Exclusive Country Music Cruise Interview with T. Graham Brown

Hey guys, it's Gail with Everything Nash. We are here in the beautiful art gallery on the Country Music Cruise

where we got to see T. Graham Brown just did a valve renewal. How cool is that

It's fun! I do it every time I'm on the cruise. Really

I'm the guy. You're the guy. What's the couple that's been married the longest? Do you know

They had a couple in there that were married 60 years. I mean, there were a couple of couples that were married 60 years

Can you imagine? Nope. Sure, I can. Why do you like to do these cruises

Oh man, people love to come on them and they love on me and I get to love on them

I enjoy getting up there and singing for folks. You know, I got the best job in the world. I get to make people happy for a living

Yes, you do. So, that's kind of the way I look at it. And I love, I've been talking to the other artists, I love seeing everybody walk around this year and kind of interact with people

Yeah, well you're supposed to be visible, you know. That's part of the thing

People that come on these cruises, they want to be able to say, hey, have a picture made, get an autograph

Okay, so let's talk about your music. 1998, Wine and Water. Isn't that crazy? Does it feel like that long ago

Wow, it's hard to remember that far back. It's amazing. What would that be

26 years. Is it that long? Yeah. Well, you know, I hadn't cut an album for a few years in the 90s. It was not a very good decade for me recording-wise

We recorded that Wine and Water album in 1998 and that was kind of a comeback for me a little bit

But that song Wine and Water has just been passed around. It never was a big hit, but addicts, alcoholics, and their families and friends have passed that song around so much

They've just made a hit out of it. It's been viewed millions and millions of times

When we wrote that song, we had no idea it would touch as many people as it has

I got a message from a filmmaker in India the other day and they've made a feature film about it. It's just about Wine and Water

Like a Bollywood? Yes. Oh, my goodness. It's like a big movie. It's called Grace. He sent me the trailer. It's great

Boy, it's a heavy-duty drug deal, alcoholics. One guy kills himself and it's just serious. It's heavy

Okay, talk real quick too. I want to talk music. You have that SiriusXM channel that I love so much. Talk about why you do that

Oh, it's fun, man. It's called Live Wire and I play live cuts from artists' live albums. That's what it's all about, live music

I do one a month and they usually run an hour, hour and a half. There's no set time

They air it 10 times during the month on the Prime Country Channel so everybody gets a chance to hear it

Then if they subscribe to SiriusXM, there's an app you can download and it has its own demand so you can go back and listen to back episodes

I always have one of my friends. This month, coming up February, it will be Pam Tillis. I interviewed her or talked to her basically

I've had about five and a half years now so I've done 50-something interviews and never interviewed the same person

It's amazing. I didn't remember. I didn't believe there were that many artists around

Their format on Prime Country is country music from the year 1980 to 2000 so it's artists in that era that I've talked to

People enjoy it. It's like going from concert to concert. It's pretty neat

Somebody told me you're also working on an autobiography. Apparently you don't like to rest

I love to rest. Yeah, we're working on an autobiography. I've got to tell you, she was doing the wayline chair of it because she remembers everything

My memory's not that good. She'll remind me of things that I've told her and forgotten about

Yes, we do that. I get to be in movies every now and then

There's a movie coming out. It's called Nashville Wish. We did it a few years back and it's finally coming out

I saw it. I was a pretty decent actor in it. Music and tour this year

Yeah, we're calling it the I Tell It Like It Used To Be tour

We'll probably be doing 50 or 60 shows this year. I'm 69 and I don't want to work too hard

You don't have to work too hard. I get to do all these other things other than just sing. I'm having a great life

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