Two-time Grammy winner Shawn Camp chatted with Markos Papadatos about his 2026 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and his latest album.
Most recently, on October 26th, Camp was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame at Music City Center in Nashville.
Camp’s latest album, “The Ghost of Sis Draper,” co-written with the late Guy Clark is on Grammy ballots now.
Congratulations on the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction! How did that feel?
Oh, man, that was just mind-blowing. What an honor! It’s probably the most exciting thing I’ve ever experienced so far.
How did it feel to get inducted alongside other great songwriters?
What a mind-blowing experience! To get in there with Jerry Allison, who wrote “That’ll Be the Day” with Buddy Holly.
Jerry has passed on, but his widow was there, and she’s a really sweet lady. Also, Bruce Channel, who had his hits in the late ’50s and early ’60s. The Beatles used to open for Bruce, and he is such a sweet guy. He’s 85.
Not to mention Lee Thomas Miller, and I love it, and Taylor Swift. What a mind-blowing thing! Taylor is the biggest artist on earth right now. She is a very sweet young lady.
I had met her once before, b...