BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW, Ben Johnson, Aaron Raitiere, Ray Stephenson, WHYNOT, Kayley Green, Gloria Anderson

Sat Mar 15 2025

12:30 PM (Doors 11:00 AM)

3rd and Lindsley

818 3rd Ave. S Nashville, TN 37210

3rd and Lindsley

818 3rd Ave. S Nashville, TN 37210

All Ages

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Hear country music’s biggest songs and the stories behind them at DAYTIME hit songwriters show - BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! 

Featuring:

Ben Johnson

- “One Of Them Girls” (Lee Brice)
- “Give Heaven Some Hell” (HARDY)
- "Liar" (Jelly Roll)
- “Truck Bed” (HARDY)
- "Bulletproof" (Nate Smith)
- “Gone” (Dierks Bentley)
- “Take My Name” (Parmalee)
- “Believe” (Meek Mill, Justin Timberlake)
- “Patient” (Charlie Puth)
- “Dying Man” (Morgan Wallen)
- “Best Thing Since Backroads” (Jake Owen)
- “All My Favorite Songs” (Weezer)
- “On Me” (Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown and Ava Max)
 
Aaron Raitiere
- "4X4XU" (Lainey Wilson)
- "you look like you love me" (Ella Langley, Riley Green)
- "Jesus Jenny" (Ashley McBryde)
- "HEY BEN (MY FRIEND BEN)" (Aaron Raitiere)
- "Country Money" (Miranda Lambert)
- "For The Birds" (Miranda Lambert)
- “Sunrise Tells The Story" (Midland)
- "Look What I Found" (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born)
 

Ray Stephenson 

- “Hemingway’s Whiskey” (Kenny Chesney, Kris Kristofferson & Guy Clark)
- “Red River Blue” (Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert)
- “Willie’s Guitar” (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & John Anderson)
- “Honkytonk Road” (Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Cody Canada, Sean McConnell & Walt Wilkins)
- “Magdalene” (Guy Clark, Joe Ely and Kevin Welch)
- “Heroes” (Guy Clark)
- “Leanin’ On A Lonesome Song” (Gord Bamford)
 
BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE DISCOVERIES: WHYNOT and Kayley Green
 
DON'T MISS THE PRE-SHOW FEATURING GLORIA ANDERSON AT 12:15 PM!
 
Food and beverages served when the doors open at 11AM!  
 
VIP Reserved seating available (each VIP Reserved table can seat up to 4 people). Don’t miss your chance to grab the best seats in the house!
 
General Admission Seating - You pick your own seats when you arrive. We have high top and low top tables available at this seated show. Get there early for the best seats! 

BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW featuring Ben Johnson , Aaron Raitiere , Ray Stephenson & WHYNOT and Kayley Green + Gloria Anderson

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  • BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW

    BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW

    Country

  • Ben Johnson

    Ben Johnson

    Country

    Ben Johnson is a songwriter and producer signed to a joint publishing venture with Nashville-based Tape Room Music and LA-based APG. Johnson, who calls Nashville home, is also signed to Stoney Creek Records/BBR with his band Track45 with his two sisters, Jenna and KK. Originally from Meridian, Mississippi, Johnson grew up with aspirations to pursue a music career in Nashville. He played piano and cello along with many other instruments, ultimately laying a foundation for him to produce records later on. At age 19, Johnson moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University with a cello scholarship. He continued to refine his skills and gained the attention of hit writers in Nashville and LA. Four years into this dedicated process, Johnson met award-winning songwriter Ashley Gorley, who stepped in as a mentor and coach. Each month, Johnson sent Gorley what he’d been working on — proving his tenacity and work ethic — and in turn, Gorley provided feedback on his music. In 2018, Johnson got the break of a lifetime when Charlie Puth cut his song “Patient” which earned him a publishing joint-venture with APG and Tape Room in January 2019. Since then, Johnson has landed cuts across genres, including Justin Timberlake, Meek Mill, Thomas Rhett, Weezer, Kane Brown, HARDY, and more. Johnson has earned 4 number one singles including Dylan Scott’s “New TrucK”, Paramalee’s “Take My Name”, Jake Owen’s “Best Thing Since Backroads”, and Dierks Bentley, Hardy, and Breland’s “Beers On Me”. He has also produced projects for UMG Country artist Kylie Morgan (alongside hit songwriter/producer Shane McAnally), Tape Room Records’ Hunter Phelps and Republic Records recording artist some girl named anna. In 2021, Johnson’s co-written song “One Of Them Girls,” performed by Lee Brice, had an unprecedented sweep across ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC for Country Song Of The Year.
  • Aaron Raitiere

    Aaron Raitiere

    Country

  • Ray Stephenson

    Ray Stephenson

    Country

    It is a rare creative soul who can work at the highest artistic levels in two distinct disciplines. Ray Stephenson has just this kind of soul.

     

    Wildly literate, utterly artistic, impossibly ambitious, absolutely a slave to his art, the South Georgian is completely committed to the truth. He is a world class  songwriter, recording artist, an intensely captivating live singer, guitar player, record producer & virtuoso painter. Add in the ability to express the uniquely personal in a universal way, and you have a true artist. 

    Ray Stephenson does exactly that in his paintings, his songwriting & his performances. 

     

    As a musician, Ray Stephenson is a Grammy Award winning, Platinum selling singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN. His successes include winning CCMA Songwriter of the Year in 2013, writing the title track of Kenny Chesney’s album Hemingway’s Whiskey, and writing the Blake Shelton/Miranda Lambert duo and album title track, Red River Blue. Both reached #1 on the Billboard Album Charts and were certified Platinum. Some of the most revered and iconic legends in Country Music have recorded his music, including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Merle Haggard. He’s been a part of 4 Grammy nominated projects and 1 Grammy winning project (Guy Clark’s final recording, My Favorite Picture Of You, which brought home the Grammy “Best Folk Album” in 2015).

    ​

    As a painter, Ray's paintings are hanging in the homes of collectors like Willie Nelson and Oprah Winfrey.  In 2012, Ray became the Official Painter of the Monsters of Rock Tour. He’s been featured at the Bluebird Cafe, Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville Airport, the Country Music Hall of Fame ,Gaylord Hotels, Aloft Hotel, 3rd and Lyndsley, CMT and Two Old Hippies. He's had feature articles in Nashville Arts & Southwest Georgia Living magazines.

     

    His paintings explore his love of color, texture, music & nature. Ray’s artistic influences are found in the paintings of Odd Nerdrum, Gustav Klimpt, Rembrandt and Andrew Wyeth. His fine art is highly sought after by art collectors & is a part of several prestigious private collections. He has exhibited his work in Nashville, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Atlanta, & the US Virgin islands. 

  • WHYNOT

    WHYNOT

    Country

  • Kayley Green

    Kayley Green

    Country

  • Gloria Anderson

    Gloria Anderson

    Country

    Gloria Anderson is an Americana and Country singer-songwriter from Luling, a small Texas town. As a military brat with parents who would quiz her on rock bands like Fleetwood Mac or play classic Country like Dolly Parton, she wrote songs about her window observations during six family moves before seventh grade. She began playing her music at open mics and paid gigs around the San Antonio area, including New Braunfels, Spring Branch, and Luckenbach at age seventeen. Gloria’s talents have been on full display in the Lone Star State, as she became the first rising Texas songwriter to completely sell out the Hill Top Cafe in Fredericksburg, played original music twice on 92.3 The Ranch FM, and toured across Texas with Cole Ritter and the Night Owls this past summer. Her sphere of musical influence even spans to the Midwest, as that tour reached Ohio and she performed at the 2022 Illinois State Fair Grand Central Stage. Gloria’s newest hometown, however, is Nashville, Tennessee, where she studied the craft of songwriting at Belmont University on her way to receiving Warner Chappell's 2022-2023 Songwriting Internship and winning Belmont’s 2022 ASCAP Songwriters Showcase. Gloria’s debut single, “Yours,” has reached over 185,000 cumulative streams across all platforms. Her songs have been featured on an assortment of playlists: Spotify’s New Music Nashville and Fresh Finds: Country, Apple Music’s Don’t Mess With Texas, and BMI’s Texas Ten. Gloria’s music combines her humble Texas roots with a bit of Nashville country flair to create a genuine, yet unique, Americana sound, and her relatable lyrics and sweet persona work together to create her image as an empowering girl-next-door who always has a story to tell.

BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW featuring Ben Johnson , Aaron Raitiere , Ray Stephenson & WHYNOT and Kayley Green + Gloria Anderson

Sat Mar 15 2025 12:30 PM

(Doors 11:00 AM)

3rd and Lindsley Nashville TN
BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW, Ben Johnson, Aaron Raitiere, Ray Stephenson, WHYNOT, Kayley Green, Gloria Anderson
  • We're sorry, there are no tickets currently available through TicketWeb, only at venue

All Ages

Hear country music’s biggest songs and the stories behind them at DAYTIME hit songwriters show - BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! 

Featuring:

Ben Johnson

- “One Of Them Girls” (Lee Brice)
- “Give Heaven Some Hell” (HARDY)
- "Liar" (Jelly Roll)
- “Truck Bed” (HARDY)
- "Bulletproof" (Nate Smith)
- “Gone” (Dierks Bentley)
- “Take My Name” (Parmalee)
- “Believe” (Meek Mill, Justin Timberlake)
- “Patient” (Charlie Puth)
- “Dying Man” (Morgan Wallen)
- “Best Thing Since Backroads” (Jake Owen)
- “All My Favorite Songs” (Weezer)
- “On Me” (Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown and Ava Max)
 
Aaron Raitiere
- "4X4XU" (Lainey Wilson)
- "you look like you love me" (Ella Langley, Riley Green)
- "Jesus Jenny" (Ashley McBryde)
- "HEY BEN (MY FRIEND BEN)" (Aaron Raitiere)
- "Country Money" (Miranda Lambert)
- "For The Birds" (Miranda Lambert)
- “Sunrise Tells The Story" (Midland)
- "Look What I Found" (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born)
 

Ray Stephenson 

- “Hemingway’s Whiskey” (Kenny Chesney, Kris Kristofferson & Guy Clark)
- “Red River Blue” (Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert)
- “Willie’s Guitar” (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & John Anderson)
- “Honkytonk Road” (Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Cody Canada, Sean McConnell & Walt Wilkins)
- “Magdalene” (Guy Clark, Joe Ely and Kevin Welch)
- “Heroes” (Guy Clark)
- “Leanin’ On A Lonesome Song” (Gord Bamford)
 
BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE DISCOVERIES: WHYNOT and Kayley Green
 
DON'T MISS THE PRE-SHOW FEATURING GLORIA ANDERSON AT 12:15 PM!
 
Food and beverages served when the doors open at 11AM!  
 
VIP Reserved seating available (each VIP Reserved table can seat up to 4 people). Don’t miss your chance to grab the best seats in the house!
 
General Admission Seating - You pick your own seats when you arrive. We have high top and low top tables available at this seated show. Get there early for the best seats! 
Ben Johnson is a songwriter and producer signed to a joint publishing venture with Nashville-based Tape Room Music and LA-based APG. Johnson, who calls Nashville home, is also signed to Stoney Creek Records/BBR with his band Track45 with his two sisters, Jenna and KK. Originally from Meridian, Mississippi, Johnson grew up with aspirations to pursue a music career in Nashville. He played piano and cello along with many other instruments, ultimately laying a foundation for him to produce records later on. At age 19, Johnson moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University with a cello scholarship. He continued to refine his skills and gained the attention of hit writers in Nashville and LA. Four years into this dedicated process, Johnson met award-winning songwriter Ashley Gorley, who stepped in as a mentor and coach. Each month, Johnson sent Gorley what he’d been working on — proving his tenacity and work ethic — and in turn, Gorley provided feedback on his music. In 2018, Johnson got the break of a lifetime when Charlie Puth cut his song “Patient” which earned him a publishing joint-venture with APG and Tape Room in January 2019. Since then, Johnson has landed cuts across genres, including Justin Timberlake, Meek Mill, Thomas Rhett, Weezer, Kane Brown, HARDY, and more. Johnson has earned 4 number one singles including Dylan Scott’s “New TrucK”, Paramalee’s “Take My Name”, Jake Owen’s “Best Thing Since Backroads”, and Dierks Bentley, Hardy, and Breland’s “Beers On Me”. He has also produced projects for UMG Country artist Kylie Morgan (alongside hit songwriter/producer Shane McAnally), Tape Room Records’ Hunter Phelps and Republic Records recording artist some girl named anna. In 2021, Johnson’s co-written song “One Of Them Girls,” performed by Lee Brice, had an unprecedented sweep across ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC for Country Song Of The Year.

It is a rare creative soul who can work at the highest artistic levels in two distinct disciplines. Ray Stephenson has just this kind of soul.

 

Wildly literate, utterly artistic, impossibly ambitious, absolutely a slave to his art, the South Georgian is completely committed to the truth. He is a world class  songwriter, recording artist, an intensely captivating live singer, guitar player, record producer & virtuoso painter. Add in the ability to express the uniquely personal in a universal way, and you have a true artist. 

Ray Stephenson does exactly that in his paintings, his songwriting & his performances. 

 

As a musician, Ray Stephenson is a Grammy Award winning, Platinum selling singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN. His successes include winning CCMA Songwriter of the Year in 2013, writing the title track of Kenny Chesney’s album Hemingway’s Whiskey, and writing the Blake Shelton/Miranda Lambert duo and album title track, Red River Blue. Both reached #1 on the Billboard Album Charts and were certified Platinum. Some of the most revered and iconic legends in Country Music have recorded his music, including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Merle Haggard. He’s been a part of 4 Grammy nominated projects and 1 Grammy winning project (Guy Clark’s final recording, My Favorite Picture Of You, which brought home the Grammy “Best Folk Album” in 2015).

​

As a painter, Ray's paintings are hanging in the homes of collectors like Willie Nelson and Oprah Winfrey.  In 2012, Ray became the Official Painter of the Monsters of Rock Tour. He’s been featured at the Bluebird Cafe, Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville Airport, the Country Music Hall of Fame ,Gaylord Hotels, Aloft Hotel, 3rd and Lyndsley, CMT and Two Old Hippies. He's had feature articles in Nashville Arts & Southwest Georgia Living magazines.

 

His paintings explore his love of color, texture, music & nature. Ray’s artistic influences are found in the paintings of Odd Nerdrum, Gustav Klimpt, Rembrandt and Andrew Wyeth. His fine art is highly sought after by art collectors & is a part of several prestigious private collections. He has exhibited his work in Nashville, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Atlanta, & the US Virgin islands. 

Gloria Anderson is an Americana and Country singer-songwriter from Luling, a small Texas town. As a military brat with parents who would quiz her on rock bands like Fleetwood Mac or play classic Country like Dolly Parton, she wrote songs about her window observations during six family moves before seventh grade. She began playing her music at open mics and paid gigs around the San Antonio area, including New Braunfels, Spring Branch, and Luckenbach at age seventeen. Gloria’s talents have been on full display in the Lone Star State, as she became the first rising Texas songwriter to completely sell out the Hill Top Cafe in Fredericksburg, played original music twice on 92.3 The Ranch FM, and toured across Texas with Cole Ritter and the Night Owls this past summer. Her sphere of musical influence even spans to the Midwest, as that tour reached Ohio and she performed at the 2022 Illinois State Fair Grand Central Stage. Gloria’s newest hometown, however, is Nashville, Tennessee, where she studied the craft of songwriting at Belmont University on her way to receiving Warner Chappell's 2022-2023 Songwriting Internship and winning Belmont’s 2022 ASCAP Songwriters Showcase. Gloria’s debut single, “Yours,” has reached over 185,000 cumulative streams across all platforms. Her songs have been featured on an assortment of playlists: Spotify’s New Music Nashville and Fresh Finds: Country, Apple Music’s Don’t Mess With Texas, and BMI’s Texas Ten. Gloria’s music combines her humble Texas roots with a bit of Nashville country flair to create a genuine, yet unique, Americana sound, and her relatable lyrics and sweet persona work together to create her image as an empowering girl-next-door who always has a story to tell.