Award winning writers’ gospel concert Nov. 12 at St. Andrew by the Sea

Award winning writers’ gospel concert Nov. 12 at St. Andrew by the Sea
In conjunction with the Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival, St. Andrew by the Sea will present a gospel concert featuring three award winning Nashville songwriters (Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson & Jerry Salley) on Sunday, November 12 at 2 p.m. The concert is free and everyone in the community is encouraged to attend, as hese songwriters create beautiful, inspiring music together and separately. The church is located at 17263 Fort Morgan Rd. in Gulf Shores.
Referred to by Billboard Magazine as “One of Music Row’s greatest veteran tunesmiths,” Jerry Salley has had an incredibly successful songwriting career. The 2003 SESAC Country Music Songwriter of the Year, Jerry has had over 450 songs recorded in his multi-award winning career. To date Jerry’s songs have sold in excess of 15.5 million records worldwide. Writing and singing in Nashville since 1982, he has written multiple hits in Country, Bluegrass and Gospel Music and may well be the most successful songwriter to have earned equal recognition from all three genres of music
Born and raised on a small farm in eastern Kentucky, Kentucky Music Hall of Fame member, Larry Cordle’s songwriting career was launched in the summer of 1983 when childhood friend, neighbor and musical prodigy, Ricky Skaggs recorded Larry’s song “Highway Forty Blues,” which went to #1. His songs have appeared on projects that have to date sold 55 million records. He Give Me Jesus album received a 2017 IBMA Gospel Recorded Event of the Year nomination for the title track.
By the time he was eight years old, Carl Jackson was on his way to being an accomplished musician, thanks to his father’s influence and a burning desire. For a number of years he worked with Glen Campbell who described Carl as “the greatest banjo player in the world.”
During his year’s with Campbell he started to work on his vocal and songwriting abilities as well as his musicianship. Hundreds of Carl’s songs have been recorded with sales in excess of 40 million units. As a vocalist you can hear him on recordings with practically every big name in the business. His career has seen him receive substantial critical acclaim for his work as a producer. One of Carl’s finest production successes is entitled “Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’ – Songs of the Louvin Brothers” which was the 2003 Grammy winner for Country Album of the Year. He also has three performances on the album. In 2013, he released “Grace Notes,’’ a beautiful collection of hymns played on twelve different guitars.