The Most Famous People You Never Heard Of!

Music City Hit-Makers are the Nashville songwriters behind the stars that have written hit upon hit for the likes of Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw and many, many more! You will hear stories behind some of the biggest Nashville hits performed by the songwriters themselves backed by the sublime sound of symphonic strings, piano and upright bass! It’s true a one-of-a-kind acoustic music experience!

Who is the heart and soul of the Music City Hit-Makers? The songwriters themselves. They are Grammy Award winners and nominees with numerous ASCAP, BMI, CMA and ACM awards under their belts, and an impressive number of seventy-five #1 hits.

This show features intimate, acoustic performances of Nashville’s most beloved songwriters as they perform the iconic hits for country’s biggest pop stars and living legends, all while sharing the unique, entertaining, comical and surprising tales of how each hit got made with each country star, bringing the audience back to the moment they first heard these songs. Read More

The list of hits includes but is not limited to ‘Strawberry Wine’ (Deana Carter) ‘Last One To Know (Reba McEntire), ‘Bless the Broken Road’ (Rascal Flats), ‘Whiskey and You’ (Chris Stapleton), and ‘I Know You Won’t’ (Carrie Underwood).

Originally carried out with a symphony orchestra and featuring arrangements by award-winning music director Charles Judge, Music City Hit-Makers has played over 80 shows in 25 different states, performed with the Hollywood Bowl and Ravinia Festival Orchestras, and was featured in Blake Shelton’s “Not-So-Family Christmas Special” on NBC. Their debut EP, Songs, and Symphony was released on June 4, 2019, with a show at City Winery Nashville.

The 22/23 program will include 2 Hit-Makers along with a band and strings. Hit-Makers Matraca Berg and Marcus Hummon; Lee Thomas Miller and Wendell Mobley; and the Warren Brothers will vary depending on the period and are sure to deliver never before seen intimate, ‘unplugged’ style audience experience.