Hit writers Round with TW Hale, Terry Thompson & Stacia Watkins- 9.27.24
TW Hale
TW Hale songs have been recorded by Reba McEntire (Why Haven’t I Heard From You), Joe Diffie (A Night To Remember), George Jones (Smack Dab In The Middle of Love), Randy Travis, Rhett Akins, Billy Ray Cyrus, Del McCoury, David Parmley and others. Beyond the songwriting is record producing, solo performing, writing for film and television, collaborating on musicals, and receiving industry accolades, including key awards from ASCAP.
TW, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, started out like many others with early performances in church choir, local garage bands, leads in musical theatre during high school. TW then went on to North Texas State University for a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in music.
It was his move to Nashville that set in motion TW’s on going achievements. Landing hit songs with some of country music’s biggest artists, and working with industry veteran Tom Harding to produce award-winning, chart-topping artists in their H2 Production company.
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Terry Thompson
Terry Thompson grew up along the banks of the Mississippi river in the southernmost part of Louisiana. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance at Louisiana Tech University, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career as a singer and songwriter.
He has had songs recorded by Mel McDaniel and Ed Bruce and has toured extensively across the United States as well as countries such as Japan, Korea, the Phillipines, Ukraine, Okinawa, Australia,and Guam with such groups as "America", "Three Dog Night", and "Charly McClain". He as also opened for such acts as "The Everly Brothers", "John Prine","Ray Price" and "The Kentucky Headhunters" and "Skip Ewing". Terry has also worked as a comedian and actor with numerous stage, television and commercial appearances to his credit.
When not working on music, he enjoys woodworking, metalworking, cooking and fly fishing.
Stacia Watkins
With a combination of Southern sass and powerhouse vocals, Stacia is taking the Nashville music scene by storm. Born and raised in Valdosta, GA, Stacia honed her stage skills by performing at every fair, festival, and funeral this side of the Mason Dixon Line from the time she was four years old.
While working for a local producer in Valdosta as a demo singer/background vocalist/phone call maker/coffee grabber, Stacia began making plans to move to Atlanta to check out the music scene. This is where her love of songwriting began. The first solo song she wrote, I Believe, earned her a spot in the Top 32 for the CMT Unsigned Artist competition.
With this success under her belt, Stacia made the move to Nashville. The first week she was named the Best Buy Artist to Watch on the Billy Block Unsigned Artists show on 103.3 Nash FM and after just two months of being in town she was invited to play her first show at the legendary Bluebird Cafe.
That same year Stacia signed with Halestorm Publishing founded by T.W. Hale (writer of Reba’s Why Haven’t I Heard From You and Joe Diffie’s A Night To Remember). Since then, Stacia was handpicked to perform with Jennifer Nettles in New York City as a part of the ABC show Duet’s. In addition to Duet’s, Stacia also officially joined the Bluebird Cafe family, was invited to perform with Grammy Award winning producer Randy Khors (Jim Lauderdale) at The Station Inn, performed at Tin Pan South, was featured on WSM’s Opry Radio show Coffee, Country, and Cody, and opened for Joe Diffie on the road. Her song Rain Forever (Greg Friia/Pete Sallis/Watkins) debuted on 99.5 Kicks Country to over 500,000 listeners in the South Georgia/North Florida area.
Stacia released her debut EP, I Ain’t The Middle Of The Road, produced by T.W. Hale. The success of the EP brought Stacia the opportunity to do a promotional tour in the U.K. and Ireland and spawned two Top 20 singles. She’s now writing for her new project and looking forward to penning songs for other artists as well.
Show at 6:00 pm, no cover, tips appreciated, call 615-794-5527 for dinner reservations.