Football Fun, Food & Tour Tales, and Winning Big in Golf :: Ep 23 Try That in a Small Town Podcast
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I'll be back on to the NFL when they quit showing, you know, stop hate and choose love on the back of their helmets and in the end zone. I'm over it. I guess I'm going to choose love. What are you talking about? They talk to you like we're a bunch of four-year-olds. During touring season, we really don't eat much just because it's...

You know, it's hard to be healthy. At least I know I have been a little more free and easy with my eating. And like, what's going to happen this off season? Since the Try That in Small Town song came out, we had everybody and their brother, you know, making up, you know, swag and everything. And somebody shot us a picture of like a big Yeti thing from Bucky's. It was just real close. They changed one word. Try that in our small town. Try that in our small town or our hometown. Try that in our hometown. The Try That.

Welcome to another edition of the Try That in a Small Town podcast. Guys, I know the camera's on me right now, but I can't wait to show everybody TK, Kalo, Thrash, and

Oh, my God. What a week in sports. What a week in sports. What a week. What a week. What was it ever? What was it ever? I don't even know how or where to start. Let's do the great reveal. Wait, wait, wait. Do you want to lead with that? That's big. I don't care.

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Thank you. Thank you. What does it say? Senior club champion. Why did you emphasize senior? How old do you need to be to qualify for senior? 50 and over? Some of the best players at this club are 50 and over.

That is impressive. Is that a low senior number? 50? 50. I guess it is. I guess it is. We also have the super senior, which is 60 and over. Is that for real? Super senior? That's not a football award. No. Because this may confuse the people that are watching. Notice the grip. Yeah, what kind of grip do you use? The neutrality of the grip. And you notice how soft it is. And I won the senior club championship this past weekend. Wow.

And it was just smooth. It was just a smooth outing. What a great week in sports. It may have been. It was. I wonder, did you distract the competition because you wore your helmet out there during the golf match? I did not. I did not. I have my Alabama, one side Alabama, one side Raiders, Ken Stabler, the late, great Ken Stabler. The snake? Yep. Okay. He was a big Bama legend, and I felt like I needed to wear it and represent Bama as a team.

as well. What'd you shoot, by the way? I shot 71 the first day, one under. That's solid. And I was tied with another friend who shot 71, and I was two down coming into six on the second day. Yeah. And I rebounded on the back, one by four. One by four strokes. I did. I did. That's great. A buddy of mine, Judd Wells, I was going against him. He shot one under the first day, and

That's impressive, Neal. Seriously, that's amazing. Congratulations. Thank you. I don't think I've taken my glove off. You shouldn't. Now, should we talk about Alabama football? Their next opponent is...

I don't know. Aldean's team. Oh, Georgia, really? Yeah. Wow. I don't know if this episode will come out before then, but we may have a recap of the game. So where is that game? It's in Tuscaloosa. Ooh. That's a big one. It might be a little tough on the dogs. Do you and Aldean? They did struggle with the cats. Do you guys have a working bet?

No, we don't. Maybe you should fix that. I know it. I'm wide open now that we all work together and we're all on the same team in the music business. As an outsider, a fan of college football, it's hard to be interested in it unless you have an affiliation to that program. True. Yeah. I love the NFL. I'll be back on to the NFL when they quit showing, you know, stop hate and choose love on the back of their helmets and in the end zone. I'm over it. And they've lost me.

When they quit doing that crap, quit preaching to me on stuff that doesn't even exist, I'll be back. I will tune back in. It's driving me. I can't stand it. It's not as bad as a few years ago they did. It's how mean. Oh, I can't stand it. I hate it. Choose love. Of course I'm going to choose love. What are you talking about? They talk to you like we're a bunch of four-year-olds. Well, I still love the NFL. I'm going to keep talking about it. I do too, actually. It's great. I love watching football that level.

But talk about...

So this is funny. So we're on the road a lot. You try to eat really good through the week, right? We're trying to be conscious and not be fat, grotesque guitar players, even though I'm on my way. No one wants to see that. You can always tell when you've had a rough week by the looks in the front row. It's been a hard week. It's been a hard few weeks. Those shirts are tight. Those state shirts are tight. You got to be ready. But I'll say this. Sundays...

are made for football and food. I am going to put as much food in my body as humanly possible on Sundays. Eat to failure. That's what we do on Saturdays. That's what we do on Saturdays. All bets are off. You eat whatever you want. Yeah. So what is it that you want? Give me your guilty pleasure football food.

Well, I mean, it's a plethora. The bar is covered with pigs in a blanket and queso and Rotel and you name it, it's there. I've got the Traeger going with short ribs. And...

It's just a plethora of stuff. It's fantastic. Real quick, when you say pigs in a blanket, remember KB, Kenny Beard? Oh, yeah. It's him and some other writer at some party a long time ago. He said, KB, you ever had pigs in a blanket? I've had one in a comforter before. So every time I hear pigs in a blanket, that's what I think about. Oh, Kenny, good one. Where did he grow up? No.

But yeah, but we have, my mom and my brother live in the same neighborhood in Franklin. And so we live in Franklin. And so we got two kitchens going. It's very close, very close there. And she is great about cooking comfort food. That's just the way we came up. You know, just meat and three, always dessert. Sweet tea was our water. I didn't have straight up water until I was 40. I mean, the water was in the sweet tea. Yeah.

But she makes great homemade pizza, cheeseburgers, this Johnny Mazzetti's meat and cheese stuff, lasagna, wings. She'll get the wings from Publix, but then she rebakes them and does extra stuff to them. Extra care. Yeah, there's a lot of love in there. And what she hates the most is if any of us are dieting. Like if anybody's on a plan whatsoever where you say, hey, mom, I'm going to be a little bad.

but not totally bad, and she does not like that. It does not go over well. So you really need to, she brings it, you need to eat it. So I got to say this, though. I think Tully and I are a little different. Yes. There's food. There's good food. We eat to failure. Eat to failure. Eat to the point. Oh, no, we hurt. Pre-game starts. Yeah. And no one's making anything homemade. I'm going...

We're buying. It's either pizzas, pizzas and wings, chips, dip, and then the whole dinner slate comes in. Yeah, yeah, there's a Sunday night game. Well, you have all these plans to watch the late game out west. I have all these big plans. I'm going to watch whatever, Arizona, Arizona State or whatever at midnight. Never happens. You never make it to that. And that's what I don't like about being on the road sometimes on a Sunday doing football because –

Really, when I say that it's actually gross, I'll tell you this, what I eat on a Sunday, it's actually very disturbing. What? It could be anything, but it can go from, see, the kickoffs at noon. Could be anything from fried chicken bought from somewhere to a pizza with wings, whatever.

it's, it's, it's a lot of eating and then I'll be stuffed with like two or three Cokes probably. And then the three o'clock game comes in and I'm like, God, it feels terrible. But then I'll go and like grab another piece of pizza or like another, some potato salad and more chicken. Get your second wind. Yes. And then dinnertime comes and I feel like I'm going to throw up. That's usually when I hit my one last meal. And then when it, when it can get worse, I,

The late, the night game on Sunday, that's when I go to the ice cream. And that's when I come closest to being sick. Okay. I get that. But then my body, because I don't eat anything all week. No, Tully doesn't. He does not eat through the week. Yeah. Like a rabbit. Yeah. So Monday morning, I need like an EMT because my body is saying to me, what have you done? And then I'm back. And next Sunday, I'll, you know.

I'll be back on the horse. And we look so forward to football season. It is. I'm not kidding you. This time of year, it is my favorite time. But on the road on Sundays, it bums me out because we have to play a show. And so I'll have like five chicken wings and it's just depressing. Yeah. Because they can't see me in my t-shirt after a pizza, which is not good. Yeah, we've been on the West Coast for a couple of weeks now. We just got home. And man, it takes a toll on your body, right? It's like...

You know, we're used to getting up at whatever, six or seven here, which is five there and...

We're not getting up at five, I'll tell you that. But, you know, we're going to bed at three, probably West Coast time. So it's five here and oh my God. But it's going to be great. I think maybe by the time this episode airs, y'all, the tour will be over, possibly. Well, we'll probably be back out. We go back out West here in a couple of days. We're not done. No, I know you're not done. But when this thing comes out, you may be done with it. Mm-hmm.

And you guys, you have, you have what? A handful of shows left to go. Yeah. And it was great. Don't blow it. I mean, you still look, you still look fantastic. We've actually talked about this. This is actually a conversation we have because usually during touring season, we really don't eat much just because it's, you know, it's, it's hard to be healthy. I think we, at least I know I have been a little more free and easy with my eating and

And like, what's going to happen this off season? No, I've actually, I think I've crossed over guys because here's the deal. You know, we usually have a few months off, right? And then we go do the spring and summer tour. And I always let myself go Thanksgiving and Christmas. We not going to eat or you're going to eat. Absolutely. That's what we do. So you're going to go do that. But then when spring comes, okay, I'm going to slim it up. I'm going to slim it up. Well, this year I didn't slim it up.

Yeah, you did. No, you don't have to be nice. As a matter of fact, that's unlike you to be nice. But I agree. I didn't slim it up. But now what happens? Dude, Thanksgiving is coming. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Christmas is coming. You're not going to have just protein at Thanksgiving. You're going to sit there with your turkey and your, I mean, asparagus. I can see it now. Next year's tour, y'all going to be on stools.

Neil in sweatpants. No jeans. Tell him he'll be standing like he's standing, but he'll be sitting in standing. I got to tell you guys something. You want to hear something funny? This is the most terrifying thing of the year. After we get through the winter and are hibernating with food and we see a show pop up. It could be anything in April or May or an award show or some TV thing. It'll pop up in the calendar. I'm like, okay.

I got to stop eating on this date and get back in shape. So I'll see that date coming. And that first day of getting the show pants back on. That's not good. The show pants. Oh, no, it's a different outfit because I'll tell you the guys, and this is out, so it's not giving anything away. But in late January, we're going to Mexico. We're playing Luke Bryan's Crash My Playa. Hello, swimsuit.

There's no way I'm taking my shirt off. I am wearing a swim shirt, bro. I guarantee you that shirt is not coming off. I'm wearing a sweatshirt.

I mean, I have... Kalo can get away with it. Kalo's getting pretty buff. I mean, the gaudy orange is hiding it tonight, but it's good. He looks good under there. He's ripped up. Just trying. Just trying. Gotta stay alive. Hey, by the way, on tonight...

you know, whenever this episode comes out, but tonight is Kalo's anniversary. Oh, it is. You're spending it with us. Thank you very much. Well, and I, and I, and you guys did start early, which I was glad of because that way we'll get home early and there'll still be time for sweet. I did that for you, you know, time for what time for what for, you know, sweet lovemaking. Wow. So, uh,

Yeah, it'll be time for it. Cut, cut, cut. Wow. No, I think sweet little Lucy needs a brother. Don't make him. Hey, look. Wait a minute. This is biblical. My body's not my own. So, you know, once you're married. You say lovemaking on our podcast? Once you're married. Once you're married. This right here. It's way too clean. I don't own this anymore. I don't own it. Are the lights on? She owns it. So whatever she wants. Lights are not on. I don't know what's going to happen.

Anyway, happy anniversary. Thank you very much. Cheers. Cheers, Caleb. Let's toast to the anniversary. Congratulations, buddy. Thank you. We'll cheers with some original glory. We're going to take a little word from our sponsor and we'll be right back. Thanks for listening, guys.

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All right, guys. We're having some fun tonight. It is the Try That in a Small Town podcast. Hey, I'm going to get this out of the way. If you're listening, make sure you download. If you're watching on YouTube, like, subscribe, all that stuff. Follow us on the socials at Try That Podcast. It's really important, guys, and we appreciate it. Hey, we have a couple things to...

Correct, right? The Georgia-Alabama game. It's not next week. It's on the 28th. Is that correct? Yeah. I didn't know it might come out. So this might come out before the game. And do you want to issue your challenge right here to Jason? Yeah. I'm assuming he heard it the first time. But in case he didn't, I will wear...

Bulldog Red and Black on the show. Okay. The following episode, if Georgia wins. And if Alabama wins, he needs to agree. And he'll do it. He's not... Because I know Britt's and she's... It could be tough. She's hardcore Alabama. So he'll do it. He'll come on the show and wear the jersey of my choice. I know he will. Well, that's true. What we'll do is... Here's what we'll do. We'll have...

We'll make it where Jason has to come on that show and whoever loses will be wearing the opponent's jersey. That's interesting. I like it. And I want to touch on one more thing near and dear to my heart. Ooh. The NFL Sunday feast. So, Kurt, you didn't tell us what we were talking about our feasting and how much. It sounds like I'm the main. I eat it all. No, I eat it all. And it doesn't stop. Like yesterday, I started with Sonic.

Sonic's like a guilty pleasure for some reason. Can I ask you a question? My wife loves Sonic. What did you get? I got the double cheeseburger. Wait, that's his question. Yeah. Fries and tots. So why make you decide? Why decide tots or fries? Between either or. When you can have both. Right. You can have both. Now, Kurt.

So I, too, love the cheeseburger, and I get the fry, and I get a giant, what is that, cherry limeade? Yeah. It's huge, though. It's a styrofoam. It's actually really good. I have a question, though. When I eat that cheeseburger and the fries, even when I eat that whole or drink the whole drink, I have never felt such thirst. Oh, you got to drink a gallon of water. But even after I do, all I cup in the middle of the night, like I haven't drank in water in like weeks. No, you're on a...

On a deserted island for a week. Nobody's back and forth, though, with their dot more than Kalo. Really? Because he goes on these workout binges where he gets in shape and he gets his arms pumped up for the podcast night. He's looking good. He's got some dumbbells under his chest. And he's got his belly all flat and he's looking good. And then we go out of town to do a gig.

And he sends me a picture. This is true. He stops off at either a quicksack or the gift shop in the hotel and sends me a picture, and there is a layout plethora of

of Cool Ranch Doritos, of Milk Duds, and it's midnight, mind you. A little frozen pizza, burritos, and take just a photo spread of it all. And I can't eat all of it, but I ate a little bit of all of it. He hasn't even started, and it's midnight. Hold on. So Cool Ranch Doritos, which are good. That's my favorite. Or regular, you know. It's just all the things I don't get at home. Milk Duds? You know, it doesn't have to be that. It could be Butterfingers. That's your go-to?

It's everything. He'll buy a 20-pack of double mint gum, and he'll chew every piece before the morning. I'm not kidding. That's the last thing I have is the gum. That's the end, and that's when I drift off. It's not for the ride home. It's the cleanness of your palate. Yeah, and I kind of have five pieces to get all the sugar out of it, put it on the nightstand, and another five pieces to get the sugar out of it, and eventually you just kind of fall asleep because you've had so much sugar. It works great.

He's your go-to, but Milk does. That's the one that throws me. It's a very dusty kid. If it's Reese's, I'll do Reese's. Dusty Reese's? Anything. Whoppers aren't bad.

Whoppers? What is going on? You ever get those ones that are kind of hollow? Those are the best. You know, they don't have the insides. You probably eat goo goo clusters, don't you? I would, yeah. I'd do that. He's like this. He's like this. He's good and bad and good and bad. When I get back home, I get back home. I have no problem with it. It hasn't changed you? You still look great? Well, thank you. I do enjoy the eating to failure. Yeah. It is quite a feeling. I don't think people realize that about us. No, and we're not, and I wish we were kidding. It's not a joke.

Because what I was saying, like I got the Sonic yesterday. My day was not done. It's not a joke. It's not a joke. I went to pizza after that. Where from? Well, so my son and his friend, they had a whatever, a play date the day before, and they got pizza from Papa John's. But there was four pieces left.

And of course, that's where I went after my Sonic. For my cleanse of the palate. Yeah, I get that. Have y'all been doing what I showed you how to do in a cast iron skillet with pizza? We don't even burn that kind of time.

Bro, you've changed my life with that. Yes, it changed mine. Did you do it? Yes, I'm not even kidding because we were lucky enough to now finally have a gas stove. I'm not kidding. I've been on that horrible electric. You conservative, you gas stove. I know. The very idea. I know. You know they're trying to take that away? Oh, yeah. Like in a lot of states. So anyway, yes. You a snake, dude. You're right. Anyway, Neil, thank you for that tip.

Yeah. I'll give it to all the listeners. I got it from a buddy of mine. It's just whenever, no matter what kind of pizza it is, when it gets cold, just fantastic. A little garlic powder and a cast iron skillet and toast the bottom of it and heat it up real good. It's better than when they delivered it. So we mentioned we were on the West Coast. I thought it was interesting. It is. I wanted to mention this though. We were playing shows. Where was the first show, Kurt? Was it Idaho somewhere? Yeah.

I have no idea, actually. Anyway. You guys know that I don't remember what happened today. So really cool, though. We do this little VIP thing about 7 o'clock every night, and a couple hundred people are there. And in each of those shows, we had a little spouting of fans. Like, try that on a small town hats. A little podcast love. It was really cool to see that way out in the West Coast. They're listening. They're listening. It is, and it's...

Really cool to know, even if it's a few people, that they're fans of it and that we're not terrible. Well, the jury's still out. Jury's still out. I mean, I'm sure some people think we're terrible. Well, and we did. I was thinking about it, actually, when Kurt was bringing us on. Time really flies, and I can remember not too long ago, we were thinking about doing the podcast, and now what we're at, we've dropped like...

21, 22 episodes by the time this comes out, maybe 23, which is a lot, you know? And then we hit a marker. We had, what, like 50,000 downloads, which puts Try That in Small Town podcast in the top 5% of podcasts. That's really cool, right? Really? And we've had a couple speed bumps. Yeah. We've had a couple speed... Still, it's crickets on the RV front. Yeah.

I thought for some reason... I'm going to name drop somebody. What? I'm giving up on RV. You are? I'm going to name drop somebody. You can't give up on stuff like that. No, I'm going for the big dog. I'm not an RV. Screw the RV. We're not doing the meth lab. Language. We are doing... We're going to get... Somebody's going to give us...

A brand new bus. Well, if we can't get an RV, no one's giving us a bus. We're going to wrap that sucker in our Prevost bus? Oh, yeah. It's coming. It's my mission. I don't know. I don't know where it's going to come from. Okay. Not yet. It's going to happen and our ugly mugs are going to be on that thing. And we're...

grotesquely short on the million followers for Kurt's tattoo. By the way, we won't get a hundred thousand. No, I was thinking grand, you know? So for those of you who dream big, I like to go back to the early podcast, but the bet was that we can get a million Instagram followers by Christmas. Then Kurt have no choice, but to get a tattoo and which he's very anti-tattoo.

which people still get us confused, by the way. It's crazy, right? Yeah. But anyway, so I'm kind of sad about that. The RV and the fact that we're about, I don't know, 900,000 people. The tattoo is one thing, but we're going to make next year's tour, next year Jason Aldean tour, we're going to be a part of the convoy.

Yeah, that is the mission. That's the goal. We're doing it. We're going to set up in a place where all the fans can come talk to us. Sounds amazing. 100%. It's going to happen. 100%. I do think part of our... And I don't have...

proof of this, but there's just some... I do believe that something's happening, whether it's AI or whatever. We're getting a little bit censored. A little bit, yeah. Because sometimes you'll be gaining followers and downloads and stuff like that, and all of a sudden it just stops for like three weeks. Like no one. Which is...

it's impossible. It really is. And AI does kind of catch you on the description of some of the episodes and we'll get something, if it's too conservative, it'll get banned. So, elaborate a little bit on that. So, you think like in the description, like in the YouTube videos or something, it might say something conservative. Yeah.

and we're getting flagged. Yeah. Is that what you're saying? And that just happened recently, you know, and it seems to me that'd be the most logical place for AI to catch, you know, because, you know, just seeing the, so you started thinking, okay, so now are we going to have to be clever in our descriptions of the episode and not say things about, you know, masks or just trigger words that, that,

Which is crazy, right? Would be picked up on. And it's kind of funny because even my wife had had a couple of funny memes from Instagram and she sent them to me. And even 24 hours later, it's not available. But they were both about Kamala Harris.

But then today, then my theory was disproved because this morning I looked at it and I could open them, but I couldn't open them for 48 hours. That's weird. Which is kind of weird. And one of them was a Taylor Swift thing, which I know you had mentioned. It's just this little cute little kid. But anyway, he says, before you let Taylor Swift influence your vote, may I just remind you that 90% of her hit songs are about choosing the wrong person. Yeah.

I actually saw that. Which is really funny. It's very funny. But then it went away for like 48 hours. And then there's another one that first debate and you had Kamala and Trump and everything and where Kamala was saying, said, we don't have one active duty military person in combat. And then they flipped somewhere, I don't know where it is, but these guys in this barge

bunker and they said where the hell are we then they're all in their army green you know that was great and that was really good and I was like I put that on my story fantastic yeah that very thing I tell you this and I love this episode it's one of my favorites just because we're talking about all this stuff and I don't want to make it heavy but it it's crazy to me that how easy it is to get kind of censored like that and

I don't know. It feels weird. Like that's even possible. Like it... I love that you can... Look, vote for who you want to vote for. I mean, every night Jason's saying that before we played Try That in a Small Town. He's like, look, I don't care who you vote for, but just get out and vote. Which I think is like overall, that is the definition of America. Get out and vote. But...

It's weird when you feel like if you don't agree with one side, then it's not that way. It's weird. It just kind of feels like it's, you know, from the debates to all the fact checking only on one side. And it doesn't feel like America sometimes when that's happening, where if you post something, if you say something, it might.

disagree with the establishment, then it might disappear. And then they'll come, they'll apologize. They'll say, oh, it was just an error, but it's always an error that affects the right, never the left, ever. And you mentioned the debate. It's one of those things where I think the reason we all like sports so much is because sometimes you might get a bad call, but that's even getting better with the replays and things like that. But it's because sports are...

fair. Your team either wins or loses, and it does feel like if you're on a certain side, it's just not a fair fight. In the debates, when did it come up to where the Republicans...

you have to have a debate and it has to be by ABC or it's never going to be a conservative, you know, but I don't know why that is. And even the, even the next one, if there is one, you know, it's not going to be on Fox, you know, I just wonder where did that ever come to be? Everybody, including myself doesn't want bias on either side. Just someone answer the questions and make both candidates answer them in

It was really weird. And it's bad when we go back to the CNN debate with Biden and Trump. You go, oh, wow, they did it pretty good. It was way better than the ABC thing. It was. It was. It was. Well, it was so blatant, though. It was like, jeez. I mean, I think everybody can pull what they need to out of that debate. And there's things I take from it that I like and don't like.

But the one thing I don't like, I know for sure, is that it wasn't really fairly done on both sides. It should have been, look, fact check them both if you're going to do it or hold them accountable to their answers. That's not ever going to happen. Ever. But anyway. They blatantly lie in your face now. They don't care.

You can call them on it, and they don't care. They're going to keep lying. Yeah, that seems like what it's not, for sure. It would just be cool to have a home-and-away game. If you have that debate on ABC, then in fairness, you need to have the next one on a more conservative. I had an idea on the bus the other day. I can't wait. I don't hate this. Is it a song idea? No. Dang it. But I have some of those, too. But I think they should take the debate on the road like a tour. Like...

You know, the debate on the road and you hit like eight markets. Okay. And it's asked by town hall style. It's asked by people that are in the arena and anybody can go, you can go to, you know, maybe make it eight markets. You can make it wherever you want. I'm not going to pick the cities, but you go and you answer the questions and that, that the people, the actual citizens are asking, right?

Not a bad idea. Split it up. Big city, small town. Big city, small town. Here's the thing, though. Big cities, there's people who just want to be safe in big cities, too. True. They're not all, everybody's living together, but they never answer the questions that the people really care about. So let the people ask the questions, and you have to answer them. I'll rephrase that. Do blue town, red town.

You can do, I mean. Just do that. That's above my pay grade where they are, but you should take it on the road. Make it fair. Kalo was talking about making it fair. Trump, Harris on the road. I like it. It's like a tour. It's catering every day. Yeah, unfortunately. dressing rooms, Harris, Trump. Like a show. All right.

I like it. It's not bad. It's not a terrible idea. It's not bad. Meet and greets. At least it would be fair. It would be a fair. You could sell merch and see who sells the most merch. Speaking of that, we saw, because since the Try That Small Town song came out, they had everybody and their brother making up swag and everything. And we saw somebody shot us a picture of a big Yeti thing from Buc-ee's. We love Buc-ee's.

And then it seemed like it was one of your friends or whatever. I said, dang it, that's the last straws. I love Buc-ee's. I'm going to go in there every day for the rest of my life and walk out with a brisket sandwich for free. What was it? It was just a big Yeti and they changed it. It wasn't a Yeti though. It was a different brand. It was just some sort of coffee thing. It wasn't Yeti. It was another brand.

And just said, what did it say? It said, try that in a small town. It was just real close. They changed one word. Try that in our small town. Try that in our small town or our hometown. Try that in our hometown. Try that in our hometown, right? And we're sitting there thinking. They're finding ways around it. Yeah. It's great. It's flattering. Guys, go to trythatinasmalltown.com.

We got the merch. Yeah. We got the merch. We got the merch. And by the way. Our hats are good looking. It's right here. Right here. I love Buc-ee's. No, it used to be right here. I changed. I had a little group change. I love Buc-ee's. But I had my first experience just this year. I think we were on the road, right? Yeah. I've never been to one. And we were in Florida. I went to one. I got lost in there. You got. It's amazing. It's great. It's actually amazing. That's pretty awesome. You can get all your.

Needs and wants and wants. Where did Buc-ee's start? In Florida? I thought it was Texas. There was one huge one. And it's like, who did the research to know that 200 gas pumps would work? You know, like, who did? That was a risk to go out. Because the ones we see is not even the biggest ones. I mean, there's bigger ones. Hey, I got to tell you, too, as far as being on the road and you pulling the Buc-ee's, and I've never been to one. Yeah.

Clean bathrooms. Very clean bathrooms. Well attended. The food is good. It's fresh. You see what they pay their people? Hand sanitizer everywhere. For you, yeah. You see what they pay their employees? I love it.

I mean, full benefits. The manager makes like 250 grand a year or something. Yeah, they've got it labeled. It's an amazing. They make really good. Like the car wash manager makes like 150 grand a year or something. It's unbelievable. They take care of their people. Well, if it sounds like they're making that kind of money, then they can sponsor our podcast. Hey, maybe we should do a live remote from my Buc-ee's. That's fantastic. I think it's a great idea. I'd love a full barter for some beef jerky.

They got all kinds of beef jerky there. I know. It's amazing. It's every flavor you could imagine. It's amazing. It's like Wally World. Yeah. Yeah. So you guys were out on the West Coast for what, like 11, 12 days, something like that? Yeah. So how many shows did you have during that time? I know once you're out there, you got to stay out there. How many shows was that during that 12 day period? I don't know. Was it seven? Yeah.

That sounds right. And you're right, Kayla. We didn't play every day. We had a few days off that we stayed in Salt Lake City for a couple of days just because you can't come back and then go back. And it's just the time. But the band comes home and Jason stays. Why did Jason stay out there? Well, we stayed out.

Last week, but this week, we came home for a couple days. He went to Mexico, I believe. He's celebrating DJ Silver's birthday. Our friend DJ Silver. Shows were great, though. Shows were really, really good. We played some places we haven't played in a really long time. I feel like we go to Salt Lake City and play every...

Two, three years. And every time we go there, it's amazing. I love Salt Lake City. It's one of my favorite places. Always really good to us. Always good to us. Idaho. We played... I love Idaho. When we were out there, we played... California. Played San Diego. It's amazing. Guys, and it didn't mean to interrupt, but we've said this before, but you think when you say California, you think liberal state. They do usually vote Democrat, but...

Most of California is not. Obviously, LA is. It's like New York. Yeah, just like New York. We played shows there, guys, and it was crazy. We played three shows in California, all of them crazy.

Absolutely crazy. So much fun. So many supporters. Try that in a small town would come up. You know, you get, of course, a USA chance. Our fans this year, you know, our fans have always been good to us, loyal for 20 years. I've never been so proud, though, of our fan base because they have...

Our fans have heard us play. Like I said, we've been out on the road for 20 years. We started out with Hicktown and now we've got 30 number ones that play. A lot of times I saw a fan who'd been to 15, 16 shows or more than that at some point. They come back and they, how many times can you hear Hicktown and

you know, flower states and tattoos. Not enough. Just saying though, like to come to 20 shows and then in this year, it's, it is crazy. The amount of the energy in the buildings and the amphitheaters. So thank you to our fans for supporting us and, you know, last year and then through the song. And, you know, it's been a, we talk about kind of like a rebirth almost of,

of our energy, you know, through the fans because it's been one of those years where I know I'll look back on it as probably one of my favorite tours we've done was this year. Right off the bat, you know, the fans have been really supportive. Well, I know with the success of Try That in a Small Town, it's been a rememberable year for all of us. Jason will ask every night, you know, how many of you guys have

But in the show, they don't ask how many newcomers we have. And the amount of new fans is crazy. And that's great. Yeah, because you just think, okay, we've been around 20 years. You think, okay, yeah, I've seen the show. It's always more new fans. That's fun. It's awesome.

Thank you, fans. Yes, and here's to another 20. Another 20. Well, let's hope so. I think you have it in you. I don't think we do. I think you do. I think you do. I don't think we do. But we'll be out there at some point in October. We probably miss you guys, but the Sabres Wings, our buddy, Brett Sabregan, that was on the show, they've got a benefit out there, and Neil and I are going to go play a few songs and some golf and everything. Neil's going to give people golf lessons and take his trophy out.

You guys are going to do a little remote stuff out there, right? Yeah, and we'll hook up with you guys somehow. I don't know how it's going to work, but we'll do something. It's a great event. Saves wings. Our good friends, Brett and Candice Saberhagen, what an amazing foundation, raising money for people who are going through cancer and paying off their bills and helping them through their lives. The whole family is going through treatment, essentially. The golf is great.

You're going to love it. You might win another trophy. We're looking forward to going out there and doing that, too. It's going to be awesome. And then you've got a pheasant hunt coming up with Governor Kristi Noem very soon, in a couple weeks, in South Dakota. That'll be fun. We're on the road. Maybe get her to say a few things. In the meantime, we're going to have to get back to the drawing board and start writing some songs for the old Aldine man.

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