What Took Him So Long? Jacob Hackworth is about to be a household name | In The Blind Ep. 82

In The Blind is the raw country music and lifestyle podcast filmed inside Riley Green’s Duck Blind in midtown Nashville. Hosts Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles of platinum selling duo Love and Theft sit down artist to artist for unfiltered talks on the music, the road, family, and real life. This week’s guest is Dustin Lolli, lead singer of Christian rock band Sanctus Real. The Toledo band has stacked eight No. 1 songs, a Dove Award, and Grammy nominations on hits like “Lead Me,” “I’m Not Alright,” and the platinum single “Confidence.” Dustin stepped in after years as a worship leader, and nearly a decade later the band is writing and releasing on their own terms. We talked about the wild turn Christian culture has taken in recent years and how that has hit his ministry and the music he is writing and releasing. In a world fueled by cancel culture, this one may ruffle a few feathers. It is an honest and raw conversation about the modern day church, modern day Christian music, and the culture that comes with it. An interesting perspective for a country music podcast. Tune in, like and subscribe, and share it with a friend who needs to hear it. 🦆

In The Blind is the raw country music and lifestyle podcast filmed inside Riley Green’s Duck Blind in midtown Nashville. Hosts Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles of platinum selling duo Love and Theft sit down artist to artist for unfiltered talks on the music, the road, family, and real life. This week’s guest is Corey Kent, the Bixby, Oklahoma native who hit the road young, broke through with the triple platinum No. 1 “Wild As Her,” and built a career of more than a billion streams by refusing to fit in anybody else’s box. He just released Heartland Rock and Roll, the most personal record of his career and the first time he has put a name on the sound he has been chasing. We got into Corey’s brand new project Heartland Rock and Roll, the grind, how he has walked a unique path, doing things on his terms, family, mental health, the music business, community, and so much more. This was an incredible conversation. Tune in, like and subscribe, and please share it with your country music loving friends. 🦆

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. Hit play. Subscribe. Share it with somebody who needs a real one.

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.