In this episode, Chris Blair sat down with long time friend Arlis Albritton. Arlis is originally from Florida and has had a lot of success as as songwriter himself, writing songs for Diamond Rio, Jamey Johnson, Luke Bryan, Parmalee, Josh Thompson, Keith Anderson, Halfway to Hazard, John Michael Montgomery and many more. Outside of songwriting, he has also been on the management side of the music industry managing acts like Jamey Johnson and Kenny G along with founding and running the St. Augustine Songwriters Festival. Chris sat down with Arlis in St. Augustine at the end of September where Chris hosts the main stage every year. They talked about what all it takes behind the scenes to start and grow a festival, stories about being on the road as a manger and more. It was great to hear a little about songwriting but more on some other areas of the industry that we don't always get to see or talk about. We hope you enjoy this episode and continue to spread the word about the Stories Behind the Songs Podcast!

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