Tucker Carlson Says This 'Thrilling' Artist Is Saving Music From Going in 'Wrong Direction'

In a recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, estranged Fox News host Tucker Carlson detailed his love for live music along with his fears for modern creativity at large.

He discussed being a DeadHead, telling the cheeky story of his first time attending a Grateful Dead show at the ripe age of fifteen. He claimed to have since been to over 50 Dead concerts.

Carlson continued on, saying that he still loves the Grateful Dead and "that kind" of music, namely jam bands.

He also is a big fan of percussion, saying that he "loves" the drums and praising the Dead for their use of two drummers, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann. He pointed to the group's drum circles and solos as another aspect of the Dead shows that he adored.

"I just like drums. To this day, I listen to drums, just percussion," said Carlson. He cited another favorite drummer of his, King Sunny Adé, a Nigerian musician.

"I like jam music, I like acoustic music. I love bluegrass, love bluegrass and Americana," he said.

The Tucker host continued to detail his passion for music, saying that he "love[s] rhythm, I think it's the basis of music."

"Instruments are cool, but they're, kind of, interior design, and the architecture is rhythm. It's the universal sound that every culture appreciates because it reflects something that's pre-existing, that's in you."

"Everyone relates to rhythm," he concluded.

Carlson also gave a shout out to Grammy-award winning bluegrass singer Billy Strings.

"To see Billy Strings become, like, a venue packer...Billy Strings is, like, a big act right now," said Carlson. Strings is currently gearing up for his summer tour, which will take him around the United States.

However, Carlson conceded that he doesn't have much faith in the current state of American arts and culture.

"I do feel like creativity, art, has been completely destroyed and eliminated in the United States. You can't be creative if you're not honest, it's that simple. We can't be honest, so there's no creativity," he said. He claimed that the "visual arts and literature and architecture" have all "died" as a result of these limits.

"Comedy is still alive, thank heaven, and music, for some reason, has escaped that and is still alive," conceded Carlson.

However, he also said that "eight years ago, or something, it felt like 'Ooh, ow, people can't tell jokes anymore." Rogan and Carlson credited themselves with keeping the flames of comedic fire alive.

"We kept doing it," said Rogan.

Carlson praised the "growth, the explosion" of bluegrass country music, saying that the rise of the genre is "just thrilling and, like, a sign of life at this 'late stage.'" He compared the deterioration of American culture to that of the fall of Rome.

Rogan responded that "some kind of art" tends to "thrive" in chaos."

Carslon then declared the banjo to be one of the greatest instruments "ever."