The Oklahoma native and musician joins us on this week’s Biscuits & Jam.
These musicians shaped the writing direction of his first album in 2012.
So football is a driving cultural force.
Credit: Tim Duggan
There are multiple restaurants that, you know, their calling card is their chicken fried steak.
“My mom usually did dinner and my dad usually did breakfast.
I’m still not 100% sure what’s in a sausage ball.
But it’s delicious, they’re like meatballs but they’re made of breakfast sausage.
And I feel like there’s some jelly or something in it.
There’s like a sweet component to it.”
“The church that I went to for most of my young life was an Assemblies of God church.
So it’s a particular brand of charismatic Christianity or Pentecostalism.
We went Sunday mornings, Sunday nights, and Wednesday nights so I was in church a lot.
So for me church…
I was there for the music… And the music and the praise and worship became the service.
We’re praising God with our music and our voices.
That was really beautiful…”
“My junior year English teacher named Mrs. Dyson.
She just made us write a lot.
But, I just realized that I liked it before too long.
And I wasn’t always writing or anything, I’m still not.
I do like writing when I get a good idea and I feel like something’s worth pursuing.
I like chasing it down.
About Biscuits & Jam
In the South, talking about food is personal.
It’s a way of sharing your history, your family, your culture, and yourself.
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