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Max Baker Jr.
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MBJ Enterprises LLC is the umbrella brand behind our growing network of podcasts, media clips, and original content. We produce, document, and distribute stories rooted in live music history, show business, and real behind-the-scenes experiences. From archived concert memories to new digital media projects, MBJ Enterprises brings multiple creative ventures together under one banner. This is where storytelling, production, and legacy content connect and continue to grow. 

  1. 18H AGO

    The Groundskeeper Got Pissed

    Outdoor show. Big build. Turf field. Everything has to be covered in plywood. Every inch protected. Because once you’re on grass, you’re on borrowed time. Somewhere in the middle of it, a security guard drags a chair out to center field. Plants it. Sits there. Leaves indentations in the grass. Enter the grounds police. Not security. Not the guard. The Baker Boys. That’s who got blamed. When you’re building stages that size, the days bleed together. Day rolls into night. Night into the next morning. You’re laying plywood down as fast as you can, and the venue wants it off just as fast once the show’s over. You’re juggling turf, steel, load-in, load-out. And somehow… a folding chair in center field becomes your fault. That’s production life.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #ProductionLife #LiveEventStories #BehindTheScenes #ConcertBuild #StageCrew #OutdoorShows #thebakerboys #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min

  2. 1D AGO

    Band Thinks The Record Label Is Paying For Everything

    Dinner before the show. Big table. Big spending. Max leans over and says, “You know you’re paying for all this, right?” The band laughs it off. “No, man. It’s the record company.” Meanwhile the label reps are ordering everything. Expensive wine. Full menu. No hesitation. Just stacking receipts like it’s free money. Max and Brad are in the corner splitting a sandwich, watching it unfold. Every bottle. Every entrée. Every round. Recoupable. The band had no idea. They thought the label was treating them. Thought it was part of the deal. Free night out. Celebration energy. Later that night? The show happens. The big spenders are gone. The label crew disappears. The only ones who show up are Max and Brad. That’s the part nobody explains when you sign. Nothing is free.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #MusicBusiness #RecordLabelLife #Recoupable #ArtistLessons #BehindTheScenes #ConcertStories #MusicIndustryTruth #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min
  3. Hank Williams III Warns Audience About Second Set

    2D AGO

    Hank Williams III Warns Audience About Second Set

    Most artists ease you into a show. Hank III gives you a warning. First set? Pure country. You’re in heaven. Steel guitar. Honky-tonk energy. The kind of set you don’t want to end. Then he grabs the mic. “For those of you that came for the country… it’s over.” He tells the crowd straight up. Take a break. Leave if you need to. When he comes back, it’s his music. And that second set? Loud. Heavy. Thrash. Speed metal. By the time he shifts into Assjack territory, it’s punk-driven chaos. A full alter ego. You’d watch it happen in real time. Packed house for the country set. Then the slow trickle toward the exits. No bait and switch. No apology. Just a public service announcement before he kicks your teeth in.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #HankIII #HankWilliamsIII #Assjack #OutlawCountry #ThrashMetal #LiveMusicStories #ConcertLife #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen  #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min
  4. Forklift Crashes Into Sheriff’s Daughter’s Car

    3D AGO

    Forklift Crashes Into Sheriff’s Daughter’s Car

    First show at the ballpark. No traffic control. No blocked streets. Gear being pushed up a ramp into open traffic in Bricktown. Cars flying by while you’re loading out. That was the setup. Then after the show, the forklift starts backing out of the hole. Crunch. Straight into the sheriff’s daughter’s car. Wrong car. Wrong night. Wrong timing. For a debut show at that venue, it came with stress, tension, and a very uncomfortable conversation. But the bill? Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. Baptism by fire.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #BobDylan #WillieNelson #Bricktown #ConcertProduction #LiveMusicStories #BehindTheScenes #EventLife #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min

  5. 4D AGO

    Artist Getting Ripped Off By Record Labels

    Getting a record deal is one thing. Getting your rights back? That’s almost unheard of. In this case, the label agreed to return the band’s rights upon recoup. That doesn’t happen  often. Other people in the industry even asked who negotiated that contract. It wasn’t luck. It was intentional. Too many artists before them had already lived the cautionary tale. Stories about legends  like Bo Diddley being taken advantage of. Contracts signed. Rights gone. Catalogs owned  by someone else. And the line you hear over and over: “I don’t own my music.” Played in front of thousands. Toured the country. Fans think you’re a rock star. Then the tour  ends and you’re back painting houses because you don’t own your masters. No mailbox  money. No long-term leverage. The spotlight fades fast when you don’t control what you created. Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. #HeresTheDealPodcast #MusicBusiness #RecordDeals #ArtistRights #OwnYourMasters  #BoDiddley #MusicIndustryStories #RockAndRollTruth #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen  #oklahoma #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min

  6. 5D AGO

    Problems, Issues, & Show Stoppers

    Some shows, you know exactly why you’re there.  You know why it matters.  You know what it’s shaping inside you. In this business, there are problems, there are issues, and then there are showstoppers. Problems can be handled. Issues can be fixed. Showstoppers change everything.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity   Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    2 min
  7. The Chainsaw Kittens

    6D AGO

    The Chainsaw Kittens

    Bricktown Amphitheater. Chainsaw Kittens take the stage. Norman band. Cult following. Built their name the hard way. Tyson Meade was never typical frontman energy. He had his own lane. Art-driven. Different. The band carved out a reputation far beyond just local buzz. Years later, word was Tyson had been overseas in Asia teaching English as a second language. Then he made his way back to Oklahoma City around the time cannabis became legal. That’s the thing about scenes. Bands evolve. Artists disappear for a while. Then they resurface in a completely different chapter. Chainsaw Kittens were part of that era when Norman bands weren’t just local acts. They were movement pieces.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #ChainsawKittens #TysonMeade #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min
  8. Edgefest 2003

    MAR 29

    Edgefest 2003

    Sponsored by The Edge. Packed with national acts and a wave of local bands filling out the lineup. It wasn’t just a concert. It was a scene. Jeff, Max, and Sean McGillicuddy weren’t just attending. They were running merch. Tables set up in a full circle around the field. Shirts, CDs, boxes stacked high. And then it got weird. The band drops off all these merch boxes… and never picks them back up. Now you’ve got stacks of inventory that don’t belong to you. Running around the festival trying to track someone down to return it. Carrying it. Protecting it. Trying to do the right thing. That’s the side of festivals nobody sees. Not just the stage lights. Not just the headliners. It’s the hustle behind the tables.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #Edgefest2003 #TulsaMusic #TheEdge #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

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MBJ Enterprises LLC is the umbrella brand behind our growing network of podcasts, media clips, and original content. We produce, document, and distribute stories rooted in live music history, show business, and real behind-the-scenes experiences. From archived concert memories to new digital media projects, MBJ Enterprises brings multiple creative ventures together under one banner. This is where storytelling, production, and legacy content connect and continue to grow. 

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  • Creator
    Max Baker Jr.
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
    Explicit
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