"Loved loved loved listening to this book!"

Now available as an audio book! Featuring nearly SEVEN HOURS of great conversations about the songs and the biz, along with some original demos ​of the hits! 
(note: audio book does not include full recordings of songs)

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In Part 3 of my 4-part interview with Tony Arata ("The Dance"), the hit songwriter talks about his writing process - and why he's "such a lousy co-writer." We also discuss Tony's breakthrough hit for Clay Walker and meeting a then-unknown Trisha Yearwood. 

Originally aired on the American Forces Radio Network.

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CHAPTER ONE - RIVERS RUTHERFORD - FULL AUDIO - 18:26

Ain't Nothing 'Bout You
When I Get Where I'm Going
Real Good Man
​These Are My People

 

​CHAPTER TWO - WALT ALDRIDGE - FULL AUDIO - 35:45

There Ain't No Gettin' Over Me
I Am a Simple Man
Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
I Loved Her First

 

CHAPTER THREE - STEVE DEAN - FULL AUDIO - 22:16

Southern Star
Cool to Be a Fool
​Watching You

 

​CHAPTER FOUR - ANTHONY L. SMITH - FULL AUDIO - 32:04

​What About Now
​Tomorrow

 

​CHAPTER FIVE - TONY ARATA - FULL AUDIO - 39:50

The Dance
Here I Am
I'm Holding My Own
​Dreaming With My Eyes Open

 

​CHAPTER SIX - BOB DIPIERO - FULL AUDIO - 19:42

American Made
Take Me As I Am
Southern Voice

 

​CHAPTER SEVEN - TREY BRUCE - FULL AUDIO - 23:32

Look Heart, No Hands
Somebody Else's Dream
​That's How Your Love Makes Me Feel

 

​CHAPTER EIGHT - FRANK MYERS - FULL AUDIO - 32:34

You and I
I Swear
​Tomorrow

 

​CHAPTER NINE - BILLY MONTANA - FULL AUDIO - 30:38

Bring On the Rain
Suds in the Bucket
​More Than a Memory

 

​CHAPTER TEN - STEVE BOGARD - FULL AUDIO - 25:53

Prayin' For Daylight
Every Mile a Memory
​Carried Away

 

​CHAPTER ELEVEN - GRETCHEN PETERS - FULL AUDIO - 36:05

The Chill of an Early Fall
Let That Pony Run
​Independence Day

 

​CHAPTER TWELVE - BYRON HILL - FULL AUDIO - 39:13

Fool Hearted Memory
Nothin' On But the Radio
​Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous

 

​CHAPTER THIRTEEN - BOB REGAN - FULL AUDIO - 42:31

Your Everything
Running Out of Reasons To Run
​Thinkin' About You

 

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I absolutely loved it. It really felt like I was ease-dropping on a conversation or in the audience of a VIP -insiders songwriters convention. Not a convention where you count how many times you blink, wonder who has gum or pray for a distraction to sneak out - but an edge-of-your-seat, no-lunch-needed type. I really appreciate your humor and insight."

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