BOBBYCAST - Maddox Batson Going on World Tour Despite But Not Having a Driver's License Yet + Can He Still Be a Kid? + Averaging 35 Points a Game Before Basketball Injury + Why He Wanted to Pay His Dues Playing Live
The Bobby Bones Show
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4.8 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Maddox Batson is 15, doesn’t have a driver’s license, and is somehow getting his first passport so he can head out on a world tour. In this episode, he talks about bringing his entire family on the road, growing up on bluegrass with a mandolin-master dad, and how being homeschooled actually fits with a life of airports, soundchecks, and hotel rooms. He and Bobby get into what a “normal day” looks like for him, why he begged to get off the screen and onto real stages, and how it feels now to hear crowds singing every word back. Maddox also opens up about the hobbies that keep him grounded such as collecting watches, playing golf, hunting and whether he still feels like a kid when most of his friends are just starting high school. He shares his love for artists like John Mayer, Keith Whitley, George Jones, and Ed Sheeran, his “pinch me” Opry moment, and the story of averaging 35 points a game in basketball before a knee injury changed everything. Plus, there’s a funny clip about being accused of being a ball hog, some “uncountry” talk, and what it’s like playing shows in Nashville and beyond at 15 years old.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:10.9 | I'm 12 years old, |
| 0:12.4 | averaging 35 points a game, |
| 0:14.0 | and I'm diming the ball off, |
| 0:15.6 | and they're not doing nothing with it. |
| 0:16.7 | Much love to anyone on my team. |
| 0:18.3 | I love you guys. |
| 0:21.3 | Welcome to episode 559 with Maddox Batson. |
| 0:25.2 | I think you said it best. I think you said this is our first guest who did not have a driver's license and had to be driven over to the house. |
| 0:31.9 | Yeah, they couldn't drive themselves to the interview. |
| 0:34.1 | And not because it expired, but because they're just not old enough to have a driver's license. |
| 0:45.8 | Yeah, he's 15. And not because it expired, but because they're just not old enough to have a driver's license. Yeah, he's 15. And so I get there are always teen stars, but you just don't expect, |
| 0:51.5 | because Maddoch is a cool, it's a cool 15-year-old. You just don't expect it to be bluegrass. |
| 1:11.0 | Could you imagine yourself coming into an interview at 15 years old like this? Like how would you conduct yourself at 15? Yeah, I don't know. Like I thought of me at 15. I'm like, dude, I would sound like an idiot. Yeah, I don't know. I guess I didn't think about it like that. My whole thing was he's playing such traditional old school music. Like it is a blue, it's a bluegrass kid that comes in. |
| 1:13.3 | And we talk about way later on, |
| 1:14.7 | like how he loved playing basketball and how good he was. |
| 1:17.6 | That was on Mike, right? |
| 1:18.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:19.8 | So like he's just a regular kid who played bluegrass, |
| 1:22.0 | but you're right, he's 15 years old. |
| 1:24.6 | His dad came with him, |
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