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Band Life, BBQ, and Building Props: Inside Stretch’s Creative World

Band Life, BBQ, and Building Props: Inside Stretch’s Creative World

In this lively episode, Pipeman sits down with Stretch, the multi-talented frontman, chef, and visual artist, live from Rocklahoma. The conversation bounces between music, food, art, festival culture, and plenty of hilarious stories—capturing Stretch's larger-than-life approach to creativity and performance.

Main Topics Covered

  • The origin of Stretch's name and his views on becoming an "icon"
  • How Stretch got involved with Rocklahoma, including combining his passions for art, food, and music
  • Stretch's food philosophy and culinary experiences at festivals
  • Music talk: influences, favorite lyrics, and band stories
  • The immersive and theatrical Stretch live show experience
  • Artistic passions beyond music and food—sculpture and fabrication
  • Upcoming album, tours, and festival plans
  • Festival stories from the road (including pole dancing at Rocklahoma campgrounds)
  • The importance of supporting local and live music
Key Discussions & StoriesThe "Icon" Identity
  • Stretch prefers being called an "icon" rather than a symbol (00:52).
  • He shares how he blends together art, food, and music for a unique experience at festivals like Rocklahoma (01:19).
Culinary Creativity
  • Stretch brings home-style, flavorful, straightforward food to touring artists, explaining how a taste of comfort makes a difference on the road (01:47).
  • Stories of cooking barbecue alongside Dave Grohl and aspirations to collaborate with him on musical food events (02:58).
Stretch Band Vibe
  • Described as "American '80s vibe rock and roll band with anthem-style lyrics" that drive crowd participation (03:54).
  • Favorite self-written lyric: “Blow Whiskey Kisses”, new favorites from "Sugar Shack" (04:11).
  • Favorite lyric from another band: “No sleep till Brooklyn” by Beastie Boys (05:39).
Influences & Stories
  • Musical influence: Frank Zappa for his creativity and fun approach (07:56).
  • The importance of fun and audience engagement—air cannons with candy, meat showers with Slim Jims, kazoo interactive moments, and participation at every show (09:09).
Multitalented Artist
  • Passion for sculpture and visual arts: Stretch builds everything for his restaurants and band stage props, finding fulfillment in solo creativity (10:14).
  • Belief that art, food, and music cross all boundaries—these passions are interconnected (12:02).
Upcoming Plans
  • New Stretch album and upcoming tour dates, including sharing bills with Ace Frehley Band, Scotty Austin, Three Doors Down, Saving Abel, and Florida shows with Lynyrd Skynyrd (13:20).
  • Judging best campsite at Rocklahoma, referencing creative and wild campground setups (23:47).
  • Burning Man comparisons and stories of festival mischief: Safety Bob persona, Jell-O syringe shots, and pole dancing escapades (24:37).
Support Local Music
  • Emphasizing the need to buy merch and support local music venues like Grinders KC (26:54).
  • “Don't be trying to get on the pest list all the time. Just fucking pay the $10.” (27:12)
  • The crucial role of audience support for musicians’ survival and growth (27:19).
Notable Quotes
  • “Let's go with icon rather than symbol.” — Stretch (00:53)
  • “Art, food, music cross all cultural boundaries, no matter where you are in the world, whether you speak the language or not.” — Stretch (12:22)
  • “If you want to have fucking fun, go to a stretch show.” — Stretch (16:00)
  • “All problems go away when I'm on stage.” — Stretch (16:29)
  • “Buy merch. That's how a band gets to the next gig.” — Pipeanm (27:29)
Resources & Links Mentioned
  • Stretch Band – Streaming on Spotify: Stretch Artists (26:54)
  • Live Music & Venue – Grinders KC (Kansas City restaurant and music venue): Grinders KC (27:01)
  • Social Media – Follow Stretch for tour updates and music releases.
Additional Highlights
  • Unique giveaways and audience incentives: claims of a free t-shirt from Buckcherry if the Spotify page quadruples (27:41)
  • Commentary on the evolution of festival culture, audience filming habits, and the experience of live events (17:57, 18:29)
  • Festival nostalgia: camping out for tickets in the pre-digital age (21:44)
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Hey, you're listening to The Adventure.

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And I'm Pudlin.

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On W4CY Radio.

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This is the Pipe Man here on The Adventure's Pipe

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Man W4CY Radio.

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And I'm here with Stretch. Like Stretch Armstrong?

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No, just like Stretch. It's interesting. Everyone always has to

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add something on there. I mean, there's Elvis, there's Prince,

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there's Madonna. They don't go, Princess Perfect or Elvis, my horse.

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So are you going to become a symbol next?

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Definitely not a sex symbol.

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Why not?

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Didn't your parents tell you you could be anything you

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wanted to be?

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Icon. Let's go with icon rather than symbol.

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Okay, there we go. You are the icon.

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That's what I thought, too, because I was looking at

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all the posts you were doing on social media for Rock,

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La Jolla.

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I'm like, who the fuck is that icon?

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You know, I got the job from my buddy, Umla. Yeah.

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So how did you get involved with Rock, Oklahoma?

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So I have a band, Stretch. We're on the Spotify

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and all that stuff. And we played here last year.

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And I do special cooking events. I have restaurants in

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the Kansas City area. And they said, hey, man, why

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don't you come down and cook the VIP and have

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your band play at the same time? And it just

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all comes together, art, food, and music.

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As it should be.

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So let's start with the food then. Tell me about

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your food. Why do they want you here to cook

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us food?

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So it's fun. I mean, I do pretty straightforward food,

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but it's good, simple. But when you're on tour, you

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want a little taste of that home. And we do

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some barbecue. We do some chicken wings. We do some

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simple stuff. But it's got tons of flavor. And they

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get off a tour bus, and these cats just want it.

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And they said, Stretch, how about you just do like

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a little experience for the artist? Not cater, but an experience.

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So we do that, and it was really super successful.

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It doesn't matter what band you were. You came, you

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got a little nibble, and wanted more. The catering guys

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actually got upset about it. I'm sure they did. It's fun.

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I don't want to cook for everybody. We could, but

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just a little of the grinder slash stretch artist food.

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So what got you into cooking?

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I'm sorry?

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What got you into cooking?

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Oh, so I went to art school, and then I

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worked in the kitchens all through art school, and then

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made art during the day, and then worked in rock

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and roll clubs at night and cooked. And that's how

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I picked up girls and drank and ate and stayed alive.

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What a life.

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You should do a thing with Dave Grohl, because he

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likes to cook, too.

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He likes to barbecue.

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Yeah. Dave Grohl's a huge barbecue guy. I ran into

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him a few years ago down in Memphis in May.

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I was down there with Traeger doing some stuff, and

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he was a pellet-smoking kind of guy at the same time.

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But he is. I'd love to do it. If he

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ever listens, hey, Dave, if you ever get this, just say, hey, Stretch,

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let's go do some shit.

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I know, right?

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Because I was at Dimebag Bash, and he was barbecuing there,

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and that was.

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Some good food. So you could have the.

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Stretch Your Grohl or some shit like that will make

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up a name.

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You could go on tour, you and Dave, and do

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the food thing at all the festivals.

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We could go do the food. We can do the

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meet and greets. M-E-A-T.

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There you go.

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Meet and greet with Dave Grohl and Stretch.

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I love it.

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They'll be like, Stretch, who's this guy?

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So tell me about Stretch.

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If you were to describe your band without a genre,

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what would it be?

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We are an American 80s vibe rock and roll band

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with anthem style lyrics that everybody can relate to and

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chant with their fist pumping in the air.

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What's your favorite lyric that you've ever written?

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Oh.

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Blow Whiskey Kisses is one of my favorite lyrics. As

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well as, I got a new one in our new song,

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Sugar Shack. There's one. We just, we... We broke a

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kid's piggy bank. We robbed a kid. But it's okay

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because grandma's taking care. Nice.

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And that was like a trap question because we were

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talking before and it came up with what your favorite

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lyric was. Now, what's your favorite lyric of a band

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that's not you?

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You know, one that comes up and it's so pertinent

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so many times. It's old school. It's 80s vibe. It's

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probably between Highway to Hell and... What the fuck? Not

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Stop Till Brooklyn. Beastie Boys.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Beastie Boys... Fuck.

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No stop till Brooklyn. Bruce, what is it? No stop

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till Brooklyn. What is it that Beastie Boys did? The

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lyric I love that I can't even remember.

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Oh, my God. That's terrible that you love that lyric.

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You did. You stumped me.

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How about this one? This is my favorite lyric of

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all time because I.

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Just think it's brilliant. No sleep till Brooklyn.

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That's it. See? It took a little nudge there. You

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had to wake up.

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A little bit. Exactly.

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And then it came to you.

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I rubbed the shit out of my eyes.

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And I'm going to tell you what the lyric is,

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and then you tell me who the band is, and

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I'll bet you you don't get it.

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All right. You're probably right. I'm not Eddie Trunk.

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Right? And I would love to stump him.

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Stump the Trump.

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Stump the Trump. Okay. So, it is... I can't drown

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my demons. They know how to swim.

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What's the time period?

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Recent times. The band has four words in their band name.

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Four syllables or four words?

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Four words. They start off as Deathcore. And then they

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turned into, like, getting more commercialized. And so they've done

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all different types of music now. And I don't think

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they've ever played Rock, Oklahoma. They're from Sheffield, England.

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Where?

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They're from Sheffield, England. Four words to their band name.

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Wow. I can't think of anything. Okay.

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Let's see if you know even after I say it.

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Bring me the horizon.

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Don't know.

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See? Now you have to look them up.

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That sounds great.

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It comes off the song.

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Can You Feel My Heart, which trended on.

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TikTok recently after years.

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Really?

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Of the song being around.

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I thought it was like from Seven Dust. And then

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I was like, well, it's four words. Then it's like, ah,

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is it a weird Three Doors Down song? I don't know.

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And that's only three words.

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Yeah.

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So there you go.

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You got me.

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What was the one band, the first band, that really

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got you into music?

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Frank Zappa.

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Why?

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He was so all over the place with lyrics everywhere.

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And the sound, the instruments, every time I listened to

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whatever he had, there was so many different levels of noise,

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if you will, in a good way. And I didn't

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know lyrics could be fun at the same time. They were,

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what I was brought up with was, and I mean,

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whether it was Rock Around the Clock, not that I'm

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that old, but... I love that upbeat tempo and kind

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of that 50s rockabilly stuff and whatever it was. But

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Frank Zappa's music took it to a whole other level

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of fun and serious, but having fun with music.

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That's a great answer, because music should be fun. Like,

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there are bands out there that they don't look like

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they're having fun on stage. This ain't the business to

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be in if you're not having fun. And how do

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we have fun unless you're having fun? So what's fun

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about your live show?

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Oh, my world is fun. I mean, it's P-H-U-N, yo.

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It's capital P-H-U-N. We get to have great shows when

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my band's out there. It's a full-on performance. There's air

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cannons that launch candy. There's Slim Jims for our meat showers.

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There's kazoos. It's interactive. It's something everyone can relate to

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when they come to a stretch show. It's full-on participation.

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It's not long, drawn-out, masturbating guitars. And they're only in

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those positions when they need to be. I mean, everyone

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gets their chance to shine. I am a singer, and

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I am the artist that puts it all together and helps,

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if not, write all the lyrics. And the band that's

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behind me, I mean, they're super talented. They need their time,

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and I am nothing without them. But it is all

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the band together. Everybody has to be in time. Everybody

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has to be having fun. And we have no movement

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for drama.

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That last word, that was the best of all. Because

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nothing's worse than drama in anything.

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In life.

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Much less music.

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It's true. Have fun and no drama.

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Exactly.

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Alright, so you like to cook. You like to play music.

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If you were to give one more thing that is

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your passion, what is it?

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Well, technically I'm a sculptor by trade. I'm an artist. Visual. Nice.

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And I go to my studio every day. I make

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everything for my restaurants. I build really cool shit. We

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make all the merch for the band. I build all

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the stage stuff and props for the band. I love

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fabricating and building stuff, whether it's in steel or wood

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or plastic or glass, whatever. And I have the facility

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to do it. I love building shit.

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Very cool. So now, hard question. Out of those three,

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if you could only choose one, which would it be?

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I'd have to say sculpture and the reason for that

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is I can do that without the help of a

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team now I can produce my own music and you

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know I don't play instruments like I need just like

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I don't in certain things but as a visual artist

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I can create and I can do that in any

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medium anywhere in the world at any time to get.

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Away and I I ask that question because obviously you

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have passion for all three. So I'm not even advocating

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eliminating any because I think they do all go hand

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in hand.

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You know? Art is art.

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And you're expressing art in multiple different ways and I

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think most artists do.

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I think a lot of people don't realize.

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That's why I like to find out the passions of

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artists because they don't realize that they all have multiple passions.

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People think that Oh, if you're into music, that's all

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you're into if you're in a band. No, we all

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have different things that we love in life and different

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parts of our personality.

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I mean, that's what makes them great. And, you know,

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your visual artist, it's experiences, whether you're a musician, then

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your experience is, And, I mean, we were talking about

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Roll earlier. He loves barbecue. That's his passion. I know

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a lot of, you know, Brian Wheat, bass player, but

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also is a painter and a photographer. There's a lot

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of people that have that other side of the brain

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that's very dominating. Sometimes it comes out as music. Sometimes

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it comes out as visual art. Sometimes it comes out

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in the cooking. And I'm a huge fan and a

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firm believer that art, food, and music cross all cultural

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boundaries no matter where you are in the world, whether

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you speak the language or not.

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And what do you have at pretty much every music festival? Music, food,

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and art.

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You know, they all work together.

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Exactly.

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Hand in hand in hand.

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Well, I don't know if we want to go there

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with the hands. Or maybe we do.

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The trifecta of hands. He's very handsy, ladies and gentlemen.

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It would be nice to have three hands.

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It would. It would be helpful.

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You know, in case, you know, you have to do

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it two-handed and one of them gets tired, you have

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one to take over.

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See, I completely thought if I was walking through a crowd,

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I could high-five three people at once. See?

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There you go. It's all perception. It is. It's all perception.

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So.

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Here's my octi, friend. So what's next for your band?

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What's going on after you leave Rock, Oklahoma?

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Finish up the new album. It should be coming out

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hopefully in the next couple months, which is super cool.

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We're going on tour. We have a couple shows with

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the Ace Frehley Band in October. And then a Florida

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tour with Scotty Austin, some of the cats from Three

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Doors Down, and Saving Abel, and about three other bands.

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Where in Florida? We're opening for Skinnerd in Port Charlotte.

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We're in Sanford on the 12th. I think we got down...

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I don't have a tour schedule in front of me,

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but I know... Oh, here it is. It magically appeared.

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Let's see. We will be at the theater at West

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End Saloon in Sanford, Port Charlotte Fairground with Skinnerd, Rock

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House Winterfest in Largo. We'll be at Captain Hiram's in Sebastian.

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And then we head up to Georgia, to Pub 96

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in Bonaire, Mad Life Stage, and then all the way

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back up to the Castle Theater. And I don't know,

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about a 12-day run.

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That's a lot of Florida dates.

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Yeah.

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Nobody even likes to come to Florida.

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Yeah, no one likes going down there unless they're moving

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from the East Coast, Northeast.

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I know, right?

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Boca Vista Raton or something. Yeah.

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The mouth of the rat.

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I had a buddy just move down there into the...

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What are they called? The Villages.

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Oh, boy.

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He's test driving it down there.

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He's old.

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You know, he's my age. He's not that old, but,

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you know, when he stopped to pick up his rock

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ports on the way down, I knew something was up.

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Is he into cougars or something? I hope so. Because

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he'll be like the youngest one there.

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He is. It's easy hunting season.

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Exactly.

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He's going to put his fake rumble strips for the walkers. Right?

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Right. Oh, man.

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So what would you say is the biggest reason people

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should check out your band?

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If you want to hear great music and be entertained,

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come to a stretch show. It's exciting. It's new. We

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hear it all the time. You can't put your finger

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on where the history comes from, but you can relate

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to a couple bands that may have influenced you, whether

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it was a Kiss, an Alice Cooper, a GWAR, a Jell-O,

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Green Jell-O, or Green Jelly. Ooh, Jell-O! Or, you know...

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It's just a theater show. I mean, we are active

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and interactive, and it's fun, man.

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It's fun.

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If you want to have fucking fun, go to a

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stretch show. And Green Jell-O sucks. And Green Jell-O sucks.

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This is not bought to you by Jell-O.

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It should be fun. Music should be fun for all

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of us. We got too much bullshit going on.

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In the world.

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We need to escape into music and have fun and

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forget about all that. And that's what I love about

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your band is, you know... If you're having a good time,

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we're having a good time. If you're not having fun,

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it doesn't matter how good you are. All problems go.

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Away when I'm on stage. It doesn't matter about loans

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or leases or mortgages or banks or family. Everything goes

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away and you are one in touch with your audience.

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And I smile the whole fucking time. If I fuck up,

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I look over and I giggle. I mean, we have

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beach balls that are actually meatballs that we throw out

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to the crowd. You know, I bring out Bob Ross

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on the stage every now and then. I mean, it's,

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you know, it's fun. I mean, that's it.

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So, what band have you seen that, besides your own,

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that you thought was the most fun band you ever saw?

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Always loved GWAR. GWAR is always great. Also good friends

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of mine, but always a great show. You know, I

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just saw Stray Cats the other night. And They're ancient,

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but they still sounded great. They were fucking great, man.

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The Pink Floyd show I saw a few years back.

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Great show, great stage production. I've walked out of numerous concerts.

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Not that the shows were bad, but not entertaining for me. Yeah.

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It's kind of sometimes equated to like watching football on

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the big screen. You go out to the stadium and

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watch it on a jumbo screen or you can stay

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at your house.

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Exactly.

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You know, and I think the same thing. If you're

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at a festival like this, stop watching it through your

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phone and just be part of it. You know, you

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can watch it at home. You know, you didn't even

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have to film it. Plenty of other people are filming it.

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I take photos to remember where I was, to document

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a time. I very rarely videotape. No one ever goes

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and watches that shit.

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I know, right? Who goes back and watches it? Who

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has that kind of time? Exactly.

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And you probably, these people, some of them, they take

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the video of the whole thing, like, do they ever

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watch it again?

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I highly doubt it, you know?

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It's not like a Grateful Dead show when you're recording

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and you can still... You know, relive it. Hey, check

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out this video. It's all jiggly and somebody's fathead in

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the front of them. And, you know, there's a cloud

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in my thumb. And, yeah, great.

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It's funny because you mentioned that because we have Slayer

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headlining here at Rock, Oklahoma, which is my favorite all-time

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ever band. But when I was a teenager, I would

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go to Slayer shows on a Friday night and Dead shows.

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On a Saturday day.

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People have different vibes, like different music. You know, that's

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a message I like to give. Like, the gatekeeping days

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are stupid. You know, music is music. Let's just have

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fun with good old rock and roll. Now, you like

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the 80s vibe. What's your favorite thing about the 80s vibe?

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Chanting with somebody. When there's a movement that's happening and

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everyone's got their fists in the air and they're all

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in dynamic flow. I mean, you can jam in... It's fun.

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But having everybody in the moment... I don't care if

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it was a ZZ Top song or a George Thurgood

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tune or whatever was coming through. A Tesla, for that matter.

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Everyone knows the Tesla stuff. But any of that stuff

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from the A. Warren. Cherry Pie. Whatever the stuff is.

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It's everybody just smiling and singing together. It's not just...

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What I don't like about today's metal music... I'm afraid

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these kids are gonna get hurt I mean I came

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from stage diving and everything else it's fun but now

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this is just looking like martial arts yet well.

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As somebody that still moshes I hate that shit what

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you're talking about the whole windmill shit and all that

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mill yeah No, that's not what it's about. And yeah,

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you're going to get hurt. Like, I don't want to

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be out there with somebody doing that. Now, that's what

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I love about sometimes.

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A ska pit because it's just pure fun.

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Yeah.

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And it's like you're just smiling the whole time. It's

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funny you mentioned stage diving. So a few months back,

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I was at Milwaukee Metal Fest and I sent my

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youngest daughter a video of violence was playing, and there

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was a lot of stage diving going on. So I

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sent it to my daughter, and she responds with, oh,

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is that how you knocked all your front teeth out?

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So, moral of.

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That story was, yes, but, I climbed up on a

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20-foot Marshall stack and did a swan dive, and mid-air,

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the crowd moved.

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And that was, uh-oh. Yeah. The good news is.

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I didn't ruin the show because I hit the ground

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on the last note of the last song of the show.

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Timed perfectly.

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Exactly. So I just made the show that much better.

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And you made a story. I mean, that's what it's

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about when you go to these live shows. Seeing and

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telling the stories and the history. I think that's where people...

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When they used to save their tickets and categorize them

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or put them on their wall or whatever, now they're

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trying to do it with their phone, but it's never

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going to be the same.

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Yeah.

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Never will be the same. There's a new app. You

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now have to take it, and it creates a ticket

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stub for your wall.

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Nice. That's a good idea.

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Retro stub.

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How about the old days when we would camp out

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to go buy our tickets?

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Yep.

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I remember....

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Camping out for Black Sabbath tickets, Mob Rules Tour.

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And so I was up at the very front.

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Some guy says to me, hey, can you buy me

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my tickets and I'll smoke you out at the show.

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I'm a teenager. That's all you had to offer me.

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Where was that show?

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When?

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Where?

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Oh, that was at the Los Angeles Forum. And so.

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I went to that show. And, of course, the guy

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was sitting next to me because I bought his tickets.

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And he did honor his word.

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And to this day, that's probably the highest I've ever

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been in my life. He had some Maui Waui shit.

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And then I hear Ryan James Dio talking. And I

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thought it was God talking to me.

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It was one of the greatest shows ever, man. I

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love it.

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My first one I camped out for, my sister's two

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years older. It was in Philadelphia at the GFK, Big

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Outdoor Festival. It was Steve Miller, Joe Walsh, Santana, Fleetwood Mac,

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around 1981 or 2. And we left that night after

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Saturday Night Live played. And it was when Steve Martin

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did King Tut for the first time. And then we

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drove down to my mom's station wagon with the wood

453
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side and parked out there. So I was in line

454
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with my mom. You know, it was so dense, the line.

455
00:23:24.549 --> 00:23:26.710
You could pick your feet up, you know, and got

456
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our tickets and all the neighborhood kids. And, yeah, that

457
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was the show. That was my first campout show. Nice.

458
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You know, that's what I love about Rock, Oklahoma. Those

459
00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:43.450
campgrounds are insane out there. Like the most insane campgrounds

460
00:23:43.509 --> 00:23:45.670
I've seen at any festival anywhere.

461
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Have you gone through the campgrounds?

462
00:23:47.609 --> 00:23:50.339
I'm also here for Rock, Oklahoma brought me in to

463
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judge the best campsite out here. So they've taken me

464
00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:58.490
around twice now. I just got back. And there's some

465
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wild stuff in it. So I've got to pick a campground.

466
00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:04.299
We'll announce it tomorrow on Saturday. And then Saturday night,

467
00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:06.680
a bunch of the sponsors are going to get booze

468
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and food. And we're going to go to that campsite

469
00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:13.220
and have a big old throwdown party after the last band. But,

470
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I mean, there's... I mean, I can't mention any of

471
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the names because that means I'm leaning towards them because

472
00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:22.220
I can't remember. But I have bracelet on top of

473
00:24:22.329 --> 00:24:25.450
bracelet of these rubber bracelets they give me for every

474
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place I went. And I have stacks of them now.

475
00:24:28.549 --> 00:24:32.519
And they're creative. And, I mean, I've been a Burning Man. And,

476
00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:34.359
you know, early Burning Man was nice. You ever been

477
00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:34.940
to a Burning Man?

478
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It's the only one I haven't been to.

479
00:24:37.170 --> 00:24:39.859
Dude, I was there in 96 and 2000. It's totally

480
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different now. But LEDs have allowed campgrounds to become electric.

481
00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:48.299
You know, I love fire spinners and all that and

482
00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:51.119
the hula hoops and shit, but LED lights and what's

483
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going on with them and the flat screen TVs. I

484
00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:56.339
actually had to have someone, I pulled some lights off.

485
00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:01.799
Fucking idiots had lighting like around their pool. Like electric

486
00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:05.680
Houston kind of shit. Hey, you fucking drunks. This is

487
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not good. It's also, you know, what else is stretching?

488
00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.640
It's also Safety Bob.

489
00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.720
Right?

490
00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:19.079
Well, did Safety Bob go to buses, boobs, and buttholes?

491
00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:22.299
Yes. I did not have my picture taken in the butthole,

492
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but we were there. I think we were there last night,

493
00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:27.670
and we just stopped by as well. One of them today,

494
00:25:27.750 --> 00:25:29.890
we stopped by. I think we got, it might have, no,

495
00:25:29.970 --> 00:25:31.930
it was a different one. We did shots of Jell-O

496
00:25:31.970 --> 00:25:35.369
and a shrimp. Syringe? Syringe.

497
00:25:35.650 --> 00:25:36.369
Syringe.

498
00:25:36.849 --> 00:25:40.349
Syringe. And we did pickle shots at one and another

499
00:25:40.670 --> 00:25:44.279
one today, and a beer and some tequila, and now

500
00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.079
we're back on water.

501
00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:48.299
Did you do a strip show for everybody at the

502
00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.299
big old red bus?

503
00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:53.779
So, last night, I did some pole dancing. I did.

504
00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:57.809
I thought I broke my toe. I was there, you know,

505
00:25:57.890 --> 00:25:58.970
to give charity money.

506
00:25:58.990 --> 00:25:59.410
Yeah.

507
00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.359
But now I was up on that pole for a

508
00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:09.819
little while. I'm sure those photos will pop up. I

509
00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.420
got phelped.

510
00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.339
Nice.

511
00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:16.309
I do find that at that site, more guys get

512
00:26:16.369 --> 00:26:20.130
on the stripper poles than women. I think guys just,

513
00:26:20.470 --> 00:26:21.650
they want to become strippers.

514
00:26:22.349 --> 00:26:24.549
It's, hey, dreams are dreams. I'm not going to step

515
00:26:24.609 --> 00:26:25.250
on anyone's.

516
00:26:25.329 --> 00:26:25.930
Exactly.

517
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Look the other way.

518
00:26:26.650 --> 00:26:27.150
I don't know.

519
00:26:27.190 --> 00:26:29.329
Or get your dollar bills out. Exactly. Oh, that's right.

520
00:26:29.609 --> 00:26:30.890
It's a cash-free environment.

521
00:26:31.210 --> 00:26:31.609
Only use your.

522
00:26:33.190 --> 00:26:35.650
How do you tip the girls with cash free? Do

523
00:26:35.670 --> 00:26:37.150
you just put your credit card in there?

524
00:26:37.170 --> 00:26:38.660
The whole thing, man. No tips.

525
00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:42.420
Just put your credit card in there. Do whatever you want, honey.

526
00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:45.000
You're going to get it somehow. Do whatever you want, honey.

527
00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.960
So what else do you want to tell everybody about

528
00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:52.410
your band, about your cooking, about any of that that

529
00:26:52.450 --> 00:26:53.589
we haven't covered already?

530
00:26:54.329 --> 00:26:57.130
Well, follow on the Stretch Artist, you know, the Spotify page.

531
00:26:57.410 --> 00:26:59.210
If you guys are in Kansas City, stop by our

532
00:26:59.250 --> 00:27:03.250
music venue, Grinders KC, and or the restaurant. And just

533
00:27:03.269 --> 00:27:05.950
support local music. Doesn't have to be me. Just support

534
00:27:06.029 --> 00:27:10.069
local music and live music. Everybody needs that. Don't be

535
00:27:10.130 --> 00:27:12.150
trying to get on the pest list all the time.

536
00:27:12.470 --> 00:27:14.089
Just fucking pay the ten bucks.

537
00:27:14.930 --> 00:27:15.490
There it is.

538
00:27:17.470 --> 00:27:19.880
No better words could be said. You have to support

539
00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:23.220
live music, support bands, or else they won't be around

540
00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:26.170
because the The outlets are not supporting them.

541
00:27:26.890 --> 00:27:30.319
We need to support them. Buy merch. That's how a

542
00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.700
band gets to the next game.

543
00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.220
Buy merch.

544
00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:37.099
So buy the stretch merch. You got some cool merch.

545
00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:39.119
They can't listen to my show anymore unless they buy

546
00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.589
your merch.

547
00:27:40.170 --> 00:27:44.869
Yeah, that's it. And everybody, if my Spotify page quadruples today,

548
00:27:46.250 --> 00:27:48.630
everybody will get a free t-shirt from Buck Jerry.

549
00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:57.119
That message has not been approved by anybody else, but

550
00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.160
it might be true.

551
00:27:58.180 --> 00:28:02.380
Hey, man, thanks a lot for this. This is awesome.

552
00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:04.559
Hey, thanks for being on the Adventures of Pipe Man.

553
00:28:07.369 --> 00:28:11.529
Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Man

554
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on W4CY radio.