He has been referred to by Billboard Magazine as "One of Music Row's greatest veteran tunesmiths.” A multi-award-winning songwriter, he has had over 580 different songs recorded and his songs have sold in excess of 19 million records worldwide. He was a co-writer on a song that Chris Stapleton won a GRAMMY for last year for “Best Country Performance of the Year.” This past Friday he released a new album that is a gospel-bluegrass project, plus he has a GRAMMY nomination on his résumé as a producer in the Gospel Roots category. Internationally, he has written no less than nine Number 1 Country hits in Australia! He is even an eight-time Dove Award nominee in the country, bluegrass, and southern gospel categories. As an artist, he has performed worldwide and has had the honor of performing as a soloist many times on the world-famous Grand Ole Opry. Plus, he has sung as background vocalist for Linda Ronstadt on Late Night with David Letterman and NBC’s Today Show.