Listen to Sara Evans and Jeff Trott perform her new song "21 Days" LIVE from The Cast Collective Studios on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee.

Welcome American songwriter, producer and Grammy nominated, Jeff Trott to Diving in Deep! Jeff and Sara co-wrote her most recent record, Unbroke, including her single "Pride" and newest release "21 Days". In this episode they talk all about Jeff's music journey including being in the band Tears for Tears and even working with Sheryl Crow. Jeff tells the story of how he wrote Sheryl's hit song "If It Makes You Happy". All future artists- find out what the key to writing an open and honest song is and how important similar values are in the music world!


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1:09 - 4:11 Sara's connection to Jeff
4:11- 6:43 Jeff's start in music
6:43 - 14:09 Coproducing together
14:09 - 19:23 Jeff's music journey
19:23 - 25:14 Jeff in Tears for Fears
25:14 - 29:12 Mutual trust in writing
29:12 - 39:56 Jeff with Sheryl Crow
39:56 - 51:56 The Backstory of the song "If It Makes You Happy"
51:56 - 53:47 Outro


ABOUT JEFF:
Jeffrey Robert Trott is an American songwriter/producer and multi-instrumentalist who has collaborated with prominent artists across genres in the United States and abroad. Trott has been named BMI Songwriter of the Year.[1]

He is known for writing many hits with Grammy winning artist Sheryl Crow, "If It Makes You Happy," "Every Day is a Winding Road," "My Favorite Mistake," "Soak Up The Sun," and "Good Is Good" as well as the Top 10 Billboard Country single "Easy" from her 2013 album Feels Like Home. He has produced tracks on her multi-platinum albums C'mon, C'mon and Wildflower, also co-writing and producing Crow's 2017 album Be Myself. Trott also appears on Crow's most recent album Threads that was released in 2019 - credited as a songwriter, producer and musician.[2]

In 2019 Trott produced, wrote and performed on the Hootie and the Blowfish album Imperfect Circle. The band's first new album in 14 years. The album was met with positive reviews.


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Produced and Edited by: The Cast Collective (Nashville, TN)
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Directed by: Erin Dugan
Edited By: Sean Dugan, Corey Williams & Tara Down
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