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
polls when it comes to the senate. and investigations we should be doing if the republicans take back the house? what does america want and what should they get? mike rowe on america are we becoming lazy and quietly quitting and alan dershowitz what we should be focused on and it s not the mar-a-lago raid. great jimmie allen will perform live for the great american concert series. first join him live on fox square to discuss his new album, next.
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
know baked beans, mac and cheese a roll and bacon wrapped smoked and griddled rib barbecue chipotle kind of sweet. can you get better with bacon wrapped anything. thank you for supplying us with all the pork for the concert series. john wants to nah on one of these. steve: this is good. fantastic. ainsley: anything with bacon on it. anything with bacon on it. [bacon! save some for jimmie allen. bacon! ainsley: what kind of coffee do they drink? steve: it s completely sober, it s crazy. that is so good. all their recipes we put them on friends@foxnews.com they are also on master built where you buy their smokers. ainsley: jimmie allen supports fox & friends. he sings best shot. make me want to, good times
honor of olivia newton john. you better shape up because i need a man and my heart is set on you. carley: the late 1978 musical will be playing in select amc theaters and some of the proceeds will be going to charity in the actress memory. admission will be $5 with $1 being donated to breast cancer research. how great is that guys outside to you. brian: all right, carley, thank you very much. steve: speaking of music this guy is a trailblazing singer known for blending country, pop, and r and b. ainsley: very personal to him. named amp the street where his grandmother lived. and this fall had, this is exciting, we are going to see him carrie underwood. is he touring with carrie underwood in february. brian: jimmie allen is here. multi platinum recording artist jimmie allen welcome to the