BOB KINGSLEY PRESENTS...50 YEARS OF THE COUNTRY RADIO HALL OF FAME featuring Steven Dale Jones, Will Robinson, Bobby Tomberlin & D. Vincent Williams

Wed Jul 23 2025

9:00 PM (Doors 8:30 PM)

The Bluebird Cafe

4104 Hillsboro Pike Nashville, TN 37215

All Ages

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There are 18 tables, 8 bar seats and 8 church pew seats available for reservation. The remaining pew seats for this show are not reserved in advance. These seats are available on a first come/first served basis when doors open. 

Ticket reservations at The Bluebird Cafe are an agreement to pay the cover charge and applicable taxes/fees and to meet the $12.00 per seat food and/or drink minimum.

Ticket holders may cancel their reservation for a full refund of the ticket price and applicable tax (excluding ticketing fees) if the cancellation is made at least 48 hours before the scheduled showtime. Cancellations made within 48 hours of the show are non-refundable. To cancel, please email info@bluebirdcafe.com or call 615-383-1461. Phone line hours are Monday-Friday, 12-4 pm.

Note: When making reservations, choose the table you would like and then add the number of seats you need to your cart by using the + button. You are NOT reserving an entire table if you choose 1 (by choosing 1, you are reserving 1 seat). We reserve ALL seats at each table. If you are a smaller party at a larger table, you will be seated with guests outside your party.

BOB KINGSLEY PRESENTS...50 YEARS OF THE COUNTRY RADIO HALL OF FAME featuring Steven Dale Jones, Will Robinson, Bobby Tomberlin & D. Vincent Williams

  • On sale soon
  • Wed Jul 16 2025
  • 8:00AM CDT
  • Steven Dale Jones

    Steven Dale Jones

    Country

    Steven Dale Jones is best known for writing hits such as "One More Day" by Diamond Rio, "Singles You Up" by Jordan Davis, "10,000 Angels" by Mindy McCready, "He Gets That From Me" by Reba McEntire, "That's A Man" by Jack Ingram, "She Wants to be Wanted Again" by Ty Herndon, and "Little Things" by Tanya Tucker.

    Steven has also had songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt,  Alabama,  George Strait,  Brett Young,  John Legend,  Cassandra Wilson,  Trace Adkins,  Randy Travis,  JoDee Messina,  Josh Turner,  Stephen Bishop,  John Waite,  Craig Morgan,  Kenny Rogers,  Englebert Humperdinck,  Mitchell Tenpenny,  Point of Grace,  Lee Greenwood,  John Michael Montgomery,  Sammy Kershaw,  Pam Tillis,  Doug Stone,  Billy Dean,  Darryl Worley,  Chely Wright,  Linda Davis,  Russ Taff, Daryle Singletary,  Dobie Gray,  Deryl Dodd,  Michael English and the Gaither Vocal Band, Terry McBride,  Larry Stewart,  Michelle Wright,  T. G. Shepperd,  Georgia Middleman,  The Isaacs,  Moe.,  Steve Holy,  Hot Apple Pie,  Mark Wills,  Love and Theft,  Forester Sisters, Jeff & Sheri Easter,  Andy Childs, Carolyn Dawn Johnson,  Eddy Arnold,  Aaron Lines, Gibson Miller Band and others.

    Selling over 20 Million Albums, this GRAMMY, ACM, CMA nominated songwriter has won a DOVE Award, 9 ASCAP Awards, had songs included in Film, ABC, CBS, NBC, NETFLIX series, and co-authored the book "One More Day: Making Every Day Count".

    After spending 5 years writing for FAME in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Steven spent 25 years on Music Row in Nashville writing for several publishers - including Island Bound, BMG/Malloy Boys, Warner Chappell, Sony, and Curb/Word.

    As a performer, he's played at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville dozens of times, The Bitter End in New York City several times, Sundance Utah and songwriter festivals and venues in California, Las Vegas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, South Dakota, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Texas. 
  • Will Robinson

    Will Robinson

    Singer-Songwriter

    Will Robinson was born in Puerta Cabezas, Nicaragua and was raised in New Orleans where he studied piano under Jane Bastien and jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, father to the Marsalis brothers. Robinson also studied and played drums.

    After attending the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (including a year of study abroad in Seville, Spain) Robinson then moved to Santa Cruz, Bolivia at age 21 where he opened  up a piano bar named appropriately "New Orleans Bar" with his brother,...There, aside from managing the bar and playing the piano nightly, he concentrated on his songwriting. A few years  later after selling the bar he moved to Nashville,TN. 

    His first publishing deal was with the superstar group Alabama where he spent 8 years as a staff writer. Following that he wrote for Walt Disney Music (L.A.) for 7 years and subsequently other publishers including EMI Music, Starstruck, Notting Hill Music (London), and Old Bank Media where he wrote songs for podcast dramas.

    Over the years Robinson has written 19 radio singles including eight that went #1, six top 10, one top 15, and various top 20, spanning Country, Pop, Latin, Christian, and Dance. Through Disney he had the opportunity to write for many movie and tv projects including The Cheetah Girls , "Together We Can" and "Amigas Cheetahs",  Fox and The Hound 2. "(Hound Dude" and "We're In Harmony", and Sing-A-Long projects such as Winnie The Pooh , namely the official birthday song, "Pooh, Pooh, The Birthday Bear", A Bug's Life, The Little Mermaid Splash Hits,  Tiana and Her Princess Friends, and others. He also wrote the title song for the hit telenovela series on Univision "Mi Destino Eres Tu" , recorded by international star Lucero, which remained at the #1 chart position in Mexico and other Latin American countries for 4 weeks.

    When it came to naming his various publishing companies Will has borrowed from the hit 1960's tv series LOST IN SPACE where his namesake had a prominent role, thereby leading to DANGER WILL MUSIC, WARNING DANGER MUSIC, DANGER DANGER SONGS, and DETECT AN INTRUDER MUSIC, all BMI companies.

    Robinson has served on various music related boards and panels over the years, as well as involving himself in legislative battles in D.C. to protect songwriters’ interests. On one memorable trip in the early 90s he lobbied throughout Congress along side of legendary songwriters such as Henry Mancini, Cy Coleman, Sammy Kahn, Lieber and Stoller, Johnny Mandel, Burton Lane, and Allen Toussaint.

  • Bobby Tomberlin

    Bobby Tomberlin

    Country

  • D. Vincent Williams

    D. Vincent Williams

    Country

    The unsung heroes of the Nashville music scene, songwriters seldom command the spotlight that performing artists do, but hit-maker D. Vincent Williams is a worthy exception to the rule. With undeniable talent as a gifted–and chart-topping–songwriter, backed by years of performing experience, this hit-maker is ready to take center stage.

    “I was singing before I could really talk, music just came naturally to me,” remembers Williams. “Songwriting is no different. I hear the melody in my head and then take notes of the pictures that come to mind. The ability to sing, play and write has given me an unlimited freedom of expression.”

    Born in Houston and raised in the eastern woods of the Lone Star State, Williams was baptized in gospel music. While his mother and sister played piano in church, Williams eagerly observed and naturally learned the skill. By the age of eight, he was singing and playing on his own. On a borrowed guitar, he mastered the chords and taught himself to play, and by age 11, he had a guitar of his own and his sights set on a music career. It was with that first guitar that, at age 14, Williams wrote his first song, “Wedding Bands,” for his mother.

    His commitment to music was steadfast, and during his time at Stephen F. Austin University, Williams and some friends started “Five’s A Crowd,” a harmonious group that played regularly at local hot spots in Nacogdoches, Texas, and quickly grew to be one of the state’s biggest college music sensations. Home to soon-to-be-legends like Toby Keith and the Dixie Chicks, Dallas dominated the revival of the increasingly popular classic Country sound in the early ‘90s, so Williams and his band migrated to the Big D to test their mettle in Country music.

    In 1995, fueled by his growing focus on music as a career and the break-up of “Five’s A Crowd,” Williams decided to head to Music City. Plagued by fear and uncertainly, he nearly turned around in Little Rock, Arkansas, but music gave him the courage to drive on, and he penned a personal song of support, “Too Late to Turn Back Now,” on the side of the road.

    Unlike many Nashville newcomers, Williams met with immediate connections and success. After just a few hours in the city, he landed a job flipping steaks, and a co-worker invited him to a writers round, where he met several other successful songwriters. Six months later, the 24-year-old Texas troubadour landed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell and, soon after, signed his first record deal with Columbia Records.

    After two years but no record, Williams parted ways with Columbia. Within a week, singer/songwriter Ty Herndon asked to cut one of his songs, guaranteeing him a single and the chance to sing backup. As promised, Herndon released the song, and Williams landed his first charted single with the No. 3, “Hands of a Working Man” in 1999. In 2002, Williams followed up with the Rascal Flatts’ blockbuster, “I’m Movin’ On,” the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards’ Song of the Year.

    Move on Williams did, chasing a calling yet to be fulfilled. “I’d always been told that there are only two kinds of record deals: ones that work and ones that don’t,” said Williams. It was a disheartening stage of his career, but Williams soon met insightful mentor and seasoned record producer Keith Stegall, who encouraged Williams with a simple truth: “If you have the music, the rest will fall into place.” Stegall, who would become a key catalyst in giving Williams’ career its due, couldn’t have been more right: In 2005, Williams signed a publishing deal with Bigger Picture Group, and his cut vs. single ratio soared as he penned hit after hit, including the multi-week No. 1 charting song on all three Country charts, “Just Got Started Lovin’ You,” recorded by James Otto in 2008.

    Over the course of his remarkable songwriting career, Williams has landed cuts on albums that have sold more than 15 million copies, recorded by esteemed artists including Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Ronnie Milsap, Jason Aldean, and Lee Ann Womack. “I didn’t choose songwriting, it chose me,” says Williams. Still, he never lost his drive to take his talents to the stage and the studio.

    Today, with a close-knit team of supporters by his side, Williams is ready to wrap up some long unfinished business: his first full-length album. “It’s more than good fortune, I feel it’s a gift from God and a responsibility I believe I need to fulfill,” says Williams of the long-awaited opportunity. Bigger Picture Group has slated D. Vincent Williams for a 2012 album release, which will feature self-penned future classics “Seventeen” and “Those Wings” as well as “Down By The River and “Plain And Simple” and will showcase Williams’ soulful sound and piano prowess. Finally, this gifted songwriter and performer will have the spotlight he deserves.

BOB KINGSLEY PRESENTS...50 YEARS OF THE COUNTRY RADIO HALL OF FAME featuring Steven Dale Jones, Will Robinson, Bobby Tomberlin & D. Vincent Williams

Wed Jul 23 2025 9:00 PM

(Doors 8:30 PM)

The Bluebird Cafe Nashville TN
BOB KINGSLEY PRESENTS...50 YEARS OF THE COUNTRY RADIO HALL OF FAME featuring Steven Dale Jones, Will Robinson, Bobby Tomberlin & D. Vincent Williams
  • On sale soon
  • Wed Jul 16 2025
  • 8:00AM CDT

All Ages

There are 18 tables, 8 bar seats and 8 church pew seats available for reservation. The remaining pew seats for this show are not reserved in advance. These seats are available on a first come/first served basis when doors open. 

Ticket reservations at The Bluebird Cafe are an agreement to pay the cover charge and applicable taxes/fees and to meet the $12.00 per seat food and/or drink minimum.

Ticket holders may cancel their reservation for a full refund of the ticket price and applicable tax (excluding ticketing fees) if the cancellation is made at least 48 hours before the scheduled showtime. Cancellations made within 48 hours of the show are non-refundable. To cancel, please email info@bluebirdcafe.com or call 615-383-1461. Phone line hours are Monday-Friday, 12-4 pm.

Note: When making reservations, choose the table you would like and then add the number of seats you need to your cart by using the + button. You are NOT reserving an entire table if you choose 1 (by choosing 1, you are reserving 1 seat). We reserve ALL seats at each table. If you are a smaller party at a larger table, you will be seated with guests outside your party.