Kix Brooks, Desmond Child, Luke Dick, Jamie Floyd Team To Aid Music Health Alliance
Kix Brooks, Jamie Floyd and Luke Dick at “The First And The Worst” benefitting Music Health Alliance. Photo: Katie Kauss
The fifth annual “The First And The Worst” brought together Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and radio personality Kix Brooks, alongside fellow songwriters Desmond Child, Sandy Knox, Luke Dick, Laura Veltz, and Jamie Floyd to perform the very first and very worst songs they’ve ever written, alongside some of their top hits.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Peter Cooper hosted the evening, which aids Music Health Alliance. Over the past five years, the event has raised more than $500,000 for the Music Health Alliance organization.
Highlights from the evening of first and worst songs from Nashville’s most esteemed talents included Dick’s slang song “TTYL,” Floyd’s “I Have No Neck,” Brooks’s “Deny, Deny, Deny,” and Child’s “Rock Hard” originally written with Paul Stanley and Diane Warren. The Crappy-award winning song of the night went to Veltz for her audience favorite, “Little Dipper.” And the night wouldn’t be complete without performances of the writers’ biggest hit songs – including “Kill A Word” (Dick), “The Blade” (Floyd), “Red Dirt Road” (Brooks), “Speechless” (Veltz) and “Livin’ On A Prayer” (Child).
“In 5 years we’ve seen the best songwriters in the world compete for the title of the worst song ever written and in the process we’ve raised over a half-a-million dollars to enable access to healthcare to keep the music playing for all genres of music across the nation,” said Music Health Alliance Founder and CEO, Tatum Allsep. “It was a spectacular night to say the least and we are grateful.”
Desmond Child, Luke Dick, Tatum Allsep (Music Health Alliance Founder and CEO), Kix Brooks, Jamie Floyd, Laura Veltz, Shelia Shipley Biddy (Music Health Alliance COO), Sandy Knox and Peter Cooper at “The First And The Worst” benefitting Music Health Alliance. Photo: Katie Kauss
Chris Janson And WMN Team Raise A Glass To ‘Fix A Drink’ Success
Chris Janson and his team stopped by Warner Music Nashville this week to celebrate the RIAA Gold certification of “Fix A Drink.” The song was Janson’s second No. 1 hit and first from his sophomore album, Everybody. Janson’s current single “Good Vibes” is currently rising up the charts.
The busy entertainer heads to Atlanta this Saturday (March 30) where he will join George Strait for his massive, one-night-only show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
James McMurtry Inks With New West Records
James McMurtry has signed with New West Records. The songwriter is currently writing songs for a new album to be released in Fall 2019 on the Nashville-based record label.
“I first became aware of James McMurtry’s formidable songwriting prowess while working at Bug Music Publishing in the ’90s,” says New West President John Allen. “He’s a true talent. All of us at New West are excited at the prospect of championing the next phase of James’ already successful and respected career.”
McMurtry joins New West’s singular roster of all-stars including Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, John Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Buddy Miller and dozens more.
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