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Hello, and welcome to The Life Of A Musician.

Tonight's episode is recorded live from the Barn at Clearview.

Let's step inside and listen.

-Hello, and welcome to The Life Of A Musician House Concert edition.

The house concert has been a main staple in a lot of acoustic artists' careers.

A great place to do linking dates and just put a little extra money in your pocket on the way to a different gig.

And it's basically the most intimate setting you can get with some of the most amazing musicians you're gonna ever see.

Today, we have with us Ms. Jenee Fleenor and Mr. Josh Martin from the Wood Box Heroes , and parts unknown.

And we hope you guys enjoy it.

And I'm just going to let them take it out.

-We're so excited to be here with y'all.

We have a new project.

-We do.

-You wanna tell them about it?

[chuckles] -Well, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Well, it's featuring myself and Jenee.

It's a little band with a few of the world's greatest musicians, in Barry Bales and Seth Taylor and Matt Menefee, Jenee, and myself.

It's called the Wood Box Heroes .

And we got a couple songs out, and this next song that we're doing is actually the first single we released.

And it's a song that I wrote and got these guys to play on it a while back, and we decided to put it to a record.

And it's called "Made Up My Mind."

It's in A right?

[laughs] -It's in A, yes.

[laughs] -That's good.

[laughs] -One, two, three.

["Made Up My Mind" playing] ♪ It takes courage To be lonesome ♪ ♪ When that feeling Is brand new ♪ ♪ Away from the noise Out on your own some ♪ ♪ No bellwether out there Guiding you ♪ ♪ It takes patience And some hard work ♪ ♪ Winding down that river Deep inside ♪ ♪ Before you realize That the truth hurts ♪ ♪ Might be the only truth Surrounded by ♪ ♪ A world full of lies Of every size ♪ ♪ Oh but I've Made up my mind ♪ ♪ Ain't nothing I can change ♪ ♪ 'Cept the way I live my life ♪ ♪ So I pull my head Out of the rain ♪ ♪ Set my sight On that blue sky ♪ ♪ Breaking up ahead ♪ ♪ Downstream from where I ♪ ♪ Made up my mind ♪ [upbeat fiddle music] ♪ Bookshelves loaded down With big words ♪ ♪ Thought diluting claims On every line ♪ ♪ Motion pictures Lighting up black mirrors ♪ ♪ Producing an illusion Of real-time ♪ ♪ The whole world's Spinning in a big web ♪ ♪ Of spiders sucking blood Out of the facts ♪ ♪ All the proof Is plain to see ♪ ♪ Yeah that trail Of bread crumbs ♪ ♪ Lead into darkness ♪ ♪ Where all of them combine ♪ ♪ As the amalgamation That made up my mind ♪ ♪ Oh but I've Made up my mind ♪ ♪ Ain't nothing I can change ♪ ♪ 'Cept the way I live my life ♪ ♪ So I pull my head Out of the rain ♪ ♪ Set my sight On that blue sky ♪ ♪ Breaking up ahead ♪ ♪ Downstream from where I ♪ ♪ Made up my mind ♪ [perky instrumental music] ♪ Oh I've made up my mind ♪ ♪ Ain't nothing I can change ♪ ♪ 'Cept the way I live my life ♪ ♪ So I pull my head out of the rain ♪ ♪ Set my sight on that blue sky ♪ ♪ Breaking up ahead ♪ ♪ Downstream from where I ♪ ♪ Made up my mind ♪ [upbeat instrumental music] ♪ I've made up my mind ♪ [audience applauds] -Thank y'all.

-This is one Josh and I wrote with a guy named Moose, Jim "Moose" Brown in Nashville.

And, I don't know, this melody was kind of running through my head, and I said every bluegrass band needs a train song, right?

-Right.

You got that right.

You can't play bluegrass unless you have a train song, you know?

-Right.

And I get tired of playing "Orange Blossom Special."

So-- [laughs] -[laughs] It's called "This Train."

-"This Train."

-Here we go.

Two, three, four.

["This Train" instrumental music playing] ♪ Just one look in Those dark brown eyes ♪ ♪ And it's a one-way Trip to paradise ♪ ♪ I'm too far down the line To change my mind ♪ ♪ But it will steam ahead ♪ ♪ This train's done Left the station ♪ ♪ This train ain't got A destination ♪ ♪ This train that was Bound for glory ♪ ♪ Done caught fire In a blaze of fury ♪ ♪ This train Ain't moving too fast ♪ ♪ This train's Gonna jump the track ♪ ♪ Running wide open Right from the start ♪ ♪ Good God Almighty There goes my heart ♪ ♪ This train ♪ [perky fiddle music] ♪ This train ♪ [perky fiddle music] ♪ This train ♪ ♪ Somewhere between The whistle and the whine ♪ ♪ Alongside of All the warning signs ♪ ♪ It's a raging rocky fall On either side ♪ ♪ But I'm all aboard ♪ ♪ This train's done Left the station ♪ ♪ This train ain't Got a destination ♪ ♪ This train That was bound for glory ♪ ♪ Done caught fire In a blaze of fury ♪ ♪ This train Ain't moving too fast ♪ ♪ This train's gonna Jump the track ♪ ♪ Running wide open Right from the start ♪ ♪ Good God Almighty There goes my heart ♪ ♪ This train ♪ [instrumental music] ♪ This train's done Left the station ♪ ♪ This train ain't Got a destination ♪ ♪ This train That was bound for glory ♪ ♪ Done caught fire In a blaze of fury ♪ ♪ This train ain't Moving too fast ♪ ♪ This train's gonna Jump the track ♪ ♪ Running wide open Right from the start ♪ ♪ Good God Almighty There goes my heart ♪ ♪ This train ♪ ♪ This train ♪ ♪ This train ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ [fast-paced instrumental music] -Whoo!

-[laughs] [audience cheers] -[laughs] Oh, yeah!

-Oh, my God.

-Let's go.

-Yeah.

Well, that's fun.

[laughs] -So now what?

-So-- -Oh, we gotta tell this story.

-Well-- -A little bit.

-A little bit?

-Just slightly.

-Okay.

Well, I have this thing with this number, 444.

I don't know, I just see it all the time.

And I've been singing a lot in our journey with this band and stuff.

And do y'all know the address to this place?

It just so happens to be 444 Clearview.

But this next song is called "No.

444."

We were actually working on the, it was an instrumental, and Josh brought it to us, and we were working on the work tape.

And I looked down at my phone and you know, voice memos, they have numbers on them.

And guess what number it just happened to be whenever we were working on it?

Yeah.

444.

-[Josh] 442?

[laughter] -Yeah, no.

So anyway, I'm like, well, we have to name it this.

So, it's a fun little number.

[Josh] That's right.

Let's do it.

["No.

444" instrumental music playing] -[audience applauds] -[Josh] Yeah.

-Good work.

Y'all will know this one.

We pulled up and we're like, love seeing all the pine trees out there.

[Josh] Oh gosh.

-So beautiful, such a beautiful view.

And this is one of my favorite ones.

I started doing this at the Station Inn years ago and I just kind of did my own version of it.

But we're going to record this one on a new project as well.

It's called "In The Pines."

["In the Pines" instrumental music playing] ♪ In the pines In the pines ♪ ♪ Where the sun Never shines ♪ ♪ And you shiver When the cold winds blow ♪ ♪ Well I asked the captain The time of day ♪ ♪ But he said He throwed his watch away ♪ ♪ It's a long still rail And a short cross time ♪ ♪ I'm on my long journey home ♪ ♪ In the pines In the pines ♪ ♪ Where the sun Never shines ♪ ♪ And you shiver When the cold winds blow ♪ [solemn instrumental music] ♪ Well the longest train I ever saw ♪ ♪ It came down That Georgia line ♪ ♪ The engine it passed At six o'clock ♪ ♪ The cab it came by Around nine ♪ ♪ In the pines In the pines ♪ ♪ Where the sun Never shines ♪ ♪ And you shiver When the cold winds blow ♪ [gentle guitar music] [somber fiddle music] ♪ My love my love ♪ ♪ What have I done ♪ ♪ To make you treat me so ♪ ♪ You cause me to weep You cause me to mourn ♪ ♪ You cause me to leave My happy home ♪ ♪ In the pines In the pines ♪ ♪ Where the sun Never shines ♪ ♪ And you shiver When the cold winds blow ♪ ♪ In the pines In the pines ♪ ♪ Where the sun Never shines ♪ ♪ And you shiver When the cold winds... ♪ ♪ Blow ♪ ♪ Blow ♪ [audience applaud] -Yep!

-Yeah.

Thank you.

This is basically a three-minute story about my life.

[chuckles] And it's called "The Good Ol' Girls."

And this is for all the girls out there that are dreaming of maybe the same dreams that I had, growing up.

Wanting to be maybe a fiddle player in Nashville someday.

["Good Ol' Girls" instrumental music playing] ♪ Well they went too far In the tall grass ♪ ♪ Chasing them Birds and bees ♪ ♪ Nine months later Arkansas Had a brand new baby me ♪ ♪ Daddy played me a bop With a song ♪ ♪ Mama gave me a bow ♪ ♪ And I wanted a fiddle In faded love ♪ ♪ By the time I was Five years old ♪ [smooth fiddle notes] ♪ Good ol' girls ♪ ♪ Good ol' girls ♪ ♪ Good ol' girls like me ♪ ♪ Southern fried Cut and dried ♪ ♪ Country as a black-eyed pea ♪ ♪ We pray cuss Get gussied up ♪ ♪ And wear tight fitting jeans ♪ ♪ I guess that's why Them good ol' boys ♪ ♪ Like good ol' girls like me ♪ [smooth fiddle notes] ♪ Lord I was green When I turned 18 ♪ ♪ But I headed Nashville way ♪ ♪ I caught a break In 30 days ♪ ♪ I was on that Opry stage ♪ ♪ I paid my dues Made the news ♪ ♪ And it made my mama cry ♪ ♪ 'Cause her little girl Was on top of the world ♪ ♪ In the big spotlight ♪ [perky instrumental music] ♪ Hey good ol' girls ♪ ♪ Good ol' girls ♪ ♪ Good ol' girls like me ♪ ♪ Southern fried Cut and dried ♪ ♪ Country as a black-eyed pea ♪ ♪ We pray cuss Fix our hair ♪ ♪ And wear tight fitting jeans ♪ ♪ I guess that's why Them good ol' boys ♪ ♪ Like good ol' girls like me ♪ Take it here, ol' boy!

[perky instrumental music] ♪ Well this goes out To my country gals ♪ ♪ That are gonna Blaze a trail ♪ ♪ Now when that train Comes rollin' in ♪ ♪ You better hold on like hell ♪ ♪ Keep singing to Emmylou ♪ ♪ And work on your banjo ♪ ♪ Yeah this is for the girl On her front porch ♪ ♪ Rossin' in up her bow ♪ Here we go!

♪ Good ol' girls ♪ ♪ Good ol' girls ♪ ♪ Good ol' girls like me ♪ ♪ Southern fried Cut and dried ♪ ♪ Country as collard greens ♪ ♪ We pray cuss Get gussied up ♪ ♪ And wear tight fitting jeans ♪ ♪ I guess that's why Them good ol' boys ♪ ♪ Like good ol' girls like me ♪ Hey, good ol' boy.

[fiddle solo] Hey.

[laughs] [Josh] Yeah!

[audience applauds] [Jenee] That was fun.

-So, we're gonna close out with another new one from the Wood Box Heroes project.

And this is a song that I wrote with a dear friend of mine, Miss Marla Cannon-Goodman.

Those of you who are fans of country music might know her from the Lee Ann Womack song, "The Fool," which is one of the greatest country songs ever written.

And this song here is a slight, you know, runner-up to that song, I think.

-[Jenee] Yeah.

-But, you know-- It's gonna be on the new project, so y'all watch out for it.

It's called "Remember This Part."

Here we go.

["Remember This Part" instrumental music playing] ♪ Words ♪ ♪ It started with words ♪ ♪ She said and he said ♪ ♪ And he said That she says it hurts ♪ ♪ ♪ Walls ♪ ♪ Just like bricks in a wall ♪ ♪ We stack 'em so high ♪ ♪ That no one survives When they fall ♪ ♪ You're gonna want to remember This part of the story ♪ ♪ Coming undone When you're done ♪ ♪ Oh you can't let go ♪ ♪ So take a few pictures To keep in your mind ♪ ♪ Write it all down On your heart ♪ ♪ I promise that you're gonna Want to remember this part ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪ I knew it was love ♪ ♪ Well the feeling I felt when you held me ♪ ♪ Was never enough ♪ ♪ Gone ♪ ♪ Baby now it's just gone ♪ ♪ And the hardest part's ♪ ♪ Knowing that I just can't Keep holding on ♪ ♪ You're gonna want to remember This part of the story ♪ ♪ Coming undone When you're done ♪ ♪ Oh you can't let go ♪ ♪ Take a few pictures To keep in your mind ♪ ♪ Write it all down On your heart ♪ ♪ I promise that you're gonna Want to remember this part ♪ [fiddle and guitar instrumental music] ♪ When you kiss me goodbye ♪ ♪ Take your sweet time ♪ ♪ You're gonna want to remember This part of the story ♪ ♪ Coming undone When you're done ♪ ♪ Oh you can't let go ♪ ♪ Take a few pictures To keep in your mind ♪ ♪ Write it all down On your heart ♪ ♪ I promise that you're gonna Want to remember this part ♪ [Announcer] Thank you for being a part of our show.

We look forward to seeing you on the next episode of The Life of a Musician.

♪ ...on your heart ♪ ♪ I promise that you're gonna Want to remember this part ♪ ♪ Yeah I promise That you're gonna ♪ ♪ Want to remember this part ♪ [Announcer] This program is brought to you in part by Santa Cruz Guitars Company and Santa Cruz Parabolic Tension Strings and the Santa Cruz Guitar PLEK Department.

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