{"id":16902,"date":"2019-07-23T08:13:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T14:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1809375"},"modified":"2019-07-23T08:13:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T14:13:49","slug":"the-dude-abides-by-jenny-tolmans-welcome-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/the-dude-abides-by-jenny-tolmans-welcome-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dude Abides by Jenny Tolman\u2019s \u201cWelcome Mat\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:678633?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">1m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Everybody knows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jennytolman.com\/\">Jenny Tolman<\/a> in Jennyville, the fictional community that ties all the songs together on the rising country artist\u2019s debut album, <em>There Goes the Neighborhood<\/em>. Now she\u2019s rolled out the welcome mat for the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Tolman co-wrote \u201cMy Welcome Mat\u201d with Dave Brainard, who produced <em>There Goes the Neighborhood<\/em>, and John Goodwin, who happens to be childhood best friends with Bridges. \u201cHe sent the song to Jeff, and he fell in love with it!\u201d Tolman says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next time John talked to Jeff, Jeff told him that he already had his band learn \u2018My Welcome Mat,\u2019 and they were going to open their Lebowski Fest set with it! As soon as I heard that, I was like, \u2018What do we do with this information?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ZnbSdtoc8o?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ZnbSdtoc8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>They caught a flight out of Jennyville \u2014 er, Nashville \u2014 and turned that tidbit of information into an experience she\u2019ll never forget, especially since it was her first time ever in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe night of Lebowski Fest, I remember being so nervous because plans\/sets can always change last minute,\u201d Tolman says. \u201cWhen Jeff and his band came on stage, he started talking about his Jewish friends and wishing a \u2018Happy Passover\u2019 to them. Then wishing his Christian friends a \u2018Happy Good Friday,\u2019 and I remember thinking \u2018OMG he\u2019s talking about different types of people to lead into \u201cMy Welcome Mat\u201d isn\u2019t he?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1064351100429638\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/JennyTolmanMusic\/videos\/1064351100429638\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Hard to find words for this moment but JEFF FREAKING BRIDGES PLAYED MY SONG. WHAT ? This was my first time ever watching someone else do one of my own songs, and what a totally surreal experience it was, hearing The Dude open his set at Lebowski Fest with \u201cMy Welcome Mat\u201d. It\u2019s pretty mind blowing how a little song written in your kitchen can turn into a moment like this. (Like what? How is this real life????\u200d\u2640\ufe0f) Thank you so much to my co-writers John Goodwin &amp; Dave Brainard for writing this special song with me. And thank you Jeff Bridges for helping spread this song\u2019s message to the world. My first trip to LA has been nothing short of magical. We ain\u2019t just in Kansas anymore, Toto ?? #nextstopJennyville<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JennyTolmanMusic\/\">Jenny Tolman<\/a> on Saturday, April 20, 2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>She continues, \u201cThen he said, \u2018I thought I\u2019d start us out with a little spiritual tune here, man,\u2019 and in came \u2018My Welcome Mat.\u2019 I was shaking, crying, and screaming with my phone in-hand recording the whole thing. I hit the woman next to me on the arm and said \u2018WE WROTE THIS!\u2019 I\u2019m pretty sure she thought I was insane but it\u2019s really awesome to know that it\u2019s down in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something I can tell my grandkids about one day because it was honestly one of the coolest moments of my life,\u201d Tolman concludes. \u201cI had never experienced seeing someone else perform one of my own songs, and I\u2019d say Jeff Bridges is a pretty good person to start with!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gqQwQrxgxHQ?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gqQwQrxgxHQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1809375\/the-dude-abides-by-jenny-tolmans-welcome-mat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 1m ago Everybody knows Jenny Tolman in Jennyville, the fictional community that ties all the songs together on the rising country artist\u2019s debut album, There Goes the Neighborhood. Now she\u2019s rolled out the welcome mat for the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges. 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