Nashville to New York: An Intimate Evening with Hit Songwriters

Nashville To New York is an evening of hit songs and the stories behind them. Patterned after the famous “In The Round” writer nights at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Nashville To New York is hosted by Hall of Fame songwriter Gary Burr and hit songwriter Georgia Middleman. This husband and wife team is two thirds of the new, critically acclaimed group Blue Sky Riders. Every Nashville to New York show features Gary and Georgia and two of their amazing friends, brought to the big city to entertain and thrill you with their songs and their tales of show business. If you love songs and songwriting and have ever wanted to hear them right out of the mouths of the artists who dreamed them up….Nashville To New York is the show you do NOT want to miss!!

GARY BURR
Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame member. ASCAP, Billboard and NSAI Country Songwriter of the Year. Fifteen #1 hits. Songs recorded by Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Carole King, Ringo Starr, Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Christina Aguilara and Ricky Martin, Kelly Clarkson and many more. Gary is a member of the group Blue Sky Riders with Georgia Middleman and Kenny Loggins.

GEORGIA MIDDLEMAN
Songs recorded by Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Joe Nichols, Martina McBride, Sheila E., Radney Foster, Maia Sharp, and many others. Georgia is one third of the trio, Blue Sky Riders with Gary Burr and Kenny Loggins. She is currently in the studio working on her fourth solo cd.

TOM DOUGLAS
Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame member who had his first #1 in 1994 with “Little Rock” by Collin Raye. Since Then he has had #1 hits with “Grown Men Don’t Cry” (Tim McGraw), “I Run To You” (Lady Antebellum),"The House That Built Me" (Miranda Lambert) among many others. He has been nominated for several Grammys, an Academy Award and won CMA and ACM Song of the Year.

HUGH PRESTWOOD
Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame member from El Paso, Texas who has won an Emmy Award and has written #1 hits for Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood, Michael Johnson, Shanandoah, Crystal Gayle and Collin Raye. His songs have been recorded by Anne Murray, Conway Twitty, Don Williams, Maura O'Connell, Tanya Tucker, Jimmy Buffert, James Taylor, Jerry Douglas and Allison Krauss.