🎵 EXCLUSIVE CHAT: Pat Monahan (Train)

Pat Monahan from Train joins Jonesy & Amanda ahead of their upcoming Australian tour!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nation.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Eight years since Train last toured Australia.

Speaker 3 (00:07):
Was it something that we've done?

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Was it something that we've done, says Jones, something that
we've done. We're thrilled to welcome to the show. Pat Monahan, Hello, Hello.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
Pat, Hey, how are you?

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Guys? Were very well? Eight years since you've been here?
As Jonesy said, was it something that we said, something
we did? It's been too long.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
I know, I'm sorry, but one of you was just
singing a minute ago. And whoever that is is an
incredible voice.

Speaker 4 (00:30):
Yeah, yeah, that was actually you, Maan, I think you
now it was me. Actually, Pat, I'm going to be
ready to join the bat member of Train.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
You've been touring on and off obviously for thirty years.
How different is it now? I mean, obviously is it
You get better coffee everywhere around the world, you get
healthier food options. What how is it like on the
road these days?

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Life on the road is so it's pretty okay, Like
it's a you know, I live on the West coast
of the United States, so coming to Australia is it's
much easier than going to Europe. So the jet lag,
it's almost an entire day. So going to Europe is
very difficult for me, but the food is always beautiful.

(01:16):
In Australia, we love coming there and I'm sorry it's
been so long. We'll try to make more of a
habit of coming.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
We'd appreciate that.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
But you love wine, You're into wine.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
I really love wine and I'm I'm a big fan
of Australian reds. Well.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
I was doune to hear this that in fact, you're
an award winning you you got an award winning company.
So you are a wine connoisseurs producer? Are you a
wine producer or you a collator?

Speaker 1 (01:51):
I'm I partner with a great group called Gestalt that
has made wine for us for just a little while.
For that we were with a different wine making group
and sold millions of bottles to help a charity in
San Francisco. So really we got into it to give
back to, you know, the San Francisco area. And but

(02:13):
the passion for wine is also you know, it's just
such a I don't know, it's such a ritual. It's
different than other alcohols to me, like it's something you
can make great memories with, you know.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah, Amanda, you've got a passion for wine, and I
make a lot of memories at the time, good and bad.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Pat.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
I love this about you that you have such a
diverse professional life, that you and some of your band
members had roles in CSI in New York, an episode
called Second Chances where the girl playing your girlfriend was
Kim Kardashian.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Kim Kardashian, that's right.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
You know.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
We were both such in character during that that we
didn't say one word to each other. And then three
months later I saw her at an award show and
she was like, I'm so sorry we're in talk, but
Soul Sister is my jam. It's like me and my
friend's song. And she was so sweet. At first, I

(03:12):
was like, oh, she's not so cool, but she was
just nervous like I was, and she's lovely and I with.

Speaker 3 (03:18):
Your songs, you just always capture stuff we're just doing before,
like Drops of Jupiter outlasted Tibo, who's.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Doing time, not that, but not the I'm still going.

Speaker 3 (03:32):
The best skim of soilte that you've ever had, and
you yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
I also love that Drops of Jupiter was written for
your mum, who's who's passed away. How would she feel
to know how many people are touched by that song.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
Yeah, I think she probably wrote that song, so I
think she probably knew that it was special. I don't
know when something special comes, like I didn't realize that
that was a special song. Anything that has actually been
a hit for us was a fluke. And all the
things that I thought would be hits are terrible.

Speaker 3 (04:06):
Yeah, that seems to be like the musician's lament.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
Yeah, it's a it's a weird thing. You go like,
maybe I just have terrible taste. I don't really know.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
Well, the ones that have slipped through the neck we
love very much.

Speaker 3 (04:19):
All the ones that you think are terrible bottom draw
get them out. Pat is always great to talk to you.
For tickets and tour information, head to destroy all lines
dot com dot are you, Patmanahan? Looking forward to seeing you.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
Thank you for joining us and wait, guys, thanks so
much for having me.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Thank you, Pat. Thanks Pat,