Welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.

Today's guest has been making some friends in the kitchen during quarantine,

getting acquainted with his air fryer, his pressure cooker, and his instant pot.

The instant pot is amazing. We cook chicken noodle soup, elk chili, so it's definitely one of my favorites.

And it's in like half an hour. And it's so juicy. It's so good.

John Pardy is a native of Dixon, California, a farming town near Sacramento.

But his style of country music revels in the old school charm of Nashville.

Since his breakout year in 2017, when he took home ACM and CMA awards for best new male

vocalists and best new artist, John has been making his mark as a modern country outlaw.

He has an irreverent new digital variety show called Party Time with CMT about life on his Tennessee

farm.

And his new album Heartache Medication is a tribute to whiskey, honky tonks, and legends like

Willie, Whalen, and Merle.

On today's program, John tells us that if country music weren't on the table, the hard labor

he learned as a teenager

would certainly keep him employed.

I can weld.

I can drive big equipment.

I can fix fences.

I can run a ranch that want to.

You just did that with your father.

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