00:00All right, ladies and gentlemen, on the phone right now is a Warner Robins, Georgia native.
00:04He has written songs for Aldine, Justin Moore, Chase Rice.
00:09He outkicked his coverage with his fiancee, Madison.
00:11That's for sure.
00:12Yep.
00:13He's a Sagittarius.
00:14Ladies and gentlemen, it is Travis Gertrude Denning.
00:17Gertrude Denning!
00:19Yeah!
00:20Hey, they don't call me TGD for nothing.
00:23I appreciate the intro.
00:24That was beautiful.
00:25Good old Gertie on the phone.
00:26Who is that named after?
00:27Gertie boy.
00:28Who is that named after?
00:30You know, it was made up about seven seconds ago, so I'll have to get back to you on that.
00:35It's not real.
00:37I didn't tell her what I was about to say.
00:39She didn't know.
00:40That's awesome.
00:42Well, Travis Denning, how are you, sir?
00:44Are we getting close to the wedding?
00:45What are we doing here?
00:46Man, first off, I'm doing great.
00:48We're out here with Dirk Spentley on the Beers on Me Tour.
00:51It's going awesome.
00:52I don't want the plugs.
00:54Don't put plugs in here, Travis.
00:55It's just you and I talking here, all right?
00:56We know who you're touring with.
00:58That's great.
00:58Are you going to be here in a month?
00:59You don't have to give us a date because I'm sure you guys are selling this to People
01:03Magazine or something like that.
01:04But tell me.
01:06Listen, hey, JR, listen, life is great.
01:08You know, I got a brand new EP coming out, a new song track.
01:12Oh, no plugs.
01:12We are getting married in the spring of next year.
01:18Yay!
01:19I saw Madison picked out her dress.
01:22She did.
01:22She got the dress.
01:24Now, you haven't seen it, right?
01:25No, heck no.
01:26You can't see the wedding dress.
01:28Just want to make sure.
01:28Will you do the traditional thing or get rid of the traditional thing where you will you
01:31not see her until she walks down the aisle or will you do the thing like, hey, let's just
01:34get the pictures out of the way and we'll do like first looks?
01:37We'll do the first look thing.
01:38Yeah.
01:38I mean, I think that's the way they go.
01:40That way it's like, like you said, get all the pictures done, get all the emotions kind
01:44of out of the way.
01:45And then get to the bar.
01:47Get the nuptials and get in the bar.
01:48Exactly.
01:49Absolutely.
01:49Plus, you have that moment.
01:52You can take some time having that moment together because you're not, you're not, people
01:56aren't waiting for you and, you know, come on, let's get going.
01:59You have time.
02:00You have that moment.
02:00So, yes, do that.
02:01Are you going to have your dog in the wedding?
02:03You know, we talked about it, but I don't know.
02:07I mean, he's a pretty easygoing dog, but like he'd have to be there and then we're going
02:12to be busy.
02:13I mean, we're going to be saying things to people and hanging out.
02:15And obviously, you know, partaking in some libations.
02:19So, like, last thing I need, last thing I need to do is like, has Ranger pottied?
02:24You know, I don't need that on my mind.
02:26We'll cross that bridge when we get there.
02:27Well, I have some advice.
02:29If you do want to have, you know, Ranger run up the aisle, if she cuts up little hot
02:34dogs and puts them in her bouquet, then you, you, and then you can just pull the hot
02:38dogs out of the flowers and be like, come on, Ranger.
02:40And then Ranger, we're up and then you can give him a treat.
02:42Then he'll sit.
02:42It's crazy, it's crazy you say that because I think her entire bouquet is just going to
02:47be hot dogs.
02:48Well, you, you make a joke about that, Travis, but the woman you're talking to, Lana, actually
02:52did that.
02:53Yeah, I had my dogs in the wedding, so.
02:55That is awesome.
02:56I believe that 100%.
02:58Yeah.
02:58Hey, you know, I heard something from somebody that you're on tour with Dierks Bentley right
03:02now.
03:02How's that going?
03:03Really?
03:04Where did you?
03:05Wow.
03:05Yeah.
03:06I can't believe you got the scoop on that.
03:07Yeah.
03:07Uh, no, it's going unbelievable.
03:10We're, uh, just having a blast, man.
03:12He's so much fun.
03:14Uh, I got to fly with him once.
03:16He's out.
03:18Is he a good pilot?
03:19Well, he's talking to us, so he's got to be pretty good.
03:22Yeah, yeah.
03:22He was, hey, I walked away from the landing, you know.
03:25Uh, he actually wasn't flying this one.
03:27He was just hanging out.
03:28Are we talking about a jet?
03:29Are we talking about a prop?
03:30Because I know he was flying that Cirrus for a while.
03:32What's he got now?
03:33He lost both of his planes in the tornado.
03:36Oh, wow.
03:36I did not know that.
03:38Oh, no.
03:40Sticking to the charter right now.
03:41But yeah, we were in like a citation jet.
03:43Wow.
03:44It was pretty awesome.
03:45So that, does that mean like, as far as your pay being on tour, has that gone down?
03:48Because he's trying to compensate for replacing the planes or are you doing, is this an internship
03:52for you?
03:53How does this work?
03:54Well, I didn't, I didn't really realize when he invited me to fly home that he was like,
03:58cool, now you have to crawl your way out of like a $50,000 debt because we're going to
04:02foot the bill on you for this plane.
04:04So yeah, I've been playing a lot of shows now trying to crawl out of that hole, but
04:08you know, it's okay.
04:09No big deal.
04:10Al King is on this tour.
04:11She jumped on to take Ashley's place.
04:14How's that going?
04:15Oh, man.
04:15She is such a blast.
04:16She's an awesome chick.
04:18The first night that she hopped on, we hung out that night and she just goes, hey, do you
04:23want to come on stage and sing some Charlie Daniels with me tomorrow?
04:27I'm like, yeah, sure.
04:28I mean, it's like we had just met.
04:30And so we did long hair country boy together.
04:31It was so much fun.
04:32She's awesome.
04:33Dude, she sounds like she could maybe drink you under the table.
04:38Oh, yeah.
04:38I kind of had to like drink with like a five foot pole because I'm like, if I get roped
04:42in, I'm going to die.
04:46She's a seasoned partier for sure.
04:48Well, we know Madison, let's talk about her, your fiance for a second, talking to Travis
04:51standing right now, getting ready for this wedding coming up next spring.
04:54How has she been?
04:55Is she nervous or is she one of those girls that is, and I don't mean nervous about marrying
04:59you, but like nervous about the planning?
05:01Is she someone that involves you a lot in the planning or is she just dialed in?
05:06She is like full fledged dialed in.
05:08It was almost like overnight.
05:09She just flipped totally into like wedding mode.
05:12I mean, she is one of the most organized people I've ever known.
05:16I mean, she's got an Excel spreadsheet of the whole daggum thing.
05:19Like, I was sitting there going like, honey, you might have missed your calling here.
05:23I mean, you might be a wedding planner.
05:25I'm not real sure, but you're crushing this right now.
05:28Well, when you guys were on the boat and she started organizing the life jackets, I
05:31kind of knew that there's something going on here.
05:35Yeah, I think that was because you didn't have the plug in.
05:37But I mean, yeah, so Travis, how does that work when you know so many country artists?
05:44Do you feel obligated that you have to send invitations to out to a lot of these country
05:50people?
05:51And I mean, obviously, JR and I are getting ones.
05:53Well, I mean, just real quick, we're talking to Travis standing.
05:56He's on the Dierks Bentley beers on me tour.
05:58Sorry, go ahead.
05:59No, yeah.
06:01Well, obviously, Dierks is going to fly me to my wedding.
06:05But obviously, yeah, no, I mean, I just invite the people we love and the people that we
06:10know very well, which is why, JR, just don't be on the lookout for a invitation.
06:16Oh, OK, got it.
06:16By the way, you know, with your friends and the crew, my gift would not compare to anything
06:20that they're going to give you.
06:21So that's actually a pretty good call on your part.
06:23You know what, JR, you can just be my plus one.
06:24OK, and the other thing is I hate a cash bar, and that's what Travis does every time.
06:29I hate that.
06:30Oh, there's going to be a cover charge at the wedding.
06:32Yeah, exactly.
06:32Someone's got to pay for this thing.
06:35That's awesome.
06:36Well, brother, we could not be happy if, you know, you're one of our favorites.
06:39I wouldn't let you on my boat if I didn't like you.
06:41100%.
06:42No, seriously, I love y'all.
06:44Seriously, y'all are also some of my favorites.
06:46I wouldn't have cranked NWA with the gestures from the hand while I was white surfing if I
06:53didn't love y'all.
06:53Oh, absolutely not.
06:54Yeah.
06:55Well, I can't wait to get back down there.
06:56It's going to be so much fun.
06:58And yeah, we'll cut out some weightboard time again.
07:01You're always welcome.
07:02One more question about Madison.
07:04What is her biggest critique?
07:06And seriously, what does she give you tips on when it comes to, because she comes from
07:10a musical family as well.
07:11When she sees you on stage, does she give you any critiques?
07:14Like, hey, you know what you should do when you're moving around up there or how you could
07:17get involved in the audience more?
07:18Is there anything she legit critiques you on?
07:20She just tells me to cover more Taylor Swift songs.
07:24That's the only critique she gives me.
07:26I can't go wrong.
07:27Do you cover Taylor Swift?
07:28No.
07:29Heck no.
07:30Okay.
07:30I used to.
07:31All right.
07:32He plays out of his own.
07:33All right.
07:33You guys didn't know that one.
07:34Here's Love Story.
07:36Travis, that's her wedding gift.
07:39You sing her favorite Taylor Swift song to her at your wedding.
07:43She would love that.
07:44I love it.
07:45Well, we're talking to Travis Denning.
07:47I got a new EP coming out.
07:48He is on what tour, Lana?
07:49Do you remember him saying it?
07:50I forgot.
07:51Dierks Bentley beers on me tour.
07:53That's correct.
07:53El King on there as well, man.
07:55You are the best.
07:56Come see us.
07:57And we're so happy for you.
07:58And we'll see you at the wedding.
07:59Absolutely.
08:00Thank you, guys.
08:01Love y'all.
08:01Y'all soon.
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