Dopey 359: Walker Hayes on drinking to near death, the mega success of 'Fancy Like' and the tragedy of losing a child.

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dave & Chris

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2022

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

This week on Dopey! We are joined by 'Fancy Like' Country Super Star Walker Hayes! Walker talks all about working the graveyard shift at Costco, becoming a singer/songwriter and hitting rock bottom with alcohol. Then things get beyond tragic, in early recovery Walker mourns the death of his newborn daughter. Then he finds strength in his faith and becomes a country superstar with his viral internet hit 'Fancy Like'. PLUS my friend Dave returns for our 30th high school reunion! Plus Dopey emails and more on a Southern fried new episode of the ol' Dopey show.

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0:00.0	Hi, you ready?
0:03.0	Hi, here we go.
0:05.0	Listen up, these words guys, quite a bit.
0:07.0	You don't hear the words, it'll just be terrible.
0:12.0	Kafka, code and black, wish you had a little shot of Jack
0:20.0	Besides that, can't complain.
0:22.0	Just trying to do the dang thing, my change of y'all and my truck
0:27.0	I ain't paying no 35 bucks, kids need shoes, momma needs leave eyes
0:32.0	And I'm just trying to keep my daughters off the pole
0:37.0	And my sons out of jail, I'm trying to get in church
0:41.0	So I don't go to hell, I'm just trying to keep my wife figuring out
0:48.0	And I'm married up, and she married way, way down
0:53.0	And I love Bama where they loved it same
0:57.0	Trying to ride a song, a local country station on play
1:03.0	I'm just trying to stay out of it
1:08.0	Woo!
1:11.0	This episode of Dopey is brought to you by Auro Recovery
1:14.0	They're located in sunny Southern California in Malibu, Western Los Angeles
1:20.0	They have ratings you wouldn't believe, Newsweek called them
1:24.0	Like the best rehab anywhere, was created by our friend Bob Forest
1:29.0	And his friends Evan Jarrett and Bob, their mission to create a treatment
1:33.0	That treats addicts and alcoholics with compassion and connection rather than control
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