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F4F - Royce Johns - Thank You Kindly

Episode 304 Published 2 years, 6 months ago

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Catch Up
Where are they from, what do they farm, how did they get into farming
How’s the family - do they farm with family?
Iowa raised - 515 area code
What are they up to today?
Husband, father, guitar picker, and singer/songwriter, “occasional grinner”
Music
Opener for: Sammy Kershar, Deana Carter, Sawyer Brown, Collin Raye, The Cadillac Three, Walker McGuire, Sunny Sweeney, etc.
Two records (Truckstop Souvenirs - 2018)(One Last Two Step - 2020)
Goal: release full-length records to stand the test of time
Plan: releasing new full-length record compromised of songs writing in 2023
Playing music for 10 years
Started at 19
~150-200 shows a year
Performs a lot around small town’s in Iowa
2021 - Iowa Arts Council funded next records with grants
Where do you want to be in 5, 10, 15 years?
Why Iowa? Do you have the goal of traveling across the country?
Who is your support system?
How far in advance are you booked out? How much time do you leave between each performance?
How are you using social media to brand yourself? Has it come to your advantage?
Realtor
Nothing I could find on this
If you were an animal, what do you think you would be?
Right now, who inspires you?
If you could make anything bigger on your body what would it be?