Season 2, Episode 17: Jessie Jo Dillon
Our next guest celebrating her first #1 for Break Up In the End for Cole Swindell, written with Jon Nite and Chase McGill. She received a 2017 AIMP Publisher’s Pick Award for penning “Rich” alongside Maren Morris and Laura Veltz and is also celebrating the song reaching the top 10 on the charts. I recently visited Big Machine to chat with songwriter Jessie Jo Dillon about writing retreats, stories behind a few of her cuts, why English class inspired our future creative jobs and so much more. Jessie Jo also earned a GRAMMY® Awards Best Country Song nomination for co-penning George Strait’s “The Breath You Take”. She’s had cuts by Luke Bryan, Jennifer Nettles, Brandy Clark, Chase Rice, Parmalee, Jerrod Niemann, and more.