{"id":5751,"date":"2015-12-18T10:25:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T10:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/12\/18\/legendary-nashville-songwriter-even-stevens-offers-backstage-view-of-the-music-business-in-new-autobiography\/"},"modified":"2015-12-18T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T10:25:53","slug":"legendary-nashville-songwriter-even-stevens-offers-backstage-view-of-the-music-business-in-new-autobiography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/12\/18\/legendary-nashville-songwriter-even-stevens-offers-backstage-view-of-the-music-business-in-new-autobiography\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Nashville Songwriter Even Stevens Offers Backstage View Of The Music Business In New Autobiography"},"content":{"rendered":"


Someday I\u2019m Gonna Rent This Town (Heritage Builders Publishing, ISBN# 978-1-941437-92-6, $22.95, November 2015), is a peek behind Nashville\u2019s musical curtain, written with humor and truth, revealing the struggles and glories of life as a hit songwriter. From Eddie Rabbitt\u2019s \u201cI Love a Rainy Night,\u201d to Dr. Hook\u2019s \u201cWhen You\u2019re in Love with a Beautiful Woman,\u201d the creative process is laid bare for all to see. Welcome to the odd world of legendary songwriter Even Stevens.
How does a preacher\u2019s kid from a small farm town in Ohio, arrive in a beat-up mail truck with forty bucks in his pocket, survive on the cold, lonely streets of Nashville and end up as BMI\u2019s Songwriter of the Century? In Someday I\u2019m Gonna Rent This Town, Even Stevens offers a backstage view of the music business, revisiting the rejection, false promises, inspiring creative characters and money-grubbing bottom feeders he met along the way: The drugged-up record label executive . . . The Tina Turner \u201cmistake\u201d . . . Hey! Clint Eastwood\u2019s at the door! . . . and other life changing brushes with the famous (and infamous). <\/p>\n

Even Stevens\u2019 songs have been recorded by: Joe Cocker, Tim McGraw, Eddie Rabbitt, Martina McBride, George Jones, Julio Iglesias, Kenny Chesney, Conway Twitty, Elvis Costello, J.D. Souther, Sammie Smith, B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee, Engelbert Humperdinck, Blake Shelton, Marilyn McCoo, Tom Jones, Shel Silverstein, Mac Davis, The Oak Ridge Boys, Steel Pulse, Micky Gilley, Lacy J. Dalton, Ricky Skaggs, Crystal Gayle, Trace Adkins, Glen Campbell, Alabama, Kim Carnes, Paul Davis, Kenny Rogers, Dr. Hook, The London Symphony and even The Chipmunks.<\/p>\n

Thirteen of Even Stevens\u2019 songs have reached the revered status of BMI Millionaire, representing more than 143 years of consecutive radio airplay.<\/p>\n

Even Stevens\u2019 legendary songwriting, music producing and entrepreneurial career spans many years and stylistic borders, from the multi-platinum international hit, \u201cWhen You\u2019re in Love with a Beautiful Woman\u201d by Dr. Hook, to the three-week #1 smash, \u201cI Love a Rainy Night\u201d by long-time writing partner and superstar, Eddie Rabbitt. Even Stevens\u2019 never-ending list of awards and accomplishments includes an unprecedented 53 BMI Awards, a Big Apple Advertising Award, BMI\u2019s Robert J. Burton Award, Song of the Year for \u201cSuspicions\u201d by Eddie Rabbitt, ASCAP\u2019s Most Played Song of the Year for \u201cLove Will Turn You Around\u201d by Kenny Rogers, and the distinction of being named BMI\u2019s Songwriter of the Century. Even Stevens lives in Carthage, IN.<\/span><\/p>\n

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