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The Dale Jr. Download

Edwin McCain: The Song That Saved His Career & The Story He Can Finally Tell

The Dale Jr. Download

Dirty Mo Media & SiriusXM

Sports

58.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Dale Earnhardt Jr. welcomes Top-40 music artist and longtime NASCAR fan Edwin McCain to the Download to chat about his journey from a humble, local music scene to writing one of the most memorable songs in history. Edwin also shares how Dale Jr.'s 2001 July Daytona win had a profound impact on his life.

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0:00.0

I just left a big department head meeting and they're all talking about dropping you off the label.

0:04.5

So whatever you turn in next needs to be great.

0:08.7

And that was all being.

0:10.4

We played it and the response was crazy.

0:12.7

And I was like, all right, there's a chance here.

0:15.6

But that was not how it was received at radio.

0:20.2

Oh.

0:21.3

And this is the dirty secret.

0:23.3

And I think by now, surely the statute of limitations has run out.

0:27.9

The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media.

0:34.5

All right.

0:35.2

So it's going to be pretty exciting to talk to our next guest, Edwin McCain.

0:39.8

Edwin is an old friend and has certainly been a NASCAR fan, but also a friend of a lot of people in the industry for decades.

0:48.9

And he was amazing and incredibly popular as a musician years ago and remained so, continued to

0:58.6

tour.

0:59.5

He also had some tough moments in his life with alcohol and so forth, and we may talk about

1:06.2

that.

1:06.5

We'll see how far into the conversation he wants to go there.

1:09.7

But when we ran into each other about six months ago and he said, hey, I would like to come

1:13.9

on the show.

1:14.7

He likes the show.

1:15.6

He likes what we're doing.

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