Social Distance Music Party Unplugged - 5/22

And just like that, we're back again.

It's showtime. It's Friday, it's 5 o'clock, it's Bryan, it's Gary, and it's a surprise what's gonna happen on that third screen. We have no idea any more than you do.

I don't know why the caution stuff is now up. Is— are we— did something happen there?

Okay, did he freeze?

I have to take a screenshot.

That is so perfect too.

I think I have to screenshot this.

If you're gonna freeze, what a great— what a great area. I mean, it's just like we couldn't have like planned that any better.

All right, everyone smile because I'm taking a nice screenshot of this one right here. That is— I'll just leave it up. I don't—

Hopefully he'll be rebooting here soon. There he is.

Hey,

and he's coming back. Okay, you have to explain the blue.

What?

You have to explain the blue.

Oh, it helps me breathe better during the show. You know how people do those, um, Breathe Right strips at night? I use the, the blue tape. I have found that it's made my— just my weeks are better when I wear, when I wear the blue.

Has catching your breath been a problem during our show?

Um, no, but just in case it starts.

Well, Friday, Friday for many of you is the only time that you will see a pair of nunchucks. That's it. This is— there's no other time in my week that I ever have anything to do with nunchucks until Rob.

You know what, one day, as soon as this, this, um, moral— what's it called? Moral lifting, social drifting, whatever the heck it's called. What's it called?

Social distancing.

So this is— yes, social— this moral lifting, moral distancing, whatever it's called.

I think it's— this is the new cover art For the show.

Yes, it looks very nice. Oh my

God, you know, you put that on there and ask people, what do you think this show is about? Uh, and it'd be interesting to see what kind of answers you would get.

Well, it might be the COVID art for a mental institution, but anyway, hi.

Look, oh my God, you guys are all so scruffy.

Hey, um, guys, by the way, you like the hair?

Yeah, that was some good loving right there.

Like that?

Yeah,

I'm feeling pretty good. I feel like— I feel like a cross between Adam Ant and Billy Idol with a receding hairline.

Did you do that special for today, or is that normal?

Um, yeah, this was just for the show today. It was purely for the show today. It was— I thought I'd get a little dressed up for you guys, do my hair and makeup. just whatever I could do to make it look good, sound good, whatever we got to do.

You, you and Courtney just said this, and I agree with her, you, you look how I feel.

A mess?

Well, I'm done with this pandemic. I don't know about you guys, but I'd really like to just be done. I'm ready.

Yeah. Hey, what are those, what are those strips called when people have like, um, and— no, no, the ones where you— where they, um, is it Yeah,

the Biore strips. And remember, if you're old school, if you're of a certain age, you remember the Strident pads. Strident medicated pads.

Yes.

How much does that sound like a personal hygiene problem?

Well,

excuse me, I have my Strident medicated pads. I'll be right back.

That's right.

You guys check this out, by the way. What? Alexa, office light off.

Oh,

and I did that to every room in the house.

I'm impressed.

And guess what? Right, my wife made me reverse our bedroom because she thinks it's creepy. So that is not— that, that, that is— it's now unplugged.

Yeah, okay, well, I don't blame her. I really don't.

We, uh, we don't have one of those. We don't have the Alexa in our house.

Yeah, that's not something I'd be into.

Well, we thought about it with the kids and stuff, but by the same token, it's like, nah, you know. And then you find out, you find out that they're actually— they do listen in, you know. Not that they're meaning to listen in, but they do, you know, to, uh, to what's going on at your house. And of course Around our house, it would be banshees and wolverines. But you know, that's what you'd be hearing.

I figure if they're if they're listening in and they take some good things away, then I should be charging them, right?

Look at this. Sandy Adams said, Brian, you just turned off my lights.

Hey,

how come

I'm not seeing any? Oh, there they are.

Alexa, order me a pizza.

Um, my pepperoni is on the way.

Order me an order of nachos. Hurry up.

Don't you— that's one of the things. What are you looking forward to? Which restaurant do you want to go back to? And I know all around, I mean, we have Leanne's in Australia, and I know we have listeners all over. My cousin in Alabama just said hello. What restaurant can you wait to go back to? That you're looking forward to not just pick up and take out, but which one are you looking forward to actually sitting your hiney down and having them bring you something?

Oh God, that's a good question.

I could tell you. Do you want me to give you— you want me to give you my answer first?

Go.

Yeah.

I'll give you my top 2, and, and in no particular order, uh, I would say, um, Roy's at Spanish Bay, um, and Le Papillon in, uh, right there off Saratoga Avenue. Those would be my 2, like, go-tos. That's where I'd love to go immediately.

Wow.

What's, what's the dish you order at Le Papillon?

Their filet is lights out. Um, that's phenomenal. And, uh, down at, uh, Spanish Bay, gosh, the, um The sashimi is really good. The octopus is really good. Um, gosh, you have so many great things. So either one is a win.

Never been a fan of octopus. I don't like anything that tries to crawl back out of my mouth. I, uh—

Well, let me tell you, you would love it. Hey, can we say hey to my friend Denise? Um, Denise down in Southern California, great friend. Um, longtime friend, met her back in 1990. '93, maybe '94, right around there at, um, what was the— was it called CD Warehouse, um, on El Camino? Was that the name of the, um, CD store on El Camino and maybe close to Remington? Do you guys remember that?

No. Oh yeah,

it was called CD Warehouse, I think, or something like that. Denise, was it called CD Warehouse? It was something like that. And I was working at KOME at the time when we did a promotion, and that's how I met her. She was really cool, and she got married, and I DJ'd her wedding and all kinds of great stuff. So, wow.

Look, we got some more answers. El Maestro's, chips and salsa. Yeah, I'm up for that. I would love for somebody to bring me chips and salsa. Uh, and, uh, uh, Katie Blooms for trivia. We had Cracker Barrel this morning. IHOP's another one. Chick-fil-A. Uh, it's, uh, yeah, Chick-fil-A, all that. I— what about you, Brian? Where do you want to go? Your wife said El Jardin, is that it?

Yeah, yeah. Uh, that's over at Santana Row. That's, that's the outside one, uh, in the center of Santana Row. Um,

I thought that closed.

They closed for just to refurbish. Um,

okay,

but who knows, right? And, uh, yeah, I would go to, uh, I'm blanking on the name, but it's the, the The restaurant we always go to for birthdays, uh, the Mexican restaurant. Um, Taco Bell? Yeah.

Uh, uh, Mexico Lindo.

Mexico Lindo.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's just like, it's, it's so down-home comfort and like you, you just walk into Mexico. It's, it's amazing.

Yeah, and their chili verde is pretty on point. Uh, and speaking of which, my sister-in-law just noticed that. She goes, my hair's on point. I got a haircut. What do you guys think?

You look kind of hot.

Listen, you're the first person to say that in 30 years, so thanks.

Whatever I can do to make you feel good, my friend. Whatever I can do.

Hey, I, uh, I, I, as I told you last week, I, I, the Grandview. I really want to make it back to the Grandview. Oh yeah, sit down. I wanna, I wanna have a meal. I love everything they do there. And have a drink and just have that entire experience.

Yeah.

But I'm with you. Mexican food sounds so good. And Mexican food where you sit down and eat it and they bring it to you.

Yeah.

Takeout and the restaurants are doing a great job. And thank you for staying open during this pandemic. And thank you for the food that you let us— that you have delivered and we get to pick up. But man, I can't wait till I can sit down with you in your place of business and just Have that communal experience. I, I love that.

Yeah, I like communal experiences.

Speaking of which, why don't we add to our communal experience and bring in our special musical guest today who may have the best sobriquet of anyone we've ever had on? Ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to welcome—

Wait, wait, what did you say? What did you say?

Sobriquet.

What the heck is sobriquet?

Uh, whatever it is, a couple of, a couple of cups of coffee and look, she's sober Kay all over again. But we have Good Time Charlie who's joining us from Boise, Idaho.

What's going on?

Now many of you in Northern California, you know Good Time Charlie because he's been all over the place. You've opened for so many people, uh, Little Big Town, Yes, uh, Maren Mars, isn't she the smallest thing you've ever met?

She is, she is. I didn't even see her walking out on the stage when I opened up for her. She just kind of snuck around the speakers there. She's about, about that big, and— but she's got a voice that's that big, man. She's—

yeah, she's 90— she's 96% lung.

Yeah. Oh

yeah. And that's it. And now, and now, because you've seen it, you've been all this stuff, and we're going to talk to you about all the different experiences you've had because Everywhere, but now you're in Boise. How's that,

man? I do not know how I ended up here, man. It was all my wife's doing.

Yeah, I was gonna say, hey, dude, aren't you from Stockton?

Yeah, I told her us Mexicans don't like the snow, but she wouldn't listen to me. She got me up here now, but I'm loving it, man. I'm loving it. It's good up here. People are good up here, and I'm really getting dialed in up here and having a good time. It's been fun.

Yeah. And it's nice being able to buy like a nice house, isn't it? It's, it's, it's, and it's, I've had people, friends of mine are looking to move up there right now as we speak. And they're like, it's just amazing.

The prices are ridiculous. Uh, in the middle of this whole pandemic thing, gas was like $1.59, $1.60 a gallon. I could not believe it. Um, but yeah, house prices are half the price in California. And, uh, it's just, you know, registration for your vehicles, your trucks and stuff like that, a fraction of the price. And it's been— it's been good, been good. Yeah, don't get me wrong, I love California. I miss California. I just don't miss them prices.

Those of us, those of us who are here wishes we could miss those prices. That would be awesome. That would be— well, Charlie has a good time. Charlie, Charlie's got a heck of a repertoire, and I thought we could I just noticed what Raffy's doing. Sorry, I'm

gonna have to avoid looking at him while I'm singing my music because—

no, we're gonna take him off screen. We would never do that to you.

Look, he looks like an Oompa Loompa right now.

Oh my God.

I've got another riddle for you, but Charlie, I was thinking maybe you could start us off with a song and get everybody into the Friday mood.

I would love to do that. Look at, uh, let's see, Jenny's hanging out here saying Boise is such a cool town. My in-laws live there and it's amazing, man. If you come up to visit, Jenny, make sure to follow me, Good Time Charlie. I'm booking some shows for later on in this summer, so would love to have you come hang out, Jenny. But yeah, let's get a song going because I heard this was a dance party, correct?

That's right. Get your dancing shoes on.

So here's a little song by a Northern California country artist, made it big time, Mr. John Pardee. Love his music. Here's a little, uh, Heartache on the Dance Floor. All right, you guys all ready for a good time? Let's have a little fun this Friday afternoon. Yeah, I was just hanging around This little West Coast town, found a bar out by the sand. I made my way in, first thing that caught my eye, like nothing I'd ever seen. Some bird off the ranch, the California dream. Yeah, she was shaking them hips, some old motel song I couldn't say. So I just sang along. She was a heartache on the dance floor. She's moving through my mind. I've got to know her name. I've got to see her again. She's got me wondering. Yeah, I'm just wondering where she at, where she at, where she at tonight. Where she at, where she at, where she at tonight. She's got me mesmerized. She's all I'm thinking about, all I'm thinking about, thinking about, thinking about. Whoa, whoa. Yeah, so I just hung around this little West Coast town. I dropped by every night, I stayed a little extra time. My little mystery man, that girl is killing me. So I put on this song so I could sing along. Come on now. She was a hottie on the dance floor. Just moving through my mind. I've got to know her name. I've got to see her again. She's got me wondering. Yeah, I'm just wondering where she at, where she at, where she at tonight. Where she at, where she at, where she at tonight. She's got me mesmerized. She's all I'm thinking. All I'm thinking about, thinking about, thinking about. Whoa, whoa, yeah. Well, I'm right here right now humming this little song. If I could say a thing, I'd want you to know you were a heartache on the dance floor. Just moving through my mind. I've got to know her name and I've got to see her again. And if you're listening, listening, listening, where you at? Where you at? Where you at tonight? Where you at? Where you at? Where you at tonight? Girl, I'm hanging around this little town. All right, hope you guys enjoyed that one.

Absolutely. Love me some Jon Pardi.

Yes.

That was awesome.

Thank you.

He had a birthday, I think. Was it yesterday? I think he turned 35 yesterday.

Man, that guy's doing great things in country music. I love his latest album he released, and, uh, just a great songwriter and great performer. And, uh,

do you know he started off trying— because he grew up, uh, up in Northern California, and he, uh, He, he, he, he got tired of the country scene because that's what he grew up on, right? So he actually tried to be a rock singer. He was inspired by Green Day.

No kidding.

I'm not kidding. Green Day. And so he tried to write songs like Green Day and then realized he doesn't sound right singing Green Day songs. But, but he learned that he needs to— what he does in his thing is he, he brings tempo to everything he does. And he goes that's from his experience Trying to write rock songs.

The rock star. Okay, I could not see him doing Green Day music, man.

That's pretty awesome. Gary, you are like the Cliff Clavin of this stuff. You kind of know a little bit of everything, don't you,

huh? I have more totally worthless, useless knowledge, uh, and, uh, and, and just from doing this. And Rafi, you know, you did radio for so long, after a while Stuff just creeps in your head and stays there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Hey, so, uh, Charlie, you grew up Stockton way, um, and you grew up in the same neighborhood as the great Chris Isaak.

I did, I did. Chris Isaak actually lived just around the corner from me. Uh, a little age difference there. I think when I graduated high school, he just dropped, uh, Wicked Game, you know, his one hit. And so, uh, You know, I really enjoyed his music, and I thought it was inspiring to know he came from my hometown. And you know, kind of one of those guys that I kind of followed growing up. Like, oh, you know what? Maybe I could do this one day. You know,

and there you have it. Just like that.

Here we are.

Yep. Love it. Love it. Well, thanks for being here.

Cool vibe. Chris Isaac got that cool vibe.

Yeah. Yeah.

People, the girls go. Goo goo gaga for Mr. Isaac in a big way.

Of course, that part I haven't figured out yet. That I'm working on.

And let's and for the just to make sure we're clear on this, you wouldn't want to.

Hey, are you playing music, Rafi?

What?

Music's coming from somewhere. Someone's playing music.

Not me.

Oh,

I

know it's me. I have I have Charlie's website open.

Oh,

and your, your site plays music. And I was like,

you're like, where's that coming from?

Where's the music? I went and I was like, I like that, we should get that guy for the next show.

Awesome.

Yeah, but it was you.

Hey, can we say, can we say hey to Christine Romero? Said nice voice and skills on the guitar.

Thank you, Christine. Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it. Um,

and then Lynn, what about our friend Sonia Connolly? Great old friend, uh, friend of ours. And, uh, Tiffany was running a little late today, says, hey, sorry I'm late, what's on Rafi's face? Nothing, I took it off. Um, so leave me alone.

So what, what the question is, you got a 3-day weekend, you get to stay home this weekend. Wait, never mind. Uh, What, what's everybody gonna do with their 3-day weekend? What do you— what do you do with a holiday during shelter-in-place?

Well, going back to what you guys were talking about earlier, uh, your favorite restaurant, um, Idaho— things are opening up here in Idaho. So my wife and I went out to Texas Roadhouse this afternoon. They are wide open for business, but they're doing their social distancing thing, so They got every other booth closed in the, in the restaurant, so you cannot sit next to somebody else in the next booth, which I thought was cool. You know, that worked out. And nothing on the table, no salt and pepper shakers, nothing like that. If you ask for pepper, they bring out a little cup of pepper and you put it on there. Um, so they're, they're doing everything they can to try to get this thing going while following the guidelines. And it was so nice to have a big old fat steak this afternoon. Oh man, it was good.

Oh, look at that!

And that's, and that's what we're looking for. You just want to get back to a little bit of the, of the normalcy. And, uh, I don't know about the rest of the world or around the country and people are tuning in, but we're getting ready to go into a heat wave here in San Jose. So, uh, it's supposed to be 100 degrees on Tuesday.

You don't want to be home for that.

Uh, and you know, it's— well, we're just looking forward to it because there's something, you know, there's something that the sun does for all of us. There's something that just, it just brings it out. And, and, and, and, and I, I can't wait. The last time we had really good weather, there was just that sense of, yay! And then we had a little cool break last week, and now the good hot weather's coming just in time for the little holiday weekend. And I, I, I'm very excited.

It's always greener on the other side, you know. It gets too hot, we want it cooler. It gets cooler, we want it hotter. When are we ever satisfied as a human race?

I'm satisfied.

Well, nunchucks around your neck.

No, you know what, man? I'm just— you know what, let me tell you something. I'm just glad to be alive. I'm glad I can walk out my front door, go for a walk. I'm glad I can hang out with my family. I'm glad I can pick up the phone and call whoever I want. I'm glad that I get to sit here on Fridays at 5 o'clock and do this. I'm glad that I'm walking 10,000 steps a day. How's that? Is that enough, or do you want more?

That's beautiful, man.

I'll take more.

You want more?

As you said, you know, why can't the human race ever be satisfied? You know, here's the thing. We wouldn't be doing this right now if people had been satisfied. I always sit back and say that, that thing when there was a few years ago with this food stuff, it's like, hey, don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize. And my point is the whole reason we have anything, processed foods, anything, Is because our great-great-great-grandparents looked around at their life and said, hey, y'all, this sucks. Let's do something different. You know, if you were to go back to your great-great-great-grandmother and say, hey, I can cook you a meal on an Instant Pot in 30 minutes or 10 minutes in a microwave, what do you think? It should be like, yes.

I don't think 10 minutes is a long time.

We think 10 minutes is a long time, right? That's the world we live in right now. If we don't have automatic loads on Facebook, YouTube videos, we get angry.

Our lives— our life has become on demand, bingeable on demand. That, that— I mean, that is the new era for where we live.

Let me— I'm writing that down. That's good. Our life is now bingeable on demand. That's brilliant.

Everything, everything about our life is bingeable on demand, isn't it? And if it's not fast enough, it's not good enough.

Yeah,

but that's not the case. That is not the actual case. I'm not fighting for that. I'm just saying that that's not— that's not who we're becoming. And I love that this pandemic actually straightened us out so that we can actually appreciate everything that Rafi just said.

That's right.

I absolutely love it.

Well, and that's what I said with the, with the 2020 graduates. My thing is, is I'm sorry you're missing out on the last couple of months of school. And they really are the coolest months of school. I agree with you. But you're also getting this reset world. You're getting this gift that is a reset world that you get to go with. And you get a, You get a the ultimate do-over. You get to walk out into a fresh, brand new world. So you can. It's all in how you look at anything. You know, you can look at it bad. You can look at it good. I hope you'll look at it good.

And speaking of true, it's so true. It's perspective is everything. And I think that that's so important. And I think maybe we should have fresh perspective with some some music. I don't know.

Good time, Charlie.

Y'all, I got a guitar. Maybe. You're talking about me, huh?

Well, actually, I've got my ukulele. I can do something if you need it.

How about a little

Kenny Chesney?

Said the only thing we're giving are sunshine and the rain. We both started laughing when the sky started to rain. Get along on down the road, we got a long, long way to go. Scared to live, scared to die. We ain't perfect, but we try to get along. Now I can't always give love the upper hand. I can't always give love the upper hand. Paint a wall, learn to dance, call your mom, buy a book, drink a beer, sing a song, make a friend. Can't we all get along? Saw a model on a billboard, 1-800-GET-TO-KNOW-ME. Wonder what she photoshopped, were her eyes really that lonely? Did she leave her hometown thinking she'd make it in LA? If you break down in the desert and get stuck beside the highway, get along on down the road. You got a long, long way to go. Scared to live, scared to die. We ain't perfect, but we try to get along. Now I can't always give love the upper hand. Pain to walk, learn to dance. Call your mom, bye folks. Drink a beer, sing a song. Make us friends, can't we all get along? Find out when you die the keys to heaven can't be bought. We still don't know what love is, but we sure know what it's not. Sometimes you got to get along on down the road. We got a long, long way to go. Scared to live, scared to die. We ain't perfect, but we try to get along. Now why we can't always give love the upper hand? Paint the wall, learn to dance, call your mama, buy a boat, drink a beer, sing a song, make a friend. Can't we all get along? All right, little Kenny Chesney for you.

Woo!

Good times, Charlie. That's, that's fun. Do you, do you, uh, have any, uh, well, because you've got to open for so many people, and that's a, that's a skill set nobody really talks about, is, uh, is knowing how to be a good opener, uh, and, and taking advantage of the crowd, entertaining the crowd, but by the same token, not pissing the opening act off. I mean, just being completely honest about it, uh, and having that skill set to— because the lineup you have, we're talking about Mira Mars, Luke Combs, Clay Walker, Brett Young, Kelly Pickler. I mean, obviously you're doing something. Yeah, how do you approach that, Charlie?

Man, um, I think you hit it on the nail on the head. We were talking about entertaining a crowd and learning how to be a performer. You know, there's some great songwriters out there, some great vocalists, but when you get out on the stage, you got to be able to connect with that audience and you got to be able to bring that energy to set up for that main act, you know. And so obviously the first show I did, I can't even remember. I think I opened up for Easton Corbin was my first big, big show. And man, it shook my nerves. I'll tell you, man, I was so nervous. And it was for a winery out in Contra Costa County, big winery out there. And— but I learned from that experience, you know, getting out there, being nervous. And, you know, I got to own the stage. I got to own the audience for just those few minutes. Because, uh, that's all you get, you know. And so I just learned to hone in that craft. It's picking the right songs to play, um, interacting with the audience. You got to be watching everything all the time. There might be somebody says something you can feed off of, or somebody doing something that you can interact with. And just make it a good time, make it a lot of fun so they'll want to come back and see you.

See, that's the difference between, between an entertainer and a performer, uh, and an entertainer To me, Garth Brooks is an entertainer.

Yeah,

he is. And and and and that's what we love. A performer, an entertainer is all about your experience. Honestly, this is my attitude. A performer, it's all about his experience or her experience.

Yeah.

So when you have a person who's up there to do their art, whatever it is, they want you to sit back and listen to their art.

And you know what I what I love about that, Gary? And especially like you brought up Garth Brooks, and you know he's one of my favorite people. But um. What, what he does is he focuses on the people in the back row, like all— like whoever is in the back seats, he wants them to have the same experience as the people in the front row. And I just think that's such a great perspective on, and on what you're talking about, an entertainer that can see that and know that everybody needs— they bought tickets, everyone bought a ticket, everybody wants to be entertained.

That's right.

He makes everybody feel like they're right there with him. I always say he's like the guy— that arena is his living room. He's just hanging out, playing some music, and having some fun, and including everybody, uh, in the whole, in the whole process. So it's— that's pretty neat to be able to do that. Hey, um, can we send out a couple little shoutouts here?

Yeah, it's time.

Do

it. So I'd like to Big, big shout out to my one of my great, great radio friends, Big Rick Stewart. We used to work together at Live 105. Did you ever know Gary? Did you ever know Big Rick Stewart? He was Live 105 and KFOG.

I have heard that name, and I have seen I've seen his name and and heard him. I don't know Big Rick. I wish I could, but I always I always loved his name.

You know, one of the most one of the I'm gonna say. One of the greatest people I've ever worked with in radio. Um, not because he was the guy who helped me get to Live 105, but he was just— he's just a great dude, well respected, well liked around the whole Bay Area radio scene, and just a great guy.

My dad's name is Dick, so we used to call him Big Dick Kramer.

That would be—

that would be Dr. Big Dick Kramer.

Where did we go with this?

And on that note,

I've got a— yes, I've got an appointment with Dr. Big Dick Kramer.

Did you guys drive right off the road?

Listen, we've been doing this show for 2 months now. Have we hit a road yet? Have we come close to being on the road?

I didn't know what— I didn't know what to expect getting in here, so

Yeah, sorry, Charlie.

I'm stuck. I can't get out of here now.

We were talking to Charlie before we went on the air today, and he's like, so what do we do? And we're like, we don't know. We don't know. We don't know what we do. We just kind of come in. It's like somebody posted a while ago, he goes, it's like, hey, it's hanging out with 4 of your really weird uncles.

Yeah, so I guess, Charlie, you just got lumped in as one of the, um— oh, there you go. And Misty Freeman says hello and says, "I remember Big Rick. Great guy." Yep, absolutely right. So Sonia Connolly said hi to her. Tiffany, what's up? Tiffany just said OMG LOL. So you guys are well. Why did you guys have to do that? Why did you have to go down that road? Huh? Huh?

Because

that's the way the conversation after this show. That's it. I'm reprimanding all of you.

That's right.

Timeout for you, Thomas. 5-minute timeout for you, Kramer. You know what, Charlie, you're up, brother. Go ahead and hit us with a song.

Oh, whoops, we lost him. I don't know what happened. The technology just broke and we don't know where he went. So I guess it's time for some music. Uh, what

do

you think, some Garth Brooks?

I guess we're talking about Garth. How about we get into the all-time classic?

All right, thanks, man.

All right, everybody, sing along. I know you know this one. Blame it all on my roots. I showed up in boots and I ruined your blacktopping. The last one to know, the last one to show. I was the last one you thought you'd see there, and I saw the surprise in the Fear in his eyes when I took his glass of champagne. I told St. James, said, honey, we made it through, so you'll never hear me complain. Come on now, I got friends in places where the whiskey drowned and the big chasing got away. And I'll be okay. I'm not big on social grace. Think I'll slip on down to the oasis. Oh, I got friends in lovely places. All right, come on. Well, I guess I was wrong. I just don't belong. But then I've been there before. Everything's all right. I'll just say good night and I'll show myself to the door. Hey, I didn't mean to cause a big scene. Just give me an hour and then I'll be as high as an ivory tower. You live there. I got friends in places where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away, and I'll be okay. I'm not big on social grace, think I'll sit on down To the oasis, oh, I got friends in lovely places. All right, I don't know, uh, if we can do that 3rd verse on here or not. What do you guys think out there? Rick, Bob, and Sherry hanging out, you guys know that secret little 3rd verse Garth always sings at his shows? I think we can do it. Well, I guess I was wrong. I just don't belong. But then I've been there before. Everything's all right. Just say good night and I'll show myself to the door. Hey, I didn't mean to cause a big scene. Just wait till I finish this glass. Sweet little lady, I'll head back to the bar. Come on, you can kiss my ass. Oh, I got friends in low places where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away. Chases them all away. And I'll be okay. I got big long soldier's braces. Think I'll step on down to the oasis. So I've got friends in low places. Oh, I've got friends in low places. All right, thank you for singing along, guys.

You got a good voice. Wow, I like the way you sound.

Amazing.

Also, I want to point out a little shameless plug. If you guys listening out there, uh, I'd like to drop a few bucks in the tip jar. I do have a Venmo account hiding out over here. A Good Time Charlie. Anybody has Venmo, a couple bucks, thank you so much. I'd appreciate it, guys.

Let's buy him a steak. It's by mistake.

Yeah,

I'm gonna put that up on the screen. So, uh, the Venmo account is A Good Time Charlie.

A Good Time Charlie, just because Good Time Charlie was already taken, so I had to throw it— throw an A in front of

it in

there. Please do. We heartily encourage you to throw a— throw a tip his way because that, uh, these guys like Charlie's coming on and doing this just for us because, uh,

it's been rough. It's been rough for us musicians, man. I see all these guys doing live streams, even the big names, you know, Luke Combs, these guys, and Putting their tip jar out there, virtual tip jar, because we've been struggling.

Well, I understand. I talked to one of the stars in country. He's like a mid-level guy right now. He's not a big guy, but he's a mid-level. And he was talking about how he got one of the small business loans so he could continue to pay his crew. And he's like, you know, he goes, I have to, he goes, but I don't know how long I can do it. You know, because at some point, at some point it starts cutting into all of our revenue. And so we're hoping that we will bounce back and do this. And as I've said before, as we get more and more stuff back, I was so thrilled last week. We watched German soccer in my house. Now we watch German soccer no matter what. We actually are, we're big Bundesliga fans. Go Bayern Munich. Yeah. But it was so So good to watch that and just feel the normalcy. NASCAR, it was so good to watch it and know that we're getting closer and closer. And hearing your stories, Charlie, like going out to dinner, you know. And my family's in Oklahoma right now, and they sent me a picture of them at a restaurant, and I'm like, gosh, I'm so— that's, that's what we're all looking for, is just getting back to that and doing it safely. Nobody wants anybody to be at risk. But yeah, once we get there, it's gonna be awesome.

Yeah, you know what, the other big thing too is, you know, Gary, I deal with the wedding world, you know, with what we do in our company, and it is so rough trying to, you know, talk to brides and grooms about what might or might not be happening. I mean, we've had a million postponements and cancellations, you know, with all this that's going on. Now we're waiting to see what's gonna happen to July, August, and September. Is there going to be dancing allowed? How many people are going to be allowed? They haven't told us anything yet, and it's such an unsettling feeling, you know. And it's like, it's your career, and you're going, what the heck is going on? So it's, it's— I just kind of can't wait for this whole thing to be done.

When I was in 7th grade, we used to high school dance like 6 feet apart anyway.

Yeah, that's true.

Uh, so I'm thinking that we should just adopt that and just be middle school dancers.

That's right. Look at you. Absolutely.

I've said this before, we went down, we went, we went down real quick, boom, boom, into shelter-in-place. And I think we're not gonna go up necessarily that quick, but we're gonna go up quicker than we think. We're gonna be going chunk, chunk, chunk, and it's gonna go up that way, and we'll get there, 'cause we need live performance. We need the energy that a live crowd gets, and you performers need to have that. It's a muscle that needs to be exercised. Whether, whether you're, you're a singer or a comedian or a wedding DJ, it's, it's, you know, you need to grab your nunchucks and go out there and beat the, and beat the Ninja Turtles.

That's right. It's definitely an energy. It's an energy and a vibe that us creatives, us artists, we need. We need it in our lives. You know, I had no idea I was going to be a performing musician, singer-songwriter, you know, when I was a kid. But I found my niche. I found what I enjoy doing and being without it for this long. Oh man, it's been rough. It's been rough.

Let me ask you that. How did you have the courage to make that decision? Because especially with kids who are getting out of high school, right? And, and, and, and we're doing all these commencement speeches. I think courage, it's like follow your dreams, follow your dreams. You hear that on all the commencement speeches, follow your dreams. Well, that's not the key takeaway. It's the courage. Because you're— especially in entertainment business, you're gonna be told no. You're gonna be told you suck. I mean, you think about it, every, every performer you can think of, everyone you've ever heard of— Kelly Clarkson got turned down for so many record deals. Carrie Underwood did. I mean, every, every star you can think of got just, no, you suck. No.

Are you saying before American Idol, they both got turned down?

Yeah. Yeah. And so, so it's, it's, it's having the courage to do that. And what made you have that courage?

You know, I had to lose my real-time job. I had to get laid off to actually take that, take that leap of faith. So I was doing music just for fun, you know, private parties, friends' houses, and doing it for fun. And I was working full-time as a project manager for this company. And They had to lay me off after a few years, and I looked at my wife and I said, you know what, this will probably be the only opportunity I have to try music full-time if I want to do it. And I said, give me a year. I said, give me one year. If I blow it, then I'll go back to doing this 9-to-5 thing, whatever you want me to do to pay the bills. And so one, it takes support and it takes somebody believing in you, for one. That was my wife, my family. Yeah. And then two, just taking that leap of faith. So here I am 5 years later. I did 200 shows last year, Northern California. Last year I got to open for Jimmy Allen, Dylan Carmichael, worked with several radio stations in the area. And I mean, I can't believe it, man. I have to pinch myself sometimes. And I'm nowhere where I want to be, you know. I got to be content where I am right now. And I'm happy where I am. And just taking those little steps, every time I look back and say, oh wow, I got to do a show with so-and-so, or I got to work with Radio station DJs. I'm just blessed and grateful and thankful, and just he worked

awesome.

And what you have is you have a career, and don't ever don't ever underestimate that. Is that that's what you built, Charlie? Is you've got a career, and and that's that's that success all in itself is having a career and being able to do this and doing it for all these years. And and that's what I want you guys, you know, especially guys and girls who are getting out of high school. School hear that, that, that do it. And, and also know this, just like you said, and I think this is important, the business does not owe you a living. The business doesn't owe you anything. And, and, and you have to be prepared for it to go, eh, nah, and then get on with your life. Like he said, he gave himself a year timeline and said, this is what we're going to do. I did the same thing. I told myself I'd do it a year, and then after a year I'd go along with what I was going to do. I figured the business would spit me out when it was through. And, uh, and knowing that you need to go into it with the right mindset.

So Gary, you've been on the radio for 27 years, 30 years?

I've been on the radio here since 1991. Uh, I started in 1976.

And so what, what is your secret? What is your thing to being relevant For— I mean, that's— I don't think that's normal.

Well, I can tell you what it is.

Like, that's really good.

No, no, no, I'll tell you what it is. Gary, do me a favor, pucker up. There you go. That's it right there. Kissing a lot of it.

You want— you know the secret? Let me tell you the secret, and I tell everybody this. I make somebody more money than I cost.

That's the dang truth.

Wow.

That's what you do if you make somebody more money than you cost. As I tell KRTY all the time, you could have a better morning show, but I'm the best you can afford.

That's awesome. Hey, can we say— can we send a few shoutouts to some friends?

Yeah.

Um, want to say hey to, uh, Minda Geo. She's, um, a longtime friend of mine, and, uh, she wrote, Rafi, you're freaking me out. I think I'm having a psychic break with your hair. And then she wrote, um, you just broke the internet, I'm calling Al Gore. Um, thank you, Mindy. Uh, who else? Sherry Smith, what's up? Uh, Bob Campbell, what's up with Rafi's COVID-19 hair? Um, boy, everyone, they have so many great comments here. So—

My

wife likes it. Robin Terry Johnson, who's, uh, How is she related?

She is my nephew's wife, and she is a nurse. Her daughter is a nurse, and love and pieces, and I'm proud of them. And for all the work you do, Robin, thank you, baby. Keep stay safe.

There you go. That's awesome. Well, good news there. And by the way, Charlie, my wife said you sound amazing. So there you go. Just wanted to share that with you. Jenny says weddings have been hit. so hard. Where did that go? Uh, so we've been hit so hard. This has been so sad to think what about all the weddings, that what they're going to become. Yeah, well, what are we going to do, huh?

Yeah,

we'll get

there. Courtney says Rafi's hair is trending on Twitter.

That's nice. As I said, my wife thinks your hair's on point. She sent me a note going, his hair looks great.

I like the hat now too. It's a nice little Added touch,

Charlie.

I mean, between the nunchucks, the hair, the caution sign, and the hat, I'm feeling special.

It's

it's I think special is kind of

he makes the show for sure. He makes the show, man.

See,

I have a friend of mine who said back and he tuned in to watch, and he goes, "Yeah, I like watching you, but I like the funny guy." I said, "Who's the funny guy?" He goes, "You know rough." And I'm like, and I'm like, and he goes, and then he, and then this is what he got me with. He goes, don't you think he's funny? And I'm like, well, well, yeah, yeah, I do. You gotta check your big fat head.

Oh my God. Hey, watch my head. You know what, you know what's funny? I get is, man, Brian like is somehow able to compose himself with all the ridiculous commentary that comes out of our mouths and, uh So congratulations, Bryan. People—

yeah, you hold it together.

Is that what it is? Thank goodness one of us—

Here's the secret. Here's the secret. He hammered right now.

Is he really?

We didn't see what he's drinking over there. I saw what you're drinking. Oh, oh,

see, cheers, my friend.

Cheers. Glass right there.

Wow,

this is my first. That's his 6th.

That's just

This is composure.

Nice, Gary. We love you, but don't get to hear you in Gilroy. Tell KRTY y'all need to expand the radio waves down here. I have no idea how that works.

Here, watch this.

Watch this. What?

KRTY.com. Yes, and watch this. Alexa, play KRTY.

And it comes over the internet. There you go. This whole interweb thing,

huh?

Alexa,

stop.

Now we just gotta tell them play one of my songs on there and then we'll be set.

We can do that. I did that the other day.

No way. Oh yeah,

I did. Yeah,

awesome.

I listened to your music on, um, and Alexa played it for me. She and I are friends.

I had no idea she was playing my music, so that's great. Yeah, I had a chance to record an album, so I'm trying to promote it and push it out there. And, uh, yeah, that was a big deal going out to Nashville recording some songs. And, uh, people have been good to me and been, uh, very responsive to the album. So I appreciate you checking it out, Brian. Thank you so much.

It's awesome. Are we gonna get it here?

What's that?

Are we getting another song?

I got a new song for you. It has not been recorded. I have not played this. I maybe did once or twice. This is a very new song. I'm really excited about it. Love to share the story behind it and see what you guys think about it.

Love to hear it.

Let's go.

So, uh, um, the inspiration to this song— my son and I, we've been cooped up together. My 9-year-old boy, cooped up in the house together, and, uh, we haven't really got to do anything, obviously, like a lot of us out there. And things are starting to open up and get, get out there. And so I told my son, pretty soon, pretty soon we'll be able to go on vacation. And he looks over to me and says, a forever vacation? And he had this big old smile on his face. I said, man, that is the perfect title for a song right there. And he got excited. He said, really, Dad? I said, yes, I'm gonna work on that, son. And so this is a new song I just put together called Forever Vacation.

What's your son's name? What's your son's name?

Micah. You can give him a shout out. Micah,

what's up, Micah? Good job, brother. Nice, nice work.

This is a little original song called Forever Vacation. Girl, it's getting warmer, let's go to California, spend A few days on the coast. Maybe Tennessee, girl, you and me, whatever you wanna do most. Or South Carolina, maybe we can find you a beach where you can lay out and tan. Down there was on the Girl, if you wanna, we can go out, listen to a band. It's our forever vacation. Whatever troubles we're facing, well, they can wait until we get back home. We'll be chasing a good time, cold beer and red wine, wherever we decide to roam. Singing To our favorite country station. It's our forever vacation. Yeah. Get up in the morning, head out to Wyoming. Got some family there we can stay with. And girl, if we're lucky, We'll make it to Kentucky, sit on a creek bank, catch a few fish. It's our forever vacation, whatever troubles we're facing, wait until we get back home. 'Cause we'll be chasing good times, cold beer and red wine, wherever we decide to roam. Singing to our favorite country station. It's our forever vacation. Yeah. All right, one more time. It's our forever vacation. Whatever troubles we're facing, well, they can wait until we get back home. 'Cause we'll be chasing the good times with cold beer and red wine wherever we decide to roam. Singing to our favorite country station. It's on the river vacation. Yeah, it's on the river vacation. Yeah. All right, little forever vacation.

I love that. Awesome,

man,

that was awesome. Wait, take this song, take the idea and go with it.

My texts are blowing up over here. I'm getting texts from friends who are watching and listening. So great song, love this song.

Courtney said worldwide debut. Yes, it is right here. You heard it first right here.

Chart, I got a question for you. You know where you wrote— you put the part that says beer and you said, and a red wine, I think is what you said?

Yes, sir.

Well, I thought the way you could tie your son into it, because he's the one who inspired it, instead of red wine you can say Red Vines.

We need to go, man. We need to co-write.

What's the hook? How does that hook go again? It goes,

we'll be chasing the good times. With big gulps and red vines.

There it is. It's done. There's your sponsorship with 7-Eleven. Done.

Big gulps and red vine goes a hell of a lot better than beer and red vines.

Have we even seen? Is are we sponsored today by anybody?

We should be now.

Well.

Sponsored by John D. MacDonald Classic Books. From 1958, The Deadly Welcome from John D. MacDonald. He was thrown out of town, but he came back with a purpose.

That was quick. That was good.

That was good.

Hey dude,

dude, that's awesome.

I'm reading this book. I love old John D. MacDonald paperbacks. He was the guy who wrote the Travis McGee mysteries, like anybody remembers. But Travis McGee was great. Travis McGee took his retirement in installments. I always thought that was the greatest line. I take my retirement in installments.

Gary, if you ever want a good book to read, Walter the Farting Dog is a classic.

I think my son, my 9-year-old son, might be into that one.

How does it end? What? How does it end?

Um, it's pretty— it's a very touching ending. Very, very touching.

Walter finds his truth and lives his true life.

Right.

And would prefer to be called Tiffany, if you don't mind.

Tiffany the farting dog. Wow. All right, Tricia just said beer and Red Vines. Um, ooh. Yes,

right. I'm right there with you. I mean, Big Gulps and Red Vines, that's a That's a great line, Big Gulps and Red Vines, especially since it was inspired by your 9-year-old son. That works.

I

love it. Carolyn Heimgartner down in Studio City checking in says, great song. Thank you. Love it, man. This is just great.

So we just have a couple minutes left. I'm wondering if we can just end on a song with a little Seeger. What do you think? Hey,

I'll do it only if you stay on the screen and sing along with me, man. I mean, that's the challenge there.

All right, let me get— let me get just in challenge.

All right,

we're here with

you. Cheers to you guys, it's been a great afternoon. Thank you for inviting me on. I also want to shout out Ryan Scripps. Thank you for connecting me with you guys, buddy. I appreciate that.

Oh, that guy is amazing. And, uh, thank you. Yes, thank you, Ryan Scripps.

And Ryan, thank you. Michael Anuzzi, who just— he said hello a while ago, he was just here a couple of weeks ago.

Yeah.

All right, all right.

Michael the pizza guy.

Yeah, right. The mozzarella,

mozzarella, mozzarella.

What are you doing?

Was that the same week we had the Jewish fro or whatever you were talking about? What was it that you—

that was a different show, but, uh, yeah, it's a Jew fro.

Jew fro. Thank you.

And by the way, this is a well-known thing, so the fact that you don't know We need to catch you up on these things.

We gotta—

I'm gonna have to go spend some time over there on, um, what street is that in LA?

You kind of have one right now. You've got a bit of an Art Garfunkel look right now, Rafi.

Yeah, well, this is, uh, yeah, I guess maybe. I thought it was more Billy Idol, but I guess not. So Fairfax Avenue, Fairfax Avenue right there, right?

Billy Idol,

you know what I'm talking about, right, Brian, in LA?

Yeah,

where Cantor's Deli was. I could hang it out there. I could— I'll try to drop that, see what happens.

There aren't any delis here. Oh, don't get me started on food. Deli Jewish food is just amazing. Bagels, lox, and cream cheese. That's my—

let me, let me share an Alabama thing with you because my buddy Newton said, look, Alexa, I'll put it on the correct thing. Alexa, find S-V-E-A. S-V-E-A. What do you think? How would you guys pronounce that?

Sevilla. Sevilla.

Sevilla.

Sevilla.

Let me tell you how we pronounce it in South Alabama.

Sevilla.

Swear.

What?

What? Do you swear?

Swear.

Moonshine is powerful, y'all.

Oh God. Oh boy.

You combine moonshine and humidity and that's what you get. SVA, I swear, y'all. All

right,

I swear

to God, working over there, Gary. That booze is working.

All right, I'm ready for some old-time rock and roll. Let's go.

All right, sing along, all you people watching wherever you're sitting watching from. Sing along with us. I know you guys know this one.

Here we go.

Just take those old records off the shelf, I sit and listen to them. By myself. Today's music ain't got the same soul. I like that old-time rock and roll. Don't try to take me to no disco. You'll never even get me out on the floor. 10 minutes, I'll be leaving for the door. I like that old-time rock and roll. All right, here we go. Still like that old-time rock and roll. That kind of music just soothes my soul. Reminisce about the days of old with that old-time rock and roll. Won't go in here and play no tango. I'd rather hear some blues from Bunky O'So. There's only one true way to get me to go. Start playing old town rock and roll. Still like that old town rock and roll. That kind of music just soothes my soul. I reminisce about the days before. With that old town rock and roll. Call me a relic, call me what you will. Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill. Today's music ain't got the same soul. I like that old-time rock and roll. Here we go. Still like that old-time rock and roll, that kind of music that soothes the soul. Reminisce about the days with that old-time rock and roll. Come on. Still like that old-time rock and roll.

You know, I think, I think we've been doing this for 2 months and this is the first time we've actually had a dance party.

A little sing-along dance party. This was great.

Hey, wait a minute, before you go, our friend Rick Stewart says this is better than Live PD reruns. Boy, do I feel like we've accomplished a lot in our careers right here, right now. Thank you, Rick.

Here's what I've learned about watching Live PD: nobody is ever wearing their own Pants. They're never driving their own car, and they're not wearing their own pants. They borrowed it from a drug user. Every single one.

If this is better than live PD, we did something right today.

You just won a million dollars.

Hey, wait, wait a second. We got Doris Coburn watching from. Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

I know Doris. Yeah, she knows me by Mondo. That was my California name. How you doing?

Don't forget the tip jar. The tip jar, a good time, Charlie.

All

right, the Venmo tips, a good time, Charlie. If you've enjoyed it, throw a dollar, throw 2, throw 10, throw 20. If it's up to $285, that's good too.

Dude, throw your stimulus check in there. Let's go.

Why not? You don't need it. Just throw it all in there.

That's right. Big Gulps and Red Vines, dude. Big Gulps and Red Vines. Let's go.

That's it. Your hair— your hair looks like you have been stimulated.

I think you maybe are the other Charlie that has a chocolate factory.

That's

true. Or Charlie from Charlie's Angels.

There you go.

Ladies and gentlemen, have yourself a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Yes, thank you for all being here, and thank you. Let's raise a glass to all the Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day is where we celebrate all the fallen soldiers. Yes, all the people who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country in every war, starting in the Revolutionary War all the way up to today. So happy Memorial Day, my friends.

Cheers to that.

Cheers to that.

Thank you.