Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin

This is it. Our collective holiday is finally here! Today in Dadville we turn the mics over to you and take your questions, texts, and voicemails. And Dadville Nation, you understood the assignment.

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We aren't going to pretend that this is just another episode of Dadville, because it's not. Bruce Hornsby is here.

Can we just let that last sentence soak in a bit?

BH (can we call him that?) is a seminal influence on the fellas and they go deep on his history of being discovered by Michael McDonald, recording with Bonnie Raitt, beating Allen Iverson, and so much more. This is an instant HOF episode of Dadville.

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Dadville keeps things in the family this week with an episode where Jon asks Dave (and himself) some of our generation’s most intriguing questions. Regrets? They’ve had a few. Biting your nails? Maybe a trip to Africa would help. Ice cream before noon? Tune in to find out. 

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This week we have the first American Idol champion to take a trip to Dadville. If all you know about Kris Allen is that he won American Idol, then wait until you hear this episode. Kris walks us through his insane audition process for American Idol, getting used to sudden and extreme fame, and why he still plays viola.

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Big hero vibes on this week's Dadville. Bassist Nathan East has recorded, played, or toured with nearly every major musical artist over the last 30 years (even Jon!) In this episode he shares a few truly unbelievable stories from his career and rightfully brags about his incredibly talented twins.

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Our guest this week is Craig Melvin, who is a co-host of the Today Show and the author of Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father. Craig opens up about his complicated history with his father, how he unplugs from the 24/7 news cycle, and what's it like when James Brown's anastesia is still lingering during a live interview. 

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Are they related? No. Are they brothers? Yes. Worship duo Shane and Shane join the party and spill the details on how a young Dave Barnes accosted them with a CD. Also, they give advice for dads of teenage daughters, demystify the “triple strum,” and so much more.

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Where do we even begin? This week in Dadville there's a bona fide musical hero in our midst. Steven Curtis Chapman has won about every award and honor you could imagine and joins the fellas to talk about being discovered by Bill Gaither, a rather momentus trip to Africa, and shares incredible wisdom that was born out of unspeakable tragedy. 

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LANY drummer (and Jon McLaughlin band alumni) Jake Goss rolls through Dadville this week to talk about his journey as a drummer and a relatively new father. He goes deep on the origins of his super-hip band, the story of meeting his wife, and some of the best bad-gig stories you've ever heard.

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Dave's old college buddy, Brandon Heath, is the latest visitor to Dadville. Even after all these years, Brandon drops a few nuggets that even Dave was unaware of. Plus, they talk about early brushes with Chris Gaines, life as a movie extra, and the inherent power of "Hammer" pants.

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