On The Cusp - Off The Cuff

One last thing... again and again. Topics include Parker being a drummer, our first Battle of the Bands, Church camp memories, our wives, the CRAZY story of how we are cousins and now potential "love" is brewing between our families, what's wrong with men, realizing we may be in a mid-life crisis, Parker's speech that changed my life, we are basically farmers, reading of Psalms 119, staying the co...

Part 1- A conversation with my childhood and lifelong best friend, Pastor Parker Manuel. We reconnected randomly in our hometown for the holidays, at a gas station. Topics include being stolen from, aliens, movies, airline pilots, performing at Wendy's and Gospel Light Baptist Church, religious deconstruction, riding down the James River on an air mattress, changing the name of the podcast, first...

Recorded on Christmas Eve, 2023. Shoutouts to listeners, pulling an all-nighter between gigs, experiencing 2 different families cultures on Christmas visits, trying to become a cheerful giver, learning to say "no," and discovering boundaries. Follow our music at www.adamandamypope.com and www.adampopemusic.com

Working at a job I hated, getting a boat for a dollar, my first fight with Amy, and finishing my album.

How Thanksgiving turned into an interview, then an audition at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center the next day, then one of the coolest opportunities I've had in a while. On the cusp of... JOHNNY CASH. 2024. www.adampopemusic.com www.adamandamypope.com

How I went from playing regular gigs to wearing a gold jacket and being in a theater show called "Branson On The Road" ... then how I went from singing "Frosty the Snowman" in Effingham on a Saturday night to singing "In The Ghetto" at the Country Music Hall of Fame the next day at 1pm as we were invited to play with our friend Kenzie Wetz on her "Musicians Spotl...

I dive into all of our latest travels, how we ended up singing the national anthem at the Arcadia Rodeo, and I tell the story I’ve been promising… The story on “Bull-Sheet.”

THIS EPISODE WAS REDONE SO IF YOU CAUGHT THE 1ST VERSION, IT SUCKED AND THIS ONE IS BETTER (because I wasn’t tired and hopefully this one isn’t as boring!) -Topics Upcoming shows at the Arcadia Rodeo. (0:10) Florida shows last weekend and how they came about. (1:15) How I booked a rodeo from my COVID bed. (3:20) Me trying to be a cowboy but the dog ruined it. (4:55) On the cusp… of a Grammy nomina...

A brief reflection of Hal “Allen’s Dairy Treats” restaurant in Winston-Salem, NC which closed after 25 years this past weekend. I have many good memories there, especially of Hal Allen, the laughter, and the great food.

Part 2 concludes with how we got outta New Jersey, our final day in Manhattan visiting the World Trade Center, the 9/11 Musuem, and the gospel tract that put everything back in perspective.

PART 1- On the cusp of going home, we got stuck in New Jersey. So I take the chance to describe our NYC trip so far, navigating the subway system, experiencing the Tunnel to Towers 5k, and fighting for a burger.

Ride in the car with me and Ben Peeples as we discuss our friendship, failed music endeavors, dumb school zones, coffee, church, having kids, and as we find ourselves being offensive regularly throughout the conversation.

I must apologize for redundancy, telling the same stories, and I announce an upcoming guest!

How meeting 9/11 NYC Firemen at a gig in a bar on Broadway in Nashville led to me signing up to run a patriotic 5K in New York City.

The story of how I went from sleeping in a tent with the band while traveling in a 99 Nissan quest… to an old tour bus where I pretended to play drums for a band and they served breakfast in the bathroom… to cross-country touring in a Corolla with my wife and our two babies and my two guitars in the trunk… to a sponsored nice truck/RV and eventually hearing my song played on the Grand Ole Opry sta...

This episode I dive into a few stories about people who helped me go from “on the cusp“ to finally where I was supposed to be.

On the cusp of Nashville - From CMA Fest in 2005 to moving to Nashville on Valentines Day, 2006.

PART 1- On the cusp of Nashville, I first went from North Carolina to Orlando, Florida before I eventually found my way to Tennessee.

In episode one, while driving, I dive in to stories about performing at Elvis Week in Memphis, playing a show at an old church in Texas, how I ended up getting booked to play the Broadway bars in downtown Nashville, going to an Alan Jackson concert in 2021, eventually meeting music artist James Carothers, and more. If you wanna hear our music, go to www.adamandamypope.com