But now, let's cool things off with some country music from Iowan's own Jason Brown.
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JASON BROWN: How are we doing tonight?
This is awesome.
We're back!
I'm Jason Brown and I play country music.
This is the song that started it off.
Here we go.
♪♪ ♪ Well, my momma was a rebel, my daddy was
a Yankee ♪ ♪ They got together and made a little hanky
panky ♪ ♪ My blood runs north and south like the
mighty Mississippi ♪ ♪ Yankee doodle dandy, and I sang Dixie
♪ ♪ I'm a little different, I'm a little odd
♪ ♪ You can't blame me, it was by the grace
of God ♪ ♪ He brought my folks together, two birds
of a different feather ♪ ♪ Six weeks later a honeymoon, nine months
later a delivery room ♪ ♪ My momma was a rebel, my daddy was a Yankee
♪ ♪ They got together and made a little hanky
panky ♪ ♪ My blood runs north and south like the
mighty Mississippi ♪ ♪ Yankee doodle dandy, and I sang Dixie
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JASON BROWN: The kind of music I play, if you mixed George Strait and Bob Seger together.
Traditional country mixed with some '90s country.
I don't know.
It's just -- luckily it's classified as country music, so I let it ride there.
This is to all you lovely ladies out there that use it to get what you want.
♪♪
♪ I'm going to stand my ground, this time I ain't budgin' ♪
I ain't sorry and I'm not wrong ♪ ♪ You tried that little smile, but tonight
it ain't working ♪ ♪ So you come walking down the stairs with
nothing but a t-shirt on ♪ ♪ Baby that's no fair, do go there
I ain't ready to give in ♪ ♪ You know when you play like that there's
no way I can win ♪ ♪ I could try to hold out, try to hang tough
♪ ♪ We both know I don't have a prayer ♪
Yeah, I love the way I lose when you don't play fair
I find my inspiration just from my fans, from my life.
I write my own songs, but I don't record a lot of them.
I have recorded a few.
And I've just been fortunate.
I think the song finds you.
I know that's kind of weird to say, but I just feel like I'm a messenger.
Unless I really relate to a song I don't record it.
A lot of people seem like they have the same frustrations, the same experiences in life
that I have.
So as I grow as a person, I feel like my songs also grow with me.
And those fans come along, and some of you kind of drop off.
But it's just this ebb and flow of giving a message of where you're at or where you
have been in your life.
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Thank you so much.
How many of y'all is coming to the 9:00 show?
We're going to play for a while, so you better take some energy and be ready to party.
♪♪
♪ Just got my paycheck, I say we cash it ♪
♪ That city limit, lets blow right past it♪
♪ Girl put your sunglasses on, it's a good day to get gone ♪
"Good Day to Get Gone" has been with me for years.
We had an album called Living off the Land.
That was supposed to be the big breakout album of 2012.
I signed a record deal with a company, and the record pretty much got shelved, never
saw the light of day.
So I've had that song for a long time.
So when the opportunity came to put it on the new album that I have full control over,
we did it.
And I love this song because who doesn't like to hop in a car, go down the road with the
radio blasting?
It's a good day to get gone.
♪ That clock keeps on tickin ♪ ♪ And life is for livin ♪
♪ So what are we waitin on ♪ ♪ It's a good day to get gone ♪
This crowd is different because I'm home.
And it's the fair.
You know, I keep saying there's a lot of history to this.
It just is.
So this stage or the Susan Knapp or wherever, it could be Stockman's again.
It's just the fair.
And I get to see people I haven't seen in a long time and hopefully introduce some new
fans to my fans.
That's what it's all about.
I'm Jason Brown, y'all.
Come back for the second set.
God bless you all.
We'll see you at 9:00.
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