MON PT 2: Corey Kent's Crazy Willie Nelson Story And 'Wild As Her' Going #1 + Has Bobby Changed His Ways? + Lunchbox Not Playing On Celebrity Softball Team

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show — June 1, 2026

Episode Theme:
This episode features country artist Corey Kent, who shares his compelling “crazy Willie Nelson story,” discusses his journey to his hit "Wild As Her" going #1, and opens up about his music career and family. The crew also discusses viral news, snack trends, listener questions, and the fallout from Lunchbox not playing on the celebrity softball team.

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Highlights & Key Segments

1. Viral Moments & Music News

• Morgan Wallen’s Piano Incident

  • Timestamps: 02:34–05:38
  • Morgan Wallen, during a live show, faced technical issues and pushed over what appeared to be a piano before finishing his song a cappella.
    • Bobby: “How I felt was, well, that ain’t a real piano.” (03:03)
    • The group debates the internet’s divided response—rock star move or immature?
    • Amy, in “ultimate mom” mode: “That’s not how we handle inconveniences in life.” (03:46)

• Viral Meteor over Philippine Volcano

  • Timestamps: 08:48–12:38
  • Eddie brings up a viral video of a green meteor over a volcano, sparking speculation about what emerges in the aftermath.
    • Bobby: “That looks like a missile.” (10:03)
    • The group discusses colors of meteors ("magnesium, nickel and iron" causing the green glow), and astrophysicist opinions.
    • Side note: Recent meteor explodes over Boston, causing a sonic boom.

• Trendy Snacks: Beer-Flavored Pringles & More

  • Timestamps: 05:47–08:45
  • Lunchbox announces new Pringles flavors: Beer Cheeseburger and Beer Braised Steak.
    • Crew jokes whether non-drinker Bobby can eat them.
    • Discussion expands to rum cake, non-alcoholic beer, and novelty beer-flavored foods.

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2. Corey Kent Interview: Stories, Struggles, and Triumphs

a. Background and Early Days

• Timestamps: 19:26–22:28
• Corey shares his background from Bixby, Oklahoma, and how his wife was once a photographer at Bobby’s family wedding.

b. The Crazy Willie Nelson Story

• Timestamps: 22:28–31:15
  • At age 16, Corey snuck into a Willie Nelson concert and, after holding up a sign, was invited on stage to sing “Milk Cow Blues” with Willie. He gave away extra bandanas to appease annoyed fans behind him.
    • Corey: “That night changed my life, changed the trajectory of my life.” (31:15)
    • The moment—captured only by a Handycam-wielding fan—became a turning point for Corey’s musical aspirations.
    • Willie’s advice: “You gotta write great songs… and go spend some time in Nashville.” (30:53)
    • Bobby: “Tell me that’s not a top five story.” (31:15)

c. Family, Loss, and Resilience

• Timestamps: 32:09–35:00
  • Corey and wife Dana have four kids. He candidly discusses their miscarriage, how it shifted their perspective, and now honors their fifth child as “one up there.”
    • “We have five kids in our family. We just have one up there, and we’ll get to meet her or him someday.” (33:45)
  • He reflects on wanting to ensure his kids want to spend time with him “when the music’s gone.” (35:00)

d. Career Setbacks & “Wild As Her”

• Timestamps: 36:01–42:25
  • After being dropped as a songwriter and moving back to Texas, Corey played for small crowds, worked non-music jobs, and nearly ran out of savings.
  • Released “Wild As Her” independently—against the advice of his peers—and the song went viral unexpectedly.
    • Corey: “We rode that money all the way down to within a thousand bucks. And then Wild As Her came out and changed everything.” (38:01)
    • The viral hit resulted in major label offers; it’s now triple platinum and #1.
    • “We celebrated that song going number one in a van… it was just this rags-to-riches moment.” (42:27)

e. New Music & Collaborations

• Timestamps: 46:55–56:01
  • Corey teases a new duet with a male artist who influenced him (but keeps the name secret).
  • Details the spontaneous collaboration with Coe Wetzel on “Rocky Mountain Low.”
    • “We just did whatever the hell we wanted to do.” (54:14)
  • Announces upcoming album: Heartland Rock and Roll (September, 15 tracks).
    • “This might be the record that when people think about my name, they’re going to think about this record.” (55:09)
  • Talks about the soulful “Empty Words”—a deep cut that unexpectedly became a fan favorite.

f. On Live Performance

• Timestamps: 58:33–60:01
  • Bobby and Corey discuss his reputation as a great live act.
    • Bobby: “Behind your back people say, man, that dude’s great live.” (59:28)
    • For Corey, live music is his true passion: “If I could record and write, but I couldn’t play live, I just would do something else.” (59:32)

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3. Pop Culture & Listener Q&A

a. Upcoming Events and Pop Culture

• Timestamps: 15:28–19:26
  • Sports: Stanley Cup, NBA Finals, French Open, Soccer, official start of summer (June 21/Father’s Day).
  • Movies & Streaming: Masters of the Universe, Toy Story 5, Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (alien thriller), Supergirl, The Bear (final season), new Avatar series.
  • TV controversies: Love Island contestant removed for using the N-word.

b. Listener Questions & Life Advice

• Timestamps: 61:26–80:03
  • Studio Temperature & Parenting: Bobby shares how wife dictates home temperature post-baby.
  • Amy’s Growth: Listener calls out Amy’s positive changes; “You’re America’s sweetheart now.” (65:49)
  • Low Testosterone Discussion: Several callers, plus the team, swap stories and advice about managing “low T.”
  • Service Dogs & Work: Caller asks what Bobby would do with a disruptive service dog in the studio.
  • Folds of Honor Softball: Lunchbox laments no longer being invited and reminisces about past games, jerseys, and gifts.
  • Above-Ground Pool Etiquette: Advice on using a neighbor’s pool—call to ask each time!
  • Summer Kids Tips: Pools are a game-changer for families in summer.

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Notable Quotes

• “That ain’t a real piano.” — Bobby Bones (03:03)
• “That’s not how we handle inconveniences in life.” — Amy (03:46)
• “That looks like a missile.” — Bobby Bones (10:03, on meteor video)
• “That night changed my life, changed the trajectory of my life.” — Corey Kent (31:15)
• “You gotta write great songs… and go spend some time in Nashville.” — Willie Nelson (retold by Corey, 30:53)
• “We rode that money all the way down to within a thousand bucks, and then Wild As Her came out and changed everything.” — Corey Kent (38:01)
• “If I could record and write, but I couldn’t play live, I just would do something else.” — Corey Kent (59:32)
• “You’re America’s sweetheart now.” — Bobby Bones to Amy (65:49)
• “We just did whatever the hell we wanted to do.” — Corey Kent, regarding his duet with Coe Wetzel (54:14)

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Topic Timestamps Reference

| Time | Segment/Content | |------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 02:34-05:38| Morgan Wallen’s piano incident | | 08:48-12:38| Viral meteor over volcano | | 05:47-08:45| Beer-flavored Pringles + food & drink chat | | 19:26-22:28| Corey Kent’s early days/Bobby’s wedding connection | | 22:28-31:15| Corey’s Willie Nelson Story & career impact | | 32:09-35:00| Family, loss, and resilience | | 36:01-42:25| Career setbacks, “Wild As Her” success | | 46:55-56:01| New music, collaborations, upcoming album | | 58:33-60:01| Discussion—live performing and reputation | | 61:26-80:03| Listener calls & advice, life hacks, softball team |

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Tone and Style

The episode is upbeat, conversational, and sincerely engaging, blending laughter and heartfelt storytelling. Corey Kent offers deep insight into music, ambition, and family, while the cast dives into playful debates and life advice with signature camaraderie.

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For New Listeners

If you haven’t heard this episode, expect an inspiring artist journey, hilarious side conversations, trending news, and plenty of honest discussion about work-life balance, resilience, and recognizing real-life wins—both big and small. Corey Kent’s interview, with its mix of humor and heart, is a standout that resonates long after the show ends.

Transcript

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[Bobby Bones]

Bobby Bones all right, Amy, have a story.

[Amy]

Yes, Morgan Wallen was playing a show on Friday night and there was like a. What do you call it? Technical issue. And he was performing on the piano. So then he got up and, like, pushed the piano over.

[Bobby Bones]

He was doing sand in my boots and the piano. Something was wrong, so he just shoved it and fell over and did it acapella.

[Amy]

And I saw Pretty Rockstar. The audience felt divided over there. Like, yeah. And then other people being like, well, that was very mature. So I didn't know how I feel. I was actually there.

[Bobby Bones]

How I felt was, well, that ain't a real piano.

[Mike]

Oh, right, right.

[Bobby Bones]

That's literally how I felt.

[Amy]

No, wait. Why?

[Mike]

Usually they're not. It's like a case that looks like a piano and it's just a keyboard.

[Amy]

Keyboard in it, really.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, think about a real piano.

[Amy]

Because it's so heavy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And long and you got all the wire. So. Yeah, it's a keyboard. But that's my first thought was he just pushed over a keyboard.

[Mike]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

It would take a lot of effort to push over a piano.

[Amy]

Right, Okay, I see it.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't push over a piano. You have to lift a piano up. And then what about one of the.

[Mike]

Yeah, the ones, like, the old school

[Bobby Bones]

ones that stand up maybe, but even then it comes out and they're really heavy. Ye. Anyway, it's funny. Who cares? And then he did sing a cappella the rest of it.

[Amy]

Yeah. Which I thought that part was cool.

[Bobby Bones]

But anyway, I just didn't think Internet was divided. Where were you divided?

[Amy]

I mean, I just was sort of like, oh, okay. Like, if I had a kid with me at the show, I would be a little annoyed because, like, that's not how we handle inconveniences in life.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, that's the ultimate mom thing to say right there. So.

[Corey Kent]

Mom.

[Amy]

Wait, what? Of course it is.

[Bobby Bones]

I know.

[Amy]

Because I would be like, okay. I could picture them being like, well, next time they get frustrated with something, they just, like, throw it at school or something. And they're like, well, that's what Morgan Wallen did. And it's like, okay, no, this is not how we handle, you know, frustrations.

[Bobby Bones]

Or, if you don't mind, another perspective.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

How we handle frustrations is if there's a piano and you want to shove it over, do that instead of going to shoot up everybody.

[Amy]

Why does it always go?

[Bobby Bones]

That's like, because everybody has guns and everybody's getting shot up everywhere.

[Amy]

That's so extreme.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, you don't have to actually take your aggression out with weapons or physical violence. You can just shove the piano.

[Amy]

It made me think of the time, too, when. Remember when who has Jake Owens said was canceled at CMA Fest and he smashed his guitar.

[Bobby Bones]

He's pissed because that was like a shot on tv. Yeah, it was about tv. It was about television is why.

[Amy]

Right, right, right, right.

[Bobby Bones]

He didn't get to get on the TV special because of the lightning. And then he got pissed and throw his guitar.

[Amy]

And then the next day, we brought him in and he was like.

[Bobby Bones]

We were just like, you do the whole set in here? And he was like, okay, I guess.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Mike]

But out of this story, though, I love that. Like, out of everything Morgan Wallen's done, this is the one thing is like, oh, so immature.

[Okta Ad Voice]

Amy's like, yeah, how dare him.

[Amy]

No, I mean, there's other things that are immat, but, yeah, I guess it is kind of like a rock star type move also. It's like, okay, let's learn to breathe through it.

[Bobby Bones]

Also could have been done on purpose, too. I don't think it was, but people set up stuff like that a lot, too.

[Amy]

Oh, to, like, look rockstar or to go viral.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think that was the case here. But I do think this happens a lot where situations are presented, created. So they do go viral on social media, right? Yeah, but, well, dang.

[Amy]

I was kind of like, wow, he's strong too. But now y' all are telling me it's a keyboard.

[Mike]

It's just a frame.

[Amy]

I could have knocked it over.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, Once you pop, you can't stop. Pringles is back with two new flavors. They have beer cheese burger and beer braised steak.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Lunchbox]

That sounds weird in a potato chip.

[Amy]

I think it's probably, like, beer cheeseburger.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't drink, so I can't have those.

[Amy]

Beer cheeseburger.

[Mike]

You know what's good? A beer with a cheeseburger.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you can eat these.

[Bobby Bones]

They're not. I know. I'm kidding. There's no alcohol in them. I know.

[Mike]

They get you drunk.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I know, I know.

[Lunchbox]

But this is your chance to taste beer.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't. Beer smells like it tastes bad, and it's an acquired taste, so why would I want to taste something that's an acquired taste? I'm sure it tastes good.

[Mike]

Like, I remember my first taste of beer. I'm like, I'm never drinking this.

[Lunchbox]

How old were you?

[Mike]

Look at me now.

[Bobby Bones]

But I know I can't get drunk by eating. Yeah, because they used to do, like, those, like, whiskey smoked chicken at Chili's. And I'd be like, I never do It.

[Corey Kent]

I can't eat that.

[Mike]

The bourbon ribs.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not happy. Yeah. Yeah, that's what it was. I'm not having my first drink on a rib. I was an idiot. I was an idiot. Okay, well, that does have.

[Lunchbox]

That has real rum.

[Mike]

Yeah, but they still cook it.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know about that.

[Lunchbox]

I think rum cake is actually in the moisture.

[Bobby Bones]

You could be right, but I'm not sure that you're right.

[Mike]

I assume that everything that's cooked into something, the alcohol is no longer there.

[Amy]

Right.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know about you.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. In final alcohol volume, from 3 to 5% in rum cake.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, so there's some remains. Yeah.

[Mike]

Have you had rum cake?

[Bobby Bones]

No, because I don't want to get drunk bait cake.

[Lunchbox]

Good.

[Bobby Bones]

I have avoided that because I have felt like lunchbox felt. I felt like there was still some alcohol. Ish.

[Mike]

You haven't had like non alcoholic beer, right?

[Bobby Bones]

Like no oduls. Why would I Just like Arkansas. Keith likes non alcoholic beer because he drank beer for a long time and I think he enjoyed that taste after a while. So he likes to drink non alcoholic beer because he doesn't drink anymore. To me, I never drank, so.

[Amy]

Trying to fill a void.

[Mike]

Yeah, that makes sense. My brother, like, he quit drinking, so he just drinks seltzers. But he'll buy like a case and it's like. And just the feeling of being able to pop and like, it's. It's, you know, like carbonated. Carbonated water.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, you mean like a seltzer? Like, I thought you were talking like a white claw. A white claw?

[Mike]

No, no, no. That' like a seltzer water.

[Amy]

I was like, who's going to tell him?

[Lunchbox]

That's exactly what I was thinking, Amy. I'm like, well, seltzer is alcohol, so.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Remove me. That does not sound good. What about to you guys? Because it's like. I think it's like Coors light or the company doing it with it.

[Corey Kent]

Miller.

[Amy]

Yeah, Miller light's good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but would you like Miller Light Beer Bra steak?

[Mike]

Let's give it a chip. Yeah, I bet it's not. I bet it's pretty good.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

Feels weird in chips. I just always find.

[Bobby Bones]

What about an ice cream? Beer ice cream? Because I've seen that before. No, not steak and ice cream, but beer ice cream. I've had beer ice cream. It's pretty good. It is.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Okay. See, they didn't taste it all, so they had to be good, right? They have to taste this on a Lot of people.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. But I would assume the people they're tasting it on, though, are people that like beer. Yeah, but that's interesting. Thank you for bringing it.

[Lunchbox]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan.

[Eddie]

So there's this viral video going up. There's a video of it, Eddie. You can throw it up on the big screen, but this is over the Philippine active volcano. Have you guys seen this video yet? So there's a meteor that hits. It goes, like, straight behind it. And you can see this meteor hitting, but then something emerges after the meteor hits.

[Bobby Bones]

This is an AI.

[Eddie]

It's not AI. This is from, like. I verified it was posted on Afar tv.

[Bobby Bones]

For those that are listening to the podcast, you can always go to YouTube to the Bobby Bones account and watch it. Okay, the meteor just went behind the volcano.

[Eddie]

Saw the meteor. But keep watching on the right side.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Corey Kent]

I don't know if you'll be able

[Eddie]

to see it because of how dark our screen is, but there'll be, like, this little white thing that starts to appear.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, let's see here.

[Mike]

So far, nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

Or nothing.

[Mike]

Still see the lava.

[Lunchbox]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

But our screen.

[Amy]

Oh, there it is.

[Eddie]

Okay, and so everybody has a lot of questions about what appeared after this sparkle.

[Mike]

Could that be all ash?

[Bobby Bones]

No. Look at it floating. Look how high it's going now.

[Amy]

Okay, guys, it's like, what is it? Like, it didn't mean to come down. It's like, oopsie, gotta go back.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, whatever that is for sure, there's some illumination there. Obviously, that is not ash. And now it's going all the way above the volcano.

[Eddie]

Right back. And it came right from where the meteor landed. So there is an astrophysicist who says

[Bobby Bones]

that meteor, aside from the thing floating up, the headline is not the thing floating up. How big that meteor was that crashed in behind that volcano. That looks like a missile.

[Lunchbox]

That looks really cool, though.

[Bobby Bones]

That looks like whenever we woke up and the Middle east war was happening and they were like, look at all this stuff. That's what that looks like.

[Mike]

Why is it green like that? If the lava is red, why is the.

[Eddie]

Well, it's not coming from the volcano. It's coming from space.

[Mike]

I know, but are they green? Well, are meteors green?

[Bobby Bones]

Heat is different lights depending on how hot it is.

[Mike]

Okay, so it's.

[Bobby Bones]

So meteors generally aren't. They're a color. But how fast and how hot they are will define what the color is.

[Mike]

It's you.

[Bobby Bones]

And also just could be our screen or the camera as well, because the camera.

[Mike]

What I'm Saying is the lava is the COVID it's real. So the meteor is like light green.

[Eddie]

And it is. On the real video, it's light green. That's what color the meteor is.

[Bobby Bones]

It also could be from the camera capturing it too.

[Mike]

But again, the lava is the right color.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct, but.

[Mike]

So that means that the meteor should be. That is the true color of the meteor, which is surprising.

[Bobby Bones]

But are you sure that's the right color of the lava? Just because that's the. It's. What is it, yellow or orange?

[Mike]

It looks like lava, you know, like

[Amy]

it's a green fireball. It's a light green meteor. Often referred to as a fireball.

[Bobby Bones]

Magnesium and nickel.

[Eddie]

I think you're right, Bobby.

[Amy]

It has elements to do with what's

[Eddie]

in it and the heat combination of the two.

[Bobby Bones]

The hotter it gets, the different color. Yeah, it is just generally. But also what's in it too. Meteors glow because of intense atmospheric friction. Vaporizes specific metals inside the space rock. Magnesium, nickel and iron. Yeah, that's crazy. That thing floating up is weird. I don't know what that is because it definitely is not a piece of ash and it is going above the volcano. But that looks like a missile.

[Eddie]

So the physicist came out and said that he claims it's a satellite and the light is reflecting off of it. But a satellite just happened to be at the same place in time where a meteor just crashed and then like floats right up. Feels like a little strange.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you see the meteor explode over Boston?

[Mike]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

This weekend? Boom. Over two streets.

[Amy]

I just saw people in Boston like, yeah. Freaking out about it was like over

[Bobby Bones]

the top of Boston. So I don't think it like crashed any of the houses or anything, but a three foot daytime meteor. And there was shaking across Boston. There was a sonic boom that happened and it broke up in the atmosphere May 30, traveling at about 75,000 miles per hour. It fragmented about 40 miles up and then it was Massachusetts and New Hampshire. So that was a big one. You could have got that on camera and got viral. Went viral again.

[Mike]

I know. Again.

[Eddie]

Isn't it crazy how many meteor stuff falls or stuff falls from the atmosphere and so often it misses houses and people. It lands.

[Mike]

Sometimes it hits them. I've seen like.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, if I can play the math game, the earth is 3/4 water. So just the odds that it hits land, aside from houses or humans, not good. It's going to hit water for the most part. And then if you go into land there, like develop land.

[Eddie]

But yes, this is crazy. Sometimes it does about that.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's my meteor. I still have my meteor.

[Bobby Bones]

You brought it with you?

[Mike]

I have it here all the time.

[Eddie]

You should light it on fire and

[Bobby Bones]

see what color it turns with a lighter.

[Mike]

I brought it for Dr. Laurie to look at it. I think she said it's.

[Eddie]

Why is it in, like, cotton hair with a twig?

[Mike]

Oh, because they found it in a cotton field.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Really, Eddie?

[Mike]

All right, so mine was a viral video as well, but it was an image of a McDonald's worker. Somebody was at the drive thru, and they took a picture of the McDonald's worker working the fries, and they were chained to the fryer.

[Corey Kent]

No way.

[Mike]

The ankle was chained to the fryer. And now everyone's like, well, why would they be chained?

[Bobby Bones]

What I'm hoping is it's somebody in a program trying to rehabilitate themselves from prison and not somebody that was bad at work. Because you can't change somebody if they're bad at work to their friar.

[Mike]

That's like, so, like, I don't know

[Bobby Bones]

the reason, but in my mind, I go, what I hope was this is like a prison release program, giving a. Giving people a chance to rehabilitate themselves, get back in the workforce, have something on their resume when they get out. Okay. Not somebody who sucked working the fry cooker before because he keeps walking away to be on his phone too many.

[Mike]

Bathroom.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. What is the Internet thing?

[Mike]

All those things, right? Like, of course. Lots of jokes of just like, well, somebody's not gonna wander off anymore. You know, that kind of thing. But then on top of that, there was another picture or another video of someone again at McDonald's serving fries, taking the bite of the fries and then putting them back in and serving them.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw that one.

[Mike]

That one was in Boston, I think.

[Bobby Bones]

Down sucks.

[Lunchbox]

We talked about that.

[Bobby Bones]

Down sucks.

[Mike]

Don't do that.

[Bobby Bones]

Lunchbox wants you to be punished. I could tell by what he said there.

[Mike]

When did we talk about that?

[Lunchbox]

Like, last week or the week before.

[Mike]

Okay, well, that wasn't my story that was mentioned.

[Bobby Bones]

I read. Oh, good point. I read so many stories, I don't know what we talk about sometimes.

[Mike]

I know I look at a story, I'm like, gosh, I'm gonna just risk it. Maybe somebody talked about it.

[Bobby Bones]

Mike, what'd you see on that chain story? I think it's fake. Oh, there you go.

[Mike]

What?

[Eddie]

Why? Yeah, I think it was a skit set up.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Okay, so he's real, but he was chained.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it was a joke.

[Corey Kent]

Good stuff.

[Mike]

There you go Internet. Eddie 0. Internet 1.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, no.

[Listener Caller]

Eddie 0.

[Bobby Bones]

Internet 42. Five Things to Look forward to in June. It's crazy. Today's June 1st, huh?

[Amy]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Every month it's new. We're like, it's crazy. It's the first. No, number one. The Stanley cup finals start tomorrow. NBA finals get going on Wednesday. The French Open tennis tournament runs through June 7th. The World cup gets underway June 11th, and the US team takes on the Paraguay team Paraguay on the 12th. So sports boom. There you go. The first official day of summer is June 21, which also happens to be Father's Day this year. Oh, that's number two.

[Mike]

Cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Number three. A ton of movies are hitting theaters. Masters of the Universe, which comes out Friday. That's he man. Mike, what do you think? I think it looks pretty good. I wasn't a fan of the show back in the day. Like my older brother was maybe a little bit more of Yalls Generation cartoon.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So good. But I know how massive it was. It was my favorite cartoon. I had characters at Castle Grayskull. I had he man. Skeletor. Skeletor, yeah. Scary Movie 6 comes out. Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day comes out on the 12th. That looks awesome. That looks awesome.

[Mike]

That's an alien one.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep. You know, I like it when you say alien. Non human origin one. Yeah. Emily Blunt's like a newscaster and the aliens speak through her on TV. Based on true story. Toy Story 5 is out June 19th. Supergirl and Jackass both hit theaters June 26th. Toy Story 5 is interesting because the TSS are going up on billboards and they're saying that means Taylor Swift. It also means Toy Story, but Taylor Swift has a certain font she owns of ts. You can't just own ts. There's a lot of things ts, But I believe a certain font that she has a trademark for, and that was on a billboard, supposedly. And I looked to try to see if it was AI And I don't think it was AI. Yeah, it's a real. So they think that she's one of the voices. Possibly. Or maybe. Maybe a song, too. That would be awesome. Yeah. So there you go on TV and streaming America's Got Talent and Love Island. I saw they kicked someone off Love island because they said the N word.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Some of our unserviced videos or whatever.

[Bobby Bones]

Got to hate an unserviced video. Also got to hate the N word. Yeah. It's like they had to kick someone off for that last year.

[Mike]

Same thing, same show.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Almost positive. Are they just chasing down people that probably say the N word. I've never watched Love island, so I don't know, but it's massive. Sweet Magnolias on Netflix comes out House of Dragon Season 3 on HBO the 21st. Avatar the last Airbender, Live action. Avatar the Last Airbender. What the heck does that mean? It's a different Avatar. Not the blue people. It's a different character. Live action.

[Mike]

Yeah, same. Same story, though.

[Bobby Bones]

What does that mean, live action? Like real people acting it out because it's an animated show.

[Amy]

Oh, like they've done live action Lion

[Bobby Bones]

King, but Air Avatar was live action. It's a totally different avatar. So it's a different franchise. And altogether it's not the same at all. No, it's called Avatar and it's not the same Avatar. It's like an anime avatar.

[Mike]

How can Taylor Swift have a different ts? But they can't have. Like, they can do.

[Bobby Bones]

That's why I'm pretty sure it came out before way before the blue people. Avatar and the final season of the Bear, which I enjoyed. Season one never really got back into it.

[Mike]

What is the final season? Three.

[Bobby Bones]

Five.

[Mike]

Whoa.

[Amy]

I know.

[Lunchbox]

I'm behind. Still good?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Mike]

I finished one, I think maybe a little bit.

[Amy]

Three was a little weird. I think that's why I couldn't get into season four. But I could. I could. I could circle back.

[Bobby Bones]

Award shows, Tony Awards, BET Awards, CMA Fest. Yeah, there you go. National Best friends Day is June 8th. Flag Day's the 14th. 19th is National Martini Day and National Selfie Day, June 21st. Dude, Avatar. That's crazy. And that's why I was confused at live action, because part of that movie Avatar is real people. Yeah.

[Corey Kent]

How about that?

[Bobby Bones]

Here we go on the Bobby Bones show now, Corey Kent. Corey and I had a brief discussion on text messages the other day, and he said, hey, man, thanks for letting me come on your show. And I honestly didn't know he was coming on the show yet. And I said, oh, I had no idea. That's awesome. I can't wait to see you. And then he said, oh, never mind. My people haven't asked yet.

[Amy]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

And so his people hadn't asked, and I didn't know anybody. And so anyway, it obviously worked out. It's good to see you, man.

[Corey Kent]

Man, thanks for having me again.

[Bobby Bones]

I tell people, too, because people love you as an artist. And mostly if I'm like, hey, who's real good? That's like making it, but you're waiting for them to make it. Make it, like, your name comes up a lot. And don't say thanks to me because mostly it's from other people. Mostly I just agree, and I'm like, yeah, yeah, I love that guy. But what people think is funny is that your wife took pictures at, like, my family's wedding. Like, Grayson DJ's wedding. His wife was taking pictures because they're

[Amy]

like, she was the photographer. Yeah, I know the way you say, sounds fancy taking pictures, right?

[Bobby Bones]

So will you back that story?

[Corey Kent]

Yeah. Well, my vantage point is. So, Dana, if you've seen, like, all of our, like, this photo, all my album art, Dana's, like, super talented photographer. And she used to do, like. She used to do weddings, but just, like, selective. If she knew the people or if it was in a really cool place, she would take that. That gig. We kind of. She kind of slowed down on that just because. Keeps both of us away on the weekends from all the kids. But this particular wedding, she's like, I'm gonna do this one. And. And she came back from that wedding and was like, I met Bobby Bones and his wife, and they were super nice. And I'm going, this is, like, years ago, right?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Corey Kent]

I'm like, she's. You told them about me, right? She's like, no.

[Mike]

I'm like, what?

[Corey Kent]

This could have. This could have progressed my career. Like, what are we doing here? That's my vantage point of it. But I saw some of the photos. It looked like a blast.

[Bobby Bones]

It was a blast. Where did you grow up, specifically?

[Corey Kent]

Bixby, Oklahoma.

[Bobby Bones]

That's exactly where we were for the wedding. And there's that, right? Yeah. There's awesome Sonic there. And I know.

[Corey Kent]

I know that's our only claim.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, it's kind of how I know places, like towns are as good as their sonics are strong. There was a new, really strong Sonic there. And I know you guys from sports in Oklahoma now. Yeah.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah. Bixby's kind of become a. Like, a football dynasty out there. It was not that way when I was there.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, they weren't good when you were a kid?

[Corey Kent]

We were a wrestling school when I was growing up, but my little brother who just graduated, I think that they lost one game in four years. That he was there. Something like that. I mean, that's what I know them

[Bobby Bones]

for, is, like, being dominant at football,

[Corey Kent]

state title after state title after at the highest level is crazy. And that town is, I think, like 3 or 4x in size since. Since I graduated.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you get a big Sonic, everybody comes running.

[Corey Kent]

I know, man.

[Bobby Bones]

That's kind of how it works. Will you tell them the story? Because I don't think they know it because they're all Texans. They got a room full of tech. Not me.

[Corey Kent]

Are you really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we got all Texans. Will you tell them your Willie Nelson story?

[Corey Kent]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you guys know this story?

[Mike]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, you're gonna. This is the greatest story I've ever heard. Okay. Dude.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah. Because we talked about this on the podcast. So I was 16 years old. We gotta preface this by the reason that I love Willie Nelson's music is because my grandfather, who a couple months ago passed away, he was like. He was my person. So this story is like, is really fun for me to think of because it's one of my favorite memories with him. So my uncle buys my grandfather tickets, like really good seats, like third or fourth row seats to Willie Nelson. And I think Willie's in his late 70s at this point. I'm 16 years old. I just got my driver's license. And they. They come to the house. They live in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. And so they came up to the house because he was playing in Tulsa, and obviously our house is closer to Tulsa than theirs, so they were staying at our house. And my uncle's like, you should really think about, you know, getting a ticket to this show because Willie's a legend. You haven't seen him live. You love country music. This might be your last chance to see him. Little did we know he'd still be touring, like now, 100 years later. You know what I mean? But anyways, I was like, you're right. So 16 year old kid, I don't have any money. Tickets are expensive. So I was like, well, I'll just drive up there and I'll wait outside and, you know, get a ticket from. From somebody scalping tickets. And that's what I did. I waited till about 10 minutes after the show. I got a ticket from some guy who was just trying to make a buck off of them. And once the show starts, you can't really make any money off them. So I got a $10 ticket and I walked in and at this point in my life, I. I, like couldn't really enjoy a concert because all I could think about is like, what would I do if I was up there? Would I be ready? What would I sing? Would I be ready for that moment? And, you know, obviously that's never happened, but I've gone to a lot of shows and I've had that same feeling. And this night just felt a little different. And so I'M up in the nosebleeds. The $10 ticket. And I walked over to this sweet lady at the concession stand and I was like, this is going to sound super odd, but do you have any, like, cardboard or anything? And so she walked to the trash, she pulled out a piece of cardboard and handed it to me. And she's like, what do you want this for? And I was like, one other question. Do you have a Sharpie I could use? Then she got me a Sharpie and I wrote, it's my dream to play a song with you.

[Mike]

And I don't.

[Corey Kent]

I didn't know what I was going to do with that sign, but I ended up in the. In the nosebleeds. And one thing that you also have to understand about my grandfather is that he loved Maker's Mark and he. You add makers Mark and Willie Nelson, like, he's having the time of his life. Anyway, my uncle calls me, he's like, did you make it in? I was like, yeah, I'm way up here. And he's like, bro, I need to be here. Like, I need you to come sit down here with your grandfather and make sure he's all right. And because my grandfather's like, third row, eyes closed, Willie Nelson's playing, Hands up.

[Bobby Bones]

He's feeling it.

[Corey Kent]

He's. It is a spiritual experience for this man. So I tried to walk down there and I got stopped by a security guard because you had to have like a wristband to be on the floor or whatever. And I was like, this isn't gonna work. I walked back up, walked around to the next, the next security guard and just. I was like, I just gotta act like I belong here. Walk straight through with my sign. I sit down next to my grandfather and I'm like, this is my chance, you know? So I hold this sign up and hold it up for a couple songs. And the guy behind me is pissed because I'm blocking his view. And these people pay good money for this seat, right? Like, so I hold the sign up, and Willie sees the sign and he leans over, he takes his bandana off his head and he throws it to me. It's like a very obvious, like, thanks for being here. Put the sign down. So, of course, being, you know, naive, bullheaded, 16 year old me, I take the bandana and I put it in my pocket and I'm like, that's crazy. I got a bandana from Willie Nelson. Then I put the sign up and he leaned over again a couple songs later and he threw me another bandana And I was like, this is great, man. I was like. I was like, hey, papa, check this out. Like, open your eyes for a second. I got a bandana for you. And. And then I put the sign back up. And. And the third time he leans over, he throws me another bandana. I'm not kidding. This is the third bandana off this guy's head. And I grabbed it and I looked behind me and I talked to the guy behind me, and I was like, bro, I'm sorry I got to do this, but you can have this bandana. Like, hopefully this buys me a little grace here. I put the sign back up and he leans over and he goes, all right, what do you want to play? And up to this point in my life, I've been in this western swing band for like five years. From age 11 to 16, I was part of a western swing band which plays like Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. It was basically like a cover band for that. But I knew that nobody in that place wanted to see a random 16 year old kid sing on the Road again or Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. Like, they want to hear Willie sing that, right? And I also knew that Willie loved Bob Wills. Like, that's one of his biggest inspirations. And I'd seen him play this song called Milk Cow Blues, which is one of my favorite songs to sing that I played in my band. So he leaned over, he goes, what do you want to sing? And I said, milk Cow Blues. And I could see his eyes go like, what does a 16 year old kid know about 1930s dust bowl era, you know, Bob Wills music? And he's like, all right, get up here. And so it was like a mad dash, like a blur of time. They escorted me over, they started the song. Like we didn't talk about, what key is this gonna be in? Like, it could have been an absolute train wreck. It could have been terrible. If they started that song too high or too low, I wouldn't have been able to sing it. But they, they played it in the exact key that we played it in. And I walked up there and he goes, what's your name? And I was like, corey Kent. And he walks up to the mic and he goes, corey Kent, everybody. And the coolest moment, I think still to this day, the coolest moment in my career was, you know, Willie obviously doesn't know if I can sing at all. Like, I could have been terrible. So he's right there next to his mic, basically ready to take over. If I get up there and Bomb. And I started singing the first. Well, I woke up this morning, and I just saw this, like, huge grin on Willie's face of like, oh, thank God this kid can sing. You know what I mean? And he. He gets his big grin, and he just nods at me, and he lets me sing the whole song. And in the middle of the song, I'm like, nobody at school is gonna believe this on Monday. Like, and nobody, 16 years old is at this Willie Nelson concert. Like, nobody from my school's here. So I pull out my phone, and I'm like, I'm gonna snap a quick picture while they're taking a solo, and I'm like, my hands are shaking. So I take this picture, and it looks like the ghost of Willie Nelson.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, you can't tell.

[Corey Kent]

You can't. You can't see anything. And so get done with the song. And he's like, hey, come backstage after the show. I'd love to talk to you. And they send me back to the seat, and I sit down, and I'm, like, looking at my grandfather, and he's still, eyes closed, hands up. I'm like, did he. He didn't even see this man. Like, I don't even know if he knew what was going on. But I sat back down, and I'm like, dang it. This is. This was, like, the coolest moment of my life. And nobody's gonna believe it, and there's gonna be no proof of it. And I sit back down, and the guy behind me taps me on the shoulder. He's like, are you gonna leave that sign down now? Like, am I gonna be able to watch this show now? And I was like, yeah, I'm so sorry about that. And he goes, well, here's my card. I got the whole thing on film. And he had a handycam.

[Lunchbox]

Wow.

[Corey Kent]

So the only video that exists is from that poor guy that was, you know, blocked the whole time, but that. After the show, I got to talk to Willie for a few minutes. And I was like, hey, if you have any advice for a kid that wants to take a real stab at this. This music thing, what would it be? And he goes, it's easy. You gotta. You gotta write great songs. And if you don't know how to write great songs, you gotta go spend some time in Nashville, Tennessee, where some of the greatest songwriters in the world live. And. And that's what I did. Six months later, I was 17 years old, I packed up, and I moved out here. Moved. I slept in my truck till I made some friends, and then Crashed on their couches and tried not to overstay my welcome. But I. I've still not been able to reconnect with Willie. But that night changed my life, changed the trajectory of my life. And. And. Yeah. And now we're here.

[Bobby Bones]

Tell me that's not a top five story. It's one of the greatest stories.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I watched the video and it's like, I'm not sure the brand, but you're on, like, an Under Armour pullover. You got a short haircut, buzz cut, blue jeans. I mean, he just looks like a kid who was just playing baseball and then decided to, you know, go to the show.

[Mike]

That's so.

[Bobby Bones]

And you do see Willie just, like, smiling at you from the side, like, oh, he's got this. And he, like, it, like, tickled him.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, you could tell it was. I mean, he's one of the. Obviously, he is one of the people who enjoys live music on a completely different level. I mean, he's. He's still doing it. Like, it brings him so much joy, and you can just tell in every show and he's playing with family members up there and everything. It was just. I don't know. That night really just solidified, like, what I wanted to do, but also just, like, built in this inherent love for live music. Like, I think I just caught the bug from. From him.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you just have a fourth kid?

[Corey Kent]

I did.

[Bobby Bones]

How long ago?

[Corey Kent]

Six months.

[Bobby Bones]

How's that going?

[Corey Kent]

Well, pure chaos.

[Bobby Bones]

Four.

[Corey Kent]

Pure chaos. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Four. As far as lie.

[Corey Kent]

But she. It's. My wife and I were talking. I was like, I don't know if. If we got lucky on the fourth one or if we finally figured something out, but she is, like, the chillist. And it's like she knows she's the fourth and that we didn't have any more capacity, you know? So it's. It's been really. It's been really nice. And I feel like knowing, like, this was kind of our last hoorah, I think we just kind of approach it with a different mentality. I think we just have, like, a little more patience and we enjoy the, like, small moments a little more.

[Bobby Bones]

How old is your oldest?

[Corey Kent]

Eight.

[Bobby Bones]

So was it always you were gonna have four kids? Was that what you guys have talked about, or did you just keep going because you enjoyed it?

[Corey Kent]

We always thought we'd have, like, three, and really, we didn't know. My wife's one of four, so that probably plays into it a little bit, but we didn't know. We thought we were done after Three. And then in December of last year, we had a miscarriage that was kind of unexpected. The. The pregnancy itself was unexpected, obviously. Like, we'd never walked through that. And that was like, I. I did not understand, like, the devastation that came along with that. Like, I. When. When somebody else would be like, hey, this is what we walked through, I'd be like, man, I'm so sorry, but I had a hard time, like, sympathizing with that. And then after walking through it, I'm like, and you know what these. These kids become, you know, those relationships and what they. What they grow into. And it was just devastating. And I think that that was the moment that we realized, okay, well, maybe we're not done. Like, we. We wanted this more than we thought we. We did. And so thank God, like, you know, baby Ivy is here and healthy, and. But it's. It's pretty cool to hear our kids talk about it because they're, like, they are very adamant about. We have. We have five kids in our family. We just have one up there, and we'll get to meet her or him someday. But, yeah, that's a. Not to bring the mood down or anything, but that's. That's the story. That's the real raw story of how we ended up with four kiddos. And life is just full and chaotic and fun. And it's really nice to, like, they don't care at all about my music. And, like, they. I'm just dad, you know? So it's nice to have just, like, a really stable place to go home to people that love you for. For you. Not for a platinum record on your wall or whatever. Do.

[Bobby Bones]

Nice flexed on that in there at the end.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, well, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Now, you know, they don't let me for singer or the platinum record on the wall.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Corey Kent]

I always just say, like, you know, someday, like, people aren't gonna care, you know, someday. They just. Everybody, even. Even some of the greatest of all time who have achieved everything, like, I think that that fades, but I, like, measure. I'm, like, trying to project out a bit. And I think, like, success to me is like, do my kids still want to hang out with me when I'm older and they've grown up and, like, how full is my table, you know, when the music's gone? And hopefully that's not for a long time, but. Yeah, I just never wanted to have, like, personal life regrets. And, you know, it's hard enough making it in music, right? Like, just to break through and become somebody that people are paying attention to. And we were like, man, that's hard. You know, what we should do is have four kids in the middle of that and make it really hard. You know, like, the hardest part of raising kids and the hardest part of building a career. Let's do it all at the same time. But it's beautiful. It's chaotic. It's. It's. It's just full.

[Bobby Bones]

You moved from Texas to Nashville then. I know you moved back to. To Texas. Are you still in Texas now?

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, moved there, like, really? Right. A few months before the pandemic. And that was like, yeah, I live in Salina, Texas, and it's kind of a if it ain't broke, don't fix it approach. But, yeah, we moved back. I. I got dropped as a songwriter. I was writing songs for other people and just randomly got a phone call one Monday that said, hey, we. We really believe in you. We think that you have, you know, all the potential in the world, but you're fired. And I was like, dang, this is a terrible time. We just bought our first house living here out in Dixon, Tennessee. Yeah, we just had our first baby girl out here, and I lost my. My job, you know, and so we were like, well, we want to raise our kids around, like, you know, my grandfather and my grandmother, like, super close to me, and my wife's part of a big Italian family and families, everything. So we were like, we want to raise our kids with that. We want to give them that. And the only thing that was keeping us in Nashville was that. That contract to write. And so when that kind of dried up, we moved out to Texas, and I was like, all right, I'm getting the band back together. I'm gonna buy a van. We're gonna go hit the road. And everybody here in Nashville was like, dude, if you want a music career, you're basically committing career suicide by leaving. Like, it's not gonna. That ain't gonna happen. And I was like, man, well, we're just gonna. We're gonna give it all we got. We're gonna go build it the way that, you know, the only way that I knew how to build it, which was show by show on the road. And as soon as we got there, like, the world shuts down for a couple years. It's like, it was just the worst timing.

[Bobby Bones]

So no tour, you're getting no to it, no publishing money, because you're not writing anymore, and now you can't tour to make money.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, it was the first time in my life in My adult life where it's like, what do I. How am I. How am I going to make any money?

[Bobby Bones]

New baby, new baby.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, it was. It was brutal. So shopped around, tried to get any work that I could. Worked at a motorcycle shop, worked at a pavement company, and just kept taking. We sold our house in Dixon, Tennessee, and we made like $60,000 on that house. And when. When the world started finally opening up, and early 2021, really, Texas kind of opened up earlier than the rest of the world. Maybe not Florida, but not Tennessee either. So I was. The only gig that I had was playing at a taco shop in Louisville, Texas. And I was just. I was doing that for like 50 bucks and free tacos, you know, and. But I just. I had to do. Had to play somewhere. Like, I just. I couldn't not play. It just was like, for me. And, yeah, I mean, we just kept. We took that $60,000, and in 2021, we were losing like one or $2,000 a night. Opening up for Randy Rogers and Josh Abbott. We were getting paid, like, 250 bucks. And obviously you got to pay the band. And we. We rode that money all the way down to within a thousand bucks. And then Wild Desert came out and changed everything.

[Bobby Bones]

So when you say Wild as Her came out, what do you mean? Like, you just put it up on streaming, and then it popped in a way.

[Corey Kent]

So we had put. We had been putting out songs like, every six to eight weeks, just religiously. And then at the end of that, we put out eight or nine songs, and it was like the end of 2021, and we were like, well, we kind of accidentally created a record. So we. We packaged it, we called it 21, and it kind of. It did really well for us, especially in Texas. We were starting to see people show up at these shows, and we were kind of transitioning from the, like, the desired opener to, like, oh, we can sell our own tickets now. And then I had this next song, Wild as Her, just like, in the can, ready to go. But the record had just come out in December, like, late December. And I remember talking to some people that I. I look up to and respect, and I'm like, what. What do you think I should do next? Like, I have this song. Should I put it out? And everybody's like, don't put it out. You gotta let. You just put out a record. You gotta let it breathe. You gotta let it have its moment. And I was just like, I just don't. I don't feel like anything that I've ever done by the book has worked ever. Like my. Everything has been backwards, right? You move to Nashville, you think you got a job, right? And you get dropped, move to Texas, you're gonna hit the ground running, you're gonna build it on the road, and the world shuts down, right? And so I've been putting out this, this music and I was like, I just. We've been consistent. We should just do it again. So we put that song out in early March, so just, you know, two months after releasing a record, and it, it was doing okay. And then I got a call from my manager probably a month or maybe a couple months after the song was out, and he was like, hey, I think you're having a moment on, on social media. And I was like, what does that even mean? Because I'm. I'm. I'm very involved in like, the creation of content, but I'm not super involved in like, how we roll it out and the posting of it and all that. I just, it drives me crazy, so I don't. I don't do a lot of that part of it. And he was like, you've got people making so many videos to this song. And it just kept growing, dude. It became a gold record. While we were an independent band in Texas, you know, rolling around in a van, and it just kept going. And then we were playing a biker bar in McKinney, Texas, and 12 different record labels showed up, and 11 people offered way, yeah, obviously not all based on that song. They came to the show and we were playing like two hour sets and we had sold out this little biker bar, maybe four or five hundred people. But they knew all the, the, they knew the 21 record. They knew the from the west record, the stuff that we've been playing for a couple years in that. In that scene. And yeah, we got 11 record deal offers and we picked the one that we thought was the best team that would fit with us, and they took it to radio and now it's a triple platinum.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, flex it, flex it.

[Corey Kent]

Freaking number one hit triple platinum number one. But to me, I'm like, I say that because I'm like, how crazy that that song, like, we celebrated that song going number one in a van. Like, it just was like this rags to riches moment of just like, how. What are the actual odds that you would get dropped, move to Texas. Covid happens, you keep putting out music and then eventually one becomes. I mean, it's still being played on the radio. It was just, I don't know, and, and hitting all those lows, you know, working at the Pavement company, doing something I was terrible at, that I wasn't, you know, I wasn't passionate about just trying to get by, like, hitting those lows. It. When I finally got back to playing music, even though we were losing money every night, like, I was happier than I had been in a long time and I was like, able to fully be. I was like, just filled with gratitude that I was able to do what I love to do again. And so, I don't know, I tell that story not as like a. Like, look at what this song did and how big this song is. It's like the odds of that happening were so slim. Like, I really thought that maybe music for me, maybe. Maybe the. The fulfillment that I was looking for was going to just come from playing at the taco shop, you know, and that was. That was maybe reality for me, but I was still going to do that because I learned through that process that, like, I love this. I have to do this for me. But obviously, super grateful that these songs have connected with people and I get to do this for a living and take care of my family. It's. It's a dream, man.

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[Bobby Bones]

I saw you teasing a duet. Have you announced that yet?

[Corey Kent]

No, I haven't announced it, just teased it.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel titillated. And. Is it a good one?

[Corey Kent]

I. Yeah, it's pretty. It's pretty. It's pretty dope.

[Bobby Bones]

You said. No, I think that was the funniest thing.

[Corey Kent]

It's not very good. I was. I was in the studio actually last week. That was kind of the last, like, putting the bow on the record, this. This feature. And yeah, I looked over, the guy's manager was there, and I was like, you know how crazy this is for me? Like, this guy's music.

[Bobby Bones]

The person. You're not saying.

[Corey Kent]

The person.

[Amy]

I'm not saying, but you're saying it's

[Bobby Bones]

a guy and it's somebody that the engineer was impressed by.

[Amy]

I was picturing a girl.

[Corey Kent]

Okay, go ahead. Okay. Well, I was like, the music that, you know, that this particular dude's music was, like, really influential in and in my career and kind of the lane that I ended up in in country music. And I'm sitting there like, hey, what if you try this? And then it just hit me. I was like, what am I? Like, how did I get here? Like, I'm. I'm making music with a guy that has influenced my music, and he's like, yeah, that's a good idea. And we're just going back and forth as. As peers and it was just a. I don't know. I don't know if other people feel this way, but it's just a crazy. It's just been. It's been a crazy journey for me. And I still feel like the regular dude that's working at the Pavement company that gets to make music and to be in there with like, you know, a guy I really look up to who's done it at a high level for a really long time, it just like, it's just crazy. It's like those moments where you. Life almost forces you to stop. Slow down enough to smell the roses and like, man, just. Life could have ended up so differently.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, I made a list. Don't react. Don't react. Obviously number one on my list is Willie Nelson. Yes. Don't react. These are guesses it's Willie Nelson just because of that story. And number two is going to be like a Evan Felker from Turnpike. Number three is going to be a Pat Green.

[Amy]

Sick.

[Bobby Bones]

You're reacting.

[Corey Kent]

I'm not reacting but I mean that would be nodded. I'm listening.

[Bobby Bones]

I also put on like a Stoney Larue or some. Oh, it could be really anyone because he's a Texas guy. Yeah, yeah. You know, we all lived in Texas for a long time. So I'm thinking about like who are the people that we.

[Mike]

And those guys have been doing it for a bit.

[Amy]

I feel like with Willie though, I just. This is just my first thought when you said that. I don't think he would suggest anything. Like you know, he said they were going back and forth as peers.

[Lunchbox]

Oh really?

[Bobby Bones]

That's a great point.

[Amy]

He's like, hey Willie, why don't we go ahead and try to take that down? Like he'd probably just sit back.

[Bobby Bones]

Willie, say it like this.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, sing it like this.

[Mike]

A little less.

[Amy]

That's probably off the table.

[Bobby Bones]

How did the CO Wetzel song come together then?

[Corey Kent]

Oh man, this is a. This is a fun 1. So CO and I had been kind of playing quite a few shows together just getting build on the same things. You know, a lot of kind of musical fan overlap and so got to spend some good time together. Hung out in Denver one night and I just realized how much cooler CO was than me because he was hanging out with like Justin Gaethje and all these like top tier UFC fight. I'm such a huge UFC fan but we were just hanging out and just that relationship naturally developed and I've been a fan of how CO has built his career for a long time. He's been, you know, kind of outside of the mainstream for a bit, but just. Just built this, this huge fandom. Like, he is a lot of people, especially in Texas and in that. That area of the world, he's a lot of people's favorite country artist. And anyway, so I've respected him for a long time, looked up to him in a lot of ways. And anyway, I wrote this song, Rocky Mountain Low, and one of my favorite things about country music is like, I think the challenge of being a good narrator, like, I know a good example is like, I know Garth Brooks didn't get shot by his ex wife, but I love hearing him sing Thunder rolls. You know what I mean? Like, George Strait is masterful storyteller. And you know, I even think like, Hardy waiting the truck. Like, I know he's not in prison, but damn, I believe the song. It's just so good. Like, some people can tell stories so well. So this song felt like a really cool challenge to like, can I tell this story well, but got to the second verse and wrote it. And the day that we wrote it with, you know, three of my buddies, I was like, man, this just feels like. This almost feels like co wrote this verse. And so I texted him the song. And to get a duet across the finish line is like impossible. I mean, there's just. Especially if you guys are both on labels and you got, you know, management and just so many people schedules.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Corey Kent]

So I sent the song to code and he was like, dude, I am in. Like, this is a song. And I was like, what if we just do it and don't tell anybody? And so that's exactly what we did. We booked a studio out in Cisco, Texas and booked the film crew and we went out there and we cut the song and we turned it in. And I said, hey, I want this to be the first thing off the new record. I think this is the. This is the perfect thing to kind of set the tone for the next chapter of. Of country music in my career. And you know, three days later, it shipped to radio. Like, to my, my team's credit, they. One, they didn't. They didn't get in the way of that. They were really fully behind it. But two is like, you know, in today's world, everything is very data heavy. It's like, oh, the song's got a. It's got to stream X amount for X amount of time and then it'll go to radio if it hits all these benchmarks. And. And we were just like, man, we really? Co and I both really believe people are gonna dig this song. Like, our fans are gonna like this and we should just follow that and like, forget the data. Like, we still, there's still a place for like, taste making in country music. Like, I tell this dumb story about like getting my, my son to try steak for the first time. He's like, well, it's not a cheeseburger. I'm like, just close your eyes and try this. You don't know you're going to love this, but you don't know it yet. And you know, he takes his first bite. He's like, this is amazing. You know, and I still feel like that is, that is a responsibility of artists. But I think we kind of lose the forest for the, for the trees sometimes. And we, we want to know without a doubt that a song is going to work. But the beauty of this was like, we followed our gut, we followed our intuition and we put the song out. And it's been the fastest, fastest climbing radio single we've ever had. And just like a really, a really cool and different texture to. In the country music landscape. There's just been a fun, fun thing. But yeah, kind of took a page out of Coe's book and we just did whatever the hell we wanted to do.

[Bobby Bones]

That's definitely a page out of Co's book. Yeah, that's the page. That's the book he wrote. Yeah. Just does whatever he wants, whatever. And I respect him for it.

[Corey Kent]

Me too, man. I mean, that's kind of like what we were talking about earlier. Just the way that he's gone about his business is like silence the noise, follow your gut. And, and it's worked out pretty well for him.

[Bobby Bones]

So, new album you just announced. Heartland rock and roll. Is there a date on when you're putting it out?

[Corey Kent]

I think there is.

[Bobby Bones]

Or like an error, I guess. Month or something.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah. September. I know it's September. I think that they put a specific date on there.

[Bobby Bones]

How many songs?

[Corey Kent]

15.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you have more than that. And you had to like cut it down to 15?

[Corey Kent]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

That hard.

[Corey Kent]

It is tough, man. Especially in an era where people are putting out 35 song records.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Corey Kent]

But, you know, I, I got to be realistic about where I am in my career. I don't think people have the. I don't have the attention span to listen to 35 songs from anybody. So I just like.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Corey Kent]

I think 15 is a good, a good number. I, I have only really put out like 10, 11, 12 song records. That's kind of been my formula of just on to the next. But this one, man, to be honest with you, I've obviously been proud of any record that I've put out because, like, you work hard on them and you believe in the songs. But I feel like when I think of Stapleton, I think of the Traveler record. When I think of Eric Church, I think of the Chief record. When I think of Kings of Leon, I think about Come Around Sundown. Like, there's just certain records that I just, you know, John Mayer, I think of Continuum. There's just certain records that are just catalyst in these people's careers. But it's just what I think about when I think about that artist. And I've never really felt like I had that. And I think really for the first time ever, I'm like, man, this might be the record that when people think about my name, they're going to think about this record. And that's an exciting place to be. And. And so I just didn't want. I finally got some time, you know, we have to put out music so fast. I think faster than ever. Finally just was like, stop rushing. Like, trust the process. Let's just make the best record we can possibly make. And when it's done, it's done. And if it's not done, then we don't put it out yet. And it just, it. It took a little bit of time, but kind of putting the finishing touches on it just really last week. It feels special. And we're, you know, three singles in and Rocky Mountain Lows doing its thing. And the top 10 at radio and Empty Words is going. We're going to have two songs on the radio at the same time, which is crazy. Like, never really dreamed that that was a possibility. So so far people are really resonating with the new stuff and it feels like we. We might be onto something special.

[Bobby Bones]

We're going to play Empty Words. I don't know, give me a little story, a little anecdote about this one.

[Corey Kent]

This is a deep cut that I never thought anybody would care about, that people really, really connected with. I thought it was gonna be a song that I loved, that nobody cared about because that's usually how it goes. My favorite songs are. I mean, I think a lot of artists feel that way, but this song is. Is. It just doesn't sound like anything else. You know, it's. It's got a lot of. It's a lot of soulful influence in. In this. And we, we made this song created like every aspect of it in the third floor of Combustion. Just me and my. One of my best friends, Austin Goodloe, who's producing this record. And a lot of times you take the, the what you create in that moment and then you're like, let's go to the studio and then let's add all these A list players and let's see if we can make it better. This particular song, we were like, sometimes it's just, it just is perfect when you, when you originally create it. And so we, we took what we originally created, we didn't mess with it and we just put it out and it's been, it's been a really awesome thing to see. I mean we played, we knew it was gonna be special. We played this, this show in Sacramento. We just picked up a random show and it was a, it was a little club and it was a sold out crowd. And they sang this song like every word as loud as they sing Wild as her or the stuff that's been on the radio. And so just feels like it feels like they've taken ownership of this song and now it's going to be, it's going to be on the radio.

[Bobby Bones]

We're going to play it also. Guys, go watch Corey. If you go to Corey Kent official, all the dates are up. You got a lot of shows all the way to the end of the year. So great live performer. I think people know you mostly as that like if they say, hey, what's Corey good at? The first thing they say is he's great live.

[Corey Kent]

And so.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Do you not know? They say that they should tell you that then because mostly like people that like you and have like worked with you.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, I mean, I, you know what? Living in Texas, it is really kind of tough to know what people think of you. I, I don't hear like, I'm not seeking that out. I'm not trying to figure out what do people think of me all the time. But I'm also just like one layer removed from. I actually do ask my manager, I'm like, you know, are we doing, are we doing good? I just don't know. Like, I feel like we're doing good, but I also just, I'm not here. Like I'm not, I'm not like immersed in it 247 like I used to be.

[Bobby Bones]

And so behind your back people say, man, that dude's great live.

[Corey Kent]

Right on. Yeah, that's, that's like, that's the highest compliment to me because I, you know, I think a lot of people would write songs Even if they didn't perform live, to me, I'm like, if I could record and write, but I couldn't play live, I just would do something else. Like, live music. Even from that night with Willie Nelson, like, that is why. That is why I got into this. Like, live music is what I love. So that's. That's reassuring. That's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

We're gonna play Empty Words. I'm a big fan. Corey, good to see you, man.

[Corey Kent]

Dude, good to see you too. Thanks for having me. Everybody good?

[Amy]

Yep.

[Mike]

Yeah, man.

[Bobby Bones]

You guys had enough?

[Corey Kent]

You guys were so quiet.

[Amy]

I was like, storyteller.

[Corey Kent]

Am I talking too much? Like, I didn't hear anything?

[Bobby Bones]

Trust me, if it wasn't good, we'd have been doing bits in between.

[Corey Kent]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

We'd have been like, amy, how do you feel about his hat? We'll just look for stuff on during bad.

[Amy]

Guess.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, when you're killing it, dude, you're on your box.

[Amy]

I'd be like, what kind of cologne do you wear? Because you smell really good.

[Bobby Bones]

That's when you know interviews are going bad. Yeah, yeah.

[Amy]

No, but really, he does.

[Bobby Bones]

He smells good.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

He hugged you.

[Amy]

Well, maybe that's why I still smell it.

[Corey Kent]

I don't know. It's like the. I'm going to mess this up. My freaking rednecks about the show. It's like la.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but I.

[Corey Kent]

But it's not like the one that everybody. No, it's not that.

[Amy]

It's one of them. It's a new scent to me, but I like it.

[Bobby Bones]

Lavo Horse Doll is what it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's at a North Street.

[Corey Kent]

I'm always so impressed by people who can, like, smell something and be like, that's this. I'm like, I, I, I don't possess that. That, like, dark magic that people can do.

[Bobby Bones]

Cory, I gotta play your song, dude.

[Corey Kent]

Keep showing.

[Bobby Bones]

I gotta play Empty Words. All right. It's Cory Kent, new song, Empty Words album comes out in September.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Ish. There he is. Corey, Ken, everybody. Great job.

[Corey Kent]

Thank you, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, voicemails. Let's go.

[Listener Caller]

I just had a question about Bobby. As a new father, he keeps the studio so cold that they all complain about it. And I think he says that they sleep at home with the temperature way down. So I just wondered if the baby is having to accommodate for that or are they keeping the house warmer now that the baby is there? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, we only keep the bedroom cold at night when we sleep but also the baby in the bedroom.

[Corey Kent]

It's. It's.

[Bobby Bones]

Where's a swaddle? And that's warm. And also my wife does dictate the temperature a little more. But the house isn't freezing throughout the day because I don't like it cold. Just generally speaking, I like it cold when I sleep and when I perform.

[Amy]

And when you're working.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Performing.

[Amy]

Oh, this is what we're doing here right now. Performing.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Gotta think quick.

[Corey Kent]

Gotta act quick.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So I do feel more in the house, though, especially in the bedroom. It does get a little hot for me sometimes. And it's because my wife is really thinking about the baby, because I don't think I would. I think I'll just keep it cold

[Mike]

when she was pregnant, though.

[Bobby Bones]

I bet.

[Mike]

I bet you guys kept it cold, huh?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we kept it cold because she was hot.

[Mike]

It's probably hot.

[Bobby Bones]

Which I liked because before she was pregnant, it was. It's always so cold in here. And then it became normal, and now it's getting a little back to normal. I haven't thought about that, though. All right, next one.

[Listener Caller]

I moved to a completely new state. I moved to Hawaii. I just want to say thank you guys for posting podcasts. It's unfortunately the only way I'm allowed to listen to it around here because we don't have it on the radio. So just want to say thank you so much for posting. It helped me out through a lot and love the show and shout out Hawaii.

[Corey Kent]

Shout out.

[Bobby Bones]

There is iheartradio that you can listen. If you wanted to hear us live, just go to the iHeart Country Channel. But I'd rather you listen on podcast, honestly. And yeah, we're not on every broadcast. Tower. I don't know. I don't even know what you call that.

[Amy]

FM dial radio.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, we're not in every city, but we're not in every state on every broadcast tower. It's a tower, right?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Frequency. Well, we're not ever frequency even on the cities that we're in.

[Mike]

No, that would be all the stations.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but. Yeah, we're just not in some places. But.

[Amy]

But aloha.

[Mike]

But how cool.

[Bobby Bones]

As many people listen on podcast as listen on the radio. So we appreciate that. I don't want to live in Hawaii, man.

[Mike]

The fact that he just up and like, you know, I just moved Hawaii.

[Bobby Bones]

It's just.

[Corey Kent]

I.

[Bobby Bones]

It's. It's cool. It's just so disconnected.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Also, I also don't live in Seattle for that same reason. So. It's not even a Hawaii thing.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't want to live in California for that reason. Time zones. I like to be in the middle, just, like, in the mix.

[Mike]

The vibe in Hawaii is so cool. Like, I love it. But you're right. Like, you're still, what, a thousand miles away from nowhere. Nowhere. Like, you're literally in the middle of the ocean.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And way different time zone. Yeah, go. Next one.

[Listener Caller]

I just want to shout out Amy because, I don't know, she's just had, like, major growth. She just seems so good, like, confident, and I just love the way she speaks and she handles things. She's really come a long way, and I don't. I know that sounds funny or weird or, like, maybe negative, but I've just seen a lot of growth in her, and I just wanted to shout her out, cheer on. She's doing good. And. Yeah. Have a good one.

[Amy]

Thank you. Pause, pause.

[Mike]

Are you kind of rolling your eyes a little?

[Amy]

Pause, pause, pause, pause. No, I'm. You're. Well, I'm locking me. You into my brain. When you receive a compliment, I'm just gonna say thank you. Pause, pause, pause.

[Bobby Bones]

Because internally.

[Amy]

Because I mean, thank you, and I'm. I. I have other things I would say, like, oh, I hate the way I talk, but that's what the pause, pause, pause is for. Just receive the compliment.

[Bobby Bones]

I would say, you're now the new American sweetheart.

[Amy]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

Why'd you grab the microphone and rip it to the chair like that? What's wrong with you?

[Amy]

She just complimented me on how my demeanor, your growth. I don't know why I just did that because I'm nervous and I'm trying to deflect because I'm like, what? This just feels awkward.

[Bobby Bones]

Why a lot of people are saying it.

[Amy]

Okay, fine.

[Bobby Bones]

I. I am saying it. I said it before she said it. Everybody's saying it. You're America's sweetheart.

[Amy]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

You're welcome. There you go. All right, next one.

[Listener Caller]

Hey, my name is Aaron from.

[Corey Kent]

From California.

[Listener Caller]

I was calling to give Eddie some hope.

[Bobby Bones]

I had my testosterone check back in

[Listener Caller]

2024, and it was 394 and got it checked recently. Haven't done anything different.

[Corey Kent]

I'm two years older than.

[Bobby Bones]

And it's 5:13, so just keep on keeping on. Keep on keeping on doing nothing different.

[Amy]

Yeah, no.

[Mike]

The more people I've talked to about this on the streets, so many people are dealing with this. Like, so many people are like, yeah, dude, I have low T2. Like, my numbers are in the 200. My numbers in the 150. Like, oh, yeah, you could be the

[Bobby Bones]

guy that feels better because it's not just about a number. You could be the guy that feels better by being proactive about the things you can fix and say, I did this, I feel better. Anyone else struggling with this? Here are the things that you can do, but you don't want to do that.

[Mike]

Here's the thing though, and I'm not even saying that this is the reason, but last week my kids weren't here. They were out of town for four days. I was not tired. I. I don't know if it's them or the tea or the responsibilities of just being a parent of the non stop thing.

[Amy]

So no part of you during this week, they were gone, Felt fatigued and lethargic?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Mike]

And I don't.

[Amy]

Because you think, yeah, the low T would give you that. No matter kids or not.

[Bobby Bones]

Unless. And that's what his T is, low, which allows him to become more tired quicker when his kids are here because

[Mike]

they require a lot of me.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So someone with a higher testosterone may not get as exhausted from the same amount of effort that you're putting in. Okay. So it could be affecting it for sure.

[Mike]

Okay, I see that.

[Amy]

So think of how you feel now. If you got the pellet, you might feel now like you do even with your kids.

[Mike]

I've changed my diet. Like, my diet's changed. I'm working on that.

[Amy]

Define changed.

[Bobby Bones]

Be honest.

[Mike]

Yeah, being honest. Taking out the, taking out all the processed stuff.

[Amy]

Like you haven't eaten anything processed. Were you just eating a bar?

[Mike]

Yeah. Is that processed? Yes, I think it had like four ingredients.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so for you, how is a

[Mike]

bar process when it's like got four ingredients?

[Amy]

What are the ingredients? What kind of bar is it?

[Mike]

It's a Lara bar.

[Amy]

Oh, well, those aren't shout out. Okay.

[Mike]

And then fruit and fruit. And then like all my cold cuts. Because usually I'd love going home and making a sandwich. Not doing that.

[Bobby Bones]

Cold cuts.

[Amy]

Did you say cold cut?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that one.

[Mike]

Yeah, I said I'm not doing that.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, good.

[Mike]

Like I got all that out of my fridge. I'm not doing cold cuts. I grilled my own chicken, ate lettuce.

[Amy]

Like, oh, okay, that's good.

[Mike]

That's what I'm doing. So I'm gonna, I'm working on it. But I thought it was crazy though that, like, you know, my, my. I wasn't tired last week.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, again, I think those two things can factor into each other, but it doesn't have to be the only factor.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You could have more energy by putting out the same amount of effort, which is making you tired, if that makes sense. Sense.

[Mike]

It does make sense. I'm going to keep on keeping on, though. I like that call.

[Amy]

So, Laura, bars, to be specific, are minimally processed.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, no, they're just prost.

[Amy]

I mean, it is made from whole foods, though. So that's. But like, it's min Press.

[Mike]

Like the gynecologist, she said ultra processed foods.

[Amy]

Right, right, right. And there's mine.

[Mike]

I don't know the difference.

[Amy]

So you're good. Ultra would be probably like a chip for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

Limit your nerds.

[Amy]

Nerds, Doritos, tw, All the good stuff that we love.

[Bobby Bones]

Give me another one.

[Listener Caller]

I heard the mailbag where the person was bringing their dog to work and they couldn't do anything about it. So real, real question, Bobby, what would you do if Lunchbox, Amy, Mike, or Eddie had a certificate and a dog that came in the studio embarked all the time? HR says, okay, you can't do anything. But how would that work in the studio?

[Bobby Bones]

If they medically needed the dog, there's nothing that I could do or say to keep them from bringing the dog. I'd have to understand the rule. But I would also, if there was something that was making a noise and inhibiting us from doing the show as we do it, I would have to put them in a different room.

[Amy]

Right. But the dog barking would still. Even if they're in a different room, a dog barking would go through the mics, which is disruptive, except I would

[Bobby Bones]

just turn them up when I talk to them, turn them back down. And then if it did continue to bark.

[Amy]

They're gonna get fired.

[Bobby Bones]

I would just find another reason.

[Amy]

It's not gonna work.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I'd paper trail them for a different reason.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes. We'll find another way to get rid of it.

[Amy]

I can already tell that one's not gonna work. I used to work from my house in North Carolina when my husband at the time was stationed there. And I would do the show and I would. Bobby and Lunchbox were in Austin and I would pipe in, but I lived by a train and my dog would be in the room. And sometimes the train would go by and they would have to turn me down or my dog would bark and I'd be like, shut up. You're gonna get me in trouble.

[Bobby Bones]

Different time, though.

[Amy]

Those were the days.

[Bobby Bones]

Those were the days. Different time. We were just lucky. We felt like we could connect we were like, one of the first shows to ever do that, like, put somebody in a different place and try to do the show.

[Amy]

It was crazy. But we didn't address it, but. So sometimes we didn't talk about how I wasn't there. I mean, some listeners knew if they were really loyal, but we didn't address it. And sometimes it'd be like. Or whatever a train sounds like. Or like we would just hope that

[Bobby Bones]

listeners thought there was a train behind

[Mike]

them and not think twice about it.

[Amy]

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So tonight is the Folds of Honor softball game, I believe. And I did see the lineups for both teams pop up on my Instagram. There was one notable omission.

[Mike]

Lunchbox, he's playing.

[Bobby Bones]

No omission.

[Lunchbox]

Any omission means you left out.

[Mike]

Honestly, guys, I had no idea.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, okay.

[Mike]

And I assumed it meant, like, entry.

[Amy]

Do you know what omit means?

[Mike]

Yeah, get rid of.

[Bobby Bones]

To leave it out.

[Mike]

Yeah, got it.

[Amy]

Omit.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So lunchbox, you are not playing. I'm assuming it wasn't a last minute call.

[Lunchbox]

It was not a last minute call. You know, usually they like to be funny and call me at the last minute. Hey, we need you to fill in. Come play. You know, we were just messing with you, making you think you weren't gonna play. And I guess they've officially moved on from me as a player in the Folds of Honor softball game. Even though I was there from the beginning, the last five, six years, I helped get it off the ground. I built it to what up what it was. And now they just kind of toss me out with the trash and said, thanks, but no thanks. And no email came in, no phone call. And with the game being tonight, I do believe I am officially no longer a Folds of Honor softball player.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you feel, though, that it's because every single year you come on the show and complain about them?

[Lunchbox]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

And probably they're like, why do we keep inviting this guy back? Every single time that he comes, he complains about something.

[Lunchbox]

That's a good question. I never thought of it that way. I thought it was, like, good for them for me to talk about them. Because you know what they always say, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

[Bobby Bones]

They don't say that.

[Amy]

They in general just cite like.

[Bobby Bones]

But also, I don't even know if that's said anymore because there is bad public publicity.

[Lunchbox]

So, yes, I am. Yeah. I don't know what the reason is. Maybe they could email me and tell me why. I'm not sure. But they definitely didn't select me to play. They did not select me. They. Yeah, man. It's just weird, you know? Like, I, I. I went from when there was, like, you know, 200 people in the stands to being sold out, and now it's like, oh, now that you got us here, thanks.

[Mike]

But he acts like he's the chair

[Bobby Bones]

of the board, like, and he's not the one that got them there. They're always famous, actual famous people to play.

[Mike]

Right?

[Bobby Bones]

It's just gotten bigger every year. Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And I've been there every year, and now they don't need me.

[Mike]

Are you doing anything else with them or, like.

[Lunchbox]

No, I'm not announcing. No, no, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

They asked him to do that one year, and he threw a fit, right?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. I was like, no, I want to play. They're like, no, no. How about you interview people in between innings and get the crowd hyped? I'm like, no, I'm good. I'd rather play.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that when you didn't get a jersey?

[Lunchbox]

No, that was a different year. I didn't get a jersey. I showed up, and there was no setup for me. They're like, oh, we should probably get you a jersey. And then, you know what they did to me one year is they give us gloves. So the next year, I was like, oh, man, I don't need to bring a glove. And they didn't give us gloves that year, so I had no glove.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, that's on you. You can't expect the same gift every year.

[Lunchbox]

I was awkward. So then I'm like, hey, anybody got a glove I can borrow?

[Bobby Bones]

He's not playing. In case you guys were gonna go and you're.

[Lunchbox]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

You're gonna see him there and be like, surprise.

[Lunchbox]

I won't be. I won't be MVP this year.

[Bobby Bones]

Have you ever been mvp?

[Lunchbox]

No, but I think this year was my year.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Listener Caller]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie found a tick on his body.

[Corey Kent]

No, I did.

[Amy]

How long do you think it had been there?

[Mike]

Not long, because I found it after I was playing golf, and I was in the shower, and it was on my washcloth, so it wasn't even stuck on my body.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Mike]

But, like, so I would say three hours, four hours.

[Amy]

Did ticks leave any part of their body in you.

[Bobby Bones]

The head, right? Sometimes.

[Amy]

So did it have a head?

[Mike]

It had a head, and it was still alive, and I froze it because I've heard you guys talk about, I don't know, somebody in the past.

[Bobby Bones]

You and Morgan sent one in too, right?

[Amy]

I think so.

[Eddie]

So, yeah, I did.

[Mike]

I need your help. Like, what's.

[Amy]

But it didn't. If it's not in you, I think you're fine.

[Mike]

But it was on me at some point. I brought it from the golf course.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Mail it in.

[Mike]

So. So do I just go online and be like, mail in.

[Corey Kent]

Tick.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan probably knows where you can mail it.

[Eddie]

Yes, I have the address for you, Eddie. But also, just for your information, I learned when I was going to send it in, it has to be on you for, like, stuck inside of you, not just, like, crawling on you. Stuck inside of you for it to actually transmit a disease for over 24 hours. So if you pulled it off within the time frame, then you're probably.

[Amy]

I think you're fine because it costs money. You're going to have to pay. It was like, I feel like I paid over $100.

[Mike]

Oh, I'm good.

[Eddie]

Then.

[Mike]

I'm.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you're safe. Yeah. Worried about it.

[Listener Caller]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You're only worried about it to. How much do you think?

[Mike]

$25.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. Okay.

[Mike]

And they pay for postage.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, did your neighbor put in a pool?

[Mike]

Yes. Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Above ground.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's an above ground pool. And, like, it's pretty awesome. And she said, like, quote, she said, anytime you guys want to use it, you're more than welcome to. It's summertime. So I'm thinking, like, how serious was she? Like, because my boys will go every day.

[Bobby Bones]

I would think every day is not

[Mike]

what she meant, but she said anytime you guys wanted to use that.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, let me do parentheses. Anytime you want to use it, parentheses, hey, give me a call. And if we're around, we. And we'd love for you to use it.

[Mike]

But she didn't say that.

[Amy]

But they don't need to be around. It's actually probably better if they're not around.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm gonna say, you don't want anyone swimming in your pool when you're not there, because that's a lawsuit. You're begging for a lawsuit. If somebody drowns, dies, gets hurt, have them sign something.

[Corey Kent]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm just saying.

[Mike]

But it's not me. I don't have the pool. She's the one that has the pool, and she never said any of that stuff.

[Amy]

I know, but you could say, just to be protective, I'll sign this.

[Mike]

I'd be proactive.

[Amy]

You're like, just to get ahead of it. Just so you know, I'm not gonna sue you as long as you can use your pool.

[Mike]

I wouldn't let them go by themselves. I Would go, well, yeah, lay out and stuff and just hang out, take a couple beers.

[Amy]

I mean, honestly, now that it's getting hot and it is summer and I've been where we had a pool and then two years ago we moved. And so now this is our coming up on our one, two, third summer without it. And it is a game changer when you have a pool with kids. It's a game changer. Like, I miss it. I'm already like, should I just put a pool in here? But then winter comes and you're like, oh, a pool's such a headache. And like the ice storm, all the money you had to spend. Cause you're a pool bobby. Like, it's just, it's such a headache. But pools are clutch for kids in the summer. No, I used to. And Stevenson already has been like, I miss our pool. And I'm like, sorry, buddy, we moved. Why? You know, and that was almost. That was 20, 24 when we moved. So you've had time to get over it. And one of our neighbors has one that, that he just became friends with. So it's great.

[Bobby Bones]

I would think she means you can use it anytime. If you call and say, hey, do you care if we use your pool? They're going to say, yes. I don't think you can just go over and get in their pool.

[Mike]

Okay, but if I called every day.

[Amy]

Well, that's.

[Mike]

Is there, is there overkill?

[Amy]

I guess calling every day is overkill.

[Mike]

Okay. Because it's summer. There's something to do every day they don't go to school.

[Bobby Bones]

I would say you could probably reach out like twice a week and ask, but asking is weird. Or you see that the kids in over there and you're like, hey, saw that Toby's in.

[Mike]

No, she's single.

[Amy]

She's single and you're going to go over to her pool.

[Bobby Bones]

She's single and she put in an above ground pool. Yeah, usually you do that for kids or property and above ground doesn't really raise.

[Mike]

Sorry, I'm older. Older kids that are out of the house.

[Amy]

Oh, interesting.

[Bobby Bones]

And maybe.

[Mike]

Oh, maybe they're in for the.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe she's trying to get with you.

[Amy]

She's like, this will get up.

[Bobby Bones]

Just you.

[Corey Kent]

Yeah, that's my wife.

[Bobby Bones]

Exactly.

[Amy]

I mean water, water is clutch in the summer.

[Mike]

It really is. But like when someone, like I've been in the situation before, like someone was like, hey man, I have a, I have a mountain house. You know, like a cabin in the mountains. Anytime you want to use it.

[Bobby Bones]

That's doesn't really mean anytime, dude.

[Corey Kent]

I'm like, wow, because you're not going to.

[Amy]

But a mountain house, you're not going to go every day to where it's annoying.

[Mike]

But do they really mean it when they say that?

[Bobby Bones]

I think they mean if you reach out to them and say, hey, is it cool if we use your mountain house? We're going to go up there. Like, we what? Like what's the availability of it? I think then you negotiate it. Okay, negotiate's a weird word, but I'd say, yeah, it's a dance. But no. Anytime.

[Mike]

No, because I've just heard so many people like, hey, I have this anytime.

[Bobby Bones]

I think it's boat.

[Mike]

Anytime you want.

[Bobby Bones]

I think it's anytime you want to use it, hit us up and ask.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I think that's what that means. Anytime you want to use it, let us know. So you let me know anytime you want to use it and then we'll figure out the time that you actually can use it when it is best for us and you.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Wouldn't you feel like that's the appropriate. Yeah, I think if you just show up and you're in your shorts back there swimming and you don't give them a heads up.

[Mike]

That's just me.

[Bobby Bones]

Not too much. Yeah. All right, that's it. Thank you guys for listening. We will see you guys tomorrow. Really appreciate everybody. And again, thanks to Corey Kent who you just heard from super cool. Love that guy. Check out his new music and that's it. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye, everybody. Quick question for all the parents listening. How many of you feel a little guilty every time you you hand your kid a screen? It's basically parenting reflex at this point. You know what if there was an app for kids that has zero ads, zero weird stuff and is made specifically for young kids? Good news. There is. It's called Lingokids. Lingokids has over 4000 interactive games, songs, shows. It's safe, it's ad free and genuinely fun. It's entertainment that parents can actually feel good about and kids absolutely love it. It's the perfect combo. Download Lingokids for free and see for yourself or go plus with a Lingokids subscription and unlock even more content. Choose the yearly plan and save up to 60%. Search LingoKids wherever you get your apps. LingoKids everything kids love. Hey listeners, Alev has a question for you. Do you remember what it felt like when body pain did not take over your day? You would twist a lid, type a text or bend your elbow without even thinking about it. Well, that feeling didn't go anywhere thanks to Aleve. With just one dose, Aleve targets pain at the source of inflammation for up to 12 hours of body pain relief. Because when your pain fades, something else comes back. You feel the relief feel Aleve use as directed for minor aches and pains. While the world watches the stars at the FIFA World Cup, Hyundai has its eyes on the next generation of talent. The future stars who are already turning heads at age 14. Because next doesn't wait for an invitation. And Hyundai doesn't either. Hyundai has always moved the future within reach. Hyundai did it by making advanced safety standard on every vehicle and by engineering EVs with ultra fast charging capability. And Hyundai continues doing it every day because the future isn't some far off concept. It's already here. Next starts now. Hyundai, an official partner of FIFA.

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