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This episode of Clark Cast is sponsored by the Beau Rivodge Resort and Casino.
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Join the Beau Rivodge as it celebrates 30 years of cruising the coast with special events Wednesday night, including celebrity meet and greets and a special concert by Back to Mac.
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Clark Cast is on the air.
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Christy Lee, you do a lot of awesome things, uh, host a lot of TV shows, make a lot of appearances, uh, just do a lot of great things.
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You're walking into a room about to light it up.
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What song is playing in your head or playing out loud?
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What's your walk-up music?
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Um, I think I always pick the I end up picking the same song every time it's uh Thunderstruck by ACDC, just because I feel like it's such a good hype song.
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Maybe I'm channeling my inner Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, but I don't know.
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That's uh that's the song that I usually go with.
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That's a great song.
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And for someone who lives in Detroit, that's uh for sure banger, you know, most definitely.
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Conversations about life, love, music, and the pursuit of being awesome.
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Here's your host, Jeff Clark.
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Uh, my guest today, she needs no introduction, but she certainly deserves one.
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Uh, Christy Lee, and that's Christy without an H.
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And I'm very, very guilty of during our correspondences putting an H in there.
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But uh Christy Lee, you've seen her on All Girls Garage, uh Garage Squad, Celebrity IOU Joyride, uh Still This House, which was on HG TV, which was great.
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She's a motorsports reporter, she's a businesswoman, she's a Detroit native, she she's all the stuff.
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And Christy will, for many years, have been coming to uh Cruising the Coast and we'll talk about that.
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And the Beau Rodge Resort and Casino will once again be hosting Christy for a meet and greet, and that's going to be on Wednesday, October the 7th from 6:30 to 7, and that'll be in the shop and promenade uh right there between roasted bean and the casino or the lobby.
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So, Christy, thanks a lot for doing this.
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Yeah, it's it's it's good to be here, it's good to be back, and uh I'm stoked for yet another year at Cruising the Coast.
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So this is the 30th year, which is crazy to me.
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You know, it's just like such a big event.
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Um, I know you've been coming a long time because you and I did this from the Beau Rivage like 10 years ago.
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Like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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We're not doing math here.
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Okay.
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I'm terrible at math, but I know you and I have done this before.
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But like, how how how many do you have any ideas?
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I was 20.
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It was it was a long time ago.
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Um, I didn't have gray hair then.
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Um how long have you been coming?
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Like to Biloxi.
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I think this is my oh my gosh, I feel like this is my 11th or 12th year, maybe.
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I feel like okay, it's 2026.
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Um and I think that 2014 or 2015.
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2015 was my first year cruising the coast.
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So 11 wait, 12 years.
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Right on.
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Um math is not my specialty, apparently.
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You came the first time, and obviously, you know, you've been coming back for years after years.
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What is it about it that you like?
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What keeps bringing you back?
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I mean, this event, like any other, uh it, you know, it's such a huge event, and there's just so much culture and passion um in that Gulf Coast area.
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And I love that this event isn't just in one location.
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Um, so you're really getting an amazing flavor of everything that that Gulf area has to offer.
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Um, and that to me is truly unique with this event.
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I've done tons of car shows.
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I've traveled all over the country and the world for car events, and I'm so grateful for all those uh different opportunities and getting to meet different people.
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Um, this event really is just so unique.
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Um, there's different locations.
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Each location has a different flavor, different feel.
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Um, so I love that aspect of cruising the coast.
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Um, I've been coming for so many years now.
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It's like a family reunion for me, not only with the car people that I get to see and work with every year at Cruising the Coast, um, people that are part of the event, the event organizers, the other like car celebrity folk, um, but also just, you know, the people that are attending the show.
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You know, I have been able to watch kids grow.
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You know, hey, I remember when Jeffrey met you when he was five.
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Look at him now.
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He just got his driver's license.
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So stuff like that really resonates with me as uh as an experience uh at Cruising the Coast.
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Um and I'm not gonna lie, I'm a seafood girly, so I absolutely love the food in the area.
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That's one of my favorite things.
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Uh, especially Mary Mahoney's, I think.
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Yes, yes.
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Mary's is an absolute must every single time that I come down and visit.
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So, you know, I mentioned your appearance at the Beau Raj, but obviously you're doing other appearances.
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And are you gonna get to like other towns?
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Are you gonna be in Pass Christian and like other places like you've done throughout the year?
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Yes.
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And um, I do not know that schedule off the top of my head.
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I will not lie to you.
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I am a fly by the seat of my pants type of girly.
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So Monday morning is when I'm gonna figure out what I'm doing and where I'm going.
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Um, and uh, you know, they have everything so organized for this event because we have so many like, you know, celebrity appearances going on at once.
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Honestly, we kind of get brought to and from each location.
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Um, our our our guy, Arlen, he takes such great care of us.
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I love Arlene and I love the family uh that puts everything on this whole cruising the coast family.
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Um, but they take such amazing care of us.
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So check the schedule because I don't want to misquote it.
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I have worked every single location on a different day and different time over the course of the past 10 years.
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Um, so I kind of in the moment we'll figure out exactly where I'm gonna be and when.
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But yeah, check the schedule um on Cruising the Coast website uh and on social media and my social as well to see exactly where we're gonna be and when.
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Yeah, and exactly I was gonna say, you know, Woody Bailey does a great job with uh with all the information.
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You can go find that on the Cruising the Coast website.
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I'm sure all that's there.
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Um we did this the first time you drove here on your motorcycle from uh from Detroit.
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I remember that.
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Yes.
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Are you doing that this year?
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Or are you flying?
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I don't know.
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No, I've uh I think I actually did two uh two road trips uh down there before um over the course of the years.
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Um and the very first time I did that road trip, that was a hellacious ride.
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That was not my first, but one of my very first like long distance motorcycle rides, um, which is such an amazing experience.
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But I learned a lot on that trip about timing and the amount of time that it takes with refueling and allocating the amount of time between each destination, allowing for extra time.
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So that was a learning experience.
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Um it's it's very taxing.
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Um, riding like that on a motorcycle, you know, eight to ten hours a day, long distance.
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Um, it wears on you.
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Like it's a lot.
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And it's great and fine and dandy when you have beautiful 75 degree sunny skies.
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But when you start getting into like inclement weather, which is par for the course with a long distance trip like that, um, especially at this time of year, it it really takes the wind out of you.
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So I found it very difficult to do a 15-day ride and then, you know, pop into so sorry, I had a call come in.
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Uh, that's all right.
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Okay, we're back.
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We're back trying to silence my calls.
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Um, yeah, I found it really difficult to go, you know, 15 days on the road on the motorcycle and then pop down to cruising the coast, which is a extremely busy, you know, very active by being like on the whole time type of event.
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So yeah, um, flying is definitely a little bit quicker and a little bit easier.
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And uh unfortunately, like, well, fortunately, I guess I have a very busy schedule right now, so it's kind of like maximizing the time it takes to travel there too.
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So no group, uh, no big ride for me this year, but uh maybe one day I'll drive my car down there.
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But you know, I mentioned you know, you do a lot of TV work and a lot of things, but one thing you also do a lot of is uh you spend a lot of time on your socials or like creating content and and interacting with your fans and stuff, and that's like sort of a model everyone had to adapt just in the in the in the past few years, you know, probably past 10 years.
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You do a great job with that.
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Is it like do you have like a goal like every day what you're gonna put out or every week, or do you just kind of free fly it or I would show you my social media calendar, it's not on my desk right now, it's at the it's in a different location.
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Um so um it's extremely taxing.
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I have two dry erase boards in here too, with like content posted as well.
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Um, content creation is a full-time job.
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Um and I absolutely love it.
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I love that I'm able to kind of show what I want to show, what projects I'm working on, and what I have going on.
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For me, I am in the process of building a new Shrine.
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It's huge, it's massive, it's a dream garage.
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I'm so stoked about it.
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But it's in the building process.
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So all of my projects have been like in limbo, um, and it's absolutely terrible.
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So I'm like very excited to get my shop back in order because my stuff is everywhere right now, and it's very frustrating for working on things.
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Um, I'm also in the middle of a big renovation project uh at my own home.
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I just moved, and then the barn project as well.
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Um, so just a lot on my plate.
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I love the content creation.
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It's a really great way to connect with people closely and share kind of what you've got going on, what's what's your story?
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Um, and I love it too because it you know brings more light to automotive and and car culture and and the passion that we all have.
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And also, you know, you used it as a platform a few years ago when you were going through a very, very bad illness, you know.
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I mean, and you were very and uh hey, look, if somebody who has to get his thyroid checked often, I appreciated that.
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Like, I mean, for real, like I've interviewed you before and we we see you on TV and doing all these things and creating content, but then when you're like, hey, y'all, I've got thyroid disease or and you know, I'm getting a shot in my eye.
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I mean, that was that that was some you know amazing stuff, and and I'm I'm very grateful that you did that.
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Are you feeling are you doing feeling better now?
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Um, well, you know, everyone asks me that question all the time in uh autoimmune.
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No, my gosh, please don't be sorry.
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It um it was my choice to share that stuff so publicly, and that really is only the silver lining for me with all of that, because let's be honest, nobody really wants to, you know, battle through autoimmune diseases.
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Right.
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So, and thyroid cancer apparently.
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Um, you know, the only silver lining for me in that process is that I can connect with other people and I can find other people that are struggling and maybe going through the same things.
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And that gives them a bit, a glimmer of hope.
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Um, because when I was first diagnosed, it was very difficult for me.
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I struggled with mental health, I still do to this day.
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Um, and you know, not having anybody to talk to or an outlet or a resource for that, especially with my eye disease, which is a rare disease, lucky me.
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Um being able to connect with other people that were going through the same thing is in there aren't words to describe that.
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So if I can give that back to anybody, to any single person, that's the that's the the payoff for me.
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Um, I also uh started with uh kind of a thyroid eye disease warrior of mine.
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We started a support group, a thyroid eye disease support group, a local group, um, for that exact reason, uh, where we, you know, gather every couple of months and kind of share stories and diagnoses and just vent about all the things.
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Um, but yeah, overall my health is doing pretty well.
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Um, two autoimmune diseases is definitely not a cure, it's a journey.
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Um, and you know, I have great days and I have bad days.
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Um, you know, today my eyes are flared up and driving me crazy, and it's like having a pounding migraine all day.
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But I'm used to it, so you just kind of push through and deal with it.
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And maybe that's my superpower is resilience.
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You know, it was there there was a lot of things that you shared that I just, you know, kind of thought were myths or just things you, you know, like does that really happen?
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And now I assure you, every time I get my thyroid checked and my doctor goes through the results with me, I'm like, do I have to get a shot in my eye?
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Like, I mean, I'm just like you, you were that that was that was harrowing.
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And I mean, God bless you for doing that and and for being real about it.
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And, you know, that's uh it uh it's helped a lot of people, I'm sure.
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Well good.
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You know, the biggest thing for me with a health journey like that, because everyone goes through different journeys in their life, and a lot of us are gonna go through health journeys.
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It's just part of it's part of life, it's part of getting older.
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Um, the biggest thing for me is I always want to try to help empower other people to take control of their health.
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Um, doctors, the medical industry, conventional medicine, all of that are absolutely amazing tools, and there's fantastic things that that can do for you, but you still have to own your health.
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You still have to take control of that, you still have to be empowered to do your research, read about things, and and be knowledgeable.
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So I really try to empower that into other people of I really took the bull by the horns, my disease by the horns, um, and really, you know, educated myself and read about things on on many sides from many, many facets.
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So that's a big message that I try to push to people is is awareness in general.
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And it doesn't have to be specific to your thyroid.
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And you mentioned earlier you have a lot of things going on.
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Obviously, you know, you're coming to cruising the coast, but like do you have TV show?
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I mean, you always have things that you're cooking up.
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So, like what are some things that that are coming down the pipe in late 26 or 27 that we can look forward to?
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Yeah, I just uh I actually just finished filming uh a big uh production with a client in Denver a few weeks ago.
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I'm excited for that to come out.
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Um I just uh filmed a few weeks ago at a big car show uh here in Detroit.
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Um so I'm looking forward to that content coming out.
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Um, as far as the car TV world goes, um, you know, I'm like a realist.
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I'm like the person that kind of likes to keep it real.
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So I don't want to create some sort of illusion that there's like this new car network that's just gonna pop out of the sky and that's where everybody's gonna flock to.
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Um, because to my knowledge, there isn't.
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Uh, but maybe there will be.
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And I am constantly always looking for what's next, what's the next project, producing something myself.
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Um, and I don't I don't want to say that creating content on social media is kind of like biding my time.
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Um, but that's just part of the process, like it looking for new opportunities.
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Um, I mean, I'm constantly scouting.
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I've I've had several TV show offers uh on my plate this year that I'm very grateful for that just weren't the right fit at the right time.
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Um, so yeah, yeah, out there looking, scoping, seeing, seeing what's next, always brewing up the next project.
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Um, I'm overly ambitious, so you will probably never stop hearing from me.
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So I wanna, you know, I know you have a lot of things going on.
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You got this huge social media calendar you gotta fill, you got to get ready for, you know, all the stuff, figure out where you're gonna be on cruising the coast.
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So I don't wanna um take up a lot of your time.
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I asked this of everyone that comes on the show, and I told you I would ask you this when we're talking offline.
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How do you stay awesome?
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Like what's the secret to your success or your life philosophy, whatever you want to share, you know.
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Being genuine to yourself.
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So staying true to yourself has been my entire platform of existence.
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And it it's doing things that you enjoy doing and you love doing, and people see that they they see the authenticity in that.
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So if you want to create a persona or something that isn't you that you are showing outwardly to other people, especially in this world of television and social media, that's you.
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You do that.
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If that fulfills you, if that fills your cup, that's amazing.
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For me, it's just being me, being genuine, being true to myself, um, and maintaining that on the camera, off the camera, with my family, with my friends at car appearances.
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So awesome.
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Well, cool.
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Again, Christy will be at the Beau Revage on Wednesday, October the 7th from 6:30 to 7.
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She'll be all over the coast.
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So you have several opportunities to see her.
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Uh, you can find out all that information on the Cruising the Coast website.
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Christy Lee, and that's Christy C-R-I-S-T-Y, and not with an H like I like to put in there.
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And I apologize for that every time.
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No worries.
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Thanks so much for taking time to do this.
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Thank you.
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Appreciate you so much.
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It was good seeing you again.
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Courtney Hansen, it's your birthday, and you're doing this podcast with me.
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Like, how awesome, how how generous of that is that of you?
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So, being that it's your birthday, you get to make the playlist.
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What's the first song you're putting on your birthday playlist?
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Oh, I could tell you what it was this morning on the way to school.
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It was uh 50 Cent in into club.
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There you go.
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Perfect.
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And guess so, and guess what the second one was?
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Marilyn Monroe singing to J uh John Kennedy JFK, uh happy birthday.
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And I I just I played into club and then I asked for um you know other birthday song recommendations, and the Marilyn Monroe song was was the the next one that came up, and so my daughter was like, Wow, that's old.
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And it really does sound like it was a million years ago, but it's so beautiful, and and so yeah, those were the first two.
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Right on, and and happy birthday.
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Thank you so much, and I'm happy to be to be here with you, Jeff.
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And I'm so excited to be going back to cruising the coast.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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My guest today, she needs no introduction, but she certainly deserves one.
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She's again doing this on her birthday.
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You've seen her on overhauling, power block, on shows on the Discovery Channel.
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She's a published author, she's a columnist, she's an entrepreneur, she's a lot of things, but most importantly, she's a mom, she's a wife, and she's a very nice person because again, she agreed to do this on her birthday.
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So our guest today is Courtney Hanson.
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Courtney, thank you so much.
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Hi, Jeff, thank you so much for having me.
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It's wonderful to be a guest, and uh, of course I agreed to do it.
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However, I just got a spray tan, I got a blowout of my hair.
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I'm going out tonight with the girls.
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So I got a hair blowout, and then I got um a spray tan, and uh, and here I am.
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And you got some birthday nails?
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I got some birthday nails.
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I I did this for my daughter.
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I made them really they have colored crystals all over them.
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Designing myself.
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And uh Courtney's gonna be at the Beau Revage Resort or Casino on Wednesday, October the 7th, for a meet and greet.
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She'll I think that it says it starts at 6, somewhere around there.
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It's gonna be in the uh shop and promenade, like right by the roasted beans.
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So want to make sure you get out and say hello, because uh Bo Revange is helping me put this podcast together.
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But you can go to the Cruising the Coast website and you'll see the Courtney's gonna be other places, she'll be out and about throughout the thing.
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And this is 30 years of Cruising the Coast, which is amazing, but it's Courtney's 13th year of joining us here on the Gulf Coast.
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Yes, and Jeff, if I might add, I will be with ET Motor Gear.
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Um, E as in Earl, T as in Tom, which is their cat.
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Uh um E.T.
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Motorgear, um, they have the the the not trucks, so trailers, the trailers.
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That's what I'm looking for.
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Um, they have trailers throughout, and so I go from each city.
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Um I I I go from you know Biloxi to Gulfport to Pass Christiane to Bay St.
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Louis to Ocean Springs.
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I hit every one of those towns, and uh I'm with E.T.
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Motorgear.
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So please come and see me.
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I want to hear what you're driving, what you're looking at, what you're working on, and I want to tell you what's going on with me because there's this exciting stuff ahead.
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And I'm literally recording this for Past Christiane.
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I live on Davis, like about a block from where all the action's gonna happen.
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So it's so gorgeous.
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It is.
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I love this town.
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I love it, and you know, I'm I'm working, but I'm not because I love being there, and I'm so honored to be coming back for my 13th year, and there's all these other celebrity guests who will be a part of it, like Chris Jacobs and Dave Kendig and Christy Lee and um my gosh, like my friend with the most amazing mustache ever.
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Um, so we will all be there, and I'm I'm really looking forward to it.
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It's gonna be a blast.
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E.T.
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Motorgear is where we will be.
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Right on.
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And you've you've done it 13 years.
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Like, how how how have you seen it?
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Like, has it changed since you first started doing it?
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I you know, like what are some things you like about it?
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I would say that it's getting bigger every year, and there are more cars every year.
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And if anything, I just think there's more tension around the show, so it just gets better and better.
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And I don't mean that in a cliche way, it's true, it gets more exciting every year.
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Uh there, I More celebrity guests every year.
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And so I just I think it's a show that can't be missed.
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There are, I think, what, 12,000 cars or more, more than 12,000 cars.
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So yes.
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And um, do you come out to the show, Jeff?
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Yeah, I always uh I I I try to.
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I usually go to something at the bow, and I'll definitely, because it's right here, you know, on our street in the pass, we'll get out and I'm taking off work that day to go walk around the pass.
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We uh, you know, we have the the pass like has bands and stuff like that on Friday.
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So since we're on the route, we like have a party at our house, and you know, it's a it's a great time, you know.
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It's an amazing thing.
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It's so be and it's so beautiful there, and the weather's always perfect.
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Like they might say it's gonna rain, but it doesn't, or it rains for five minutes and it's over.
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So I always say, like, you know, cars are not made of salt, and cars are meant to be driven, and we need to enjoy these gorgeous classic cars that we have.
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And so everyone should come out and join the action.
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And you don't have to have a car.
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I'm not bringing a car this year.
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I wish I was, but um, I'm there to see the cars and and hang with all the the amazing people, and there's such good food.
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Oh my gosh, there's such good food.
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I'm so excited, and so it's not work for me, it's a blast, and I can't wait to see all of you.
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And that was uh you were like leading into my next question.
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I I saw her Christy today, the Christy Lee, who's on this podcast as well on a different part.
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Um, she posted the annual photo of y'all at Mary Mahoney's, so obviously you you like going there when you come down.
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Oh my gosh, I love Mary Mahoney's, it's my favorite spot, and I I love their gumbo so much that they actually have sent it to me at Christmas before.
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Right on.
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That that's like, dude, that's like so Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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That's like a thing.
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Like people get Mary Mahoney's uh gumbo at Christmas.
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That's amazing.
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Yes, and so I'm I'm so excited for that.
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Everything on their menu is good, and then and then also very important, I I have to give a very genuine shout out to the Beau Revage Spa because their spa is incredible.
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And I didn't even know that it was this hidden oasis there in the hotel.
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And so Christy and I now have an annual tradition where after lunch at Mary Mahoney's, we go to the spa and we sit in the hot tub, and I've taken pictures, and she's taken pictures of me in the hot tub that I've posted before, and you do you just reminded me I should probably do it again.
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And uh they give incredible massages and all the treatments.
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So that is something that, like after a day at the show, you're tired and your feet hurt, and you want to, you know, your back hurts or something from walking around so much, you want a nice massage at the bow.
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I highly recommend it.
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And I'm glad you mentioned that because Mary Caracciola, who's a lovely and amazing human being, and one of my best friends, when we were talking about setting this up, she's like, I'll offer them spa time.
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They'll they'll do your podcast, I promise you.
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She's like, they'll get spa dates.
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I'm like, God, God bless you.
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Thank you so much.
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Super smart.
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Thank you, Mary.
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She's the boss, man, for for for a reason.
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Um, yes.
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But you know what?
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I want to, you and I are about the same age.
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Uh, spoiler alert, I'm a little bit older, whatever.
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But you know, I know growing up in the 70s and 80s, and I mean, especially with your dad, Jerry Hansen, being a 27-time SCAA uh national champion, like from for me growing up in that era, the 70s and 80s was like such a golden era for cars because of like Smokey and the Bandit and like all those Burt Reynolds movies, yes, uh, Stroker Ace.
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Um, what's the other one I'm thinking?
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Cannonball run, which was literally about a car race.
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Yes, you know, and then there were the like the Duke Boys, the Miami Vice, and and Knight Rider and stuff.
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Did all of that have an influence on you along growing up in like a motorcentric home?
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It did.
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I mean, big time, but also I had a hands-on, like a hands-on experience from childhood because I grew up on a racetrack.
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I grew up at Brainerd International Raceway, which my family uh used to own.
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So I grew up a pit kid and I was hanging in in the pits and the garages and uh, you know, watching the mechanics at work and and watching my dad and all the all the other racers race.
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And so yeah, I've been I've been in the automotive industry since the day I was born, and it was really exciting to be able to make a TV career out of it, and now to be able to embrace all aspects of this industry, and uh, I'm loving every minute of it.
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And you're Florida State grad, right?
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Yes, I graduated from Florida State.
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Are you still like a big seminoles fan?
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Of course, gnolls, go knows! I'm a knoll for life.
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As an Alabama fan, is it time for for Mike Norvell to be packing?
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Are you among that crowd now?
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I'm I don't know.
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I like I don't get too into all of those like details, but I know that I'm I'm always cheering for the gnolls.
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So right on.
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Awesome.
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Um, what about like current projects?
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Like I know, well, obviously you're coming down to cruise on the coast next week, but do you have your producer?
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You have so much going on, or do you have any more TV things coming down the pike or anything you're producing or anything you're excited about?
00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.400
Yes.
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So you can catch two seasons of Ride of Your Life with Courtney Hansen on uh HBO Max Hulu, and then Motor Trend is now called Turbo.
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So you can catch two seasons of the show there, and then I will be um doing a season three.
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We're gonna produce a season three.
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It's just a lot of work because I, you know, raise all the money uh to to support the series and then produce it and help direct it, and I'm on camera for it, and it's a lot.
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So, but but I'm I'm determined to make season three happen.
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And then um I'm I'm doing a lot more car shows now.
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Uh now that my daughter's a little older, I'm a full-blown soccer mom as well.
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But I juggle being a soccer mom with with doing these car shows because I love I love it, I love them.
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And um, and then I've got another thing brewing as well, so you'll have to stay tuned.
00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:47.599
You know, right of right of your life with Courtney Hansen, like what a life-changing show.
00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.839
I mean, it's just like it's there in the title.
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I mean, you're you're helping helping people who who need help, who, you know, how how does that make you feel?
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How did you come about with that whole concept?
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Well, it's um I'm all about giving back, right?
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And and and I I think we have to pay it forward and give back.
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And I I loved the overhauling concept on by Bud Brutzman.
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I mean, that's the most the the top automotive show, in my opinion, of all time, and it really set the bar.
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And I just wanted to keep working in automotive TV, and um, and I wanted to find a way to give back.
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And so this concept is, you know, we we we we we find people who had that that um beloved 69 Camaro or 65 Mustang or whatever it was, and they had to part ways with it because they came in hard times with health issues or financial troubles, whatever it may be.
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Um, we find that same year make and model car and or or truck, and we make it into a work of art in a short amount of time, and we give it back to them as a surprise.
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So um it's just a concept that I thought of along the way and made it happen, and um, and now I'm I'm determined to do it a third season of it and keep making dreams come true.
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So I I guess I was inspired by Overhaulin, and then it was an idea that just came into my mind that I really wanted to try to execute.
00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:08.079
You know, you mentioned being a being a soccer mom.
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So our kids are basically the same age.
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My son will turn 12 in December.
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Your daughter was born in 2014 as well, right?
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So as for me, like I know what it's like raising a boy.
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Like I had the challenge of raising him so that he, you know, frankly, not a piece of shit when he gets older, that he respects women, like that he respects people.
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That this whole thing that I'm tasked with, and I'm I'm honored to get to do that.
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But what about for you?
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Like, I can't imagine what it's like raising a preteen girl.
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How are how are you navigating that?
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I mean, she's she's a good girl, and and and um, and I I know she's got a good head on her shoulders, but I'm just teaching her the values, teaching her the virtues, and um, I'm gonna make sure that she stays strong and that she is smart, street smart, and that she protects herself.
00:29:57.519 --> 00:30:00.319
Um, we were just talking about, I feel like she needs to do jujitsu.
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I think she needs to like learn, learn how to properly defend herself.
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And she's like, Mom, I'm strong.
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I can kick anybody's ass, you know.
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And I'm like, well, I want you to learn how to do it properly.
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I recently read a story about a man, you know, who attempted to uh r assault a woman, rape a woman, and she kicked his butt.
00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:19.200
He didn't know that she was a UFC fighter.
00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:28.079
And I said, you know, Helen, I'm not telling you to be a UFC fighter, she's a soccer player, but I said, you know, I would love for you to know how to defend yourself in a moment like that.
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So, but I'm I'm just I'm teaching her to be a good person, kind, loving, respectful, strong, and not take anyone's check along the way.
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Right on.
00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.079
Great.
00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:44.559
And I know you're a big guy, you know, like uh social media content creation, like that's something everybody does now.
00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:47.279
You you know, you have a social media calendar, I'm sure.
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You're creating content.
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Are you do you allow your daughter to be on social media yet?
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Or like like I'm we're we're not like I don't my son doesn't have a phone.
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I I I I don't want her to do it.
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Her her dad created a page and I I help um I I monitor it.
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She doesn't do it herself.
00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:04.559
And honestly, I would love for her to never do it.
00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.759
Right, for real, right?
00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.640
The only reason I do it is because I have to.
00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:13.680
Um, no, but I I I I I would like for her to wait as long as possible before she dives into that.
00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:21.359
Is it weird for you like like to shift like you know, 10 years ago that that didn't have to be part of your brand, but like now it's absolutely essential.
00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:26.319
Like weird that that change to social media is kind of a it's kind of a drag, you know.
00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:29.519
It's no, it's nice though to connect with the friends and fans.
00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:32.079
So I do appreciate it in that regard.
00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:36.000
Um, but I I want my daughter to stay away as long as possible.
00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.880
Right on.
00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:41.839
Well, look, I know you're busy, you got to blow out, you're going out tonight, you got new nails, you got all this stuff going on.
00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.680
So I I was telling you this offline.
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Like I asked this of everyone who comes on, what how do you stay awesome?
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Like, what's the secret to your success?
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I mean, we talked about you wanting to help people, you do all this these great things, you know, you're raising an amazing daughter.
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Like, how how do you what's the secret to your success?
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Focus on gratitude.
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Focus on gratitude.
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Uh literally count your blessings.
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There's always something to be thankful for.
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Always look around.
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There's always so many things to be grateful for.
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And I think if you live in gratitude and find the positive and find the blessings, and and you're grateful for your blessings, and you keep smiling, it helps.
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Courtney Hanson, I'm grateful that you did this podcast.
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I'm grateful that my BFF, Mary Caracciolo, uh bribed you with a spa day, and you literally you did this on your birthday, and that was amazing.
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And and thank you so much.
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Thank you so much, Jeff, for having me.
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And thank you, Mary, and I hope to see everyone at the show.
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Before we go, how can everyone find you online on uh whatever you're on Instagram?
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I'm working, I'm working on my website on a renovation of my website, but you can find me on Instagram, it's Courtney underscore Hansen, uh, and it's H-A-N-S-E-N, and then on Facebook, official Courtney Hansen, and I only have one verified page, guys, on each platform.
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So all the imposters and scammers just ignore them or report them and block them better.
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Um and uh and I look forward to seeing you there.
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Which is a first on Clark cast.
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I have two of the members of Back to Mac, uh Kenneth Cantwell and Ray Rizzo.
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Uh Back to Mac's gonna be performing as part of the Beau Revage's uh Cruising the Coast Festival.
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They'll be at the Beau Revaj Theater on Wednesday, October 7th.
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Uh show starts at 7:30.
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Doors open at 6.
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You can get tickets at Ticketmaster, you can get them at the Beau Revage Theater, or you can call the 1-800 number for the Beau Revaj.
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But definitely want to get your tickets.
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It's going to be a great night.
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Uh, these shows are always a sellout, so we expect uh no different this year.
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And back to Mac for those of you who don't know, is a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, or they they pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac.
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Um, Ray plays drums in the band, so he would be paying homage to Mick Fleetwood.
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Kemet does the Stevie Nicks vocals.
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Uh so guys, thanks a lot for doing this, man.
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This is awesome.
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I appreciate it.
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Happy to be here.
00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:50.719
So Kemet, Stevie Nicks, uh big influence on on you, on like your whole thing.
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Like how how'd you get exposed to to Stevie Nicks and the music of Fleetwood Mac?
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Um, I certainly couldn't pinpoint when.
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I just feel like it's always been there my whole life.
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Like, same.
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I I'm the same.
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I couldn't do that either, you know.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I I don't know.
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Fleetwood Mac has just always um yeah, always been there, I think, uh, for uh I think a lot of people would would say that, even younger people, because it's never really stopped being played.
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Um so uh I was I've been a professional singer um my whole life.
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I've always, of course, uh liked Fleetwood Mac and admired Stevie Nix um very much.
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I wasn't super obsessed or anything until we started this band and kind of delved deeper and um yeah, kind of understood even more of the greatness of Stevie Nix.
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Right on.
00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:39.440
And so Ray, we were talking offline.
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You told me you're you're based out of Brooklyn, Kimmitt, you're in Louisville, right?
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Correct?
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Is that right?
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Yes, I live in Little Camp.
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And so Ray, the with the band's kind of you got people in Brooklyn, Nashville, a lot, and Louisville.
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How did uh how did this iteration, this version of the band get together?
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Well, this version uh started three of us uh who are still playing with the group played together for the first time uh in 2010.
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We we did a one-night concert, or we what we thought was gonna be a one-night concert, playing the rumors album.
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And uh and then subsequently we we got offers to play around Louisville.
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We formed it in Louisville, and uh, and then as years went on, we we found opportunities to make more of a more regular job.
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And and honestly, uh the pandemic was a real turning point because of course everything was shut down, and it was very hard for venues once they were shut down to open up.
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There were a lot of tours.
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I mean, all the tours were canceled, but it was pretty easy for us to show up and play an outdoor event for for you know for a venue.
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So, you know, it was around that time that I feel like we we started kind of uh, I don't know, getting getting a little busier and a little more focused on it.
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And we were talking about you know, offline about drumming and you know, tell me some of the people you've recorded with, Josh Ritter, Bob Weir.
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Like who are some of some of your favorite drummers, some of your inspirations?
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I I asked that because my son's sitting here with me, he's 11.
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And if I ask, he's a drummer, and if I ask him, he's always gonna say John Bonham, Steve Gadd, Jeff Picaro.
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So uh who are some of your drumming influences?
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Well, Steve Gadd was monster.
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I love what Kimmet said about how you know we kind of grow up and there's music in the air and we don't even realize it.
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So Steve Gadd and Mick Fleetwood are two drummers who were were just in my ears before I even know there were humans, you know, making the music.
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And uh and then from there, uh Stuart Copeland of the Police is a big influence.
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Um I study jazz for years, so Elvin Jones and uh uh so many players.
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Actually, I'm going to see the band Geese Tonight, and their drummer Max is uh Bassin is a monster drummer.
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I'm really excited to see him.
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He's literally my favorite part of that band.
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I I just think that guy's such a great drummer.
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You know, I mean they got great songs, but I I I love that drummer.
00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:22.639
Um, Kim, tell me about like the the performance.
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Like, do you guys do like have a set list you do every night, or do some nights you do the whole rumors album, which you'd mentioned or Ray mentioned earlier?
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Like, how do y'all like have a have a set list that you use night to night, or do you just kind of plan it the day of the show?
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Well, it depends on on the venue, um, and depends on the length of the um of the show.
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So for the longer shows, we'll definitely delve deeper into some um you know older Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac from before Stevie and Lindsay were in the band and some deeper cuts from when they were in the band.
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Um so it it really just depends on on the venue, on the vibe of the show, the length of the show.
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Um, there are certain songs that we're gonna do every time.
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We're never getting cut.
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We're never we're never cutting uh dreams.
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Everybody wants to hear that.
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Right.
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Um else that we're never cutting um you can go your own way.
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That's that's gypsy.
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Um, those are gonna be in every show.
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And then there are some songs that we rotate out for our own pleasure, because like, hey, we haven't done this in a while, or because we know that the crowd in this particular area really likes Stand Back, you know, or whatever the song may be.
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Right on.
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Have you uh have you ever seen had the pleasure of seeing Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks or anyone with the band line?
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I have.
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I have.
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I wish, um, sure wish I was able to uh you know be old enough to go in uh at the height of their powers, you know, late 70s or early 80s.
00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:51.440
But I did see Fleetwood Mac, I don't say that like seven or eight years ago.
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They were fantastic, it was a whole band.
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And then I saw Stevie like two or three years ago, and she's doing remarkably well for considering how um her age at this point.
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She played she played Jazz Fest uh this past year down here in New Orleans, you know, and like it rained while she played, like it was supposed to, you know, everybody's like no witchcraft magic, like it was supposedly she's incredible.
00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:14.320
That yes, I actually heard about that.
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It was a good show.
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Yeah, she's just cool, she's awesome.
00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:23.519
Um so Ray, to you, uh Kimmett mentioned like the the deeper cuts.
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Do y'all like playing stuff like Black Magic Woman and some of like those early, early Fleetwood Mac Peter Green songs?
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Yeah, Black Magic Woman is one that actually we've we've played a few times, and uh coming up later in the month, we're gonna play uh we're actually playing a Halloween show in Kentucky, and we're gonna be joined by Greg Martin of the Kentucky Headhunters.
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So we're gonna do a special Peter Green portion of the show, and Black Magic Woman is gonna be a song.
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Yeah, we love we love the Bob Welsh songs, uh uh Hypnotized and uh uh Sentimental Lady.
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It's it's it's insane how not just how much music there is before Lindsay and Stevie, but how great and different it is.
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So many musicians and players that uh that came through the band.
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It's yeah, I I love it.
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It's one of my favorite things about the band that we kind of do these deep dives every once in a while.
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I'm glad you mentioned Bob Welch and Centimetral Lady because I, you know, arguably one of the best songs ever recorded, I think.
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Like the guitar, the way it's produced, like everything about that song is just magic, you know.
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And no doubt.
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It's awesome.
00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:49.440
Um, Kim, one thing I wanted to ask you because you know, I Ray was telling me offline about his he records and tours with people, and he's a full-time drummer.
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So you're in uh uh DJ and in public broadcasting, is that correct?
00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:56.000
Yeah, yeah, WWZ.
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That's amazing.
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Like we have WWZ down here in New Orleans, which is I think my favorite, or I don't think, but it's my favorite radio station in the world.
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But I think it's so cool that you do radio and public broadcasting.
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Like that's awesome.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, and uh that our station is is a really beloved station here um in the city.
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People really love WFPK, so I'm very glad to be uh to be working there.
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And um, they offer also give me a bit of flexibility.
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So when I have to be on the road, I can do that as well.
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So um it's it's a good situation.
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Thank you, WFPK.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Thank you for for sure.
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And and I listened to the station, like doing my research, and it was great.
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Like your show was just fantastic.
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So it's uh download that app.
00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:49.679
Um, before we go, uh quick question to to both of you best cover version of Landslide is bye.
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Ooh.
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Oh! Interesting.
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So uh Smashing Pumpkins has a cover version, JC Chicks have a cover um the chicks, right?
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Um I don't know.
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Um between the two, I would between those two, and there are probably more than I'm not thinking of right now, I would say the chicks.
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Right on.
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Ray?
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I'm kind of stumped on this one.
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So the correct answer was us.
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That's what I was waiting on.
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I was gonna say that.
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Uh yeah, and then I then we got into it and I felt an obligation.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, that was it.
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That's the answer.
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Uh 100%.
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Cool.
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So Kim it tell everybody how they can follow the band, like uh your socials, where you were.
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You can follow the band by uh going to uh the website is back to the number two, back to MacBand.com.
00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:46.159
Instagram is back to MacBand, I believe.
00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.880
Right, right?
00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:47.599
Yeah.
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I think so.
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Yeah.
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Uh and again, that's back and the number two, and then M-A-C.
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And the same thing on Facebook.
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Right on.
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And again, you can see back to Mac, they're gonna make their Gulf Coast, at least Beau Raj, uh debut, and that'll be Wednesday, October the 7th at uh 7:30, the Boer Vaj Theater.
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Yeah, we're super excited.
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It's gonna be amazing.
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And hey, if you guys like old cars, there'll be plenty of them to uh to look at down here.
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If not, we have really great food.
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So, you know, win-win.
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Can't wait.
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Awesome.
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Cool.
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Thank you all so much.
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I appreciate your time.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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This episode of Clark Cast is sponsored by the Beau Rivodge Resort and Casino.
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Join the Beau Rivodge as it celebrates 30 years of cruising the coast with special events Wednesday night, including celebrity meet and greets and a special concert by Back to Mac.
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Clark Cast is on the air.
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Christy Lee, you do a lot of awesome things, uh, host a lot of TV shows, make a lot of appearances, uh, just do a lot of great things.
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You're walking into a room about to light it up.
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What song is playing in your head or playing out loud?
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What's your walk-up music?
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Um, I think I always pick the I end up picking the same song every time it's uh Thunderstruck by ACDC, just because I feel like it's such a good hype song.
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Maybe I'm channeling my inner Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, but I don't know.
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That's uh that's the song that I usually go with.
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That's a great song.
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And for someone who lives in Detroit, that's uh for sure banger, you know, most definitely.
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Conversations about life, love, music, and the pursuit of being awesome.
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Here's your host, Jeff Clark.
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Uh, my guest today, she needs no introduction, but she certainly deserves one.
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Uh, Christy Lee, and that's Christy without an H.
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And I'm very, very guilty of during our correspondences putting an H in there.
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But uh Christy Lee, you've seen her on All Girls Garage, uh Garage Squad, Celebrity IOU Joyride, uh Still This House, which was on HG TV, which was great.
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She's a motorsports reporter, she's a businesswoman, she's a Detroit native, she she's all the stuff.
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And Christy will, for many years, have been coming to uh Cruising the Coast and we'll talk about that.
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And the Beau Rodge Resort and Casino will once again be hosting Christy for a meet and greet, and that's going to be on Wednesday, October the 7th from 6:30 to 7, and that'll be in the shop and promenade uh right there between roasted bean and the casino or the lobby.
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So, Christy, thanks a lot for doing this.
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Yeah, it's it's it's good to be here, it's good to be back, and uh I'm stoked for yet another year at Cruising the Coast.
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So this is the 30th year, which is crazy to me.
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You know, it's just like such a big event.
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Um, I know you've been coming a long time because you and I did this from the Beau Rivage like 10 years ago.
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Like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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We're not doing math here.
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Okay.
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I'm terrible at math, but I know you and I have done this before.
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But like, how how how many do you have any ideas?
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I was 20.
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It was it was a long time ago.
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Um, I didn't have gray hair then.
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Um how long have you been coming?
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Like to Biloxi.
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I think this is my oh my gosh, I feel like this is my 11th or 12th year, maybe.
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I feel like okay, it's 2026.
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Um and I think that 2014 or 2015.
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2015 was my first year cruising the coast.
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So 11 wait, 12 years.
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Right on.
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Um math is not my specialty, apparently.
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You came the first time, and obviously, you know, you've been coming back for years after years.
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What is it about it that you like?
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What keeps bringing you back?
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I mean, this event, like any other, uh it, you know, it's such a huge event, and there's just so much culture and passion um in that Gulf Coast area.
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And I love that this event isn't just in one location.
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Um, so you're really getting an amazing flavor of everything that that Gulf area has to offer.
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Um, and that to me is truly unique with this event.
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I've done tons of car shows.
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I've traveled all over the country and the world for car events, and I'm so grateful for all those uh different opportunities and getting to meet different people.
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Um, this event really is just so unique.
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Um, there's different locations.
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Each location has a different flavor, different feel.
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Um, so I love that aspect of cruising the coast.
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Um, I've been coming for so many years now.
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It's like a family reunion for me, not only with the car people that I get to see and work with every year at Cruising the Coast, um, people that are part of the event, the event organizers, the other like car celebrity folk, um, but also just, you know, the people that are attending the show.
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You know, I have been able to watch kids grow.
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You know, hey, I remember when Jeffrey met you when he was five.
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Look at him now.
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He just got his driver's license.
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So stuff like that really resonates with me as uh as an experience uh at Cruising the Coast.
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Um and I'm not gonna lie, I'm a seafood girly, so I absolutely love the food in the area.
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That's one of my favorite things.
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Uh, especially Mary Mahoney's, I think.
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Yes, yes.
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Mary's is an absolute must every single time that I come down and visit.
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So, you know, I mentioned your appearance at the Beau Raj, but obviously you're doing other appearances.
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And are you gonna get to like other towns?
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Are you gonna be in Pass Christian and like other places like you've done throughout the year?
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Yes.
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And um, I do not know that schedule off the top of my head.
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I will not lie to you.
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I am a fly by the seat of my pants type of girly.
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So Monday morning is when I'm gonna figure out what I'm doing and where I'm going.
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Um, and uh, you know, they have everything so organized for this event because we have so many like, you know, celebrity appearances going on at once.
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Honestly, we kind of get brought to and from each location.
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Um, our our our guy, Arlen, he takes such great care of us.
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I love Arlene and I love the family uh that puts everything on this whole cruising the coast family.
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Um, but they take such amazing care of us.
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So check the schedule because I don't want to misquote it.
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I have worked every single location on a different day and different time over the course of the past 10 years.
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Um, so I kind of in the moment we'll figure out exactly where I'm gonna be and when.
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But yeah, check the schedule um on Cruising the Coast website uh and on social media and my social as well to see exactly where we're gonna be and when.
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Yeah, and exactly I was gonna say, you know, Woody Bailey does a great job with uh with all the information.
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You can go find that on the Cruising the Coast website.
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I'm sure all that's there.
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Um we did this the first time you drove here on your motorcycle from uh from Detroit.
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I remember that.
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Yes.
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Are you doing that this year?
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Or are you flying?
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I don't know.
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No, I've uh I think I actually did two uh two road trips uh down there before um over the course of the years.
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Um and the very first time I did that road trip, that was a hellacious ride.
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That was not my first, but one of my very first like long distance motorcycle rides, um, which is such an amazing experience.
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But I learned a lot on that trip about timing and the amount of time that it takes with refueling and allocating the amount of time between each destination, allowing for extra time.
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So that was a learning experience.
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Um it's it's very taxing.
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Um, riding like that on a motorcycle, you know, eight to ten hours a day, long distance.
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Um, it wears on you.
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Like it's a lot.
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And it's great and fine and dandy when you have beautiful 75 degree sunny skies.
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But when you start getting into like inclement weather, which is par for the course with a long distance trip like that, um, especially at this time of year, it it really takes the wind out of you.
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So I found it very difficult to do a 15-day ride and then, you know, pop into so sorry, I had a call come in.
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Uh, that's all right.
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Okay, we're back.
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We're back trying to silence my calls.
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Um, yeah, I found it really difficult to go, you know, 15 days on the road on the motorcycle and then pop down to cruising the coast, which is a extremely busy, you know, very active by being like on the whole time type of event.
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So yeah, um, flying is definitely a little bit quicker and a little bit easier.
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And uh unfortunately, like, well, fortunately, I guess I have a very busy schedule right now, so it's kind of like maximizing the time it takes to travel there too.
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So no group, uh, no big ride for me this year, but uh maybe one day I'll drive my car down there.
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But you know, I mentioned you know, you do a lot of TV work and a lot of things, but one thing you also do a lot of is uh you spend a lot of time on your socials or like creating content and and interacting with your fans and stuff, and that's like sort of a model everyone had to adapt just in the in the in the past few years, you know, probably past 10 years.
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You do a great job with that.
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Is it like do you have like a goal like every day what you're gonna put out or every week, or do you just kind of free fly it or I would show you my social media calendar, it's not on my desk right now, it's at the it's in a different location.
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Um so um it's extremely taxing.
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I have two dry erase boards in here too, with like content posted as well.
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Um, content creation is a full-time job.
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Um and I absolutely love it.
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I love that I'm able to kind of show what I want to show, what projects I'm working on, and what I have going on.
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For me, I am in the process of building a new Shrine.
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It's huge, it's massive, it's a dream garage.
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I'm so stoked about it.
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But it's in the building process.
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So all of my projects have been like in limbo, um, and it's absolutely terrible.
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So I'm like very excited to get my shop back in order because my stuff is everywhere right now, and it's very frustrating for working on things.
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Um, I'm also in the middle of a big renovation project uh at my own home.
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I just moved, and then the barn project as well.
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Um, so just a lot on my plate.
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I love the content creation.
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It's a really great way to connect with people closely and share kind of what you've got going on, what's what's your story?
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Um, and I love it too because it you know brings more light to automotive and and car culture and and the passion that we all have.
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And also, you know, you used it as a platform a few years ago when you were going through a very, very bad illness, you know.
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I mean, and you were very and uh hey, look, if somebody who has to get his thyroid checked often, I appreciated that.
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Like, I mean, for real, like I've interviewed you before and we we see you on TV and doing all these things and creating content, but then when you're like, hey, y'all, I've got thyroid disease or and you know, I'm getting a shot in my eye.
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I mean, that was that that was some you know amazing stuff, and and I'm I'm very grateful that you did that.
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Are you feeling are you doing feeling better now?
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Um, well, you know, everyone asks me that question all the time in uh autoimmune.
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No, my gosh, please don't be sorry.
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It um it was my choice to share that stuff so publicly, and that really is only the silver lining for me with all of that, because let's be honest, nobody really wants to, you know, battle through autoimmune diseases.
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Right.
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So, and thyroid cancer apparently.
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Um, you know, the only silver lining for me in that process is that I can connect with other people and I can find other people that are struggling and maybe going through the same things.
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And that gives them a bit, a glimmer of hope.
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Um, because when I was first diagnosed, it was very difficult for me.
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I struggled with mental health, I still do to this day.
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Um, and you know, not having anybody to talk to or an outlet or a resource for that, especially with my eye disease, which is a rare disease, lucky me.
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Um being able to connect with other people that were going through the same thing is in there aren't words to describe that.
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So if I can give that back to anybody, to any single person, that's the that's the the payoff for me.
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Um, I also uh started with uh kind of a thyroid eye disease warrior of mine.
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We started a support group, a thyroid eye disease support group, a local group, um, for that exact reason, uh, where we, you know, gather every couple of months and kind of share stories and diagnoses and just vent about all the things.
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Um, but yeah, overall my health is doing pretty well.
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Um, two autoimmune diseases is definitely not a cure, it's a journey.
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Um, and you know, I have great days and I have bad days.
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Um, you know, today my eyes are flared up and driving me crazy, and it's like having a pounding migraine all day.
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But I'm used to it, so you just kind of push through and deal with it.
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And maybe that's my superpower is resilience.
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You know, it was there there was a lot of things that you shared that I just, you know, kind of thought were myths or just things you, you know, like does that really happen?
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And now I assure you, every time I get my thyroid checked and my doctor goes through the results with me, I'm like, do I have to get a shot in my eye?
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Like, I mean, I'm just like you, you were that that was that was harrowing.
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And I mean, God bless you for doing that and and for being real about it.
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And, you know, that's uh it uh it's helped a lot of people, I'm sure.
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Well good.
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You know, the biggest thing for me with a health journey like that, because everyone goes through different journeys in their life, and a lot of us are gonna go through health journeys.
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It's just part of it's part of life, it's part of getting older.
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Um, the biggest thing for me is I always want to try to help empower other people to take control of their health.
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Um, doctors, the medical industry, conventional medicine, all of that are absolutely amazing tools, and there's fantastic things that that can do for you, but you still have to own your health.
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You still have to take control of that, you still have to be empowered to do your research, read about things, and and be knowledgeable.
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So I really try to empower that into other people of I really took the bull by the horns, my disease by the horns, um, and really, you know, educated myself and read about things on on many sides from many, many facets.
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So that's a big message that I try to push to people is is awareness in general.
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And it doesn't have to be specific to your thyroid.
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And you mentioned earlier you have a lot of things going on.
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Obviously, you know, you're coming to cruising the coast, but like do you have TV show?
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I mean, you always have things that you're cooking up.
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So, like what are some things that that are coming down the pipe in late 26 or 27 that we can look forward to?
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Yeah, I just uh I actually just finished filming uh a big uh production with a client in Denver a few weeks ago.
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I'm excited for that to come out.
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Um I just uh filmed a few weeks ago at a big car show uh here in Detroit.
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Um so I'm looking forward to that content coming out.
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Um, as far as the car TV world goes, um, you know, I'm like a realist.
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I'm like the person that kind of likes to keep it real.
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So I don't want to create some sort of illusion that there's like this new car network that's just gonna pop out of the sky and that's where everybody's gonna flock to.
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Um, because to my knowledge, there isn't.
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Uh, but maybe there will be.
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And I am constantly always looking for what's next, what's the next project, producing something myself.
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Um, and I don't I don't want to say that creating content on social media is kind of like biding my time.
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Um, but that's just part of the process, like it looking for new opportunities.
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Um, I mean, I'm constantly scouting.
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I've I've had several TV show offers uh on my plate this year that I'm very grateful for that just weren't the right fit at the right time.
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Um, so yeah, yeah, out there looking, scoping, seeing, seeing what's next, always brewing up the next project.
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Um, I'm overly ambitious, so you will probably never stop hearing from me.
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So I wanna, you know, I know you have a lot of things going on.
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You got this huge social media calendar you gotta fill, you got to get ready for, you know, all the stuff, figure out where you're gonna be on cruising the coast.
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So I don't wanna um take up a lot of your time.
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I asked this of everyone that comes on the show, and I told you I would ask you this when we're talking offline.
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How do you stay awesome?
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Like what's the secret to your success or your life philosophy, whatever you want to share, you know.
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Being genuine to yourself.
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So staying true to yourself has been my entire platform of existence.
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And it it's doing things that you enjoy doing and you love doing, and people see that they they see the authenticity in that.
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So if you want to create a persona or something that isn't you that you are showing outwardly to other people, especially in this world of television and social media, that's you.
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You do that.
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If that fulfills you, if that fills your cup, that's amazing.
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For me, it's just being me, being genuine, being true to myself, um, and maintaining that on the camera, off the camera, with my family, with my friends at car appearances.
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So awesome.
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Well, cool.
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Again, Christy will be at the Beau Revage on Wednesday, October the 7th from 6:30 to 7.
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She'll be all over the coast.
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So you have several opportunities to see her.
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Uh, you can find out all that information on the Cruising the Coast website.
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Christy Lee, and that's Christy C-R-I-S-T-Y, and not with an H like I like to put in there.
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And I apologize for that every time.
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No worries.
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Thanks so much for taking time to do this.
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Thank you.
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Appreciate you so much.
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It was good seeing you again.
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Courtney Hansen, it's your birthday, and you're doing this podcast with me.
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Like, how awesome, how how generous of that is that of you?
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So, being that it's your birthday, you get to make the playlist.
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What's the first song you're putting on your birthday playlist?
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Oh, I could tell you what it was this morning on the way to school.
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It was uh 50 Cent in into club.
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There you go.
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Perfect.
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And guess so, and guess what the second one was?
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Marilyn Monroe singing to J uh John Kennedy JFK, uh happy birthday.
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And I I just I played into club and then I asked for um you know other birthday song recommendations, and the Marilyn Monroe song was was the the next one that came up, and so my daughter was like, Wow, that's old.
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And it really does sound like it was a million years ago, but it's so beautiful, and and so yeah, those were the first two.
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Right on, and and happy birthday.
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Thank you so much, and I'm happy to be to be here with you, Jeff.
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And I'm so excited to be going back to cruising the coast.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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My guest today, she needs no introduction, but she certainly deserves one.
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She's again doing this on her birthday.
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You've seen her on overhauling, power block, on shows on the Discovery Channel.
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She's a published author, she's a columnist, she's an entrepreneur, she's a lot of things, but most importantly, she's a mom, she's a wife, and she's a very nice person because again, she agreed to do this on her birthday.
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So our guest today is Courtney Hanson.
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Courtney, thank you so much.
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Hi, Jeff, thank you so much for having me.
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It's wonderful to be a guest, and uh, of course I agreed to do it.
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However, I just got a spray tan, I got a blowout of my hair.
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I'm going out tonight with the girls.
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So I got a hair blowout, and then I got um a spray tan, and uh, and here I am.
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And you got some birthday nails?
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I got some birthday nails.
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I I did this for my daughter.
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I made them really they have colored crystals all over them.
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Designing myself.
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And uh Courtney's gonna be at the Beau Revage Resort or Casino on Wednesday, October the 7th, for a meet and greet.
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She'll I think that it says it starts at 6, somewhere around there.
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It's gonna be in the uh shop and promenade, like right by the roasted beans.
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So want to make sure you get out and say hello, because uh Bo Revange is helping me put this podcast together.
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But you can go to the Cruising the Coast website and you'll see the Courtney's gonna be other places, she'll be out and about throughout the thing.
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And this is 30 years of Cruising the Coast, which is amazing, but it's Courtney's 13th year of joining us here on the Gulf Coast.
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Yes, and Jeff, if I might add, I will be with ET Motor Gear.
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Um, E as in Earl, T as in Tom, which is their cat.
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Uh um E.T.
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Motorgear, um, they have the the the not trucks, so trailers, the trailers.
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That's what I'm looking for.
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Um, they have trailers throughout, and so I go from each city.
00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:42.480
Um I I I go from you know Biloxi to Gulfport to Pass Christiane to Bay St.
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Louis to Ocean Springs.
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I hit every one of those towns, and uh I'm with E.T.
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Motorgear.
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So please come and see me.
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I want to hear what you're driving, what you're looking at, what you're working on, and I want to tell you what's going on with me because there's this exciting stuff ahead.
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And I'm literally recording this for Past Christiane.
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I live on Davis, like about a block from where all the action's gonna happen.
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So it's so gorgeous.
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It is.
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I love this town.
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I love it, and you know, I'm I'm working, but I'm not because I love being there, and I'm so honored to be coming back for my 13th year, and there's all these other celebrity guests who will be a part of it, like Chris Jacobs and Dave Kendig and Christy Lee and um my gosh, like my friend with the most amazing mustache ever.
00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:32.480
Um, so we will all be there, and I'm I'm really looking forward to it.
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It's gonna be a blast.
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E.T.
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Motorgear is where we will be.
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Right on.
00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:37.599
And you've you've done it 13 years.
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Like, how how how have you seen it?
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Like, has it changed since you first started doing it?
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I you know, like what are some things you like about it?
00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:49.839
I would say that it's getting bigger every year, and there are more cars every year.
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And if anything, I just think there's more tension around the show, so it just gets better and better.
00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:58.880
And I don't mean that in a cliche way, it's true, it gets more exciting every year.
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Uh there, I More celebrity guests every year.
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And so I just I think it's a show that can't be missed.
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There are, I think, what, 12,000 cars or more, more than 12,000 cars.
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So yes.
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And um, do you come out to the show, Jeff?
00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:18.720
Yeah, I always uh I I I try to.
00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:28.079
I usually go to something at the bow, and I'll definitely, because it's right here, you know, on our street in the pass, we'll get out and I'm taking off work that day to go walk around the pass.
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We uh, you know, we have the the pass like has bands and stuff like that on Friday.
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So since we're on the route, we like have a party at our house, and you know, it's a it's a great time, you know.
00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.039
It's an amazing thing.
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It's so be and it's so beautiful there, and the weather's always perfect.
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Like they might say it's gonna rain, but it doesn't, or it rains for five minutes and it's over.
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So I always say, like, you know, cars are not made of salt, and cars are meant to be driven, and we need to enjoy these gorgeous classic cars that we have.
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And so everyone should come out and join the action.
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And you don't have to have a car.
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I'm not bringing a car this year.
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I wish I was, but um, I'm there to see the cars and and hang with all the the amazing people, and there's such good food.
00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:09.279
Oh my gosh, there's such good food.
00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:14.240
I'm so excited, and so it's not work for me, it's a blast, and I can't wait to see all of you.
00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:17.039
And that was uh you were like leading into my next question.
00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:21.839
I I saw her Christy today, the Christy Lee, who's on this podcast as well on a different part.
00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:27.359
Um, she posted the annual photo of y'all at Mary Mahoney's, so obviously you you like going there when you come down.
00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:35.200
Oh my gosh, I love Mary Mahoney's, it's my favorite spot, and I I love their gumbo so much that they actually have sent it to me at Christmas before.
00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:35.920
Right on.
00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:39.119
That that's like, dude, that's like so Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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That's like a thing.
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Like people get Mary Mahoney's uh gumbo at Christmas.
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That's amazing.
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Yes, and so I'm I'm so excited for that.
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Everything on their menu is good, and then and then also very important, I I have to give a very genuine shout out to the Beau Revage Spa because their spa is incredible.
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And I didn't even know that it was this hidden oasis there in the hotel.
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And so Christy and I now have an annual tradition where after lunch at Mary Mahoney's, we go to the spa and we sit in the hot tub, and I've taken pictures, and she's taken pictures of me in the hot tub that I've posted before, and you do you just reminded me I should probably do it again.
00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:21.519
And uh they give incredible massages and all the treatments.
00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:31.759
So that is something that, like after a day at the show, you're tired and your feet hurt, and you want to, you know, your back hurts or something from walking around so much, you want a nice massage at the bow.
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I highly recommend it.
00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:43.359
And I'm glad you mentioned that because Mary Caracciola, who's a lovely and amazing human being, and one of my best friends, when we were talking about setting this up, she's like, I'll offer them spa time.
00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.279
They'll they'll do your podcast, I promise you.
00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:46.559
She's like, they'll get spa dates.
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I'm like, God, God bless you.
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Thank you so much.
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Super smart.
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Thank you, Mary.
00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:53.359
She's the boss, man, for for for a reason.
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Um, yes.
00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.799
But you know what?
00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:56.559
I want to, you and I are about the same age.
00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:59.039
Uh, spoiler alert, I'm a little bit older, whatever.
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But you know, I know growing up in the 70s and 80s, and I mean, especially with your dad, Jerry Hansen, being a 27-time SCAA uh national champion, like from for me growing up in that era, the 70s and 80s was like such a golden era for cars because of like Smokey and the Bandit and like all those Burt Reynolds movies, yes, uh, Stroker Ace.
00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.400
Um, what's the other one I'm thinking?
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Cannonball run, which was literally about a car race.
00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:30.240
Yes, you know, and then there were the like the Duke Boys, the Miami Vice, and and Knight Rider and stuff.
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Did all of that have an influence on you along growing up in like a motorcentric home?
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It did.
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I mean, big time, but also I had a hands-on, like a hands-on experience from childhood because I grew up on a racetrack.
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I grew up at Brainerd International Raceway, which my family uh used to own.
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So I grew up a pit kid and I was hanging in in the pits and the garages and uh, you know, watching the mechanics at work and and watching my dad and all the all the other racers race.
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And so yeah, I've been I've been in the automotive industry since the day I was born, and it was really exciting to be able to make a TV career out of it, and now to be able to embrace all aspects of this industry, and uh, I'm loving every minute of it.
00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.920
And you're Florida State grad, right?
00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:18.079
Yes, I graduated from Florida State.
00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:20.400
Are you still like a big seminoles fan?
00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:24.640
Of course, gnolls, go knows! I'm a knoll for life.
00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:29.440
As an Alabama fan, is it time for for Mike Norvell to be packing?
00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:32.160
Are you among that crowd now?
00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.160
I'm I don't know.
00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:40.480
I like I don't get too into all of those like details, but I know that I'm I'm always cheering for the gnolls.
00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.680
So right on.
00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.640
Awesome.
00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:44.880
Um, what about like current projects?
00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:49.680
Like I know, well, obviously you're coming down to cruise on the coast next week, but do you have your producer?
00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:55.839
You have so much going on, or do you have any more TV things coming down the pike or anything you're producing or anything you're excited about?
00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.400
Yes.
00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:04.640
So you can catch two seasons of Ride of Your Life with Courtney Hansen on uh HBO Max Hulu, and then Motor Trend is now called Turbo.
00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:10.079
So you can catch two seasons of the show there, and then I will be um doing a season three.
00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.680
We're gonna produce a season three.
00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:21.279
It's just a lot of work because I, you know, raise all the money uh to to support the series and then produce it and help direct it, and I'm on camera for it, and it's a lot.
00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:25.039
So, but but I'm I'm determined to make season three happen.
00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:28.720
And then um I'm I'm doing a lot more car shows now.
00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:32.559
Uh now that my daughter's a little older, I'm a full-blown soccer mom as well.
00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:37.839
But I juggle being a soccer mom with with doing these car shows because I love I love it, I love them.
00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:43.200
And um, and then I've got another thing brewing as well, so you'll have to stay tuned.
00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:47.599
You know, right of right of your life with Courtney Hansen, like what a life-changing show.
00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.839
I mean, it's just like it's there in the title.
00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:55.680
I mean, you're you're helping helping people who who need help, who, you know, how how does that make you feel?
00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:58.000
How did you come about with that whole concept?
00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:02.480
Well, it's um I'm all about giving back, right?
00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:05.359
And and and I I think we have to pay it forward and give back.
00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:09.279
And I I loved the overhauling concept on by Bud Brutzman.
00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:14.400
I mean, that's the most the the top automotive show, in my opinion, of all time, and it really set the bar.
00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:21.839
And I just wanted to keep working in automotive TV, and um, and I wanted to find a way to give back.
00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:38.079
And so this concept is, you know, we we we we we find people who had that that um beloved 69 Camaro or 65 Mustang or whatever it was, and they had to part ways with it because they came in hard times with health issues or financial troubles, whatever it may be.
00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:46.480
Um, we find that same year make and model car and or or truck, and we make it into a work of art in a short amount of time, and we give it back to them as a surprise.
00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:58.079
So um it's just a concept that I thought of along the way and made it happen, and um, and now I'm I'm determined to do it a third season of it and keep making dreams come true.
00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:05.279
So I I guess I was inspired by Overhaulin, and then it was an idea that just came into my mind that I really wanted to try to execute.
00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:08.079
You know, you mentioned being a being a soccer mom.
00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:10.559
So our kids are basically the same age.
00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:13.759
My son will turn 12 in December.
00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:16.480
Your daughter was born in 2014 as well, right?
00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:20.720
So as for me, like I know what it's like raising a boy.
00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:29.119
Like I had the challenge of raising him so that he, you know, frankly, not a piece of shit when he gets older, that he respects women, like that he respects people.
00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:33.359
That this whole thing that I'm tasked with, and I'm I'm honored to get to do that.
00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.640
But what about for you?
00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:38.000
Like, I can't imagine what it's like raising a preteen girl.
00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:40.240
How are how are you navigating that?
00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:57.440
I mean, she's she's a good girl, and and and um, and I I know she's got a good head on her shoulders, but I'm just teaching her the values, teaching her the virtues, and um, I'm gonna make sure that she stays strong and that she is smart, street smart, and that she protects herself.
00:29:57.519 --> 00:30:00.319
Um, we were just talking about, I feel like she needs to do jujitsu.
00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:03.920
I think she needs to like learn, learn how to properly defend herself.
00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.519
And she's like, Mom, I'm strong.
00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:07.279
I can kick anybody's ass, you know.
00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:09.920
And I'm like, well, I want you to learn how to do it properly.
00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:17.279
I recently read a story about a man, you know, who attempted to uh r assault a woman, rape a woman, and she kicked his butt.
00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:19.200
He didn't know that she was a UFC fighter.
00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:28.079
And I said, you know, Helen, I'm not telling you to be a UFC fighter, she's a soccer player, but I said, you know, I would love for you to know how to defend yourself in a moment like that.
00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:36.559
So, but I'm I'm just I'm teaching her to be a good person, kind, loving, respectful, strong, and not take anyone's check along the way.
00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.519
Right on.
00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.079
Great.
00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:44.559
And I know you're a big guy, you know, like uh social media content creation, like that's something everybody does now.
00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:47.279
You you know, you have a social media calendar, I'm sure.
00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.640
You're creating content.
00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:52.240
Are you do you allow your daughter to be on social media yet?
00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:55.440
Or like like I'm we're we're not like I don't my son doesn't have a phone.
00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:57.359
I I I I don't want her to do it.
00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:01.359
Her her dad created a page and I I help um I I monitor it.
00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.559
She doesn't do it herself.
00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:04.559
And honestly, I would love for her to never do it.
00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.759
Right, for real, right?
00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.640
The only reason I do it is because I have to.
00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:13.680
Um, no, but I I I I I would like for her to wait as long as possible before she dives into that.
00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:21.359
Is it weird for you like like to shift like you know, 10 years ago that that didn't have to be part of your brand, but like now it's absolutely essential.
00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:26.319
Like weird that that change to social media is kind of a it's kind of a drag, you know.
00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:29.519
It's no, it's nice though to connect with the friends and fans.
00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:32.079
So I do appreciate it in that regard.
00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:36.000
Um, but I I want my daughter to stay away as long as possible.
00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.880
Right on.
00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:41.839
Well, look, I know you're busy, you got to blow out, you're going out tonight, you got new nails, you got all this stuff going on.
00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.680
So I I was telling you this offline.
00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:47.680
Like I asked this of everyone who comes on, what how do you stay awesome?
00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.519
Like, what's the secret to your success?
00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:55.680
I mean, we talked about you wanting to help people, you do all this these great things, you know, you're raising an amazing daughter.
00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:58.720
Like, how how do you what's the secret to your success?
00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:01.119
Focus on gratitude.
00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.559
Focus on gratitude.
00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:04.880
Uh literally count your blessings.
00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:07.119
There's always something to be thankful for.
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Always look around.
00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:13.039
There's always so many things to be grateful for.
00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:24.480
And I think if you live in gratitude and find the positive and find the blessings, and and you're grateful for your blessings, and you keep smiling, it helps.
00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:28.160
Courtney Hanson, I'm grateful that you did this podcast.
00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:36.640
I'm grateful that my BFF, Mary Caracciolo, uh bribed you with a spa day, and you literally you did this on your birthday, and that was amazing.
00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:38.000
And and thank you so much.
00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.920
Thank you so much, Jeff, for having me.
00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:42.480
And thank you, Mary, and I hope to see everyone at the show.
00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:47.920
Before we go, how can everyone find you online on uh whatever you're on Instagram?
00:32:48.319 --> 00:33:03.920
I'm working, I'm working on my website on a renovation of my website, but you can find me on Instagram, it's Courtney underscore Hansen, uh, and it's H-A-N-S-E-N, and then on Facebook, official Courtney Hansen, and I only have one verified page, guys, on each platform.
00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:09.680
So all the imposters and scammers just ignore them or report them and block them better.
00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:13.599
Um and uh and I look forward to seeing you there.
00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:49.440
Which is a first on Clark cast.
00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:55.359
I have two of the members of Back to Mac, uh Kenneth Cantwell and Ray Rizzo.
00:33:55.440 --> 00:34:00.640
Uh Back to Mac's gonna be performing as part of the Beau Revage's uh Cruising the Coast Festival.
00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:03.920
They'll be at the Beau Revaj Theater on Wednesday, October 7th.
00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:06.079
Uh show starts at 7:30.
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Doors open at 6.
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You can get tickets at Ticketmaster, you can get them at the Beau Revage Theater, or you can call the 1-800 number for the Beau Revaj.
00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.679
But definitely want to get your tickets.
00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:17.039
It's going to be a great night.
00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:22.480
Uh, these shows are always a sellout, so we expect uh no different this year.
00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:29.360
And back to Mac for those of you who don't know, is a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, or they they pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac.
00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:35.360
Um, Ray plays drums in the band, so he would be paying homage to Mick Fleetwood.
00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:37.920
Kemet does the Stevie Nicks vocals.
00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:40.719
Uh so guys, thanks a lot for doing this, man.
00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.360
This is awesome.
00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.239
I appreciate it.
00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.840
Happy to be here.
00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:50.719
So Kemet, Stevie Nicks, uh big influence on on you, on like your whole thing.
00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:54.880
Like how how'd you get exposed to to Stevie Nicks and the music of Fleetwood Mac?
00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:58.639
Um, I certainly couldn't pinpoint when.
00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:01.039
I just feel like it's always been there my whole life.
00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.840
Like, same.
00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.719
I I'm the same.
00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.840
I couldn't do that either, you know.
00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.079
Yeah.
00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.440
Yeah, I I don't know.
00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:15.679
Fleetwood Mac has just always um yeah, always been there, I think, uh, for uh I think a lot of people would would say that, even younger people, because it's never really stopped being played.
00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:20.239
Um so uh I was I've been a professional singer um my whole life.
00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:25.360
I've always, of course, uh liked Fleetwood Mac and admired Stevie Nix um very much.
00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:36.719
I wasn't super obsessed or anything until we started this band and kind of delved deeper and um yeah, kind of understood even more of the greatness of Stevie Nix.
00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.679
Right on.
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And so Ray, we were talking offline.
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You told me you're you're based out of Brooklyn, Kimmitt, you're in Louisville, right?
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Correct?
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Is that right?
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Yes, I live in Little Camp.
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And so Ray, the with the band's kind of you got people in Brooklyn, Nashville, a lot, and Louisville.
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How did uh how did this iteration, this version of the band get together?
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Well, this version uh started three of us uh who are still playing with the group played together for the first time uh in 2010.
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We we did a one-night concert, or we what we thought was gonna be a one-night concert, playing the rumors album.
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And uh and then subsequently we we got offers to play around Louisville.
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We formed it in Louisville, and uh, and then as years went on, we we found opportunities to make more of a more regular job.
00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:42.960
And and honestly, uh the pandemic was a real turning point because of course everything was shut down, and it was very hard for venues once they were shut down to open up.
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There were a lot of tours.
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I mean, all the tours were canceled, but it was pretty easy for us to show up and play an outdoor event for for you know for a venue.
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So, you know, it was around that time that I feel like we we started kind of uh, I don't know, getting getting a little busier and a little more focused on it.
00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:12.960
And we were talking about you know, offline about drumming and you know, tell me some of the people you've recorded with, Josh Ritter, Bob Weir.
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Like who are some of some of your favorite drummers, some of your inspirations?
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I I asked that because my son's sitting here with me, he's 11.
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And if I ask, he's a drummer, and if I ask him, he's always gonna say John Bonham, Steve Gadd, Jeff Picaro.
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So uh who are some of your drumming influences?
00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.800
Well, Steve Gadd was monster.
00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:37.119
I love what Kimmet said about how you know we kind of grow up and there's music in the air and we don't even realize it.
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So Steve Gadd and Mick Fleetwood are two drummers who were were just in my ears before I even know there were humans, you know, making the music.
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And uh and then from there, uh Stuart Copeland of the Police is a big influence.
00:37:52.960 --> 00:38:00.320
Um I study jazz for years, so Elvin Jones and uh uh so many players.
00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:09.119
Actually, I'm going to see the band Geese Tonight, and their drummer Max is uh Bassin is a monster drummer.
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I'm really excited to see him.
00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:13.519
He's literally my favorite part of that band.
00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.599
I I just think that guy's such a great drummer.
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You know, I mean they got great songs, but I I I love that drummer.
00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:22.639
Um, Kim, tell me about like the the performance.
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Like, do you guys do like have a set list you do every night, or do some nights you do the whole rumors album, which you'd mentioned or Ray mentioned earlier?
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Like, how do y'all like have a have a set list that you use night to night, or do you just kind of plan it the day of the show?
00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:44.320
Well, it depends on on the venue, um, and depends on the length of the um of the show.
00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:56.079
So for the longer shows, we'll definitely delve deeper into some um you know older Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac from before Stevie and Lindsay were in the band and some deeper cuts from when they were in the band.
00:38:56.239 --> 00:39:01.599
Um so it it really just depends on on the venue, on the vibe of the show, the length of the show.
00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:04.800
Um, there are certain songs that we're gonna do every time.
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We're never getting cut.
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We're never we're never cutting uh dreams.
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Everybody wants to hear that.
00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:09.840
Right.
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Um else that we're never cutting um you can go your own way.
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That's that's gypsy.
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Um, those are gonna be in every show.
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And then there are some songs that we rotate out for our own pleasure, because like, hey, we haven't done this in a while, or because we know that the crowd in this particular area really likes Stand Back, you know, or whatever the song may be.
00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.440
Right on.
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Have you uh have you ever seen had the pleasure of seeing Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks or anyone with the band line?
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I have.
00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:38.559
I have.
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I wish, um, sure wish I was able to uh you know be old enough to go in uh at the height of their powers, you know, late 70s or early 80s.
00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:51.440
But I did see Fleetwood Mac, I don't say that like seven or eight years ago.
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They were fantastic, it was a whole band.
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And then I saw Stevie like two or three years ago, and she's doing remarkably well for considering how um her age at this point.
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She played she played Jazz Fest uh this past year down here in New Orleans, you know, and like it rained while she played, like it was supposed to, you know, everybody's like no witchcraft magic, like it was supposedly she's incredible.
00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:14.320
That yes, I actually heard about that.
00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.519
It was a good show.
00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.599
Yeah, she's just cool, she's awesome.
00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:23.519
Um so Ray, to you, uh Kimmett mentioned like the the deeper cuts.
00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:30.320
Do y'all like playing stuff like Black Magic Woman and some of like those early, early Fleetwood Mac Peter Green songs?
00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:48.639
Yeah, Black Magic Woman is one that actually we've we've played a few times, and uh coming up later in the month, we're gonna play uh we're actually playing a Halloween show in Kentucky, and we're gonna be joined by Greg Martin of the Kentucky Headhunters.
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So we're gonna do a special Peter Green portion of the show, and Black Magic Woman is gonna be a song.
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Yeah, we love we love the Bob Welsh songs, uh uh Hypnotized and uh uh Sentimental Lady.
00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:12.800
It's it's it's insane how not just how much music there is before Lindsay and Stevie, but how great and different it is.
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So many musicians and players that uh that came through the band.
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It's yeah, I I love it.
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It's one of my favorite things about the band that we kind of do these deep dives every once in a while.
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I'm glad you mentioned Bob Welch and Centimetral Lady because I, you know, arguably one of the best songs ever recorded, I think.
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Like the guitar, the way it's produced, like everything about that song is just magic, you know.
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And no doubt.
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It's awesome.
00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:49.440
Um, Kim, one thing I wanted to ask you because you know, I Ray was telling me offline about his he records and tours with people, and he's a full-time drummer.
00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:54.480
So you're in uh uh DJ and in public broadcasting, is that correct?
00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:56.000
Yeah, yeah, WWZ.
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That's amazing.
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Like we have WWZ down here in New Orleans, which is I think my favorite, or I don't think, but it's my favorite radio station in the world.
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But I think it's so cool that you do radio and public broadcasting.
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Like that's awesome.
00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.280
Thank you.
00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:14.159
Yeah, and uh that our station is is a really beloved station here um in the city.
00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:18.800
People really love WFPK, so I'm very glad to be uh to be working there.
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And um, they offer also give me a bit of flexibility.
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So when I have to be on the road, I can do that as well.
00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:27.199
So um it's it's a good situation.
00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:28.880
Thank you, WFPK.
00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:30.320
Yeah, absolutely.
00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.519
Thank you for for sure.
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And and I listened to the station, like doing my research, and it was great.
00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:36.400
Like your show was just fantastic.
00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:39.440
So it's uh download that app.
00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:49.679
Um, before we go, uh quick question to to both of you best cover version of Landslide is bye.
00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:50.559
Ooh.
00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:52.960
Oh! Interesting.
00:42:53.840 --> 00:43:00.079
So uh Smashing Pumpkins has a cover version, JC Chicks have a cover um the chicks, right?
00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:03.440
Um I don't know.
00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:08.800
Um between the two, I would between those two, and there are probably more than I'm not thinking of right now, I would say the chicks.
00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:09.599
Right on.
00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:10.480
Ray?
00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:13.440
I'm kind of stumped on this one.
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So the correct answer was us.
00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.599
That's what I was waiting on.
00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:20.320
I was gonna say that.
00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:24.639
Uh yeah, and then I then we got into it and I felt an obligation.
00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:25.039
Yeah.
00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:26.320
Yeah, that was it.
00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:26.880
That's the answer.
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Uh 100%.
00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:29.679
Cool.
00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:34.320
So Kim it tell everybody how they can follow the band, like uh your socials, where you were.
00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:41.760
You can follow the band by uh going to uh the website is back to the number two, back to MacBand.com.
00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:46.159
Instagram is back to MacBand, I believe.
00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.880
Right, right?
00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:47.599
Yeah.
00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.559
I think so.
00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:48.960
Yeah.
00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:51.920
Uh and again, that's back and the number two, and then M-A-C.
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And the same thing on Facebook.
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Right on.
00:43:55.519 --> 00:44:04.880
And again, you can see back to Mac, they're gonna make their Gulf Coast, at least Beau Raj, uh debut, and that'll be Wednesday, October the 7th at uh 7:30, the Boer Vaj Theater.
00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:06.159
Yeah, we're super excited.
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It's gonna be amazing.
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And hey, if you guys like old cars, there'll be plenty of them to uh to look at down here.
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If not, we have really great food.
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So, you know, win-win.
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Can't wait.
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Awesome.
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Cool.
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Thank you all so much.
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I appreciate your time.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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