ABOUT THE AUTHOR......... Chip Hardy is an ol' veteran of the Nashville music business...."35+ years!!!." His career has ranged from songwriter, to producer, to A&R at a major record label, to working with songwriters in music publishing. He was born and raised in a small town in Western Kansas "out in the middle of nowhere." His mother is an accomplished keyboard player and his dad loved to sing. At the age of 4 Chip was spinning old 78 rpm records of Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Doris Day and Hank Williams, Sr. Around age 7 his mother taught him the basic chords on ukulele and he began playing...