Gavin Adcock | Dumb Blonde Podcast

Is this thing on? What's up you sexyers? Welcome to. another episode of Dumb Blonde. Today we. have country's loudest curveball, Georgia's wildest expert, and probably. the only guy who could turn a college. suspension into a viral country artist. career. Mr. Gavin Adcock is in the.

building. >> What's going on, y'all? >> Dude, thank you for being here early. I. appreciate that. >> That's just when I showed up, got done. writing, and they we got in the car. So, >> yeah. No, it was I was like, "What a. gentleman." Cuz normally I'm always here. before waiting on uh you know podcast. the podcast to start and then you were. here before me. They text me. He's like, they're like, he's here. And I'm like, oh sh So I jump, jumped in the car and. ran over here. But thank you for being. here. I got to do a lot of research on. you last night because I am one of those. people who was never really familiar.

with the music. I was familiar with the. personality. >> Um, do you get a lot of that? Like do. people know you more for your like your. personality than your music or do you. find. >> it's probably like 5050 6040 music. personality? Yeah. >> Yeah. I mean, I enjoy being outspoken. and just saying what's on my mind. And. sometimes I don't mean to. It just comes. out and uh I I don't it doesn't bother. me anyway. >> I think one of the the craziest things. was that I found out that you're a. Libra. You have a birthday coming up.

right in October. And I was like. >> for a Libra, you are definitely outspok. like super outspoken. So I just I was. like where does that spice come from? So, I started doing a little bit more. digging on you and I found a song that. you have that's called. >> the battle. >> The battle. Yes. It's a song that you. wrote about your parents essentially. They, >> you know, had a pretty like. >> razor blade romance and in the song, you. know, you're talking about that and I. was like, I wonder if this is where his.

spiciness comes from. So, can we kind of. like dive into that a little bit? >> Yeah. When I was a little kid, uh, my. mom and dad had their second child. I. was two and some change and they just. sent me off to work at the barn with my. dad. I grew up on a cattle farm. >> and uh my dad's a cattle trader. He's. just basically a stock trader with uh. with cattle and buys them one day, sells. them the next, and he's just kind of a.

he's just kind of a fly off the handle, gets pissed off, raises hell, and then. you can go eat some lunch with him five. minutes later. And uh my mom is a is a. nurse that doesn't take a lot of [ __ ]. And they just raised a lot of hell when. I was a little kid, so it kept me all uh. it kept my life pretty spicy when I was. younger. Yeah, >> they they'd raise hell. Mom would leave, come back. Um, next few weeks they'd be good, argue. Then I got old enough where I. could argue with them. We'd raise some.

hell and. then uh Yeah, but it it definitely made. me have some kind of fire. >> Yeah, absolutely. I love that you light. up when you talk about them. That's. really sweet. In the lyrics, it says, "When I come home late and she's been. drinking, she just wants to fight, so we. do." So, was mom a drinker? Uh they they. all drank a little bit. >> Yeah, >> there's they've been through times where. they just come home from work, have a. drink, have a couple too many, just. argue and but uh you know, I wouldn't. have took them any other way.

>> That's like my kind of party. >> Me and uh. me and my girlfriend, we talk about how. she was a little sheltered by her. parents from the world when she was. younger. And I they didn't give me a. damn umbrella when I was younger. So, we. just kind of meet in the middle, you. know? Mhm. >> So, I've I saw a lot more crazy stuff. when I was growing up than she did. >> Yeah. Well, I want to talk about Haley. later, too, because I've noticed that. you don't really ever talk about her. publicly. So, I want to like I want to. like dive into that also. >> So, you said you grew up on a cattle.

farm in Watkins Watkinsville, Georgia. >> What was that like? Like what's a story. from that farm that people wouldn't. believe unless they saw it? Uh just. me and my dad like getting woke up by a. phone call in the middle of the night. and he coming upstairs and getting me. and there's cows out all all down the. road down the highway and me and him are. just getting them up 4:00 in the morning. or chasing some cattle back in our. underwear if we get called like in the.

middle of the night and it's just and uh. there's been a a lot of cattle go. through that piece of land. I've seen. them shipped out all around the country. and uh we've. my dad come home. You'd see you see a. load of cows come in the barn and he'd. clean off the back tags of them and. clean them up and we'd load them up the. next morning, take them to sale and he'd. try to just swap them for a profit. And. he's really a gambler. He's an addict. Like he's a he's a cattle addict. Like.

I've called him and like. >> he's addicted to the hustle. >> Yeah, he's addicted to the hustle. And I. got a I got a bunch of that from him. >> I appreciate that, you know, from one. hustler to another. Um, did did that small town life kind of. shape like how you look at fame now? Because coming from a small town, you've. got to like have the people that you. looked up to and you were like, I want. to be like that one day. And, you know, so take me on that journey as growing up. in a small town to being kind of as.

famous as you are now. You know, it's uh it's been really weird. not being able to go places that I've. always been able to go to. And I I've. never really appreciated being a fly on. the wall. >> until I wasn't. >> And I can't even go to like my favorite. bar in Athens, which is Watkinsville is. right outside of Athens, Georgia, where. University of Georgia is. >> I can't even go in there anymore without. just it just being a problem for. everybody there. And I really just loved.

being this nobody redneck kid that drove. a flatbed truck, worked on the cattle. farm that might have been uh had some. friends, played some sports, might have. been misunderstood every once in a. while, but. >> I just uh really look back on it. recently and go, damn, I had it made. before I had it made. You know, >> that's hard for somebody that's grew up. like small town living. >> Well, you know, it's only going to get. worse, right? the more notorious that. you get. >> Yeah. >> It's going to be to where you're not.

like even able like my husband can't. even go to the grocery store and he th I. call my husband a politician because he. loves to kiss babies and shake hands. I'm the complete opposite. I am like I. don't like I love everybody but it's. like I just want to be in my own space. So I understand where you're coming from. whenever you say that. Like it's very. hard to deal with and of course the more. you get bigger the worse it's going to. get. So how do you think you're going to. be able to handle that? I love shaking. hands and kissing babies, too. I I love. it. And that's what honestly makes it.

really worth it for me is just to be. able to. see my impact on other people's lives. and how they. >> kind of lose their mind when they see. me. I'm like, they love me that much. where they're kind of act they're acting. like I'm not a. >> like I'm not real. Like I'm just like. just figure in their mind. It's just But. they I'm going to keep chasing it and. keep growing. I've just uh. >> You're not doing it for the fame. You're. doing it for you. >> Yeah. >> Is pretty much what you're saying. >> Yeah. The fame's fine. It's like one of.

my least favorite things about it. >> Mhm. >> But just to go play shows for thousands. of people. We've been playing. >> five 6 thousand cap rooms, which is. really big for me from when I started. out and as it as it is for everybody. But. >> it's just uh a good feeling to change. people's lives and make a difference. And that's just mostly why I do it. >> You've come a long way in a short time. Like to be playing 5 6 thousand cap. rooms, like that's crazy because my.

husband has been in the business for, you know, 20 years. And when I first got. with him 10 years ago, he did wasn't. playing rooms that big. And it took him. from then until now to get to where he. is. So, you should be really proud of. yourself with how far you've come. >> Thank you. Appreciate. >> It's got to be like overwhelming because. I know how we feel, so I could only. imagine how you feel. Um, I read somewhere that you wanted to. ride bulls in the PBR before football. and music. Is this true? >> Yeah. When I was a little kid, I watch. uh rodeo with my daddy on the couch and.

I told him I wanted to ride bulls and. he's grown up around a bunch of rodeo. people and I have a bunch of rodeo. friends and my dad just really pushed me. away from that. And in high school, me. and my buddies went to uh test pen and. we rode a couple bulls just to say we. did. And but my dad did a really good. job of telling me he was like, "This is. not a career you want to get into. You're going to end up in a wheelchair. with no money and medical bills.". >> And uh I appreciate him for pushing me. away from that. But I I do love going to.

watch the rodeo and think those people. are badass. >> Yeah. Is it like the adrenaline? Is it. the toughness? Like what was it that. pulled you in to Cuz that's a [ __ ]. That's scary. >> Yeah, it was just the It was the. adrenaline. I've I've grown up on a lot. on a lot of adrenaline and just. >> Daddy would hand me a gate and he'd. drive 30 40 cows up the alley of our. barn and whatever ones he wanted to take.

to the sale that day, he'd say, "Go by.". And he'd say, "Catch the other ones.". And they were flying by. And I'd be. jumping up on fences, running away from. bulls and stuff. And it would be like. near-death a near-death experience at. six, seven, eight years old. And I. thought it was the greatest thing on. earth. The adrenaline was awesome about. almost getting killed by a cow. I don't. know what I don't know what it was, but. but I enjoyed it. And yeah, that I've. always been an adrenaline chaser. >> I could appreciate that. I tried to make. I have so I have two Highland cows that. I absolutely love and one's name is.

Crunchy. He's pretty famous. like. everybody loves him. >> and he is a [ __ ] wild [ __ ] And. yesterday I tried to dress him up as a. ghost. Um cuz I saw this really cute. video of this cow running with a sheet. and I thought that my bull would do it. too and he literally tried to attack me. yesterday and tried to attack my. girlfriend and it was the funniest. We. laughed our asses off but it was scary. I couldn't imagine that happening at. seven or eight years old. >> That's the only thing I knew. It was. just like here boy let's go do this. grown man [ __ ].

>> Sink or swim. Heck yeah. And I'd go feed. cows with him. He He loved when I went. because it'd save him some time. I'd get. out and open the gates. And I just uh. that's what I'm working for really, just. to have a big enough ranch where when. I'm 40, 50 something years old, I can. just feed the cows, smoke a little, see the fam, I guess, you know. >> I love that. Did you ever get addict not. addicted? Did you ever get attached to. any of the cows? Like did they become. like your pet? Cuz cows areing cool. Yeah, we had uh this one cow was a.

Brahma, which is the breed of cow. It's. got like big hump on its neck and floppy. ears. Uh I was a little toddler, probably one to two years old, and we'd. go out there and feed the cows and daddy. would put me on her back and she'd walk. around and I'd hold on to her hump. He. wouldn't have to hold me cuz she was. just just a pet. >> A. >> and uh she lived all the way till I was. probably like 13, 14 years old. She was. probably like I don't know 16 17 year. old cow and uh she died and it was.

really emotional for everybody in my. family. It was just like like a dog, you. know. >> Oh my goodness. I couldn't even imagine. I don't even want to think about when. Crunchy Passes. >> Yeah. >> So at 16 you got a guitar, but you. didn't take it seriously until later. Is. that true? >> I didn't start playing it until I was. 22. >> Why not? You just weren't interested at. that time. >> I was playing a bunch of sports. I was. playing football, wrestling, baseball, and then just working in the summertime. with my dad and then and I just never.

got around to it. And I was always. fascinated with music. Song would come. on the radio when I was a little kid. >> I would just I'd learn the song and then. I'd want to sing exactly like they did. So I feel like that helped me learn how. to sing a lot just trying to match the. notes they were hitting. >> Mhm. And then 22 years old came. I tore my. knee up playing football. Kind of come. to the realization that that was. probably going to be the end of. football. And I was not enjoying ball as much.

anymore cuz you get out of high school. and you realize how much business. college football is. >> and how when things are going good, everybody's your buddy and when things. are going bad, uh, everybody's pointing. the finger and hate each other. >> Yeah. So that really and I still love. football. I watch football. I gamble, bet on games every weekend, but I always. look and go, "God, I'm glad I'm not. doing that anymore.". >> Yeah. I've heard you talk about how. toxic that environment was for you. And.

I think that that's actually really cool. that you are speaking up about that. because not a lot of people who were in. your position would. And you know, like. kids want to play ball so bad that. they're willing to like kind of deal. with the abuse. And so you speaking up I. think is really cool because you know. other people will be able to follow in. your footsteps. I think it's crazy that. you got kicked off the team. So for. people who don't know the story, I know. you've told it numerous times, but. >> what exactly happened? You you were. playing for Georgia Southern.

>> You tore your Did you tear tear your. knee first or did you tear your knee. after uh the bus incident? >> Uh tore it before. I texted a buddy on. Sunday and said, "Hey, you want to come. down to Georgia Southern and play some. music with me?" I'd played I'd played. guitar with he had played guitar and I'd. sang a little bit in college cuz I. couldn't play guitar at the time. >> He said, "Yeah, I'll come down. Wednesday." Well, Tuesday I tore my knee. up. and I played with him when he got there.

in a big cast. Started riding, did. rehab, got all the way back to the. season. and was barely healthy enough to like. even jog around. But I was like, screw. it. I'm a competitor. I want to play. So, I went to go back in uh fourth game. of the year. We take these school buses. around the campus. and go past the bars and all the. tailgates and we go to the fraternities. and sororities. They stop the buses and.

they shower the buses through the. windows with beer and champagne and. everybody just ends up going into the. locker room sticky and just they I don't. know. It's just the what they've done. there for years and years. And the exit. of the school bus was broken open. These. buses are old and ragged out. So, I was. surfing the bus, doing passive attorneys. and sororities, and I looked down and a. guy that I knew, had a beer, he threw it. to me, and I chugged it down. We uh. played the game, lost by a touchdown.

And uh. the next day, Bartool posted it. It blew. up. >> Bar stole, they're alwaysing shut up. I. love them, though. >> Yeah, they they helped me out and and. [ __ ] up that day. So, it's it's a. double-edged sword, but. >> right. >> And then I got I got suspended for a. week from that and then they brought me. in there about two weeks later after I. bar still had shouted my music out as. long as well as the chugging the beer.

So, that helped me get a little spark. >> They brought me in there. Everybody was. toxic. we were one and four. and just brought me in there and was. like, "Look, we want you to be on the. team, but you can't be on the team if. you're going to keep posting about your. music. You got to go if you're going to if. you're going to post throughout the. season." And I was like, "Well, that's. I'm just going to take off my music.". So, we parted ways. I had that chip on. my shoulder and I just started letting. out songs one after another. And I had.

that mind all the time. I was like, I'm. not going to let these people. be the end of me. >> I love that that you had that, you know, foresight to do that. But you would. think that you were bringing such great. attention to, you know, the game and. just the league. Why would they kick you. off? Like that's crazy. >> Well, they loved. the attention before the season started. >> Gotcha. >> And then we won the first game barely. I. wasn't playing. >> Mhm. and then lost the next two games.

and I came back that game, chugged the. beer on the bus. That was just big. We. lost. If we had won the game, it. wouldn't have been a big deal, but we. lost. So, everybody was just pointing. the finger and I was the person getting. pointed the finger at cuz I chugged the. beer on the bus and I was like, "Whatever.". >> Yeah. >> And uh when they figured out that we. weren't going to do very good that. season, they were like, "We got to keep. everything quiet. We don't want a bunch. of media going around." Everybody ended. up losing their job at the end of the. season because we played so dang bad,

but I think they won one more game after. I left. So, I was glad I got out of. there. >> Yeah, absolutely. So, let's rewind. because you had said that um the bar. stool clip pointed towards your music. So, when did you actually start doing. music? Was this while you're you were. down with your knee hurting or. >> Mhm. >> Take me on that journey. >> Tore my knee up that Tuesday. dude come. over Wednesday. Um, we played a little. guitar, had my surgery the next week and.

went home. My mom picked me up from. Statesboro. I drove rode three back, three hours back home to Watkinsville. with her and I sat on the porch and. didn't really know how to play guitar. very much. So, I started writing off. melodies. I'd come up with melodies and. find a time and I wrote I don't know six. or seven songs in the first six or eight. weeks of me being on the couch and I'm. not a inside person so it was a good way. to cope. >> Mhm. >> And I started talking to people about.

booking shows. I hit up my. the best place to play in Statesboro. It's called the Blue Room. Said, "Hey, I'd love to come play one night during. syllabus week.". uh if y'all pay me a little bit, I'll. come over there and play on a night. And. they were like, well, we can give you. free drinks and stuff. I was like, no, I. kind of got something going. I'm the. only athlete around here playing any. music. NIL just started. I'd love to make a little money. So, I.

went to their competitor across the. street, Southern Social, and they were. like, "Yeah, we'll pay you $300." I was. like, "Hell yeah. First show ever, we're. going to make 300 bucks.". >> Which is actually really good. >> It was good. It was good for that time. And I introduced the acoustic guitar. player to the electric guitar player to. the drummer that night on the stage. before we started. I was like, "Yeah, this is so and so." They all met. We. played 24 songs. It went great.

Everybody came to Southern Social that. night and it Blue Room didn't have a. very good night. And the owner come up to me. He was. like, "Man, it was great. Here's 500. bucks." slat 500 bucks in my hand. I was. like, "Hell yeah." I was like, "I didn't. think that was going to happen." Blue. Room hit me up the next day. It's the. and was like, "We're sorry we we uh we. didn't listen to you when you asked us. to let you play the first time. We'd. love to get you on the books for. something later." And that was the place.

I wanted to play. It's just a better. venue. >> Mhm. >> So, I played outside there one time, made 500 bucks. Year and a half later, we came back to. Statesboro. I sold 300 tickets inside. The next time we came back, we sold out. 800 tickets, and we're going back in two. weeks for the biggest blue room show. they've ever had, 5,000 tickets. >> Yay. How's that? >> So, that's uh that's been real fun to. look forward to.

>> How does that make you feel? >> It's great. I feel like I accomplished. what I wanted to accomplish there. So, >> yeah, that's amazing. I'm really proud. of you. When you were sitting on that. porch writing all of those songs, what. was the song that you wrote that you. were like, you know what, this is going. to work for me? I wrote two songs the first couple weeks. and one of them was called Ain't No. Cure, >> which I had wrote the first verse and. chorus three years previous. Riding down. the road, took like a voice recording of.

it, put it away, never brought it out. again. until I tore my knee up. And then I had. my surgery, started writing it one. morning, took me 20 minutes, finished. the thing. That was in early July or actually it. was in early June. and we got in the studio in July, cut. it, let it out in August and it just. went platinum. It was my first song I.

ever let out which was just blew my mind. >> that I mean I was showing people the. song when they'd come over and they'd be. like that's really good and I was like. yeah whatever. I don't know. I I really. don't know. I like it. But and then I. wrote this song called Thriving Here. that I still play the shows. And it's. just a song about when you're down and. out and you really really are looking. for your like your silver lining in life. that's going to get you back on your. feet that's going to make you. >> feel whole again.

>> And uh that song's been a real staple of. my career. I'm I've got like a clothing. company I'm coming out with called. Thriving Here Co. So that's just going. to be my Pearl Snap Company. >> So that's one of my favorite songs I've. ever wrote. >> Your your sound reminds me a lot of like. like real cowboy music like George Stray. like stuff like kind of like dare I say. Texas country. >> because I feel like we got away from. that sound for the longest time and I. feel like you're kind of leading the.

charge of bringing that back. Do you. feel the same? I've really enjoyed old cowboy music my. whole life. >> from Whan Jennings to George Straight to. more modern like red dirt type stuff. And I love Red Dirt. I just I just like. how unpolished it is. And I was one of the first people in the. Southeast to to come out of the. Southeast making a red dirt sound. Like. you didn't have to wait for a Texas band. to come. >> for to hear some dirty rock and roll.

southern rock music, you know? Mhm. Who. were some of your inspirations growing. up besides Whan Jennings? >> Yeah, I. I get the Whan comparison a lot just cuz. I've got like his complexion and this. like. >> you you do have a little bit of the. resemblance. >> I wear the vest and stuff, but I. >> I don't ever sit down and write a song. and go I want to be just like Whan. Jennings, >> right? >> I'm just a I'm a big fan of him growing. up. I love listening to Allan Jackson.

>> Mhm. >> Some of Allen Jackson's more serious. I. mean, he's got great boat party songs, but his like more serious. >> Yeah. >> stuff that he's wrote like Remember When. or [ __ ] Song. >> or just I'm I'm a huge sad Alan Jackson. fan. >> Mhm. >> And uh listen to some Tim McGraw growing. up and when Luke Bryan was popping off, I was listening to him when he was just. taking over the world. And then I. started listening to like Coetzel and uh.

Parker McCullum. part of South Texas. And. >> we had Parker on the podcast. He's. hilarious. >> Hell yeah. He's been posting some funny. stuff lately. I've been seeing him. He I. guess he's has a few drinks after a show. or he's stone or something and he he. gets on there and posts some funny. >> No, he's funny. I did not expect that. When I sat down with him, I thought he. was going to be like really square and. he's like does DMT and like smokes weed. and drinks. Like he's a funnyer. I think. you guys Have you guys met? >> Yeah, a couple times. Yeah, I opened up. for him. >> That's right. Uh, one time I don't know,

three years ago. >> Mhm. No, that's awesome. When you write. music, do the lyrics come to you first. or do you have to have a a melody before. you can apply the lyrics? >> My ADD is so bad it's never the same. Sometimes I'll grab the guitar, come up. with something that I think sounds. catchy, have no words, I'll start. humming a melody. Or if I'm driving down. the road, I'll just start trying to. whistle or hum or catch a melody that I. got or or I'll somebody will say.

something clever. I'm I'm never the same. when I'm writing a song. It's just it's. always different. >> Yeah. It's just like a a process of. whatever you're going through at that. moment in time cuz you write some really. deep music for and I mean you're what. 26? You write pretty like angsty, like. brokenhearted, soulful love songs. Where. does that come from? Experience or just. other people's experiences? >> Uh, I try to ride off of both. I really.

haven't lived every single thing in the. world that I've seen. So, if I if I come. across somebody's hurt or pain, I really. try to put myself in that mindset, >> which can lead for like a really. tough day. I remember some of the. saddest songs I've ever wrote. I got up. at 8 a.m., started drinking some coffee, got into something that I was feeling or. somebody else was feeling, and it put. you in a real dark place by 12 or 1 p.m.

your day. You're like, >> you're like hitting the bottle by then. >> You're like, let's have a drink. >> That was emotional. Like we wrote I. wrote a murder ballad in college and uh. by the time I got done and I headed back. to my girlfriend's house at the time, she was like talking like crazy. I was. like I was like, "Babe, I just wrote a. song about people." I was like I was. like, "Can I just go to sleep and I'll. talk to you in the morning, but I don't. I don't I'm not I'm in like a really. pissed off mood.". >> Oh. So it's it's kind of like method.

acting. >> Yeah. like you like take on the emotions. and you just pour it out in music. >> I think that's where the best songs come. from when you really really get into. that character that you're writing. >> Yeah. >> And it can really carry into the ne into. the rest of the day. You know, >> you're like, "Don't let me end up on. true crime, sister.". >> I Yes. Yeah. I tend to be very picky the rest. of the day after I write a song. Like. I'll come home after I've wrote two.

songs with either me and or myself or me. and a group of people and I'll be. nitpicking everything and I've got to. get myself out of that mindset of you're. not writing a song anymore. You're just. living life, dude. Stop being such a. damn picky son of a [ __ ]. >> Is it hard to play yourself out of that? >> Sometimes. Sometimes I just get just. locked on to little pissing me off. Oh, do you consider yourself a moody person? >> Depends on the day, I guess.

>> Yeah, it depends on what you're writing. about. >> Yeah. >> Poor Haley. She only wants you to write. love songs from here on out. >> Oh, she's a moody person, too. Don't you. let her Don't you let her psych you out. >> Let's talk about Haley for a little bit. So, how did you guys meet? You guys have. been together for about 2 years now. >> How did you guys meet and take me on. that journey with you guys? She's super. cute. But I checked out her TikTok last. night. >> Yeah, she's great. She really has uh. helped me out for the better for sure.

I've. >> um I've been in a relationship probably. like 6 months, 8 months by the time I. met Haley. So I was just kind of doing. my own thing. Uh I was living with my. folks in Athens, making music, writing. every day, and then on the weekends I'd. go out with my friends. And I was sitting in the bar. as soon as it opened up with some of the. bouncers that were my buddies at that. bar. I said, "I can't go to anymore.". And she walks in and she's wearing this.

like really really pretty flower dress. She's like really done up. And she goes. up to the bar and asks the bartender. goes, "Hey, have you seen any keys?" And. I was like, "This is a red flag walking. on in, but I like it.". And I was about to say like hey or flirt. or something and bouncer next to me goes. only thing we find in here is panties. and I was like she's not going to talk. to me now. So she walked on out. I was. I'll never see her again. And then the.

next night I was at the same bar hanging. out and there she was. She was in a. t-shirt and a a trucker hat and I walked. up to her and I said, "Uh, you got a. boyfriend?" And she said, "Nope." I. said, "You want one?". >> No. >> And she she said, "I don't know." And. next week, I was singing the national. anthem at a rodeo in Athens and I took. her to it and sang. We went out to the.

bar and started hanging out after that. and started officially dating probably a. couple months later. >> You guys also went through I think it. was like a little bit of a public. breakup for a minute there. What. happened with that entire situation? because there's a lot of rumors and. speculation, so I want to hear it from. the horse's mouth. >> Yeah. Well, I was just kind of in this. rockar mode, you know, just. >> not really ready to just absolutely. settle down quite yet. I wanted just to. live and be rowdy. And.

>> she's a she's less like that. And we. were really getting on each other's. nerves. I was having a lot of stuff. going on. And. I wasn't physically cheating on her, but. I there was people just hitting me up. left and right, and I was just kind of. entertaining stuff on the cell phone. just that she wasn't appreciating. And. >> so we took a break for we just broke up. for two months. We didn't talk for two. months really. And then uh.

we just I hit her up one day and we. started talking again. And I was like, "Yeah, I enjoy doing what I do, but I. don't want to live this party life. forever. It's probably going to kill. me.". >> No, I love that. I um actually was I. follow you, so I saw the the breakup and. stuff like that. And you could see a. switch after she wasn't in your life. like you were partying partying a lot to. the point where I was like this poor guy. like he's hurting in a different way and.

he's just taking it out, you know, on. the stage when you would get on the. stage and get like face plastered. And. then since she's been back around, you. can see kind of like a switch in you too. where you're, >> you know, you're still you, but at the. same time you're like you can tell. you're trying to take better care of. yourself. >> Yeah, no doubt. But I mean, how we were running for a couple months. and not getting any sleep and waking up. having a show the next day and your. throat's just absolutely gravel. >> and just you're absolutely killing.

yourself. And I just. >> I don't know. She's been real sweet to. me and real good to me. And I decided. that I was going to I'm still rowdy and. I still like to have a good time. I. still like to party. I I just want her. to be there, you know? Yeah. >> And it's it's nice when we have a. weekend off and we don't go out. Like. people people think that I I drink 24/7, >> but I'll have a drink, one drink before. I go on stage on a Thursday night, have. a few beers on stage, put on the rowdy. show,

>> do the same thing for the next couple. nights, and then Sunday and Monday and. Tuesday come around and I'm like, get. that out of my face. I don't I don't. want to drink. I'll smoke a little and. watch a little TV. Yeah, behind every. every great man is a good woman. And I. feel like a good woman is a backbone. Especially for um artists, you guys need. somebody to kind of like hold the. balloon string cuz if you don't have. somebody holding that balloon string, you're going to just fly around. everywhere. My husband was the same way. when we first got together.

>> Yeah. I definitely don't want to be a. single 40year-old playing rock and roll. concerts looking down at 18-year-old. chicks. Oh, no. >> It's just not a It's not It's not really. something that you look at and you go, "That's it. That's what you want to be. doing." You know, I'm just like, >> and for all the people that do that, that's. >> I was going to say there are some people. who actually really look forward to. that. I have a couple friends who are in. their 40s dating.

20 year olds, 19 and 20 year olds, and. I'm like, "What is happening? What in. the midlife crisis is going on?" But to. each their own, I guess, right? >> Yeah. Yeah, me and Haley got a. three-year age gap and I'm like, "God, you need to mature a little bit. sometimes." And she I mean, I'm She. thinks the same thing about me, but I. can't imagine being 40 and being with a. 20-year-old and being like. >> Yeah. >> relating to them at all about many. things, you know? >> Like, what the do you guys even talk. about? I I couldn't even imagine. >> Um, so you've dropped three albums,

Bonfire, Blackout, Acting Up Again, and. now Own Worst Enemy. Mhm. >> How do you hear your sound evolving. across these records? >> I think the songs. overall are getting better written and. produce-wise. >> Mhm. >> Bonfire Blackout has some really good. songs on there that I still play to this. day. Probably like out of the 14 song. album, I still I think I still play five. or six of those songs at concerts.

And each album's getting where I play. more of those songs at the concerts. >> I didn't know what I was doing during. Bonfire Blackout. >> Anything that we recorded in that studio. was like lightning in a bottle. It was. It was like It was like, "How did we get. this to sound this good?" Or like that. could have sounded better. >> Yeah. >> And now there's just a little bit of a. method to the madness, you know? I'm I'm. my ears have got better to listening to.

specific things. >> and the writing's definitely matured. I. wrote Bonfire Blackout. 99% by myself. >> I've probably wrote and I'm I'm on all. but probably two or three of my cuts. ever. I think I got probably like 65. songs out if I had to guess. And I've. I've only cut two outside songs. And I only take outside songs. if I'm listening to this song, I'm like,

"Damn, this is good.". >> If I don't cut it, somebody else is. going to. >> So, some people are like, "Yeah, Gavin. doesn't write his own songs." I'm like, "Well, you know, I write 99% of them. If. that ain't good for you, then that's. that's whatever.". >> I don't understand why people get so. hung up on stuff like that. You're. you're making music. You're co Even if. you weren't writing the song, you could. be co-writing it. Like there's so many. factors that go into writing music. I. hate when non-m musicians or people who. aren't in the industry judge people who.

are in the industry. It's like if we. went and told welders how toing weld a. straight line, you know, it's like leave. us the alone. It's it's ridiculous. >> Um, Own Worst Enemy has 24 tracks, which. is crazy. because most albums are like 10 to 12. Like what was that like writing 24 songs. and in your mind were you like you know. just keep adding songs or how what was. the process in adding so many songs? >> When I let out that first song Ain't No.

Cure I didn't have a song to go after. that. >> Mhm. >> And if I talk to a young artist nowadays. and they hadn't started they go you got. any advice? I said I would write as many. songs as you can before you start cuz. once you let that first one out, you're. on the clock for the next one if it. splashes. >> So I after after that I told myself I. will never not have something else to. let out. So I would drop a single and. I'd write three to five and I'd drop a.

single and I'd write three to five and. sometimes I'd write eight to 12 in that. four to six week period that I didn't. let something out. and then when we went to pick on worst. enemy I think we chose from like I don't. know 80 something songs we had sitting. around. So we I was like okay here's a. good title track own worst enemy. let's. pick all the songs that represent. self-destruction. >> out of this pile.

>> And since then, I've still been writing. I had people hit me up and go, "Are you. still creatively motivated after letting. this album out?" I was like, "I wrote an. album since then." I That pissed me off. Somebody asked me that and I I literally. I just walked out of the room. I was. like, "I ain't talking to you." Yeah, >> cuz I'm cuz I'm always writing and. >> I guess it's hard for you to sit still. Like is that like your creative outlet. is to write? Cuz I know some people will. sit down and write poems or sit down and.

write stories and for you your outlet is. music. >> I like just getting up in the morning. My girlfriend sleeps in. >> Mhm. Most women do. >> Yeah. She sleeps in and I really. appreciate that cuz I get my creative. time in the mornings from I don't know 8. to 8 to 11 or 8 to 10:30 and sitting on. the back porch watching the deer walk. through the yard picking on the guitar. smoking a little that's the happiest I.

am just when it's quiet I live a pretty. loud life recently but. >> yeah I I love getting away through. writing. If I'm if I'm in an emotional. state, I'm like, "Okay, I better go grab. that guitar and at least come up with a. melody and some some chords.". >> I love that you could have much more um. deconstructive ways of, you know, getting your emotions out, but writing. music, I think, is super constructive. So, kudos to you for not choosing bad.

habits. Um, so I hear you call yourself. an outlaw a lot. What is your definition. of an outlaw? because I know a lot of people have. different definitions for that. >> The only time I've ever called myself an. outlaw is in my song A Cigarette. >> I said trying to love an outlaw man. >> And then I guess over the time of me. just putting on rowdy shows where people. sing along, fight, throw beers.

That term is really. got thrown at me a lot. >> Right. I don't really. really soak in that like outlaw term a. lot. I'm just like, you know, we just do. crazy and we just have a good time and. we don't The biggest outlaw thing you. can do is make your own decisions. And. I've spent a whole. whole career out of going, I'm going to. do it my way. I'm not signing a piece of. paper where other people can tell me.

what to do. >> I write my own songs. I let out at my. own cadence. And uh if you want to call me an outlaw. for that, then you can call me an outlaw. for that, you know. But I don't go. around going, "Yeah, we're outlaw. country music.". >> Right. >> I I don't know if I've I don't know if. I've ever publicly said that. >> Yeah. I think I I don't know if I was. watching something where I think you had. said it, but I'll have to I'll have to. send it to resurface. Um. >> would So you said that you wouldn't sign.

a piece of paper. You're not signed to. somebody right now. I am, but I kept I'm. signed to Warner Nashville, but my. biggest thing was. >> I'm going to own my tracks when I leave. >> Gotcha. Your master. >> and. >> I get to choose when we let out music. and what we let out. >> So, you're doing it on your terms, >> which I think a lot of people don't. understand that, especially in the in. the independent realm. Everybody always. says, "Oh, you signed your soul away, you know, whenever you sign record. deals." And I feel like record deals.

aren't like they used to be back in the. day. Back in the day, if you signed a. record deal, they owned you and pretty. much you had no sort of like creative. control. And I feel like if you go into. a record deal now, um, you can kind of. use leverage and tell them what you. want. Do you feel like that's how it. worked out for you? >> Well, I think I put myself in a better. situation than a lot of artists do when. they come to town. Nothing against those. artists, but I kind of had the mindset. of I'm gonna make it on my own and if I.

never leave Georgia, I can quit or make my own music from. Georgia and I can live a nice life and I. can buy a nice piece of land and I can. just chill. And it got to a point where. I was. I I tell people this. I said I made my. first million dollars before I left. living with my parents. And I I think. that's awesome. People, why were you. living with your parents if you're. making that money? I was like, cuz I. love them and they're cool ass.

roommates. Like they were hell when I. was younger, but as they've got older, they're they're badass roommates. And uh. >> I don't know. I just I really really. felt passionate about. making it on my own before I went to. Nashville and started writing with. people. And that that was a chip on my. shoulder that I felt good about. And. then I got to a point in my career of I. want to play the biggest shows in the. world. I want to make this as big as I.

possibly can. I want to reach the most. amount of people. And I'm really proud. of all the people I've joined up with in. Nashville and all the people I write. with. They understand me. Uh, Warner. really understands my plan and my. process and they they've done a really. good job of going, "All right, kid. We. trust you. Go do your damn thing instead. of trying to hit the brakes or don't do. this, don't do this, and and uh we're.

going to keep keep doing it how we've. been doing it.". >> I love that for you. You were just. talking about your family about how. they're like cool ass roommates. There's. a song that you have that's called um. Need to where your mom's voice shows up. as kind of like a narrator. >> How much of family in real life bleeds. into your writing? >> A good bit. A lot more recently than it. did at at the start. >> Mhm. Um, I really.

I've let out a little bit of everything. from like more punk rock sounding. country music to traditional to. >> to just like straight up bluesy and then. like radio songs. And I just like to. touch a little bit of all of it within. the genre. >> And at first. >> I've I had the mindset of let's write. party songs. Mhm. >> And I I still love writing party songs. I've still got a ton of them that I'm. sitting around and I'm going to get. ready to let out.

>> But I've been writing a lot more. wholesome stuff lately as well. >> Just a lot more life stuff. And my. family. has been a lot more influenced lately on. a bunch of those, which I'm really. excited about starting to let out a. bunch of those through this next year. >> I also think it's cuz you're growing as. a man, too. you know, you're in love, you're in a relationship, so you're not. that wild party college, you know, football player boy, and you're like, you're a man and you're doing grown.

manit. So, I think as the years go on, that's your music is just going to keep. evolving to the phases of your life. >> Yep. >> So, let's talk about life on the road. Going from tiny shows to festivals, what's the craziest fan interaction that. you've had so far? I used to pull this camper around to my. first shows. and the first show I ever played was in. Birmingham, Alabama at the Zidico pub. It was like 400 people.

>> I bought this camper for $16,000. and we used it as the green room cuz. most of these places didn't have a green. room. >> And after that first show, we were like, let's party in this camper. So, I mean, we. we had probably 35 40 people inside of a. inside of I don't know 24 foot camper. That thing was rocking, squealing at the. at all all edges. >> How big was this camper? Just a little.

mini camper. >> Yeah, it was just a 24 foot. Had one. bedroom and two little bunks and a. bathroom and a a little slide. >> And. >> I love that you make the best out of. every situation. >> Hell yeah. I actually sold that camper last week. >> Somebody bought that. >> It was ragged out. >> Do they know the hell that it probably. went through and some of the that it. probably saw? >> So, we've got a guy that's worked for us. forever. >> Mhm. >> And his friend wanted to buy it. >> Mhm.

>> And I told the guy that's worked for us. forever, I said, I'd rather not sell it. to him cuz I'd rather sell it to. somebody I don't know and they just have. to deal with what it comes with it. >> Oh, no. So, he came over to the house. and was talking to me. This was this is. about a month ago, but he just picked it. up cuz he had to get the money. And I told him, I said, "The roof leaks, the sewer leaks out the back cuz I've. dragged it all around the southeast. Like, it's it's.

>> it's got water leaks on the inside, probably a little mold and stuff." I was. like, >> "I'm telling you now, if you want to buy. this, you know the problem so you're not. mad at me later." He said, "I want it.". And I was like, "All right, $14,000." He. took it. So, $2,000 off. And we ragged. that thing out. and it's gone. It It made me kind of sad. though cuz that was home. Memories. >> We lived in there for uh probably I. don't know six, eight months traveling. around the country.

>> That is so funny. My husband had a van. that he lived in when I first met him. named Bertha. >> Yeah. >> And it was the crustiesting van I've. ever seen. It had condoms on the floor, used ones. It had It was so like M&M's, like [ __ ] blunt wraps. Like, it was. the most disgusting thing I ever saw. And I still fell in love with this man. >> It was crazy, right? Like, why do you. guys all have in the beginning, you guys. all have a bertha? >> It seems like it, right? >> Yeah. >> And then you guys are so attached to. him. He did not want to get rid of.

thating van, dude. Big ass brown van. >> I think that was some of the most fun I. ever had on tour. cuz. I'd drive that camper. Three or four. people would ride with me. >> Mhm. >> The rest of the band would all also. drive. So, we'd be telling a venue that. wasn't big enough to go, "Hey, we need. six or seven parking spots. and I would be so stressed all day. Is. the band going to get here? What if they.

get in a wreck? What if they don't make. it? we're not gonna be able to play the. show if our bass player gets in a wreck. and because we're. >> and they'd pull up make it. We'd play. the show. It'd be insane. They'd be. singing every word and it would just. kind of be I look at them and I'd go, "Damn, we did it again, guys.". >> Not there was no there was no no. certainty about it at all. It was just. all flying on the seat of your pants and. >> answered prayers to make sure it. happened. You know, >> those are the good old days, right? >> Yeah. So, what's on your tour writer. that somebody that people would clown.

you for if they saw it? >> I don't know. We got We used to get. condoms on the tour rider, but we don't. get condoms on there anymore. >> Is everybody Is everybody cuffed up? Everybody has girlfriends now? >> All but a few. >> What about the ones who don't have. girlfriends? >> They supply their own condoms. >> Oh, there we go. >> Yeah. >> BYOC. Bring your own condoms. >> We got nicotine pouches and lighters. And we got a candle on there. >> Oh, what's the scent? We need to know.

the scent. >> It's just whatever they pick out. But. last one we got was like a like a manly. smell. It kind of smelt like cologne. >> It's like mahogany. >> Yeah. I'm I'm not too big on the on the. rider or stuff. But one day I might have. some like oysters on there or something. It would be good. >> Oh, they get crazy. Riders get crazy. Uh, what city has been your wildest. crowd? And which one shocked you by not. by not giving a damn? >> Every time I go to Ohio,

>> I don't know if it's because there's. nothing to do in Ohio. It's. >> It's the least tourist state that we. visit. I'm like, dang, >> these I mean, that's why I guess that's. why Ohio State football's so crazy. because they ain't got really much to. do, >> right? But every time I go there, it's. just more electric than anywhere I ever. play. Wow. It's crazy. Even in even in. my hometown or. >> uh where I went to college, Ohio is just.

insane. >> I love that for you because Ohio is huge. Jelly Roll fans. And whenever we were. coming up, they Ohio showed us so much. love. So for you to say that I think is. so awesome, too. >> Hell yeah. >> Yeah. I love that for you. >> They're trashy. >> Yeah, we love them. Those are our. people, baby. No doubt. >> Yeah. I love it. Okay. What crowd has. been like was not into it at all and you. had to like really work for it? >> What city? >> I played in Fort Smith, Arkansas two.

times and I didn't like it either time. >> Arkansas. >> Yeah. >> We I don't want to talk about Arkansas. because we love all of our fans there. But every water is from Arkansas, you. know, but every time we go there it's. it's it's hard. It's a hard crowd. >> You're going to win them over. I don't. know why it's such a hard crowd, though. >> I feel like they don't express their. excitement, you know, like maybe they. hold it all in. >> They're kind of like reserved or. whatever. All right, so we're going to. get into a little bit of your. controversy and public moments. And I.

was fully prepared to kind of like ask. you today like, "Hey, Gavin, you know, like why did you run away?" But then, and I'm talking about this the Zack. Bryan situation, but then I went and. like scoured the internet and I never. once heard you say that you wanted to. fight Zack Bryan. Am I missing that or. did you only say that he's just you. don't think that it was okay for him to. treat fans the way he did and that he. you don't think he's a good person? >> Yeah, I just said that on a on another.

podcast that I didn't really appreciate. how he reacted to a 14-year-old girl's. Why didn't you sign my stuff message and. telling her to get off my dick? Which is just a childish thing for a. 30-year-old to do. >> He told her to get off his dick. >> Yeah. On Tik Tok and commented on her. post and said, "Get off my dick. You're. not entitled to anything.". So, I sat there all day and I thought. about it and I was like, "That's [ __ ]. up." I was like, "Nobody's going to say.

nothing about it." So, I did. and. he uh decides to show up at my show in. Oklahoma at the Born and Raised. Festival, goes on stage with Gabriella Rose, which. he has a song with. >> I saw that. >> Which that was that pissed me off the. most the whole day. The the the fence. scaling stuff, the oh, I'm going to. fight you, I'm going to kill you type. stuff didn't bother me. The fact that he.

took advantage of her set, somebody that. has. was probably really excited about you. coming up there and singing the song. with. >> and took that moment and screamed, "Yeah, Gavin Adcock three or four times. the whole song.". She had to feel like sick because I've. only been just super nice to Gabriella.

I'm a big fan. I love the way she. sounds. And that just that rubbed me. really really wrong that day. >> Yeah, it's definitely hurtful. His. actions. and he he just paced around the. inside of the festival all day drunk as. hell throwing up in trash cans. going up to other artists treating them. like their crew like and just asking. where's Gavin. and when I got to the festival that. morning they said hey Zach's coming.

today he's probably going to try to. start some. to get you to not go on stage so just be. aware of that and my crew was smarter. enough to go, "Yeah, he's going to try. to pull some so you don't get to play. this show for 10,000 people 30 minutes. away from his house." So, I had that on. my mind all day. And when he pulled up. on the other side of the fence, I was. just chilling out there. He started. coming after me. So, I was like, "Let's. see how mad I can make this guy." So, I. just started. >> Your trolling capabilities are [ __ ].

A1. I just want to let you know that. I mean, I started off my career in a. public image of slander and hate. So, whatever you say about me cannot hurt. me, right? I just I'm going to laugh and. >> like. Zack Bryan fans commented on my [ __ ] all. past two weeks and it's only made my. post do better. Mhm. >> I probably went up I don't know 6 or. 700,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

just from them being whiny, >> right? >> And yeah, I did fuel the fire for that. whole next week. I posted a bunch of. [ __ ] to keep them going. Whatever. whatever keep them talking. >> Yeah. >> And uh. >> do you ever think that it could go too. far? Like do you think trolling can go. too far? Do you are you always conscious. of what you say and what you post to. make sure that it doesn't get too crazy? >> I just don't know how how far you like. how far is too far, you know? I'm not.

I'm not really sure. I mean, I'm not. saying anything. >> Yeah. Like my opinions about Zach are an. opinion of a quality person that's got. some. that's got some meaning to it of like, yeah, you shouldn't be doing that stuff. or you shouldn't be acting that way or. yeah, >> you shouldn't come and use a young girl. set to have a public beef like you. It's. just. >> Well, I was actually really surprised. because I thought that you had gone.

publicly and said you wanted to fight. him because the way the the internet was. reacting you know they were like why. Gavin ran away or you know Zach is crazy. and I was just like what really. happened? And so when I I dug deep and I. looked, you literally just said you. don't think he's a good person. And that. was his reaction, which honestly it was. kind of like case in point, like you. know, this man lives in the public eye. and for that to set him off to want to. climb a barbed wire fence.

>> I don't I don't know if he ever like. looks back at what he does and he's kind. of embarrassed, you know, because I know. I would be. I would be like, "Dude, this. person just said he thinks I'm a bad. person and I literally just proved him. right.". >> Yeah. >> You know, >> you know, it's just uh you think being. one of the biggest artists in America, you would just have a little more sense. >> Has he ever DM'd you? >> Never tried to talk to him. >> I never talked to him besides that. interaction at the fence. >> And I told him when we first started. arguing and raising hell at the fence, I.

said, "Zack, I'm not fighting you, dude. I'm about to go out here and play a. show." He goes, "Dude, you act like I've. never played a show before." I'm like, "Obviously you play country music, dude." But then he just kept coming at. me. So I was like, "I'm just going to. stir this up and see what he does." And. I told everybody, I was like, "Roll the. cameras." I was like, "Y'all watch. this." And I have a security guard and. they had festival security. And as soon. as he jumped over the fence, I take off.

towards Zach. my security guard's. tackling the [ __ ] out of me and going, "No, you're not doing that shit.". >> So, >> yeah, I get it. And I love that you. actually respected the festival because. that is, you know, one, you respected. the fans so that you could show up for. them, but two, you also respected the. festival because that's your business. And if you would have gotten in a fight. there, that could have affected other. business, uh, you know, situations for. you in the future. >> I hadn't played in Oklahoma in probably, I don't know, nearly a year. So instead.

of fighting Zack and getting arrested, the biggest win I could do is go out. there and play the rowdiest, most badass. show. >> And I really I really gave him the. energy that night. I like I pulled out. everything I had on stage to make it the. craziest. And uh. >> I'm proud of my decision to not fall. into his trap and ruin the show. I also. think that was setting a really good. example for the people who are watching. and are supporting you too because if. they're ever in a situation like that,

they they could be like, you know what, I'm going to take the high road also. So, I think that was, you know, I know. it wasn't your intention to be a good. role model, but I do believe in that. situation, you were a good role model. for them. So, in May of 2025, you were. arrested in um out here in Tennessee for. reckless driving, open container, the. headlines blew up. What part of that. story did people get wrong? Because you. know how people the internet just it. it's like a wildfire. >> Well, I've got this old car that was one.

of my dream cars when I was a little. kid. It's 1973 Dodge Challenger. I grew. up watching this show called the Dukes. of Hazard and they they drove the. General Lee that had the number one on. the side. >> And I always wanted a car like that. I. thought they were the most badass cars. So, I I'm finally made me some money. I was on the way to a show, found it on. Facebook Marketplace, called my manager, Saxon, made him go to the bank, get out. 40,000 cash, and drive up to Louisville,

Kentucky from Nashville and. pay the old man. I was like, Saxon might. get shot at uh at this old man's house. But. >> yeah, >> Saxon's here, by the way. Yeah, Saxon's. over here. He went and did it. Got it. for me. I put a good bit of money into. it. It was a It was to me a really good. steal. It was $40,000.

I've probably put I don't know $50,000. into the car to like get it just. absolutely perfect. The man told me it. had some problems that needed some. things changed out. And I got it kind of like the dude got. the camper. >> Yeah. And uh I wanted to take it on a. just a ride. One night, >> enjoy ride. >> Few days before I was cleaning out in. the garage. I was sitting in there was. having a beer cleaning dash off, wiping.

everything off and I left the beer can. in the floor. And when I went for my. drive, I got pulled over going 103. and took me to jail for reckless driving. and a. what was the other thing in there? Open. container. And the open container is. probably why I went to jail because it. was sitting in the floor. And I said, "You can breathalyze me right now. I. wouldn't be driving around town doing. this dumb [ __ ] drinking.".

>> Did they? >> No. He said, "No, I don't I don't think. you're drunk." But they ended up taking. me to jail, sitting there for 5 hours or. something, got up, headlines, whatever. I was like, I ain't really worried about it. Went to. court a few months ago, got that all. cleared up. Had to pay court fees. So, I. just took But I I talked to a old man. when I first started out. >> Mhm.

And he said, "You take every negative. situation that happens to you in this. business and turn it into the best. positive that you possibly can.". >> Mhm. >> And I had this song about blacking out. and going to jail that I'd wrote a long. time before that. >> Morning break. >> Morning bail. >> Morning bail. Sorry. >> So I just told everybody I was sitting. in jail thinking I was like, "What am I. gonna do to make this work out?" And I. said, "Well, let's just put out a song.

about getting arrested that didn't know. that was going to happen." And then we. sold Mugshot Tees. >> Do you feel like you kind of manifested. that by writing Morning Bill before this. even happened? Do you believe in that? Like if you write a song before it. happens, >> I do believe in manifesting stuff. So, I. mean, but I I wasn't sitting there. writing morning bail going, "Yeah, going. to get arrested." you know, it's just. like, but yeah, they go, "How how'd that work. out for you?" I said, "Well,

considering that I had to when they. towed my car, they drove it at the impound lot or took. it for a drive.". >> Mhm. >> Messed up my motor. I had to get a new. motor for the car. Had to pay. pay my ticket. And then I had to pay. like $4,000 in lawyer fees. some 20. 24,000 in the hole from that. But I. probably sold about $150,000 worth of. mug shot TE's since then. So there's.

little kids and husbands and wives. wearing my face on the couch right now. or out to dinner. >> I love that. >> So it just worked out. >> I feel like you get that hustle from. your dad. >> Yeah, >> cuz you you definitely have a horseshoe. up your ass with a lot of things. Like. you seem to have like I tell my husband. that too. like he anything he puts his. mind to he can conquer and you have that. same effect like if you say you want. something you go and get it and it. happens and like it just keeps happening.

for you. So I think that's actually. really a really cool momentum that you. have going on. >> I got to credit my mama for some of that. too. Yeah, >> because when I was a little kid, if I. wasn't doing good in school or I was. doing bad, >> mama was the first one to really get on. to me and be like, >> I'm not going to tell your daddy, but if. you don't get this right, he's going to. know. >> And I was the first of three kids, and I. got my ass whooped every week, at least. twice. >> So, you're the you're the oldest. >> Mhm. >> Okay.

>> They whoop my ass, and then they whoop. my sister's ass a little bit less. And. by the time my little brother come. along, they weren't whooping his ass. And I was pissed. I was a teenager. I. was like, "Why aren't you whooping his. ass?" They were like, "It didn't work.". >> So, we just quit. And. >> you broke him in, >> I guess. >> Yeah. That's how it was with me and my. sister, too. I got all the She like got. nothing. And is it the same for you, you. and your siblings? Are you guys all like. different personalities because of how. they were raised? Are you guys all the. same? >> We're totally different. >> Yeah. >> All three of us. >> Yeah.

I'd say me and my sister are a little. bit closer than like closer in mindset. than me and my brother. We're all pretty. close like. >> but me and her more similar than me and. my brother. >> He's. he kind of had to deal with us like. going to sports and doing all the stuff. and I was doing a bunch of stuff. She. was doing a bunch of stuff and he was. kind of like getting drugged along all. the time. >> Yeah. Cuz he was the baby. >> So he's very like self-aware about. things. He's seen a bunch of stuff. I. was I was a little 14 15 year old kid.

just cussing like a sailor in the house. My little my little nine-year-old. brother running around. He's hearing. every single thing I'm saying. >> Does he look up to you? >> I think he does. Yeah. >> There's there's been a time where. like I got I got arrested before the. week be a couple days before his high. school graduation. Mhm. >> So, he was kind of upset with me. >> that I that he felt like I like stole. his stole his light and I felt real bad.

about that. >> A. >> And then I went to let my album out and. it was on August 15th. >> Mhm. >> Which was his birthday. >> Oh. >> Which. >> he's a Leo so he's emotional. >> It's just the way that it fell. It was. like, "Okay, we've got this song, this. song, this song, and this is going to be. a good day to drop the album.". He text me this long text about how he. was pissed off at me for letting it out. on his I'm like I didn't I wasn't. thinking about it like that, dude. I I. wasn't trying to steal your light.

>> But he's went to college recently. He's. going to college at Georgia Southern. where I went. >> Mhm. >> He's really. He's really coming around to like. understanding a lot of things to me. He's getting He got away from home. He's. making his own decisions. And I think me. and him are growing closer and closer. ever since he's got to college, he's. kind of understanding, you know. >> How old is he now? >> 19. >> Oh yeah. You guys are just the older he. gets and the more you know he matures, you guys will definitely get closer and.

closer for sure. >> So do you feel like people just take. what you say and kind of like run with. it? Do you feel like everybody's already. against what you're going to say? cuz. like the situation with Beyonce, you had. said that you don't consider her country. and that kind of like set the internet. on fire and you do stand by that cuz. I've seen in other um video in other. podcasts that you've said, you know, yeah, I truly do believe that. Do you. feel like cuz I again I don't feel like.

anything you've said is that crazy to. warrant the press and the storms that. they cause. Well, start off. I listened to Beyonce with my. mom growing up in the car. She has some. incredible music. She's very talented. >> I don't think she appreciated the. country genre or what it's about or the. people or anything that goes into. country music. I think it was kind of an. invading thing of like, I'm going to.

just go let out a country album and. label it as country and take my 50,000. monthly listeners and just go over here. and do this. Um, I didn't say anything. off the wall. >> They made it crazy. and. her fans started coming into my page and. commenting bees. >> The beehive dog around. >> I mean, but they weren't hurting. anything. >> Yeah. >> I mean, like, they were just making the.

post do better. So, I I woke up one. morning and I was I gave a little groan. on a video. I was like, m I was dreaming. and I want to let y'all know that ain't. country and just stirred it up again. I. just I don't know. I I get under some. people's skin by my by my I don't give a. >> It's those trolling capabilities that I. told you about. You You're their A1. You. can troll like a [ __ ]. >> You know how to keep something going. >> Yeah. And people are like, "Why are you. still posting about the Zach stuff?" I'm.

like, "Well, I'm gonna have a good week. off of this." Yeah. Even though y'all. are y'all are upset that I'm still. talking about it, but I'm I'm not. pressed about it. >> All right, so let's talk about stage. coach because you're playing stage coach. this year. Yeah. Is this your first. stage coach? >> Mhm. >> Tell me how you're feeling about that. >> It's going to be awesome. I first time I. ever played in California was early this. year. >> I went on a West tour. >> and. Sorry, >> you're good. take my zen out. And uh I wasn't really sure about.

country fan bases that far. uh west. and we sold the whole tour out in a. couple weeks. >> We went over there and the shows were. just as electric. and I think it's because they are kind. of starved out from a lot of music. First of all, because it's so far away. from where country music is based, which. is in the southeast and east of Texas,

and I have I've had some of my most. surprising shows on the West Coast. So, I'm I'm really excited to be playing. like the biggest country festival out. west and just. >> we got offer to do it the year before, but it was at like a terrible slot early. in the day. the money wasn't really. right for us to go over there and lose. some money. So, I was really excited. when when we got offered enough money to. go over there and just I love playing. for big festivals and giant shows and.

we'll come off stage sometimes when we. >> open up for big people. >> and the band will go that show is okay. And I was like, well, it was better than. you think because those people didn't. know who we were when we got here. >> and a lot of them are gonna look us up. after we leave. So, just because they're. not singing every word doesn't mean it. wasn't a good show. >> Absolutely. That's we had to fight for. fans in Europe uh with Post Malone. Everybody knows Post out there, but.

nobody really knew Jelly Roll. And so, every night my husband said the same. thing you did. He was like, I'm just. going to go out here and I'm going to. win this crowd over. And that's how you. start building a huge fan base is, you. know, just playing show by show by show. I've seen my husband play shows to 50. people, you know, and it's like he still. played that show like it was the best. show of his life and won all 50 of those. people over and then you just keep doing. it and then you know sooner or later. everybody knows who you are. >> Um but to to comment on the West Coast. stuff, I'm from the West Coast and so is.

Mimi. It's a huge country um music like. we love country music out there because. it's western and we're we're in the. west. >> Um but. they I think the reason why country. music does so good out there is because. it's always like the rock bands are out. there and country barely ever goes out. there. So when stage it's stage coach's. time to play that's likeing what's the. other festival called? Coachella. That's. likeing country Coachella. So everybody. like goes just bonkers whenever the.

lineup gets um announced. So I was. really excited to see your name on. there. >> Yeah, I'm I'm excited to go. Just this. means a lot to a bunch of different. people and like like you said with Jelly. playing 50 people, I'm never going to go. out to a show and go, it's just not. going to be it tonight. I mean, if we're. playing for nobody or we're playing for. 100,000, we're going to. >> give them all we got. You know, that's. always how it's going to be. >> Absolutely. Well, I'm going to ask you a.

couple more questions and then I'm going. to let you go cuz I've already talked. your ear off today. But 5 years from now. when I call you again, I'll probably see. you again for them at award shows. But. to come back on the show, what do you. want to be bragging about to me then? >> Hope to be headlining stadiums. >> Yeah, >> that's always been the plan. Ever since. we were I was paying the band $150 a. piece. they were making enough to pay. for their gas there and back and make a. few hundred bucks. I just told them,

"Look guys, y'all stick with me. I'm. going to work my ass off and we're going. to be headlining stadiums one day. Just. stick with me." So, we've been. continuing to grow and. I hope that uh we just keep letting out. music at the same cadence and get there. And I hope that's what I get to tell you. when we come back. Well, at the rate of. songs that you're writing, you're going. to definitely get there because you are. you're pretty hard worker. So, and a lot. of people don't chase the dream. They. let the dream chase them and they expect.

everything to come to them. And you're. not doing that. You're not sitting. around waiting for any of that. >> Do you want to win awards? Is that. something that you're in this for? >> I'm not going to let it determine my. career if I don't win any awards. >> I got nominated for ACM last year. >> Uh didn't win. We went had a good time. Uh, saw everybody. I enjoyed it. >> My girlfriend enjoyed it more than me. She gets to dress up. Yeah, >> that's that's great. But I'm just going.

to keep letting out the music that we. let out. And if it's eligible or good. enough to whoever standards that gets to. pick, then. >> that'll be that. But, you know, it. >> yeah, >> it'd be great and I'd be I'd be happy. about it. >> You'll definitely win some awards. If. you could leave one message for the fans. listening right now, what would it be? >> I don't really do this for me anymore. now that I've got some money. just want them to get music and enjoy.

their life, you know, and if I can add. some kind of value to that by the time. they get 60, 70, 80 years old and they. go, "Man, we got to see Gavin Adcock and. he let us out all these songs and they. help me." And the amount of people that. come up to me and go, "Man, you saved my. life." I'm like, >> I don't think I saved your life, but I'm. glad I could help if that's if that's. what is helping you, you know. >> A Gavin, you're a sweet boy. I really.

enjoyed our conversation today. Thank. you for. >> I appreciate it. >> And you better come back and visit me. >> I will. >> All right. Can you tell everybody where. they can find you if they're not already. following you? Like your shout out your. socials. >> You can find me uh Gavin Adcock Music on. all platforms. Uh Gavin Adcock on Apple. Music, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, Pandora. >> Where can they buy the Mugshot uh. t-shirt cuz you know everybody's going. to want that. >> Gavin Acockmusic.com. >> Let's go, baby. Thank you so much for. being here.

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