Episode 45 - Dylan Schneider

Episode 45 September 24, 2025 00:23:48

Hosted By

Ryan Thompson Austin Jones

Show Notes

Austin and Ryan catch up with country artist Dylan Schneider backstage at Tailgate N’ Tallboys. Dylan talks about his journey from Indiana to Nashville, the grind of early gigs, breaking into the country scene, and what it’s like balancing life on the road with writing and recording. From festival stages to behind-the-scenes moments, this episode gives a real look at one of country’s rising acts.

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[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign. [00:00:21] Speaker B: Hey, welcome to Tailgate Beers. We got Ryan and Austin here as usual. Hey, it's day three, tailgate and tall boys, Clinton, Iowa, day three. And we're excited to have Dylan Schneider join the podcast. What's up, boys? Dylan, thanks for joining us. Of course. [00:00:34] Speaker C: Thanks for having me, man. It's so good to be here. [00:00:36] Speaker A: Multi. We were talking early, like four years. [00:00:39] Speaker C: Four years. [00:00:40] Speaker A: Fourth one tailgating tall boys started way. [00:00:43] Speaker C: Back in like 2018, bro. [00:00:45] Speaker A: Multi time cruising along. First time. [00:00:48] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:00:49] Speaker A: Tailgate beers. [00:00:50] Speaker C: Yes. First time tailgate beers. First time tailgate up here in Clinton too. In Iowa. [00:00:54] Speaker B: All the rest of in Bloomington. [00:00:56] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [00:00:56] Speaker A: One was in Peoria and you did the. You were og OG on the Riverfront. [00:01:01] Speaker C: Og bro. [00:01:03] Speaker A: So he has played Riverfront Peoria, Louisville Sluggers and Bloomington. Now Clinton. [00:01:09] Speaker C: Crazy man all over. [00:01:10] Speaker B: I mentioned it earlier and I met you at three years ago, I guess it was now Bloomington and we were playing some. Some beer darts out in the campground. My daughter Cambria loves you and fell in love with you that day. She was there and got to see on stage gave her some positive attention there too. So I appreciate that. [00:01:27] Speaker C: Hey, man, I love just hanging out and like that's what I love. The environment that you guys do here, it's so fun. It's so like about the fans and about the hang and like everybody can just feel like, you know, a regular person and have a good time, you know, it's not too like crazy. And I love going out and partying with people out in the campgrounds and everything. So that was a great day. [00:01:44] Speaker A: But now he's what, you're 25, you said now 25 old man. Yeah. So now and you've been. And what's crazy. And I was trying to think of this when we were talking about you coming here is and how many years you play the festival. So you really started cutting music when you were what, 16. 16 years old? [00:02:03] Speaker C: Yeah, down in Nashville. I went down there from. I'm from Terre Haute, Indiana originally and started going down there every week right after my sophomore year of high school and just writing months.

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