Songs Leslie Wrote

"When I came to town," she recalls, "it was on a Saturday, and on Sunday morning I went to church and kind of fell in with the whole Judds bunch; they all went to that same church. Don Potter, who had been working with The Judds, befriended me and became interested in my songs. I remember sitting in the studio one day crying, and I said, 'I don't want to be a songwriter.' Don asked me why, and I said, 'because if I'm a songwriter, they won't let me be an artist.' He said, 'Girl, first of all, who is 'they?' And and second of all, two words for you: Paul Overstreet.' At the time, Paul was a big artist as well as a songwriter."

"When I realized that I had a gift but I didn't have the craftsmanship for songwriting yet," she recalls, "I started going out to the Bluebird Cafe and places like that to listen to great writers. When I wandered in and heard Larry Cordle and Carl Jackson and Jim Rushing and Jerry Salley in the round one night, I felt like I'd been hit by a Peterbilt truck. From then on, I went every time I could hear them. Then, I started asking them to write with me one by one, and they were all busy and didn't want to write with some kid they didn't know or whatever."

"Larry called me out of the blue one day and said, 'I'm Larry Cordle, and I've heard a couple of songs that you wrote, and I wonder if you want to get together.' And we've been fast friends ever since. Since then, I've gone on to write with all those guys, and I love them dearly, but if it hadn't have been for Larry, I'm not sure what would have become of me."

Here are just a few of the "cuts" Leslie wrote. This is not a complete list, but we'll add more as we can....

Title	Artist	Album
A Man With 18 Wheels	Lee Ann Womack Original Soundtrack Black Dog Various Artists	Lee Ann Womack Original Soundtrack Black Dog Nev Nicholls Presents Truckin Towards
Amy Jane	James Bonamy	What I Live to Do
A Working Man's Wage	Trace Adkins	More
After All	Jill King	Jillbilly
Ain't It Strange How Things Turn Around	Perfect Stranger	The Hits
Another Day	Andrea Zonn	Love Goes On
Between Midnight and Tomorrow	Lorrie Morgan	My Heart
Big Time	Lorrie Morgan & Sammy Kershaw	I Finally Found Someone
Blue Dress	Shawn King	In My Own Backyard
Cadillac Tears	Kevin Denney	Kevin Denney
Call the Family Together	Susie Luchsinger	Come as You Are
Chariot	Gretchen Wilson	Here for the Party
Cowboy Days	Terri Clark	Life Goes On
Eight Crazy Hours (In the Story of Love)	Shelly Fairchild	Ride
Elvis in the Airport	Neal McCoy	The Luckiest Man in the World
Every Time It Rains	Pinmonkey	Pinmonkey
Everything But the Words	Patty Loveless Jason Allen	Dreamin' My Dreams Wouldn't It Be Nice
Face to Face	Carroll Arthur	Views from the Heart
Fine Art of Holding a Woman	Mindy McCready	If I Don't Stay the Night
From Love to Love	The Oak Ridge Boys	Christmas Cookies
From Your Knees	John Conlee Matt King	Classics Hard Country
Heartaches and Honky Tonks	Keith Harling	Bring It On
He'd Never Seen Julie Cry	Jo Dee Messina Karaoke Karaoke	Jo Dee Messina Country Picks Jun. 1997, Vol. 4 Female Country Hits, Vol. 116
Her	Chely Wright	Never Love You Enough
High Tone Woman	George Strait	Somewhere Down in Texas
High Weeds and Rust	Bobby Osborne	Where I Come From
Homecoming Day	Carly Goodwin	Carly Goodwin
Honky Tonk Song	Terri Clark	Life Goes On
I Can Sleep When I'm Dead	John & Audrey Wiggins	The Dream
I Never Knew I Could Feel This Way	Clay Blaker Jennifer Weatherly	Welcome to the Wasteland In the Name of Love Jennifer Weatherly Live

I Said a Prayer	Pam Tillis Various Artists	All American Country Every Time Superstar Country Hits
I Sail	Shawn King	In My Own Backyard
I Took the Torch Out of His Old Flame	Linda Davis	I'm Yours
I'd Be Afraid of Losing You	Aaron Tippin	People Like Us
It's Alright	Trisha Yearwood	Jasper County
It's Hard to Be Me	Joe Diffie	Twice Upon a Time
It's My Job to Fall	Rebecca Lynn Howard	Forgive
I've Got a Feeling	Mindy McCready	I'm Not So Tough
Jesus & Bartenders	Sonny Burgess Rebecca Lynn Howard	Stronger Forgive
Little Things	Vince Gill	Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
Love Revival	Reba McEntire Various Artists	Room to Breathe Honky Tonk Tribute to Reba McEntire
Lovers	The Kinleys	II
Make Memories With Me	Lee Ann Womack	Lee Ann Womack
Mission of Love	Travis Tritt	No More Looking over My Shoulder
My Heart	Lorrie Morgan	My Heart
Never Underestimate a Bored Housewife	Melodie Crittenden	Melodie Crittenden
Nobody Hops a Train Anymore	Melonie Cannon	Melonie Cannon
Oklahoma Dust	The Notorious Cherry Bombs	The Notorious Cherry Bombs
Old Hands	The Whites	A Lifetime in the Making
Old Southern Porches	Dale Ann Bradley	Old Southern Porches
Old Time Fiddle	Vince Gill	Next Big Thing
Once in Every Life	Aselin Debison	Sweet Is the Melody
Once You've Heard the Truth	Randy Travis	A Man Ain't Made of Stone
One More Breath	Joe Diffie	Twice Upon a Time
Peace	The Isaacs Chalee Tennison	Heroes Parading in the Rain
Pistol	Trisha Yearwood	Jasper County
Politically Uncorrect	Gretchen Wilson	All Jacked Up
Real Bad Mood	Marie Sisters	Marie Sisters
River of You	Trisha Yearwood	Jasper County
Roses	Reba McEntire	So Good Together
She Wasn't Good Enough for Him	Reba McEntire	So Good Together
Shiver of Lonesome	Danni Leigh	A Shot of Whiskey and a Prayer
Smoky Lonesome	Jeannie Kendall	Jeannie Kendall
Sorrowful Angels	Patty Loveless	Mountain Soul

Take It Back	Derailers	Genuine
The Fire	Mindy McCready Chely Wright	Mindy McCready Single White Female
The Right Hand of Fellowship	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Just Over in Heaven
There's Only One	Sara Evans Local Exchange Susie Luchsinger	No Place That Far Because He Lives Raised on Faith
These Things I Want	Grandstaff Jerry Burkhart	Circles Cryin' Country
Two Hearts	Vince Gill	Next Big Thing
Unopened	Sara Evans	Three Chords & The Truth
Until Then	Carly Goodwin	Carly Goodwin
What Would Waylon Do	Joe Diffie	Tougher Than Nails
What Say	George Strait	It Just Comes Natural
What's On My Mind	Blake Shelton Jim Lauderdale Gary Allen Various Artists	Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill The Other Sessions . Texas Fed, Texas Bred: Redefining Country
When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough	Patty Loveless Maura O'Connell	Dreamin' My Dreams Don't I Know
When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues	Martina McBride	Greatest Hits
When the Wheels Are Coming Off	Lee Ann Womack	Some Things I Know
When the Wrong One Loves You Right	Wade Hayes	When the Wrong One Loves You Right
When You're Not Looking Back	Gene Watson	From the Heart
Whiskey on the Wound	Pam Tillis	Every Time
Why Do I Still Want You	Chely Wright	Single White Female
You and You Alone	Randy Travis	You and You Alone
You Put the Lonely on Me	Pam Tillis	Every Time
You Remain	Willie Nelson Andrea Zonn	The Great Divide Love Goes On
You Still Shake Me	Deana Carter	Everything's Gonna Be Alright The Deana Carter Collection

P.S.- Leslie has also worked on many other projects for artists you may know. Check out her miscellaneous credits HERE!