Chris Janson recently unveiled his latest album, 'Wild Horses,' and this week he joined Rob + Holly to talk about the making of his new LP, and share the remarkable story that led him to sell away all his objects of vanity.

The sixth studio album from Janson showcases the singer like never before, exploring deeper and stepping out of the shadow of criticism and control to give fans his most authentic self. "We made this album, and for the first time in my whole career I didn't have anybody tell me what I could write, what I could sing, how I could sing it, how I could record it, what I could do," Janson says. "For the first time ever, I never had that and it's the most freeing feeling ever, man."

Janson says he named the album 'Wild Horses' because he's always been one, and now he can finally roam the world like one. "Like the song says, 'wild horses were never meant to be tamed and wild horses will drive you half insane.' I know I've driven people half insane before, but they've driven me half insane and I'm just a free spirited guy," he admits. "I'm a real artist and I've always blazed my own trail but I used to have to be quiet about it. I don't to be quiet about it anymore."

During the wide-ranging talk with Rob + Holly, Chris talked more about the album, his hobbies, and shared an unbelievable story about how meeting a homeless friend of the family led him to sell away items he'd collected, like Johnny Paycheck's car and an array of expensive watches.

"I've never felt the hand of God like I felt that, physically and theoretically slapped me in the chest and I sat up in the bed," says Chris. "I had this really strong premonition over me and it said 'you gotta get rid of the vanity in your life.' So, the next morning after Thanksgiving, I sold the Johnny Paycheck car. I sold the Minnie Pearl car. I went into my gun room and I got all of the expensive watches that I've been collecting and coveting and 'don't scratch it, don't look at it, if you touch it, if I wear it, it devalues all the things,' and I sold them all the day after Thanksgiving, sold them all."

"I sold everything that I was collecting vanity wise," Chris says, finally sharing the unreal exclamation at the end of the story. "I got my life right. I got my heart and my body right. The guy I sold the cars to calls me on a random Tuesday and goes, 'Hey man, you know what? I just got this strong feeling that I need to give these cars back to you, so I'm sending them your way. I'm giving them to you.'"

To hear more from Chris Janson, check out the full conversation above.

Shaboozey recently joined Rob + Holly for the 'Friday Night Takeover,' diving into some "Good News" with the duo, unpacking his sense of style, and giving us a look into the making of his massive hit, "A Bar Song (Tipsy)."

"I can write a whole song in my head. Not a whole song, but I'll have the idea, which is to me the most important part," Shaboozey shares. "For like two weeks prior to that I was already kind of walking around thinking about, 'man, I wanna take a 2000 song and turn it into a Country song.' I was playing around with just different ideas, maybe 'In The Club' 50 Cent, who knows, I don't know I had a like a Petey Pablo song in my head. I had so many different songs in my head, like maybe there was a T-Pain song in there, 'Buy U a Drank,' maybe, right?"

While making tweaks to his album, Shaboozey brought up his idea and began listening to tracks from the era in the studio. "I don't know how 'Tipsy' got brought up and we were like, 'Oh. This is the song. We gotta do this song.'"

After firing off phrases around his producer's bedroom, the song came together in just an hour. "We recorded it and it was supposed to be a demo, but it was just like the magic of it. We just did it."

To hear more from Shaboozey about his career, vintage clothing finds, and more, listen to the full conversation with Rob + Holly above.

During a visit with Rob + Holly, Zach Top talked touring and remembering lyrics, those never-going-away rumors that Alan Jackson is his father, and his 2024 hit, "Sounds Like the Radio."

"It's just a goofy fun song that, you know, makes you want to tap your foot, and two-step a little bit or something," Top admits. "You need those. You need the deep stories, the songs that mean something and all that, but that one's just a fun goofy one."

"It's loosely autobiographically based or something, I guess, just in the fact that I grew up on Country music," he laughs. "I don't know. I wasn't born in '94, I was born in '97."

Top's date of birth is clear, but his lineage is a little more up-for-debate, as the internet continues to speculate that Alan Jackson is his father. "It's more than a rumor. Hell, I've been trying to figure out what the answer is," he jokes. "My parents won't answer me straight. Nobody will."

"I think the only way I'm gonna get you a straight answer is in Fort Worth when I finally meet him, when we do that first show here in a few weeks, I'm just gonna go up and say, 'Hi Daddy, I missed you.' And we'll see how he reacts and I'll know whether it's true or not."

To hear more from Zach Top check out the full conversation with Rob + Holly above.

Old Dominion has returned in full force with their new album, 'Barbara,' a 13 song collection that blends the band's signature style with something fresh, and the most personal songs of the band's award-winning career.

The group joined Rob + Holly this week during the 'Friday Night Takeover' to talk about the making of the new album, the story behind the project's title, and dive deeper about some of their biggest hits and misses throughout their tenure as one of the top groups in Country music.

"That songwriting process is, it's an interesting challenge, and it's mystifying to us still," Matthew Ramsey says of crafting so many hits along the way. "We're enamored by it. So it is a challenge, every single time, well, most of the time it's a challenge. Sometimes they come out of nowhere, and they just fall out, and you don't really know how you did it. Those are typically the biggest songs."

Hear more of the hilarious conversation about 'Barbara,' Yacht Rock, and more by checking out the full interview above.

Checking in from a rainy day on the video shoot for “Bottle Rockets,” Scotty McCreery and Hootie & The Blowfish reached out to Rob + Holly to talk about the making of the song, the history of the band, and more.

Earlier this year the Carolina connection was made between McCreery and Hootie, as the singer invited the band in to incorporate "Hold My Hand" into his latest single, "Bottle Rockets." Between takes and storms at The Windjammer in Charleston, SC the GRAMMY-winning group and the 'American Idol' alum gave us some insight into the collab and the history of Hootie.

Listen to the full conversation with Rob + Holly above.

Tyler Hubbard has his hands in a lot of things these days, from his hat company to writing hits with everyone from Keith Urban to Nelly. The "Dancin' In The Country" singer slowed down just long enough to join Rob + Holly this week on the 'Friday Night Takeover,' to talk about all that and more.

Listen as Tyler talks about the making of a few of his recent hits, like the one that Keith Urban told him to keep, and the church parking lot story that inspired "Park."

"I actually got caught parking when I was 15 with my girlfriend and flashbacks were coming back from that," admits Tyler, sharing an officer stopped the pair in the lot that night. Telling the police he was "talking and praying," he was told, "I'm gonna follow you home and tell your dad about your prayers you're having out here."

Hubbard says he was grounded, "for like a month," but at least he got a great song out of it.

For more from Tyler Hubbard, check out the full conversation with Rob + Holly above.

Scotty McCreery joins Rob + Holly this week on the 'Friday Night Takeover' to talk about his song "Bottle Rockets," the stories behind a few of his hits, and how his wife reacts to his music the first time she hears it

The Carolina connection is strong on Scotty McCreery's new single, "Bottle Rockets," featuring a classic in its own right from Hootie & The Blowfish.

"The rest of the guys recorded their stuff before we'd even tracked the song in the studio," reveals Scotty. "They were like, 'we're already here in Charleston at the studio. Can we just do it?' And we're like, 'Well, here's the beat and here's the key, so knock it out.' So, it worked out and then Darius was in town from London, so it all came together nicely."

"I've been such a fan for a long time, but me and D have become really good friends over the years, and golf buddies, and fantasy football, all the whole nine yards," McCreery shares about his friendship with Darius Rucker. "We wrote the song in the mountains of Carolina on a little retreat, just kind of reminiscent on old summers and the soundtracks of those summers and everybody loved Hootie, but in the Carolinas, they were like even more, you know, big time."

After riffing on the song and "Hold My Hand," McCreery says it "felt like it flowed right into it." They reached out to their Blowfish friends and "they were all about it."

Hear more about the making of "Bottle Rockets" and more with Scotty McCreery, check out the full interview above.

Parmalee continue to ride high with their latest album, 'Fell In Love With A Cowgirl', and joined Rob + Holly this week on the Friday Night Takeover to talk about some of the standout tracks, and how their music isn't a perfect fit for any one genre.

"We couldn't fit the mold for what was happening in the day, we were kind of doing what we're doing now, but it was like it wasn't really like Rock," the band shares. "It was too Country for Rock. It wasn't Alternative enough for that. We were just always in our own lane, which we continue to be."

The band had management in the world of Rock for a time with players from Papa Roach and Staind in the mix, but it never quite fit. "These guys really loved us and they love our music and they just, they couldn't figure out where we fit."

Luckily it worked out for Parmalee who are continuing a streak of number ones at Country radio. Turns our their fit is at the top of the Country charts.

Hear more from the band during the full conversation with Rob + Holly above