Marcus Hummon and Tia Sillers
Nashville songwriters Marcus Hummon and Tia Sillers share the stories behind their songs that have been cut by Dixie Chicks, Rascal Flatts, Lee Ann Womack and Sara Evans.
Ricky is in Nashville discovering the songs, stories and history from the home of Country Music. Featuring conversations with Grammy Award winning songwriters Marcus Hummon and Tia Sillers. Between them, they've written big hit songs for Dixie Chicks, Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack and Trisha Yearwood. Hear the real stories behind your favourite songs and what it's like to be a name in brackets.
Marcus Hummon was also the songwriter and member of The Raphaels, the final recording project of Scottish songwriter Stuart Adamson before his death. Marcus reveals what attracted Stuart to Nashville.
Tia Sillers wrote one of the biggest contemporary country-pop songs, I Hope You Dance which was recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Ronan Keating and Gladys Knight. She shares the personal stories that inspired her to write the song and why it continues to soundtrack people's lives.
These are stories that will make you laugh, make you cry and will change the way you hear these songs.
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Willie Nelson
The Songwriters
- Band of Brothers.
- Legacy / Song.
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The Chicks
There's Your Trouble
- (CD Single).
- Epic.
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Lee Ann Womack
I Hope You Dance
- single.
- mca.
- 3.
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Marcus Hummon
God's Country, USA
- All in Good Time.
- Columbia.
- 002.
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Wynonna Judd
Only Love
- Wynonna - Collection.
- Curb/Hit.
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Sara Evans
Born To Fly
- Born to Fly.
- RCA.
- 001.
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The Chicks
Ready To Run
- Fly.
- Monument Records.
- 001.
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Rascal Flatts
Bless The Broken Road
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The Raphaels
Shattered Cross
- Supernatural.
- Track Record.
- 006.
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Levi Hummon & Alison Krauss
Love Heals
- Love Heals.
- 1.
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Alan Jackson
That'd Be Alright
- Drive.
- Arista Nashville.
- 008.
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Mark Selby
Backdoor To My Heart
- Naked Sessions.
- 01.
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Mark Selby
There's Your Trouble
- Mark Otis Selby...And the Horse He Rode In On.
- ZYX.
- 6.
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James Cotton, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans & Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Blue On Black
- Trouble Is….
- Revolution.
- 003.
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Charlie Rich
The Most Beautiful Girl
- The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
- Premier.
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Carpenters
(They Long To Be) Close To You
- The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
- A&M.
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George Ducas
Lipstick Promises
- New Country - October 1994.
- Connell Communications.
- 009.
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Trisha Yearwood
Heaven, Heartache And The Power of Love
- Heaven Heartache and the Power of Love.
- Big machine Records.
- 1.
Broadcasts
- Tue 4 Dec 2018 21:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland
- Tue 23 Jul 2019 21:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland except Extra
- Tue 23 Jul 2019 22:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland Extra
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