Songwriter Rounds

ARTISTS & EXPERTS: 
Travis Howard
Josh Jenkins
Earl Bud Lee

DAY & TIME:
Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023
12:00 - 1:30 PM

LOCATION:
Songwriter Stage

DETAILS:
Hear the stories behind the hit songs you know and love as award-winning songwriters share their inspiration and passion behind creating some of our favorite tunes.

Travis Howard is a Georgia-born songwriter and producer. He started his career writing country hits with Miranda Lambert and ended up working with Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Waylon Payne, Brooks & Dunn and Reba. He's also written many film and TV cuts.

Josh Jenkins is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter and lead singer of the band Green River Ordinance. Throughout his 15-year tenure as the lead singer of GRO, he has had several records top the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and many songs placed in TV/Film. Jenkins’ songs have been recorded by artists such as Dustin Lynch, Walker Hayes, Jordan Davis, Randy Houser, and more. He co-wrote the GRAMMY-nominated, RIAA-certified Platinum smash hit “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes, which has spent more than 23 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, reached Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100.

Earl Bud Lee is a longtime Nashville songwriting legend. He's been blessed with three big Number Ones starting in 1990. His first being the ever-popular "Friends in Low Places" for Garth Brooks. Then came "One Night at a Time" for George Strait and "Who are You When I'm Not Looking" Blake Shelton.