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<p class="Paragraph SCXW131984834 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">Tracking down songwriters for this podcast</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">can be</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">challenging. Publishing companies </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">don’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> return your email</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">A </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">songw</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">riter </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131984834 BCX0">doesn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> return your</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> email</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">. </span> Publishing companies <em>really</em> don't return your emails. <span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131984834 BCX0">But,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> just when you think </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> time to hang it up, the universe throws you a bone and you get a random email from a podcast listener named Keith, hooking you up with the writer of one of country music’s greatest songs of all time. And a few other hit</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">s too. Thanks, Keith!</span></span></p>
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<p class="Paragraph SCXW131984834 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">The Dance is one of those rare songs that transcends its </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">era.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">It</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> one of those songs that, even if </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">you’re</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> hearing it for the ten thousandth time, </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131984834 BCX0">its</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> simple yet elegant production and lyrics still pack an emotional wallop</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">BUT...that song and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">Tony Arata</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">’s whole legendary career</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> –which includes being a member of the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">-might n</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">ever</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> have happened had it not been for the one single he released as a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">brief country </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">solo artist in 1986. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">The song</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">didn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> even chart...but there was this new-to-Nashville guy named Garth who heard it. And liked it. And, well, T</span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131984834 BCX0">ony</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> was</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> already in the middle of spinning the story when I remembered to hit record and he will take it from there. Enjoy!</span></span></p>
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