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Keith Urban and Kix Brooks headline a talented group of songwriters who were announced as the 2023 inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame yesterday. The other three: David Lee Murphy, Casey Beathard and Rafe Van Hoy. Urban and Brooks are well known for their own careers, as well as being two of the most well-respected songwriters in country music. David Lee Murphy, while also scoring several hits on his own, has written hits for Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and more. Beathard is a two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year, with songwriting credits on hits by Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, Kenny Chesney, and Eric Church. Van Hoy's career includes writing hits for Mark Chestnutt, the Oak Ridge Boys, Barbara Mandrell and George Jones. The 53rd annual Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala will take place at the Music City Center in Nashville on Oct. 11.
Jelly Roll was talking to Holler Country when the subject of "dream collabs" came up. And JR had an answer ready. "Miley Cyrus...yeah, she's a Tennessee girl...Kesha, maybe, even...I'm a sucker for local...I'm one of them old school 'tribal' kinda guys..." Of course, Kesha is from California, but we'll give Jelly a pass on that one because she's Kesha. Then he was told that a lot of fans seem to be clamoring for him to partner up with another Tennessee product, Morgan Wallen. And fans of both artists are going to love his answer to that. "I think the thing about Morgan is...it's a dream collab for me but I don't think of it that way, 'cuz I think it's inevitable, our friendship is just inevitably gonna be where we end up making more songs together, writing together...he's one of my best friends in the music business." Check out the clip here.