Godfidence, Southern Cooking & Justin Timberlake’s Afterparty with Country Music Star Hannah Dasher

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Kim Gravel: Coming up on The Kim Gravel Show. Do you have a, a country music star story? You don't have to name names. That you can share that would shock us. I have a rock star. Let's do even better, even better.

Hannah Dasher: I love to name names because I don't think he'll mind.

Opening Introduction: Let's just go on and spill the tea. This is The Kim Gravel Show. This is one of the realest persons I've ever met in my darn life. You gotta watch this. My mission is to encourage every single woman, we're here to lift y'all up. There's no one more effective than moms. You mess with the bull. You going to get the horns. I need coffee. I need Jesus and I need therapy. If you can bring a smile to people's faces, why would you not? We love our kids. We love our husbands. What a blessing. We're gonna dedicate this to you in finding your superpower. Okay girl. True confidence is knowing who you are and why you're here.

Kim Gravel: Hey y'all, welcome to The Kim Gravel Show. I am so glad you're here because this season we are leveling going to do it together. So many great. Yes. So many great topics we're gonna be talking about today is no exception because we are going to be talking to Hannah Dasher. Talk about a woman of purpose.

Talk about a woman who's leveled up her life and really started stepping in to what she is called to do. Zac, Hannah's one of our favorite, most favorite people ever.

Zac Miller: I love Hannah. I love Hannah. I'm just gonna say it. That's it. That's it.

Kim Gravel: I love her. But why? But why, Zac?

Zac Miller: Every time I see Hannah do anything...

It's fun, and it's funny, and it's relatable, and it's like, Oh, she's cooking some recipe that I'm never gonna eat. I don't care. I just want to watch her. Like, she's singing a song. She looks great. She's entertaining. That's why I love Hannah. She reminds me a lot of you, Kim, actually.

Kim Gravel: Well, she, well, you know, we're both Georgia peaches.

You know, we're both from the South. We're both from Georgia. But I think the thing about Hannah that makes her so great is that She is so gifted. She's got an amazing following on TikTok. She's got cooking shows. She writes music. She travels with her band. but she, she's just authentically living her God given call.

And to me, I love to interview and talk to people who are walking in it. Let me just tell you something y'all just because you're walking in your calling and your purpose. Does not mean it's easy. Okay. It is the hardest thing you'll ever do, but it's the most fulfilling thing you'll ever do. So when you're walking in your calling and in your purpose, like what you're going to hear Hannah talk about here in a little bit, you are fulfilled.

It's not easy, but you have the supernatural energy to complete the journey. You have the confidence to take the next steps. When you get knocked down, you can pop back up. It's, it's that. That I want every single person that's listening to me right now or watching me right now to understand and comprehend for yourself.

That's the leveling up we're talking about. It's about being able to know why you're here and not just know it because knowing is one thing, but taking action is something different. And so today we're going to be talking to Hannah about how she decided she recognized her confidence. In her calling, and she's stepping in it day by day.

So when we come back, we got Hannah Dasher. Y'all don't wanna miss this.

Zac Miller: Kim, we've been getting so many great reviews on the show. we have so many people leaving us five star reviews. It makes me so happy. Yes. and I actually thought it would be fun to play a little game with your reviews. I'm gonna review, okay. A review that we got on the show, a real review. and I want you to review the review.

Kim Gravel: Okay. So I'm reviewing the reviewer. Okay.

Zac Miller: You're reviewing the review itself. Yes. Here's what we just got a few days ago. This is from Apple. Lee Kan. There's like seven or eight E's in this name wrote, "Amazing. Probably one of my favorite podcasts. I usually stay on the political side of podcasts, so it's extremely refreshing to have her uplifting spirit and joyful attitude while I sit on my porch and drink my coffee.

Five stars. "So, Kim, first of all, how many stars would you give that review?

Kim Gravel: I'm gonna give Lee five stars. I'm gonna tell you why. Anybody that can stomach all the political podcast and come out on the other side of it happy in a good mood, that girl's got some mental strength. I love her.

Zac Miller: I have one note though.

I have one note personally because she said probably one of my favorite podcasts. What's going on Lee?

Kim Gravel: No, I listen she's five star for me. Absolutely five star.

Zac Miller: All right. So giving a five star review is so easy. Kim just did it. It is. Lee just did it. so if you want to, give us a five star review, we would love it so much.

We might even read it on the show.

Kim Gravel: Hold on. Hold on. Don't, not if you want to just go on and give it. This is going down and get the five star review.

Zac Miller: Head over to Apple podcast, theSpotify, head over to our website, KimGravelshow.com . Give us a five star review. It helps other people find the show. So you help everyone build this community.

 we love you.

Kim Gravel: We love you. All right, y'all are in for the biggest treat of your life. And I'm going to tell you why. Because one of my favorite country music artists is on the show today. Again, this is, this is her second time, but now you're going to get to see and hear her. She has gotten, where do I even begin, Zac?

I mean, she's, her new single, she's got out called That Thing You Like. Wait to hear it. We're going to show you a little bit of it. Well, let's just do it. She's a TikTok star y'all with over 1. 5 million subscribers. And she has a amazing show on there called stand by your pan. Wait, until you hear about that?

She's hosted the red carpet for the country music television awards last year. And she has been working in the music business and on her music career for over a decade. And now she is taking off. And when you meet her, you'll understand when you listen to her music, you'll know my dear friend, my Georgia peach sister.

Hannah Dasher, welcome. Hannah Dasher.

Hannah Dasher: Love that. Love that.

Kim Gravel: Don't you love that, Hannah? That's so you, girl.

Hannah Dasher: That's some Diplo stuff right there, man. Yes.

Kim Gravel: Okay, Hannah, you have been so busy, girl. You get around. What has been going on? Just give us, get everybody a little 411 before we really dive in about what's... Your career is taking... Oh, and would you say a lot of it started on TikTok?

Hannah Dasher: TikTok definitely gave me a bigger platform to, you know, expose me to the world. I've been on a weight loss journey the last year or so.

Kim Gravel: You look gorgeous.

Hannah Dasher: I've been trying to make some transformations on the inside and the outside. So I'm down to about 20 pounds and two pant sizes and working out with Wilson, the Grit and Hustle, he is awesome.

I still eat fried chicken once a week. Don't tell him that.

Kim Gravel: No, you do it. Do it, honey. In honor of your roots.

Hannah Dasher: I've been navigating this, this music release, or this record release, rather, independently. I've enjoyed the freedom, to release music at my own leisure and the songs that I want to release, with a pedal steel guitar on them, because I've always wanted that and had to fight for that while I was at a label.

Well, I use the word fight loosely. I wasn't, I wasn't ugly. I was raised right. But you know what I mean?

Kim Gravel: But yeah, I know what you mean. I know what you mean. Well, it is a journey, especially in such a male dominated field. I mean, you are, I mean, the music industry is male dominated anyway, but especially country music because you grew up in Georgia, right?

You were, you're a Georgia peach for real and your influences in country music. I mean, Alan Jackson, right?

Hannah Dasher: Yes. Yes, I welcome that male domination thing. I mean, Reba dominated because she could easily be one of the boys. She was like, well, I'm not cutting a bunch of ballads like these sissies are. I'm going to cut some upbeat stuff like the men are doing.

And that's the mentality that I've had when I moved to town as well. you know, I just, I've always been attracted to man music. I love Reba too. I love women, and, and, and their talents as well. And music, absolutely. But, but the artists that you mentioned that spoke to me, obviously, Alan Jackson, Hank Williams Jr., eric Church, Tom Petty, and Aretha. Those are some acts that I would say are big influences of what I do.

Kim Gravel: Well, you have that soul girl. You have that soul. But we, we, we got to talk about what I, when I first saw. Your TikTok show, Stand By Your Pan, I got, so for all of you people who don't know country music, Tammy Wynette, recorded a song called Stand By Your Man decades ago, years ago, and it was, it was, it was a huge hit.

You decided, wasn't this during COVID? Wasn't this during the lockdown you decided to do this? Wasn't this during COVID?

Hannah Dasher: Everybody was complaining about, well, the restaurants were shut down, so everybody was stuck inside having to cook and fend for themselves, and I thought, oh my lord, girls my age don't know how to cook.

They don't. They don't. It's so sad. Zac, I feel sorry for you, honey,

Zac Miller: you know. I will say, my wife is a great cook.

Hannah Dasher: Get it, girl. And that's why she's wife. Right?

Zac Miller: And she's also a food anthropologist, so she knows everything there is to know.

Kim Gravel: She's brilliant, beautiful, and can cook. But no, stand by your pan. Was this thing that really took off, because it's like these, well, how many, like minute, 30 second recipes that you put on?

Hannah Dasher: Right, right. Well, yeah, under a minute, the platform was then, now it's kind of graduated to longer platforms, which I don't really have a lot of time to do longer videos because I'm obviously trying to, reincorporate the music back into that. But I thought, why not marry my culture music with my love for food and cooking and my southern culture, if you will, and, and capitalize on what's happening and, entertain people in the process, and just showcase more of my personality.

Something that they aren't getting on Spotify, that they aren't, that they weren't getting, like, on Instagram, if you will. So, and it worked! Who knew? I made some joke about Tanya Tunker. Love you, girl! And a cucumber tomato salad. And, who knows? Who knew that it would do what it's done? Rachel Ray, two shows, Rachel Ray later, and yeah.

Kim Gravel: Yeah, y'all gotta go watch it, and we're gonna be talking a little bit later about next steps with that, but you said something recently that I heard on an interview that girl, because you said you were working on the inside and the out, and I totally get that. I know what you, you know, we are both women of faith.

We grew up in, in, in, That in the church, we grew up, I always say my roots are in the dirt and in the church. I have farmers and I have preachers in my background. So I totally, you know, I know where you're coming from. But you said something recently that I saw in an interview that blew me my mind and I totally made me love you even more.

You said you believe in . Not confidence. Yes. Godfidence. What do you mean by that? 'cause so many people watching right now are having a crisis of confidence. What do you mean by that?

Hannah Dasher: Godnfidence is God-given confidence. It is, it's spending time along with God and, being self-aware, knowing who you are, knowing what you bring to the table, much of what you talk about in your new book.

 But it is just, it's being confident in your worth and, and, and what you call to do and, and, and walking confidently with your head held high, you know, knowing that, you know, that he's the boss man and, and, and he's the one that, that gifted you and called you to do, you know, to walk the path that you're walking, not to ramble on, but the confidence.

Kim Gravel: No, I love it. Have you been, have you been able to walk in that all your life? I mean, have you struggled with that some too? Like I know I have.

Hannah Dasher: It's something that I've definitely had to grow into. I've been heavy and battled with my weight my whole life. I had a twin, I have a twin sister who, you know, growing up and through high school and college was much prettier than me.

She had those natural perky double D's and I had to go battle my girl. Which, which boobies are confidence. Boobies are, boobies are power, said Annie Potts on Designing Women. You know what I love?

Kim Gravel: I remember. Well, yes. And I totally agree with that.

Zac Miller: I'm feeling not very powerful right now, I just want to say.

Hannah Dasher: I mean, your audience will love that. But it was, it was hard to grow up around, you know, I was a, an ugly duckling, if you will, around a bunch of beautiful, beautiful, pageanty, gorgeous, really, really pretty girls. And so I had to learn how to capture the attention of a room, but I knew that was by God's design.

And I have, as I have, Growing as a human being and become self aware and, you know, earned a living, a better living for myself. I've been able to grow into that beauty and, and appreciate all of my imperfections, all of my, you know what I mean? Like I just, I know why God made me the way that he did and, and why he made me who I am.

And it's all kind of come together to, to create this Hannah Dasher brand.

Kim Gravel: I know. And I, Hannah, what I love about it is I would say you are a 100%. Unique individual like everyone is right every God made everyone special and unique and that's great But what I'm saying is you really own that You know you own that and you present that and you're inspiring and aspirational to other people who are doing it What what advice can you give to someone right now?

That's listening that would say How did you, how did you lean into that? How did you take those steps into it? I mean, I heard a little bit like necessity. You're like, I just didn't have it. So I had to reach for it. But what has made you really go after the call on your life girl?

Hannah Dasher: Well, I think, sexiness, having sex appeal and swag is confidence.

You can have a, a person that's, well, it is though, you know, you can have, I could breathe, you could have a person that's, that might be a six or a seven, but to me, they're a ten if, If they carry themselves in such a way, I mean, it, we've all heard the expression, fake it till you make it. I think it takes 20 days to make a habit.

And so if one of those habits you need to create for yourself is to be more confident in who you are, not cocky, because that's something that that's, God's had to humble me. In that process, it replaced that confidence, that self overconfidence in certain areas with, with Godfidence, because I believe Godfidence also contains humility.

Kim Gravel: Wow. See, oh, see, this, I hear us, I hear a song in that for you.

Hannah Dasher: I'm an 85 year old woman, and we wrote one, and we just put it out, it's called Ugly Houses. And it's definitely about how God's in the renovation business, too. You know, we buy ugly houses.

Kim Gravel: He's a flipper.

Hannah Dasher: Yes, he's a fixer upper and a flipper. Exactly.

And I'm learning to, instead of just press forward, press forward, press forward for, you know, whatever the next thing is, because this town will program you, this town in Nashville is so much a town of, well, what's next? Well, okay, that's great. But what's next? And instead I've learned to program you know, I didn't stop to take.

Moments to to celebrate big victories or little victories. And so I've been much more intentional about that in the last year, year and a half, I would say, to do that.

Kim Gravel: Let's talk about your how you started in this business because you say when you first started in the music business, which is a tough.

Any business that you're going into because you're basically an entrepreneur. You're basically your own boss. You're basically your own promoter, your marketer, your Uber driver, your band, your sound, right? Oh most entrepreneurs are broke, but like in order to pay for your band, you had to start cleaning houses.

You would sell your guitars. You even sold the first guitar your daddy ever gave you, you know, you've had to really work and struggle to even just be able to have the, equipment to go play gigs, bars, community centers, fairs, right? Like, how did you get started on this?

Hannah Dasher: I did, and it was tough, and I, and I was resentful, if I'm completely honest, of, of my fellow, of my peers, you know, artists who have, who have, who have passed me, because, you know, we were both writing for major publishing companies with major publishing deals, but when they were You know, having rehearsal and, you know, because they could afford to rehearse their band like they needed to, you know, I was scrubbing toilets and, doing the bare minimum and just trying to throw stuff together, but, you know, with what little bit I could afford and, anyway, and having to eat Taco Bell and unhealthy kind of stuff because I couldn't afford to buy better stuff.

I was pouring it all into the music and, anyway, so. I don't want to ramble on, but, but yes, all of that, though, has made me so grateful to go to the grocery store and well, with the exception of gosh, the last year or 2, everything's kind of shot up, but to be able to buy whatever I need to open my refrigerator and I have a full fridge and more importantly to look at my living room here and to see.

The row and rows of guitars, that Fender and Gibson have given me. And, so I'm so grateful. Those are my reminders.

Kim Gravel: What is one of the most favorite songs you've ever written? Oh gosh. Your personal favorite, your personal

Hannah Dasher: favorite. My personal favorite. It's gonna have to be a tie. Right now, right now, Final Way to the Bank is one of my favorites to perform live. gosh, I mean, I would say Ugly Houses has to be one of those too. It's just, it's, it was my first time sharing my faith.

Kim Gravel: Mm. Mm. I love it. Okay. Can I tell you one of my favorites? Please. One of the brand new ones you got coming out. Can we listen to a little bit of it? Oh, yes, girl. Let's do it right here for you.

Play it, play it, Zac, because I want to tell everybody why it's one of my favorites. Ooh.

Hannah Dasher: And I taught him that thing you like. Ha!

Kim Gravel: So Hannah, right there, let me just tell everybody who's listening right now that loves good country music, that hook right there, because I always say to people, what's the hook going to be? You know, when I create projects or talk about stories or whatever, what's the hook going to be?

Babe, girl, I taught them that thing you like.

Hannah Dasher: A fellow Georgian, Mr. Winn Varble, who is a comedian in his own right, brought me that hook, and of course I had to jump on it. And, I'm the one that taught him that thing, you like it? I'm like, oh, hell yeah! And, so I threw in the, you know, never was much of a lover till I got him under the covers.

Kim Gravel: But I love it because, first of all, that sounds like, you know, you've lived a little bit of that experience. Not gonna go into that, but I can tell you, you wrote it.

Hannah Dasher: Well, I , I feel like good luck Chuck. Honestly, I just, I , you, you train up a man the way he should go, and, and, and when he flees from you, he will.

He will marry the love of his life because he uses all the good stuff on her. I mean, that's basically, so goes the gift.

Kim Gravel: That's life. That's life. I love it. And notice she quoted a little bit of Bible in there too. I love it. Only Hannah Dasser can talk about under the covers, a little bit of Bible all in one.

That makes a good Southern woman right there.

Hannah Dasher: Well, I've decided no more projects. I want a partner, obviously. I've been praying to become content in my singleness. Yes. It's hard. It's hard to be alone. I don't do hard drugs or anything. But I understand. Why artists kind of fall into that loophole because you have such an adrenaline rush when you're on the road and you're on the show, you know, doing shows and it's just, it's a big high.

And then it's like a, it's a serotonin crash and a real crash when you get home on Sunday evenings and it's really hard to come home to an empty house. You know, when you've been around lots and lots and lots of people.

Kim Gravel: Do you think you've had to put your personal relationship, your personal life kind of on the shelf for a little bit as you've been developing this career, because it is a sacrifice.

Hannah Dasher: I have. I have. It's hard to navigate, you know, because men can be really jealous of what I do, and, or resentful of the attention that I receive. but again, that's the wrong man. And, I know that the right one's around the corner. I pray that he is. I hope he hadn't gotten hit by a Big Mac.

Lord, where is he?

Zac Miller: I'm married, but you know.

Kim Gravel: This is the thing about Zac. He's surrounded by Southern women and bless his heart. That's all I'm going to say there is bless his heart, right? Because there's something about Southern women that you, you got to be able to handle a lot.

Hannah Dasher: Are there polygamous in Sacramento? I gotta go over to Utah for that.

Kim Gravel: She's a one man woman. She's a one man woman.

Hannah Dasher: Have you been married?

Zac Miller: I'm happily married. I'm going on my 10 year anniversary next month.

Hannah Dasher: Congratulations. Don't take this for granted.

Kim Gravel: Agreed. Agreed. You were going to ask me something Hannah, what did you say?

Hannah Dasher: How long have you been married?

Kim Gravel: I've been married 24 years.

Hannah Dasher: That's huge, that's congratulations, that is huge.

Kim Gravel: It's huge. And let me just tell you something, y'all, and I'm here talking and everybody's watching this, or listening to this, is going to agree, marriage is not easy. Marriage is a choice. It ain't love.

Hannah Dasher: Love is a choice. Yes.

Kim Gravel: Yeah.

It's people say, Oh, I love him. He's my soulmate. I'm like, honey, you have to get up every day and choose that thing. Choose it. And this is the thing. And people always say, can't be so terrible to try for some bubble. I said, no, I'm not just truthful. I mean, it's just, there's power in choice. There's power in deciding this is who I'm going to be, you know, outside of, you know, abuse and things like that.

Okay. But a lot of times that grass is not greener. It's got a lot of problems.

Hannah Dasher: But what a powerful example you're setting to Blanton and Beau. What a great example. My parents were together for 20 21 years before they split, but I feel like they really presented a strong example of love and respect to one another, and they're still friends to this day.

Anyway, and their divorce is actually what sparked my songwriting.

Kim Gravel: Yeah, well, and I'll tell you something, Hannah. Your ideal man is out there for you, but what, what, if you could choose him, if you could make him, if you could just put your vision board going, pray to God, what would he be?

Hannah Dasher: Lord, a younger Randy Houser, a Scott Eastwood.

Scott, that's Clint's son. He's delicious.

Kim Gravel: That's very specific. I haven't, no, I've got to Google him.

Hannah Dasher: Well, someone that's pretty on camera. He I'm a tall, dark, and handsome kind of type, you know what I mean? But I do love blonde hooded men too, but I just, I like the tall, dark, and handsome, but I always say must be blessed in the brains and blessed in the britches.

Zac Miller: Okay. All right. That's the show. That's it, everybody.

Kim Gravel: No, we're just getting started. Hang on, people. Hang on, people.

This is something you say, too. This is what I love about Hannah. She talks and soundbites, and the great thing about it is, I , it's scary, Hannah, because when you say things... I know what you're going to say for yourself. You don't sound like I'm like, Oh Lord. Oh Lord. We're so similar. Here we go. I love what you say.

The most successful people are the most self aware. Amen.

Hannah Dasher: But, but they, but they keep that that comes from not to interrupt you, Queen, go ahead from. But from keeping people around you who are direct and honest with you because, you know, and people who are in the spotlight, like you guys or like me, we're, we're in a bubble a lot.

Like, look at, you can look at our, our political leaders and all, like people in the spotlight, celebrities, they're in a bubble and people kiss your butt. and I like to keep people around me that. Tell it like it is and, that love me enough and respect me enough to be direct with me and who, who can also receive that honesty back from me.

That's, that's who I keep in my posse and, and I, and I believe I'm better for it.

Kim Gravel: Well, I would agree with you on that. And self awareness is a, it's almost a superpower these days. It's something that, that is not. So common, it's almost like common sense. Should I say common sense? Not so common anymore.

I would even go a step further and say self awareness with social media girl and with everything that's out there, everybody, it's, it's weird because narcissism is at all time high and so is insecurity. How do those two things? Coexist in a person. You know what I'm saying?

Hannah Dasher: It's social media. There's just we're so prone to comparing ourselves.

And then there's that instant gratification thing that's that's thrown in. So we don't develop character and confidence in the waiting, the waiting for things. And, and the social skills that, that come from, you know, having to pick up the phone and call someone as opposed to just send in the, you know what I mean, having to develop that, I think also has a lot to do with developing confidence.

You know, when you are well received by someone that you make the first time, it adds to your confidence and people have so much less of that, especially the last couple of years we've been shut in.

Kim Gravel: I see you doing so much more than just singer songwriter. I see you, do you have any other, what are your goals, Hannah?

What do you, because this is the thing I love about this show and what people take away from what we do is that they're like, yeah, can we love you? But they feel empowered to step into their calling and their destiny. Is there more for you, Hannah, than just being a great singer songwriter?

Hannah Dasher: Thank you for saying that.

 I truly believe so. I refer to myself as an entertainer. So whether I'm on camera, whether I'm, whether I'm cooking, whether I'm... doing a, I don't know, a quick little stand up piece or whatnot or doing something on television. I, I see myself as a representative of, country people, but I mean, there's so much rock and roll and what I do as well too with my live show and my love for that.

And my, my group of friends and my fan base is very eclectic. But, but again, I just, I think God made me that way in order to, to, to reach you. People in order to reach people and kind of, and to kind of bridge the gap, I'd like to, to use my, whatever it is that I am, I'd like to use that to, to kind of bridge the gap, like my, my blazing and praising line from when I probably, offended some evangelicals, but I've also brought a lot of, hippies, if you will, that don't think the God thing is okay, kind of over to that side.

They're starting to ask questions and things like that. And, you know, I don't consider myself a missionary by any means, but, I've done the same or trying to do the same with country music. You know, people comment, I don't listen to country anymore, or I don't like country music, but I love this.

And I just want to be an entertainer that really bridges the gap.

Kim Gravel: Well, you might not be a missionary, but you're certainly on a mission.

Hannah Dasher: There you go. Well, I ain't for everybody either, but, I know I'm definitely for, for, for more than my current

Kim Gravel: audience. I agree with that. I see TV, movies. Just hang on, girl.

Hang on to your bootstraps.

Hannah Dasher: There's stuff in the works for sure. Yeah!

Kim Gravel: Oh, good, good, good. Oh, honey, you've got to tell me everything. Yes, girl. But I knew it. I knew it when I saw stand by your pan. I said, there's something to this. There's something exciting. There's something fresh. There's something empowering about you.

That is, a modern day Dolly Parton. And I've said that before to you to your face, but there's something about it. You don't take yourself too seriously, but you take what you do very seriously.

Hannah Dasher: I love to be a madam in a western now. I would love to be, as long as I can make out with like a young man.

Kim Gravel: The best little whorehouse in Texas, if they redo it, you got to go audition for that, baby.

Hannah Dasher: Lord, girl. Or he haw. He haw is the thing I'm holding out for.

Kim Gravel: Oh my gosh, those are the days. Hannah, those are the days.

Hannah Dasher: I've been approached by a lot of, you know, like the food industry kind of things to do a, a food geared show.

And, and I'm, I'm open to that, but you don't see Rachel Ray or Paula Deen co hosting SNL or the Country Music Awards. You don't see them being a guest on Jimmy Fallon or things like that. And I would love to be on SNL. I would love to, like I said, be a representative of The country genre in whatever realm that I'm in.

And so I don't want to limit myself to just the food world because let's face it, my, my kitchen pays homage to my grandmother and people, you know, until they meet me in person at a show, they're like, Oh, you're so much younger than I thought you are. You know, cause girls my age don't cook. And I just, I don't want to limit, you know, I don't, I don't want to.

Kim Gravel: You just go through the doors that open because the right doors are coming for you. I say this to people all the time, you know, you make a plan, you work the plan, but be flexible. And, and I know with my career in my life, I'm not doing anything I thought I was going to be doing. And, but it's everything I never thought, yeah, it's everything I've never thought I always wanted, though.

It's like one of those things like, Oh my God, I love this. I didn't, you know, I never envisioned it, you know, the way it has turned out and the way it's growing, but be flexible because big things are in store for you. Okay, let me ask you this. I have just recently and people might judge me. I don't care.

I love AI. Now, it's, my mom's like, the devil is a lie, it is the rapture, and God is coming back, you know, all this, cause I'm sure, I'm sure all of the above is true, well, I know it's true, but I don't know if it's tomorrow, but, girl, and everybody's on strike in Hollywood because of, you know, what AI can do in replacing writers, are you, what do you think about AI in writing country songs?

I've never tried to write a country song in AI, but should I?

Hannah Dasher: Well, who, who's creating the AI, Are they country people? Predominantly no.

Who's programming that robot, you know, or that, that program?

Kim Gravel: I love it. No, you're absolutely right.

Zac Miller: You're saying that, Hannah, but I actually did when I was doing prepping this episode, I asked chat GPT if it knew who you were and do you want to know what it said? All right. It said, Oh, this, I got to hear this.

Yeah, Kim hasn't heard this yet. I said, so my question was, do you know who Hannah Dasher is? And chappy GPT said, Oh, absolutely. Hannah Dasher is an incredible country musician and singer songwriter. She's known for her powerful vocals, witty and honest songwriting and her infectious energy on stage with a voice that can make you laugh, cry and everything in between.

She's been making waves in the country music scene.

Hannah Dasher: Well, AI, you're a friend of mine, and I love that.

Kim Gravel: All right, everybody, you have got to go get Hannah Dasher's new music. It's out everywhere, Hannah, is everywhere, isn't it?

Hannah Dasher: Yes, yes, on all the streaming platforms, and tell them to come catch the show. I'm on my first headlining tour. It's the Tall Boy Tour. We're coming,

Kim Gravel: we're coming all over.

What, are you coming to the ATL?

Hannah Dasher: We just. Had a sold out show in Atlanta this past weekend, girlfriend. Oh my gosh! I know! I wish I could put two or two together, oh my lord.

Kim Gravel: We're gonna do something. We're gonna do something together, I promise you. I love to do that. Before we end the show, I always do the rapid fire questions. So, just, you know the drill.

I'm gonna ask the question, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, just first thing comes to your mind, don't even think about it. Rapid fire questions. Do you have a secret talent?

Hannah Dasher: No. Well, not, not that it's any of y'all's business.

Kim Gravel: I love you.

Zac Miller: Uh oh.

Kim Gravel: Okay. That's it. What word do you want to be added to the dictionary?

Hannah Dasher: Oh Lord, should we have asked that? First word that came to mind was cunch.

Kim Gravel: Okay. First of all, Hannah, I have to just process what you just said. CUNCH. So what is cunch? So what is cunch?

Hannah Dasher: It's more urban slang. I don't know.

I haven't thought about it.

Kim Gravel: What does it mean? What does it mean?

Hannah Dasher: It means really country, like, cunch, like, it's a, it's a more, it's a less, it's a less offensive word than redneck, should, if one, if one would take offense to that.

Kim Gravel: Okay, that is fantastic. We're leaving it there. I just want you to explain it.

Okay, here we go. What object brings you the most joy?

Hannah Dasher: Fried chicken.

Kim Gravel: Me too. Me too. If you could invent a holiday, what would it be? Oh. Happy cunch day?

Hannah Dasher: I, I think I would have a country music day.

Kim Gravel: I, agreed. A thousand percent. National Country Music Day. Okay, what is your favorite recipe?

Hannah Dasher: Favorite recipe, I would say, can I use one of mine?

Is that cocky?

Kim Gravel: No! That's confidence. That's confidence, girl.

Hannah Dasher: Yes, I would say, my cat had biscuits. I made a point to perfect that during COVID, so the biscuits.

Kim Gravel: Oh yeah, I gotta get that recipe and, and, and try that on the kids. They'll love it. They love a good biscuit and butter. Just, just plain old butter.

Zac Miller: What's the trick? What's the trick to your biscuits?

Hannah Dasher: Whole fat buttermilk. Lard. White lily flower. Although they don't pay me to tell you that anymore. But I love them.

Kim Gravel: But this is the whole thing. Lard is the key ingredient. Lard is something that we're not using as much anymore these days because of the health You know, ramifications, but I don't know.

My grandparents lived to their nineties and they probably ate lard every day.

Hannah Dasher: Right. Oh yeah, definitely. Good biscuits. I love my biscuits. Bring on the boys to the yard. I think it's pinned on my TikTok profile for those that are listening. If they want to reference that video, I will. I'm fixing to start posting more to YouTube, but I will do some longer form videos there that will kind of explain the details of what I do.

And when a cookbook comes out, we're in the very early phases of that. I'll include, I'll make sure to include my biscuit recipe. It will be

Kim Gravel: included. And you have to come back on and promote it. Okay, if you could instantly learn anything, what would it be?

Hannah Dasher: Gosh, more guitar. More guitar. I take some solos live, but I'm inspired by Bonnie Raitt and, Dwayne Allman and Clapton and I'm inspired by a really, really great talent and I wish that I could shred a little bit more.

Kim Gravel: Do you have a, a country music star story, you don't have to name names, that you can share? that would shock us. I have a rock star. That's even better. Even better.

Hannah Dasher: And, and I love to name names because I don't think he'll mind. But, so Justin Timberlake, it was the year that Chris Stapleton was kind of brought out into the public and Justin Timberlake and he did Tennessee whiskey on the CMA Awards and was like, Ooh, Christmas is coming back.

Anyhow, I was backstage with for the first time, and I had so much fun, and we had all the free alcohol in us, to think that we could get into Justin Timberlake's afterparty. And after many failed attempts, my girlfriend and I, who was the wife of, like, my publisher and a prominent country, you know, rock and roll country singer, we were walking down the sidewalk with our head hung low, and up walked Steven Tyler, air smith, and he says, he called her by her last name, and he's like, You know, Ms. Johnston, Ms. Johnston, you know, what's, what's the problem? We said, we're trying to get into Justin's party. They just won't let us. They're just treating us like second class. And he said, well, screw them. You're my date and you're my date. And, and he walked us right in and it was kind of a learned departures lane.

But in that door, I love Steven Tyler.

Kim Gravel: I love Aerosmith. There you go. That's not, that's, that's a great story. There's no, there's no real good story. No, no. Okay. name one person you would want to be trapped in an elevator with.

Hannah Dasher: Oh, Scott Eastwood.

Kim Gravel: I got to go Google him. Is he hot?

Hannah Dasher: That's Clint Eastwood's son. Can you imagine? Young Clint Eastwood was yummy.

Kim Gravel: Everybody's going to agree with you on this.

Zac Miller: He does.

Kim Gravel: Text me a picture, Zac. Text me a picture right now. Oh my lord.

Zac Miller: Right? Doesn't he have the eyes?

Kim Gravel: Okay, Hannah, I'm going to be praying about that one. I'm going to be praying that for you. Okay, what brings you joy?

Hannah Dasher: My faith. And again, that's a choice. But, one of my favorite things to do, moving past that, but is my, the meet and greets that I'm doing right now on my Child Boy Tour. I love to, you know, as long as I'm able to, like, I stand in line for about an hour to an hour and a half after my show and I meet people and I sign autographs and, and I just, hug their neck and take pictures with them and that's, my favorite part about what I do.

Hearing their stories and you know how this video got through or this song got through covid or things like that.

Kim Gravel: Sweet tea or a nice cold beer.

Hannah Dasher: Sweet tea.

Kim Gravel: I love, don't you love sweet tea? Mm-hmm. I love sweet tea. What is the strangest thing that's ever inspired one of your songs?

Hannah Dasher: I hate to wear out the Ugly Houses thing, but the, the, we buy ugly houses billboard sign, you know, you wouldn't really think to, to create a song out of that.

Kim Gravel: If you could be on any, country music tour with any country music legend, who would it be?

Hannah Dasher: Dwight Yoakam.

Kim Gravel: Ooh, he's a good one. And you know what? He does the acting thing.

He's an entertainer. He's not just a musician, singer, songwriter.

Hannah Dasher: Yes. He's so much bigger than Nashville, and Nashville is really just not Giving him the love that he deserves and I'm, I'm, I'm advocating for him to be in the Hall of Fame as well. I can't believe that he's not, but he is, so talented. So gifted.

Kim Gravel: Last question. How have you made it?

Hannah Dasher: Hmm. I am. Making music full time. And to me, that is, that is making it so, I look good on paper and I'm overhead is really, really, really high, but I, but I believe that's making it. you know, I go to the Kroger and I take pictures with people and, I'm recognized for what I do.

AI, AI, AI, just knew who I was.

Kim Gravel: So they know who you are. And I got to tell you, your star is just rising. My friend, you are probably one of the most genuine. Beautiful humans inside and out and Hannah Dasher, I'm going to say I knew you win. Just return my calls, my love, because I'm going to see you winning those awards.

Grammys, TV, Emmys, I'm not even counting out Broadway, Tonys, all of it. Quadruple threat. You're the GOAT. You're the GOAT, baby.

Hannah Dasher: Hallelujah. Hope so. Hope so. There's so there's something here for everybody. There's something on this record I think for everybody too. I agree. So I hope that resonates.

Kim Gravel: Alright, well we love you, sis.

Hannah Dasher: Thank for having me. Y'all are so much fun.

Kim Gravel: Come back.

Hannah Dasher: Yes. Done. Yes.

Zac Miller: Thanks for being here.

Kim Gravel: Do you see why she's one of my favorite country music artist?

Zac Miller: I absolutely love Hannah Dasher. She is just, she's one of my favorite country music artists, and I'm not even a country music guy. Well, the thing is, I'm pretty sure I might've proposed to her, Kim, during the interview.

Kim Gravel: I think, I think you kind of have a, you have a celebrity crush.

This is your celebrity crush.

Zac Miller: I have to talk to my wife before this comes out. And yes, I'm sure she'll be like, whatever, Zac.

Kim Gravel: Anyway, the thing about Hannah is, is. That I love about country music in general is the storytelling and there's so much, rich history and heritage. With all of us, but when it comes to Hannah and her stories, you've got to go check her out.

Check her out on TikTok, Hannah Dasher on Instagram, and, you know, keep an eye out for her new album that's coming out. Go follow Stand By Your Pan on TikTok and, and make some of her amazing southern country recipes, and enjoy her music because I tell you what, she is truly amazing. The real deal.

Holyfield. All right, guys, till next time. This is Kim.

Zac Miller: I'm Zac.

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