Jim Casey talks with Randy Rogers about:

• his very successful 2017

• writing his first songs as an 11-year-old

• the best song he's ever written, "In My Arms Instead"

• the healing power of music

• getting his start singing in the church choir

• picking up the guitar for the first time as a 12-year-old

• the path that Robert Earl Keen blazed for Texas singer/songwriters

• today's up-and-coming crop of talented songwriters, including Parker McCollum, William Clark Green and Red Shahan

• graduating from Texas State University in San Marcos in 2001 with a degree in Mass Communications

• removing himself from social media

• the family aspect of his band, including having the same crew and bus driver

• using a number of producers over his career, including Radney Foster, Paul Worley, Jay Joyce, Lloyd Maines and Buddy Cannon

• working on his upcoming album, which is being produced by Dave Cobb and tentatively slated to drop this fall

• making "Hold My Beer: Vol. 2" with Wade Bowen and touring together in 2018

• his charitable work with Cheatham Street Live   

Participants:

• Randy Rogers of Randy Rogers Band

• Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief

Jim Casey talks with Randy Rogers about:

• his very successful 2017 
• writing his first songs as an 11-year-old 
• the best song he&#39;s ever written, &quot;In My Arms Instead&quot; 
• the healing power of music 
• getting his start singing in the church choir 
• picking up the guitar for the first time as a 12-year-old 
• the path that Robert Earl Keen blazed for Texas singer/songwriters 
• today&#39;s up-and-coming crop of talented songwriters, including Parker McCollum, William Clark Green and Red Shahan 
• graduating from Texas State University in San Marcos in 2001 with a degree in Mass Communications 
• removing himself from social media 
• the family aspect of his band, including having the same crew and bus driver 
• using a number of producers over his career, including Radney Foster, Paul Worley, Jay Joyce, Lloyd Maines and Buddy Cannon 
• working on his upcoming album, which is being produced by Dave Cobb and tentatively slated to drop this fall 
• making &quot;Hold My Beer: Vol. 2&quot; with Wade Bowen and touring together in 2018 
• his charitable work with Cheatham Street Live  

Participants:

• Randy Rogers of Randy Rogers Band 
• Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief

Nash Country Daily editor in chief Jim Casey sits down with country music artists to talk about their lives and their music.

NCD Writers Room

**Jim Casey talks with Randy Rogers about:**

• his very successful 2017  
• writing his first songs as an 11-year-old  
• the best song he's ever written, "In My Arms Instead"  
• the healing power of music  
• getting his start singing in the church ...

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