The Esquire Songwriting Challenge: Video First Look - Dierks Bentley from www.Esquire.com
What happens when you go down to The Crossroads with five great musicians and a world-famous photographer? This happens. Plus: free new songs!
For our April issue (on newsstands now), we asked five of our favorite musicians — Dierks Bentley, Charlie Mars, Bob Schneider, Griffin House, and Ben Kweller — to come to the Shack-Up Inn in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and take part in a two-day fashion shoot with world-famous photographer Danny Clinch. And to make things interesting, we also asked each of the musicians to take the Esquire Songwriting Challenge: write, perform, and record an original song with lyrics that include the phrase "Somewhere in Mississippi." For some of them, this became the title of their song and they used it time and again; for others, they used the phrase once before heading in another direction. The results are five songs as unique and entertaining as the men who created them.
Beginning March 29, we're making each musician's song available right here as a free download for one day only. We'll also debut exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of each guy performing his song — kinda like the trailer you just watched — so don't miss your date with an exclusive download:
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/the-side/music/miss#ixzz0iupy1lve