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Hard work key to good songwriting in Nashville scene
Sonny Throckmorton, named songwriter of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association, discusses craft and persistence. He credits personal discipline, learning the craft, and studying people, while his father, a Pentecostal minister, comes to admire his son’s music career. The piece also notes other local music acts and weekend entertainment listings.
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Nashville, Tenn
Sonny Throckmorton
San Francisco
Brother Throckmorton
Sonny
Nashville Songwriter’s Association
West Point
Las Vegas
Throckmorton
Dave and
Sugar
Johnny Duncan
Glenn Martin
Merle Haggard
Midwestern University
Texas
Plush Tree International
Triangel
Florida
Stouffer's
Five Seasons Hotel
William Fletcher
Frank Patterson
Robin Foreman
Fletcher
University of Maryland
University of Oklahoma
Patterson
Foreman
Mills Brothers
Billy Joel
Bee Gees
Rascals
Ray Charles
Andy Gibb
Elvis
Tommy Dorsey
Trianges
Georgia