Daryl Burgess-Staff Songwriter

Daryl Burgess is a Vancouver, Canada native who has called Nashville, Tennessee home since 1995. Prior to moving to Music City, Daryl landed his first number one hit (Just Came Back) - Colin James, which was awarded a Canadian Juno for single of the year in 1990. Right after arriving in Nashville, Daryl had several singles such as (This Heartache Never Sleeps) - Mark Chesnutt, (Never In A Million Tears) - T. Graham Brown, (I'm Diggin' It) - Alicia Elliot and (The Bride) - Trick Pony. During his years on Music Row, Daryl has penned songs for EMI Music Group, BMG Music Publishing, Stage Three and noted producer Mark Bright's Springfish Publishing.

Daryl is an accomplished drummer who tours with Mark Selby in the U.S. and abroad. He is a sought after recording session musician in Nashville, who also plays guitar and keyboards in addition to his work as a studio vocalist.

His collaborations include such names as: Will Jennings, Alanis Morissette, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Krekel, Lance Miller, Trent Willmon, Mark Collie, Randy Houser, Bryan White and Gretchen Wilson. His songs have been recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Joe Dee Messina, Irma Thomas, Paul Dean of Loverboy, Reba McEntire, Jamie O'Neal, Australian artist Rick Price and French Superstar Johnny Halliday.

Daryl's most recent cuts include recordings by John Michael Montgomery, Hank Williams Jr., Randy Houser, Van Zant and Angela Hacker. Daryl received the 2007 SOCAN Country Song of the Year award for "Big Wheel" recorded by Aaron Pritchett.

Daryl Burgess is now the cornerstone writer for Rich N Rare Music, which is the ASCAP publishing company for Artist & Repertoire, LLC, owned by Jeff Teague. Jeff is very excited about Daryl and what the future holds with the creative abilities the talented singer/songwriter brings to their organization.

Other Songwriters:

Our artists and songwriters have had the opportunity to co-write with many talented artists including:

• Randy Houser ("Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"-Trace Adkins, "Back That Thing Up"-Justin Moore, "My Cowboy"-Jessie James)
• Bo Bice (American Idol)
• Joanna Cotten
• Cledus T. Judd ("I Love NASCAR"-Cledus T. Judd)
• Sierra Noble
• Zac Hacker (Nashville Star)

A&R's relationships have also provided songwriting opportunities with a wide variety of notable writers including:

• Chuck Cannon ("Dreamwalkin'" "Me Too" "How Do You Like Me Now?" "American Soldier"-Toby Keith, "I Love the Way You Love Me"-John Michael Montgomery)
• Clint Daniels ("Brokenheartsville"-Joe Nichols, "Roll With Me"-Montgomery Gentry, "God Must Be Busy"-Brooks and Dunn)
• Greg Crowe ("Lonely and Gone"-Montgomery Gentry, "Little Did I Know"-Sammy Kershaw, "Don't Send the Invitation"-Adam Gregory, "What it Takes"-Adam Gregory)
• Kim Tribble ("One In Every Crowd"-Montgomery Gentry, "A Feeling Like That"-Gary Allan, "It's My Time"-Martina McBride, "People Like Us"-Aaron Tippin)
• Kim Williams ("Three Wooden Crosses"-Randy Travis, "While You Loved Me"-Rascal Flatts, "Ain't Goin' Down Til the Sun Comes Up"-Garth Brooks)
• Mark Selby ("There's Your Trouble"-Dixie Chicks)
• Roxie Dean("Why They Call it Falling"-Lee Ann Womack, "When I Think About Angels"-Jamie O'Neal)
• Trent Willmon("Back When I Knew It All"-Montgomery Gentry, "Keep On Lovin' You"-Steel Magnolia)
• Billy Montana("More than a Memory"-Garth Brooks, "House of a Thousand Dreams"-Martina McBride, "Suds in the Bucket"-Sarah Evans, "Bring On The Rain"-Tim McGraw, JoDee Messina)
• Jim Lauderdale("I Gotta Get To You" "TWANG"-George Strait, "Hole in My Head"-Dixie Chicks, "You Didn't Seem to Miss Me"-Patty Loveless and George Jones)
• James House ("Broken Wing"-Martina McBride, "This Is Me Missing You"- James House")
• Thom McHugh ("Go the Distance"-Faith Hill, "Don't Happen Twice"-Kenny Chesney, "Holdin' You"-Gretchen Wilson, "More"-Trace Adkins, "Once You've Loved Somebody"-Dixie Chicks, "This Is Me"-Randy Travis)
• Buck Moore ("One for the Money"-T.G. Sheppard, "Paint Me a Birmingham"-Tracy Lawrence, "The Boy"-Randy Travis, "Ain't Wastin' Good Whiskey On You"-Heidi Newfield/Trick Pony, "Angels"-Randy Travis, "The Nashville Scene"-Hank Williams Jr.)