Steve Earle's Songwriting Bootcamp

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The legendary country singer-songwriter unveils the secrets of composing a great song.

4 Extra Debut. Hugh Levinson joins the legendary singer-songwriter for four days of intensive training in the art of composing. From 2016.

Legendary country singer-songwriter Steve Earle unveils the secrets of composing a great song. 

Since 2015, Steve Earle has run an annual four-day intensive training session – called Camp Copperhead - in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. 

In 2016, journalist and aspiring songwriter Hugh Levinson joined around 100 other would-be balladeers from around the world to see what they can learn both from Steve and his fellow teacher, Shawn Colvin. 

Listen-in to stories of dreaming, methadone, guns, jail, death and betrayal. 

Producer: Smita Patel

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4  in November 2016.

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