Brad Clawson

 Brad Clawson was born and raised in West Texas, where he grew up with a musical background and honed his talent playing drums in several bands. In 2005, he moved to Tennessee, developed a love for songwriting and production, and hit the ground running. He signed a publishing deal with Tape Room Music and Warner Chappell Music and has seen great success from singles such as “Happy Does” by Kenny Chesney and “Up Down” by Morgan Wallen featuring Florida Georgia Line. He co-produced on Chris Janson’s recent project, All In, and co-wrote his latest #1 single, “All I Need Is You.” Clawson’s other recent releases include “Keith Whitley” by Morgan Wallen, “Unhang The Moon” and “Miss That Girl” by ERNEST, “Blanco County Rain” by Parker McCollum, and more.

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Gary Baker earned a Grammy for the smash hit “I Swear,” which he co-wrote with Frank J. Myers. The song was number one on the country charts and crossed over to the number one spot on the pop charts. Baker co-wrote “I’m Already There,” which also hit number one on the country charts before crossing over to the top five on the pop charts.

His first major songwriting success was with “Once Upon a Lifetime,” which was performed by the group “Alabama” and soared to the number one on country charts. Through the years he has penned hit songs for numerous other artists including the Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees and Reba McEntire. His songs have been featured in numerous high-profile television show and movie soundtracks.

He has produced many records, including the Backstreet Boys greatest hits album. 

He launched his career in Muscle Shoals with the famed LeBlanc Carr Band, performing on their top 10 hit named “Falling.” He wrote and recorded with several artists ranging from Mac Davis to Marie Osmond before becoming a member of the “Shooters, a hit country act from Muscle Shoals. He also wrote the hit I’m Already There for Lonestar. It spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was the band's seventh Number One.

Eric Erdman is a guitar slinging troubadour. His lyrics paint stories that are introspective and deep, quirky but palatable. His songs have fresh hooks that somehow draw listeners in like old friends. Eric has penned the theme song for “Drag Race High” on the SPEED channel, he cowrote “Stone’s Throw” which is a hit for the Red Clay Strays (and is featured on their “Live From the Ryman” and the video game “Country Star”), his song “Caddo County” (with Dave Cobb and The Red Clay Strays is featured on the 2025 Grammy nominated “Twisters” soundtrack) . He is the 15X (2010-2024) Lagniappe Awards Solo Musician of the Year, 2021 Southland Music Line Musician of the Year, 4X TRMA Songwriter of the year and co-wrote the 2021 TRMA Song of the Year , “The Wave” and Single of the Year “Family Tree” and his current album “Enough” hit the TOP 20 on the iTunes Country album chart.

Even though Austin Moody was writing songs at 15, the musician from East Tennessee never thought he’d make his living chasing that dream. Already enrolled into the JROTC with a private pilot’s license under his belt, the young man who grew up on a family farm believed his future was in the Air Force.Trips to Nashville to write clouded the waters of well-intentioned plans. The Air Force was left behind.

Legendary producer Keith Stegall was attracted to the roots of Moody’s writing. Iconic songwriter (and multiple CMA Musician of the Year) Mac MacAnally responded to the honesty of the young 20-something’s writing. Together the pair agreed to go to Muscle Shoals to record with the core of Moody’s road band, plus Highway 101 lynchpin Cactus Moser on drums and session vet/Jeff King in the band. His latest project was his extremely popular hit Ride Like Hank.

THOM SCHUYLER

Thom Schuyler has, like many others, written of trains, cars, houses and love beautiful and busted. He also wrote a Top 10 country hit that became an anthem for the music industry, a song about life along Music Row called "16th Avenue."
The street is still one-way, and lives are still changed there, and Schuyler's depiction of the understated romance of a songwriter's life still rings true. Schuyler was writing what he knew, having scuffled for years in various non-romantic positions (framer, bus boy, carpenter, etc.) before signing a publishing contract in 1981 with Debdave/Briarpatch Music Publishing. He'd come to the awareness of that publisher's staff when he did remodeling work on their 16th Avenue building.

In the year after signing his first publishing deal, Schuyler scored major hits with Kenny Rogers' "Love Will Turn You Around" — a top-charting country and adult contemporary hit and ASCAP's Song of the Year — and with Eddie Rabbitt's "I Don't Know Where to Start" and Dalton's "16th Avenue." He scored numerous hits in the 1980s, including #1's "I Fell in Love Again Last Night" (Forester Sisters), "Love Out Loud" (Earl Thomas Conley) and "Long Line of Love" (Michael Martin Murphey).

On March 29, 1985, Schuyler joined with Fred Knobloch, Don Schlitz and Paul Overstreet at the Bluebird for what is credited as the first Nashville "in-the-round," a format in which songwriters share songs and banter. In today's Nashville, in-the-rounds are held each night. Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet developed a trio called S-K-O, charting three country hits. Later, Schuyler joined with Knobloch and Craig Bickhardt to form another major country trio, S-K-B.

In the early 1990s, Schuyler's "Point of Light" was a hit for Randy Travis that doubled as the theme song of President George H. W. Bush's volunteerism campaign. Schuyler remained active as a songwriter but also worked as an executive at RCA Records and Ronder/Almo-Irving Music and as a choir director at Woodmont Christian Church. Asked by American Songwriter magazine about advice for young songwriters, Schuyler advised, "Be alive and pay attention."

DEANNA BRYANT

Deanna is a native Texan, hometown of Childress, TX and a graduate of Texas Tech University. In 1994, she moved to Music City to fulfill a life-long dream. She signed with Reba McEntire's Starstruck Writers Group in 1995 and has been working for the hits ever since. Keith Urban recorded her song "Stupid Boy" -took it to the top of the Billboard Charts. Stupid Boy was nominated for CMA's "Song of the Year”. Bryant received an Honorary Grammy Award for the composers of Keith Urban's Grammy Award-"Stupid Boy" for the Male Vocal Performance of the Year. 

Now, in her  28th year in town, she has had her songs recorded by such artists Keith Urban, Blake Shelton,  Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Travis, Deana Carter, Heidi Newfield, Billy Currington, Terri Clark, Lorrie Morgan, Clay Davidson, Julie Roberts, and many others.   Her compositions, "Forever Love " and  "Unconditional", hit Billboard's #1 and #3 respectively, "Unconditional" was also nominated as CMA "Song of the Year”, 2008. Deanna has been recognized and honored by Nashville Songwriters International Association (NSAI)with multiple other awards as well as  honorably-recognized Songwriters' Association.

LESLIE SATCHER

One of Nashville’s most respected and most revered performing female singer-songwriters is the stunning talent; Leslie Satcher. At the age of 26, the native Texan made the move to Nashville in pursuit of a singing career and was quickly recognized for her gift with lyric and melody. After being mentored at a smaller publisher by many of the music industry’s legendary songwriters, she made the move to Sony Music Publishing where she would stay for nearly 15 years. During this time, she was also signed as an artist at Warner Brothers. While recording her critically acclaimed debut album, “Love Letters”, her songs were growing in demand.

Though Leslie is primarily known as a country singer and songwriter, her talents cross all genres. She has written or co-written songs that have been recorded by everyone from Willie Nelson to Jason Aldean; Vince Gill to Sheila E.; George Strait to Sheryl Crow; Martina McBride to Keb’Mo; Blake Shelton to Bonnie Raitt and many, many more. She has received multiple BMI “Million-Air” awards recognizing a song’s one millionth airplay and her incomparable vocals contribute to an astounding number of Grammy, CMA & ACM award winning projects.

Leslie’s next two albums, “Creation” and “Gypsy Boots” were recorded independently and truly exhibit the diversity of her Texas roots and Delta soul. They are available on iTunes, CDBaby and every other major digital distributor.

She was signed to a 2015 publishing deal with London powerhouse Notting Hill Music and a recording contract with NHM’s Los Angeles based innovator of digital distribution; Notting Hill Music Masters (NHMM) label. Her debut NHMM release, “2 Days In Muscle Shoals” features her All-Star band “The Electric Honey Badgers” and includes vocals by Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Trisha Yearwood and more. This amazing project landed her on the First-Round GRAMMY ballot in multiple categories for the 2018 & 2019 awards seasons. Recently, Leslie has seen her songs recorded by the likes of Reba McEntire, Sheryl Crow, Maren Morris, Stevie Nicks, Joe Walsh, Cody Johnson and many, many more. Among an absolutely stellar group of peers; on June the 30th of 2023, Leslie Satcher was nominated to the Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. She will be a part of the 2025 class inducted to the Texas Songwriters’ Hall of Fame.

Aside from writing hit songs for some of music’s most iconic artists; Leslie is in high demand as a performer known for her angelic voice, funny stories, the unique playing style and sound of her guitar; but mostly, her uncanny ability to connect with audiences of any size or demographic. Her typical year will include more than 150 songwriting sessions and 65 live performances all over the U.S., U.K. and Canada.

Learn more about Leslie Satcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt29f-Fxg6g

Mike Geiger was born and raised on Amelia Island, Florida, where he met and began playing music with Woody Mullis. The two became fast friends while developing their musical styles through their teens. After high school Mike attended Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina while Woody toured the United States and Europe with Up With People. After the tour he joined Mike in Asheville where they met and performed with Billy Edd Wheeler (writer of "Jackson", “Coward Of The County", etc.), Warren Haynes (Government Mule and The Allman Bros Band), and future Grammy award winning folk artist and NPR TV Personality, David Holt.

Since then, as a guitarist and background singer, Mike has recorded or shared the stage with a diverse array of entertainers including Skip Ewing, Montgomery Gentry, Dolly Parton, Sylvester Stallone, Tracy Byrd, Blake Shelton, Minnie Pearl, Kip Moore, Otis Blackwell, Stella Parton, Bruce “Hey Baby” Channel, Brad Martin, Whitey Shaffer, Mickey Newberry, and Kix Brooks.

Mike’s songwriting success started when Sawyer Brown recorded "This Missin' You Heart of Mine". That song along with "Darlene" recorded by T. Graham Brown, and "Burning a Hole In My Heart", and "Your Memory Wins Again" by Skip Ewing, went to the top of the charts and netted the BMI Songwriter of The Year Award. Among the artists who have recorded Mike's songs since are George Strait, John Michael Montgomery, Gary Allan, Kenny Chesney, Montgomery Gentry, Rhonda Vincent, Ricky Van Shelton, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Marshall Tucker Band, Brad Martin, Johnny Rodriguez, Michael Bolton, Neal McCoy, Cole Degges and The Lonesome, George Jones, and Tracy Lawrence.

Among the hits are "Adalida" George Strait, "The City Put The Country Back In Me" Neal McCoy, "Cold One Comin’ On" and "Hillbilly Shoes" Montgomery Gentry. To date recordings of Mike's songs have sold at least 17 million copies.

TROUBADOUR BLUE

Troubadour Blue hits you like a shot of backwoods moonshine cut with pure Nashville gold. The band is carving its own path through the heart of American music, where dusty roads meet neon lights and heartbreak ballads collide with barn-burning jams. Songwriters Daniel Kim Ethridge and Brenna Wheeler craft songs that crackle with raw honesty, while their voices intertwine like tangled roots to tell stories of love, loss, and longing. These tales come to life through the musicianship of Jonny Therrien (dobro), Rico Wallenda (mandolin), and Wheeler’s lonesome fiddle. Produced by Grammy-winner Tammy Rogers King, Shadow of a Doubt stands as a testament to the band’s raw talent and restless spirit. Recently, they unveiled their latest bonus track, "Alabama Angel," featuring the legendary Jerry Douglas—setting the stage for Troubadour Blue to establish itself as a powerful new force in roots music.

TAMMY ROGERS KING

Prior to co-founding The SteelDrivers with Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson, Mike Fleming and Richard Bailey; Rogers had a flourishing career when she released her debut in 1995 In The Red, a self-titled album in 1996 and the 1999 Speed of Love. All of these accented her studio session work while launching a critically acclaimed label with Nashville veterans Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Harry Stinson. The ground-breaking label Dead Reckoning paved the way for what is now universally known as ‘Americana Music’.

Since the band’s inception, it has amassed two GRAMMY award nominations in the “Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals,” and two nods for “Best Bluegrass Album,” finally winning the Bluegrass Grammy in 2015 for The Muscle Shoals Recordings. As one of bluegrass’ top-selling artists and touring acts, the band continues to tour over 70 shows a year and appears on various prestigious shows on radio and TV.

With no sign of slowing down, Rogers joined her frequent co-writing friend, Thomm Jutz, another award-winning artist/songwriter with this 2022 release Surely Will Be Singing, paying homage to her Appalachian roots. She will be touring with Thomm in 2022 while not on the road with The SteelDrivers. Jutz and Rogers have co-written numerous songs featured on both Jutz and The SteelDrivers releases, including the recent number one – “I Choose You,” a love song that is quickly becoming one of the most requested first dance songs at weddings around the world.

The list goes on for the East Tennessee native’s accomplishments, but what she is most proud of is the production and development of the new trio Troubadour Blue. Rogers is married to guitar player royalty Jeff King, who is currently on tour with Brooks and Dunn and Reba McEntire.

SEAN MCCARTHY

Hailing from Fernandina Beach, Florida, Sean McCarthy – Nashville recording artist, songwriter, acoustic guitarist and lead vocalist fronts southern coastal group Sean McCarthy Band. The band’s music is a rich blend of Country, Bluegrass, Folk, Trop Rock and Americana (or Trop-i-cana as Sean calls it.)  Rounding out the band is pedal steel player Olin “Hotshot” Carter, lead guitarist Marcus Carter, bass player Ernie Ealum and percussionist Daniel Daly.

The band has garnered attention playing entertainment venues and festivals throughout the South East region including the wildly popular Sing Out Loud Festival. And more recently on popular digital platforms featuring Sean McCarthy Band’s very own “Corona Sessions” an intimate, at-home concert series developed to create connections during the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.

On September 20, 2019, Sean McCarthy Band released ‘Last House On The Beach,’ the band’s newest album on Skinny Water Records. Produced by Sean McCarthy and John Gould and recorded at Key of Sea Studios, Fernandina Beach, FL. ‘Last House On The Beach’ is what the band calls a “personal record about things that matter to us, our relationships with the people we love and the struggles and celebrations of life.”

THOMM JUTZ

WOODY MULLIS

Woody Mullis and Mike Geiger were born and raised on Amelia Island, Florida, where they met and began playing music at age ten. The two became fast friends while developing their musical styles through their teens. After high school Mike attended Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina while Woody toured the United States and Europe with Up With People. After the tour he joined Mike in Asheville where they met and performed with Billy Edd Wheeler (writer of "Jackson", “Coward Of The County", etc.), Warren Haynes (Government Mule and The Allman Bros Band), and future Grammy award winning folk artist and NPR TV Personality, David Holt. With encouragement and a few introductions from David and Billy Edd, Mike and Woody moved to Nashville with $200.00, a few guitars, and a Datsun pickup.

Mike and Woody’s songwriting success started when Sawyer Brown recorded "This Missin' You Heart of Mine". That song along with "Darlene" recorded by T. Graham Brown, and "Burning a Hole In My Heart", and "Your Memory Wins Again" by Skip Ewing, went to the top of the charts and netted the BMI Songwriter of The Year Award. Among the artists who have recorded their songs since are George Strait, John Michael Montgomery, Gary Allan, Kenny Chesney, Montgomery Gentry, Rhonda Vincent, Ricky Van Shelton, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Marshall Tucker Band, Brad Martin, Johnny Rodriguez, Michael Bolton, Neal McCoy, George Jones, and Tracy Lawrence.

Among the hits are "Adalida" George Strait, "The City Put The Country Back In Me" Neal McCoy, "Cold One Comin’ On" and "Hillbilly Shoes" Montgomery Gentry. To date recordings of their songs have sold at least 17 million copies.

Mike and Woody have also enjoyed a successful career in Jingles, writing and performing on national campaigns for Mr. Goodwrench, Pepsi, Ford Trucks, and Chevy Trucks.

Woody currently enjoys life in beautiful Fernandina Beach, Florida. 

Rachael Thibodeau

Rachel Thibodeau had her first taste of success when Billy Currington recorded “Good Directions,” a song she penned with friend and co-writer Luke Bryan. It soared to the top of the Billboard country singles chart and spent 3 weeks at #1. Rachel took home ASCAP's Song of the Year and she was honored with the NSAI’s prestigious "One Of The Ten Songs I Wish I'd Written" award. Her catalogue spans over 100 cuts recorded by top artists Luke Bryan, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Josh Kelley, Parmalee and Katharine McPhee. She has reached international chart topping success in Country and Pop with two Platinum #1’s -“Thank You for Cheating On Me”(Country Music Single Of The Year and Most Played Country Song of the Year) & “Then There’s Me” by Australian artist Diana Corcoran. She’s also had Gold and Platinum success with Norway and The X Factor’s Tommy Fredvang and Sweden’s Jill Johnson. Rachel’s songwriting journey keeps evolving, as she continues to craft songs that connect with listeners across genres and across the world. 

Find Rachel on Instagram: @RachelThibodeauMusic for current news and show dates. 

LIZ HENGBER

Brooklyn born Liz Hengber has been writing hit songs in Nashville for the last thirty years.... She has had 7 number 1’s and over 80 songs recorded by Artists ranging from Reba McEntire to Peter Cetera. Her career began in 1987 when she got a job waiting tables at the Legendary Bluebird Cafe. “I had come to Nashville thinking I’d get a publishing deal in a week. Instead I got a waitress tray and an education”. Night after night Liz watched writers like Michael Johnson, Dean Dillion, and Beth Nielsen Chapman perform their hits. The bar was high and it was gonna take a lot of work to reach it. 4 years and 3 more waitressing gigs later, Liz finally landed her first publishing deal at Reba McEntire’s Publishing company, Starstruck Writers Group. This is where her friendship and partnership with the legendary singer began. In her first year at the publishing company her song “FOR MY BROKEN HEART” went to #1. It was her first cut, First single and her first number 1. Liz followed that with 3 more Reba McEntire Hits. “Its Your Call” “And Still” “ and “Forever love” all went to #1. To date, Liz has had 14 songs recorded by Reba. In the year 2000 Liz also wrote hits for Andy Griggs and Clay Davidson. “She’s more” went to number one and “Unconditional” Number 3. These back to back hits put Liz Hengber in Billboard Magazine’s top Nashville songwriters for the year 2000. The year 2011 gave Liz a Gospel Music Award for her song “A FATHERS LOVE” recorded by both Bucky Covington and by High Valley. And in the year 2016 she was able to put a Grammy plaque on her wall when THE STEELDRIVERS “The Muscle Shoals Recordings” won best Bluegrass Album. Along with her writing career, Liz Hengber is also proud to be teaching lyric writing at Belmont College. “ Teaching is my way of giving back to this amazing community that welcomed a girl from Bensonhurst Brooklyn almost 30 years ago” Here are just some of the many artists that have recorded Liz hengber songs... Reba McEntire, Ronnie Dunn, The Steeldrivers Trisha Yearwood, Easton Corbin, James Otto, Vince Gill, Trace Adkins, Bucky Covington, Peter Cetera, Julie Roberts, Trick Pony, Lila McCAnn, Linda Davis, Andy Griggs, Lee Greenwood, Lisa Brokop, Trent Willmon, Clay Davidson, John Rich, John Berry, High Valley, Hayden Haddock, Conway Twitty and more!

ANISTON PATE

Aniston Pate is a West Texas born artist and songwriter. Since moving to Nashville in 2021 she has released her debut EP as well as many singles. You can find Aniston the latest season of American Idol where she received a gold ticket to Hollywood by performing her original song “hummin’bird”. Aniston regularly writes with hit writers on music row and has travelled nationally performing at honky tonks and dive bars playing true country music. She’s guaranteed to get your boots tapping, and pull at your heartstrings with her honest lyrics and old school country sound.

GLORIA ANDERSON

Gloria Anderson is an Americana-Country singer-songwriter from Luling, Texas. As a military brat, she began writing songs while moving around the country. Her talents are on full display in the Lone Star State as a 2024 finalist in Songwriter Serenade and the Kerrville New Folk Competition. Since studying songwriting at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, she performed at Gruene Hall, The Bluebird Cafe, songwriter festivals in Key West, Annapolis, and more. She featured on Spotify’s Fresh Finds: Country, Apple Music’s Don’t Mess with Texas, and BMI’s Texas Ten. Gloria is the girl-next-door who always has a story to tell.

MAX SADLER

Maxwell Sadler often feels that he is merely searching for understanding. Thus, he writes songs in an effort to make sense of the world around him. A reserved, yet dry demeanor and elegant storytelling are the marks of his performance, qualities that softly command a distracted audience to a quiet attention. He has a penchant for producing a serene, still silence out of the rowdy Nashville barrooms, using only a song. 

Sadler is a lifelong musician and credits his fascination with the subject to his father, a career patent attorney and hobby pianist. Before he was able to walk, Sadler would listen to his father’s piano playing from the confines of his cradle. The improvised melodies and playful progressions leaped from the living room Kawai Baby Grand, and took root in Sadler’s soul. Perhaps equally inspired by his father and his own “Wiggles” toy guitar, Sadler picked out his first acoustic guitar at the age of four. Every subsequent Saturday, for 15 years, Sadler could be found at the local boutique, Mark’s Guitar Shop. He hung around throughout high school, unknowingly tuning the vintage guitars that his heroes - Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, Myles Kennedy – would eventually buy when their tour came through town. In his spare time, he joined his high school’s token cover band. They named themselves “Late for the Parade” and performed at every event that would let the underage musicians in. With Late for the Parade, Sadler wrote and recorded two studio albums and lead the band to a proverbial high, opening for Spokane-native, Allen Stone. This was Sadler’s first foray into songwriting and performing, and he had been hooked.

Convinced on show business, Sadler packed his car to the ceiling with guitars, amplifiers, and a TV he’d stolen from his grandfather and drove for 5 days, until he hit Nashville. The next four years, he studied guitar and songwriting under Grammy-nominated Americana singer/songwriter, Thomm Jutz at Belmont University. While at Belmont, Sadler began releasing music under the name “Maxwell & The Shakes.” This band would go on to win Belmont’s 2023 “Country/Americana Showcase” and “Best of the Best,” a university-wide “battle of the bands-esque” competition. He was one of three acts considered to open for country singer, Josh Turner, made his Bluebird Café debut, and his songs enjoyed extensive independent radio play throughout the Pacific Northwest all before he graduated college in May of 2023. 

Now, when he is not writing and performing his own songs, Sadler works as the Musical Director, Band Leader, and guitarist for UMG Recording Artist, Catie Offerman. Alongside Catie, Sadler has opened shows for some of country music’s biggest acts like Parker McCollum, Ian Munsick, Ashley McBryde, and even George Strait himself. He has performed on every stage imaginable, from a homemade soundstage fashioned from an old shipping container to the legendary Grand Ole Opry. At just 23 years old, Sadler has accrued what feels like a lifetime of stories from the road – and he will often tell them through a mischievous grin, like that of a child who got away with hitting his baseball through the neighbor’s window.

A flourishing musical career ahead of him, Sadler will continue to write and perform his songs with the hope that they will affect just one person, for a changed mind is more valuable than its weight in gold.

ELLIOTT PRATHER

Hailing from the small town of Ball Ground, Georgia, Elliott Prather is carving a space for himself in the heart of Americana and traditional country music. Growing up on a small cattle farm, Prather's upbringing shaped his values and musical vision—instilling a deep appreciation for hard work, authenticity, and the simplicity of country living. Influenced by classic country icons like Don Williams, Travis Tritt, George Jones, and Randy Travis, Prather released his debut album, While I Still Can, in May 2020. His sound blends nostalgia with a modern sensibility, capturing the essence of country life and the emotions that define it. Currently, he is hard at work on new music, preparing for an upcoming project set for release in 2025. With his unwavering dedication to preserving the essence of country music, Elliott Prather is poised to become a name that stands for the future of the genre while honoring its rich past.