Ray Fulcher

The Working Songwriter

Joe Pug

Performing Arts, Arts, Music, Music Interviews

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Our guest this week hails from Harlem, Georgia. Ray Fulcher is one of Nashville's most sought-after modern country songwriters. He first broke through co-writing a string of chart-topping hits for Luke Combs – including the multi-platinum "When It Rains It Pours" – before stepping into the spotlight with his own recordings on his 2022 debut album, 'Spray Painted Line.'

Fulcher has toured extensively, sharing stages with Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde, and Matt Stell, and his songs have been streamed hundreds of millions of times across platforms. He has written for artists like Riley Green and Cody Johnson, including Johnson's recent hit "The Fall." 'Billboard' highlights his "unmistakable narrative grit," while Holler celebrates his "clean-cut melodies and lived-in honesty." Taste of Country notes his "ability to turn small-town details into widescreen emotion." I caught up with him recently on The Working Songwriter to hear about his musical journey so far.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the working songwriter.
0:16.8	The show where today's best songwriters come to talk shop.
0:20.0	I'm your host, Joe Pug.
0:21.9	Each episode here, we host a distinguished guest, and we ask them to go deep on their
0:26.8	inspiration, on their process, on the general ups and downs of making a life in music.
0:31.7	So, whether you're a grizzled veteran, demanding higher billing on a festival marquee, or else a scrappy upstart,
0:39.5	simply demanding that the promoters spell your name correctly on your paycheck, this is your
0:44.5	show, because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most, an ironclad excuse to put off
0:50.8	actually writing.
1:07.2	Music to put off actually writing. Hey, everybody, thanks for being here this week.
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