Bobbycast

Ian Munsick (@ianmunsick) sat down with Bobby Bones to talk about his music journey coming from Wyoming. Ian grew up doing ranch work but was encouraged young to start music and played in his family band. He shares the struggles of leaving Wyoming to chase his music dreams in Nashville and attend Belmont University where he met his manager turned wife, and why they kept their relationship private in the beginning. Ian also reveals why his speech impediment goes away when he's on stage and how he overcomes it. He also shares working with his hero, Cody Johnson, and getting his first cut as a songwriter when he asked for his song "Leather." Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unsigned & Independent with Kickoff Kevin is back for another batch of episodes! And this one features New Jersey native, Jessica Rose. Jessica lives in Nashville part-time and sleeps on a friend's couch because she is still trying to save up enough money to move to Tennessee next year to pursue music full-time. Jessica also discusses dating a current band member and the struggles of staying true to herself in country music. Socials: Instagram: RealJessicaRoseTikTok: RealJessicaRose Follow: @KickOffKevin Podcast Description: Unsigned and Independent is a six episode season podcast hosted by Kevin O’Connell that features unsigned and independent artists and bands in Nashville. The purpose of this podcast is to highlight the journey and grind musicians go through trying to make it in the industry; the journey most fans don’t see leading up to national success. People move to music city from all over the country to chase something they have only dreamed of – making music and performing for a living. This podcast will dive into stories on the road, late nights and early mornings on the infamous Broadway, their background story, and if there is an ultimate goal for each artist or band. The artists featured on this podcast don’t have the backing of a label or sometimes even management, or a publishing team to handle their bookings, travel, etc.… But what they all have in common is a genuine passion for the love of music and performing. There is hidden talent spread throughout music city and the aim of this podcast is to give this hidden talent an opportunity to have a platform for an audience to hear their story, what the process is really like in the industry, and hopefully gain a new fan or two. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberly Perry (@thekimberlyperry) sat down with Bobby Bones to talk about her new chapter in life. In the past year, she and The Band Perry went their separate ways, and she released her first solo project, and also became a first-time mother in September! She shares what happened that made her decide to go solo, how she's not scared to be herself and how she got past measuring her success on a scale. Kiimberly also discussed how she feels when people ask her about The Band Perry and her reaction to being called a country band that 'killed their career.' She also shares how she's adjusting to life as a new mother and shares how her husband didn't know she was famous and how they eloped to Vegas and wrote songs together on their honeymoon and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Randy Houser (@RandyHouser) sat down with Bobby Bones to share updates on his career. He reflected on the time he got dropped from his first record deal and was scared for the future of his career. Then, shares the moment he knew his first big song, "How Country Feels" would be a hit and game changer for him. Plus, he reflects on what it was like to grow up in Mississippi and the family issues he dealt with. Randy also shared how he got into acting and what Leonardo DiCaprio said to him while on the set of 'Killers Of The Flower Moon.' He also shares what his current relationship with alcohol is and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dierks Bentley turns 48 years old today! We wanted to take a loot back when Bobby sat down with Dierks Bentley in 2017. He had just come off a weekend of shows. We GET the stories behind some of Dierks’ biggest hits and how he grinding for many years before rising to the top. Bobby and Dierks also share “name dropper stories” and Dierks talks about how he feels not winning the ACM for album of the year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cody Jinks (@codyjinks) sat down with Bobby Bones to talk about his music journey! He went the grassroots effort of playing non-stop shows for 15 years and never signed a record deal, and shared why he thinks that helped him find success. Cody explains why he always invested in himself and the turning point in his career where he realized he was doing better than he thought. He also recalls how on his 2-year-old son's birthday the song "Loud and Heavy" was inspired. Cody also shares why he feels like the shift in country music to be more authentic benefited his career, the artists he thinks are the most real with their music right now, why he feels like he's just starting to get to know his teenage kids and he talks about the process of making his new record! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Songwriter Josh Jenkins (@joshcjenkins) sits down with Bobby Bones to talk about the many levels of his music career. He revisits his years of touring in his band, Green River Ordinance, then deciding to move to Nashville to be a songwriter. He also shares what it's like that his brother, Matt Jenkins, is also a successful songwriter in Nashville and how special it was to write Jordan Davis's and Luke Bryan's song "Buy Dirt" together. Josh also talks about why the day they wrote Walker Hayes' "Fancy Like" was memorable, what it was like when the song went viral and how he feels about the impact TikTok has had on the music industry. Josh also shares the Nashville formula to writing a hit song in 90 minutes and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marty Roe, the lead singer of the '90s country group, Diamond Rio, sat down with Bobby Bones to talk about his monumental career. Marty shares how he got his start singing at Opryland and doing voice impressions. He also shares why in the early days the band went through multiple name changes and how the group, Shenandoah, inspired the band name they settled on. He also talks about what it was like to be the first band to have their debut single go number one, the new music he's working on, the new band members and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bobby and Eddie start the episode talking about cover songs that were hated by the original artists and share what they think are the best covers of all-time. Rob Harvilla is the author / host of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s and a senior staff writer at The Ringer. He's been a professional rock critic for 20-plus years and talked to Bobby Bones about why he chose to explore the music of the '90s in his new book and podcast. Rob talks about what he does as a rock critic, why he chose that profession and the types of interviews it's led him to like the time Courtney Love reached out to him. He also explains why Nirvana were giants in '90s music and discusses some conspiracy theories around Kurt Cobain's death and more! Rob Harvilla's book, 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S is out Tuesday, November 14, preorder here, and signed bookplate copies are available here. Also check out new episodes of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S every Wednesday! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heath Wright, the lead singer of '90s country band, Ricochet, sits down to talk to Bobby Bones and shares the untold story of the band. Find out how they got their band name, how they got their start after waiting years and more. Bobby's wife, Caitlin, also joins the episode because he has a connection to her family! Heath talks about what it was like to be in country music during the '90s, and why he has an issue with modern country music now. He also shares a cool story about meeting The Chicks before they were famous and reveals the real story behind their number-one hit "Daddy's Money." Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Love and Theft (@loveandtheft) stopped by Bobby Bones house to talk about being a group for 17 years and the highs and lows that have happened in their career. They talk about their new EP, Better Off, that was seven years in the making after it got shelved at their old label. They also share what it's like having their new EP come out on a label they are no longer on. They discuss how the music industry has changed, what inspires their songwriting and will share their thoughts about having Taylor Swift write "Hey Stephen" about Stephen and the song they wrote about her! You can pre-save their single 'Need To Breathe' here: https://loveandtheft.lnk.to/NeedToBreathe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While on the road, Bobby, Eddie, Mike D, Kickoff Kevin and their driver, Warren, listed the Top 5 Famous musicians they have met in their life and shared stories about how each happened! Then, at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, Bobby interviewed Lenny Kravitz! He tells us how he's been able to stay relevant all these years, what goes into his songwriting, how he connects to his fans, what he listens to before he goes on set, new music he's loving and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bobby shares a revealing post from Tenille Arts that she shared on Instagram. We are big fans of her and wanted to look back on the first time she stopped by the Bobbycast. Tenille Arts talks about how she grew up on a wheat farm in Canada and moved to Nashville after being discovered on YouTube. She talks about how she went on the Bachelor twice to perform, gave her Top 3 Life Moments and for the first time ever we have someone perform on the podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Lee Olsen (@Stevenleeolsen) is a singer- songwriter who sat down Bobby Bones on how he got his start in the music industry writing songs for some of the biggest names. He shares what happened when he got dropped from his label, and when he pitched Keith Urban his song "Blue Ain't Your Color" and it got put on hold and how he modified it. He shares what it was like getting a call that Garth Brooks wanted to record a song he wrote and how he's been coaching him in the studio and got to sing background vocal for him. Steven also reflects on his father leaving him when he was one year old, why he changed his name to honor his stepdad, moving to Nashville at 20 years old and more! PRE-SAVE Happy Heavenly by Steven Lee Olsen https://stem.ffm.to/happyheavenly Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Bobby and Eddie share stories from their bands in high school, best concerts they've ever been to as they hang out driving home from a trip. Then, we've taken stories from episodes over the years of artists talking about the jobs they had before they made it big. You'll hear from Craig Morgan, Matthew Ramsey of Old Dominion, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, Craig Campbell, John Michael Montgomery, Trisha Yearwood and Nate Smith. Some had odd jobs just to pay the bills while they pursued music full time...like working in an oil field, being a celebrity impersonator or having a 9-5 desk job at a label. Some didn't even tell people at their current job they could sing! But in the end, it all worked out the way it was supposed to! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Birge (@GeorgeBirge) sits down to talk to Bobby Bones about what it's like having his first Top 20 single, "Mind On You," and how he had that song on hold for another artist to record and had to ask if he could record it for himself. George shares what his journey to success has been like and how he deals with imposter syndrome and discusses what really happens when you sign a record deal! He was born and raised in Austin, Texas, so he shares why he never left, how his parents emigrated to America and more. He also talks about going viral on TikTok, what he learned about the industry from Toby Keith, the moment he felt his career really started to take off and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We remember Jimmy Buffett by looking back at the interview we did with him in 2020 after he dropped his first album in 27 years. Jimmy Buffett talked about writing his song "Margaritaville”, his country collaborations and if he’d ever go into his own restaurants and not give them a heads up. Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan + Shay sit down with Bobby Bones and share an inside look of everything going on in their lives. They get vulnerable and share why they almost broke up, the moment they hit rock bottom and started to resent music, until a 3am talk saved the duo and their friendship. Dan also shares why he cut his hair and Shay details how getting sober and cutting sugar out of his diet changed his life. They also give a behind the scenes look of them joining 'The Voice' and what it's like being the first duo chair, and they talk about their new album Bigger Houses, out September 15th and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Part 2 of Behind the Scenes of the Music Industry, you'll hear from country music reporter & journalist, Marcus K Dowling, legendary music exec, Joe Galante, Grammy award winning producer, Nathan Chapman, General Manager of Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's record labels, Lesly Simon, Luke Bryan and Cole Swindell's manager, Kerri Edwards and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This special episode of the BobbyCast is all about the Behind The Scenes of the Music Industry. How does a song get on the radio? What exactly does a producer and an artist manager do? How do record labels work? All of these questions will be answered. Throughout the years, Bobby has sat down with some of the biggest and most influential industry execs to hear about their roles in the business. In this episode you'll hear from Luke Combs' manager, Kappy, the former CEO of Warner Music Nashville, John Esposito, legendary producer, Dann Huff, the Head of iHeartCountry, Rod Phillips and more! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCast Watch this Episode on Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.