#394 - Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra on Writing “Stuck Like Glue” for Sugarland and Why Radio Stations Refused to Play It + Why Peyton Manning Would Bring His Colts Teammates to His Concerts + Writing His First Book After Failing The 1st Time
Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast
Nashville Podcast Network
4.8 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Songwriter, producer and lead singer and founding member of Better Than Ezra, Kevin Griffin (@kevinmgriffin) is now adding author to his long list of accomplishments. His first book ‘The Greatest Song: Spark Creativity, Ignite Your Career and Transform Your Life’ is out today (April 25) and he shares with Bobby how the many ups and downs of his career inspired it. Kevin also talks about the many songs he's written like Howie Days "Collide," Train's "I Got You," and Sugarland's "Stuck Like Glue," and explains why radio stations refused to play it. He also shares how he started the band Better Than Ezra and how he made their first album for only $5,000! Kevin also shares stories with Bobby of when Peyton Manning would bring his Colts teammates to his concerts, why he started and co-founded The Pilgrimage Festival, and more!
*The Pilgrimage Festival is happening September 23 & 24, 2023. Tickets are available here: https://pilgrimagefestival.com/tickets
**Kevin Griffin's book ‘The Greatest Song: Spark Creativity, Ignite Your Career and Transform Your Life’ is out now! https://www.kevingriffinmusic.com/the-greatest-song
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Amber Reffett and I'm her gorgeous sister, Lacey Lamar. |
| 0:03.2 | If in fact Lacey is not that gorgeous. |
| 0:05.2 | Amber, get on with it. |
| 0:06.2 | Okay everybody, we have exciting news to share. |
| 0:08.4 | We're teaming up with Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network to bring you our |
| 0:11.8 | brand new podcast called The Amber and Lacey Lacey and Amber Show. |
| 0:15.0 | We did it. |
| 0:16.0 | We sold a bunch of books, we conquered late night and now we'll play fun quizzes and games |
| 0:19.8 | with friends and take you along for the ride. |
| 0:22.4 | Listen to the Amber and Lacey, Lacey and Amber Show on Will Ferrell's Big Money |
| 0:26.1 | Players Network on the iHeard Radio App Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:37.4 | Our old drummer was playing with Sugar Land Travis Mink now and I called up Travis. |
| 0:41.0 | He was like, hey man, get me Christian's phone number and I called Christian. |
| 0:43.5 | I was like, are you guys still working on your Sugar Land album because you get |
| 0:46.7 | to record Tuesday and we need a single. |
| 0:49.6 | I was like, I have your single. |
| 0:51.0 | Hey welcome to episode 394. |
| 0:55.1 | I like this one a lot. |
| 0:57.7 | It's Kevin Griff in the lead singer of Better Than Ezra. |
| 1:01.5 | He's so much more than that now but that's what I'm doing for. |
| 1:05.1 | That's what I fell in love with him for back in the day because I did one of my favorite |
| 1:07.5 | bands and I used to watch a lot of their shows but they had a massive hit with this song |
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