Episode 1: Whitney Mann and the Box in the Basement

Musician Whitney Mann was on her way to stardom in the music business. She had opened for some of her heroes, like Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, and Guy Clark. One day, she misplayed a song on stage, and that turned into a case of stage fright, unraveling her performance before her very eyes. After a few years of trying to settle her nerves, Whitney Mann hung up her guitar and put all her memorabilia in a box in the basement.It wasn't long until that box – and her own voice – started calling out to her from storage. Today's episode of Taste the Music is about how Whitney Mann responded to the calling to keep writing and playing, and what's happened since.This episode was written, edited, and produced by Whitney Mann and Mark Griffin and originally appeared on WORT-FM 89.9 in Madison.