Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer, Kent Blazy, has written 16 Country Top 40 hits including 4 Country Number One songs. After numerous artists recorded his songs without cracking the Top 40 in the 80s and contemplating quitting the songwriting business, he teamed up with a “demo” singer named Garth Brooks and they wrote “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” “Somewhere Other Than The Night,” and “Ain’t Goin Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)” all of which Garth sang and took to #1.

Belinda Gail was raised on ranches in Nevada’s Carson Valley and in the California Sierra Nevada foothills near Sequoia National Park. She has been named 7 times as the Female Performer of the Year by the Western Music Association. She discusses “She Is A Cowgirl,” “Granite Mountain,” and “Horse Corral Meadow.”

Bobby Braddock has written #1 songs in five consecutive decades and has written 13 #1 songs. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and, in 2015, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Bobby discusses his songs “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” “Golden Ring,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “People Are Crazy,” “Faking Love,” “I Wanna Talk About Me,” “Womanhood,” “Time Marches On,” “Did You Ever,” “Her Name Is,” “Bleep Her,” and “The Nerve.”

Stephen Kellogg dives into his new albums High Highs Low Lows and Objects In The Mirror including the songs High Highs Low Lows, Symphony of Joy, Song For Daughters, Fourth of July, Love Of My Life, Why Don’t You Quit Talking To Me, Shoebox Full Of Proof, Prayers, Objects In The Mirror, and The Brain Is A Beautiful Thing.

Gleewood is a New Mexico raised husband and wife team of Callie Sioux and Jhett Schiavone who play bass and guitar and harmonize in soprano and baritone. They discuss “Whiskey Sue,” “Chocolate On My Tongue,” “Superstition,” “The Good, Bad And The Blues,” “Colorado Brew,” “A Fall Behind,” and “Cisco Lights.”

Fox Wilde is the latest project of brothers, Michael and Demitri Lerios. Their first release, “Soap,” quickly gained notoriety from media outlets like People Magazine and Good Day LA. The band was also featured in Music Connection’s Top 100 Best Unsigned Bands in the US. Michael and Demitri talk about “Soap,” “Life,” “Strangers On The Run,” and “Angel.”

Blake Christiana is the frontman and songwriter for Yarn, the 4 time Grammy nominated alt-country rock band based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Blake shares with us the back story on his songs Abilene, Take Me First, Luanne, Hard Times, Bar Down The Road, and New York City Found.

2015 Songwriter Hall of Fame Inductee Linda Perry rose to fame with the band 4 Non Blondes where her breakout song What’s Up became an international hit. Linda shares her stories on the songs “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes, “Let’s Get The Party Started” by Pink, “Beautiful” by Christine Aquilera, “Perfect Stranger” by Cheap Trick, “The Thing About Love,” by Alicia Keyes and “It Fucking Hurts,” by Linda Perry’s Deep Dark Robot.

An Alabama native, White moved to Nashville in 1992 and notched his first breakthrough hit in 2000, when White co-wrote “I'm Movin' On” with D. Vincent Williams, which appeared on Rascal Flatt’s debut album. The song became a No. 1 hit and was named Song of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music Song of the Year and the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Philip talks about “Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On,” “Just Getting By,” and “No More.”

Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer, Steve Seskin has written seven Number One Country songs. Steve’s song “Don’t Laugh At Me” was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary and became the impetus for the Operation Respect project, a curriculum designed to teach tolerance and anti-bullying in schools. Steve shares his back story on “Grown Men Don’t Cry,” “All I Need To Know,” “Don’t Laugh At Me,” and “No Doubt About It.”

Brenn Hill is an authentic American Cowboy and also one of today’s foremost Western music songwriters. His 2002 album “Call You Cowboy” was nominated for Traditional Western Album of the Year by the Western Music Association and it won the Crescendo Music Award that year. Brenn discusses “Call You Cowboy,” “How You Heal,” “Ode To Selway,” and “Pictures In The Fire.”

Rick Gerber is the multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter frontman of the five-piece genre-bending outfit Badfeather. His songwriting combines blends classic rock, soul, extensive jam-band excursions and some country folk and funk. Rick talks about “Lady December,” “Beautiful Heart of Darkness,” and “I’ve Had Enough.”

John Bauman is a guitar playing singer songwriter Texas Troubadour from San Antonio. John discusses "This Country Doesn't Sound The Same," "Fool's Crusade," "Midland" and "Homesick For The Heartland."

Steven Wells is the singer/songwriter leader of the band Ghostowne which he formed in 1999. They have released seven albums and have been playing music in bars and honky-tonks inspiring audiences to drink and dance for over 20 years. Steven discusses the back story on “A Long Way From Graceland,” “Funny Money,” “I Only Smoke When I Drink,” “Keep On Pourin’ Til I Say When,” and “Let It Ride.”

Davey Allen is a Los Angeles based touring musician with the Rock N Roll Hall of Famer, Eric Burdon and the Animals. He combines traditional country, blues and psychedelia to create an eclectic highway soun in the vein of Gram Parsons, JJ Cale, and the Grateful Dead. Davey discusses “The Science of Gravy,” “Lil Sis,” “Old River,” and “Wished Me To Hell.”

Hall of Fame Songwriter Even Stevens gives the back story on selected hits including Eddie Rabbitt’s Drivin’ My Life Away, I Love A Rainy Night, Drinkin’ My Baby (Off My Mind), and Kenny Rogers’ Love Will Turn You Around, Dr. Hook’s When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Bobby Bare’s Too Many Nights Alone and Billy Walker’s Fine As Wine.

Danielle Eva Schwob of Delanila discusses songs from her acclaimed new album, Overloaded including It’s Been Awhile Since I Went Outside, Turning On The TV, Time Slips Away, and The Philosopher.

Aaron Barker discusses his songs: I'm Leaving, Easy Come, Easy Go, Baby Blue, Then He Made Horses, Love Without End, Amen, I Can Still Make Cheyenne, and What About Now

Bandits On The Run trio explores the back story of Love In The Underground, Cowboy On The Run, Blue Heaven and Paris from their albums The Criminal Record and Bandits Live At The Power Station.

Alicia Stockman’s songwriting is starting to be noticed by the critics. She has received awards at the Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival, the prestigious Songwriter Serenade contest held in Moravia, Texas, and she won the Suzanne Millsaps Performing Singer Songwriter Showcase at the Utah Arts Festival. She discusses with Back Story Song “The Porter House,” “From A Distance,” “We Fit Together” and “Grace.”