Melanie Howard
A FUN EVENING AT HARLAN HOWARD SONGS, FALL OF 1999
Written by: Melanie Smith-Howard Producer extraordinaire, Tony Brown, called and asked if Harlan and I would be willing to host a...
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Melanie Howard
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Dennis Morgan and Harlan Howard
Harlan and Dennis were more than just writing pals, they were also friends. It was imperative to Harlan to be friends first. He disliked...
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Melanie Howard
- Mar 10, 2020
- 2 min
SOME OF THE BOYS WHO MAKE THE NOISE ON 16TH AVENUE
The title of this musing is a reference to a line in a country song by our friend, Thom Schuyler, who wrote “16th Avenue,” a hit for Lacy...
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Melanie Howard
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
HARLAN HOWARD ANNIVERSARY
Today, March 3, 2020 is the anniversary of the death of Harlan Howard. An eighteen year void. Nearly two decades of longing. Longing to...
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Melanie Howard
- Feb 26, 2020
- 2 min
A LIFETIME OF FRIENDS
Harlan Howard was a great friend to many. He loved hanging round songwriters but also liked singers and bartenders - anyone who would sit...
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Melanie Howard
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
“LIFE TURNED HER THAT WAY”
“Life Turned Her That Way” was the first of many #1 records I got to experience with Harlan Howard. It was in the latter part of 1987 and...
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Melanie Howard
- Jan 30, 2020
- 2 min
HARLAN PERRY HOWARD
Harlan Perry Howard may not be a household name, but I bet you know some of his songs. Being an introvert, Harlan didn’t relish the...
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Melanie Howard
- Aug 21, 2019
- 2 min
HARLAN AND FRIENDS UNROCK THE HARD ROCK
During the 1990’s, I had the pleasure of serving on the board of a school in Nashville that I dearly love, W.O. Smith Music School...
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Melanie Howard
- Jul 18, 2019
- 3 min
Harlan Howard Birthday Bash
Usually on the Tuesday closest to September 8th, a large stage was erected in the parking lot of BMI, bars were set up and a huge...
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Melanie Howard
- Jun 25, 2019
- 3 min
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FISHING
When Harlan Howard moved from California to Nashville in June 1960, he hit the ground running. Fresh from shucking his blue collar,...
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Melanie Howard
- Jun 14, 2019
- 2 min
HARLAN HOWARD SONGS, INC.
In 1989 shortly after Harlan and I married, we started a publishing company and appropriately named it, Harlan Howard Songs. During that...
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Melanie Howard
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
“BLAME IT ON YOUR HEART”
The year was 1992, early summer, and Harlan Howard had an appointment to write with Kostas at Shoney’s Inn on Demonbruen. After forty...
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Melanie Howard
- Jun 5, 2019
- 2 min
TIGER BY THE TAIL
Harlan Howard and Buck Owens were “starvation buddies” in the early 1950’s. Harlan had moved from Michigan to California where there was...
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Melanie Howard
- May 8, 2019
- 3 min
DARRELL BARTON…WHO THE HECK IS DARRELL BARTON?
Most of my stories are about Harlan Howard, and though Harlan is involved in this story; he is not the central figure. In the early...
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Melanie Howard
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
HE CALLED ME BABY
Melanie Smith-Howard/Candi Staton Well he did. Harlan sometimes called me child bride, but most days he referred to me as Baby. When we...
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Melanie Howard
- Apr 30, 2019
- 3 min
“BE CAREFUL WHO YOU LOVE”
Harlan Howard spent his adult life as a professional songwriter and was proud to be one. He often referred to his songs as his children....
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Melanie Howard
- Apr 3, 2019
- 4 min
THE TIES THAT UNBIND
Harlan’s early years were much like a dandelion on a windy, spring day. He was a tender weed with a strong root system. Harlan was that...
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Melanie Howard
- Mar 6, 2019
- 2 min
“THE CHOKIN’ KIND”
I love the surprise of finding a classic Harlan Howard song that is reimagined or unfamiliar to me. I am most impressed when artists take...
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Melanie Howard
- Feb 12, 2019
- 2 min
The Writing of “I Fall To Pieces”
Harlan Howard wrote two paragraphs in July 1999 about co-writing the iconic song “I Fall To Pieces” with Hank Cochran. Harlan moved to...
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Melanie Howard
- Feb 6, 2019
- 5 min
Lori McKenna
In the spring of 2004, I was working with the gifted singer songwriter, Mary Gauthier. She was at my office telling me about a fellow...
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