It�s not necessary excitement but gratitude but there is excitement. And at today�s level and with our fans that they like our music, so like there is a lot of hard work that�s put into the show and to make it at an exact professional level is definitely worth it.
Most local bands have played the area for years on end yet you have only been around for going on 6 years and some of your accomplishments include selling out the Pepsi-Cola Roadhouse, debuting #73 on Country�s Top 100 Billboard, and the only band to reach the finals in the Graffiti Rock Challenge Finals in its 17 years as well as other accomplishments. How does it feel to have this kind of success in such a relatively short time?
We aren�t really doing anything that anybody else couldn�t do. We will not take No for an answer and we won�t follow anyone else�s rules. We do things the way we best know how and put a lot of energy and excitement we can on the stage
Working with Bob Corbin, a man who has worked with country greats such as Alabama, Hank Williams and Kenny Rogers. He helped you sell over 8,000 records and has given you credit in becoming another great country band. How does it feel to work with a man such as Corbin and knowing he believes in you so much that he feels you can make in this business of big dreams?
To update that one a little bit, we have recently sold over 18,000 copies of our last cd and about 6,000 copies of our new cd which has been out for about a month. To work with someone like Bob has elevated us to a copy steps than we ever could have been. And to do some song writing and let us use some of his ideas, there is a lot of history to him because he has made a lot of good decisions and we enjoy working with him.
Not only are you being heard here in Fayette County and other counties as well, but hits such as �Hillbilly State of Mind� and �Mr. Right Now� have been the most popular thus far. What goes through your mind when you travel to other states knowing you have fans there waiting to see you perform?
It�s pretty crazy. Knowing that there is people who never has seen our performance and only know us by the music that we do is a great honor.
You had the honor of working with country greats such as Vince Gill, Diamond Rio, Reba McIntire, Lynard Skynard, as well other great artists. What thoughts go through your head knowing that within only 5 years of becoming a band you had the chance to work with such artists?
It�s been great. Trace Adkins had some really nice things to say about us in a magazine. It�s great to work with them but even better to know them personally and talk to them and find out some of the things that they did and learn of them. For example, two of our songs on our new album have been written by Chris Caigle.
You have been sponsored my major companies such as Coors, Pepsi, 84 Lumber and others. How does it feel knowing you have these big names supporting the band?
It�s great. You realize that the choices that I make and everyone else�s choices they make will stem off of will affect those companies as well and you have to take in account what you do will come back on them.
Prior to this interview, I asked a few fans how they felt about seeing PNH, and the responses �were excited� and �cant wait�. The support is endless and the dedication is high. How does it feel knowing your music has affected your fans in such a positive way?
The fans are the reason we do it and if you don�t have them it would be really pointless to put out cds and tour around and stuff. When there are fans such as twenty excited fans, it makes the show twenty times better or twenty-thousand fans than it makes it twenty-thousand times better. When we play a town and we know that the fans are as excited as we are, it�s a magic that can�t be bought.
In the business of music, not only do you need talent and dedication but you have to be able to entertain a crowd. When you walk on the stage, the crowd is electrified knowing that not only are they going to hear some of the favorite songs, but they are in for a good performance as well. What state of mind does the band put in their head to give them such a great show?
We do our own thing; umm a couple of the guys and myself listen to different kinds of music like Bon Jovi or whatever to get us pumped up. Just when you hear them announce our name and you hear the crowd roar, it�s an instant adrenaline rush.
What do you think your greatest accomplish have been as a band and on a personal level as well?
As a band, walking out of Jamboree In The Hills, which is a venue about 50,000 people come to and being called One of the Best Performances that has been there all week, but of course it was in front of pretty much our home crowd so of course we are going to get that. When we got emails from people we didn�t even know writing to tell us that we really put on a show that makes us feel good. Selling out venues and getting a documentary put on TV and spread across the nation and having concerts going on across the nation, those are accomplishments that we can just pass by. Personal accomplishments happen with the band and when the band accomplishes something than I consider that to be an accomplishment.
What kind of advice would you give local musicians that want to reach the level you�re at and the process of getting there?
To get to where we are at, music has to be the number one thing in your life. Of course you can have relationships, and other jobs and family and stuff that has to be presidented for. But for the twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you have to be 150% into it or your really doomed. To achieve to the level we are at or anybody has made anything out of it, you have to give 150%. The very big thing is to make music your passion and that you�re willing to give up anything for it within good reason. The thing is that your willing to quit your day job and stay up 72hours to play 3 gigs in a row and not to let personal things get in your way. Sleep is for people who don't want it as bad as the other