Austin, Texas
Songwriter

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"Beneath still waters there's a strong undertow.The surface won't tell you what the deep water knows"

BIOGRAPHY

I am grateful that I have been able to make a living as a songwriter for most of my life. My songs have found their way onto radio, Billboard Charts, Airline Play lists & into Movies, Soap Operas, Commercials, Bars, Live shows & Dance Clubs.


With the legendary writer/artist/Motown exec. Smokey Robinson as my 1st publisher & mentor and Mr.Motown :Berry Gordy for a critic & cheerleader...

and all the fun times of writing with friends & respected hit songwriters: Will Rambeaux*Troy Verges* Blair Daly*Jeffrey Steele* Michele McCord*Alan Whitney*Henry Paul* Savannah Snow*Chris Lindsey*Tania Smith* Rafe Van Hoy*Smokey Robinson*Billy Dean

--You can bet I've got stories to tell.
I'm just NOT sure if I should...;)

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Country, Americana/Roots, Traditional Country

Contact

Administrative: Torquil Creevy

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar

INFLUENCES

I am inspired by: *wildflowers* *shooting stars** *shattered & sad hearts* *unconditional LOVE* SOME favorite artists:Willie Nelson* Vince Gill* EmmyLou Harris* Lucinda Williams*Mindy Smith*Kevin Welch* John Prine* Eva Cassidy* Neil Young* Cat Stevens* James Taylor* Crosby Stills & Nash* Billy Joe Shaver* Traffic* Stevie Winwood* Fleetwood Mac* Stevie Nicks*Led Zeppelin* Rolling Stone*Elton John* Don Henley*Eagles* Son House* Pavarotti* Sting******** I also really enjoy the passion of Classical Music: A song like Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven)has such emotional range...It amazes me how music, without lyrics, can surround & infuse so many emotions. Mozart had some major hits!

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody

experience >

SONG CUTS

* I Wanna Take Care of You--artist Billy Dean/ *Texas Trouble/ *Relentless/ *No Honky Tonks In Heaven/ *Million Angels/ *Pecados Del Diablo (Devil's Sins)

SONG PLACEMENTS

I Wanna Take Care of You (on a bunch of albums, commercials, soap operas & airplanes) Texas Trouble (for movie) Pecados Del Diablo (dance club hit)

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

I had the great joy of co-writing I Wanna Take Care of You with artist & friend Billy Dean. That one song has certainly taken care of me...Was a top 10 single from Fire In the Dark album. Then ended up on several other albums including Greatest Hits & The Very Best of Billy Dean. I'm so grateful . Thanks Billy!

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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....

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Sessions: David Bazan

It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....

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Behind The Song: “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, it has been remarked, like lovers, although they weren’t. Similarly, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the team behind one of Marvin and Tammi’s most enduring hits, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” wrote as if under the influence of amatory forces; even if, in the spring of 1968,

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On Track: Josh Turner

“It’s pretty secluded and private out here,” he says of the homestead he shares with wife, Jennifer, and their two boys, Hampton, three years old, and Colby, just seven months.