In this episode of Thinkin’ & Drinkin’, we are throwing it back to our interview with Jessi Alexander. Jessi has written songs with some of the biggest names in country music. While also creating a career as an artist herself. You won’t be disappointed by the conversation in this episode. She is full of great stories.
Meet Jessi Alexander: Jessica Leigh Alexander is an American country music artist. She has had her songs recorded by Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood and Little Big Town.[1] She also launched her own recording career in 2004. Two of her songs charted on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, and Columbia Records released her debut album, Honeysuckle Sweet, on March 1, 2005.[2]
In 2006, she was dropped from the label, shortly after marrying Jon Randall.[3]
Alexander co-wrote Miley Cyrus' single "The Climb", for the 2009 film Hannah Montana: The Movie and the Hannah Montana song "I'll Always Remember You" from the Hannah Montana Forever soundtrack. She also co-wrote Lee Brice's 2012 single "I Drive Your Truck", and Blake Shelton's "Drink on It", "Mine Would Be You" and "Turnin' Me On".
Jessi recently released a new single “Mama Drank,” that you can find on iTunes.
In this episode, you’ll hear
All about her song “Drive Your Truck” (recorded by Lee Brice) won several awards
How ‘The Climb” by Miley Cyrus for the Hannah Montana movie was written.
What Bart has to say: Writing with girls is different than writing with guys, and I was always just as comfortable as I was writing with a guy when I wrote with Jessi. And I got the pleasure to hear her sing and work out the song. She’s also an amazing wife and mother.
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