Kent Blazy, growing up in Lexington, KY, became musically inspired when he heard Roger McGuinn playing his Rickenbacker guitar on "Mr. Tamborine Man."  This created a new choice and Kent traded in his baseball glove for a guitar. He began his musical journey with a series of bands all over the eastern half of the country.  By the mid-70's, Kent was band leader, playing guitar and touring with Canadian legend, Ian Tyson.  Sound advice and the timely first place win in a national songwriter contest persuaded him to move to Nashville in 1980.  Kent's commitment was not to focus his efforts at the craft of songwriting.  It was a very fine decision. In 1982, sooner than expected, Gary Morris took "Headed For A Heartache" to #5 on the Charts.  In the years that followed other artists, such as The Forrester Sisters, T. Graham Brown, Donna Fargo and Moe Bandy recorded Kent's tunes.  In an effort to develop more knowledge of the recording side of music and for the benefits of a "day job," Kent opened a home recording studio.  The studio offered an option for Kent's demos as well as a demo service to other writers.  This studio introduced Kent to some of the new demo singers and songwriters of Nashville; names like Randy Travis, Billy Dean, Trisha Yearwood, Joe Diffie and Martina McBride, now well-known country artists.   In 1987, Kent was introduced to a new demo singer by Bob Doyle, then with ASCAP, soon to be the manager for this emerging talent, Garth Brooks.  Garth became Kent's most requested demo singer and Bob Doyle also advised, "Garth writes a little bit too."  The first song Garth and Kent penned together was "If Tomorrow Never Comes," which became the first #1 for both.  The friendship and writing partnership continued as Garth included 8 more of their songs on his albums.  Four more captured the #1 slot:  "Somewhere Other Than The Night," "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)," "It's Midnight Cinderella," and "She's Gonna Make It." Garth's album, "The Lost Sessions," includes another Kent and Garth song, "For a Minute There," written for their fathers. Kent and fellow songwriter Pat Alger co-produced a album titled In The Beginning:  A Songwriter's Tribute to Garth Brooks. This project is a collective of 6 other songwriters who composed songs on Garth's first two albums.  The focus was to present the songs in the original acoustic and authentic sound form as Garth first heard them.  The album was originally planned as a gift to Garth during his 100 million party in 2000.  An independent recording label saw the potential and released the album in 2001, resulting in 50,000+ copies sold to date.   An added benefit of the album included a tour in Ireland for Kent and 3 other Garth writers.  In Ireland, Kent discovered that "If Tomorrow Never Comes" was released in Europe, Japan, Australia and The United Kingdom by an Irish artist, Ronan Keating.  His recording became a successful #1 song in many countries.  Kent's songwriter continues with established writing partnerships, as well as developing partnerships with new writers and artists.  Many of his crafted works continue to be recorded by artists such as Kenny Chesney, Diamond Rio, Terri Clark, Clay Walker, Patty Loveless, Julie Roberts, Andy Griggs, and Blaine Larsen.  Kent's latest #1 hit "Gettin' Your Home (The Black Dress Song)" was recorded by Chris Young.

 Gary Baker, who has lived in Sheffield for over 40 years, earned a Grammy for the smash hit “I Swear,” which he co-wrote with Frank J. Myers. The song was number one on the country charts and crossed over to the number one spot on the pop charts. Baker co-wrote “I’m Already There,” which also hit number one on the country charts before crossing over to the top five on the pop charts. His first major songwriting success was with “Once Upon a Lifetime,” which was performed by the group “Alabama” and soared to the number one on country charts. Through the years he has penned hit songs for numerous other artists including the Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees and Reba McIntire. His songs have been featured in numerous high-profile television show and movie soundtracks. He has produced many records, including the Backstreet Boys greatest hits album. He launched his career in Muscle Shoals with the famed LeBlanc Carr Band, performing on their top 10 hit named “Falling.” He wrote and recorded with several artists ranging from Mac Davis to Marie Osmond before becoming a member of the “Shooters, a hit country act from Muscle Shoals.

Marv Green, a Southern California native, moved to Nashville in March of 1993. Within 6 months, Marv's songwriting caught the attention of producer Scott Hendricks, who signed Marv to a publishing deal with Big Tractor and Warner Chappell music. Marv is still published by Warner Chappell. Artists including George Strait, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Reba, Jewel, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Lonestar, Faith Hill, Brooks And Dunn, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Bon Jovi, Jason Aldean, Chris Young, Dustin Lynch, Jo Dee Messina, Lee Ann Womack, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Jessica Andrews, Kelly Pickler, Brad Paisley, Rodney Atkins, Billy Currington, Danny Gokey and Joe Diffie have recorded his songs. Marv captured his first number-one hit, 'True', recorded by George Strait in 1998. The following year he scored his second number-one with 'Amazed' recorded by Lonestar. 'Amazed' spent a record breaking eight weeks at number one on Billboard. Green was honered by BMI with their Song Of The Year Award in 2000. Green was awarded the BMI Songwriter Of The Year in 2001. Marv also claimed the ACM Song Of The Year for 'Amazed' as well as a Grammy nomination. Green collected his third number-one song with 'It Just Comes Natural' recorded by George Strait and his fourth number-one with the Carrie Underwood single 'Wasted'. His single with Brooks And Dunn titled 'Proud Of The House We Built' went top 5. Marv scored his 5th number-one song with Reba and 'Consider Me Gone' and Rodney Atkins took his song 'Farmer's Daughter' to the top 5. Marv co-wrote 'Creepin' by Eric Church. He also has had two songs placed in the 'Nashville' TV show with 'Wrong Song' (featuring Connie Britton And Hayden Panettiere) and 'Trouble Is' (feat. Hayden Panettiere). Marv's most recent number-one songs are 'Who I Am With You' by Chris Young and ’Shotgun Rider’ by Tim McGraw. Marv co-wrote the new Tim McGraw single 'I Called Mama'.