This Past Weekend - E491 Kid Rock

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Starting point is 00:00:35 actually in my home state of Louisiana. Grateful to be with him today's guest is Kid Rock. I'm gonna stay. We should just go race. Go race the cars? It'd be wild, huh? What is yours? It's a Panther? No, Dodge Demon. That's stunning. I've never seen it. It looks like a Panther.

Starting point is 00:01:24 It looks like it's gonna attack something. Yeah, some pussy. That's not a car you drive around looking for dicks with. That's not... yeah. Yeah, that's a good point, dude. If I'm'm in that bro, I think I definitely will meet some chicks Dude Kid Rock good to see you man. Great to see you buddy. Yeah, bro. Oh nephew. Yeah, man. Nashville nephew Yeah, thank you so much, bro You were one of the first people that really welcomed me into town when I got here and you invited me to it was your birthday party It was crazy cuz my one of my background singers, Stacey,

Starting point is 00:02:07 Michelle, who's now, she's with Skinner, she married to Ricky Medlock. But staying with me for years is still just a great friend. She was infatuated with you before I got turned on to you years ago. Your comedy stuff. And then we ended up in, I think, Zany's dressing room or whatever it was one time.

Starting point is 00:02:22 And I can't remember where we were, and I'm like FaceTime, and I'm like, look who I bumped into. And she's like, oh my God. And boom, here we are. Yeah, that was fun, dude. That birthday party was sick, man. I think you got up on stage.

Starting point is 00:02:35 You guys wrote a song just for it? Oh, my birthday party. Yeah, was it your birthday party? It was at your house. Oh, at the saloon. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, during the COVID bullshit. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:02:43 Yeah, it was my 50th birthday. Bro, that was sick. And we were gonna do this whole 50th thing. I was gonna do a big gig at Ford Field because I did one for my 40th there, which is the football stadium in Detroit. And we're gonna do something similar to 50th and we're all fucking locked up and shit.

Starting point is 00:02:58 Well, we weren't. There was like nothing happened out. You know where I live. It's like, if you didn't turn on the news, it was like nothing happened. We had people over every weekend having a good time. I worked on an album that year, it was like, whatever. Well, your bar was still open too, and naturally it was still open, right?

Starting point is 00:03:15 Yeah, we did everything we could to keep it open and we didn't exactly follow all the- I remember that. I remember a couple times. I remember one time specifically being in there, there's a fucking line outside. And they had all this bullshit, like you can't use the dance floor,

Starting point is 00:03:28 people have to be six feet apart, all this horse shit. Yeah, you can't whistle at bitches. I remember that. It was like, you can't whistle at bitches. No, there's fucking people standing outside this close in a line outside. I walked down there and I'm like, everybody get in here. Start following them in.

Starting point is 00:03:44 And then motherfuckers are like, can I get a picture? I'm like, do you wanna come in or do you wanna take fucking pictures? Like, you wanna stand outside, get in here, come on. Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I chose to even move to Tennessee is just because of, it was more open. Like, even when I came here,

Starting point is 00:03:57 like there was at least half the stuff was open. Were you in LA at that point? Yeah, I was like, half the shit's open in LA got lame. Dude, you're going, I was just looking at your tour schedule, you're going to Gonzales, Louisiana, bro, that's where my sister lives. Not this weekend, next weekend. Yeah, it's a rock the country festivals.

Starting point is 00:04:17 Jason Aldean's Friday night with a whole lineup of people, and then I'm Saturday night with, I think Hank Junior's on that. No, really? Whole other cast of people, yeah. It's tickets, this is a first year festival that I have a vested interest with. We did a partnership on this thing.

Starting point is 00:04:33 So I'm really out, that's why I'm here. I'm out pumping it. Oh, gang, man. Well, yeah, Gonzales, Louisiana, bro. It's so crazy, because my sister, she lives right by Lamar Dixon. That's where it's at. I've been there to see, like, they do haunted houses up there. They do all kind of I mean, it's just huge fairgrounds You know, they do like the state fair. That's pretty much what all these are. They're in the middle of

Starting point is 00:04:54 Like what the fuck is going on in Ocala, Florida? There's like there's gonna be over there's gonna be close to 35,000 people there Oh, yeah. Oh dude, it was it's already that's you know, that's where they're scaling. They're already at 28, 29,000. Oh, there's gonna be, oh wow. Gonzalez is gonna be huge too. That's gonna be 20 some thousand, depending on how many tickets we move today from, you know, rapping with you. Ashland, yeah, you got Ashland, Kentucky, Rome, Georgia,

Starting point is 00:05:20 Anderson, some of these places I've had, I don't know if I've been or not. Mobile. I've been, well I've been to some of these places, but had, I don't know if I've been or not. Mobile. I've been, well, I've been to some of these places, but we're basically doing these in small towns, middle of nowhere. I'm just trying to, to me, it's kind of an underserved market. This is really what, we're just trying to put

Starting point is 00:05:34 a specific festival together where, you know, everyone's welcome, but this is for like, pretty much people who love America, freedom-loving Americans, wanna come have a good time, you know, like, my joke has kind of been like it's okay if you do But you're probably not gonna see a lot of like nose rings and blue hair at these like right But there will be some excellent people watching I'm going to predict Yeah, bro, especially Florida man, they just had a fake tit that washed up on the beach you see that

Starting point is 00:06:03 No, I Think I don't know if it was in Ocala, but it was somewhere. Well, I think washing up on the beach, I got a place there in Jupiter on the beach and fucking illegals. Yeah. Washing right up on the little island I live on. Really? Like several times. Yeah. Like, and it's been going on for like five years and now it's getting a little bit worse.

Starting point is 00:06:22 Haitians and stuff, like, you know, just like washing up and trucking through the neighborhood. Yeah. They're like, everyone lock your houses down. I'm like, I don't think these people are, most of them aren't trying to rob people. They're just trying to get the fuck away, like, you know, get in and whatever, you know, it's crazy.

Starting point is 00:06:35 And assimilate, yeah. Yeah, we just had a, we had a border patrol agent on two weeks ago, and it was fascinating just to see like, the amount of people since 2020 It's is four times as many people have can't come into the country. It's bananas. It's bananas. It's it's insanity. Yeah, it's insanity because Unfortunately, you know and I believe the FBI directors even said this Any here it's like it's it's not matter of if, it's a matter of when.

Starting point is 00:07:06 You know, look at, you know, what's going on in Israel. Look what just happened in Russia, you know, over the weekend. It's unfortunately, God, God protect us. It's unfortunately, they're gonna do some shit here. They're already plotting it. You know, you got these countries that fucking hate us. Hate America.

Starting point is 00:07:24 Just, you know, when you know which countries they are, that's why, you know, people got these countries that fucking hate us. Hate America. You know which countries they are. That's why people are giving me shit when I went at Rogan about how to handle Palestine. And I'm like, anybody listens to Kid Rock's politics. Number one. I'm sitting here fucking drinking beers. You ask me a question, I'll give you a fucking answer. But I don't think they should dictate this

Starting point is 00:07:41 as policy necessarily. Yeah, well that was interesting. That was the one thing that this border patrol agent said that was kind of fascinating to me was like, he said it used to be that it was migrant people coming for the farming seasons and then they would- Which we need. I grew up in an apple orchard. I used to pick apples with these people every season.

Starting point is 00:08:00 A lot of them would come up and go back, whatever, boom, boom, boom. Yeah, that was the flow. He said it was like an inflow outflow. We need them. Right. We need great migrants. I think Trump's spot on. He's like, we want the good ones to come. We love them. You're great. Most of them are, you know, if they're Mexican, South American, most of them are like, you know, Christians. God, if you're in there, want to work hard, they want a better life. Like, great, man. Let's figure that out and get them over. But we can't just let motherfuckers. Just keep cruising across

Starting point is 00:08:30 Now they're coming from everywhere. It's just it's insanity. That's what he said he said now a lot of them are Africans they're from all over he said the amount of people that are it's not your Mexican It's not what you think coming from China Yeah, you know this thing the other which might be might be great too, but it's like you know it's crazy Just can't fucking people come trucking over well I can't every time I go to Canada I get fucking detained these people are just like cruising across Here's a phone. Where do you want to go? Let's get you a plane ticket like Yeah, I can't even fly a hot chicken from Australia without doing a half a month of paperwork.

Starting point is 00:09:11 But if she's willing to camp out for four days, you can fucking pull it off through Yuma. Um, I feel like we're beating a dead horse. Yeah. It's like people are either one way or the other on it. They just, you know, I feel like people's kind of minds are made up about this shit. Yeah. I kind of think so too. I just worry about this, the effect. It's like, it's like, it starts to wear down on people

Starting point is 00:09:32 who still have a lot of faith in like the American dream and what America means. Yeah, we might want to make sure, you know, we want the American dream to be alive and well for everyone, especially people that come to this country, but we want to make sure that dream is alive and well for people who live here, for our working class. Yeah, our HOA has just turned into this shit.

Starting point is 00:09:52 Like, whoever's running our HOA has just gotten out of control. That's what it feels like. People should be able to, you know, like when growing up in Detroit, the auto industry, and being very close to my father had a dealership and was very successful, and all my buddies, you know, being very close to my father had, you know, a dealership and it was very successful. And all my buddies, you know, their parents worked on the lines or work for Ford Chrysler, one of the stamping plants, manufacturing things for cars. And, you know, back then, you know, in the heyday when everything was

Starting point is 00:10:16 going on, like you could work at Ford Motor Company or whatever GM and, you know, you had your house was paid for, you had a cottage up north with a boat, you know, maybe a 66 Chevelle or something in your driveway and like that, that's, you know, we need to get back to that, but you know, you gotta get things under control with inflation and everything else, because you know, you call it the Democrats hate,

Starting point is 00:10:38 what the Republicans do, cutting taxes, they call it trickle down economics, because now all the rich are getting richer. It's like, it's kind of part of the American dream. That's how shit works. You want to be, you want to support capitalism. Yes. There's going to be some bad actors and monopolies that sometimes need to be broken up ticket master. Um, but you know, people should have that opportunity and it should be probably, you know,

Starting point is 00:10:58 back then, like I said, we got to get that back, but it's like, you know, like, okay, they're going to pay workers, I think 20 bucks an hour to work fast food We gotta get that back. But it's like, you know, like, okay, they're gonna pay workers, I think, 20 bucks an hour to work fast food in California. It's like, this should not be a career fucking job. Maybe if you're a manager or something, I get it, but this is where you start off, you know,

Starting point is 00:11:15 where we had our first jobs working at Kmart or working at McDonald's or something like, this is not a place like you go to work to support your family and career. And now all they do is, okay, we're paying 20 bucks an hour, okay, a Big Mac's fucking $7 now. Nobody wins. Oh, I see what you're saying.

Starting point is 00:11:31 They just raise the price of what it is. Yeah, I think, well, you have to pay people a better wage, though, I think. Absolutely. I think in some places it's still like $7 or something. Like, you can't, someone can't work all day and make $56. Well, it depends where you're starting. Now that's a good point.

Starting point is 00:11:50 If you're a high school student though, then it's totally different. That's a good point. I picked apples for 25 cents a bushel. Like, you know, I wasn't buying a new moped with that. But you know, I always have a little money in my pocket, go to the movies and the other. And it's just, I believe everybody should make a great wage

Starting point is 00:12:04 and should be treated fairly. But at the same time, this, that, and the other, and it's just, I believe everybody should make a great wage and should be treated fairly, but at the same time, if that company's not doing it, fuck them. Go find another job, make yourself better, and if you make yourself at the best, whatever it is you do in life, if you're organized, if you make your bed in the morning, start there, and you go to work with a positive attitude,

Starting point is 00:12:20 and you try to learn, and you try to better yourself, I don't care what position you're in, I tell everybody that works for me, I want you to make me not be able to get rid of you. And when you come for a raise, I have no choice but to say, hell yeah, you're invaluable. Wow. And you know.

Starting point is 00:12:35 That's the truth, man. You're right, bro. If somebody works hard, you cannot afford to lose them. Yeah. You know, and you won't. You won't, man. Good people are hard to find and even harder to replace, especially when you're talking business and that, but I would,

Starting point is 00:12:49 you know, I would applaud that even in friendships, you know, anything, not just business. One of my mentors, he said one time he goes, he goes, if you want to know the cost of hiring somebody expensive, hire somebody cheap. It was something like that. Yeah, I would say the same thing. It's so easy to hire someone. Yeah. It's fucking hard to fire them. So this is why when you go to college, I always, I'd tell my son, I'd tell friends,

Starting point is 00:13:16 nieces, nephews and things, I'm like, you wanna intern at whatever level, whether it's high school, whether you go to college, whatever it is, whatever you wanna do, you need to start and you need to intern because that company's vetting you, you know, to hire you. They want to see what type of fuck up you are, if you are at all. They want to see what you know.

Starting point is 00:13:33 Are you able to learn new things, move on, you know, because, you know, getting a good job like it's pretty easy to hire someone. So you go through this vetting process to try and get them, but firing people, fucking tough. Yeah. There's so much protection and stuff for employees and stuff, which in some places there should be, but yeah. Oh, even here in Tennessee, we got the,

Starting point is 00:13:50 just for people that work with me and people on the farm and whatnot, it's just, we got things posted everywhere because you have to, you know, that they can read workers' rights. It's crazy, you know, my thing is like, I would like to work out different things with different people, and on some levels we do,

Starting point is 00:14:04 but we gotta go by the book. It's like, people can't work over 40 hours a week without being paid overtime. I don't do anything that's not by the book. I'm sure Uncle Sam's already got their fucking eye on me pretty good. I've been auditing before, and all my shit's in order, and I do everything strictly by the book.

Starting point is 00:14:19 Yeah, you seem like somebody they're gonna catch. Yeah, how they wanna catch. I'm sure they've been digging out, especially now. Yeah. Like, what about Trump? They're like, oh yeah, we're gonna check your shit out. So it scares the fuck out of me, what they're doing to that guy right now.

Starting point is 00:14:33 I know, with Trump, like, yeah, they keep- Horse shit. I know, a lot of these- Just horse shit. The lawsuits, the- I think it's the Eighth Amendment, you know, unusual punishments and excessive fines. It's one of the amendments, I think it's number eight.

Starting point is 00:14:43 It's like, yeah, I think O.J. got convicted of a civil suit for murdering a person or two. I think he was $30 million. Trump, there's no victims of this alleged inflating his value of his companies to obtain loans. Everyone got paid back. Everyone said they would do business with him again. And they're like, yeah, you owe us 450 fucking million dollars

Starting point is 00:15:06 and we're gonna start taking your shit. They're gonna spark a fucking civil war. That's the part that I start to worry about is like, is at a certain point, especially if there's try, there's like election trees and whatever, if they're really, at what point is the scale to like people are like, fuck it. And there's some pretty radical people on both sides.

Starting point is 00:15:28 You know what I mean? I'm pretty staunch Republican, very conservative, mostly fiscal, I've always said, I'm way more liberal in personal things. I don't care if you're gay, I don't care if you wanna dress up like a fucking woman. I'll draw hard lines like, no, no, no, motherfucker, you shouldn't be in the fucking bathroom,

Starting point is 00:15:46 you biological male, and women's bathrooms are playing in sports. Like, by the way, what the fuck is Planet Fitness thinking? Do you see that shit? Oh my gosh. What is it? If I have the story right, it just happened. It was just ended last week,

Starting point is 00:15:59 and I think they lost a billion dollars in market show. And it's only gonna get worse this week. So there was a biological male in the women's locker room. I guess there was a billion dollars in market show already. It's only gonna get worse this week. So there was a biological male in the women's locker room. I guess there was a little girl in there and somebody, a lady took a picture of that biological male, was trans, shaving, posted it. Planet Fitness kicked her out for taking the picture. And then somebody at the company,

Starting point is 00:16:20 I was a COO or somebody put out a statement like about, you know, we wanna create an inclusive environment. Plant and fitness is like planet fitness. Try fitness, dick in your mouth. You motherfuckers are done right there. We did. Well, that this is bananas after what's going on right now. Like, well, this is just bananas.

Starting point is 00:16:41 First of all, if this is what's, if this is, you shouldn't then allow children and adults in the same locker room because that's, if there's a child in there, that's extremely- I mean if a lady's with her daughter or something, who cares? Like, I mean, this dude wants to work out a plant and fitness, go for it. Right. Nobody cares. No, no, you're not going in the fucking woman's locker room and shaving your neck.

Starting point is 00:17:06 Yeah, zooming on the dude. Come on, man. What the fuck? I agree, bro. This guy. What the fuck is going on? But then here's what, should they just have a...

Starting point is 00:17:21 If you look at that and go like, ah, no big deal, like, just stay the fuck out of my space. Dude, yeah. My private spaces. Out in public, I can deal with anybody. That's, you know, I'm a freedom loving American and unfortunately that means there's a lot of weird shit that could happen. I'm cool with that.

Starting point is 00:17:36 But my private space is to stay the fuck away from me. But what hap... So where does somebody like this, they just go to the men's room, then you're thinking, wow. I guess I just, I wonder if you're true, like they should just have a separate room then for like trans people. Yeah, you want to create an inclusive place? Here, create your fucking non-binary. I agree.

Starting point is 00:17:56 Whatever that shit is. Have one extra restroom then that's for trans people, but then you're going to get to the point where somebody's like, well then we need a rest. That is part of the road that you go down when you go down that kind of stuff. But, um, yeah, I agree, dude, this would be so, and if you have a child in there, it's like, like I was at the airport in Los Angeles and there's a gender neutral restroom and a kid went in and then a guy went in and I'm just like, or maybe not a kid, but probably 12, you know, but it just part of me is like, I not a kid, but probably 12. You know, but it just, part of me is like.

Starting point is 00:18:28 I don't care if it's just my grandmother and her friends hanging out, they're still like, nah, get the fuck out of here. What are you doing? Cut it out. Yeah. Just cut it out. Well, they just had, um,

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Starting point is 00:21:09 Um, yeah, they said this order, Caitlyn Jenner backs New York County's ban on trans women competing on women's sports. I still have a sense. I agree. I don't understand why this is such an issue. Just have a trans division. What is the problem with that? See, I would actually watch that. Oh, I've said this before. Trans boxing, oh, you're not turning that off. In a heartbeat.

Starting point is 00:21:34 You know what I mean? Trans any. And what if you then had like trans midget boxing? Gosh, do they have trans little people, do they have trans midgets? Got to. You think? I do a lot of Google searches for midgets, but my buddy's got this genius idea. You know, Brad, my friend Brad, he's like, got this genius idea to do a civil war

Starting point is 00:21:58 reenactment with all little people. Oh yeah. Like General Robert E. We. I love that idea. I love little people man. Yeah you had, because you have a famous little person that you had. Joe C. Joe C. Joe C. God bless him. Where'd you meet him at? He came to one of my early shows. We're still playing clubs around Detroit. It was called the Ritz at the time. And you know there's probably six, 700 kids there.

Starting point is 00:22:25 And he's standing on a table, and you could see he's a little dude, but you know, he didn't have the features he would always say, I'm not a fucking midget, I'm just a little motherfucker. And this before I knew him, so he's smoking a joint on this table, singing along with all my old dirty songs. And I'm like, did anybody see that fucking kid out there?

Starting point is 00:22:43 Like somebody brought like their six, like seven, eight year old kid. I'm like, did anybody see that fucking kid out there? Like somebody brought like their six, like seven, eight year old kid. I'm like, somebody go get that kid. I got questions. And I get him back there. I think he was with his dad or his uncle or somebody. And I'm like, hey buddy. I'm like, you know, how'd you enjoy the show?

Starting point is 00:22:57 He goes, that's fucking awesome, man. And he lights up another joint. I'm like, what the fuck? And he goes, she goes, I'm fucking 18, I'm Joe C motherfucker. And I swear to God, I didn't miss a beat. I looked at like, I think Cracker or somebody, I'm like, do you want a job?

Starting point is 00:23:15 He's like, what? And I'm like, do you want a job? He goes, I'm not really that good of a rapper. I'm like, I can teach you. I can teach you. I can show you young sensei. You're like, I'm not either. From that day on, he was down.

Starting point is 00:23:27 He was in the crew. Wow. I miss him every day, man. Yeah, what happened to him? He had kidney failure? He had celiac disease. Misdiagnosed as a kid, so he had to take, God bless him, like 72 pills a day.

Starting point is 00:23:39 He had kind of this like dialysis machine he hooked up at night, just deet. So it was tough to bring him on the road, but I'm glad he went to a lot of spots with us to be able to see like, and this was when we were fucking nutbags. Raging. We were just following the book of,

Starting point is 00:23:53 the handbook of rock and roll to the T and probably inventing some new chapters in it. Wow. And he got to see it all. We got to see so many cool places and he got to meet so many of his heroes. He was just using me as a stepping stone, he claimed, to get into the WWE.

Starting point is 00:24:06 That was his passion, was wrestling. I was like, really? Yeah, I was like, I get it, but I'm like, huh? And then he got to do all this stuff. Vince McMahon took him under his wing and he got to do all this stuff with all his favorite wrestlers. And I was just saying, it was so fortunate.

Starting point is 00:24:20 Luckily, not luckily, but fortunately, he did pass away at home, which, you know, it would have been just who was already devastated enough, but if that would have happened on the road. Oh yeah. I guess there's no way, but you know. And where do you even put somebody, I guess, if you're traveling, I guess you like, oh, I guess you just leave them at the hospital. Yeah. It was, it was, yeah, it was a unique situation. Like one time he forgot his pills in Cincinnati and he's like, you gotta take me fucking home. I'm like, dude, let me call your dad.

Starting point is 00:24:48 And if we have to get you back, we'll cancel. So he'll figure out, but let me. He goes, don't call my fucking dad. I'm calling your dad. Cause he kind of, you know, his mom and dad were great, but he was on it, on his health stuff and what he needed to do. So was his mother, his whole family.

Starting point is 00:25:02 And his dad's like, no, he'll be okay. Just ask to eat like two bottles of Tums. He needs this calcium thing or something like that. So I'm like, he goes, take me home. I go, no, I just talked to your dad. All you have to do is eat two bottles of Tums. Fuck you, man, take me home. I'm like, we're not going home, we're doing the show.

Starting point is 00:25:19 So we got two bottles of Tums, and he sat there and mother fucked me through those two bottles of Tums. I'm like, Joey, eat the fuck. He's like, fuck you gonna eat two bottles of Tums and he sat there and mother fucked me through those two bottles of Tums I'm like Joey eat the fuck you're like fuck you You're a fucking asshole. I'm like eat the goddamn Tums Joey shut the fuck up and quit complaining Eat the fucking Tums Joey I wish we had that on video, it's pretty funny Oh, there's gotta be nothing this cuz yeah, they say if you feed um if you feed uh

Starting point is 00:25:47 this, cause yeah, they say if you feed, um, if you feed, uh, um, what are those things? If you feed them to a seagull, they'll blow up. Yeah, I think so. I remember hearing that. I think that was roll-aids or something. Yeah. They say if you feed, yeah, the same thing. Yeah. You used to say if you feed Alka seltzer to a seagull, they'll blow up.

Starting point is 00:25:59 So, um, yeah, dude, I never tried that Cause that would definitely up my, that was my Steve. Never tried it. You fed 200 times to a little person, bro. That's fucking way crazy. It didn't blow up. Um, does it really explode in seagull? I'll bet that you think that happens or not. That guy did it.

Starting point is 00:26:19 Who would mind a seagull blowing up outside of like PETA? Yeah, let's watch it. Seagulls are useless. You can't eat them. I guess you could. I've never had it. Desperate times require desperate measures. Oh, I'd eat a, I'd have some seagull.

Starting point is 00:26:32 Fried seagull. I can't believe they don't have it actually. Well, they eat them somewhere, I guarantee it. Does something really happen to this seagull or is this just? They rope you in. Do you see a lot of these internet things? Cause you know a lot about the internet

Starting point is 00:26:45 from doing this, I'm sure, at some level. And what I've understood, a friend of mine runs YouTube Music. I was trying to talk to him about this, but he moved to London, we're reconnecting. But you want to keep people watching for, you get paid more if they watch longer, correct? Yeah, I think on some clips.

Starting point is 00:27:03 I know you get paid more if they see the ads. Right. Because we make actually pretty good money from music videos on there. Now that I'm doing everything independent, it's pretty interesting for me. It's not really a money thing anymore, like the early years of trying to bank money.

Starting point is 00:27:19 But it's kind of interesting to watch all this stuff and have direct access to it. When you're with major labels, it was pretty hard to dig for and find. It was just audits. I mean, every audit would find 200 to $1.5 million. You just forgot to pay me a million dollars. It's crazy.

Starting point is 00:27:36 It's crazy how much they hide. Yeah, I can't believe you're performing out there. I mean, it's just cool. It's just like, yeah, it's like an off the beaten path. And that's the first one. The seven cool. It's just like, yeah, it's like an off the beaten path type of spot. And that's the first one. The seven festivals of these rockin' countries.

Starting point is 00:27:50 Then there's the rodeo we're doing in AT&T Stadium, which is gonna be very interesting. The rodeo, where is that at? Arlington there, home of the Cowboys. We're doing a teams rodeo. So, you know, rodeo has always been like bull riding. Just used to be single events. People are just competing against each other

Starting point is 00:28:05 and it's timed. So the PBR put together team bull riding. We're now, you have like, you know, a Nashville team, a Kansas City Outlaws. And so you get to root for your home team as a group of riders. Yeah, I remember you and I were talking about this. Were you gonna own a team?

Starting point is 00:28:19 I was looking into buying a team, yes. I went very deep, a lot of due diligence down there. But then- Yeah, what is it like? With the, it was about 20 a team, yes, I went very deep, a lot of due diligence down there, but then. Yeah, what is it like? With the, it was about 20 million bucks, but, and they're only growing bigger and bigger. But so I came up with Sean Gleason, he's the CEO of the PBR.

Starting point is 00:28:35 We decided to go, I go, I love bull riding, but I love rodeos. There's a little more action, entertainment. I love to watch the Ropers. The rodeo is so much fun. Yeah, girls riding, barrel racing, bucking saddle, bronc riders, but I'm like, and so he goes, what if we did a team thing with Rodeo?

Starting point is 00:28:51 We'll put together six teams, which we came up with names. It's the Rock and Rodeo, so you have like the Jokers, the Sledgehammers, the Misty Mountain Hots. So has that started yet? No, there's only one event this year where we're gonna have like head-to-head competitions. So like Ropers are gonna be going against each other. Barrel Racers are coming against each other from the side.

Starting point is 00:29:08 I wanna be a part of a team. Do we found a little person, like a midget? And I think we got two of them that do the matador things with a little Mexican bowl. Oh, wow. And they're dressed up. Yeah, that's beautiful. We want entertainment going the whole time.

Starting point is 00:29:20 I'm gonna open the show. I'm trying to put together something really special, like an award show would be. Like with some other guests, like putting something, because we're gonna be televised. Well, rodeo is extremely, I mean, what do you, do you have to do anything? Rodeo is awesome.

Starting point is 00:29:34 Like when I go to the rodeo, like I went to the Franklin Rodeo last year. Wait, let me get to my big dick moment. Okay. So rather than by the bolt riding team, we put together this team series of these teams where I'm playing the rodeo, I'm in charge of the entertainment.

Starting point is 00:29:49 We didn't really have a budget, so I said, I'll play it. It's a long-term money play to me. So rather than buy a bull riding team, I own half the league. Oh, wow. Damn. So if we can get this to work and people think it's a great event,

Starting point is 00:30:02 we can make it fun and then we can start to sell teams to prospective owners, you know? Dude, keep me, I would, I think, because I love the rodeo. And it was my favorite thing I've done in the past year. Yeah, they are great. You know, it's just the last great, at least in the times we're living in right now, it's the last great American, I would call it, non-woke sport. Yeah. You know what I mean? Where everything's pro-American, we're gonna stand, take our hats off for the flag, probably have an invocation. We're still gonna get a little wild

Starting point is 00:30:28 and have some rock and roll and have some crazy fun, but it's just like, there's not gonna be, and this is what we're being very protective of, this league, that we wanna keep it that way. We don't wanna let in bad actors who wanna introduce DEI and all this shit. We're gonna have to have a gender neutral bathroom for the horses.

Starting point is 00:30:44 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you can't just throw some Malaysian or somebody on a horse just because ethnicity, you know, it's like you got to want to keep it quality riders, people that know what they're doing. And hopefully the team things creates a little more drama, you know, we don't know what's going to happen because no one's ever done it. I think they're doing trials this week. They got a ranch in Texas where they're trying some of this to see like, how close can we put the barrels?

Starting point is 00:31:09 We don't want anyone to get hurt obviously, but we want to create some drama. Dude, I even just think the teams going against each other would be fascinating. I mean, I think it'd be great. Well, it's always great to have a team. These are all just teams we created now, but when you go to root for your favorite football team

Starting point is 00:31:24 or favorite baseball or hockey team, be nice to have this, the bowl riding teams, now as a city you're rooting for this team. So we're trying to create that, which I can't believe nobody's thought of yet in rodeo. I love that. Yeah man, I would love to be a, if I could get a group together and be a part owner

Starting point is 00:31:40 or something, that'd be fascinating, especially with rodeo. Well I told him, I said, I think that's a big angle on this. It's not to just have, like, you know, there's great owners in the bull riding. From the Johnny Morris, as you know, and Richard Childers and people like that, I go, what I'd like to employ for these rodeo team sales

Starting point is 00:31:56 is that they bring in certain celebrities of certain levels that are into this. Like, if some rich guys of a company wanna like, you know, my buddies that own the Kansas City Outlaws, they started Bad Boy Mowers, made a grip of money and bought the team down there, great guys, but, and they wanna do like maybe a little deal with me,

Starting point is 00:32:12 to have a little piece of the team to add that, people like that bring to it, showing up to the events, throwing their ideas in there is like, I want them to have people like you, and in the sports, entertainment, music world, involved with each team. So we can kind of create a little bit of that shit show. Yeah, get some extra buzz.

Starting point is 00:32:28 So we'll definitely keep you alive. I love going. Thanks, bro. Dude, I heard a rumor, this is a crazy rumor, that- I love rumors. Did you, that you pay, that you would call like Walmart at Christmas and pay off the layaway for- I did layaway for people's gifts, did you?

Starting point is 00:32:47 Well I did it because I saw Tyler Perry did it. Oh he did. And I was like, what a great move, because I'm always looking for things to do. And there's some things, you do a lot of things, just keep them quiet. You know, that's not what you do it for. But then there's times where I'm conflicted

Starting point is 00:33:00 because I know if I do something that's public, it might influence other people to get on board for that, and you could do even better. So that was one thing that Tyler Perry did, and I thought that was, what a great idea, because people don't know. So just my little neighborhood here in Whites Creek, Tennessee, there's a Walmart right by me.

Starting point is 00:33:15 That's my go-to. Walmart and the Lowe's right there, you know? They're just conveniently located. And if I can't get it at Walmart or Lowe's, I probably don't need it. So yeah, I had somebody go over there and I was like, it was kind of a little bit of a nail-biter. It wasn't about the money,

Starting point is 00:33:29 it's just what, you don't know what it's gonna be. It's at Christmas time, I'm like, go find out right now what they owe on their layaways. Wow. And you're like, is it gonna be like 300 grand? Is it gonna be 10 grand? It's like 85 grand. Okay.

Starting point is 00:33:42 So then it was cool, because I live in the neighborhood too, so I just put a little, I had him put a little car in there and just said, you know, Merry Christmas from your neighbor, Kid Rock. So people's layaways are paid, and people were excited about it and felt great. And it was something, you can't write that off,

Starting point is 00:33:54 like you can if you give to another 501C3. This is just straight cash. So to give that 80 away, I had to generate 160. So it's not like the most charity stuff, but man, it was a great feeling. I was proud of that one. And then my friends, Randy Gerber, one of my best friends, Cindy Crawford,

Starting point is 00:34:12 they did it in a place like in Compton or something. And I think there was an NFL coach who did it somewhere else. So what Tyler Perry started kind of caught on that year and helped a lot of people out. And I think this was kind of during the recession. Oh, nice. Oh, that's a great story, man. Yeah, I'd heard something like that.

Starting point is 00:34:27 I was curious about it. Um, of course, next year, everybody was fucked. Cause you know, everyone's at Walmart, like I bet Kid Rock's coming up here, pay off our shit. Like, oh, he didn't show up that year. People are putting aquariums, guns, candy apples. New tires for the truck. Oh yeah, whatever dude. That's great bro.

Starting point is 00:34:51 Yeah, washing dryers on fucking layaway. What else is I thinking about? Dude, you have, so I met your brother, your brother, tell me that, this story's fascinating to me dude, this story, cause your limb Mm-hmm, and how did it happen when y'all were kids? He was seven years old. I was four and riding up on my dad's brush hog got rest his soul and And he we're coming up the hill and it started raining a little bit And he was trying to cut some grass on the way up the hill and I don't know I can't remember so young where we fucking around a little bit,

Starting point is 00:35:25 like grabbing at apples or something, but he slipped off, fell underneath, and that just took his leg right off. It was a conundrum. But I was so young, and he was so young, that's like basically we grew up not really, I don't ever remember him really with two legs. And he can do anything, the fucker golfs.

Starting point is 00:35:41 Oh yeah. On one leg with no like, he just drops his crutches, his balance, Like that's the first thing Trump says to me every time I see him or talk to him, which is a lot. He's like, Oh, your fucking brother hit the greatest shot. We're out first time of golfing with Trump. I take my brother and my dad. He's president. So it's like it's a shit show and it's a little nerve wracking. You know, this is before we became really good friends, you know, and you're like, this is a shit show, but it's fun.

Starting point is 00:36:06 And your brother's out there, yeah, with one leg. And Trump goes, what happened to your brother? And I told him the story. I go, you should see him hit a golf ball. I go, this is a lot of pressure too. So Trump goes, Billy, come hit a ball. My fucking brother, he's probably stoned. He goes and grabs Trump's driver without even asking him.

Starting point is 00:36:22 Grabs it, gets over there, smokes it down the fairway like 220, and Trump's like, I wanna change partners. I want Billy. Dude, yeah, he looks like that lamp from Christmas Story kind of. And I know Billy and I'm only- We call him Hoppin' Around.

Starting point is 00:36:41 I wrote a rap song about him. Bro, his attitude is, he's fucking hilarious, dude. He's always, and he can get so much higher, I think, cause he smokes pot, right? Oh, you know, he hasn't smoked in like three months, he said, and then he was hitting his little thing. We were at my dad's service down in Florida, he passed away in February over the weekend.

Starting point is 00:36:59 And he's always joking, like, you know, I'll always have him drive. We were having some beers when we put my dad's ashes in the tomb, blessed it, you know, me and my dad like drink beer. So, took some always have him drive. We were having some beers when we put my dad's ashes in the tomb, blessed it. You know, me and my dad like drink beer. So took some beers over there. So I was having some beers there, saying goodbye. My brother's gonna drive.

Starting point is 00:37:12 Cause marijuana doesn't affect him. That's what he always says, right? And then he does dumb shit. And I'm always like, marijuana doesn't affect me. Sure enough, he's backing up the truck. We're getting out of the cemetery. And some of our in-laws, my sister's in-laws, parents, fucking backs right into their truck.

Starting point is 00:37:31 I'm like, marijuana doesn't affect me. Oh boy. Well, and it's less, there's less of your body to like disperse the dope too, I think if you have her missing a whole limb. Yeah. And he's actually got himself really in shape now. I've been on this crazy health kick

Starting point is 00:37:47 for the last several years. You have been? Yeah. Doing all this stuff, like, you know, the Dana and Brekka have recommended, but I've known a lot of people and I've really, I'll take you through it. Cause I'd love to actually tell that to people

Starting point is 00:37:59 who might be watching this, enjoy what I do. Really? It's something positive I could do for once. Cause I kind of mentioned on Joe Rogan, I was like, you know, for people like what I do are in and It's something positive I could do for once. Cause I kind of mentioned on Joe Rogan, I was like, you know, for people like what I do are in and around my age, especially like, it's fucking time everyone. It's time to get our shit together, get healthy.

Starting point is 00:38:13 Like, you know, you can't just run around doing what I was doing for the last 20 years forever and expect, not expect some major consequences. Yeah, you can't be getting, yeah, scoring eight balls at a fud rockers and just expecting to you continue to prosper. Oh, scoring eight balls at Fudd Ruckers. I need that t-shirt. Wear that. When did you, because you stopped doing drugs, I know. Yeah, that was a while back. I don't really like to get into that too much. But that probably had something to do with

Starting point is 00:38:42 partying. I mean, that'll lead, because if you're not partying, then you, at least you're more, there's more of way better of opportunity to be able to like, Oh, absolutely. And I started picking my battles more wisely when I'm having my beers and when you're sipping a little whiskey, I try not to sip whiskey out in public. Cause that could, that's a 50 50 right there. You don't know which kid rock you're going to get. Um, yeah, but so I, so yeah, tell me about it, man. So you went, it's been like a...

Starting point is 00:39:07 Just listen to this routine. I know Mark Wahlberg put out his routine famously about what he does, and I'm kinda on something similar, so I'm up very early, like between 3.30 and 4.30 at the latest. Really? A lot of animals are up then. Yeah. Marsupials, I think.

Starting point is 00:39:23 And this is when I don't have shows. And it's weird now playing shows because you go out west and I'm like, oh my God, I've been in bed for like, but I only sleep about five hours. I don't, for some, I take a nap every day. Most days. So I'm up that early. I love that morning.

Starting point is 00:39:37 I get, whether I'm writing songs or going through emails, business, my mind's so fresh and nobody's up messing with me. I just got that time to myself. My coffee and cigar going cigar going I'm jamming away I don't care whether it's you know first thing I do is make my bed clean up my closet like I'm an organized freak I've got about 615 I'll do a 13-minute ab workout and stretch 7 o'clock my pickleball partner shows up we play singles pickleball which is higher level cardio could be 45 minutes to an hour, depending on how the games go. 8.15, circuit train in the gym.

Starting point is 00:40:07 Click the sauna on circuit train. Do 25, 15, 10, increasing weight. After that, red light therapy bed. Under 15 minutes. After that, got a bike in the sauna, ride the bike for 10 minutes just to get an extra good sweat going. Steam shower cleanup, jump in the cold tub ride the bike for 10 minutes just to get an extra good sweat going steam shower clean up

Starting point is 00:40:26 Jump in the cold tub at 44 degrees for five minutes, and I feel like fucking gold and It's work. I've made my band like a I kind of made him a promise this year not that they asked, but I was like These shows this year. I'm like I'm gonna have my shirt off for ball with the ball you watch They're like you drink too much beer do that I'm like trust me yeah, I've gonna have my shirt off or ball with the ball. You watch. They're like, you drink too much beer to do that. I'm like, trust me. I've been working my ass off. Wow. So Lamar Dixon and so in Gonzales, the shirt's coming off.

Starting point is 00:40:52 Shirt's coming off. Let's go. You wanna see grandpa? You wanna see grandpa getting after it? Shit's going down. Fuck yeah, dude. I had them fucking 50 year old plus women fucking losing their minds.

Starting point is 00:41:02 Oh, there'll be a lot of women out there with the exact same body as you, I bet. No. You don't think? No. I'm not kidding. And these are the greatest fans on earth. I sell more extra large women's men's shirts to women

Starting point is 00:41:16 than anybody on the planet. These are bigger girls and you know what? They got fucking jobs. They got fucking money. And they love the fucking party. They got, yes. And they love take their shirts off. God.

Starting point is 00:41:27 Some of them probably shouldn't, but either way, we appreciate the fucking effort every time. Dude, I remember, yeah. Well, one of the things when I was a child, one of the most beautiful things at Mardi Gras was seeing all the tits and they weren't like, they weren't a lot of these like fancy store bought tits. These were real fucking American Bisquick

Starting point is 00:41:49 fucking chest monkeys. You know what I'm saying? Like the kind of tits. Cornbread titties. Oh, the kind of tit dude that'll look over this way for some ketchup. Like they had some fucking real just scare bears on them. You know, just a fucking tit.

Starting point is 00:42:04 You could just curl up under it and take a nap just a fucking real Start doing for my naps. I mean I usually just put on some Bob Ross or somebody with a soothing voice and kick back Well get you a big tit out the crowd But at Mardi Gras you'd be able to see those tits as a kid because the king of endymion Were you really years back got to ride that float around. And what, worst idea is like, see you're riding this float around in the afternoon and having a blast. You're obviously drinking, carrying on, you know?

Starting point is 00:42:32 But then I was scheduled to play at like 1 a.m. in the Superdome. So I just, fuck, I don't think the show is worth the shit. It was, because I was like, I was drunk. And then I tried to take a nap. God, I got drunk again. I'm like, I just gotta go fucking, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, h Fuck. Yeah, what's the most lit you've ever been on a stagey thing? It wasn't lit, I've never drank before shows.

Starting point is 00:43:10 I usually, these days I don't drink like two or three days before shows, like I take that very fucking seriously. Yeah, cause I heard your live show's amazing, man. I've never been to one, I can't believe that. Maybe I'll come to the Gonzalez one. What, do you live in a cave? Or maybe I have been to one. Come on, I'll come to the Gonzales one. What do you live in a cave? Or maybe I have been a one Come on. Yeah, come with me. So is your sister's gonna be there? Yeah, you can probably flat out with me, dude

Starting point is 00:43:32 If you got if you're leaving on that Saturday, I could yeah, I'm gonna go in that Saturday And probably I usually just I'm right out after the shows But since I got nothing I'll hang for an hour or two after have some fun, bro That'd be so cool. Come with me. Well, fuck your sister up, man. We'll have a good time. Dude, no, she's got a boyfriend or whatever, but we'll definitely, you can hang out with her or whatever. I mean, you could- I'm good.

Starting point is 00:43:52 Okay. You know Audrey. Oh yeah, yeah. I'm good. Oh, I thought you said, well, fuck your sister. And I was like- That'd be like me and you fucking your sister. I'm out, dude.

Starting point is 00:44:03 I'll wait outside the door. What do I need to promote? The last album release that I had, the only number one record I had is when I went to jail for fighting at the Waffle House and I'm getting out of jail next day, it's all over the news and they're like, his new album came out today.

Starting point is 00:44:15 I'm like, this is the greatest promo I've ever come up with on accident. I go, if I knew all I had to do was like, just go punch somebody at Waffle House, come out of jail the day the record comes out. I'm like, I didn't have to do any interviews, I had a number one album. I'm like, fuck, let's start doing that shit. We'll do it next time, we'll just bang your sister together.

Starting point is 00:44:34 I don't think I want to do it. Okay? Well, I know her so well. All the shit I've helped you out with career-wise, giving you advice, you could slide some dat back. That's a good point. Let me text, I'll text her after this. Um, here's the crazy part. You know, we could film it at the show

Starting point is 00:44:51 and then not release it until the record drops, just so we got it in the bank. Now we're getting, because here's the thing, it depends on, it also depends on which one of my sisters too. But, no, she would, dude, that'd be so great though. That'd be great to go there. You know, I could make it, we could do it

Starting point is 00:45:08 in a more acceptable fashion, because I know that could be weird, especially you being from the South and everything. What about if you banged my sister and I banged your sister? Okay. That would be probably more acceptable. Yeah, I think that's the least we could do for each other.

Starting point is 00:45:22 All right, we'll figure it out. Yeah. I'm glad we got that out of the way. Yeah, God. I've been sweating like, what am I gonna promote the next album? Like boom. Did you, yeah, what was that fight like at the Walthouse?

Starting point is 00:45:35 Was it a good fight or no? You know, the court thing's been settled and everything. And you know, I'm very careful about talking about that. Oh, you are? I don't even know that it happened. I mean, people pop back up, you know, I haven't done about talking about that stuff. Oh you are? I don't even know that it happened. When people pop back up, you know, I haven't done interviews, real interviews, in probably 10 years.

Starting point is 00:45:49 I just had enough of them. And so now I'm getting back into the swing, you know, doing a few here and there. I finally succumb to the podcast world. And uh. Yeah, thanks. And I hate, you know, in the past I've brought things up like that have happened, like boom, you get sued again.

Starting point is 00:46:03 Oh damn. Because you said something wrong, this, that, and the other, so I kinda. I didn't think about that. It's on TMZ, you can see a little bit of it. What, yeah, were shows moving the needle for like, were late night shows? Yeah, like when did you, did you kinda take a break?

Starting point is 00:46:19 Because yeah, I remember when I first met you, I remember talking to you about the podcast, you're like, I don't, you know, you said maybe one day I'm going to do, uh, I might do one with Tucker sometime soon. And then maybe sometime after that, I did that to promote my last album and torque. Those were my last big tour that I did for the unforeseen future. I don't know. Yeah, that was last year, right? It's a couple of years ago, two or

Starting point is 00:46:38 three, like, uh, maybe three. I can't remember. Um, I did like 30 shows and put an Elm out, but all I did was that thing with Tucker. I sold out the whole tour. And like for where I'm at without promoting records, like I don't go do the radio, any of that stuff anymore. Just kind of put them out for people to dig what I do and for myself. Love to make music, that's what I do.

Starting point is 00:46:57 So I was like, fuck, that sold out the whole tour. I was like, and it became years ago when the internet started coming in. Cause remember I came up without all this shit. Yes, amen. Without cell phones and stuff. Whenever I was getting my groove on and starting to make money and being successful

Starting point is 00:47:11 and everything had turned into a gotcha moment. And there's nobody like gotcha to get better than fucking me. Yes. I'm fucking idiot. You asked me a question. I'll just start fucking diarrhea of the mouth all day long. Yeah, yeah. So everything would be like, oh, it turned, it's like nothing about music.

Starting point is 00:47:27 Like all of us just like, oh, kid rock, dumb ass said this or talk shit about so and so, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, I'm done with it. I fucking don't need the headache. Yeah. And I'm kind of getting back into it. Yeah. Just because I have these shows to promote that I have a vested interest in. I own half the rodeo. Like I really want to see these be successful. So, wait, so the ones that are on this tour coming up with the You and Jason Aldean tour,

Starting point is 00:47:51 that will be, the rodeo is attached to that? No, that's separate. But it's still like, I have an ownership in these festivals in perpetuity. So if we make these successful and several years down the line, if I'm not playing all of them, if it just becomes its own brand, Rock the Country, then I get to be just involved in the background of trying to put good experiences and good music together for other people. And that kind of interests me more at this point. If I just want to make a dollar, I can just go out and book a tour. I've been very blessed with hard work,

Starting point is 00:48:20 number one, a work ethic that nobody's fucking with me work- wise. And then to have, for people like what I do, it's a show, it's an entertainment show, show, show, and you'll see that. But now I'm more interested in trying to create something, whether it's something that you have ownership or legacy things for my son or my grandchildren or things like that. And it's a lot more work, but it's more interesting.

Starting point is 00:48:45 It gets me out of bed wanting to just do better and kick ass that day. Yeah, I like that, man. A new challenge, yeah. It's more challenging. How can I figure this out? And also restoring some tradition. We've let go of a lot of tradition.

Starting point is 00:48:58 The media has beaten down a lot of American tradition, especially in the past five years. There's a big portion of this country that's underserved. As you know, this is why Duck Dynasty and Yellowstone are so huge. Things of that nature, like there's this, call them conservatives, whatever you want, maybe middle of the road, right leaning,

Starting point is 00:49:17 who just don't have, like, I'm like, every time I get into a series, you know, I don't watch a ton of TV. Probably watch a little too much Fox News than I should, but I don't watch a ton of TV. I kind watch a little too much Fox News than I should, but I don't watch a ton of TV. I kind of would rather spend my time doing more productive things, but I like to unwind and shut my computer down for an hour at the end of the night.

Starting point is 00:49:32 And it's like, and I don't care if there's somebody gay, somebody trans, like if it makes sense to be in a show. It's like every fucking one of these things you put on, it's like, here comes the trans person. I'm like, for what? Are they like the greatest actor? Okay, great. I'm like, no, no, it's just so they're, you know,

Starting point is 00:49:49 though they have that, fuck off Hollywood has their stupid balance of bullshit or whatever they're trying to do. I'm like, you just don't have to like insert it fucking everywhere. Well, and it just, they don't, they think it's not obvious to people, but then also like Hollywood-

Starting point is 00:50:02 Oh, I'm like click. I know. Same- There's only 8,000 things you could stream. Like, okay, I'm like click. I know. Same. There's only 8,000 things you could stream. Like, okay, I'm not, we don't have to watch Alexander the Great with two dudes like, you know, getting down. Well, it's for the, well, maybe that would make sense because I think that dude was gay or something.

Starting point is 00:50:16 Like that might make sense actually. And if you're. That's the storyline. Okay. Boom. That makes sense. Yeah. But I think, I think also if you were living in a castle or something, you would...

Starting point is 00:50:28 Dude, I designed a castle. Your own? I was going to build one. Like a small, more of a guest type house, like four floors. But I love architecture and interior design and all that shit. Really? I designed a castle. I'll show it to you sometime. When did you realize that you loved business as much? Because it's interesting because there's one thing to be an entertainer, right?

Starting point is 00:50:55 To have that ability and to be blessed with the opportunity to entertain people. Absolutely. That's rare, but then when did you kind of switch that, were you always in the business mindset or did that sort of switch at some point or did that become an added thing? Okay, I can also be a businessman.

Starting point is 00:51:14 Does that make sense? Kind of had to be one. It was in my blood more than most for my dad being a success. He put himself through Michigan State College and graduated top of his business class, you know, and then started one of the top 50 Lincoln Mercury deal with ships in the country, which I'm extremely proud of.

Starting point is 00:51:31 Yeah, I love to see these motherfuckers online, like, oh, he was a rich kid. I'm like, yeah, fucking awesome. Yeah. Fucking awesome. I wouldn't call ourselves rich. We were, you know, upper end of middle class because now I've seen what rich really is and we weren't, but we were better than most. Right. And you know, upper end and middle class because now I've seen what rich really is. And we weren't, but we were better than most.

Starting point is 00:51:46 And you know, it was great. And I will never apologize that to fucking anybody. It's American dream. I had two great fucking parents that worked their asses off. And yes, we had a pool and fucking horses and shit like that. Yeah, and I had to cut the grass and I worked my ass off.

Starting point is 00:51:59 But I think I had it in my blood for my dad, number one, and had great him and uncles, people around me, but I had to be good at business because I was never the most talented guy in the room. I was not the greatest singer. I was not the greatest player. I was always one of the best DJs, things like that. But I knew how to put it all together.

Starting point is 00:52:17 But I had to be shrewd in marketing and things like this. And I had to really work harder at these talents to be able to get my hand in the cookie jar of the upper scale of talent, the upper end of talent wise, which I've gotten there. Some would arguably gotten there. It depends who you ask.

Starting point is 00:52:36 So it's kind of out of necessity, and it's very interesting too to dig in. Sometimes it's like the music business, the actual record part, that is just a bummer. It's like, it's the most dirty fucking business. The porn industry is more straight up than the music business. It is the dirtiest fucking business on the planet.

Starting point is 00:52:58 And that can be quite upsetting and a turnoff when you're in that world dealing with it. I've seen behind, you know, I've seen the wizard. I know what he looks like, you know. So. And with like, when you say something like that, like with the music, like, was there ever stuff where you recorded that you couldn't release?

Starting point is 00:53:16 I know that happens to a lot of my friends. No, there were certain things I had to change, like early on with like samples, sampling people. Like when I put my first album out with Jive when I was 18 years old, that 2Shore produced a few songs, and D-Nice, and Chuck Nice, and 3 Times Dope, and I used every crazy sound,

Starting point is 00:53:36 shattered the Rolling Stones. They were like, and I'm rapping, I'm pretty much rapping, suck my dick, and five times every song in the album. There's nothing clean about this record at all. Well, you needed a blow job. What do you, you know? I was 18.

Starting point is 00:53:48 Oh dude, yeah. Dirty and gangster rap was the thing and I wanted to be in the middle of it. But you know, soon there was a lot of samples like Jim Croce, they were like, you're not using Jim Croce for rapping on Dirty's songs. So things like that, but no, there hasn't been. I mean, I've made a lot of songs,

Starting point is 00:54:03 so it's hard to think through them all on the spot. What was it, your dad passed away not long ago, man. I'm sorry. Thank you. February 15th. What kind of guy was he? He was awesome. He was a character, man.

Starting point is 00:54:17 Was he? Hard work and patriotic son of a bitch, like love to drink beer, work hard. You know, as he'd say, he said, we'll drink a case of beer on Friday and that's just getting warm for Saturday. You know, but he loved music, rock and roll and yeah, a lot of country shit, but he was great.

Starting point is 00:54:33 Of course we butted heads when I was young because he had no, he was like, what the fuck is this kid doing? I'm the only one that didn't go to college. Didn't want anything to do with his business. And you look like the complete opposite of college too. Yeah, exactly. But I'm basically running around the hood,

Starting point is 00:54:49 you know, with my turntables, DJing and rapping and breakdancing and all this shit. And it was like, you know, you could ask him if he was still here, my mom would tell you, he's like, we were worried about Bobby. Like, we're gonna have to take care of him the rest of his life. And you think they'd be worried about the guy with one leg.

Starting point is 00:55:02 Right, no, no, yeah, exactly. But then they're like, fuck dude, this guy needs to lose a leg too. Yeah, he needs to lose them both. Like, probably take an arm with him too, like. Wow, man. Did they, where at first did they, at what point did they kind of tilt? Because I'm sure... Oh, you know what point, when I made money.

Starting point is 00:55:22 Is that it? Yeah. But then he was so proud of me, like he came to some of my last shows in Detroit last year I bought him this fucking pink Versace short set Like four or five grand I can show you some pictures like this shirt and the shorts Yeah, and he kind of had a wheelchair. You know his cancer was getting bad stuff, but he wouldn't miss the show So and I had one of my hats on he's got a big I got a thick dookie gold rope chain and like, you know,

Starting point is 00:55:47 everybody wanted to have their picture with him and shit, you know, so it was quite, it was quite a send off that last show. Oh, that's awesome, man. Yeah, it was great. It was great, man. He was so proud of me, you know, and all his children and his grandchildren,

Starting point is 00:56:00 my son and him were like, Really close? And my son leaned on him for so much advice. And now he's kicking ass, you know, working for this company, cracking, and also do a little side hustle with our happy dad guys. Oh, is he? Yeah, he's got a little side thing with them.

Starting point is 00:56:16 Your son is one of the nicest guys. Well, that's probably the thing that you could say to me that I'm most proud of right there. He really is. Out of everything I've done, everything I've been, people when they say that, and it happens often for people that know him, that's the top of the food chain for me in accolades. Yeah, he's, well, one thing that he does,

Starting point is 00:56:36 I don't know why I'm aiming fucking, he always will send me messages to say like, congratulations, or just something like to let you know that he's paying attention, that he cares, you know? He's a thoughtful guy. He is, he is, he is. It must skip a generation, is what my friends always joke.

Starting point is 00:56:54 Like, how did you get such a great, hardworking young man? Yeah, dude. Robbie is cool, bro. He's the best. And you guys have two, you have two grandchildren from him now? Do you have other grandchildren too? Nope, just two from him.

Starting point is 00:57:08 My granddaughter who's a Christmas baby, she was born on Christmas. Miss Sky, she got her a little keyboard for Christmas. Like last year I got a Red Ryder BB gun and a little drum machine to get started on. And she loves, I got her piano lessons too. Signed her up, found a good teacher, and she loves it, loves it. So I'm really excited about that.

Starting point is 00:57:28 My grandson's still just shitting his diaper and tearing stuff up, he's wanting change. Oh yeah, so he's still listening to some of your early stuff. Now this is the funniest shit on earth right here. Okay, look, there's my grandson, right? The same, so my son's mother's black, right? And so my son married an Italian girl, so the kids are like a quarter black.

Starting point is 00:57:47 So if you see my granddaughter, I'm sure they have, he has posted pictures of her on there. Or maybe there's a picture together. My granddaughter is just beautiful, just looks like Halle Berry. She's got that nice skin tone, you know. Oh yeah. My grandson looks like fucking Hitler.

Starting point is 00:58:00 He just came out completely white, fucking blue eyes. Like, fucking a genetics man. You never know how it's going to work. Oh, that's cool, man. Yeah. There's my granddaughter. It's just funny. You know, just you never know how genetics are going to work. Yeah. I say Hitler, obviously I'm fucking joking, but it's kind of funny.

Starting point is 00:58:17 Oh, of course. Yeah, whatever, dude. I don't, the people are so stupid. You know, some, some fucking MSNBC will run with some headline, Kid Rocks calls his grandson Hitler. I'm like fuck off. We had, we had Roseanne Barr on in, we got in trouble. She's fucking great, isn't she? Love her, I mean, I haven't seen her talk to her in years, but we've spent a little time together a few years. I think, I was saying to somebody, like.

Starting point is 00:58:39 Entertaining. Like, I have no interest in television at all, zero. I was like, I would have to look at that hard. I wish Roseanne would do like a new show and just get everybody that's kind of been in that cancel culture thing, whether they've been canceled or not, everyone that's gotten their radar like me or whoever, like, you know, the guy from Seinfeld

Starting point is 00:58:57 or like, you know, messed up, said the N-word, like. Get all these fucking people together and like, just create the greatest comedy sketch show. You know, like, well, Roseanne or something like that. Just do something like that. Like, get them all together. Get all these fucking people together and just create the greatest comedy sketch show. Like, well, a Roseanne or something like that. Just do something like that. Get them all together. I was like, I would take a hard look at,

Starting point is 00:59:11 maybe not doing everything, but maybe I'm like, the garbage man that comes like, yeah, I'm the trans neighbor. Even better, that's genius. I don't think I have the acting chops for it though. I bet you could though. No, it's like when I did't think I have the acting chops for it though. I bet you could though. No, it's like when I did Joe Dirt, you know our buddy Spade, I'm like, dude, I really don't want one.

Starting point is 00:59:30 I didn't know him, but I'm like, get him on the phone. I was like, dude, what? I go, I don't really want to act. I go, have you seen me? I look like fucking Brad Arm-Pick. I'm like, and he goes, dude, it's like you play a dirt bag who's like super mean to me. And he goes, it's not like a stretch roll.

Starting point is 00:59:46 Like, I'm like, you dick. Dude, you guys play golf a lot, right? Mm-hmm. Yeah, we've been buddies ever since Joe Dirt. He's a, he's one of those. I don't think he can tell too many people in Hollywood. As he says, he goes, dude, you're like Hollywood's kryptonite.

Starting point is 01:00:02 Yeah. Fuck Hollywood. I'm fucking proud of that, too. Yeah, dude. You're my mother's kryptonite. Yeah. Fuck Hollywood. I'm fucking proud of that too. Yeah, dude. You're my mother's absolute favorite, dude, just because this is why. She's probably never heard any of your music, but because you say what you wanna say.

Starting point is 01:00:14 That's what she always says. I hear that quite often. Yeah. Actually, grandparents day this year, my granddaughter's school, which by the way, is the greatest thing ever. Like, I go into grand, school grand, well no, grandparents day. That's where the grandparents come,

Starting point is 01:00:28 or special friends like. And you showed up? I go every year. Oh, jeez. Oh yeah, but this is the best part. So I walk into the arena for the ceremony first, Winona Judd singing. No way.

Starting point is 01:00:39 Got her guitar, like one of my favorites. I love Winona. So she's singing, I'm like, oh, this is like unbelievable. And then we're walking around, the funny part was we'd visit her classrooms, her classroom teachers, show me different things around the school. And like the whole time,

Starting point is 01:00:52 like a lot of other grand dads are coming up and they're like, keep giving them a hell rock. He's like, we love what you stand for Trump, yeah, blah, blah, blah. And like, it happens quite a bit that afternoon and we come out and I'm gonna take my granddaughter to lunch after. She's like, you got a lot of friends.

Starting point is 01:01:08 You got a lot of fans here, Papa. And I'm like, oh, she's paying attention. Well, it's, well, the thing is there's so many people, I think for years also were afraid of losing their jobs, especially in Hollywood, if they said anything that was openly conservative. Hollywood gets this carte blanche or has over the years to make fun of,

Starting point is 01:01:32 like the only person they would make fun of is white males mostly. And so I think that's where they lost a lot of people. That's where they like. Started to ruin comedy. Oh, they fucking. Now it's kind of coming, like people have had enough of it, whether you're liberal conservative

Starting point is 01:01:46 whatever, I think the majority of just Common sense thinking people are like yeah, this has gone too far Yeah, like when you can't joke about it because you've talked about it with you Yeah, you know you were like and you know me member. I'm like I drew a line I go like here's the line for you in comedy I'm like and you're kind of standing right behind it right on the edge I go I would employ you to fucking jump about three feet past the line for you in comedy and I'm like and you're kind of standing right behind it right on the edge I go I would employ you to fucking jump about three feet past the line like just say what's funny and if people can't handle it fuck them yeah and I really didn't change

Starting point is 01:02:14 I've been I came out with fingers on my CDs like running my mouth it's like I always say and if I sound redundant probably but I haven't changed the times have changed yeah I've been doing the same thing since day one. Dude, you know what? I think that's really true about you. Cause sometimes I think some things you say, I'm like, it seems like the, sometimes I'll be like, that seems kind of outdated,

Starting point is 01:02:36 but the truth is just the times have changed. And there's probably things I maybe don't want to get blackout drunk and say at 53 years old anymore. Like, you know, like fucking act your age sometimes, but I'm like, eh, I like to have a good time too. And like, you know, there's several times and it's all out there for the taking. Yeah, I'm fucked up.

Starting point is 01:02:56 I probably should be on the honky tonk with fucking microphone, but I really don't give a shit. To some people, it's probably interesting and fun. It's, you know, and it's not that I don't mean to say it, it's maybe that I should know, I don't give a shit. To some people it's probably interesting and fun. It's not that I don't mean to say it, it's maybe that I should know. I don't know. Well, it has changed over time though. It's changed to like what people,

Starting point is 01:03:12 I mean the same people own so much of the industry that it's like the same companies and everything that it's like people have just been afraid to speak up. Well, their social standings. It could be their social standings. It could be their jobs and careers. Yeah. You know, I talked to a lot of the younger,

Starting point is 01:03:29 especially in this town, country acts, things like this, who are being successful coming up. And, you know, if we get in talking, I'm like, look, I wouldn't employ that you get into anything that I do or, you know, like, you know, you need to like, you know, I'm not, I've always said, I don't give a shit about awards at any level. It was like, I don't need those fucking accolades.

Starting point is 01:03:47 I don't want them. I'm not willing to play the politics or put the penises in my mouth to get them. Yeah. I've tickled some balls through the ears, but I'm not in certain penis mouth. But is that gay or is that just making, you know? It's to try and get an award, you know?

Starting point is 01:03:59 I don't think that's gay. Either way, I have no penises in my mouth, period. That's fair. So, but I tell these younger kids, you know, seriously, I'm like, you know, I would advise not staying out of it. You know, but don't go around at the same time acting like, because there's a lot of these country guys too, who are like, you know, I'm a badass,

Starting point is 01:04:15 I say what the fuck I want, and I'm like, no you don't. Yeah. You absolutely do not, and it's very apparent, so you might not want to act, you know, run around telling like, no, I do what the fuck I want, and they're like, no you don't, no you don't. I know. Well there's very apparent. So you might not want to act, you know, run around telling like, no, I do what the fuck I want. And it's like, no, you don't, no, you don't. I know. Well, there's so many.

Starting point is 01:04:28 I'm not employing them to do that. Right. Like, but don't act like it's the same time. You know, I'm just, I'm not acting like anything. Yeah. There's a Kid Rock and there's a Bob Richie, but they're the same people. It's just, you know, yeah, I'm sure you didn't want to talk to fucking Bob Richie today. That's boring as shit.

Starting point is 01:04:43 I'm like, you want to talk to Kid Rock? Yeah. Yeah. But I think you always seem kind of like the same person to me. But also, do you feel like at your level, once you have a certain level of money and you know you're going to be OK, it is easier to say what you want? Absolutely. But you also become a bigger target,

Starting point is 01:05:04 you know, for people who would like to take things away from me at some level, you know, because I pissed them off or said something they don't agree with or said something very harsh that maybe I shouldn't have. Yeah. But I never cared. I was talking cash money shit since I was broke when I was young.

Starting point is 01:05:18 Yeah. I've talked cash money shit. That's, I probably came out of the womb talking cash money shit. Yeah, and they're came out of the womb talking cash money shit. Yeah, and they're like, it's a boy, it's a girl, it's somebody talking shit. That's all we know. It's a shit talking, it's a shit talker with two legs.

Starting point is 01:05:36 Yeah, dude, it's the fucking, the America's favorite dirt serpent every year. They just had that law that passed here that I thought was really cool. Can you see? Oh, you got it. Luke Bryant praises Tennessee act for protecting artists from being exploited by AI. This is pretty fascinating.

Starting point is 01:05:54 I agree, but I'm also not sure I'm against it yet. I'm like, so you're telling me some kid can AI my voice and like potentially make hit records and I don't got to do shit. I'm like, I'm in, but can you get any royalties from it though? That's what I, that's where I don't gotta do shit. I'm like, I'm in. But can you get any royalties from it though? That's where I think it would get tricky. Using nothing more than a few. I don't give a shit.

Starting point is 01:06:13 Why? Because if I can go play that song if somebody else comes up with live, money's at the gate. Oh, I see what you're saying. Right, like that guy can't go, unless he's a DJ, then he could take the song somewhere. But he couldn't actually go and do a live performance. a lot of live if they want, but they're not gonna be able to do as good as me Right You can go watch the cover kid rock band all you want. Yeah

Starting point is 01:06:37 See oh Vaughn, you know look like that's working the Vegas trip or something You think that kid's gonna be as funny as you that's true But also the kid rock cover band guys also just some guy who's been experimenting with, probably, meth impediment, to be honest. Absolutely. Using nothing more than a few senses, AI can produce a full song, an entire movie, or even art, while some enjoy the opportunities AI allows. Luke Bryan recently praised Tennessee for passing new legislation surrounding the technology.

Starting point is 01:07:07 Dude, I would employ everyone, and I don't know if I should put this out there, but it's probably, I don't think I'm the first person to come up with this, but I think I'm one of the first ones. I was sitting around the other day messing with AI, and I just started typing in like, design me, create me an image of Kid Rock

Starting point is 01:07:27 with a gold gun in front of Mount Rushmore with an American flag and a bald eagle. And it pops up this thing and I'm like, make it look more like Kid Rock. And I'm like, there's a merch shirt. I go, I can sell the shit out of that merchandise. I said to a couple of people and they're like, dude, my wife loves it.

Starting point is 01:07:45 Like, I'm like. Yeah, like my wife just left me and they're like, wow. But then I'm like, think about merch capabilities. So I can just use my mind rather than have a graphics designer sit there. Right. You know, I have to go through that process, which I've done for years.

Starting point is 01:07:58 Now I can just kind of, even if I get it close, then I can take it to someone and like, okay, let's touch this, something this, but just for creating merch ideas. I'm like, this is- And you were able to just do that? Yeah. Wow. Yeah, you just go to AI and start typing in cool shit,

Starting point is 01:08:10 things you think and you're like, oh my God, like my buddy did one, it's funny. He goes, make one of, he was sitting there before Pickleball, he's in tech. And he's like, make one of Kid Rock, like he's the king of Bud Light with him making as Americana as you can. Like, and he's like a superhero.

Starting point is 01:08:26 And this thing comes out and you're like, oh, that's fucking funny. It's fucking funny. You have to send me the images, man. You got them? Well, I better got them ready. Yeah. This is the one I just explained to you.

Starting point is 01:08:38 I mean, that's not good. Oh my God, bro. That's a t-shirt. Dude, that's crazy. This looked like, it's looked like Travis Tritt's wet dream, dude. Really. This looks like definitely something. I love Travis Tritt. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:08:57 You even look like, that even looks like Tristan's shirt a little bit too, a little bit just in face part. I'm nowhere near that good looking, but it's a cartoon and I'll sell it. You made this? Yes. On, that's, bro I'm nowhere near that good looking, but it's a cartoon and I'll sell it. You made this? Yes. That's, bro. In about a minute and a half. Wow.

Starting point is 01:09:12 That's crazy, man. And everyone else, you'll see it. You'll see it. On sale, first week in April in Gonzales, Louisiana. I'm gonna go, man. I'm gonna go. I don't think I have anything to do that weekend, so I'm gonna go. Excited about protecting. I I don't think I have anything to do that weekend, so I'm gonna go.

Starting point is 01:09:25 Excited about protecting. Got a special guest introducing me at that show too. That'd be me. Damn, oh I know, oh do you have somebody coming? I already got someone. Oh damn, I put it me. I think the crowd's gonna be pretty excited. Because there's different people that are on the tour.

Starting point is 01:09:38 I think I saw Miranda Lambert. Yes, it's, you know, there are different shows in different cities, but there's a lineup Friday and Saturday. Some of them me and Aldine Flip-Flop, who's playing Friday, who's, you know, there are different shows in different cities, but there's a lineup Friday and Saturday, me and, some of them, me and Aldine, flip-flop, who's playing Friday, who's playing Saturday, it didn't matter to me, but everyone from Hank Jr., Leonard Skinner, Miranda Lambert, Brantley Gilbert, Travis Tritt, like Big and Rich with Gretchen Wilson, like, and a cast of other people.

Starting point is 01:10:00 And it just depends, you know, people just need to go to rockthecountry.com because my buddy sent me, Trace sent me the other day, you know our friend Trace, sent me this thing and he's like, dude, these tickets are misleading because it was saying like me and Hank and Jason were on both nights. And I'm like, fuck, I don't want that out there. So I sent it to my partner's Premier Entertainment.

Starting point is 01:10:20 I'm like, hey, this is no good. And he gets me back, he goes, we're on it. Cause I don't want to mislead people ever. And boom, it was on StubHub. It's like a secondary ticket market. We're basically scalping tickets. And if you go to those sites to buy them, like God bless you, but they're responsible

Starting point is 01:10:37 for any of that shit. You go to rocktocountry.com and get the tickets for where we're trying to sell them. And it has all the correct info. I just like people to be aware of that. When you're going on these secondary sites, you gotta be aware of misinformation on anything. Yeah, people send me links,

Starting point is 01:10:50 they're like, this ticket's $210. I'm like, bro, I've never heard of that site. And if you go to this other site, and some of them try and find it for me, you know, it's $70. Okay, address this other thing that I've been wanting to put out there in the public and try to figure out a way to do it with,

Starting point is 01:11:04 and it's been happening to a lot of people. I'd be surprised if it hasn't happened to you. These women sending money to fake, Kid Rocks call them, this, that, and the other. And I've had, I can't tell you how many, like either Reach Out, we had several of them. One lady showed up at my gate in a U-Haul truck with her dog, had sold her house and given her life savings

Starting point is 01:11:26 of like $30,000 to some troll. And the internet's saying I could, I would want it to be with her, but here's how they do it. It's pretty genius. They say like, you know, well, you know, me and Audrey, my fiance, we've been together 17 years. So these bad actors get these people to respond.

Starting point is 01:11:40 And then they say, listen, you know, I want to get to know you better. And then they get them like kind of on the hook. Then they say, well, I'm getting divorced from Audrey and my money's tied up. So if you could just send me a little money to tie me over that time, then we can be together. And I know Kenny Chesney said it's happened to him.

Starting point is 01:11:56 Even Uncle Cracker, it's happened to him. It's out there, it's like people do not send fucking money over the internet to anybody. And then when they show up there, I'm like, there's nothing you can say if you were that naive to send fucking money to somebody like, you think I'm on the internet asking people for money? By the way, all you have to do is look

Starting point is 01:12:15 and it's a fake website. Like at that point, there's no conversation to have. I just feel bad for them. What did you say when the lady showed up? Did you have any pets? I wasn't, my security handled it. But it's happened. It hasn't happened once or twice or three or four times.

Starting point is 01:12:32 But she showed up in a U-Haul. With her dog. All her shit in the back. And then the other one that I've been trying to- It's not bad to only have one U-Haul worth of shit to be an adult female. I feel like that's not that much. Probably could let her stay for like a month, right? So this is the other one. I want to get out there in a public way.

Starting point is 01:12:48 And I've been trying to figure out a film, a video, put it out there, but I'm like, there's no win. You just look like a cocksucker. I just look like a dick, but I want to put it out there and see if I can do it in a more elegant way. Okay. On holidays, birthdays, Fourth of July, whatever it is, on holidays, birthdays, Fourth of July, whatever it is, like if it means, if you're in my Rolodex

Starting point is 01:13:10 and it means that much to you, please send a card. Right. Stop texting, happy birthday, merry Christmas. Happy, it's like, I think most of us, and I know I'm in a different, very blessed place to be. Happy BLM, I get that every year. No, but I mean, it's like, okay, on Christmas, I wanna spend that with my grandkids,

Starting point is 01:13:31 this, that, and the other. And like, say my brother-in-law's bringing over the turkey that day, and he has a question to ask about it. Like, say I don't even wanna answer him. I have to dig for that text through 75, 80, 100, like, Merry Christmases, and I appreciate it very much. I'm very blessed to have a lot of friends, but if it means that much, please send a card.

Starting point is 01:13:50 I'm not gonna be upset if you don't text me on my birthday or save me at Christmas. Those are special times. You wanna spend it with family, and we need to get the fuck off our phones and computers on those days, and get back to spending that time with the ones we love. So that's my spiel.

Starting point is 01:14:05 No, I think it's true, man. I get, I mean, I just had a birthday and it was like, Oh man, you spend half the birthday and then you feel bad that you didn't get back to people. That kind of stuff's a nightmare. Exactly. Dude, you didn't text me back. I went, Oh man. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:14:20 Yeah. When somebody's like that about things too, it's like, unless it's something that's super crucial or important, like. You know, starting to do that is like people in your spot, maybe like people at Fox News and different places like, I have a lot of friends there, you know, made friends with pretty much all the personalities at Fox,

Starting point is 01:14:38 one way or the other, through the years, and several other channels, and this, that, and the other. And so I'll go, you know, try to promote something, do somebody's show. And the other one started hitting me like, I can't believe you. And so I'll go try to promote something, do somebody's show. And the other one started hitting me like, I can't believe you're doing so-and-so show. I'm like, are you shitting me? Just like I gotta go on everybody's show

Starting point is 01:14:54 or you're gonna, and it's not like they're mad, but they just give me a little bit of shit. And I'm like, I don't need to get shit from you people. I'm just trying to do what's best for my career. I love you. I'm definitely gonna try to do something with all my friends in the space at some point and help them out, you know, to have a great show. I wanna see everybody win.

Starting point is 01:15:09 I'm a good friend. I'm a team player, but it's kind of frustrating. Yeah, that happens a lot too, I think with podcasting. It's like, oh, you went on that show, what about my? And it's like, you're just trying to survive. You're trying to get through your year. And especially when you podcast, you have to do your own. So it's hard to, like, I'll try and do like three or four a year of my friends, you know's like, you're just trying to survive. You're trying to get through your year. And especially when you podcast, you have to do your own.

Starting point is 01:15:25 So it's hard to, like, I'll try and do like three or four a year of my friends, you know, like, cause they've done mine and I wanna, you know, do that. I could do a podcast every single week, the people that reach out for me that are all friends. And what's, I don't care if it's politics, entertainment, actors, whatever, like I could do it every single week. Yeah. That's insane.

Starting point is 01:15:46 It's interesting. Oh yeah, let me read that last part of that AI so I can finish that up. Yeah, I just wanna read that. The volunteer, the move makes Tennessee, long known as the birthplace of music and the launch pad for musical legends, the first state in the US to enact such measures.

Starting point is 01:16:02 What does it do though? What is the actual bill? What does it say? Basically, you own the rights to your voice and your image and likeness, which has been that way for all time, but people also couldn't create a song that sounds exactly like whoever.

Starting point is 01:16:18 You know, this technology is, this is just the tip of the iceberg, this technology. I wonder, go back one more time. It says the volunteer state is just one of three states where name, photographs, and likeness are considered a property right rather than a right of publicity. Exactly.

Starting point is 01:16:33 Oh, I love that. That's why I probably go back. And Tennessee should be leading that fight, you know, with people like Marsha Blackburn and my friend Senator Bill Haggerty and Governor Bill Lee. You know, they should be leading this charge. I've actually talked to several of them about really taking a hard look at Ticketmaster. Like they have a monopoly.

Starting point is 01:16:49 And even though I make a lot of money for them and I love the people at Live Nation, we've done great business together. I'm like, this is fucked up. Like, I'll be the first one to admit, like I'm overpaid. There's no reason to make this much money, but I can't control it because the market dictated in Ticketmaster, they made over a billion dollars in the secondary market last year. That means if you buy a ticket and go to a concert,

Starting point is 01:17:10 you're their worst customer. They want that ticket to resell and resell and keep getting that money on it. And they could cut it out, but the government will not hold them responsible to stop the bots. The government says we're gonna do it and they're not doing shit.

Starting point is 01:17:25 And these bots are out of hand. We have to like, I could charge so much less if I could get those tickets to people that wanna come see me as fans. But like when we've done it in the past, $20 tickets, it's like, we have to scalp our own tickets just to combat the real scalpers. And I know people that do this,

Starting point is 01:17:40 that used to work at big banks, like Goldman Sachs, they do this full time and it's nothing illegal. They go on whatever night of the week and they buy as many tickets as they can to like 10, 15 of the hottest shows in the world. And then they just resell them for markup. And they're making more money than they were being at a huge bank.

Starting point is 01:17:57 Yeah, and the fees, you'll sell two tickets for $120 and the fees are $60. No, they're $120. They're almost damn, it's insanity. And you're telling me we can't get this under control and I've told our senators here in Tennessee, the problem's Republicans too. This is one thing where I'm more leaning left on this

Starting point is 01:18:18 because I'm a capitalist and a lot of conservatives, we free market capitalism. I'm like, this is out of hand. This is a place where regulation makes sense. I'm for deregulation on most things, but I'm like, this is somewhere where it makes sense. And this is something maybe I can actually try and do because it's something I know something about and I've done the homework on it.

Starting point is 01:18:37 Right. So we'll see. What does something like that include though? You think it's like starting a site, because I'm sure people have tried to start different sites and different ways of doing it. I'm, I don't, I wonder how you would tell me. Ticketmaster has a monopoly. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:18:53 There's other places to do their own ticket. Well, monopoly is illegal? Yes. Yeah. You can't just control the whole market on anything. You know, people have to be able to compete, you know, offer a service because that's what keeps prices in check and coming down. If you're the only guy that sells camel pants in town,

Starting point is 01:19:08 you can charge whatever you want. Yeah, I know Zach Bryan was trying to, he tried to have a new method where they reached out direct, it was like a lottery system. It's a conundrum. Trust me, I just saw Eddie Vedder recently at an event and Pearl Jam was really the first people that really went down this rabbit hole of Ticketmaster. Yeah, I just saw Eddie Vedder recently at an event and Pearl Jam was really the first people that really went down this rabbit hole of taking master.

Starting point is 01:19:27 Yeah, I remember that. Right, and I just talked to him briefly. I was like, hey, I'm kinda going down that rabbit hole again if you wanna get on board, because this needs to be, he's obviously liberal and you know where my politics stand. But I go, this is something where I think we could get together on,

Starting point is 01:19:43 because we're doing this for people, for fans, to try to make things better, you know, fairer. Yeah, it's so sick. So we'll see, but all of us when we were younger, just like Zach Bryan's doing, it's like, we all want to try and change it. And then you get down this deep, dark hole and you're like, fuck, I can't do it.

Starting point is 01:19:57 You know, we need these politicians to change it or they need to straighten up, you know, and Tigger Mash needs to do the right thing because they're claiming it's the right thing, this verified fan and all this shit. Well, guess what? The artists don't get any of that. It's fucking highway robbery.

Starting point is 01:20:10 It's unbelievable. Well, the fact that you would pay the same amount for ticketing fees, which is online, that you would to an artist for their, it's like- And Joe Biden's out there talking about like, oh, we got it under control. All he did was make them print what the fee is. Not like change it.

Starting point is 01:20:27 No, you just have to tell people where you're fucking them. All you gotta do is put that on there. It's bananas. Yeah, it makes me sad. And you know what it makes me sad? Sometimes it makes me sad to even put tickets on sale because I know that part of it is gonna be that people are gonna have to pay those fees, you know?

Starting point is 01:20:42 It's crazy. I did wanna get this part, scroll up a little bit so I can read this part, please. The volunteer state is just one of three states where name, photographs, and likeness are considered a property rather than a right of publicity. So that's interesting. I think that's why they can't do like TMZ here and stuff like that. No, they tried.

Starting point is 01:20:57 They did? We ran them fuckers out of town. Fuck them. Not in here. You can do that shit bullshit in LA and New York where people call you and they want that fucking lifestyle. It's like, and I'm sure there's a couple of idiots here that want it. It's like majority of us don't and you're not gonna be treated very nicely around here. Yeah, don't bring that bullshit to Tennessee. I tell you, did you get one of my bumper stickers? Mm-hmm. That sticker's amazing. Don't turn Nashville into the piece of shit city you moved here from.

Starting point is 01:21:23 Wow. Turn Nashville into the piece of shit city you moved here from. Wow. I wonder if it's happening more. I don't know. I wonder if it's going to be harder for people to, I was actually talking with Nick Cannon about this the other day. He was saying that in the future you would be able to be in a movie just by licensing yourself to that movie and never have to go to a set or never have to

Starting point is 01:21:47 to work less make the same amount I'm in yeah that took me about what half a second to do that math but uh but then what would it be like for new people trying to get in would that be tougher they're not they're cut out you're done's no more actors. They don't need you anymore. Everyone's an avatar and it's so good that you're done. They don't need musicians anymore. Well, you need musicians to play live. Right, right, that's where you need actors. Like, you're sick of you bitching about

Starting point is 01:22:19 you didn't get your tofu at the right time and your trailer and the favorite nation's like, stay home, we got it. It could all change. That could happen fast, huh? Well, there's not, why isn't there enough legislation that protects people anymore? It feels like that's really disappeared.

Starting point is 01:22:32 The government's always behind. If you're looking for the government to be ahead of things. You know, the famous Ronald Reagan line was, you know, the worst thing you could hear is, I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Yeah. It's like the worst shit you could hear in, I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Yeah. It's like the worst shit you could hear in any situation, he nailed it.

Starting point is 01:22:49 It's government, it's like a corporation, it takes them forever to get anything done, and that's because our forefathers put in a lot of checks and balances, which makes sense in a lot of ways. Nobody just has that much power. But it takes a while, so the government's never gonna be ahead of things. They're trying to get ahead of A&I

Starting point is 01:23:04 because it sounds like there's some scary shit that could go on You know we're all gonna be being born in cocoons like one of those movies or some shit or our future generations, but You know they're not they're not gonna get ahead of anything ever never have yeah It's unfortunate, but it feels like the responsibilities more and more on the person Maybe that more than ever to take care of yourself, your family, to have some sort of... Yeah, we know how that goes. There's always gonna be bad actors that... I know.

Starting point is 01:23:30 That fuck the class curve up, you know? Like most of us wanna work hard and live and be decent people, this, that, and the other. And you know what pisses me the fuck off? I mean, it drives me nuts. Every time I'm going to the refrigerator and get something new out, bottle of ketchup, and I gotta cut a plastic seal off here,

Starting point is 01:23:49 I gotta take something off here, I'm like, because some fucking jackass years ago decided to poison food or do some shit like this, I'm like, why are we, and we probably put them in jail for a little while. It's like, no, kill them. Get those people out of the, don't let these people breed,

Starting point is 01:24:04 just get them out of the system. You know, that just ruins people's lives, and the stupidest shit like that, which sounds like, I'm spoiled, I'll admit it. Yeah, but that kind of shit bugs everybody. It's the TSA of it all, it's like, in Australia, you can still go meet somebody at the gate, at the airport, which is pretty cool.

Starting point is 01:24:24 It's like, and their food is different. Like it doesn't have as much stuff in it. So like it tastes different. Oh, I'm big on that. Like there's, have you got this app yet? I'll promote it because it's a smaller company. It's great. It's called Yuka.

Starting point is 01:24:36 Y-U-K-A. So you grab that. It doesn't do liquor. I don't think healthy, you know, energy drinks, but does everything else in your cupboard. And you like, like, you know, I don't think healthy, energy drinks, but does everything else in your cupboard. You like, I eat like fresh cut, I intermittent fast too, I didn't throw that in.

Starting point is 01:24:51 Really? Yeah, I do at least four days in a row a week, where I only eat in a six hour window and it's a lot of fresh cut vegetables or like protein, salmon, we have chickens, eggs. I eat what I want for dinner, blah, blah, blah. But this app, you go in like, say I use tzatziki or hummus

Starting point is 01:25:05 for my fresh cut vegetables, you know, have a little flavor. Well, there's one hummus you can get where this app scores it. You just hit the barcode and it'll tell you what's wrong with it and make choices. Like there's one tzatziki sauce I had, it's a zero out of 100, 100 being the best. And then there's another one that Audrey buys,

Starting point is 01:25:21 it's like a 75. So that you can make healthier choices on the fly in the grocery store or in your cupboard. Yuka. Yeah, Yuka, it's pretty interesting. I hope people would, yeah, there it is, would get this, download this, and give it a try, and hopefully they'll make some better choices.

Starting point is 01:25:37 Damn, dude. I used to miss that going to the grocery store with my mom when we were a kid. And remember at the end, you would always be, you'd always wait till the very end, you'd try to behave and then you'd ask mom, hey can I get this at the candy store. Can we get some Twinkies? Yeah.

Starting point is 01:25:51 Can we get this? Where do you stand with Bud Light these days? Bob, I know you still drink it. Yeah, we're all good. They just keep fucking with me, it's awesome. Do they? We've become friends actually, you know, the CEO and some of the guys, I really like them, you know, like I said,

Starting point is 01:26:05 I don't want to dig it out again, but the latest one is, is now my birthday sent me the truck by it for with a hundred cases of Bud Light. I'm like smart asses. Now they just sent me 20 Bud Light bowling balls. Yeah. I'm like, all right, you know, great conversation pieces,

Starting point is 01:26:22 you know, I'm a man of God, God-fearing man. I think they messed up and I believe in forgiveness. And I'm like, all right. And now, when you see what Planet Fitness is doing, see what Ben and Jerry's stands for. Maybe Target. Fuck Ben and Jerry's, dude. Right, fuck them.

Starting point is 01:26:37 That's like, not even like, that's so far gone. You're like, I don't even wanna discuss about, but places like Starbucks and Target at some level, it's like, hey, you guys gonna wake up? Well, yeah. Just stay the fuck out of it. But why even try, like I know you want to be supportive, but just have gay employees, have like...

Starting point is 01:26:56 You can't help that. We all got gay employees, gay family members, gay friends. It's just part of what it is. It's like, you're either fucking cool or you're not cool. It's the fucking bottom line. Yeah, I don't need, yeah, a big thing that's like, come be gay here or whatever. And it's like, I don't, I just wanna be at Target, man.

Starting point is 01:27:14 It's already kinda fucking gay. You know what I'm saying? It's like, so yeah, when people try to over push it, it's just so fucking dumb. Well, Bud Light also had that, they had a woman and she was just dumb. Yeah, it's like, what do you think is gonna happen when you hire?

Starting point is 01:27:30 And not that women are dumb, but that lady just made it. Yes, exactly. When you hire a woke, whatever something you're old, out of some liberal college, to come work in whatever, New York City or wherever, to do marketing, what do you think's gonna happen? The bottom line is, and they were riding number one,

Starting point is 01:27:49 they weren't watching the hen house and a fucking fox got in. Fox got in. Dude, Dylan Mulvaney is a fat lot. I'll say this, dude, that guy is, he knows what the fuck he's doing, bro. Dude, some of those videos are fucking hilarious. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:28:03 Like, if you just see her entertain, like when he was, I don't know if he was all transient, but he was on the prices, right? He knows what the fuck he's doing. Some of those videos are fucking hilarious. Yeah. Like you just see right, like when he was, I don't know if he was all transient, but he's on the prices, right? You're like, oh my God, this is fucking good. I didn't see that, he's on there? Yeah. I didn't see it.

Starting point is 01:28:15 It's fucking good. Bro, this fella has, he, it's, the, he just says, he's kind of low key, like as smart as you could be about it. He's a marketing guru. Like I got no problem with kid trying to do his things. I'm just like, do things that align with, you know, his lifestyle and whatever fucking brand that is.

Starting point is 01:28:33 I'm like, but you might not want to try to sell camo fucking, you know, camo guns with Till and Walfati. Like that's just common sense. Yeah, some of it's just common sense. It's nothing to do with fucking trans. I'm like no fan of it, you know? I have the lifestyle. Yeah, you're not gonna get fucking me,

Starting point is 01:28:48 I'm not gonna be fucking cheerleading for that shit. But I can also, I understand America, and if you're a freedom loving dude like myself, then at some level, publicly, that's fine. Yeah, people need to be able to live comfortably too. What, anything else you wanna go over? Was there any other good news articles that came up? Oh dude, it's the Sturgis.

Starting point is 01:29:08 You know, I played that often on the motorcycle rally. Yeah. I've never been up there. That's wild. So I've done it often on for the last 20 some years or whatever, but I think, and this isn't confirmed yet, but we've had some conversations. I think Trump's going to come speak before I play out there and it's already. Not yet.

Starting point is 01:29:23 It's just like all bikers, like probably 30 to 40,000 already. Like some no telling what if this, if this comes through, the Hills will be alive. Huh? Oh man. What was the first fight that you went to with Trump? How did that come to pass? Kind of. I know that Dana and Trump are friends.

Starting point is 01:29:40 Had you met? We're all friends and you know, obviously love Dana, love the UFC, love Trump. We know all mutual friends and Dana had this idea like to take American badass and make this entrance with Trump. And I was like, fuck, yes. I didn't know we're gonna all sit there at the front center the whole time. Like, you know, I'm like, yeah, I can get down with this anytime. You know, I wasn't able to make the last one, but I obviously love Dana, love what he's done.

Starting point is 01:30:07 You know, it's bananas, man. You've been there. Oh, it's unbelievable, man. I've been there when you arrive. Yeah, play it up, play one of them. Even if it's people. I don't play second fiddle a lot either. That's true, Connie.

Starting point is 01:30:20 You kind of walk in like in distance support. Right. Yeah, bro, when they roll in, it is an entrance. We have a blast too. Like, you know, I sit next to Trump, drink my beers, we gamble on some fights, like throw a hundred on just to keep it interesting and stuff. Well, you guys bet against each other or you bet online?

Starting point is 01:30:38 No, we bet against each other. Yeah. Just for fun. Have you learned to like UFC more? Have you learned to, have you developed any more appreciation for it? Yeah, I love all fighting sports. I was big into boxing too, still love boxing, but I love MMA, and especially what Dana's done with the league, you know what I mean?

Starting point is 01:30:57 Like he's just on it. He's just one of those guys who's gonna win no matter where he was, what he was doing. He's just that level of hard work, brains, common sense. I don't think people understand the level of work that it takes to. It's like all the free moments that you wanna have a free moment, you have to choose, I'm not gonna have a free moment right now.

Starting point is 01:31:16 I have to do something either immediately just to make myself healthier to be able to keep going, or I have to do some work. Absolutely. And I tell people all the time, it's absolutely, I believe, impossible to be very successful working 40 to 50 hours a week. Never gonna happen. Oh, you think so?

Starting point is 01:31:33 Yeah. I mean, it takes, anybody successful will tell you like, oh no, no, that was, you know, they're working 75, 80 hours a week. Like, it's nonstop, you're just go, go, go. Yeah. I mean, last night I was up watching an edit and looking over questions for today.

Starting point is 01:31:48 You know, I probably went to bed at one. Right. You know, I wanted to go to bed earlier probably, but it just didn't happen. But I think that's all. I gotta say, you're doing great too. Just great questions, cool, laid back talking. Like, you know, you're the third one I've done now.

Starting point is 01:32:00 I've done Bill Maher and Rogan and you. You're great, man. And I love the commute over here. That's true. It's close. To fly to LA or Austin. Thanks, bro. Yeah, I feel, that's one thing I do feel that's been nice about Nashville, man, is being

Starting point is 01:32:14 able to meet different folks. And at some point, everybody comes through here, as you know. Yeah. So if there's somebody you want to have on, you can be like, look, when you come through, boom, it's so much easier. Yeah. You know, that's so much easier. Yeah. You know, that's nice, man. And just being able to be around like country music. I think my mother may want to move here at some point.

Starting point is 01:32:31 She loves country. My mom just bought a condo here. Your mom did? Yep. So after your father passed, she's moving here? She's going to start spending a lot more time here. She's like, there's no amount of sunshine. Cause there's snowbirds, Florida and Northern Michigan's in the summer.

Starting point is 01:32:41 And she's like, there's no amount of sunshine. That's worth not being near to my family and grandchildren and great grandchildren. I'm like, all right. And she's like, there's no amount of sunshine that's worth not being near to my family and grandchildren and great grandchildren. I'm like, all right. And she loves music. Oh, really? She's turned me out to a lot of great music. She's like digs underground.

Starting point is 01:32:53 She was just here a few weeks ago. She went and saw Randy Rogers, a great band out in Texas. And she was there to show and got to meet them and the opener and she just had a blast. She would do that all the time. Have you heard of red clay strays if you listen to them? I like their stuff. Yeah, I dig them.

Starting point is 01:33:11 Tell me about Northern Michigan because I always hear you talk about Northern Michigan. It is God's country. Is it really? It's like the cleanest lakes of water you could drink, the freshest vegetables and food in the summertime, the greatest people on earth. It's like kind of the Hamptons, but not, it's not, there's wealth up there, and there's, you know, middle to, you know, working class.

Starting point is 01:33:32 Everything in the summer, of course, there's a lot more wealth on the lakes and things like that, but everybody's just, it's more like a working man's wealthy situation, and people, everyone gets along, it's like kids are ecstatic to have their first job at McDonald's, you know, it's not some disgruntled single mother, you know, spitting on your food or some shit like, you know, the ice cream shop.

Starting point is 01:33:48 Like it's like a Norman Rockwell painting, basically. It's it's I love it. Love up North Michigan. Yeah, I got to get up there, man. Didn't you take Jimmy John's yacht up there one time? Is that a true story? Yeah, he's brought it up. Yeah, he let me sail. I had a house in Detroit and it was going to Chicago. And he goes, hey, if you want to jump on and take care of the crew, whatever, take some friends.

Starting point is 01:34:11 And I was like, dude, the yacht on the Great Lakes, which was great for like a week, everyone thought it was my yacht. It's 200 foot shit show. It's beautiful. And so cool of him to let me do it. And it was pretty funny. One of my working class buddies was on there with me. And so cool of him to let me do it. And it was pretty funny.

Starting point is 01:34:25 One of my working class buddies was on there with me. Yeah. And he's like, he goes, you know, there's more staff on there than friends. Yeah. Just buddies with their wives. And he's like, dude, I just don't understand this level of wealth. Like I can't like get past it.

Starting point is 01:34:38 And I go, dude, I'm going to tell you something. I go, you know, how the fuck you get to this level of wealth right here like Jimmy John? You know what he does? I go, makes a really good turkey sandwich. I know he was really hard. We love Jimmy. Yeah. Hard worker. There was one article about somebody in Michigan. What was that? Let's hit one or two more news stories. Then we'll I got leprosy in Florida Well, they had that fake tit wash up on a beach down there and you got a leprosy What does everybody pet and armadillos down there?

Starting point is 01:35:14 Bro, did you ever have any over the years? It feels like you had to come across some crazy pets. Like did you ever? Um, did I ever have crazy pets or like cuz it was that fad kind of time where people were like... I remember Tony Stewart had like a tiger and then he had a couple monkeys and shit. But he also had a couple chicks from Bucky's, I know. He likes some real ass women, dude. Tony would roll up with a fucking real ass woman, bro. I love Tony. I'm never too crazy.

Starting point is 01:35:42 We've got horses and dogs and chickens and had some long-horn steer. I used to have parrots when I was a kid. Really? I used to flip them for money. I'd get these like cockatiels, these blue front Amazons, teach them how to talk and then flip them, make two, three hundred bucks off. And then you fucking ended up still

Starting point is 01:35:57 flipping the bird, bro. And I went and bought them hip hop records, son. Got down. I was flipping parrots, getting into hip hop. That's crazy. And who had a couple of parrots on? Like where did you get someone to get you? No, you buy them at like pet stores, or people raised them, like hand-fed, you know,

Starting point is 01:36:10 cockatoo or cockatail or blue front Amazon. And the best is like they mimicked, like, like my mom always used to yell for somebody, especially my dad, he might be down at the barn. And she's like, Bill! And that felt one of my birds keep in front of the window in the summertime with the window open.. And she'd be like, Bill! And that one of my birds keep in front of the window in the summertime with the window open,

Starting point is 01:36:28 and that mother would start going, Bill! And my dad would be like, what, what? He'd be like, Bill! And then my dad would come running up, the barn was quite, you know, we had six acres, was down, whatever, my dad would come running up sweating, and he'd be like, fucking what, Susie? And my mom would be like, what are you talking about?

Starting point is 01:36:44 I didn't call you, you'd be like, god damn that fucking parent, I'm gonna kill it. That's awesome, man. That's fun, dude. I say fuck too much, don't I? I didn't notice it that much. So I heard from a few of my last podcasts, I was like, dude, you say fuck like every other word. I'm like, I fucking do not. I didn't even notice it Teacher alleged she was fired from Michigan school because of a rap career what this is up your alley a woman who began in Taylor that's where Josie was from really we call it Taylor Tucky. Yeah

Starting point is 01:37:19 Taylor's from working class fuck Love Taylor a woman who began working at Taylor Prep High School in August says she was fired last month because she refused to erase materials she created for her rap career. A parent of one of the students complained about Dominique Brown's content after the parent discovered one of Brown's music videos.

Starting point is 01:37:39 Brown, who goes by the stage name Drippin' Honey, Hey, hey Drippin' Honey. Says the parent anonymously complained about her content leading to a meeting between Brown, the school dean, etc. Brian allegedly asked the school to tell her in writing what issue the school had. I hope she gets a single out quick. She was given an ultimatum, ooh.

Starting point is 01:38:01 What was her name again? Drippin' Honey. Drippin' Hunt, yes she is. Wow. Dang, baby. I, yes she is. Wow. Dang, baby. I gotta peep out her stuff. What if she just had a couple bangers and they got OnlyFans thing going like double down?

Starting point is 01:38:14 Drizzle of me. You're gonna be a bear or be a grizzly. Yeah, huh? Drizzle over here, shorty. What about, this reminds me of, it's so cold in the D, remember that? Oh yes. You ever meet her?

Starting point is 01:38:27 How the fuck we are supposed to be free. It's so cold, no, but I would love to. Pull that up dude, play it. It's so cold in the D, how the fuck we are supposed to be free. Video is just genius. Just kinda go into it a little bit. Yeah. Yeah, just play like go into it a little bit. Yeah

Starting point is 01:38:48 Yeah, just play like start ten seconds in maybe Yeah Everybody so hype in this video gotta give it chill out everybody's like I ain't even excited Casually I even excited being on music video. It's so cold in the deep How the fuck do we close the keep peace? It's all on the nicks of my heart Working in the dark It's so cold in the deep See, you're already singing it.

Starting point is 01:39:20 How the fuck we suppose to be free? How the fuck do we suppose to keep peace or be free? I don't know. Both of them, I think those are both lines. She switches up, that's versatility. Do you miss some of the times when you could really go hard? Bob, do you think you went as hard as you could go? Yeah.

Starting point is 01:39:36 Did Kid Rock party as much as he could, you think? Yeah, but I always picked and choose my battles. Now, you're saying what's the most fucked up thing to play in the show, it wasn't like playing, it was being fucked up from the night before. And I would do that maybe once a year, like in the early days, and it would remind me, it would straighten that shit out for the next year.

Starting point is 01:39:55 Cause that is worse than having a few drinks or whatever you're doing like before a show. Like having that all nighter still up, fucking all right, I gotta go rock for two hours, bullshit. Like, yeah, like, yeah, fuck that, no, no. And I didn't want any part of that, like, you know, but. Yeah, we went pretty hard for, but you know, I was raising a kid too at the same time,

Starting point is 01:40:15 so that really kept that checks and balances that I think a lot of people in my position didn't have. You know, I was a single father and I had a lot of great help from a lot of great women. But you know, so that Thursday through Sunday when I might be on the road or certain things that I'm working at or, you know, yeah, I got pretty wild, but Sunday, back up, you know, dad's home. Wow.

Starting point is 01:40:37 Straighten that shit out. Yeah. So we got the new tour. No new tour, just new show. Oh yeah. Oh, we got the rocking country. Nine shows this year, ladies and gentlemen, seven rock the country, kid rocks, rock and rodeo and the Sturgis motorcycle rally at the Buffalo chip.

Starting point is 01:40:56 And, uh, and you have a comedy show here that you do this year. Oh yeah. This is our, you came on the first year, man. It was awfully cool. You, you're big time then. And you know, we have some great comedians. You would, you probably know some of the guys if you want to. I know all our first year, man. It was awfully cool of you. You were big time then, and we have some great comedians. You probably know some of the guys, if you wanna. I know all of these guys, dude.

Starting point is 01:41:08 And yeah, this will be at the Ryman in Nashville. All for charity. Oh, it's all for charity. All for charity. Last year, we were able to help some of the helicopter, people that died out of Fort Campbell, and victims of the school shooting here in Nashville. Oh, wow. Yeah, I have actually.

Starting point is 01:41:26 Oh yeah, Chris Porter's gonna be on it, Jordan Jensen, Adam Carolla, Gary Owen, John Reap. Oh, wow. It's great, because everybody knows it's kind of for charity, even though they get a little something, because everyone's like, you remember you popped in, you did like 15. So you don't have to hold the whole show,

Starting point is 01:41:41 it's just you can come and just nail a couple of your, you know, play a couple of the greatest hits and like, yeah. And it's one of my favorite things. Oh, bro, yeah. This is probably your third year doing it, you think? Yeah, with our boy Brian from Zany's. Such a great dude. Brian Dorfman, great guy.

Starting point is 01:41:56 Brian Dorfman, love him. And you know me, I've become like a groupie at Zany's. I pretty much hang out in the green room giving comedians hand jobs before the show. It really is kind of wild how much you love it. I'll be over there just watching somebody and they'll be like, Kid Roxie. And I'm like, again? And the best is all the jokes that are about you half the time. They are. You're just ripping the shit out of me. I know Chance Willie has some great jokes about you. He does. I love Chance Willie. I'm waiting for his first full thing. It'll happen

Starting point is 01:42:23 soon for him. I think he just moved to Austin to keep working harder. Oh, really? Yep. He just moved I think like a week ago. So God bless you. I know bless you chance You know, you got a fan here. That's a hard-working hard-working dude. And yeah, you know what you did man You sent me a nice picture of that. We all took on stage. You guys sent me like a Yeah, a little frame. Yeah, I have it framed inside. We try to keep it classy on some levels. Yeah, you do a nice job, man. Dude, I want to say I appreciate you. Yeah, I remember right when I got into town,

Starting point is 01:42:50 you reached out and said hello, and have just continued to make me feel a part of things at different times and introduced me to some of your friends and stuff like that, and I appreciate that, man. Much respect, man. I think you're kicking ass, doing a great job, and I'm right here when you need me, cousin.

Starting point is 01:43:04 Gang, bro, I appreciate it, and I even wore this shirt. I didn't show you the whole time But this is authentic right here. Oh, that's I don't yeah, I don't know This is the I don't care either way if I think it's authentic if not Then it's fucking ticket master got me again steal that from a fucking method one of Secondary sides, bro. Let me just say this, this shirt has tested positive for a lot of things. Kid Rockman, we'll see you on your tour.

Starting point is 01:43:31 And thanks for coming in, man. God bless, brother. Love you. Now I'm just floating on the breeze. And I feel I'm falling like these leaves. I must be cornerstone. Like these leaves I must be cornerstone Oh, but when I reach that ground I'll share this piece of mind I found

Starting point is 01:43:52 I can feel it in my bones But it's gonna take a little

This Past Weekend - E491 Kid Rock

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