Signing at the Opry booth with performance videos playing behind her.
This is Jeffrey Steele. He had a performance slot in the courtyard prior to the Grand Ole Opry. Unless you watch Nashville Star (he is a judge) you may not know anything about him. But, I guarantee you that if you follow Country Music at all, you will be familiar with the hits he has written for others including:
My Town, Speed, Something To Be Proud Of, Hell Yeah, Gone, Chrome, I’m Trying, Brand New Girlfriend, What Hurts The Most, My Wish, Me And My Gang, These Days, Everyday, The Cowboy In Me, When The Lights Go Down, Unbelieveable, Big Deal, She’d Give Anything, A Cowboys Born With A Broken Heart, They Don’t Make Em Like That Anymore, Everytime I Hear Your Name, Couldn’t Last A Moment, Help Somebody, Love Is A Beautiful Thing, And International Harvester.
And here are some of his more recent accolades:
One Of Billboard Magazines Top 5 Writers 6 Years In A Row
Over 35,000,000 Airplays On Radio And Television
Over 450 Songs Cut In An 8-Year Period
By Over A 100 Artists
With 85 Singles Released
Off More Than 75 Gold And Platinum Records
With Over 50 Million Records Sold
More Than 50 Writers Awards
2007 Cma Triple Play Award (3 No 1 Songs In A Year) “Brand New Girlfriend”,
“My Wish”, And “What Hurts The Most”
3 Grammy Nominations As A Writer And As A Musician
And he is now in the studio producing the first album for The LoCash Cowboys.
Jessica Harp, the lesser known of the two women that made up The Wreckers. She is now on her own & her first single Boy Like Me is climbing the charts.
Obviously, he is who it says he is. Luke has had quite a bit of success the past two years & seems to be getting better all the time. He also wrote Good Directions for Billy Currington.
Martina McBride letting the vocals roll. No one ever gets the response that Martina gets every time she sings Broken Wing. The stadium walls practically come tumbling down.