Tenille Townes, Josh Kear Set For Country Music Hall Of Fame Songwriter Session

Tenille Townes and Josh Kear will participate in a Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday, June 23. The two will perform and share stories behind the songs they’ve written.

Townes, who writes for publisher Big Yellow Dog, is working on her debut album with Nashville producer Jay Joyce. Fellow Big Dog writer Kear has written thirteen #1 hits including “I Don’t Dance” (Lee Brice), “Drunk on a Plane” (Dierks Bentley), “Drunk on You” (Luke Bryan), “God, Your Mama, and Me” (Florida Georgia Line and Backstreet Boys), “Need You Now” (Lady Antebellum), “Highway Don’t Care” (Tim McGraw), “Neon Light” (Blake Shelton), and “Before He Cheats” and “Blown Away” (Carrie Underwood), and has won four Grammys.

The program will take place in the museum’s Ford Theater, and is included with museum admission and free to museum members. Seating is limited, and a program pass is required.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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