Last spring was bound to be busy for the “God Bless The USA” singer and songwriter Lee Greenwood, when a controversy outside Boston earned Greenwood loads of free publicity. The kids at Stall Brook Elementary School wanted to sing Greenwood’s famous song, but the local school board urged them to change the lyrics to “We Love The [...]
“Baby I Confess, I Was Not Expecting This”
Just kidding, I was. As a Matt Wertz fan since 2008, I was thrilled to hear that he would not only be playing on Vandy’s campus, but he would be playing right in front of my dorm.
Wertz performed in the newly added lounge in Rand dining hall. The lounge created such a cool environment, with an intimate atmosphere for the hundred-student turnout. Saying that the performance was awesome is not an adequate explanation – I went in stressed and left feeling so uplifted. Let me explain …
What do Elvis, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Quincy Jones, The Oak Ridge Boys, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ferlin Husky, Connie Smith and a few score of other artists have in common?…
Trent Jeffcoat Bronson: Your family, were they musical? Trent: My family loved music but hardly anyone played music. I started writing songs when I was about 8, and it was just kind of an interesting thing because nobody else ever had, so it was kinda cool. BH: You started playing guitar at the same [...]
Being a songwriter in Nashville has its ups and downs, especially first starting out trying to get your first cut to get your career started. All of the hours spent writing, pitching, networking, and getting told some of your best songs aren’t good enough to make the grade in town can certainly get you [...]
Legendary songwriter Byron Hill needs no introduction. Ever since moving to Nashville in 1978, he has been one of the country songwriting staples of his generation. He has generated more than 650 recordings, earned seventy-seven RIAA certified Gold and Platinum awards, ten ASCAP awards, twenty-nine U.S. and Canadian top-ten chart hits, and he continues his [...]
By Phil Sweetland There are many who consider George Jones country’s greatest living singer, so it’s no stretch to say that Kerry Kurt Phillips’ Nashville songwriting career started at the very top. After all, his very first label cut was “Where The Tall Grass Grows,” which the Possum recorded in 1991. “It was unbelievable, like [...]
When Dallas Davidson moved to Nashville to be a songwriter, calling him a long shot would’ve been a tremendous understatement. He’d never been in a band; he didn’t pick up a guitar (or any other instrument) until he was in his mid-20s, and was still learning how to play when he moved to Nashville. [...]
nny Wells has already had a very successful songwriting career and the best part is, he’s just getting warmed up. A member of BMI’s ultra exclusive Million-Air Club, his songs have been recorded by a long list of artists which include: Tracy Byrd, Collin Raye, Bill Anderson, Joe Diffie, Sara Evans, Jo Dee Messina, Julie Roberts, John Michael Montgomery, Billy Ray Cyrus, Confederate Railroad, James [...]
Stan Webb is an award winning singer-songwriter, and to call him “one of a kind” would be an understatement. His bookcases in the den of his home in Lebanon, Tennessee are adorned with his many awards and framed photos of Stan with the who’s who [...]
