Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast

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Happy Birthday Dierks Bentley! + In Case You Missed It: #54 Dierks Bentey's Untold Story Nov 20, 2023

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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.

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#424 - Cody Jinks On Finding Success Being an Independent Artist + How He Wrote "Loud and Heavy" With His 2-year Old Son + How The Shift For Authentic Country Music Benefited His Career Nov 13, 2023

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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!

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#423 - Josh Jenkins on Writing 'Fancy Like' With Walker Hayes and How Much $$$ It Made + The Nashville Formula For a Hit Song in 90 Minutes + Writing "Buy Dirt" with Jordan Davis and Winning a CMA Nov 07, 2023

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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!

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#422 - Marty Roe Lead Singer of DIAMOND RIO on the Untold Story of the Band + Getting Their Name From Shenandoah + Being The First Band To Have Debut Single Go No.1 Oct 31, 2023

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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!

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#421 - Bobby and Eddie on Cover Versions That Were Hated by the Original Artists + Rob Harvilla On How He Started His Book & Podcast '60 Songs That Explain The '90s' + Courtney Love Reaching Out To Him + Why Nirvana Were Giants of '90s Music Oct 24, 2023

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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!

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#420 - Heath Wright the Lead Singer of Ricochet on the Untold Story of the Band + His Connection to Bobby’s Wife’s Family + Heath’s Issue with Modern Country Music Oct 17, 2023

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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."

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#419 - Love and Theft On Being Together 17 Years + Having a Record Come Out On a Label They’re Not On Anymore + Having Taylor Swift Write A Song About Stephen Oct 10, 2023

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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!
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#418 - The Top 5 Most Famous Musicians We've Ever Met! + Bobby Bones Talks To Lenny Kravits on How He's Always Stayed Relevant, What He Listens To Before He Goes On Set & More! Oct 02, 2023

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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!

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Bobby on Tenille Arts Vulnerable Instagram Post + We Revisit on Her 1st Appearance on the BobbyCast: Performing on the Bachelor, Growing Up on A Wheat Farm and her Top 3 Life Moments Sep 29, 2023

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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.

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#417 - Steven Lee Olsen on Getting Dropped from Label...Before Keith Urban Cut His Song “Blue Ain’t Your Color” + Getting The Call Garth Brooks Wanted His Song + Garth Coaching Him In the Studio on Singing Background Vocals Sep 26, 2023

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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!

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