Brooks & Dunn caught up with Billboard's Lyndsey Havens on the Winners Walk at the ACM Awards 2025.
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00:00Look at that thing.
00:01Oh, look at that thing.
00:02Look at that thing.
00:03Yeah, that's it.
00:04I'm glad we've got video, too.
00:06Yep.
00:07My wife never says that.
00:09Off to a good start here with Brooks and Dunn.
00:12Fresh off a performance, fresh off a win.
00:15So, this is your 17th win for Best Duo.
00:18Does it get old?
00:19How does it feel?
00:20So far, no.
00:21I mean, we're old.
00:23No, you're not.
00:24So far, it's not feeling that old.
00:26How do you differentiate one win from another?
00:28What makes this one feel different or special to you, too?
00:31I'll tell you what.
00:32I think the longer you hang in the game, not you hang in the game, but the entire attributes,
00:38but you're allowed to be in the game, the more appreciative you become.
00:43Yeah.
00:44You know?
00:45It's like, I got 17 whatever duos.
00:47Well, that should be something that will humble you, drop you to your knees.
00:51It does.
00:52It does.
00:53We had a heck of a run in the 90s, you know?
00:55When we got together for a long time, and we went and did solo projects, you know,
01:01and kicked around for a minute, and we squeezed back together, the chances of, you know,
01:07finding this audience that we have in the last couple of years is pretty minuscule.
01:11But we're looking out there now at crowds going, I don't know how y'all found us, but
01:16this is really cool.
01:17And, you know, it does, it puts energy in these songs.
01:21It's giving us energy in these songs.
01:22Exactly what he said.
01:23Yeah, exactly.
01:24More motive and stuff.
01:25Every show sold out is crazy.
01:26Yeah.
01:27It's not crazy.
01:28I mean, the music's really good.
01:30So, outside of the secret to success, what's the secret to, you know, a lasting friendship?
01:36Someone you have to be friends with and also work with for a long time.
01:38Again, I don't know.
01:39It's just fate.
01:40It just happened.
01:41Yeah.
01:42I mean, we did not know one another.
01:43Yeah.
01:44We were throwing together.
01:45He's thinking that we're there writing songs for his solo career.
01:48I'm thinking we're writing songs for mine.
01:50And then we get pitched a deal for a duo.
01:53Yeah.
01:54And we just said, okay, let's jump on a bus, grab some friends, know how to play.
01:59Yeah.
02:00And just stumble through it.
02:01Yeah.
02:02That's it.
02:03We're definitely, I think we're definitely brothers beyond friends anymore.
02:08You know, we've spent 30-something years beating this thing up and figuring it out year after
02:13year after year.
02:14It's been quite a journey and a big life journey for both of us, you know.
02:19Yeah.
02:20Never had a crossword.
02:21Never had a crossword.
02:22We have different opinions.
02:23Strong.
02:24That's okay.
02:25It's okay.
02:26Yeah.
02:27But we both owns guns.
02:28Cut that.
02:29Well, so you both also own a ton of trophies.
02:30Where do you keep all of these?
02:32I just built onto my farm, so I'm going to try to put it out there.
02:35Don't let me keep my me, me, me, self-centered stuff in the house.
02:38I get no respect from her on that.
02:40You should put them in a barn.
02:41Yeah.
02:42I get home in the morning, she'll be going like, hey, take the trash out, would you?
02:45Good for you.
02:46Good for you.
02:47Mine are all in the front of my bass boat.
02:49I just, I've still got room for this one though.
02:51Yeah.
02:52Yeah, it's cool.
02:53They love, they love it at the lake.
02:55Well, congratulations.
02:56I hope you two celebrate.
02:58And yeah, we'll look forward to many more wins for you two.
03:05Here, everybody.
03:11That's it.
03:22Well, take a long way.
03:25We're gonna go back and start with the national radio.