Ep. 29 - RANDY AND MAIA SHARP ("A Home")
b'Though the father/daughter songwriting duo of Randy and Maia Sharp found their greatest collaborative success with the Dixie Chicks\' recording of "Home" in 2002, they\'ve enjoyed diverse songwriting careers, working both together and separately. Randy released his first independent album as a singer/songwriter in 1973, eventually finding chart success as a writer for other artists, including Jennifer Warnes, Marty Robbins, and Glen Campbell. Thirteen of his songs have reached Billboard\\u2019s Top 40 country chart, a half dozen of which hit the Top 10. He wrote the #1 hits \\u201c(Why Does It Have to Be) Wrong or Right\\u201d and \\u201cTender Lie\\u201d for Restless Heart, as well as a string of hits for Exile, including \\u201cNobody\\u2019s Talkin\\u2019\\u201d and \\u201cYet.\\u201d He continued to write hit songs in the mid to late 1990s, such as \\u201cYou Will\\u201d for Patty Loveless, \\u201cThe Cheap Seats\\u201d for Alabama, and \\u201cThen What\\u201d for Clay Walker. In 2005 Emmylou Harris won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Randy\\u2019s song \\u201cThe Connection.\\u201d Additionally, his music has been recorded by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers, Kelly Clarkson, Edgar Winter, and Blood, Sweat & Tears. His most recent album, I Won\\u2019t Let Go, was released in 2015. Following in her father\\u2019s footsteps, Maia Sharp has released six albums as a solo artist, earning a reputation as a skilled instrumentalist, singer, and highly respected \\u201csongwriter\\u2019s songwriter.\\u201d Her songs have been recorded by Kathy Mattea, Kim Richey, Amanda Marshall, Paul Carrack, David Wilcox, Lisa Loeb, Edwin McCain, Trisha Yearwood, Cher, Keb\\u2019 Mo\\u2019, Art Garfunkel, and Bonnie Raitt, who included three of Maia\\u2019s songs on her Souls Alike album, including the single \\u201cI Don\\u2019t Want Anything to Change.\\u201d Maia\\u2019s own version of the song can be found on her recently released studio album The Dash Between the Dates.'