Episode 643 – Producing Dolly Parton And Other Legends With Don Miggs

On this week’s episode, Nashville songwriter and producer Don Miggs explains how he built a career connecting legacy artists to the music that made them great.

Miggs details how he brokered the relationships that landed him as a producer on a new “Let It Be” with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Mick Fleetwood, and Dolly Parton.

He also unpacks why legacy artists need someone to remember what made them good.

Bobby and Miggs cover Canyon Studios Nashville and the 1968 Electrodyne board ZZ Top and Aretha recorded on.

Miggs closes with his case for building an artist’s world before chasing a hit.

You can hear it at Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Mixcloud, Spotify, Deezer, and TuneIn Radio.

Also, a video version of this podcast is now available on YouTube as well.

Enjoy the show!

Chapters:

00:00:00 – Coming up…

00:00:56 – Do you consider yourself a songwriter, first and foremost?

00:02:47 – How has songwriting changed from then to now, especially in Nashville?

00:07:26 – Do you prefer writing alone or with a collaborator?

00:09:31 – “Most artists don’t need updating”: the philosophy behind the quote

00:13:09 – How the Dolly Parton “Rockstar” collaboration came together

00:20:54 – A tour of the studios, the gear, and the guitar collection

00:28:27 – Do you have a favorite guitar in the collection?

00:29:47 – The bands, the Gutter Sinatra project, and why performing makes you a better producer

00:32:22 – The journey from Long Island to Tampa, LA, and finally Nashville

00:37:35 – How the music industry’s economics are pushing people to desperation

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