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Rolling Stone Music Now

Rob Thomas: The Rolling Stone Interview

Rolling Stone Music Now

Rolling Stone

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

41K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Rob Thomas breaks down his new solo LP, the making of "Smooth," the glories of weed and much more in a career-spanning interview with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey I'm Brian Hyatt and this is Rolling Stone Music Now.

0:08.0

Yesterday I was here in the Serious XM studios with one Rob Thomas, we were talking about his new album, Chip Tooth Smile,

0:14.3

and a whole lot more. Let's get right to that interview.

0:16.5

Hello Rob Thomas.

0:19.5

Hello.

0:20.5

When you say 50 years of great journalism and now we have this does that mean it's what we've devolved to or has this an

0:27.1

continuation of 50 years of great journalism? Well, you know Rob is referring to a little tagline that if you're listening to the

0:32.8

podcast you usually don't get to hear it's only on the radio version I wrote that

0:36.6

it's like taking how you will it's maybe a little fun we're deciding our future

0:40.0

right now as we go that's right it could go either way.

0:43.2

Yeah a little scared right now. That's actually that's the thing man. Before we

0:45.9

started you were talking about all the famous women that before you got married you

0:49.2

possibly could have hooked up and it never did didn't but we're not gonna name

0:52.3

those names on I figure we're not going to name those names

0:52.7

on I figure we're not going to name the names but wait a minute that wasn't like I

0:55.9

didn't just walk in the room and just start it's true so there was a

0:58.0

conversation that led up absolutely I just want people to think that I'm the kind of

1:01.4

guy that just walks in a room and goes,

1:02.5

By the way, you knew who I never banged.

1:04.3

No, no, no, but it was pretty funny though.

1:06.3

We're in a more serious mode now, so we're not going to fully go there.

1:08.8

I have no time for Fravolities, very important person.

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