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Alabama Music Office.com goes to the 30A Songwriters Festival 2014 in South Walton County, Florida. This was their 5th year and is one of the very best Songwriters Festivals that I have covered. Marla Cannon Goodman and Deric Ruttan were at Crush in Seaside to entertain.

Marla Cannon-Goodman grew up in Kingston Springs,TN. She grew up surrounded by some of the greatest songwriters in the business, with one of them being her own father, Buddy Cannon. Marla was working as a nurse when her song "The Fool", recorded by LeeAnn Womack, reached #1 on the country charts. She has had cuts by everyone from Sammy Kershaw, Billy Currington, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, and many others. Marla has twice more reached #1status with "Ten Rounds of Jose Cuervo" by Tracy Byrd, and "Cleaning This Gun" by Rodney Atkins.
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Deric Ruttan was raised just outside Bracebridge, Ontario, on land where his great grandfather made moonshine in the 1930's. It was the perfect backdrop for the singer/songwriter, who grew up listening to everything from CCR to Gordon Lightfoot to Johnny Cash. After touring with several country bar bands, Deric moved to Nashville, where his unique outlook and delivery attracted the attention and praise of songwriters Don Schlitz, Steve Earle, and Steve Bogard. Deric has had over three-dozen songs recorded, including cuts by Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Gary Allan, Joe Nichols, and The JaneDear Girls, to name a new. Bentley's chart-toppers "What Was I Thinkin'", (Billboard #1), and "Lot Of Leavin' Left To Do" (Radio & Records #2) are Ruttan co-writes, as are the Eric Church hits, "Guys Like Me" and "Hell On The Heart" (Mediabase #8). Since signing with THiS Music/Warner Chappell, Deric's songwriting star has continued to rise. In November 2013, he celebrated his first multi-week #1 song when "Mine Would Be You", recorded by country superstar and The Voice judge Blake Shelton, was a three-week number one (Billboard) for the artist. In his native Canada, Deric has written cuts and radio singles for Canadian hit makers Terri Clark, Paul Brandt, Doc Walker and Jason Blaine, among others. An ASCAP, SOCAN, and CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association) award winner, Deric regularly tours in Canada, where he has had 10 Top 10 singles as an artist, and 2 #1 videos on CMT Canada. His current, self-produced album (his fifth as an artist) Take The Week Off is his strongest collection of songs to date. The album was released on Oct. 15, 2013 on Deric's own independent label, Black T Records. He lives just outside Nashville, TN with his wife Margaret and their five children.
www.dericruttan.net
www.twitter.com/dericruttan
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