You may not know the names of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, but you probably know their music. Beginning in the 1950s, they wrote songs like “Country Boy,” “How’s the World Treating You,” and “Hey Joe” for musicians such as Little Jimmy Dickens, Eddy Arnold, and Carl Smith. In later years they wrote the most famous bluegrass song in the world, “Rocky Top,” as well as many of the most popular songs that the Everly Brothers sang during their rise to fame. I bet most of you can sing a little bit of “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” or “All I Have to Do is Dream.”
Now, in this workshop Bill C. and Bobbie Malone, and their singing and guitar-playing friend, Kent Calder, present the life story of this great songwriting team, while singing portions of several of their songs. This program is based on the Malones’ book, Nashville’s Songwriting Sweethearts: The Boudleaux and Felice Bryant Story, published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Kent Calder also happened to be the Editorial Director at the Press.
