Alan,
My mistake. I had always thought that Mike wrote it himself. No, I don't know Allen Shamblin, but obviously he's big around these parts.
Myself, I'm not so big in Nashville music. First, until very recently with the hiring of John Grady at Sony, I have had deep misgivings about Music Row and about its focus on anything but good music - radio in general, and country radio in particular have made every effort to destroy art in music. John, so far, has taken some significant steps to correct that. Secondly, I so loathe the way so-called "hot young country" is produced I am unable to say that I can do it. Unfortunately, it's being done by some very good friends of mine, so there's not much I can say. Better I should just mind my own business, which is to say that the overwhelming majority of my work comes from out of town.
George