Blacktop Re-signs Dodson and Yeary

Blacktop Music Group’s Mike Sebastian has announced the re-signing of hit songwriters Marty Dodson and Jimmy Yeary. Dodson’s latest chart-topper is Kenny Chesney‘s No. 1, “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven.” He also co-wrote the Billy Currington No. 1, “Must Be Doin’ Something Right.” Yeary has had songs recorded by Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn, John Michael Montgomery, The Lost Trailers, James Otto, Steve Holy and Emerson Drive.
Pictured (l-r) are: Blacktop’s Lindsay Gum, Jimmy Yeary, Blacktop’s Mike Sebastian, Marty Dodson and Blacktop’s Kim Wiggins.

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LB Cantrell is Editor/Director of Operations at MusicRow magazine, where she oversees, manages and executes all company operations. LB oversees all MusicRow-related content, including the publication’s six annual print issues and online news. She is a Georgia native and a graduate of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University.

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