Randy Houser Backstage with Nicole at TidalWave Music Festival 2023

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00:00It's Nicole with the one and only Randy Howzer, how are you?

00:03I'm good, how are you?

00:04So, I'm good, but why do we only see each other in extreme weather?

00:08I'm trying to say, where was it, where were we pre-zoned?

00:10The toy truck parade.

00:11Oh my God.

00:12Yeah, we were in Haddonfield, you were so nice to be the group.

00:15And my hat, my hat went down.

00:17Yeah, and then you performed for us.

00:18It was so cool.

00:19And it was right before your birthday, we got you a birthday cake.

00:21That's true, thank you guys.

00:23Yeah, but I was like.

00:24One of the coldest ones I can remember.

00:26Oh my God, it was, in fact, Raz, he was supposed to be here today.

00:29And he didn't make it, and he was just like, just say thank you again.

00:32You know, because he was such a, I'm like, you know, we do it for the kids.

00:35But we were all like, thank you for coming to the kids.

00:39Yeah, absolutely.

00:41Yeah, but it was so nice because we met at the one location,

00:43and then you rode on the fire truck to the other, and then you performed for us.

00:46And then we were trying to sing happy birthday, and the wind was blowing,

00:48that we couldn't get the candles out.

00:50Everybody in the crowd was even super nice for staying as long as they did.

00:54Well, of course, we wanted to see you.

00:55It was like, it was music, but it was still fun.

00:59And now it's 100 degrees, it's Jersey Shore, so.

01:01Well, here we are.

01:02Here we are.

01:03Yee-haw, everybody.

01:05Wait, so tell me about, you've been doing this a long time.

01:08Do you, you do your own shows, you do festivals, it's a different vibe.

01:13What is a festival like?

01:14Like what, is it just people are rowdy or drunker, or like,

01:18is it more that they're just like living life, you know?

01:21I think, you know, I mean, the culture of the festival is, you know,

01:25everybody's had three or four days off, and they're taking time off work,

01:29so they're going to rage.

01:31Yeah.

01:31If they're into that, they're going to go hard.

01:33Yeah.

01:34So they are sometimes a little more rowdy, but, you know, I love that.

01:39Yeah.

01:39But there's also, you know, we do our own shows, we kind of know what to expect,

01:43but like, when you're going, and you're doing a show for people who tend to see

01:48many different kinds of country artists.

01:49Yeah, which is cool, yeah.

01:51Yeah.

01:51Which is very cool.

01:52You don't know, you know, there's a little, um, there's a little anxiety about how,

01:58how's, where do I fit into this?

01:59Right, that makes sense, because, I mean, you've had a lot of hits,

02:03and you've been doing this a long time, but it's still,

02:05if there's somebody maybe that is a fan of another artist, you're like,

02:08are they going to know all my songs?

02:09Are they going to sing?

02:09Or any of them.

02:10No, yes, of course they will, of course they will.

02:13No, wait, you are in the beautiful, uh, Canadian tuxedo.

02:16Will you change into short sleeve before you go out there?

02:19No, this is one more.

02:20This you're going to wear?

02:20I mean, I basically got it.

02:21Yeah, you're just used to it.

02:23Yeah, it's like, I'm one of those people, I like a uniform.

02:26Yeah.

02:27You know what I mean?

02:28I don't know how to explain that, but it's so much easier for me.

02:31I'm half colorblind, like, I really am.

02:33Oh, you are, okay.

02:34Yeah, so like, I have, I have trouble, like, uh, picking out blacks and blues.

02:39And matching things, yeah.

02:40And so, I screw it.

02:42And you're just like, hey, look cool.

02:43And everybody's like my Canadian tuxedo, I'm like, what am I supposed to wear, khaki?

02:47Wait, tell me about your awesome cross here.

02:50Is there a story behind that?

02:52No, I've just had it for about 15 years or something like that.

02:54Yeah, it's very cool.

02:55It's like little roses.

02:56Yeah.

02:57And, uh, on a cross.

02:58Yeah, it's very, it's just like, it adds a pop to it.

03:01Oh, I like that.

03:02Yeah, so how's your summer going?

03:04Are you winding down?

03:05Like, do you get excited for the fall?

03:07Or do you like performing like crazy during the summer?

03:09I, I mean, you know, we've been going, we have really slowed down since, we, we took

03:15about a month off in December, January, end of December, January, and then, but other than

03:23that, we've been doing so far with, so we were, um, I think we did our, we, we started

03:31tooling with Cody Johnson back in like September of last year, and we went right on up to like,

03:37the middle of December, and we came right back up.

03:40Do you call him Kojo?

03:40I call him Kojo.

03:43But you do have the, yeah, do you ever trade hats?

03:47No.

03:47No, you're like, this is mine.

03:48That's yours.

03:49Yeah.

03:51Yeah.

03:51So you have kids, you have two kids?

03:53I have three kids.

03:54Three kids.

03:54So, like, when the school year starts, are you home more, or how does that work for them?

04:00Does dad mode click on?

04:02I mean, dad mode for me is like a quick switch, because when I get off the bus, or, you know,

04:09when I'm packing my stuff on the bus, I'm going with dad.

04:11Yeah.

04:12You know, so it's, uh, and then, and then it's weird, because you kind of have to,

04:16you have to keep a big piece of that, but you also have to be in this mode.

04:20Yeah, yeah.

04:22But no, I mean, you know, um, I just, I mean, like, for right now, I'm just working so much,

04:29I believe it.

04:30You know, my, my little boy Huckleberry starts his first day of preschool on Monday.

04:36So will you go home right after this?

04:37No, no, I, I still, I'll be out until Tuesday.

04:40Oh, wow, okay.

04:41I have a show Tuesday night.

04:42Okay.

04:43We have a night off tomorrow, getting there, and then I get home Wednesday, so I'll be there

04:48his third day.

04:50Third day.

04:50And you can FaceTime, I guess, which is good, too.

04:52Yeah, we do that a lot.

04:54Yeah, which is good.

04:55But that must be hard, you know?

04:56It is.

04:57Yeah, it's really hard.

04:58I mean, it's like, you know, seeing your, seeing your babies grow up a little more every

05:02time you get home.

05:03Do they get what you do yet?

05:05Yeah, well, Huck does, but he's also, like, gotten to that age.

05:09He's four now, and so, like, the other day, this week, when I was leaving, he, he sees my

05:16suitcases come out, and he gets a little.

05:18Yeah.

05:18And then he was standing in front of the door, asking me out to leave.

05:21Oh, that's so tough.

05:23People, people, it is tough.

05:25You know, there's a lot of sacrifices coming with what we do, but, you know, this is what

05:31I love to do.

05:32I love to, you know, I was talking with Ian Burgess earlier, and he was talking about all

05:36the social media stuff that he has to do to try to break his new artist, and I'm like,

05:42man, I'm so thankful that I came along after that, and before that.

05:45Yeah, before that, yeah.

05:46And, you know, I still am expected to do a lot of that stuff, but it's just not, you

05:51know, I got into this for the, to write the songs, record the songs, and then play the

05:55songs.

05:56Songs, yeah.

05:56You know?

05:57It's a different world.

05:57It really is, yeah.

05:58It really is, and, and, and to go and, you know, play music with people, you know?

06:04Right.

06:05So, it's a little weird.

06:06I'm not one of those people who likes the camera in my face all the time.

06:09But when you get on stage, you have this, you have that thing, though.

06:12Like, I've seen her perform.

06:13Like, you're kind of, you just are like, ah, you have that ick factor, yeah, yeah.

06:18All right, so you don't love the socials, but people who,

06:21want to follow you, how can they follow you?

06:22Well, I mean, you know, I guess I may, I may post something once a year on TikTok.

06:30At least you know what TikTok is.

06:32Yeah, well, I want, you know, obviously Instagram, you know, and, you know, Twitter or whatever it's

06:38called now, X or something like that.

06:40See, you know what's going on.

06:41You know.

06:42I do, I do, I like to look at other people.

06:46Yeah.

06:46It's all right, we're not live.

06:49It's okay.

06:50Other people's stuff.

06:51I like to look at other people's stuff, especially at that.

06:56But, you know, and I'll post on every now and then, but I'll just, you know.

07:00Yeah.

07:01It is a little weird.

07:02I know.

07:02I mean, it's Randy Hauser, everybody.

07:05Thank you again.

07:06It was so good to see you.

07:07High five.

07:07Thank you, Nicole.

07:08You're sweet.

07:08See ya.

07:10Thank you, Nicole.

07:11Thank you, Nicole.

07:12Thank you, Nicole.

07:13Thank you, Nicole.

07:14Thank you, Nicole.

07:15Thank you, Nicole.

07:16Thank you, Nicole.

07:16See ya.

07:17Thank you, Nicole.

07:18See ya.

07:18Thank you, Nicole.

07:19See ya.

07:19Thank you, Nicole.

07:20See ya.

07:21Thank you, Nicole.

07:22See ya.

07:22Thank you, Nicole.

07:23See ya.

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