Jon Decious is a Nashville-based songwriter originally from Monticello, Kentucky. His recent credits include three songs on Lainey Wilson’s 2024 album Whirlwind (“4x4xU,” “Counting Chickens,” and “Ring Finger”), “Armadillo” from Miranda Lambert’s Postcards from Texas, and cuts with Anderson East, Ashley McBryde, Tyler Halverson, and Carter Faith. In 2024, he signed a joint publishing deal with Reservoir Media and One Riot.

In this episode, we talk about Jon’s journey from playing bass in The Pink Spiders, the story behind his first No. 1 song “4x4xU,” working with Ric Ocasek (of The Cars fame), and many other stops along the way.

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