SONG DIVING - An American Songwriter Podcast
Aug 31, 2026 · 46 min · 12 segments
We go Song Diving with Texas songwriting icon Ray Wylie Hubbard. We get into the stories behind songs he’s written, including “Cassette Mix Tape,” “Snake Farm,” “Dust of the Chase,” “Drunken Poet’s…
Ray Wiley HubbardGuestDean FieldsHostWelcome to Song Diving, where songwriters go deep into the songs they wrote and the songs that wrote them.
We dive in with him to talk about songs like Cassette Mixtape, Snake Farm, Dust of the Chase, Drunken Poet's Dream, Redneck Mother, and Mother Blues.
We also geek out on the songs and artists who shape the way he hears and writes songs.
Along the way, we talk about getting sober and rebuilding his career in his 40s, swallowing his pride and taking guitar lessons, the comfort of knowing you don't have to write yesterday, and the unexpected places a song can come from.
It's a conversation about starting over, staying curious, learning from the songwriters who came before you, and making the kind of songs only you would think to write.
Read the full transcript.
Create an account to read the whole episode, search across every transcript, and follow the shows you care about.
