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Whiskey Riff Raff

Koe Wetzel

Whiskey Riff Raff

Whiskey Riff

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4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Koe Wetzel returns to the podcast to talk about his most recent album '9 Lives,' when fans might expect to hear more new music, what it's been like gaining mainstream notoriety and working more in Nashville, having such a passionate fan base, becoming a dad soon, going on tour with Hardy this summer, and much more.

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Shelby.

0:16.4

And we're your co-host of Whiskey Riffraff, where we basically get an interview your favorite country artists and ours.

0:24.3

We usually start by doing a little bit intro where we talk about, you know, what concerts we've done.

0:29.7

And all the concerts that you've been to and all the concerts that I wish I could go to, yes, I think.

0:33.8

And the songs we're listening to and kind of like the big country stories of the week.

0:39.8

However, this one, this interview kind of got sprung on us, which we're more than happy to have Co.

0:45.6

Wetzel on the podcast with us today. So we're just going to switch things up and Co. Wetzel's very rowdy, so it'll be nothing, if not entertaining. Yeah, I think what we're doing is just allowing and lending more time to the Co-Wetzel portion of the podcast, which I'm sure listeners will appreciate. But if you're new here, if you're listening to Whiskey Riff-Raff for maybe the first time, welcome in. We'd ask that you like subscribe do all the things be sure to follow

1:11.7

whiskey riffraff on instagram twitter youtube youtube if you're watching on this right now i know a lot

1:18.3

of people a lot of friends maybe potentially that are that are watching on on youtube so a shout

1:22.9

out to you for stopping in and i'm hoping we'll be able to do a giveaway soon. Is that correct? I'm hoping a

1:28.2

giveaway when we hit possibly 10,000 followers on Instagram, you know, our main wist here for

1:34.0

Instagram is about to hit a million. However, the podcast went on a hiatus and the followers there are,

1:39.6

they're rising pretty fast, but we're not quite there yet. So help us out there. As soon as we get a 10,000, we would like to do a giveaway. And so that would be exciting for us to whiskey riffraff, 10,000 on Instagram. Big deal. And we might hint some possible events coming up as well. So we'll see. That's right. Stay tuned. Stay tuned for all that. But for right now,

2:01.5

let's just get into our interview with Co. Wetzel. Co. Wetzel, welcome to Whiskey Riff-Ref. Thank you all for having me. It's been a while since you've been on the podcast, and we were just saying, you know, it used to be Stephen West. We've taken it over. And since then, you know, we're not new fans of you.

2:20.8

However, it feels like the whole world now knows your name.

2:25.4

Do you think that's due to something specific on nine lives? Or do you think it's something specific that just made you blow up in the last year or so?

2:31.1

Yeah, probably, I mean, you know, High Road did a lot for us, you know, like nationally and

2:37.1

worldwide.

2:38.4

I feel like, I don't know, it was, it was kind of, you know, kind of like grassroots, Texas.

2:45.5

I mean, we would, we would, you know, go all over the states and, uh and sell out places and stuff but now it's it's

2:52.5

i don't know we've got some some different fans and uh i don't know it's it's definitely changed a

2:58.6

little bit since we put out my mind my eyes and we were able to catch you while you're in

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