{"product_id":"nashville-songwriter-by-jake-brown-9781940363172","title":"Nashville Songwriter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYou've heard them on the radio, listened to them on repeat for days, and sang along at the top of your lungs—but have you ever wondered about the real stories behind all your favourite country songs?\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eNashville Songwriter\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers the first completely authorised collection of the true stories that inspired hits by the biggest multi-platinum country superstars of the last half century—recounted by the songwriters themselves. Award-winning music biographer Jake Brown offers readers an unprecedented, intimate glimpse inside the world of country music songwriting.\n\nFeaturing exclusive commentary from country superstars and chapter-length interviews with today's biggest hit-writers on Music Row, this book chronicles the stories behind smash hits such as:\n\nWillie Nelson's \"Always on My Mind\"\n\nTim McGraw's \"Live Like You Were Dying,\" \"Southern Voice,\" and \"Real Good Man\"\n\nGeorge Jones's \"Tennessee Whiskey\"\n\nCarrie Underwood's \"Jesus Take the Wheel\" and \"Cowboy Casanova\"\n\nBrooks \u0026amp; Dunn's \"Ain't Nothing 'Bout You\"\n\nLady Antebellum's \"We Owned the Night\" and \"Just a Kiss\"\n\nBrad Paisley's \"Mud on the Tires,\" \"We Danced,\" and \"I'm Still a Guy\"\n\nLuke Bryan's \"Play It Again,\" \"Crash My Party,\" and \"That's My Kind of Night\"\n\nThe Oak Ridge Boys's \"American Made\"\n\nGeorge Strait's \"Ocean Front Property\" and \"The Best Day\"\n\nRascal Flatts's \"Fast Cars and Freedom,\" and \"Take Me There\"\n\nKenny Chesney's \"Living in Fast Forward\" and \"When the Sun Goes Down\"\n\nRicochet's \"Daddy's Money\"\n\nMontgomery Gentry's \"If You Ever Stop Loving Me\"\n\nThe Crickets's \"I Fought the Law\"\n\nTom T. Hall's \"A Week in a County Jail\" and \"That Song Is Driving Me Crazy\"\n\nTrace Adkins's \"You're Gonna Miss This\"\n\nDavid Lee Murphy's \"Dust on the Bottle\"\n\nJason Aldean's \"Big Green Tractor\" and \"Fly Over States\"\n\nAnd many more top country hits over the past 40 years!\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471302541548,"sku":"9781940363172","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781940363172-nashville-songwriter.jpg?v=1775237278","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/nashville-songwriter-by-jake-brown-9781940363172","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}