SGA Special Event:

Wednesday, August 26, 6 p.m.
SGA Bluebird Showcase (Nashville)
Bluebird Café, Nashville (Open to the Public)

The Songwriters Guild will sponsor a fabulous showcase at the famed Bluebird Café, 4104 Hillsboro Pike, on Wednesday, August 26 at 6 p.m. Special guests will be Kirsti Manna, Jeff Spence, Katelyn Pope and Danny Myrick.

To reserve your seat, please go to www.bluebirdcafe.com. There is a minimum $7 drink/meal fee for the early show and $1.50 reservation fee (per person) if you make a reservation. First come-first-served seating is available at the bar and on the back benches.

Kirsti Manna's 5 week Billboard #1 smash hit, "Austin" introduced Blake Shelton to country radio. She is a Nashville-based songwriter/publisher/producer and an actress with numerous credits that include creating and starring in her own national children's TV show, "Kirsti's Manor" viewed by 34 million homes.

Her latest venture, "Songwriter Girl" (www.songwritergirl.com) is an online newsletter/video blog and she hosts all-girl events called "Songwriter Girl Camp," bringing together girls of all ages to be inspired and focus on learning more about writing better songs, gaining confidence as writers and performer, arming the attendees with the tools needed to work in the music industry.



Katelyn Pope is a 14 year old singer, musician and songwriter from Powder Springs, Ga. She began writing lyrics at 8 and got the songwriting bug at 12 after attending a Nashville songwriter's workshop. A member of Georgia Country and Gospel Association.

She splits her time between home and Nashville, performing and writing with some of Nashville's great songwriters.



Danny Myrick grew up the son of a South Mississippi preacher singing in a gospel family band. He recorded his first album at the age of 7. In 1992 Danny co-founded and sang lead for country band Western Flyer, which produced the Top 40 Myrick-penned hits "Western Flyer" and "Cherokee Highway" as well as the Top 30 hit "What Will You Do With M.E.

After Western Flyer, Danny turned his focus to songwriting and eventually signed with Jeffrey Steele's 3 Ring Circus Music. He has sung numerous songwriter demos for writers such as Bob Dipiero, Craig Wiseman, Dave Berg and Bobby Braddock and has provided background vocals on albums by Montgomery Gentry, Keith Anderson and Blake Shelton among others.

Danny now writes for Root 49 Music and works as a writer and/or producer with numerous talented artists including Bridgette Tatum, Alice Peacock, Kate and Kacey and the Jane Dear Girls. Danny has had numerous cuts including Craig Morgan's "International Harvester", Big and Rich's "LOUD", recent #1 hit "She's Country" by Jason Aldean and Gloriana's upcoming single, "How Far Do You Wanna Go".

Jeff Spence, a St. Louis native moved to California in 2000 to pursue a career in music production. Two years later he found himself on the road mixing live sound and road-managing for a Christian rock artist. With a passion for a singer/songwriter career brewing in his downtime, he moved to Nashville the summer of 2004 to pursue songwriting full-time.

Jeff hooked up with friend Danny Myrick (Root 49 Music) and slowly began to build relationships in the Nashville songwriting community. Two years later, his 6-song EP, the “Redwood Queen” landed in the hands of Missi & Byron Gallimore and the opening song on the record “Color” was cut by Faith Hill. His soulful mix of Pop, Country and R&B has continued to land him time in the room with some of Nashville and L.A.’s most respected writers.