DUKE: Well, well, well...looks like we're doing this thing for real now. Welcome to Red Dirt Radio,y'all. I'm Duke Teynor, and if you've been following my music, you know I don'tdo anything halfway.

JESSICA: And I'm Jessica,Duke's new partner in crime here on Red Dirt Radio. Duke, I gotta say—it'sabout time you got behind the mic for something other than laying down tracks.

DUKE: chuckles Youain't wrong, Jess. I've been making music about Carolina culture, writing songsabout this place I love, but I realized something—there's more stories to tellthan what fits in a three-minute song. That's where this podcast comes in.

JESSICA: So for anyone justtuning in, what exactly is Red Dirt Radio? What are we doing here?

DUKE: Red Dirt Radio isabout digging into the real North Carolina. The stories, the music, theculture, the history that doesn't always make the headlines. We're talkingabout everything from BBQ debates to tobacco fields, from NASCAR to new music,from mountain culture to coastal living.

JESSICA: And we're not justtalking about North Carolina—we're talking from NorthCarolina. Duke, you're from here, you make music here, you live this life. Thatauthenticity matters.

DUKE: Exactly. This ain'tsome outsider's perspective or some tourist guide version of the South. This ishome. These are our people, our traditions, our struggles, our victories. Andyeah, our contradictions too—because the South is complicated, and we're notgonna shy away from that.

JESSICA: So Duke, let'stalk about the name—Red Dirt Radio. Where does that come from?

DUKE: Red dirt. That'sCarolina soil, right there. You drive through the Piedmont, you see iteverywhere—that deep red clay. It stains everything it touches. It's in ourboots, under our nails, part of our DNA.

When I was a kid, my granddaddy used to say,"Boy, you got red dirt in your blood." Meaning you're from here, thisplace made you, and you can't ever really shake it—even if you wanted to.

JESSICA: And you don't wantto.

DUKE: Hell no. I'm proud ofwhere I'm from. This place shaped me. The music I make, the stories I tell, theway I see the world—it all comes back to Carolina. Red Dirt Radio is aboutcelebrating that, exploring that, and sharing it with folks who get it.

Hey y'all, this is Summer, and welcome to Red Dirt Radio.

Now, I know we usually talk about music, culture, and the stories thatmake Carolina special. But today, we need to talk about what's happening rightnow across North Carolina—because folks, this snowstorm is serious.

`For those of you listening from other parts of the country, you might bethinking, "It's just snow. What's the big deal?" But here's what youneed to understand about North Carolina and winter weather: we don't get thisoften, and when we do, it hits different.

We're not Minnesota. We're not upstate New York. We don't have fleets ofsnowplows on standby. Most people down here don't own snow tires. A lot of ushave never driven in more than a dusting.

And right now? We're getting hammered.

Let me paint the picture of what's happening across the state.

The mountains—Asheville, Boone, Banner Elk—they're used to snow. They getit every winter. But even they're saying this one's bad. We're talking feet ofsnow in some areas. Drifts that are burying cars. Roads that are completelyimpassable.

Then you've got the Piedmont—Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Durham.These cities are grinding to a halt. Interstates are shut down. Accidentseverywhere. People stranded. Schools closed, businesses closed, power outagesspreading.

And the coast? Places like Wilmington and the Outer Banks that almostnever see significant snow? They're getting slammed too. Ice is coatingeverything. Bridges are closed. Ferries aren't running.

This storm doesn't care what part of North Carolina you're in. It'shitting all of us.

Here's what makes this particularly dangerous in the South: we're notbuilt for this.

Hey y'all, welcome back to Red Dirt Radio, where we dig deep intoCarolina culture, music, and everything that makes the South unique. I'mSummer, and today we're talking about something that's shaking up the musicscene in a way nobody saw coming.

Duke Teynor just dropped something that's got people asking..."Wait, did he really just do that?"

The track is called "Backroads Bass Drop," and it's unlikeanything you've heard before. Duke took his Carolina Outlaw Soul roots—thatSouthern Hip Hop meets rock rebellion we all know and love—and threw itheadfirst into the world of EDM. Specifically, trap and dubstep.

Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "EDM? Electronic dancemusic? That's club music. That's Vegas. That's not... us."

And you'd be right to think that. Traditionally, EDM and Southern culturedon't exactly run in the same circles. But here's the thing—Duke Teynor doesn'tplay by traditional rules. He never has.

So what exactly is "Backroads Bass Drop"?

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