{"id":1281,"date":"2010-12-11T12:55:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefirst3songs.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2014-08-01T20:57:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T03:57:50","slug":"randy-houser-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefirst3songs.com\/?p=1281","title":{"rendered":"Randy Houser Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Randy Houser has been a whirlwind in the country music industry since debuting on the mainstream scene in 2008 with his album, Anything Goes<\/em>.\u00a0 That album featured two top 20 hits on the country charts, the title track, Anything Goes<\/em> (No. 16) and his first number one hit, Boots On<\/em>. This early success got the Lake, Mississippi native nominated at the CMA\u2019s, ACM\u2019s, and CMT Music Awards.<\/p>\n

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His latest album, They Call Me Cadillac<\/em>, was released in September of this year and features hit single, Whistlin\u2019 Dixie<\/em> and current single A Man Like Me. <\/em>This success earned him the spot of co- headliner of the national \u201cCMT on Tour\u201d with Jamey Johnson in 2009. In 2010, he has been on tour with Gary Allan and country up and comer Jerrod Niemann.<\/p>\n

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I\u00a0caught up with Houser to discuss his Nashville roots and discuss his Saturday show in Covington, KY. He will be playing the Madison Theater tonight, Decemver 11th<\/sup> at the Madison Theater at 8:00 PM.<\/p>\n

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Amy: Thanks for taking the time to talk to us today.<\/p>\n

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Randy:\u00a0 No problem<\/p>\n

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Amy: I guess I\u2019m a recent Randy Houser fan.\u00a0 I went down to photograph the Tootsie\u2019s 50th<\/sup> Anniversary at the Ryman in Nashville. This was the first time I had seen you perform live. Your duets with Jamey Johnson were great.<\/p>\n

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Randy: Thank you.<\/p>\n

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Amy: I know you moved to Nashville seven or eight years ago. Did you play at Tootsie\u2019s when you moved? What was your experience like when you first got to Nashville?<\/p>\n

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Randy : No, I never had a house gig at Tootsie\u2019s but I\u2019d get up there and play every now and then. I was mostly writing songs when I first got to Nashville. That\u2019s kind of what I came there to do, you know. Tootsie\u2019s was definitely a place that I hung out and drank beer. I just kind of made a living as a songwriter when I first got there.<\/p>\n

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Amy: You’ve had some pretty big hits with Honky Tonk Badonkadonk \u00a0<\/em>and other songs you have co-written. At first when I started reading song titles, I thought you were kind of obsessed with asses.<\/p>\n

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Randy: I kind of am.<\/p>\n

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Amy: I saw a theme with Back That Thing Up <\/em>and Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Randy: Well the reason that is, after we had a big hit with Honky Tonk Badonkadonk<\/em>, anybody that had an idea for a song about an ass wanted to bring it to us, Me or Jamey.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Amy: Well it\u2019s good that you\u2019re an expert in an area.<\/p>\n

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Randy: Well yeah, well a certain area. You gotta be an expert at something.<\/p>\n

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Amy: Right. Might as well be that.<\/p>\n

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Randy: Absolutely<\/p>\n

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Amy: You guys are coming through Cincinnati. I know you\u2019ve toured quite a bit. Have you been through here before? Is there anything you like to do in Cincinnati?<\/p>\n

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Randy: I\u2019ve played at the Taft a few times. I mean, of course, I like to eat a little chili.<\/p>\n

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Amy: I\u2019m not a good judge. I\u2019m from Nashville and I\u2019ve been here a while but I\u2019ve never really got the chili on the spaghetti.<\/p>\n

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Randy: It\u2019s different. It\u2019s something I can do once or twice a year.<\/p>\n

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Amy: I\u2019m like surrounded by Randy Houser this week. I open Country Weekly <\/em>and you\u2019re in that. You\u2019re in Nashville when I\u2019m there. My brother texted me last night, he was at the Titans game, and said, \u201cRandy\u2019s singing the National Anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Randy: Yeah I did. It was great.<\/p>\n

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Amy: You\u2019ve been everywhere. I like to be a Titans fan. I\u2019m trying really, really hard to be a fan.<\/p>\n

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Randy: Wait til next year. They\u2019re horrible!<\/p>\n

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Amy: I\u2019m just hoping, like the Bengals, for a good draft pick.<\/p>\n

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Randy: Yeah, it\u2019s been pretty bad.<\/p>\n

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Amy: How was that experience last night singing?<\/p>\n

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Randy: It was great. It was pretty amazing. There\u2019s such a delay from the time you sing it to the time you hear it on the speakers. It is like a second. It kind of freaked me out.<\/p>\n

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Amy: It\u2019s such a hard song to sing and it\u2019s not the easiest to sing in cold weather.<\/p>\n

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Randy: Well, singing it is the easiest part. Remembering the words to it is a completely different thing. It\u2019s just because you think about that one so hard whenever you go out there, you don\u2019t want to screw it up. It\u2019s not like you\u2019re on auto-pilot. You always think you\u2019re gonna mess up the words. Matter of fact, there was a Kansas City Chiefs game my buddy Mike Eli sang at last week with his band the Eli Young Band and he forgot the words to the anthem. It was horrible. You can see it on Youtube. It was pretty bad.<\/p>\n

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Amy: I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll appreciate the advertisement. It\u2019s got to be really stressful. There are so many people.<\/p>\n

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Randy:\u00a0 Well yeah\u2026 You can hear people in that video of him, \u201cLord, I\u2019ve never seen that happen.\u201d But they don\u2019t understand how nerve-racking that one particular song is to sing because you don\u2019t want to screw it up so bad and that\u2019s why people do. They\u2019re thinking about it so hard. People who don\u2019t have to stand up and sing it in front of 90,000 people don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n

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Amy: It\u2019s not something you\u2019re on stage singing every night.<\/p>\n

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Randy: No it\u2019s not. And it\u2019s so important too. You kind of freak out. That\u2019s what happens.<\/p>\n

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Amy: So you\u2019ve written with a lot of really famous song writers in the past and had some great hits. Is there anybody you would like to sing with or record with that you haven\u2019t had the chance to yet?<\/p>\n

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Randy: I mean yeah, there are several people. Reba would be one of them for sure. She is the queen you know. I think that would be really, really cool. As far as other artists I really dig, I like Keith Urban a lot. That would be fun to do something. You know Lee Ann Womack sang on my album with me in my newest album.<\/p>\n

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Amy: Her voice is great. She does a lot of duets. I think her voice is very nice in duets with male vocalists.<\/p>\n

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Randy: Yeah, she\u2019s so good. I\u2019d love to do something with Reba. That would be cool. And I always have a good time when me and Jamey sing together.<\/p>\n

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Amy: That was definitely my favorite moments at the Ryman. I loved seeing Kris Kristofferson in Nashville but the duet with you and Jamey that night was amazing\u2026one of the highlights of the night. Have you toured together with Jamey at all?<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Randy: Oh yeah. We co-headlined the CMT tour last year.<\/p>\n

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Amy: You\u2019ve also toured with Gary Allan, right?<\/p>\n

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Randy: Yeah<\/p>\n

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Amy: I\u2019m actually a pretty large Kid Rock fan. I know you performed at the CMT awards with him. Any crazy Kid Rock stories?<\/p>\n

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Randy: Nah. He\u2019s pretty laid back you know. He\u2019s a good guy. I\u2019ve hung out with him a lot of nights. He\u2019s a good dude. Nothing I can tell. Let\u2019s put it that way.<\/p>\n

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Amy: I was reading your bio and your background. I saw your dad was a musician and he died when you were at fairly a young age. I kind of had that in common with you because my dad died suddenly too in my mid-20\u2019s. It kind of changed my outlook on life a little bit about living for the moment and life is short.\u00a0 I saw you moved to Nashville shortly after that. Did it have an impact on you? Did it change anything?<\/p>\n

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Randy: Yeah, I think it was a big part. I always wanted to move to Nashville and do want I want to do which was make a living making music. But I think it did the same thing for me. I think it taught me how short life is. I mean he was only 46.<\/p>\n

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Amy: Yeah my dad was 49 at the time.<\/p>\n

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Randy: You know then. Then you start thinking about the things you want to do with your life and that you\u2019re just putting off and thinking \u201cI\u2019ll get around to it,\u201d and you don\u2019t if you\u2019re not proactive about it at the time. So yeah, I think I learned the same thing you did.<\/p>\n

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Amy: Especially with him being musical, I\u2019m sure he was a big influence in your life. Did you have any other musical influences growing up?<\/p>\n

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Randy: As far as people I listened to all the time, yeah. I was always surrounded by older guys. I always played in bands with older guys. I was in my mid-20s, early -20s, but there was always a crop of older musicians. At the time I was coming up through my late teens and early-20s and all, there were really no more musicians my age around. Everybody was into, if they were trying to play something, they were trying to play some heavy metal crap and I didn\u2019t care nothing about it. And they couldn\u2019t play because all they could do is scream. I just wasn\u2019t into it. So I always played with older people. I had a lot of influences, I guess a lot of people teaching me to do what I do.<\/p>\n

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Amy: I have written a couple articles about Jamey (Johnson) in the past. It always strikes me that he seems much older than he is. He\u2019s my age. I always think he\u2019s old and wise from the way he writes and sings. So that\u2019s probably similar playing and being surrounded by the older country music and having that as an influence.<\/p>\n

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Randy: Uh-huh\u2026 A lot comes from that.<\/p>\n

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Amy: What can we expect from the show on Saturday night?<\/p>\n

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Randy: I don\u2019t know. Who knows? I never know what to expect. Come have a good time. People bring a designated driver and have a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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