Songs at the Center

Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda, from Don Schlitz's home office in Tennessee. (Pronunciation: Gnezda=NEZZ-duh). Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee Don Schlitz invites us into his home office to share the story of writing the iconic Kenny Rogers song, "The Gambler," and 23 other Number One country hits. All in all, Don wrote some 50 Billboard Top Ten hits. He is a two-time Grammy Winner, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, and named ASCAP Songwriter of the year four consecutive times

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 609

About Songs at the Center:

SONGS AT THE CENTER is a new national music series featuring accomplished singer-songwriters performing "in the round" before a live audience.

The weekly, half-hour program showcases three-to-four artists per episode, and includes interviews and short features.

Songs at the Center is hosted and co-created by Eric Gnezda, an award-winning songwriter and Emmy-nominated TV journalist, who conceived the program based upon his decades of performing in venues across America, from concert and convention halls, to Nashville's iconic Bluebird Cafe.




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