Post by Steve on Jan 22, 2006 18:24:09 GMT 1
I was looking at the credits to the Room Service album and I noted that Gretchen Peters co-wrote the following tracks with Bryan Adams:
East Side Story
This Side of Paradise
She's A Little Too Good For Me
I Was Only Dreamin'
Nowhere Fast
Why Do Ya Have To Be So Hard To Love
www.gretchenpeters.com/
I didn't know anything about this songwriter but she has received a Grammy nomination and has written songs for such artists as Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Bonnie Raitt, Etta James, The Neville Brothers, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Bryan Adams, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Pam Tillis. Neil Diamond has even covered one of her songs called "Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today)."
I found an article about Gretchen Peters at a Neil Diamond fanpage HERE.
Some excerpts:
The list of those who have recorded her material reads like a who's who in the international music industry. So, it's no surprise that Gretchen Peters has been hailed as one of Nashville's best contemporary songwriters.
It's great when other singers cover your songs, but for Peters, the ultimate accolade is when other songwriters, like Neil Diamond, also record your material.
Although her songs are generally classed as country, many have been recorded in other musical styles, but Peters doesn't subscribe to the 'let's classify music in a certain genre' school of thought.
"I think of my songs as simply songs. In my perfect world, record stores would not have different categories for music. Instead, all music and artists would just be stocked alphabetically and everyone would be happy."
Peters is a writer who's never afraid of real life and she possesses a rare ability to drive a strong point, yet capture it eloquently in song. That ability has won her Grammy nominations for the heart wrenching Patty Loveless hit, You Don't Even Know Who I Am, as well as Martina McBride's award-winning recording of Independence Day. Indeed, the latter, which deals with the subject of domestic violence, is probably her best calling card.
"I didn't have any real moral authority to write that song," recalls Peters. "I didn't even live through it. However, I felt something genuine about the subject and I tried to tap into my anger about the fact that there are people on this earth who feel they have the right to abuse other people."
In 2003, Gretchen was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work on the DreamWorks animated film, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and her multi- award winning Independence Day was recently included in CMT's list of The Top 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. She has just completed her third studio album, Halcyon, which she believes is her best work yet.
East Side Story
This Side of Paradise
She's A Little Too Good For Me
I Was Only Dreamin'
Nowhere Fast
Why Do Ya Have To Be So Hard To Love
www.gretchenpeters.com/
I didn't know anything about this songwriter but she has received a Grammy nomination and has written songs for such artists as Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Bonnie Raitt, Etta James, The Neville Brothers, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Bryan Adams, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Pam Tillis. Neil Diamond has even covered one of her songs called "Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today)."
I found an article about Gretchen Peters at a Neil Diamond fanpage HERE.
Some excerpts:
The list of those who have recorded her material reads like a who's who in the international music industry. So, it's no surprise that Gretchen Peters has been hailed as one of Nashville's best contemporary songwriters.
It's great when other singers cover your songs, but for Peters, the ultimate accolade is when other songwriters, like Neil Diamond, also record your material.
Although her songs are generally classed as country, many have been recorded in other musical styles, but Peters doesn't subscribe to the 'let's classify music in a certain genre' school of thought.
"I think of my songs as simply songs. In my perfect world, record stores would not have different categories for music. Instead, all music and artists would just be stocked alphabetically and everyone would be happy."
Peters is a writer who's never afraid of real life and she possesses a rare ability to drive a strong point, yet capture it eloquently in song. That ability has won her Grammy nominations for the heart wrenching Patty Loveless hit, You Don't Even Know Who I Am, as well as Martina McBride's award-winning recording of Independence Day. Indeed, the latter, which deals with the subject of domestic violence, is probably her best calling card.
"I didn't have any real moral authority to write that song," recalls Peters. "I didn't even live through it. However, I felt something genuine about the subject and I tried to tap into my anger about the fact that there are people on this earth who feel they have the right to abuse other people."
In 2003, Gretchen was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work on the DreamWorks animated film, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and her multi- award winning Independence Day was recently included in CMT's list of The Top 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. She has just completed her third studio album, Halcyon, which she believes is her best work yet.
hehehe, great songwriter! Both I mean! Bryan and Gretchen! I wonder how they write songs together! Do they sit around and one says a sentence and then the other one says another one? 