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Ninety Mile Wind
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An "inside" blog written by hit songwriter Craig Bickhardt who has had his songs recorded by Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Art Garfunkel, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss, Waylon Jennings, David Wilcox, Poco and may other artists.
- Added on: May 31st, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: craig bickhardt
- Listed in: Music How-To
- Tags: music Lyrics songwriting nashville songs music industry
Recent Posts
Painted Pony
It was the icebox winter of 1972. The Pennsylvania hills were covered in blue glaze that locked the land in a glassy silence. Coming up the last hill the car's tires whirred on the frozen patches, fishtailing through the black woods until the lights ...
The Bear
The big Boeing 737 whined into the blue carrying a stocky man in a twill coat. His beard was neatly trimmed. On his lap sat a hunk of greenish rock. No one had objected to him bringing it onboard the plane because this was back in the days before ter...
The Stone Barn; a Reminiscence
"Music from Big Pink" was an inauspicious LP, selling only moderately to some Dylan fans who hadn't deserted him after Newport. The group of musicians that made the LP didn't have a name. They were simply refered to in some villifying reviews as "the...
Cold Eye, Warm Heart
A procession of ants invaded our kitchen not long ago. We sprayed, we cleaned, and the ants retreated. They were back a few days later following a slightly different path. It has been a month now and we've conceded that maybe these ants are smarter ...
Stirring the Imagination
I arrived in Nashville to write songs for the first time on the day that Marty Robbins died. It was December 8, 1982. The timing of my arrival seemed uncanny to me because Marty was one of my biggest boyhood heroes. How this came...
Country Dignity
Where are the real people in country songs? Where have they gone? There's dignity in country people. Yes, they have trucks and muddy jeans out there, although most Music Row songwriters apparently never leave their condos long enough to see for the...
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