#336 - Adam Shoenfeld on Being Offered A Deal with Jason Aldean To Be A Duo + Playing Guitar for Tim McGraw for the Last 9 Years + Playing Guitar on 40 No. 1 Songs

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🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Adam Shoenfeld has made a name for himself as one of the best guitar players in Nashville. He’s made a name for himself by creating a wave of hard-rock influenced country that changed the genre. He has played guitar on over 40 no. 1s songs including Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy), Cruise, Hicktown and more! He stops by to talk with Bobby about his early days working with Big & Rich, Jason Aldean and being Tim McGraw’s guitar player for the last 9 years. Adam is also a singer-songwriter who just put out a solo album called “All The Birds Sing”.

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1:26.3	This one's really interesting because this guy kind of changed the sound of country music guitar wise.
1:38.4	And it's episode 336 Adam Schoenfeld, which you may not know his name, but you definitely
1:43.7	know a lot of his work and these are some of my favorite ones to do.
1:46.7	So a few things. One, he's played on over 40 number ones. A lot of the Aldeans have a lot of
1:54.1	the rock sound that has come to country is because of Adam. He is now Tim McGraw's guitar player.
2:01.7	He's been a guitar player for the last nine years. He just put out a solo album.
2:05.1	But his sound is like the big crunchy loud opening stuff. For example,
2:09.6	Sabahorse, right? A cowboy.
2:14.3	Which before this there was a lot of that kind of rock country infused sound.
2:19.2	Very aggressive. Like Jason Aldeans Hicktown. Here you go.
2:28.0	So it's really made a name for himself by I do Jason. That's what we're doing this podcast
2:32.5	with Adam Schoenfeld. I do like the way that sounds. So this kind of rock influenced country
2:38.0	that's changed a part of the genre. And so it's a really interesting one here.
2:42.0	And then we'll talk about his music too. And let's do it. He just got back
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