EATONTON, Ga. —  “Boz” is now learning how to play guitar with a wedding band on his finger. And “Jazzy,” a South Carolina teenager, surprised her mother by playing an original song for her for the first time.

When it’s Songwriters Night at Briarpatch Farms, you must be a songwriter. On a recent Saturday, Tim Cadiere Productions and Briarpatch presented its latest show headlined by Hall of Famer Jeffrey Steele. As is the tradition, the show opens with a pair of young performers telling their own stories, strumming their own guitars and pouring their hearts into singing about what’s on their heart, be it a new bride or a supporting family.

Luke Boswell, or “Boz,” is a Greensboro native whose real job is in nursing in Watkinsville. When he took the Briarpatch Farm stage, he was seven days removed from his wedding day to Haley.

“I’ve been playing (guitar) since I was about 8 years old,” said the now 25-year-old. “Moved on to college, and that’s when I started doing some campus ministry stuff. Got to meet a lot of people in college, started a band, ran into some friends who played a couple of instruments, started playing some bars and restaurants really all over Georgia.

“I just can’t put it down.”

“Boz” is a country music artist as that’s what he feels he can best relay to an audience. If he could, “Boz” would just play the guitar all night. He pulls his musical inspirations from Jamey Johnson, Josh Turner, Billy Currington, a little Toby Keith or anything late 1990s to early 2000s.

“That’s kind of my wheelhouse,” he said. “That’s what I enjoy listening to. I also like Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs.”

For his recent show, “Boz” planned to pull out some of his old songs he hasn’t performed in quite a while.

“I’m actually debuting a song,” he said. “It’s a working title, ‘We’ll Meet Again.’

“Inspiration strikes me at the most odd of times. I talk about that on stage. I’ll walk to the bathroom and come back with two new lines. I’ll find a way to work them in (to a song). Haley thinks I’m a maniac when I write songs. She sits down, ‘Alright, let’s write verse one, let’s write the chord.’ She has a hard time writing with me, but she does because she loves me.”

“Boz” and Haley met five years ago when they attended Georgia College & State University and were involved in campus ministry called Kudzu. After a couple of years in the Milledgeville school, “Boz” transferred to a nursing program in Athens and earned his degree.

“That’s what fuels the fire,” he said.

His band was called Burnt Bridges, but they haven’t played together in years as everybody, like “Boz,” got real jobs. “Boz” also graduated from Gatewood in Eatonton while growing up in Greensboro. One place he hasn’t given much thought to is the hub of country music, Nashville.

“Once things get a little calmer here, I might build a studio and try to record at home,” said “Boz.” “Maybe write a good country song or two.”

Right now, nothing of his is out there in the record stores or streaming services, not yet anyway.

“If I do them, I want to do them right,” he said. “Recording off a cell phone doesn’t really cut it. We want to get some good recordings. We’ll take the steps when that time comes, I reckon.”

“Jazzy” is 18-year-old Jasmine Humphries of Union, South Carolina, and also a college student and two-time performer at Songwriters Night after being discovered by Briarpatch Farms owners Mike and Kathy Rainey.

“I’ve been playing music all my life,” she said. “I’ve been singing all my life, and I started playing guitar in the 9th grade.”

“Jazzy” is majoring in Contemporary Music with Media Applications at Converse University.

“My grandfather and grandmother sing,” she said. “I was inspired by them as a little girl. My dad always sang around the house. He’s the main person to help me with my music.”

Her genres of choice are country and Christian music, her grandfather being a part of a quartet.

“I’ve been listening to southern gospel as long as I can remember,” said “Jazzy.” “I pour my heart into every single one (of my songs). Whatever I’m thinking of, heartbreak.”

A teenager experiencing heartbreak and writing about it? Who would have thought? “Jazzy” said she only has about 15 songs to her credit now, but she already has a long history of stage performances in churches, fairs and festivals.

“I met Kathy and Mike a year and a half ago at a campground,” she said. “We really hit it off. They found out I play music. We kept in touch.

“I would love to go to Nashville. I would love to just write music and play music. I’m in touch with a person in a studio right now to start getting in and recording. I’m excited about that. We have stuff in the works coming out soon. Just gotta get there first.”