I will say this. Over the past fifteen or so years in Nashville there was one guy who was a solo writer who really got some hit cuts. He wrote some pretty amazing hits, "The Little Girl" for country act John Micheal Montgomery. He was a singer and artist, contributing to movie soundtracks etc. He was also one of the most unpleasant people I have ever met. I think he didn't co-write that much becauase a lot of people quite frankly couldn't stand him.

Over the past five years, his cuts started drying up. He actually died about two months ago.

That might have been the last solo writer in Nashville. I don't think you will see that anymore.

MAB