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Earlier this month, Rascal Flatts performed for an intimate room of fans during our 'Totally Private' show at the Hard Rock Cafe Nashville, powered by Spirit Airlines. But first, Gary, Joe Don, and Jay joined Katie Neal for a hilarious talk about touring, collabs, and a goat that got the better of them.
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00:00Grammy-nominated Rascal Flatts here hanging out with us. How is everybody?
00:04Great. How are you? Fantastic. We all survived a nice storm here in Nashville.
00:08We did. Gary got power back today. Yes. One of Gary's trees tried to attack him.
00:12Yeah. Yeah. Gotcha, didn't he? A tree or a cat. I don't know what happened.
00:16But I hadn't seen you. What happened? Cutting all those trees because we've been on the road for like 11
00:20days.
00:21So I just had power turn on yesterday, I think. And then cutting trees off my fence.
00:27You were out there with a chainsaw? Oh, yeah.
00:29Yeah. Unsupervised? Oh, he gets out.
00:31Well, that was, yeah. I'd love to see that content.
00:33That was the whole issue. Oh, you want? I got it. Shoot. Yeah, I had a GoPro on the whole
00:38time I was doing it. It's awesome.
00:39Those meta glasses? Yeah.
00:41I can imagine. And what about you two? Power? No power?
00:45I got it back Sunday. Okay. Yeah.
00:48Nice. About a week without it. But I got a little generator that helped a lot.
00:52That helps, yeah. A lot of my neighbors do not.
00:55What's yours run on? Gas and oil.
00:58Gas line straight in.
00:59My neighbor is Reese Witherspoon, so I just plugged into her generator, stole some of her juice.
01:05That's smart. Did you really?
01:06Thank you, Reese.
01:07No, I've got a generator as well.
01:09You stayed in the wing of her house.
01:10So Reese used yours.
01:12Yeah, exactly.
01:13You're welcome, Reese.
01:14Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're welcome.
01:15Fantastic. Well, thank you guys for being here.
01:17It's so lovely to see your faces. I dare you. Moving up the charts.
01:20Let's go.
01:21Every time I see you guys, I check in. Have we heard from the Jonas Brothers yet?
01:24No.
01:24No.
01:25No, not at all.
01:26Maybe if it cracks top 10, they'll be like, send a card, flowers, maybe?
01:30I'm starting to think they're an AI group.
01:32Yeah.
01:33This is what is tough. It's just to know that our friendship is based upon where we top on the
01:38charts with songs.
01:40I thought it was closer than that.
01:41This song's been out now 89 weeks, and then we're cracking the top 10. It's great.
01:45We got a text and a half.
01:47How is it doing at live shows?
01:48It kills.
01:49Yeah.
01:50Yeah, it smashes.
01:50Big moment.
01:51Everybody loves it.
01:51That's fun.
01:52Well, as soon as he says, a song with the Jonas Brothers.
01:55Oh, and everybody thinks that they're going to come out?
01:57Yeah.
01:57I sat out on the chipmunks one night, and it got a bigger applause.
02:00So I don't know what.
02:01Yeah.
02:02I hope they see this.
02:03Yeah, we just keep messing it up.
02:04Something really fun that happened in the last few weeks is that you guys brought out Jason.
02:09Dylan, right?
02:10Oh, that was actually the last time we saw you when we were filming the.
02:15New Year's Eve special.
02:17Oh, that's what it was.
02:18Yes, yes, yes.
02:18But that's not pre-taped at all.
02:19No, no, no.
02:20Not at all.
02:20No, it was New Year's Eve.
02:21Yeah.
02:22But no, I thought this was so fun.
02:23So Jason comes out, sings with you, and then now Dylan's got his own version.
02:27He does.
02:28Of Bless the Broken Road.
02:29He does.
02:30Which is very cool.
02:30Talk about this.
02:32He's over the moon.
02:33Gary posted a video of him up there singing with him, and it just blew up.
02:39It had like six million views in three days.
02:41And Dylan and I had already started working on some music together and had that one recorded.
02:46So we just put his vocal on it really quickly and turned it around and got it out.
02:50That's really fun.
02:50It was phenomenal.
02:52You know, honestly.
02:53It's just so good to see our offspring turn into something better.
02:56Right?
02:57Than we are.
02:58Than what we are.
02:59Flat spring.
02:59I was going to say, you can tell this came from the gene pool of U2's side of the family,
03:03correct?
03:04I mean, they got it.
03:05They got it.
03:06I mean, Jagger's involved in music.
03:08Both of my girls, Brittany and Brooklyn are on.
03:10Dylan.
03:11Are you guys excited about that?
03:13Or is any part of you like, stay away from the music industry?
03:17Yeah.
03:17Yeah, 50-50.
03:18Okay.
03:19Yeah.
03:19Yeah.
03:20At least you know what's going on, and you can probably give better advice than most parents
03:23in this situation, right?
03:24We know how hard it is.
03:25But we're so glad that they love.
03:28Yeah.
03:29They have something that they love.
03:31Yeah.
03:31I've been very intentional about not, like, pushing him to it, you know, and letting him
03:34find it and discover his love for it on his own.
03:37And he just...
03:37Except the six hours a day that you make him in the basement.
03:40Well, whacking his knuckles with a yardstick when he messes up.
03:44Get in the box.
03:45Other than that, he's really come by it naturally.
03:47Yeah.
03:48It was his choice.
03:48It's a D, Dylan.
03:49He's paying it for it.
03:50That's what happened to you.
03:51Yeah.
03:52Oh, my God.
03:53You guys are out right now on tour.
03:55It looks like you are having a blast.
03:56I want to talk about some tour things.
03:58What is on The Rascal Flatts, Ryder?
04:01Is there anything fun on there?
04:02Oh, it's gotten a lot shorter through the years.
04:03I was going to say, I feel like I hear that from everybody.
04:05What was the craziest thing that was ever on there?
04:07We're saving a lot of money.
04:10We've never been nuts.
04:11We've always been nuts.
04:12Well, probably that goat for Darius, Ryder.
04:13Oh, yeah.
04:14I was going to say, I feel like you guys definitely put something on there as a joke.
04:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:18We had farm animals.
04:19Did you get the goat?
04:20No, we had all kinds of animals.
04:22It really did happen.
04:23Yeah, yeah.
04:23We put it in Darius Rucker's dressing room.
04:25But the joke was on us because it ate all the furniture so that we had to pay for the
04:29furniture.
04:29Yeah.
04:30Yeah, it was a joke.
04:31I feel like there's a lot of fun things like that that would happen pre-social media that
04:34like no one ever got on camera.
04:35There's probably no photos of it.
04:37Yeah, it was awesome.
04:37It was just like it was a practical joke that no one knew about.
04:39Yeah.
04:39Until you got the bill.
04:40Yeah.
04:41We have the simple stuff though like veggie trays and fruit trays, bottle of Grey Goose
04:45and another bottle of Grey Goose and there's another bottle.
04:48I take Jodan's bottle of Grey Goose now that he's no longer a Grey Goose man.
04:52I have chicken wings and hot dogs in my room here and I.
04:55Really?
04:56That's what gets you going?
04:57All my friends are just rednecks and they're just like, you've got to be kidding me.
05:00Free hot dogs?
05:01Free hot dogs and chicken wings.
05:03What do you put for fixings though?
05:05Do you put like ketchup and mustard or do you put chili and onions?
05:09It's got all of it.
05:09It does?
05:10Yeah, yeah.
05:11It's got the whole snack on.
05:12Oh, yeah.
05:12I've never been invited to his dressing room before.
05:15I love that you're just now learning what is in Jerry's dressing room.
05:18That's where I'm going tomorrow night.
05:20It's in yours.
05:21Oh, yeah.
05:21The other thing I don't understand is we each are fortunate enough to have our own buses
05:26so the three of us are on different buses, but we'll come off the stage and there'll be
05:29like 10 pizzas on my bus.
05:33Yeah, that's true.
05:33And I still don't know how on the way.
05:35You didn't order them.
05:37No.
05:37You did not instruct anyone to order pizza.
05:39It's just Jodan by himself with all the pizzas.
05:4310 of them.
05:43Yeah.
05:44And six of them are cheese.
05:45Who eats just cheese?
05:46Who needs six cheese pizzas?
05:48Apparently no.
05:49Yeah, please eat this so no one goes to the bathroom for the next three weeks.
05:52This would be great.
05:53That's why you have your own buses.
05:56We've all been backed up for a month.
05:58Yeah.
05:58Yeah.
06:00All right.
06:00So you guys are on your own buses.
06:01I'm curious.
06:02Does everyone have their own stylist or is there somebody who like works with all of you in picking?
06:06Works with all of us.
06:07Okay.
06:07Yeah.
06:08I wondered if there was like an organized effort or if it was like everybody got to pick
06:11their own stuff.
06:11It's really pretty easy.
06:13I mean, she's great.
06:14She goes to our bus and drops her clothes off and puts it on the bus and we wear whatever
06:17she puts in each bag.
06:19And they're all labeled like we're idiots.
06:20It's like, here's Nashville.
06:22Tomorrow night is Chicago.
06:23And she puts post-it notes on it.
06:25Here's your socks.
06:25Renee Lear is our stylist.
06:28And it's funny if you don't wear something that she'll get a text like, um, what was
06:33wrong with the shirt?
06:33Excuse me.
06:34Yeah.
06:34Does it not fit or is that, do you not like it or, you know?
06:37Yeah.
06:38So that is hysterical.
06:39Uh, another fun question.
06:40What's the dumbest reason you guys have ever had to postpone the start of a show?
06:45Probably the dumbest reason to use the bathroom.
06:47Yeah.
06:48Probably the bathroom.
06:49Postpone the start of a show.
06:50Yeah.
06:50Like you were running late to get out there.
06:52Yeah.
06:53Eric Church.
06:54Oh, yeah.
06:55Yeah.
06:55Yeah.
06:56You know what, Jodon?
06:57He postponed us a lot.
06:58That is a really, that's a good one.
07:00One that we didn't.
07:01You said dumbest reason.
07:02One that we didn't plan.
07:03Oh, my God.
07:03I remember one time we were on a set.
07:05Remember that when we had the elevator?
07:07Yes.
07:07The elevator was supposed to get.
07:08It wouldn't open.
07:09So I just held it up and Jodon ran out.
07:11And that was kind of popped out of it.
07:14Like, all right.
07:15And that was like a set malfunction.
07:16It was a set malfunction, yeah.
07:17Again, we had socials back then.
07:19My gosh, there was some amazing moments.
07:21Right?
07:21I've talked to Kix and Ronnie about this, too.
07:23They used to, like, shoot those dummies out into the crowd and stuff.
07:26And I'm like, how's that?
07:27That was really big back in the 50s.
07:30That was really big.
07:31That was us when we opened for them.
07:33They would shoot us out there.
07:34You're going to be in trouble.
07:34Great.
07:35What about funniest thing that's ever happened in a meet and greet where you've all just
07:37looked at each other like, what is that?
07:38I used to make up names for people.
07:40I was standing right beside Gary.
07:42This is no lie.
07:43Like, when people come in, I'd go, hey, Jana.
07:46Good to see you.
07:47And she'd be like, my name is Karen or whatever it was.
07:51And so everybody that would come in, I'd go, Becky.
07:53It's so good to see you.
07:54And she'd be like, my name is Olivia.
07:57And I swear to God, one night in Phoenix, we were standing there.
08:00I was like, Jenna.
08:01And she goes, oh, my God.
08:03How did you know my name?
08:05Gary fell out.
08:06He was like, I cannot believe that just happened.
08:09He was bound to get it right at some point.
08:11Out of all the nights, he finally got one that her actual name was correct.
08:15There was another night, too.
08:16I forget where we were at.
08:17We were inside somewhere.
08:18And Jodon kissed some girl on the cheek in the meet and greet.
08:21And she passed out.
08:22Do you remember that?
08:23She fainted?
08:24She fell out on the floor.
08:25I think it was my breath, though.
08:27It had nothing to do with anything.
08:28His name was Greg.
08:29Yeah.
08:30Good looking, dude.
08:31Oh, my God.
08:33All right.
08:33She hit the floor, and I went, oh, wow.
08:35That's incredible.
08:36Again, where is the footage of that?
08:37I know, right?
08:38All right.
08:39Paramedics came.
08:41No, they did not.
08:41It was crazy.
08:42I just remember her.
08:44They came and gave her oxygen.
08:45I just remember going over, shaking, come through the meet and greet, and Jodon just kissed
08:48her on the cheek and hit the floor.
08:50Just about give her mouth to mouth, too.
08:52I bet that's probably what she wanted, Jodon, from you.
08:55Yeah.
08:56So, tonight, you are going to play a totally private show for a winner who got to bring
09:01four friends along with them.
09:02I'm curious, if you guys got to pick any artist, who would you want to have a totally
09:06private show with?
09:07Like a live or a pass on?
09:09Yeah, whatever you want, Jodon.
09:10At this point, I'd have to say the Jonas Brothers again.
09:12I'd like to meet them.
09:13That was your answer.
09:14Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:15How old are they now?
09:1750, 60?
09:18Yeah.
09:18I think.
09:19I could arrange that.
09:20Oh, my gosh.
09:21It's such a great question.
09:22It'd be nice to have a private concert with them.
09:24You know what?
09:24I'd love to have Ed Sheeran.
09:26Can you imagine?
09:28Ed and us three just.
09:30Yeah, that'd be one.
09:31I feel like that probably is like pretty close to happening, right?
09:33Everyone keeps talking about how like Ed wants to move to Nashville and start writing here.
09:36Charlie Puth would be my real answer.
09:38Love that kid.
09:39Charlie Puth is going to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl this weekend.
09:41Did you know that?
09:42Amazing.
09:42I know.
09:43I'm really excited to see what it is.
09:44Good luck, brother.
09:46Yeah, I was going to say, what are your thoughts on singing the National Anthem anywhere?
09:49They're tough.
09:50Yeah.
09:50I mean, they're tough.
09:51I hate when anybody gets like beat up about one because I'm like, are you just, it's the
09:54hardest thing in the world to say.
09:55Well, if you start it too high, you're screwed.
09:56I don't even know.
09:57Because it's such a rangy song.
09:58If you start it too high and you get to the rocket's red glare, you're done.
10:03Well, and after Stapleton did it, like.
10:05Who wants to do it after that?
10:07Yeah, the other thing too is like, if you kind of want to put your spin, I mean, you're
10:11going to get beat up either, either way.
10:13You just are.
10:14There's no.
10:14Yeah.
10:14Just go out there and do it for America and that's it.
10:16Zach Top did one the other day that I thought was like really good.
10:19I was like, who?
10:20Him.
10:20Zach Top.
10:21Oh, Zach Top.
10:22Yeah.
10:22Yeah.
10:22I was like, are you from there?
10:23He sounded great.
10:23Yeah.
10:24He sounded great.
10:24I missed it.
10:25Where did he do that?
10:25He did it at.
10:27NFC Championship game last week.
10:29I knew it was a football game.
10:30That's killer.
10:30He's somewhere.
10:31He really is.
10:32I'm excited for him.
10:33I think he's going to have a good deal.
10:34I think they should do it at every pickleball game.
10:36No one's doing that.
10:37I think pickleball's on its way out.
10:39Haven't you heard that?
10:40No.
10:41There's no way.
10:41Paddle.
10:42Paddle's in.
10:42Oh, paddle.
10:43That's the new fancy one.
10:45Paddling has always been in with me.
10:46It's a different paddle.
10:47It's a different paddle.
10:48It's a tennis ball and they're inside of a glass enclosure, but what it looks like is
10:53a pickleball.
10:53It literally looks like a terrarium.
10:55Is it called paddleball?
10:56Paddle.
10:56Some people say padel.
10:57I'm not sure which one it is.
10:58I'm not.
10:59See, that's too cheesy.
11:00But see, pickleball was first.
11:01It's hard to beat something else that was first.
11:03You know what?
11:04I think it was all the snobby people from tennis were like, we hate pickleball, so we're going
11:08to come up with something else that's more complicated and more expensive.
11:10Now, if you've got a bunch of ticked off tennis players, now maybe, you know.
11:13Now Gary's interested.
11:15Maybe something's going to happen there.
11:17And you will be there to sing the national anthem.
11:20Yes.
11:21Yes, the pickleball.
11:22Yeah.
11:23In the kitchen.
11:25Do you play pickleball?
11:25That's a pickleball term.
11:27Yeah, I play.
11:28I love pickleball.
11:29It's a little scary on the knees, right?
11:31It is.
11:32And ankles.
11:32You got no cartilage.
11:33Yeah, and ankles.
11:35Listen, we need you three in fighting shape.
11:37Don't be out there in the kitchen.
11:39Oh, listen, we're on tour.
11:40Yeah.
11:40We're on tour in the kitchen.
11:42He's boxing Jake Paul coming up here.
11:44Are you really?
11:45I am.
11:46You know, it's Columbus against Cleveland.
11:47I cannot wait to put that into AI later and see what it shoots out.
11:52Oh, it's easy.
11:53It's easy.
11:54The Vox for the wins.
11:55Go.
11:55Oh, my God.
11:56We could do this all night.
11:57Listen, thank you guys for being here for doing this.
11:59I know it's going to be a really special night.
12:00Rascal Flatts, thank you so much.
12:01Thank you, babe.
12:02All right.
12:02Good to see you.
12:03Good to see you.