Show Notes
Jedd Hughes, one of the most respected songwriter-players in the business joins Playback Sessions for a cinematic conversation behind the career nobody fully knows.
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00:00 โ Intro 02:11 โ Guitar Party: The Night That Almost Broke Me 04:52 โ Selling Out NYC & Chicago Through YouTube 07:26 โ Guitar Party Songwriting: One Song a Day 11:48 โ Moving to Nashville With $800 13:07 โ Bought All 10 Patty Loveless Albums for the Audition 16:30 โ The Hootenanny Tour & Meeting His Heroes 23:51 โ How Jedd Got the Vince Gill Gig 31:49 โ What Playing With Vince Gill Taught Me 40:27 โ Night Shades: Making a Record in Isolation 41:42 โ Writing With Guy Clark for 10 Years 43:50 โ Live Performance: Love and You Is the Only Way to Fly 48:07 โ The Songwriting Process Explained 55:38 โ The D-Tuning Trick That Unlocks New Ideas 1:22:55 โ Vince Gill Gave Me Danny Gatton's Guitar
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๐ Filmed live at Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee. ๐ฅ Host: Spencer Handley Guest: Jedd Hughes Editor: Carl Reeverts, Clayton Hopkins, Evan Bowser Executive Producer: Spencer Handley Camera/Sound: Mitch Goudy
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