Wednesday, February 25th
10:00am at MPAC
MBU/EIS/SNG 4000 credit available
www.curbcollege.info

On Wednesday, Feb. 25, Belmont University and the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business will welcome to the Insider's View stage the talented Kennedy family. The Kennedys-Jerry, Gordon, Bryan and Shelby-have all significantly impacted the music industry. Jerry, father of the Kennedy clan, spent more than three decades successfully playing guitar, producing records and working in Mercury Records' A&R department, eventually becoming vice president of Mercury Records' Nashville division in 1968 and later starting his own company, which produced the Statler Brothers among others. Eldest brother Gordon is an accomplished songwriter/performer, with album cuts on some of today's top-selling records, including Eric Clapton's "Change the World" which won a Grammy for "Song of the Year" in 1996. Bryan began his industry career plugging songs for his father, learning successful songwriting skills along leading to several hits on Garth Brooks records, including three No. 1 radio hits, "Good Ride Cowboy," "Beaches of Cheyenne," and "American Honky Tonk Bar Association." Youngest brother Shelby served as a key A&R man for Lyric Street records, directing the likes of Aaron Tippon, Rascal Flatts and SheDaisy, and later as Associate Director of Writer Relations at BMI. His credentials also include several years as a song plugger and numerous production, songwriting and studio background vocalist credits. Shelby now served as Sr. VP/COO of Cherry Heart Music. An accomplished songwriter, Kennedy received an ASCAP Most Performed Country Song Award for writing and publishing Reba's hit song, "I'm A Survivor." All three of the Kennedy brothers attended Belmont. Shelby, a 1985 alum, also serves as a professor in the Curb College.