Behind the song, “Just Say When”

January 9, 2012

Written with producer, Dennis Dearing & hit-songwriter, T.W. Hale, “Just Say When” is just one of those feel-good, windows rolled down on a Friday afternoon, kind of songs…  T. W. has written for numerous artists including Joe Diffie, Reba McIntyre, George Jones, & Randy Travis.  The three of us have co-written recently, and we have [...]

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Behind the song, “Meetin’ My Maker”

December 13, 2011

“Meeting My Maker” was a product of my co-write with Lee Black and Wendy Wills.  It took us two different writing sessions to get it the way we wanted.  In fact, the sessions were about a month apart, so it sat dormant for a while…  At the second writing session, I actually had another writing [...]

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Behind the song, “It Could’ve Been Better”

November 17, 2011

Since my first songwriting conference in 2005, Tony Wood has been a huge inspiration to me in the world of songwriting.  My brother, Bill and I had written with him in the past, but this was the first opportunity I had to write with him on my own.  There is definitely more pressure involved when [...]

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Behind the song, “This Could Be the Day”

November 14, 2011

The title track of the album, “This Could Be the Day,” was co-written with Regie Hamm.  Regie is a well-known songwriter and author, who lives in Nashville.  He has his name on many hit songs, but one you are most likely familiar with is David Cook’s American Idol single, “Time of my Life.”  If you [...]

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Behind the song, “Wild Indoors”

November 8, 2011

Ok – in getting ready for the release of the new project, I’m going to try to give you a little background on each song.  We’ll start out with one of my personal favorites, “Wild Indoors.”  I started writing this one on the last leg of our 10-state radio tour.  The family had been cooped [...]

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Date set for release…

October 20, 2011

Well, it’s been a busy harvest – still going strong… Honestly, the upcoming project has taken a back seat the last few weeks. Funny how something can consume you and then quickly fall down the priority list as “life” takes over.  We are  just about there… Decided today to set the “official” release date for [...]

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