2024 Guitar Pull Artist - Chris Janson

Beasley Digital

4/23/2025

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00:00Alright, time now for the last artist, for the QYK Guitar Poll Artist No. 5.

00:05We are about to reveal it now.

00:07Lana, you are up.

00:08Who do we got?

00:09Well, this guy is a QYK favorite because you know all the lyrics to every one of his songs

00:15because they're so much fun.

00:17But this is a guy you can relate to.

00:19He's so much like us because he's decked out in camo.

00:23He loves hunting.

00:24He loves fishing.

00:26He loves chilling on a riverbank, killing cold beers.

00:28He dreams about winning the lotto, too, because he ain't sitting on a pile like Warren Buffett.

00:34His Yeti is iced down with some silver bullets and he knows how to fix a drink, get you buzzed and smiling.

00:40He's a great family man.

00:42He's got his Rock Kelly by his side.

00:44He has made wearing a Bass Pro hat cool again.

00:47It is Mr. Chris Jansen.

00:49Chris Jansen!

00:52You can buy me a boat.

00:55You can buy me a truck to pull.

00:57You can buy me a Yeti 110 ass down with some silver bullets.

01:03God almighty.

01:06Can we just package you up in a cardboard box and ship you around the country into all the concerts?

01:12Because, man, what an intro.

01:14That's right.

01:15I wish I had recorded that.

01:17And, yeah, surprise, guys.

01:18It's me.

01:19Thank you, Lana.

01:19Wow.

01:20Yes.

01:22I'm excited.

01:23And we did record it, so we have it.

01:25If someone said describe yourself, I mean, that's it.

01:28I mean, pretty much you did it.

01:29So I don't really have anything else to say about myself.

01:32Interview's over.

01:33Yeah.

01:34We'll see you November 17th.

01:37I'm thinking, God, this guy sounds like a jerk.

01:39But then you said he's a great family man.

01:40I was like, oh, never mind.

01:41We love him.

01:43Well, we're excited to put you with some awesome artists, Jansen.

01:46And we did you last on purpose because we know you're going to bring the house down.

01:49But we got your boys, Locash, obviously, Corey Kent, Matt Stell, Chase Beckham, and now you.

01:56This is going to be an awesome show.

01:58All good people.

01:59All good people.

02:00And you guys are great, and we appreciate it.

02:01And, yeah, man, we're looking forward to being there.

02:04Just have a whole night of sing-along songs.

02:06And, man, bring some happiness with the people, man.

02:09That's what it's really all about.

02:10If you can just find a little bit of happiness and joy in the middle of it, then that's really,

02:14if you can change somebody's day, I figure that's, then you're winning.

02:17Oh, I feel like you're the guy to do that, no doubt about it.

02:21And, you know, you're great with huge crowds, and I've seen you acoustically as well,

02:26and you're great with that, even if it's just you and a piano as well.

02:30What are your advantages to just you, a guitar, and an audience?

02:35What do you like about that?

02:36Great question.

02:37So I think what I like about it the most is whenever it's just me stripped down like that,

02:42you know, I inherently am a songwriter,

02:44so I start wanting to tell a bit more of the stories behind the songs.

02:48You know, when it's full band and the whole deal, like on the tour shows, you know, the big productions,

02:53it becomes a production sometimes.

02:55And even though it's not, you know, staged, there's still a lot that goes into it

02:59and it's sort of a little more uniform.

03:01When I'm acoustic like that on a broken down scale and unplugged,

03:05it's way less uniform, and I kind of just free flow and do what I want to do

03:09and play what I want to play right at just kind of the tip of my hat kind of thing.

03:14And so it keeps it exciting.

03:15It keeps it fresh.

03:16And, you know, I was looking back two days ago, was on tour up in the Northeast,

03:22and I was playing the show, and I just took a second to reflect for myself,

03:26and I mean this with such humility.

03:28But, like, man, I remember a time when I didn't have any hits,

03:31and I remember a time when I had one hit and then just, you know, a hit and a half

03:35and that kind of thing, and it's a bit tougher to get through shows like that

03:40when you're at that place because you've got to fill time with something.

03:43And so I'm so grateful for a catalog of hits that I've been blessed to have

03:50and you guys have blessed me with to play my songs, and it all matters so much.

03:55And so getting to do that live in front of people, I mean, you genuinely see a dude

04:01who, like, I came from nothing and built it into something,

04:05and I just want people to know you see a dude who I am so grateful for every second of it.

04:10And I really am enjoying living the dream.

04:13Like, I'm living the American dream when I'm playing.

04:16So it's a bit more to me than just the concert or just the guitar pool

04:20or just getting, you know, just playing some songs for people.

04:22For me, it goes so much deeper than that, and that's what I bring to the stage,

04:27and, you know, I hope it relates with people.

04:29So, you know, the thing that's so great about the guitar pool

04:32is everybody is on the stage at the same time,

04:34and we never know what anybody's going to play.

04:37Now, technically, I thought maybe we could kind of pull a fast one on Locash

04:41since they're on this bill.

04:43Technically, Chris, you are a songwriter on I Love This Life.

04:47Oh, yeah, that was my idea.

04:48Yeah.

04:51Wouldn't it be really crappy of you to go ahead and sing that song

04:57before they have a chance to sing it?

04:59You'd be like, hey, man, I wrote this song.

05:00I'm going to perform this song.

05:01And then Locash is up there going, oh, great.

05:03You've got our biggest hits.

05:05Here's a little song I wrote for my friends, Locash.

05:07You guys might have heard of them.

05:08So here we go.

05:09No, no, man.

05:10I would never.

05:10That would be so funny.

05:12That would be great.

05:13Oh, my gosh.

05:13Because we're tight, they would think it was funny,

05:18but I would never do that sin just because my heart can't do that to somebody at all.

05:22But, hey, I mean, they will tell you this.

05:24That was me waking their butts up at 7 o'clock in the morning.

05:28This is a true story.

05:29At 7 o'clock in the morning and making them come into town to Nashville

05:33and write songs because, you know, I was like, hey,

05:37if you're going to start fires, man, let's start them early

05:40because I want to be done by lunch and be like in a dove field or hunting or something.

05:44No, for real.

05:45Like this morning before I talked to you, I've already been shooting doves this morning

05:49and we did fish a little bit this morning and just doing outdoor stuff.

05:53But with Locash, I woke them up early and got all the creative stuff going early.

05:59And, man, 12-pack of Mountain Dew later, we had I Love This Life.

06:02And I was like, I'm thinking to myself, am I going to cut this?

06:06Are they going to cut this?

06:07Or is anybody going to cut this?

06:08And then they were like, we're going to cut it.

06:10So they had a huge hit.

06:12I think, you know, it's been one of the biggest songs of their whole career

06:14and probably will be for their whole life.

06:16I mean, it's a career song for country music, really.

06:19And everybody knows it.

06:21It sounds like a hit.

06:22And I'm just grateful to be a part of it.

06:24We've had a lot of great success together.

06:26We wrote Truck Yeah for McGraw and for a lot of other artists.

06:30You know, we've always been buddies first.

06:32And we put our competitiveness as artists aside because, you know, we start out as friends.

06:38Yeah, I love that.

06:38I love it.

06:39And I know that.

06:40And you've been the same dude since the day I met you before Buy Me a Boat was a hit, man.

06:44Right.

06:44And so you were talking about it earlier.

06:47I'm just excited for your success.

06:48I root for you, dude.

06:49Big time.

06:51And I'm happy for you and your family and all that.

06:54And this is going to be an awesome night.

06:55And I cannot wait to see you up there acoustically doing your thing.

06:59Well, I'll be proud to be with you.

07:00And I really appreciate that.

07:01And I know you mean it.

07:02So thank you for it.

07:03Yeah, man.

07:03Well, Chris Jantz is going to be there November 17th at the Manhattan Theater.

07:07He is our final artist on the QYK Guitar Poll.

07:10Chris, we appreciate you.

07:11We'll see you soon, my friend.

07:12You guys have a great day.

07:13And thanks for your time.

07:14And thanks for letting me be a part of it.

07:15Really appreciate it.

07:16You got it.

2024 Guitar Pull Artist - Chris Janson

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