Stars and Strings: Nate Smith

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Nate Smith talks about his backyard gun range, cooking hacks, and more backstage at 'Stars and Strings' with TC & Dina B.

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00:00We are TC and Dina B inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge with Nate Smith.

00:07Nate, we thank you, buddy, for taking some time from that new shooting range you just built in your backyard.

00:12Hey, hey, you know, you know.

00:14Yeah, we do. Tell us a little about it, aptly named Bulletproof.

00:17Tell us a little about what made the idea, and you're just out there having some free time on your hands?

00:20For sure. So I'm calling it the Bulletproof range, obviously.

00:23Got to do that. Naturally.

00:25I got yelled at yesterday by my neighbors.

00:26They cussed me. It was like 9.30. I wanted to test it out, you know, so I was shooting out there.

00:31It was a little loud and a little late, and literally just goes, it's a Wednesday night!

00:38He goes, he goes, go find a gun range. I'm like, I am the gun range, sir!

00:47He literally said, go find a gun range, and it's Wednesday night. I was like, I am so sorry.

00:51And so I texted my neighbor, because I'm like, he's never yelled at me before.

00:54Like, I gotta figure this out. So I texted him, and he's like, hey, it wasn't me.

00:58I was like, oh, okay. He's like, my girlfriend heard some shots, so she took some video or whatever,

01:02but I don't know who that was, so I gotta say sorry to somebody.

01:04Oh my goodness.

01:05So Bulletproof gun range really doesn't mean bulletproof.

01:08It doesn't, and you gotta do it a little bit earlier, maybe before the sun goes down.

01:11Okay.

01:11Say for smarter.

01:12It's been a blast, man. I've been, I feel like it's important. Like, make the home awesome.

01:17Make it a place that you don't really want to leave a whole lot. So I've been four-wheeling,

01:21and I've got a hot tub. That's all you need. Hot tub, four-wheeling.

01:25I saw you've been cooking, too, a little bit.

01:26Trying.

01:27You got like a, listen, I'm Italian. I'm going all out for the holidays, Christmas.

01:31Don't judge me.

01:32No, no, I'm not judging you.

01:33We know you can.

01:34Hey, hey, hey, hey.

01:35I'm leading into using.

01:36You ain't fooling anybody here.

01:37I need to use your hack. This is what I'm getting at.

01:40You pulled out your four-wheeler goggles to cut onions.

01:44Tell me that wasn't smart.

01:45Bro, I've been cooking my whole life. Like, since I came out of the womb, we've been cooking.

01:49Why I didn't think of this.

01:50I mean, onions suck.

01:51I know.

01:52Cutting onions suck.

01:53I remember as a kid, my mom cutting onions, and I'm just like crying in the other room like,

01:56God, but I love tuna casserole.

01:59You know, just, that's just the thing, you know.

02:01But it helped. I had no problem.

02:03And you didn't cry.

02:04No.

02:04It was amazing.

02:05Not a tear.

02:06Not a tear.

02:07You know what else doesn't suck is your music.

02:09Yes.

02:09Because you've been making banger after banger.

02:11Come on.

02:11And I know you have another one coming out with Mr. T Hub very soon here.

02:15How cool is that?

02:16It is very cool.

02:17Tyler Hubbard. Are you kidding me?

02:18I mean, both guys that just make nothing but hits these days.

02:21Hey.

02:21How does something like that come to be?

02:23Tell us. Do you call him?

02:24He calls you?

02:24Your people call your people?

02:25Or does he yell, hey, it's a Wednesday night.

02:27Come make a record with me?

02:29Man, there's so many ways.

02:29I mean, it's funny.

02:30I wouldn't have met Tyler if it wasn't for Tom Beaupre.

02:33And you probably don't know Tom.

02:34But he was the bass player for Florida Georgia Line for like 11 years.

02:38And he was my manager at Starbucks.

02:40Oh, wow.

02:40Back in the day.

02:41Okay.

02:41Stop.

02:42And he's friends with my friends and stuff.

02:44So we got to know each other really well.

02:45And then he sort of kind of gave me the intros into Nashville again for the second time

02:49when I came back and everything.

02:50And obviously, he kind of helped make that connection.

02:53At least put me on Tyler's radar.

02:54And then eventually, we met.

02:55And then he sent me that song like a year and a half ago or a year ago or something like that.

02:59And I was like, this is pretty cool.

03:00I really like this song.

03:01But I didn't do anything about it.

03:02And I should have because I loved it.

03:03I just had a lot going on and stuff.

03:05But eventually, I was like, this song, I love this song.

03:09It's so high energy.

03:10And honestly, I know he probably wouldn't love me to say this as a comparison.

03:13But everything that I love about Florida Georgia Line, like wrapped up in a song,

03:17but like a modern version of it and stuff.

03:19And so like, I don't know.

03:20I just I think this is like the summer song.

03:21Like this thing is so freaking fun.

03:23I love it.

03:24Yeah, we do love it.

03:25Well, you were so fun.

03:26We got to see you last month when you were down here with Jason Aldean, by the way.

03:29You were phenomenal.

03:31You rocked out, of course.

03:33And I have to ask this.

03:34Did you get your end of tour gift yet?

03:37I did.

03:37You did.

03:38I did, and I used it at the gun range.

03:39Oh, you got a gun?

03:41I got an AR.

03:43So I shot it.

03:44And the thing is really loud.

03:45It's really loud.

03:46Is that the one that got the neighbor yelled?

03:47Is that the reason you got yelled at?

03:50And by the way, I'm keeping it really light here.

03:51There's F words.

03:52This was not a good neighbor yelling thing.

03:54This was like, this isn't good.

03:56And you also served.

03:56You want to be yelling at a guy with an AR, by the way.

03:58Also true.

03:59Yeah.

04:00Why would you want to make like you mad?

04:02Yeah.

04:03But I just, I felt bad.

04:04I felt really bad.

04:05That's awesome.

04:06I'm going to figure out who it is.

04:07I'm going to knock on his door and be like, dude, I am so sorry, bro.

04:09It was a school night.

04:09Because now there's incriminating evidence.

04:11Now this is all being recorded.

04:13They're going to go back to this tape.

04:15Yeah.

04:15I think you should play nice with your neighbor.

04:17I'm going to give him a big old hug.

04:18That's what he needs.

04:19Maybe I'll bake up something now that I know how to bake.

04:21Cut him up some onions.

04:22Yeah.

04:22Put it in a quiche or something.

04:23These are McDonald's ready.

04:24Here we go.

04:25Tiny onions.

04:26That's what we're talking about.

04:27Nate, you are such a good time all the time.

04:29We do this thing on our show where Dina has the worst handwriting on the face of the earth.

04:33That's really mean.

04:33I'm not kidding.

04:34No, no, no.

04:34Does he always talk to you like this?

04:35Always.

04:36Well, wait till you see this, Nate.

04:37So this is our weather report for tomorrow.

04:39Okay.

04:40And I'm just wondering if you would give this a little diddy a glance.

04:42And you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.

04:44I promise you.

04:44This is my handwriting.

04:45It's terrible.

04:46Okay.

04:46So we just want to see if you can read it.

04:49Can you read any of that?

04:50Holy crap.

04:51Hold you.

04:52I love you, but my God.

04:54Okay.

04:54So I'm just going to take a stab at that.

04:55That's all you got to do.

04:56Again, it's a weather report.

04:57It's weather.

04:58Mix of sun and cloud today.

05:02I'm just going to assume.

05:03Wow.

05:03Uh-huh.

05:04With a boy, something sour, crooked sour.

05:12Uh, to pepping, peppy, pepperoni, up, as well up a butt.

05:18What is that?

05:18Why does it say that?

05:19As well up a...

05:20I can't read that correctly.

05:21Of 85.

05:23Okay.

05:23So 85, I see there's sun.

05:25It will be home.

05:27Oh, man.

05:28And meme ran weekly, a godly for the dolphin sum.

05:34Dolphins game on Sunday.

05:36Look at that.

05:37None of this made sense.

05:37I feel like I was literally on acid right there.

05:39I was like, what is going on?

05:40See, that's why I said it's the worst on the planet.

05:42It's bad.

05:43It really is bad.

05:44You're a great person, though.

05:47You're a great person.

05:48And a great cook.

05:49Just not good writing.

05:49I know what it is.

05:50I know what it is.

05:50I just have terrible pepperoni.

05:52I don't think you have bad handwriting.

05:53I think you just got to slow down.

05:54I do have to slow...

05:55That's what it is.

05:55You're in a rush.

05:56You're excited.

05:56You're like, wow, I'm trying to get...

05:57That's it.

05:58Hey, just slow the hand down.

06:00You see this?

06:01He gets me.

06:01Take your time.

06:02As annoying as it is, you know?

06:03Or we're going to put the lines out again where you got to trace the lines and stuff.

06:05Nate, you get me.

06:07You really do.

06:07What does it say?

06:07The N-R-N-S-O?

06:08Right now.

06:09Right now.

06:0980 degrees.

06:11It's horrific.

06:12We'll post it so you can see what Nate just read, too, on Instagram at kisscountry99.

06:16Nate Smith, thank you so much, buddy.

06:18They wrote it.

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