This Life Ain't For Everybody

While his storied career has reached such heights as being named the Top New Male Vocalist at the 2006 ACM awards and seeing his single "Watching You" become the Number One Song of the Decade according to Country Aircheck, it’s been more than seven years since Take a Back Road, his last record of new material. Rodney Atkins talks about his past experience and his future in country music.

George "Tuffy" Stone is one of the most influential people in barbecue. He is a six-time World Barbecue Champion Pitmaster, a Barbecue Hall of Fame inductee, a former Marine, a French-trained Chef. He is on the competitive barbecue circuit. He has appeared on the Destination America reality television show BBQ Pitmasters. He runs the team "Cool Smoke" and owns a barbecue restaurant chain called "Q Barbeque". His nickname is "The Professor". He is the author of Cool Smoke- The Art of Great Barbecue. In addition we also have Jed Lirette from Jack Daniel's to discuss all things BBQ.

On his first day in Nashville, Kendell wrote the song "Right Where I Need to Be" which was cut by Gary Allen and peaked at number 5 on Billboard's country music chart. This initial success really boosted Kendell's career as a writer and allowed him to work with a wide array of acts including, Jake Owen, George Strait and many more. As his career progressed he returned to his roots, feeling that a traditional sound was a more natural fit for his writing and own music style. In 2008 he wrote the title track for Jamey Johnson's Grammy nominated album, That Lonesome Song, which yielded the same name as the song. Kendell has also written over 60 songs with country star, Chris Stapleton including his grammy winning track, "Either Way".

Michael Politz is the founder and publisher of Food & Beverage Magazine, the leading online magazine and resource in the industry. Michael has developed and branded multiple celebrity bar and nightlife concepts, and has consulted for Fortune 500 Companies such as Hallmark and Safeway Foods. Michael was recognized as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Forty Executives Under 40.

Hannah Dasher is a newcomer to the Nashville music scene but is quickly making a name for herself with her talents in songwriting, incredible personality, and social savviness. Her ability to blend vintage, traditional southern country with a modern twist is something fans are craving right now. She's written songs for Brad Paisley and others. Find her on TikTok where she started a Stand By Your Pan series where she showcases her personality, her voice and her knack for great southern cooking.

Bo Dean Nickal is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. In freestyle, he claimed the 2019 U23 World Championship and the US Open National championship, and was a finalist at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials and a Final X contestant in 2019.

Chris Hennessee, singer/songwriter and long time Jamey Johnson band mate, has released “Twilight In The South”. His music can best be described as Southern Country Blues. He's played venues all over the South but spends most of this time in Nashville performing at venues on historic "Lower Broad".

Matt Serra is a former UFC world welterweight champion, an ADCC Submission Wrestling Silver Medalist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts under the legendary Renzo Gracie. Serra participated in Season 4 of The Ultimate Fighter and as a coach in Season 6 vs Matt Hughes. Serra now enjoys a flourishing career as he runs two Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academies in New York.

Gary LeVox is a singer and songwriter and wowed on stage as lead singer of Rascal Flatts for 20 years. Gary is now working on his solo career with his first album called One On One. Gary is passionate about – song writing, performing, fan engagement, charitable causes, hunting and fishing, his family farm, family and faith.

David Meltzer is the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire.