Sean McConnell’s rootsy songwriting chops have landed him in the good books of some of Nashville’s biggest stars. He’s done plenty of poignant work crafted with folky atmospheres that offer a hushed and heartbreaking level of intimacy. But McConnell is no one-trick pony—his pen has yielded dramatic breakup songs for Wade Bowen and rowdy drinking tunes for Little Big Town, and battled with demons for the Eli Young Band.