Ryan Hurd Talks Writing Hits for FGL, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum & More, His Upcoming Debut Album and New Single, “Love In a Bar”

Ryan Hurd Talks Writing Hits for FGL, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum & More, His Upcoming Debut Album and New Single, “Love In a Bar”

Jim Casey talks with Ryan Hurd about his first-time Kentucky Derby experience with girlfriend Maren Morris, how he started songwriting after getting a sociology degree at Belmont University in Nashville, his first big break when Jake Owen recorded his song “Surefire Feeling,” being grateful for getting songs that he wrote recorded by other well-known artists like Florida Georgia Line, Blake Shelton and Lady Antebellum, working on his own EPs and upcoming full-length album, his new single, “Love In a Bar,” and more.

Show Participants

  • Ryan Hurd
  • Jim Casey, NCD director of editorial

Show Notes & Links

The Writers Room, Ep. 94, 18 minutes
photos by Jason Simanek

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