Previously Featured in 2014
Aaron Barker
Aaron Barker is a songwriter of “real stories about real life” that have become amazing country hits such as Baby Blue, Love without End, Amen¸ Easy Come, Easy Go, I’d Like to Have That One Back, I Can Still Make Cheyenne, and I Know She Still Loves Me (George Strait); What About Now (Lonestar); Love Happens Like That, and Watch This (Neal McCoy); You’re Beginning to Get to Me (Clay Walker); Not Enough Hours in the Night (Doug Supernaw); I’m Leavin’ (Aaron Tippin); and many more. Barker was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 2007. This Texas native also penned and sings the Blue Bell Ice Cream jingles “Have Yourself a Blue Bell Country Day,” “What Are They Doin’,” and “The Good Ol’ Days”. Barker’s knack for honest, heartfelt communication gives his songs dynamic depth and power.
Casey Beathard
Casey Beathard is a songwriting superstar who has penned numerous chart topping hits such as The Breath You Take (53rd Annual Grammy Awards Best Country Song Nomination) and How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls? (George Strait); Just Fishin’ (54th Annual Grammy Awards, Best Country Song Nomination) and All I Ask for Anymore (52nd Annual Grammy Awards, Best Country Song Nomination) (Trace Adkins); Don’t Blink, The Boys of Fall, and No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem (Kenny Chesney); Cleaning this Gun and He’s Mine (Rodney Atkins); Come Back Song (Darius Rucker); Homeboy, Like Jesus Does, and The Outsiders (Eric Church); Find Out Who Your Friends Are (Tracy Lawrence/Tim McGraw/Kenny Chesney); Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo (Tracy Bird); I’ve Got a Feelin’ and Walk a Little Straighter (Billy Currington); and many more. Beathard has been honored as the BMI Country Songwriter of the Year in 2004 and 2008.
David Lee Murphy
David Lee Murphy has enjoyed great success as both a recording artist and a songwriter with such hits as Dust on the Bottle, Loco, and Party Crowd (David Lee Murphy); Are You Going to Kiss Me or Not (54th Annual Grammy Awards Best Country Song Nomination and Best Country Duo/Group Performance Nomination; six Academy of Country Music Award Nominations) and Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinkin’ About (Thompson Square); Living in Fast Forward, Live a Little, Pirate Flag, and Till It’s Gone (Kenny Chesney); Anywhere with You (Jake Owen); Big Green Tractor (Jason Aldean); The Only Way I Know (Jason Aldean/Luke Bryan/Eric Church); Always the Love Songs (Eli Young Band); A Feeling Like That (Gary Allan); The More I Drink (Blake Shelton); Hell Yeah I Like Beer (Kevin Fowler); and many more. Murphy’s songs are mainstays for country radio and career makers for many country artists.
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