"Counting On" Barry Bales

 This week on the pod Palmer is joined by
Barry Bales!

Barry is a lot of things, as a musician, he has been
the bassist for Alison Krauss and Union Station for 30+ years. He
is a songwriter and has played with the likes of Vince Gill,
Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and more.  Oh
and he is the winner of 15 Grammy Awards!


Barry is a husband and has one son, Marshall who is
15.  Barry is a 5th-generation farmer. He and his family
own Bales Farm, where they raise
grass-fed/grass-finished beef, pasture-raised chicken,
pasture-raised pork, and free-range eggs. 
Barry and his wife, Aliceson,
were kind enough to have us out to the farm to record this
episode. We sat outside on one of their porches and talked over a
glass of bourbon on a beautiful East Tennessee day. 


Barry and Palmer talked about the importance of knowing when
and what life lessons to teach our kids and the mediums to use
when teaching, about his time as a child growing up on the farm,
and the love and admiration he had for his grandfather, and the
challenges of managing our own expectations of what we want for
our kids. They talked a bit about the music industry and some of
the changes Barry has seen during his time in it and spent the
last part of the conversation talking about regenerative farming,
why they practice it at Bales Farm, and why we need
to see changes happening in our farming and food
culture. 

A big thanks again to Barry for joining the podcast! 


In This Episode:
 
Barry Bales on Instagram
Aliceson Bales on Instagram
Bales Farm Website | Instagram |
YouTube | Cookbook

Anthony Palmer on Instagram
Palm Tree Pod Co. Website |
Instagram
Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. Website |
Podcast | Instagram

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