Our fourth “Stories Behind the Songs” Spotify playlist welcomes San Antonio, TX singer/songwriter Mike Ryan! Ryan sat down and updated us about how his 2020 was going, talked to us about his new single, “Dear Country Music” and the stories behind several of his biggest songs. Ryan even dropped one of his best stories on us (you definitely want to hear this one) and went through the “TMP Lightning Round” of rapid questions.

So if you have a Spotify premium account, just click play on the first track (make sure it isn’t on shuffle), then sit back and enjoy insightful stories and great songs from one of the top artists in our scene directly on Spotify!

Shane Smith & the Saints: Stories Behind the Songs (tracklisting)

1. Mike Ryan: Stories Behind the Songs Introduction and Interview (podcast track)
2. Story Behind the Song Dear Country Music (podcast track)
3. Dear Country Music  (music track)
4. Story Behind the Song Damn Good Goodbye (podcast track)
5. Damn Good Goodbye (music track)
6. Story Behind the Song The Rewrite(podcast track)
7. The Rewrite (music track)
8. Story Behind the Song Other Side of the Radio (podcast track)
9. Other Side of the Radio (music track)
10. Story Behind Sad Song (podcast track)
11. Sad Song (music track)
12. Story Behind New Hometown (podcast track)
13. New Hometown (music track)
14. Story Behind the Song Red Eye flight (podcast track)
15.  Red Eye Flight (music track)
16. Story Behind the Song When I Drink Beer (podcast track)
17.  When I Drink Beer(music track)
18. Lightning Round w/ Mike Ryan (podcast track)
19. Story Time with Mike Ryan (podcast track)

*You have to have a Spotify premium account in order to listen to the playlist in order*

Playlist link to just the Mike Ryan Stories behind the Songs Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6SMVye5yWK1fbpi2SGxkMe?si=DWxfWdFkTYaPGYUnmPNOIg

Stories Behind the Songs Playlist: Our “Stories Behind the Songs” playlist combines short podcast tracks that provide insight and commentary about a song that is then directly followed by the song track in the form of a Spotify playlist!

Chris Fox

Music addict, a sucker for heartbreak songs, and avid Houston sports fan! I’am also the Editor-in-Chief of Texas Music Pickers.