The motto of the Nashville Songwriter’s Association is “It all begins with a song.” In other words, a voice as pure as Carrie Underwood’s or as distinctive as George Jones’ may never experience stardom without a song that captures the imagination of country music fans. And it’s not often that three of Nashville’s most successful songwriters assemble outside Music City, U.S.A., to sing the hits they wrote for others. At the Rooster’s Wife on Sunday, Tom Kimmel, whose songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, and Joe Cocker, will be joined by Grammy-winning songwriter Joe Henry (“Harley,” “Where’ve You Been”) and Sally Barris, whose “Let the Wind Chase You,” recorded by Trisha Yearwood and Keith Urban, earned a Grammy nomination in 2009. www.theroosterswife.org