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“That’s My Baby Right There” – Country Music Star, Stephen Wilson Jr., Created Dentastix… Yes, The Dental Treat For Dogs
Stephen Wilson Jr. has lived many different lives.
In case you didn’t know, the “I’m A Song” singer hasn’t been a singer-songwriter his entire life. At first, he was a boxer – as his father had trained him to be. Then, he went to Middle Tennessee State University and studied microbiology. After he graduated with his bachelor’s degree, he went to work for the MARS company.
Unaffiliated with space… rather, the MARS company that makes candy and pet food.
Wilson Jr. got into more detail about that portion of his life during an interview on This Past Weekend with Theo Von. The 46-year-old country star told the comedian and podcaster that his educational background actually set up him to be a scientist rather than an artist:
“I have a lot of training in science. I went to Middle Tennessee State University, and I worked at MARS, the food company, in research and development for them as a food scientist. I worked in pet food for them, which is based out of Nashville.”
Interestingly enough, Wilson Jr. says that he witnessed a lot of co-workers and higher-ups at MARS eating the pet food that they were creating. He said a lot of people did it to prove they were “tough,” which seems a little weird… but I’m sure it did happen.
Stephen Wilson Jr. never got in on that. He preferred to just make the pet food, and he actually invented a dog treat that you have probably heard of (or even tossed to your furry friend at one point):
“It’s called Dentastix Fresh. It’s still on the market. I see it out there. It’s for dogs. It’s a teeth-cleaning dental chew, very digestible. That’s my baby right there. That was one of my products that I launched from start to finish. It’s cool to see it out there still doing it’s thing.”
Now when you walk down the pet aisle at the grocery, you can point at the Dentastix and say, “Stephen Wilson Jr. created that.”
Theo Von was blown away by that revelation, and suggested that the country music artist should toss the dog treats out to end his concerts. Wilson Jr. was a fan of the idea, and even said he could take it a step further:
“I probably need to start chucking them out there. Just take a bite out of it and (toss it in the crowd).”
Wouldn’t that be something? Doesn’t hurt to promote an invention of yours at your own concert.
Though I said earlier that Wilson Jr. hasn’t always been an artist, he has been writing poetry and songs his entire life. He even taught himself how to play guitar, and was in a band during college, but he left that side project as he entered into his professional years as a product development scientist. He also briefly worked as a vet tech. However, the career of music always enticed him, and he was often writing and thinking of music while he was on the job.
At one point, Wilson Jr. finally decided that his life was meant to be used doing something else. Though his father’s passing in 2018 is often listed as a catalyst to changing his career path to music, it certainly seems like the country music artist was headed towards writing and performing in music before that moment. So in his late 30s and early 40s, when others are settling into their jobs or even prematurely dreaming about retirement, Wilson Jr. started freshly paving his own way in the music industry.
And you can hear Stephen Wilson Jr. talk more about that in the interview with Theo Von below:
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