JCW ARCHIVE: Artificial Records

Summary

The John Clay Wolfe Show — Archive Episode: "Artificial Records"

Date: March 20, 2026
Theme: Exploring AI-generated music with the Wolf Pack’s own AI theme songs

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Episode Overview

This lively "throwback" episode from The John Clay Wolfe Show archive dives into the crew experimenting with AI-generated music. The team discusses the surreal capabilities of current AI song generators, each member reveals their own AI-created or original theme song for the show, and the group debates the impact of AI in music and creativity.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter & Episode Context

• The crew is in a playful, nostalgic mood, introducing the episode as a "throwback adventure" into show archives and recent fun with AI.
• [00:01] "The John Clay Wolf show has appeared on terrestrial radio for a really, really, really long time...we found something funny. And yes, it's contagious." – A (John Clay Wolfe)

2. AI Music Generation Introduced

• JD and the crew talk about an online AI service that quickly creates fully formed songs by inputting just a few prompts.
• [00:28] "JD was telling me about this crazy AI service that just pumps out songs like it's nothing...I can't lie, these clankers drop some heat..." – B (DJ Pre K)
• JD describes his process: entering only a show description and crew names.
• [01:02] "I literally put the basics in there. Put our names. I said, Saturday morning, coast to coast radio show. And I gave them our names and this is what it came up." – F (JD)

3. AI-Generated Theme Song Showcase

• JD’s classic rock-style AI song is played:
  • Lyrics feature each team member and classic morning radio feels.
  • [01:33-02:06] Sample lyric: "Coast to coastal. Weekends here. Saturday morning, Loud and clear, Starring John Clay wolf..."
• Rapid production time shocks everyone.
  • [02:19] "That’s disgusting. How perfect it is. That’s just going to ruin the music." – D (John Clay Wolfe)
  • [02:17] "Two minutes? Three?" – F (JD)

4. Other Crew AI Theme Song Attempts

• Bobbo (Bob Brown) spends more time, tweaks more parameters for his version:
  • [02:43-03:33] Lyrics feature recurring show characters and playful rhymes: "Climb aboard with John Clay and the crew...You can’t drink all day unless you start first thing in the morning..."
• Turley experiments with a sports-themed AI song.
  • [03:53-04:41] "From the heart of Texas, a legend takes the mic...The John Clay Wolf Show. Truth lay bare and bold..."

5. Pre K’s Original (Non-AI) Song

• DJ Pre K insists on keeping it "real," composing his intro without AI:
  • [04:55] "Look, man, I don't need no robots doing my job, all right? I come with straight bangers." – B (DJ Pre K)
• His track is a hustling hip-hop jingle about buying cars, full of energy and show shoutouts:
  • [05:08-06:04] "Get money, come and get your money. Call me up, we buy cars for real...Act like you ain’t heard of John Clay before. Wolf pack coming..."

6. Reactions, Polls, and the Power of AI

• Team and listeners debate favorites, with poll results showing Pre K in the lead.
  • [06:23] "Go to jcw.com and go to our YouTube poll. Currently Pre K leads it with 83%." – F (JD)
  • [06:36] "I love me JD. Sounds like we hired some Luke Bryan...your sounds so good is weird." – D (John Clay Wolfe)
• Crew is both impressed and a little creeped out by how quickly and accurately AI can generate music without much info.
  • [06:50] "So, like, it figures out more about the show than what you would tell it." – D (John Clay Wolfe)
  • [07:44] "Yeah, that’s pretty. That’s pretty scary." – D (John Clay Wolfe)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [02:19] John Clay Wolfe: “That’s disgusting. How perfect it is. That’s just going to ruin the music.”
• [04:55] DJ Pre K: “Look, man, I don't need no robots doing my job, all right? I come with straight bangers.”
• [06:50] John Clay Wolfe: “So, like, it [AI] figures out more about the show than what you would tell it.”
• [07:44] John Clay Wolfe: “Yeah, that’s pretty. That’s pretty scary.”
• [07:50] John Clay Wolfe: “I’m impressed. I’m kind of frightened. And I’m the one who's been trying to scare everybody straight.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:01 – Episode intro and throwback framing
• 00:28 – Introduce the AI song generator experiment
• 01:33 – JD’s AI-generated theme song played
• 02:43 – Bobbo’s (Bob Brown) custom AI theme song
• 03:53 – Turley’s sports-themed AI song
• 04:55 – DJ Pre K’s original, non-AI theme song
• 06:23 – Fan poll and crew reactions on best theme
• 07:44 – Reflections on AI’s power and implications

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Tone & Final Thoughts

The episode is relaxed, irreverent, and full of the Wolf Pack's banter. The tone dances between amused astonishment at AI’s musical chops and genuine discomfort about what this means for creativity.
They wrap up encouraging listeners to check out their website, stay connected, and, as always, "keep on rocking."

Summary:
The Wolf Pack’s playful deep-dive into AI song-making is as much a celebration of technology’s dazzling tricks as it is a tongue-in-cheek warning: be careful what you wish for—you just might get a banger... in under three minutes.

Transcript

[A]

The John Clay Wolf show has appeared on terrestrial radio for a really, really, really long time. So we dug into our pockets, and on the other side of our. We found something funny. And yes, it's contagious. Gather round as the wolf pack goes on this throwback adventure.

[B]

What's the damn deal? It's your boy, DJ Pre K with the John Clay Wolf show up in the archives.

[C]

And.

[B]

And I got something a little more recent for y', all, man. JD was telling me about this crazy AI service that just pumps out songs like it's nothing. So, of course, we all had to put our own spin on a theme song for the show. And I can't lie, these clankers drop some heat, but I ain't going out like that. Check it out.

[D]

800-800-7234. So tell me about this AI thing. I don't know nothing. So you're leading this. You're holding this head, Michael.

[E]

I'm holding.

[D]

You're screwing this goat I'm holding.

[E]

Well, actually, it's JD's the one that's holding the.

[F]

I came up with the idea.

[D]

Somebody's screwing this goat. It's not me.

[F]

We had a website that does AI stuff. And I went in, I said, well, what if we did a show theme song? Let me try that. I was just playing around at work because I wasn't buying cars that day. Sorry, Mike. Anyway, I played at work and I just. I literally put the basics in there. Put our names. I said, Saturday morning, coast to coast radio show. And I gave them our names and this is what it came up.

[E]

Which one is yours? Back Show Bubba Wolf Show Bubba.

[F]

I guess.

[G]

Yeah.

[F]

So it's kind of rock, kind of classic rock,

[G]

coast to coastal. Weekends here. Saturday morning, Loud and clear, Starring John Clay wolf. You got J.D. ryan. Bobe Brown's in the house. Mike Turney's bringing it down. It's the John Clay Wolf Show. Turn it up here. Saturdays on the radio. The John Clay Walk show. Let's roll.

[D]

Okay, hang on just a second.

[F]

Wait, wait. All right, hold on. There we go. Now you can talk.

[D]

How long did it take to make that?

[F]

Two minutes? Three?

[D]

That's disgusting. How perfect it is. That's just going to ruin the music.

[F]

I get it, man. That's why I was playing with it.

[E]

So then, Baba, you did that crazy JD?

[F]

Yeah, three minutes.

[D]

Did you do that through ChatGPT or what?

[F]

No. We have a website that does AI stuff.

[D]

Like we pay a service.

[F]

Yes. It's not very expensive either. It's not Expensive.

[E]

So, Baba, you. You did one too, right?

[F]

Yeah, Bobby did one.

[E]

Now, how long did it take yours to put together?

[D]

About an hour.

[F]

He worked a lot more. He gave it a lot more parameters.

[D]

Let's hear what his sounds like.

[H]

Climb aboard with John Clay and the crew Saturday. You've got nothing to do. John Clay's in command and JD's got the news. We got crazy characters and bobbles back on the booze. Turley's hard at the wheel. And don't you forget, Pre K's on the phone. You don't have to be alone. We're gonna talk about cars and women in a tastefully low brow way. You can't drink all day.

[G]

Drink all day.

[H]

Unless you start first thing in the morning. It's a Saturday breeze on rising seas. The Wolf Pack cruise is boarding.

[D]

That's fine. All right.

[E]

Okay. And so then I literally took about.

[D]

He did the Flock of Seagulls. Did you prompt Flock of Seagulls version?

[A]

Steely Dan. That's what I got.

[E]

My prompt was like, I want something sports, themey.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

And I just. Literally just a couple cues. Same thing. It took three minutes and this is what it came out.

[G]

From the heart of Texas, a legend takes the mic. Get ready for a ride. Nothing quite like it. JD's got his wings talking planes so high Bubble's got a smirk with a sideways eye. Turley, sports sense always on the money line and DJ Pre K dropping beats that shine. It's the John Clay Wolf Show. Truth lay bare and bold. Is your ride a piece of junker Stories to be told? He'll tell you straight up, no sugar coating here. The accidental Texan banishing all fear. Not a hater, just a Texan with a point of view. Shinola. He's here for me and you. The John Clay Wolf show is on the air. Buckle up, folks, if you dare.

[D]

There you go.

[E]

It's crazy. Like three minutes. That took John three minutes.

[D]

Did Pre K do one?

[E]

Yes, yes. Pre K did one too.

[F]

I haven't even heard this one.

[E]

I haven't heard it either. But Pre K, did you use AI because you're an artist?

[B]

Look, man, I don't need no robots doing my job, all right? I come with straight bangers.

[C]

John Clank. John Clay Cut the check so you know it's going.

[G]

Cash.

[C]

Get money, come and get your money Call me up we buy cars for real get money, come and get your money we buy cars for real get money, come and get your money Call me up. We buying cars for real get money Come and get your money we buying cars for real 800, 800 radio. Act like you ain't heard of John Clay before. That's that wolf pack coming. Don't say surely hit that button Cars, truck, spikes hey, we bomb Is that a bird or a plane? That's J.D. ryan and Bobbo Got a bottle full of laughs and smiles It's Saturday morning Don't touch that dial get money Come and get your money Call me up we buy cars for get money Come and get your money.

[D]

That's interesting.

[F]

That's good.

[A]

Yeah, I can almost hear that as the backing track of like a local. Local TV commercial on 27th.

[F]

Yeah. You know, the UHF channel.

[D]

What is your winner, Bob?

[A]

Oh, man, I. I've loved JD since it came out.

[C]

We can't vote.

[E]

There's actually listeners. Oh, is there a poll?

[F]

Go to jcw.com and go to our YouTube poll. Currently pre K leads it with 83%.

[D]

Well, that means there's been two votes.

[F]

No, there's been more than that.

[E]

38 votes. What's your vote?

[D]

I love me JD. Sounds like we hired some. Some Luke Bryan or. Yeah, I mean, your sounds so good is weird.

[A]

It was fantastic.

[F]

I heard it and I'm like, I gave it nothing. I gave it our names.

[D]

The show goes and looks it up. It looks up stuff.

[F]

I know. Creepy.

[D]

Yeah. So, like, it figures out more about the show than what you would tell it.

[A]

Totally. And you know, with all the lyrics we start his Curly used it. Found a perfect meter to fit all those lyrics in in a rapid fire.

[E]

That's a crazy thing.

[D]

Yeah, right.

[A]

That was phenomenal.

[E]

This is JD's again.

[D]

I want to do the AC DC one for me.

[E]

You can. You can ask it.

[G]

Starring John Clay.

[D]

That is so weird, man.

[F]

Frightening.

[E]

So. And you prompted to, I guess to spit the lyrics out because I only did it once.

[F]

I gave it no lyrics.

[E]

But you. Apparently you can go back and say, no, no, I want you to say this and do this.

[D]

You gave it no lyrics and it got all this.

[E]

Yeah, no lyrics.

[F]

I gave it Saturday morning coast to coast for radio and I gave him our names. That was it.

[D]

Yeah, that's pretty. That's pretty scary.

[A]

Yeah,

[D]

I'm impressed. I'm kind of frightened. And I'm the one who's been trying to scare everybody straight.

[F]

I couldn't believe it came out that good.

[B]

All right, y' all know what to do. Hit us up on John Claywolf.com youm can check out old episodes on there. You know, stay up to date with what we got going on. Get cool gear. We got hats, shirts. All that hit us up on Facebook. You know, search John Clay Wolf show. We're on Instagram. John's on Twitter. You know, you can holler at all of us. Okay. You know how to spell it.

[G]

Okay.

[B]

We appreciate y' all listening. Keep on rocking with us.