ROCK 108 Morning Show - "Barry Kerch of Shinedown"

And some of you have known I've been around for quite some time.

This is an individual that I remember forming a friendship with years ago when he was touring with Shine Down for the first run.

Barry, the drummer for Shine Down, my guest, and I had a conversation with him yesterday.

Barry, thanks for making time to hang out with us.

Man, it's good to be here.

How are you today?

I'm doing great.

We had just posted a picture on our Facebook page.

It was from June 9th.

2006, you guys headlined a open outdoor show at a racetrack locally here.

It's a picture of Brent looking back to you on the kit in 2006.

Brent's giving you a big smile, you're smiling back.

That's been a long, long time, not only a partnership, but a friendship too.

What's that been like for

you?

surreal to actually look back on and think how long he and I have been together, you know, 21 years I think at this point that he

and

I have known each other.

It had his rocky roads in the beginning, you know, everybody knows that Brent had some issues coming up, but what's nice to see is how great it's become afterwards, you know, having him find his sobriety and just be

the consummate front man and become a better person and even a better singer and songwriter as the years have gone by.

It's been great to watch his genius just grow.

And you know, what's awesome is that all four of us can still look at each other and say we're

best of friends.

We still all ride the same bus.

We got to eat dinners together.

Yeah, we argue like brothers occasionally, but we still love one another and have really still have a great time.

I can tell you that tomorrow I'll be laughing a smile with Brent on stage, just the same as that picture from 2006.

You know, if it was ever got to the point where we were just going through the motions, we don't quit.

And that's that's honest truth.

Barry, the drummer from Shine Down, our guest on Rock 108.

So the show happening Rock 108's 30th anniversary show with Shine Down and Jelly Roll.

That's happening next Tuesday at the Alliance Energy Powerhouse.

So Barry, one of the things that I've been noticing here recently is some people in our area are having daylight at their wedding.

What do you think about that?

It's crazy.

It's crazy.

I mean, you know, it used to be, I'll follow you.

It was played at people's weddings and was played at a wedding.

Daddy, daughter, dance, you know, those kinds of things.

And I'm like, when people come up to you and go, hey, we played at one of the life changing moments of your life, your wedding.

or at a funeral, because some of the songs have been played at funerals, it's again, humbling.

You know, you obviously are reaching people and touching people as they feel that attached to something you created.

I had asked Barry, I said, Barry, what's the mix of the old versus the new on the current set list?

That's fine.

There's a small argument yesterday on how to do this.

It's the more blessings we've had at radio, the harder.

there's only so much time you have curfews all those kinds of things so you can get get away with maybe a 17 to 19 song set so we did a 19 song set guess what we've had 19 number ones rock radio right yep we want to play some of the new stuff it will be look we want to give the fans what they want to hear so we're going to give them a lot of the greatest hits the songs they really want you know we could we'd be

killed if we didn't play simple man or second chance on that.

I know that for fact we took simple man out once before and it did not go over well.

So we'll give the fans what they want, but we also play a couple of the new stuff just to give ourselves the fun of maybe doing something fresh and new off the new record.

So it'll be a great mix.

We got the stage production put together last night actually was the last day rehearsals for this run and for doing the outdoor sheds and whatnot.

It is a cool looking show.

So with the 30th anniversary show, Barry from Shine Down, any final words, parting words that you have for P1 Nation, anybody that's going to the show, anything you want to personally tell them yourself?

Sure.

Two things.

One, thank you to you guys there.

You've always been supportive.

And like you said, been there since slide from the inside and to the listeners out there that are listening to this and listening to this radio station.

But you're pretty lucky because most stations haven't been around that long.

They go by the wayside or they get flipped or they get changed or they get their call letters changed.

I've seen that in this industry way too much.

And to have a radio station, especially a rock radio station with a legacy, that's cool.

So don't ever look beyond that fans and thank you for your support.

When it comes to the fans and the show, thank you for your continued support of this band.

And we always strive to put on the best.

show and production weekend because we know it costs a lot of money to get out there.

A lot of time, babysitters, food, beers, etc.

Gas, you know, all the things that are expensive right now and everything's so expensive anyway.

Thank you for taking the time to come out and we plan on bringing the best show we can.