WATCH: Riley Green Brings Duck Call Skills to ‘The Tonight Show’

Riley Green, whose nickname is “Duckman,” certainly knows his way around a duck call, and he proved it on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon during his recent visit.

The last time Green appeared on the show, he gifted Fallon a duck call. It turns out, the host hasn’t put the call to much use. 

He joked, “I didn’t know if it was legal, first of all. I didn’t know what this was, I didn’t know what you were handing me at first!”

Green told him it wasn’t something you would “smoke out of,” but agreed “it does have that look.” Then, he encouraged him to practice it. 

Fallon gave it a try on camera and hilarity ensued when he blew into the wrong end, making everyone laugh. After flipping it around, he finally got a sound out of it, though not quite like Riley’s.

Green then pulled his own duck call out of his back pocket and gave an epic demonstration, earning cheers and laughter from the audience.

“Yours is a little kazoo-ish,” Green pointed out with a laugh. 

Green and Fallon also made plans to take their duck calling skills to the field, agreeing to go hunting together.

During their conversation, they also discussed Green’s headlining Damn Country Music Tour and his journey to becoming one of country music’s biggest stars. The Alabama native recalled honing in on his songwriting skills after playing a writer’s round during his early days in Nashville.   

“I remember going to Nashville…Playing a writer’s round at Tootsies and there was 15 people in line after me, and every one of ’em was better than me, so I was like, ‘man, what can I do to set myself apart?,” he recalled. “Nobody can tell the exact story that I tell. So I started writing songs just about how I grew up and my family and those values, and I was just really fortunate that I think a lot of people grew up the same way and some of those songs did really well.”

Later, Riley Green took to The Tonight Show stage to perform the song “Make It Rain” from his recently released Don’t Mind If I Do (Deluxe) project. This album expands on his 2024 release with six new tracks: The new songs include “Make It Rain,” “Cowboy As It Gets” featuring Randy Houser, “I Just Need You” with Hannah McFarland, “What Am I Supposed To Do Now,” “Bet They’re Biting,” and “One To Willie” featuring Willie Nelson.