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Brent Cobb had quite the wild night at the Grammys in 2018. Brent Cobb stopped by the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk about mentoring Luke Combs and the Red Clay Strays and watching them take off, how his songs have ended up in Yellowstone and Landman, how his young son inspired him to release his rock record Ain’t Rocked In A While, how his incredibly talented cousin, producer Dave Cobb, produced his very first album, a story about how Tyler Childers once opened for him and much more. Though he might not be a household name (at least in some house holds), Brent Cobb is someone that everyone should know. He’s an uberly talented and endlessly versatile artist that has released songs in the Americana, country and rock and roll spaces. Cobb has even scored a Grammy Nomination for his 2016 album Shine On Rainy Day. It was nominated for a “Best American Album Award” at the 60th Annual Grammys. The day he found out about that is one that he’ll never forget. Cobb says he was out on tour when his manager at the time gave him the call and told him the good news… and he didn’t really know how to take it at first: “I was on tour, it might have been that tour I took Colter on. I was somewhere in the U.K., I’m pretty sure, and my manager called me and said, ‘Hey ol’ boy, just letting you know, ‘Shine On Rainy Day’ is nominated for a Grammy.’ I was like, ‘Damn, alright. That’s wild.'” What do you do when your album is nominated for a Grammy? You go to the Grammys, of course! Brent Cobb saw it as an incredible opportunity, and he and his wife, Layne, traveled to New York City for the highly esteemed ceremony. It was the first time that Brent Cobb’s wife had ever been to the Big Apple. They were incredibly grateful to be there… but they couldn’t find a place to smoke a cigarette: “Me and my wife went… you can’t not go to the Grammys when you get nominated… It was the only time, I think, that they had the Grammys in New York instead of Los Angeles. Me and my wife went up there, and we were trying to find a place where you could smoke. You can’t smoke anywhere. And also, you couldn’t order anymore beer when the taping started. So we had one beer a piece, and we couldn’t smoke a cigarette anywhere.  We sat in and we watched the first couple moments of it in the audience. I think it was at Madison Square Garden. And then… we left. We went back to the hotel. We got us a six pack, hung out at the hotel and watched the rest of the Grammys from the hotel room.” That’s hilarious… but completely understandable. Clearly, the Grammy Awards weren’t the Cobb couple’s scene since a) they couldn’t smoke a cig and b) they stopped serving beer once the taping began. So they went to a place where they could do those things, and got to watch the Grammys in a much more enjoyable fashion. And though they left the show early, they still hit up the afterparty. Brent Cobb says it was a very memorable part of the trip… even though he can’t remember all that much about it. That may or may not have something to do with running into Grateful Dead frontman Bob Weir: “We hung out with, let’s see… Nicki Minaj was at an afterparty that we (there for). I was hanging out with Sturgill Simpson and his wife. And Nicki Minaj was playing the afterparty. Bob Weir was hanging out. I think we ate a mushroom together maybe. Who else are you doing to (eat a mushroom) with? It was such a blur, I know there’s funnier stories to that. Me and Layne laugh about it, it was her first time in New York City.” @whiskeyriff Sounds like one helluva night. // Check out the latest Whiskey Riff Raff episode with @Brent Cobb now. Available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. #whiskeyriff #whiskeyriffraff #countrymusic #brentcobb ♬ original sound – Whiskey Riff WHAT A NIGHT. Though Brent Cobb didn’t come home with a Grammy, he did come home with quite the story to tell. You can hear more from the “Black Crow” singer by downloading the podcast on Apple Podcasts by searching “Whiskey Riff Raff” or click here. We’re also available on Spotify and wherever else you can listen to podcasts. Cheers, y’all. Audio Video The post Brent Cobb Recalls Leaving The Grammys Early, Hanging Out With Nicki Minaj, Bob Weir & Sturgill Simpson At An Afterparty: “It Was Such A Blur” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Paul Cauthen isn’t letting cancer slow him down. Back in February of this year, the country music singer announced that he was taking a break from touring through social media, and that the Black On Black Tour dates would be canceled “for the foreseeable future.” He had been touring in 2025 since January, supporting his fourth studio album (Black on Black) that released in October of 2024. The Texas artist, who is considered a modern day country outlaw thanks to his outspokenness about the current state of country music, decided to put himself and his health first. He later revealed in a lengthy post that he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and followed that announcement up with another message sharing he was taking a holistic route in lieu of regular cancer treatment: “I will not be bridled. I will not be told what to do. I have built this with my own blood, sweat, and tears. I am shrinking this cancer by the day. I have had to go my separate ways with a lot of folks because they cannot get behind my personal HOLISTIC approach to beating cancer. I am ready to be back on the road. I am in the best shape of my life. To all you promoters and venues that put in the effort in these past shows, I had to cancel. You’re the first up! I owe you, and I’ll be there. I promise. We will be back. I am sick and tired of all the people telling me how and what I should do with MY body. I’ve never experienced it more until this cancer announcement. Everybody is different! Everybody has their own right. I am behind anybody’s approach with their own will. I stand behind anybody with cancer! I will beat cancer. That’s final. God is good. Remember, don’t let too many spoons in your chili! I have just begun.” A couple of months after that post from Big Velvet, he was quoted saying that he was “whooping cancer’s a**,” As the “Last of My Kind” singer later mentioned in that message above, he chose to go a different direction with his cancer treatment – opposing the thought of chemotherapy or surgical removal. He disclosed in a podcast interview that he was taking a lot of different supplements, as well as ivermectin, fenbendazole, and methylene blue. Evidently, that’s been working for Paul Cauthen. That being said, some in his close circle have looked at him differently because he’s chosen to go that route, and he’s apparently been shunned for doing so by people he used to be close with. There’s a lot that went into his decision to not go with traditional treatment (side effects, losing his voice, etc.), but he never imagined that one of the worst parts about his fight against thyroid cancer would have been the pushback on the decisions he was making about his own body. But on the lighter side of things, Paul Cauthen is apparently doing well enough in his cancer fight that he’s actually been able to work on some new music. To think that he was just diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, and now he’s prepping to release a new album is rather impressive. Big Velvet was excited to share the news in his latest social media post: “I cancelled a bunch of shows this year due to being burnt out and sick…. I got my health right and remembered why I do this in the first place. I’m called to do this. The Lord has blessed me in countless ways. I turned my back, I selfishly chose my way instead of just listening to the calling. Thankful for all of you who made it out to all my shows. We couldn’t do it without you. Boy do we have some songs coming for you! Album is about mixed and ready for master. The band is hot. The team is tight. It just feels right. God bless you.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Paul Cauthen (@paulcauthen) We’re all rooting for you Big Velvet, and happy to hear that things seem to be on the right track and that new music is on the way. The most important thing is obviously Cauthen’s health, and the fact that he’s felt good enough to put together an album must mean that his fight against cancer is going well. Or as he so poetically put it, he’s “whooping cancer’s a**.”The post Paul Cauthen, Who’s Been Battling Thyroid Cancer This Year, Has A New Album On The Way: “Mixed & Ready For Master” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.