Hey y'all, we're taking a break this week, but I wanted to revisit a conversation from earlier this year with Alabama native and massive country star Riley Green.

In July, Riley released an acoustic EP called Midtown Sessions, and just last week, he followed it up with the deluxe edition of his 2024 album, Don't Mind If I Do.

He's currently on tour, so make sure to catch him in a city near you. We'll return next week with the design legend and author Charlotte

Moss, who decorated the 2025 Southern Living Idea House. We'll see you soon.

Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm your host, Sid Evans.

And today I'm talking with an Alabama native who got his start playing in bars and restaurants

around his hometown of Jacksonville. Lately, he's been performing in stadiums for tens of thousands.

Riley Green had a close relationship with his two grandfathers, who were influential in his early

musical development and who fueled his passion for the outdoors.

His song, I Wish Grandpa's Never Died, a tribute to both of them, was a major hit back in 2019,

and more recently he's recorded a couple of duets with Ella Langley, one of which,

You Look Like You Love Me, won a CMA award last year.

In some ways, Riley has gone back to his roots by opening a bar called The Duck Blind in Nashville,

which has become a favorite hangout for some of the biggest names in country music.

We'll talk about all that, plus the influence of his southern upbringing, his love of Jacksonville State football,

and his new song, Jesus Saves.

All on this week's Biscuits and Jam.

Riley Green, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.

Appreciate you having me.

Where am I reaching you right now, Riley? I'm in Nashville at my bar,

duck blind. I'm hanging out up here and catching up on some phone calls, and I've been spending

some of my time in some warmer weather the last few days, so I'm catching up now. I'm paying for it.

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