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Encore Music Group Acquires Dean Dillon’s Dean’s Cabin Publishing Catalog [Exclusive]

February 14, 2023/by LB Cantrell

Encore Music Group CEO, Justin Ward

Encore Music Group has announced the acquisition of Dean Dillon‘s Dean’s Cabin Publishing, containing over 400 songs that include co-writes with George Strait, Tim Nichols, Luke Combs, Liz Rose, Buddy Cannon and more.

The catalog has includes seven cuts by Strait, including the Gold-certified single “Every Little Honky Tonk Bar” from the Honky Tonk Time Machine album and “You Gotta Go Through Hell” from the Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 box set. It also contains “Tomorrow Me” from Combs’ Growin’ Up album, Jon Pardi‘s “Love Her Like She’s Leaving,” Lainey Wilson‘s “Straight Up Sideways” and Tenille Arts‘ “Territory.”

“We are honored to be in the music publishing business with songs written or co-written by Country Music Hall of Famer Dean Dillon, Rick Huckaby, and Dan Alley among so many other talented artists and writers,” shares Encore Music Group CEO Justin Ward. “This specific catalog has not been saturated amongst the artist community so we look forward to sharing these songs with those making new records and looking for hit songs.”

Encore Music Group and Dean’s Cabin Publishing are administered by Peter Roselli and the team at Bluewater Music Services Corp.

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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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