WEDS PT 1: What Singers Made Us Fall In Love With Country Music? + Company Sounds Game!

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show: What Singers Made Us Fall In Love With Country Music? + Company Sounds Game!

Release Date: February 19, 2025
Host: Bobby Bones
Episode: WEDS PT 1

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1. Opening Banter and Snow-Related Stories (02:17 – 07:46)

The episode kicks off with Bobby Bones and his co-hosts Amy, Eddie, Lunchbox, and Morgan sharing their experiences navigating a recent snowstorm. Bobby humorously recounts the challenges of feeding his pets, stating at [02:36], "I couldn't feed Stanley this morning. I did feed Eller. Stanley has a sonogram today." This light-hearted exchange sets a relatable tone as they discuss the impacts of snow on their daily routines.

Eddie expresses his nervousness about driving in the snow, particularly when crossing a small bridge: "[04:15] I was just more nervous, like, getting out. There's, like, a little teeny, tiny bridge past my neighborhood that I'm like, okay, this is the true test." Lunchbox reassures him, sharing her own calm experience: "[04:16] Yeah, fine."

Morgan opens up about managing vertigo amidst the snowy conditions: "[05:30] I was more concerned about my vertigo mixed with the snow, so I managed." The team collectively reflects on their vehicles' capabilities and personal anxieties, fostering a sense of camaraderie and mutual support.

2. Company Sounds Game (26:15 – 32:33)

Transitioning into an engaging segment, Bobby introduces the "Company Sounds Game," where participants guess well-known companies based on their iconic sounds or jingles. The game tests the hosts' ability to identify brands through auditory cues, adding an element of fun competition.

During the game, Lunchbox accurately identifies "Little Caesars" after multiple attempts, celebrating the win: "[27:02] Little Caesars." However, the challenge escalates when the sound associated with "Intel" proves tricky. Amy humorously admits her struggle: "[28:53] IBM." and later clarifies the correct answer: "[29:52] It's Intel."

Bobby adds a humorous twist to the competition, encouraging participation and lighthearted banter: "[32:12] You weren't in a rush." The segment concludes with laughter and friendly teasing, highlighting the hosts' chemistry and playful interactions.

3. What Singers Made Us Fall In Love With Country Music (43:13 – 48:17)

In the heartfelt core of the episode, the hosts delve into personal narratives about the country singers who shaped their love for the genre.

• Lunchbox reminisces about George Strait's influence on his childhood: "[43:30] My earliest memory is my uncle working for him, like, as a kid, and my dad always listening to George Strait." He shares a poignant moment about dancing to "Amarillo by Morning," cementing George Strait's role in his musical journey: "[43:39] My earliest memory is my dad and me finding out my uncle worked with George Strait."

• Amy reflects on her grandmother's introduction to country music, highlighting Johnny Cash and Ray Charles: "[44:17] My grandma had a Johnny Cash gospel album and an Andy Griffiths gospel album." She fondly recalls the emotional impact of "Don't Take the Girl," describing it as "the craziest song I've ever heard" and how it deepened her connection to the music ([44:36]).

• Eddie passionately discusses his dedication to Garth Brooks: "[45:40] I was in the fan club and I remember asking my parents for the Garth Brooks world tour jacket." He emphasizes Brooks' electrifying performances, such as breaking guitars and singing "Thunder Rolls" on national television: "[46:54] Here was this cowboy, breaking guitars, fire behind him, and rain coming down as he sang Thunder Rolls."

• Morgan shares her father's love for Reba McEntire, which inspired her own appreciation for country music: "[47:27] My dad introduced me to Reba McEntire. Our dog was named Reba." She also credits Shania Twain as a pivotal artist in her musical upbringing: "[47:34] Shania Twain was the first CD I bought, the first concert I went to."

The segment is rich with personal anecdotes, illustrating how these legendary artists have left an indelible mark on the hosts' lives and careers. Lunchbox adds a nostalgic touch by sharing memories of road trips accompanied by Garth Brooks' "The River": "[47:49] We would road trip from Texas to Alabama to see our grandma, and she played that on repeat."

4. Conclusion of Part 1 (48:17)

As the first half of the episode draws to a close, Bobby reminds listeners that the conversation will continue in the next part: "[48:09] That is the end of the first half of the podcast. You can wait till podcast two comes out." The hosts bid farewell with a promise of more engaging discussions and personal stories to come.

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Notable Quotes

• Bobby Bones [04:03]: "It felt like we still have the top of the plants in the yard."

• Lunchbox [43:30]: "My earliest memory is my uncle working for him, like, as a kid, and my dad always listening to George Strait."

• Eddie [45:40]: "I was in the fan club and I remember asking my parents for the Garth Brooks world tour jacket."

• Amy [44:36]: "Don't Take the Girl is the craziest song I've ever heard."

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This episode of The Bobby Bones Show masterfully blends personal storytelling with interactive games, offering listeners both laughter and heartfelt moments. By sharing their journeys into country music and engaging in friendly competition, Bobby and his co-hosts create an inviting and entertaining atmosphere that resonates with both long-time fans and new listeners alike.

Transcript

[Bobby Bones]

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[Eddie]

Come on, Bobby.

[Amy]

Transmitting.

[Bobby Bones]

This is the Bobby Bo show.

[Amy]

Let's go.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, welcome to Wednesday show morning studio morning. Rough morning at the house and I'll get to the snow in a second. But I couldn't feed Stanley this morning. I did feed Eller. Stanley has a sonogram today.

[Lunchbox]

I don't remember.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's where they put the camera and look inside your guts and stuff. A lot of times they do that for women and babies, but they do it. I had to get one on me one time as well.

[Lunchbox]

Well. But I feel like a sonogram. Isn't that external, or are they going inside?

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, no, it's external.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I had to get one on my knee once. Is that the one?

[Eddie]

They put the jelly on it and they kind of rub the.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. They put jelly on a dog, but they were like, don't feed him, because we got to go into them. So I had to not feed him in front of Eller. He knows he hated me this morning, so that was annoying. But he's got. So I think he just might be me on a different timeline. He's got so many issues. Digestive issues.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Maybe y'all are feeding off of each other in that way.

[Bobby Bones]

Or maybe he's me just in a different line because time isn't really linear.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Maybe you're a dog and he's human.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Multiple things are happening at once.

[Eddie]

Yeah, this totally could happen.

[Lunchbox]

And he's, like, vision issues. Right?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, he's had surgery on his eye. Yeah. His.

[Amy]

Left eye, though. Yeah. So maybe it's.

[Lunchbox]

Sometimes things get mixed up.

[Eddie]

Didn't his ankle hurt, too, or something?

[Bobby Bones]

Not his ankle. He's had both. He's torn both ACLs.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

He's had, like, 11 surgeries. I haven't had that many. But we're here. We had a snowstorm. We had a light snowing last night, so it wasn't anything compared to the one that we had about a month ago. So it felt like. Woke up, I could still see the top of the plants in the yard, and I was like.

[Amy]

I could see, like, some green.

[Bobby Bones]

I was like, ah, this one's not that bad.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So we're all here. I posted on my Instagram story, you can see kind of outside. How was your drive in?

[Lunchbox]

It was good.

[Bobby Bones]

Fine.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, fine.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

I was just more nervous, like, getting out. There's, like, a little teeny, tiny bridge past my neighborhood that I'm like, okay, this is the true test. I don't know that they put anything down over that. Bridges just freaked me out. But other than that, felt like it was pretty easy. And I'm like, I'm a nervous wreck driving in this stuff. And it wasn't. It didn't freak me out.

[Bobby Bones]

I sent a note, too. I was like, hey, if anybody doesn't feel safe they don't have to come in, like, stay home talking to Abby. Abby, could you drive a car? You have a couple cars, right?

[Abby]

Yeah, well, I was driving my suv.

[Amy]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, so you have an SUV and a car?

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Nice. You still have both of them?

[Abby]

Yeah, I do, but I chose to go with the one that would probably be better.

[Bobby Bones]

And why do you have two cars?

[Abby]

Because I wouldn't get much for my old car. And then when my mom comes to town, she drives it, and it's an extra. If I get a flat tire, I can just drive that one.

[Bobby Bones]

Just leave it and go to the next one.

[Abby]

Yeah. No excuses.

[Bobby Bones]

Does your mom come to town enough?

[Abby]

Like, two or three times a year? I would say. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Not that.

[Abby]

I mean, yeah, so not that much.

[Bobby Bones]

You made it sound like she was here every other week or something. Oh, no, I was worried about you because I thought you may be driving your car. How was it?

[Abby]

It was fine. Yeah. It was highway, so they had, like, one lane that everybody was driving in that was clear, so everybody just stayed in that one lane.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan, you have a Jeep. All good?

[Morgan]

Yeah, it was all good. I was more concerned about my vertigo mixed with the snow, so I managed.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan was walking in, like, almost leaning into a wall. Cause I was turning the corner when she was coming in, and I was like, you all right? She was like, I'll manage. Driving in on. I mean, the snow again wasn't bad, but driving at all with even a mild case of vertigo. I don't even know what vertigo is other than what we've talked about. So I don't know how that affects you. But you feel like you're okay?

[Morgan]

Yeah, I mean, I'm managing. Listen, I learned. I got my official diagnosis that I have bppv and this isn't going. So I am gonna have to learn to be able to handle it.

[Bobby Bones]

I text Mike way early. I was like, what's up? Can we come in?

[Amy]

He's like, yeah, roads are fine.

[Bobby Bones]

The weird thing is Scuba has the biggest truck of anyone on the show, right? Like, he has a monster truck. And he's like, I can't drive in. Now, he does live out a little further. But why have a monster truck if you can't drive in snow?

[Eddie]

I feel like he would be the one that would have no problem coming in.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel like with that truck, he's the one that calls everybody and goes, if you can't get out, I will pick you up. It is a monster. It's a jacked up, big wheeled. I don't even know Big blue. Is it a Ford Toyota? Yeah, that's how much I know about trucks. And so he was like, ah, it's pretty rough. Can't come in. And I was like, it probably is rougher where he lives. But also, don't you calendar that with the biggest truck on the planet? And so what I'm thinking is a lot of people say that guys with really big trucks are compensating for something and they make the joke, well, he must have a small penis if he's driving a big truck. I don't think that's the case with Scuba.

[Lunchbox]

It was just a wimp.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I think he's compensating for his bald head.

[Eddie]

No hair. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And he's from Florida, so he's never been around snow. Although we're not snow people either. Yeah, Morgan probably a little more Abby. Ray for sure grew up in Michigan, had snow. But is it kind of funny that Scuba has the biggest truck and is the one that it's like, I can't come in? Amy.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, that is weird. That's why I was thinking he was a wimp. Yeah, like he's got this big truck, but, like, is he scared? Like what?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, we talked to him, but he's not here. And I don't want anybody driving when it's not safe. But I was just thinking, I mean, I drove the Hyundai in no issue at all. And so, yeah, everybody's here, Everybody's good.

[Eddie]

I mean, what does Mike have? You have a car, right?

[Bobby Bones]

I have a Subaru.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

But Subarus, those are outdoor Z cars.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And again, it's not a comparison of everybody's car, big truck. But his thing is I live out in the sticks. I've been to Scuba's house. I mean, it's not that. I mean, it's out there.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Eddie]

I've never been out there where it's.

[Bobby Bones]

They're probably not salting things like crazy.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, that's true.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe even. No, but when you have a truck that big, it doesn't matter.

[Amy]

Like, two lane roads.

[Ray]

He's got some big hills out there.

[Lunchbox]

I saw a truck spun around even.

[Bobby Bones]

When it wasn't salt. And they hit us last time, Eddie's Jeep was like, drove right up. As long as you drive slow, it doesn't matter.

[Eddie]

That's it.

[Bobby Bones]

You have a truck that big. That's why you have a truck that big.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, so I think we figured out he's sort of a wimp or from Florida or does it compensate? Okay. Yes. So he's just nervous.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, But I think you don't get unnervous until you get out in it.

[Lunchbox]

Right?

[Bobby Bones]

Like, you gotta.

[Lunchbox]

Like, you just gotta go.

[Bobby Bones]

You gotta attack it.

[Lunchbox]

That's what I had to do.

[Bobby Bones]

There you go. Amy drives to work whenever her windshield's not even defrosted with just a tiny little hole in it.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, I don't like it, but I did it.

[Bobby Bones]

Not this morning, though.

[Lunchbox]

No, I. No, I have a garage now. That was back when I didn't have a garage.

[Bobby Bones]

Ray, I saw your hotel last night.

[Scuba]

Yeah, it was awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

What the heck?

[Scuba]

It was a penthouse.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you guys see Ray's hotel room on his Instagram story? I thought he was doing a bit. Like he had walked somewhere that really wasn't his hotel because it was like, here's the pool.

[Scuba]

Like, that's what it's all about, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

Like you had your own thing.

[Scuba]

Well, it was a community area that I filmed from.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, it looked like it was the room. But you had a penthouse.

[Scuba]

The room was right there.

[Lunchbox]

Bobby, that's not the room.

[Bobby Bones]

I thought that was the room.

[Eddie]

What is it, the lobby?

[Bobby Bones]

There's a huge pool.

[Lunchbox]

It's the serious part, where there's a pool and a cabana and like a couch.

[Scuba]

I was trying to get that fire pit started.

[Amy]

Well, when Ray's like, I have the.

[Bobby Bones]

Penthouse that looks like a massive penthouse of like you're in Vegas or something. And they put their own little pool up there.

[Lunchbox]

I can't believe what he says. Ollie is. By penthouse he means he's at the top where they have the pool.

[Bobby Bones]

But did you have a penthouse suite?

[Scuba]

No, it was a studio.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my God. I got. See, I got.

[Amy]

Got a studio suite. I got. Got.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

What hotel did you stay in?

[Scuba]

It was this building.

[Eddie]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, so you stayed here?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You can stay here in a hotel, apparently. Amy.

[Lunchbox]

Well, you want me to say.

[Bobby Bones]

Are we saying no, not the name of the building, but how can you stay here?

[Lunchbox]

Oh, because our.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, people can. People know where our building is?

[Lunchbox]

Oh, yeah. So our boss has some places here, I guess.

[Eddie]

What on earth?

[Ray]

Places?

[Lunchbox]

I don't know. Maybe one or two.

[Bobby Bones]

Like the company has them.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Or she, you know. Cause, like, they're back and forth between New York and here and they.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, she just let Ray stay at her place.

[Lunchbox]

Apparently. That's what he said.

[Amy]

See?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's the thing.

[Scuba]

I was trying to figure that out. I don't believe she stays there. I think it's just a generic one for when people Come to town.

[Lunchbox]

I know that's for sure. One that she stays in.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

She doesn't. She's not gonna spend money on a hotel.

[Bobby Bones]

But I would think, though, that the company probably has one as well. Okay, well, I don't know that for sure, but if so, why am I not going to take a nap there sometimes when I'm up here all day?

[Eddie]

Right.

[Lunchbox]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Scuba]

There were books and board games. I was just curious if any of those were hers.

[Bobby Bones]

Wait, you just said there was nothing in there. Were there pictures?

[Scuba]

There was, but maybe it's just generic stuff they have. There was no pictures. There was Nashville type stuff that just anybody could have put up. It's not necessarily. She put it up as a way to make it her own.

[Bobby Bones]

She's here enough.

[Lunchbox]

Like, why. Why don't we all stay there together? Like a slumber party?

[Bobby Bones]

We're not doing that.

[Lunchbox]

It would be fun.

[Eddie]

We all have houses here.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, close enough. Like, if we wanted a slumber party, we just do it anyway. We wouldn't stay here. We just go to somebody's house.

[Lunchbox]

Y'all don't ever want to do anything I suggest?

[Bobby Bones]

No, most of the stuff you suggest is, like, let's all go and spend a bunch of time together outside of the show. And we're like. We spend time together all day.

[Lunchbox]

Team building.

[Eddie]

Can you imagine me telling my wife, like, hey, we're gonna have a slumber party. It's for work.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Eddie]

Me and the girls, lunchbox people.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, fine. We don't even have a slumber party in the studio apartment thingy. But, like, people that work together closely do team building.

[Amy]

Things familiar.

[Bobby Bones]

We've been team built. We've been together for 20 years.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but there's different.

[Bobby Bones]

Foundation has been built. We are good people.

[Lunchbox]

You think continued building is necessary?

[Eddie]

That's true. We should go bullying or something.

[Lunchbox]

Continued education.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm good people.

[Lunchbox]

Continue. Continued care. Continued.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm pretty set.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, we used to go on vacations together. I'm good.

[Lunchbox]

I know, but those were the days. We don't do anything like that anymore.

[Bobby Bones]

Well. Cause now we have families and kids.

[Lunchbox]

So we don't have to leave. Like Eddie said. We just go bowling or something.

[Eddie]

There's a cool mini golf place, like, right down the street.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't want to play mini golf. Regardless. Or bowling. It's too. It's gross.

[Lunchbox]

Somebody I know. I was driving. I don't touch people's stuff out of the building. Yesterday, and I saw somebody that I know and he was walking by and around. I was like, hey, what are you doing over here? He's like, what are you doing? I was like, I work up here. He's like, oh, we have a work thing at Penn's mechanical team building.

[Bobby Bones]

But probably people who don't work together and haven't worked together for a long time that work in a company. Right? Like, we don't go team building with the rest of our company that works here.

[Lunchbox]

I know. I'm just. Just giving an example.

[Eddie]

No, maybe that's it.

[Bobby Bones]

I know. I think she just wants people to hang out with.

[Lunchbox]

No, I think that it just. It could help. But what do I know?

[Eddie]

Like, when I worked for the News, we went hiking. Like, all the hikes. Like, me and, like, five other people and our big boss. We went hiking.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Was that cool?

[Eddie]

Yeah. And then when we got to the top, it was like a little granite rock or something. Is. It's Enchanted rock.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, in Texas.

[Eddie]

Yeah, in Texas. And we sat at the top, and he's like, all right, now that we're up here, let's talk about what we can do for the company. Like, what? Everybody go around, like, a little pow wow up there.

[Lunchbox]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Bobby Bones]

We powwow for five hours a day right here in this room. We powwow hard. And we've powwowed for years. We've been together forever. I'm good. Every once in a while, I'll pill off with somebody one on one. Unless we're gambling. Now, if we go and, like, gamble on mini golf or, like, it's fun, it's content, I'd be in to do that. We've tried that. Eddie gets hurt every time we try.

[Eddie]

To do something like once a year.

[Bobby Bones]

Like Olympics, he got hurt. Remember that? They were going to put together the thing here on the ground.

[Eddie]

No, I'm ready to go.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm ready to go just now. But you got hurt, so we had to postpone it for, like, two months.

[Eddie]

Correct. What else do we have to postpone? We postponed something when I broke my foot. Was it the Olympics?

[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

Now.

[Bobby Bones]

This isn't just a cruise. It is a country music experience at sea. Nightly performances, exclusive interviews, games, contests, dancing, meet and greets, autographs, photos. It's going to be awesome. We're stopping at stunning destinations like St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Martin. All of this brought to you by Signature Cruise Experiences, the Gold Standard and Charter Cruises since 2001. Guests who register for the Friends of Bobby Presale. They're already booking their staterooms. But if you want to join me on the Top Shelf Country Cruise, open bookings begin on February 20th. Go to topshelfcountrycruise.com and learn more topshelfcountrycruise.Com don't miss your chance to make February 2026 unforgettable. Topshelfcountrycruise.com youm've heard me talk about the importance of getting good sleep for years. Well, the Sleep number Smart bed is a big reason why I have loved my Sleep number bed since day one. Their technology continues to get better and better whether impacting your performance at work or your mood in relationship with your significant other. Not getting good sleep impacts every aspect of your life. So let me tell you about this for a second. First of all, my wife and I like different firmnesses, right? Or different firms or however you'd say that now. We also like to sleep at a different temperature. If she wants it a little warmer, if I want it cooler, basically that's what I can do. You know the reason the Sleep Number Smart bed is the number one best bed for couples? Well, it's because you can choose what's right for you, whatever you like. My sleep number setting is a 30. My sleep number score last night was an 87. Why choose a Sleep Number Smart bed? So you can choose your ideal comfort on either side and now save 50% on the new Sleep Number Limited Edition Smart Bed limited time exclusively at a Sleep Number store near you see store or sleepnumber.com bones for details.

[Amy]

All right, to fall asleep in two minutes or less seems pretty impossible. Eddie, what do you have over there?

[Eddie]

So I saw on Instagram this guy named Bud Winter, he wrote a book called Relax and Win, and he promises this works on 95% of the people he does it with, that they will fall asleep in less than two minutes.

[Amy]

I struggle with sleeping, so walk me through what Bud says I need to do.

[Eddie]

Okay. You want the steps? Yeah, Here we go. Step one, relax your face.

[Amy]

Okay. It's so to think about it, to actually. Because that's easy to go. My face is always like, it's probably not. You probably got some tension in there. Okay, go ahead.

[Eddie]

It says, imagine a scanner going across your entire body. Start at the top. Relax every muscle in your face, including your tongue and your cheeks.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Eddie]

You doing all that?

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not going to do it now.

[Amy]

Oh, you're not going to fall asleep.

[Eddie]

The second step, to release the tension in your shoulders, arms, and hands. So I think you're going, like, top to bottom.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Okay. Then slowly relax your chest and your stomach.

[Amy]

This is the whole thing just releasing all the way down to the feet?

[Eddie]

I think so.

[Amy]

And then we'll release your bladder.

[Eddie]

There's a little surprise at the end.

[Amy]

Oh, is that the bladder release?

[Eddie]

Then poop.

[Amy]

What's. What's the surprise?

[Eddie]

Then it says, starting with your right thigh, relaxing your legs, just as you did with your arms. And then your entire body is relieved of all its tension. Now it's time to do the same with your mind. You imagine yourself in a dark, dark room. If you struggle with this, count your breaths in and out, and it says at that point, two minutes, you're gone.

[Amy]

Okay, so that doesn't work for me. I already do the thing where I try to allow every part of my body to go to sleep. This is a tactic I think I learned from, like, a Navy SEAL when I was reading, like, an article that they wrote on how they would try to get sleep really quickly in situations where they didn't get much sleep for multiple days at a time. Time, where it's like, okay, I'm thinking of my toes. Make my toes go to sleep. And I work all the way up. And mostly it's to keep your mind off of why you're not going to sleep. It's just so you're focusing on, one, your body relaxing, but two, you're just focusing on something that isn't keeping your mind running. And then I do lists. Do a lot of lists.

[Lunchbox]

So, like, in your head or.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Okay.

[Amy]

Yeah. Now I can't write it down because if I sit up and start writing.

[Eddie]

Stuff down, you turn a light on.

[Lunchbox]

Well, sometimes they say do like a brain dump before you go to sleep and write it all down. Get it out by your bedside table, and then that way you leave it there.

[Amy]

Yeah, I'd be dumping for days. I don't think it would stop. So I'll do lists of, like, my top 10 razorback running backs of all time. Best Chicago cups you can think of.

[Lunchbox]

10.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Top 10 best.

[Amy]

Yeah. And if I get all the way to 10 and I have to start over, I know I'm not going to sleep anytime soon, but I'll. That's counting sheep. It's just basically counting sheep. That's where that comes from, too. So I would say for people that don't struggle with this, I do. I think my anxiety, whatever that is, comes out at night when I'm trying to sleep because I start to get anxious at first. Am I going to get enough sleep? And then I start to get anxious about me getting anxious about me not getting enough sleep.

[Lunchbox]

And then it's a cycle.

[Amy]

It's a cycle. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Stressful.

[Amy]

But I go all the way up. And then I do lists. And then I still. If I wake up, I wake up in the middle of night every night, 12:30, 1:00. Four nights out of five work nights, I wake up for at least an hour, hour and a half. There's that one night that I can fall back asleep. So I will lay for a minute and just try to like. Like stay. Stay. Eyes closed.

[Lunchbox]

That feels like you're tensing up again.

[Amy]

I know.

[Lunchbox]

Like we just. You relax.

[Bobby Bones]

I know.

[Lunchbox]

At all.

[Amy]

But then I'm like, screw it, I gotta get up now. I gotta go eat cereal. The problem now is I can't drink milk, so I have to use milk. It's terrible.

[Eddie]

Malk.

[Amy]

Whatever.

[Eddie]

You mispronounce that.

[Amy]

No, it's M A. Okay. It's stupid. It doesn't take. And I don't even drink the malk anymore.

[Lunchbox]

So what do you do?

[Amy]

Eat the cereal with it in the bowl. And then I pour the milk out. I don't know, it's too watery. Like it works for cereal, barely. And then I'll go back and I read a little bit of a book. It's an hour and a half every night. And then I don't even remember getting. Falling asleep. Then I just wake up like an hour and a half later and it's time to go to work. That's four nights out of five, man. If I wake up and it's like 3:30 in the morning, it's New Year's Eve, it's prom, it's like, oh my God, this is the greatest thing ever. Like I just got six and a half hours sleep, seven hours sleep. Because mostly it's 12:31 o'clock and I wake up like this.

[Lunchbox]

I know. And you went and did the whole sleep study thing and there's still nothing.

[Amy]

Yeah, it's. It's. It's how anxiety comes out of me, is when I sleep, when everything slows down. Because I did the sleep study and I had the mask and all that. But then when we were going on vacation, my wife got sick. We weren't able to go. I could do nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

We were.

[Amy]

We were at home and she was sick and. And I couldn't work because everybody was gone. I slept like 10 hours a night every night, all the way through because there was nothing for me to even be concerned about. So it's, it's, it's Nero for sure. It's in the old head space here. Eddie, thanks for the news. We already knew though. But we liked it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

It's crazy.

[Amy]

Maybe some people didn't know.

[Eddie]

Right. And it's crazy that you have a hard time doing this, but with Lunchbox, you can fall asleep in like 30 seconds.

[Amy]

He fell asleep during the bit not even trying. He just.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Bones. The anonymous in box. Anonymous in box.

[Bobby Bones]

There's a question to be had. Send it into the.

[Amy]

Hello, Bobby Bones. Last night I went to a self serve frozen yogurt place where I did everything myself. I poured the yogurt, I added toppings.

[Bobby Bones]

I paid at a kiosk.

[Amy]

There was one employee behind the counter who just stared at their phone the whole time. But there was still a big tip jar by the register. When I didn't put anything in it, they gave me the side eye. My initial reaction was to feel guilty, but then it occurred to me they didn't do anything to deserve a tip.

[Bobby Bones]

Now I'm wondering if I was wrong.

[Amy]

For skipping the tip. Signed tip stiffer. I know you're not wrong at all.

[Bobby Bones]

That is a.

[Amy]

If you'd like to. Also, I'd like to say this. You could be interpreting a side eye when it really wasn't even a side eye. You probably had a little guilt regardless if it was right or wrong. Therefore, any movement that she did, and if she was a teenager, she probably was looking at her phone. Anyway, you probably interpreted that as side eye. I can't imagine somebody that wants a tip giving you a mean look when they didn't get one. Because who knows, you may come back and be tipping again. Also, teenagers are idiots. A lot of places to ask for tips. It is not a tip required situation. If you eat at a restaurant and the server is doing their thing, you should tip. If you go to a self serve frozen yogurt place and there's a tip jar and the holy spirit's in you, you want to give a couple bucks, good for you. But there are certain places where they're just putting that there if you're feeling extra generous. And there are certain places where they put a tip jar where I bet their boss doesn't even know they've put a tip jar.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, really?

[Amy]

Oh, of course. Yeah. They just kind of snuck one out there.

[Lunchbox]

They get there and lay it out.

[Amy]

Absolutely. So feel no guilt about this, but I think what's even larger than this is a lot of times we interpret other people's actions as something it's probably not because of a feeling we have ourself. So I bet they didn't side eye ya. And also you didn't have to tiptoe. And the people that cry about tip culture, for the most part are crying about not so much tip culture, but the culture of, hey, if you do have a couple extra bucks, I'd like to take it. Culture, not so much. You have to tip culture.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, you definitely didn't do anything wrong.

[Amy]

Release this and release the idea that we're looking at you side eye. Yeah, I do that all the time where I think people are acting a certain way and really they're not even thinking about me. They have something else going on.

[Bobby Bones]

There you go.

[Amy]

Close it up, Bones. I'll play a sound. Tell me the company number one example. What is it?

[Lunchbox]

Netflix?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Ray]

Oh, good.

[Amy]

It's weird because you hear these all the time, but then when you're like, you're under the gun, there's pressure.

[Bobby Bones]

So we'll go until you miss.

[Amy]

Amy. Lunchbox Eddie. It's Survivor style. Number one. We'll give you two listens. Two listens only. Here it is again. What company is that?

[Eddie]

I'm in.

[Ray]

I'm in for the win.

[Lunchbox]

Amy McDonald's watchbox.

[Bobby Bones]

McDonald's, Eddie McDonald's.

[Amy]

That's correct. Number two. Pizza. Pizza, pizza, pizza.

[Eddie]

In.

[Ray]

In for the win.

[Amy]

Confidence. I like it.

[Lunchbox]

Amy, Little Caesars.

[Amy]

Lunchbox. Little Caesars, Eddie.

[Eddie]

Little Caesars.

[Bobby Bones]

Boom.

[Amy]

Correct. Correct. Number three.

[Lunchbox]

Amen.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I'm in.

[Amy]

Are you struggling with that one? Lunchbox?

[Ray]

Well, there, it's an insurance, but there's so many insurance commercials that I'm not.

[Amy]

What do you sing along with that in your head?

[Ray]

I say like a good neighbor. So I'm going with State Farm. But I, I. It could be the one with the bald guy.

[Amy]

What.

[Bobby Bones]

What is your guess?

[Ray]

State Farm, Amy.

[Lunchbox]

State Farm, Eddie.

[Eddie]

That's State Farm.

[Amy]

I guess I try to sing along with them and I go like a good neighbor. State Farm. Okay, next. Oh, boy, could we lose our first player again.

[Eddie]

Guess. I'm in.

[Ray]

I'm in for the win.

[Amy]

No confidence.

[Eddie]

Not really.

[Amy]

Go first.

[Eddie]

Taco Bell.

[Amy]

Lunchbox.

[Ray]

I mean, it's a bell, so it's got to be Taco Bell.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy.

[Lunchbox]

Taco Bell.

[Amy]

Correct.

[Bobby Bones]

They get a little harder.

[Amy]

Now number five, you're gonna know the sound, but you may struggle placing it.

[Lunchbox]

I'm in.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Amy]

Does that sound familiar to everybody?

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

Okay. Cuz I struggle with this one. When I was doing the little home version.

[Eddie]

I'm in.

[Bobby Bones]

I talked over. I said, give me one more.

[Ray]

Thank you. Oh, man, that's tough, man. All right, sure.

[Amy]

I'm in. Lunchbox.

[Ray]

THX at the movie theater.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Ray]

That? THX at the movie theater.

[Bobby Bones]

Thx.

[Amy]

Got it.

[Ray]

I have no idea what that is.

[Amy]

Amy.

[Lunchbox]

IBM.

[Amy]

Eddie.

[Eddie]

I have Microsoft.

[Amy]

You're all wrong. What was it?

[Lunchbox]

Intel.

[Amy]

It's Intel.

[Lunchbox]

Is IBM and Intel same thing?

[Amy]

No, I would bet not.

[Ray]

No, I would say one's intel and one's IBM.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I would bet not.

[Lunchbox]

I know. I thought, you know, they're two different.

[Amy]

Two different companies. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, next up, everybody's still back in.

[Amy]

Go ahead.

[Eddie]

Oh, I'm in.

[Ray]

I'm in for the win.

[Lunchbox]

I'm in.

[Amy]

Lunchbox.

[Ray]

NBC.

[Amy]

Amy.

[Lunchbox]

NBC.

[Amy]

Eddie.

[Eddie]

NBC.

[Amy]

Correct. Next.

[Eddie]

I like that one.

[Amy]

What?

[Ray]

Okay, that's a movie theater one.

[Eddie]

I'm in thx.

[Lunchbox]

I'm in.

[Amy]

Lunchbox. Paramount. That's incorrect. Amy.

[Lunchbox]

Disney.

[Amy]

Eddie.

[Eddie]

That's Disney.

[Amy]

Correct. Two remain. Next one.

[Lunchbox]

Men.

[Eddie]

Can we hear it again?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I'm in.

[Amy]

Amy.

[Lunchbox]

Popeyes.

[Amy]

Eddie.

[Eddie]

We just had a New Orleans Popeyes.

[Amy]

So we were told to go to the original Popeyes. I wasn't feeling good because obviously it's in the bad and whatever. And so Eddie goes. I went. It was the same as the other ones.

[Eddie]

It's exactly like Nashville.

[Amy]

Yeah. But the guy was like, it's the first one. He's like, it's different.

[Lunchbox]

What's different about it?

[Amy]

That's the first one. And he said they cook the food different. They do it a bit different because that's where it all started.

[Lunchbox]

Huh?

[Amy]

And so Eddie goes and goes. It wasn't different.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I don't think it's different.

[Amy]

Yeah, it would make sense if it were different, since it's the first one.

[Eddie]

But it was.

[Amy]

But it wasn't. Yeah. All right, next up.

[Eddie]

Oh, my goodness.

[Amy]

One more time. Sound familiar at all?

[Eddie]

Yes, I've heard it.

[Amy]

Yes, you both heard it in an answer.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy.

[Amy]

Xr, Eddie.

[Eddie]

Oh, no. She might have gotten it. Prime video.

[Amy]

No, it's YouTube. It's before the video starts. Oh, now, before the video starts. All right, so we're gonna do buzz in. We only have two left, so you have to buzz in. Okay. You buzz in. You get it right, you win. Go ahead.

[Lunchbox]

Amy.

[Amy]

Amy. Incorrect.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know.

[Amy]

You can hear it again.

[Eddie]

Max.

[Amy]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Hulu God.

[Amy]

Really close.

[Lunchbox]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

And this is the final one.

[Amy]

Go ahead, Amy.

[Lunchbox]

IBM.

[Amy]

Incorrect.

[Eddie]

Eddie, go ahead. @&t. Dang it.

[Bobby Bones]

You weren't in a rush.

[Amy]

You could have sat and listened. I don't know.

[Eddie]

It.

[Amy]

It's Duracell.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, Duras.

[Eddie]

Of course. The battery breaks.

[Amy]

The Copper Top battery drum beat. I don't think either one of you guys that correctly. It's not Duras. That's not it.

[Eddie]

Duras.

[Amy]

They don't. They never sing Duraso. They never sing Durasa. I think we just have a tie.

[Lunchbox]

No, that's okay.

[Eddie]

No, it's not okay.

[Lunchbox]

It's fine. Where's Pixar?

[Amy]

It's not in there on the list.

[Bobby Bones]

We used it a time. A lot of my friends, they can't even get their day going without stopping by Starbucks for me. Love Starbucks. Love to get a chai tea. And if I'm ready, if I really need a big day, I'll get that double shot of espresso ready to go. But the great thing now at Starbucks is, is that if you go and you decide you want to hang out in Starbucks for a little bit, they're now doing ceramics, like glassware. So if you're gonna go, you're gonna meet a friend and you order a drink and you say, I want it here. You're gonna get it in a mug or a glass. There's also a condiment bar. It's back. Now you can add the finishing touches to your drink so you don't have to go, well, I need a little more of this. I need a little less of this. You can do the perfect amount of cream and sugar. You now have even more reasons to stay a while at Starbucks. So you go to Starbucks anyway. Next time, stay a while at your next Starbucks visit, you know, you'll find all sorts of stats about how certain big life choices can cause anxiety. Moving is one, that's a big one. Changing jobs, that's another big one. Buying a new car, that's a big one. You know you want to make the right choice. You want to get a good deal. You want to not feel pressured into buying something that you don't really want or you don't really need. Well, thanks to technology that we all have at our fingertips anyway, car buying has changed forever because you can actually pick out and purchase a brand new Hyundai on Amazon. Yes, the same place that you buy your yoga mats or your toothbrush or placement phone charger. You know, pretty much anything else right there from your phone or your computer. Hyundai has completely streamlined the entire process to make it as hassle free as possible. It doesn't take too much time and you can do most of it from the comfort of your own home or wherever you may be. First, check out the Hyundai showroom on Amazon and pick the model you want from your local dealer. You can filter by color and trim, basically customize it so you can get a car with the look and the features that make it perfect for you. You will also see this is very important, transparent pricing up front so there are no surprises with last minute fees or add ons. Run credit, secure your financing, even sign most of your paperwork right there online. At that point you just head to your Hyundai dealer to finalize the details and pick up the car. You know Amazon is super easy. Use it all the time. I have a Hyundai. I love it. One of my favorite things ever. It's like the combination. It's like the perfect combination of two of my favorite things. Visit HyundaiUSA.com or call 562-314-4603 for more details. Limited availability only through participating Hyundai dealers in select markets. This program is available for purchases of new vehicles and not currently available for leases or trade ins. Bobby Bones here with exciting news. The Top Shelf Country Cruise is setting sail February 2026 aboard the luxurious Celebrity Reflection. We're all going to be there. We can't wait. Here's the big announcement though. We've got country superstar Keith Urban joining the Top Shelf Country Cruise as the headlining act. Yes, the Keith Urban will be performing live aboard the Top Shelf Country Cruise. Now this isn't just a cruise. It is a country music experience at sea. Nightly performances, exclusive interviews, games, contests, dancing, meet and greets, autographs, photos. It's going to be awesome. We're stopping at stunning destinations like St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Martin. All of this brought to you by Signature Cruise Experiences, the gold standard in Charter Cruises since 2001. Guests who register for the Friends of Bobby Presale. They're already booking their staterooms, but if you want to join me on the Top Shelf Country Cruise open Bookings begin on February 20th. Go to topshelfcountrycruise.com and learn more. Topshelfcountrycruise.com don't miss your chance to make February 2026 unforgettable. Topshelfcountrycruise dot com youm've heard me talk about the importance of getting good sleep for years. Well, the Sleep Number Smart bed is a big reason why I have loved my Sleep Number bed since day one. Their technology continues to get better and better, whether impacting your performance at work or your mood in relationship with your significant other. Not getting good sleep impacts every aspect of your life. So let me tell you about this for a second. First of all, my wife and I like different firmnesses, right? Or different firms or however you'd say that. Now, we also like to sleep at a different temperature. If she wants it a little warmer, if I want it cooler, basically, that's what I can do. You know the reason the Sleep Number Smart Bed is the number one best bed for couples? Well, it's because you can choose what's right for you. Whatever you like. My Sleep Number setting is a 30. My sleep number score last night was an 87. Why choose a Sleep Number Smart Bed so you can choose your ideal comfort on either side and now save 50% on the new Sleep Number Limited Edition Smart Bed limited time exclusively at a Sleep Number Store near you see store or sleepnumber.com bones for details.

[Amy]

It's time for the good news with Bobby. It's got Chris was in Lubbock and he lost his wallet. And so he was driving from Lubbock to College Station and he couldn't find it. So he calls his dad. And so he was like, all right, I'll go retrace your steps. So they're about to call and cancel the cards, which is always so annoying. I think I've called and canceled my cards more times when I haven't lost my wallet because I'm afraid I've lost my wallet.

[Bobby Bones]

But then I found my wallet.

[Amy]

Yeah, and that might be a bit more annoying, but they go and they find the wallet placed on the hood of the car in the dad's driveway. Now, that's not where he lost it, but that was the address on the driver's license from the guy who found it. So he went, took the wallet, drove it to the dad's house where the kid used to live, left it on the car, and then they went to the door cam. And the guy goes up to the door cam when he. Nobody was there and explains how he found the wallet. He's like, yeah, I found the wallet. Just going to let you know, I'm going to leave it on the car.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know whose it is.

[Amy]

It says, you know, Christopher Null. And he did, and he left it there. And so not only they have the wallet, they did not have to cancel the cards. Thank God. That's so annoying. And then they have the guy on the door cam going, hey, I found it. His name was Clinton Arthur.

[Lunchbox]

That's awesome. See, then I would worry, oh, gosh, are they going to get in the car and drive off and then the wallet's going to be in the middle of the road because they're not going to see it.

[Amy]

Oh, if you had left the wallet.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, yeah. Like, I would have to be like, arrows and paper and being like, here's your wallet right here.

[Amy]

I think I would take the wallet if it's a fold and put it under the windshield wiper.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

That way, drive.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not going to go anywhere. Yeah, yeah.

[Amy]

That's a good story, though. That guy did not have to do that. But he probably knows what it's like to lose his wallet, have to cancel his cards again. That's the most annoying thing.

[Bobby Bones]

That's from kcbd.

[Amy]

That is what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good. All right, let's do state news. We'll go to Michigan first. A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters, ordering them to wash cars in the Walmart parking lot whenever the people go inside to buy their stuff. I guess my problem with it, which I don't have a problem with, I think it's great. But if it turns out they didn't shoplift, like, you better have it. Otherwise, they're shamed and they're like, I don't even do it. And now I proved I didn't do it.

[Lunchbox]

It's outside of the box, though.

[Amy]

I don't think you're really allowed to punish by public shaming anymore by the court system.

[Lunchbox]

No, but I Think like having to work towards something like that is okay. Like the washing of the cars. I like that. I feel like I do too. But shame. Shame is like standing on the side of the road with a. That says, I'm a loser. I steal.

[Amy]

Why not put them in the pillory? You put your head and your arms to it. Lock them in the center of the town. Yeah, we'll go to Arizona for this one.

[Bobby Bones]

A new bill introduced in the legislator.

[Amy]

Would make howdy Arizona's state greeting. What's weird is I don't think of people from Arizona saying howdy. No.

[Lunchbox]

I think of people at Texas A and M saying howdy.

[Amy]

Oh, that's right. You want to see them. I do think of Texas, but I guess you're right. I would boil it down to Texas A and M if I really had to. So, yeah, howdy doesn't feel Arizona high or hola.

[Eddie]

Right. I mean, a lot of Hispanics.

[Amy]

Yeah. They want to make howdy the official greeting of Arizona, which feels weird, but even some of the people there are like, ah, I don't think it really matches the character of our state.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. I wonder what is behind that.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's see.

[Amy]

If it were Arkansas in my state, I think it would be aye.

[Bobby Bones]

If we had to have an official greeting of our state.

[Lunchbox]

Hi.

[Amy]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Yours can be howdy, Morgan.

[Amy]

You're from Kansas.

[Morgan]

Oh, I feel like ours would be oh. We say oh a lot. Oh, that's just part of our like.

[Lunchbox]

Like, like a whoopsie.

[Morgan]

Yeah, like you may greet somebody. Just be like, oh, there you are.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, hi.

[Morgan]

Like, oh. Is a very midwestern thing.

[Lunchbox]

Huh?

[Morgan]

Oh, O, P, E, E O P, E, O. Yeah.

[Amy]

I, I've never said oat before. Do you feel like Kansas is. Is Midwest?

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Amy]

I feel like Minnesota, Michigan. Because they talk different with an accent. I feel like Kansas has no accent.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but Kansas is in the middle of our United States. It has to be the Midwest.

[Amy]

I. Geographically, I agree.

[Lunchbox]

Wouldn't it be because.

[Amy]

But Texas is not the south. And it's. It's geographically the South.

[Eddie]

Very south.

[Lunchbox]

If it's in the middle, does it just make it mid?

[Amy]

It's a straight mid. Kansas, mid in every way.

[Lunchbox]

It'd have to be to the west to be Midwest.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, Ray, you're Midwest.

[Amy]

How would you guys in Michigan say hello if you had a, like a real one.

[Scuba]

A that work. That works for a lot of things to answer questions.

[Amy]

Also when you greet somebody. Hey, but Kansas is Midwest. It's west of Arkansas. It's west of the Mississippi River.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. I didn't know. She just said it's literally in the middle.

[Amy]

Oh, got it.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know. So I just thought. And you were arguing that it wasn't Midwest, so.

[Amy]

Well, could it be by definition, Midwest? It definitely has a different feel to it. Cheese curds.

[Bobby Bones]

A.

[Amy]

A bit Canadian feeling.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Scuba.

[Amy]

What's the Florida one? I think for us, it's yo.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Okay. Not everyone.

[Lunchbox]

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Eddie]

If you go further north Florida, it's y'all like, yo, yo, yo.

[Amy]

So Florida changes from yo to y'all. Yeah, exactly. The further it gets from the ocean.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, exactly.

[Unknown]

It gets north.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Once you get past Orlando, it becomes country.

[Amy]

It's north Florida.

[Eddie]

But then South Florida, a little more cultured Latino community, hip hop. Yeah. Guys like me, hey, yo, yo. But north Florida is more like, hey, y'all.

[Amy]

That's interesting.

[Lunchbox]

So you get closer to Georgia and you become y'all, y'all.

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Amy]

I think we've hit all the states here on our show.

[Eddie]

Yeah, we're covered.

[Amy]

Any more states? Texas is.

[Bobby Bones]

Would you say howdy, though?

[Eddie]

No, I've never said that.

[Lunchbox]

Hey, y'all.

[Amy]

Texas a y'all state, though.

[Lunchbox]

Yes.

[Amy]

I don't feel like Texas is a y'all.

[Lunchbox]

Texas is a y'all.

[Amy]

100 cowboys don't say y'all.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, they do.

[Amy]

He'll probably say y'all.

[Lunchbox]

I say he. Yee haw, y'all.

[Amy]

Okay, well, Arizona. We vote for no Howdy for Arizona.

[Bobby Bones]

That doesn't.

[Amy]

That doesn't fit, Bones. I saw this on Aldean's Instagram story. He had posted it. What artist made you fall in love with country music? I mean, I felt like I know yours.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yours has got to be George Straight.

[Lunchbox]

Yes, you would be correct.

[Amy]

Okay. And how. So what's your earliest George Straight memory?

[Lunchbox]

Probably my uncle working for him, like, as a kid, and my dad always listening to George Strait and me finding out, oh, that's where Uncle Ted works.

[Amy]

That's very personal. That's a good memory.

[Lunchbox]

Yes.

[Amy]

So.

[Lunchbox]

And he was in South Texas, and I just felt like we listened to. I mean, my earliest. Earliest memory is my dad and mom being at home, which I have very few memories of my dad living with us because he left when I was, like, nine. But they would listen to a lot of Kenny Rogers. So I. I hear that over the speakers in my living room. But if I had to say for me how I fell in love with it, it was Amarillo by morning two Stepping with my dad. Like, I would stand on top of his feet and he would dance around the living room. And that's probably my earliest memory. And we just love George Strait. And then we would. He was probably one of my first concerts. Amy Grant was my first. First. But Geor. Probably a second.

[Amy]

So my grandma, when she would teach me how to play cards, AKA Gamble, because I started learning how to play cards at five years old, like gambling. She had a record player and it was like two records. It was a Johnny Cash gospel album, I guess three. She had an Andy Griffiths gospel album, too, but I don't know if that's country. Although Johnny Cash.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Amy]

But then she had Ray Charles. Modern Sounds of Country Music. So we listened to that. That's what I remember listening to as a kid. Kid. When I didn't get to choose, like, I thought that was what current country music was. But when I got to choose, it was the first time I heard Don't Take the Girl, I was like, this is the craziest song I've ever heard.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

I was like, this is the deepest song. I'll never be the same after I hear Don't Take the girl.

[Lunchbox]

Was that 94, 1994, maybe.

[Amy]

Maybe 92. I'm bad on years. Could have been. But I remember listening to the radio kiss in 96, and don't take the Girl came on at night and I was like, oh, my God, I can't believe they told the whole story. Yeah, 94, you nailed it.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, really? Okay. See, well, I remember we used to have these dances, and when that song would come on, I feel like we'd all just gasp and be like, somebody gonna ask us to dance.

[Amy]

Oh, I feel like I just wanted.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, did she live?

[Amy]

Like, it's a whole story. It was the first time I'd been told a story in a song where I felt like I was. I was like, bonded to that story artist wise. It was definitely Garth Brooks just because. Yeah, he was a monster solid. Every song was just banger after banger. Never really, really saw him in concert, I guess, until met him.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Later in life.

[Amy]

Yeah, I never got to go to a concert, but it was Garth Brooks as far as the music part of it. But my grandma, way early, it was kind of forced upon me, which I appreciate now. But then when I got to pick, it was Don't Take the Girl on Garth Brooks.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie, you.

[Eddie]

Same with me, man. 100. Garth Brooks. I mean it. I was such a fan. I was in the fan club and I remember asking My parents, like, can I please have this world tour Garth Brooks jacket. Never went to a show, but I want that jacket. And my dad sacrificed. He got me the jacket and I wore it everywhere I went. And it was shiny, it was cheesy looking, but I guess it was like the crew jacket, the ones that they would. The crew would wear on the tour.

[Amy]

How do you get it?

[Eddie]

You just bought it. It was online. Like, it was. Well, I guess it was.

[Amy]

It couldn't have been online.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I think they would send you, like, in the mail, a catalog or whatever. And that's all the stuff. All the stuff was in it. And I'll never forget it. Black sleeves, and it was green, was shiny, and it said Garth Brooks World Tour on it.

[Amy]

Did you ever have any of the Garth shirts?

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

The mo.

[Eddie]

Better shirts.

[Amy]

Well, yeah, all the colors.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I was always jealous.

[Eddie]

I had the checkered one, the. The in pieces.

[Amy]

One on the front of the album. 1. Yeah, the picture on the front, right?

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Amy]

Dang, that was legit.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Garth was awesome. He's not dead now, but I'm saying, like, we were kids, like, he was like a rock star for country music people. Well.

[Eddie]

And when that TV special came out, you know, where he broke the guitar and the fire. No, it was early, early on. And that was so big because it was like on CBS or something. It was on national television. And here was this cowboy, breaking guitars, fire behind him, and rain coming down as he sang Thunder Rolls. I'm like, it's just. This is amazing. Never seen anything like it.

[Amy]

Morgan, what about you?

[Morgan]

So my dad introduced me. Like, the first very vivid memory I have is Reba McIntyre. He would play her all the time. Fancy night that the lights went out in Georgia, and he would sing her. Our dog was named Reba.

[Amy]

Like, no way. He was such a fan. Your dog was named Reba?

[Morgan]

Yes. He was obsessed with Reba McIntyre. So she was my first introduction because of him. And then when I chose, it was Shania Twain. She was the first CD I bought. First concert they took me to. And then I think Reba was the second. So Reba and Shania were like my whole upbringing of country music.

[Amy]

What's the best Garth Brook song?

[Lunchbox]

Oh, I love the River. He has so many good ones.

[Amy]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

It depends on mood I'm in.

[Amy]

It depends on mood I'm in.

[Lunchbox]

I think the river, it's nostalgic for me. That's what my sister and I, we would road trip from Texas to Alabama to see our grandma, and she played that on repeat over and over. So I just have memories of the river. The river Ye.

[Bobby Bones]

And that is the end of the first half of the podcast.

[Amy]

That is the end of the first half of the podcast. That is the end of the first half of the podcast. That is the end of the first half of the podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

You can go to podcast two or.

[Amy]

You can wait till podcast to come out.

[Bobby Bones]

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