CMA Songwriters Series with Host Bob DiPiero and Keith Follese, Jason Sellers and Billy Currington

Show Description

Joe's Pub and the Country Music Association are proud to announce the continuation of the successful CMA (Country Music Association) Songwriter Series with some of Nashville’s finest songwriters. Bob DiPiero will return as host with Keith Follese and Billy Currington.  More Artists to be announced soon! CMA Songwriters Series is proudly sponsored by American Airlines, ASCAP, BMI, SESACand GAC.

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Bob DiPiero is one of Nashville's most consistent and prolific writers of hits, and he remains at the top of his profession more than two decades after hitting #1 on the charts for the first time in 1983. His long string of hits includes the Oak Ridge Boys’ "American Made," Montgomery Gentry's “If You Ever Stop Loving Me,” Vince Gill's "Worlds Apart," Shenandoah's "The Church On Cumberland Road," Ricochet's "Daddy's Money,"  George Strait "Blue Clear Sky," Brooks & Dunn's "You Can’t Take the Honky Tonk Out Of the Girl," and Martina McBride's "There You Are."

DiPiero has received three dozen BMI Country and Million-Air honors; CMA’s Triple Play Award in 1995 and 1996, “Song of the Year” for “Worlds Apart” at the Country Radio Music Awards in 1997, and Songwriter of the Year awards in 1998 at the Nashville Music Awards and in 2000 from Sony/ATV Nashville.

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Since moving to Nashville, Keith Follese chart action speaks volumes. Starting in 1994 Keith had #1 singles with Randy Travis’ “Before You Kill Us All” and Little Texas’ “Life Goes On”. Since then, Keith has held the #1 Single chart position for a record 15 weeks: Faith Hill’s “The Way You Love Me” (4 Weeks #1), Tim McGraw’s “Something Like That” (5 weeks #1), Martina McBride’s “I Love You” (Runaway Bride) (5 weeks #1), Lonestar’s “Smile” (1 week - #1).

In 2002, “The Way You Love Me” from Faith Hill’s 8x’s Platinum “Breathe” CD was Grammy-nominated and awarded ASCAP’s Country “Song of the Year”. “The Way You Love Me” went on to become a POP/AC hit in the United States and all over Europe.  

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Mercury Nashville singer/songwriter Billy Currington made his country debut with his ‘03 self-titled album that spawned the powerful Top 10 hit “Walk A Little Straighter” and the Top 5 smash “I Got A Feelin’.”  Then superstar Shania Twain heard the Georgia native’s soulful voice and chose him for the hit duet “Party for Two.”  On his second and platinum-certified album Doin’ Somethin’ Right, Currington delivered an even more mature Southern sound of blues-tinged country songs including “Why, Why, Why,” which he co-wrote, and #1 hits “Good Directions” and “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right,” the latter for which he won “Hottest Video of the Year” at the ’06 CMT Music Awards.  October 14 ’08 his third album, titled Little Bit Of Everything, was released, and first single “Don’t” produced a #1 hit, and second single “People Are Crazy” is on the same path, marking his fastest-rising single yet.  He’s co-written 19 of the 33 tracks off his three albums, has been nominated for a Country Music Association award, two Academy of Country Music awards and performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America and MARTHA.  He has toured with Brad Paisley, Sara Evans and Trace Adkins and chosen as People magazine’s “Sexiest Man.”  He is currently on tour with Sugarland. 

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As one of Nashville’s most prolific singer/songwriters, Jason Sellers has found success behind the scenes and in front of the mic. In 1997, he was signed to RCA Records where he recorded two albums: "I’m Your Man" (1997) and "A Matter of Time" (1999). Even while pursuing his own singing career, he found time to write songs for many other artists including John Michael Montgomery, Lee Greenwood, Wade Hayes, Clay Davidson, Mark Chestnut, Lonestar, Ricky Skaggs, Diamond Rio, Pam Tillis, Jessica Andrews, and more. During that same era, Jason wrote his first chart topping hit “You Can’t Hide Beautiful” recorded by Aaron Lines. He also wrote national jingles for such brands as Coca-Cola.

More recently, Jason has had songs recorded by Trace Adkins, Kenny Chesney, Chuck Wicks, Rascal Flatts, Steve Holy, Reba, Emerson Drive, Danielle Peck, Brooks & Dunn, Tracy Lawrence and Craig Morgan. Recent hit singles include “Some People Change” Montgomery Gentry, “Strange” Reba McEntire and "I Still Miss You" Keith Anderson.