IS THAT BO JACKSON?!?

On this episode, Danny talks about his sister's beautiful wedding, going to a Danny Brown show, meeting Bo Jackson the same night and learning how to accept compliments.

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What is good, good people? You and I listening to another episode of Since We Last Spoke with Danny Foxworth. I am your humble narrator, Danny Foxworth, and on this episode, well, I'm going to talk about things that happened in my life, for lack of a better term, since we last spoke. So it feels like it's been a minute since I did a solo episode. So with this one, basically just going to recap a couple of notable things that have transpired in my life in like the last few weeks. So first and foremost, while it's still fresh in my memory, congrats to my sister and my brother-in-law, Walter, aka 3rd, on their nuptials this uh past Friday. They tied the knot. It was just a beautiful experience. So they got into town. Well, I'm in the uh, well, Monks Corner, South Carolina, slash greater Charleston area, and they live in the Nashville area. So they came in, they came in town, and uh just uh stayed with the parents for a little bit, just tying up some loose ends and stuff, and then on Wednesday, they had the idea of doing the reception before the actual wedding, which they called the preception, which I thought was a really, really cool novel concept. And so it was a lot of family and friends that came and showed up from different parts of the country, and it was great to see a lot of them and a couple of faces that I hadn't that I met for the first time, and if I had to guess, it was probably about it was probably about 75-80 people that showed up. It was a lot of people that pulled up to the parents for uh to celebrate the union of my sister and uh my brother-in-law. The food was good, the company was good, had shrimp and grits, had some uh some fried fish and some red rice. Boy, that red rice was lost and good. God, that red rice was good. And my red rice levels were critically low at that point, so that that did a brother good. And they had mac and cheese, cornbread, a tuna salad, regular salad. It was just a beautiful event. And after we ate, or the ladies got up and uh did some line dancing. I shouted my cousin Keith, he was the DJ for the occasion, and it was beautiful. It was beautiful. They uh they got married on Foley Beach, and they rented a beach house on Foley, so I met up with the rest of the family. They got there a couple days earlier, and I got there on Thursday evening after work, and it was just really cool. Just hanging out with them, exchanging some uh gifts the day before the wedding and being in each other's company. It was a great weekend, great weekend. And then uh fast forward to that Friday, everybody got dressed, and you know, everybody after we got dressed, you know, everybody came out of their respective rooms to see what each other's outfits looked like, and it was just like compliments here, there, and everywhere, man. Everybody looked beautiful, everybody was dressed to the nines, and makeup artists showed up about seven in the morning to do makeup for my sister and my mom and my now niece, which is uh my uh brother-in-law's daughter. Shout out to you, Kyler. And um, they got their makeup done, and then the uh photographer showed up, did pics, took some pictures while the uh the bride was getting ready. And uh then 10 40, it was go time. The wedding was on the beach at 11 a.m. So we left the beach house and we drove up a couple of blocks, and then we got out of the vehicles, and then you walk up, walk up the uh little sand hill, and then you just see the uh you see the metal arch with the flowers and stuff right there on the beach. I was like, wow, that is beautiful. You know, it was a very small event. It was just basically us and then four other people, just very small, very intimate event, but they live streamed it so all the family could friends could take part wherever they were watching it. And uh we all walked out individually, the groom was waiting there, and then uh, of course, my sister, my dad were the last people to to uh walk out there, and man, Melissa's dress was just stunning. She just looked, she looked so good. And mom officiated the wedding and they exchanged their vows, and now they're husband and wife. So, Melissa, third, congratulations, salute to y'all, and uh, I wish y'all all the best and many, many, many, many more years of matrimony. That was that was awesome. Great weekend. And now, a couple things that happened of note that happened to me like in the last couple weeks. So, two weeks ago, one of my favorite rappers on the planet is a Detroit rapper by the name of Danny Brown, and one of his tour stops was at the music farm in Charleston. And I was like, Yeah, I'm I'm not passing up this opportunity because I heard a lot of great things about his live shows, and I'm telling that brother did not disappoint. When I got there, though, I will say, man, because I'm about to be 46 years old, and when I got there, the opening acts, yeah, the opening act was not for me at all. It was uh it was this band. So basically it was uh dude on drums, a dude on guitar, and this dude that was rapping, and it would just it's very angst-ridden, like to the point where people were moshing, and I'm looking around and I'm like, I'm clearly not their target audience, but you know, I'm a I'm gonna tough it out. I should have showed up a little bit later because yeah, it just it was a lot for me. But their uh their uh set was maybe 20 minutes, and then another guy came out that was that was uh the second act, I believe his name was Midwest, and you know, he did his thing for about probably about 25 minutes, and then Danny Brown walks out. And that man, I'm telling you, first of all, I was surprised at how tall he was. I didn't realize how I didn't I did not realize how tall he was when he walked out on stage. Like he had this big ass fur coat. I had to say he's probably about he's probably 6'3 or 6'4. I just had no clue. But whole like his set was like an hour and 20 minutes, like by himself, no back-end vocals. He and a lot of his songs are just very frenetic and just real high energy, and he kept pace with every song, and it was just it was really impressive to see. Like, breath control was crazy. Even with all the songs being just high energy and frenetic, he still was dancing around. He wasn't catching his breath at any moment. Only time he really caught his breath is when the song was done, he would go to the DJ and get his bottle of water and chug and then get back to performing. And what was really cool was the fact that after he'd finished his set, he basically spent about seven or eight minutes just talking about a sobriety journey, and I believe he said he's three years sober now. So, kudos to Danny Brown. If you ever get a chance to catch a Danny Brown show, please do it because he puts on a hell of a live show. So, yeah, shout out to him. But also that same evening, about two hours before I walked to the music farm, I was making my way down King Street after I parked my car, and I was walking past Hall's Chop House, and uh there was a group of guys that were standing outside, I guess, waiting for their table, waiting for their uh name to get called so they can go inside and you know get their get seated. And as I'm walking, I'm looking out of the corner of my eye, and I'm noticing one person that stands out out of that group of people, and I was like, nah, ain't no way. I was like, is that Bo Jackson? Nah, that can't be. And you know, I walked past and then I turned around and I could tell, you know, he was he was doing everything in his power to keep a low profile, but I just leaned up, I was like, are you Bo Jackson? And he looked at me and he was like, he was sizing me up just like for a split second, he was like, it depends. Do you owe me money? And then he just he just cracked a smile, and I was like, Man, this bro, you're one of my you were one of my heroes as a kid. He was like, Man, I appreciate that. And we fist bumped and we kept it moving. And I was just like, bro, I met Bo Jackson. Like I I I did good as far as keeping it cool because my inner groupie was like like at chess level right here. Like I was this close to nerding out, but I maintained my composure and I got a fist bump from Bo Jackson. That was a great night. I met Bo Jackson and I got to see Danny Brown perform live. Man, you can't tell me nothing. Um just uh a couple of random things before I go. I was watching American Gangster the other night, and it's still I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that they had Common playing T.I.'s daddy in this movie. Like Common tried to throw on that that Southern accent. And I mean, as an actor, he's he's whatever. Like his his delivery has always been very choppy and stilted, but to hear that choppy, stilted delivery through a with a southern draw filter, man, it was hilarious. They showed up to to uh Frank Lucas's mansion and he's talking talking about, man, my boy gonna pitch for the Yankees. I'm like, man, this is so not believable. It just looked and sounded so doofy hearing him say that my boy gonna pitch for the Yankees. But um, that's one thing. And I'm gonna wrap it up with this. You know, I'm not gonna lie to you. It took me a long, long, long, long, long, long, long time to really appreciate people giving me compliments. Me five, ten years ago, like excessive compliments would just make me extremely uncomfortable for some reason. And I was just, I think it was just because I wasn't really used to receiving compliments like that. And I just didn't know I didn't know how to take it. I'm like, all right, man, you I thank you. And then after a while, I'm just like, all right, man, y'all, y'all doing way too much. This is getting uncomfortable. You're just can you take it down a notch? But you know, as I've gotten older and just realizing like the work that I've put in and seeing the the fruits of my labor and other people seeing the work that I've put in. I was like, you know what? They're not they're not doing it with any malicious intent. They're just paying me, they're paying me compliments because they see the work that I'm putting in. And you know what, Danny, maybe you should learn to appreciate that a little bit better. And it took me a while, but now I'm just like, you know what? Thank you. I received that. I greatly appreciate that. I just I just really had to change my mindset in terms of receiving compliments. And I'm not gonna lie, it feels good to see people recognizing the hard work that you put in, especially when it comes from people that you don't even realize are really tuned in with what you're doing. Like, shout out my cousin Chanel, who was with us during the uh the wedding festivities, and she was like, Man, I just really love your content. She was like, This is just extremely positive. And you know, even when I'm having a bad day, sometimes your uh your clips will show up on on my page on my uh on my timeline. I'm like, man, you know what? I needed to hear that. And her telling me that that that meant a lot to me. Because again, you just never know who's tuned in. I just I just I started working on being better at receiving compliments. Gratitude is my attitude. I just really appreciate the I appreciate the love. And also, love on those who love on you too. So, like, even when you receive the compliments, I always like to heave praise back to the people that give me the compliments as well. That's not lost on me. Gratitude is my attitude, and I think I've rambled enough. So this has been another episode of Since We Last Spoke with Danny Foxworth. Make sure you like down below to subscribe to Since We Last Spoke. Tell a friend to tell a friend about the podcast. Subscribe to my YouTube channel. You can find me at Danny Foxworth843. There you can find videos of every episode of this podcast, as well as my baseball podcast at the plate with Danny Foxworth, my candle podcast, The Wicked Good Time with Danny Foxworth, and Growing Up Low Country with Liz and Danny. And until next time, y'all be good. Peace.