discovering everything that glitters is not gold. Loved that song. But yeah, that was mostly like, I feel like early on I was doing, you know, playing scales, practicing chord shapes, doing that kind of thing. And then as I got a little bit older, it was just about like finding songs that I love that I hadn't discovered before and learning how to play them. And so, you know, keep widening your vocabulary that way.
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Bobby Bones
Ain't in it for my health is the record that's out today. You can stream the crap out of it. And Zach is gonna play Splitsville for us now. So here he is, Zach Toppo, buddy.
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Zach Top
Thank you, thank you. Figured we'd need a good. Pick me up a nice uptempo fun song for. For this morning.
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Bobby Bones
Oh, I'm sorry we can't post the live performance on the podcast, but if.
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Zach Top
You go to our YouTube page, you.
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Bobby Bones
Can watch it there or maybe listen live.
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Amy
Okay.
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Bobby Bones
All right, now back to the podcast. Tell me about writing that song.
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Zach Top
That was one with myself, Carson Chamberlain, my producer and co writer on all that stuff. And then Paul Overstreet. I believe it was Carson's idea, the Splitsville thing. I heard the term, you know, whatever the reference, and it's like just a wacky sounding kind of, you know, almost like it's a made up word. I don't think it's in the dictionary. And then I don't know. Yeah, it's just a cool. You know, that's something every. That bridge. I love that bridge. The. You'll find someone. I'll find someone. Talk about trying to stay friends. There's definitely. I had that little melody thing going and I think Paul just kind of spit all. Most of that stuff out. And you will. Yeah, it's like. Yeah, that's the idea. And then, yeah, we'll go back and like tweak and make sure everything sits just right. And you know, it's. There's. There's a good balance there between. You don't need too much wordplay. Everything doesn't need to be a little trick. Everything doesn't need to rhyme perfectly. Make sure it says right what needs to be said more. So that's like Haggard's one of my favorite writers where like the rhyme schemes were a lot of the time not perfect and. But it was like the song said what it needed. Needed to say to, you know, convey what he was trying to get across. So yeah, there's. We try to have a little balance there of. Don't wrench on it too much. If it feels good, kind of go with it. But obviously make sure it makes sense.
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Bobby Bones
And what about when you wrote I Never Lie? Can you tell me a story about that?
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Zach Top
Yeah, that's. That's one of my proudest songwriter moments there.
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Amy
We.
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Zach Top
I was another Carson idea and he had kind of framework for a chorus going I believe. And then how he and I would usually do it. We'd show up a half hour before the right was supposed to start. Whenever our third was gonna come in, you know, and. And we'd kind of kick around ideas and figure out what we wanted to do that day. And so he had this framework of a chorus and I loved it. We kind of mostly finished the chorus and then Tim Nichols was the other co writer on that. He came in, we played in the chorus. He loved it. So we went to town on it and. But that. We got stuck quick on that first verse.
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Bobby Bones
We.
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Zach Top
I think I threw out the first couple lines. The. Well, it's been some time you still look like an angel Heard you doing fine. And then we were stuck on that line for a minute and you know, I'm sitting there with Tim Nichols, hall of fame songwriter and Carson Chamberlain, who probably ought to be a hall of fame songwriter at some point. And anyway. And I was the one that came up with the. Got promoted back in April. And that's, you know, obviously angel in April. Not really a rhyme, but it Kind of works, and it feels good. And so anyway, that was kind of how that thing started, and I think the rest of it fell out pretty dang quick.
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Bobby Bones
It's funny when you say angel in April, just speaking it. Yeah, you're right. You're like, oh, that's kind of run right. Would you mind just playing that? Can you play that? Just that part of it? Because I think when you sing it, because I've heard the song a million times, obviously it. It makes total sense, and you don't question it.
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Zach Top
Feels right. Like I said, I got to be the one that threw out the line when I'm sitting there stuck. We're stuck on this thing with. With a couple of guys that's got a list of hit songs longer than I can remember.
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Bobby Bones
So on this new record, what's the very last song that made it? You have 15 songs here. But what's the. I'm always curious.
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Zach Top
Oh, yeah.
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Bobby Bones
And does that mean you just wrote it if that's the case?
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Zach Top
Not necessarily. I'm trying to remember. I know Loving the Wrong Things was the only song I wrote in 2024. There's five on there that we recorded. Yeah. Sometime in the spring of 24. Or. Sorry, spring of 25. So, yeah, that was written. I think it was June or something of 24. And then. Yeah, recorded it early in 25. So that was. Yeah, I think we had a little bunch of them that, you know, you kind of like, what feels. Are we missing? What subject matter are we missing? What kind of, you know, and don't get on top of something else that we have. So that was definitely one of them. And then that. Actually, the last song on the record, Honky Tonk Till It Hurts, was. That was one we had recorded for a long time, but, you know, is in the mix of a couple other things, you know, uptempo, fun things that was like, nah, this needs to be. Needs to be on there.
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Bobby Bones
September, you got the. The big tour. The big utor.
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Zach Top
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Things selling like crazy.
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Zach Top
Yeah, man.
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Bobby Bones
Do you watch ticket sales?
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Zach Top
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Okay.
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Zach Top
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Because some people are not neurotic about it, but when I was doing Stand Up, I'd watch every ticket. I was like, am I over? Do people hate me now?
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Zach Top
I'm. Yeah, I'm not crazy. I'll ask for, like, weekly updates or something. Every Friday. That's pretty healthy. End of day. Yeah. What we sold this week, Are you surprised?
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Bobby Bones
I mean, it's going. It's the story of town. How it's.
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Zach Top
It's crazy. I. I Guess I'm just based on our, like our. Our tour earlier this spring, which. This is just the continuation of that, I guess, the fall version. But it was. It was. That was insane to me how, you know, we put on a bunch of. I think the average size was probably like 2500 or something. You know, playing bigger clubs and everything in the spring just sold like. It was like they were gone in five minutes when the general public on sale happened. And so that was almost like a dang. We undershot here a little bigger venues. Yeah, exactly. It's. And you know, there was even people upset that it's like, dude, nobody can get a ticket to your show. It's, you know, obviously you're the Savannah.
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Bobby Bones
Bananas of country music.
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Zach Top
I'll take it. I love the Savannah Bananas. But yeah, it's, man, it's cool to see. And I feel like, yeah, this time around, it's. We kind of have a little more of a. A sense of where we're at. So the venue sizes seem appropriate and the ticket sales are kind of going in an appropriate rate. See, I'm pumped. Yeah. It always surprises me that, I don't know, people keep wanting to come out and see me, but it doesn't surprise.
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Bobby Bones
Me at how good you are and how great your music is. But it's just that, that fast of growth you rarely see.
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Zach Top
It's insane. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Bobby Bones
So that's what I meant by that.
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Zach Top
Yeah. 100%. No, it's crazy. The. The I feel like, yeah, the amount of growth that we've seen just in the last year and a half is like, I probably would have been pumped about it if that had happened in five years or eight years. And so, yeah, it's like we went from riding around in a Dang 15 passenger Chevy van with all our gear in the back of it and everybody having to sleep on a bench seat to roll around in buses and stuff so fast that, yeah, it's sometimes easy to slip into taking it for granted. And I try to pinch myself a lot of times and be like, man, remember where you were. Like the beginning of 2024, we were still running a sprinter van.
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Bobby Bones
That's why you go to Bass Pro and Crocs and toss off.
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Zach Top
Dang, right? And cut off. Remember where you came from.
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Bobby Bones
The Colbert and Country Music Tour. September starts back. The new record's out today.
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Zach Top
Yes, sir.
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Bobby Bones
Let me ask you one final question.
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Zach Top
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
What do you do for fun if you got nothing to do for a day?
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Zach Top
A lot of times play golf. Love playing golf. If I'm in the mountains, I love fly fishing as well. But, yeah, more times than not, it's play golf. Go out on the lake, on the boat, a little bit too.
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Bobby Bones
Ever had a hole in one?
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Zach Top
No, sir. Come close. One time, I think it was like 124 yards out. Hit a. Hit a gap wedge in and landed like inside the lip of the cup and like almost just. You saw it left out, straight in. Yeah, yeah. And it just like shot off the green because it came in so hot. But anyways, yeah, that was as close as I've come.
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Bobby Bones
Would you play golf?
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Zach Top
Yeah, I thought so. You play a good little bit, huh?
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Bobby Bones
I played a little bit. Yeah. I play when I have time. Yeah. You know, we have a weird job that we have no time for a long time and then we actually have some. Yeah, a lot of time. And golf's tough if you're not consistent.
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Zach Top
Absolutely.
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Bobby Bones
Well, man, it's really good to see you again. Congratulations on everything. Hope everybody listens to the record like crazy. Goes watch on tour. Zach top, one of the nicest guys around. Zach, good to see you, buddy. There he is. Zach, Top man.
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Zach Top
Thank you.
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Bobby Bones
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Amy
I sit down with Dr. Afia and.
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Bobby Bones
Billy Shaka to explore how our hair connects to our identity, mental health and.
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Zach Top
The ways we heal.
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Bobby Bones
Because I think hair is a complex.
- [23:43]
Amy
Language system, right, in terms of it can tell how old you are, your.
- [23:47]
Bobby Bones
Marital status, where you're from, your spiritual beliefs. But I think with social media there's like a hyper fixation and observation of our hair, right? That this is sometimes the first thing someone sees when we make a post or a reel is how our hair is styled. We talk about the important role hairstylists play in our communities, the pressure to always look put together, and how breaking up with perfection can actually free us. Plus, if you're someone who gets anxious about flying, don't miss session 418 with Dr. Angela Neal Barnett, where we dive into managing flight anxiety.
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Amy
Listen to therapy for black Girls on.
- [24:23]
Bobby Bones
The iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [24:28]
Amy
Get fired up, y'.
- [24:29]
Zach Top
All.
- [24:30]
Amy
Season 2 of Good Game with Sarah Spain is underway. We just welcomed one of my favorite people and an incomparable soccer icon, Megan Rapinoe to the show and we had a blast.
- [24:40]
Bobby Bones
We talked about her recent 40th birthday celebrations, Co hosting a podcast with her.
- [24:45]
Amy
Fiance sue, bird watching, former teammates retire and more. Never a dull moment with Pino. Take a listen.
- [24:52]
Bobby Bones
What do you miss the most about.
- [24:53]
Amy
Being a pro athlete? The final. The final and the locker room. I really, really like you. Just you can't replicate, you can't get back. Showing up to the locker room every morning just to talk. We've got more incredible guests like the legendary Candace Paul Parker and college superstar Az Fudd.
- [25:13]
Bobby Bones
I mean, seriously, y', all, the guest.
- [25:14]
Amy
List is absolutely stacked for season two.
- [25:17]
Bobby Bones
And you know we're always going to.
- [25:18]
Amy
Keep you up to speed on all.
- [25:19]
Bobby Bones
The news and happenings around the women's.
- [25:21]
Amy
Sports world as well. So make sure you listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Bobby Bones
Presented by Capital One, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports.
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Zach Top
Hi everyone, it's Janae aka Cheekies from.
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Bobby Bones
Cheekies and Chill Podcast, and I'm launching an all new mini podcast series called Since Cereline Janae. Sure, I'm a singer, author, businesswoman, and podcaster. But at the end of the day, I am human. And that's why I'm sharing my ups and downs with you guys. Hi, guys. I was sitting here recording episodes of Dear Cheekies and Cheekies and Chill, and I just had to take a timeout and purge my thoughts and feelings here on Sincerely Jana. Because I've been so emotional lately, you guys. Whether I'm in my feels, I've just had a breakthrough with my therapist, or I've just had a really deep conversation with my siblings, or I'm in glam.
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Zach Top
Getting ready for an award show, I'm.
- [26:15]
Bobby Bones
Sharing my most intimate thoughts with you on the podcast. You guys know I always keep it real with you guys, but this time, I'm taking it to the next level. Listen to Cheekies and chill on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the Bobby Bones Show. Raymundo, you know about your surprise party already? Yeah, I had to. No choice. What do you mean? I just want to know. Am I going to a soccer game? Football? No choice. That's just you wanting to know. In my head, though, it is. It's just one of those things. How do you dress? What kind of people are going to be There is. Well, if it's a surprise party, you shouldn't even know it's happening. Whatever reason we have this cultural thing where people love surprises, just. I'm almost with you on that. Tell me what it is. I can prepare mentally. Is my grandma coming in? Like, well, what's going on exactly? Is family members, all that kind of stuff. I want to know. So I. I asked Bazer, and she goes, that we're gonna do Gar. Spar. We're writing out a floor. And I go right now. Just. Just reserving. You have to pay for that. Right. Guard's like your right. Yeah. Godfather. They definitely hooked it up. Yeah. And that I probably should have done that as a surprise, so. But it's cool that I know. When are you doing it? On Saturday. Wait, tomorrow? Next. Oh, God. When's his actual birthday? Dude.
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Amy
5Th.
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Bobby Bones
5Th September.
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Amy
September 5th.
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Bobby Bones
Ray's an enigma. I don't know. So the following day.
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Amy
Yeah.
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Bobby Bones
Yeah. I threw everybody off doing that a month ago, saying my top five birthday wish list. So sorry about that. All.
- [27:45]
Zach Top
All.
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Bobby Bones
Except all that was just you. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. So you're having that, like, what's happening on the floor? Did you ask any details? Yeah, there's pool. You can watch Football, you can eat. It's just, it's more. We're more mature now. I mean, we're not doing shots, body shots, beer bongs. But you, do you get drunk every weekend? No, we've ch. We're. We'. We're more slow. You're lying. You know you still get drunk every weekend. I'm 40. I'm just telling you I'm not fast paced anymore. I'm not trying to die of a heart attack when I'm 72. Did you get drunk last weekend? Did I get drunk last weekend? He doesn't remember.
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Amy
Let's see.
- [28:19]
Bobby Bones
Did we go downtown? I think we went to. We were at my house. You had people at your house playing beer pong. I saw it on your Instagram. We were at my house, we did beer pong and then we went to a country bar. So yes, yes, I did get drunk. What about the weekend before that? The weekend before that? I didn't plan on getting drunk on a Saturday, but my friend came over and we played beer pong from 2 until about 11 at night. But I didn't, I didn't intend for that to happen. We just ended up having so much fun. Yeah. Yeah. So you got drunk that weekend too? Yeah. But then before that it was easily a month off, but we're talking one day a week. No problems here, kids. No one, no one said, no one thinks you have a problem. You're doing that. Yeah. Okay, so what kind of food you gonna have up there? I had, I believe now it's order your own. I had thought there. It's Trisha's kitchen. So she does. She's known for tailgate type stuff, all kinds of sliders. You can do the hot sliders, you can do your burger sliders. And then she does like some collard green type stuff. It's Trisha. It's Trisha Yearwood. So she's basically pumping it out. So she's gonna make the food for your birthday. Well, see, the way it was explained to me is these are dishes inspired by her. So she originally created the dishes and then they taught the cooks how to make these dishes. And then when anybody rents out something at Gars, you get it pretty much made by Trisha herself. Inspired by. Well, talking about.
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Amy
It's not made by Trisha.
- [29:43]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, Like Wolfgang Puck doesn't cook every meal at Wolfgang's. Right? Yeah, correct. Right. But he did come up with that meal. Yeah. Which is what Trisha did. Inspired by Trisha. But you never know, being the birthday and all. Trisha could be in the kitchen. I'll ask. Do you ever go to their house? I've never been to their house. We got married there on the property and I did my engagement pictures there, but we have never actually, I've been to their old house. You ever been in his gym? Like play basketball? Yes. Been in the gym, played basketball. Been in the old gym and played basketball. Been in the old house to help load it out when he built the new house. Never seen the new house, never been to the new house. But my wife has. Why not? Why haven't you been? The times it's been a girls event, so guys weren't invited and just really never come up. Like, I want to go chill at the pool. Garth out there? Yeah. The answer is yes. Are you in Garth? Tight Ray. Like, do you talk to him at all? No, I haven't really talked to him. I believe at the wedding we talked. I believe there was one time we were going to maybe get some property and he kind of was talking through my wife. So I was hearing stuff he was saying, but it's never me directly talking to him. And then I hear stuff he says through my father in law. But I never am like, Garth, this. Hey, Garth, right. Do you have Garth's cell phone number? No, no, but I have my father in law's cell phone number, which we thought you would. He's next to him the entire day. So I could get a response from Garth within like two minutes, probably. Does your wife text with Garth? Yes, yes, they text stuff like if it's a cancer anniversary, she'd be cancer for five years, seven years. Milestones, stuff like that. Birthdays. If it's a big birthday for his daughter Allie. Because Laura's best friends with Bazer's best friends with Allie. So texts like that happen then. So she's best friends with Garth's daughter. I know Ally. We know Ally. And her dad is Garth's right hand man. Correct. Is she closer to Trisha than Garth? Yeah. Cause Trisha, when she first was going through the cancer, Trisha goes, all right, you're gonna have to shave your head. I'm getting you a wig. So boom, that next day got her a wig. So she did a lot of that stuff. So, yeah, I would say, like emotional support. She's a lot closer to Trisha. All right, well, it's pretty cool. I didn't know anything about your party. Are you telling us I wasn't invited? Is this the invitation? Have you guys got one? No, no, no. I think it's honestly Pretty limited.
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Zach Top
That's it?
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Bobby Bones
You rented out a whole floor? First of all, it really isn't a whole floor. Second of all, I spent like a thousand dollars on your birthday so far. No, but here's the deal. They don't just a smorgasbord food and throw it at people. It's not like that. It's one of these where I think it's pretty limited. I think it's under 10 people, and I. Why would you rent out a whole floor if it's under 10 people? That's how it's made. It's one of those where it's just everybody. It's spread out. That's not a floor, that's a bedroom. Well, I believe maybe you got to get another chef then. If you go, oh, we're going to do 20 people, then a second chef has to be brought on. Stuff like that.
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Amy
I don't know how it works, guys.
- [32:42]
Bobby Bones
So is anyone invited here? Yeah.
- [32:47]
Amy
Well, yeah, that makes sense.
- [32:50]
Bobby Bones
So here's the deal. I believe I didn't do any of the inviting. My wife went along the lines of, I think because we do the podcast together, maybe she thought I was closer to Lunchbox. Then she did Eric Dodd and his wife. Because we have a song together and you guys are friends and we're friends. Yeah. I mean, there were definitely friends that weren't invited that I hang out with pretty regularly. I just don't hang out with you guys a ton out of work. I believe that was probably the line of demarcation.
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Amy
So I feel like all of this makes a lot of sense.
- [33:20]
Bobby Bones
Maybe if we had been recently playing basketball pickleball, then it would have been like, oh, it'll be, you know, let's throw bones on the list. Amy. I haven't hung out with her outside of work in a while. Stuff like that. A little insulted why I didn't get invited. I mean, it's eight people, I believe. No, I just went from 10 to eight. Everything's shrinking. It's like my wife. I'm a little insulted. Well, it's like, tell me. Let me tell you this group, and you tell me if you should have been included. Like my best friend Justin, I wouldn't have come. The woman that I'm married to, Bazer. Yeah, I hear you. I wouldn't have come, but I'm insulted that I didn't get invited. If you just invite, I won't be around. But. But it's like. But it's like he already bought the gifts, man. Like, he. I did. I've spent over $1,000 on Ray's birthday already. And I thought that that's. That warrants at least, like, a, hey, you should come. And I'll be like, no, I can't. And then we're just there. Maybe my wife was like, well, we didn't get invited to his last birthday. I didn't have a birthday party. Yeah. Did I? No. I did nothing. You did nothing. I did nothing.
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Amy
Crazy this year.
- [34:18]
Bobby Bones
I went to bed.
- [34:19]
Amy
That was like, the first year. You haven't done anything in a while.
- [34:23]
Bobby Bones
You really.
- [34:23]
Amy
Why didn't you do anything?
- [34:24]
Bobby Bones
He didn't do anything. Because I remember being like, I did not get invited.
- [34:27]
Amy
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Same.
- [34:28]
Bobby Bones
We rented out the flooring guards, and I couldn't. Guys, it was very limited, if you haven't heard. It's so limited.
- [34:35]
Amy
I think I remember seeing you post some cake, and I remember looking around, like, looking for reflections of people.
- [34:43]
Bobby Bones
I remember. Yeah. That's funny. I did not. I did nothing. My wife got me a cake, and I was like, I'm just gonna chill. Do nothing. So I did nothing. Yeah, I think.
- [34:54]
Amy
I don't think you should be. What word did you say? Insulted.
- [34:58]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, Little hurt. A little insulted. Only 11 people are going. I was gonna invite Ray to something coming up, but I don't feel like I should now. Oh, no.
- [35:06]
Amy
What? Don't be.
- [35:07]
Bobby Bones
Was it a Morgan Wallen thing? Sam Hunt thing?
- [35:09]
Amy
Don't be tit for tat.
- [35:11]
Bobby Bones
It wasn't.
- [35:11]
Amy
What is it?
- [35:12]
Bobby Bones
I'm very tit. You know that. I think you're more tat than tit. I don't know. Recently, I've been very tit.
- [35:19]
Amy
It depends.
- [35:20]
Bobby Bones
And also, I mean, I did. I invited you to that Mike Stud and Aaron Rodgers get together at his concert in Nashville. You did not really. Yeah, Yeah. I was like, we could go to it together outside of work. And turned me down. No, you just wanted me to go to get something for you. I wanted you to go because pretty much, Mike Studd. I've seen him. I don't. I don't know him. You have? Yeah. Yeah. I've sat next to him. I didn't know he was. I mean this in a. In a complimentary way. I didn't realize that he was as big as he is, which now, that's how fame is. You don't really know because everybody's in their own little kingdom of fame. Like, there are people that could be walking on the street and somebody freaks out over them, another person doesn't know who they are. Right. So I don't mean this, but I was at Bobo's. At Arete. Yes. And he was in there. Oh, that's crazy. He was in there getting like an iv. And so I go in there, do health stuff. And I remember seeing him because when you said, hey, we should go, I saw him. I was like, oh, I know that dude I've seen at Bobo. Said hi. Nice guy. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. And he's friend. That makes sense. Sam, Haunt, Bobo, all them. Derek, Henry, all those people. I've that because Bobo, I guess he's the one that brings in the Titans players. And then Mike Stud's an athlete, so he kind of knows all the. Well, it's not even the athlete thing. I think a lot of artists go there, right, because they. They sing, perform, gotta stay healthy. I would ran into the ovon there last time. Sat for like 25 minutes. Talk with them. Everybody go. I mean, it's. Yeah, it's pretty heavy. Pretty heavy place. You go in there, you get your nad shots, you do your. Don't do shots. Do full IVs.
- [36:46]
Amy
Should we say like, I saw somebody really famous there the other day, But I guess we don't. Do we say, how famous? They're like, hipaa. Do they have hipaa?
- [36:56]
Bobby Bones
Is it a Russian? They don't say.
- [36:58]
Amy
Yeah, they don't say.
- [36:59]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, maybe you shouldn't say. They have a curtain. Sometimes they sit me behind the curtain, sometimes they don't. And I'm like, privacy curtain. Yeah, they put like famous people behind the curtain sometimes. And so when I walk in and they don't put me behind the curtain, I'm like, man, must have had a rough week. My numbers are down. Nothing must have translated to the. Into the world over here. So, yeah, it's good. All right, well, Ray. I'm sorry. I don't know. I need to digest this, not get invited to Ray's birthday. Well, I mean, did you think you're part of the top eight? You said you reserved a whole floor. But, you know, eight is a table, guys. If you have eight people, which, by the way, was 10aminute ago. But if you have eight people, that's a table at. That's a birthday dinner table.
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Amy
So maybe he should say, I reserved a section.
- [37:44]
Bobby Bones
No, it's a floor. But for whatever reason, we just have. It's a really limited group. Okay. And you have the whole floor. Oh, yeah. No other people can come on the floor. So, I mean, I. Honestly, if I. If I see that it can work out where there's Leftover food. You want me to hit you up? No.
- [38:02]
Amy
Ray stopped there.
- [38:03]
Bobby Bones
Okay, enough. Thank you, Ray. Happy birthday, buddy. Thank you.
- [38:07]
Amy
What did you just do in your phone? Right, Make a mental note?
- [38:09]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, well, no, I made a note. No, no, no, no, no. It's funny. You saw me. You're like, I hate Ray now.
- [38:16]
Amy
You're like, don't forget. You were gonna invite him to something.
- [38:18]
Bobby Bones
But I was gonna invite him to something.
- [38:22]
Amy
You still can.
- [38:23]
Bobby Bones
No, I don't want to. Yes, you still can't. It's even more limited. And I'm super tit right now.
- [38:29]
Amy
How about you practice? Let's practice growth. And, like, don't be tit or tat. Just be.
- [38:35]
Bobby Bones
Well, at least tell him what it was. That way he feels bad against it. I can't because Eddie knows what it is.
- [38:42]
Amy
Don't do this.
- [38:42]
Bobby Bones
Eddie doesn't know what it is. When is it. Yeah, I know what it is. I know what it is.
- [38:48]
Amy
So it's a big deal. Like, a big deal.
- [38:51]
Bobby Bones
Oh, Ray would love it.
- [38:51]
Amy
Ray would love it. Yes.
- [38:53]
Bobby Bones
100.
- [38:54]
Amy
Like, is it sports related or music related?
- [38:59]
Zach Top
I'm not.
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Bobby Bones
I'm not saying.
- [39:01]
Amy
Don't you think I was just gonna.
- [39:03]
Bobby Bones
Invite him for his birthday? Honestly.
- [39:04]
Amy
Perfect. Nope, you can still do that.
- [39:07]
Bobby Bones
I think it's limited. It's very. It's even more limited than raised floor.
- [39:10]
Amy
Stop. Come on. You could still do it. Be there.
- [39:15]
Bobby Bones
Wait, wait. So what you wrote down was. Did you take him off the list?
- [39:19]
Amy
Why?
- [39:19]
Bobby Bones
Did you write on your phone?
- [39:20]
Amy
Yeah. What did you do? We saw it. Do you really want to text your manager? I hesitate or something?
- [39:26]
Bobby Bones
I hesitate to tell you the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I can tell you the partial truth.
- [39:30]
Amy
Okay, we'll take it. We'll take whatever part we can get.
- [39:34]
Bobby Bones
I sent in. Hey, Ray's probably not coming.
- [39:35]
Amy
Oh, my gosh. Bobby.
- [39:40]
Bobby Bones
It's his birthday gift and he. Yeah, but he said probably. He didn't say guaranteed not coming.
- [39:44]
Amy
So his wife can put something together for him. And there's limited people, and it would make sense to invite the people that he hangs out with all the time. Yes. We all work together and we're friends and we see each other a lot and we've grown and evolved.
- [39:59]
Bobby Bones
I also wouldn't have gone.
- [40:01]
Amy
Okay, then. I'm having trouble understanding at this point.
- [40:06]
Bobby Bones
Are we the Rolling Stones? Are we the Eagles? We're the Eagles because we're American. Oh, that's right. That's right. They hate each other. The show in separate planes. Yep. Yep. Wow.
- [40:18]
Amy
They do that?
- [40:19]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, they. They play. A lot of those groups that stay together forever end up hating each other. And it's the really smart ones that can stay together even though they really hate each other, and they still make the money and they learn how to work together even though they hate each other. And right now, I don't hate each other. I'm just a little insulted right now.
- [40:34]
Amy
But I thought you didn't get insulted.
- [40:36]
Bobby Bones
No, I don't get.
- [40:37]
Amy
There's no.
- [40:38]
Bobby Bones
I do get insulted. I don't get offended. Oh, you can choose to be offended.
- [40:42]
Amy
Okay. What's the difference between insulted and offended?
- [40:44]
Bobby Bones
I choose to be insulted.
- [40:46]
Amy
Okay.
- [40:47]
Bobby Bones
That's the difference.
- [40:48]
Amy
Okay.
- [40:49]
Bobby Bones
I take it as an insult. I really don't. All good, Ray. Happy birthday, buddy. Hope you like your gifts. Yeah, I'm texting my wife right now. Massive oversight with the birthday planning. You put it on her. You messed up, babe. You knew he wouldn't have said yes. We just should have invited him. He doesn't come to anything. I don't like going to anything. I'm now to that stage where I was always living sort of in that stage. Now I'm in the stage. I don't want to go to anything ever. I'm good.
- [41:14]
Amy
Anything ever.
- [41:15]
Bobby Bones
Really? No, not really. I'm kind of good.
- [41:20]
Amy
Yeah, I thought that.
- [41:23]
Bobby Bones
So happy birthday, buddy. Thank you. Right. Do you wonder what you're gonna miss out on? He's not gonna miss out on anything. I think Lunchbox wonders more than he does.
- [41:33]
Amy
Happens. Are we gonna know?
- [41:34]
Bobby Bones
Yeah. Oh, of course.
- [41:36]
Amy
Like, yeah. So you're going, obviously. Is Eddie going?
- [41:39]
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
- [41:42]
Amy
Okay. When? When is it?
- [41:45]
Bobby Bones
Nope. Doesn't matter. Moving on.
- [41:49]
Amy
But we'll know.
- [41:49]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, you'll know.
- [41:50]
Amy
Okay.
- [41:51]
Bobby Bones
Another thing I'd like to address is because I got some DMs about this of people saying, hey, why did you bring up the envelope if you weren't going to address what was in the envelope? I was only addressing it one more time to say, I'm not going to address it like it's dead to me. So I'm not going to say what it is. But I did put the option of spinning the wheel and letting one person read it so they can validate that I was so right.
- [42:14]
Amy
Okay.
- [42:14]
Bobby Bones
Do you guys want to do that? Yes.
- [42:15]
Amy
Sure.
- [42:16]
Bobby Bones
Hey, Abby, is that what's on the wheel right now?
- [42:20]
Amy
Nothing Scribbles.
- [42:22]
Bobby Bones
Can you. Would you mind popping over to the wheel? Yeah. And putting me. Amy, Lunchbox. Morgan. Eddie. I'll say what, though? Well, not you, because you already Know what it is. Oh, good point. Yeah. Come on. Hey, put me on there anyway. Then if it lands on me, I get to choose who reads it. Okay, that's cool.
- [42:42]
Amy
Okay.
- [42:43]
Bobby Bones
And Ray. Interesting. Now. You know what? Screw Ray. Take Ray off. Let's go on.
- [42:50]
Amy
Are you serious?
- [42:51]
Bobby Bones
Dang, man. Oh, my gosh.
- [42:53]
Amy
Okay.
- [42:56]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, Let me know when the. Let me know when the wheel's done. All right. Yeah, I've been thinking a lot about that. I don't know why, because I don't care. But, like, my thing was, like, more of, why would the person if they found out. You're not a good actor, bro. Yeah, you really are. You're not a good actor.
- [43:14]
Amy
What is he. What? I don't understand.
- [43:17]
Bobby Bones
What are you talking about?
- [43:18]
Amy
Does he already know?
- [43:19]
Bobby Bones
I don't know. What's in the envelope? Oh. Oh, Ray's wife just text me. Oh, no. Did you tell her to text me? No, but she's probably watching.
- [43:27]
Amy
She watches the Live. She's on it.
- [43:29]
Bobby Bones
Hi. I don't know if I should read. It's not. Do you think I can read it? Ray? It's just. Nothing super personal, but I don't want to. Like, she doesn't care. Okay. Hello. I feel bad now. I didn't think y' all would want to come, but you should have been invited. It's. This time it's chill and fun. You're welcome to come. Amy, you got put on this, too. Ed, you get a text?
- [43:50]
Amy
Let me see.
- [43:51]
Bobby Bones
No, nothing.
- [43:53]
Amy
Oh, it's a group text. Oh, it's to us. Oh, well, see, I. And I get that, like, not feeling like you would want to come. So, like, why?
- [44:02]
Bobby Bones
I'm responding. I responded. Thank you for inviting me. I won't be able to come. Is he back on the wheel?
- [44:11]
Amy
Right?
- [44:12]
Bobby Bones
He should be back on the wheel for that.
- [44:13]
Amy
Yes.
- [44:14]
Bobby Bones
I think his wife totally made up.
- [44:16]
Amy
Like, I've. I. I guess now that I know she's listening, like, I'm not. Thank you for including me. I wasn't offended or insulted. I understand.
- [44:25]
Bobby Bones
Thank you for not including Eddie, because that's hilarious. That's crazy. Hold on, let me refresh. Maybe. Hey, pull the swipe down.
- [44:33]
Amy
Slowly. People start to get added to this.
- [44:35]
Bobby Bones
Text, so you might want to make that note on your phone. Ray may be back. Coming.
- [44:41]
Amy
Okay, yeah, good point. Lunchbox. You can maybe add Ray back to whatever this mystery event is.
- [44:47]
Bobby Bones
I will take Ray's wife before I take Ray, because she's the one that included me. It's me, Eddie, and babe.
- [44:52]
Amy
It's the one that was planning the whole party from the beginning. She was planning it from the beginning.
- [44:58]
Bobby Bones
You know, I really don't care. Right. I'm just being funny.
- [45:00]
Amy
I know, but I just am trying to advocate for the fact that Ray should still get to go to whatever this event is a little bit.
- [45:07]
Bobby Bones
I was surprised, but I really don't care. Big difference. Abid you done? Awesome. We bring it in. Do you have the envelope? Who thinks the envelope's about them? Eddie does, obviously. No, I don't. I've been thinking about why it's. I just don't know what it is. So I. I, like. I don't understand why the. If the person found out, it would be bad. I don't wonder. I don't. I don't understand what that means. Same envelope.
- [45:36]
Amy
What does it say? January 20th.
- [45:37]
Bobby Bones
January 6th, 2025. Okay, what year are we in? 2025. Oh, yeah.
- [45:43]
Amy
Same year.
- [45:43]
Bobby Bones
Okay. Thank you, Abby. All right, you want to do a practice spin? No.
- [45:50]
Amy
Oh, okay, Whatever.
- [45:51]
Bobby Bones
Because if it lands on me, then I know it's not gonna land on me. The practice pen. One practice spin. One practice. See?
- [45:57]
Zach Top
It's gonna annoy me.
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Bobby Bones
All right, good.
- [46:00]
Amy
Oh, it landed on me. Well, dang.
- [46:03]
Bobby Bones
See? It's frustrating. Whoever this lands on, you get to open the envelope. But under the condition, you can never whisper what it is to anybody except for my dear you. That's true. Yeah, but I wouldn't even whisper to us. Like, it just stays dead. Oh, it stays dead. Okay, here we go.
- [46:18]
Zach Top
Let's spin that wheel.
- [46:26]
Amy
It was meant to be me. It landed on me twice.
- [46:29]
Bobby Bones
It is you, Amy. Mike, would you mind carrying this over to Amy?
- [46:32]
Amy
I don't even know what to do right now.
- [46:33]
Bobby Bones
I present. And when you're done. Hey, put it in your purse. When you're done, do not leave it behind, okay?
- [46:38]
Amy
Of course not.
- [46:40]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, she does spoil things.
- [46:41]
Amy
Whatever. I'm going to give it back to Mike D. I don't want to have it in my bag.
- [46:44]
Bobby Bones
This is completely.
- [46:46]
Amy
I have to open it down low.
- [46:47]
Bobby Bones
Yep, true. I nailed it.
- [46:52]
Amy
Oh, wow. That's not what I thought at all. I don't even know that I thought. That's just. And you nailed it. Like, how do you predict that we.
- [47:07]
Bobby Bones
Take it back from her?
- [47:09]
Amy
How did you know?
- [47:10]
Bobby Bones
Showbiz, baby.
- [47:13]
Amy
And then it happened.
- [47:15]
Bobby Bones
We'll say no more.
- [47:16]
Amy
I have to say no more.
- [47:17]
Bobby Bones
I'm not full of crap, right?
- [47:18]
Amy
No.
- [47:19]
Bobby Bones
Nailed it. Can I burn it now? You can burn it. Spin the wheel one more time slowly around the room.
- [47:25]
Amy
And I guess I can see why it should just die.
- [47:27]
Bobby Bones
Okay, see, that's what throws me off. Yeah, it has to die.
- [47:30]
Amy
Yeah, it has to die. Wow.
- [47:32]
Bobby Bones
Not a bit as far as it dying, but it has to die. Years from now. It could be. Possibly. But even then, I don't know.
- [47:39]
Amy
Okay, I understand.
- [47:42]
Bobby Bones
Lunchbox saw Ashley McBride on Broadway. Yeah. She was getting out of a black SUV. Black SUV pulls up, and Ashley McBride pops out with a guitar and walks into Eric Church, Chiefs Bar. And I guess she's opening a bar on the fifth floor. So I guess she was gonna be playing a show there that night just to surprise people. On Broadway.
- [48:00]
Amy
Yeah. That's cool.
- [48:01]
Bobby Bones
You didn't go. No, I didn't. You were down.
- [48:03]
Amy
You were doing down there.
- [48:04]
Bobby Bones
Great question. Yeah, just. Yeah, just doing work. He's getting ready for race party. He's scouted out looking for parking. No, I was just doing some work, and so I just. I just saw her, and I. I couldn't get to her because I was across the street, and she had a big group of people that ushered her right into the building. And by the time I got over there, they were in the elevator. But, yeah, I was like, dang. Ashley McBride. But no, Abby, I've been thinking about this massage thing, and I think some listeners said this, and I agree with them. It's good. But we don't have an answer yet, right? No, we don't. Okay. So I'm glad we don't have an answer. We were gonna work with a potential sponsor and partner, and the listener was like, well, if you do that, you can only say good things about it.
- [48:43]
Amy
Oh, true. You're right.
- [48:45]
Bobby Bones
Excellent point. Because I would rather do it, pay for it, not say who it is. So if she doesn't like it, she can go. You know, it wasn't for me where. If it is with our sponsor or a potential sponsor, we can't. So I would like to shout out to the listener that sent me that dm. Great point. So I'm just gonna pay and bring somebody and do it up here. Are you cool?
- [49:04]
Amy
You're gonna do it up here? But then would she still feel comfortable? Cause then they're gonna know that they're the ones that gave it. And will she still feel comfortable? Should she just go somewhere and have it randomly done? I feel like this listener is making a valid point on whether or not.
- [49:17]
Bobby Bones
I don't mind it being done. Well, up here, like, my office, doors closed, all that. It doesn't have to be.
- [49:23]
Amy
You want it to be a good experience.
- [49:25]
Bobby Bones
I want her to see what it is. They're not gonna like, you know, put a Christmas wreath on her for special occasion if they never normally do that anyway.
- [49:33]
Amy
Got it.
- [49:34]
Bobby Bones
But we can actually just. Okay, let's talk it out then. What if we just find a place, I book it, pay for it online, and then just send her. Can that be done?
- [49:44]
Amy
Yeah, I think it's probably the best bet so that we can get the most authentic response from Abby. Because I feel like if we bring somebody up here, they're gonna know and they're gonna listen. Like even just subconsciously, Abby's gonna have to feel like either she can't really say what she really wants to say. I hadn't thought of that either. So shout out. And I'm like in the other room with nothing on. That's kind of weird, you know, like here at work. Yeah.
- [50:11]
Bobby Bones
Yeah. Okay. I don't know. It was kind of weird. Thanks to the listeners. Thanks to the listener for that. That's okay, though. I got naked once for a bit and the guy had to sketch me. I was butt naked and he was sitting from me closer.
- [50:23]
Amy
Closer than me to Mike D. Those studios were small.
- [50:26]
Bobby Bones
I was in a production room. I lost a wheel.
- [50:27]
Zach Top
Stupid wheel.
- [50:28]
Bobby Bones
Even that long ago, I lost the wheel and I had to get all the way naked and he had to draw me naked.
- [50:32]
Zach Top
Wow.
- [50:33]
Bobby Bones
And so he's there with a sketch pad like this and a pencil. I'm talking about twig and berries. Full him looking and he's just like, uh huh, uh huh. Can you turn a little? And I'm like, it was awful. You have that painting or the drawing? It's right next to Amy. John Mayer drawing.
- [50:50]
Amy
No, it is not, because the John Mayer drawing is at my house.
- [50:54]
Bobby Bones
What are you doing this weekend?
- [50:57]
Amy
I'm going to try to golf, actually, a little bit. And I have a hair appointment.
- [51:01]
Bobby Bones
Wait, what?
- [51:03]
Amy
Wait, what?
- [51:03]
Bobby Bones
Your boyfriend?
- [51:04]
Amy
Yeah, I'm trying to golf. I'm trying.
- [51:07]
Bobby Bones
I love that. I love that in new relationships, like where the. The guy thinks that the girl's gonna love playing golf. My wife did that to me for a minute. So I remember taking my wife when we were dating. You're gonna love golf. We went two times. Like, never again. Wait, does he invite you or do you say, hey, can I come play?
- [51:23]
Amy
No, this time I was invited. One of his kids is going. I've gone with him and the kids before, and it's just fun and it's a way for me to talk with them. Because there's so much talk time. I mean, you have to. Not really, though, quietly with them. Yeah, because we walk.
- [51:36]
Bobby Bones
You don't have to talk quietly. It's not a movie.
- [51:38]
Amy
I guess my. He said my voice carries. I was really loud, like, in people nearby halls. They're like, so we're gonna. I mean, we'll be doing that. My kids are in Colorado with Ben, their dad, so. And they're seeing my sister right now. Like, I was like, oh, they're hanging out with my sister this weekend and. But that's okay.
- [52:00]
Bobby Bones
Is that weird for your sister to hang?
- [52:03]
Amy
No, no, no.
- [52:04]
Bobby Bones
Because her.
- [52:05]
Amy
They've been friends.
- [52:05]
Bobby Bones
Her husband and Ben are close, right?
- [52:08]
Amy
Yeah. And my sister, she's been close to Ben since she was, like, 13 years old. So they've. I mean, we were all family friends.
- [52:14]
Bobby Bones
And wasn't he her first girlfriend or something?
- [52:17]
Amy
He. Trust. So there was a coin toss for my sister between Ben and Ben, her husband, Ben. And then what? We. We called for a long time. My Ben and my Ben won the coin toss. And he had two weeks. They were 13 years old. Two weeks to, like, try to date her. And after that two weeks is up. The other Ben could make a move if he wanted. And my sister said during those two weeks, she had no idea that my Ben was flirting with her. Like, his game was just not. She was like, I had no idea that's what you were trying to do. And then the other Ben swooped in, and then they dated some in high school, then they broke up and then got together after college and got married. And then later I married the other Ben, and we were like, this will be so fun. Yay. It was fun for a little bit.
- [53:04]
Bobby Bones
Amy walks herself into these places, though. Like, we didn't lead her here. I was just like, didn't he? And the end's always the same.
- [53:11]
Zach Top
And then.
- [53:12]
Amy
Well, I know. So I guess I'm just saying, like, our. And then, like, my mom was friends with. Very close with his parents. And so, like, I'm so close with his parents. Like, his mom still texts me most every morning. Just like, morning prayed for y', all or hope you have a good weekend with the kids. Like, she knows when I get the kids back and she'll send me a note. So we're still very close, so it's not weird. Lunchbox. But I do think when we got divorced, there was some stuff going on with them they had to work through. So I thought, oh, my gosh, I hope that their friendship can repair. I guess is the word. And they were able to do that like last Christmas, I guess last December. They had to sit down and repairs there. So I'm very thankful that they're actually hanging out this weekend because it just shows that there's hope for certain relationships, especially ones that you've had for a really long time. Like you don't have to give up.
- [54:05]
Bobby Bones
There you go. All right.
- [54:07]
Amy
So that's that. That's what. What are you doing this weekend?
- [54:10]
Bobby Bones
Thanks for asking. Arkansas plays tomorrow and my fantasy football drafts at the same stupid time. So I'm not going. They have a big barbecue and do a whole thing, but they schedule on Saturday of week one of college football. It's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. So I'm gonna do it from my phone while I watch the game. But we're playing like Alabama A M. It should be a blowout. You never know with us though. Well, we'll surprise you sometimes.
- [54:30]
Amy
Yeah, should be a blowout for y'.
- [54:32]
Bobby Bones
All.
- [54:32]
Amy
Like you win.
- [54:33]
Bobby Bones
Okay. Should be. Yeah. Yeah. That's what's up. Doing that.
- [54:37]
Amy
So just football.
- [54:38]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, I'm going to Guards Bar. Oh, that's cool. Yeah, I'm gonna do it this. This Saturday. This Saturday. It's a week. Week a week away. Rented a whole floor. That's awesome, man. But I got like 70 people coming. Oh, it's not limited.
- [54:50]
Amy
Must be a different.
- [54:51]
Bobby Bones
If you've heard that, you've heard wrong. They don't limit you there. All right, we're done. Thank you guys. We will see you next week. Hope you have a good weekend. And if you want to watch Zach Top I mentioned it earlier, go to our YouTube page, Bobby Boneshow. Hit subscribe. If you don't mind. We could sure use the subscribers. Also, do you watch Chit at all?
- [55:08]
Amy
No, I only know Chit because of y'.
- [55:10]
Bobby Bones
All.
- [55:10]
Amy
And then sometimes you'll say that, like if someone will talk like Chit. Y' all bring up Chit.
- [55:14]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, it's mostly you. Mostly.
- [55:16]
Amy
Yeah. So no. What's up with Chit?
- [55:21]
Bobby Bones
The guy that does that character, he's on the Bobby cast today. His name is Jay Renshaw.
- [55:25]
Amy
Okay, cool.
- [55:26]
Bobby Bones
Yeah. Like Amy will be like, my kids are in Colorado and it sounds just like Chit. Amy, great success. Alright, yeah, thank you guys. We'll see you. Oh, I do. On the second half of that Bobbycast, I do talk about all the beefs that I've been in. Some real, some not. You can watch that on YouTube or download the Bobbycast and check it out. Alright, so you guys have a good weekend. Bye everybody. This episode of the Bobby Bones show is brought to you by Chase Sapphire Reserve. Traveling is one of life's greatest joys. Honestly, can anything be more exhilarating? Yeah, it can. With Chase Sapphire Reserve, it's your getaway to the world's most captivating destination. First, you'll earn eight times points on all purchases through Chase Travel. And the card gets you into the Sapphire Lounge by the club at select airports nationwide and access to one of a kind experiences. Whether you are booking a once in a lifetime trip or your next weekend escape, discover more with Chase sapphire reserve@chase.com Sapphire Reserve cards issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank NA member FDIC subject to credit approval terms apply. This is an ad by BetterHelp. Cold plunges, gratitude journals, Screen detoxes. How do you know it actually works? With a 4.9 rating from 1.7 million client reviews, you're in good hands with BetterHelp, where you can talk with real licensed therapists, not AI. Wellness shouldn't be overwhelming and therapists can help figure out what's best for you. And yeah, it might involve a screen detox. Visit betterhelp.com for 10% off your first month. That's betterhelp.com I'm Jake Hofer and this is Back 40, a limited series show on Wire to Hunt, part of Meat Eaters Podcast Network. Each episode I'll be asking eight whitetail hunting pros a focused, thought provoking question about hunting and land management. How do I hunt the best part of the farm with less than ideal access?
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Zach Top
Should you?
- [57:23]
Bobby Bones
That's what the reality question is. Stand without good access is not a good stand. Listen to Back 40 on iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.
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Amy
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Bobby Bones
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Amy
Oh my God, perfect.
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Bobby Bones
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Zach Top
Now.
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Bobby Bones
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Amy
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Bobby Bones
And I'm Megan Elizabeth. We're the hosts of Trust Me, a podcast about culture manipulation and the psychology of belief.
- [58:20]
Amy
Each week we talk to fellow survivors, former believers and experts to understand why people get pulled in and how they get out. Trust me. New episodes every Wednesday on Exactly right. Listen, wherever you get your podcasts, this is an I Heart podcast.