Tony Martin, a Nashville songwriter who has written 16 #1 country music hits, is a believer as a songwriter that anything you’re immersed in will show up in your writing. So, when you know that Martin has been called to be a seminary teacher three times and has taught Sunday School, it comes as no surprise that religious themes have, at times, snuck into the country songs he writes for a living. But on this week’s episode, Martin talks about writing deliberately spiritual songs for the first time.
2:55- ‘Just What My Dad Did’ 6:37- A Songwriter’s Process12:40- Writing From Experience and Imagination15:40- Criticisms and Evolution of Country Music20:37- ‘I Believe Him’ 23:47- The Book of Mormon—An Addition25:18- ‘Old Man Said He Saw a Tree’29:36- Jacob’s Ladder and Working Out Your Own Salvation33:03- The Horn Player35:05- God Needs Drummers38:56- The Lord Speaks To Everyone Differently41:30- Giving Something Away For Nothing45:31- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 
“The Lord…wants good people to make music, the Devil doesn’t need to have all the good things.” —Tony Martin
Witness: A Nashville Tribute to The Book of Mormon
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