friends at p and g and low s. perfect day 46th and sixth avenue. maybe visiting from wanetca; 69 degrees going for a high of 88. it s going to be hot today. ainsley: but it s friday. steve: three hours away from saturday for us. brian: sometimes we have bands on they don t sound exactly like they do on the album. jimmie allen, that s exactly how he sounds through his rehearsal sounds exactly like you just heard him on his video with the perfect studio recording. what a voice he has. ainsley: you have an ear for music. you can tell the difference. brian: everyone in my family does except for me. i was asked to quit. ainsley: your parents were honest with you. some of those parents on american idol. brian: my dad, i used to play the clarinet. my dad would say what song are you trying to play? ainsley: mary had a little lamb. brian: bad enough my brother was a better athlete but when he was better at music i almost quit, gift the world. steve: did you want
stage. thank you for having me. good morning to you all. brian: good morning. jimmie, where did you get your passion for country music because now you have right in the middle of it right at the top of the game. i saw my dad listen to country music so, yeah, i would say him. he had a some cool stuff growing up. brian: what did he put on the turntable. favorite artist of all time aaron tipton, sawyer brown, ricochet, little texas. joey messina. that s my dad s wheelhouse right there. ainsley: this is your third album. every single album has a tie to your family. they are all very personal. tell us what the tie is for each album. mercury lane my first record was the street i grew up on. a lot of songs if there was about that time of life. my mind said. kind of the lessons i learned from my mercury lane and the second album was a collaboration album betty james gold edition i named it after my grandma of my dad. that was a collaboration of some