Jim Casey talks with Walker Hayes about:
- being an “overnight” success
- how his life has changed in the last nine months after being in Nashville for 14 years
- breaking through with Top 10 hit, “You Broke Up With Me”
- raising six kids, with a seventh on the way this summer
- how close he came to quitting music
- working at Costco to pay the bills
- signing a publishing deal with Shane McAnally, who produced his album, Boom
- how Music Row can be unforgiving
- the catalyst for writing “You Broke Up With Me”
- being sober for two years
- the parallels between his sobriety and success
- releasing his debut album, Boom
- using the word “boom”
- not taking the safe route when making music
- the story behind his new single, “Craig”
Show Participants:
- Walker Hayes
- Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief
