Muletown In The Round
OCT 19
Wynn Varble (Host): Over a long and prolific career, Wynn Varble has penned multiple No.1 hits including Darryl Worley’s 9/11-themed ballad “Have You Forgotten?”and other #1 hit songs such as "A Little More Country Than That” (Easton Corbin), “She Ain’t in It” (Jon Pardi), and “Waitin’ on a Woman” (Brad Paisley). Garth Brooks, Cody Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, and Kellie Pickler also have recorded Varble’s songs.
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Shane Minor: Shane's first single, went top 10 on the country Billboard charts which led to him working as Shania Twain’s opening act on the 1 1/2-year stadium tour. His songwriting credits include "Beautiful Mess" (Diamond Rio), "She Thinks She Needs Me" (Andy Griggs), "Fall" (Clay Walker and Kimberly Locke From American Idol), "International Harvester" (Craig Morgan), "Live A Little Love A Lot," (Kenny Chesney), "Chillin' It" (Cole Swindell), "Close Your Eyes for This" (Parmalee), "Playing the Part" (Jamey Johnson), "His Kind of Money" (Eric Church), "Yup" (Easton Corbin).
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Mo Pitney: Morgan Daniel 'Mo' Pitney enjoyed his first success as a singer and songwriter who embraced a classic country sound. After earning a standing ovation during his first appearance at the Grand Ol' Opry, he was signed to Curb Records in Nashville in in May 2014, at the age of just 21. His first studio album was “Behind This Guitar “(2016) which cracked Billboard's Top Ten Country Albums Chart the first week of its release and featured the hit singles “Boy & Girl Thing,” “Country,” and the fan favorite, “Clean Up On Aisle Five.” Pitney’s 2020 album, “Ain't Lookin' Back, included the single, “Ain’t Bad For A Good Ol’ Boy” which was featured on the Netflix original series “The Ranch.”
Muletown In The Round
DEC 14
Wynn Varble (Host): Over a long and prolific career, Wynn Varble has penned multiple No.1 hits including Darryl Worley’s 9/11-themed ballad “Have You Forgotten?”and other #1 hit songs such as "A Little More Country Than That” (Easton Corbin), “She Ain’t in It” (Jon Pardi), and “Waitin’ on a Woman” (Brad Paisley). Garth Brooks, Cody Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, and Kellie Pickler also have recorded Varble’s songs.
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Don Sampson: His songwriting credits include the #1 singles Brad Paisley’s “Waitin’ On A Woman,” Gary Allan’s “Tough Little Boys,” Alan Jackson’s “Midnight in Montgomery,” and Bryan White’s “Rebecca Lynn.” Don has won numerous ASCAP awards, seven NSAI awards (including “Song Of The Year” for “Waitin’ On A Woman,” and the TNN Music City News Songwriters Award. In addition, other artists have recorded Don’s songs including Chris Stapleton, Darius Rucker, Garth Brooks, Mo Pitney, Josh Thompson, Jimmy Wayne, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Chesney, Josh Turner, Tim McGraw, Charlie Daniels, John Conlee, Joe Nichols, and Charlie Pride just to name a few.
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Jim "Moose" Brown: Jim “Moose” Brown is a studio musician/record producer/songwriter in Nashville. He is a member of Bob Seger’s “Silver Bullet Band,” a Grammy Award- winning songwriter and Grammy-nominated record producer, and an in-demand session player. Moose won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song for co-writing “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” co-wrote the Top 10 hit for Darryl Worley “If Something Should Happen,” as well as James Otto’s single “For You.” He’s had songs recorded by Martina McBride, Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett, James Otto, James Wesley, Josh Turner, Terri Clark, Julie Roberts, Darryl Worley, Jamey Johnson, and others.
Muletown In The Round
NOV 16
Wynn Varble (Host): Over a long and prolific career, Wynn Varble has penned multiple No.1 hits including Darryl Worley’s 9/11-themed ballad “Have You Forgotten?”and other #1 hit songs such as "A Little More Country Than That” (Easton Corbin), “She Ain’t in It” (Jon Pardi), and “Waitin’ on a Woman” (Brad Paisley). Garth Brooks, Cody Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, and Kellie Pickler also have recorded Varble’s songs.
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Clint Daniels: Grammy-nominated songwriter, Clint Daniels, was born and raised in the Florida panhandle. Daniels has co-written songs for other country artists, including the following Billboard No. 1 Hits: "Some Of It" by Eric Church in 2019, “Brokenheartsville” (Joe Nichols), “She Ain’t In It” (Jon Pardi), "Bright Side Girl" (Eric Church), “I Can’t Love You Back” (Easton Corbin), “Roll With Me” (Montgomery Gentry), “God Must Be Busy” (Brooks & Dunn), "Ready For The End of the World" -(George Strait), “Where Do I Go From You” (Clay Walker), “Cold Beer With Your Name On It” (Josh Thompson)
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Ronnie Bowman: A household name in the bluegrass community, Bowman has been awarded IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year three times, twice earned the IBMA song of the Year award ("Three Rusty Nails", and "Cold Virginia Night"), and was awarded the Gospel Performance of the Year award for "Three Rusty Nails.” As a songwriter Ronnie has earned a great deal of respect not only among Bluegrass professionals, but also in Country Music. Both Brooks & Dunn, and Kenny Chesney have brought Ronnie Bowman originals to #1, and Lee Ann Womack also included a song by Ronnie on the multiplatinum selling album "I Hope You Dance."