Stories Behind the Songs
Welcome to Stories Behind the Songs. This is a weekly podcast hosted by Chris Blair in Nashville, TN. After over 20 years in Nashville and owner of the famous music venue The Listening Room, CB has become friends with some of the biggest names in music, the writers behind the hits and amazing industry leaders. In this podcast, he sits down with those friends and shares their stories. You’ll hear about the songs you know from radio, you’ll hear from brand new artists and much more. Whether you have dreams of being in the music industry or just love great music, this podcast is for you!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 133
- Years Active
- 2025
Jacob Rice: Whatever Floats Your Boat
Influenced by Bruno Mars, Old Dominion, Train and Billy Currington, Jacob Rice started his journey into his musical career by moving to Nashville, TN in 2020 during the middle of a worldwide pandemic…
Kent Blazy: Songs for Garth Brooks, Chris Young & more!
If Tomorrow Never Comes, Ain't Going Down and more for Garth Brooks. Getting You Home (The Black Dress Song) for Chris Young. These are just a couple songs that the amazing Kent Blazy has written, as…
Jim Peterik: Eye Of The Tiger, Vehicle (Rock & Roll LEGEND)
Phil Barton: A Woman Like You (Lee Brice), Thomas the Train & many more!
I was in the room when he got his first #1 award and I'll never forget it. In this episode I have the privilege of sharing the story behind the songs written by Phil Barton. Phil came to Nashville fr…
Lost Saints: Hookup to a good time!
There was some mastermind thought that went into how the Lost Saints became a trio! In this episode, we meet this new up-and-coming artists/trio and hear how each of them made their way to Nashville,…
J.T. Harding: Songwriter for Keith Urban, Uncle Kracker, Kenny Chesney and more!
Welcome to Stories Behind the Songs with Chris Blair! We hope you enjoy this podcast and will listen, follow, like and rate us here on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Google, iHeart, YouTube or anywhere you …
The Woods: Worlds On Fire & how the band started
Welcome to Stories Behind the Songs with Chris Blair! We hope you enjoy this podcast and will listen, follow, like and rate us here on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Google, iHeart, YouTube or anywhere you …
Chrissy Metz: NBC's "This Is Us" to music to #1 book author!
Welcome to Stories Behind the Songs with Chris Blair! We hope you enjoy this podcast and will listen, follow, like and rate us here on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Google, iHeart, YouTube or anywhere you …
Emily Brooke: Sidetracked, American Idol and Amazing
Welcome to Stories Behind the Songs with Chris Blair! This has been a project we have been working on for awhile and we are so glad to finally be launching. I'm even more excited to introduce to yo…
