Snapback Country
By Snapback Country
Meet Troy and Chris, two people who have always been a fan of country music, and love talking about it. On the Snapback Country podcast, Troy and Chris are going to have a conversation with a songwriter and/or artist every week and ask all about them and why they love the country genre.
Snapback CountryFeb 01, 2021
Snapback Country Episode 038: Josh Dorr
We talk to Josh Dorr about his latest single, I Owe You A Beer. We learn how Josh ended up in Nashville, how he became a songwriter and more!
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Snapback Country Episode 037: Royale Lynn
Snapback Country Episode 036: Tim Dugger
We sit down with Tim Dugger and discuss his recently released EP, Signs Of A Good Time. We learn how he first got into music at a young age, how the pandemic has impacted him and more!
Snapback Country Episode 035: Neil Mason
We talk to Neil about his band, The Cadillac Three, and their last album, Country Fuzz. He also tells us about managing artist and how he manages it with his own career. He talks about Country Fuzz Radio and more!
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Snapback Country Episode 034: ACM Awards Preview
Snapback Country Episode 033: Brinley Addington Part 2
Snapback Country Episode 032: Brinley Addington Part 1
The man, the myth, the legend, Brinley Addington is back!! We talk about the music he released earlier this year. We also learn how his past few months have been going and where the music industry is right now with everything going on in the world and more!
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Snapback Country Episode 031: Lakeview
Snapback Country Episode 030: Ruthie Collins
Snapback Country Episode 029: Halle Kearns
Snapback Country Episode 028: Jessi Alexander
We talked to Jessi Alexander about her latest album "Decatur County Red" and how those songs came together. We also learn about her album from 2014 "Down Home". She tells us about writing "The Climb" and how it ended up being a major hit. We also learn more about her Blake Shelton cuts, their friendship, and more!
Snapback Country Episode 027: Austin Jenckes
We talk to Austin Jenckes about his last album, If You Grew Up Like I Did, and learn more about some of the songs on it. He tells us about how he got to Nashville and about his time on The Voice and more!
Snapback Country Episode 025: Lainey Wilson
We talked to Lainey Wilson about her latest release, Sunday Best. We learned how she first got into music and what she's done to get where she's at today and more!
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Snapback Country Episode 025: Troy Cartwright
Snapback Country Episode 024: Spencer Crandall
Snapback Country Episode 023: Sarah Allison Turner
We talk to Sarah Allison Turner about her new song "Save Me The Trouble" and about her fully diving into the artist role. She tells us about her cuts from Tyler Farr, Alan Jackson, and Gretchen Wilson and more!
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Snapback Country Episode 022: Adam James
We talk to Adam about how he got into music and learn about his time in Nashville. He tells us all about the song he wrote, Knowing You, getting cut by Kenny Chesney. We talk about Zac Brown Bands new song (comes out 6/12), The Man Who Loves You The Most, and how it came together so fast and more!
Snapback Country Episode 021: Walker Montgomery
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Snapback Country Episode 020: Blake Henderson
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Snapback Country Episode 019: Nora Collins
We talk to Nora Collins about her song, Neon Healing, she released on May 15th and about more new music she's working on. Nora tells us all about her last EP, Strings, and how it came together. We learn how Nora got into music at a young age and about shows she played around her hometown and more!
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Snapback Country Episode 018: Ray Fulcher
We talked to Ray Fulcher about the latest music he's put out and about being on the Everywhere But On Tour with Matt Stell. He tells us how he became friends with Luke Combs and about the many songs he has cowrote on his albums. He tells us what it was like hearing that Eric Church was going to be on a song he wrote and more!
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Snapback Country Episode 017: Niko Moon
We talked to Niko Moon about his radio single "Good Time" and the rest of his recently released EP. We also discuss his time on the Platonic tour with past guest, Ryan Hurd. He tells us about his writing style and where he got his sound. We learn about some of the # 1's he's wrote and how he use to play the same clubs as Zac Brown around Atlanta and more!
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Snapback Country Episode 016: Brandon Ray
We talk to Brandon about the song he just released "We Can Get Through This" and how fast the song came together. He tells us about writing songs for commercials and how he wrote one for a Super Bowl commercial on NFL Network. Brandon tells us about working with Keith Urban and Bobby Bones. We learn more about his band Badland Sons, he formed with his brother and best friend and more!
Snapback Country Episode 015: Taylor Davis
(10:58) We talked to Taylor Davis about his first big cut and how the song came to life. We also talk about his buddy, Tim O'Connor, who just released a couple songs Taylor was apart of writing. Taylor tells us about how he got into music and playing shows growing up. He also tells us about moving to Nashville and how he got to where he is today. We also discuss and learn we have a lot of sports rivalries with Taylor and more!
Snapback Country Episode 014: Nikita Karmen
(11:55) We talked to Nikita Karmen about her new song coming out on Friday (4/10) and about the album she is finishing up. She tells us how she fell in love with music and how she made the move from Australia to Nashville, TN. We also talk about the music she had released over the past few years, her writing style and more!
Snapback Country Episode 013: Dustin Hook
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(09:44) We talked to Dustin Hook, who plays bass for Dan + Shay, about the big sporting events they've played the past few months. We also learn how he and Dan knew each other growing up and how he ended up joining the band. He tells us how he's able to manage touring with being a Real Estate Agent in the Pittsburgh area and more!
Snapback Country Episode 012: Corey Miller
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(08:03) We sat down with Corey Miller, who is a Tour Manager (TM) for Matt Stell, and talked to him about his life on the road. He walks us through a work week for him and how he handles managing Matt's schedule on the road. He tells us how he got to where he is and how tough it was. Corey also tells us why he loves working with Matt and how important a great management team is to an artist's success and more!
Snapback Country Episode 011: Clark Manson
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(05:11) We talked to Clark about the new music he has coming out soon and about the music he's previously released. He talks about his writing style and how he prefers writing by himself. We talk about live shows and he tells us a couple funny stories about being on the road with his buddies and more!
Snapback Country Episode 010: Ryan Hurd
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(0:00-11:08) We talk about new music that came out on Friday. We then discuss the tornado that hit Nashville and how you can help out through buying a bandana for your dog from Toasted Rye Goods.
(11:08-33:04) We sat down with Ryan Hurd and talk to him about his current tour, how he builds his set list and the different crowds he's had this year. We then talk about some of the songs he's wrote for other artists and more!
Snapback Country Episode 009: Emma Klein
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(09:08) We talk to Emma Klein about her song "Call It What It Is" and the backstory to it. We then talk to her about her time on American Idol and how she finally got on the show. She then talks about running into Bobby Bones in Nashville, which turned into joining his band The Raging Idiots and opening for his comedy show. We learn about new music she has coming out and more!
Snapback Country Episode 008: Daniel Shifflett
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We talk to Daniel Shifflett about how he became Danielle Bradbery’s band leader and how he first got involved with her. He talks about some of the artist he’s played for and touring with them. We learn about radio tour and what it entails. He tells us about his favorite venues and what playing at them is like. We then talk about the Daytona 500 and more!
Snapback Country Episode 007: Emma White
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(08:40) We chat with Emma White about her latest EP The Actress and learn what inspired her to write the songs on it. We also talk to her about her music video for If You're In It. We also discuss her EP Emma White and her singing the National Anthem at Baltimore Orioles games. We then learn more about the Label she created, Whitehouse Records, and why she started it and where she sees it going. She explains to us how being a female in the country music business is very difficult at times and how she deals with it. We talk briefly about her TV appearance on Windy City Live and more!
Snapback Country Episode 006: Mikey Reaves
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(07:21) We sit down with songwriter and producer, Mikey Reaves. We learn a lot about the producer role and mixing tracks. We talk to him about writing and producing Caylee Hammack's songs on her upcoming album. We then dive into writing with Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd and the two cuts he has on Morris' album, Girl. He also tells us about working with his wife, Emily Hackett, and some new music she has coming out this year. We also get into him working with Brandon Lay and much more!
Snapback Country Episode 005: Matt McGinn
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(5:00) We talk to Matt about some of the cuts he has, including his THREE number 1's with Kane Brown. We learned about his first cut (Jake Owen) that led to his first publishing deal. Matt tells us how he fell in love with music at a young age and how he got into the country music world. He tells us a little bit about his recent USO trip with some past guests, Brinley Addington and Neil Medley, and visiting Dover Speedway. We also get breaking news about a Google Us Please show and more!
Snapback Country Episode 004: Who the hell are Chris and Troy?
Snapback Country Episode 003: Neil Medley
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Neil Medley loves writing country music. And he’s good at it too, Neil has had over 40 songs recorded in the US and internationally by artists such as Luke Bryan, Kid Rock, Tyler Farr w/ Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Lindsay Ell, Josh Abbott Band, Brent Cobb, and many others.
Neil talks about the initial idea of “I Don’t Love You”, his most recent hit, with Lindsay Ell, and how quickly it grew into a full song. We talk about how Neil enjoys writing for other people, and with other people. We discuss one of Neil’s first big hits “Tailgate Blues”, and how ecstatic he was when it got picked up by Luke Bryan.
From writing on his own to playing music with friends to relaxing on a retreat, Neil gets a chance to tell some great stories about the culture and business of country songwriting, and how much he enjoys the whole process.
Snapback Country Episode 002: Brinley Addington
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Solo songwriter, Nascar fan, self title expert drinker. Those are just a few words to describe the guest today, Brinly Addington is one of the best independent country artists in the business today. Brinley penned Tyler Farr’s new single “I Should Go To Church Sometime”.
On the show today, we discuss what it’s like writing songs for himself as well as writing for a group, what challenges come with being able to stay focused and creative to motivate yourself to keep writing these songs. We go through some of the day to day when Brinley gets inspiration to write some of his most popular songs, and what it means hearing how it affects other people. We also discuss Brinleys love for Nascar.
Snapback Country Episode 001: Joey Hyde
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This week on the show Troy and Chris have Joey Hyde on the show, a singer/songwriter in Nashville! They discuss Joey’s new projects, and some of his most popular songs he’s written for himself and other artists. They talk about Joey going on the Platonic Tour with his good buddy, Ryan Hurd. Joey talks about the process he goes through to write songs, and why he loves the grind of making music. Joey has recently been training for a big fight with his friend for charity and he talks about the challenges he's facing in training.