In The Blind Podcast

Welcome back to In The Blind, the raw artist-to-artist country music podcast hosted by Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles of Love and Theft and filmed inside Riley Green’s Duck Blind in midtown Nashville. Unfiltered. No script. Just real conversation.
Episode 79 sits down with Oregon-bred, Nashville-based Max McNown…the guy who taught himself guitar, jumped out a Starbucks drive-through window, and somehow turned that leap into a career that still hasn’t hit the brakes. “A Lot More Free.” “Better Me For You (Brown Eyes).” Sold-out rooms. Festival stages. A ride that keeps getting faster.This one got deep fast. Max opens up about the scammers who came with the rise, the business nobody prepares you for, mental health when the wins and the weight show up at the same time, life on the road, family, faith, and why it doesn’t look like things are slowing down anytime soon.
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Welcome to In The Blind Podcast, where we dive deep into the wild and inspiring worlds of artists, entertainers, outdoorsman, and anyone with a story to tell. Hosted by Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles of country duo Love and Theft, this show is rooted in country music and the laid-back country lifestyle…a relaxed space where guests feel at ease sharing personal struggles, life lessons, and the stories that never make the press release. Episode 78 welcomes Filmore, the Wildwood, Missouri native who grinded his way to Nashville, became the first independent artist on Spotify’s Hot Country cover, stacked hundreds of millions of streams, and built a live reputation opening for Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, and Pitbull before signing as the first country act on Pitbull’s Mr. 305 Records.
This one covers signing to Pitbull’s label, collabs with one of the biggest stars on the planet, touring, the music industry, the daily grind, and the roller-coaster ride that is a career as an entertainer…plus what Filmore has coming next. Unfiltered, no script, just country artists talking in the duck blind.

In the Blind Podcast is a raw artist to artist country music podcast hosted by Love and Theft and filmed inside Riley Green’s Duck Blind in midtown Nashville. Eric and Stephen sit down with the people they actually want to talk to and leave the polish at the door. Careers, family, the road, fishing, mental health, and the stuff that never makes the press release. Episode 77 welcomes rising Alabama born Nashville based country artist Clay Barker, the independent voice behind tracks like I Can’t Be in Love With You, Drinkin’ Tonight, and Whiskey on Mine who is pulling early 2000s country into a new generation.
Clay grew up in Alexander City, cut his teeth around Auburn and the Southeast bar circuit, and now lives the grind of vans, late nights, and writing rooms. In this one they cover small town Alabama, fraternity parties that turned into songs, nights on the water, the reality of the road, new music, what growth actually looks like when nobody hands it to you, the goals he is chasing next, and the mental health side of staying in it when the wins feel slow. Unfiltered, no script, just three country music singers in a duck blind.

Join hosts Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles (Country Duo Love And Theft) for Episode 76 of "In The Blind." This week rising country artist Colin Lynch sits down for an honest conversation covering his Jersey Shore roots, balancing college with a fast-rising music career, the song that blew up, writing from real places like Sea Isle City, hitting the road, and how quickly everything has changed.
Colin Lynch is a Pennsylvania-raised, Sea Isle City-summered songwriter whose music sits somewhere between Zach Bryan storytelling and Springsteen-style Americana. After getting discovered on TikTok, he broke through with “4th of July Darlin’,” followed it with singles like “Mary Jane” and “Aida’s Smile,” and dropped the EP Miracles Off Exit 17. He’s been playing festivals, opening bigger rooms, and building a catalog that already feels lived-in.

Welcome back to In The Blind, the podcast shot from our studio in Riley Green’s Duck Blind. Hosts Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles of Love and Theft sit down with rising country star McCoy Moore for another laid-back artist-to-artist conversation, comparing experiences in the business, life on the road, and so much more.
McCoy grew up in Lakeland, Florida, where a chance meeting with Luke Combs as a teenager lit the fire that eventually brought him to Nashville. Now signed to Sony Music Nashville with his debut album Sunshine State out and turning heads, he opens up about life on a radio tour, the highs and lows of the business, the allure of Music City, what he does to relax in his time off, how he writes and records, and a whole lot more. Hit play, subscribe, and share it with someone who loves real country stories.