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Brett James — the singer-songwriter greatest identified for his collaborations with Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, and Taylor Swift — has handed away.
He was simply 57 years previous.
Singer/ Songwriter Brett James performs throughout a rehearsal for the upcoming performace with the Boston Pops June,13,14 & 15. (Photograph by Rick Diamond/Getty Pictures)
Brett James, two others killed in horrific accident
The identities of the 2 different passengers haven’t but been revealed.
In line with WTVF, the FAA and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board are investigating the crash. We hope to have extra data quickly.
James was an novice pilot, but it surely’s not clear if he was flying the airplane.
Brett James performs onstage throughout SiriusXM’s The Music Row Blissful Hour Dwell On The Freeway From Margaritaville on June 12, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photograph by Jason Davis/Getty Pictures for SiriusXM)
On social media, music trade figures throughout the nation are mourning James, who has lengthy loved a repute as considered one of nation’s most proficient songwriters.
An epic profession reduce quick
James’ many credit embody Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel,” Swift’s “A Perfectly Good Heart,” Brantley Gilbert’s “Bottoms Up,” and Rascal Flatts’ “Summer Nights.”
James attended medical faculty earlier than dropping out in his second yr to pursue songwriting full-time.
He launched a self-titled album in 1995, and over the following eight years, 5 of his singles reached Billboard’s nation chart.
Within the 2000s, James turned his consideration to writing songs for different artists, collaborating with such large names as Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, and Bon Jovi.
Brett James performs in the course of the 2013 CMA Songwriters Collection on the CMA Theater on November 5, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photograph by Terry Wyatt/Getty Pictures)
James is credited with a complete of 27 number-one nation hits, with Dierks Bentley’s “I Hold On” being considered one of his most up-to-date smashes.
“Rest in peace, pal,” Bentley stated of James on Thursday, in line with the New York Submit. “Total stud. Fellow aviator. One of the best singer-songwriters in our town….total legend.”
Bentley went on to credit score James with serving to him course of the dying of his father by music.
“I brought a couple of roughly sketched verse ideas of ‘I Hold On’ to Brett after my dad died and he just did his thing. The chorus is all him. When I sing that song live, I’m always thinking of my dad, but I also think about that day we wrote it. Prayers for his family,” Bentley stated.
James was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2020.
Our ideas exit to his family members throughout this enormously tough time.
