Brennen Leigh

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Arts, Performing Arts, Music

5.0 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Brennen Leigh is an American songwriter, guitar player, mandolin player and singer whose to-the-point storytelling style has elevated her to cult status around the world. On this episode, she joins Rhett to talk about her new album, Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet, being an artist in the age of digital, and the sacrifices that touring musicians make. Brennen explains how she gained confidence as an artist, and shares insight into her songwriting process, including how she determines whether a song is good enough for people to hear. Brenne Leigh’s songs have been recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Rodney Crowell, Sunny Sweeney, Charley Crockett, and many others. As renowned for her musicianship as for her writing, it’s easy to see how Leigh caught the ear of greats like Guy Clark and David Olney. Awash in full-throttle fiddle, weeping steel guitar, a sprinkling of heavenly backing vocals, and anchored by her warm, expressive vocals, her latest album is an emotion-packed revelation. Brennen Leigh website Rhett Miller website Follow Rhett @rhettmiller Wheels Off is hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Executive producer is Kirsten Cluthe. Editing by Matt Dwyer. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Mark Dowd. Show logo by Tim Skirven. Distributed in partnership with Osiris Media. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with guests Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Jeff Tweedy, The Milk Carton Kids, and more. If you like what you hear, please leave us a rating or review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Osiris.
0:04.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:09.3	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.8	That's when it got wheels off.
0:13.8	He started ugly ain't gonna stop.
0:16.4	Oh, she made me feel like a good God.
0:19.5	That's when it got wheels off.
0:22.7	Brennan Lee is a musician's musician, a songwriter's songwriter, a flat picker's flat picker.
0:29.6	There's a reason so many songwriters love her songs and cover her songs.
0:34.7	There's a reason so many of us admire her musicianship. She's just the real deal.
0:41.5	She has a new record, ain't through Honky Tonkin yet, coming out in June, and a great catalog
0:50.4	that came before that. Talking to her from her home in Nashville, on her back porch
0:57.1	with a rooster piping up throughout the interview. She's literally rocking in a rocking chair
1:03.7	the whole time we had the conversation you're about to hear. She's great, and I'm really glad
1:09.8	that I was able to pick her brain and share the resulting
1:14.0	wisdom with you wheels off listeners.
1:18.9	I know you're going to enjoy this.
1:20.7	I'm really grateful that I got to meet Brennan.
1:23.6	I'd never spoken to her before and what a treat.
1:27.8	That's why I love doing wheels off and I'm really grateful that you guys keep listening
1:31.6	and giving me reason to keep doing it.
1:35.8	It's fantastic.
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