Songwriters at the Ranch

Join us for this year's Songwriters at the Ranch on October 23, 2010 at Pedrotti's North Wind Ranch 

The 2nd Annual Concert Performance by four of the most talented songwriters working today, includes a Silent Auction and BBQ Dinner. Reserved seating available.
 

Early on in his career, Garland, Texas native Austin Cunningham carved out a place for himself as a songwriter. He has had songs recorded by artists such as Hank Williams, Jr., Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Wynonna, Chris Knight,  Del McCoury, and the list goes on.

Austin has songs on feature film soundtracks including Ashley Judd’s Where the Heart Is, and Autumn in New York.  He and his music are featured in "Hey Dillon", a documentary about one of the "last great DJs", Brett Dillon of KHYI in Dallas.  Austin has performed at the Sundance Film Festival for the  Bluebird Café On the Road series, and a few years back, was awarded the coveted Johnny Mercer Award for “Emerging American Songwriters”.

Renee Coale Willis is a gifted songwriter with a sweet, southern voice. Her writing blends a mix of heartfelt traditional country with a hint of native-Texan attitude.

Renee's musical stylings are wide-ranging, but all of her songs carry with them a deep sense of family, faith, and honesty - roots from her upbringing as a rancher's daughter.

 

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Billy Montana’s talent for tapping into powerful emotions in the songs that he writes has led to a string of hits and awards for some of country music’s biggest stars.

Montana’s "Number 1" credits include Garth Brooks’ record-breaking single, “More Than A Memory”, Sara Evans’ smash “Suds in the Bucket”, and the Grammy-nominated “Bring On the Rain”, recorded by Jo Dee Messina.
 

Allen Shamblin was born in Tennessee and grew up in Huffman, Texas, about 30 miles outside of Houston. After graduating with a Marketing degree from Sam Houston State University, Allen moved to Austin, Texas, where he worked as a real -estate appraiser by day and honed his songwriting skills by night.  In August of 1987, Allen moved to Nashville, with 14 completed songs.
His “story songs” with vivid detail and honest, earthy lyrics quickly caught the ear of the Nashville music establishment. In 1989, it was Randy Travis’ #1 version of He Walked On Water, which brought Allen to the forefront of the songwriting community seemingly “overnight”.