CMA Songwriters Series

The CMA Songwriters Series showcases the best of Nashville's mega-hit songwriters! Each night of the series features four successful songwriters from Nashville, who line up on stage and, with guitar in-hand, take turns telling the stories behind their hit songs and performing them in the raw as originally written.

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UPCOMING DATES:

New York City - May 9

PAST DATES:

2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012

UPCOMING DATES

WHEN: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
WHERE: Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St, New York City
TICKETS: $30 and $40; Purchase Online; Purchase Over the Phone (212) 967-7555

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2012

WHEN: Thursday, March 22, 2012
WHERE: Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St, New York City
TICKETS: $25 and $30; Purchase Online; Purchase Over the Phone (212) 967-7555

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WHEN: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
WHERE: London - Islington Assembly Hall, Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, London N1
TICKETS: £15 or £10; Purchase Online

WHEN: Thursday, February 23, 2012
WHERE: Dublin - Whelan's, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
TICKETS: €20; Purchase Online, purchase over the phone locally (1 890 200078) or outside of Ireland (353 1 4780766)

WHEN: Friday, February 25, 2012
WHERE: Belfast - Empire Music Hall, 42 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JQ
TICKETS: £20; Purchase Online Here or Here; or over the phone (02890 246609)

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2011

WHEN: Sunday, December 18
WHERE: Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St, New York City

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WHEN: Tuesday, November 16
WHERE: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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WHEN: Tuesday, November 8, 10PM
WHERE: Limelight, Nashville, TN

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WHEN: Thursday, November 3, 6:30PM & 9:00PM
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

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WHEN: Friday, October 7, 6:30PM & 9:00PM
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

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WHEN: Thursday, October 6, 6:30PM & 9:00PM
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

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WHEN: Thursday, August 25, 8:00PM
WHERE: Royale Nightclub, Boston

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WHEN:Wednesday, June 22, 6:30PM & 9:00PM
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

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WHEN: Tuesday, June 21, 6:30PM & 9:00PM
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

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WHEN: Wednesday, May 11, 6:30PM & 9:00PM
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

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WHEN: Thursday, March 24, 6:30PM & 9:00PM
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

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PRESENTED BY: GO COUNTRY 105 FM

WHEN: Tuesday, February 15
WHERE: Club Nokia, Los Angeles

	Bob DiPiero "Southern Voice" - Tim McGraw "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn
	Brett James "Cowboy Casanova" - Carrie Underwood "Jesus, Take The Wheel" - Carrie Underwood "When The Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney "The Truth" - Jason Aldean
	Victoria Shaw "The River" - Garth Brooks "I Love The Way You Love Me" - John Michael Montgomery "Too Busy Being In Love" - Doug Stone "Where Your Road Leads" - Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
	Gretchen Wilson "Redneck Woman" "Here For The Party" "Work Hard, Play Harder"
	Chris Young "Getting' You Home" "Voices" "The Man I Want To Be"

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2010

WHEN: Tuesday, November 9
WHERE: Limelight, Nashville, TN

Brett James

• "The Man I Want To Be" - Chris Young
• "Jesus, Take The Wheel" - Carrie Underwood
• "When The Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney
• "The Truth" - Jason Aldean

Josh Kear

• "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum
• "Before He Cheats" - Carrie Underwood
• "Wild At Heart" - Glorianna
• "Bama Breeze" - Jimmy Buffet

Rivers Rutherford

• "Real Good Man" - Tim McGraw
• "Ain't Nothin' Bout You" - Brooks & Dunn
• "When I Get To Where I'm Going" - Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton
• "She Don't Tell Me To" - Montgomery Gentry

Chris Young

• "Getting' You Home" - Chris Young
• "Voices" - Chris Young
• "The Man I Want To Be" - Chris Young

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WHEN: Thursday, March 25
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

David Lee Murphy

• "Living In Fast Forward" - Kenny Chesney
• "Big Green Tractor" - Jason Aldean
• "Dust On The Bottle" - David Lee Murphy

Dierks Bentley

• "Feel That Fire"
• "What Was I Thinkin"
• "Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)"

Jim Beavers

• "Watching Airplanes" - Gary Allan
• "Trying To Stop Your Leaving" - Dierks Bentley
• "Don't" - Billy Currington

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WHEN: Thursday, May 13
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

Bob DiPiero

• "Southern Voice" - Tim McGraw
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

Jason Michael Carroll

• "Alyssa Lies"
• "Livin' Our Love Song"
• "Where I'm From"

Rivers Rutherford

• "When I Get To Where I'm Going" - Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton
• "Ain't Nothin' Bout You" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Real Good Man" - Tim McGraw

Brett James

• "Cowboy Casanova" - Carrie Underwood
• "Jesus, Take The Wheel" - Carrie Underwood
• "When The Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney
• "The Truth" - Jason Aledan

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WHEN: Thursday, July 15
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Southern Voice" - Tim McGraw
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

Robert Ellis Orrall

• "I'm Only Me (When I'm With You)" - Taylor Swift
• "Wrong Baby, Wrong" - Martina McBride\
• "Next To You, Next To Me" - Shenandoah
• "What's It To You" - Clay Walker

James Otto

• "Groovy Little Summer Song"
• "Just Got Started Lovin' You"
• "In Color" - Jamey Johnson

Chris Wallin

• "Don't Blink" - Kenny Chesney
• "Love Me If You Can" - Toby Keith
• "Something To Be Proud Of" - Montgomery Gentry
• "I'm Tryin'" - Trace Adkins

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WHEN: Wednesday, September 8
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

Buddy Cannon

• "Give It Away" - George Strait
• "I Believe In You" - Mel Tillis
• "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" - Sammy Kershaw
• "Cadillac Style" - Sammy Kershaw

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Southern Voice" - Tim McGraw
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

Jamey Johnson

• "In Color"
• "High Cost of Living"
• "Give It Away" - George Strait
• "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" - Trace Adkins

Kendell Marvel

• "Right Where I Need To Be" - Gary Allan
• "Startin' With Me" - Jake Owen
• "That Lonesome Song" - Jamey Johnson
• "Never Lovin' You" - Blake Shelton

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WHEN: Tuesday, November 2
WHERE: Joe's Pub, New York City

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Southern Voice" - Tim McGraw
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

Eric Church

• "I Love Your Love The Most"
• "Hell On The Heart"
• "Smoke A Little Smoke"
• "How 'Bout You"

Luke Laird

• "So Small" - Carrie Underwood
• "Last Name" - Carrie Underwood
• "Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton/Trace Adkins
• "Undo It" - Lee Ann Womack

Carolyn Dawn Johnson

• "Single White Female" - Chely Wright
• "Complicated"
• "I Don't Want You To Go"
• "Downtime" - Jo Dee Messina

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WHEN: Friday, October 8
WHERE: Joe's Pub, Chicago

Kix Brooks

• "Indian Summer" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Red Dirt Road" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Only In America" - Brooks & Dunn
• "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" - Brooks & Dunn

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Southern Voice" - Tim McGraw
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

David Lee Murphy

• "Living In Fast Forward" - Kenny Chesney
• "Big Green Tractor" - Jason Aldean
• "Dust on the Bottle" - David Lee Murphy

The Band Perry

• "If I Die Young"
• "Hip To My Heart"

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WHEN: Friday, October 9
WHERE: Chicago Country Music Festival

Kix Brooks

• "Indian Summer" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Red Dirt Road" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Only In America" - Brooks & Dunn
• "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" - Brooks & Dunn

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Southern Voice" - Tim McGraw
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

David Lee Murphy

• "Living In Fast Forward" - Kenny Chesney
• "Big Green Tractor" - Jason Aldean
• "Dust on the Bottle" - David Lee Murphy

The Band Perry

• "If I Die Young"
• "Hip To My Heart"

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WHEN: Saturday, December 4
WHERE: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Southern Voice" - Tim McGraw
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
•  "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

Brett James

• "Cowboy Casanova" - Carrie Underwood
• "Jesus, Take The Wheel" - Carrie Underwood
• "When The Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney
• "The Truth" - Jason Aldean

Little Big Town

• "Boondocks"
• "Bring It On Home"
• "Little White Church"

Lori McKenna

• "Stealing Kisses" - Faith Hill
• "Fireflies" - Faith Hill
• "I'm Workin'" - Tim McGraw
• "Bible Song" - Sara Evans

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2009

WHEN: Thursday, July 30

Bob DiPiero

• "Gone" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Take Me As I Am" - Faith Hill

Keith Follese

• "Something Like That" - Tim McGraw
• "The Way You Love Me" - Faith Hil
• "Before You Kill Us All" - Randy Travis
• "I Love You" - Martina McBride

Billy Currington

• "Good Directions"
• "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"
• "I Got A Feelin"

Jason Sellers

• "Strange" - Reba McEntire
• "Some People Change' - Montgomery Gentry
• "I Still Miss You" - Keith Anderson

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WHEN: Wednesday, September 9

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "World's Apart" - Vince Gill
• "Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

Marv Green

• "Amazed" - Lonestar
• "Wasted" - Carrie Underwood,
• "It Just Comes Natural" - George Strait
• "Proud of the House We Built" / Brooks & Dunn

Ashley Gorley

• "All American Girl" - Carrie Underwood
• "You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins
• "Don't Forget To Remember Me" - Carrie Underwood
• "Laughed Until We Cried" - Jason Aldean

Chuck Wicks

• "Stealing Cinderella"
• "All I Ever Wanted"
• "Man Of The House"

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WHEN: Tuesday, September 15

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "World's Apart" - Vince Gill
• "Take Me As I Am" - Faith Hill

Chris Lindsey

• "This One's for the Girls" - Martina McBride
• "Amazed" - Lonestar
• "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" - Kellie Pickler
• "I Love You This Much" - Jimmy Wayne

Aimee Mayo

• "My Best Friend" - Tim McGraw
• "Who You'd Be Today" - Kenny Chesney
• "Amazed" - Lonestar
• "Red High Heels" - Kellie Pickler

Kellie Pickler

• "I Wonder"
• "Best Days of Your Life"
• "Red High Heels"
• "Small Town Girl"

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WHEN: Friday, October 2

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "World's Apart" - Vince Gill
• "Take Me As I Am" - Faith Hill

Scotty Emerick

• "I Love This Bar" - Toby Keith
• "Beer For My Horses" - Toby Keith and Willie Nelson
• "Good as I Once Was" - Toby Keith
• "I'm Just Talking About Tonight" - Toby Keith

Dean Dillon

• "She Let Herself Go" - George Strait
• "A Lot of Things Different" - Kenny Chesney
• "A Little Too Late" - Toby Keith
• "The Chair" - George Strait

Lee Ann Womack

• "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago"
• "Good News, Bad News" (duet with George Strait)
• "Everything But Quits" (duet with George Strait)

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WHEN: Saturday, October 3

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "World's Apart" - Vince Gill
• "Take Me As I Am" - Faith Hill

Scotty Emerick

• "I Love This Bar" - Toby Keith
• "Beer For My Horses" - Toby Keith and Willie Nelson
• "Good as I Once Was" - Toby Keith
• "I'm Just Talking About Tonight" - Toby Keith

Dean Dillon

• "She Let Herself Go" - George Strait
• "A Lot of Things Different" - Kenny Chesney
• "A Little Too Late" - Toby Keith
• "The Chair" - George Strait

Lee Ann Womack

• "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago"
• "Good News, Bad News" (duet with George Strait)
• "Everything But Quits" (duet with George Strait)

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WHEN: Thursday, November 5

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" / Montgomery Gentry
• "Blue Clear Sky" / George Strait
• "Worlds Apart" / Vince Gill
• "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" / Brooks & Dunn

Jessi Alexander

• "The Climb" / Miley Cyrus
• "Baby Don't You Let Go" / Trisha Yearwood
• "Lonely Enough" / Little Big Town
• "Nothin' Bout Memphis" / Trisha Yearwood

John Randall

• "Whiskey Lullaby" / Brad Paisley & Allison Krauss
• "She's So California" / Gary Allen
• "All This Love" / The Lost Trailers
• "Smile" / Lonestar

Mark Sanders

• "It Matters to Me" / Faith Hill
• "This Ain't No Thinkin' Thing" / Trace Adkins
• "Heads Carolina, Tails California" / JoDee Messina
• "I Hope You Dance" / Lee Ann Womack

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2008

WHEN: Thursday, January 16

CMA Songwriters Series Salutes the Music of Rascal Flatts

Bob DiPiero

Steve Bogard

• "Praying For Daylight"

Tony Mullins

• "Backwardst"
• "Me and My Gang"

Danny Ortoncma

• "Stand", Too Good Is True"
• "Like I Am"
• "Some Say"

D. Vincent Williams

• "I'm Movin`On"

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WHEN: Saturday, May 17

Bob DiPiero

• "Take Me As I Am" - Faith Hill
• "Till You Love Me" - Reba
• "Clear Blue Sky" - George Strait
• "World's Apart" - Vince Gill

Tony Mullins

• "Something's Gotta Give" - LeAnn Rimes
• "How Forever Feels" - Kenny Chesney
• "Backwardst" - Rascal Flatts
• "Me and My Gang" - Rascal Flatts

Jeffrey Steele

• "What Hurts The Most" - Rascal Flatts
• "Gone" - Montgomery Gentry

Craig Wiseman

• "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim McGraw
• "Believe" - Brooks & Dunn

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WHEN: Thursday, July 17

Bob DiPiero

Dave Berg

• "If You're Going Through Hell" - Rodney Atkins
• "Stupid Boy" - Keith Urban
• "Moments" - Emerson Drive
• "Somebody" - Reba McEntire

Jedd Hughes

Karyn Rochelle

• "Georgia Rain" - Trisha Yearwood
• "I Wonder" - Kellie Pickler
• "When You Love Someone Like That" - Reba and LeAnn Rimes

Chris Tompkins

• "Before He Cheats" - Carrie Underwood
• "That's How They Do It In Dixie" - Hank Williams Jr.
• "Bama Breeze" - Jimmy Buffett

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WHEN: Tuesday, September 9

Bob DiPiero

Gary Burr

• "What Mattered Most" - Ty Herndon
• "I Try To Think About Elvis" - Patty Loveless
• "To Be Loved By You" - Wynonna

Sam & Annie Tate

• "Moments" - Emerson Drive"
• "If You're Going Through Hell" - Rodney Atkins
• "Somebody" - Reba McEntire

David Lee Murphy

• "Living In Fast Forward" - Kenny Chesney
• "The More I Drink" - Blake Shelton
• "A Feelin' Like That" - Gary Allan

Josh Turner

• "Long Black Train"
• "Would You Go With Me"

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WHEN: Wednesday, October 29

Bob DiPiero

• "Take Me As I Am" - Faith Hill
• "Clear Blue Sky" - George Strait
• "World's Apart" - Vince Gill

Brett James

• "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood
• "When the Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney

Hillary Lindsey

• "So Small" - Carrie Underwood
• "Last Name" - Carrie Underwood
• "Just A Dream" - Carrie Underwood

Craig Morgan

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WHEN: Thursday, October 30

Bob DiPiero

• "Take Me As I Am" - Faith Hill
• "Clear Blue Sky" - George Strait
• "World's Apart" - Vince Gill

Rodney Clawson

• "I Saw God Today" - George Strait
• "Lost In This Moment" - Big & Rich
• "Why" - Jason Aldean

Chris Wallin

• "Don't Blink" - Kenny Chesney
• "Love Me If You Can" - Toby Keith
• "Something To Be Proud Of" - Montgomery Gentry

Jonathan Singleton

• "Watching Airplanes" - Gary Allan
• "Don't" - Billy Currington

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2007

WHEN: Thursday, March 29

Keith Anderson

• "Every Time I Hear Your Name"
• "Podunk"

Bob DiPiero

• "Clear Blue Sky" - George Strait
• "World's Apart" - Vine Gill

Tony Mullins

• "How Forever Feels" - Kenny Chesney
• "Something's Gotta Give" - LeAnn Rimes

Jeffrey Steele

• "What Hurts the Most" - Rascal Flatts
• "Gone" - Montgomery Gentry

Craig Wiseman

• "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim McGraw
• "Believe" - Brooks & Dunn

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WHEN: Thursday, May 31

Thom Schuyler

• "Love Will Turn You Around" - Kenny Rogers
• "A Long Line of Love" - Paul Overstreet

Fred Knobloch

• "Meanwhile" - George Strait
• "If My Heart Had Wings" - Faith Hill

Tony Arata

• "The Dance" - Garth Brooks
• "Here I Am" - Patty Lovelace

Jelly Roll Johnson

• Harmonica Virtuoso, Played on Recordings by Kenny Chesney, Alison Krauss and more

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WHEN: Wednesday, July 18

Kix Brooks

• "Red Dirt Road" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Only In America" - Brooks & Dunn

Bob DiPiero

• "Cowboy's Like Us" - George Strait
• "Gone" - Montgomery Gentry

Brett James

• "Jesus Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood
• "When the Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney

Victoria Shaw

• "The River" - Garth Brooks
• "I Love the Way You Love Me" - John Michael Montgomery

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WHEN: Thursday, September 20

Bob DiPiero

• "Cowboy's Like Us" - George Strait
• "Gone" - Montgomery Gentry

Rivers Rutherford

• "Ain't Nothing About You" - Brooks & Dunn
• "When I Get Where I'm Going" - Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton

Victoria Shaw

• "The River" - Garth Brooks
• "I Love the Way You Love Me" - John Michael Montgomery

Gretchen Peters

• "Independence Day" - Martina McBride
• "The Secret Of Life" - Faith Hill

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WHEN: Thursday, October 4

Matraca Berg

• "Strawberry Wine" - Deana Carter
• "If I Fall You're Going Down With Me" - Dixie Chicks

Sarah Buxton

• "Stupid Boy" - Keith Urban
• "That Kind Of Day" - Sarah Buxton

Carolyn Dawn Johnson

• "Single White Female" - Chely Wright
• "Complicated" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Gretchen Peters

• "Independence Day" - Martina McBride
• "The Secret Of Life" - Faith Hill

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WHEN: Tuesday, November 6

Brett James

• "Jesus Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood
• "When the Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney

Carolyn Dawn Johnson

• "Single White Female" - Chely Wright
• "Complicated" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Rivers Rutherford

• "Ain't Nothing About You" - Brooks & Dunn
• "When I Get Where I'm Going" - Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton

Victoria Shaw

• "The River" - Garth Brooks
• "I Love the Way You Love Me" - John Michael Montgomery

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WHEN: Thursday, November 29

CMA Songwriters Series Salutes the Groups/Duos of Country Music

Al Anderson

• "Unbelievable" - Diamond Rio
• "Cowboy in Me" - Tim McGraw
• "Powerful Thing" - Trisha Yearwood
• "Big Deal" - LeAnn Rimes

Ronnie Bowman

• "Never Wanted Nothing More" - Kenny Chesney
• "The Healing Kind" - Lee Ann Womack

Bob DiPiero

• "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait
• "World’s Apart" - Vince Gill
• "Take Me As I Am' - Faith Hill

Chris Wallin

• "Love Me If You Can" - Toby Keith
• "Don’t Blink" - Kenny Chesney
• "Something To Be Proud Of" - Montgomery Gentry

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