| |
 |
Billy Burnette
“The Billy of Rock-a-Billy”
Reading ambitious Memphis native Billy Burnette’s resume’, you’d expect it to belong to an 80 year old rather than a handsome raven-haired rocker. This is hardly the case. He just started his whirlwind career at a very young age. His list of accomplishments in the music arena is both impressive and diverse. Billy is the son of rockabilly legend Dorsey Burnette, who formed the pioneering “Rock N’ Roll Trio” with brother Johnny and Paul Burlison. Johnny had such hits as “You’re 16” and “Dreamin’” and Dorsey had such hits as “Tall Oak Tree” and “Hey Little One.” Together they wrote “Believe What You Say” for Ricky Nelson, “Tear It Up” (Rod Stewart) and “Lonesome Tears In My Eyes” (Beatles)...(More)
|
Danielle Peck
There is an undeniable division in Danielle Peck’s voice. A bluesy pull, a reluctant smokiness that, when it breaks, yields soaring, ringing, soul-stirring power and clarity. That tantalizing slow-pour tension is a fitting reflection of the artist herself. Is she an exuberant young country singer or an experienced and purposed entertainer? Is she the self-described “plain Jane girl next door” or a statuesque brunette bombshell? Is she a former waitress fighting for her big break or a prolific songwriter who contributed eight of 11 songs to her upcoming album? Danielle Peck is all that and much more.
That self-titled debut release, preceded by the chart-rocketing first single "I Don't," reveals all the complexities associated with being a young woman making her way in a new millennium. As a songwriter, she's grounded enough to write a glowing affirmation like "Isn't That Everything," and honest enough to acknowledge the emotional despair of a breakup in "Fallin' Apart." ....(More)
|
-JPEG-lowres-small.jpg) |
 |
Tommy Lee James
Born and raised in Roanoke, Virginia, Tommy Lee James started singing and playing the ukulele…his first instrument…at the ripe old age of six, followed by the guitar and the piano. One of his earliest musical memories…At age eight…is that of watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show and being so moved, he vowed to be in music.
Tommy played in local bands from age thirteen through his college years where he was a voice major at Radford University. After school, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he spent four years playing piano bars at night and refining his songwriting skills by day.....(More)
|
Clay Mills
Clay Mills, notable songwriter/record producer currently living in Nashville. With 20 years experience in the music business, He has had songs recorded by many country superstars including Reba McIntire, Trisha Yearwood, Steve Holy, and Emerson Drive. Clay recently celebrated a #1 grammy nominated single called "Beautiful Mess", recorded by Diamond Rio and Top 5 single recorded by Andy Griggs called "she Thinks She Needs Me"
Currently Clay has written the new Danielle Peck single "I Don't" on Toby Keiths' Big Machine record label...(More) |
 |
 |
Jedd Hughes
JeddHughes.com
Growing up in the small south Australian town of Quorn, Jedd was first given the gift of country music by his father, who loved the sounds of Australian traditional country singer Slim Dusty, and American icons such as Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins.
“My dad had lots of records,” Jedd recalls. “I remember listening to Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ and ‘I Walk the Line.’ The first guitar solos I ever heard were Luther Perkins’, and for some reason that got me excited. I guess that’s what got me into guitar playing. And then Marty Robbins’ Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs – it was a reddish/pink cover with Marty dressed in black on the front. Music was always exciting to me. I used to run around the house freaking out because it affected me.” ...(More)
|
Terry McBride
Born and raised in Texas, Terry grew up in Lampasas a small ranching community sixty miles southwest of Austin. After receiving a guitar for his ninth birthday it wasn’t long before Terry was playing in local bands and spending summers on the road with his father the late Dale McBride, who was a recording artist with several billboard charted singles in the late 70’s. After high school Terry traveled as part of his fathers band for three years before moving on to Austin. Terry became a sought after bass player in the local music scene and spent the next few years playing with Texas artists Lee Roy Parnell, Bill Carter & The Blame, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Johnny Duncan, Rosie Flores, and later a two year stint with Delbert McClinton. In 1989 Terry traveled to Nashville and the songs he had been writing found their way to MCA president Tony Brown who would later go on to sign Terry to a recording deal with the label. The group McBride & The Ride was formed and would record four albums for MCA. The group racked up several top five singles over the next few years including “Sacred Ground” a # 1 single in ‘92. McBride also received two million air awards for his writing credits for “Just One Night” and “Going Out Of My Mind”....(More)
|
 |
|
|
