Hitmakers Series with Dylan Altman, Matt Warren & Pat McLaughlin $20- 12.18.25

Dylan Altman

Dylan Altman has been writing songs & performing in Nashville since 1995. He has had three #1 songs: Tim McGraw’s “Watch The Wind Blow By,” Jake Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” and Jason Aldean’s “Take A Little Ride.”  Other artists who have recorded Altman’s songs include Eric Paslay, Chase Bryant, Joe Nichols, Eli Young Band, Gloriana, Jennette McCurdy, Trace Adkins, Will Hoge, Gabe Dixon, John King, JT Hodges, The Almost, Ted Russell Kamp, Hayden Panettiere and Jonathan Jackson.

Matt Warren

Matt Warren was born in Nashville, TN. He is a graduate of Gallatin Senior High & has a BS degree in Education from Middle Tennessee State University. He first debuted into the Nashville music scene as an artist in 1996 when he & his band, 40 East, signed a deal with the Nashville booking agency Crescent Moon Talent & began a fall tour of the southeast region. The band broke up before they could make a record. His next endeavor as an artist was with his band Papa Joe in 2001. They released their debut record, "Storybook Ending", on an independent record label. In 2002, Warren made his professional staff writer debut onto Music Row's elite published songwriter scene when he signed his first deal with House of Fame in Muscle Shoals, AL. Matt's first cut as a House of Fame writer was “Puttin’ Memories Away”, co-written with Gary Allan & featured on the Oprah Winfrey show when Gary was her guest. Warren is the recipient of 2 ASCAP Awards for most spins in a year (2009, 2013). In 2009, he won the ASCAP award for the top 10 hit "Learning How to Bend". In 2013, he co-wrote the ASCAP award winning #1 smash hit & all-time biggest selling Gary Allan single ever, "Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)", which was also nominated for the 2014 ACM song of the year award. He has had songs recorded by Americana music icon Jim Lauderdale & by Pittsburgh blue collar rock legend & Bruce Springsteen co-writer & band mate, Joe Grushecky. He also co-wrote the lead single from the 2017 “Got Soul” record by Robert Randolph & The Family Band called “L-O-V-E Love Let It Do What It Do” which featured country star Darius Rucker & was a 2018 Grammy nominated record for Robert Randolph & the Family Band in the “Blues record of the year” category. Warren continues to work on his own artistry & put out his record "Self- titled" in the spring of 2014 on his own independent record label United We Jam Records with his business partners Daniel Loper & Alan Bradshaw. "Self-titled" is produced by Grammy, CMA & ACM multi-award winning musician & artist Tom Bukovac. It was tracked by Grammy Award winning engineer/producer Justin Niebank & mixed by Grammy Award winning engineer/producer Mills Logan. Matt’s band features Steve Gorman on drums (The Black Crowes, Trigger Hippy), Audley Freed on guitar (Black Crowes, Sheryl Crow), Tom Bukovac on guitar, slide guitar & keys (John Fogerty, Trigger Hippy), Michael Rhodes on bass (Ray Charles, Willie Nelson), John Lancaster on piano, Rhodes & Nord (Gary Allan, Will Hoge), Johnny Neel on Hammond B-3 & piano (Allman Brothers, Blue Floyd), Nick Buda on drums (Col. Bruce Hampton & The Code Talkers, Hank Williams Jr.), Jedd Hughes on guitar & beer (Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris) & Pat McLaughlin on guitar (Johnny Cash, The Subdudes). The record features vocalists Hillary Lindsey, Sarah Buxton, & Pat McLaughlin.

Pat McLaughlin

Pat McLaughlin, a Nashville-based songwriter originally from Waterloo, Iowa, first gained prominence in the late 1970s after relocating to Music City, where he honed his craft blending country, R&B, and rock influences. His breakthrough came in 1987 when Steve Wariner's recording of McLaughlin's "Lynda" topped the country charts, earning him his first BMI Country Award. This was followed by another major hit in 1992 with "Tell Me About It," a duet by Tanya Tucker and Delbert McClinton that also secured a BMI award and marked a rare mainstream success for the understated tunesmith. Throughout the 1980s and '90s, McLaughlin amassed around 40 cuts by artists including Alan Jackson ("It's Alright to Be a Redneck") and blues legend Taj Mahal, while releasing his own acclaimed albums like the 1988 Capitol debut Pat McLaughlin and the independently issued Get Out and Stay Out (1995), produced by Mitchell Froom.

McLaughlin's legacy deepened through his profound collaboration with John Prine, co-writing several tracks for Prine's 2018 album The Tree of Forgiveness, including the poignant "Summer's End," which won the 2019 Americana Music Association Song of the Year. Their partnership peaked posthumously with "I Remember Everything," Prine's final recorded song, which claimed the 2021 Grammy for Best American Roots Song. A versatile session guitarist known for his signature "chunking" rhythm style, McLaughlin contributed to landmark recordings, including Johnny Cash's final American Recordings sessions, and has performed alongside icons like Prine and in bands such as Tiny Town (1998). Despite his preference for live gigs over the spotlight, his soulful songcraft has cemented him as a revered figure in Nashville's songwriter community.

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