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TITLE: CMA Songwriters Series: Bob DiPiero, Brett James, Little Big Town, Lori McKenna
SPEAKER: Bob DiPiero, Brett James
EVENT DATE: 12/04/2010
FORMAT: Video + Captions
RUNNING TIME: 88 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window)
DESCRIPTION:
Platinum-selling country quartet Little Big Town and country songwriters Brett James, Lori McKenna and Bob DiPiero kick off the new Country Music Association (CMA) Songwriters concert series at the Library of Congress.
Speaker Biography: For the past 20 years, Bob DiPiero has helped define the best that is Music Row. A legendarily funny and compelling performer, he is one of a handful setting the bar for present-day songwriter/entertainers. He is also a key part of the city's new leadership, a board member of the Country Music Association, a Leadership Nashville alumnus and former Nashville Songwriters Association, Inc., president who brings the creative and business communities together as few can.
Speaker Biography: Since the early 2000s, James has become known primarily as a songwriter for other country and pop music artists. Among his compositions is Carrie Underwood's 2006 Number One hit "Jesus, Take the Wheel," which received Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song. His writers' credits also include Number One hits for Jessica Andrews, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Rodney Atkins and Jason Aldean.