going back a few times a year. I
write when I’m there and I write
with people over Skype when
I’m not there. And I have people
here that I like to write with - some
friends and my father - so I still do
a lot of writing.”
Lauren’s father was not the one
to get her into country music.
She grew up in a household with
singer-songwriters like Billy Joel,
Elton John, and Carole King being
played. The stories in their songs
inspired her. She used to think
that her love of country music
came from a country music review
she auditioned for and was cast
in her last year of college. While
the show did bring about her first
connection to Nashville through
its production company, looking
back she thinks she was more of a
country music fan growing up than
she realized.
“A lot of that singer-songwriter
storytelling music that was not
considered country a few years
ago is country music now,” said
Davidson. “I think that’s what I’m
influenced by. And in the 90s, I
Watch Lauren Davidson perform “I Hate Love Songs”
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