Trailer Park Boys Presents: Park After Dark - Episode 29 - Ron Sexsmith

Episode Date: February 18, 2016

Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is this week's podcast guest – and he's brought his guitar! He talks about a trip to Paul McCartney's house, Japanese toilets, and eavesdropping on Elton John. He also plays some tunes with Bubbles!   Episode 29 is brought to you by Jukasa vapor products. Jukasaaaaa!!    

All right, you guys ready to do this? Yes, we're fucking ready. Let's get it going. All right, Triller Perk Boys podcast. This is number 29, I think. You don't have a fucking clue. You have one responsibility, and that's to know what fucking number it is. And I said 29, which is the correct fucking episode. Maybe.

So it's 29. Anyway, you fucked up the whole intro now. All right. Very, very excited today. Yeah, you ever. I am very excited. The guest we have today, right there, one of the best songwriters probably in the fucking world. Oh, thanks.

In my opinion, Canadian songwriter, artist, Ron Sexsmith. Hey, Ron, how's it going? Good, how we doing? Oh, was it fist bump? I wasn't sure. You got no time? Very awkward with the stuff

when I get nervous. Hey, man, how you doing? Bubs, you see? Yeah, man, this is awesome. I gave him a ring for something right there. Seems like you might have a bit of a crush on him, Bubs.

You're pretty excited. A bit of a crush? Not like that way. I mean, I do. Like a man crush, you know. Well, whatever you want to call it. No, no, I'll bet you. Okay, Bubz.

If you were a female, would you bang Ron? That's a weird question. Why would you ask that? You obviously have a crush on him. I don't have a crush on him. I just enjoy the man's music. You've been talking about him all day, man. I'm listening to his songs.

Well, now you made it all weird. He's going to be looking at me weird now. All right, just ignore that, please. Well, it's a seating arrangement sort of set. Well, yeah, I mean, if you want to sit. You can sit wherever you want, man. I'm fine, I'm fine. See, look, now you got him all nervous.

No, I've been wanting to do this show for a while, so I'm kind of, I'm honored, actually. He would just hit the reset button and forget that he asked that. It's fine, Bob. I've been wanting to do this show for a while, so I'm kind of, I'm honored, actually. Listen, we'll just hit the reset button and forget that he asked that. It's fine, bubs. I've already forgotten. We've got to slow this down a bit. You just like his music. So does Lucy.

So do all of us. It's awesome. I'm always surprised when anybody says that, you know, because... Why? Well, I haven't had any hits or anything. You know, nobody knows me. Well, that's not true. I know some people that know you.

I've heard Elton John talk about you. Wow. I've heard Elvis Costello talk about you and Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney. Wow. Yeah, no one knows who I am. They're pretty big. Bullshit.

Yeah, they're pretty, yeah. Well, that was the- Can I ask you about that? Yeah, sure, go ahead. You told, you said you went to Paul McCartney's house. I did, yeah. Can you tell that story, like sure, go ahead. You told, you said you went to Paul McCurtain's house. I did, yeah. Can you tell that story, like, for people that never heard of it? It was a lot like this, actually. It was kind of around his table, his breakfast table.

But nobody asked, nobody said, Hey, Paul, if you were a lady, would you do that or not? I bet you nobody said that. But how did you get invited? Like, how did that come about? Well, I was touring over, that was my first trip to England actually, and I'd only been there a week,

and I got the, I was touring with Squeeze, you remember Squeeze? Yes. They had a lot of great songs, and Chris Difford from Squeeze lives down the road from Paul, and so when we were driving over back to his house after a gig,

he said, hey, maybe, well, first he said, do you ever guess who lives down here? And I just thought of the biggest person I could think of, which was Paul McCartney. And, you know, I was right. And so the next morning, he just gave him a call, and they were having breakfast, and they invited us over. It was just so strange, you know. I mean, I never thought that would ever happen.

And so Linda was there, you know, she was still alive and she made us breakfast and played some songs and it was great. So you just describe it to me. You drive down the driveway and what are you thinking when you see the house coming up? Well, the cool thing was

when we pull up into his driveway, you know, he had a whole bunch of cars, right? He owns a lot of cars. And he was already in the front door

kind of going like this, like looking, you know, doing the thumbs up and that. That's what Paul does. And everything about it was, and he was in his pajamas, which was kind of cool, too, you know.

Like, it was Sunday morning, and he had a, he was feeling. What kind of jammies were they? Well, he had a T-shirt and pajama bottoms. And, you know, he had a sort of, before he started dyeing his hair, you know, so he had a kind of salt and pepper thing going on. He was 53, which is just, I mean, I'm going to be 53 next year. It's so crazy how time flies. Time flies. But he looked great, and his kids were there,

and his dogs were there. You were in the hotel. Hey, Paul, how you doing? Yeah, well, he goes, oh, so you're Ron, or whatever he said. And he didn't know my music at the time, but he'd heard of me because it was around this time when Elvis had done that thing for me,

held up my record. So they'd heard of me, and they knew I was from Canada. In fact, we talked a lot about Gordon Lightfoot, actually, strangely enough. Wow. Yeah. Apparently, Linda was a fan of his. And so anyway, that kind of, I mean, you know, the first half hour, I couldn't even look at him.

I was sort of like this, you know, with my teeth. And he was right there. And then the guitars came out. Then the guitars came out, and I played him, listened to what the man said. You know, his song. I was too afraid to play one of mine. You played that to him? I did.

He played with me. He sang harmonies. That's amazing. Yeah, it was crazy. He played me a couple new songs that he'd just written. And nobody filmed it, did they? Nobody filmed it. Fuck.

Were you guys drinking liquor? We were just drinking tea. It was early in the morning, you know. And I still have, like, my stepbrother, Steve, still doesn't believe I met him because I don't have any pictures, but, you know, I wasn't going to take a picture in his house. That's a huge fuck-up. Well, I don't even have a, to this day I don't have a phone or anything that has, you know. Maybe I have a hard time believing that you were with him then.

I mean, he had pictures and shit. No, Jimmy, any man wouldn't make it up. No, I wouldn't make that up. Some people make up stories. It kind of makes it cooler that you don't have anything. Well, I didn't want to be rude in his house on a Sunday. And I didn't have a camera anyway, but I didn't just... I was kind of hoping somebody would take a picture, but it just never happened.

Did he at least offer you a drink when you got there, other than a tea? It was breakfast time, so it was just tea and everything was veggie this and veggie that. Julian, Paul McCartney doesn't hit the liquor at fucking nine in the morning. He was a beetle. He was. I know it was cool, though. You know what was cool? At one point, after I got my confidence up, I asked him, oh, are you working on anything?

And he said, oh, I'm doing this record now with Jeff Lynn. And I said, oh, I don't like the sound of that. That's what I said to him. And he goes, oh, I know exactly what you mean. And I love Jeff Lynn, don't get me wrong. But it was just that, you know how everything sounds like Jeff Lynne, when he does that thing, Tom Petty, whoever it is. And he said, I'll come in, I'll play you something right now on the stereo. So we go into his living room, and I don't know what kind of stereo he had, but he's cranking this song over the

stereo. Not only that, but he's singing along with his own song, right? Belting it out in his living room. And it sounded like the best song ever, because he's singing along with his own song, right? Yeah. At full, you know, belting it out in his living room. And it sounded like, you know, the best song ever because he's singing along with his own record and he's standing right there. And Linda's going, oh, wait till you hear this song. She's really supportive of him. And it didn't sound anything like that Jeff Lynn thing.

What song was it? Do you remember? Yeah, it was from the Flaming Pie record. Oh, yeah. I like that record. Oh, man. Oh, it was like one of the last songs on the record. I can't remember. If you have the Google it.

Yeah, it was very cool. Anyway. Unreleased Paul McCartney songs being played for him. That's pretty amazing. Yeah. So anyway, that was about the size of it. And how long were you there? Like maybe three hours or something.

And you know what? He had a Picasso in his washroom. I thought that was interesting. Oh, my God. In his pisser. In his pisser. And it was not even the nice bathroom. It was the one off the kitchen

with just the toilet in it. He probably had actual Picasso in his nice bathroom. Probably like embalmed and stuck to the wall. And the other thing I remember about it, because I went in to use the washroom, and you know how it is in England

where you can't find where the flusher is sometimes? Because it's everywhere. It's on the floor. And so I couldn't find it. I'm looking around and I just peeked my head out, and I guess he knew what I was about to ask, and he just kind of went like this, you know.

And, yeah, so that was another. I don't know why he thought of that. Does he have, like, a lot of security, like, you know, the crazy alarm system on his house? You know what he had? It was kind of ridiculous, but, you know, because his house is on his estate. Just wait. You might not want to tell him.

I know what he's thinking. Oh, right. Okay, right. What, Bob? He's thinking about case in the joint. I'm not going to give him the address, though. Yeah, okay. You can tell the story then.

But he had a long driveway, you know, lots of land, and at the top of the, sorry, at the beginning of the driveway, there was a little, there was a man sitting in a booth there. Okay. So whenever, you know, of a car, but it wasn't, you could, like his land, people were jogging all over his land.

Like it wasn't. Are you serious? Yeah, yeah. He was complaining about it, that he would go up for a walk and there's some hikers or some backpackers. So you can easily get onto his land. You can easily get onto his land. Are you kidding me? Yeah.

And. See, that's something you'd never know. You'd like. See, well, you don't need to know that. We go over there as well sometimes, you know. We could go and check it out. You're not going to case out the joint, I'll something you'd never know. See, well you don't need to know that. We go over there as well sometimes, you know. You're not going to taste out the joint, I'll tell you that. Just a big Beatles fan, Bubz. Oh yeah, you're a big Beatles fan.

Yes, I am. What's your favorite Beatles song? Hey Jude. Oh, that's a good one. Oh yeah, everybody knows that one. Give me an obscure song off Revolver. You know what, we're not even going to get into this, Bubz. Give me something obscure off Revolver. Guess what, there's obscure song off Revolver. You know what? We're not even going to get into this, Bubz. Give me something obscure off Revolver. Guess what? There's nothing obscure on Revolver.

One song I do like, the one that you say, the Jocasa song. It's something... Oh, oh, oh, oh, Drink to Me, Drink to Your Health, that one? It goes Jocasa. Oh, I thought you said Picasso. No, Jocasa. The Jocasa song. What is it called? That's McCartney? No, that's you. One of your tunes. Oh, it's me. It's a good banging tune. He doesn't have... Jocasa. I don he said Picasso. He's got a Picasso. The Jocasa song. What is it called? That's McCartney? No, that's you. One of your tunes. Oh, it's me. It's a good banging tune.

He doesn't have... Jocasa. I don't remember that. He's trying to promote his pricey products. Oh, right, right. You know he doesn't have a song called Jocasa. What is this stuff anyway? It's like these VapoPens, man.

They're really cool pups. Oh. Grab that for me. See if he wants to try it. He doesn't... You don't smoke VapoPens, do you? I've never tried, don't I? You should try them. Is it like one of them hookah things?

Kind of. Kind of. It's a little menu here. You can take these things and throw them in that thing. A couple drops here, a couple drops of that. Does it have any health benefits or anything? No. No.

Well, probably. It just chills you out, man. Right. You smoke it. It's delicious. It's not. It's like a vapor. Do you guys all smoke cigarettes? No. Oh, that's delicious. It's not, you know, it's like a vapor. Do you guys all smoke cigarettes?

No. Oh, that's good. Just joints. Just joints. I smoke everything. Everything that smokes, I smoke it. I was actually in Ohio once with the guy that invented those little blue cigarettes. You know those ones, they, you know, they have a little blue light.

A little blue light. Yeah. I don't know if he invented them or he was involved in inventing them or something and he was he gave me probably rich was he he was very wealthy yes yes he had a big uh mansion on the overlooking the lake and all that but julian made some kind of a greasy deal with these guys that he won't tell us what the details of it takes time to get through these details you're talking about a lot of lawyers man these are big business guys business guys, Bob's, okay? It's not like a fucking call and say,

all right, we're doing it. It takes a long time to figure this shit out. Is that the only sponsor? Well, yeah, for now. I mean, who wants... You don't need anything else when you're dealing

with these guys in Jucasa. All right, enough of that shit, man. You're out of control. You're great to us. Every time you say it, it makes me want to fucking have some.

Well, do it. See, there's a nice sign over there at the bridge. Oh, yeah, that's nice. You got them mentally programmed now. Oh, yeah. Up there. Give that to us. Every time you say it, it makes me want to fucking have some. I'll do it. See, there's a nice sign over there at the bridge. She got them mentally programmed now. Oh, yeah. Up there. Say that to us. Does that mean anything, that word? Chikasa.

Yeah, there's a story behind the name Chikasa. It's a sad story, but it's great. Speaking of names, how did you come up with yours? Well, my stage, my name, that's my actual name. Apparently it had something to do with maker of knives or something. The old English name. You thought he was in a band called Ron Sexman? Well, I just thought he made up a name and maybe he's really good at doing that stuff.

No, I mean, I wish I would have made up a name sometimes. I mean, you know how a lot of songwriters these days, they don't use their name. They call themselves like Bright Eyes or something, or they call themselves, you know, Bon Iver or whatever. I wish I would have done that sometimes. What would your name have been in that case? What do you think you would have went with? I don't know. Parking meter or something.

I don't know. Parking meter would have been awesome. That would have been good, eh? Fucking right. Going to the fucking parking meter show tonight. Yeah. Blacksmith makes horses and a sucksmith makes knives. I see where you would have been awesome. That would have been good, eh? Fucking right. Going to the fucking parking meter show tonight. Yeah, yeah. A blacksmith makes horses and a sucksmith makes knives. I see where you're going with that.

Yeah. Well, he makes knives, apparently, yeah. That's what I've heard. It's nothing to do with the six-inch daggers, apparently. Six-inch daggers. Yeah, I get it all right. Yeah. I was really fucking confused, man.

Yeah. Oh, these chips are good. Yep. Rick, you've got to get rid of these fucking confused, man. Oh, these chips are good. Rick, you've got to get rid of these fucking chips, man. Chips are good. They're healthy. I don't need chips right now. I don't need a potato in my life. You have the same ones from the last week. You see those board games over there?

Have you ever came across the game Battling Tops? Battling Tops. Remember that game? No. I've been looking for it. That's all. I just wondered. Oh, so the ones you spin?

It's the ones like you have a, it's like a wrestling match, but everyone has a top and you pull the string and they all go in the middle and they fight. And the one that's still left spinning is the winner.

We had the same thing. We had those little robots that you spin up and their feet just move. We used to build things around and shit way back in the day. That was a fun game.

I remember Rock'em Sock'em. Especially when you're big. Rock'em Sock'em robots. Remember those guys? That was great. That was a fun game. I remember Rock'em Sock'em. Especially when you're big. Rock'em Sock'em Robots. I remember those guys. That was great. That was a good game. Rock'em Sock'em was awesome. Great one.

So was Tecmo Ball. I don't remember that. What's that one? I don't know that one either. You don't know Tecmo Ball? Don't think so, man. From the original saga? Nope.

Okay, well, fuck you then. I remember you were right into that Hungry Hippo game. Oh, that's a great game. It used to drive me nuts. I was good at it. When you see the commercial for Hungry Hippo,. Oh, that's a great game. It used to drive me nuts. I was good at it. Like, when you see the commercial for Hungry Hippo, you're like, okay. Hungry Hippo. That'd be fun.

But when you get the fucking game, it's loud and it's fucking annoying. Yeah, it's loud. It's just like marbles and things. It's like that other one with the ice is loud, too. Don't break the ice. It's a loud game, man. It's not fun. Yeah.

Unless you're playing with really cranked up music. Remember Dr. Shocker? Remember that one? No. You know what you mean operation. No, no, no.

Dr. Shocker used to plug it into the wall and had a couple leads and you'd hook them to yourself and switch it on. I think that was something your parents may have did to you when you were bad.

No, Dr. Shocker. Dr. Shocker. You used to sell that. Okay, can we get back to interviewing? Yeah. Okay, I've got a question. Me too. Go ahead.

Where's your favorite place in the world? Well, this is going to sound like I'm totally blowing smoke, but I love Halifax. I love Halifax. Awesome. That's a good answer. That's a great answer. It's a great answer. I always wanted to live here. I mean, I lived here briefly in the early 80s, actually.

And so I always loved this place. And yeah, I don't know. I love Ireland. It's great. You ever been there? That's my favorite place, Ireland. Yeah, have you ever been there? Yeah. Such a great place. A place to drink. I'd like to go to Belfast. Never been there. Oh my God. Yeah, you'll love Belf drink. I'd like to go to Belfast. Never been there, but we've been to Dublin.

Yeah, you'll love Belfast. I'd like to go to all the towns, you know, the little towns, do the whole drive around. Cork, I heard, is really cool. Definitely. Is that where they make the corks? I think, no. I don't think so. It's not the same thing.

I doubt it's where the cork comes from. Cork doesn't come from Ireland, I'm pretty sure of that, man. Yeah, probably. Where would it come from? Like France or something? Cork would come from probably. Maybe Spain. I might be able to look this up.

I think it would come from. I can Google that. I think it would be like more like Africa, wouldn't it? Cork. Cork comes from Africa? I would think. Nice. It should come from Cork.

Hard to name your town Cork. Maybe the town is named after. They're named after the Cork, you know. Oh, soft cork. It should come from Cork. Why would you name your town Cork? Maybe the town is named after... They're named after the Cork, you know. Oh, the Cork. Get her in you. Okay. They probably do a lot of drinking there, right, in Cork? Oh, they definitely do.

You've played in Cork, I imagine. I just played there, in fact, a few months ago. Yeah, it's a great place. Wow. They love their music in Ireland, and they do in the East Coast. There's a similarity there. Yes. It's a lot of f, and they do in the East Coast. There's a similarity there. It's a lot of fiddles and things. Absolutely.

Lots of plaid. What's the strangest country you ever played in, like, you know, the most? I'd have to say Japan. Japan's a really beautiful but very strange place. I was in Japan. I was in Japan. You were in Japan. Do you like their toilets there, the ones?

No, I'm not a big fan. I like those toilets there. They do everything for you. Oh, those ones, yeah. The ones with the little thing that comes out and it locks around and beep boop. It makes so much sense because it has a little picture, like a bomb with water squirting in it. Yeah, it shows you how to do it. Have you seen, have you tried those? I have tried one. I just don't understand like... Where the water comes from?

Well, I know how the water comes out, but it's got, like, the aim. Like, it's incredible. They can find. It's got a little sensor. It takes a little scan and it goes, oh, there it is. Yeah. Boom. And they just shoot it.

It's so civilized. I wish they had them here because that's, aside from the food, that's probably my favorite thing about Japan. See, I don't like seafood. I don't like seafood. Would I die in Japan? Yeah. Would I? Would you? Oh, you don't about Japan. See, I don't like seafood. Would I die in Japan? Yeah. Would I? Oh, you don't eat seafood?

No, I don't eat seafood. No, no, they have a whole bunch of other things. They have McDonald's. They have McDonald's. I don't want to live on McDonald's, man. No, but they have other, they have these amazing, they have like lots of chicken meals and things like that, too. But yeah, it's not all, in fact, when we're there, we hardly ever have sushi. It's almost always something else.

And they know how to make everything taste good. Like vegetables that you hate here, they'll find a way to make it actually taste like something. I think, Ricky, I think we should take Ricky to Japan. We've got to take Ricky to Japan. Yeah, you should go there. That would be amazing. Like in most countries, you know, you can read signs and say, oh, I think that might mean, you know, caution or something like that. But in Japan, it's just squiggles.

You have no fucking idea. Just strap, like, a GoPro to them. Just push them out there, man. Say, talk to you later, bud. Can you buy glasses now that when you look at stuff, it makes it into English? Oh, do they have those? I don't know. Are we there yet?

I wouldn't count on it. I know they have these things now. If you say something in English and then translates it, like, and then you can hold it up to somebody. They have those now. That's cool. That's very cool. Ricky, how would you know they had those glasses? I don't know.

I couldn't remember if I got it dreamt or if it was real. Thought it might have been on the news. It might have been. It might have been. So how do you write a song? Well, you know, well, you've written songs, right? I mean, it's just like you have an idea. An idea comes to you for whatever reason.

Maybe somebody says something while you're walking down the street and then it's like a light bulb comes on over your head. And then I'm a melody guy, so I'm always singing to myself. I was a courier for years. I wrote a lot of songs walking around, you know, as a courier. Like which ones? Like the early stuff? The early stuff, yeah. I was a courier for years. I wrote a lot of songs walking around, you know, as a courier. So, you know. Like which ones? Like the early stuff? The early stuff, yeah. The first record or two, Secret Heart, all those songs were written.

But the thing is, I didn't have anything, a dictaphone, so I'd get a song going and I'd have to sing it all day, basically, so I wouldn't forget it. So you could record when you were home. Yeah. So you wrote Secret Heart. Yeah, walking around. Walking around, delivering packages to people. Yeah, the whole album, pretty much. Just walking around. Yeah, I did that for a long time. There's a rhythm under... Here you go, there's your letter.

Yeah, basically, yeah. That was the last one I wrote actually, as a courier. Yeah, we're doing that one later on actually tonight. Awesome. I mean, I don't know when this airs at all, but I'm sure it airs a few months away. It's gonna air Friday. Oh, Friday, okay. Yeah. Well, we'll have already been and gone by then.

See, now you can't even bring that up because he won't understand what you're talking about. What? Oh, just the whole time thing, how it works. We're shooting it now, but it's going to come out on Friday. So, Bob, are we pretending this is Friday right now? Well, we don't have to. I mean, that's what we've always done

because somebody can't grasp it. Who? Just different people. So he's right right who just different people so it's actually it's friday right now uh his tour just ended on monday well he just played in halifax on monday just on monday and that i thought today was monday see here we go we just it up it's fine boys it's fine okay it's well that's fine, boys, it's fine. Okay. Well that's like the, what are they, the third wall, or what do they call it? Is that when you just crack the third?

The fourth wall. The fourth wall, is it the fourth wall? I believe so. It's called fronday. Fronday. Today is fronday. It's fronday then. So I wanna ask you, too, you did a bunch of stuff

with Elvis Costello. Yeah. How'd you meet him? How did you meet Elvis? Well, you know, he's the first guy that actually sort of, he saved my career, basically. I mean, my album had come out in North America in 95, and it was just dying a slow death. No one knew about it. It wasn't selling. And at the end of the year, Elvis held it up on the cover of a magazine, which created all this interest for it in the UK

and all these places. And so all of a sudden, the label, they were just getting ready to drop me, actually. What was that, Enderscope? Enderscope Records. And so all of a sudden, they had to, they were sort of guilted into working it overseas, and that's when I was able to find my audience.

So they were gonna drop you, and then all of a sudden, Elvis. Yeah. And they're like, oh, yeah, no, we knew the whole time. They weren't happy about it actually, they were kind of embarrassed and not that the album went on and sold a whole buttload of records but it but definitely that you know at the time it turned a lot of people on to it and then since then you've played with them a whole bunch of times. Yeah we toured together and actually he took me to Japan the first time and we I did his TV you know he had a TV show you ever see that yes that whatever is called spectacle

spectacle yeah so yeah no he's been great he's been good good to me Elvis yeah good dude very good dude yeah yeah very good I didn't know I think in the old days he was maybe not I was was going to say, less of a good dude. I think he, you know, he had more of a temper and that. I think he sort of mellowed into kind of a nice person. Yeah. But I've only known him as that person, so. And what about Elton?

I've only met Elton once, although we talked on the phone. The first time he called me at home, I wasn't there, and so he left a voicemail. I mean, you know, except that he didn't hang up the phone properly. So I had him talking for about half an hour after he hung up the phone. So I took that to a recording studio and had it burnt onto a CD for me. And it was really funny because he's just sort of, he's talking to somebody in the room, and he was saying, I would never call you ugly. And he would say, he called someone a fat C word. You guys don't swear on the show, right?

Oh, yeah, no, you can let her go. Yeah, but that word's a real chesty word with people. But anyway, but he was really funny, and I just saved it not to play it for anyone, but just for a souvenir. I could make you a lot of money, Walt. I could make us a lot of money with that. Well, I'm just saying we could make some money off of it. Well, you could if you were out to play it for anyone, but just for a souvenir. I could make you a lot of money, Walt. He's not going to put back a fucking... Well, I'm just saying we could make some money off of it.

Well, you could if you were off to Greece. If I could find it now, yeah. You can't lose that. But I was a member of the Elton John fan club as a kid, so that was pretty cool for me to meet him and whatever. He said some nice things, so that was unexpected. He said... You look a bit like Elton John, actually.

Bubbles does. Oh, don't tell him that. Huh? Is that bad? No, he's now... He's gonna start dressing like him and... Oh, I think Elton John's a handsome man. He's a very handsome man.

I think he's a handsome man. So if I look like him, hey, fine by me. Hold me closer, down and dance. Are you going to ask him? Ask him what? Just trying to get the courage up. You're going to ask him if maybe you guys could play a song? I was hoping that you might play.

Yeah, I could do something. Could you play something for us? Well, I don't know what, um, are you going to play too? Well, I mean, my guitar is here. Bubs, yeah, go for it, man. I wouldn't necessarily. What's your guitar doing here? I always, my guitar is here. Bubs, yeah, go for it, man. I wouldn't necessarily. What's your guitar doing here? I always have my guitar.

Bubs, not once have you had your guitar on set. My guitar sits back there sometimes. My guitar's been around. I've never seen it before. Not once have you brought your guitar, Bubs, to this podcast. I often keep my guitar back there. We clean up the fridge and the thing. Look at this, boys. Me and Rowan Saksmith.

This is pretty cool. This is what has always... Well, feel free to play along if you want. Well, I think maybe you should, maybe first off. Really? If you just play it, because I'm going to have to get my confidence going here. It's just in the key of E if you... Well, I believe this town, we blew this door the fat.

Don't seem to matter where we are. Cause you can read my mind and soon you will be there. Waiting in the getaway car. And even though the in-laws tend to make you want to hide, wish you wouldn't take it so hard. Cause we'll be outlaws then like Bonnie and Clyde. Speed up in the getaway car. Getaway car, I love you.

Let's get away far from a hill And we can watch it all disappear In the rear view mirror Get away car, get away car Oh, we do solo on it? No. No, you just keep it on. Play it the way you would. Remember when the songwriter's circle nearly brought me down

You could see the look all over my face And you instinctively knew to pull the car around get me the hell out of this place yeah get away car i love you let's get away far from here and we can watch it all disappear in the rearview mirror Getaway car, getaway car Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohaway car, dude. That's a good topic, you know, with you guys. Yeah, I like that song a lot. You robbed a bank before. That's great. What was that like?

How you feeling, boss? Pretty intense, man. It was awesome. Yeah. You got nervous, Ricky. We could actually play that song next time we have to get away. Yeah. Yeah.

Get us in the mood. Well, maybe just don't do anything where you require a getaway car. We could do that and we can get these out. Smoke them. You know, maybe have a little camera set up. Be good, man. Good for everybody. I just got too nervous.

I couldn't even. I didn't want to rack it on you. I thought you were playing. I was playing the... Did the back beat. I was just doing the back beat there. You know, I didn't want to fuck up your nice song. Well, we could do something more, like, simple

Like, I mean, when we were out here in the East Coast I was always a big fan of April Wine Are you guys ever heard of those guys? I love April Wine, man, it would be amazing We could try an April Wine song Yeah, all right, I know a few April Wine songs Well, this one, uh... Red and yellow seasons changing gear Oh yeah

Giving her all I am And reaching out for love and care You know she can feel it, oh yeah Cause that's the way she likes to try Going on forever, oh yeah And knowing that's the reason why She said tonight is a wonderful time to fall

in love Oh yeah Tonight is a wonderful time to fall in love The two of us together Doing things the way we do Nothing seems to matter, oh yeah

Long as I can be with you You know she can feel it Cause that's the way she likes to drive going on forever oh yeah knowing that's the reason why she said tonight

is a wonderful time to fall in love oh yeah tonight is a wonderful time To fall in love. Oh yeah. Tonight is a wonderful time. To fall in love. One more time. She said tonight is a wonderful time. To fall in love.

Oh yeah. Tonight is a wonderful time to fall in love. Yeah. Ha, ha, ha. Nice job. Hey, for wine. That was good. Yes, sir.

Hey, for wine. That was amazing. See that right there? I threw in a. You did good, boss. Yeah. I'm just shaking. I could maybe be, you know, maybe now, you know, I might get a phone call from Elton John or Paul McCartney. Or Miles Goodwin. That would be decent. Can I? Wow, that was killer. Can I play a song that I wrote and see if you, if you could

throw a harmony on this? I could never figure out how to make this song have a harmony on the chorus. It just goes like this. It's just like in G, C, and D, or most of it. And then there's an E minor in there somewhere. It just goes like this. It just goes like this. Spin them round, tickle their bellies twice Kitties, kitties, kitties I saw I found Daisy in a storm drain

Covered in liquor and glue. I took her home and I cleaned her off with kitty shampoo. Oh, nice. Kitties like to sleep a lot. They don't do much of anything. They don't do much of anything Every kitty I ever met Likes to pop with strength Kitties are so nice

Kitties are so nice I get them down. Spin them around. Tickle their bellies twice. Kitties. Kitties. Kitties are so nice. That was terrible, man. Sorry, I totally got you. That was fantastic. Are you kidding me? That was a good song. That was terrible, man.

Sorry, I totally messed it up. That was fantastic. Are you kidding me? That was a good song. That was fantastic. Maybe we could go in the studio sometime. Yeah. No, I'm terrible at harmonies.

I totally blew that one. I don't think so. Nice job, man. It's a concert podcast. This is awesome. I kind of liked that song before, but now I really like it, so you've got to sort this out.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. That should be like the first song on your record when you get around to making one. I liked that song before, but now I really like it, so you gotta sort this out. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. That should be like the first song on your record. When you get around to making one. We're gonna make one and there, he said it right here, he'd sing on it. He'd play on it, you heard it. I don't think he would.

Did you say you'd sing on it? I didn't actually say it, but I wouldn't. I think you did. Well, it's not out of the question. Okay, alright, we'll work it out. I'll talk to everybody. This is pretty awesome. We didn't get a chance to talk about a lot of stuff, alright, we'll work it out. I'll talk to you later about it. This is pretty awesome. We didn't get a chance to talk about a lot of stuff. Yeah, I've heard some great songs.

Oh, thanks. It doesn't matter what we talked about, Ricky. Why? What did you want to talk about? Well, you know, the 890 million dollar meth bust in Australia. Oh, right. Yeah, someone definitely... 890 million? Yep.

I don't know if that was cop prices or real prices, but... It was definitely cop prices, but that's still a lot, yeah. 890 million. Yep. I don't know if that was cop prices or real prices. Whoa. It was definitely the cop prices, but that's still a lot, man. If they're a little bit off, that's a lot of money. Well, that's good. I'm glad they got that shit out of it. I mean, that stuff's not good for you. That stuff will rot your teeth and fuck you over.

Fuck you over pretty bad. Stick to this and a couple pops every now and then. You'll be fine. Yep. All right, guys. I think that's it. Well, that was fun. That sort of flew by. It was fun.

I had a lot of fun today. Get fly, Bob. You want to talk about the piglet? What? The piglet born with balls instead of eyes? What are you talking about, Ricky? There was a piglet born. He had testicles here instead of eyes.

No way. Really? Is that even possible? Like, why? Who would do such a thing? Who would do such a thing to a pig? I don't know. I think it just came out all fucked up. So what were the balls? Did he have eyes? Like, why? Who would do such a thing? Who would do such a thing to a pig? I don't know. I think it just came out all fucked up.

He was born with balls for eyes. So what were the balls connected to? Did he have eyes and his nuts back or what? What was going on there? I don't know where his eyes were. So did he have four balls? Two for sure right here. Wow.

But where would the tubes go? Like, where is it connected to? Like, that's what I want to know. You're making it more complicated. Well, it's just weird, man. All right, well, try to talk about to? Like, that's what I want to know. You're making it more complicated. It's just weird, man. All right, well, try to talk about some fun stuff, guys. We'll talk about Thomas and Cruz and Cameron Diaz.

What? Apparently they're married or getting married or something. No way, really. They were in a movie together. I don't think they're getting married, though. That's what I heard. No, they got married. You must be surprised because you said that.

Oh, Tom, I thought you meant Ted Cruz. Tom Cruise. Yeah, the Tom guy. Tommy. Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise. It's more likely it is Ted Cruz than not Tom Cruise married. I wouldn't say he's getting married to Cameron Diaz, Ricky.

No, you, I don't know. You must be surprised because I thought you said he was gay. I never said that about Tom Cruise. You did so. You did so, man. I don't use that word. Not never said that about Tom Cruise. You did so. You did so, man. I don't use that word. Not to say that we love everybody, but I didn't think he was, man. I never said that.

I said I think he's a handsome man and he's a good dancer. Maybe it was my dad. I don't remember. All right. All right. Okay. Thanks for coming, Ron. That was awesome.

Yeah. Thanks, guys. Try this stuff out. I That was awesome. Yeah, thanks, guys. Ron, thanks, man. Try this stuff out. I will, definitely. I forgot to ask if you're making a new record, for fuck's sake. I will, eventually, yeah. I will.

No one buys records anymore. I was trying to get to this. Oh, yeah, sorry. Interrupted. No, no, I don't. I'm trying to ask. Okay, I know, but this is important, too. This is what puts food on our fucking plates, okay?

God damn it. All right. Thanks to our bros at Jucasa. Jucasa. Try it out, Ron. Well, maybe I'll get a sponsor from them, too. Here, take a couple of them. I'll take a few of them.

Thanks. Awesome. This is great. All right, that's it. Thanks, everyone. Thanks, everybody. Cheers. Stop telling me some nice outro. Oh, it's beautiful. It's beautiful going to be some nice oak drum. Oh, it's beautiful.

It's beautiful. It's soft. It's thick. No, they can just fade out on that. Fade out on that.