And it was weird, because just the day before, I’d been listening to “Hotel California” and “Stairway to Heaven.” My kids absolutely love “Hotel California”-we were talking about that song. It was crazy though, because when we started talking about it, we were talking about how we didn’t just want to write another typical, on-the-beach party song. He came in and said that title, and David Lee (Murphy) and me loved it immediately. But I usually have a few pieces of melody in there.ĭK: I think “Bar at the End of the World” is a great title for a song. After that, I do a little bit of the topline (melody), but I’m usually not the driving force of the melody in the room. Mayo: I think probably ideas, concepts and lyrics.
(Harding) and David Lee (Murphy).ĭK: What do you consider to be your strength as a songwriter? With (Kenny Chesney’s hit) “Bar at the End of the World,” it was the first time I wrote with J.T. I just put myself in different puzzle pieces, with different co-writers. I love putting together a track guy and a topliner and then me. Mayo: I’m always messing with my schedule and calendar. Then after we got married, we would write together probably about half the time.ĭK: How do you decide when to write with Chris, and when to write with other songwriters? Blake Shelton and Aimee Mayo I would have never dreamed that we’d end up married (laughs). We were friends for about four years, writing together. But we had a lot more success writing with (hit songwriters) Marv Green or Bill Luther-having a third person in the room. So we got together to write, and we wrote a few songs that got cut. And then Chris played next, and I loved every song he played.
They took me to see this guy, but I didn’t like his songs. I probably had a writing deal for a year then. My publisher took me to meet a songwriter there who was performing. Would you say that he’s your main co-writer, or do you collaborate with many writers?Īimee Mayo: The first time I met Chris was at the Bluebird Café (in Nashville). She also discusses the book she’s been writing.ĭK: You’ve written several hit songs with your husband, Chris Lindsey. She tells how she co-wrote the current hits “Bar at the End of the World” and “Every Time I Hear That Song,” and how the songs were placed. We are pleased to do this new Q&A interview with Aimee Mayo. Mayo is signed with Warner/Chappell Music Publishing in Nashville. Her father, Danny Mayo, was a country songwriter who co-wrote hits for Alabama and Tracy Byrd, and her younger brother, Cory Mayo, has co-written hits for George Strait and Kenny Chesney.
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Mayo was named BMI Songwriter of the Year in 2000, and she was a judge on the CMT TV series, Can You Duet. Her other hits are: “This One’s for the Girls” (Martina McBride) “My Best Friend” and “Drugs for Jesus” (Tim McGraw) “Let’s Make Love” (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill) “Who’d You Be Today” (Kenny Chesney) and “Red High Heels” (Kellie Pickler). The first hit she co-wrote was “Places I’ve Never Been” for Mark Wills (in 1997). Originally from Gadsden, Alabama, Mayo has been living in Nashville for over two decades. Notably, she wrote “Bar at the End of the World” with two songwriters she had never written with before: J.T. She also co-writes with many other hit songwriters including the Warren Brothers, Marv Green and Bill Luther. Mayo writes regularly with her husband Chris Lindsey, who co-wrote “Amazed,” “Every Time I Hear That Song” and other hits with her. Now in 2017, Mayo is on a new hot streak, co-writing two current hits on the country charts: “Bar at the End of the World” for Kenny Chesney and “Every Time I Hear That Song” for Blake Shelton. Perhaps best known for co-writing the number one pop and country hit, “Amazed” (in 1999) for the group Lonestar, she has also co-written 10 other country hit songs during her career. Aimee Mayo has been a successful hit songwriter for the past 20 years.
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