Shawn Camp arrived in Nashville almost 40 years ago as a 20-year-old guitar picker and fiddle player hoping to find a niche. As he graduated from touring sideman to songwriter to respected recording artist, he found himself working with his heroes. He quietly became an avatar of traditional country music and bluegrass done right. His work with Guy Clark was especially potent, and at long last, their song cycle about a fascinating character from Camp’s youth, has been released on the new concept album The Ghost Of Sis Draper.
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Songwriter Adam Wright is this weeks guest for Words & Music, where we invite artists to discuss and perform stripped-down versions of their latest projects. Adam talks about his extensive songwriting history and performs songs from his three-part record Nature of Necessity.
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