This is an audio entry with an interview with…well, okay, the title of the post kind of gives away the surprise, doesn’t it?
A few notes of note:
The Dixie Bee-Liners’ website is at http://dixiebeeliners.com.
You can get their albums here:
(Ripe, 2008. The one with the Crooked Road song on it that inspired this particular project.)
and, to keep Buddy out of Reform School:
(2006 debut on Pinecastle Records with the other version of Yellow Haired Girl.)
Rachel Renee Johnson’s family band is, oddly enough, The Johnson Family Band. (With special guests Kevin Love and Sammy Shelor. Hooboy. Sammy Shelor.) The little snippets between segments and at the beginning and end are all snippets recorded at the outdoor concert in Bristol on July 21st. Since Rachel couldn’t be with us for the interview, I thought this was the next best thing. (I didn’t get permission. Please don’t sue me. It’s tribute when it’s love. Ignore the duffel bag.)
And finally, the Fontaine Fund has a website where you can donate to this very worthy cause. And if you’re in or around Nashville, come on over to the concert itself, because insurance companies totally suck.
And with that, the interview. Please note that it was recorded directly into the iPhone, which, apparently, has a microphone sent by heaven, but picks up things like vacuum noise and overhead music just as well as voices. The intro was recorded sans-mic in a bare hotel room, so there’s a bit of echo that I couldn’t get out, too. I figured y’all aren’t here to hear my yappy face anyway.
Disclaimers complete! Big thank yous to Brandi and Buddy (and Foghorn) for sitting with me and for being every bit as cool in real-life as I thought you’d be. Y’all are on for the Moonlight on my next trip through. 
(p.s. If that player doesn’t work for you, as it is sometimes wont to do, just click the “download” link or the little “audio mp3″ button, and it’ll take you directly to the file so you can listen via browser. It’s not as pretty, but it works in a pinch.)