{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Circling The Drain ","title":"From Radio Row to Honky Tonk Hero: Scott Southworth on Music, Faith, and Finding Your Lane :: Ep 31 Circling the Drain Podcast ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3879,"description":"In this episode of Circling The Drain, we sit down with traditional country artist and former radio host Scott Southworth for a funny, heartfelt, and surprisingly deep conversation.  Scott shares how “bad breaks” in life often led to his biggest blessings, from accidentally landing a radio show on WLAC to stumbling into a thriving traditional country career with fans across Europe. He talks about walking away from chasing radio hits, leaning into hillbilly-with-wit songwriting, and why he refuses to turn his shows into political sermons.  You’ll hear behind-the-scenes radio stories, Merle Haggard concert etiquette, meeting legends like Dolly Parton, Aaron Neville, and John Prine, and how Scott discovered a forgotten live recording that became his new live album, “Scott Southworth and the Honky Tonk Anonymous Band.”  If you love real-deal country, inside-radio war stories, and conversations about resilience, faith, and staying audience-focused as an artist, this episode is for you.  01:39 Serial killer names, three-part names, and dark radio humor  02:40 Introducing guest Scott Southworth and his bio line about writing songs and loving pie  03:36 The great pie debate: seasonal pies, pumpkin rules, and equal-opportunity pie eating  05:00 WLAC days, historic radio, and the roots of Nashville radio culture  05:28 Stories from WLAC and Jimi Hendrix’s early session getting pulled from the mix  06:45 How Scott and John really met, Christmas parties, and early Nashville connections  08:13 Scott’s musical origin story: from rock, reggae, and blues bands to secretly writing country  10:37 The accidental birth of The Music Row Show on WLAC  12:26 Learning from interviewing Dolly, Little Richard, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and more  13:59 The inside truth about most music careers versus superstar myths  15:20 Scott’s pivot away from writing for radio after a blunt publisher conversation  16:21 Bro country, traditional sounds, and the one-song-a-year “just for me” demos  16:56...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jbzYKmJ73FZVZuxNcZj5UcgwQO6RpVkbuouo8pAnG9E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZDgz/NDgxODNlYjBlNzky/MzU1NWY1YmZjM2Jj/NDlkNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}