It All Begins with a Song: The Story of the Nashville Songwriter (2019)

5.0/10 • 80 min • Documentary Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Bill Anderson

Garth Brooks

Luke Bryan

Self

Ben Folds

Claude Kelly

Keb' Mo'

Alison Mosshart

Kacey Musgraves

Brad Paisley

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