Publisher's Synopsis
If you're a County music fan, you've seen glimpses perhaps of it on TV shows like Nashville and movies like Walk the Line, but never before have fans of music's biggest-selling genre been invited inside the heart of the creative nerve centers where their favorite # 1 hits are brought to life, the recording studio! Inside the pages of Behind the Boards: Nashville, Country music fans for the first time ever are given a front-row seat inside Music Row's most famous recording studios on tours narrated by the town's biggest record producers. Volume 2 includes Songland star Shane McAnally, Jim Ed Norman, Dave Cobb, Justin Neibank, Zach Crowell, Chris Destefano, Josh Osborne, Luke Laird, Jimmy Robbins, Nathan Chapman, Paul Worley, Jeff Stevens, Bobby Braddock, Don Cook, Frank Rogers, Joey Moi, Ray Baker, Ray Riddle, Jimmy Robbins, and more.
Collectively, the book features over three hundred # 1 hits by Country's biggest stars, including Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, George Strait, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Clint Black, Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville," Florida Georgia Line, Reba McEntire, Lionel Richie's Tuskegee album, A Star is Born soundtrack starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Brad Paisley, Sam Hunt, Blake Shelton, Trisha Yearwood, Kacey Musgraves, Brooks & Dunn, Keith Urban, Alabama, Jason Isbell, George Jones, Jewel, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, Lori McKenna, Midland, Faith Hill, Steve Earle, Hank Williams Jr., Lyle Lovett, Thomas Rhett, Dierks Bentley, Vince Gill, Brett Eldredge, Martina McBride, the Dixie Chicks, the Band Perry, Shooter Jennings, Jake Owen, Big & Rich, Jon Pardi, the Nitty Gritty Band, Scotty McCreery, Darius Rucker, Mo Bandy, the Eagles, and the great Merle Haggard, among others.
