Talking to Jon Pardi about cowboy hats, fiddles, and whether snap tracks belong in country music - Video

Today's video is a conversation with one of my favorite artists in all of country music, Jon Pardi! Thanks to Jon for stopping by the channel! Thanks to @Country Central for helping to film this as well!!

Listen to Jon Pardi's "Last Night Lonely Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GzLsZJo4tw

Listen to "Fill 'Er Up" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n4Hzx7AZUw

Find Jon:
Website: https://www.jonpardi.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonpardi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonPardi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonpardi

00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - "Up All Night" and our first interaction
04:28 - Growing up in California
09:00 - When Jon Pardi was 17...
13:04 - Jon's college band
17:00 - "Sad songs don't sell beer"
22:30 - Launching on a major label ('Write You A Song')
25:00 - 'California Sunrise,' fame, and the Bakersfield Sound
32:52 - FIDDLES
36:40 - Producing Albums & Yard Work
44:20 - Tequila Little Time
46:20 - The next album & Creative anxiety
53:28 - Lyric vids and Swayze
59:10 - Cowboy Hat 101
1:11:43 - Western Style and fashion
1:16:35 - What is Jon listening to?

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