Puckett’s Gro. & Restaurant is hosting three talented musicians on Saturday night. Jim Parker, Victoria Banks and Phil Barton will take to the stage beginning at 8:30p. Cover charge is $12.
Jim Parker has hosted a Songwriter’s Showcase at the Von Braun Center in Hunstville, Alabama since 2005. He’s had huge personal success, when in 1978 he received ASCAP Songwriters Award for “I’ve Got A Feelin,” recorded by John Anderson on Warner Brothers Records. John Anderson’s first Warner Brothers release remained on Billboard’s National charts for 11 weeks peaking in the top 20s. In 1981 he also won BMI Songwriters Award for “Chicken Truck,” recorded by John Anderson on Warner Brothers Records. This song reached #8 in the nation on the Billboard country charts and is currently on John Anderson’s 1st Greatest Hits album.
Victoria Banks has been nominated for 11 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards and was named CCMA Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year in 2010. She has been labeled “one of the best songwriters in the business” by Nashville’s Music Row Magazine. In addition to releasing 3 albums and touring with artists from Reba to Wynonna, Victoria – who hails from Muskoka, Canada – has had an illustrious career as a songwriter, penning ASCAP, SOCAN, CCMA and Covenant-award-winning songs for over 50 artists. Her cuts include Jessica Simpson’s Billboard record- breaking single “Come on Over,” Sara Evans’ hit “Saints & Angels” & duet “Can’t Stop Loving You” (with Isaac Slade of the band The Fray), Johnny Reid’s CCMA Song of the Year “Dance With Me” and many more.
Originally from Australia, Phil Barton is a staff songwriter at Nashville’s Liz Rose Music. He chalked up his first #1 song with “A Woman Like You” (Lee Brice). Additional cuts include “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (Sara Evans); “She Rides Away” (David Nail); “Yeah Yeah Yeah” (Dustin Lynch), and songs recorded by Cassadee Pope, Tate Stevens, Thompson Square, Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton, and Rodney Atkins.
