''In the Beginning: A Songwriter's Tribute to Garth Brooks'' to be Released in Canada On November 13th.Entertainment Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2001 "In The Beginning: A Songwriter's Tribute To Garth Brooks" will be released in Canada on November 13th. The album features eight acclaimed songwriters (Pat Alger, Tony Arata, Larry Bastian, Dewayne Blackwell, Kent Blazy, Stephanie Davis, Victoria Shaw Victoria Shaw (25 May, 1935 - 17 August, 1988) was an Australian-born American actress. She was born Jeanette Elphick. She studied modelling with June Dally-Watkins before making her Australian screen debut opposite Chips Rafferty in The Phantom Stockman , and Kim Williams) performing their own versions of songs that they wrote or co-wrote and Brooks made famous, such as "The Dance," "Friends in Low Places," "If Tomorrow Never Comes," "Unanswered Prayers," "The Thunder Rolls," "The River," "We Shall Be Free," "Papa Loved Mama," and many more. The album, produced by Alger and Blazy, is on VFR VFR abbr. visual flight rules Records (home of country artist Mark McGuinn Mark McGuinn (born in Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American country singer-songwriter. Biography He is known for his unique look, featuring a goatee and glasses. ) and distributed by BMG Music Canada BMG Music Canada was located in Scarborough, Ontario. When the company merged with Sony Music Canada to create Sony BMG Music Canada Inc. , the new company relocated to Toronto in January 2004. . Brooks, who will release his own highly anticipated new album that same day, gives an exclusive interview in the liner notes liner notes pl.n. Explanatory notes about a record album, cassette, or compact disk included on the jacket or in the packaging. about the songs and the songwriters. "They should have called (the album) The Way It Should Have Been or The Way It Woulda Been (If He Was Smart Enough To Do It This Way)," says Brooks in the interview. "(The songs are) mine now and I'm proud of that. I hear people condemning the artist, Garth Brooks, and I hear them saying that marketing was why they made their 100 million (album sales) mark. It ain't. It's these songwriters and their songs." He continues with, "They all saw my life before this and they've all seen it afterwards. I hope they see what a difference they've made in my life, in the lives of my family and the people that I love." In addition to Brooks, the In The Beginning... songwriters have had songs recorded by artists such as Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, Joe Diffie, Nanci Griffith, George Jones, Tom Jones, Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera, Kathy Mattea, Reba McEntire, Lee Roy Parnell Lee Roy Parnell (born December 21, 1956) is an American country music singer. Parnell was born in Abilene, Texas in 1956. His parents were friends of country superstar Bob Wills, and Parnell began his music career on Wills's local radio show at the age of six. , Dolly Parton par·ton n. Any of the point particles believed to be a constituent of hadrons, now known as quarks. No longer in technical use. [part(icle) + -on1.] , Peter Paul & Mary, Rascal Flatts, George Strait, James & Livingston Taylor, Clay Walker, Trisha Yearwood, and many others. Blazy and Williams are also two of the songwriters who wrote "Beer Run," the Brooks/George Jones duet found on both Jones' new album and Brooks' upcoming new album. For more information, interviews, or review copies of the album, please contact Scott Stem Publicity at (615) 399-1796 or swsdcs1@home.com. |
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