Second Cup of Joe...and John

Clayton Bellamy has been coming to Nashville since he was 16, lived here for nearly a decade, and still talks about the place like he never really left. These days he’s the lead in The Legendary Life of Tom Petty, a multimedia show that treats the songs and the story with real care instead of just trying to sound like the man. He’s also one-third of The Road Hammers (20 years and counting) and jus...

11-time Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Tim Hardiman and Andy Huckabay (son of legendary Marshall coach Rick Huckabay) join Joe and John to talk about Huck’s Herd, the new documentary that tells the full, complicated story of the coach who helped bring life back to Huntington after the Marshall plane crash.  From 1983 to 1989, Coach Huckabay turned Marshall basketball into the hottest tic...

Life had something wonderful in store for Elise Jenkins. She just didn’t know it yet. After surviving childhood leukemia, doctors told her she’d likely never have children. Today, she’s a happily married mother of two, helping other young women discover that motherhood and their dreams can go hand in hand.  Pregnant at 21, Elise graduated from Auburn just 18 days before giving birth. She later co-...

How does a guy who has spent his career trying to fix healthcare somehow end up playing the Grand Ole Opry? Joe and John sit down with longtime friend David Osborn, whose personal family experiences led to a four-decade mission trying to make healthcare better. He explains why the American healthcare system can still be so frustrating, confusing and expensive.  Then there’s the other David, the Me...

Singer, songwriter, musician and longtime Nashville music insider Kyle Frederick has spent more than four decades on Music Row.  He reflects on sleeping on a friend’s couch, playing with Earl Thomas Conley and Foster & Lloyd, working with Clay Walker, and eventually moving into management and publicity.  His new album, The Force Majeure, was recorded at Johnny Cash’s legendary Cash Cabin. Kyle...

Getting older is mandatory. Moving like you're old isn't.  Physical therapist Adam Wille has worked with everyone from weekend warriors to Olympic athletes and says staying active may be simpler than we make it. The former marathoner talks bad shoulders, good habits, walking versus running and why working out harder isn't always smarter.  Now launching Move You Physical Therapy, Adam's goal is pre...

Long before the Titans, Predators and the push for Major League Baseball, Nashville was still trying to prove it belonged on the big stage. Few people watched that transformation closer than Jay Grider. The longtime Nashville Sports Council executive shares hilarious behind-the-scenes stories from nearly three decades of landing the city’s biggest sporting events, including frozen bowl games, stad...

What does it take to create a New York Times bestseller? Jonathan Merkh would know.  The longtime publishing executive has helped launch more than 100 bestsellers, including 13 that reached #1, and now he's turning the publishing world on its head.  Growing up as a missionary kid in France, Merkh shares how an unlikely path led him to Nashville and a career working with everyone from Brad Paisley...

Usually, people work in the Nashville restaurant business to launch into an entertainment career. This Music City native did it backwards and after 13 years on Music Row as a talent booking agent, opened the original Corner Pub in Green Hills. Find out how this family-owned business survives in an ultra-competitive market and what’s behind a 105-year-old recipe. A frequent YMCA visitor, the Father...

She’s a college communications Hall of Famer while he spent nearly four decades covering Nashville area sports for the Daily News Journal, City Paper and Sports Illustrated among other publications. Married 31 years, their walk down memory lane contains why they kept their romance a secret, the time she gave a ride to Shaquille O’Neal, his winning the approval of a Veterans Stadium hot dog vendor...

Building a recognizable audience with more than 34,000 Instagram followers, Alex continues her varied professional journey posting quick-witted random thoughts of the day while walking in her East Nashville neighborhood. The Brooklyn native’s resume begins with modeling, speaking candidly about the one job that helped her but also led to typecasting. With twenty-seven music videos to her credit, a...

Anachronistic (Google it. It fits perfectly), Watterson explains how he was able to not just survive but thrive under six Titans head coaches in four different decades. Coaching wasn’t even his first career choice for the Newport, Rhode Island Native and he reveals how a failed physical, of all things, led him to the NFL. Watch and hear who this ringleader of team pranks believes is the toughest T...

Don’t throw a pity party for Chase, because he’ll just stand you up, even though he has a “dead leg” (Deadleg Media is the name of his company). Born with cerebral palsy, this Nashville native leans into his disability with humor and strength, explaining why he chooses confrontment vs. conformity. Breaking the social media code with recent YouTube videos going viral, this son of a musician chronic...

You are hard pressed to find two words in Nashville more identifiable than “Thanks Paul!” Watch and listen as the Pennsauken, New Jersey native explains his journey to the Bridgestone arena microphone. A day one season ticket holder in 1998 tells how he met his wife as a nightclub DJ and what he does for a day job. 21- years and counting, he reveals a few rare slip ups and his most scared moment i...

Hollywood royalty is alive and well at the Franklin Theatre where Patrick reigns as Artistic Director of the Studio Tenn Theatre Company. Second of three sons of Broadway star Jack Cassidy and Oscar-winner Shirley Jones, the former high school quarterback (he once led the nation in passing) delves into what it’s like growing up along teenage heart throbs brothers David, Shaun and Ryan. This Califo...

Aside from Pro/College football games and the occasional NASCAR race, the biggest one-day sporting event is Nashville’s spring marathon event. Now in its 26 th year, more than 25,000 participants are expected to flood the city streets, not to mention thousands of volunteers and bystanders. Watch and listen to the guy who helped launch the extravagance back in 2000, learning all the logistics it ta...

Celebrating its 85th year, The Iroquois Steeplechase is Middle Tennessee’s social event of the year. Oh, it also raises millions of dollars for charities including the Monroe Carel Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Learn the incredible backstory of how it came to be, and what’s new for 2026 (hint: it involves live music). Hear Autumn’s emotional connection to the horse racing extravaganza whi...

The daughter of a long-time Nashville Banner journalist, little did this Donelson native know she would follow in her father’s footsteps, forging an even wider path. Becoming a “go to” print journalist covering the music business for local and worldwide outlets, Beverly joined her alma mater MTSU in 1995 as a professor, ascending to Dean in 2013. Responsible for media campaigns with the likes of L...

It was a health challenge that led this longtime California resident to write a book that’s now a best seller on Amazon. The 1,000-mile walk (1,350 miles) spawned reflective standalone vignettes with each ending with a question. Founding a creative agency now more than 40 years old, David’s professional and personal life pivoted with a move to Nashville to be closer to his 3 daughters. Little did...

Breaking her promise of never doing mornings in the media again led this uber-diversified entertainment journalist to Nashville. The first full-time female announcer of the Grand Ole Opry, Kelly explains why being fired (twice) actually catapulted her to multiple media platforms including morning co-host on iconic 650 WSM- AM. Creator of the syndicated radio program “Y’all Access with Kelly Sutton...

While roaming the field and intercepting passes for 11 years in the NFL, this former Titans #1 draft selection now covers the Middle Tennessee business community and beyond. Owner of “Just Love Coffee” in Franklin, Bulluck also hosts the podcast “Bullseye View” on YouTube. The Syracuse University graduate reflects on the good and bad seasons in pro football and why he never was a trash talker. His...

A happy scientific accident a couple dozen years ago led to Faulkner sending a seismic jolt through the holistic health supplement industry. Creatine, the most important supplement you can take according to Mark, is at the front of his business, but it also manufactures laundry detergent, acne medicine, feminine hygiene and pet pain relief products. The Nashville resident (and hockey nut) reflects...

Revealing that “God put that brown thing with laces in my hands when I was about 7 or 8,” one of the best- known Tennessee sports figures continues to have football a focal point of his life. But there’s so much more including seven grandchildren (All call him Jeff). With 173 wins in nearly 20 NFL seasons, the California native turned Tennessee ambassador reflects on the early days of trying to st...

Little did the Florida native know that playing video games while toiling in the minor leagues would lay the foundation for his broadcasting success decades later. Inherently likeable, the former Vanderbilt University basketball recruit explains how opportunity and luck fused together leading to the Nashville TV and radio airwaves. Also, he opens up with poise and grace how he copes with the recen...

The 2-time PGA Tennessee Teacher of the Year continues to broaden his brand with popular TEDx talks, corporate coaching and two podcasts, “On the Virg” and “The Whole Pro.” While golf is a backdrop, he unlocks potential to achieve greatness for his clients, regardless of their career paths. He explains the nuances separating great people, and superstars, and why many people chase the wrong things....