Jim Casey talks with Walker Hayes about:

• being an “overnight” success
• how his life has changed in the last nine months after being in Nashville for 14 years
• breaking through with Top 10 hit, “You Broke Up With Me”
• raising six kids, with a seventh on the way this summer
• how close he came to quitting music
• working at Costco to pay the bills
• signing a publishing deal with Shane McAnally, who produced his album, Boom
• how Music Row can be unforgiving
• the catalyst for writing “You Broke Up With Me”
• being sober for two years
• the parallels between his sobriety and success
• releasing his debut album, Boom
• using the word “boom”
• not taking the safe route when making music
• the story behind his new single, “Craig”

Show Participants:

• Walker Hayes
• Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief