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Song : the world's best songwriters on creating the music that moves us / edited by J. Douglas Waterman ; [preface, Rodney Crowell].

Waterman, J. Douglas. (Added Author). Crowell, Rodney. (Added Author). Writer's Digest Books (Firm) (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1582974241
ISBN: 9781582974248
Physical Description: 390 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

General Note:

"The secrets of songwriting from the legends of music"--P. [4] of cover.

At head of title: American Songwriter Magazine.

Formatted Contents Note:

Deborah Allen 4 -- Nic Armstrong: (TV Thieves) 8 -- Burt Bacharach 12 -- Aaron Barker 15 -- Beck 19 -- John Bell: (Widespread Panic) 24 -- Bellamy Brothers 29 -- Dierks Bentley 32 -- Matraca Berg 36 -- Big & Rich 42 -- Clint Black 48 -- BlackHawk 51 -- Gary Burr 55 -- Rick & Janis Carnes 58 -- Deana Carter 62 -- R.L. Castleman 66 -- Ray Charles 70 -- Kenny Chesney 75 -- Chuck D: (Public Enemy) 80 -- Guy Clark 83 -- Earl Thomas Conley 87 -- Bryan-Michael Cox 90 -- Wayne Coyne: (The Flaming Lips) 94 -- Sheryl Crow 99 -- Rodney Crowell 104 -- John Denver 108 -- Ani DiFranco 111 -- Mike Doughty 114 -- Jermaine Dupri 118 -- Steve Earle 122 -- Shelly Fairchild 125 -- Jay Farrar: (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt) 129 -- Ben Folds 133 -- Fountains of Wayne 137 -- Teddy Gentry: (Alabama) 142 -- Dave Gibson 145 -- John Hiatt 148 -- Byron Hill 153 -- Bruce Hornsby 156 -- Mason Jennings 158 -- Jewel 161 -- Jack Johnson 167 -- Rickie Lee Jones 171 -- Alex Kapranos: (Franz Ferdinand) 174 -- Robert Lamm: (Chicago) 178 -- John Legend 181 -- Little Barrie 185 -- Kenny Loggins 189 -- Lyle Lovett 191 -- Shelby Lynne 194 -- Richard Marx 197 -- John Mayer 202 -- Ian McCulloch: (Echo & the Bunnymen) 205 -- John McCrea: (Cake) 208 -- Bob McDill 212 -- John Mellencamp 215 -- Dan Messe: (Hem) 221 -- Rhett Miller: (Old 97's) 224 -- Roger Miller 227 -- Stuart Murdoch: (Belle and Sebastian) 230 -- Michael Martin Murphey 233 -- My Morning Jacket 237 -- Willie Nelson 242 -- Randy Newman 245 -- Ben Nichols: (Lucero) 251 -- John Oates: (Hall & Oates) 254 -- Conor Oberst: (Bright Eyes) 256 -- Paul Overstreet 260 -- Dolly Parton 263 -- Michael Penn 266 -- Gretchen Peters 270 -- Michael Peterson 273 -- Tom Petty 277 -- Grant-Lee Phillips 283 -- Hugh Prestwood 286 -- John Prine 289 -- ?uestlove: (The Roots) 293 -- Eddie Rabbitt 297 -- Lou Reed 300 -- Luke Reynolds: (Blue Merle) 304 -- Josh Ritter 306 -- Smokey Robinson 309 -- Josh Rouse 313 -- John Scott Sherrill 316 -- Statler Brothers 322 -- Cat Stevens 325 -- Even Stevens 332 -- Rob Thomas 335 -- Travis Tritt 339 -- Jeff Tweedy: (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco) 343 -- Keith Urban 349 -- Loudon Wainwright III 353 -- Rufus Wainwright 356 -- Jerry Jeff Walker 360 -- M. Ward 363 -- Jim Weatherly 368 -- Bob Weir: (The Grateful Dead, Ratdog) 372 -- Don Williams 376 -- Brian Wilson 379 -- Bill Withers 383.