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Buckeye Lake Winery Songwriter’s Festival
October 5 @ 4:00 pm - 11:59 pm
Buckeye Lake Winery is pleased to announce the annual Buckeye Lake Winery 2024 Songwriter Festival, Saturday October 5th. Buffet dinner also available for purchase.
Doors open at 4:00pm, Openers from 4:30-7pm, Headliners 7:30-9pm, “At It Again” after party band starts at 9:30pm.
Opening Acts: Dan Wallace, Kelsey Lamb, Taylor Goyette, Dane Louis, Sara Spicer
Headlinners: Brice Long, Trannie Anderson, Wynn Varble
After Party Band: At it Again Band
Brice has enjoyed a successful 25+ year music career. As a songwriter he has had well over 200 of his songs cut with artists such as Garth Brooks, George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Hank Williams Jr, Randy Houser, Josh Turner, Reba McEntire, Gary Allan, Chris Young, Jon Pardi, Cody Johnson, Casey James, Randy Travis, Trace Adkins, John Michael Montgomery and many more. Brice’s songwriting hits include the #1 singles “Heartache On The Dance Floor” by Jon Pardi and “Nothing On But The Radio” by Gary Allan. Randy Houser’s “Like a Cowboy”, a song that also garnered Brice a CMA nomination for Song of the Year. Other hits include Randy Houser’s debut single, “Anything Goes”, “Today” from Gary Allan, Casey James’ “Let’s Don’t Call It A Night” and Jon Pardi’s, “What I Can’t Put Down”. Brice Long is signed to Sony Music Publishing. He is a native of Hopkinsville, KY. His self-titled album is available wherever digital music is streamed and sold.
A product of Waco,Texas, Trannie Anderson has a knack for painting poetic lyrics set to dynamic, heartfelt melodies in a fresh yet timeless way. The ability to artfully walk the line of deeply authentic story telling has made her a key collaborator for many artists such as Lainey Wilson, Dan + Shay, Cole Swindell, Gabby Barrett, Nate Smith, Pentatonix, Reba McEntire, and many others. Trannie has had over 70 songs recorded & released by major label artists including Lainey Wilson’s award-winning #1 hit single “Heart Like A Truck” as well as her #1 hit single “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” along with 12 other songs that you can hear on the Grammy award winning album “Bell Bottom Country” and Lainey’s upcoming album “Whirlwind”. Trannie has also had songs placed in ads/tv shows with T-Mobile, Dodge Ram, Wranglers, Tractor Supply, Marshall’s, The CW, Netflix, and more.
Wynn came to love country music at a very young age. He discovered his father’s collection of classic country albums. He even traded his big brother’s “Grand Funk Railroad” for a copy of Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John”. He still has a scar to prove it. Around the age of 14 a neighbor named Ned Smith showed him a few chords on an old guitar. As soon as Wynn learned a few chords, he began to write his own songs.
Wynn says Willie Nelson taught him the rest from the “Red Headed Stranger” album.
After many years of playing in honkytonks, bars and feed store parking lots; he decided to make the move to Nashville. His first radio single was “Fit To Be Tied Down” by Sammy Kershaw. Since then he has had dozens of hits including three number ones…all three were nominated as Song Of The Year by either CMA or ACM and sometimes both. Those songs are: “Have You Forgotten” by Darryl Worley, “Waiting On A Woman” by Brad Paisley, and “I’m A Little More Country Than That” recorded by Easton Corbin.
Wynn received Nashville Songwriters Association’s Songwriter of the Year Award in 2009. Wynn has three songs on the new Garth Brooks CD “Man Against Machine”, including the current hit single, “Mom”. Wynn made his Grand Ole Opry debut in 2011. He has appeared on reality shows and had a weekly spot on the Joey and Rory Show on RFD TV for several years.
Wynn still writes songs every day and tours extensively. His latest CD “Portrait of My Father” is available now on Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming platforms. Some of his latest singles are “She Ain’t In It” by Jon Pardi and “Left Right” by Hannah Dasher.
Wynn is currently with BMG Music Publishing.