It All Begins with a Song
Released: January 31, 2019Runtime: 80 min
Everyone knows Elvis Presley’s In the Ghetto and A Little Less Conversation. But who wrote those songs? That was Mac Davis, and almost no one has heard of him. He shares this fate with dozens of other songwriters who have been responsible for massive hits. Coincidentally, many of them live in Nashville, Tennessee – though this documentary reveals that isn’t quite as accidental as it seems.
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Charles Esten
as Self - Actor - Songwriter
Rodney Crowell
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Thom Schuyler
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Phil Vassar
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David Hodges
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Bob Dipiero
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Brett James
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Bart Herbison
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Jody Williams
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Garth Brooks
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