Bobby Bones Podcast
Feb 9, 2017 12:19:06 GMT -5
Post by travelrocks24 on Feb 9, 2017 12:19:06 GMT -5
I didn't see a thread about this when I did a search, but this was in today's Washington Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-does-country-music-really-work-bobby-boness-podcast-is-an-unlikely-gold-mine-of-insider-info/2017/02/09/46c2dc44-ee22-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html?utm_term=.3fd152cf601d#comments
Bones — a powerful, sometimes controversial radio host and stand-up comic who likes to make up his own rules — started the podcast because he wanted to have longer conversations without the time constraints of radio, where he has to leave time for music and daily segments.
He was inspired by Howard Stern’s longform interview style, except he never goads anyone into revealing juicy details. While Bones likes to make up his own rules on his radio show, his podcast questions are relatively straightforward. However, during hour-long conversations, particularly with people who don’t typically do in-depth sit downs, it’s easy to forget you’re being recorded. The stories naturally pour out.
“There’s about an 11-minute mark when people start to crack — because usually no one gets interviewed, ever, for longer than that,” Bones, 36, said recently during an interview in Washington.“You can feel people start to put their guard down . . . and they can actually just speak from the heart.”
Some anecdotes are bizarre: Craig Campbell explained that his 2011 single, “Fish,” stalled on the country radio charts because some stations were uncomfortable with the song’s double-entendre. (“I had everything we needed in the bed of my truck/Turns out my baby loves to . . . fish.”)
Others are illuminating: Lee Thomas Miller revealed that Trace Adkins (jokingly) put him in a headlock at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards, after Miller won song of the year for co-writing “In Color.” Adkins was supposed to record the song, until he went on a music hiatus to appear on “The Celebrity Apprentice.” So the song was instead given to Jamey Johnson, who made it a massive hit.
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-does-country-music-really-work-bobby-boness-podcast-is-an-unlikely-gold-mine-of-insider-info/2017/02/09/46c2dc44-ee22-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html?utm_term=.3fd152cf601d#comments
Bones — a powerful, sometimes controversial radio host and stand-up comic who likes to make up his own rules — started the podcast because he wanted to have longer conversations without the time constraints of radio, where he has to leave time for music and daily segments.
He was inspired by Howard Stern’s longform interview style, except he never goads anyone into revealing juicy details. While Bones likes to make up his own rules on his radio show, his podcast questions are relatively straightforward. However, during hour-long conversations, particularly with people who don’t typically do in-depth sit downs, it’s easy to forget you’re being recorded. The stories naturally pour out.
“There’s about an 11-minute mark when people start to crack — because usually no one gets interviewed, ever, for longer than that,” Bones, 36, said recently during an interview in Washington.“You can feel people start to put their guard down . . . and they can actually just speak from the heart.”
Some anecdotes are bizarre: Craig Campbell explained that his 2011 single, “Fish,” stalled on the country radio charts because some stations were uncomfortable with the song’s double-entendre. (“I had everything we needed in the bed of my truck/Turns out my baby loves to . . . fish.”)
Others are illuminating: Lee Thomas Miller revealed that Trace Adkins (jokingly) put him in a headlock at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards, after Miller won song of the year for co-writing “In Color.” Adkins was supposed to record the song, until he went on a music hiatus to appear on “The Celebrity Apprentice.” So the song was instead given to Jamey Johnson, who made it a massive hit.