Wheeler Page #3

get you somethin' to drink?

I'm all right right now.

I'm about to go on.

Good luck. Let me know

if you need anything.

Thank you.

Whoo!

Yeah!

You sounded good.

That was a hell of a song.

That your song?

Yes, sir. Thank you.

You looked a little nervous.

Yeah. I played like sh*t.

I don't know what I'm thinkin'.

You sounded good, man.

You got a good voice.

You'd be surprised how many

people in this town make money

can't sing half that good.

You did good.

My name's Wheeler.

Wheeler Bryson.

Travis meadows.

Good to see you, man.

I was comin' here and I was

expecting to find a keyboard,

'cause we went to one bar

and they had a piano...

Man, it's a guitar town.

Ain't many pianos around.

So if you wanna play keys,

you gotta bring your own.

Yeah, pretty much.

Or at least be prepared.

Where can I find a good...

Like, a used keyboard?

Uh...

Somethin' that won't...

Probably...

Corner music's a good place.

Howdy.

How you doin'?

Hey, man.

How you guys doin' today?

Oh, hey, man. How are you?

It's goin'. All right.

Look at that hair.

Rock'n'roll.

Nice guitar, man.

$3,200, that's pricey.

Yeah, they're proud of 'em.

Yep.

You lookin' for a guitar today?

Actually,

I'm lookin' for a keyboard.

You got any good used keys

around?

We do, we do. Absolutely.

Different part of the store.

Yeah?

Yeah. What's your name?

I'm Wheeler, man.

Wheeler. Toddzilla.

Nice to see you, man.

Nice to meet ya.

It's a big shop.

Well, yeah,

it's been here a long time.

So what kind of keyboard

you lookin' for?

I mean, somethin' used, uh...

You know, weighted keys,

just a great piano sound.

Okay.

I don't really need any

of the fancy synthesizer stuff.

Okay. All right.

I think I might have

somethin' over here.

Uh... a guy traded

this in last week.

Oh, it's a Yamaha, huh?

Yamaha, p-155.

Weighted keys.

Mostly piano sounds.

It's in great shape to be used.

It doesn't have a scratch on it.

Really has a great sound.

That'll work for you.

What's this one run?

Oh, there you go.

Well, we got it for 699.

Normally, these things are

about 1,200 bucks new, so...

Yeah.

You think if I pay cash...

Talk to somebody

get me a deal on this?

We can usually negotiate

if you're talkin' green stuff.

Friendly folk from Texas, man.

My first time in Nashville.

Let me go run the numbers,

let me see what I can come with.

All right, man.

I'll just give her a test-out.

Sounds nice.

Sounds good, Wheeler.

Thanks, man.

Well, I ran the numbers.

We can do the keyboard

and the bag with the pedal

for $600 even.

That's a deal.

Cool. Let me help ya.

Get her up in there.

Yeah.

It's safer in the bag.

Cool, Todd.

Wheeler, thank you very much

for your business.

Thanks for helpin' me out, man.

Good luck to you.

Thank you, man. Take care.

Yeah!

What I've been workin' on

back home. I was tryin' to...

I haven't had keys, man.

Now I can make this song happen.

Hi, this is Jill.

Sorry I missed you.

Please leave me a message.

Hey, Jill, it's Wheeler.

Just checkin' in, sayin' hi.

We made it to Nashville.

Been here a few days.

Yeah, I played an open-mic

last night. Didn't go so hot.

I'm gonna give it another try

tonight, though.

Anyway, I'll let you know

how it goes.

Give my best to Craig

and the girls, will ya?

All right.

That ain't no Texas sky, but...

It sure is pretty.

Thank you very much.

Great to be here

at Douglas corner.

Thank y'all.

Hey, Wheeler!

Hey!

Hey, man.

You made it, man.

You sounded great.

Yeah? 'Cause I don't know.

I haven't done this

that many times.

Oh, no, it sounded great.

This is a great room.

I can't remember the last time

I've been to a writer's night.

I'm so glad I came out tonight.

Thanks, man.

What's the deal?

Piano and guitar? Wow.

You like the songs?

Loved the songs.

I liked her songs.

Is this your friend, or...?

Yeah, we've written

a couple songs together.

I'm Wheeler.

I'm Audrey. Nice to meet you.

You were awesome.

Love the songs.

Thank you so much.

I loved your song.

We were about to go

to another bar and get a drink,

get outta here. It's kinda

noisy. You wanna come with us?

Yeah.

I'm ready to get out now.

I'm gonna run to the head.

I'll meet you out front.

I'll meet you out front?

You comin'?

All right, yeah, I'm comin'.

Cool.

I'll give you more

of the history

when we get in here,

but it's old dives.

- Looks cool.

- Here, let me get this.

Thank you.

All right.

First concert, Hank Williams Jr.

In the middle of a cow pasture

in the south of Alabama.

Wow!

How about you?

Willie Nelson, 1981,

reunion arena, Dallas.

That's a good one.

I met Willie last year.

Come on!

Oh, I did.

I actually was on Willie's bus.

Get the hell outta here!

And I have to say,

it was the highlight

of my career.

One of the highlights.

Of course it was.

Okay, favorite album.

Ooh. That's hard, man.

It is hard.

That's a tie. That's a tie:

Kristofferson,

silver tongued devil;

Merle haggard, down every road.

God, those are great.

Mine is blue by Joni Mitchell.

I love... I love Joni Mitchell.

It's a good one.

There's some great songs

on that record.

Some great songs.

My mom, actually,

she worked at pizza hut...

True story...

When she was pregnant with me,

and so when she would drive

on her way to work,

as a waitress,

she would sing to me.

She would sing circle game,

which is, you know,

on ladies of the canyon.

But anyways,

so I remember those melodies,

so, you know,

she's very influential to me.

You were in her tummy

and you remember those.

I'm serious!

I know it sounds crazy!

I know it sounds crazy,

but for some reason, later on,

when I heard those melodies,

I just... I know it sounds nuts,

y'all, but seriously.

No...

I believe in that.

I think it soaked into my bones.

You got a sound like her too.

That Southern cross song

you sang,

when you go

to those high notes, I mean...

That's a great song.

You're a great...

It's a great song and you have

an amazing singing voice.

Thank you, yeah.

Buddy, you really were

great tonight too.

Yeah, you were.

I couldn't believe it

when you walked in, a piano...

On your shoulder and...

Oh, man, I walked in

with that heavy piano.

Guitar?

And then my guitar.

Maybe I got greedy,

but I wanted to get on the keys,

and then I heard her song

and I was, like:

"I'm glad I brought my keys."

"'Cause I ain't that good

on the guitar."

You really need to be heard.

You know who would

really like this guy?

Who?

Bart Herbison.

That's perfect.

Who's that?

Bart Herbison at the NSAI.

Yes.

What's NSAI?

Nashville songwriter's

association,

and they just help songwriters

and artists just comin' to town.

What do you mean, like an agent?

No, they're not an agent.

They just... what would you say?

This is a great person

for you to meet

that would help you

to maybe meet other publishers,

or maybe just connect you

with other writers.

What, I just play for him?

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