January 3, 2018 • 20 mins
When I got to Nashville someone did something nice for me that helped my career. It's time to pay it forward. Meet Larry Fleet.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, this is Jake Owen and this is Good Company.
Good Company. Welcome to Good Company, a podcast where we
talk about everything under the sun, friends, good times, and
good company. Now here's your host, Jake. Alright, y'all, what's
(00:23):
up Jake? I am back for another episode of Good
Company with Jake. And uh, today is is something that's
pretty cool. I wanted to, Um, I want to intro
you guys to a friend of mine. Missed his name
is missed, the Larry Fleet Yo yo. And you know, uh,
some of you guys might have, uh might have already
known the name Larry Fleet by perhaps if any of
(00:45):
y'all followed. Uh my Instagram page posted some live videos
a little while back when we were sitting around a
campfire out on my property and um, I was we
were in the studio, Larry was in town for the day,
and I said, man, and you've got to come in
here and let's get you in front of these microphones
and so you have a little bit better of a
chance to entro yourself to those out there. And that's
(01:07):
what Good Company is all about. That's what that's what
this whole podcast started for, was for me to talk
about things that just interested me and things that are
fun for those out there, and good people and good
stories and good conversation, and uh, that's what you are,
Larry Fleetman, you interest the heck out of me because,
uh I I ran into you for the first time
(01:30):
at a friend of ours, um Wesley Finches property and
in a barn, and you reminded me of me, uh,
except you have a way better voice. And uh. I
was coming walking up to the barn, and I remember
people used to say this to me. Sometimes they were like, man,
I came in. I didn't know if like they were
playing a radio or what, and and I'm like, you know, thanks.
(01:51):
I remember when someone used to say that as a compliment.
And I was walking up that night and I don't
know what song you were playing, but I uh, it
might have been a Stapleton tune or something then and
I was like, damn, I'm like that sounds good. I
was just walking up and I had no idea you're
playing live. And I came in and I saw you
sitting over there plane and I was like, who is
this guy? And I could tell that everybody else in
(02:11):
the room was saying the same thing. So Larry Fleet,
y'all say hey, hilarious. Larry sitting here behind the mic
go y'all, hello, hello, hello, and uh I walked up
and said, man, I introduced myself, and you told me,
you know, you tell everybody where you're from. Man, what's what?
What's your story? I'm from White Bluff, Tennessee, which is
Dixon County, but grew up around the county line between
(02:34):
Cheatham County and Dixon County. You know what Cheatham County
that I know where Cheatham County that I live in Chea,
that's right. I don't know I grew up there. I
live in Chattanooga now, didn't didn't vern Gos didn't he
live in White Bluff? Yeah? Yeah, he's like, dude, what
vern Gos was like a hero of mine, man, So
that my man. Yeah, there was a Creepies barbershop which
(02:54):
was he cut everybody's hair. He had two hair That's
where he had that picture on his album, right, Yeah,
that was in the front of the show a litten stone. Yeah.
My mom would not let my granddad take me and
my brother to get our haircut by Creepy anymore because
it was either a flat top or buzz I mean,
that's pretty much all you got. Where where do you
get your haircut? Now, I'll do that in my own bathroom.
(03:15):
That's awesome. But yeah, White Bluff, Tennessee. Man. Uh, yeah,
it's Cheatham County, just right up the road. And it
was just, I don't know, it's kind of it seemed
like one of those deals. When I ran into you
that day, I was like, I got to know more
about this guy. So we we kind of kept in
touch and you came out, like I said, to the farm,
um the while, you know, a little while back, and
we sat around and playing some songs. And it's been
(03:37):
my goal to now to just help you get your
name and your voice out to the people of the world, man,
where they're able to hear you. And and I'm excited
for that because your story, as your story goes, I mean,
so tell me. So you you're in Chattanooga now, correct,
and uh you're over there making music random wherever you're going,
(03:58):
playing wherever. Though you give us your story man, Well,
uh grew up playing bluegrass one ports to another, you know,
just what we could do and uh weekends and after
church and whatnot. And then I don't know, probably ten
years ago I started writing for a couple of different companies,
(04:19):
you know, one company of the time, not uh started
writing for a couple of different companies. So through the years.
Let me stop you there for a second. So you know,
like you said, you play bluegrass, you moved to town.
You live here, you're outside of Nashville, but you came
in town. You got you got a publishing deal or something.
Back in the day. Yet I think I wrote five
songs and sitting down with the label and then like,
(04:40):
you want to sign with us? And I said, yeah, okay,
So did you get the whole rigaman role when you first?
I mean where because obviously, I mean you had the
voice and you've got now people recognize that. But did
you did you feel like when you you were saying
earlier were chatting, I mean you got this deal or
you just did you feel like the whole the whole
formula was you get this deal and all of a sudden,
you're gonna be famous, Like you're gonna you're gonna go
(05:01):
You're gonna go from playing bluegrass on front porches to
playing arenas full of people. I remember leaving the office
that day. I was like, yeah, okay, let's do it. Deal.
You know, I went straight to the bar that night
and I was like, I'm famous. You know, you guys
have seen you guys have seen that. In this sound
we got a couple of other guys in the studio
with shout out Keith Coping and John Anthony is always
(05:23):
holding it down on this podcast for us there in
the background, always making sure it sounds good. But these
guys are Nashville cats. And then they know that, you know,
we've all seen it, man. I mean there's the you know,
people you get a record deal or you get a
publishing deal, and you think that that's it. I mean,
that's what's gonna happen. You're famous now, your kid, you know,
your your parents or your family or whoever they think
you're famous. And yeah, you know, and everybody that you're
(05:46):
friends with because you you have a publishing deal, you're legit.
You know, you were bona fide now and you couldn't
tell me any different either. I thought that was it,
and uh, I thought, well, okay, probably two or three
weeks in, I have couple of songs cut, and you know,
go out and buy me a Rains Rober or something
you know that will be bowling. And now it didn't
(06:09):
work like that. But I actually worked for a radio
station here in town, and I remember they started laying
people off. And that's whenever I got a pub deal
was because I left there like a week later. I
was like, I gotta find something to do, you know.
And the first place I went I got a deal.
I had no songs either. I mean I just started
writing and uh, they liked it, so they signed me.
And then you know, I did that for a while
(06:32):
and then start playing around and this this is before
you were married. Oh yeah, we'ven't been married for a
little over. So yeah, we hit hit the road. I
play any bar anywhere around, especially Southeast, was tearing them up.
And then I signed another pub deal after that one
was over a few years back. And then we had
(06:53):
one song hit hit the radio but didn't do too well.
And that's that's that you that you would were singing
on or did you? Yeah, I sign a pub deal first.
And is there a place where as of right now,
without any new music out is there a is there
a place you would send people to, I mean where
you have your music out there where people can hear.
Oh yeah, I tune Spotify. There's five songs on there
(07:15):
and you can listen to him as much as you want. Yeah,
and tell your grandma and grandpa to go get them too,
right exact spread the word. So yeah, did that? Learned
a lot from it, and uh, I kind of took
a step back, and for the past three years or so,
I'm just gonna I've been working and doing the married
life and the all American dream. But I I sense it.
(07:38):
That's why I feel like you're here, man. I feel
like that's why I'm talking to you. I feel like
I feel like when I met you, I don't know,
you just struck a chord with me. Man on something
where when I first moved to town. A lot of
people don't know this about me, even though this story
has been a bit misconstrued. But I moved to town.
I dropped out of college. I moved up here, and uh,
I only had maybe like eight hundred bucks I think
(08:01):
at the max, because maybe my dad gave me an
extra four hundred like what she was mad at me
anyways for leaving college. But he was supportive father, so
he said, look, I'll help you out a little bit,
but you're on your own. And I moved up here
and I needed somewhat something to do with that money,
and and my mind, I don't know if it was
just you. You kind of have to see it to
believe it or what. But I thought, well, if I'm
gonna go start a bank account, I might as well
(08:23):
do it on music Row, because isn't that where the
music music Row people go, you know? And I was
always trying to think of ways to get myself in
areas where I could at least be seen or heard.
And I knew it wasn't gonna happen in Tallahassee. So
that's why I moved to Nashville. And then that first
stop was that bank and walked in SunTrust Bank. Um
it was over here where docmgeese spot is now on
(08:43):
the row, and I met this lady named Becky mcolloyin
and she was so sweet. I said, what are you
here for? I told her. I said, She's like, well,
I'd love to hear your music sometime. I was like, well,
that's really funny, you as, because I got one in
my pocket right now. I got a CD, so I
left it with her the next day. Very next day
she called and she said, here is this guy going
to reach out to you from Warner Chapel Music. He
(09:04):
loved your songs. Sure enough, guy calls me, Um says, hey, man,
I want to work with you. I thought I was
freaking famous in a day, dude, and I Um. I
called home to my mom and dad couldn't believe it.
And I end up working with these guys for for
a few months, um until way, long story short, it
just kind of it didn't feel right and it fizzled
out and I made a different move. But my point
(09:26):
of bringing that up is is that there's random reasons.
If it wasn't for that lady in the bank who
I by the way, Becky mclwaine shout out. Uh. She's
still my banker to this day. I love her and
her husband uh very much and um, they're just great people.
But if it wasn't for her, and it wasn't for
her just kind of sensing something about me and helping
me out, you know, I don't know where i'd be
(09:47):
right now. And UM, so I feel like I've been
lucky enough at this point in my life to have,
like whether it's this podcast, whether it's being out on
the road, whether it's playing songs, I have this platform
where I've been able to. When I see someone that
I think is great, I just want to help them. Man, Like,
I'm not like, there's you know, this is a town
full of people of places that like, look, at the
end of the day, people are trying to make it.
(10:08):
You're trying to make a dollar to say, do your
family and everybody. But like, I've never in my life
chased anything based upon money. I've always done it because
I've been interested in and I think it's all and
and for some reason money has come along with that.
But it's interesting to me here you say earlier when
you're like, you know, I thought it was really gonna
get a range row or something something like that. Like,
I think a lot of people feel that way when
(10:29):
they come to town. They see the business, they see
these shiny buildings, they see the big dogs in the
business having nice things and going to parties at they're
nice houses and stuff, and uh, I think that's what
misconstrues people's people's paths sometimes. And so I'm interested. I'm
interested in your story just where you know. And after
(10:51):
saying all that and where you are now, I went
off on this tangent because I said, there's this fire
I believe that I can see on your face man
and inside of you that you want is to happen.
But I guess my question to you is how are
you going to make it out? And what what's your
what is your thoughts from here on out? And where
you are now in your life? You're married, you you're
not living in Nashville. You what's you know? I know
that put you on the spot, but I mean that's life.
(11:13):
Life's about being put on the spot. You know. The
twenty year old self and then my thirty year old
self is so much different now and uh, you know,
back then it was like, oh the shiny things, you know,
and what what I look at? You know, I'm gonna
get to go cool parties, I'm gonna drive cool cars
and you know all this stuff. And now it's like,
you know what, I would kind of like to just
(11:34):
go home and uh make a living doing what I
like to do. But it's kind of like this. You
do plenty of charity work stuff too. When you got
a talent that you can use, uh, and it costs
you nothing to help other people out, that would be awesome.
Like every year in November we would we would have
a little show at the Bowling Alley bar and I'd say, look,
(11:57):
you know, free cover charge or whatever us bring in,
Uh you need to pay five dollars and put in
the pot, or you can bring a toy in whatever,
and we would raise all kinds of money and toys
when I say, all kinds of thousand bucks or something,
you know, and give it to the local people there
to to give it to the needy families and stuff
for for the kids. And I always thought, man, that
was that's so cool. But imagine what you could do
(12:19):
on an upper level, you know. And that's something that
I like that I look forward to now and didn't
really know that I was doing that back then. But um,
so my ideas have changed and my motivation has changed.
And yes I'm married now, so we've been married for
a little over a year. So now it's not me
trying to take care of myself. It's a family. And
(12:41):
uh we we have a bloodhound and my wife, so
he needs more than my wife does. So I mean
we gotta you know, I gotta put food on the table.
And so motivation is changed and that's where we're at now.
Oh yeah, man, I uh, I told you when I
when I first met you. You know, you're married, having
that having that life, and it's important as as I
(13:04):
talked previously on my podcast before with my grandparents they've
been married for seven years, and how important it is
to take care of that the relationship because I find
that that happiness stems from your core of what your
values are. You know. And um, but I wanted today
before we got out of here too, um, maybe pick
a song or two let you sing it, sing on
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your tunes. Um, because one thing that a lot of
my fans of people out there know about me that
they might not necessarily always get to hear from me
on the radio, is how my love for old school
good country music man. And when I heard you singing,
I knew that you felt the same way about that. So, uh,
the other night we were sitting around the fire and
I'll just started picking this and and uh, I started singing, Hey,
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let's talk about you all, daddy, tell me how your
mama love that man and old Larry just break out
idle halls. I tell you about the drifting cattle and bang.
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We won't talk about the habits, just the music and
the man. Now, Hey, you just gotta tell me did
your daddy really write all of them songs, did he? Man?
(14:32):
I don't deserve no answer, hogs. Let's light them, just
move along. Do you think he ruled them about your mama,
about the man who's done it wrong? Yeah, we're back.
Then they called them crazy. Now that they's ain't call
(14:53):
him the same, Both spoons, don't not if I out
him from the operation that calls his biggest pain. Well,
if he was here right now, both sea fish, Yeah,
(15:14):
do you think that we'll be right? Do you just
think you mine? Don't you know? He would want toms.
He'd be right here by our sign. If we live
bull show and provo, be the first one on the
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bus and ready to ride. It's ready to go, Man,
we get uh, we could keep rocking on that. I'm
gonna hand you this guitar because I want you to
before we get out here, I want you to play
a tune, uh, one of your tunes man, that you're
just singing on. But um, it's exciting for me man
to meet you and share you with the folks out there. Um.
This year on the podcast, I wanted to make sure
(15:56):
that that that people that I met like yourself. I
got on here because as we said like having the
platform to be able to do that. There's nothing that
brings more pleasure to me than being able to introduce
people to folks like yourself, UM, that are super talented
and are great, and uh, we have the ability to
do that. So you guys, thanks again Larry Fleet for
(16:16):
coming by. Uh this is Larry Fleet here from Cheatham County,
White Bluff, Tennessee. Um, and he's gonna rocky one of
his songs, What are you gonna play for us? Man?
Right to one called die Young that I wrote. All right, yeah, man,
(16:41):
we are not seeing inside of smokeing. I play Tips
and the pickle Tom and I don't want to hide
pay my ran Dan, damn Donards and fitness And well
(17:03):
I got busted for smoking pot in the Domino's Pizza
parking lot and I did a little time in the
county jail until my daddy could come and pay my bill.
And it's all pat live on this good line, standing
(17:29):
in the spot line and putting up fine not on
keep one dawn on the people. See. Yeah, I'm sure
Hank done it this week. It's a live hard, live
fast and die on. Yeah. Well, I texted a thousand
(18:01):
dollar glass of shamplain and I stood up all night
dhing cocaine. I've been city working pool, and I've lived
in the slums, and I've been an honorary remember at
the country club. And it's all pall live on this
(18:23):
good line, standing in a spott line and putting up
a good fight, and not on give one dawn on
the peep. See Lord, I'm sure hain't done it this week,
(18:43):
So live on, Live fast and die on. Will I
walk on Jesus And I've told of God and he
drowned my sins and my uncle's palm. And I got
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a good girl and his sweeting at home, and she
loves me no matter what I don't. And it's on
far live on this good line, standing in the spotting line,
putting up good fire, not on give one damn a
(19:32):
pep c. Yeah, I'm sure hang done it, desple, So
live home, Live fast, and die you on. Yeah, Larry
fleeing the house, Yo, that was the Good Company podcast,
(19:55):
Coming at you one more time. We really appreciate you,
Larry Fleet swinging by talk canto us Man. We're gonna
try to We're gonna try to sling you out there
and get you here, but as many people as we
possibly can, and then, uh, I think you got it
from there man again. People can find your music on iTunes, Spotify,
wherever your favorite music is sold, played, or stream. We'll
(20:16):
see you guys soon, right back here on Good Company
with Jake. Appreciate you, yo,
Hey, this is Jake Owen and this is Good Company.
Good Company. Welcome to Good Company, a podcast where we
talk about everything under the sun, friends, good times, and
good company. Now here's your host, Jake. Alright, y'all, what's
(00:23):
up Jake? I am back for another episode of Good
Company with Jake. And uh, today is is something that's
pretty cool. I wanted to, Um, I want to intro
you guys to a friend of mine. Missed his name
is missed, the Larry Fleet Yo yo. And you know, uh,
some of you guys might have, uh might have already
known the name Larry Fleet by perhaps if any of
(00:45):
y'all followed. Uh my Instagram page posted some live videos
a little while back when we were sitting around a
campfire out on my property and um, I was we
were in the studio, Larry was in town for the day,
and I said, man, and you've got to come in
here and let's get you in front of these microphones
and so you have a little bit better of a
chance to entro yourself to those out there. And that's
(01:07):
what Good Company is all about. That's what that's what
this whole podcast started for, was for me to talk
about things that just interested me and things that are
fun for those out there, and good people and good
stories and good conversation, and uh, that's what you are,
Larry Fleetman, you interest the heck out of me because,
uh I I ran into you for the first time
(01:30):
at a friend of ours, um Wesley Finches property and
in a barn, and you reminded me of me, uh,
except you have a way better voice. And uh. I
was coming walking up to the barn, and I remember
people used to say this to me. Sometimes they were like, man,
I came in. I didn't know if like they were
playing a radio or what, and and I'm like, you know, thanks.
(01:51):
I remember when someone used to say that as a compliment.
And I was walking up that night and I don't
know what song you were playing, but I uh, it
might have been a Stapleton tune or something then and
I was like, damn, I'm like that sounds good. I
was just walking up and I had no idea you're
playing live. And I came in and I saw you
sitting over there plane and I was like, who is
this guy? And I could tell that everybody else in
(02:11):
the room was saying the same thing. So Larry Fleet,
y'all say hey, hilarious. Larry sitting here behind the mic
go y'all, hello, hello, hello, and uh I walked up
and said, man, I introduced myself, and you told me,
you know, you tell everybody where you're from. Man, what's what?
What's your story? I'm from White Bluff, Tennessee, which is
Dixon County, but grew up around the county line between
(02:34):
Cheatham County and Dixon County. You know what Cheatham County
that I know where Cheatham County that I live in Chea,
that's right. I don't know I grew up there. I
live in Chattanooga now, didn't didn't vern Gos didn't he
live in White Bluff? Yeah? Yeah, he's like, dude, what
vern Gos was like a hero of mine, man, So
that my man. Yeah, there was a Creepies barbershop which
(02:54):
was he cut everybody's hair. He had two hair That's
where he had that picture on his album, right, Yeah,
that was in the front of the show a litten stone. Yeah.
My mom would not let my granddad take me and
my brother to get our haircut by Creepy anymore because
it was either a flat top or buzz I mean,
that's pretty much all you got. Where where do you
get your haircut? Now, I'll do that in my own bathroom.
(03:15):
That's awesome. But yeah, White Bluff, Tennessee. Man. Uh, yeah,
it's Cheatham County, just right up the road. And it
was just, I don't know, it's kind of it seemed
like one of those deals. When I ran into you
that day, I was like, I got to know more
about this guy. So we we kind of kept in
touch and you came out, like I said, to the farm,
um the while, you know, a little while back, and
we sat around and playing some songs. And it's been
(03:37):
my goal to now to just help you get your
name and your voice out to the people of the world, man,
where they're able to hear you. And and I'm excited
for that because your story, as your story goes, I mean,
so tell me. So you you're in Chattanooga now, correct,
and uh you're over there making music random wherever you're going,
(03:58):
playing wherever. Though you give us your story man, Well,
uh grew up playing bluegrass one ports to another, you know,
just what we could do and uh weekends and after
church and whatnot. And then I don't know, probably ten
years ago I started writing for a couple of different companies,
(04:19):
you know, one company of the time, not uh started
writing for a couple of different companies. So through the years.
Let me stop you there for a second. So you know,
like you said, you play bluegrass, you moved to town.
You live here, you're outside of Nashville, but you came
in town. You got you got a publishing deal or something.
Back in the day. Yet I think I wrote five
songs and sitting down with the label and then like,
(04:40):
you want to sign with us? And I said, yeah, okay,
So did you get the whole rigaman role when you first?
I mean where because obviously, I mean you had the
voice and you've got now people recognize that. But did
you did you feel like when you you were saying
earlier were chatting, I mean you got this deal or
you just did you feel like the whole the whole
formula was you get this deal and all of a sudden,
you're gonna be famous, Like you're gonna you're gonna go
(05:01):
You're gonna go from playing bluegrass on front porches to
playing arenas full of people. I remember leaving the office
that day. I was like, yeah, okay, let's do it. Deal.
You know, I went straight to the bar that night
and I was like, I'm famous. You know, you guys
have seen you guys have seen that. In this sound
we got a couple of other guys in the studio
with shout out Keith Coping and John Anthony is always
(05:23):
holding it down on this podcast for us there in
the background, always making sure it sounds good. But these
guys are Nashville cats. And then they know that, you know,
we've all seen it, man. I mean there's the you know,
people you get a record deal or you get a
publishing deal, and you think that that's it. I mean,
that's what's gonna happen. You're famous now, your kid, you know,
your your parents or your family or whoever they think
you're famous. And yeah, you know, and everybody that you're
(05:46):
friends with because you you have a publishing deal, you're legit.
You know, you were bona fide now and you couldn't
tell me any different either. I thought that was it,
and uh, I thought, well, okay, probably two or three
weeks in, I have couple of songs cut, and you know,
go out and buy me a Rains Rober or something
you know that will be bowling. And now it didn't
(06:09):
work like that. But I actually worked for a radio
station here in town, and I remember they started laying
people off. And that's whenever I got a pub deal
was because I left there like a week later. I
was like, I gotta find something to do, you know.
And the first place I went I got a deal.
I had no songs either. I mean I just started
writing and uh, they liked it, so they signed me.
And then you know, I did that for a while
(06:32):
and then start playing around and this this is before
you were married. Oh yeah, we'ven't been married for a
little over. So yeah, we hit hit the road. I
play any bar anywhere around, especially Southeast, was tearing them up.
And then I signed another pub deal after that one
was over a few years back. And then we had
(06:53):
one song hit hit the radio but didn't do too well.
And that's that's that you that you would were singing
on or did you? Yeah, I sign a pub deal first.
And is there a place where as of right now,
without any new music out is there a is there
a place you would send people to, I mean where
you have your music out there where people can hear.
Oh yeah, I tune Spotify. There's five songs on there
(07:15):
and you can listen to him as much as you want. Yeah,
and tell your grandma and grandpa to go get them too,
right exact spread the word. So yeah, did that? Learned
a lot from it, and uh, I kind of took
a step back, and for the past three years or so,
I'm just gonna I've been working and doing the married
life and the all American dream. But I I sense it.
(07:38):
That's why I feel like you're here, man. I feel
like that's why I'm talking to you. I feel like
I feel like when I met you, I don't know,
you just struck a chord with me. Man on something
where when I first moved to town. A lot of
people don't know this about me, even though this story
has been a bit misconstrued. But I moved to town.
I dropped out of college. I moved up here, and uh,
I only had maybe like eight hundred bucks I think
(08:01):
at the max, because maybe my dad gave me an
extra four hundred like what she was mad at me
anyways for leaving college. But he was supportive father, so
he said, look, I'll help you out a little bit,
but you're on your own. And I moved up here
and I needed somewhat something to do with that money,
and and my mind, I don't know if it was
just you. You kind of have to see it to
believe it or what. But I thought, well, if I'm
gonna go start a bank account, I might as well
(08:23):
do it on music Row, because isn't that where the
music music Row people go, you know? And I was
always trying to think of ways to get myself in
areas where I could at least be seen or heard.
And I knew it wasn't gonna happen in Tallahassee. So
that's why I moved to Nashville. And then that first
stop was that bank and walked in SunTrust Bank. Um
it was over here where docmgeese spot is now on
(08:43):
the row, and I met this lady named Becky mcolloyin
and she was so sweet. I said, what are you
here for? I told her. I said, She's like, well,
I'd love to hear your music sometime. I was like, well,
that's really funny, you as, because I got one in
my pocket right now. I got a CD, so I
left it with her the next day. Very next day
she called and she said, here is this guy going
to reach out to you from Warner Chapel Music. He
(09:04):
loved your songs. Sure enough, guy calls me, Um says, hey, man,
I want to work with you. I thought I was
freaking famous in a day, dude, and I Um. I
called home to my mom and dad couldn't believe it.
And I end up working with these guys for for
a few months, um until way, long story short, it
just kind of it didn't feel right and it fizzled
out and I made a different move. But my point
(09:26):
of bringing that up is is that there's random reasons.
If it wasn't for that lady in the bank who
I by the way, Becky mclwaine shout out. Uh. She's
still my banker to this day. I love her and
her husband uh very much and um, they're just great people.
But if it wasn't for her, and it wasn't for
her just kind of sensing something about me and helping
me out, you know, I don't know where i'd be
(09:47):
right now. And UM, so I feel like I've been
lucky enough at this point in my life to have,
like whether it's this podcast, whether it's being out on
the road, whether it's playing songs, I have this platform
where I've been able to. When I see someone that
I think is great, I just want to help them. Man, Like,
I'm not like, there's you know, this is a town
full of people of places that like, look, at the
end of the day, people are trying to make it.
(10:08):
You're trying to make a dollar to say, do your
family and everybody. But like, I've never in my life
chased anything based upon money. I've always done it because
I've been interested in and I think it's all and
and for some reason money has come along with that.
But it's interesting to me here you say earlier when
you're like, you know, I thought it was really gonna
get a range row or something something like that. Like,
I think a lot of people feel that way when
(10:29):
they come to town. They see the business, they see
these shiny buildings, they see the big dogs in the
business having nice things and going to parties at they're
nice houses and stuff, and uh, I think that's what
misconstrues people's people's paths sometimes. And so I'm interested. I'm
interested in your story just where you know. And after
(10:51):
saying all that and where you are now, I went
off on this tangent because I said, there's this fire
I believe that I can see on your face man
and inside of you that you want is to happen.
But I guess my question to you is how are
you going to make it out? And what what's your
what is your thoughts from here on out? And where
you are now in your life? You're married, you you're
not living in Nashville. You what's you know? I know
that put you on the spot, but I mean that's life.
(11:13):
Life's about being put on the spot. You know. The
twenty year old self and then my thirty year old
self is so much different now and uh, you know,
back then it was like, oh the shiny things, you know,
and what what I look at? You know, I'm gonna
get to go cool parties, I'm gonna drive cool cars
and you know all this stuff. And now it's like,
you know what, I would kind of like to just
(11:34):
go home and uh make a living doing what I
like to do. But it's kind of like this. You
do plenty of charity work stuff too. When you got
a talent that you can use, uh, and it costs
you nothing to help other people out, that would be awesome.
Like every year in November we would we would have
a little show at the Bowling Alley bar and I'd say, look,
(11:57):
you know, free cover charge or whatever us bring in,
Uh you need to pay five dollars and put in
the pot, or you can bring a toy in whatever,
and we would raise all kinds of money and toys
when I say, all kinds of thousand bucks or something,
you know, and give it to the local people there
to to give it to the needy families and stuff
for for the kids. And I always thought, man, that
was that's so cool. But imagine what you could do
(12:19):
on an upper level, you know. And that's something that
I like that I look forward to now and didn't
really know that I was doing that back then. But um,
so my ideas have changed and my motivation has changed.
And yes I'm married now, so we've been married for
a little over a year. So now it's not me
trying to take care of myself. It's a family. And
(12:41):
uh we we have a bloodhound and my wife, so
he needs more than my wife does. So I mean
we gotta you know, I gotta put food on the table.
And so motivation is changed and that's where we're at now.
Oh yeah, man, I uh, I told you when I
when I first met you. You know, you're married, having
that having that life, and it's important as as I
(13:04):
talked previously on my podcast before with my grandparents they've
been married for seven years, and how important it is
to take care of that the relationship because I find
that that happiness stems from your core of what your
values are. You know. And um, but I wanted today
before we got out of here too, um, maybe pick
a song or two let you sing it, sing on
(13:25):
your tunes. Um, because one thing that a lot of
my fans of people out there know about me that
they might not necessarily always get to hear from me
on the radio, is how my love for old school
good country music man. And when I heard you singing,
I knew that you felt the same way about that. So, uh,
the other night we were sitting around the fire and
I'll just started picking this and and uh, I started singing, Hey,
(13:48):
let's talk about you all, daddy, tell me how your
mama love that man and old Larry just break out
idle halls. I tell you about the drifting cattle and bang.
(14:08):
We won't talk about the habits, just the music and
the man. Now, Hey, you just gotta tell me did
your daddy really write all of them songs, did he? Man?
(14:32):
I don't deserve no answer, hogs. Let's light them, just
move along. Do you think he ruled them about your mama,
about the man who's done it wrong? Yeah, we're back.
Then they called them crazy. Now that they's ain't call
(14:53):
him the same, Both spoons, don't not if I out
him from the operation that calls his biggest pain. Well,
if he was here right now, both sea fish, Yeah,
(15:14):
do you think that we'll be right? Do you just
think you mine? Don't you know? He would want toms.
He'd be right here by our sign. If we live
bull show and provo, be the first one on the
(15:34):
bus and ready to ride. It's ready to go, Man,
we get uh, we could keep rocking on that. I'm
gonna hand you this guitar because I want you to
before we get out here, I want you to play
a tune, uh, one of your tunes man, that you're
just singing on. But um, it's exciting for me man
to meet you and share you with the folks out there. Um.
This year on the podcast, I wanted to make sure
(15:56):
that that that people that I met like yourself. I
got on here because as we said like having the
platform to be able to do that. There's nothing that
brings more pleasure to me than being able to introduce
people to folks like yourself, UM, that are super talented
and are great, and uh, we have the ability to
do that. So you guys, thanks again Larry Fleet for
(16:16):
coming by. Uh this is Larry Fleet here from Cheatham County,
White Bluff, Tennessee. Um, and he's gonna rocky one of
his songs, What are you gonna play for us? Man?
Right to one called die Young that I wrote. All right, yeah, man,
(16:41):
we are not seeing inside of smokeing. I play Tips
and the pickle Tom and I don't want to hide
pay my ran Dan, damn Donards and fitness And well
(17:03):
I got busted for smoking pot in the Domino's Pizza
parking lot and I did a little time in the
county jail until my daddy could come and pay my bill.
And it's all pat live on this good line, standing
(17:29):
in the spot line and putting up fine not on
keep one dawn on the people. See. Yeah, I'm sure
Hank done it this week. It's a live hard, live
fast and die on. Yeah. Well, I texted a thousand
(18:01):
dollar glass of shamplain and I stood up all night
dhing cocaine. I've been city working pool, and I've lived
in the slums, and I've been an honorary remember at
the country club. And it's all pall live on this
(18:23):
good line, standing in a spott line and putting up
a good fight, and not on give one dawn on
the peep. See Lord, I'm sure hain't done it this week,
(18:43):
So live on, Live fast and die on. Will I
walk on Jesus And I've told of God and he
drowned my sins and my uncle's palm. And I got
(19:07):
a good girl and his sweeting at home, and she
loves me no matter what I don't. And it's on
far live on this good line, standing in the spotting line,
putting up good fire, not on give one damn a
(19:32):
pep c. Yeah, I'm sure hang done it, desple, So
live home, Live fast, and die you on. Yeah, Larry
fleeing the house, Yo, that was the Good Company podcast,
(19:55):
Coming at you one more time. We really appreciate you,
Larry Fleet swinging by talk canto us Man. We're gonna
try to We're gonna try to sling you out there
and get you here, but as many people as we
possibly can, and then, uh, I think you got it
from there man again. People can find your music on iTunes, Spotify,
wherever your favorite music is sold, played, or stream. We'll
(20:16):
see you guys soon, right back here on Good Company
with Jake. Appreciate you, yo,
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