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Rocker, I'm going to consider this like a mini live in the layer. It is. Can we do that?
It's a mini layer. It's a mini layer. We have had many many layers before. And tonight,
music seemed to find Jenny Lupine. The North Dakota native enjoyed life as a physical therapist
in gymnast gymnastics coach. But the music in her needed an outlet and her lyrics needed a voice.
Once she started, she couldn't stop. And now a staple in the Wisconsin Nashville and Midwest
scenes. Jenny Lupine is back to tell us about her last few years traveling and becoming an artist
of the month from Midwest music and musings. Jenny, welcome back to maxing radio.
Thank you rocker. It's great to be back. Wow. You know, we've had we've had you in fit to be tied
back in 2021 in our original studio. Oh, and then with Angela LeCarrie here at our studio
on university. And now here you are in our state street studio. Man, you've seen every studio.
Awesome. You have studio hopper. Which one do you like the best? Oh, this one. Yeah, it's the green
room, right? It's the green room rocker. Yeah, you know, and you're up above state street. It's
pretty cool here. Besides the snow in the windshield, what do you love about being back in Wisconsin?
By far, the people. It's great. Yeah, I have family here relatives and it's nice to be back around
everybody familiar faces. Jenny, tell us about how you got started in music. I mean, how did you go
from a gymnastics coach to a singer's songwriter? I mean, what's your backstory? I flipped.
All night for that. You know, what's funny is it's just a, I don't phases and stages in life,
gymnastics. I was a gymnast and then I ended up coaching it because I had a daughter that
went through the program at Manona Grove and I was just a washed up gymnast that they couldn't
find a coach. But then that season kind of came to an end because all of a sudden when, when
life changes and you start like a frying pan to the head hits you, you start writing music,
I thought I need time for this. So I guess I just had to choose because you know how it is.
You put in so much time to writing and playing in a band and everything. So I thought I'll try
this. So I had to put gymnastics on the back burner and start up with music. Now, how did you get
into music? Do you know, were your parents musical at all? They were. I never knew that I would be
interested in it. We used to go, they would sing at weddings and wedding dances and my dad played in a
band. He was a farmer too. So they were surprised when I started this late in life. Wow. How old were
you when you started playing guitar and music? Like 42. Wow. Yeah. So that just goes to show,
you know, anybody can start playing music. Yeah, if I can do anybody can do it. There's still hope for
Rob. Now let's see what we, I mentioned that we had you here in the layer in May of 2021,
whether your band fit to be tied and the band featured your songwriting partner,
Shane McCullis. Yeah. I'm not sure if you pronounce it. And he taught you how to play guitar
and he recently passed unexpectedly. Tell us about your partnership and how you've been able to
move on and grow as a songwriter. Yeah, that was very unexpected. It was quite a shock and he got
me start. He's an introvert, very quiet guy. And when we would go to practice, Shane would create
the riffs and I would listen to it with a pen and paper. And after I jot down some thoughts,
I would ask him what the song meant to him. And usually I got a shoulder shrug or a very short answer.
The answer nearly always matched what I had written down though. So anything that he was coming
up with as a riff, maybe he wasn't able to put it out there and into words. So he spoke through
his guitar and he wasn't chatty at all, but he taught me the first three chords and gave me an
old acoustic to practice with. And then he had just nod his head like, yep, keep going. I brought
that guitar one time back. He gave it to me. He said, here, practice with this, you know. And then
I brought it back one time to practice and he goes, he never talked to our league goes, don't
don't ever bring that back here because I was not good. Like I'll just do the singing and writing
and he'll do the guitar, you know. So, but I was grateful to have the chance to play with him.
And he had never been playing in public, maybe two times I think he did on his own. So it was kind
of nice for Tony Laskin and Shane and I to have all three of us be able to have that opportunity
to play in public and, you know, people could hear Shane. He's very talented.
Wow. I'm going to have to go search for the archive for fit to be tied. I'm sure I have that
recording. You have your guitar here tonight and you're going to play a song for us. It's not been
released and it's called Angel Goes To War. Can you tell us about this song before you play?
Oh, yeah. We'll have to get serious for a second. Oh, yeah. So Angel goes to war. It's like someone
else's decisions often affect more than just themselves and someone else's regrets always affect
more than themselves. When you feel pain coming on and you know it's coming on and you know
you're going to be enduring it for 24 hours a day, seven days a week for who knows how long
it's incomparable to what anyone else endures in your in your mind. You're the only one that's
going through it. And this song is like, God sees I can't do it on my own. My angel goes to war.
Nice. All right. Well, let's give Jenny a second. She's going to pick up the guitar. Not
not the old one. She was just talking well, but she brought her acoustic guitar. All right. We
have Jenny Lupien. This is a mini, a mini layer of Maxine Gradio.
Some rice sun said angels be with me today. In the nighttime I need you even more.
Angels watch of me. My heart has grown cold. Now my angel goes to war.
Oh, oh, my angel goes to war.
There's a pain in the heart all the time of regret and it plays with mine.
Did you want to go back and do it again? We could fix tomorrow. It's a new day friend.
My name people dreams through your eyes. What's this life supposed to bring?
Will you ever be happy? You're loved enough. Are you waiting for nothing to fill you up?
Sun rise to sunset angels be with me today. In the nighttime I need you even more.
Angels watch of me. My heart has grown cold. And my angel goes to war.
Did you see the paint did weakness? Did you hear the songs? Did you hold the sweetest one?
You may have everything still searching on and on to find the highest mountain and call it a fall.
Sun rise to sunset angels be with me today. In the nighttime I need you even more.
Angels watch of me. My heart has grown cold. And my angel goes to war.
Did you cry over me? The lock breaks and you can't seem to sleep. One more loss but this you chose
still gave a long road. Once in a lifetime, should life as the lifetime.
Sun rise to sunset angels be with me today. In the nighttime I need you even more.
Angels watch of me. My heart has grown cold. And my angel goes to war.
Jenny Lupine right here on Maxine Gradio. All this local live stuff is brought to you by the
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Rocker amazing live stuff feels so good in the layer the many layer tonight.
That's right. That's right. Rob we have Jenny Lupine. She's here. And you know Jenny for the last two
years you have been in Nashville and performing in Arizona, North Dakota, Montana, Texas. Tell us
some highlights from your journeys. Oh goodness. Where does stars? Oh it's just fun driving and seeing
on the landscape of all the states where you stopped at the Buddy Holly Museum. Oh that's got to
be cool. That was cool. That was in Texas and I've always liked his music growing up with that.
My dad sang that when he was in the band. And also going through North Dakota, Madora on the
western part of the state has an outdoor musical with this seating outside. You can take an escalator
of course it's closed in the winter. But then the slides open for the musical as you can picture all
those buildings that slide apart and then the badlands are in the background. So that was a pretty
cool scenic. I would recommend that to anybody in the summertime. Also going through Texas we got
to meet the late great whale and Jennings family. He has a brother still still out there kicking it
running a store. His name is James Jennings. So and then whaling Jennings niece. She runs
she runs the outlock cafe in Texas. We got to play there. That was so fun just hearing stories
about whaling Jennings and she said you know he sings the theme song for the dukes of hazard.
Yeah. So she said well when I was a kid I didn't know that was him singing. We didn't know he was
famous. That's always how it goes. That's just dad. Yes. Just so many good adventures.
Nashville in itself is you never know who you're going to run into. I had the privilege of being
able to record there and of course Madison recording studios are awesome too. But in Nashville you'll
get you know random people. I walk you with my guitar and they're high Jennings nice to meet you.
You you can put your guitar back out in your car. And again. Oh okay. I guess I won't be playing
on my own songs because yeah. Why would I? Yeah. But I had Merle Hagerts lead guitar player on a song.
That's cool. Yeah. And Ronnie Millsapp's flute player is just you just don't know who you're going
to meet and they are so down to earth and they're just hanging out at the studio. They're just hanging
out. They're not on tour this week. So they'll just come in and record on my song you know and
and they always want to get to know you. They're just very friendly. So those are some of the highlights.
Wow. From the travels. That is pretty cool. Now Jenny you have some upcoming shows. A March 9th
is the songwriter showcase at the Main Street Music in Brooklyn, Wisconsin. And you'll be a
broadcast with Mason Meyer. Oh nice. Tell us about your collaboration with Mason Meyer.
Well Mason Meyer is in the studio supporting me this evening.
Well we had the song called Back to You and he and I have had some roller coasters in our
relationship like some people do. He had written a song in his notebook. I had a song written
in mine and then we ended up putting those together without reading each other's material.
And we came up with this song back to you. It ended up hitting number 21 out of 40 on the 40 count down
on the country music charts. So we had a lot of fun with that watching it climb.
And then recently you just you were artist of the month from Midwest music and musings.
Well that was a pleasant surprise. What was that about?
Well they just chose me. Yeah that's like the most impressive, right? You don't even know
you're in the running and you get chosen and bang you get the award, right? Yeah that was so
thoughtful. It just gave me some compliments about coming and hearing some of my shows.
So they choose an artist each month. I was that was very grateful. Wow. That is that is very
cool. Well can we hear back to you? Well you can as you know it's a duet but I will I'll I'll play it.
I can't keep going back to you and don't want to. We both know love is so good. I can't keep my emotions
on this ride. My Jeep has lived your driveway for one last time. If we could find a way to change
how it is. No way both would have tried once again. So I'm making my move. I'm jumping this
way. Breaking this old pattern of love and order. Don't chase me this time. Just let me go.
I said the sun is shining but it's raining outside. You don't know what it said
to make me cry. Don't know why I say the things I say is emotions raised and held since an early age.
Frozen river running through his veins. Emotions raised and came sent an early age.
What can he do to make me stay? I guess he'll have to get down on his knees and pray.
We could find a way to change how it ends. But no way both would have tried once again.
So now what do we do? What do we say? Silence can be worse than words but I can't fight with you
one more day. Let's call it truth. Let's call our separates. I can't seem to live without you.
There's got to be a better way. Love me through my hard words. Don't drive away on me. Trust me when
I tell you there's no one else I'd rather see. That we could find a way to change how it ends.
Chase me this time. Oh, don't let me go.
Jenny Louvine right here on Max Inc. Radio. All this local stuff is brought to you by the
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Wow, that was really amazing. That was a good song. Now you do have you do have actually one more
song for us tonight. And we want to thank you so much for coming in and chatting with us
and playing for us tonight. We really appreciate it. The next song that you actually have is called
I never knew. And this one sounds a little intense. What's this one about? Yeah, I'm really good at
writing like sad songs or love songs. You know, the cheery ones are few and far between. I don't know
why but this one was a close friend of the family. We ended up losing him in a motorcycle accident
in Madison just writing on a sunny day, you know, just a fluke thing just swerved a little and
so my take on it was, you know, when your loved ones are just hurting and the person that's gone,
what would they, you know, what would they want to say to you? So the song's called I never knew.
Wow, I never knew. It's Jenny Louvine in a mini-layer here on Max Inc. Radio.
I never knew I would fly today. I was just doing what I'd love to do on a nice day.
You know where I am and you'll be here too. I'll arrive to lead us sooner than you'd want me to.
You ought to know that I love you so and I left and lived more than 20 years than I left
I'm alone. Oh, it's what saying to know me is to love me. I always had a free spirit in the best
family 20 years of that kind of suits me. I never knew I would fly today. I was just doing what I'd
love to do on a nice day. You know where I am and you'll be here too. The first two arrive
to this glorious party for me and you.
Oh, if I could, I would take away your pain and blow out those candles every July. I'm a birthday.
Oh, you know you raised me so well and God was there to scoop me up right before I fell.
I never knew I would fly today. I never knew I would fly today. I never knew I would fly today.
All I knew. Oh, I had to ride today. I had to ride today.
Nice. Thank you guys so much. Wow. Jenny, thank you so much for coming in to play for us tonight.
If people want to keep up with you online or find your music or this your hit song that you have
going on, how do we how do we keep in touch with you? Well, the duet back to you is under Jenny
Lapine and Mason Meyer and that's on all the platforms Spotify and Amazon and Apple Music and then
Jenny Lapine Music. You can find me on Facebook and also on Amazon. I have an album out.
And your last name spelled L-U-P-I-E-N. You got it. Thank you, Rocker. Thank you so much for coming in.
