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4:07. Hey, welcome to Friday's show Morning Studio. Morning! We're going to play easy trivia in about three minutes. Stretch it out. Everybody get loose. Okay. Add these drinking water. Yeah, I got to get the old coat wet. Throw it away. I get you brain. Let's watch what are you doing to warm up. I do my neck, back and forth. All right. We'll put it back and forth. Okay. Category 9th grade math. Okay. Oh, great. It's a nice favorite answer. Listen, yeah, let me math. Amy, what's the square root of 81? Nine. Man, Nill, she's ready this morning. Lunchbox, what's the perimeter of a square with the side length of nine? Nine, nine, four, whatever that is. 36. Correct. You got intimidated by the words, Eddie. Yeah, there's so many words. But if you just sit in it, you can get it. He did.

5:07He said, okay, square four, all equal sides. Just sit with it. Okay. All right. What is the question mark? I don't know. Maybe there's this too small from my eye. See? Or it's too small. Yeah. I think the typing's too small. I got to Amy thing going on right now. Let me do a different one. What's the area of a rectangle? What's the length of eight in the width of five? Okay. The area is everything inside of it, right? Or maybe it's the perimeter. What's the area of a rectangle with the length of eight and width of five? It's going to take a guess. I'm going to multiply eight times five, and that is... 45. It's 40. You did the right process, but the answer's 40. The fives are the easiest. Gosh, that's so dumb. You are. Not dumb, just... I have this Calculia. Yeah, but that's multiplication table. Memorize them. I know. That's not reading something backward. But that's also not... It's not just reading something backwards.

6:08Thank you, Amy. It's not. But he can memorize them. I know. That's just a misconception of like things being jumbled. Now, are you reading backwards? Stop doing that. Okay. Backwards reading you are. Gosh, that was so close. You were. You were you. Yeah. You're hearing his backward, not too. The Bobby Washington. Now the easiest trivia game in the history of the world. It's called easy trivia. Amy had a big win last week. They kept Eddie from winning the championship. Yes, sir. Save the game, Amy. All right, category one. Bobby Bones Show Tattoos. Eddie, you're on the TR. You're the champion. You'll go first. Who has their mom and grandma's initials tattooed on their arm? Oh, that's you, Bobby. That is correct. Amy, who has Joy tattooed on their wrist? I do. Correct. That's weird. Abby. Who has a Pokemon tattoo on their leg? Mike D. Correct. Lunchbox. Who has the words mirror ball, smallly tattooed on the back of their arm? Oh, that's Bobby. That is correct. Good job. Nobody goes home first round. But now if you miss it, you'll hear...

7:10You've been born. Don't get born. Eddie, if you win one more, you're the champ. I love it. Eddie, four, Amy, one. Hi, Abby. Hello. Hello. What's up? Oh, four, one already. All right, here we go. Four, one. Things. The Bobby Bones Show hates. Oh, great. What creamy or crunchy sandwich spread is Bobby Hate? Eddie, this is your first. What creamy or crunchy sandwich spread does Bobby Hate? Got a peanut butter. Correct. Amy, which animal does lunchbox hate? Snakes. Correct. Just acted like a snake right next to him. Got the chills. Abby, what small fruit, so much considered a vegetable, often found on pizzas and salads and in martinis, does Amy hate? Olives. Correct. Lunchbox. What rock band, fronted by Chad Kroger, does Eddie hate? Oh, he's, um, what other name? Uh, Nickelback. Correct.

8:10Good job. Next up. 80s music. Oh, crap. Eddie, which duo had to hit song Wake Me Up before you go-go? Wham. Correct. Amy, which singer performed the hit song like a virgin? Madonna. Correct. Abby, which singer recorded the hit? Girls just want to have fun. Cindy Loper. Correct. Lunchbox, which rock band sang the song Don't Stop Believing? Ah, journey. Correct. Everybody's still in if Eddie wins, he repeats his champion. The category is Fame Missames. Eddie, what singer is known for hits like Baby Baby and that's what love is for? Amy Grant. Correct. Oh, good one. Amy, which comedian starred in Parks and Rec as Leslie Noep? Amy Polar. Correct. Abby, which Bobby Boncho co-host also hosts the podcast Feeling Things? I love this. Amy Brown.

9:10Correct. Okay. Lunchbox, which British singer recorded hit songs Rehab and Back to Black? Amy Winehouse. Correct. That's not Amy's, thank you. The category is Easy Trivia. The answer starts with K. What Green Leafy Vegetable is often used in salads and smoothies, Eddie? Kale. Correct. The answer starts with K, Amy. What condiment is made from tomatoes and used on french fries? Catch up. Correct. Abby, what martial art from Japan focuses on strikes using punches and kicks? Karate. Correct. Lunchbox, what toy consists of a colorful tail attached to a lightweight frame and is flown in the wind? Oh, a kite. Correct. Next category. Hello, around the world. Eddie. Kenichiwa is hello in what language? Oh boy.

10:11Kenichiwa is hello in what language? Oh man, it's either Chinese or Japanese. Kenichiwa is hello in what language? Oh gosh, I don't know. I have no idea. Okay, let me second. What's Chinese? Kenichiwa. Why are you bowing to both and just thinking? That's what they say, Kenichiwa. You're bowing for both and saying Kenichiwa to both. I don't know the difference. Could it be both? They do it in both places? No. I got to go Chinese. Chinese. Japanese. Oh my god. You've been bowed. What's the Chinese? Hello. Who knows? I know Japanese. Kenichiwa. Kenichiwa. Kenichiwa. I don't know that. All right, get it wrong, guys. Amy. Aloha is hello in what language? Amy, just answer is. How many say this language? Yellow card. Yellow card. Who knows what it is? Hello card.

11:11You're out. Yellow card. Aloha is in Hawaii. I need an answer. But is the language Hawaiian? I need an answer. Or is it something Hawaiian? Correct. Okay. I didn't know if it was something else like, you know. Abby. Bonjour. It's hello in what language? French. Correct. Chao is a common way to say hello in what language? Chao. Say it again. Chao. Chao. I'm not culture enough to know this crap. Australian. Oh, wow. I thought he was speaking. You bit bow. Is it Italian? It's French, right? No. Bonjour. Or Bonjour. I would have gotten more wrong. I would have gotten more wrong. I would have gotten more wrong. Abby was bowing to both going. Kenichiwa. Kenichiwa. And he was doing nothing different going. Chinese or Japanese. Kenichiwa. I took my crown. I took my crown. I took my crown. I took my crown. I took my crown. I took my crown. I took my crown. I took my crown. I took my crown off. I don't deserve to wear it. So we have Amy and Abby left.

12:11Okay. Good job, Amy. Silent letters is the next category. Silent letters. Okay. What branch of science studies the mind and behavior, Amy? This is a part of science. What branch of science studies the mind and behavior? The category of silent letters. It's going to be psychology. But I didn't know that was a branch of science. But that's the mind and behavior. Your answer is psychology. Correct. The P is silent in psychology. Yeah. The psychology. But I know if there was another like psych. Just psych. Abby. What prehistoric flying reptile had large wings and a long beak? What prehistoric flying reptile had large wings and a long beak? Caridactyl. Correct. It's spelled with a P. Caridactyl. Wow. The category is round things. Amy, what round fruit is red or green and keeps the doctor away?

13:12An apple. Correct. Abby, what round object gives off light in the sky during the day? The sun. Correct. The category is the answer rhymes. What object, Amy, what a kid using their bedroom to provide illumination during bedtime? A night light. Correct. Abby, what quentin Tarantino movie stars Umat Thurman as an assassin? Kill Bill. Correct. Oh wow. That's fast. Famous artists. What mysterious street artists is known for political graffiti and identity being unknown? Banksy. Correct. Abby, what Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo. Correct. Advanced animals is the category to remain. What is often recognized as the smartest farm animal? A pig. Correct. Wow. That's what I guess. Abby, what land animal has the longest tongue and uses it to eat insects?

14:15Oh, I was going to say giraffe, but eat her. Correct. Wow. Both of you guys, what's your answer? I did a project in first grade. Amy, what is the only mammal capable of true flight? Uh, bat. Correct. Abby, what's the largest species of bear? It's the only category that advanced animals. Oh, polar bear. Correct. Hang. The category is history. Amy, what ancient Egyptian queen is known for her relationship with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony? Cleopatra. Correct. Abby dubbed the black death. What plague swept through Europe in the 1300s? The black plague. No, the bubonic. Oh, the bubonic, but a black. Wow. Wow. What a game. She just jumped too quick. Oh, my god. Great game. Eddie, ha ha. That's what Nihao is trying to. Hello, and Chinese. Good. What a game. And here's what I want to say before we leave. Ciao.

15:15Ciao. Ciao, everybody. It's the anonymous symbol. Anonymous symbol. There's a question to be had. Send it into the well, baby. Hello, Bobby Bones. Do you think it's OK to leave a wedding before the reception is over if you've already eaten and said congratulations? Signed the early exit. Oh, yeah. Of course. Now, there could be many reasons. We had a friend that got married. We just showed up to the reception, said congratulations, and then snuck out immediately. Now, we had a two month old baby eight weeks old. So we had a real reason, but we didn't want to be like, we got to go. We got a baby. We didn't want to say we had to go. We just said, congratulations. That's awesome. What a great wedding. Love you. All right. Let's go to the tables and we're out of there. Unless you are in the extremely close circle, the people getting married aren't we?

16:15The people getting married aren't going to notice if you're there or not. So you can leave. You can Irish goodbye, rock star goodbye, not sure which one of those you can't say, but you can leave. So go to the reception, watch a couple of speeches. When everybody starts to dance, that's easily free time because people are walking out and around anyway. So I would say that you. Yeah, totally. I think it's fine. But I'm with you on it's a scale. Because like a super close friend, you're probably not going to do that, but also if for whatever reason you need to. But the closer you are, the longer you stay. I'm very close to the person we had to leave for, but we had a baby. But yeah, that's what I mean. Also, they're close to you so they'll understand. Like if it's your kid getting married, you should probably stay. You should probably stay for the wedding and the reception at the end, maybe help clean up. But your thoughts? I always feel pressure to wait till you do the whole throwing rice and like get in the limo and watch them off. I feel like every wedding I've been to, I have to stay for that. And that's the whole thing. And I maybe, maybe that's on me, but I will feel the pressure on yourself.

17:16You are a people pleaser. I don't want to feel bad. We're like leaving because you know people that's not bad. That's not a bad thing, dude. I know. But the couple usually likes to walk around and think their guests. But they're not going to notice if you're not there. They're not going to be like, man, where's? And it's not, not if you're like tier two. Yeah. If you're a groomsman, you'd probably stay. Yeah. They probably stay. But now you can leave. But you do need to go to the beginning of the reception. Or leave immediately after the wedding where no one sees you. Because they're not going to notice even when you get to the reception unless you have a role who's there and not there. You know what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. Yeah. It's hard. It's so late. Wedding's delayed. They last forever. Yeah. I did sneak out of all of them. You know, my friend is in a wedding coming up that is on, it's an out of town wedding. I think it's in Arkansas, Bobby. Holy crap. No, no, no, no, no, they live here. They're probably cousins. They're having it in Arkansas because some venue they like there.

18:16So everyone's having to travel in the weddings on a Thursday night. Probably hard to get to venue then, huh? I don't know. I just thought an out of town wedding for most people and it's on during the week. It's a big ask. It's a big ask. It's a big ask. But I probably leave that one early. Get back home for work the next day. There you go. Close it up. The Bobby Ball Show. Couples who have their own rooms, not even just bedrooms, but have their own rooms. They can go to that's like their own space are so much happier. This is what this says. Do you guys have a place in your house that's just yours? No. No. I used to. About three. Oh, yeah, your game room. Well, I had three, I had three TVs in a room and I'd play video games in the middle and then in both I'd watch games on the sides. Then we had a baby and now all my stuff's gone. There's a big play mat in there. My video game chair is no, I don't even know where it is. They got rid of it. Totally gone. It's somewhere. It's somewhere. I don't know where. That's what happens, man. Yeah. And then I had a golf simulator gone. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's it. So I used to have, yeah, I used to be there.

19:17Now I'm just a dad that has to go like, go sit in the toilet to get. That's my only privacy and it's still not private. Kids still come in there and ask you questions. And then you get out and your wife's like, what? Why are we in there for so long? Like, what do you think? What do you think I was doing? Hmm. A survey said that couples who have a designated personal space at home are happier and healthier in their relationship. So this is in a, I sleep in a different room. This is just, yeah, just like your own spot. Just like a home office, your workshop, a little reading corner. And reading corner. Oh, okay, nerd. Okay, a game room. Yeah. Or a game. I mean, that's fun. That's the one. Yeah, that's the one. I do have three, the baby now has three TVs all beside each other. The baby wants to like do drive kings and gamble. She's great because she has three TVs there. It's wild. I got, it's, no, I don't. I guess you have to go for a walk. Oh, yeah, that's a good one. What do you do if you need to get away? The walk. The walk or I drive. Don't you drive? No. I'm really drive. That's just when you're really leaving.

20:17I'll take the dog for a walk, but my dog's getting older now and I have to drag her sometimes, because I'm like, I don't want to go back. The dog's like, I can't walk anymore. You have to carry your dog and I recharge walks for you. Lunch box, what do you do? Dog walk is a good one or go play golf. That's it. I mean, since I can't run with my pain, I can't go for a run. That was I used to do, but I've been injured for over a year and so I haven't been able to do that. So you go play a full nine holds, 18 holds a golf? Yeah. That's like hours and hours. It's getting away, man. Yeah, that'll be amazing. I mean, I used to do that, but now my kids like to play golf. You could also do the driving range, right? Or just go hit balls. Yeah. If you just need a little space. That's not fun. It's not? No, because say you're hitting the ball really well and you're like, gosh, I could have done this on the course. I'll show you what you're doing on the course doing it. Right. Is that really how y'all think? Yeah. Well, why do I see so many people on the driving range? Because they're learning how to play. And they're probably doing it the right way, just practicing. That's how you can better usually. Yeah, that's the real way to do it. Right, okay. But did you have, when you were married, did you have a space? Oh, the pool. The pool. Yeah, you have the whole house.

21:18Yeah. But is that cool? Every other week, I have the whole place to myself. Because no kids. Yeah. It is kind of nice. No. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I had my little podcast room. Sometimes I go hide out in there because I did TV. When you hide in the closet, son? Oh, my closet. Oh, yes, you're right. That's mostly where I would go to cry. I started to keep snacks in the closet. Right. Yeah, like in the back, I would have some wine. I definitely hung out there a lot. And I would call my sister. Mm-hmm. There's wine hidden in your closet for cries. I mean, that sounds like a problem. That does. Well, I'm behind you. You know what? No, I didn't. No, it wasn't for a problem. It was more for convenience. Like, I would just have it. Like, if I would face down my sister and I'd have a glass of wine, it wasn't. You had a wine in your closet. It wasn't abuse of wine. Did you have wine in your closet? Yeah, but you understand there was a different reason for that, too. Oh, man. Like, anyway, it's fine. I did my own closet because my husband and I at the time, we had his and her closets.

22:18Like, we didn't share a closet. So he had his own closet and I had mine. And I could go in there and, yeah, shut the door and hang out. And drink. You have a glass of wine. It's time for the good news. With Bobby. Down is something good. Teenagers, the brother and sister from South Florida, have created an app. And so it's called pizza for a purpose. And again, they're just teenagers. And they had seen so many people in the area that were struggling with food insecurity. So they made this app and businesses that have food that they're going to throw away can just get on the app and go, hey, we have all this food can pick it up. Oh, wow. I love that. And so everybody volunteer goes to pick it up and they take it to these organizations where then people can come and get the food. Love that. So there's a lot of food not wasted because there are literal restrictions that say you just can't give food to people. But because of this app and because that's how they're able to get around it. A lot of it goes to like this pantry and Broward. And so one, it's just it's a lot of pizza. You don't think about it. It's not just pizza, right?

23:18It's like, me and food are just. Right now. Well, yeah, yeah, it's just. It does connect for the most part. They say pizza reas, but there are a couple grocery stores and a couple individual donors as well. But it's a lot of pizza. Yeah. No, not yet. Like, yeah, yeah. It's a lot of pizza. It's a lot of pizza. So they launched this in 2024 and just pizza wise over 25,000 slices of pizza. They've been able to get donated. And serve over 600 people every month. Thought that as a crazy cool story. Those again, just teenagers that figured out how to make an app and how to make a difference. That's from CBS News. That's what it's all about. That was tell me something good. That was. Hyundai invites you to stand with childhood cancer warriors at the 2026 I Heart Radio Music Festival. And support their mission to fight childhood cancer. We recently learned that every 36 minutes, another child in the US is diagnosed with cancer. And think about that for a second. Some of the bravest warriors you'll ever meet aren't professional athletes. They're not superheroes.

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30:27The brain brain and then the arm brains. Dang, I wonder if they're smart. An octopus has a central brain. But over half of its neurons live in its eight arms. Each arm has a dense cluster of nerve cells. Acting as a brain that lets it move, taste, touch by itself without having to worry about checking it with the big brain. Dang. That's crazy. Yep. Possibly their aliens. Possibly. And I think they're smarter than humans. But if they're smarter than humans, why aren't they doing the internet and all that down there? Why? They do. Maybe they don't need to touch a keyboard to communicate. Like they're not doing airplanes. But they don't need to. Maybe they have other... But if their needs are different than our needs. They obviously are. Yeah, because they're underwater. Yeah. Interesting. I think about that one. Let me know when you're going to have to wonder that one. Amy. Astronauts can't burp in space due to the absence of gravity. What? Astronauts can't burp in space.

31:27There's no gravity. So it can't... Nothing comes up. Help me out. Okay. You know the science of it. Let me get the science real quick for you. You'll go, what's the science? And we'll check back in. Okay. Lunch box. James Buchanan was the only president who never married. So I thought this was the cool part. His niece performed the role of the White House hostess when he was in office. So she got to host parties and welcome guests. What a cool thing if your uncle says, hey, you're my favorite niece. Come to the White House and you just get to be the party host. James Buchanan. Long believed. By many, to be the first gay president. But it wasn't out. It wasn't like... Correct. Yeah. Couldn't do that then, I guess. Yeah. So his niece. Wow. I mean, that's a pretty cool job as a niece. Like, hey, man. That's cool. Again, not proven, is that he would say it? I don't want the Buchanan in a state, it's doing me. But they can't... You know what? You can't slander a dead person. Is that true?

32:27Uh-huh. Wow. I know that. Yeah. James Buchanan, the 15th US president, remains our only lifelong bachelor. Modern speculation often labels him as the first gay president. Oh, didn't he have like a... Yeah, and you live in? Yeah, sure did. With Alabama Senator William Rufus King. What? They lived together, yeah. I've heard this before. Hey, he lived in the White House. They lived together, yeah. And they were both not married. Oh. That's insane. So Buchanan and King lived together in a Washington DC boarding house for 10 years, from 1834 to 1844. Get it. You. Hey. You do you. Amy, what's your science over there? Okay, so gravity helps separate gas from liquids and solids in the stomach. So when you don't have that gravity, it's not separating them. And therefore you don't burp, which leads to the astronauts being very uncomfortable on their missions. Because they can't burp. Feels like my baby whenever she's just like, I don't want to eat anymore, because I can't. Because then I burp, burp. I'll take some more, please. Because what's happening when you burp is the gas is rising through the esophagus

33:28and then expelled through the mouth. And then that's not happening. And then you make room in your stomach for more food. Eddie, hit us. Okay, see we're seeing a American Express advertisement and they show the actual card. There's a name that says CF frost on it. And they've been doing it since the 60s. Well, CF frost is a real person. It's actually Christopher Frost. And he was the first account executive for American Express. And they're like, you know what? Just try to put his name on there when we take pictures of it. And it's stuck. He's no longer with us. But his name CF frost is on every American Express card on TV. That's funny. It feels like Chris Cringle. When you said that at first, I thought it was going to be another name for like their little joke towards Santa Claus' credit card. Oh, that's funny. CF frost. Now he's just a dude. The phrase cut to the chase comes from the silent film era when movies were usually long love stories that ended with a thrilling chase scene. So people would just say cut to the chase if it was boring. Like skip all the boring stuff cut to the chase.

34:28That's funny. Even though Nevada's most famous for illegalized gambling, it still does not have a lottery. Lotteries have been illegal in Nevada since the state's constitution was ratified in 1864. Is it because they don't want anything competing with the gambling? Probably raising a king in a lot of the apps. There. No one to keep it in the casinos. Fun fact Friday. Bobby Bones. On the Bobby Bones show now. Max McNown. What's good to see you man? Good to see you too. We have not met. No, we haven't. But I know you very well. Interesting. Well, thanks I think. It's a good thing. I really like your music. Like your style, your sound is my kind of style and sound. Thank you. Like I like your vibe a lot. I appreciate that. So, what are you drinking there? I don't know. It's some weird orange drink in an unmarked bottle. Yeah, it's not labeled. Yeah, no, I found a packet of some sort of salt. And I'm just hoping that it's electrolytes. But if it's not, then this will be a really fun time. So someone just didn't hand that to you on the street?

35:29No, no, no, luckily it was in the green room. Do you have a rough night last night? Not necessarily. We just moved into a new house. So I've just been unboxed in like crazy. And I just got home from the bus yesterday morning. And so I'm kind of in a different universe right now. But I can talk. Have a little drink there. He had the bottle open around when we hit you. I knew. Wanted to... Yeah, let's watch it. Let's watch him drink. Here we go. Yeah, let's watch Maxling. You're gonna try to swallow one more. There it is. Everybody watching. That's a good one. Wow. Oh, that is good. That's good. I don't know what it is, but it's tasty. Where'd you grow up? Oregon. What part? A little bit of Westland and Bend. So I lived in Westland for pretty much my entire childhood. Other than a brief stint in middle school down to Bend, where I fell in love with it. And then after I had school, briefly to Southern California,

36:29and back to Bend for about a year and then now Nashville. Anytime that we've been in Oregon, if I think about music, I think about it. There's a lot of busking. Yeah, did you busk at all? Yeah, yeah, I busked in Bend. But that was after I started busking in Southern California on the pier, which there wasn't a ton in San Clemente. I was almost always the only person out there, which was me. So you just got your guitar and go play? Yeah, yeah. Would you make any money? Yes. Much more than I was making a Starbucks at the time. So you work in Starbucks in Southern California? Yeah. So what was your schedule on the day? I was an opener, so it was usually around 4.30 to 5. Start, get off around noon, and then I would have the rest of the day to do whatever. And so I started street performing about four times a week for usually an hour and a half to two hours. Did you have a stick? No, not really. I just... I get why you come around, I'm gonna put the best one in here. No, no, no, no. I know. That would not have aged well with my brand now. No, I would just go out and it was more...

37:31I was super timid, and I love people, and I love conversing with people, and that's why I was working at Starbucks. And so I would just sing, and then if someone came up, I would just have conversations with people, and it was fun. On the pier. Yeah. Like originals or covers? All covers at that time. I always say that people that kind of give me the confidence to sing were Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan. Tyler Childers because of the way he projects his voice, and the poetry he writes, and then Zach Bryan for the poetry and also the tone of voice. I grew up constantly trying to sing. In middle school, I fell in love with the Shawn Mendes type pop music, and their vocals are so thin and beautiful. And when I was saying I felt like I sounded like I was tranquilized with just the width and the airiness of my vocal, I never felt like there was anybody that I knew that sounded like I felt like I sounded.

38:33Now I also knew that you don't sound the same as other people here you in your own head, and so who knows. But Zach Bryan, his wide tone of voice made me think maybe I could try this. And so those were the songs I felt comfortable singing was Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan, and so that's pretty much all I sang. So you moved back to Oregon? Yes, yes. So from Sancomini, it was, I was living off of ramen noodles for a little too long, and I was not making enough money to survive there. And so I kind of had to get out of there, and I had a really good friend of mine named James, who had a wonderful living situation that he invited me to come into in Central Oregon, which is one of my favorite places on Earth. And so I moved back there, and then I started street performing in downtown Bend for a little while, before moving to Nashville. How did that go performing in Bend? Not as much traffic, not quite as much money from what I remember.

39:37But great experiences. Do you feel like you got a lot better because you were playing all the time? I think so, especially in those early days. I had never taken any vocal lessons or guitar lessons or anything, so I was just winging it. And so with that in mind, pretty much every time I got to sing in play guitar was leaps and bounds better, I feel like, than the night before. Were you getting a lot of social media traction at that time? No. Not yet. I would say bend a little bit, definitely not Southern California. I was trying to post just me sitting in front of a camera and singing, and I don't think I fully understood how many millions of people are doing exactly that, with arguably better voices and better guitar skills. And so I figured there was something I needed to do differently, and I had a friend of mine named Alex, who was about to go on his first deployment in the Navy and go in Communicado for a while, and he was talking to me about strategy, and he was like, people love reaction videos, and you like talking to people.

40:37So what if he found a way where you could talk to people and sing to them, get their reaction and post that? And that's where I found a website called Omega, and I started doing reaction videos, and that's what hit. Tell me what you mean by a reaction video singing, because I'll do reaction videos sometimes, but I'm not singing. Yeah, I'm just going holy crap. Yeah, well, well, the reaction is reversed in this instance. So I would go on a thing called Omega. Are you aware of Omega? No. Okay, it's probably good. It's a horrible place. It's mostly just nudity and dangerous humans that are trying to expose children. It's really bad. So what it is is... How did you get there? So do you know chat roulette? Yeah. So it's that basically. So Omega is you log on, and you get placed with somebody from anywhere in the world. And you can try to direct who you're being placed with with hashtags. And how it works is, at any point, you can skip them with the press of a button,

41:38and at any point, they can skip you and move on. And so you see a lot of really nasty stuff, but you also see just people just kind of having a good time, like, what are we going to find today? And so I would come across every once in a while, a group of friends, like, you know, whether it's a bunch of dudes or, you know, two girls that are on there just kind of having fun. And I would come on, and you got to try to hook their attention immediately, otherwise they skip you. And so I'd say, hey, my name is Max. I sing for people sometimes, would you want to hear anything? Or are you okay? And some of them would just be like, I'm okay. Some of them wouldn't say anything, they'd skip. And then some would say, yeah, play something. And those people, I was always recording. So I would screen record my laptop. And I would sing for them. And then I would ask them if it's okay if I post because I make videos like that. I asked if it's okay if I post it. And so I would get their permission. And then I would post their live reaction

42:38to me singing to them for the first time. And something about that format, social media just loved. And primarily TikTok at the time. And so I started to have my first taste of virality through those videos. That's cool. And I do know the site because I've seen magicians. Yes, they do it too. And there's a Harry Mac. Is it really good for a star? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've seen him. So he is considered like the... In Omega shut down, thank God, truly. Thank God that Omega shut down. But at the time, I would always see people comparing me to Harry Mac, not in the sense that we're singing the same way or wrapping the same way or whatever. He's far more talented in that realm than I am. But it was like there were a handful of artists that were trying to make it with that format. And the whole thing was never skip a Harry Mac video. And those were always a meagle reaction videos that I would see.

43:40So I don't... I can't trace it back in my memory exactly, but I bet you his videos were part of the reason I tried it as well. Yeah, massive. And once you started explaining it, I was like, oh, I've seen it. And I feel like that site, just like Chattrullet started with good intentions. But then people just get on and ruin it. Yeah. Chattrullet back in our day, we thought it was fun and all of a sudden it'd be a weiner. And you'd be like, oh my God. So you know that, okay. I felt judged when I was explaining Omega from everybody in this room. All right, I was not the bad one in it. But I did, I did sadly, probably caused people to try to go on it and realize how bad it is, which at some guilt that I'll figure out how to deal with. Yeah, when Chattrullet started, it was so cool because you would just randomly end up with people. And it's just like, here's somebody else in the world that's randomly looking for you. But then it was, okay, let's go a bull. Yeah, okay, yeah. Getting off. What's always, what's so interesting to me, and I've actually never thought about this until now, I, one of the reasons I always talk about when people ask me why I'm in music,

44:40is because music made me feel less alone and really dark moments. And so I want to bring joy to people that feel alone and what they're going through. And the owner made a statement when it closed down, and basically said, this started out as me wanting to help lonely people find friendship just out there. You know, to make people feel like they're not quite as alone in this world. Didn't quite work out the way that that person foresaw it, but again, good intentions. People on the internet, right? Same intentions as why I make music. Yeah. So, you know, good on them for starting it, but yeah, it definitely got off the rails. Did you have a specific video that hit so hard? You thought I got to take advantage of this right now? Yes, and I didn't. And I look back at that as a mistake in my career, but everybody makes mistakes. My second song, so what happened was I was singing covers. So I started out singing Zach Bryan, Tower Childers. Those are my primary, and then I sang a little bit of Morgan Wallen covers,

45:42a little bit of Loot Combs. And I ended up realizing that it's more about the human connection than it even is the vocals or the song. So I was like, what if I just kind of Indiana Jones this thing and switch my own original song into this same exact format? And I did that with freezing in November my first song that I wrote, and that's what kind of put me on the map. Within three months, it had reached a million streams. So it was translating from those reaction videos into streams. So then I write my second song, called You in the Pines. And way before I'd even started recording it or anything, like right when it was finished, I did a reaction video, and it hit so hard, it got 16 million views. And all of these people were asking where that song is, and it took me three months to get it out. Oh, no, it wasn't ready. It's the window completely for that song. But that was, yeah, that was tough. How fast did that 16 million happen? Within a week. That's great. Yeah.

46:42And I was not able to capitalize. But you know, it just, it definitely helped in its own way by keeping that engagement and telling the platform that these videos are doing well. And so I think that ended up helping Marley and in later songs that I ended up doing on there as well. So why move to Nashville? What happened to Major Move? I went on three writing trips here. I had never co-written or experienced Nashville at all for that matter before flying out to write some songs. And I had written, I recorded six songs, I believe, for that first EP, if I remember correctly. And a lot more free was song number six on the first writing trip. And that song obviously changed my entire life. And the next two writing trips were great. I loved the community. I really just kind of fell in love with the city itself. And I felt like it was the right move just cheerly by proximity to producers, writers, music city.

47:47You know, which is kind of the reason people need to move here. The infrastructure is here. Yeah. You can get to it quickly. Yeah, I don't get me wrong. I mean, I think it's so much about Oregon, especially the nature. You can't really replicate that very close to here. But I will say, you know, in Oregon, I barely ever heard of Oregon artists when I was younger. I mean, Matt Carney was who I looked up to a lot of my life because he was an Oregon boy that ended up moving to Nashville and making it. And so I didn't, I also didn't have references or people that I knew that understood and could guide me. In Oregon. Like my family with all the wisdom and beauty that they've shown me, they don't know the music industry. And so I had to kind of learn that before I could consider being an artist in a serious way. So I had to move over here and I've loved it. I felt like I was welcomed with open arms. I haven't had any bad experience that I can recall with someone in the artistic community songwriting producing.

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54:04And she thought it was playing over a speaker. And he was there, but he's the greatest dude. But when you said organ artists, that's all I had. Who is that? That's what I'm saying. There's an artist ever clear. Oh, he said ever clear. Yeah. Ever clears from Oregon. They're from Oregon? I know isn't Nirvana from Washington. So Seattle. Yeah, Seattle is its own thing. Yeah. So you know, what is it called Matt Carney? Yeah. Yeah. Can you give me the other one? Matt Carney, too, I actually listened to. Like there are artists that obviously there's artists that have made it at some point in time from every state in the country. But Oregon is definitely underrepresented. Do you do hike? I do. Like if you go up there, I just picture you and your... What's a brand? Patagonia. Patagonia. Yeah. You're your Patagonia hike in all day? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You ever go sit in the woods with your guitar and play for the animals? No. I want to. That sounds very unbranded. I definitely want to. Yeah, I grew up hiking a ton.

55:05I have four siblings. And my dad's a chiropractor and he would typically have a half down Friday. So our vacations... I hadn't been out of the country until I was 21. I want to say. Because all of our vacations were all right, getting the expedition and throw our suitcases... Yeah, our suitcases and our sleeping bags. Let's just go find a camping spot. And that was how we vacationed for my entire growing up. When did you start playing guitar? 21, roughly. I tried to learn a couple times. My dad tried to teach me and I was so competitive and not ready to learn an instrument that I kept on getting so frustrated that I would just quit before I even learned a chord. So I had loosely the shape of G and C, the finger shape of those chords before 21. But other than that, 21 is when I actually picked it up and was like, I'm going to try to do something with this.

56:05What made you commit to it then? It was kind of happenstance. I was packed up and ready to move to Southern California and my dad literally... It was like a movie. He reopened to the door after I closed it to drive away. And I was getting into my car and he gave me his old epiphone that was one of the guitars he played for us in my childhood. And he just told me, you know, people like somebody who can strum a guitar. Like, you should try to learn some chords. I know that you've tried before and maybe now you're ready. And I was like, okay, dad, sure. You know, threw it in the car, drove down. And it took several providentially placed humans in my life that encouraged me at the right moments to try something at the right time. And so when I say that, I mean like a coworker, my name is Jordan. From Sancomany, we worked at the outlet Starbucks together. And he came over one night and he saw my guitar and he's like, oh, you play?

57:07It's like not really, but I've written some random poetry over some strings that made certain noises. And he was like, well, play something for me. So I played something for him. And he told me he felt like I had a chance at actually pursuing this. And I didn't believe that at all. And he was like, if you're not going to do it for yourself, like do it for me, just go down and sing in front of people. And how he put it, and I've quoted this hundreds of times now because it's a very turning point moment for me. He said, at the worst case, nobody cares. And at the best case, nobody cares. Just go out there and do it to show yourself that you can do it. And that's where it started. I wasn't really planning on pursuing it. It wasn't like I went to the pier and I was like, yeah, this is, I'm going to be big someday. It was just like, I want to, I love singing. So music has had such an important role in my life. So I wanted to see if I could do it. And then one thing I do another.

58:07What did you learn most about working at Starbucks? Person skills. I learned how to converse with people from every walk of life imaginable. And I think that's really helped me in my career because as an artist, especially an artist that is very, I don't know, straightforward, kind of vulnerable. I'm not playing a part in any way. I mean, this is really just who I am and how I was raised. You're talking to Max McNown. I don't have a stage name. Like for someone that is in my career, it's so important to be able to talk to people and see people as people no matter where they come from. And I think Starbucks really helped me with that. Where people are just wrong sometimes though and you knew they were wrong, but you had to act like they were right. Yeah. Yeah. Of course. Yeah. Luckily in this career, I have a lot of creative freedom and I don't have to tell people they're right when they're wrong because it's my arc.

59:14So I don't have to do that anymore, but yes, I have definitely remade many drinks that I know for a fact I made correct. And do you make it the exact same? No, no, no. So I love, I think it's so funny because there were certain repeat offenders that would come in. And if I made their drink by standard, they would give it back and say, it's this is wrong with it, whatever. It's not sweet enough. And so I just started giving them double pumps every time they came in. I would just give it like if it was, you know, if it was four pumps of pumpkin spice, I'd give it eight. And they wouldn't even say anything and that's double the recommended intake. We're the drink and it's already a sugary drink, but you know, they're going to complain three times in a row. I'm just going to give them what they want. So yes, definitely I started to figure out you get to know there's a lot of regulars that come in. So you get to know the people and their stories and their drinks. What's been something from your new record that maybe you didn't think would resonate as much as it has, something that surprised you?

1:00:17Oh, first born daughter. We didn't discount it. Yeah. So first born daughter, I've kind of found this interesting situation where I keep writing songs about my wife that are really specific. And then it ends up reaching some sort of algorithm on social media where it's those exact people that have the same, you know, feelings and characteristics as what I'm writing about. Same thing happened with brown eyes. Better me for you. And I don't, with better me for you, for example, I didn't even want to single it because I'd listen to it so many times. And I was like, this is just kind of too straightforward about who my wife is. I don't really think it's going to relate to that many people. And then it completely proved me wrong. And first born daughter is that same thing. So on this next album, I didn't even know if it was going to be a single. We were just like, hey, this is a cool song. It's a good, good piece for the overall project. And then I posted it once on social media.

1:01:18And it just forced our hand. Like we have to single it. And it's always very interesting when you don't. Some of the songs I think will be the biggest are not at all. And then some songs where I'm like, yeah, it's a cool personal song. They end up going crazy. So I'd say first born daughter is that one for the next. I think it's very specific. Actually is way more relatable. Yeah. Then maybe you thought it would be. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's really interesting. And I, you think I would have learned with better me for you. And I didn't. But I'm going to keep on, you know, I think it was Rick Rubin that said, the best thing you can do for your fans is write music for yourself. And so it can sometimes be really enticing to try to write the hokeyest line in the biggest hit. And then that ends up not being the biggest hit, you know. So I'm constantly trying to keep that at the forefront of my mind. Because there's a lot of pressure when you're as when I wrote most of night diving my second album.

1:02:18And my first album I had never played a show in my life. And none of that music could ever really like found its way into the world yet. And so I was just writing from my own experiences. And now that I've played upwards of 300 shows and I've released so much music, there's a lot more pressure now, which is an interesting obstacle to face. The record comes out September 25th. Leave on a light. Is that one of the songs, too? Or do you just name it that? Leave on a light is taken from the song Slow Down. I didn't see a title of a song that got it. Yeah, yeah. But the reason we chose that title, we went through a couple phases of titles. And the reason I chose that title is because I felt like it most closely related all of the songs with a congruent theme throughout. And so leave on a light. What that means is it's a request to the people that take care of who I am beneath the music.

1:03:22You know, like I'll be on the road, I'll be mentally occupied, I'll be going and going and going. And then when I see my parents, it's like I've never left. And I'm the same person and my wife, I feel the same way, my siblings, my friends, you know, my close friends from home. And so the whole album, just about every song, has some sort of congruent hint of a thank you to those people that are keeping the light on underneath the maximum down musical brand. And so that felt like the most fitting title for me. The Summer Vacation Tour and they can just go to your socials or website and get tickets. How's it going? It's good. I mean, we just, I sadly got sick with some really frustrating chest congestion and had to postpone two shows from it. But other than those two shows, we actually just finished the final scheduled show in New York. Oh, so you're done with it?

1:04:22Just a few days ago, yep. I see dates till the September 27th here. You're doing bourbon and beyond that festival looks awesome. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think the dates, the dates that are going on, that's because of the, the shows that were still, you know, they're still part of the Summer Vacation Tour. Yeah, they just postponed. So, you got it. Like the initial, my mind has seen New York as the completion for so long that that's still how I think. So I think you actually have it correct. But I love you. I interrupted you. No, I love hearing that. I'm, I'm inserting dates here. He didn't even know he had. Max, I really appreciate you coming to me, man. Yeah, like really like music. I quite a quite a thoughtful guy. Thank you. Right? Like he's like, oh, yeah. He's like way smarter than me. He's like, most people come in here and they're like, aw, six strings. I hit him. I'm right lyrics. I think my, I get it from my dad. My dad has spoken to me in analogies for my entire life. Anytime there's something that I couldn't quite understand in real world terms, he would use some sort of example in nature. Something, something else that made me, made it click.

1:05:24And so that's basically what songwriting is. So I thank my dad for that. Leave on a light out September 25th and he has no more shows except the ones that he's still going to do that he hasn't done. And there he is. You guys follow him at max. Make now. Thanks, Max. Yeah, thanks so much. The Bobbie bone soup. And now time for the morning corny. The morning corny. Why did the gamer play so many video games after his breakup? Why did the gamer play so many video games after his breakup? He needed to console himself. Console. Console. Gamer console. Console. Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, good. There you go. Oh. That was the morning corny. You're a gamer. I thought you would like that. I haven't played a game in. Well, before you had it, I was a little bit angry. I was like, you're a baby. You're a gamer. Yeah, well, my wife got pregnant. I didn't even go to the video game anymore. But you have your own gaming chair. And you know where it is in a corner somewhere that I haven't even sat in.

1:06:25Right. I'm a retirement gamer. So if you were still gaming without... I'd laugh so hard, guys. That had been the funniest joke. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's time for The Good News. Oh, say me. GET HOME IS NOMPING GOOD! This woman, Julie, was taking the train in New Jersey when she went into the bathroom. when she left the bathroom, her wedding ring was gone. And she's like, is that because she took it off to wipe? Why would you? That's a good question. No, I don't know. I don't know. It doesn't clarify how it happened, but now I don't know women to do that. We're not asking to be gross. I just want to why she took a ring off in a bathroom. Right. I don't know. My thought would be to wipe. You guys, maybe wash your hands. I think when you wash your hands, it's the way they're soap and the wall. Go back to wipe. Listen, we side-tracked you. Go ahead. I don't know exactly how it happened, because I am perplexed where the ring was found, because you would think she was washing her hands, maybe it would be in the sink. She called the New Jersey Transit. They pulled the train from the line,

1:07:25took it out for service, so they could try to find it. Sure enough, employees put the train up on jacks, remove the toilet tape, opened it up, and her ring was right there. They put the train up on jacks? Well, yeah, just to look for the ring. And it was in the toilet? All right, I'm with you. She was wiping. No, that's not you. Precisely. That can be right. I don't know. Me, precisely. Yeah, maybe that's what we fell off. I don't think she took it off. Huh. Do that. So, you know, just to feel good story, but it now feels a little weird. It doesn't feel weird. That's natural. Everybody needs to wipe. I'm just surprised they took, they stopped the train and put it up on jacks. Like, that's the commitment. Yeah. Good for them. I bet she's happy. Also, I don't know. Leave it on the wipe. She probably does. And it just fell off. Wow, why do I think? No, that's some aggressive wiping. And like, you must be going into town. Like, ah. OK, there you go. That's what it's all about. That was tell me something good. Ah. It's a mavic bone show.

1:08:27Who did you pick as a celebrity? Do you've never known? But if they died. George Shraight. Couldn't remember yours. That makes sense. Mama's David Letterman. We have listeners called, too. Ray, would you hit that? My name is Maddie. I'm calling from what you're talking about. Who would you get emotional about or cry about if they passed away like a celebrity there or someone you have no connection to? It would make you emotional. If any one of you guys would pass away, I definitely would be emotional. And I would cry about that. So that's my answer. Love you guys. Dang, that would be crazy. Lunchbox did say that. I did. You said America would be sad. There would be a lot of tears. All our listeners would be in mourning if one of us died. I think they'd be like, oh man, that's sad. Well, we've got to get to work. Move on. I'll play the next one. I feel like if Bobby were to pass, I would cry. I've never met Bobby. He's not some bro of mine. But he's always come off as such a regular guy, so approachable.

1:09:28Just seems like a dude. Just seems like one of my bros. That's just my opinion. Well, thank you. I don't know that I'm a bro. Do you think you're a dude, dude? No. No. I think. I think you can definitely approach me and say hi, and I'm normalish, but I'm not a bro in any way. I don't think he meant like bro. He just means like one of my buddies. Like friends. Even buddies feel too masculine. Let's be honest. What are my friends? Yeah, my pals. Still maybe too masculine. Palms, that's not. Maybe. No, no, no, no. By appreciate that, I know where his heart is. You have a nobody in real life. I'm not a bro. I can probably bench press more than anybody here, but I'm still not a bro. You're not a bro. Yeah. More than Ray. Probably, yeah. At this point. Ray doesn't lift. No. Okay. Thought he did. Why are you hating? Ray, who can bench press more? I would say you a couple weeks ago, I got off the creatine. It's not because he's not strong. I think if you're not doing it a good way. Right, right. Yeah.

1:10:29Why are you a hater, though? That is not hating. Why? I'm sorry if you're trying to bro out a braie. Braie with Ray. Okay. Thank you for all the calls. We're going to try to stay alive. So no one said. Yeah, we want to make everybody happy. Voice mail anytime, 877-77-Bobby. Yeah. BobbieBone. This back to school season, dollar general has your back with last minute gifts and treats and all at great savings. Every week, there are great promotions happening on gift cards. You know the ones? The perfect treat for someone you love with dozens of restaurants and stores to choose from. Take advantage of the savings and stock up at dollar general. They have it all. And you know dollar general has been a part of my life for years. Now we're super excited to partner with them for back to school and the Yellow Glasses campaign that supports the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. That foundation helps support literacy and educational programs. It's all about empowering families, children,

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