(PHOTOS: Danny Clinch) Explore the May/June Issue On the day he moved to Nashville, Tim McGraw stepped off a Greyhound bus with a guitar and a suitcase. He arrived inauspiciously around 3 a.m. on May 9, 1989, and checked into small room at the Hall of Fame hotel, a few blocks off Music Row. The [...]

In January 2009, Hank Cochran spoke to American Songwriter about the genesis of the song “Miami, My Amy,” one of several songs he co-wrote with Dean Dillon. Cochran: I got to know Keith Whitley before writing that song and that song was his first hit. Dean Dillon and I were on my boat in Florida. [...]

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