The Bayker Blankenship and Lilly Hiatt Interviews: Lilly's New Album and Her Dad's Influence; and Bayker's Touring with the Band and Co-Writing

Welcome back to Season 2 of the AmericanaMusic.com Podcast. In this first episode we have the great privilege of interviewing two phenomenal singer-songwriters, Lilly Hiatt and Bayker Blankenship. Lilly Hiatt talks about releasing her new album, "Forever" and the vulnerability of the journey taken to get there. Bayker Blankenship humbly talks about his quick rise to country music fame via TikTok with the song he wrote, "Maxed Out" and the wisdom and support he's gained from his Mom and Dad that have kept him grounded. 


Bayker Blankenship
Lilly Hiatt

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Chapters

• 0:08 Show Introduction
• 0:32 The Lilly Hiatt Introduction
• 0:50 Lilly Hiatt Growing Up In Franklin, TN
• 1:31 How Lilly's Father, John Hiatt, Shaped Her Writing
• 3:13 Time of Feeling Like an Outsider
• 4:43 Starting from Scratch
• 6:19 Lilly Hiatt's New Album, "Forever"
• 7:42 "Learn to Expand Your World By Listening"
• 9:11 The Song "Shouldn't Be" by Lilly Hiatt
• 10:59 The Single, "Thoughts", from the New Album
• 12:50 What Makes a Great Song?
• 13:36 Lilly Hiatt's Advice for New Artists
• 14:30 The Bayker Blankenship Introduction
• 14:54 Bayker Blankenship Growing Up in Livingston, TN
• 15:36 How Did You Get Your Start in Songwriting?
• 16:36 Bayker Blankenship's Influences
• 17:14 Writing the Song, "Maxed Out"
• 19:18 Bayker on the Advice His Dad Gave Him
• 20:53 Writing the Song "Jail Break" with Waylon Wyatt
• 22:30 Glasgow, KY and the Song "300 Miles"
• 23:10 Bayker Blankenship and Waylon Wyatt's new song, "Sunday Supper"
• 23:30 Going on Tour with the Band
• 25:45 A Short Clip of Next Week's Interview with Jessica Willis Fisher
• 28:16 Outro