Who is #1Song Writer in Nashville

Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 1 Dec 2011 6:41 am

Darrell Scott? I do know that he is a true poet and great musician! (actually, he's also a steel player)

http://www.darrellscott.com/

Doug Garrick · Post by **Doug Garrick** » 1 Dec 2011 10:56 am

Monty Powell and Brett James still crank out some heavy hitters.

Brandin · Post by **Brandin** » 1 Dec 2011 6:49 pm

Cleat Wooley?

Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 2 Dec 2011 8:30 am

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 2 Dec 2011 12:23 pm

i've got an old sonny throckmorton album that's so bad and boring that my friends and i have regifted it back and forth endlessly to get rid of it. it's become a sick joke. no one wants it, but it's in good shape. it won't go away....i guess that's what makes a great songwriter.

George Crickmore · Post by **George Crickmore** » 3 Dec 2011 5:54 am

Buddy Jennison wrote:There ARE NO good writers .now. Same beat, different woeds.That goes for so-called singers, too. Country IS NOT country, anymore. All you've got now, is a bunch of third rate rockers. "Little" Buddy.

Jamey Johnson is no third rate rocker. He is about as traditional coubtry as you can get these days.

Buddy Jennison · Post by **Buddy Jennison** » 3 Dec 2011 11:05 pm

Evidently that's the kind of crap YOU like, or try to play. Guess you flunked spelling, in school. "Little" Buddy.

George Crickmore · Post by **George Crickmore** » 4 Dec 2011 4:56 am

Buddy Jennison wrote:Evidently that's the kind of crap YOU like, or try to play. Guess you flunked spelling, in school. "Little" Buddy.

This comming from a guy calling himself "Little" Buddy.
Look "Little" PRICK its called a typo.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 4 Dec 2011 8:29 am

woebs? coubtry? It's all just fat finger syndrome.

Hey you two - show a little respect for the room. We don't allow fighting here. You guys can duke it out next time you meet in real life.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 4 Dec 2011 2:21 pm

i always liked dean dillon and gary stewart, but gary departed. ...and since lyle lovett isn't from nashville...
and vern gosdin left...

maybe a better question would be 'what nashville songwriters have big heart and soul and which ones work the songwriting assembly line for hopes of big money'?

interestingly, however, some 'do' have a knack for blending the two.

Buddy Jennison · Post by **Buddy Jennison** » 4 Dec 2011 10:56 pm

This is a steel guitar forum, not a songwriters forum. My mistake. "Little" Buddy.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 5 Dec 2011 7:40 am

So the winner is? b0b if he closes this down..

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 5 Dec 2011 7:44 am

Best songwriter right now!

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 5 Dec 2011 8:19 am

Buddy Jennison wrote:This is a steel guitar forum, not a songwriters forum. My mistake. "Little" Buddy.

Buddy,

It appears that you've accidentally stumbled into the Music section of the forum, for "Musical topics not directly related to steel guitar". Songwriting qualifies.

Please click the logo at the top of the page to exit, and don't let that swinging door hit you on your way out.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 5 Dec 2011 9:00 am

I honestly doubt any of us here is qualified to answer this vague question. You would have to know the writers of EVERY song recorded in Nashville. And what does "now" mean. Today, the last year, the last 5 years... Only number 1 songs, top 10 songs. The most recorded, which would include every song recorded that didn't make it to the charts, or even to a record store. This is a ridiculous question.

LJ Eiffert · Post by **LJ Eiffert** » 5 Dec 2011 9:26 am

I was # 1 for an hour two weeks ago in Nashville.Leo J.Eiffert,Jr = Uncle Leo

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 5 Dec 2011 9:34 am

I haven't heard any "country" songs I liked in years. Even if they'd been cut as actual country songs I wouldn't like them. The melodies and lyrics are just too banal. I suspect there are some good country songwriters who just aren't getting any cuts because they're too country. In fact I know at least one who's been getting bluegrass cuts on his country songs.

Those guys in Texas - Hooker, Flores, Trevino et al. - are doing some really great music, but they could use some songwriting help - they keep re-cutting Price and Bush songs. The bar has been set pretty high, but isn't there somebody somewhere who can write a song on a par with "The Other Woman" or "Whiskey River"?

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 5 Dec 2011 10:34 am

I think Steve Hinson answered the ?
We all have opinions who we like and think are #1. It's about the song that sells!

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 5 Dec 2011 10:49 am

Cal, was "In Color" banal?, was "Give It Away" not country enough, ..not to only mention Jamie Johnson but
Did "Twang" have enough Twang for you? How about jsut here for a Good Time?

There is plenty of country out there, it's just not making the radio charts like we would like..

Right now.. if it's too country , it's not getting played.. they are trying real hard to bring in a younger demographic by not playing hard core country.

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 5 Dec 2011 11:16 am

None of those songs ring a bell, Bo, although a drunk out in the parking lot did play some Jamey Johnson for me one night. I don't hear any of the radio stuff unless I'm at K-mart or have to learn one for a gig, like I did last weekend when I charted "Sweetest Thing". I don't care what's on the Top 40, since I don't listen to the radio. There's plenty of the music I want to hear on the internet. I just don't like watered down boring music targeted at 30-something housewives with 2.3 kids who shop at Wal-Mart, whether it be country or rock or something else.

Everyone has their own idea what country is - The Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Ray Price, Bob Wills and so on. I like the latter 2, and as long as I can get gigs playing mostly that I'm OK.

But I do think we need some new shuffle writers. Whisperin' Bill probably has some great songs in his sock drawer that are 2Country4Nashville.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 5 Dec 2011 11:30 am

Cal,
"Give It Away" co-written by Bill Anderson sung and #1 by George Strait. You really don't listen.
"In Color" written my Jamie Johnson

"Twang" and "Here For A Good Time" by George Strait

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 5 Dec 2011 11:34 am

I don't like top 40 either but it's my business to at least listen up. Plus I get to steal all those great licks and ideas from Paul.

btw.. I still haven't heard Red Solo Cup and really don't care to, but I know someone will request it and the band will try it next week

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 5 Dec 2011 1:27 pm

Hey Bo,
I don't how much steel is on "red solo cup" but doesn't hurt to listen & learn and be current, does it?

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 5 Dec 2011 2:35 pm

I have worked Top 40 gigs and I did learn songs off the radio. It was my business, too, but I became slightly disenchanted with the music business, and it's not really my business anymore, although I still like to bitch about it. I learned "Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" and "Don't Rock the Jukebox". Cool steel parts. Singers still do "Jukebox", like it's going to be one of those classics that'll never fall into desuetude.

I feel compelled to mention another thing that bugs me, and that's the somehow artificial sound that you hear on records these days. I don't know much about sound engineering - when I do a session I just go through the board and let the engineer tweak me

and I always get a good sound - but from what people tell me, it's the compression that they use on sessions these days, and it's something beyond the old analogue vs digital argument. Brad Paisley, for instance, has some country stuff, but it just doesn't sound right. Not like a vinyl record on Columbia produced by Don Law.

Here's a country tune called "Back When ET Was Still Around" that I played steel guitar on. Written by Dave Lindsey, one of the local songwriters (and co-writer with Anderson on a few tunes) whose output is a little too country for Music Row. It's just a demo, and I don't think a major artist ever cut it. But it's country, and it's not compressed all to hell.

Oh, and another thing - I'm pretty irate about "House" not being on tonight due to some country music awards show.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 5 Dec 2011 3:04 pm

Whatever!
Cal, I'm sure steel guitar will be aired on the award show tonight. You don't have to like it. The fans buy the music they like.

I'm a House fan!

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