Gary Allan • Songwriter Session, 2016
Live Music • 1h 14m
Singer-songwriter Gary Allan performs live alongside some of his co-writers during a Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, held during the 2016 CMA Music Festival.
After opening the program with “Right Where I Need to Be,” written by Casey Beathard and Kendell Marvel, Allan opens up about how he struggled to write songs following his wife’s death in 2004, and how recording and releasing a cover of Vertical Horizon’s “Best I Ever Had” allowed him to express his sadness, even though he didn’t write the song.
Allan and songwriter Jonathan Singleton perform “Do You Wish It Was Me?,” which they co-wrote, and Allan’s hit “Watching Airplanes,” which Singleton wrote with Jim Beavers.
Allan and Matt Warren discuss how they co-wrote the #1 song “Every Storm Runs Out of Rain,” before performing it together, and Allan gives Warren the spotlight to perform “Learning How to Bend,” “The Hard Way,” and “She Gets Me,” all of which Warren wrote and Allan recorded.
Other songs Gary Allan performs during his Songwriter Session include: “It Ain’t Worth the Whiskey,” “She’s So California,” “Man to Man,” “The One,” “Bourbon Borderline,” “Smoke Rings in the Dark,” and “Songs About Rain.”
FOR MORE
Find out more about our public programming: https://countrymusichalloffame.org/plan-your-visit/exhibits-activities/public-programs/
FOLLOW THE MUSEUM
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OfficialCMHOF/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/countrymusichof/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/countrymusichof
Up Next in Live Music
-
Chris Gantry • Songwriter Session, 2018
This interview and performance presents a unique window into the life and times of singer-songwriter Chris Gantry, one of Nashville’s great characters and true artists. Gantry—among the artists featured in the Museum’s exhibition “Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s”—expounds here on...
-
Adam Wright • Songwriter Session, 2018
Adam Wright—who’s written songs for Lee Ann Womack, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, the Lonesome River Band, and many other major country and bluegrass names—shares some of his songwriting highlights and intimate details about his music career during this 2018 Songwriter Session at the Country Music ...
-
Darryl Worley • Songwriter Session, 2017
Singer-songwriter Darryl Worley performs hits from his lengthy career and answers audience questions during this January 2017 Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Opening with 2009 hit "Sounds Like Life to Me"—which he explains was inspired by his father's response to...
