American Aquarium

Whiskey Riff Raff

Whiskey Riff

Nashville, Country Music News, Colorado, Tequila, Chicago, Whiskey, Country Music, Whiskey Riff, Music, Interviews, Beer, Humor, Texas

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

American Aquarium frontman BJ Barham stops by the podcast for the first time to talk about their new studio album 'Chicamacomico,' his career trajectory and how he's achieved success over the last 16 years, his friend Tyler Childers and his process of making music, the current state of mainstream country music, some of his favorite artists in the genre, the amount of consistent hard work it takes to make it in the industry, his relationship with the guys of Turnpike Troubadours, and how fun it was to put out their fantastic 90's country cover albums, 'Slappers, Bangers & Certified Twangers.'

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Alright, we got B.J. from American Aquarium. Now, before we start, Chica Makamiko.
0:20.0	Chica Makamiko. Chica Makamiko. Chica Makamiko. But Chica Makamiko is...
0:26.0	I'm not going to correct that. I mean, the song really helps. When you listen to the actual title track,
0:34.0	that's when I was just like in my groove, singing the song in the car. But start there, like naming that album,
0:42.8	Chica Makamiko. Chica Makamiko. Chica Makamiko. How did that come about?
0:49.8	So, it's actually where I recorded the record. Chica Makamiko is what the northern tip of
0:57.3	Hatteras Island used to be called. So, for those that aren't geographically
1:01.4	cloned with the state of North Carolina, we are surrounded... We're the only state in the country
1:08.2	surrounded by a chain of barrier islands. So, there's a road that connects all of them. And it's
1:16.3	called the Outer Banks. Cape Hatteras is one of the more popular lighthouses. You'll see it's the
1:21.2	one with the black and white stripes going down it. Cape Hatteras, that area used to be called
1:27.5	Chica Makamiko. The whole northern part of that island. It was settled by the Algonquins.
1:32.9	It's an Algonquin word that means sinking sand. And so, up until the 1970s, that whole area
1:38.2	was Chica Makamiko. Incomes the United States Postal Service. Decides that it's too hard to pronounce
1:44.9	and to spill. So, they change it to the sounds of all right. Yeah, in the name of
1:51.0	Prague and Comfort, they change the name to Rodanthi. So, it's modern day Rodanthi, North Carolina.
1:59.2	And that is where I wrote the record. But, you know, I was there for two weeks writing the record.
2:04.6	And every day I went for a run to kind of clear my head. And the water tower still says Chica
2:10.2	Makamiko. And so, that something kept going off in my head. It's like, why is the water tower
2:16.0	say something different than the town I'm in? And that led to a quick Google search and then you
2:20.9	start figuring out the history. Not only the losing the identity of what it used to be,
2:26.5	but also the fact that one of the oldest lifesaving stations in the country, one of the oldest,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Whiskey Riff, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Whiskey Riff and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.