Nashville Songwriter
The Inside Stories Behind Country Music's Greatest Hits
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2014
Summary
You’ve heard them on the radio, listened to them on repeat for days, and sang along at the top of your lungs—but have you ever wondered about the real stories behind all your favorite country songs?
Nashville Songwriter gives readers the first completely authorized collection of the true stories that inspired hits by the biggest multi-platinum country superstars of the last half century—recounted by the songwriters themselves. Award-winning music biographer Jake Brown gives r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781940363172 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1940363179 |
| Author: | Jake Brown |
| Publisher: | BenBella Books |
| Imprint: | BenBella Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
” Nashville Songwriter is an outstanding read from cover to cover. If you have any interest at all in what goes on behind the scenes in the songwriting business, you need to read this book.”
“””Nashville Songwriter is an outstanding read from cover to cover. If you have any interest at all in what goes on behind the scenes in the songwriting business, you need to read this book.“” —American Songwriter Magazine ”“You know the words, but do you know the story behind them? In a new book, Nashville Songwriter, music biographer Jake Brown interviews elite country songwriters ‘to get the true stories behind country music’s biggest and most enduring hits.’”” —Parade Magazine ”“With back stories on such titles as Willie Nelson’s ““Always On My Mind,”” Carrie Underwood’s ““Jesus, Take the Wheel”” and Tim McGraw’s ““Live Like You Were Dying,”” the book puts songwriters in the spotlight, including artist-writers Bill Anderson, Tom T. Hall and David Lee Murphy, as well as such full-time authors as Neil Thrasher (““Fly Over States”“), Tom Shapiro (”“Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You”“), Dallas Davidson (”“Play It Again”“) and Dean Dillon (”“Ocean Front Property”“).”” —Billboard Country“
About The Author
Jake Brown
Award-winning Music biographer Jake Brown has written 35 published books in his decade-long career, featuring many authorized collaborations with some of rock’s biggest artists, including 2013 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Heart (with Ann and Nancy Wilson), living guitar legend Joe Satriani, heavy metal pioneers Motorhead (with Lemmy Kilmister), late hip hop icon Tupac Shakur (with the estate), late Funk pioneer Rick James, superstar country music anthology Nashville Songwriter, and the all-star rock producers anthology Behind the Boards, among many others. Brown has also appeared as the featured biographer of record on Fuse TV’s Live Through This series and Bloomberg TV’s Game Changers series. In 2012, Brown won the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards in the category of Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.
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