Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album) Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album) Three Chords and The Truth is the first studio album released by country music singer songwriter Sara Evans. The album's title comes from Harlan Howard, a country music songwriter to whom this quote is widely attributed. It also was an improvised lyric in U2's version of the Bob Dylan song "All Along the Watchtower," released on the "Rattle and Hum" album. "Three Chords and The Truth" was released in 1997 on RCA Records Nashville and it produced three singles: "True Lies", the title track, and "Shame About That". Although all three of
Mike Smith (singer-songwriter) Mike Smith (singer-songwriter) Larry Michael "Mike" Smith (born October 3, 1939) and lived in various small towns in Kansas before moving to Hollywood in 1958. Smith first appeared on Decca Records in 1960 with a rockabilly backbeat song, "Sara Ruth" which was written as a joke for a high school friend. The other side of the record, "Week of Loneliness," had a limited success in the Bay Area of California and in his adopted home town of Stockton, it was number one. In April, 1959, "Billboard" chose the record as a Billboard Pick. In 1962, Smith had a release on