

“He used to play it in the clubs, and his live act after he became famous.” “It’s influenced all of these up-and-coming country acts or even people like Kenny Chesney,” he said. He mentions Brooks, who recorded and released the song three times. People talk about the song, but that record that the Dirt Band made, it so impressed so many people,” Photoglo said.

“I was standing in the right place when they captured lightning in a bottle. He went, ‘Man, the Dirt Band, this is perfect for them.’ Actually, Josh and Wendy and I all lived in the same place over on 10th Avenue (in Nashville). “Back in the early days, we’d all get together, and Wendy and I would cook. “He heard the song at a party one night,” he said. Photoglo said, “Josh Leo came from Los Angeles to Nashville at the same time Wendy and I did, and he had just gotten the job to produce the Dirt Band. Well, the song became a hit thanks to some fortunate circumstances. Kenny Chesney Was Influenced By ‘Fishin’ in the Dark’ We weren’t trying to be like any other song.”

“But she said, ‘No, fishing in the dark.’ We started messing around with it, and it just happened, you know? We did it for fun. “And the first thing I thought was, ‘I want to run away screaming because I love my song.'” Photoglo said. She just finished listening to “A Prairie Home Companion” and said to him, “Let’s write a song about fishing.” Once Photoglo returned back to Los Angeles, he met up with Waldman. Photoglo ended up taking that one to Waldman, which ended up being “You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart” and a hit for Lacy J. “Both of them had that same chordal thing, but one of them had the minor mode and one had the major mode.” “One morning I woke up and I turned on my tape recorder, sat up and played these two pieces of music. “I was experimenting with this one particular chording on the guitar that only played the first and fifth tones of the chord, so you could sing either a major or a minor over it,” he said. It’s a lot of foot-stomping.” Nashville Plays Role In Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Hit Songĭuring one of Photoglo’s first visits to Nashville from Los Angeles, which were sponsored and supported by Waldman, he came up with an idea. “The stories I hear from the (Nitty Gritty) Dirt Band are how their audience react, and it’s like that. “Well, for me, just the fact that people are still listening to it after all these years,” Photoglo said in an interview.
