 We've got a special guest in the studio joining us. And he's a big old boy. Yes. I feel so short, like shorter than normal, you know? Yeah, yeah. How tall are you? Really tall, 5'5", 5'3". 5'3", really tall. Honestly, I'm... He has hair taller than you. That's so true. I actually identify much taller than I am in real life, so it's a struggle for me. Our boy Dave made this happen. Dave, who we have in the studio. Ronion is here with us, and he has a song with us right now. It's playing on 93.1 to the age of 10-2's. That's right. And he's joining us this morning to talk about his song. It's good to be here. We appreciate it. Thanks for coming. Beautiful studio. Oh, thanks. Beautiful city. We think so, too. An unbelievable drive up the side of the mountain to get here. True it. That, ladies and gentlemen, was sarcasm. No, no, no. In fact, I almost got myself in trouble because we're driving up the side, and we kept saying, oh my god, just look at that. If you look off to the side, so finally I stopped. I was like, I stopped. I'm like, hey, hold on, give me a second. I get out, start taking pictures. Like, you know, Shane, we have a radio thing. But it was beautiful, I thought, before the sun rises. I mean, it's Pikeville's where it's at. It is. It really is. We think so, too. Thank you. This is just a great place to be. So where are you from? Well, I was born and spent the first half of my life in Charleston, West Virginia. It's where all my family's from. And I spent the second half of my life from middle school on in Portsmouth, Ohio, in the greater Portsmouth area. So like Dave. The red light capital of the world. Yeah, that's right. Now, wait, define red light. Well, you know, you got a good role going, cruise control sets. So red light, you know? Start up again. Those are the ones I was hoping you were talking about. That's it. We mean, now, there are some different things we could say about Portsmouth. We'll just leave it at that. What's the shortcut? Was it Rosemont Garden? It goes over there. Yeah, Rosemont Hill. Yeah, you go over the hill and you can kind of bypass it. Awesome. But well, actually, now, this is sad. I don't know how to feel about it, right? This is getting borderline political. But what's kind of sad is they are putting a bypass in from one highway to the next. So we are literally about to be. 52 to 23. Yeah, yeah, we're about to be wiped off the map. So for everybody here in Pikeville, you know, when you're making your travels, you're no longer ever going to see Portsmouth. You're not going to be required to go to Portsmouth. That's right. That's right. But hey, interesting. But we have some great things, a good community, wonderful people. So tell us about your current travels. I mean, obviously, you're doing a little tour here with radio stations and promoting the song. And tell us about the song. Yeah, well, we're promoting a song called Tattoos. It's a song that's really, really dear to my heart. It's this last album we put out is very much like a me album. So I used to be a middle school teacher. Very cool. Yeah, yeah. I used to teach history and and I did that actually in Greenup County, Kentucky, right across the river from. OK. And so I taught for a long time and and, you know, once I got a little bit of a break and was able to play music for a living. The realization hit me. You actually have to play these songs night after night. After night. Yes. And so, like, you know, so then I'm like, oh, my God, this is how this works. So the next album we made, which is called Eastwood, which is what Tattoos is from. I was like, you know what? Let's just selfishly put the kind of songs that I want to sing night after night. And Tattoos is very much a me song. I never expected anybody to latch to it and I'll be dag on if that ain't the one. Everybody. Very cool. That's just the way it works, right? They get, you know, it's like nobody want to hear this. But yes, we're promoting it. We are right in the middle. Again, me wanting to give back to young folks. We're doing a 25 stop, 38 school district drug free tour. Cool. Tell me about that. That sounds very interesting. That's very cool. Very different. So what is a drug free tour? Well, good question. So what it is is, you know, I never thought that the drug free movement was something that I would be involved with in this way just because never thought it was something that I could personally have an impact in. Yeah. But again, I do love high school students and young folks are obviously where it's at. They are a future as cliche as that is. And so I was invited to play a rally, a drug free rally. And then I thought, oh, man, this is going to be a long day. Right, right. And I got there and I immediately was like, oh my god, I was so moved by seeing these young people because the skeptic in me was like, they're just skipping class. But then I saw how sincere they were. And like the high school quarterback was there hand in hand. And literally every type of student you could imagine was there supporting each other. And they were giving their testimonies about how the drug epidemic has affected their life. So nonetheless, I saw how sincere and wonderful the drug free clubs of America was. You kind of get ahold of the fact it was a real deal. Yeah. And they're based out of Cincinnati, again, Ohio guy. So I knew that we were going to have kind of this little open slot in the month of March beginning of April. And I knew it was going to be there. And we were talking about radio and, God willing, if tattoos would catch on, which again, thank you guys. It is. You guys have given me the platform to do this. So it all kind of the stars aligned. And I said to the drug free clubs of America, I said, hey, I'm going to have some time. I would love to go to these schools, put on a full production show for them. We bring in a stage. We bring in a stage and risers. Yeah, yeah. And we put on a full show for them. And before I play the song, Tattoos, we kind of take them to church a little bit. Sure, sure, sure. And I just tell them, hey, we're here to have a good time. But there is a message I also want to share with them. And so you're asking, what's this about? So it's number one, a good time. And number two, it's my opinion, my humble opinion on what our solution is. Because you can't just tell people not to do something. True. You have to tell them a solution. There's this awesome Jack Nicholson movie, Good as It Gets, right? Yeah, I love that movie. Yeah, well, there's this line where he's down and out. And what was me? And this guy's explaining it to him, like, oh, you know. And there's this great movie line where he says, look, man. He goes, I'm drowning here. And all you're doing is describing the water. Yes. He says, I'm drowning. That's real good. All you're doing is describing the water. So we try to give them the solution. So what I tell them, because in my life with the ups and downs, right, the only common denominator I have found where the dots connect and what's made me happy through good times, bad times is my relationships with people, my spiritual relationship with the man upstairs, and focusing on serving people, having a connection with people. And so that's what we tell them. We go in and we say, hey, focus on your relationships. Don't hit like on social media. Be there for them. Talk to them. And I tell them, hey, we have a purpose. And so what we encourage them to do is have a purpose-driven life. And in my opinion, our purpose, each one of us, is to serve each other. And so that's what we're encouraging the kids to do is to not wait to be served, but to serve others and be there for each other. And I think if they do that, once we start connecting with our purpose, I think we stop reaching for things to fill that void. Sure. And it probably would remedy a number of things, not just maybe even drug abuse, maybe even some bullying and things like that. Oh, my gosh, man. For sure. And it's so cool that you said that, because that's been brought up is what you said. There's more things than just drug use and self-harm, bullying. You name it, and you nailed it. I mean, there's just so many things that I think comes out of people not feeling connected to each other. Exactly. Once you don't feel that other people are human and there's not a connection, I mean, it's just bad for you. It's bad for everyone. Absolutely. Every now and then put phone down. Yeah, put the phone down. Pick a guitar up, right? By the way, did you bring a guitar? We did, bro. All right. Where is it at? That's right, yeah. I'm ready to hear this. I feel like Ron Burgundy. Oh, I'm not prepared. Oh, here we go. There you go. Oh, here's my guitar. You're in a room full of them. Who brings a trident? Right, right, right. Actually, my flute player is right in the hall. Oh, come on out, no. Come on down. Right, yeah. That's all we got. What are you going to sing for us? So if we're playing a song, well, Dave, would you like us to play tattoos? Yeah, go ahead. We can play something different. We can do tattoos. Tattoos? Yeah. Well, here is the song that we're promoting. And again, I want to thank y'all and Country Radio for giving us the platform to do this school tour. And the kids, they don't want to hear somebody via their basement. No. They're excited to have somebody with a little sun going. Anyway, this song is very special to me. It's called Tattoos, a song about second chances. Walking through the parking lot to the grocery store. I saw a woman walking up. I smiled and grabbed the door. But she won't look at me in the eye. And that don't come as no surprise today. Some damn near covered head to toe. We think I picked up on the road. And a couple of that I got done in the pen. And I see the way they look away when I come walking through. You wouldn't think I'd feel a thing, but sometimes I still do. But I promise that these old tattoos haunt me more than they scare you. But I'll still wear them proud every day. These old tattoos remind me of the sins of the good Lord washed away, good Lord washed away. This one here's the very first. I got it just 14. I got it when my name had passed. The only one that cared about me. And after that, all I had was the bottle and cocaine to feel love. So on that day, I hit the road. Just a lost and wondering soul. And painted that whole journey on my skin. And I see the way they look away when I come walking through. You wouldn't think I'd feel a thing, but sometimes I still do. But I promise that these old tattoos haunt me more than they scare you. But I'll still wear them proud every day. These old tattoos remind me of the sins of the good Lord washed away. Most were done with the smell of whiskey on my breath. And even though I was numb and sad, I could feel it on my flesh. Most I can't remember. But the one thing I can't seem to forget is when I see the way they look away when I come walking through. You wouldn't think I'd feel a thing, but sometimes I still do. But I promise that these old tattoos haunt me more than they scare you. But I'll still wear them proud every day. These old tattoos remind me of the sins of the good Lord washed away. Lord washed away. I loved it. Awesome. It was even better in person. Yes, very sweet of you. I appreciate it. Honestly, it was great. Yes. I think that at least here, I know at Daybreak Morning Show, first of all, we love our teachers. And so I think it's so cool that you are a former teacher and that you've got this connection with the kids anyway. And what a great, great, great message that you're getting out there for them. We look forward to seeing you just soar. I'm sure you think. Well, thank you. Positive that you will. That's sweet. I appreciate that. That's way better than the alternative. I appreciate that so much. And it's a joy to be here. And yeah, I feel, I guess I still feel like a teacher at heart. So that's very sweet of you guys to express your support of teachers. They need it. They need it. All the people in the classroom need it. We know what West Virginia has went through. And I tell you starting to go through it now. We're doing it here now. And I tell you, man, teachers, I've always said you don't go to school that long to make what you do because you don't love kids. No, that's right. They love what they do. It's a God bless them. Yes, absolutely. After that performance, we forgive you for the whole Ohio thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll overlook it. Thank you. Shane, if someone wants to get your song or learn more about everything that's going on with you, where do they need to go? You know, you can find me about anywhere by looking up Shane Runyon. And my last name is spelled like Union with an R. R-U-N-I-O-N. So you can find me, Shanerunyon.com. Everything is at Shane Runyon Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. But my MySpace is at, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We want to hear about your MySpace. You know, I've forgotten what that handle is. Did you go through a golf phase that we can, like, find some, like, pictures of you, like, on MySpace, you know? You know, I actually, believe it or not, right before I started teaching, I had hair down to my shoulders. Was it? So I didn't have a golf stage, but I definitely had my, like, hippie. We, like, spent a summer in the Outer Banks playing music, starving to death, you know? So that was my weird thing. No, you did it right. Yeah. No, I didn't do that. You didn't do that? It's one of my favorite places. Some John Mayer. Come on, give me some. No, what? No. Did we just lose the thing? Yeah, we did. We had a thing. Oh, man. Next, he's going to tell me he likes Phil Collins, and then it's like, done, done. Oh, no, he's done. This is my favorite part. Well, we're so glad that you came today. Thank you so much. By the way, this thing doesn't work out. You've got a killer set of pipes. I think he's got a future in radio. I know. Thanks, man. I've been thinking that the whole time. He was on a roll there for a half a second. Well, thanks, man. Yeah. I'll be a guest part of the team any day. Anytime we're rolling through Pikeville. Perfect. You're welcome back any time. Absolutely. Thanks, brother. Anytime. It's 7.36, and we need to take a break and a caller. 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