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Bonnie Baker

Nashville, Tennessee
Songwriter
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"my cleanest dirty shirt..."
BIOGRAPHY
Moved to Nashville is 1992. Signed first publishing deal in 1997. Have worked for Stage 3, Universal and Warner Chappell. Graduated from undergraduate studies and started master's program in creative writing in Texas before moving to Nashville.
LEVEL
professional
GENRES
Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Country
PUBLISHING COMPANY
DevaN Publishing/GREEN HILLS MUSIC GROUP, independent publishing company
Contact
Management: Devan Publishing
Administrative: Words & Music Copyright Administration
P.R.O.
ASCAP
INSTRUMENTS
acoustic guitar / piano
INFLUENCES
Stevie Nicks
I WRITE:
For a living

I Also Write:
with others
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
music
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SONG CUTS
American Bang, Renee Cassar, SHeDAISY, Sara Evans, Reba McEntire, Emerson Drive, Billy Ray Cyrus, Katrina Elam and Blackhawk.
SONG PLACEMENTS
Head & Shoulders Commercial
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
3 ASCAP Awards 3 Platinum Albums
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Legends: Bobby Braddock

In Nashville, most successful songwriters have a fairly short run. On hit, one year, two years, five years. Occasionally, we get one whose career approaches the length of a real career or, more often, one who has a few years success, then slips into oblivion, only to emerge again for another brief era of hit-making.

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Legends: Rickie Lee Jones

She speaks softly, not unlike the way she sings --soft, soulful passages, almost like secrets to the closest of friends --punctuated by bursts of exaltation. It's much like the span of emotion in her work, and in her new record, Balm in Gilead, which veers from the pure, naked heartbreak of "Bonfires" to the elation of "Old Enough," to the beautiful "Wild Girl," which celebrates the 21st birthday of her daughter, while simultaneously reflecting on the unchained fervor of her own wild days.

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Legends: Robert Earl Keen

As singer/songwriters go, Robert Earl Keen doesn't seem like the kind of artist who could honestly be accused of sloth. But despite a catalog choked with characters and conversations pulled from a colorful life, he makes that very claim on "Something That I Do," a track where he brags of his ability to not let work get in the way of an otherwise pleasant afternoon.

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Townes Van Zandt: Facets, Faults & Fractures

It's 10 o'clock at night on an abandoned Music Row. The year is 1985. In a third-floor office in an old house that serves as the offices for the Oak Ridge Boys' Silverline/Goldline Music Publishing, Steve Earle brings the chair he's leaning back in down hard, flipping his hair out of his eyes for emphasis.

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Hi Bonnie,
Nice to meet you here....hope nashville is a lot warmer than over in europe,
take care
Shawn
01/21/2009 10:17 AM
hey bonnie - I'll second robert - Congrats! on the new publishing set up - that's awesome... (and woody to boot!) Wish you all the success in the world.... and if it can be arranged, an opening in your book for me.

Paul
12/03/2008 08:54 PM
Hey B

Great news about DevaN Publishing. I got the press release yesterday, congrats!

Robert
12/03/2008 08:29 AM
hey bonnie,
great to see you here. want to catch up next week if possible.
chad
10/30/2008 05:02 PM