Zach Top on Duck Hunting, Merle Haggard, and Working Cattle out in God's Country

Zach Top on Duck Hunting, Merle Haggard, and Working Cattle out in God's Country

Author: The Brothers Hunt April 21, 2026 Duration: 1:29:51
Country music’s fastest rising traditional voice Zach Top joins God’s Country with The Brothers Hunt for one of the most requested episodes we’ve ever had. From growing up on a ranch in Sunnyside, Washington, to winning the first-ever Grammy for Traditional Country Album, Zach sits down with Dan and Reid to talk about the state of country music, cowboy life, and why fans are falling back in love with classic country sounds. The guys cover everything from duck hunting stories and branding cattle to Zach’s trip to The Masters with Peyton Manning and Duck Hodges, plus a hilarious round of Lyric or Lie where Zach proves he knows his 90s country. The highlight of the episode? Zach grabs the guitar and performs Tim McGraw’s “Just To See You Smile” live in studio — a moment every country fan will love. They also dive into: Why traditional country is making a comeback Morgan Wallen as a “gateway drug” to country music Meeting legends like Alan Jackson Cowboy culture vs Nashville culture Duck hunting, turkey hunting, and life on the road If you love George Strait, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, and real country music, this episode is for you. Subscribe for new episodes every week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The weekly conversation inside God's Country is hosted by Dan and Reid Isbell, known collectively as The Brothers Hunt. Their background is key: they are working Nashville songwriters who grew up immersed in the Tennessee wilderness, and that unique perspective shapes every episode. This isn't a formal interview show but a series of deep, often meandering talks with major country artists and songwriters, focusing on the raw connection between their craft and the landscape. Listeners will hear stories about hunting trips that led to a hit song, fishing metaphors that unravel a lyric's meaning, and how the discipline of sports or the solitude of a mountain trail directly fuels creativity. The podcast digs into the genuine, often messy, relationship these musicians have with the outdoors-far beyond the clichés. It’s about the dirt-under-the-fingernails reality that inspires the music, offering a backstage pass to the moments of inspiration that happen off-stage and outside the city limits. You get the sense of sitting around a campfire with insightful friends, where the talk seamlessly drifts from guitar chords to gun dogs, from song structure to river currents. For anyone curious about the authentic stories behind country music and the wild places that birth them, this podcast provides a consistent, engaging, and surprisingly grounded listen. The Brothers Hunt facilitate these conversations with the easy familiarity of shared experience, making each episode feel like a natural extension of their own lives spent between the studio and the woods.
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