Jul 27, 2026 · 24 min · 9 segments
Send us Fan Mail This week's episode features one true-story song and two tall tales—you can decide which one stretches the truth the most. The…
David Ray SkinnerHost[gentle country music] Welcome to Noted Stories: True and Tall Tales Set to Music.
You know, back then, the legend was that they handed a tiny little guitar to every newborn Nashvillian right there in the delivery room and expected them to become a musician.
Now, that was probably the first of many a tall tale and family story I was told.
So it seemed only fitting that I started writing music notes and melodies to these stories.
Actually, I started writing songs when I was eight years old, so as you can imagine, I have quite a collection, and rather than let them sit buried on a shelf in dusty old music notebooks, I decided to launch this podcast to share them and the stories behind the stories.
I've put together some musicians of all types to help me bring these stories to life and to song.
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[gentle country music] Welcome to Noted Stories: True and Tall Tales Set to Music.
You know, back then, the legend was that they handed a tiny little guitar to every newborn Nashvillian right there in the delivery room and expected them to become a musician.
Now, that was probably the first of many a tall tale and family story I was told.
So it seemed only fitting that I started writing music notes and melodies to these stories.
Actually, I started writing songs when I was eight years old, so as you can imagine, I have quite a collection, and rather than let them sit buried on a shelf in dusty old music notebooks, I decided to launch this podcast to share them and the stories behind the stories.
I've put together some musicians of all types to help me bring these stories to life and to song.
