Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Songwriter Session: Max T. Barnes

Max T. Barnes wrote “Before You Kill Us All” (Randy Travis), “How Your Love Makes Me Feel” (Diamond Rio), “Let Go of the Stone” (John Anderson), “Love Me” (Collin Raye) and “Way Down Deep” (Vern Gosdin), the latter with his father, Max D. Barnes, also a hit songwriter. His songs have also been recorded by Alabama, Trace Adkins, Joe Diffie, Jo Dee Messina and Gene Watson. As a guitar player, Barnes has toured with Bobby Bare, Garth Brooks, Linda Davis, Merle Haggard, George Jones, the Judds, Reba McEntire and Tanya Tucker.