CMA Hosts Tin Pan South Songwriter Summit
Robert L. Doerschuk
June 27, 2009
Threatening weather couldn't keep the crowds away from the Mercy Lounge on April 2, as CMA hosted a songwriter summit during Tin Pan South, NSAI's 17th Annual Songwriters Festival.
Seated on barstools before a red curtained backdrop, all four participants presented songs with the relaxed humor that comes from experience and camaraderie. Referring to his advocacy work on behalf of songwriters as NSAI President, Steve Bogard quipped, "I get to sit in rooms with lawyers whose suits cost more than my guitar."
Co-Chairman of CMA's Artist Relations Committee Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn, teased Bob DiPiero and Craig Wiseman for including Jeffrey Steele in their group, the Hitmen of Music Row, noting "It's like having a cute dog in the park that girls stop to pet."
DiPiero responded with a performance of Brooks & Dunn's "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl," which he credited as paying for the "Brooks & Dunn Memorial Hot Tub" at his home. Wiseman offered a sage reflection: "I know it's been a good gig when I come back with only two strings left on my guitar."
Performance highlights included Bogard's soaring version of his Jack Ingram hit "Wherever You Are," Brooks hushing the crowd with a soulful rendering of his Brooks & Dunn landmark "Red Dirt Road," DiPiero's hard-rocking version of Shenandoah's "Church on Cumberland Road" and a rafter-shaking romp through "Summertime" after which Wiseman flashed the "rock on" side and shouted, "Kenny Chesney, you rock."
2009 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.
Seated on barstools before a red curtained backdrop, all four participants presented songs with the relaxed humor that comes from experience and camaraderie. Referring to his advocacy work on behalf of songwriters as NSAI President, Steve Bogard quipped, "I get to sit in rooms with lawyers whose suits cost more than my guitar."
Co-Chairman of CMA's Artist Relations Committee Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn, teased Bob DiPiero and Craig Wiseman for including Jeffrey Steele in their group, the Hitmen of Music Row, noting "It's like having a cute dog in the park that girls stop to pet."
DiPiero responded with a performance of Brooks & Dunn's "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl," which he credited as paying for the "Brooks & Dunn Memorial Hot Tub" at his home. Wiseman offered a sage reflection: "I know it's been a good gig when I come back with only two strings left on my guitar."
Performance highlights included Bogard's soaring version of his Jack Ingram hit "Wherever You Are," Brooks hushing the crowd with a soulful rendering of his Brooks & Dunn landmark "Red Dirt Road," DiPiero's hard-rocking version of Shenandoah's "Church on Cumberland Road" and a rafter-shaking romp through "Summertime" after which Wiseman flashed the "rock on" side and shouted, "Kenny Chesney, you rock."
2009 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.
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