She's Fine w/Lamont Landers & Mike Vecchione

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly
Episode: She's Fine w/Lamont Landers & Mike Vecchione
Release Date: July 10, 2025

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Introduction and Guest Arrival (00:48 – 02:02)

The episode kicks off with hosts Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly welcoming their special guest, Lamont Landers, a rising musician poised to make significant waves in the music industry. Robert shares a humorous anecdote about how he "snuck into Lamont’s DMs," setting a lighthearted tone for the conversation.

Robert Kelly (02:02):
"We have a very special guest. I've been following this guy for a long time and he's here now and he's about to blow up on everything."
(02:02)

Lamont Landers' Musical Journey (05:01 – 08:09)

Lamont delves into his early days as a musician, recounting his humble beginnings of performing in his bedroom and gaining unexpected online traction with a YouTube video that garnered 300,000 views overnight. He discusses his experience on America’s Got Talent, where he received a standing ovation for his performance at the Apollo but faced skepticism from judge Simon Cowell.

Lamont Landers (05:03):
"I'm from Alabama. I'm very proud to be there. But, you know, it's... it's not like a big city. There's not a lot of cool stuff to do."
(06:55)

Robert Kelly (07:10):
"You could have done that a cappella, bro. I mean, it's crazy. It's nuts, man. It's so amazing."
(20:20)

Collaborations and Influences (22:13 – 23:05)

Lamont discusses his musical influences, which are a blend of his mother's love for soul music—citing artists like Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye—and his father's taste in Southern rock, including Lynyrd Skynyrd and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He emphasizes being self-taught through online resources like YouTube, highlighting the impact of digital platforms on his development.

Lamont Landers (22:24):
"My mom was like, Bill Withers, Nile Green, and Marvin Gaye. All the soul stuff came from my mom."
(22:24)

Touring with Gary Clark Jr. (34:04 – 36:02)

A significant highlight of the episode is Lamont's collaboration with renowned guitarist Gary Clark Jr. Lamont shares how performing "Bright Lights" with Gary during his recent tour has been a full-circle moment, marking a pivotal point in his career. The camaraderie and mentorship from Gary play a crucial role in Lamont’s growth as an artist.

Lamont Landers (40:00):
"One of the first songs I ever performed live was his 'Bright Lights.' These last three shows, he's had me get up and play it with him at the end of the encore."
(40:00)

Personal Life and Family (40:36 – 41:19)

Lamont opens up about the challenges of touring and being away from his family, particularly his three-year-old daughter who expresses how much she misses him. He highlights the importance of maintaining a balanced life despite the demands of his burgeoning music career.

Lamont Landers (40:36):
"It sucks being away from the family. And my daughter's like, you know, more and more aware she's three. She's like, 'I miss you, Dad.'"
(40:36)

Upcoming Projects and Album Release (38:42 – 39:56)

Lamont reveals details about his upcoming album, titled America in the Modern World. He discusses the inspiration behind the album, the collaborative efforts with songwriter Meline Edwards from Nashville, and his excitement about releasing original music that reflects his personal experiences and perspectives.

Lamont Landers (38:50):
"All the songs on the record were either written by me or co-written. There's like two that were given to me by a wonderful songwriter named Meline Edwards in Nashville."
(38:50)

Live Performance and Interaction (20:00 – 47:04)

The latter part of the episode features Lamont performing his new single, "She's Fine," a heartfelt song dedicated to his daughter. The hosts and their guest interact playfully during the performance, adding humor and warmth to the segment. Lamont also teases his forthcoming album and encourages listeners to support his music by streaming and attending his tours.

Lamont Landers (44:48):
"It's out now. It's called 'A Lot of Love.'"
(44:20)

Robert Kelly (46:55):
"You got an album called 'America in the Modern World.' It's out now. It's called 'She's Fine.' It's about his daughter. She's good."
(46:55)

Closing Remarks and Promotions (48:29 – End)

As the episode wraps up, the hosts encourage listeners to check out Lamont’s music and upcoming tour dates. They also promote their own platforms and upcoming content, maintaining the show's signature blend of humor and support for their guests.

Big Jay Oakerson (48:35):
"Lamont Landers.com for tour info. Lamont Landers on all socials and dude, thank you so much for coming and we hope to have you again, man."
(48:35)

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Notable Quotes:

• Robert Kelly (02:02):
  "We have a very special guest. I've been following this guy for a long time and he's here now and he's about to blow up on everything."

• Lamont Landers (05:03):
  "I'm from Alabama. I'm very proud to be there. But, you know, it's... it's not like a big city. There's not a lot of cool stuff to do."

• Robert Kelly (07:10):
  "You could have done that a cappella, bro. I mean, it's crazy. It's nuts, man. It's so amazing."

• Lamont Landers (22:24):
  "My mom was like, Bill Withers, Nile Green, and Marvin Gaye. All the soul stuff came from my mom."

• Lamont Landers (40:00):
  "One of the first songs I ever performed live was his 'Bright Lights.' These last three shows, he's had me get up and play it with him at the end of the encore."

• Lamont Landers (40:36):
  "It sucks being away from the family. And my daughter's like, you know, more and more aware she's three. She's like, 'I miss you, Dad.'"

• Lamont Landers (38:50):
  "All the songs on the record were either written by me or co-written. There's like two that were given to me by a wonderful songwriter named Meline Edwards in Nashville."

• Lamont Landers (44:48):
  "It's out now. It's called 'A Lot of Love.'"

• Robert Kelly (46:55):
  "You got an album called 'America in the Modern World.' It's out now. It's called 'She's Fine.' It's about his daughter. She's good."

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Conclusion

In this episode of The Bonfire, Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly engage in a vibrant and heartfelt conversation with Lamont Landers, exploring his journey from bedroom performer to touring musician alongside Gary Clark Jr. Lamont's candid discussions about his artistic influences, personal challenges, and forthcoming projects offer listeners an intimate glimpse into his life and aspirations. The blend of humor and sincerity characteristic of The Bonfire makes this episode both entertaining and inspiring for fans and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[Big Jay Oakerson]

When work gets crazy, I like to.

[Robert Kelly]

Stop by the bar after, have a few cold ones. I don't drink at all until 4 o'. Clock. We limit ourselves to one bottle of wine a night. Excessive drinking has a way of sneaking up on us. A few drinks, a few nights a.

[Lamont Landers]

Week, it can add up.

[Robert Kelly]

And suddenly we're at greater risk for.

[Lamont Landers]

Long term problems like heart disease, cancer, and depression. Reason enough to rethink the drink. More. [e-mail] NoHE initiative. As a parent, snack time can be a battle.

[Christine]

Ew.

[Lamont Landers]

But with Simply Doritos, I can give my kids the flavors they love with ingredients I feel good about.

[Robert Kelly]

Ooh.

[Lamont Landers]

No artificial colors or flavors. And made with 8 grams of whole grains per serving. Try Simply Doritos today. And now the bonfire with Big J.

[Robert Kelly]

Okerson and Robert Kelly. What's up?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

We're once again doing Mike Vecchion and Bobby Kelly's celebration of P. Diddy being acquitted of most charges.

[Robert Kelly]

We're not. I don't. I don't think we're celebrating that.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Wow. Just a couple of rich guys just enjoying a rich guy.

[Mike Vecchione]

I'm rich too now.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

This is the. We're over here on the blue collar side of the table, guys.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, you're not blue collar.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Bobby, why don't you come off your perch and introduce our guest?

[Robert Kelly]

You have a pool. We're hanging out.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

What?

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Don't you dare. Don't spread that word. Don't spread that word.

[Robert Kelly]

We have a very special guest. I'm excited. I've been following this guy for a long time and he's here now and he's about to blow up on everything. Lamont Landers is here. Hello. Thanks for coming in, man.

[Lamont Landers]

Thank you for having me, man.

[Robert Kelly]

I've been talking. We've been talking. We've been DM. I snuck into his DMs.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

That was a good intro.

[Robert Kelly]

Thanks, buddy.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

That was really good.

[Robert Kelly]

I mean, it would be better if you didn't say that I did good because that assumes that I do bad. Maybe you just shut your trap.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I was so happy for it.

[Robert Kelly]

And write me an email later and go. Dude, today was good. Your intro was awesome.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Is Christine.

[Robert Kelly]

She left because of the way you talk.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

She's just over it.

[Robert Kelly]

She's done. Because you'd be in the real Bobby.

[Mike Vecchione]

Did you slip into his DMs or.

[Robert Kelly]

Did you step into. I slipped into him. It's weird when you DM a dude.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

It's like, you up?

[Robert Kelly]

Hey, dude. You up?

[Mike Vecchione]

Hey, player.

[Robert Kelly]

Right. I, I, I.

[Lamont Landers]

You did. And I was very eager because I've been a fan of yours for a while. So that was, it was cool, man.

[Robert Kelly]

Well, it's all there is sometimes. You. All right, cool. You just say, hey, man, big fan, but great, man. Love you. Tickets are available. Here's my link. All right, dude, cool. But this is when you were just singing in your room.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

On your microphone for yourself. Right.

[Lamont Landers]

Very much like this. Just in. In my bedroom. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely.

[Robert Kelly]

And here's what blew me away. And we, I actually, we started a game on the show. Have you heard about it?

[Lamont Landers]

That's why I see it right here.

[Robert Kelly]

At the top of the Bronx where when I heard.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

If you look at you, this is. Okay. So, you know, there was a black guy here and we did this. So it's a, it's above board. We. It's sanctioned.

[Lamont Landers]

Good.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, we were blacked up. Yeah. When you look at you, it's like, okay, I see you and then you sing and it's like it doesn't match. Yeah, the voice doesn't match the face.

[Lamont Landers]

I'll give you that.

[Robert Kelly]

And it's nuts how incredible you sing, but you do not. You do not. You look like you'd be like, you know, guys, check it out. Call of Duty came out today and they got tuna. You know, that's what you look a little redheaded white nerdy guy, but you sing like butter, dude.

[Lamont Landers]

Thanks, man.

[Robert Kelly]

Amazing.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

And here's the thing.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Salty with the sweet, huh?

[Robert Kelly]

You, you. Still you. Still you. You.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You're such a tweed, but like, you.

[Mike Vecchione]

Look like you work at a Waffle House, but you got the voice of an angel.

[Robert Kelly]

A Waffle House.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Explain it to.

[Robert Kelly]

Last time you had a Waffle House. I didn't say, look, fat and middle aged black woman, he's from. Yeah, man. It's like. And you seem to be getting cooler, bro.

[Lamont Landers]

Like, is that maybe my cool might be like, escalating? I think I'm like, I got a message from like, Sharon Stone. She also slid into my DMs.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Wow. And he chose you.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, I chose you, man. No, but she was basically saying, like, hey, you need to let me style you. So really, we haven't gotten there yet, but we're like in the works of making that happen.

[Robert Kelly]

Sharon Stone?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, Sharon Stone. Isn't that crazy?

[Robert Kelly]

That's nuts.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

She's gonna be like, skirts no underw. You're just steep. She goes and constantly keep on crossing and crossing your legs. I'm just telling you what worked for Me, you do what you got to.

[Lamont Landers]

Do in the, in the same week. It was like, it was like Kenny Ghostface killer and Sharon Stone and it just, it made no sense coming from where I come from. That makes no sense at all.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Did Ghostface kill. Think you were the guy that bought the album and raised the price of his medicine?

[Lamont Landers]

Martin Shkreli. He sent me a message. He was like, hey, it's Ghostface. Strong arm. Strong arm from Wu Tang. Big fan. Let's do something. I'm like, dude, this is, this is.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

That's amazing. That's pretty great.

[Robert Kelly]

That's crazy. And now you've been. You went from your bedroom, right? Is that where it was all done?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, I was doing all those covers in my bedroom. Yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

And now you did the Apollo.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, man.

[Robert Kelly]

And you got a standing ovation. Yeah, I mean you. Everybody stood. When you walked out too, they were like this.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, I know. For.

[Robert Kelly]

I mean, it was. And then all of a sudden was.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

There hubbub in the room?

[Lamont Landers]

There was some hubbub. It was a lot of side eye and this guy's about to like suck. And yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

All day to wear your confederate flag made tuxedo.

[Lamont Landers]

Didn't go.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

He goes, guys, I'm going to go back flip costumes, come back out here, try this again.

[Mike Vecchione]

This is impressive, but how do you do with the whites?

[Lamont Landers]

Well, they like me too. I mean, I'm just kind of. I'm happy for everybody.

[Robert Kelly]

Sweet. And you went out and you got the standing ovate. They all stood up mid song. That must have blew you away, right?

[Lamont Landers]

Well, my, my eyes were closed almost the entire time until I like looked over at Steve Harvey and he' like stank facing nice. Then I was like, okay, we got this.

[Robert Kelly]

And then Steve, Steve was a little.

[Lamont Landers]

Like, he was a little skeptical too.

[Robert Kelly]

He was side eyed in you when.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You survey says white boy. All 100 people said white boy.

[Robert Kelly]

So how did you, how did you get plucked out of your bedroom in your house to now being on Apollo, your America's Got Talent.

[Lamont Landers]

Right.

[Robert Kelly]

And now you're touring. You're touring with Gary Clark Jr. Gary Clark Jr. Yeah, man.

[Lamont Landers]

It's all been like a cumulative thing. This is kind of an older thing. It's 2018. And then I did America's Got Talent after that. Like we were talking before we went on, it's like I've had a couple of these things where you think, oh, this is my break, I'm about to make it.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah.

[Lamont Landers]

And then you get like your 10 minutes of fame and that's it.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

And America's Got Talent was like an in and out, like. Yeah.

[Lamont Landers]

And I mean, me and him got into a fight. It was kind of a whole thing.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You and who?

[Lamont Landers]

Me and Simon Cowell.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Oh, really?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

It was kind of nuts. I mean, he's literally comes out, starts singing. The play place is going nuts.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

Everybody's like, this is awesome. And Simon just goes, wait a minute. Hang on one second. And he makes him. He goes, why don't you go, you're not doing it. Why don't you go do it? Come back and pick another song.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

He does that.

[Robert Kelly]

Then he comes back, gets a song he's never done. He goes, I might it up, but I'm gonna try it. Yeah, he's killing it again. And Simon goes, hang on, wait a sec. And he's like. He kept giving him, like, pep talks. He's like, shut.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

The crowd starts booing.

[Robert Kelly]

No, no.

[Lamont Landers]

But I'll tell you.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Get him out of here.

[Mike Vecchione]

This piece of.

[Lamont Landers]

I don't know if. Can you cuss on here?

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

What?

[Robert Kelly]

Have you heard the show?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I can't believe we're all wearing clothes still. Can you curse on the show?

[Lamont Landers]

The up thing is that, like, in reality, that's, like, him stopping me as, like, a TV edit point. Like, when I was doing it, I'd already done the full song that I came out and did. Yeah. I got a standing ovation from the crowd.

[Robert Kelly]

Wow.

[Lamont Landers]

And then it goes down. A lot of judges love it, love it, love it. Then he gets to Simon. He's like, lamont, can I stop you? I'm like, that's fucking weird, because I'm done. And that's the TV edit point.

[Robert Kelly]

Wow.

[Lamont Landers]

So like. Like, my contrarian behavior is just because I'm like. I could kind of see what he was doing. I had done it. I had done a thing when I was, like, 19. I did. It was called the X Factor.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah.

[Lamont Landers]

And I had an interaction with him when I was 19. He was like. He said, I love your voice, but I wish I was in a different body. So when I came back and I knew I was gonna see him again, I knew he was gonna be, like, a dick. So I kind of.

[Robert Kelly]

So he kind of knew you a little bit.

[Lamont Landers]

He didn't know me, but I knew what his whole record was gonna be.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Comic standing was sort of like that. You'd see. You could watch it. At times you go, oh, they're actively trying to, like, fuck with. Yeah. To find spots where they can make you look an asshole.

[Robert Kelly]

They they took on mine when I did last comics. I videotaped it. And I got trouble for this. The guys who booked the Tonight show or the guys who did it, sure. And I had a little video camera and I videotaped it. They. They would get talking to us, telling us about your rules, and we were like this, just listening, right? They took that face and they added it to a sound bed when they went the next contest. And I was like, this. But I never did that. The whole time I was there, I'm like, I'm not winning. I kept saying, it's not. I'm not getting it on stage. I'm like, it's not gonna be me never getting this. I just kept saying that over and over again. And they didn't edit. They just edited me. Sad. But it was me listening to instructions.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Those guys stopped me in the middle. And then when I was. They were like, thank you. And then I was leaving. I just left, like, without making a stink. I was like, yeah, sure. I started walking up and they go, wait, wait, Jay, does anybody actually pay to hear that? And I was like, yeah, no, not me, guys. I'm not. Like, you're not gonna get me to flip out on tv.

[Robert Kelly]

They said that?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

Who said that?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

The two guys. It was a barrycats JJ moyear.

[Robert Kelly]

Wow.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

That's right.

[Robert Kelly]

You didn't flip out Ben Bailey. I had to hold outside because he was going to go back in and flip tables and beat the. Out of everybody in the room.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

How about when they're shitty to you and they try to get you? Like, that was the thing I thought was the craziest. When they fucked, they did, like a background thing on me the one year. And then just the last person they said for the people moving on was like, a lady, an older lady. It was her first time ever on stage. And I was like, this thing is such horseshit. And then when I was leaving, they go, wait, you have to do exit interviews. And I was like, nah. Then I'm leaving. And they go, well, he goes, no, we can't. We need you for an exit interview. I go, well, I don't know what. I'm leaving. You can't make me do that. And I just laughed. I was like, that's fucking insane. We need you. Hey, sorry we made you look a dumbass. Would you mind sitting around and maybe saying some other stupid shit?

[Lamont Landers]

They should get to exit interviews before you get kicked off. Like, there's no. There's no incentive to sit around. But the same thing happened to Me, like, they want to, like, goad a, like, negative response. You'd be like this and like, crying or anything like that.

[Mike Vecchione]

But isn't it better almost to lean into that just for the viral moment? Now, you would think. You would think that that's bad, but if you lean into it, be like, this guy's a psycho.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I gotta go check him out, dude. There was a girl who used to sing at the karaoke. I would run around the corner from the Comedy Cellar named Jules. I don't know what her thing. Remember Jules? And she can carry a voice. She can carry a tune. But she was very nasally, right? But a lot of black guys, because of her body, told her she was better than she was. Then she went on American Idol and, like, was really hyped up going in. Going in for it. And then when she. When she got back from it, didn't really mention that. She was like, you know, it didn't really come up again anymore. And we watched the season and they did put it. She tried to sing Rolling in the Deep. And what they just did with the editing was she was wearing leather pants. So they. They pot down her singing, and they just. It's just the whole performance, like, it's like her pants squeaking around the whole time. Like, damn, dude. They just. Her.

[Robert Kelly]

Jesus Christ.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I mean, she was not good, but she had big floppy Jewish tits. And I'm not gonna tell her that.

[Robert Kelly]

Now you. You have a band? Do you have a band in life?

[Lamont Landers]

I got a band in life. Yeah, man.

[Robert Kelly]

But you can just go out by yourself.

[Lamont Landers]

Do you ever just, like, I'll be doing something for y' all here in a little bit. I don't prefer to do it by myself. It's okay. You know, playing with yourself is not fun.

[Robert Kelly]

Who says that? You know, I was gooning out all day today.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Bobby. Bobby. Different. Different playing.

[Robert Kelly]

I got you. I got you. Sorry. Thanks, Jay.

[Lamont Landers]

But I've got a. I've got a keys player I've been playing with for 14 years, bass player for eight. Like, I just got a group of homies that we've been doing it for.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

They're good friends.

[Lamont Landers]

So good friends, man. We've played like, grocery store grand openings and, like, funerals and shit. I've done every kind of gig you can.

[Robert Kelly]

When did you find out that you had that voice?

[Lamont Landers]

I was. I was like 18 or 19. I was playing guitar in a band, not singing. And I went to go visit my aunt and uncle for Christmas or Thanksgiving or something, and my aunt had a guitar she never heard me sing, so my sister, like, recorded me. I was playing for my aunt and uncle. I did like, hit the road, Jack. And she recorded it and put it up on YouTube. And it's still up there today. I was like, just a baby. And yeah, people like, you know, I got like 300,000 views overnight.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Your family put it up and they were still like, can you believe this motherfucker's white?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, exactly.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

By your mom?

[Lamont Landers]

No.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You believe this motherfucker's wife?

[Lamont Landers]

Other folks. Other folks telling me that I could sing. I didn't think I could sing, so.

[Robert Kelly]

Really? Yeah, it's crazy. Now you. You're married. Right there. You. Is that you?

[Lamont Landers]

Wow, that's me.

[Robert Kelly]

Wow. Dude, you really. I mean, Sharon Stone has done a lot with you. Yes, she's.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Funny for not looks.

[Lamont Landers]

But just how many years ago is this, man? That's got to be like 14 years ago. My glass. My glasses that I was wearing, the side that you can see, the arm has broke off. It's just got one arm.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Oh, yeah, look at that. Yeah, she's resting.

[Robert Kelly]

You still got those pants?

[Lamont Landers]

Nah, this somewhere, man. I was in college.

[Robert Kelly]

Look at that pleat, man, you got a hot dog.

[Lamont Landers]

Give me all the. I deserve it.

[Mike Vecchione]

Did you take lessons?

[Christine]

No.

[Mike Vecchione]

How'd you learn?

[Lamont Landers]

I'm so self taught.

[Robert Kelly]

Really?

[Lamont Landers]

YouTube. I was like the first generation of YouTube kids, so I like learned everything off of YouTube.

[Robert Kelly]

So you're a prodigy.

[Lamont Landers]

No, I wouldn't say that, man. I've. I sucked for a long, long time.

[Robert Kelly]

Really?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, dude.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

And you just like got better with a simple, like, I mean, chord progression.

[Lamont Landers]

Just like y', all, man. It's just like repetition and. And getting up and doing it.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah. I mean, I'm mediocre. I've never made it.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Stop it.

[Robert Kelly]

No, I will not.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You've succeeded very far in entertainment for someone who grew up with very wealthy parents that were not.

[Robert Kelly]

First of all, I did not have healthy parents.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I was crazy.

[Robert Kelly]

My mom will call you later.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

It's nuts how much money this guy.

[Robert Kelly]

I have no money.

[Mike Vecchione]

He's from Southie.

[Robert Kelly]

I'm not from Southie. Don't ever say that. From Medford. You call Chuck. Okay.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

We don't know where South Philly guys say about.

[Mike Vecchione]

I thought it was the poor section Bobby I was taking up for you.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Yeah, you and the Wahlbergs. They're from Dorchester, by the way. We made Wahlburger burgers last time I grilled burgers. And not bad.

[Mike Vecchione]

Did you put them up against a cheesesteak no. Better region.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Yes, for sure.

[Robert Kelly]

So you. You're gonna sing a song for us couple?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, I'll sing a couple songs for you.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah. I mean, I'm so excited. I'm so glad you. You decided to come on now.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I heard you're taking requests Mike Vecchion would like you to do. It's Tricky Run dmc, which I was like, I don't think it's in his wheelhouse, but okay, we'll see.

[Lamont Landers]

Man. This is. This is like eight days in a row that I've been. Yeah, I might suck.

[Robert Kelly]

Who knows?

[Lamont Landers]

In fact, what if I just Milli Vanilli the shit out of you and this has all been a ruse just to get here right now.

[Robert Kelly]

If you sounded like Bill Burr when you started to sing, dad, I would love it.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

And then have the cameras just slowly go around the room to see us all going.

[Lamont Landers]

Man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

All right.

[Robert Kelly]

So actually, it'd be great if you sucked right now.

[Lamont Landers]

I'm for it, man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I just want to say it out loud because I want you to know I won't do it. But the funniest thing to do would be to continuously stop you and ask you to go do a different song.

[Robert Kelly]

That would be great, if you wouldn't mind.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I'm going to stop you right there. I'm going to stop you right there.

[Robert Kelly]

Why did you do that when he was doing it?

[Lamont Landers]

That would be great.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

No way, dude.

[Robert Kelly]

That would have been.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I couldn't have possibly. It's not my personality to do it for real. I just want you to know that I wanted to do it.

[Robert Kelly]

Text me. I could have done it.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Let me stop you right there. I don't know what this shitty song is you're doing, but let's do a different one, come back in 15 minutes, and try to fix everything.

[Lamont Landers]

Damn, dude. What an ass. That would be great, man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I'm g to stop you right there real quick.

[Robert Kelly]

We just all keep stopping.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Third chord every time.

[Robert Kelly]

Whoa, whoa.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

What is that?

[Robert Kelly]

He doesn't want. He doesn't do one song on the show. All right, we gotta go. Listen, next time you're on, choose a song.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Maybe send us the set list, because I don't know what the hell that was.

[Mike Vecchione]

Did people in Alabama enjoy this?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Is this for the people of Alabama?

[Lamont Landers]

That's good, man.

[Robert Kelly]

Are you from there your whole life?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, man. Yeah, I am. I don't know if I sound it, but I definitely a little bit.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Fun place to grow up.

[Lamont Landers]

That's a very loose word. I love Alabama and I talk about it all the time. I'm like, I'm from Alabama. I'm very proud to be there. But, you know, it's. It's not like, big city. There's not a lot of cool stuff to do.

[Mike Vecchione]

But did you must have spent a lot of time alone to, like, learn and then practice and all that stuff.

[Lamont Landers]

For sure. High school, like, I really, like, there was guys that were, you know, at the time, really good, and I was like, I sucked. So I spent about two summers in my bedroom, just, like. I mean, just really getting after it.

[Robert Kelly]

You. You get a lot of ch. Playing the guitar in Alabama?

[Lamont Landers]

I've had a handful. It's not like, you know, I'm not, like, just drowning in it, but, you know, I've had. I had one committed relationship when I was 20 to the time I was 29, and then I immediately got out of that and got into. I'm engaged again. I got a baby. So I'm not really, like.

[Robert Kelly]

How old are you?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I was gonna tell you. Take Christine from me right now. Go on, take her from me.

[Robert Kelly]

Christine would love to go.

[Lamont Landers]

I'm 30.

[Robert Kelly]

You got a pool?

[Lamont Landers]

I'm 34. No, I don't. Not no pool.

[Robert Kelly]

Ah, you get a pool? Yeah.

[Lamont Landers]

One of these days. I'm on my way.

[Robert Kelly]

You're right there.

[Lamont Landers]

I can do, like, an above. Above Grandp.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Nice. She doesn't care. As long as you put her in a puddle of water, she's happy. Throw in a puddle for all she cares. As long as she's wet in the afternoon. You just got to keep her wet on both sides like a seal.

[Robert Kelly]

Ah. All right, let's. Let's. You. You sing a song. Let's get.

[Lamont Landers]

How we doing?

[Robert Kelly]

You're right on the song.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Let's go. That's why you don't host America's Got Talent.

[Robert Kelly]

Yo. Real quick.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

All right. Song time, right?

[Robert Kelly]

We got a mic over here. We got the guitar over there.

[Lamont Landers]

This should work.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Lamont, do you play multiple instruments?

[Lamont Landers]

I play. I play bass. All right. I play. Like, if I had all the time in the world, I could.

[Robert Kelly]

Paco, put that mic down there.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Really?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah. I'm like. I could do a beat on drums, but, like, I'm not, like, I'm really good at guitar.

[Robert Kelly]

Really? Do you need a drummer? Because I. I fiddle, dude.

[Lamont Landers]

Let's go.

[Robert Kelly]

Imagine that if I just became a drummer in his band. Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I thought the joke was you were saying, do you need a drummer? Because I fiddle. Saying, you play the fiddle, but you were just wondering if you Needed a drums.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, I fiddle around. I know.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I faddle. I faddle with drums. That's why we are our drum duo. Our duo battle drum is called Fiddle Faddle. Man. We're good vampers.

[Robert Kelly]

We are. That's a nice guitar, man. Is that. Is that a real expensive. It looks like a very expensive guitar, man.

[Lamont Landers]

It's actually kind of a beater. It's a Squire. So it's like, you know, Fenders subsidiary brand.

[Robert Kelly]

We. We have. Do you have a guitar like, your. Your original guitar that is that, like, you tour with?

[Lamont Landers]

And this is what I told. Because I'm afraid of, you know, getting stolen.

[Robert Kelly]

Really?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, so. But, you know, I put some nice pickups in it, and I've got it, like, you know, the way I like it. But I've got some, like, Gibson Les Paul's that my dad got me for, like, a high school graduation present. He got like, I'm not rich either, but my dad got like, I'm not lawsuit money.

[Robert Kelly]

I'm not rich, dude. I'm saying I have no money.

[Lamont Landers]

I'm saying I'm just like you. No, I'm like.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

No, no, no, listen. I grew up. It's just me and my mom. We were broke in West Philadelphia. But Bobby's a different character. Listen, it's why the show works. We come from different places.

[Robert Kelly]

I swear to God. My mom had my sister when she was 15, me when she was 18. She was a slut in the bush.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Okay, that's no way to talk about your mother, the heiress of the Black and Decker fortune.

[Robert Kelly]

Ah, Mike.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Mike. Do you play any instruments at all, or are you just a dumb jock who would pick on people like this? Oh, my God.

[Mike Vecchione]

That was such a setup. I tried driving.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Are you some piece of athlete that would call guys gay because they like guitar in the arts?

[Robert Kelly]

You know?

[Mike Vecchione]

That's not me.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Would you pick on me for loving the art? Would you like, my brother was.

[Mike Vecchione]

My brother was a musician.

[Robert Kelly]

How bad do you want to take the change out of his pocket right now? Be funny if he didn't. If it was. This is all just.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

He's like, guys, I'm not gonna. It's just tunes for the next half hour, guys.

[Robert Kelly]

This is. All right, here we go. Oh, wow.

[Lamont Landers]

Are these my cans right here?

[Robert Kelly]

Yep. Yes, sir. That's you right there, man.

[Lamont Landers]

All right, here we go.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Don't say the nword. Bleep that out if you can say ninja. I appreciate it.

[Lamont Landers]

My manager was, like, scared of right behind you.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

No, don't say it.

[Lamont Landers]

Oh, yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

There we go.

[Lamont Landers]

Why the out of ten?

[Robert Kelly]

Hold on.

[Lamont Landers]

One more time. Y' all want to hit this guitar? Get tuned.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, why not?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Paco, you have perfect tone. Paco's a human guitar tuner. Paco, feel the vibrations. Where's he at? Is that an E?

[Christine]

I see the crystal rain zones fall on the window down the hall it becomes a morning dew to make those rainbows in my mind When I think of you sometime I want to spend some time with you Just the two of us we can make it if we're tried Just the two of us Just the two of us Just the two of us Building castles, we apart Just the two of us, you and I.

[Robert Kelly]

Hey, real quick, stop. One second, dude. First of all, I want to say the guitar. We got to fix the guitar going through the thing.

[Lamont Landers]

Okay.

[Robert Kelly]

But you have such a. I mean, an amazing voice. You could have done that acapella, bro. I mean, it's crazy. It's nuts, man. It's so. I. I. You're so good, bro.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Now, that was a Maya Angelou poem.

[Robert Kelly]

No, that was. Who's. Who's your influences? Who's your favorite. Who's your favorite band? Who's your favorite singer?

[Lamont Landers]

Oh, man, it sounds like I got two things.

[Christine]

My mom.

[Lamont Landers]

Is this thing working or is this.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, okay, it's working.

[Lamont Landers]

So my mom was like, Bill Withers, Nile Green, and Marvin Gaye. All the soul stuff came from my mom.

[Robert Kelly]

Right.

[Lamont Landers]

And then my dad was like, you know, typical Alabama dudes, like Southern rock, Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughan. So the guitar stuff kind of comes from Southern rock, and then the soul stuff comes from my mom. It's just kind of a hodgepodge of that.

[Mike Vecchione]

Were they musicians at all?

[Lamont Landers]

No, I'm the first musician in my family.

[Robert Kelly]

No shit. Yeah, the first one. You had a piano, though. Is that for you?

[Lamont Landers]

No, I don't have a piano. That was, like, at my aunt and uncle's house.

[Robert Kelly]

Oh, they have.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Did your parents break up because your father was insecure because your mom liked black music so much?

[Lamont Landers]

They did, though. They did get divorced, though, so.

[Robert Kelly]

Ah, Jesus, Jay.

[Lamont Landers]

No, it's fine, though, man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I call that soul music, dude. He knew something was up.

[Robert Kelly]

That's how he got all this soul divorced.

[Lamont Landers]

I mean, my dad got a guitar when I was, like, in second grade. It's supposed to be my second grade Christmas present, and I wasn't allowed to touch it, but when they got divorced, he just left it. So Nirvana and angsty.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

And then just from YouTube picking up like tabs and stuff.

[Lamont Landers]

Dude, tabs was the first thing. Yeah. Like, Olga was the first site. The online guitar academy or some.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I try. I. The time that I tried to learn how to play guitar when I just feel like I was getting a couple chords. Guitar Hero came out.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

And I was in a touring band, it turns out already, and we were shredding up every night.

[Mike Vecchione]

But now I think that took a lot of people off.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Guitar Hero. If you were younger, if you were a young person that was going to learn, then they tried to make a game that would teach you. It's like Rocksmith. That would teach you guitar. But like, no one got that. You're like, dude, I gotta learn something still. I'm just buying to play a game, man.

[Robert Kelly]

I bought a. I bought a like a 1600 Italian acoustic electric guitar and I didn't know how to play. I got. I had a guy who was gonna give me a lesson and I went to his house with this amazing guitar that I didn't know how to play, and he. He didn't show up. And then I just never played the guitar again.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

One shot at it.

[Robert Kelly]

I got one shot and I had this beautiful.

[Lamont Landers]

Where is it?

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, my uncle took it. He just took it from me. Yeah. God damn.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

And this next song's about that. Bobby's uncle was on heroin.

[Robert Kelly]

Did we get the guitar through the. Let me hear the guitar. Oh, there we go.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

There we go.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, the guitar wasn't coming through the speakers on the first one. All right, you got another one?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, sure, man.

[Robert Kelly]

Let's go. Do you need more in your headphones?

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, I've got. I've actually got nothing in my headphones right now.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You know, Mike, a lot of people get angry at Bobby who work here because they think he got the job cuz his parents own a piece of Sirius xm.

[Robert Kelly]

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[Big Jay Oakerson]

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[Robert Kelly]

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[Christine]

Sitting in the morning sun I'll be sitting when the evening comes Watching the ships roll in and then I'll watch them roll away again I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay Watching that tide roll away Sitting on the dock of the bay Wasting time I left my home in Georgia I headed for the Frisco bab I had nothing to live for look like nothing's gonna come my way so I'm sitting on the doctor bay Watching that tire roll away Sitting on the dark color bay wasting time oh, looks like nothing's gonna change Everything still remains.

[Lamont Landers]

The same.

[Christine]

I can't do what 10 people tell me to do so I guess I remain the same Sitting here resting my bones in this long and this won't leave me alone.

[Lamont Landers]

It'S been.

[Christine]

A 2,000 miles of a warm job Just to make this dock my home oh, I'm just sitting on the dark of the bay Watching that tilt roll.

[Lamont Landers]

Away.

[Christine]

Sitting on the dark of the bay Wasting time Break it down now, y'.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

All right.

[Lamont Landers]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I'm clapping but I'll be the one to say it that wasn't as Tricky. Now, I said in the beginning. You even got Mikey Becky own bobbing head on that. He only likes Italian opera and crooners.

[Robert Kelly]

What's that? Yeah, come sit back down.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Yeah, man. Please.

[Robert Kelly]

Do you play any. Do you have any original songs that you wrote?

[Lamont Landers]

I do, man.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah. We gotta end on one of those. You got an album out now. What's going on? What are you. What are you touring?

[Lamont Landers]

What are you signed? The deal, man.

[Robert Kelly]

You signed a deal. How many? Like, 30 million. What'd you get?

[Lamont Landers]

No, nothing like that.

[Robert Kelly]

Nah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Was it with that old guy from Boston who molest you?

[Lamont Landers]

It was like. Yes, it was like 30. It's like 30 million in Alabama books, which is.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Is nice.

[Lamont Landers]

Not. Not even that.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Damn, I wish it was Lou Perlman. He goes, you know what? I think the guy's turned it around. I think this is. This time he's going to do it right.

[Lamont Landers]

But, yeah, man, I've dropped two singles. I would have played those today. They're a little bit more in depth. I need, like, my band.

[Robert Kelly]

You need the band? Yeah. God, if I know how to do that, I would just take a guitar and an amp to, like, some coffee shop and just get it so much.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Absolutely.

[Robert Kelly]

I mean, I would.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Busking. Busking's too outside and smelly. No, I'm talking about. I know what you're saying, right? A nice little hipster coffee shop, and I would be in there just scamming trim.

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, he's on tour.

[Lamont Landers]

It doesn't work that way. Shops are not the place is the tour.

[Mike Vecchione]

Like, do you guys party crazy afterwards?

[Lamont Landers]

Bring girls back to the bus? No, no. First and foremost, no.

[Robert Kelly]

He's married. He has a kid.

[Lamont Landers]

I'm very much committed in my relationship. And no, we don't do anything stamp that.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Well, it's not. You're out. You're out. You're out with Gary. Yeah. Like, we've met Gary and hung backstage with Gary. It's not a real party scene.

[Robert Kelly]

You're friends with Gary.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Yeah, but I'm saying it's like a part. It's not really a party scene backstage. It's like everyone has. He's laid back, he's chill. Chill.

[Lamont Landers]

Hey, yeah, he's the coolest guy in the world, man. And, yeah, no, we don't get fucked up. Really. My. You know, my band members smoke weed and shit, but we don't really get drunk and shit. We just. You know how it is. Like, you don't show. I don't know how it is for y', all, but we get done. Yeah, go to the Ramada or the Comfort Inn or whatever we're staying at and go to sleep, wake up and.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Go to the next place Nove owns. Clean living. Everything he eats clean on the road. Somehow he does it.

[Lamont Landers]

Good for you, man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Figure it out.

[Robert Kelly]

I don't do either.

[Lamont Landers]

I've gained like at least £7 in the last two. Two weeks.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

The roads rough.

[Robert Kelly]

2, 7, 7.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

What do you do? You stop eating at 6pm, stop eating.

[Mike Vecchione]

At 6pm but then the food on the road has all those oils and all that stuff.

[Lamont Landers]

Seed oils?

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah, seed oils.

[Lamont Landers]

That's what everybody's talking about these days.

[Mike Vecchione]

Those goddamn diction, the food. But luckily, you know, I thought it.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Was a taste in cheese, but seed.

[Robert Kelly]

Oil, how did this just turn it? Seed oils, man.

[Mike Vecchione]

Because the aliens bring them in.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Listen, if you guys just use mega brain and use code bjo, you're going to see for yourself. Your short term memory is going to come back. You're going to see your erection be firmer and stronger.

[Lamont Landers]

That's good.

[Robert Kelly]

So now you do a lot of covers. You got your own album coming out, your own, your own songs.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, man.

[Robert Kelly]

And this is your manager over here.

[Lamont Landers]

This is Tom. Mr. Tom Gibble. He used to run Austin City Limits, the TV show, for many, many years.

[Robert Kelly]

Oh, no. And did you. Do you have your. You been with him for a while?

[Lamont Landers]

Been with Tom for like two years now.

[Robert Kelly]

Two years? Yeah. How's he doing? Is he all right?

[Lamont Landers]

He's great, man. He's the. Things actually started like, you know, moving in a direction once Tom got on board. So that was very crucial.

[Robert Kelly]

Oh, that's good, man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Jerry's out. He's going to molest you. He's playing the long game.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, he didn't like that.

[Lamont Landers]

Like that.

[Mike Vecchione]

Tom's right behind you.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, Tom's like with a piano.

[Mike Vecchione]

Piano wire strangle you. Big J dies mid episode.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

That would go viral for sure.

[Robert Kelly]

So now, man, you're doing what you want to be. Now you've done this before. You said you've been here before.

[Lamont Landers]

Well, man, like I said, like so for 14 years I was doing like grocery store grand openings, you know, funerals, bar mitzvahs, weddings, corporate gigs, anything that can make money.

[Robert Kelly]

And I was making Jews in Alabama. Yeah, okay.

[Lamont Landers]

There's a few.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Not happy about the though. What?

[Robert Kelly]

Muzzle tough. Everybody.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Heard Teddy Pendergrass sing Hava Naga, what's happening?

[Lamont Landers]

That's who that is.

[Mike Vecchione]

Lama, how are the grocery store grand openings?

[Robert Kelly]

That had to be pretty fun.

[Lamont Landers]

Oh, it's weird.

[Mike Vecchione]

The situation's got to be crazy raining. It's like, welcome to Bucky, dude.

[Lamont Landers]

It made. No, it was like a thing. Like, oh, here's 2,500 bucks to show. Come show up at a win Dixie at 6am for whatever. And so you set up at the front of the, you know, the. The checkout. And like just old people are just piling in. First thing when the door is open and we're sitting there playing like a full band with a PA at the front of checkout. And they're like, what? They're like, what?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

The is all for total reason brand.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, all nine disc. I was like, no, no, no. Some old lady came up and was.

[Christine]

Like, it's way too loud.

[Lamont Landers]

And I'm like, I have no control. I'm just here for a check.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

That sucks so much. He goes, enough. I don't want to do this either.

[Mike Vecchione]

This next single comes from the frozen food section.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

It's the worst when you're doing. When you're doing any kind of performing where you're not supposed to be. And then someone correctly calls out, why is this happening? Here you go, I don't know. I need money. I knew it was a bad idea.

[Lamont Landers]

From the get go.

[Robert Kelly]

I had to do a show at a college during finals, and they were studying for their tests in the cafeteria part that I was in. And a guy looked, he goes, guy, can you please stop? We gotta get this work done. And you're bugging all of us.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

So fun. You're like, I have to talk into a microphone for 45 minutes.

[Robert Kelly]

Contractually, I have 13 minutes left. I just said my jokes.

[Lamont Landers]

Was it like a naca, Gigi?

[Robert Kelly]

I did naca. I was in front of a spinning pie wheel once in front of a cafeteria, and a lady was looking at me. I thought she was listening. She was just trying to find out if she wanted apple. A pumpkin.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Yeah. I knew I was gonna get colleges when I got off stage and someone goes, he's no Marty Putz. And I go, what does Marty Putz do? Like, he shoots a gun that has marshmallows in it and tells jokes. And I was like, oh, I am no Marty Butts. Comes to find out, no Marty Putz at all, man.

[Robert Kelly]

So where can. Where can. What's the name of your album? What is the name?

[Lamont Landers]

So the album is gonna be called America in the Modern World, which is kind of a mouthful, but I don't know. I like the title.

[Robert Kelly]

Did you. Did you come up with it?

[Lamont Landers]

I came with a title. It's you know, there's a track on the record called America and it's. It's like one of my favorites. I did most of it at my house, like before we'd even started the record. So I'm like, super. Super. I was gonna say jizzed on that. That's not the right word.

[Robert Kelly]

You can say that. That's the right word.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, I'm jazzed on it.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Oh, you could be jazzed enough to jizz.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah.

[Lamont Landers]

That was it.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

By the way, if you use that as a song title, Jazz that enough to jizz. Just mention me in it, you get 20%.

[Robert Kelly]

Say Jay will get you there if you. If you just let it.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Just enough to jizz. Oh, yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

Is it about. Is it. And you wrote this? All the songs.

[Lamont Landers]

All the songs on the record were either written by me or co written. There's like two that were given to me by a wonderful songwriter named Meline Edwards in Nashville. And other than that, yeah, it's all.

[Robert Kelly]

Who's the. Who's the person you met that you like. Oh, my God. God, I can't believe I'm. I'm.

[Lamont Landers]

Well, it's. This right now, honestly, is one of those moments. I'm not trying to like, blow smoke up your ass.

[Robert Kelly]

I just wanted to hear you say it.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, I mean, I'm dead serious, man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

It's like the answer was Ghostface Killer, not us.

[Lamont Landers]

Well, I haven't met him. I haven't met him.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Two aging fathers.

[Robert Kelly]

No. But like, music wise, who is the person that you met where you. Like, I can't believe I'm in the.

[Lamont Landers]

Same room with him, dude. I honestly don't know. Like, I'm like, I go through life coming with these blinders on, and I try not to get over, like, hyped about anything or anybody and like, just like, fan out. Like, Gary, honestly was a huge thing for me because one of the first songs I ever performed live, like, was his bright lights. Like 14 years ago, I was playing in my local bar. So these last three shows, he's had me get up and play Bright Lights with him at the end of like the encore of the show. It's been like, what the, man? It's like full circle to the.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

To the highest degree person to start with. Dude, it's like a good dude. Dude. He's very regular guy.

[Lamont Landers]

So kind, man. And so generous. Yeah, man, it's been great.

[Robert Kelly]

Is it hard being away from the family? Him?

[Lamont Landers]

It sucks. Yeah. And my daughter's like, you know, more and more aware she's three. But like, yeah, she knows what's going on. She's like, I miss you, Dad. I got a message from the other day. I said, you're the best dad ever. I'm like, oh, man. Melts my heart. Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's fine.

[Robert Kelly]

Shut up. What is wrong with you?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Everybody. I had a daughter when I was young and touring around.

[Lamont Landers]

I know she's fine. And her mom. Her mom is killing it. Like.

[Robert Kelly]

Like is wrong. I mean, I was crying. You're like, she's good. Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

By the way, that was also title of a song. And then Apparentia says, she's fine. I miss her every goddamn day. It's so hard to stay on the road. She's fine.

[Robert Kelly]

She's fine.

[Christine]

Daddy, you're the best dad ever.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I want to sing backup vocals. And coming sideways with you on the mic.

[Lamont Landers]

She's fine.

[Robert Kelly]

That's so funny, Jay. Jay started whistling in the end of that song.

[Lamont Landers]

Y' all killed it, man. I was like, yeah, you jumped in too. Yeah, man.

[Robert Kelly]

I was a little nervous, though, because he was looking at me, waiting for me to up. Yeah.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Christine didn't whistle long. She doesn't know the song. She doesn't appreciate this is her words. Negro music, which is crazy. Which is crazy. Which is crazy.

[Robert Kelly]

Do you not. You seriously. You don't like negro music? I seriously can't. What's the.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Oh, okay, okay, sure, sure, you can.

[Lamont Landers]

Wait.

[Robert Kelly]

I have a quick question.

[Lamont Landers]

Just because I was thinking about being from Alabama. Yeah. Is it, like, widely known in Alabama that Leonard Skinner is not from there? Because we just found out, and it's kind of like a mind blow.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

She just found out.

[Robert Kelly]

You just found out too.

[Lamont Landers]

Don't say that to people.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

What do you tell other people?

[Lamont Landers]

I grew. I grew up listening to them, so I knew they were from Jacksonville, Floyd, Florida. So, like. But yeah, I mean, the sweet home Alabama, of course. Everybody, you know. Roll Tide. Yeehaw. So you would assume. Yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

You didn't know. Do they really not like Neil Young?

[Lamont Landers]

No. I think that's some. To my knowledge, and I'm not a part of the Leonard Skynyrd family or anything like that, but to my knowledge, they were actually going to be working on a collaboration together right before they died.

[Robert Kelly]

So that's crazy.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

And then really, was that one of.

[Lamont Landers]

The times Neil Young might have killed him?

[Robert Kelly]

I don't know. I'm about to make it. And they were like, I had that with Louie.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Remember? That was your Skynyrd.

[Robert Kelly]

We were walking around. All right. What do you want the show to be like, I don't know, Lou. I gotta. Be right back, Bob. I gotta go take care of something. What?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Hey, if you don't mind, I gotta go empty the pipes, if you know what I mean.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, I do.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I got you. I understand.

[Robert Kelly]

No.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Your only pain is that he never whacked off on you. Never even asked.

[Robert Kelly]

I hear he did. Did.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

No, he didn't.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, he did.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

No, he didn't. And I said, you wish he did.

[Robert Kelly]

I did that Europe tour. What do you think? I got that he did my special dumb, dumb.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Oh, yeah.

[Robert Kelly]

How do you think he paid for that?

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Right over your shoulder and there's just Plinkos through your chest hairs.

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah. You didn't see the alternate ending to Kill Box? It was called Jizz Box.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

I didn't see that ending.

[Robert Kelly]

What? I didn't.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

State of the. After credits took a turn.

[Robert Kelly]

It always does.

[Mike Vecchione]

No one was expecting this.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

It always does. Oh, wait. Are we gonna do another song? Because we have stuff to go.

[Robert Kelly]

We gotta now. You want to do original?

[Lamont Landers]

I don't. I'll hit a chorus of an original.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Oh, cuz he said it's a. It's a difficult.

[Robert Kelly]

Listen, Jay, you get the drums, I'll get the bass. You got keys, Mike? Yeah, like a set of keys. You can jingle?

[Mike Vecchione]

Yes.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You guys need me to parrot. You guys want me to parrot it all or something?

[Robert Kelly]

Yeah, we. I can play. I can play tit drums if you need me.

[Lamont Landers]

Drums are welcome and pretty good, right? You like this? 10 seconds of this song that I'm gonna sing. Go listen to it anywhere you stream music.

[Robert Kelly]

It's out now.

[Lamont Landers]

It's out now. It's called A Lot of Love.

[Robert Kelly]

It's called the mic on, though. Talking to the mic. Hey, hey, hey.

[Lamont Landers]

Check one too.

[Robert Kelly]

Okay.

[Lamont Landers]

That. Can't even see my song, man.

[Robert Kelly]

Jesus.

[Christine]

Oh, I got a whole lot of love I got a whole lot of love.

[Lamont Landers]

I can't do it, man. I'm.

[Robert Kelly]

Why?

[Lamont Landers]

I can't. I can't hear it. Like in. I can't hear it in. What was it called?

[Robert Kelly]

Headphones.

[Lamont Landers]

Well, not gonna hear it in my headphones. I can. I can't hear it. And what's the thing and your brain.

[Robert Kelly]

Your eyes, your fingertips, something.

[Lamont Landers]

I'll hit this other one that I.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Actually.

[Robert Kelly]

That song sounded good.

[Lamont Landers]

Yeah, it was great.

[Robert Kelly]

God damn it.

[Lamont Landers]

Motherfucker.

[Robert Kelly]

We were all like this.

[Christine]

Yeah.

[Lamont Landers]

I can. I'll hit a. I'll hit a verse and a chorus of this one.

[Robert Kelly]

Okay.

[Christine]

DJ ever wonder while we're all here indeed. You ever wonder how a lonely heart is? The lights come on, the liquor strong like magic you appear O sin. I'm in love.

[Lamont Landers]

Oh.

[Robert Kelly]

She'S fine.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

No, dude, it's. It's. It's free to rock around. To rock around the clocky.

[Robert Kelly]

Tricky Bobby.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You told me this guy was music, buddy.

[Robert Kelly]

That was brilliant, man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

That was amazing.

[Robert Kelly]

Great job. You are. You can go. Go check him out. Lamont Landers. Check him out right now. Wherever you download music, the name of the new album that's coming out is what?

[Lamont Landers]

America in the modern world.

[Robert Kelly]

America in the mother. The new single is called She's Fine. It's about his daughter. She's good.

[Mike Vecchione]

Whoa.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Line cross.

[Robert Kelly]

I mean, bro, go get his music. Go see him live.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Everything's gonna be fine.

[Robert Kelly]

Everything's gonna be fine.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

He's fine.

[Robert Kelly]

Sit back down, dude. We'll say goodbye. Thank you so much for coming in, Mike. Mike's got a new special joke. Go do it.

[Mike Vecchione]

Two Jews walk into a bar and. Thank you.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

This is good. Mike was here, actually Came here secretly to write a slam piece on you. But I think you turned him around. This one. I think you turn him around. This one. He's got a very popular blog where he takes people down.

[Robert Kelly]

Mike Vecchion's got a new special low income wife.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Hilarious. Hilarious.

[Robert Kelly]

I'm gonna actually walk it on the watch it tonight on my way to New Hampshire. I told you. It's available on Nateland right now on YouTube. And he's going to be touring all over the world. He's going to be a Rosemont. He's going to be in Tempe. He's going to be in Des Moines. Off that the more coin, Jay. This is what I love about you, Jay. You hurt, but you help well, like.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

The Marines, I have to break it down and build you up.

[Robert Kelly]

You really break me down a lot.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

You're no use to me if you're not doing well.

[Robert Kelly]

You know happy my wife is that you call me on all my dumb words that I mess up. Good, good for maybe you'll learn.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Well, she knows you come from that pish posh background.

[Robert Kelly]

I don't come from a goddamn time.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Somebody finally straightened your out.

[Robert Kelly]

I was in. I drank at 10. I was sober at 15.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Oh yeah, with your neck.

[Robert Kelly]

He's from Medford, Nashville. And for tickets and all the tour dates go to mikevecchione.com please watch the.

[Mike Vecchione]

Special on YouTube for free.

[Robert Kelly]

And make sure you check out right now. We got you right here. You go check out what's the song called?

[Lamont Landers]

Oh, I'm in Love.

[Robert Kelly]

I'm in love. Lamont Landers right now. Anywhere you can download music.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Download also if you're in Ben Salem, Pennsylvania tomorrow. Parks Casino.

[Robert Kelly]

I went to jail in that town. I swear to God.

[Mike Vecchione]

You do that. Kkj. I've done that.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Park Bobby. This is real what's happening. Not these made up stories you have. No, not Parks.

[Robert Kelly]

I just was there a couple weeks ago. I did the show there.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Lamont landers.com for tour info Lamont Landers on all socials and dude, thank you so much for coming and we hope to have you again, man.

[Lamont Landers]

Come back in anytime man.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Punch up that live Robert Kelly for all his dates. You go to bigj comedy.com punch up that live big jokerson the social.

[Robert Kelly]

It's at.

[Lamont Landers]

Lamont Landers official.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

That's right, official.

[Robert Kelly]

Follow him on Instagram. He's amazing.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

And enjoy the pre record tomorrow. We'll catch you guys live Monday.

[Robert Kelly]

Monday.

[Big Jay Oakerson]

Until then, crackle crackle.

[Robert Kelly]

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[Lamont Landers]

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[Big Jay Oakerson]

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[Lamont Landers]

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[Robert Kelly]

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