
BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOWfeaturing Randy Montana, Billy Montana, Bill Luther& Ray Stephenson+ Sofie Smithson
Sat, 27 Jun, 12:30 PM CDT
Doors open
11:00 AM CDT
3rd and Lindsley
818 3rd Ave. S, Nashville, TN 37210
Description
Hear country music’s biggest songs & the stories behind them at DAYTIME hit songwriters show - BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE!
Featuring
**RANDY MONTANA**
- “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” “Better Together,” "Sleepless In A Hotel Room," and "Cold As You" (Luke Combs)
- "Change My Mind" (Riley Green)
- “I Hope You’re Happy Now” (Lee Brice and Carly Pearce)
- “Pretty Heart” (Parker McCollum)
- "We Didn't Have Much" (Justin Moore)
- "Different 'Round Here" (Riley Green)
- “For A Boat” (Luke Bryan)
- “Understand Why” (Cody Johnson)
- “Like A Cowboy” (Parker McCollum)
- "Make A Liar" (Jackson Dean)
**BILLY MONTANA**
- “More Than A Memory” (Garth Brooks)
- “Memory I Don’t Mess With” (Lee Brice)
- “Bring On The Rain” (Jo Dee Messina)
- “Suds In The Bucket” (Sara Evans)
- “Hard To Love” (Lee Brice)
- “Night Shift” (Jon Pardi)
- “All About It” (Dylan Marlowe)
- "West Of Tulsa’” (Wyatt Flores)
- “My Neck Of The Woods” (Blake Shelton)
**BILL LUTHER**
- “My Best Friend” (Tim McGraw)
- "Who You'd Be Today" (Kenny Chesney)
- "Let's Make Love" (Tim McGraw and Faith Hill)
- "What I Need To Do" (Kenny Chesney)
- "Let It Go" (Tim McGraw)
- "Get Off On The Pain" (Gary Allan)
- "Forty Days" (Meatloaf)
**RAY STEPHENSON**
- “Hemingway’s Whiskey” (Kenny Chesney, Kris Kristofferson & Guy Clark)
- “Red River Blue” (Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert)
- “Willie’s Guitar” (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & John Anderson)
- “Honkytonk Road” (Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Cody Canada, Sean McConnell & Walt Wilkins)
- “Magdalene” (Guy Clark, Joe Ely & Kevin Welch)
BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE DISCOVERY ARTIST: Sofie Smithson
Food and beverages served when the doors open at 11AM!
VIP Reserved seating available - Don’t miss your chance to secure the best seats in the house!
General Admission Seating - Pick your seats when you arrive! High top & low top tables available at this seated show. Arrive early for the best seats!
Event Information
Age Limit
All Ages

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BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW
BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW
Country

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Billy Montana
Billy Montana
Country
Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Billy Montana’s talent for tapping into powerful emotions in the songs he writes has led to a string of hits and awards for him and some of country music’s biggest stars. Montana’s "Number 1" credits include Garth Brooks’ record-breaking single “More Than A Memory,” Sara Evans’ smash “Suds in the Bucket,” the Grammy-nominated “Bring On the Rain,” recorded by Jo Dee Messina with Tim McGraw, and his most recent chart topper "Hard To Love," the title cut from Curb recording artist Lee Brice's 2012 CD.
Country radio is not the only place you'll hear Montana's compositions. ABC's hit television series “Nashville” picked up “What If I Was Willing,” a song Montana wrote with his son, Randy, and country rocker Brian Davis. The song played a major role in the script for the 2013-14 season, was performed by both Sam Palladio (Gunnar) and Chris Carmack (Will), and appears on the Music of Nashville (Original Cast) soundtrack for Season 2.
Once an agriculture major at Cornell University who dreamed of owning and operating a farm in upstate New York, Montana elected to sow seeds of a different sort: melodies and lyrics. The result has been a diverse crop of artists who've had great success with Montana-penned songs, including Garth Brooks, Sara Evans, Jo Dee Messina, Lee Brice, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, David Nail, Sister Hazel, Lee Ann Womack, Kellie Pickler, Trace Adkins, BlackHawk, Kenny Rogers, Pat Green, Bill Anderson, Randy Montana, Guy Penrod and many others.

Country
Bill Luther
Bill Luther
Country
Singer songwriter Bill Luther was born in Virginia and raised in Pennsylvania. After high school, he met and married wife, Michelle. They started their family and decided to move to Nashville for Bill to pursue a songwriting career. It was 1988, and Bill started making friends and learning the ins and outs of the country music industry. He felt that it was like climbing a mountain or comparable to 10 years of going to school. And just when Bill and Michelle were ready to give up, lightning struck, and things changed. Bill has since written songs with many great songwriters. He has co-written several hits recorded by Tim McGraw, including “Let It Go,” “How Bad Do You Want It,” and McGraw’s Grammy award-winning duet with Faith Hill, “Let’s Make Love.” Luther has also co-written Kenny Chesney’s Top 5 hit “Who You’d Be Today” and Top 10 “What I Need to Do,” in addition to songs for Joe Nichols, Jo Dee Messina, Clint Black, Lee Ann Womack, Lee Greenwood, and many more.

Country
Ray Stephenson
Ray Stephenson
Country
It is a rare creative soul who can work at the highest artistic levels in two distinct disciplines. Ray Stephenson has just this kind of soul.
Wildly literate, utterly artistic, impossibly ambitious, absolutely a slave to his art, the South Georgian is completely committed to the truth. He is a world class songwriter, recording artist, an intensely captivating live singer, guitar player, record producer & virtuoso painter. Add in the ability to express the uniquely personal in a universal way, and you have a true artist.
Ray Stephenson does exactly that in his paintings, his songwriting & his performances.
As a musician, Ray Stephenson is a Grammy Award winning, Platinum selling singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN. His successes include winning CCMA Songwriter of the Year in 2013, writing the title track of Kenny Chesney’s album Hemingway’s Whiskey, and writing the Blake Shelton/Miranda Lambert duo and album title track, Red River Blue. Both reached #1 on the Billboard Album Charts and were certified Platinum. Some of the most revered and iconic legends in Country Music have recorded his music, including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Merle Haggard. He’s been a part of 4 Grammy nominated projects and 1 Grammy winning project (Guy Clark’s final recording, My Favorite Picture Of You, which brought home the Grammy “Best Folk Album” in 2015).
As a painter, Ray's paintings are hanging in the homes of collectors like Willie Nelson and Oprah Winfrey. In 2012, Ray became the Official Painter of the Monsters of Rock Tour. He’s been featured at the Bluebird Cafe, Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville Airport, the Country Music Hall of Fame ,Gaylord Hotels, Aloft Hotel, 3rd and Lyndsley, CMT and Two Old Hippies. He's had feature articles in Nashville Arts & Southwest Georgia Living magazines.
His paintings explore his love of color, texture, music & nature. Ray’s artistic influences are found in the paintings of Odd Nerdrum, Gustav Klimpt, Rembrandt and Andrew Wyeth. His fine art is highly sought after by art collectors & is a part of several prestigious private collections. He has exhibited his work in Nashville, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Atlanta, & the US Virgin islands.
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Sofie Smithson
Sofie Smithson
Country
