#417 - Steven Lee Olsen on Getting Dropped from Label...Before Keith Urban Cut His Song “Blue Ain’t Your Color” + Getting The Call Garth Brooks Wanted His Song + Garth Coaching Him In the Studio on Singing Background Vocals

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🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Steven Lee Olsen (@Stevenleeolsen) is a singer- songwriter who sat down Bobby Bones on how he got his start in the music industry writing songs for some of the biggest names. He shares what happened when he got dropped from his label, and when he pitched Keith Urban his song "Blue Ain't Your Color" and it got put on hold and how he modified it. He shares what it was like getting a call that Garth Brooks wanted to record a song he wrote and how he's been coaching him in the studio and got to sing background vocal for him. Steven also reflects on his father leaving him when he was one year old, why he changed his name to honor his stepdad, moving to Nashville at 20 years old and more!

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0:00.0	I'm Penelope Spheras, on the host of a new podcast about the life and death of Peter Ivers.
0:06.4	Peter was the host of a TV show featuring prominent LA punk bands until he was murdered in 1983.
0:13.9	Forty years later, we dive into that music scene and the mystery of his passing.
0:19.7	Listen to Peter and the Acid King on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.1	Everyone in our country has a voice.
0:32.4	It's something that says not just where you come from, but who you are.
0:36.1	Welcome to MPR's Black Stories, Black Truths, a collection of podcasts and a celebration of the host and journalism
0:42.2	who've always spoken truth to power.
0:44.4	Our voices are as varied, nuanced, and dynamic as the Black experience.
0:48.9	And stories should never be about us without us.
0:52.2	Find NPR Black Stories, Black Truths on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:00.8	Evidence wise, we have virtually no evidence.
1:04.3	In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer.
1:11.5	The case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored.
1:16.0	Oh my goodness, we did connect to Innocent Man.
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1:22.5	This is Ear Witness.
1:24.7	Listen to Ear Witness on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:38.9	Now it's like he's probably not going to cut it anyways.
1:41.3	I'm like, I'm sitting here with no trajectory of anything.
1:45.3	I get a call the next day and he's like, Keith absolutely loved it.
1:48.9	He wants to hold this.
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