# From Radio Row to Honky Tonk Hero: Scott Southworth on Music, Faith, and Finding Your Lane :: Ep 31 Circling the Drain Podcast

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Podcast: [Circling The Drain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/circling-the-drain-7467223)
Published: 2026-03-25T10:15:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of Circling The Drain, we sit down with traditional country artist and former radio host Scott Southworth for a funny, heartfelt, and surprisingly deep conversation. Scott shares how “bad breaks” in life often led to his biggest blessings, from accidentally landing a radio show on WLAC to stumbling into a thriving traditional country career with fans across Europe. He talks about walking away from chasing radio hits, leaning into hillbilly-with-wit songwriting, and why he refuses to turn his shows into political sermons. You’ll hear behind-the-scenes radio stories, Merle Haggard concert etiquette, meeting legends like Dolly Parton, Aaron Neville, and John Prine, and how Scott discovered a forgotten live recording that became his new live album, “Scott Southworth and the Honky Tonk Anonymous Band.” If you love real-deal country, inside-radio war stories, and conversations about resilience, faith, and staying audience-focused as an artist, this episode is for you. 01:39 Serial killer names, three-part names, and dark radio humor 02:40 Introducing guest Scott Southworth and his bio line about writing songs and loving pie 03:36 The great pie debate: seasonal pies, pumpkin rules, and equal-opportunity pie eating 05:00 WLAC days, historic radio, and the roots of Nashville radio culture 05:28 Stories from WLAC and Jimi Hendrix’s early session getting pulled from the mix 06:45 How Scott and John really met, Christmas parties, and early Nashville connections 08:13 Scott’s musical origin story: from rock, reggae, and blues bands to secretly writing country 10:37 The accidental birth of The Music Row Show on WLAC 12:26 Learning from interviewing Dolly, Little Richard, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and more 13:59 The inside truth about most music careers versus supersta…

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