We Got Nate Smith To Name Drop For Us

Beasley Digital

4/22/2025

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00:00He was born in Chesapeake, Virginia.

00:02He started playing drums at the age of 11, but then picked up that guitar.

00:06And now he's on the phone, ladies and gentlemen, Nate Smith.

00:09Nate Smith!

00:12I was not born in Chesapeake.

00:14Well, that's on me.

00:16Are you from Paradise, California?

00:18I'm from Paradise, yeah.

00:20You know what?

00:20This is another Nate Smith, but he sounds like a nice guy.

00:23You guys kill me.

00:24I'm dead.

00:25I'm literally dead.

00:26That's a moment we'll never forget.

00:27But listen, man, whiskey on you.

00:29This debut song kind of right out the gate, taking off.

00:33Hey, I appreciate it.

00:34It's all you guys helping me out and people listening to it.

00:37I'm just thankful that people are connecting to it.

00:40Well, since a lot of people don't know a whole bunch about you,

00:43tell us a quick back story.

00:44We heard that you...

00:45Hey, because I looked at the wrong Wikipedia page.

00:47Also tell us about you.

00:48No, I mean, we know that you went to Nashville.

00:52You gave it a shot.

00:53Things weren't looking good.

00:54So you went back to California, and that's when...

00:56Rub it in, Lana.

00:57Geez.

00:57Well, I'm just reading what's off the Wikipedia.

00:59Oh, look, he's good.

01:01And then you had a tragedy.

01:03So start with that.

01:04Yeah.

01:05I still can't get over the fact that you got the wrong one.

01:07I'm dead.

01:08So, yeah, no, we did have an unexpected wildfire that happened in my hometown.

01:15I lost, and my family lost everything we've ever had.

01:17But, you know, we got through it.

01:19And, you know, it really inspired me to write more songs.

01:22And eventually my friends are like, you need to go back to Nashville.

01:25And I said no a hundred times because I'm like, I've already done that.

01:28And they did a GoFundMe for me and sent me on my way.

01:31Wow.

01:32In the middle of the pandemic, it was like, this is the best time to move, right?

01:36I mean, that's really cool of your town, though.

01:38In the middle of the pandemic.

01:39Holy cow.

01:40You know, Nate, it says that you were kind of introduced to music thanks to a youth pastor

01:45of yours, which I think is pretty interesting, because then you go into saying that some of

01:50your main influences are Garth Brooks, Tom Petty, and Fleetwood Mac.

01:53How did he respond to that after he goes, yeah, you should go into music, and then you start

01:56covering songs from them?

01:58Yeah, no, no, no.

01:59I mean, those influences were definitely earlier on, but my youth pastor was a little later

02:04in life, and honestly, church was a big influence of what I do, and I definitely put it into

02:09everything I do now, and it definitely taught me how to sing on stage and make all those

02:14mistakes that you need to make early on, you know?

02:16So, very grateful for that time.

02:18Well, give me one of those mistakes.

02:19I love learning about this, because I know you're kind of learning on the fly when you

02:22kind of get thrusted into the spotlight, and you've got to hit songs.

02:25So, what are some things that you have learned that you're like, oh, wow, I've been doing

02:27that for a long time and probably shouldn't have been doing it?

02:29Yeah, maybe have a tuner on stage.

02:32You can tune your guitar.

02:33It's usually a helpful thing.

02:35I play a whole set out of tune, and it just got awful.

02:39Another mistake is you've got to warm your voice up.

02:42You've got to drink tea.

02:43I've always hated tea.

02:45Now, I'm a tea drinker, believe it or not.

02:46JR is now a tea drinker as well, too.

02:49I'm with you on that.

02:49Do you do a throat coat?

02:50What kind of guy are you?

02:51What kind of guy are you now?

02:54I got a throat coat, and then I'm using, I bought this thing called My Pure Mist.

02:59It's a steam inhaler.

03:00I've got one of those, and I've got this other one called Vocal Mist.

03:02It's a nebulizer.

03:03So I hydrate my vocal cords every single day now.

03:06I warm up.

03:06I do my exercises every day, and that's really what it takes now, you know?

03:10Wow.

03:11Just a couple of guys from California talking about tea, baby.

03:14I love it.

03:15Talking about tea, you know what I mean, man?

03:19Absolutely.

03:19Talking to Nate Smith right now.

03:21Hey, Nate, who would you say in Nashville really kind of helped you get started on this

03:26whole journey?

03:27There's a few people.

03:28You know, one of those is Tom Beaupre.

03:30He played bass for FGL for the longest time.

03:33He plays for Luke Bryan now.

03:35He's one of those people that really helped me once I was in town.

03:38But it's like I can go back, like, man, back to my dad and mom or back to my friend Melissa

03:44who introduced me to Chief and Sign in my management.

03:47I'm so grateful for those relationships and friendships, and that's what it takes.

03:51Have you gotten any text messages or have any of the other country artists reached out

03:55to you since your song has been blowing up all over the radio?

03:59Man, I've had a few.

04:00And I've noticed that it's kind of encouraging to see these folks just reach out and encourage

04:06you.

04:06Nate, we're looking for name drops here, my friend.

04:08Come on.

04:08Hey, why not doing that?

04:09Hey.

04:10Who do we got?

04:11We want to know.

04:12Oh, my God.

04:14Look, I got BK's number.

04:16How about that?

04:16I like it.

04:18I mean, that's why you lead with that.

04:20He's a Florida boy, man.

04:21We're making the connection here.

04:22We love him.

04:23Talking to Nate Smith right now.

04:24Singles Whiskey on You.

04:26Love this song.

04:27Man, it was nice meeting.

04:28It was finally, you know, a good time to meet the real Nate Smith.

04:32That other cloud online.

04:34Forget him.

04:36But no, Nate, it was really cool getting to know you a little bit more.

04:39It sounds like you've persevered through a lot to get to where you're at right now.

04:42So it's well-deserved.

04:44You kind of did things the hard way.

04:45A lot of respect for you.

04:47Congratulations.

04:48Hey, thank you.

04:48Two things.

04:49Just want to say thank you to you guys for giving it a shot.

04:52And it means the world to me.

04:53It really, really does.

04:54And then also, what are we hanging out?

04:55That's the next question.

04:56No, you know, we get that a lot.

04:58And so we'll have to go through our phone ones as well.

05:01Oh, I see.

05:01Okay.

05:02All right.

05:02No, I'm just kidding.

05:03All right.

05:03Well, Nate, we want to be your most fun interview.

05:06And we do want to hang out with you.

05:07Yeah, absolutely.

05:08You're so fun.

05:09Hey, Nate, you know you made it now because QIK just did an interview with you.

05:13So you're in the big time now, Nate.

05:15Hey, you're not wrong.

05:16You're not wrong.

05:17Yeah.

05:18All right, brother.

05:19You have a great day.

05:20We appreciate you.

05:21Much love, y'all.

05:22All right.

05:22See you, man.

We Got Nate Smith To Name Drop For Us

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