About this episode
The episode features Jerry Salley, a multi-award-winning songwriter known for his contributions to country and gospel music.
He has been referred to by Billboard Magazine as "One of Music Row's greatest veteran tunesmiths.” A multi-award-winning songwriter, he has had over 580 different songs recorded and his songs have sold in excess of 19 million records worldwide. He was a co-writer on a song that Chris Stapleton won a GRAMMY for last year for “Best Country Performance of the Year.” This past Friday he released a new album that is a gospel-bluegrass project, plus he has a GRAMMY nomination on his résumé as a producer in the Gospel Roots category. Internationally, he has written no less than nine Number 1 Country hits in Australia! He is even an eight-time Dove Award nominee in the country, bluegrass, and southern gospel categories. As an artist, he has performed worldwide and has had the honor of performing as a soloist many times on the world-famous Grand Ole Opry. Plus, he has sung as background vocalist for Linda Ronstadt on Late Night with David Letterman and NBC’s Today Show.
People in this episode
Host: Bruce Wawrzyniak
Guest: Jerry Salley
Topics covered
- songwriting
- country music
- gospel music
- bluegrass
- music awards
Keywords
- Jerry Salley
- songwriter
- country hits
- GRAMMY
- Dove Award
- music performance
- bluegrass
- gospel
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Billboard Magazine
Books & works: GRAMMY, Dove Award
Places: Australia, Grand Ole Opry
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