{"id":1317047,"date":"2019-12-02T07:14:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1815218"},"modified":"2019-12-02T07:14:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T14:14:16","slug":"that-time-matt-stells-uber-driver-called-b-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/that-time-matt-stells-uber-driver-called-b-s\/","title":{"rendered":"That Time Matt Stell\u2019s Uber Driver Called B.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:682923?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\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n1h ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>No one forgets hearing their own voice on the radio. Country artists, especially. And even more so, country artists who are out of town. <\/p>\n<p>Such was the case for Matt Stell, whose debut single \u201cPrayed for You\u201d was released earlier this year. Because it\u2019s one thing to hear it on the radio in Nashville, but outside of Music City is a different story. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d heard the song hear in town,\u201d Stell said in a recent radio interview, \u201cand I\u2019d heard it back in Arkansas and that was great, my home town station.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then summer came, and Stell went to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEJs_Bqx8_o?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEJs_Bqx8_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe one time that I heard it though \u2014 I felt like out in the wild \u2014 is when I was in Vegas this summer. I got in an Uber and it was on the radio. And I just looked to the left and said, \u2018Ma\u2019am, that\u2019s me right there,&#8217;\u201d he said. \u201cShe gave me a \u2018no, it\u2019s not\u2019 look, and I gave her \u2018No, no. That really is. I just had to tell somebody.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we had a nice little chat in the Uber. Kathleen, I think was her name. So shout out to Kathleen. I hope you\u2019re having a great day in Vegas in your Uber in the line at the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stell may have d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu all over again now that his follow-up single is climbing the charts. Stell wrote the tune \u201cEverywhere But On\u201d with good friends Paul Sikes and Lance Miller. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love that song and I can\u2019t wait to get people\u2019s ears on it. I can\u2019t wait to share new music with folks, but I know that \u2018Prayed For You\u2019 is the reason that I get to do this stuff. I mean, it\u2019s almost like a one plus one equals three thing, because not only did we write a song that we all liked, but I got to write it with some of my best friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stell is on the verge of his first headlining tour that kicks off on Jan. 24 in San Diego, and what he\u2019s most looking forward to is seeing the back of everyone\u2019s smart phones. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a function of how many backs of iPhones that you see in the crowd,\u201d he explained. That\u2019s how he knows people in the crowd are recording him. \u201cI have to say that\u2019s the most gratifying part of playing it live. My favorite songs make me feel the way nothing else does, and I wanted to make that kind of music and see people respond to it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZR6LTQbjr7A?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZR6LTQbjr7A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1815218\/that-time-matt-stells-uber-driver-called-b-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 1h ago No one forgets hearing their own voice on the radio. Country artists, especially. And even more so, country artists who are out of town. Such was the case for Matt Stell, whose debut single \u201cPrayed for You\u201d was released earlier this year. Because it\u2019s one thing to hear it on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1317047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 14:01:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}