Tag: Dean Dillon

Due West has signed with GrassRoots Promotion to manage, promote and market the Due West Unwound Records album project UNBROKEN, co-written and produced by Dean Dillon. The trio worked with GrassRoots Promotion earlier in their career as they were first introduced to country fans through radio and touring. The trio’s …

Indie record stores nationwide are celebrating George Strait’s forthcoming 31st studio record, Cowboys And Dreamers, with 87 locations across the country hosting listening events on Wednesday, September 4 – two-days prior to the album’s release on Friday, Sept. 6. You can listen here in Nashville at Grimey’s Records or The …

The Country Music Association today announced recipients of the 14th CMA Triple Play Awards, which honor the songwriters behind some of the format’s most notable No. 1 hits. In addition to this year’s seven CMA Triple Play Award recipients Ashley Gorley (three-time recipient this year), Charlie Handsome, Jelly Roll, Chase …

Tommy Townsend’s last recording session with producers Waylon Jennings and Jerry “Jigger” Bridges was over 25 years ago, and last week his Southern Man album was released in its entirety. Written by some of the best songwriters of the era, the 10 timeless traditional country cuts will be available at …

The Country Music Association announced the 2020 inductees for the Country Music Hall of Fame – Dean Dillon, Marty Stuart and Hank Williams Jr. Dillon will be inducted in the “Songwriter” category, which is awarded every third year in rotation with the “Recording and/or Touring Musician” and “Non-Performer” categories. Stuart …

A host of industry insiders and country music stars including Brandy Clark, Chris Stapleton, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Lee Ann Womack, Mac Davis, Mo Pitney, Robert Earl Keen, Rory Feek and others, filled the Franklin Theatre Tuesday night for the premiere of “Tennessee Whiskey –  The Dean Dillon Story.”  The …