Tyler Halverson: Amerijuana, South Dakota, and Not Fitting the Mold
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Tyler Halverson on avoiding the norm, keeping his sound raw, and building “Amerijuana” into his own lane. From calling the harmonica a “nasty” instrument to trademarking “Amerijuana,” gatekeeping South Dakota, and saying some artists are just making playlists, not albums… this one goes everywhere.
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| 0:54.0 | Tyler Alverson, welcome back to Whiskey RFRAF. Hi, thank you for having me, all. Of course. Appreciate it. Yeah, last time we were talking with you, it was two years ago backstage at the Grand Ole Opry before you made your Opry debut. That sounds about right. A lot has happened since then, right? Yeah. It kind of feels like yesterday and 10 years ago all at the same time. |
| 1:12.5 | I'm sure. |
| 1:13.3 | I think we just been in a van since then, honestly. Can you walk us through kind of what has happened the last two years? Because, I mean, the last time we talked to you, you didn't have your first album fully out. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I guess lately just been the last couple years |
| 1:25.4 | It's been a lot of writing and recording |
| 1:26.7 | And just not putting your |
| 1:28.4 | Keeping your head down and just keep running |
| 1:29.9 | And keep going and playing shows |
| 1:31.3 | I think I mean, I guess lately it's just been the last couple years It's been a lot of writing and recording and just not putting your |
| 1:28.4 | Keep in your head down and just keep running and keep going and playing shows |
| 1:31.3 | I think is what has been a lot of just yeah look up and two years went by Yeah, doesn't feel that long ago Yeah, and two years and two albums now does it feel like yeah, that's right That's kind of crazy to think. |
| 1:41.0 | Yeah, the last time we talked to you, you didn't have any album, or you were about to put out that first one? |
| 1:45.0 | Yeah, we had like two EPs that we were about to put out our second one. And then, yeah, just been going since then. What is the pressure like in writing a second album? Because they say like for your first album, you have your entire life to write it. And then the second one you have like X amount of time. I don't know. |
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