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Festival Grand Master
Mel McDaniel
The Festival Grand Master bestows his blessings
upon all songwriters in Music Land and anoints them with special writing
powers during the festival. The songwriters will present Mel with the
keys to Music Row June 19th 8 PM @ Vibe 56 Stage.
Mel McDaniel signed a record deal with
Capitol in 1976. He had some early success with the single "Have a Dream
on Me," but really began to steamroll thereafter, ending up with a
string of country Top Tens that stretched through the 1980s.
Mel McDaniel has amassed numerous Top 10
singles over his storied career including his 1984 Number 1 hit single
"Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On". His next two releases “Let It Roll” and
“Stand Up” were not only top ten hits for Mel but also some of the most
played videos of the 80’s. In 1985 he was nominated by the Academy of
Country Music for the “Male Vocalist of the Year” award. The hits
continued for Mel throughout the 1980’s and early 1990’s. His proudest
moment in music was when he became of member of the Grand Ole Opry in
1986. During the 60th anniversary party of the Grand Ole Opry the music
was written by Mel titled “The Grandest Lady Of Them All”. Mel has spent
a lifetime devoted to his music and his fans. He is known throughout the
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Jerry
had
his first cut in 1968, when Charley Pride recorded The Day
The World Stood Still, which reached the Top 5, and followed it
up with the Top 3 hit, The Easy Part’s Over, the latter earning
the first of their two BMI awards. The following year, Jeannie
C. Riley had a Top 40 success with The Back Side Of Dallas.
In 1970, Stan Hitchcock had back-to-back hits with Call Me
Gone and Dixie Belle. However, that same year, Mel
Tillis had a Top 5 with Heaven Everyday. In 1971, Foster
and Rice racked up a slew of hits that included, All I Want
to Do Is Say I Love You (Brian Collins), At Least Part Of
The Way (Stan Hitchcock), Give Him Love and Think
Again (both Patti Page) and Is It Any Wonder That I Love
You and What About The Hurt (both Bob Luman). That
year, they set the then ASCAP record, receiving 5 awards. The
following year, the duo had a bumper crop of major hits that
included, Somebody Loves Me, Someone To Give My Love To
and Love Is A Good Thing (all by Johnny Paycheck), It
Takes You and When You Say Love (both by Bob Luman),
Is It Any Wonder That I Love You (Nat Stuckey) and
Would You Take Another Chance On Me (their first No.1, from
Jerry Lee Lewis). Lewis also recorded Think About It Darlin’
as the flip-side of his follow-up single, Chantilly Lace. During
the year, they broke their own ASCAP award record by receiving
10 awards. In 1973, it was Jerry’s turn to make his chart debut,
when Copperhead scraped in and then Looking Back
(a 1958 Pop hit for Nat "King" Cole), reached the Top 60, both
on Cinnamon. That year, Foster and Rice had another generous
helping of songs cut and made hits of by other artists,
including All In The Name Of Love (Narvel Felts),
Darling You Can Always Come Back Home (Jody Miller), I
Hate Goodbyes (Bobby Bare), Something About You I Love
(Johnny Paycheck) and Take Time To Love Her (Nat
Stuckey). During 1974, their run continued unabated with Born
To Love And Satisfy (Karen Wheeler), Loving You Has
Changed My Life and Hey There Girl (both David
Rogers), When Your Good Love Was Mine, Until The End
Of Time and I Want To Stay (all by Narvel Felts/Felts
and Bill Rice’s future wife, singer/songwriter Sharon Vaughn),
I’ll Think Of Something (Hank Williams, Jr.), Song And
Dance Man and My Part Of Forever (both by Johnny
Paycheck) and Rosie Cries A Lot (Ferlin Husky). Once
again, they broke their own ASCAP record when they received
eleven awards plus four production awards for their newly
constituted production company, Farah. Their roster was Narvel
Felts, Bobby Bare, Sharon Vaughn and Foster and Rice themselves.
During 1975, Eddy Raven had hits with Foster and Rice’s Ain’t
She Something Else and You’re My Rainy Day Woman. The
following year, Paycheck scored with another of Jerry and Bill’s
songs, I Can See Me Lovin’ You Again. In addition, they
had hits from Jacky Ward with I Never Said it Would Be Easy
and Jerry Lee Lewis with Let’s Put It Back Together Again.
In 1977,Mickey Gilley took their song, Here Comes The Hurt
Again into the Top 10.
They had major cuts from Steve Wariner with Easy Part’s Over
(1980), Jerry Lee Lewis with the Top 5 single Thirty Nine
And Holding (1981), Johnny Rodriguez with First Time
Burned (1984) and the No.1 hit from Conway Twitty, Ain’t
She Something Else (1985). Jerry has had over 500 songs
recorded during his career, mostly by major artists.
Jerry and Bill are the most awarded songwriting
team in the history of ASCAP, and hold the records for most
awards received in one year. They also hold the distinction of
having 10 songs in the billboard country music charts in one
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Stonewall Thomas
Rock & Roll, Singer-Songwriter Stonewall.
Who's MP3.com chart topping singles include the #1 "Sunsets For You", #1
"Never Say Goodbye" and Five other top 5 singles including "Karma", I'm
Not A Criminal", "Noah". ...and more |
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RIC SANDLER
By the time he graduated high school, Sandler had already been signed
to an exclusive publishing contract that led him to Los Angeles and all
it implies. Writing prolifically for the next fifteen years for various
publishers such as Sony Music and Warner Chappell, Ric wrote and
recorded for himself as well. He collaborated with John Lilley of the
Hooters and was also an in-demand session player, working with such
legends as Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon, Larry Carlton, Lee Sklar, and the
Porcaro brothers, as well as doing lead vocals on some studio group hits
during the seventies. While superstars like Dionne Warwick, Jermaine
Jackson and Anne Murray were recording his songs, he was also scoring TV
shows and films, including Ralph Bakshi’s Warner Bros. film “Hey Good
Lookin”, touring with Tanya Tucker, playing with Chuck Berry, and
working the club circuit, as well. In 2000 The Dixie Hummingbirds did
one of Ric's songs on their Grammy nominated album, "Music in the Air."
The album, a multi-textured wonder called Rhythmunderground.
Rhythmunderground yielded two Top 20 Adult Contemporary radio hits,
RUBIES and I’LL LET YA KNOW. |
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Tony
Stampley
Tony Stampley has written more songs for Hank Williams Jr than any other
writer. Songs such as I like My Whiskey On Ice and Women On Fire, I’ve
Been Down, American Offline, Woman On The Run. The Nashville Scene,
Video of the year and Top Five funny song of the year in 1985 with the
parody song about Boy George Where’s The Dress. Had over 50 songs
recorded by Major label Artist such as John Anderson, George Jones,
Randy Travis, Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley, Confederate Railroad, and
Guitar Legend Lonnie Mack.
Most recently "Heal Me " on Billy Curringtons latest release and tons more... |
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'Silence'
on:
NNeil Young's 'Songs of the Times'.Recently
won the Billboard World Songwriting Contest for 2 of her
songs off her new full-length CD debut, called, Release,
Falcone has additionally signed a licensing agreement with
Oxygen TV, the Cable TV network co-founded by Oprah Winfrey. |
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Jim Parker
1978 ASCAP SONGWRITER’S AWARD for “I’ve Got A
Feelin”, recorded by John Anderson on Warner Brothers Records.
John Anderson’s first Warner Brothers release remained on
Billboard’s National charts for 11 weeks peaking in the top 20s.
1981 BMI SONGWRITER’S AWARD for “Chicken Truck”, recorded by
John Anderson on Warner Brothers Records. This song reached #8
in the nation on the Billboard country charts and is currently
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Rand
Bishop is a
Grammy-nominated, BMI
Award-winning, Million-play
songwriter with well over
200 cuts to his credit—by
such artists as Beach Boys,
Heart, Cheap Trick, Indigo
Girls, Tim McGraw, David
Ball, Peter Noone, Richie
Havens and Vanilla
Fudge—among many others.
Bishop’s My List,
recorded by Toby Keith
(co-written with Tim James)
spent five weeks at number
one on the Billboard .
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Travis
Meadows
#1 Christian ('Should've Been Lovin'
You"
Jonathon Pierce 2001 ASCAP Award.) and many
more.....Universal staff writer. |
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Chris
Gantry,
Chris has written
more than 1,000 songs some of them with Kris Kristofferson, Mel Tillis, Shel Silverstein, and Eddie Rabbit.
Over 100 of his songs were recorded by various artist; Roy Clark, Johnny
Cash, Sonny Curtis, Robert Goulet, Wayne Newton, Johnny Lee, Reba
McEntire, Billy Walker, Garry Pucket, KD Lang, Davey T Hamilton, Yankee
Grey, and Rhett Akins, including Dreams of the Everyday Housewife,
by Glen Campbell which won three M.M.I awards Chris recorded five albums
for Monument and ABC Dot
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Lorna Flowers NCM
magazine Country Songwriter
of the Year in 1998, and
having several songs hitting
the European Country Radio
charts (including 3 #1 songs
and several top 10s),
Lorna had another ‘first’
with a #1 song in Australia
(and #2 in Poland) via Lucie
Diamond’s recording of
“Don’t Even Think About It”
(written by Shelley Jacobson
and Lorna Flowers), and had
her first US cuts in 2008
(adding to her 40 cuts
worldwide)
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Stan Webb
"I'm From the Country,"
Tracy Byrd SESAC Legacy Award for his string of musical achievements.
Wait till ya hear his new stuff. |
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Lisa Aschmann
With over 400 cuts from radio and movies from Jazz to
Bluegrass or Soup to Nuts, Lisa is an eclectic and prolific
songwriter .at the top of her game. Cuts by
Diamond Rio, Collin Raye, Aiofe Clancy, Art Garfunkel, Aaron
Neville, Grace Griffith, Don Jones, Alice Newman,Wayfaring
Stranger and with her co-writer, Joel Evans, she’s had
over 30 TV and film placements this past year, including
Numbers, Bones, West Wing, The Young and the Restless, JAG,
Providence, and The Perfect Man. “A Dozen Roses Ago”, “What Are
The Chances of That?” and “Until It Happens To You.” and
of course more... |
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Effron White
HALL OF FAME Artist NW Arkansas Music Awards.
"Every song tells a story
and his voice is full of the character needed to deliver it." -
Paul Pearcy (Lost Gonzos, Dixie Chicks, Terri Hendrix)
"EFFRON WHITE IS A TRUE
TREASURE. HE HAS THE MAGIC TOUCH." - Jerry Corbitt (The
Youngbloods, Charlie Daniels)
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Tom T. Hall
The first singer to have a
hit with one of Hall's songs was
Jimmy C. Newman, with "DJ for a
Day" to the Top 10 in 1963. In
1964, Dave Dudley took "Mad" to
the Top 10. Johnnie Wright had a
No. 1 hit with Hall's "Hello
Vietnam." In 1968, Jeannie
C. Riley had a major hit with
Hall's "Harper Valley P.T.A.,"
which spent three weeks at the
top of the charts and was voted
the Single of the Year by the
Country Music Association.
"Ballad of Forty Dollars" became
his first Top 10 hit as a
songwriter/artist. No. 1
single "A Week in a Country
Jail". "Shoeshine Man" and
"Salute to a Switchblade" both
hit the Top 10. Number 1 also
with "The Year That Clayton
Delaney Died," "Old Dogs,
Children and Watermelon Wine,"
"I Love," "Country Is," "I
Care," and "Faster Horses (The
Cowboy and the Poet)."
Hall appeared regularly on
Hee Haw. Alan Jackson
released Hall's "Little Bitty,"
spent 3 weeks at No. 1.
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Stella Parton
She since has recorded 27
chart singles, 17 albums and
garnered numerous
awards and nominations,
including multiple ASCAP
Awards and ACM and Music
City News
Award nominations.
Stella. has been featured in
such films as "Cloud
Dancer," "The Loner," and
"Country Gold." Her work in
television has included "The
Dukes of Hazzard" and the
CBS-TV move, "The Color Of
Love," co-starring Lou
Gossett, Jr. and Gena
Rowlands.
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Walter
Egan
An American rock musician, best known for his 1978 Top 10 (and gold) hit single "Magnet and Steel" from his album Not Shy, produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut of Fleetwood Mac fame. Buckingham also co-produced Egan's first album Fundamental Roll with Stevie Nicks. "Magnet and Steel" was featured in the 1997 film Boogie Nights. Egan also wrote "Hearts on Fire," which was covered by Gram Parsons on his album Grievous Angel, and "Hot Summer Nights", which was the first hit for the band Night, which included such session musicians as Nicky Hopkins and Robbie McIntosh. Egan backed artists from Jackson Browne to David Lindley increasingly turning his energies towards graphic art and I hear has several of his works displayed prominently in galleries around the world..
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Brian White
"Watching You" for Rodney Atkins which was named SESAC Country Song of
the Year at the recent Awards Dinner. The song continues to be a fan
favorite and a radio smash as it earned the title of "Most Played
Country Song of 2007" as well as just being nominated for SONG OF THE
YEAR honors at the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards.
His writing has earned him eleven #1 songs as well as 2 Dove Awards..
Add to that yet another Dove Award Nomination for 2008 Country Song of
the Year for "James White", a song recorded by country legend Earl
Scruggs.
He has written for such artist as Avalon, 4 Him, Point of Grace,
Brian Littrell, Selah, The Crabb Family, All Star United, Greg
Long, Larnelle Harris, Jaci Velasquez, Cliff Richard and many
others. Staff writer for BMG/Brentwood Benson Music
Publishing in Nashville.
Recently Brian expanded his writing into the country market and
has found success there as well with songs being recorded by
country super star Trace Adkins as well as Neal McCoy,
Blackhawk and more... |
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Troy Martin
Troy Martin "Baby's Gotten Good At
Goodbye", "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" and lots more....... |
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Boomer
Castleman
Inventor:
Bigsby PalmPedal
Music Director:
The International Country Music Awards Show;
A live Audio/Vidio production featuring top
international artist.
Tom Jones
hosting.Musician:
Played on recording
sessions
for Pop, Country, and R&B artist such as;
Linda Ronstadt, Vic Dana, Lola Folana, Kenny
Rodgers, Merilee Rush, Michael Martin Murphy, George
Hamilton, Tammy Wynette, David Alan Coe, Johnny
Rodriguez, George Jones, Dorsey Burnette, Johnny
Paycheck, Patti Page, Johnny Lee, Roy Clark, Mel
Tillis, Earl Scugges, Trini Lopez, Dave Dudley, Hoyt
Axton, Big Al Downing, Gerry Mulligan, and many
more.Live
Performances:
The White
House, Washington DC December 29th, 2000; 2001 Super
Blues Fest, San Diego; American Bandstand (One of
only two artists to perform live. The other was Jim
Stafford); guitarist for flutist James Galway on the
"Stranded in West Texas" show; Staff guitarist for
the Smokey Mountain Steel Guitar Jamboree,
Knoxville, TN (a yearly event).Background
Vocalist: "In the Heat of the
Night" (Oscar for best sound track, 1968); "I Dream
of Jeannie", "For Singles Only", "The Tiger Makes
Out", guitarist on "Take This Job & Shove It",
movie; "New Country", "Christmas on the General
Jackson", "The Graham Parsons Notebook" (Vocalist &
Guitarist).Songwriter:
Songs by
Lyle Lovett, John Dever, The Monkeys, George
Hamilton IV, Ronnie Prophet, Chad Evertt, Rusty
Weir, Seldom Seen, Ray Wylie Hubbord, Michael
Martin Murphy, BW Stevenson, Mari Wilson, and the TV
shows "Bonanza" & "I Dream of Jeannie".Producer:
"Judy Mae" (Boomer Castleman,Mums
Records); "Telephone Man" (Mari Wilson, BNA/GRT
Records); "Say You Do", (Bobby David, 20th Century
Records); "Hollywood & Vine" (Kim Morrison, Malalco
Records); "Just Fir You" (Ronnie Prophet, Cachet/TeeVee
Records) Records; "Peter the Meter Reader" (Mari
Wilson WMOT Records); "Silent Partners" (Rodney Lay,
Sun Records); "Summertime Blues" (Boomer Castleman,
Cream Records); "Internet Man", "900 Song" (Mari
Wilson WB/Giant Records); "Mr Hyde" (Mr Hyde, axim
Records); "Personal Notes" (Boomer Castelman, RLG
Records) "HOT LYX" (Boomer Castleman, RLG Records).Awards:
Vocals on Quincy Jones Oscar winning soundtrack "In
the Heat of the Night", "Telephone Man" (Mari Wilson
RIAA Certified gold record); "Just For You" (Ronnie
Prophet CRIA Certified gold record); "Telephone Man"
(Mari Wilson Ampex Golden Reel Award); "Just For
You" Ronnie Prophet Ampex Golden Reel Award);
"Telephone Man" (Mari Wilson UK Certified Silver);
"Spotlight Guitar" (Boomer Castleman, Guitar Player
Magazine June 1994); "Lick-of-the-month" (Boomer
Castleman Guiter Player Magazine, March 1999);
("Rock & Read" Magazine Boomer Castleman 'Cover
Story');Record
Labels: Owned BNA Records, a
successeful independent label, sold to BMG, 1993;
Head of Delta Disc Records A&R 1999, currently COO
of Legend Records; also owns and operates Amria
Records
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John Heinrich
the darling of the CMH of Fame Steel Guitar request performer,.John
worked at the World Famous Stockyard/Bullpen Lounge from April of 86
till November of 95. While there many artists would come by to sit in
with the band, those included Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beach Boys, Reba
McEntire, The Everly Brothers, Lorrie Morgan, The Kentucky Headhunters,
Rick Astley, Steppenwolf's John Kay, Travis Tritt, Shania Twain, and
many others. In 1991 John took a three month leave of absence from the
Bullpen lounge to work with "Hank Williams Jr.." In 1999, John recorded
saxophone at the famous "Fame Studio's," in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with
"Wayne Jackson," the Trumpet/leader of the "Memphis Horns," on a session
for the famous country group "ALABAMA," with producer "Rick Hall". This
studio is where all the "Stax Records" songs such as, "Knock On Wood,"
"Dock Of The Bay" and "Soul Man" were recorded and produced. |
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J.K.
Coltrain grew up surrounded by music & musicians. His cousin,
Buddy Starcher was a professional recording artist on Columbia Records
and was a regular performer on the then popular Midwestern & Louisiana
Hayrides. He also introduced the late Keith Whitley who first appeared
on Buddys weekly radio show in Charleston, West Virginia when he was 8
years old. J. K. made his own first appearance on radio at age 12 and
first TV appearance at age 14. O J.K.opened for many popular groups at
that time such as Pure Prairie League, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco
& The Marshall Tucker Band.He signed a recording contract with Monument
Records. He first cracked the country music charts in 1987 with a
self-penned song, West Virginia You're Still My Home on the Studio 7
label. Since then he has made many appearances on numerous radio & TV
shows including The Nashville Showcase, The Midnight Jamboree, Nashville
On Stage, The Jerry Lewis Telethon & Stars of Tomorrow. J. K. has toured
worldwide and worked with some of the greatest names in country music.
Jerry Reed, Loretta Lynn, The Bellamy Brothers, Conway Twitty, Buck
Owens, George Jones, Tammy Wynette & Jerry Lee Lewis to name just a few.
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Dan Demay
"Crazy Everytime" that Tracey Byrd put on his "Ten
Rounds" CD. If Something Should Happen" with Darryl Worley Martina
McBride's "Everybody Does", Tracy Lawrence "You Can't Hide
Red Neck" Cledus T. Judd just released single "Illegals" You ain't
herd the last from this guy. |
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Charlie Allen
One of Radio’s “Most
Played” Independent Artists of 2007 Charlie Allen's current single,
"Can't Take Him Out of Me" (River Run Records), hit # 1 on the
Independent Music Network Country Charts, the multitalented
singer/songwriter was also nominated for Country Male Artist of the
Year, one of the top awards at the annual New Music Weekly Awards Show. |
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Jeff Dayton
Jeff has earned platinum and gold awards as well as a platinum video
award for his George Strait cut “Any Old Time” included
on the CMA and ACM Album of the Year “Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your
Mind?” Glen Campbell's bandleader for 15 years. After Jeff’s final
gig with Glen, Jeff was called to play guitar with Lee Greenwood’s band.
For the rest of 2002 he was a regular member of Lee’s tour. Also filled
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Dillon Dixon
While the original intent was to
focus on his songwriting talents
for the Nashville market, he
began to land tracks in motion
pictures including “Open To Me"
from Terminator 3. He has also
landed tracks in Scream, The
Crow 3, Dracula 2000, Flight Of
The Phoenix, and the Wes Craven
film, Cursed. Dillon explains,
“When you are trying to write
something for a movie, you have
to be totally immersed in the
emotion of the scene to reflect
it musically.
Warner-Chappell/Ash Street Music
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Don
Poythress
He has penned songs
that have been recorded by
Willie Nelson (You Remain),
Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Tim
McGraw (Comfort Me), Daryll
Worley, Sir Cliff Richard, Brian
Littrell, Niall Toner, The Marie
Sisters, The Wilkinsons, Leslie
Satcher, Andrea Zonn, Nashville
Bluegrass Band, Daryl Worley,
Andy Childs and Bill Gaither
among many others. His Dove
Award-winning Song "The Promise"
as sung by The Martins, was
awarded top recorded song in the
Southern Gospel Category in
2004. Don was nominated for a
2006 Dove Award for "Lay it
Down" as recorded by Jaci
Velasquez and the London
Symphony Orchestra.
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Billy
Montana As a recording artist, Montana's album, No
Yesterday, was critically acclaimed with USA Today, characterizing him
as "a wonderful songwriter." Country Weekly described his music as "A
common man's wisdom voiced in an uncommon manner." A diverse group of
artists have recorded Montana's songs including Jo Dee Messina, Tim
McGraw, Sister Hazel, Blake Shelton, Sara Evans, BlackHawk, Kenny
Rogers, Lee Ann Womack, Steve Holy, Pat Green and many others. Montana's
number one single, "Bring On The Rain" recorded by Jo Dee Messina and
Tim McGraw was nominated for a Grammy. Montana wrote
"Friends For Life" for the animated MGM movie release of the Mark Twain
classic Tom Sawyer. His song "A Clean Mind and Dirty Hands," which was
awarded Song of the Year in 1996 by Farm Journal as the song best
depicting genuine farm life. Montana’s most recent success is the Sara
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Jimmy Butler
His
live gigs out of the Nashville area have included playing with
the B.B. King All Stars, the Wooten Brother's Friends, Joey
Richey, Larry LaDonn and a tour date with David Lee Murphy. He
is currently winding up summer touring dates with Bryan White. |
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Karen Reynolds
University of
Tennessee songwriting instructor and radio host.
"Writer's
Block" is a weekly, independently produced radio program featuring ONLY
Independent Performing Songwriters. The program has been on the air for
8 years and is web cast around the world.
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Frank Knapp
Songs cut by Lorreta Lynn, Ronnie McDowell, Carol Chase,
CarolChanning, Anita Carter, Dean Dillon and others.
Movies in are SWEET DREAMS, MADISON, FURNACE, which is out now, A
FATHER'S RIGHTS, about to
be released and AMATEURS coming later this year. TV: HEAT OF THE NIGHT,
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED,
AMERICA'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS, THE YOUNG ELVIS and I am an UNSOLVED
MYSTERY.
Professional Skydiver for 43 yrs. now, which in a round about way got me
in all of the above like
skydiving into John and June Cash's yard. |
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Billy Don Burns
Not enough words can describe this songwriters hard driving
string of accomplishments. Click on his name above and visit his
website. A true songwriters, songwriter. Called the other day to say
make sure we don't forget him at the fest this
year. |
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Denny Sarokin
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Denny
had his first Top Ten hit as lead singer/ guitarist/ writer/
bandleader for Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band. Denny has
Performed with the Nashville Symphony.
Critically acclaimed, Denny has written, performed and produced
songs for T.V. and film soundtracks, including “Fast Times At
Ridgemont High”, “Electric Horseman”, and “Stoker’s Ace”. |
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Pete Sallis
I've have been lucky to get some cuts recently with Rodney
Atkins and George Canyon. In fact, the George Canyon's "Somebody Wrote
Love" won the 2006 CCMA 's Single of the Year. I currently write for a
publisher called Singing Honeytree Music. I love to hear new songs from
my friends. |
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Tirk Wilder
Tirk wrote the theme
song for the mega-hit CBS television show, "Walker, Texas Ranger", "The
Eyes of The Ranger" received the prestigious BMI TV Music award for three
consecutive years.
On the heels
of a record contract with RCA Victor, he appeared with such greats as
Jerry Lee Lewis, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dickie Betts, Black Oak Arkansas, David Allen Coe, Earl Thomas
Conley, and many others. He has also toured throughout the country as keyboard player for country
music sensation, Toby Keith. |
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Dave Gibson &
Dasiy Dern
"Midnight Fire"
became a top 5 hit for Steve Warnie, immediately followed by
"Heart Trouble", which also scored in the top 5.
Dave has written hit songs for
Alabama; "Jukebox In My Mind," Tanya Tucker; "If It
Don't Come Easy," Confederate Railroad; "Queen of Memphis"
and "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind," Joe Diffie;
"Ships That Don't Come In," Pam Tillis; "Do You Know
Where Your Man Is," Conway Twitty; "House On Old Lonesome
Road," and most recently the hit "Lonely and Gone" for
Montgomery Gentry. |
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David Allds
Third year fest head who once had special Fest Logo
"T" shirts made with Don Henley and Glen Campbell at a golf game trying
to drop a hint. When I first met "Smoothie," I saw his
calloused hands and said, "Damn, you must be a drummer!" David's
looking for ten #1 songs this year. Hit song writer and hit record
producer, (I think) with Mel Tillis and so on. Founder of
Flatlanders Publishing Group |
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Steven McClintock
Look at Me, Now; Whenever I
Fell in Love; With This Kiss; I Believe In You; "Put Christ Back In
Christmas"; I Will Sing My Song; Christmas Needs Love To Be Christmas;
Fear Of A Broken Heart; Don't Move; Let Me Show You; All This Time; Can
I Call You My Girl; I Always Thought I'd See You Again; Oh Jackie; Until
Tonight; If Love Is Blind, and many more at the site... |
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R.C. O'Leary
His
songs have been described as a mixture of Folk, Country, Blues, Pop and
Rockabilly.
In '76 I signed with Warner Brothers (Nashville). "Jailbirds Can't Fly"
(Peter Fonda), "Me and Rosana" (Garrick
Alden), "That's What Friends Are For" (Harlan Sanders), "Honky Tonker"
(Ronnie Prophet).
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Dr. Jay & Miss Diana
TV & Radio commercials for McDonalds, Wal-mart, La-z-Boy
Dell Computers, SW Airlines,Texas Commerce and Union Planters Banks.
Look on the back of any Tennessee liscense plate and you'll see their
hook. Tennessee, "Sounds good to me" |
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Monty Holmes
writer/artist, smooth, ( Multiple cuts by George Strait including "When
Did You Stop Loving Me", Michael Montgomery, Lee Ann Womack, Lane
Turner, and George Jones have also cut his songs) |
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Buddy Lee Texas and
American Charted song "A
Soldiers Prayer"
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Tommy Barnes
Cat Daddy, (7 Hank Jr. cuts, 6 Tim McGraw cuts including "Indian
Outlaw", 3 Little Texas cuts including "My Love", Western Flyer,
Englebert Humperdink and Celinda Pink have also cut his songs)
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Billy Arr
(age 29) handsome, tall, over 800 songs published, 87
cuts. Mel Tillis, (# 1 single & album) Faron Young ( 4 cuts), Dave
Dudley, (2) Loretta Lynn, ( 8 1/2 million sales) Mickey Gilley, Freddie
Hart, The Kendalls, The Wilburn Bros., Roy Rogers, Tom Jones, &
Minnie, Minnie Uthers |
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Earl Clark
A songwriters songwriter, living
what he writes.
I
Found Jesus On The Jailhouse Floor - George Strait One Step At A Time
- George Strait Can't Break It To My Heart - Tracy Lawrence
Renegades, Rebels & Rogues - Tracy Lawrence It's Not The End Of The
World But A Damn Good Start-Emilo I Can Do That - Tanya Same Ole Fool
- Johnny Rodriguez Stray Cats - Willie Nelson
Cowboys & Girls Of The Night - Willie Nelson |
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Greg Crowe
Driving writer/artist. "Little Did I Know" by Sammy
Kershaw, "Lonely and Gone" by Montgomery Gentry and more... |
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Jeff Pearson
Totally nice guy.
Jeff has hosted the Bluebird Café
Songwriters Nite for 18 years.
Jeff
has
performed with, opened for
or played with... the Righteous Brothers, Rick Nelson, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Bobby Bare, Patty Loveless, Barbara Mandrell, Tammy
Wynette, Trisha Yearwood, Waylon Jennings, Paul Overstreet,
Charlie Daniels and........ |
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Bob Hicks
(Conway Twitty, Loretta
Lynn, George Strait, and other cuts past and present.) Hasn't
missed a fest yet. Ask him about his bio and the old days when
ya see him. He loves to share his experiences. |
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Tony Mullins
Campfire ring -a ding. How
Forever Feels- Kenny Chesney Angel In My Eyes -I’ll Take
Love Over Money- Aaron Tippin All I Want Is A Life - Tim
McGraw Home - TIm McGraw Aint That Just Like A Dream - Tim
McGraw Lonely Grill - Lonestar What About You - Sons of
the Desert The 5th -
Brad Martin |
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Chris & Camille Wallin
I’m Tryin’ - Trace Adkins
Speed - Montgomery Gentry
Beer Run - Garth Brooks
Artists who have cut Chris's songs include Lorrie Morgan, , Sammy
Kershaw, Tommy Shane Steiner, Michael Peterson, Jeffrey Steele,
Confederate Railroad, Neal McCoy, Brian McComas, Brad Paisley, Joe
Diffie, Diamond Rio and more..... |
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Clinton Gregory
Great writer, killer
Fiddle player and studio musician of legends. "Clinton Gregory is one of
the Greatest Country Singers on the Planet." ~ Marty Stuart. |
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Jimbeau Hinson
PARTY CROWD - DAVID LEE MURPHY/FANCY FREE - OAK RIDGE
BOYS/HILLBILLY HIGHWAY - STEVE EARLE/TRAIN OF MEMORIES - KATHY
MATTEA/STONES - TRACY LAWRENCE & TY HERNDON/GOTTA GET YOUR HEART
RIGHT - LEE GREENWOOD/HILLBILLY HIGHWAY - RICKY SKAGGS/BORN THAT
WAY - DAVID LEE MURPHY/RED ROSES - REBA MCENTIRE/WHEN YOU GIVE
IT AWAY - OAK RIDGE BOYS/HARMONY - JOHN CONLEE/BLONDE AMBITION -
RODNEY CROWELL/BILLY BURNETTE, THE GOLDENS/ BROKEN TRUST -
BRENDA LEE/I'M ON YOUR SIDE & AFTER ALL - PATTY LOVELESS
Along with others recordings by: Tammy Wynette, Porter Waggoner,
Rita Coolidge, Connie Smith, Carl Perkins, and many more.
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Poobah
Been there done that. Real human being. A life full
of astounding music connections. Truly blessed. Thank you Poo. |
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Buzz Rabin & Jimmy Compton
Guys, I need your bios. Thanks Buzz and
Jimmy for being there. Where the hell is the Travs and those hats?
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Kim McLean (Kim Patton-Johnston)
In 1999, McLean received a Dove Award for Country Gospel song of the year
for "Count Your Blessing" which was recorded by The
Martins. Other artists who've recorded Kim McLean songs
include Tim McGraw, The Happy Goodmans, Trisha Yearwood,
Jennifer Hanson, Lee Ann Womack, Billy Gilman, Sierra,
and more. Since her first publishing deal with Little
Big Town, she has also written for EMI, Centergy, King
Lizard, New Haven, Worley World, Skyline, and Sony-Tree.
Her own publishing company, Kim McLean Music houses most
of her Gospel copyrights. Her songs have been used on
several major network TV shows including JAG,
Early Edition, As The World Turns, The
West Wing, and Hope & Faith, which also
included a cameo appearance by McClean. Rick Schroder
used "All We Ever Find", a McLean composition recorded
by Tim McGraw, for the feature film Black Cloud,
about a Native American boxer who made the Olympic
boxing team. In 2001, McLean returned to her maiden
name, and launched a solo artist career of her own with
the creation of Hippie Chick Twang Records. Her album,
"Happy Face" contains a duet with Dolly Parton called
"Angels and Eagles". The title cut of the album, Kim
McLean composed with Kenny Alphin, Big Kenny of Big and
Rich.
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Billy Yates
BILLY YATES AT # 1 FOR 26 WEEKS IN 2005 (01/20/06) -
For the past 2 years, our own
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, Billy Yates, has enjoyed widespread
recognition among country music fans around the world. While performing
more than 100 shows all over Europe during the past two years, Yates and
his M.O.D. (my own damn) Record Label decided to start releasing singles
there. "Our first single went straight to number one, the second did the
same and the craziness hasn't stopped".
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Mack Vickery
Mack has written countless songs,
which have been recorded by Americas Top Country Stars, including, “The Jamestown Ferry” (Tanya Tucker),
“I’m The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised” (Johnny Paycheck), “The
Fireman” (George Strait), “Right In The Wrong Direction” (Vern Gosdin) “Rockin’ My Life Away” (Jerry Lee Lewis. Mack has
written many songs for the late great Waylon Jennings such as
“The Eagle”, “If She’ll Leave Her Mama”, “Cedartown Georgia” and
“ I Can’t Keep My Hands Off You”. Mack has written songs for
Charlie Pride, Mel Street, Ricky Van Shelton, Mark Chestnut,
John Anderson, Mickey Gilley, Hank Williams Jr., Claude King,
Lefty Frizzell, Cal Smith, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Becky
Hobbs, Louise Mandrell, Barbi Benton, Faron Young & Earnest Tubb. |
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Billy Ray Reynolds
Over the years, Reynolds has continued to churn out quality
tunes for the likes of Waylon, Johnny Cash, Tanya Tucker, David
Rogers, Tompall Glaser, John Conlee, Johnny Rodriguez, Jack
Greene, David Frizzell and many, many more. Plans to record the
ruggedly handsome singer were periodically floated by, and
then--similarly--they'd vanish in the breeze. |
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Michael Peterson
The success of the hit single,
"Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie" catapulted Michael Peterson into the
national spotlight in 1997 and the follow up release, "From Here
To Eternity," earned the singer his first #1 hit. The
self-titled debut disc was certified gold and Peterson was
recognized as country music's top selling new male artist of
1997 and 1998. |
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Jimmy Payne
As a songwriter Jimmy Payne has
had songs recorded by Charley Pride, Ray Price, Bill Anderson,
Glen Campbell, Grandpa Jones, Jim Glaser, Tompall and the Glaser
Brothers, Cal Smith, Connie Smith, Jo-El Sonnier, Jeanne Pruett,
Tammy Wynette, Dottie West, Daniel O'Donnell, Frank Ifield,
Frank Jennings and many others. |
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Casey Kelly
His many hit songs include
#1’s: Anyone Who Isn’t Me Tonight by Kenny Rogers and Dottie
West, Soon by Tanya Tucker, Somewhere Down the Line by T G
Shepherd and country music standard, The Cowboy Rides Away by
George Strait. He works as a session player and singer and
performs in clubs and concerts for audiences in Europe and
throughout the US. A frequent panelist, workshop contributor and
songwriters' rights activist, Casey is a member of ASCAP, NARAS
and NSAI. He mentors the NSAI Regional Workshops in Providence,
RI; Atlanta, GA; Greenville, SC and Pensacola, FL. He is
currently a Songwriters Guild of America Board of Councilors
member, and serves as elected Vice President of that
organization, representing the Southeastern Region. |
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Devon O'Day Her songwriting career includes credits
by George Strait, Hank Williams, Jr, Lee
Ann Womack, Kim McLean, Dolly Parton,
Ray Stevens, Trace Adkins, Neal McCoy and
more. Though now an ASCAP songwriter, she holds a
"Million-Air" award from BMI. As of 2006 she hosts
Country Hitmakers on 100 radio stations across the
country, as well as launching Country Spirit
nationally (a weekly gospel/inspirational radio show), and
narrating the "Impact Songs" series for the Bravo network.
She also hosts weekend shows on SIRIUS Radio's Spirit
Channel. Her voice is heard on campaigns, promotions, and
programs for The Billy Graham Crusade, Women of Faith,
United Methodist Communications, KFC, Hilton Hotels, Drexel
Heritage Furniture, United Way, and many others. Her voice
has been heard on CBS, PBS, NBC, TNN, CMT, Lifetime, RFD-TV,
MSNBC, and FOX. She has been the voice of choice to narrate
specials at the request of such artists as Garth Brooks, The
Dixie Chicks, Kenny Chesney, Trace Adkins, John Michael
Montgomery, The Isaacs, Bill Gaither, and Trisha Yearwood.
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Dick Feller
Five of
Dick Feller's songs have won
BMI Awards:
"Any
Old Wind That Blows"; "The Credit Card Song"; "East Bound And Down"; "Lord, Mr. Ford";
"Some Days Are Diamonds" |
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Gary Talley
As a songwriter, he has penned
cuts for Keith Whitley, The Box Tops, James Cotton, T.G.
Shepard, Fish Heads & Rice and others. He has continued writing
and teaching, while at the same time playing television
appearances, live events or touring with artists like Billy
Preston, Sam Moore, Pam Tillis, Brenda Lee, Tammy Wynette, Rufus
Thomas, Tim McGraw, Sam "the Sham" Samudio, David Lee Murphy,
Bobby Whitlock, Tracy Nelson, Dr. John, Mac Gayden, Bobby Bare,
Ray Vega, Deirdre Reilly, the Hombres, Jason D. Williams, James
Carr, Lloyd Price, and Little Eva among others. |
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Irene Kelley
"A Little Bluer Than That" Alan Jackson, Drive- BMG
"Hold Her", Loretta Lynn, Still Country- Audium "O,
Mexico", Trisha Yearwood , "Thinkin About You"- MCA
"Second Chance" Trisha Yearwood, Inside Out- MCA "Cold
All The Time" Bill Anderson, What I Feel - indie
"Somewhere Between Texas And Mexico" Pat Green -
Universal/Mercury/Republic "Don't Waste My Time" Little
Big Town- SONY "Not So Different After All", Brother
Phelps - Asylum Records "You Are A Rock (And I'm A
Rolling Stone)", Carl Jackson - CBS "Jesus Rock My
Baby", The Whites - Curb Records
"Silver and Gold", Claire Lynch - Rounder Records "Love
Can't Ever Get Better Than This", Ricky Skaggs & Sharon
White - CBS (Sony) & Curb "Run To the Well, Virginia"
Stevens Sisters- Little By Little -Rounder "Scorns
of Time" Allan Hall - Curb "You're Gonna Need This
Memory" Pierce Pettis , Great Big World- Compass
"Sure Do Miss You Now" Pure Prairie League, All In Good
Time - Drifters Church "Keep My Love There While I'm
Gone", Claire Lynch
"Jealousy", Claire Lynch , Silver & Gold - Rounder
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Robert Jason
BMI Millionaire Award (one million
airplays worldwide) For "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl";
NSAI #1 Award; R&R #1 Award; Quadruple Platinum Record For
"Alabama's Greatest Hits - For The Record" - Featuring "She Ain't Your
Ordinary Girl"; John Lennon Songwriting Contest Award
[Gospel/Inspirational]; Basil Morrotta Honorium - Best Piano Composition
[1983]; CLIO Award - Best Commercial, Radio "Penguins Frozen Yogurt";
Christian Country Radio #1 [2001] for "Yours", Recorded By The Fox
Brothers; Power Source Christian Country Charts #1 [2001] for "Yours",
Recorded By The Fox Brothers |
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The Luboffs
As songwriters, we have had
success with "Trust Me," the first single on Snoop Dogg's "Topp
Dogg" album, "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much," a No. 2 chart
recording by Bobby Womack, "Body Language" cut by Patti LaBelle
(gold album) and the featured song in the John Travolta movie,
"The Experts," among others. |
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Virgil Gibson
was the original lead singer for The
Platters and will be singing and sharing some of his life's story.
Vernon Rust White Collar Man, Sacred Ground. The Ranch and a whole new
catalog.
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Wayne Barker Jr.
Wayne Barker
Jr. & the VETTZ Band,
18 certified
gold records, BMI's top 10 songwriters in November of 2004, wrote theme song
for Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, (The Wall), Rockabilly Hall of Fame in
February 2005. Worked with Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker, John
Anderson, Hank Williams Jr., John Kay, Joan Jett, Edgar Winter, Molly Hatchet,
Rick Derringer, Willie Nelson, etc.
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Joie Scott
#1 song (Not That Different) Collin Raye
and cuts by Anne Murray, Restless Heart, Riders In The Sky, Peabo
Bryson, The Lynns, Cheap Seats |
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Larry Johnson
"Don't Take The Girl" (Tim
McGraw) nominated for CMA Award and few more under his sleeve. |
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Donna Frost
Donna has performed across the US,
the Caribbean and UK. Donna has a distinct style, blending folk, blues &
pop.
Two songs made the top 25 in
the indie charts in Europe and "Feels Like Home"
went straight to #1 on the World Independent charts in
Australia and remained in the top 10 for 38 weeks.
Her Christmas single,
was voted the #2 Christmas song on the indie charts in
Europe for 2001
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Gary Sefton
Gary Sefton has had
his songs recorded by more than one hundred different artists Including
John Anderson, Tom T. Hall, Chris Ledoux, Ray Price, Bobby Bare, Wilma
Burgess, Norma Jean, Jimmy C. Newman, Joe Diffie, Dottsie, and Earl
Richards to name a few. "Ready Mixed Revenge" the song that brought him
to Nashville has been recorded at least 15 times including a top 5
chart record in Australia by Johnny Chester (Australia's Johnny
Cash). "Different Kind of Flower", a hit single for Ray Price in the
early eighties,"Soldier of Fortune" was not only a hit
single by Tom T. Hall, it was also the title song of one of his
albums. |
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Steve Fox is a Canadian singer/songwriter. He was born in
Brampton, Ontario and raised in
Vancouver, then moved to
Toronto in the early 1980s to pursue a career in music. He got his
break in 1995 with a rock LP "Where The Blue Moon Rises" followed by a
CD , but in 2001 he released his platinum album Small World which
led to notable singles "Small Town", "Cheap Red Wine" and "Couple On The
Cake", a duet with
Beverley Mahood and a video featuring
Leslie Neilson. Steve released the album "Lunch With Chet" with the
single "Dream On". He also is noted for writing the
Montgomery Gentry single "Daddy Won't Sell The Farm". Currently
Steve is producing records for other artists. Steve released his single
"If My Life Was a Movie" in January 2007. |
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Danny Dill Songwriters Hall of Fame member ,
his songwriting credits include two country classics -- "The Long Black
Veil" and "Detroit City." He got his start as a professional musician
while working with Annie Lou Stockard as Annie Lou and Danny, a duet act
that performed on the Grand Ole Opry during the '40s and '50s. Although
Dill recorded as a solo artist, he found his greatest success as a
songwriter. "The Long Black Veil," a Top 10 country hit for Lefty
Frizzell in 1959. Recorded in later years by numerous artists,
including Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, The Band and the Kingston Trio. Dill
and Mel Tillis co-wrote "Detroit City," which Bobby Bare took to the Top
10 in 1963. It remains a signature song for both Bare and Tillis. Dill's
songs were also recorded by Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Eddy
Arnold, Carl Smith, Webb Pierce and Faron Young. He was inducted into
the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. |
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Don Wayne
"Saginaw Michigan" with Bill Anderson which provided a huge hit for
the late Lefty Frizzell in 1964. The multi-award winning hit "Country
Bumpkin" for Cal Smith in 1974 and the clever "Belles Of Southern Bell"
for Del Reeves in 1966. |
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Charlie Wayne
Charlie Wayne's musical journey has been marked by success in both Rock
& Country music - a gold record for his participation in the hard-rock
outfits BULLETBOYS and HAWK, plus a Top 40 Country single ("Raised On
Country"). |
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Ron Keel
As
frontman for hard rock/heavy metal bands KEEL, Steeler, Saber Tiger, and
Fair Game (he also spent a brief moment in time with Black Sabbath), Ron
Keel sold millions of albums, toured the world as a headliner and
opening act for icons such as Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Van
Halen, and many more, plus notched several hits on radio and MTV
including classics “The Right To Rock”, “Because The Night”, “Tears Of
Fire”, and “Somebody’s Waiting |
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