‘A Salute To The Songwriters’ Hosted By Luke Bryan Will Feature Jon Randall
Mark your calendar: this Saturday night at 7 pm ET, Luke Bryan is hosting a special a three-hour show that will air on our station: “BMI Presents: A Salute To The Songwriters – Benefiting The MusiCares COVID 19 Relief Fund.”
Jon Randall is one of the writers who will be featured. Randall started his musical journey singing backup and playing guitar with Emmylou Harris. He’s toured and recorded with countless artists including Vince Gill and Dierks Bentley.
Most known for his 2005 CMA Song of the Year award for “Whiskey Lullaby,” Randall is credited the co-write with Whisperin’ Bill Anderson.
Jon is the producer of Up on the Ridge, Dierks Bentley’s acoustic project which earned CMA, GRAMMY, and ACM nominations.
He also earned a GRAMMY nomination and ACM Song of the Year in 2018 for “Tin Man” co-written with Miranda Lambert & Jack Ingram and a CMA and ACM Nomination for Album of the Year for Dierks Bentley, “The Mountain” which he co-produced.
Other hit songs include “Am I The Only One” cut by Dierks Bentley and “Drink On It” by Blake Shelton.
Randall is currently working on his fifth studio album that will be released this year.
Be sure to catch “A Salute to the Songwriters – Benefiting The MusiCares COVID 19 Relief Fund” hosted by Luke Bryan and featuring the songwriters behind some of country music’s biggest hits performing from their homes while telling stories about the creation of the songs.
Other songwriters joining them are Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Natalie Hemby, Dylan Altman, Clint Daniels, Barry Dean, Luke Dick, Jeff Hyde, Brandon Kinney, Jessi Alexander and Wynn Varble.