#324 - Tracy Lawrence on Why Radio Stations Didn’t Want to Play One of His Hits + The Story of When He Got Shot 4 Times + Celebrating 30 Years in Country Music

#259 - Tracy Lawrence on 90’s Country + ‘Paint Me A Birmingham’ Surprisingly Was Not A No. 1 Song + Music Trivia Against The Musician (Round 3 with Adam Hambrick) by Bobbycast

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Ep. 76 - MEL TILLIS ("Detroit City"): As an artist, Mel Tillis scored 36 Top 10 country hits between 1968 and 1984, including six #1s. But Tillis was writing hit songs long before he found success as an artist As a songwriter he hit the Top 20 an astounding 49 times, most often as the creator behind songs made famous by iconic artists such as Carl Smith, Kitty Wells, Ernest Tubb, Brenda Lee, Faron Young, Ricky Skaggs, and many others. His long list of songwriting successes includes "Burning Memories" and "Heart Over Mind" by Ray Price, "Detroit City" by Bobby Bare, "Honky Tonk Song" and "I Ain't Never" by Webb Pierce, "Mental Revenge" by Waylon Jennings, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, and Mel's own recording of "Sawmill." He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1976, the same year he was named the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year. He was named Comedian of the Year by the CMA six different times in by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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Ep. 12 - BOBBY BRADDOCK ("He Stopped Loving Her Today"): Bobby Braddock has written more than a dozen #1 country hits, including standards such as Tammy Wynette’s “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” and George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” which is frequently ranked as the greatest country song of all time. George Jones began finding success with Braddock’s songs in the 1970s with hits such as “Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half As Bad As Losing You)” and “Her Name Is…” Jones and his then-wife, Tammy Wynette, also scored with Bobby’s “We’re Not the Jet Set” and “Golden Ring,” while Tammy found solo success with “Womanhood” and “They Call It Making Love.” Other Braddock-penned hits from the 1970s include “I Believe the South is Gonna Rise Again,” which Tanya Tucker took to the Top 20, “Something to Brag About,” which Mary Kay Place and Willie Nelson took to the Top 10, and “Come On In,” which was a hit for Jerry Lee Lewis in 1978. Bobby continued to reach the #1 position in the 1980s (“I Feel Like Loving Y by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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Ep. 63 - DICKEY LEE ("She Thinks I Still Care"): Dickey Lee’s early artist career found him scoring pop and R&B hits in the 1960s with songs such as “Patches” and the self-penned single “I Saw Linda Yesterday.” He went on to record seventeen Top 40 country singles, including the major hits “9,999,999 Tears” and “Rocky,” which hit #1 in 1975. Lee is best known, however, for writing “She Thinks I Still Care,” which George Jones took to the #1 spot on the Billboard country chart in 1962. The song has since been covered by artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Little Willie John, Connie Francis, Merle Haggard, James Taylor, Harry Connick, Jr., Cher, Anne Murray, and Garth Brooks. Dickey has written an additional half dozen #1 country hits, including “I’ll Be Leaving Alone” for Charley Pride, “You’re The First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving” for Reba McEntire, “Let’s Fall to Pieces Together” for George Strait, and “In a Different Light” for Doug Stone. His long list of additional hits incl by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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Terry Burke: from Screed 'zine to Master of Puppets: In the mid-80s, Terrence Burke came to Cincinnati from Boston, where he was weaned on a steady diet of Beantown's finest alternative/indie/college rock stations. He quickly discovered 97X and was hooked. After a few years back in Boston, he returned ... by 97X - Rumblings from the Big Bush

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Ep. 189 - DEBBIE GIBSON ("Lost in Your Eyes"): Our guest on this episode of Songcraft is pop legend Debbie Gibson, who solo-wrote her five Top 5 Billboard singles in the late 1980s while still a teenager, earned the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award, sold over 16 million albums worldwide, and was named one of Billboard magazine’s Top 60 Female Artists of All Time. She joins us to chat about her influences, her development as a songwriter, and her latest critically-acclaimed album, The Body Remembers. by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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Denny Freeman, Bob Dylan, Vietnam, Stevie Ray Vaughan: Most Emotional Interview I’ve Done: On this Denny Freeman interview: Denny was around for the revolution of 1960s music and culture and explains, in no uncertain terms, how 1965 and 1968 were completely culturally different. And how the fallout from this presented some very upsetting... by Everyone Loves Guitar

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Denny Freeman Interview - Vietnam, Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughan, 1960’s Music & Culture - Everyone Loves Guitar: Most Emotional Interview I’ve EVER Done: One of the original members of the Austin music scene back in the early 1970’s Denny Freeman roomed with and played in bands with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Vaughan. He was also part of the house band at... by Everyone Loves Guitar

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Toni Basil (on "Mickey", Dance, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Tina Turner, Bowie, Bette Midler, & Epic Career)!: <p>Oh Mickey, you’re so fine. You’re so fine, you blow my mind. Hey Mickey, Hey Mickey. You know the rest. Everyone knows the rest! Toni Basil steps Behind The Rope. Yup, THAT Toni Basil who broke many records with one of the biggest hits and most catchy songs, well, ever. Toni is here to chat about her entire career, a career that has spanned a whopping six decades and still going strong. A career that includes dancing, choreographing, singing, and acting. We start at the beginning, Toni was drawn to the business at a young age with parents who were entertainers, taking up dance and cheering while in High School. Toni’s passion for dance, she was one of the seven original Lockers, landed her premiere gigs as a choreographer working with musical icons like Tina Tuner and David Bowie. Toni opens up about what working with each was l by BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

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#334 - Songwriter Jimmy Robbins on his 10 No. 1’s for Blake Shelton, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett and More! + Dropping Out of School in 9th Grade to Tour at 14 Years Old + Addressing His Misheard Lyric in “Beachin” That Sounds Like Something Bad… by Bobbycast

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Ep. 21 - CHIP TAYLOR ("Wild Thing"): Though a prolific singer/songwriter in his own right, Chip Taylor’s music has been covered by a wide range of artists, including Fats Domino, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Johnny Cash, George Strait, Nina Simone, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, The Pretenders, Jackie DeShannon, Ronnie Spector, Cheap Trick, and many others. He has written 39 songs that have appeared on Billboard’s pop, R&B, country, or adult contemporary charts, with many of them appearing on multiple charts simultaneously. Chip was born James Wesley Voight in Yonkers, New York, He joined a country band in high school, started writing songs, and signed a contract with King Records while still a teenager. As a songwriter he began finding success in the early 1960s with recordings by Johnny Tillotson, Aretha Franklin, and Willie Nelson. In 1966 The Troggs took Taylor’s “Wild Thing” to the #1 spot, which caught the attention of Jimi Hendrix, who covered it the following year by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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Ep. 119 - BUDDY CANNON ("Give It Away"): Buddy Cannon, the frequent Willie Nelson collaborator, award-winning producer, and co-writer of the CMA and ACM Song of the Year "Give It Away," joins us to talk about getting his first four cuts in two days; how his first charting single became a #1 hit; why he had to tell Kenny Chesney he couldn't produce his early albums; the time he freaked out when his musical hero called him on the phone; and how he and Willie Nelson only co-write via text message. by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

55 min listen

Best Of: What the Fuck 2016? w/ Emma Swift, Brian Koppelman, Alex Lahey, Lisa Mitchell, Jeff Greenstein and more: We’re on a break at the moment but I thought it would be interesting to revisit this episode from four years ago, our end of the year 2016 wrap up, featuring a bunch of different interviews touching on the big stories in music of the year, including... by My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan

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Ep. 68 - HUGH PRESTWOOD ("The Song Remembers When"): Hugh Prestwood has written twenty charting singles on the Billboard rankings, including eight Top 10 hits. He began his professional career as a folk singer/songwriter in Greenwich Village in the 1970s before finding commercial success as a writer when Judy Collins began recording his songs toward the end of the decade. In the 1980s he appeared on the country charts with the #1 singles “The Sound of Goodbye” by Crystal Gayle and “The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder” by Michael Johnson. By the following decade Prestwood was regularly topping the charts with titles such as Randy Travis’ “Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart,” which earned him the BMI Country Song of the Year Award. Similarly, Trisha Yearwood’s recording of “The Song Remembers When” earned him NSAI’s Song of the Year honors and an Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics. Other artists who’ve recording his songs include Alison Krauss, Anne Murra by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

58 min listen

Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty by I've Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario

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Benmont Tench on life with Tom Petty by Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

34 min listen

Toni Basil (on "Mickey", Dance, Reese Witherspoon, Tina Turner, Bowie, Bette Midler, & Her Epic Career)!: <p>Oh Mickey, you’re so fine. You’re so fine, you blow my mind. Hey Mickey, Hey Mickey. You know the rest. Everyone knows the rest! Toni Basil steps Behind The Rope. Yup, THAT Toni Basil who broke many records with one of the biggest hits and most catchy songs, well, ever. Toni is here to chat about her entire career, a career that has spanned a whopping six decades and still going strong. A career that includes dancing, choreographing, singing, and acting. We start at the beginning, Toni was drawn to the business at a young age with parents who were entertainers, taking up dance and cheering while in High School. Toni’s passion for dance, she was one of the seven original Lockers, landed her premiere gigs as a choreographer working with musical icons like Tina Tuner and David Bowie. Toni opens up about what working with each was like and wha by BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

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Bonus Episode: Bassist Gail Ann Dorsey Reflects on Her Decade-Long Music Journey with David Bowie by Off The Record: David Bowie

70 min listen

174. Forget Retirement I Wanna Rock! Robert Miller by Better Call Daddy

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REPOST - Homer Steinweiss on Shuggie Otis 'Inspiration Information': Homer Steinweiss is not only the greatest drummer of his generation, but a producer and songwriter whose understated humility belies an immense list of fantastic credits. The rhythmic spine of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and the Menahan Street... by My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan

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Confessions of an Icon: The Story of Madonna's 'Hung Up' by Encore: The Stories Behind The Songs You Love

22 min listen

EP15 - Tim Palmer - "What you say when Bono calls" by The Process of Production

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“You’re just the one she hasn’t left yet.” by Wizard of Ads Monday Morning Memo

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Episode 6: Don’t Order The Seafood Tower: An Interview With Andy Albert by Songwriter Soup

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Listen to This: Missy Elliot on Broken Record with Rick Rubin: Sharing an episode from our friends over at Broken Record. On Broken Record, acclaimed producer Rick Rubin, bestselling author Malcom Gladwell, and former New York Times editor Bruce Headlam talk with the musicians you love about their lives,... by Windowsill Chats

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392. Rising Country Star Amy Scruggs, Ask's the Burning Question, What If It All Goes Right?: Amy uses her combined twenty years as a Media Executive, TV host, Recording Artist, Public Speaker, Corporate Spokesperson, and Sales Professional, to help others present and communicate a concise and professional message. Amy's career also includes... by Podcasting Your Global Career

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Ep. 38 - BOBBY HART ("Last Train to Clarksville"): The legendary songwriting team of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart found early success with songs such as “Lazy Elsie Molly,” which was a Top 10 R&B hit for Chubby Checker, “Come a Little Bit Closer,” which was a Top 5 pop hit for Jay & The Americans, and the instrumental theme song for the long-running soap opera, Days of Our Lives. The pair are best known, however, for writing and producing more than 20 songs for The Monkees, including “Last Train to Clarksville,” “(Theme From) The Monkees,” “I Wanna Be Free,” “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone,” “She,” “Words,” and “Valleri.” As artists, the Grammy nominated duo found success in the late 1960s with the self-penned Top 40 hits “Out & About,” “I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight,” and “Alice Long (You’re Still My Favorite Girlfriend).” Bobby Hart wrote a number of hit singles apart from Tommy Boyce, including “Hurt So Bad,” which was a hit for Little Anthony & The Imperials in 1965 before finding by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

55 min listen

Missy Elliott: Missy Elliott is one of popular music's greatest innovators. This year is the 25th anniversary of Missy’s classic debut album, Supa Dupa Fly. by Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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Hozier: Scott sits in person with the iconic Irish singer songwriter, Andrew Hozier Byrne best known for his 2014 breakthrough debut including Take me to Church on the heels of the release of his third album, Unreal Unearth… They get into his upbringing and his story from not being able to find musicians to play on Take me to Church to how it exploded via Bandcamp and Reddit.. Along the way they touch on great stories like his first appearance on Letterman, performing with Anne Lennox on the Grammy's…life on the road and his philosophies on life.. They dive into the meaning behind the new record and the Dante's Inferno references and remember Sinead O'Connor before getting into his top 5 lists of greatest Irish artists of all time and top 5 voices in music..and finally touch base on his current upcoming tour of the US and Europe.. Hosier is a great conversationalist with always a lot to say, tune in for a great episode! by Lipps Service with Scott Lipps

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The Ricky And 94WIP's Week Together, The Orlando Plan, And The Legend Eliza Hardy Jones: Tommy From Down The Shore finally makes his first appearance on 94WIP, in a surprise call about Donovan McNabb, the Hinkie discussion on 94WIP brings back the worst memories, the NBA’s plan to play in Disney World and the reality TV implications,... by The Rights To Ricky Sanchez: The Sixers (76ers) Podcast

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