Robert Horn

I grew up on those shows, and Shane discovered musicals through The Book of Mormon, and But what happened was Gaylord owned Hee Haw, the television show, and they wanted to musicalize it.

And so they hired Robert Horn, who wrote the book, and he had been working on an outline for about a year.

And he was the one who said, I think we should get Nashville songwriters as opposed to Broadway composers because it will feel more authentic.

And so he came to town and he interviewed several teams of writers and he chose Shane and I.