Tell me a little bit about your home life, mom and dad, what they did and, and, and how, how it was growing up.

So here's growing up for me, right? Uh, my father, I'm the son of a veteran, um, and my mom worked at a correctional facility, right? Uh, just doing accounting stuff and, and, you know, helping in the rehabilitation process and all that, which was great.

I got two sisters, Michelle and Nicole.

But I grew up in a small town outside of Pittsburgh called Butler, um, and then we moved around a bit, uh, with my father, different places.

We ended up in the Inland, uh, Naval Depot, uh, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

And mine was sports and music.

That was my childhood.

[laughs]

How are you keeping the music alive for the younger generations, all these young people that are gonna be watching you this weekend? Like, how do you, how do you keep it alive?

Simple.

I'm as passionate today as I was then.

I've been blessed with three, maybe four generations of fans now.

And I, I just gotta be honest with you, I give 1000% on that stage.

It's, it's as live now as it was then.

Nothing but live music.

It's fun and wild.

How are you keeping the music alive for the younger generations, all these young people that are gonna be watching you this weekend? Like, how do you, how do you keep it alive?

Simple.

I'm as passionate today as I was then.

I've been blessed with three, maybe four generations of fans now.

And I, I just gotta be honest with you, I give 1000% on that stage.

It's, it's as live now as it was then.

Nothing but live music.

Um, do you think we could be getting more of that in the future? How do you feel about that?

[laughs] Gone at all?

We rolled back.

We left there, had a good time.

Went back to the party, but, uh, growing up for me, uh, every year I go to training camp, uh, and watch.

And we stood there, uh, they had the rope.

You know, they didn't even have ...

There's no security.

Isn't it amazing?

What are you doing? What's the year look like for you?

We...

Well, it started amazing.

Obviously, Mohegan Sun at the arena.

Uh, the arena up in, uh, Detroit, Windsor area.

Then we went to Falls View.

Uh, we've been on the road.

Could there be anything like that with Look What the Cat Dragged In, or you guys didn't record extra stuff back then?

You and Wiz gonna be performing together? How's this go?

So here's how.

Me and Wiz, right, we, uh, we got together.

We met at Jay Glazer.

We were throwing a party.

We were raising, a, a big charity event for the fires that happened.

And long story super short-Uh, we went there, I was jamming.

Love that.

So I got to ask, how many terrible towels do you have? And do you have any good luck charms, any superstitions before the game? I do.

Great question.

I'm not going to lie to you.

I have hundreds of terrible towels because it's all I asked for when I was a kid.

So football and music, quick story, saved my life, right? I'm a diabetic since the age of six.

When you're growing up in a town when you didn't have a lot of answers for diabetes yet, it gave me a lot of hope right to this day and inspiration.

And with that came a lot of superstition for wins, right? We would...

What is the environment? What's required? How's it going down,

What do you think of the arena's-

Well, I can tell you this much.

I have never, not once- not once had a bad experience in Minnesota, not one time.

Everything great.

Uh, uh, and besides, you know, people talk about the music or the venue, the amphitheater, but I'm talking about the people.

I've got so many- so many great friends in- in all of- all of Minnesota.

You know, Minneapolis, Mankato, Duluth.

Yeah.