Stories Behind the Songs

On this week's episode, Chris Blair sits down with one of his good friends, Cameron Bedell. Cameron came to Nashville from Wichita, Kansas to attend Belmont University. He grew up surrounded by music…

On this week’s episode of Stories Behind the Songs, we are joined by Kristian Bush. You may know Kristian from the band Sugarland, his production skills on Lindsey Ell’s records, or maybe you’ve list…

In this episode of Stories Behind the Songs, Chris sits down with Ryan Griffin. Born and raised in Florida, Ryan moved to Nashville when he was just 18 to pursue writing his own music. Starting his c…

In this episode Chris Blair sits down with Trannie Anderson, who has written songs for Lainey Wilson, Reba McEntire, Gabby Barrett, Adam Doleac, Walker County and more. Trannie grew up in Waco, Texas…

In this episode, Chris Blair sat down with Ryan Larkins. Born and raised in Nashville, TN, you'll hear about how he started writing songs at a young age and ended up on the CMT show "Can You Duet?" w…

In this episode, Chris Blair sits down with Clay Mills. Clay is from the Mississippi Delta and he talks about how he worked the soybean fields with his family and how working those fields is where he…

Neil Medley is one of the very first guys I met when I moved to Nashville about 20 years ago. Originally from Louisville, KY, he started his career in marketing but about 13 years ago he decided to g…

This week's episode is with Jason Duke, who's a local guy that grew up just outside of Nashville. He was a wrestler back in the day, but then turned songwriter and ended up writing Kelsea Ballerini's…

In this week's episode I sit down with the amazing Kelly Archer! Kelly is originally from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her songs have been recorded by Jason Aldean, Dustin Lynch, Eli Young Band, Mont…

In this episode you'll hear the stories behind the songs written by Mark Irwin. Mark has been in Nashville for over 25 years and was the writer of Alan Jackson's first #1 hit "Here In The Real World.…

Justin Wilson, originally from north Georgia, has around 80 songs recorded and over 20 songs that have been radio singles. In this episode you'll hear how he followed his path to Nashville and storie…

In this special July 4 edition, we introduce you to amazing songwriter Brian Davis. Brian grew up in North Carolina and has been around music since a very young age. He would hang out in the honky-to…

Welcome, Tigerlilly Gold! Sisters, Kendra and Krista Slaubaugh, formed their due back in their hometown of North Dakota. In this episode I sit down with these incredible ladies and hear how they got …

In this episode I sit down with my brother Blessing Offor who was born blind in his left eye and later became fully blind because if an accident with a Super Soaker water gun. He talks about how goin…

In this episode I sat down with my buddy James McNair who wrote the #1 song for Luke Combs, Lovin’ On You. We met in St. Augustine where I host The St. Augustine Songwriters Festival every year and h…

In this episode you will hear the story behind "A Rock And A Hard Place" that Jet Harvey wrote for Bailey Zimmerman. You'll hear how we was on a trip to Boston and got in a fight with his girlfriend …

EPISODE 15 - We are still very new to the podcast world but we started this 15 weeks ago and I can't thank you all enough for the support. I hope you continue to listen, share, subscribe and follow w…

In this episode I sit down with "Rowdy" Rob Williford. Rob played guitar and wrote hits with Luke Combs since Luke got his start just up until last December when he retired to focus more on songwriti…

In this episode you meet the one and only - Victoria Shaw. From New York to LA to Nashville, Victoria has written songs for Garth Brooks, Lady A, John Michael Montgomery, Ricky Martin, Doug Stone, Ji…