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Nashville: The Songwriters

Nashville songwriters 'in the round' with Bob DiPiero, Heather Morgan and Allen Shamblin sharing the real stories behind some of country music biggest hit songs.

Ricky is in Nashville discovering the songs, stories and history from the home of Country Music. Songwriters Bob DiPiero, Heather Morgan and Allen Shamblin are 'in the round'. They share the stories behind songs they've written that were cut by Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Randy Travis, Miranda Lambert, Brett Eldredge, Bonnie Raitt and George Michael. Discover first hand insights from some of Nashville's most successful songwriters about what it's like to be a name in brackets.

You'll hear how the songwriters wrote the songs and the sound they had in mind. Then compare these acoustic raw versions with the finished hit recordings.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 Nov 2019 21:00

Music Played

  • Bob DiPiero

    Southern Voice

  • Tim McGraw

    Southern Voice

    • Number One Hits.
    • Curb Records.
    • 201.
  • Heather Morgan

    Bummin Cigarettes

  • Maren Morris

    Bummin' Cigarettes

    • Hero (Deluxe).
    • Columbia Nashville.
  • Allen Shamblin

    He Walked on Water

  • Randy Travis

    He Walked On Water

    • No Holdin' Back.
    • Warner Bros Nashville.
    • 4.
  • Bob DiPiero

    Blue Clear Sky

  • George Strait

    Blue Clear Sky

    • Out of the Clear Blue Sky.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 1.
  • Heather Morgan

    Beat of the Music

  • Brett Eldredge

    Beat of the Music

    • Bring You Back.
    • Atlantic / Warner Music Nashville.
    • 1.
  • Allen Shamblin

    The House The Built Me

  • Miranda Lambert

    The House That Built Me

    • Revolution.
    • Columbia Nashville.
    • 010.
  • Bob DiPiero

    The Church on Cumberland Road

  • Shenandoah

    The Church On Cumberland Road

    • The Road Not Taken.
    • 7.
  • Heather Morgan

    Lose My Mind

  • Brett Eldredge

    Lose My Mind

    • Lose my Mind.
    • Warner music Nashville.
    • 1.
  • Allen Shamblin

    Don't Laugh At Me

  • Mark Wills

    Don't Laugh At Me

    • Wish You Were Here.
    • Mercury.
    • 6.
  • Montgomery Gentry

    Gone

    • You Do Your Thing.
    • Columbia Nashville.
    • 6.
  • Bob DiPiero

    Gone

  • Heather Morgan

    Hurricane

  • Allen Shamblin

    I Can't Make You Love Me

  • Bonnie Raitt

    I Can't Make You Love Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
  • Willie Nelson

    Will the Circle Be Unbroken

    • The Troublemaker.
    • Columbia.
    • 005.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 11 Dec 2018 21:00
  • Tue 11 Dec 2018 22:00
  • Tue 19 Nov 2019 21:00
  • Tue 19 Nov 2019 22:30

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