there now and the format, keep waving the flag for traditional country music. it s worked so far. so we ll keep doing it. anna: small town usa, back woods. tell me kind of where your stories come from in your song issues cause they certainly do have a message. real life. i grew up in a little town about 300 people. so there was more people on this block in arkansas. anna: any stop lights in that town? none. population sign says 272. anna: yikes. that s where you re from. you now have a beautiful wife and two children. you moved to nashville for a bit, but now you re back in arkansas? yeah. i lived in nashville for ten years. it was always my intention to move back home around my family. we ve been able to do that now and we re loving it. anna: you re getting ready to go on tour with randy houser in november. what are you looking forward to? it will be our second tour. we did it early in the year and we re doing it now. to have randy go out and open for us is going to b