{"product_id":"nashville-songwriter-isbn-9781940363172","title":"Nashville Songwriter","description":"\u003cb\u003eYou'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? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNashville Songwriter\u003c\/i\u003e 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 readers an unprecedented, intimate glimpse inside the world of country music songwriting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing exclusive commentary from country superstars and chapter-length interviews with today's biggest hit-writers on Music Row, this book chronicles the stories behind smash hits such as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWillie Nelson's \"Always on My Mind\"\u003cbr\u003eTim McGraw's \"Live Like You Were Dying,\" \"Southern Voice,\" and \"Real Good Man\"\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Jones's \"Tennessee Whiskey\"\u003cbr\u003eCarrie Underwood's \"Jesus Take the Wheel\" and \"Cowboy Casanova\"\u003cbr\u003eBrooks \u0026amp; Dunn's \"Ain't Nothing 'Bout You\"\u003cbr\u003eLady Antebellum's \"We Owned the Night\" and \"Just a Kiss\"\u003cbr\u003eBrad Paisley's \"Mud on the Tires,\" \"We Danced,\" and \"I'm Still a Guy\"\u003cbr\u003eLuke Bryan's \"Play It Again,\" \"Crash My Party,\" and \"That's My Kind of Night\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Oak Ridge Boys's \"American Made\"\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Strait's \"Ocean Front Property\" and \"The Best Day,\"\u003cbr\u003eRascal Flatts's \"Fast Cars and Freedom,\" and \"Take Me There\"\u003cbr\u003eKenny Chesney's \"Living in Fast Forward\" and \"When the Sun Goes Down\"\u003cbr\u003eRicochet's \"Daddy's Money\"\u003cbr\u003eMontgomery Gentry's \"If You Ever Stop Loving Me\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Crickets's \"I Fought the Law\"\u003cbr\u003eTom T. Hall's \"A Week in a County Jail\" and \"That Song Is Driving Me Crazy\"\u003cbr\u003eTrace Adkins's \"You're Gonna Miss This\"\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lee Murphy's \"Dust on the Bottle\"\u003cbr\u003eJason Aldean's \"Big Green Tractor\" and \"Fly Over States\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd many more top country hits over the past 40 years!\"\u003ci\u003eNashville Songwriter\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Songwriter Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You know the words, but do you know the story behind them? In a new book, \u003ci\u003eNashville Songwriter\u003c\/i\u003e, music biographer Jake Brown interviews elite country songwriters 'to get the true stories behind country music's biggest and most enduring hits.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eParade Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\").\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBillboard Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAward-winning Music biographer \u003cb\u003eJake Brown\u003c\/b\u003e has written 35 published books in his decade-long career, featuring many authorized collaborations with some of rock's biggest artists, including 2013 Rock \u0026amp; 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 \u003ci\u003eNashville Songwriter\u003c\/i\u003e, and the all-star rock producers anthology \u003ci\u003eBehind the Boards\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. Brown has also appeared as the featured biographer of record on Fuse TV's \u003ci\u003eLive Through This\u003c\/i\u003e series and Bloomberg TV's \u003ci\u003eGame Changers\u003c\/i\u003e series. In 2012, Brown won the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards in the category of Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.","brand":"BenBella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301406134501,"sku":"NP9781940363172","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781940363172_7940d7f4-8345-4075-bbb6-f43cd4d8614b.jpg?v=1742924191","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/nashville-songwriter-isbn-9781940363172","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}