Episode 498 of Concert Pipeline featuring J. Michael Phillips and a review of his show with Yelawolf at Channel 24 in Sacramento. First we chat with J. Michael about   his upbringing in music, getting signed to Yelawolf’s label Slumerican, standing up for the underdog, combining country grit with hip-hop energy, how it was a point of pride at the time to be in prison, writing music in prison, making his first album “Urban Cowboy” and what he took from that to bring to his new album “Whiskey and Roses” with Yelawolf, the impact of the success of each of the singles on the album, and plans to make more music.