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Boudleaux Bryant Interview - 1983-05-12

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Title	Boudleaux Bryant Interview - 1983-05-12
Call Number	OHC71
Description	(0:00) John opens the conversation with Nat Tannen and the Bryants creating their own publishing company, Showcase Music / (4:04) The conversation continues into Showcase Music and Vic McAlpin’s role in the company / (8:42) The conversation continues into the end of Showcase Music and the transfer to Acuff-Rose / (10:26) John asks about the beginning of the Bryant’s careers with Acuff-Rose and the Everly Brothers / (15:10) The conversation continues into the Everly Brothers’ song "Bye, Bye Love" and general work with the Everlys / (18:42) Boudleaux discusses the magnitude of certain hits with the Everly Brothers and other artists / (22:55) John asks how the songs got placed with artists, Boudleaux tells the story behind "Raining in My Heart" by Buddy Holly / (24:03) Boudleaux transfers into Bob Luman’s "Let’s Think About Living" / (26:30) John asks about songwriter’s demos and how that may or may not interfere with producers / (29:23) The conversation continues with demos and how Boudleaux likes to present them / (34:52) John asks Boudleaux about the A&R men of the late 50’s and early 60’s / (38:40) Boudleaux discusses the importance of friendships in the music business / (40:21) The conversation shifts to the Bryant’s advantages at Acuff-Rose / (42:40) John asks about the promotional aspects of Acuff-Rose / (46:28) The conversation segues to the Bryant’s pitching their own songs, both at Acuff-Rose and their own published songs / (51:53) John asks what other prominent Acuff-Rose writers did for pitching songs; Don Gibson and John D. Loudermilk / (54:41) The conversation continues with John D. Loudermilk’s above average demos / (58:20) John asks Boudleaux about other Nashville songwriters in the 50’s and 60’s / (59:17) John segues into publishing companies of the same era, specifically Cedarwood / (1:02:47) John asks if the Everly’s songwriting damped the Bryant’s ability to get cuts with them / (1:03:15) John asks why the Everly Brothers left Archie Bleyer and Wesley Rose and the conversation shifts into the million-dollar advance / (1:09:05) Boudleaux discusses more details about the end of the Bryant’s Acuff-Rose contract and the shift back to owning their own copyrights / (1:13:56) John asks for more specifics in the separation from Acuff-Rose and how the Bryant’s got their copyrights back, to House of Bryant / (1:17:03) John asks if Boudleaux thought about opening an ASCAP affiliated firm and the conversation shifts to payout processes from BMI and ASCAP / (1:22:24) John brings the conversation back to House of Bryant, Boudleaux discusses the staff involved with promotion / (1:24:26) Boudleaux discusses his son’s roles in the music business / (1:28:44) John asks what Boudleaux has noticed change about publishing from 1965 to 1983 / (1:32:53) The conversation narrows to mechanical royalties and the emerging tape reproduction abilities (pirating) / (1:37:48) John asks about the songwriting process, Boudleaux and John have a back and forth on songs now and songs then / (1:48:27) The conversation goes in and out of the Bryant’s writing style and Fred Rose / (1:56:33) The conversation narrows to Fred Rose’s input to Hank Williams’ songs and Bryant’s songs / (1:59:49) The conversation segues into Fred Rose’s opinions on ASCAP and BMI / (2:02:44) John asks about specifics with Fred Rose and ASCAP / (2:03:55) John asks about performance royalties in early contracts / (2:04:55) The conversation shifts to "Country Boy" and the earnings and background on that song / (2:12:00) The conversation shifts into Fred Rose writing country music and meeting Gene Autry / (2:17:20) The conversation transfers into Fred Rose’s shift from songwriter to publisher and song doctor / (2:20:27) Boudleaux discusses a conversation with Fred Rose when signing with Acuff-Rose and other writers who worked there / (2:26:04) John segues to specific songs that Fred Rose wrote / (2:31:43) John asks specifically about "We Live in Two Different Worlds" / (2:37:33) John brings the conversation to the personal side of Fred Rose; his dress, his humor, his habits, and his religion / (2:45:17) The conversation narrows to specifics on Fred Rose’s beliefs
Length	2 hours 50 minutes
Date of Interview	1983-05-12
Interviewee(s)	Bryant, Boudleaux
Interviewer(s)	Rumble, John W.
Interview Location	Cheatham County, Tenn.
Digital Preservation Filename (Audio Recording)	boudleauxBryant_interview_19830512_OHC000071_dm_pres.wav
Format	44.1/16
Channel	Dual-mono
Digital Preservation Filename (Transcript)	boudleauxBryant_interview_19830512_OHC000071_tran_pres.tiff
Artifact Location	5th Floor Archives
Source	Country Music Foundation
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