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A fascinating piece of country music history may have been found in an unlikely place. A Redditor in rural Arkansas is making headlines after discovering a piece of paper indicating some kind of “Backstage Rule List” for country music icon, Carrie Underwood, inside a long-abandoned music venue. If you’ve never experienced the wonderful world of Reddit, you are missing out. The website that can best be described as an internet sounding board is always capable of creating or presenting a viral moment, and right now, the sub-Reddit “r/FoundPaper” is having a moment thanks to a piece of paper that someone found in an abandoned nightclub. What’s so special about this list? It gives strict and detailed instructions to keep alcohol away from Carrie Underwood. The Redditor says he was exploring a building that used to be the called “The North 40” in Russellville, Arkansas when he came across this paper. It’s titled at the top “Rules for Carrie Underwood,” and then proceeds to list eight steps that all basically revolve around Underwood not needing to partake or even be around alcoholic beverages. That’s easier said than done in a nightclub. The paper makes it very clear that all of these rules are enforced by the ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control), and lays out these guidelines for Carrie Underwood: -An adult should be with her at all times -Carrie can’t go to bar or dance floor -She’s only to drink Coke or Water -No alcohol allowed at the table she’s sitting at -No drinks are to be on stage when she’s performing -She’s allowed to sign pictures or anything else as long as an adult is with her A Redditor found a staff instruction on how everybody should prevent Carrie Underwood from touching alcohol from an abandoned nightclub pic.twitter.com/MrB8mhR1Ou — Joon (@CATBOYBOSS) January 14, 2026 Sounds like DJ Dave liked to run a tight ship (the last instruction says any questions should be directed towards DJ Dave). As you might imagine, that piece of paper has rocketed up to the top of the “r/FoundPaper” subreddit, and has even gotten a lot of attention online. Why would a paper like that, which is basically making sure that country music superstar Carrie Underwood doesn’t drink or have an alcoholic beverage even in reach, exist? Well… the explanation is probably more mundane than social media sleuths would wish. Based upon those instructions, one could easily assume that Carrie Underwood was underage at the time of her performance at The North 40 nightclub. That would explain why she “needed an adult” with her at all times, and why it was strongly suggested to keep all drinks away from her. And ABC undoubtedly represents the Alcoholic Beverage Control, and not the TV network (American Idol was on FOX when Carrie won back in 2005). Since Carrie turned 21 in 2004, and started performing even before then, this was likely a performance from before she was the legal drinking age. Underwood was actually 21-years-old when she auditioned for and eventually won the fourth season of American Idol. So if she did perform at The North 40, and this paper is legit, Carrie was probably on the rise and gaining traction in her music career… but it was still prior to her time on American Idol. Carrie actually went to Nashville and auditioned for Capitol Records when she was just 14 years old, and Russellville, Arkansas, is only a couple hours from Carrie’s hometown… not a stretch all to imagine she played a show here in the early 2000s. So even though it’s going viral, there’s probably a rather boring explanation to it all. And in case you were wondering, there were plenty of Carrie Underwood jokes and puns thrown out by other Redditors… here are some of the best ones: “Rules for Carrie Underage.” “Maybe next time she’ll think before she drinks.” “Jesus take the wheel at all times.” “Surprised ‘DO NOT let her anywhere near my pretty little souped-up four wheel drive’ isn’t on there.” “And by all that is holy, do NOT feed her after midnight.” A little Gremlins joke never hurts… The post “NO Alcohol”: A Carrie Underwood “Rules List” From Over 20 Years Ago Was Found In An Abandoned Arkansas Music Venue first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Shoulda learned to rope and ride… Everybody knows one of Toby Keith‘s biggest hits, his debut single “Should’ve Been A Cowboy.” But did you know it was inspired by a real-life experience of watching one of his friends get rejected at a bar? The song glamorizing the western lifestyle pays tribute to the many heroes of the wild west, both real and fictional, from Gunsmoke characters Miss Kitty and Marshal Matt Dillon to notorious outlaw Jesse James, and of course singing cowboys and actors Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. It was released as Toby’s debut single from his self-titled debut album on February 12, 1993, and Toby said in a 2018 interview with Billboard that even in the studio he knew it was going to be a hit: “When they put that western baritone guitar on there, that’s when magic happened in the studio,” Keith says. “The session guys in the studio were going, ‘This song is a big hit.’ That’s what you want for your first one. I knew the second they put that guitar part on that it was going to be a single, but after a couple days, I was getting feedback from everyone that it was going to be a big hit.” He was right: The song would go on to become Toby’s first #1 hit on June 5, 1993, and has since been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA (meaning it’s sold over 3 million units). It’s become one of those classic ’90s song, maybe THE classic ’90s country song at this point, one that’s still covered by other artists and a favorite of pretty much every country music fan. After Toby’s death on February 5, 2024, “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” even re-entered the charts and peaked at #12, over 30 years after it was released. And according to Toby, it was all inspired by watching his buddy get rejected at a bar. As Toby recalls it, he was in Dodge City, Kansas – the setting for Gunsmoke – and he witnessed a scene that was straight out a western: “I think we were actually at the Long Branch Saloon or Miss Kitty’s Saloon — it was something to do with Gunsmoke. This highway patrolman who I had met on the trip, his name was John, he jumps up. He was probably 45 or 50 back then, and he runs over to this 25-year-old cowgirl. He was going to show that he could bust a move. She turns him down. He comes over, and said, ‘She says she doesn’t dance.’ About 15 minutes later, a young cowboy comes in — and off they go on the dance floor. Everybody was making fun of him, and one of the guys said, ‘John, I guess you should have been a cowboy.’” Tough scene for John. But the rejection – and the line from his friend – got the wheels turning, and Toby got to writing what would become his signature song. And as it turns out, once he started writing, it didn’t take long to get the whole song done: “I thought, ‘I betcha never heard Marshal Dillon have any woman problems because Miss Kitty was always knocking his back door down.’ I just started writing it, and it grew into Jesse James riding shotgun, and Gene and Roy. It all happened in about 20 minutes.” I’m sure John’s ego was a little bruised after getting turned down, but there’s no doubt that Toby ended up being thankful for his friend getting rejected, because it ended up leading to his biggest hit. The post The Humiliating Barroom Rejection That Birthed Toby Keith’s “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Will it ever be released? Looking back eight months later, it’s becoming more and more apparent that Morgan Wallen’s fourth studio album, I’m The Problem, is primed to be one of the most successful country albums ever released. From a pure numbers standpoint, it’s doing things never before seen in the genre. Debuting at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart, it allowed the Tennessee native to break his own record on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, as he charted a staggering 37 songs upon I’m The Problem’s debut. In the months following its release, it continued its mammoth success. Though its #1 streak in 2025 was cut short by Taylor Swift’s equally huge The Life of A Showgirl, I’m The Problem’s 12 weeks atop the chart prompted him to take home Billboard’s Top Album of 2025, Top Artist of 2025 and over a dozen other #1 spots on their year-end chart. At a monster 37 songs, there has undoubtedly been a lot to discuss about the album. From its plethora of #1 hits that include “I Got Better,” “Just In Case,” “Love Somebody” and “Lies Lies Lies” to the collaborations with Post Malone, Eric Church, Tate McRae, HARDY and ERNEST, I’m The Problem is nothing short of a marathon to listen to and further discuss. It should go without saying that nearly anything that Wallen says or does is bound to come with controversy. Beyond the obvious off-stage controversies that include arrests, bans following his use of a racial slur and more, his pure existence in the genre has come with a whole lot of scrutiny. Of course, this is thanks to his heavy reliance on co-writers (sometimes upwards of eight per song) and most notably, his heavy use of trap-inspired production throughout his career. I’m The Problem leaned into the trap influence even more compared to his previous work. Beyond his normal trap and pop-inspired flare on tracks like “Where’d That Girl Go,” Just In Case” and “What I Want,” Wallen would release two, for all intents and purposes, full-fledged trap songs on the record. The biggest and most controversial was undoubtedly “Miami,” which interpolates the legendary Keith Whitley’s “Miami, My Amy.” Upon its release, it received a bunch of pushback from both fans of the late legend and country purists everywhere. Despite the criticism, Wallen would take it up a notch and release a remix featuring Lil Wayne and Rick Ross on July 25th. The second song that didn’t get as much attention due to its length is the sixth track on the album, simply titled “Interlude.” Written by Wallen, Ryan Vojtesak, John Byron, Blake Pendergrass and Rocky Block, it falls in between “Just In Case” and “Falling Apart,” and it’s an admittedly strange addition to the album. Featuring the heaviest trap beat present on a Wallen song to date, “Interlude” only lasts 44 seconds and contains a handful of lines: “I’m why you can’t find love, I’m why the sh*t, don’t changeYeah, if we’re movin’ onGirl, we just keep movin’ wrong ways You’re why I drink too much, you’re why I love that tasteYeah, if we’re movin’ onGirl, we just keep movin’ wrong ways I’m why the sh*t don’t changeYeah, if we’re movin’ on” Since its release, there has been a ton of speculation surrounding the track. Given its length and unfinished nature, many fans theorized that it was part of an even longer song, with some going as far as to claim that it was part of a feature with superstar rapper Drake due to their frequent appearances and references to each other throughout the years. Morgan furthered that speculation last spring with this tweet: Noted https://t.co/tgxmMiaHmF — morgan wallen (@MorganWallen) May 22, 2025 With the release of his limited edition I’m The Problem CD Zine (or in other words, a book) celebrating the album last month, it was confirmed that “Interlude” is, in fact, part of a longer song. In one of the interviews, titled “New Kid On Music Row” featured in the zine, co-writer, Blake Pendergrass, would note that “Interlude” is actually the ending of another song titled “Wrong Way.” Pendergrass would go on to explain that they all thought the outro to “Wrong Way,” which now exists as the entirety of “Interlude” had “a little more glimmer on it,” thus prompting its inclusion on I’m The Problem. “Charlie Handsome, Rocky Block, Morgan, JB, and I all wrote a song that was ‘Wrong Way.’ The ‘Interlude’ is just the end of the lines in that song. Charlie, being rooted in the rap world, said, ‘Nobody in country music has ever slowed down and re-tuned the end of a song into being almost like an outro.’ Originally, the front half of that song slammed into that re-tuned outro. As time went on, I think that we all saw that the outro part of the song just had a little more glimmer on it than the song as a whole. I wasn’t there for the final decision-making process of it all, but they turned that outro into ‘Interlude’, which I think was pretty cool. It’s cool because there’s more to it than meets the eye. I feel like interludes on some albums are very unintentionally done, and this one was super intentional.”  As of now, there is no further information surrounding the possibility of “Wrong Way” being released in its entirety. “Interlude” ‘Still The Problem’ Tour Dates April 10 || Minneapolis, Minn. || U.S. Bank Stadium w/ Thomas Rhett, Gavin Adcock, Vincent Mason April 11 || Minneapolis, Minn. || U.S. Bank Stadium w/ HARDY, Gavin Adcock, Vincent Mason April 18 || Tuscaloosa, Ala. || Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Vincent Mason, Zach John King May 1 || Las Vegas, Nev. || Allegiant Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Vincent Mason May 2 || Las Vegas, Nev. || Allegiant Stadium w/ Thomas Rhett, Gavin Adcock, Vincent Mason May 8 || Indianapolis, Ind. || Lucas Oil Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Hudson Westbrook, Zach John King May 9 || Indianapolis, Ind. || Lucas Oil Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Flatland Cavalry, Zach John King May 15 || Gainesville, Fla. || Ben Hill Griffin Stadium w/ Thomas Rhett, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King May 16 || Gainesville, Fla. || Ben Hill Griffin Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King May 29 || Denver, Colo. || Empower Field at Mile High w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Vincent Mason May 30 || Denver, Colo. || Empower Field at Mile High w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Vincent Mason June 5 || Pittsburgh, Penn. || Acrisure Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King June 6 || Pittsburgh, Penn. || Acrisure Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King June 19 || Chicago, Ill. || Soldier Field w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King June 20 || Chicago, Ill. || Soldier Field w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King June 26 || Clemson, SC. || Clemson Memorial Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat June 27 || Clemson, SC. || Clemson Memorial Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat July 17 || Baltimore, Md. || M&T Bank Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat July 18 || Baltimore, Md. || M&T Bank Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat July 24 || Ann Arbor, Mich. || Michigan Stadium w/ Thomas Rhett, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten July 25 || Ann Arbor, Mich. || Michigan Stadium w/ HARDY, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten July 31 || Philadelphia, Penn. || Lincoln Financial Field w/ ​​Brooks & Dunn, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten August 1 || Philadelphia, Penn. || Lincoln Financial Field w/ Ella Langley, Hudson Westbrook, Blake WhitenThe post Morgan Wallen’s Controversial Rap Song From ‘I’m The Problem,’ “Interlude,” Confirmed To Be Part Of A Longer, Unreleased Track first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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