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Saturday Stories and Songs presents Hit Songwriters Wood Newton, Wil Nance,and Steve WIlliams
Wood Newton: Wood Newton: Wood Newton is a career singer, songwriter, and producer with a body of work that most in the music industry could only aspire to. As a songwriter, Newton's discography boasts approximately 50 song cuts, Soon after moving to Nashville in 1976, Wood met Dan Tyler, and together they wrote two of country musics biggest hits, Bobbie Sue for the Oak Ridge Boys, and Twenty Years Ago for Kenny Rogers, both of which received awards for a million performances by BMI. Together with Tim Dubois, Wood Newton wrote the truck driver's anthem "Midnight Hauler", a number one hit for Razzy Bailey. He also wrote "What I Didn't Do" for Steve Warner, the third of his songs to receive the BMI million performance award. This song was also recorded by George Jones for his album The Rock. He wrote "I Want Everyone to Cry", Restless Heart's first top ten single and Alabama recorded "All Together Now" for the Grammy Award winning children's album Follow that Bird. He co-wrote and published Pink Flamingos for Tracy Byrds double platinum No Ordinary Man album. Some of the other artists who have recorded Wood's songs include T. G. Shepard, Pearl River, Joni Harms, Ann Murray, Willie Nelson, Gary Stewart, B.J. Thomas, Rita Coolidge, Conway Twitty, Lynn Anderson, Charlie Pride, Eddy Arnold, Louise Mandrell, Janie Fricke, Juice Newton, Marie Osmond, Bjoro Haland, and Marty Robbins. As an artist, Wood recorded an album for Electra Asylum Records that was produced by the great songwriter Even Stevens. His first two singles, Last Exit for Love, and Lock, Stock and Barrel, won him recognition with radio and loyal fans across the country. He released his second album, Just for the Love of It in 1993 on his own label.
Wil Nance: Wil Nance hit the top of R&R and Billboard with his #1 BRAD PAISLEY smash Shes Everything, a song on Time Well Wasted, the Multi Platinum 2007 CMA Album of the Year. Most recently Wil co-wrote Clean Up On Aisle #5 with Mo Pitney.He also landed on Troubadour, GEORGE STRAITS Platinum selling, Grammy Winning, 2008 CMA Album Of The Year with a song called If Heartaches Were Horses.In 2009, GEORGE STRAIT cut another Wil Nance song; Where Have I Been All My Life, which is on the GEORGE STRAIT Cd Twang.In 1999, Wil received a BMI award for Round About Way, a #1 hit single for GEORGE STRAIT, a song on the Multi Platinum CMA Album Of The Year Carrying Your Love With Me. Round About Way is also on GEORGE STRAITS Latest Greatest Hits and GEORGE STRAITS 50 Number Ones Over ten million sales and counting.Wil has received Million Air Awards from BMI for GEORGE STRAITS Round About Way and BRAD PAISLEYS Shes Everything.In 2004, Wil received another BMI Award for his top ten JOE NICHOLS single Cool To Be A Fool.Other singles include; BLUE COUNTY I Get To, JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY You Are, GENE WATSON Next To Nothin, CHAD BROCK You Are, & more. Plus additional cuts on artists BRAD PAISLEY, TRACY LAWRENCE, JOE NICHOLS, NEAL MCCOY, CRAIG MORGAN, DIAMOND RIO, SAMMY KERSHAW, JEFF & SHEREI EASTER, OAKRIDGE BOYS, and many many others. Wil recently landed cuts on Universals EASTON CORBIN (Only A Girl), Warner Records THE FARM (Little Boat), & two new cuts in Curb Records Artist MO PITNEY (Clean Up On Aisle Five & Come Do A Little Life). Mo recently sang their song Clean Up On Aisle Five at his Grand Ol Opry debut & the audience responded with a standing ovation!
Steve Williams: Born in St. Louis, based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. He joined Arrow Memphis as a keyboardist in 1976. In 1985, he joined Toby Beau along with his wife Teri. Then he played with the Russ Bono Band, formed a classic rock band called Blast and was offered a stint in the backing band of Nashville country artist Woody Lee. Has co-written "Redneck Yacht Club" along with Thom Shepherd, a No.1 country hit for Craig Morgan in 2005. In 2009, George Strait recorded the Steve Williams-penned "Where Have I Been All My Life" for his "Twang" album.
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LocationThe Local (View)
110 28th avenue north
Nashville, TN 37203
United States
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