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Biscuits & Jam

Mitchell Tenpenny Wants to Make His Family Proud

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8608 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Mitchell Tenpenny basically grew up in the music business, with a grandmother who was the CEO of Sony Publishing and a mother who advocated for songwriters throughout her career. It was this unique vantage point that made Mitchell realize he wanted to be a songwriter, too, but the journey took him a while. It wasn’t until his boss on a construction site put him in touch with an LA producer that Mitchell’s own music career started to take shape. Now, he’s releasing an ambitious and deeply personal new 20-track studio album called The Third, a reference to both the father and grandfather he’s named after. Sid talks to Mitchell about some of his favorite songs on the new record, his grandmother’s cooking, the stories behind his beloved rescue dogs, and how his faith is reflected in his music and his career. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Michael Onufrak - Audio Engineer/Producer Jeremiah McVay - Producer/Audio Editor Jennifer Del Sole - Director of Audio Growth Strategy & Operations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm your host, Sid Evans.

0:09.0

And today I'm talking with a musician who not only made a name for himself in Nashville, he was born and raised there.

0:17.0

Mitchell Tenpenny basically grew up in the music business with a grandmother who was the CEO of Sony publishing and a mother who advocated for songwriters throughout her career.

0:28.8

It was this unique vantage point that made Mitchell realize he wanted to be a songwriter too.

0:34.8

But the journey took him a while.

0:36.8

It wasn't until his boss on a construction

0:39.1

site put him in touch with an LA producer that Mitchell's own music career started to take shape.

0:46.0

Now he's releasing an ambitious and personal new 20-track studio album called The Third, a reference to

0:53.9

both the father and grandfather that he's named

0:56.7

after. We'll talk about all that, some of his favorite songs on the new record, his grandmother's

1:03.2

cooking, the stories behind his beloved rescue dogs, and the fund he's set up to help fight

1:09.7

cancer, all on this week's Biscuits and Jam.

1:26.7

Mitchell Ten Penny, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.

1:29.8

What's up?

1:30.4

Thanks for having me.

1:31.4

Great to have you here.

1:32.6

Where am I reaching you?

1:33.8

We're in Nashville right now at the red light offices.

1:36.3

Okay.

1:36.9

Nice.

1:37.5

Home base for you?

1:38.8

Yeah.

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