Cole Swindell Backstage with Razz at TidalWave Music Festival 2023

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00:00Philly's country station, 92.5 XTU, the mighty Cole Swindell is here.

00:05How are you?

00:06It's good, man. I've been good. How are you?

00:08It's always good to see you.

00:10I'm here playing the hits, Cole.

00:11Hey, well, thank you.

00:12And you know what? Some of them have your name on it.

00:14Hey, well, thank you. I know, man.

00:16I've been fortunate enough to do this for 10 years now,

00:20and you've always, always supported us.

00:21Good to be back in the area and a heck of a lineup tonight.

00:25So I read somewhere where, for a while, you were suffering from stage fright.

00:30I was shocked when I read that.

00:32Yeah, I mean, when I first started singing in college,

00:35I had to have a few beverages before I'd get up there.

00:38It was nerve-wracking, you know, but now it's...

00:40Somebody wrote in there this one article that, like,

00:43did you talk to Jody about that a little bit?

00:46Oh, yeah, at the ACMs.

00:48I was just, you know, people ask me all the time,

00:50they're like, do you get nervous?

00:51I'm like, I'm used to it now.

00:52And any nerves are just me ready to run out there and put on a show.

00:56But, you know, those live TV moments at award shows,

00:59those are, I mean, if I'm being honest, those are nerve-wracking.

01:01Well, just so you know, the great Barbara Streisand had stage fright,

01:05as great as she was.

01:06And people don't understand that, but it's just, hey,

01:08there's a lot riding on that.

01:09There's a lot of people out there that paid their hard-earned money,

01:12and you've got to go give them the best show you can.

01:14And so that's the only nerves that are just wanting to do good.

01:17I think Blake Shelton told Luke Bryan one time

01:19when they were hosting one of the award shows,

01:21because Luke was nervous, and he said,

01:22if you weren't nervous, you know, it wouldn't mean anything to you.

01:24So I take it like that, and I do.

01:27I don't take it for granted I get to do this.

01:29So any nerves are just honestly wanting to put on a good show.

01:32Well, you do definitely do that.

01:34And you've been on this, actually, this is the same beach

01:36that runs all the way down to Wildwood,

01:38and you've been on several beach shows here in New Jersey.

01:40Is it a different crowd?

01:41It is, and I was just walking back from an interview by the beach,

01:46and DJ Silver was about to go on, and he told somebody,

01:49he said, this is probably the best early crowd we've ever had,

01:51and he does all these festivals.

01:53So that's a huge compliment.

01:55And like I said, it's why we love coming up here

01:57and playing country music.

01:58I don't get this kind of reception in Georgia, in my home state.

02:01I don't think so.

02:02I'm kidding.

02:03But it really is amazing just to see, you know,

02:05there's country fans everywhere,

02:06and from what I'm hearing tonight, it's going to be special.

02:09Yeah, I guarantee if you step out at a Bulldogs game,

02:15you'll get a good reaction.

02:17Yeah, no, I was kidding.

02:18It's just amazing.

02:19It feels like home.

02:20I mean, a lot of places we go, and that's because of the fans.

02:22I mean, I was just telling somebody,

02:24we're going to get up there and do what we do every night,

02:26but if they're in it, if they're singing along,

02:28and their energy's good, our show's going to be twice as good,

02:30and I just got a feeling that's what it's going to have.

02:33You're going to have a great time tonight.

02:34Now, you've been out most of the year with Nate and Thomas Rett,

02:37and that's a pretty powerful combination,

02:40and Nate, he had such a great reception out there just a little while ago.

02:43That's what I heard.

02:43I know I just missed his set,

02:45but I get to see it out on the road every night.

02:47We're in arenas, so to be outdoors with this beautiful day,

02:50I mean, the weather's perfect,

02:51and he's just one of the brightest new stars of our format,

02:55and what a voice and his songs.

02:57I mean, he's just a good person too, man.

03:00I've been pulling for him for a while,

03:01and to be on tour has been cool.

03:03So, Thomas Rett, you've guys known each other,

03:05so you guys pretty much came up at the same time, right?

03:08Do you remember working like years ago coming up?

03:11I remember, yeah, I think we were on some cruise back in 2013 or 2014,

03:17and I remember me and him talking about this.

03:19Like one day we're going to be having our own tour and doing that.

03:23So to put something like that out there

03:25and then see where we are 10 years later pretty much is just –

03:28it means a lot, and he's another person that –

03:31I always say he's younger than me,

03:32but I've always looked up to him, man, just a great guy,

03:34and his show, I mean, I get to watch it every night.

03:37Like he is the definition of an entertainer.

03:40I hope he knows how much I enjoy getting to see that,

03:43and those fans tonight, they're in for a treat.

03:46Do you guys do anything together?

03:47We just started playing golf.

03:49I love – you know, golf is really –

03:50I need more hobbies, to be honest with you,

03:51but other than what I get to do for a living,

03:54golf is what I honestly love, and now he's obsessed with it.

03:57He's trying to get his handicap down, and he's been playing a lot,

03:59so we're getting to play on the road when we can,

04:00and I know he's a busy man back at home,

04:02so when we're out on the road, we try to get some golf in.

04:05So, yeah, when you see him, tell him I'm ready to play again.

04:08Okay.

04:09Well, we'll talk on the wagers, and we'll see how you guys do out there.

04:12Yeah, there we go.

04:12Okay.

04:12So do you have a thing – so I found a rope when I was at this nautical place

04:17in Ireland, and I found this great, cool nautical rope,

04:20and I have it on the gear shifter of my car.

04:22Yeah.

04:22Is there something that you have in your personal life like that

04:25that you just go, that doesn't mean anything to anybody,

04:27just like a little old thing, but it's yours and gives you –

04:31That's a good question.

04:31I carry something in my wallet that my dad carried,

04:34and I just keep it in there, and it's something personal to him,

04:38so I always carry it around with me everywhere I go.

04:41But it's – yeah, it probably wouldn't mean anything to anybody else,

04:44but to me, it's just – I don't know,

04:46just a little piece of him that I get to carry around.

04:48Well, that's – I know your dad was always tight and always at your shows,

04:51and that's a tremendous memory.

04:53Yeah.

04:54Talk to me real quick.

04:55Jody Messina's here.

04:56Yeah.

04:56You guys –

04:58Just saw her.

04:58Oh, you did?

04:59Yeah.

04:59Are you guys going to do the song together?

05:01You know, we're not going to get to do it together,

05:03but the fans out there, they get to hear the original

05:05and my little rendition of it, but it's –

05:09I thought maybe you guys were going to carve out a little bit.

05:10I know.

05:10If she's still around, I don't know where she's heading after this,

05:13but if she's still around, we did one other festival together,

05:15and I got to at least bring her out on stage to show people, you know,

05:19why I have that song, and I got them to sing a chorus to her,

05:23and it was just – hopefully we can do that tonight if she's still around,

05:25but it's – I wish – hopefully I can get out there and hear the original, man.

05:29That always takes me back, and it's not just that song.

05:31She's got so many hits, and I'm just so happy for her and just everything,

05:36to call her a friend now and everything that's happened over the last year.

05:39Well, I'm proud of you.

05:41I remember we first met you years ago, and congratulations on your personal life.

05:46That's always hard to do when you're working on the road.

05:48It is, and I – you know, but looking back, I think it's all been worth it.

05:51I think everything you go through gets you where you are,

05:54and for a while I didn't know if it was going to happen,

05:56but here I'm as happy as I've ever been, and just career-wise, personally,

06:02it just all seems to be coming together, and that's just –

06:05you think you know how something's going to work out, and you have no clue, man.

06:08It works out better than you ever could have dreamed.

06:10That's right.

06:10Just put it out to the universe, Cole Swindell.

06:13All right, thanks for a couple minutes.

06:14Have a great time tonight.

06:16Welcome back to the area.

06:17It's always great to see you.

06:19Not razzed.

06:19We love you, buddy.

06:20All right.

06:20It's Philly's Country Station, 92.5 XTU.

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