About this episode

David Wild hosts a special episode featuring Bruce Hornsby and Brad Paisley discussing Hornsby's new album and their mutual admiration.

Here's The Way It Is -- Brad Paisley fell in love with Bruce Hornsby's bold and brilliant new album, "Indigo Park," and that inspired this special "Naked Lunch" that allowed David to catch up with Bruce and Brad to finally meet him and find out they have a mutual admiration society going. With guest questions from Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and director Allen Hughes, and great stories from Bruce's career, including his time with the Grateful Dead. For more on Bruce Hornsby, to https://www.brucehornsby.com. For more on Brad Paisley, go to https://www.bradpaisley.com/home. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠⁠⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Wild

Guests: Bruce Hornsby, Brad Paisley

Topics covered

• music
• collaboration
• album discussion
• storytelling
• career highlights

Keywords

• Bruce Hornsby
• Brad Paisley
• Indigo Park
• music collaboration
• Grateful Dead
• Bon Iver
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bon Iver, Grateful Dead, Phil Rosenthal World, Straw Hut Media

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