Joe Rogan Hears Colter Wall, Becomes Instant Fan
With mainstream radio offering no outlet for many of the most talented country artists of our generation, it’s often up to word-of-mouth and social media influencers to help spread the word about artists actually worthy of mass consumption, and there’s few bigger influencers on the planet than podcaster/comedian/fight commentator Joe Rogan.
This worked in Colter Wall’s favor on Monday morning (8-10) when Rogan gave him a ringing endorsement. “Last night at dinner Jamie Vernon (Joe’s podcast producer) turned me onto this dude Colter Wall,” Joe said, posting the song art for Colter’s “Kate McCannon” on Instagram. “He’s legit as fuck. 25 years old from Canada, sings like he’s 55 and from Nashville. I’ve been enjoying his shit all morning.”
As Joe Rogan can attest, all it takes is just being exposed to Colter Wall and beholding the power of his voice for him to resonate deeply, and make you an instant fan. This is how Colter has earned the endorsement of multiple celebrities, including Aquaman actor Jason Momoa and others.
These kinds of endorsements played a pivotal role in the launching of some of the most successful independent country careers, including Sturgill Simpson (who is a friend of Joe Rogan), and Cody Jinks, whose shout outs from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and others helped him early on. Joe Rogan has also shouted out Tyler Childers on multiple occasions.
The big Colter Wall endorsement also comes at an opportune time. His new album Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs will be arriving on August 28th via LaHonda Records and Thirty Tigers. You might think that a tired old song like “Cowpoke” written by Stan Jones couldn’t hold your attention in 2020, and then you hear Colter Wall’s version.
Unafraid to apply his haunting, one-in-a-million voice to archaic composition without any modernization and bare accompaniment, Colter Wall is single-handedly revitalizing passages of the North American songbook most had completely forgotten about.
August 11, 2020 @ 9:18 am
Sou um grande fã de seus escritos Trigger, você escreve o que eu penso sobre todo universo da Country Music. Incrível!
August 11, 2020 @ 9:37 am
According to Google Translate: “I’m a big fan of your writing Trigger, you write what I think about the whole Country Music universe. Amazing!”
Also Colter Wall is legit as fuck.
August 11, 2020 @ 9:37 am
Colter is a treasure..
I never forget the first time I saw him live in a theater with 900 people. Everyone was so glued to him, not making a sound (except where applause needed and ovations. lol). You could actually hear the front doors out in the hallway squeak.
Let’s face it, it is the voice.
But people I would never think in a thousand years would be into the style and what he actually does, love him.
August 11, 2020 @ 12:12 pm
Much different than my experience, but nonetheless sounds as enjoyable as mine. I had the pleasure of partaking in a alcohol fueled, boot stomping, beer spilling orgy at a packed show in downtown Seattle( I know, yuck) amongst my cohorts on the dance floor as we all screamed the words to Walls’ songs. I very much enjoyed myself. Vincent Neil opened for him and received much the same welcome.
August 12, 2020 @ 1:36 am
Same here, but only like 5-600 people I think. No one made a sound while listening to his stories, except for two drunk retards who were nicely told to shut the fuck up after two or three songs. One of the best concerts I’ve ever been at. It was all about the songs, not the show/hyping the crowd.
August 11, 2020 @ 9:52 am
Yeah, this is great exposure for Colter.
Now if somebody could just explain to Joe that Saskatchewan is authentically western but Nashville is not.
August 11, 2020 @ 12:10 pm
Big misconception Canadians can’t be country. Luckily, Colter Wall is helping to change that.
August 11, 2020 @ 1:10 pm
It ain’t new, either. Hank Snow, Stompin’ Tom Connors. There’s even a country music Hall of Fame in New Brunswick.
Read Yankee Twang by Cliff Murphy and you get the whole scoop. Country music used to be more regional, with multiple live radio programs in addition to the Grand Ole Opry. Then Nashville started mass producing recorded music, and that became cheaper programming, so the radio shows died.
The regional scenes struggled on. You can still find them in VFW halls in places normally not associated with country music.
August 11, 2020 @ 9:52 am
Colter is the bomb.
Just noticed what might be Colter’s Brand on the right side border of the album cover picture.
Had not noticed that before
August 11, 2020 @ 10:41 am
I won’t let Rogans endorsement sour my appreciation for Mr Wall. Honestly the two people I know who like him are massive turdburglars so it took a minute for me to give him a chance. Rogans endorsement does make me wonder if Colter is into some kind of pseudoscientific quackery though.
August 11, 2020 @ 11:41 am
That’s exactly what it means. Joe Rogan hearing and liking Colters music can ONLY MEAN Colter is a pseudoscientific quack. I just wish I’d seen it sooner.
Trying to find a list of music Rogan likes so I can purge my collection. Any help here?
August 11, 2020 @ 4:27 pm
I was done with colter as soon as I heard his songs in movies and tv shows. Sellout!!!!
August 12, 2020 @ 4:52 am
I mean, I’m not a Rogan fan per se – I’ve watched condensed versions of interviews he’s done with people I already found interesting, but I appreciate that Joe represents a strong and steady current against what most people would think of as common sense when it comes to media and culture. Generally, people conceive of both as being driven by teenagers and girls. Joe Rogan is by far the most popular podcast in the world and his primary listener-ship is adult men. He straddles the political divide in a way almost no one else does – I’ve encountered guys from both sides of the political spectrum who listen to his shows – and yeah, he gets into new age-y “I draw psychedelic mushrooms on the back of my homework assignments” bullshit, but he’s also a great interviewer who gets excellent guests and doesn’t give people he disagrees with a short shrift. That’s not common these days.
If this is the thing catapults Colter Wall, whose musical development, like it or not, is refreshingly distinct from even the folks he tours with and is therefore worth lionizing even before due consideration to the fact that he has the best voice in music, then I’m for it – and I can’t conceive of why other fans wouldn’t feel the same way.
August 12, 2020 @ 7:45 am
Remember the hissy fit of a demand that Bernie denounce Rogan’s endorsement? I do.
August 11, 2020 @ 12:15 pm
Trig,
Fun fact. By the end of 2020, it’s very possible that Jon Pardi could be the only artist in the mainstream scene with three number 1 hits at radio!! With Heartache Medication reaching #1 in February and Beer Can’t Fix in May.
Hopefully, Ain’t Always the Cowboy can get to #1 by December…?
Luke Combs should only have “Does to Me” and “Loving On You” being #1 hits this year (I assume his next single to be released this fall but it shouldn’t top the charts until like January- I’m assuming)
The only other artists that could get three #1s this year could be Sam Hunt or Luke Bryan… But it depends on when they release their next single… Luke has stated there’s no rush since One Marg. is still doing so well.
Just a neat observation.. (Also, you don’t have to post this comment.. It was really just between you and me – plus it doesn’t make sense under this article)
August 11, 2020 @ 1:49 pm
It is not an exaggeration to say that Colter Wall changed music for me. It was fall 2018. The first episode of season 2 of Up and Vanished ended on my way home from work. “Sleepin’ on the Blacktop” played over the credits. I immediately pulled over, went to the episode’s webpage, found the song and artist, and downloaded every Colter Wall song I could find. I was immediately a country fan again after basically ignoring the genre since I was in high school.
August 11, 2020 @ 3:45 pm
Unfortunately much of our great Canadian music gets passed over in the States. Check out Corb Lund, Elliott BROOD, Kathleen Edwards, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and lets not forget the originals like Ian Tyson and Hank Snow
August 11, 2020 @ 6:54 pm
Corb Lund does not get the attention and appreciation for sure.
August 12, 2020 @ 5:27 am
There’s few bigger colter wall fans than me
But that cowpoke rendition sucks
The cadence is weird, the emphasis is all on the wrong syllables.
And frankly once you’ve heard Don Walser yodel away on this one theres no going back.
August 12, 2020 @ 6:54 am
The first time I heard Colter Wall sing I thought his singing voice was an affectation. The way he contorts his mouth and face when he sings, and the way he speaks normally led me to that conclusion. However, I have grown to appreciate his singing voice, despite the fact that my hipster best friend (who has never liked country music) likes his music and went to his concert that was 60 seconds from my office and didn’t even invite me.
August 12, 2020 @ 6:54 am
In completely unrelated new, Hank Jr, Marty Stuart, and Dean Dillon announced as the 2020 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees today. That is a goddam great class right there. If anyone has any issues with this class, they should see themselves to the door post-haste.
I’m sure Trig will have a nice write up on this, but wanted to take a minute to celebrate some damn good news.
August 12, 2020 @ 7:15 am
I posted this on the SCM Facebook page, but it disappeared.
August 13, 2020 @ 10:09 am
I don’t care for his music, I find it kind of one note and gimmicky because of his voice, but good for him and country as a whole