Songwriter of the Year, Vern Dailey
(Songwriter with most winning songs in 2009.)
Read about Vern here: http://dsapress.blogspot.com/2010/08/legend-in-his-own-time.html
and Song of the Year, "It Was Easy For You" by Ray Phillips and Richard Davis. Second place was "You Shined on Me" by Phillips and Davis, and third was "Good and Faithful" by Stephen Blackwell.
Our Song of the Year judge this year is Terri Jo Box
Box was blessed with 3 top 10 singles on the Christian Country Charts, nominated for 1999 Female Vocalist of the Year and her single "Faith" was voted one of the top 15 Songs of the Year in 2000. With a dream of still "making it" in the Country world, she loaded up the U-haul and left Nacogdoches, Texas for Music City. TJ has been focusing primarily on her writing in the last couple of years..."its such a rush to finish one...they're all my favorites" She still has a dual passion for writing the song and then singing it to see how the audience reacts. She also books and hosts two weekly singer/songwriter nights, McGuinness Girls Night on Monday nights, at Dan McGuinness right on music row and Tuesday nights at the "The Rusty Nail" in Hermitage. http://www.myspace.com/terrijobox
JANUARY
Cross My Heart by Vern Dailey
FEBRUARY
Easy For You by Ray Philips and Richard Davis
MARCH
Shined On Me by Ray Phillips and Richard Davis
Look Beyond by Jerry Dobson
APRIL
Our Heaven On Earth by Vern Dailey
Always A Day Behind by Roger Russell and Bill Amos
MAY - no critiques
JUNE
First Place...Cross My Heart by Vern Dailey and Leslie Brooks
Tie for Second Place...Wishing In One Hand by Jerry Dobson and Daughter of Texas Wind by Morri Hartgraves
JULY
Which Side of My Heart by Vern Dailey
SEPT
Things I Don't Mind by Bob Paterno (The Stitts brothers proclaimed this one a hit)
Futile Attraction by Vern Dailey
OCT
Good and Faithful by Stephen Blackwell
He Was A Soldier by Justin and Jennifer Marler
NOV
I Can't by Justin Marler
Kissed You Goodbye by Vern Dailey and Sheryl Caddick