About this episode
Nashville native Derek Wells is an award-winning session guitar player, record producer, and Vice President of A&R at Spirit Music Nashville. Along the way he has played on over 100 #1 songs, been Grammy-nominated, won CMA Musician of the Year and has played on records for Morgan Wallen, Kenny Chesney, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini and more.
On this episode, Derek shares unique insights on his journey - from getting his start in Josh Turner’s touring band, to playing on his first #1 with Maddie and Tae’s “Girl In A Country Song”, his advice for getting started, and how winning with your friends is the best part of the business.
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Intro and Outro music for this episode was composed by Troy Cartwright, Monty Criswell, and Derek George. It is called "Same" and you can listen to it in it's entirety here.
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Artwork design by Brad Vetter.
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