\nWhen you need a pep talk in how to get the most out of life, you always want to turn to a woman who grows food out of her own poop.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Okay, hear us out. Yes, it\u2019s true that Goldy Locks, lead singer and mastermind of Nashville\u2019s house-shaking Goldy lockS Band (yes, that\u2019s how she spells it), recently appeared on a 2023 of TLC\u2019s Extreme Cheapskates to explain how she uses her own feces as garden compost. She also mentioned that she collects stray socks from the laundromat to use as sanitary napkins and cuts down on her bar tab by finishing strangers\u2019 discards. But before you dismiss her as some sort of crackpot, you owe it to yourself to take a listen to her band\u2019s new single, \u201cJust Say Yes,\u201d a simply undeniable instant anthem that could convert just about anyone to her philosophy that the glass is always half full (especially when it isn\u2019t yours).<\/p>\n<p>No mere novelty record from a freegan lifestyle guru, the song soars on a can-do spirit and a musical oomph that make it as invigorating a statement of intent as \u201cI Will Survive.\u201d Strings saw away melodramatically, guitar power chords crash and churn, and Locks spews optimism in a voice that sure doesn\u2019t sound like it\u2019s been weakened by second-hand bourbon. Far from it:<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll stop at nothing \u2019til I reach the top<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll keep on moving and I\u2019ll never stop<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll start a motion where the money\u2019s free<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll make it happen where we all agree<\/p>\n<p>Just say yes<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t put me to the test, oh baby<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t say no<\/p>\n<p>Just how far can we go<\/p>\n<p>If you would just say yes<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t make me have to guess<\/p>\n<p>Just stop making a mess of my life<\/p>\n<p>And just tell me yes<\/p>\n<p>Now, who could resist an entreaty that direct? Locks says she wrote the song specifically \u201cto empower people to say \u2018yes\u2019 to quitting their deadbeat jobs,\u201d and also as \u201ca female empowerment song showing that women can ALSO be the boss.\u201d But its appeal is as universal as the unexpected joy of finding a perfectly good sofa somebody left out on the curb.<\/p>\n<p>Even the hoot-and-a-half of a music video Locks and her band have whipped up finds liberty in liberation: The vacuum cleaners and other household totems they wield as props were all rescued from the trash, and the kitsch-Americana costumes they\u2019re wearing come from either thrift\/secondhand stores or the nearest dumpster.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s pretty appropriate for a woman who was discovered while rifling through the refuse at Prince\u2019s Paisley Park complex. (Clarification: She was discovered by the police.) What followed was a circuitous path to show-biz prominence: first as a seamstress to boy bands, then a pop chanteuse in her own right (she opened for Pink and others), and then, perhaps most famously, as a commentator\/manager\/wrestler for TNA Impact Wrestling. For years, she\u2019s preached better living through frugality from a variety of media platforms, including her own TLC show, Call in the Cheapskates, and a podcast, Goldy\u2019s Closet (a sub-cast of ex-WWE writer Vince Russo\u2019s The Brand).<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s nothing cheap about the bang-for-your-buck reputation she\u2019s simultaneously carved out as leader and frontwoman of The Goldy lockS Band, whose 100+-song repertoire of originals and covers has made the lineup of Locks, bassist Johnny Oro and drummer Rod Saylor a top draw throughout their region\u2014and an in-demand opener for everyone from Saliva, Sevendust and Nickelback to Stevie Nicks, The Bret Michaels Band and Maroon 5. On record, their mastery of rock, pop and beyond has shifted over 65,000 CDs and EPs since 2008, plus more than 2,500 DVDs. Their 2019 collaboration with Smith & Hay x King Tech on a cover of Pearl Jam\u2019s \u201cBlack\u201d was the first single from an album that hit Number Two in Billboard\u2014on the Jazz chart, yet!<\/p>\n<p>And when it comes to charitable causes, this bunch are anything but stingy. Their 2021 single\/video \u201cAll to You\u201d aided suicide-prevention efforts, \u201cBlack\u201d did the same for child abuse, and previous hit \u201cToday I Won\u2019t Be Afraid\u201d has helped raise thousands of dollars for organizations like the YWCA and Soles4Souls, which helps get new shoes and clothing to people in crisis situations. Now that\u2019s the kind of recycling anybody can get behind.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to offer a thumbnail sketch of the Type-A personality that\u2019s taken her so far down so many avenues, Locks describes herself as \u201cdriven, professional, a neat freak and an occasional hot mess.\u201d Maybe so, but what a fabulous disaster it is. Now we can all \u201cJust Say Yes\u201d to the mess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you need a pep talk in how to get the most out of life, you always want to turn to a woman who grows food out of her own poop. Okay, hear us out. 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