5 Cuts on “Somewhere Around 18”
This past week, Robert dropped a brand new collection of songs, eighteen of them in fact, that are some of the best country music you’ll hear. And he decided to include 5 of our collaborations in the mix.
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Emerald Coast Songwriter Retreat
Every now and then a milestone comes along that changes your perspective. That happened this week.
New Song: Almost There
Sometimes when I’m writing new music I become both the songwriter and the audience that needs to hear it. Finishing up a new one today with my co-writer Dustin Wilson that started from a simple hook idea “Almost There”. We’d actually finished up a different song called “We’re Almost There” which is a fun tune Read more about New Song: Almost There[…]
Title Cut: At Water’s Edge
This song just turned 10 years old, but is still one of my personal favorites. Having spent over a decade living in Dublin, Ireland, the song’s celtic sense of story combined with the unmistakeable tones of an hand crafted Irish guitar, built by the Lowden gang make performing this song like a visit to my Read more about Title Cut: At Water’s Edge[…]
Big Bass Problem
Robert Abernathy isn’t just another co-writer of mine. He’s a great friend, and an amazing performer. Over lunch on a phone call we got going on a funny play on words he’d heard from his son stationed overseas. The next thing we know it’s being recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, filmed in Birmingham and Read more about Big Bass Problem[…]
Co-writing with Robert Burns
After being inspired listening to a choral setting of Robert Burns famous poem, A Red, Red Rose, I decided to see if I could bring it into a more modern setting. Don’t get me wrong. I love the poem. I just wanted to see if Robert Burns and I could co-write on this one. It Read more about Co-writing with Robert Burns[…]