MARK NARMORE on The Boston Chris Podcast | Episode 10 | IN DEPTH INTERVIEW

Welcome to Episode 10 featuring Songwriter Mark Narmore from Center Star, ALIn this episode, Boston and Mark talk about growing up in Muscle Shoals, AL, the benefits of getting an education in music, his beginnings in songwriting, The story behind the hit songs "Moon Over Georgia", "Like There Ain't No Yesterday" & "That's What I Love About Sunday", what it's like being the name behind these songs, his co-writing relationship with Josh Turner, balancing content & marketability, his project 'Soul Fillin' Station', and a performance of both "Moon Over Georgia" and "That's What I Love About Sunday" ONLY on The Boston Chris Show!Check out all episodes of "10 Minutes with Boston Chris" here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRVUGoqJJ6AdL2KbXbyB59e-_AOktJbahChapters:00:00: Intro03:17: Mark Narmore performs “That’s What I Love About Sunday”08:20: What is Mark drinking?09:41: Did Mark’s locale effect him musically growing up?14:49: The benefits of his musical degree16:23: His beginnings in songwriting20:22: The story of “Moon Over Georgia”26:24: What is Staffwriting?33:45: What were the benefits and setbacks from having an early hit?36:25: The story of “Like There Ain’t No Yesterday”38:14: The story of “That’s What I Love About Sunday”50:03: What’s it like to have a famous piece of art but maintain relative anonymity52:44: Josh Turner and the Chemistry of a consistent songwriting partner59:01: Balancing Content with Marketability in writing1:02:42: His project “Soul Fillin’ Station”1:06:29: Who Does He Think He Is?!Courtesy of http://www.marknarmoremusic.comMark was raised and still resides in Center Star, Alabama, in the shadow of the music mecca of Muscle Shoals.He grew up loving and emulating the sounds from those Shoals studios and has had a 37 year career as a songwriter. He graduated from Brooks High in 1983, then attended the University Of North Alabama where hereceived a degree in commercial music in 1988.Mark also worked locally as a radio announcer. He has had songs recorded by Josh Turner, Tonja Rose, Chris Golden, Bernard Allison, Brandy Clark, Reba, Alabama, John Michael Montgomery, Shenandoah, Neal McCoyBlackhawk, Terri Clark, Sandy Carroll(Jim Gaines producer) Craig Morgan, Tenille Arts, Big Daddy Wilson(Jim Gaines producer),Carly Pearce, CoCo O'Connor(Grant Walden producing) and many others. His song "That's What I Love About Sunday" was the mostperformed song at country radio in 2005 according to Billboard magazine and spent five weeks at number one. Also itwas the #8 Billboard country song of the 2000's decade, and achievedgold sales status.His first cut was on the Shoals supergroup Shenandoah--the solely penned "Moon Over Georgia" became a top five hit nationally. Mark was also co-writer along with Walt Aldridge on the number two country hit by Blackhawk, "Like There Ain't No Yesterday". Mark was awarded a bronze star for his musical achievements which is on permanent display in the lobby of the Alabama Music Hall Of Fame.His songs have appeared on nine gold or platinum albums. Mark has been a staff songwriter for FAME, Jody Williams Music, Reba McEntire's Starstruck Music Group, March Music, Sony ATV Tree and Noble Vision Music Group in Nashville, and is currently affiliated with Sandmark Music Group in Muscle Shoals. Mark has had 16 songs co-written with and recorded by Josh Turner.In 2016, Mark appeared as a songwriter on records by Brandy Clark and Shenandoah respectively that were nominated for both Grammy and Dove awards. Mark has recorded three albums with Andreas Werner for Crazy Chester Records including "This Ol' Wurlitzer", "Soul Fillin' Station" and "Country Soul Funk".Mark was honored with the George Jackson Contemporary Songwriter Award by the Muscle Shoals Music Assoc. in 2022.