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My dad hates thieves.

The cardinal sin to him was theft.

So I knew, like, if I got caught, the most supreme beating ever was going to come behind it.

I was like, don't care. I'll die for this. I got it. I'll go to jail for this. I'll go to boys' school. I don't care. Hey guys, Bobby Bones here. Today's guest, one of my favorites. It is Stephen Wilson Jr. He has been killing it lately. He was nominated for new artist of the year at last year's CMAs. He performed Stand By Me. It was amazing. The crowd went crazy. We talk about that. His album, Son of a Dad, came out last year, 34 songs, basically dedicated to his dad who passed away. We get into that here. He's kicking off a whole new chapter with a single Gary, and he's gearing up for Gary the Torch 2026 tour and go to Stephen Wilson Jr.com for tickets there.

He's also, we talk about this way later, married to Lee Nash, the lead singer of Six Pinson

on the Richer, which fun fact. So we get into all that. One of my favorite artists right now in

country music, here he is, Stephen Wilson Jr. When did you start playing music at Vinnie Soir? Around 16, my dad got me,

my first guitar for my 16th birthday. And he caught me picking out theme songs to sitcoms on one of those

crappy little Walmart keyboards.

And he was like, well, how are you doing that?

I was like, I don't know, I'm just doing it.

It goes like this.

And he was like, okay.

And then he knew I was super into rock and roll.

And I was a real nerd.

I, like, had piles of, like, these biology notebooks, and I was a real quiet kid,

and super into science, and I think he was just kind of worried about me more so than anything. He was like, dude, this kid needs some help.

And I was boxing, but boxing is a solitary sport.

You know, it's a lonely sport. It's one one-on-one it's not a team sport and um so you know he got me a guitar because i

think he could see that i had this natural affinity for it and i mean i just started going i just

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