Wheeler Page #4

Yeah, you play him a song.

Yeah, I want him to hear you.

I really do, man.

And he knows

a lot of people, or...?

He knows everybody.

He's very connected.

It's gonna be good.

I'm excited.

Hope so. Allow me.

Hi. How y'all doin' today?

Good. How are you?

Doin' well.

Audrey Spillman and Wheeler

for Bart Herbison.

Okay.

Hey, you've got Audrey

and Wheeler. Okay.

Y'all can go on up.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Come on this way.

I'm followin' you.

- You nervous?

- I'll be all right.

You're gonna be great.

- Hey, Audrey.

- How you doin', girl?

Hey, Bart. How are you? Good!

Good to see you!

You too. This is Wheeler.

Hey, man.

That's a pretty good

music name. Wheeler.

Thank you, man.

Come on here and sit down.

Get your guitar out.

Thanks for havin' us, Bart.

I'm glad to take this time

with you,

'cause they don't call me often,

and I'm figurin' you've got

somethin' pretty special to say

in these songs, man.

You know, I just always

wanted to come here,

and I didn't know

what was gonna happen.

We got here,

I played a few things,

- a few open-mics and I met...

- Loved it!

Met Bobby and then Audrey,

and everybody kept tellin' me

I gotta meet you,

and I love that thing

on the outside:

"It all begins with a song."

'Cause I feel like my songs

have helped me

get through some things and...

If I can make some people

feel somethin',

I'd love to do it.

Let's see if they do, man.

Let's hear somethin'.

All right, then.

Man!

Wheeler.

Wheeler!

I don't know what to say.

That moved me, man.

You know, the biggest compliment

I can give any songwriter...

By the way, what a voice...

And artist...

Ah, thank you, sir.

Is that was personal, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was.

I felt it, man.

I'm just so happy to be here,

so happy

to meet people like you.

I mean, I'm not lookin' to be

a star, I'm just lookin' to...

Well, you may have

to change that wish.

I just want people to feel

somethin' from the songs and...

I'm so glad

they got this on film.

That was

an important moment to me,

even with these trucks

beepin' out here.

I'm so glad

they got that. Uh...

I didn't mind that at all.

Oh, Wheeler. You got me, man.

I don't normally do this

after hearin' one song,

and I wanna...

I know from Bobby

and from Audrey

what you're all about,

but I think I need

to call Jim ed, man.

It's...

Jim ed is...?

The eagles, Hank Jr.

He runs curb records.

Oh, sh*t.

I ran into him

a couple days ago and he said,

"Bart, we want somethin' real.

We want somethin' different.

We want somebody

different."

I think he's talkin' about you.

I know he's talkin' about you.

Ah, man, I mean...

Audrey told me the people

that've come in here

and played for you, man.

Just the fact of meetin' you,

I'm honored, whatever you think.

Forget all that.

Hold on a minute, man.

There's somethin' I wanna do.

I never do this.

One of our founders was a lady

named Marijohn Wilkin.

You know that story,

Kristofferson came to town,

slept on this lady's couch

for seven years?

Okay, yeah.

She wrote one day at a time.

Oh, and long black veil?

Yeah, Marijohn Wilkin.

I know who you're talkin' about.

This was the first

songwriter of the year award

we gave out

in 1969-70 for Kris.

This is Kris' award?

Kris' award.

Sunday morning coming down,

to beat the devil,

help me make it

through the night,

for the good times.

And let me tell you

why I got it out.

'Cause you know what was true

about all those songs?

They were real.

Ah, yeah, they were.

And so is that, man.

I'm gonna call Jim ed,

and... I'm gonna

help you out.

You got more like that?

Oh, man, I got songs.

I got a bunch, man.

I just haven't gotten a chance

to get in the studio

professionally.

I've got a demo tape

I can get ya.

Look, I love Nashville

and I love country music,

and we honor it and respect it.

But I think it's good

that you haven't been here.

Wherever Kaufman, Texas,

is from, whatever you felt...

Wheeler...

Thank you, sir.

Thank you so much, Bart.

I wanna get out of your hair,

but you tell me

where I need to be.

If somebody tells me,

I'll go to any meetin'.

I'll be happy to play

for Jim ed.

Well, get ready.

I've been seeing

that name a lot around town.

You got a little more coffee?

Yeah, no problem.

Yeah, well,

the hermitage was the name

of Andrew Jackson's plantation.

You know he was the first

president to ever have

an assassination attempt

on his life?

Oh, really?

Yeah.

He was comin' out

of the capitol in D.C.,

he was leavin' a funeral

or somethin' and...

This crazy Englishman

comes out of nowhere,

claimin' to be king Richard III.

Took two pistols

and fired 'em right at him.

Luckily for Jackson,

they both misfired.

I mean...

King Richard III had been dead

for a few hundred years,

you know.

The guy was crazy.

So they disarmed the man,

they pinned him down.

Guess who pinned him down?

Davy Crockett.

Jackson proceeded to kick the

sh*t outta him with his cane.

So they test-fired these guns.

Bullets fired

every single damn time.

Wow.

Yep.

That's crazy.

True story.

My breakfast is

always $13.05. Amazin'.

Well, I get the same thing,

don't I?

- Yeah, true.

- You had the Wheeler special.

I still gotta tune my guitar

before this meetin'.

What do you say we get movin'?

All right.

Yeah?

Let's do it.

All right.

Ah...

You know, Bart Herbison

doesn't call me every day,

and there's no surprise

that you're a real, true talent.

Oh, man, thank you.

Thank you, sir.

You know, Wheeler,

I really liked fever.

I'd like to know more about ya.

Do you write a lot of songs,

and how about do you play live?

Yeah. I mean... songs,

I got for days.

Live... haven't had

as much experience with that,

but that was one

of the reasons to come here,

was to not only

see Nashville, but...

To play some open-mics,

see where that took me.

Uh... but it's somethin'

I think I could get good at

if I had the practice.

But, uh... yeah, I got songs.

I like your sense of commitment.

How does this sound to you?

We do a development deal,

you cut three sides

in our studio across the street,

uh, with musicians.

You get a chance to experience

the creative process

and what it means

to work with other people

and to make a record.

Damn.

So I would get to play

with real Nashville players

and record a few songs for you?

Yes, you would.

Pfft.

Damn, yeah!

I'd be into that.

Where are you stayin'

while you're here?

Uh... we're stayin'

over at the deluxe inn,

which is a... a little place

right off Trinity Lane.

Hold on just a sec here.

Uh, Rebecca?

Yes, sir?

Is the lodge empty?

Did Moe leave and it's open now?

Yeah. He moved out

last week.

So we've got a place

south of town.

It's over there by Franklin

and, uh... great cabin.

It's a place where you could

write more songs, play music,

you just clear your head,

you could hang out...

How's that sound to ya?

Mr. Norman,

I wouldn't want to, uh...

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