Ep.189 - Dusty Tunes

[Music] G'day and welcome back to the Dusty Boots podcast. Australia's Wildest Country Music and Lifestyle podcast. Today's another episode of Dusty Chunes, where man, Jeffy will rip into all things country music, mate. Welcome to Friday. Thank you. Yeah, no, great to be back again. Back again, mate. You're doing a good job. I'm all me asking to this seat a bit. And more so you're going to get rid of Bill's ass. That seat, mate. It's well-imprinted. For the first time in weeks, mate, I didn't consume any live country music over the weekend. Yes, I've listened to country music in the air pods, but we've had a lot of run lately, CMC and just back-to-back Melbourne shows, John Davies, Royal Green, all-em. This weekend didn't consume any. I did, as I said on Wednesday's show, I did see the band at the cover band at Great Western. I didn't stay to watch them, but they were sort of rocky country. I don't know what they were. So what about you, mate? Did you send a lot of music over the weekend? No, I was playing a cup. No, there was no flood. I'm pretty sure that I might have sung myself when I got a few shurbs after the after a bit of a sad day session at the booze. There wasn't any decent performance. I certainly know Royal Green, that's for sure. Yeah, there was no public appearances from Jeffie. No, no, no, no. I haven't done anything. Probably won't see anything for a little while. It'll be on me playing with other stuff. Yep. That's what I'm made. No, I think this weekend will be the same for me. I'll be a bit of work this weekend and then around home. So there won't be too much live music happening on. I'm sure the radio will be on as it has always been main nezzes is Sien. We roll into the rush hour from the night before. If we haven't listened to the sadder day rub from Triple M or the Sunday rubble roll into them and then straight after lunch, it is country music all afternoon. Does Nes bust into a tune for you or not? Nes has fallen in love with country music, deep time. Royal Green's big fear and he had to miss out because he had to go to Bingo on the Friday. I don't know why I missed it. So he was shouted about that. But I can understand the commitment to Bingo. Yes, Bingo. So, uh, At least now they're retired officially retired. But yeah, mate, he loves country music now. And he, he sort of always been one like when we listen to 40 sort of stuff. Who's this, when you don't know who's this or who won this grand final or who won this number in 40 and that. So the 40 IQ of Nes are. Yeah, it's the opposite way for me. It's who sings this song. Who's the collaboration of this song? What's the name of this song? And we'll be out back off each other where Nes are. He's good where I'll say who's this song? Oh, this is Lane Pitman. Oh, who's this song? Oh, this is Max Jackson. He knows. Straight away now. So, uh, if you're hanging around me, I'm gonna have to fall in love with country music pretty quick because. She might be gunna for this job. He might be. He might be. He, uh, no, he doesn't know that much about country music. He said does know a lot about sport though. That's for sure. Mate, Meets Dock, 2026 is just around the corner. So that'll be my next consumption of country music. We both went to Meets Dock last year. Yeah, but what, that was a day. That was a good day. I was a ripper. I'm, um, I'm savaged that it's not back in Bendigo this year. I think a lot of people are way over the other side, which is, you know, great for people over in the, in the, um, that side of the world, but now I'm a bit savagely. Bendigo Bendigo is a short trip for me. Yeah. It should revolve around you, really. Well, that's, I'm, I'm a surprise. I never got the phone call. Yeah. Yeah. But now it was good. It was, it was a fantastic y'all kind of thing. Yeah. Probably the only complain about the whole day. And I'm probably gonna upset the old bloke. He was a selection of beer. Yeah. It was better beer or nothing. Yeah. Um, and you are very much like boil me and what beer you have. Yeah. You have to have something north. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. And it looks, yeah, I can drink a better beer. I can put, well, that day I'll drink a lot of beer because it was hot. Yeah. Yeah. But, uh, I'm bloody roasting. Yeah. But now it was good. It was a good, um, good day. Great music. Yeah. Um, great mate. I mean, how can you argue when you're on a 40 degree day, you've got cold cans even if they were a better beer. You've got any selection of mate you want. Yeah. Um, and the smell of that. And then blokes are red faring and that's something. It makes, it makes you much better. It makes in that whole ampie theater of where at Bendigo, and I'm sure to be a sign that keeps on this weekend. And I'm sure it's a sign that to Wombaer of where they sort of have that stage in between the middle of everything. Yeah. Um, it's sort of the, during the day, there's a few people there just for the music and have a feed and what sort of stuff. But as the day goes on, the focus shifts, um, into the into the music, the people sort of have their dinner. And then after dinner, it is like turns into a concert, like these like CMC and that. Oh, I don't know. I think that about 15,000 sort of gates on the sat day last year, which was huge. And like, well, we failed it by the end of that. That was packed like, well, we've used it one stage in front of the stage. Yeah. And then it sort of, we went away to do some commitments with the M.C. and stuff and then we sort of come back and then it was sort of, it was packed. It was pretty, but it was, um, but it was a good crowd too. Yeah. I remember Bal and McKenzie played. She was one of the first ones off the added great Aussie lead up into Chase Royce, Oliver Anthony and Red Furn. Yeah. Um, the, I remember Bal and McKenzie was really crooked because I went down to the sawdust line show. I know Brian Martin's sawdust line show was last night in Melbourne Thursday night. So the sawdust line shows are just the added little bit of extra sort of thing. But I remember last year I went down the Thursday night to Red Furn in Melbourne. Yes. Bal and McKenzie was also playing at Meetsstock. Bal and McKenzie was crookers at Red Furn played three songs and she said, I can't anymore. And Red Furn coming out and I'm going to say one of the hottest, sweatiest, funnest gigs of ever been to at the corner hotel. Yep. And he just ripped off the shreds. And he had drama and him and that was it. And I rolled into the Friday night in the sat day of Meetsstock with a big grin on my face, waiting to watch the man again because he was incredible. Oh, and I can't wait for him to come back to Australia. Like he, he was obviously last year Meetsstock. I wouldn't be surprised later this year. Maybe a strumming bird. Potentially you could end up on a strumming bird line up this year. If not, Rod and Hartz is around the corner. He obviously did. He's tour through Frontier with that. So Rod and Hartz, potentially, if not Rod and Hartz, let's hope Sam's in next year. So I'd be unbelievable. I'd be unbelievable. I'd like to, you know, I, I'm old school country all the way, but there's a lot of these new artists that I do like to get behind. And that was, he was one bloke. I was looking forward to and one bloke. I saw an absolute. He was a box. Oh, 100%. I'd go and see him any day of the week. He was unbelievable. And I had my misses with me and I had my kids and their partners. Yeah. And every Emmy daughter, like, everybody was there and not one of us said, "Oh, yeah, I wouldn't know." Absolutely wrapped in performance. He just, the energy brings is, it's next level. And as I said, in the corner hotel, where there's probably 400 people, 300 people, it was a leak. I knew that Thursday night when I got home at one o'clock in the morning. I was tired of shit. And I knew Saturday night was going to be a good night no matter what. With that, we also had all of Anthony and Chase Ryses ahead line as last year. All of Anthony, I said a little bit of set, but missed it. Because I was actually interviewing Chase Ryses at the backman bill where, so, I think he's all right. All of Anthony, he goes into a category of me ever one hit wonder, which is plenty that I've done it. And for me, he hasn't got out of that one hit wonder. Yeah, look, I think he probably is a one hit wonder, but he's still good. That set, he played it. I mean, he's talking about great. The chair off at the very, the chair off into the stage. Do you remember that? Yeah, like a stool he was down on and he kicked this just still off the stage at the end. I just like full party rock mode. Yeah, now look, like he said it was good. His songs are right, his songs are good. I don't know whether they'll get to the stage. Yeah, the recognition of his rich man, a rich man, or whatever it's called. Yeah, yeah. But he's still a very talented man. And he ate a lot of morals too there that a lot of people liked in the end that he didn't want to be poor. And to be honest, because he wants to be independent too, the chances of him getting another big hit of slim, because a lot of the bikes that want to stay independent don't get the recognition because they don't have the, they have a towards the ocean. The power. And then we finished off with Chase Ross for the end of 2024. Meadstock, which he is incredible. I love Chase sat down with him. He gets to know a bike is very cruiser. He's just a, I don't know, he's just that classic sort of American country boy, I guess. He saw it like a roller-grain loves hunting. Loves having a beer on a tour bus and loves singing. Like that's his life. So yeah, he was great to finish off the night. I think I've grown to love Chase Ross more and more with the more music he releases than that. So and he's another one. He hasn't been back since. So is it this year? Is it a strumming bird band up on a wine up? Is it a ride in hearts? Is it they don't come back for a few years? What is it? So wouldn't it be great to have a crystal ball? It would be mate. I would love to have a crystal ball. So I could tell every dusty bird who's coming back and when they're coming back. But sadly most of the time I find out when they find out. So and if not maybe a few hours before. So with that mate, Meetsock 2026 brings a huge line up. It's very exciting. Chase Matthews is back. Chase Matthews played. Stubbing bird last year. Yep. I'll believe. I'll top my head. Underrated. I feel like if you're going into Meetsock and you don't know Chase Matthews, Learn a couple of these songs because he puts on a shot here. is the red fern of the night, sort of thing. Brian Martin made a lot of people, I reckon a lot of younger people probably wouldn't know Brian Martin, they'd hear that name ago, I'll Brian Martin, like they would sort of flinch out it. Brian Martin's been around long enough now that he's an unbelievable country singer. - I reckon you're seeing a bit more of him on social media than you have been. And whether that's just because he's coming to me stuck in there pumping it out with the algorithms different, but you've seen him a lot more on social media in the last two or three weeks. - Yeah, I feel like though for older generations, and I've spoken about this with Travis Collins when I sat down with an interview with Travis Collins. And I'm a little bit the same too, that would have been older generation. Like you look at Bill's age and like how in the social media Bill and all that is, like that sort of area of that young age. I'm just on the edge of being in it, but you look at people like Travis Collins that they were in it, but they're older enough to go, "Oh, I need to do it because back in my day, I was just putting it in the paper, putting a poster in the pub and I was just singing gigs." So they had to transition into it. And I feel like Travis Collins is transitioned into it while and still kept going on his trajectory of how good he is. - Possibly some of those bikes, there might be full of social media, but they don't do stuff for social media. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Whereas the young and young may do stuff specifically for social media. Whereas those bikes might be on it, but that's just people producing on their behalf. So they're not thinking about, "Oh, this would be great content." - Yeah. - And hopefully that's the way it is. - Yeah. And then off the back of that mate, we roll into the big fella Morgan Evans. Now Morgan's been floating back around down under. I, he still lives in America, but I have this very strong feeling. Maybe he's Tawas in America, maybe done because he's spending a lot, a lot of time home this year. - Yep. - He started off with the start of the year, February at Howling Country. He had lined that with Laney Wilson. And then he rolled, he's still been here, and he's been rolling on. He rolls into Meetsstock. He rolls into his own tour. And then he rolls into the next concert that I'm gonna get into after we talk about Meetsstock, and that's Country Fest. So he's rolling around in Australia all year. Now, I don't know if this is because he's had a little bit of time off in Australia, but maybe he just thinks it's time to come home. I want beer back home is a perfect summary of Morgan Evans song of like a beer back home, like nothing beats a beer back home. Maybe I don't know, potentially he wants to move back here so we will say more of Morgan Evans. - Yep. - I remember when he played. (blows raspberry) Eight years ago, the corner hotel where Red Firm played, and he was excellent. I can't remember the opening he had. It was a girl, but he was excellent back then. And that's the only time I've ever seen Morgan Evans live, but to play from the corner hotel, we are to be playing Meetsstock with an amazing headloin and sort of stuff is awesome to see mate with his own tour coming up. It's got Lacey Kaye Booth, which is from the USA as a special guest, but he's playing Perth on the 21st of May. He's playing Melbourne on the 23rd of May. And this is at the Forum, too. This is what I'm saying. He's upgraded from the little man at 300 people at the corner hotel to the Forum Theatre of two, two and a half thousand. Like it. It's pretty incredible. Rolls into Adelaide, great to see him getting to Adelaide. A little bit of country music is probably missed in Adelaide and Perth. So that's what we got to say on the 25th of May. 27th of May in Sydney. 30th of May in Brisbane. Second of June in Auckland and fourth of June in Crosschurch. So he's got a pretty good little tour coming up off the back of everything as well. So he's got a bit going on. It'll be very, very interesting, as I said, to see where he's positioned over the next little wall. So good to see him heading over to NZ. Yeah. And that's a thing, too. Like, you know, every now and then NZ tours happen, but I feel like it should happen more often. Because this is country tour Australia. I guess, and you see, like Luke Combs always goes over there, go to Johnson's, don his legs over there. Like it's really good to see. So mate, then we roll into the subline names of Meetsock, which are just as good as the headliners. You got the Wolf Brothers. I've backed the Wolf Brothers in for probably the last few years now of these boys have been around a while. And they've updated. They know where they need to be. And they're releasing very, very smick music. So can't wait to catch up with the boys. And as they continue on, they will rip that stage apart. Wayne Pippman has been, oh, good mates with Lane these days. And he's, you know, he's doing wonders in the country, music centers, a young fella. He's one of them people mate that is riding about his life and what he's been through. Yeah. And that means he'll go places. Yeah, I think it's genuine. I think I said it last week with people like James Johnson mate. Like it is literally they ride about what they do. And if they do that, they'll be well known. They'll be recognized. Max Jackson, we absolutely love Max. The dancing lady, Hayley Jensen, she brings some serious energy. I see her at Country Town Awards and she was unbelievable. And then I watched her at CMC and she was unbelievable there. Rachel Fahim, absolutely loved Rachel. As everyone probably knows, I've grown great connection with Rachel after that Pete Marritor. And she's got the new album on the Y. I think it's the first of May it comes out. Some really cool stuff coming out there. There's a few songs already out there, which you can check out from Rachel. She just come off the back of that Jordan Davies tour as well. We're Jordan Chukdoron tour after seeing her in a showcase because she's thought she was very talented and she definitely is. Denver throwing on there as well. Denver's still getting around. She's starting to build her acts up again. Abby Ferris, Brianna Dinsdale, and then also you'll have the little side ones as well, which I think Charleston will play again. He played last year just at the Jack Daniel Bar. And I walked past him and he was just playing there and was a bendy own. I just, you know, when you just hear someone singing and you just stop, she's like, they can sing. Yeah. And I was walking past him or doing something with the media. And I'll do that. That boy can sing. So I stopped and I walked back over and he was just stopped singing and I said, "Hey, mate, I really know you can sing." Send us a message on social media. So he ended up sending us a message on social media and I've seen him everywhere. I've seen him at one night in Jollins and we were having a beer there after the fresh country tour. He popped up at another bar somewhere where he was playing where I was, happened to be. Rip a fella and really good at acoustics. So if you see him on the little side stage and I go over, listen along because he's very, very, very talented. So that sort of wraps up this year's lineup mate, which is awesome to see. Out of that festival, I thought I'd roll into Country Fest in Queensland. So Country Fest in Queensland was last year, was Randy and Max McNeown and all that. Bill went along last year, I didn't. And this year it's been moved to Townsville. Yep. So looking forward to it, I'll try and scoot up there and watch a bit of it. But if gone with the Australian strong and the Friday night, headliner James Johnson, as we know, I spoke about him last week. Yeah, as I spoke about before, the Wolf Brothers Rachel Farham, Jake Whittaker lands a spot on the Friday, breakthrough artists of the year on Country Town awards this year. Yep. Definitely wild reserve, what he's doing and what his songs are doing at the moment are excellent. Josie, she's killing as well. Al J, look he got I got. I'm glad they've put him pretty well last because he won't get off the stage on the straight him off there. And James Johnson has to rest in. Yes. James Johnson is no point wrestling because James is a little fellow compared to Luke. He'd be like an idiot. Yoga, you're only great always the DJ as well, which would be great. Saturday, as I said before, Morgan Evans, which is very interesting again, because that's as the year goes on, he's still hanging around. So I find it interesting. Zach and George, then boys popped up at CMC last year. They've been doing a little bit of their own tour as well. Now I think so be good to say them boys live. Max Jackson again, Robin Mortimer, what he did at CMC was incredible. Is she out the creator he had was well deserved. Sarah Birke, she's off the back of having the baby as we know. Lewis Love, the boy from Bella, still making ways, which is great to see. And then Cameron Kruzac, as well, so mate, a couple of big festivals and a couple of big, big lineups, which we love to see. Off that mate, I've talked all about the festivals. It's probably time to let you do some talking. - On. - On. - Artists of the week, mate. I hope you've got one for me. - I have, I have, Roddy, oh. This is another Doom Scroll and Find. - Yep. - From me. - We spoke about Doom Scrolls on Wednesday's show. - Yep. - Now, last week we had a young boy called Tom Brown. - Yep. - Um, a young fella from Victoria. And this year we've got a fella called TJ Brown. - I think he is. - I think he is. - So we've got Brown's no relation, no relation at all from what I gather, but yeah, he's, yeah. This fella, well, I suppose we can start with. Music does different things for different people. And some people, some music, people just like it for what it is. Some people read stuff in the music. Some people get a lot out of it. It makes some people feel better. All this sort of stuff. Now, I found this bloke's music to be extremely uplifting. It makes you feel better about who you are, your life choices, very positive sort of sound. And I'll listen to it and I'll probably listen [BLANK_AUDIO] I was sending a message and I didn't really know the story but I had an idea through the lyrics what was going on. But like I said, it made me feel very positive and it makes you feel better about your choices and who you are. And I think that's very important. So I've clicked on a message, told him that I'm a useless prick and I don't do internet real well. So send me a message and tell me what's going on. So he come back with your useless. Yeah, he come back with I'm useless. No, he actually sent me a big long synopsis of who he is and what he is. So I was trying to condense it. But he started singing at age 10. He was born and raised in Oakflats in New South Wales. He went on to perform local aesthetics and he won that. He toured regionally at age of 17. And he performed on national television at the age of 16. I don't know what show it was but he performed there. He gave up shortly after that. But he still enjoyed music. So he, well, body says, I go out singing pubs to be after that but the music never really left me till I came out of the closet about three years ago. I used music to tell my story of coming out the highs and lows and the peace I found after finally becoming comfortable with myself. I never expected anyone to listen to let alone connect with my story but the supporters being astonishing and it blows me away every day that people support me and my story. So what he's done with his music is it's made him feel better about his choices and what he's done. Like he came out, he's obviously proud to be here he is and that's fantastic. And yeah, if you listen to his music and you don't, you don't have to be coming out. You don't have to be, you just have to, if you doubt yourself or whatever reason and you listen to this, I'm sure you'll feel better about it. Anything in life. So anyway, he's released an album called Under the Southern Skies. It tells you story of self-discovery and acceptance, grief and all that sort of stuff and to be honest. Yeah, it is, it is exactly what he wrote. Yeah, I'm sure that people listen to it. He's partnered with the inspiration to all of this. He loves to travel, Caravan. He loves to meet people. He's got dogs. And he loves coffee and beer. Everyone loves a beer. I'm not a coffee man, but I don't want to share. But the usual sort of stuff, barbecue, you know, sitting in the middle of nowhere and campfires and that sort of stuff. And he loves going to a good bakery and he's a sucker for sausage roll, which I reckon we all are. I think that we can Wednesday's episode, I was telling you, I was my sausage roll, so there you go. It was. He lives on Browby Island at the moment. And you can tell this through social media. He didn't even have to tell me this. He loves a good trucker cap. Oh, mate. Every post, everything he does, he's got a different hat on. Well, if he's listening to this, tell him to send me a message mate and we'll get your a dusty boots one sent through to you. Yeah. Well, we even get him an artist one. I reckon he loves that. So yeah, he's in the music. He's actually into EDM as well. So that'll be an interesting if he blends EDM. I spoke about this. 100% that's why I mentioned it. You said about it probably six, seven months ago that I thought 2026 will be a big year of ADM and country music. He's working on some and if it's as good as his other music, I'm sure it's going to be worth listening to. So, yeah, that's basically his story. Like I said, I dare anybody to listen to it and not feel better about themselves. Yep. His most successful song is Under the Thousand Skies, but I really like his song that is called Still a Country Boy. Yep. I'm sure when you listen to him, he sounds a lot like another Australian country singer. Have a listen and you tell me where you're at and you see the pressure of your hearing mate. All right guys. Keith Urban. Nope. ♪ I grew up on quiet streets and crack full pads ♪ ♪ Ready or won't long yelling don't be late ♪ ♪ Played in the streets 'til lights came on ♪ ♪ New it was home time when the sky went dark ♪ ♪ Boots by the door dust on my jeans ♪ ♪ Dries bigger than the place I've been ♪ ♪ Learn early watch if don't say I loud learn how to blend in ♪ ♪ Learn how to bow ♪ ♪ I carry you quite road after roads ♪ ♪ My line wide getting older ♪ ♪ I'm still a country boy just telling the truth still alive on driving the smell of rain still same ♪ ♪ Still scum my boot still ♪ He's good. He is really good. He's got a future. Yeah. I reckon a bit of Bragg Cox. 100%. Yeah. Just that. I don't know if it's the guitar rhythms or what it is in that but yeah. Just the energy I guess. Yeah. Early day Bragg Cox energy. Yeah. No. 100% and likes it. I think he's got a future. I can't wait for future releases. I reckon. Yeah. Especially if he gets a lot more country like I know he wants to do EDM. That's fine. Yeah. But yeah, just stick with the country stuff as well. Yeah. Yeah. And just tell a lot of story on against it. It's one of them things mate. I think there might be something with Brown. So you might have to, you know, if you can find another Brown next week, we might be right. Oh, no. No pressure. No pressure. Dad's song of the week mate. The Jeffies rang it in. So we'll have a listen to what Jeffie has to say. What is Mabel to go to say for himself? Hey, look. It's a cut up in. Now he's a has been. Hey, Jeffie. Where's your wheelie bin? He draws a bin drunk around. Banner rat takes other people shit and duns it at the tip. With headets a grey place. I'm from back in the day. Time to have a peek and Jeff that song of the week. The week. Jeff that song of the week. Yeah. Good day, Pupa Shooter and the overall mate. Yeah, I'm not sure who that bloke is, but I got a mini voice. I was feeling, I was feeling, I was feeling familiar. It's sort of like the same voice that's in the back of me head that sort of makes me a swerved cyclist and kick puppy. Anyway, the sort of the cool him expand a phone. He sort of handy enough to fill in. He's full of holes. Doesn't stay art very long. And to be honest, you would have been better off doing the job properly instead of using that one. Anyway, I'd be able to go to the start. Obviously you're doing alright if you're so sure because you could afford fuel to actually get home, which is a great thing because imagine if you're away, I wouldn't have to do this crap. Anyway, this week's Dad's song. I had another bloke pick that I completely, but you guys started gibbering on about steel guitars. So, remonemies of a Ripper song. As by Ellen Jackson, I know I've had a few of Ellen Jackson's on here, but at the end of the day he's that fucking good. Whoops, I owe you a dollar. That's dumb. He deserves another mention. Anyway, the song is remember when, and about a minute, 55 into it. There's a great steel guitar solo. It was done by a fellow called Lloyd Green, who was a bit of a session guitarist. He had like over 5,000 tracks, so I think of something. But he played with people like Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, Bob Dylan, the monkeys. So, you know, he wasn't a, wasn't a, just a hack at the game. He was pretty good. So, you know, that's enough out of me. Just remember, keep your dangly dusty and your curly crusty. Oh, and fuck you. I'll nail out your two bucks. Good craft, Jeffy. Good craft. I think Bill's right. He's a fucking easy. Yeah, I agree. Hey, he's talking to self-heat. Yeah. Ned, do you want to tell anything about me? Could you want us to another dollar in there? I'm baking. Mate, absolutely rip a pick, Alan Jackson. I'm going to get it up, and I'm going to go through to what did you say? About a minute, fifty-four. ♪ ♪ Remember when the sound of little feet was music. ♪ We danced two week to week, brought back the love we found trust. 'Vow, we never give it up, remember when. One of the most elite country artists of all time, one of the greats. I've heard that song at many, many, many funerals, which is sad, but it is one of the most amazing songs ever. And I'll probably never appreciate it, that's still guitar in that song. - It's like, when we're talking about the other day, just remind him of it, I think. - Yeah, I had another fellow lined up, which I'll probably do next week. - Yep. - But yeah, I just thought, no, we talked about last week. I'll put that in because that is, like it's a delete song, and that still guitar is just magic. And it suits that song down to the ground. - If people can use the still guitar as good as Alan Jackson, in that sense of putting it into the right songs at the right time, it will become, it will come back as big as E, damn fucking music. - Oh, I don't want to. - We're working on this, this, this, we're job, but I'm gonna tell you one thing. I'm gonna go broke by the end of two episodes every week 'cause we probably already got $15 in there. - We're gonna need a bigger jar. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll get better at it. Better, better listening. Video clip of the week, mate. (upbeat music) - The best I've seen, let me rip 'em out. The Dusty Boots podcast video of the week. (upbeat music) - Now, there's been a lot of hype for this video clip of the week. Usually I pick a video clip of the week, but this week I didn't have to pick one one come to me. It was very obvious that everyone was talking about it. I will like these choosing Texas. The official music video is out now. Now, the cameo is in there, she went big, which I absolutely love. Luke Grimes, A.K.A. for those people that watch Yellowstone Case Dutton. AVE Philophee. Is that a used say that? - Philopip. - Philopip. - Philopip. - Philopip. - No, I'd be Philophee. - And a bit of a Philopo, I reckon. - Definitely stuffed it up. - Yep. - The actress in Reese Wittespoon's Daughter. The cameo's also have Miranda Lambert, Kaitlyn Bartz, which I'll love Kaitlyn after sitting down with her when she was over here. She's the most fun quirky girl. And she's just, I don't know how you explain it. Noughty fun, just like she's just good, really good sense of humor in that. And a crew of noteworthy rodeo cowboys, like JB, Mooney, and Tyerson Duffery. And there's also another boy who had long hair that I should know his name 'cause I occasionally listen to his podcast. But a lot, a lot of cameos in it and it's getting talked about a lot. I know that there was a video, I saw in Kaitlyn Bartz put up on a story today that's had like 5.4 million views of her and Ella when they went to film this video clip. - Yeah, true. It's getting talked about and it's true in Texas. There's a lot of Ella fellas out there like me and Bill were. So I know a lot of people like this. So. ♪ I'd been a fall in love with Tennessee ♪ ♪ I shouldn't know better than a taking back to Abelaine ♪ ♪ I put him right back into her arms ♪ ♪ I wasn't a match for that kind of sport ♪ ♪ She's from Texas I can tell ♪ ♪ By the way, he's too stiff and raloring ♪ ♪ And judging by the smile that's written on his face ♪ ♪ There's nothing I can do ♪ - Ella fella, I'm an Ella fella. - Oh, wow, wow. - Oh, I reckon she's a, I reckon this, Raleigh Grane should just. (clapping) - Is clap? (laughing) - Yeah, clap together. - Yeah. - Yeah, she's good. And Ella's album "Dandy Wines" also released today. - Oh, thank you. - So you can also go hit her up and listen to that new album, which is very, very exciting. Mate, I think that's sort of our general ones. We roll into a little bit of music news to finish off our Friday. (dramatic music) - The Spitz Podcast. - News, news. - Breaking news. - Yo! - Your house should have at follow up bill. What do you got? - I have absolutely nothing. I hit under a bush. I didn't listen to anything. I didn't even do much. I said, after I discovered I'll TJ Brown. - Yeah, I was up with it. - I just started listening to him. I didn't listen to anything else. I didn't, I said, I mean, I watched a few cats pay piano and I squirre all, you know, it's all an end of a tree. But I did, so I, look, to be honest, the world could nearly end it. Well, what do I think it has? - Yep. - And I wouldn't know. - I know you used to use this segment now. In fact, I might go and have a purge and come back with you. (laughing) - Yeah, good idea. Bear with me because I don't have too much of a self-made. I've got a few things that are worth no-ging. Laney Wilson's new song, which has actually been brought out by Brandon Lake and it's a collaboration with Laney Wilson. Jesus, I know now. Now, I'm a big fan of Laney Wilson, as we know, bit of a crush on her. I guess she could say. But she, these two, this song together, this works. They work together really well. It's probably, if you look back on, like, "Alor Langley" and "Rolly Greens" song, like it's just their voices work together in that song. Laney Wilson's and Brandon Lake's, it just works. It's a really, really good tune. Chase Matthews, which we touched on earlier, playing Meatstock. And then we also touched on James Johnson's collaboration, James Johnson playing at Country Fest. These two have got a collaboration coming out on the 10th of April, which is today. So it's very exciting to see that. Well, actually, down that I said I've seen no social media, I reckon I saw some clip of them too mucking around together. Yep, right, a motorbike down American Street. Yeah, I can't remember. Two quad bikes that tease them, singing, driving down a street in America when he was over there, James. Just recently. So they're vaguely recalled, could have been that, but they were just mucking around together somewhere along the way. Yeah, so James has some really good collaborations with people like Kali Bale and that, but this is just, this is going to be a good one, a really, really good one. I wouldn't be surprised. I don't know if it'll be at Gipzland Meatstock, but this comes out on Friday and I haven't seen the schedule for Tuumba. Yep. I'm going to put, I'll put a dollar on it without, I reckon that Chase Matthews will bring James Johnson out at Meatstock to sing the song with him. I'll dollar in the Swedger. A dollar in the Swedger? All right, I'll do that. I reckon that that will honestly be the case. No. So just the way things have been, James Johnson brought Lee Kurningen out at CMC, which was a great collaboration. You see it more and more these days. No one ever thought that Rolly Graham would bring out Randy. He has a, a Malvin and then Malvin and then Sydney. And I'm pretty sure that tried to get him to do CMC, but he said I can't. So I just wouldn't be surprised if you seen that by James Johnson because he is up that way that he does coming out at Tuumba. So if you're there and it happens, send me a video. Ethan Kellewey, absolutely love this man. He did have a break away from music for a little bit. I remember last year he had a young to me at a pub that he was going to take a bit of a break and really find himself. I feel like he has found himself really fallen in love of his band himself. And he's got better tomorrow, which is out the 17th of April, which is next week. White Flores, now I love this man, but he did a little, I don't think I've ever seen it done before. He had no opener for his show, right? And I don't know if he canceled the opener or the opener canceled on him late. So it was just rolling into just white. So Pepera Lee Burrio or however you say it, Jr., which is his old man's name, I think something to do with his old man. So what said that this bike was opening? What puts on a mustache? A big hat, some dorky looking clothes. And he walked out there and played traditional songs from different artists on stage as a full disguise as an opener. And I genuinely, the crowd, some of the crowd wouldn't have known. They're generally, but one of the best things I've ever seen, if you go to the official white flores on Instagram and watch out, it will make your day. It is a funny shit. It is so funny. So absolutely love that great marketing. You get to go there and watch white play covers for 10 songs. And then you get to watch white come out and do his own concert. I would pay for that. I'm just more going to go there, the open all shit. Yeah, yeah, and everyone's going, "Yeah!" Yeah, that would actually be pretty funny. (laughs) This chance is going to be full. Last one I've got here, mate, is Austin McCaw. I'm a great mate. He's just released, stranded. He's over on Tour of America. He's been doing quite a bit over there lately. He's become a great mate. He's a Max McNeown. But he's definitely hasn't moved away from Australia seeing that much. I'm sure he'll be back here playing festivals before we know it. But he works extremely hard. And I've watched him play all the way from little shows. But no one knew him at the Civic Hall for Bragg Cox. All the way to where he is now. And it's probably just one of them people that I've become proud of in the industry for how much hard work they've done. So mate, that wraps it up. Music news for another week. With some exciting news to finish off in Music News. You have just been sacked. (laughs) Yeah. (laughs) So that's what happens when you don't bring anything to the table. Yeah, because it didn't bring music. No mate. But we'll change things up again next week. I'm lucky enough to have Jackie Harvey joining me all the way from Tazzy. A lot of people won't know Jackie. Some people will know Jackie. She's an excellent industry person. She's been around the country music scene a very long time. She works in radio. She has her own podcast. Yarns with Jay Harve. She knows her stuff. And on No Shall Bring Notes for the Music News. So she's gonna step in for the next few weeks while we wait on Bill just to have a bit of time away, which will also have some stuff coming with it. But, when's that mate? How do we wrap it up? I don't give a shit anymore. He was. He was. I'll be back Wednesday. So that's fine, but yeah. Well, yeah. Well, I suppose. So keep your tunes dusty and your boots country. A-E. Dusty Blues.