#Eric 'Buegs' Buegler

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interview — The Avid Indoorsmen podcast — Movie Game Night with VoicePlay!

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Long before much of the world was forced to hunker down in their homes, there were indoor kids. But even those of us who prefer to stay at home and amuse ourselves need to interact with other humans sometimes. Join hosts Rob and Buegs, and their buddies from VoicePlay for some socially distanced movie trivia games and lighthearted banter.

Details:

title: The Avid Indoorsmen — Movie Game Night #7 — VoicePlay!

hosts: Rob Lundquist & Eric "Buegs" Buegler

guests: Geoff Castellucci, Layne Stein, J.None, & Eli Jacobson from VoicePlay

release date: 3 September 2020

Trivia:

This podcast was half of a two-part collaboration. The other half is the "Aca Top 10 – Movie Themes" video featuring Rob that VoicePlay released the next day.

The first two Movie Game Night episodes earlier in the year featured Rob's Home Free bandmate Tim Foust, and Seggie Isho from Straight No Chaser.

Their guests for the next Movie Game Night a month later were the guys' fellow Sing-Off alumni The Filharmonic, who were on the 2014 tour with Home Free and VoicePlay.

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collaboration spotlight — The Butts Remix by Home Free

When you need a job done well, you hire a skilled craftsperson. When the job you need done well is blending half a dozen songs that celebrate the human posterior into a toe-tapping a cappella medley, you ask one of the most talented goofballs in music production. Which is why Chris Rupp approached Layne Stein to help him and Adam create this piece. The tongue-in-cheek video Home Free filmed to go along with it makes the whole thing even better.

Details:

title: The Butts Remix

original songs / performers: [0:14] "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" by Trace Adkins; [0:55] "Wiggle" by Jason Derulo, featuring Snoop Dogg; [1:18] "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen ; [1:35] "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot ; [2:07] "Thong Song" by Sisqó ; [2:29] "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" by Luke Bryan

written by: "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" by Dallas Davidson, Randy Houser, & Jamey Johnson; "Wiggle" by Jason Derulo, Ricky Reed, Andreas "Axident" Schuller, Jacob Kasher, Sean Douglas, "John the Blind" Ryan, Joe Spargur, & Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus; "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Brian May; "Baby Got Back" by Anthony "Sir Mix-a-Lot" Ray; "Thong Song" by Mark "Sisqó" Andrews, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Desmond Child, & Draco Rosa; "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" by Luke Bryan & Dallas Davidson

arranged by: Layne Stein, Chris Rupp, & Adam Rupp

release date: 31 March 2015

My favorite bits:

recreating elements of the original videos, be it setting, wardrobe, or choreography, but in their own Home Free style

the commitment to the bit throughout, while mostly only objectifying themselves

Tim surruptitiously eating the ham sandwich in the back corner

Austin throwing it back at the end of "Wiggle"

Tim headbanging at the beginning of "Fat Bottomed Girls", then settling into his usual sedate grooving to the beat

Rob being the only one who gets to rap (in defiance of the group's well-established Guilty Pleasures bit)

Austin emulating synth vibrato by wibbling his lips with a finger

that bassy slide in the final transition

Chris busting out some tap during the dance lesson

friend of the band Eric "Buegs" Buegler — the guy in nothing but shortie overalls — giving it his all in the final dance sequence

"We hope you enjoyed our butts!" "…remix."

Trivia:

Portions of the "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" crowd sequence had to be framed carefully, because Chris was off-site handling production things for a portion of it and they were on a tight schedule for the location.

Austin choreographed the line dance section for "Country Girl".

Layne had already arranged an excerpt from "Wiggle" as part of VoicePlay's "Aca Top 10 — Summer Hits 2014" countdown.

The next year, VoicePlay included "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" in their "Aca Top 10 — Bro Country" countdown, for which Chris Rupp was their featured guest.

Chris did a commentary video for this medley several years later on his personal channel.