Bobbycast

Kassi Ashton talks about her journey to landing a record deal. She grew in a small town named California, Missouri. Moved to Nashville to go to college and persue music. She also talks about how she ended up being featured on "Drop Top" by Keith Urban on his album Graffiti U.

Ashley Gorley has written 37 No. 1 (and counting). Everyone from Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton to Dierks Bentley. He has also several No. 1 songs with Carrie Underwood who he says is also an amazing writer.  He talks about how he started never wanting to be an artist but just loved creative writing growing up.

Bobby goes through his list of favorite 2-hit wonders. All artist who had 2 songs reach the Top 40 on the Billboard chart and then went away. Bobby also talks about artists who he did their first ever radio interview with and played their song before anyone else. Bobby also talks about going to New York to see Hamilton.

Bobby talks about his song picks for a show he's playing with Charlie Worsham and Brandon from Lanco. Bobby and Mike D also talk about an 8-ft alligator found inside a while mart. Plus they break down the lawsuit against Ed Sheeran for "Thinking Out Loud" and whether or not they think Childish Gambino plagiarized on "This Is America".

Ryan Hurd was one of the original songwriters to stop by the BobbyCast. He now returns as an artist to talk about his song “Diamonds Or Twine” and how he didn’t want it to seem like he was exploiting his marriage to Maren Morris. He also talks about the frustrations of shifting from being a successful songwriter to an artist putting out his own music.

Brad and Curtis from High Valley talk about what it means to grow up as Mennonites in a remote part of Canada. They talk about their strong family values and how they write music to reflect them. They also talk the long road it took them to landing a record deal and having success on the radio. 

Brett Eldredge talks about how he attributes his recent success to confidence and even though he goes on a stage every night he still considers himself to be an introvert. He also talks about how he use to get nervous before shows and would want to pass out in front of people. He gives an inside look of his struggles with anxiety and how he has used it and social media to his advantage.

Bobby and Mike D talks about the announcement of the all-female radio show and the details what it's going to be. Bobby also gives his Top 3 Songs to stream this week, talks about his book "Fail Until You Don't" coming out on Tuesday and going on book tour. He also explains why his body is covered in bruises.

Liz Rose didn’t start writing until she was in her late 30’s. But she has since written huge songs for Taylor Swift (You Belong With Me, Tim McGraw, Teardrops on My Guitar). She is also one of the 3 members of The Love Junkies who won a Grammy for “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town. She also put out an album of her own called “Swimming Alone” and has a really interesting approach to songwriting and finding your path in music.

Bobby and Mike D talks about the big things from this week. New music from Dierks Bentley, Sugarland and Kids See Ghosts (Kanye West / Kid Cudi).  They also talk about Anthony Bourdain and thoughts on the suicide prevention number. Also the feud between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg on Artificial Intelligence.

Maddie Poppe talks about what her life has been like since winning American Idol. She also talks about how her new song “Going Going Gone” might be too poppy for her, dating Caleb Lee Hutchinson and what genre she plans on pursuing.

Bobby and Mike D talks about 5 Things that happened in the news this week. Bobby read a story about Uber driver and how they might actually not pass proper background checks. There is an NFL Player who might get to add MD to the name of his jersey. Plus new music this week from Dan and Shay, Kanye West and Dave Matthews + More.

A 10-minute preview of the Sore Losers sports podcast that will be debuting very soon on The Nashville Podcast Network. Raymond and Eddie talk about Game 1 of the NBA Finals and try to get Lunchbox on the phone.

Mat Kearney stops by and talks about going on John Mayer’s Continuum Tour in 2007. He talks about his new album Crazy Talk and how his song “Nothing Left To Lose” is still his favorite. He also tells a cool story about getting to play with Kenny Chesney.

Bobby and Mike D talk about the drama about Roseanne getting cancelled and get into the definition of "freedom of speech". Bobby also talks about the drama that went down during his pool party and how he his having trouble accepting that he can afford to have a pool now. Also a crazy story about David Copperfield, Mike D at a Punk Rock Show and Weezer covers a song after a fan's petition.