Tailgating after the event? Now that’s something that I could get behind. Australian country music artist Wade Forster recently stopped by the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast, and it was one heck of a ride. The Aussie talked to us about the first time he played in Nashville (thanks to winning an Australian talent competition), living a 22 hour drive from the nearest major city in Australia, being bullied for listening to country music when he was younger, and let us in on his theory as to why his thick, Aussie accent goes away when he sings. Forster noted that he thinks Australians and Texans get along quite well, which makes a lot of sense if you think about it. The “Cigarettes” singer also cut through the lies of Australian stereotypes, talked about his former life as a rodeo cowboy and rugby player, and gave his go-to advice for avoiding lethal creatures in his homeland. If you can’t tell… Forster covered a ton of ground in our conversation with him. But the most important thing he touched on was tailgating. Fans of Wade Forster know that his latest album is titled Gooseneck Party. If there was any sort of confusion as to what that is, the Australian country artist cleared that up… and included a very important detail in his description: “A gooseneck party is a trailer party. It’s sort of like… what do you guys call it? Tailgating? You all do that at football games. We do it at rodeos, but it’s after the rodeo.” After the rodeo, you say? Unlike tailgating here in the United States, which is typically done prior to games and thus has a finite end point, gooseneck parties get going after the event is over. It’s a brilliant idea, and there’s a reason why it’s caught on in Australia: “The cowboys don’t get to go out and party while the rodeo is going on because we’re rodeoing. Then when the rodeo is over, the shut down the bars like two hours later. We only get like three beers in. So we go back to the horse trailer and we stay up until four or five in the morning, drinking beers and telling old cowboy stories. I’ve woke up in some terrible states because of gooseneck parties.” @whiskeyriff @Wade Forster #whiskeyriff ♬ original sound – Whiskey Riff That’s one area where tailgates and gooseneck parties overlap. Though I suppose it’s better to be in a terrible state after a gooseneck party than after a tailgate… where the drinking leads right into the big event itself. Blackout after the event, not before it… And Forster told us that gooseneck parties were worthy of having an album named after them for good reason. The country music artist says its a time where Aussies come together like family: “It’s sort of a sacred thing down there, because we go and sit down and talk about anything. You can say, ‘Hey I’m not doing too well.’ Or ‘That was a good run cowboy’ and ‘Did you see this person is dating that person?’ It’s like what you’d do at dinner. Normal family stuff. It’s always a good time.” It certainly sounds like a great idea, and Americans should really consider taking a play out of the Australian playbook and moving tailgates to afterwards. I’m sure American rodeo cowboys do similar afterparties here in the states as well, but how about we start tailgating after concerts? After football games? Of course, designated drivers are going to be all the more important, but I could get behind it. To hear more from Wade Forster, make sure to download the podcast on Apple Podcasts by searching “Whiskey Riff Raff” or by clicking here. We’re also available on Spotify and wherever else you can listen to podcasts. Cheers, y’all. Audio Video The post Wade Forster Says Australians Tailgate AFTER Rodeo Events & That’s Something Americans Can Get Behind first appeared on Whiskey Riff.