Songwriter Spotlight: Kent Blazy

Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer, Kent Blazy, has written 16 Country Top 40 hits including 4 Country Number One songs, but his road to songwriting success was not easy. Inspired by Bob Dylan and Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, he fronted his own touring band in the mid-70s, when after winning a Nashville songwriting contest and he moved there and had an initial hit with Gary Morris “Headed For A Heartache.” After numerous artists recorded his songs without cracking the Top 40 in the 80s and contemplating quitting the songwriting business, he teamed up with a “demo” singer named Garth Brooks and they wrote “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” “Somewhere Other Than The Night,” and “Ain’t Goin Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)” all of which Garth sang and took to #1. Kent never thought about quitting songwriting again.

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