Riley Green live at Paste Studio ATL

all right and we're live with Riley green here at the pace studio in downtown Atlanta Georgia Riley thanks for being here yeah thanks for bringing a friend Rob also thanks for being here so yeah I guess uh performing regularly together as a duo or is this kind of a one-off special treat or do this as much as I'd like this is kind of how I started out playing was a little acoustic gigs like this Rob's great backup vocals and guitar players so uh maybe we'll get to do a little bit more but usually we're a full band cool cool nice well thanks for giving us this version of this today so that'll give us three pretty cool versions of songs are all three of these songs off your new record no two of them are and one's gonna be a brand new songs okay you know it's always nice try stuff out on folks who like country music very cool very cool well we'll see if it sticks and speaking of that new record congratulations to you a different round here came out the end of last year and you've been working on tour in that and supporting that record sense and this is kind of a part of that so thank you I know you just wrapped the tour get that man a beer which is named after a song from that record then you went on a little hunting trip and now we're here and you're about to do some other cool stuff which we'll talk about more as we keep going but I'd love to hear about what we're gonna hear first and really thank you again both for being here yeah this this first song is like it's a brand new song I wrote it a little while back it's not recorded or anything yet but fans have really seemed to like it we played allow a few times and uh since nobody's ever written a song about a truck I decided I'd try something a little bit different this song's called if it wasn't for trucks [Music] why would any teenage boy cut grass sweet all summer saving cash dream about turning head downtown Street pops on aiming down Pavel it anybody's daddy get around to mend the fences and feed the cows where the hell would a small-town girl climb up if it wasn't the truck [Music] we'll race down the hill and talk to God about my son habit I've got the Tennessee without a bucket see where was I supposed to cry and she loved it crazy dad drag that be really [Applause] if it wasn't for trust we would have furthers Moreau got the nerve to kiss a green-eyed girl where we know God where would lifeline every time you talk to get out by my I've got Tennessee without a puppet see [Music] all right that beer he was [Music] and I wouldn't be Who I am if it wasn't for short pants [Music] we would have raised all that he'll talk to God all by myself that would have got the Tennessee [Music] where is she got a great dear Jane that me really [Music] [Music] thank you right on sounding great you guys feeling good in here oh yeah nice well it really does sound fantastic and thank you guys for sharing this with us today it's a real treat to have you guys make a stop here it's part of the whole experience yeah it's a great way to end the week oh we got another one after this but uh it's pretty cool to have you here right now so I know the the last thing we're gonna hear today I believe is I wish grandpa never died that's the top 20 country radio single pretty cool on that and we'll talk about that a little bit more before that song happens with getting ahead of myself here let's see who are you just wrapped we already talked about you're about to head out with Jason Aldean though that's pretty cool yeah no big deal no big deal yeah you know I never really thought I would be doing what I'm doing in country music and it's been a kind of a whirlwind of accomplishments that I've never really had his goals over the last couple of years but outtie he was one of those that I did kind of sit like when I got a record deal and I saw on the radio and saw that I could go on some major tours it wasn't get a whole lot bigger than Jason Aldean so I'm looking forward to that it's gonna be awesome man yeah and you know I believe you're very deserving that opportunity as well as all the others I mean just one but also you're gonna do another one of these type of sessions that's a little bit bigger in in maybe reach and production you know intensity which is that you can be on the Today Show on Monday so congratulations on that yeah that's a big deal that's a big deal there's that big it was with Jason Aldean no big deal I give well my mom's gonna be telling all the friends about it I'm sure alright so that will be a big deal right nice man well congratulations on on and everything that's happened to know that sort of there was again on that song that was kind of a viral video that somebody you didn't even film this thing or have any knowledge of this somebody shared a video you planned this song and it went nuts you included that on the record you were already on you're on a great track at that point how'd you get here and how does it feel like you said Aldean was kind of a goal what was sort of the build-up to that yeah it was very accidental the success that I had starting out you know I was just playing musics on George I was writing songs because I got tired of playing the same one same covers over and over it shows and uh you know it was really you know due to the fans going out and download my music and and and buying tickets to shows and coming out and you know we were playing a show in Rome Georgia tonight is sold out you know and I've been playing there for years so it's not a new thing but the crowds keep getting bigger and bigger and that's been what it is it's been a really you know somebody riding down the road and letting her buddy listen to my song in their truck you know that's uh that's that's been really cool to watch cuz it's been very gradual but then you know once you get song over radio what happens a lot faster yeah yeah yeah yeah but still in the same way I mean it's like somebody saying hey check this out I believe in this and people taking them for their word and then agreeing and so on and so forth so yeah it keeps it uh you know the wear and tear of going on the road and playing playing shows every night it keeps you motivated and kind of keeps you going when you when you see new new faces and new towns and people singing your song louder every week I knew you're gonna say that that's like a common common quip in here not to not to take away from the the power behind what you just said but speaking of power when people are singing your song back to you there's no feeling like that in the world like and everybody's unanimously agrees that that's the case of like man just was like motivations kind of fleeting but that's what keeps me going you know yeah well is a songwriter it's that's probably the most rewarding thing is to write a song about your own life how you grew up and see people relate to it and especially people all over the country that's a pretty cool feeling yeah man well connections universal so that's got it yeah thank you for providing that for for everybody who feels connected to your music and I'm feeling pretty connected right now man so can't wait to hear what's next what's uh what are we gonna hear for the second song we're gonna do a song I wrote that actually became my first number-one on country radio it's a song I wrote called there was this girl wrote to my buddy Eric Dylan and you know I thought it would be a song people could relate to I don't know any guys that didn't grow up trying to impress the girl and doing something stupid along the way and that was kind of how I did and you know I thought I'd be a pretty relatable song didn't know it would become what it is and it's a excellent first number-one and it's one of those that they sing every week so it's pretty exciting song to get to play nice man can't wait to hear it [Music] never knew my plans truck you trying like that [Music] she don't better than take that curves old-fashioned daddy I was down in the ditch he asked me why I did what I did there was this girl drinking [Music] so there's a fire [Applause] there was a girl [Music] some folks ask me why I still pick this guitar [Music] even an laughs on road won't get you very far maybe she's looking down too see there was this girl [Music] there was a girl [Music] girl [Music] did note I'm on break also much took his mom's on a farm for I saved up but I got all my drink buddy still out on the town I ever settle down there was this girl she's starting to get a dream [Music] Wow [Music] there was a girl [Music] hey yeah yeah a lot of check-ins on the internet people who love them what you're doing I'm loving what you're doing and I can relate to that I I drove to Wisconsin once and my car broke down along the way and my dad didn't know I was going and it was to meet somebody I was interested in and yeah I had to come clean I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere out of gas on the side of the road broken car is the same similar situation I wasn't in a ditch though that was another time but man yeah relatable music and I can feel that and it's it's it's really important to have music that is so connectable so thank you for creating such a thing appreciate it yeah so the next song that's up like I said it's on the top ten top 20 a country radio right now it's your most recent single and it is also the one that kind of had another sort of accidental thing happened somebody did that recording of you and it you're like crap I got to go put this on the record so I got to go record it real quick that's very cool you want to tell us a little bit more about what is up next yeah so this song is a which Grand Falls never died is the name of it you know I wrote it as a tribute to my two granddaddy's mom gunday Buford have said several times as far the reason I got into country music he was a big fan of country music had an old Epiphone guitar that I kind of learned to play on and he passed away in 2010 and my Grande Linden passed away earlier last year in February and I remember writing down a title kind of you know in that vein my way back from Las Vegas when I found out he passed away going home for the funeral on I wrote the song a little while after and you know the record was done we weren't wasn't going to make the album and [Music] I didn't really have any aspirations of being a hit song or anything I just kind of wrote it for myself I played it at a show in Georgia I believe and somebody video to put it on YouTube and next he knows got how many million views you know so you know go to the label or like me when I need to record this people were singing it it shows and requesting it before it ever even got put out it was the craziest thing to me and deceased people really latch on to a song like that and it's something that's really special about this song is everybody's got their own line and it too you know it's like though it's a different story from a different person every time they come up it's this line means this to me here and that's just the coolest thing in the world because I wrote that song so specifically about my life and that many people are relating to it as a songwriter is one of the best feelings you can get can't can only imagine man I mean we are all in this together and yeah but what a unique thing I am looking forward to finding out what my line is in this song man thanks for sharing that and for sharing all this music today thank you so yeah we'll get into this and then I will we'll chat a little bit and then send you on your way man it's been really great to hang so if you have to hear this [Music] which girls you love never came back diamond rings push ever pour try to swing wish kiss do you learn to say certain man had a shaking hand was she ever stayed had a Birmingham [Music] we see everybody knew all the words to mama try now wish Monday morning's slack Friday night now we see the cars head trumpets different Road was named Copperhead and coolers never run cold Bud Light and I wish highschool home teams never lost to back row drinking kids never got caught we stir plastic gas was love it kind was high [Music] now-ish honky tonks didn't have no clothes at time and I wish grandpa's never died I wish Sunday's on a creek bank with never in shy could learn to drive again [Music] we should first time 17 she was my everything kids in a Chevrolet that happen everyday [Music] wish everybody overseas gonna make it home and I wish Cauchy music still got played all kanji ready [Music] cars head trumpets meteoroids named Copperhead and coolers call Bud Light now which high school home James never lost the back row drinking kids never got car we used two plastic gas was love it cotton was high now we're shocked he talks didn't handle closing time [Music] [Applause] [Music] now is good dogs never got cradle always farms never got sold now receiving cars head truck bits different rules name copperhead [Music] I wish high school home chains never lost back road trinket kids never got caught we stir classic gas was love it kinda was [Music] talky-talk stood close a time [Music] and I wish grandpa's never died grandpa's never died [Music] thank you very nice yeah I'm still working on I'll have to listen to it again there's a couple of them in there so there's a few ties happening for what line but that's a great song thank you great so I'm sure yeah I can I can I can Amanda picture some of the stories that maybe you've been told over the years or over the over the span of time that song is going around so yeah it's good one they're all been good ones and we got some check-ins on the Internet Kansas City Calgary UK people from all over so wanting to see I wanted to meet loving what you're doing a lot of holy cows Wow's and other comments about just how talented you both are and and then I share all those sediments fully it's been a really great experience to hear you guys in this space we're glad you could make it thank y'all for having us yeah so till next time thank you all for being here and safe travels and riley's anything you want to add where can people find out what your moves are online what's the social plug so I would say uh my instagrams Raleigh duck man we post a lot of our dates on their weekly my websites where I'll agree music.com all my tour dates and stuff like that will be on there yeah I mean yeah just if we're in your area come out and see a show and uh you know we always try to have a good time and it's uh that's what makes it fun is going out and playing live shows are something that never gets old for us so we're looking forward to this year with Aladin and and playing our own headline shows and uh you know just trying to put out some more music nice nice well yeah congratulations and and break a leg on that whole tour with Jason and how long is that going to run is that gonna kind of take up most of the year till they stop letting just come out and play before all right little play till they kick us off that's a good rule of time I like that well I'm sure it's gonna be a while because I don't want to let you go right now but we got to so thank you guys both for being here Riley Rob it's been a real treat thank you thank you

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Published: Fri Jan 10 2020