• JEFF SIGNS AT BLACK RIVER MUSIC:~~ Jeff has been signed to a new songwriting deal at Black River Music Group. Black River is a record label, publishing company and studio housed in the MCA/Milsap building on Music Row. The studio was where Ronnie Milsap cut all his hits including Smokey Mt. Rain and Lost in the Fifties. Today, it's one of the Row's busiest rooms and is where Black River artist Sarah Darling is cutting her CD.
  
• CHART ACTION: ~~Two of Jeff's songs are on Chubby Carrier's zydeco CD Bayou Road that has hit #1 on the Cajun and Zydeco charts.~~ "Break Me Twice" hit #2 on American Idol's online chart. ~~" A Girl Like That" went Top 10 on the same chart. ~~
  
  
• RECORDINGS (cuts):~~ Two songs on Jason Foster's debut CD,~~Three songs on Misty Rae's debut CD, ~~Five songs on Jason Sever's upcoming CD~~New and upcoming releases by Out and Runnin', Ronnie Bear, Kayla Jones, Lainey Edwards, Laurie Knight, and Sarah Darling. ~~ plus Doug Stone "To Be A Man"~~
  
  
• SESSIONS:~~ SARAH DARLING: Jeff is on electric and acoustic guitars with Black River artist Sarah Darling tracking her debut project. The sessions include A-List players Paul Franklin, David Hungate, Jimmy Nichols, Biff Watson, Tom Bukovac, Shawn Fichter, Spady Brannan and Jerry McPherson. Sarah's full CD is due this coming summer/fall.~~BUCKY COVINGTON recorded some new songs at OmniSound and Jeff was on guitar...look for them on Bucky's next CD...JD CLARKE, one of Canada's top new artists, came to Nashvile and Omni Sound studios to cut his new CD....and hired Jeff to play electric guitar on the project.
  
  
• LUCAS HOGE TAKES 'DIRT' TO THE TOP: Jeff's song "My Dirt," co-written with Eddie Kilgallon (Montgomery/Gentry, Riccochet) and Lucas Hoge is the title cut and first single from Lucas' new CD Dirt. The album was named Country Album of the Year at the LA Music Awards where Lucas won Songwriter of the Year for the single. . Check out Lucas and his cut online at Lucas Hoge .
  
  
• VOLUNTEER WORK: ~~Jeff continues into his third year as the NSAI Adopt-a-Shop Pro Songwriter for the AZ chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Assn. Jeff serves as mentor and liason from Nashville to Phoenix. Adopt-a-Shop is a national program that matches professional songwriters with the members of NSAI's 104 worldwide chapters through the "NSAI Regional Workshops Program". For more info visit NSAI. ~~Jeff is a regular participant in the Country Music Hall of Fame/Museum's Words & Music program. The W&M program offers songwriting courses to Middle TN schools and pairs the students with professional songwriters for collaboration and a concert.

• JEFF ON THE TUBE: Look for Jeff's appearances in Toby Keith's video single "Honkytonk U." The video was directed by Michael Salomon and shot by Picturevision at the old Nashville Palace. Jeff is also featured in several Glen Campbell concert videos on CMT and GAC including the hits "Galveston," "Southern Nights" and "Witchita Lineman." For the Kenny Chesney fans, look for Jeff in the Road Case and No Shoes video collections.

Jeff Dayton Music does not accept unsolicited or “outside” songs. Your #1 resource is Nashville Songwriters Assn., International, or NSAI, in Nashville, TN. They are a songwriters best friend, especially for out-of-town writers.
Contact them at www.nashvillesongwriters.com.

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