Welcome to the 34th Annual Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival

Thom and Coley McCabe Shepherd
Thom and Coley are award-winning songwriters, and a world-traveling
troubadour duo. They were both writing for Nashville publishing companies
in the same building when they met. Their first date was April Fool’s
Day, 2011, relocating to Texas later that year, and married by “Elvis” in
Las Vegas on October 23rd, 2015. Combined, over 100 of their songs have
been recorded by other artists. The authenticity and electricity of their
onstage chemistry as a Duo is unparalleled.
SONGWRITERS BIOS
Mark Sherrill
It’s been a good year for me since last year’s Frank Brown Festival. It all
started with William Michael Morgan recording a song that we wrote
called Lonesomeville. Then Gaylord Entertainment announced they were
going to open a chain of Ol’ Red Bar and Grill Restaurants, and if that
ain’t enough Sonny Throckmorton and I wrote a song called “Butterfly”
that Willie Nelson Recorded on his new CD Called “God’s Problem Child”
and it debuted at No. 1. Thank you, Jesus!
Donna Slater
Donna Slater has a mesmerizing vocal style best described as pure Americana
and is the perfect complement to her songwriting. Her spirit shines
strong through her originals as she bypasses the usual “love” songs and
ventures into reflections on domestic violence, addictions, Alzheimer’s
and navigating life’s temptations and challenges. Slater has performed her
eclectic mix of Country, Blues, Alt-Country and Bluegrass at 3rd Street
Songwriters, Mississippi Songwriters, Hwy 80, FBISF, Road to 3rd St-
Songs on Bayou and Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival.
Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith is critically acclaimed singer/songwriter, Music Row Songwriter
of the Year, a BMI, ASCAP and NSAI award winning songwriter.
He produced three Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot Country singles
and tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. As a songwriter Smith has had
over 250 songs recorded by other Nashville recording artist.
Gerald Smith
A prolific songwriter, Smith has penned No. 1 songs for Lorrie Morgan
and for Collin Raye. He has also had cuts by George Strait, George Jones,
Johnny Rodriquez, Clinton Gregory, Taylor Made and many more. In addition
to the country cuts, Gerald has also has 6 top 20 Christian Country
hits which he sang himself and five Country No. 1’s in the country genre
and by other artists. Gerald is presently writing for Melody Roundup Music
in Nashville.
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