Songwriters MeetUp with Brady Beal

Dearest Lyric and Melody Writers,

Brady Beal talks about playing guitar with Universal/MCA recording artist Parker McCollum, opening for George Strait, and others, and, of course, his days in Marble Falls, Texas. Beal’s songs are unique, passionate, and energetic, leaving listeners with a lasting impression, whether they are rousing anthems or tender ballads. He was recently signed to Armadillo Records, an Austin label that has been a large part of Texas, and therefore international, music history.

The podcast taping occurs every third Sunday of the month in downtown Marble Falls, Texas at Brass Hall, 909 3rd Street. We invite novices and masters, performers and listeners alike, to the Songwriters MeetUp, as we celebrate legends from the Marble Falls area, including Floyd Tillman, a CMA Hall of Fame inductee, Willie Nelson, whose children attended school in Marble Falls, and Oscar J. Fox, born in Burnet County, who composed music for some of the most famous cowboy songs of all time.

May's guest is B.B. Morse, who has ties to the legends we celebrate at Songwriters MeetUp. Many, in our own community, are not aware that Floyd Tillman, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984, resided in our area from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Why should he be remembered? He wrote songs that were recorded by country superstars (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Eddy Arnold, Gene Autry, for example), pop icons (The Supremes, Bing Crosby, Marie Osmond, to name a few), jazz and blues legends (Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles), rock and roll stars (Les Paul & Jerry Lee Lews), and folk heroes (John Prine and Bob Dylan). While he lived in Marble Falls, he co-founded Floyd Tillman’s Pickin’n in the Park.