Songwriter Spotlight The Only Guy Without Boots: Steve Bogard He wrote "Carrying Your Love with Me," and "Every Mile a Memory," and put songs at No. 1 in four straight decades. Then he carried a small Martin into a federal hearing room and helped change what streaming services pay the people who write the songs. Steve Bogard tells it in his own words. By Jared Ingersol · 28 min read
Songwriter Spotlight A Demo for Kim: A Celebration of Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) She sang the biggest single of 1981 and didn't write a word of it. Nearly everything she did write left in bigger names' voices — Streisand, Sinatra, Kenny Rogers, Reba. This is the story of the catalog behind the voice. By Jared Ingersol, Generation Country · 22 min read
Songwriter Spotlight A.K.A. Nobody: Mac McAnally He wrote "Old Flame," "Two Dozen Roses," "Thank God for You" and "Back Where I Come From," and then stood off to the side while other people sang them. Twelve top tens. Four number ones. Ten CMA trophies. And an album called A.K.A. Nobody. By Generation Country · 18 min read
Songwriter Spotlight A Diamond, Period: Matraca Berg The voice behind "Strawberry Wine," "Wild Angels" and "You and Tequila" — Nashville-born, Opry-raised, and the songwriter in the Dirt Band's family. With new reflections from Josh Leo. By Jared Ingersol, Generation Country · 20 min read
Songwriter Spotlight The Permission Slip: Mark D. Sanders He drove Conway Twitty's tour bus by day and wrote after dark — then spent a decade owning country radio. You know every one of his songs by heart. It's the name that got away. By Generation Country · 10 min read
Songwriter Spotlight The Future of Country Music: Jessi Alexander Named for Jessi Colter and raised between Memphis and Nashville, she wrote 'The Climb' and 'I Drive Your Truck' — and never stopped being a voice herself. By Generation Country, Jared Ingersol · 16 min read
Songwriter Spotlight Big Things With Little Words: Bob McDill More than two hundred recorded songs in thirty years — 'Amanda,' 'Good Ole Boys Like Me' — and he never sang a note of them. The man who did big things with little words. By Generation Country · 6 min read