The band began as something fun for Bones and one of his on-air sidekicks, Eddie Garcia, to try. “It’s always a juggling act,” he admits.īones and Garcia at a Raging Idiots show. It always comes first.”), he busies himself with a dizzying array of other careers (which for mere mortals would each be full-time jobs)-most of which he keeps none of the revenue he generates from. Although he says the show is his priority (“The radio show is absolutely the most important thing. But for Bones, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. (Janson, a longtime friend of Bones, didn’t even have a label deal when the DJ played “Buy Me A Boat,” which became a platinum-selling smash hit.)įor most people, writing and hosting the format’s top-rated radio show would be enough to stay busy. 1 on the charts-for songs that weren’t even singles before Bones spun them. In the past two years, he’s helped spur both Cam and Chris Janson to No. Bones’ fanbase is so rabid that it’s not uncommon for him to kick-start country careers with one spin. His interviews and lightning-quick quips keep listeners in every market tuning in. Except for Howard Stern, I'd put myself against anybody,”) and unorthodox cast of show characters have since won over country fans, artists and eventually even Nashville’s tradition-loving industry insiders. But, Bones’ on-air antics, relatable interview style (“I'm the best interviewer in the whole format. The Bobby Bones Show began as a Top 40 format show broadcast out of Austin. 1 New York Times Best Selling, rags-to-riches memoir-had always been in other formats. His radio background-which he detailed in his 2016 No. When Bones was tapped by iHeart executives to move to Nashville to host a syndicated morning show in 2013, he admittedly wasn’t much of a country-music guy. (“That was the worst, because I let everyone who believed in me down,” he says now.) On-air pranks have also landed Bones and members of his entourage in jail on misdemeanor charges. One notable hot water situation was a $1 million fine from the FCC for an on-air prank in 2014. “ I'm really not a dick, but sometimes you get that reputation,” he said to Rolling Stone.

The unfiltered nature of his personality has endeared Bones and his eponymous show to millions of fans-and landed him in hot water on more than one occasion. Washington Post fittingly described him as “sort of the Ryan Seacrest of the country music world, if Seacrest was more polarizing and didn’t have a filter.” He also hosts the weekly countdown show Country Top 30 with Bobby Bones. The program is syndicated on nearly 100 stations coast to coast to more than 3 million listeners each weekday morning. If you aren’t familiar with Bobby Bones (born Bobby Estell in Hot Springs, Arkansas), the 36-year-old is the host of iHeart’s marquee morning program, The Bobby Bones Show.

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