Many of you country music fans out there know the story about how Kris Kristofferson convinced Johnny Cash to sing Kris’s song, “Sunday Morning Coming Down.” And if you don’t know this story, it’s a great one! Kristofferson, who was in the Army at the time, found himself in financial distress and needed to push
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Classic country fans seem to get awfully worked up when they hear a new song drop on the radio that doesn’t growl like Conway Twitter, inflect like George Jones, or wail like Hank Williams singing the blues. “Country music is dead and gone,” they shout! “In my day, country was real country.” Well, that’s
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Most songwriters in America, and in the world in general, struggle and stumble to climb up that daunting wall of success. For most of us, we’re told “No” like it’s our first name. Many songwriters do end up successful. Some get a big hit. Some get some sync play on TV, or some
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