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Genre: Americana / Country / Folk Rock
Location NASHVILLE, Tennessee, US
Profile Views: 334592
Last Login: 12/26/2012
Member Since 4/14/2006
Website http://www.matracaberg.com
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....Thanks for visiting Matraca Berg's official MySpace page - we've posted some new information! Please note that Matraca Berg does not maintain this account or read the messages sent to the Inbox, so she can't personally reply to each and every one of you. However, please feel free to leave a comment, she does visit the page. Thanks for your support! .. .. .. .... “Now I want to make something that is absolutely, without a doubt, me. And I think I do know exactly what I want to sound like.” .... These words from Matraca Berg a few years ago suggested that something special was on the horizon. Matraca’s fans have been waiting to hear something new from this silken-voiced poet and singer and the wait is nearly over. Matraca is now in the studio working to create her album. The process is exciting and frightening, as she’s never exposed her artistic self quite so fully. .... Matraca Berg had her first No. 1 record as a songwriter at age 18. That, in turn, has qualified her to become one of the youngest Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees in history: To be eligible, a writer must have first achieved prominence at least 25 years ago. .... That first hit was “Faking Love,” as sung by T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks. In the years since, Berg’s songs have practically become the soundtrack of contemporary Nashville. Reba McEntire’s “The Last One to Know” (1987), Patty Loveless’ “I’m That Kind of Girl”(1991), Trisha Yearwood’s “Wrong Side of Memphis” (1992), Martina McBride’s “Wild Angels “(1996), the Dixie Chicks’ “If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me” (2001) and more than 50 other recordings of her songs have made her one of the most recorded composers in Music City. .... Matraca’s songs have been sung by Randy Travis, Faith Hill, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Linda Ronstadt, Tanya Tucker, Pam Tillis, Keith Urban, Dusty Springfield, Clint Black, Loretta Lynn and dozens of others. Her cowritten “Strawberry Wine,” as performed by Deana Carter, was named the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year in 1997. As if to top it all off, Gretchen Wilson’s recording of Matraca’s and Jim Collins' “I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today” received a 2007 Grammy nomination for Best Country Song. .... In addition, the songwriter issued three CDs in 1990-97, plus a 1999 compilation, that have brought her wide acclaim as a performer. She and fellow Nashville songwriter Marshall Chapman provided the songs for the 2000 theatrical production Good Ol’ Girls, which continues to be staged by regional repertory companies. As a backup vocalist she has recorded with Kris Kristofferson, Neil Young and many others. She appeared in the 1987 motion picture Made In Heaven and on the soundtrack of 1993’s The Thing Called Love. And in 2004, she added “producer” to her list of accomplishments by guiding the disc debut of Sony newcomer Christy Sutherland. .... “Making records has done more for my career than anything, I think,” says Matraca. “It raised my profile as a writer like nothing else. It was because of my records that Trisha and Martina and Faith and everyone recorded my songs. But none of my records was exactly like I wanted them to be.” .... The time has come for Matraca Berg to make the record she’s always wanted to make. That’s a good thing for her, a good thing for her fans, and a good thing for music. .... Please check back often for updates – thanks! ........ .. .. .. ...... Layout by ..CoolChaser.. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. ...... -
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Loretta Lynn, Bobby Gentry, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Tom Petty ... just to name a few. -
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Matraca Berg. Here's just a ..small.. sample of some of the songs she has written that others have recorded: "We Danced Anyway" and "Strawberry Wine" for Deana Carter, "Still Holdin' On" for Clint Black with Martina McBride, "If I Fall (You're Going Down With Me)" for the Dixie Chicks, "You Are the Storm" for Dusty Springfield, "You Give Me Love" and "You're Still Here" for Faith Hill, "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" for Gretchen Wilson, "The Killing Stone" for Hootie & The Blowfish, "Nobody Drinks Alone" for Keith Urban, "Baby Walk On" for Linda Ronstadt, "Baby's Blue Eyes" for Marie Osmond, "Working Girl" for both Terri Clark and Loretta Lynn, "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" and "Wild Angels" for Martina McBride, "The Last One to Know" for Reba McEntire, "Calico Plains" for Pam Tillis, "I'm That Kind of Girl", "On Your Way Home", "You Can Feel Bad" for Patty Loveless, "Hey Cinderella" , "Give Me Some Wheels" , "Somebody to Love" for Suzy Bogguss, "Everybody Knows", "Lying to the Moon", "Wrong Side of Memphis" and "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" for Trisha Yearwood.
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- Richard Harris8 months ago
Sending Lots of Love to you Today Matraca!
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP ...
"A FRIEND is someone who
UNDERSTANDS YOUR PAST,
BELIEVES in your FUTURE,
and ACCEPTS YOU just the WAY YOU ARE.”
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE, my friend
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com - Richard Harris1 year ago
Matraca ~ Make It a GREAT DAY my friend!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF LOVE ...
"You will find as you look back upon your LIFE
that the MOMENTS when you have REALLY LIVED
are the MOMENTS when you have DONE THINGS
in the SPIRIT OF LOVE."
~ Henry Drummond
THERE ARE FOUR QUESTIONS OF VALUE IN LIFE.
WHAT IS SACRED? OF WHAT IS THE SPIRIT MADE?
WHAT IS WORTH LIVING FOR, AND WHAT IS WORTH
DYING FOR? THE ANSWER TO EACH IS THE SAME.
ONLY LOVE.
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com - Richard Harris1 year ago
Thank You for Being a FRIEND !
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP ...
It has been said that VICTORY has a thousand fathers,
while DEFEAT is an orphan.
"REAL FRIENDSHIP is shown in TIMES OF TROUBLE;
PROSPERITY is FULL OF FRIENDS."
~ Euripedes
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND FRIENDSHIP!
A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
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Nashville Music Guide honors Christian Lamitschka http://www.countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/2012/02/nashville-music-guide-honors-christian.html
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The happy Valentine's day! I wish your of good luck and love! With love! Your friend.
- Richard Harris1 year ago
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Make GOOD THINGS HAPPEN today Matraca!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT PEACE OF MIND ...
"SUCCESS, HAPPINESS, PEACE OF MIND and
FULFILLMENT – the MOST PRICELESS of human
treasures – are available to all among us, without
exception, who MAKE THINGS HAPPEN – who
make ‘GOOD’ things happen – in the world around them."
~ Joe Klock
THERE IS NO GREATER JOY NOR GREATER REWARD
THAN TO MAKE A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE IN
SOMEONE'S LIFE!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen!
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