Appreciate you coming on today. We've got today Robbie Hodges, Barrelman extraordinaire, and a good friend of mine.

I've been barrel manning since I started, and I've got a gift for you today. This is a Texas round.

It's from Texas precious metals. It's our, here go, I'll toss it to you. You're already behind the mic. But it's a silver coin. Some people have them. Yeah, you can open it. It's that sleeve there. Don't watch me get embarrassed trying to open the dang thing. Yeah. I get it, man. Go ahead. Yeah. Well, it's it's solid silver. Really? That is so nice.

Thank you so much. Going into new house. There you go. Oh, you got a new house. Yep. Just got one about four months ago, moved to Granbury. That's right. You told me you moved over there. Yeah, I got sick of living on top of wheels for 17 years. That's all I did. you know, I was a nomad.

And, you know,

they used to, Mike Mathis, one year I was getting on a ward out there at finals. And he goes,

that Robbie Hodges, anybody, he's from anywhere that has a 50-air plug.

That's true enough.

Yeah, that's a lot of rodeo cowboys.

Oh, yeah, it is. So I put in 350 amp plugs so I can start paying back, you know, I'm kind of like... Okay. So... You're not even going to charge them. No, heck, no, they can just stay there, but I ain't got but about a tenth of an acre. It's a lake lot, you know, but they... Gotcha. they don't care they'll all pull up there and go to the lake. Just enough room to back in to their spot. Yes. And then there's two barking dogs over there, so they won't stay long, you know, how they like to sleep. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tommy's too or just whoever, if you can get in there and get turned around, you should see me turning around 60 feet of rolling death about 3 o'clock in the morning. All the neighbors, they're all happy with me trying to turn my camper in there. Gotcha, yeah. It's exciting. Yeah, so not even just real cowboys. Tommy's can show up as well. Anyway, yes, exactly. We'll even let the underprivilege. But you still got a lot of rodeos.

I do about 40 a year, yeah. I'm as busy as I've ever been, you know. They keep dangling that

carrot and I keep going. I average about 40 of them and about 30 music gigs a year now. You know,

a lot of after parties. And that's kind of been a fun little adventure, just something to break up the monotony. How many of them overlap? Oh, over half of them, you know. Okay. You know, people used to say, you need to concentrate more on your rodeo on, and I got this guitar deal going, you know, and people want to have a good time. So I just add an after

party with it. Yeah. And I, every year at Burwell, me and Rump have swapped out for, we have a 10 year, five and five, but I play every Wednesday night at the beer garden there. Oh, good. Whether I'm in or, you know, whether I've got the rodeo that year or not, I go by there and usually I'll jump in her and pack the barrel for up on a Wednesday night, give him a break.

Yeah. I'm in or, you know, whether I've got the rodeo that year or not, I go by there. And usually I'll jump in her and pack the barrel for a rope on a Wednesday night, give him a break.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So you get to, you get to sound good.

Everything's cool.

So you get to, you get to play guitar. I mean, that's when you're really hitting a home run because, you know, if you're barrel manning and you're playing. Double dipping a little bit, you know, and I'm still at the point where I'm not, you know, it's not a $30,000 gig at the end of it, you know, but I'm, you know, when he pays the gas money and it's i don't do that i do it because

it's so much fun man i've always been when i was a little kid i didn't have much you know

over in georgia and i remember i want to be a performer you know and and now i've beat myself

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