‘June Round’

Mark Irwin – Here In The Real World (Live at The Circle Sessions)

Circle Sessions

On June 29th, 2011, Joe’s on Weed St & Black Label Booking presented the inaugural edition of The Circle Sessions. We were lucky enough to feature writers whose hits have spanned two decades – Mark Irwin, Shane McAnally, Brandy Clark & Andrew Dorff. Mark closed his part of the evening with this classic Alan Jackson song which he wrote some twenty years ago. You can find this song listed in…

Shane McAnnally

Shane M

Shane McAnally grew up playing opry’s and festivals all across his home state of Texas.  He competed on Ed McMahon’s Star Search as a teenager and released 2 independent projects before the age of 18.  After 2 years at The University of Texas in Austin, he moved to Nashville.  He signed his first publishing deal with Curb publishing at 19, and began recording for Curb/Universal records at 21.  His debut…

Mark Irwin

Mark Irwin

Songwriter Mark Irwin co-wrote Alan Jackson’s first number one hit “Here In The Real World”, a two time CMA Song of the Year nominee and winner of the Music City News’ Award for Song of the Year 1990. Aside from also having cuts on Alan’s CD “DRIVE”, Garth Brooks’ “THE LOST SESSIONS” and Jimmy Buffet’s recent “TAKE THE WEATHER WITH YOU”, Mark was a co-writer on the single, “That’s How…

Andrew Dorff

Andrew Dorff

Originally from Los Angeles, Andrew Dorff has come to Nashville all his life with his award-winning father, songwriter Steve Dorff. Over time he fell in love with the town and the Music Row community. While still in LA, Andrew recorded his first critically acclaimed record for Sony, “Hint of Mess”, and then toured internationally for several years. He admits that he is the only country writer to be better known…