A two-time GRAMMY nominee in addition to having been nominated for a Dove Award for Song of the Year. A Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player, he also has an Academy of Country Music nomination and two CMA nominations. Plus, he was nominated for the 2019 Australia’s Golden Guitar Award for Best Traditional Country Album. His first single had been a top 20 hit with the band The Dirt Drifters on Warner Brothers Records. During his career he has had over 100 independent and major label cuts. He is also the organizer of the Nashville Nights event taking place in September in Denmark. He will also be a featured performer next month at the 2nd Lake Martin Songwriters Festival in Alabama.
“It was my first cut. It was my first single… I got a call one day from the front man of the band… and he said, ‘Do you want to go to the Opry?’ … And he goes, ‘And ya’ need to get dressed up ‘cause we’re gonna be playing your song’.”
“On December 15th of 2022, this very year, it will be my 20th anniversary here in Nashville. So… no, I am not a Nashville native, but it certainly has become home.”
“I’ve had four, well, I’m in my fifth, professionally paid publishing deal, and so you obviously make connections to people in the industry through that.”
“I truly champion the songwriter. I truly champion our profession. I do all kinds of things to support it.”
“I think my passion about the craft of songwriting and making great music and writing great songs translates in the writing room. It translates in those writers’ nights and people connect with that.”
“When you’re in a publishing contract, the idea is to work with artists and get songs on the radio and, honestly, make money.”
“The next goal for me… I am striving so hard to break into that Number 1 club. That’s the next glass ceiling for me.”
“But, how songs get to their paths and how they end up in the places that they go, man, all I do is try to write the best song, and then you birth that baby, you put a bow on its forehead, you kiss it, and you send it out into the world.”
“No, I never ever, ever intended on being an artist. I just don’t have the ego for it. I mean that in a unique way.”
“What I found out… was that, in Europe… it’s a lot more sophisticated than it is here in ‘merica. That’s for sure. Like, they pay their ticket, they go in, and they’re expecting a polished performance of perfection, and all that, almost like going to sit with the king at court and listen to them play.”
“Most of the people that are regionally big fish in a little pond come (to Nashville) and get chewed up.”
“My career is my legacy that I’m building, so, I’m truly, truly heart set on changing things for the better for the songwriter.”
“There She Goes” (The Dirt Drifters)
“Tired of Being Happy” (Ashley McBryde)