Max D. Barnes
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Max D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.
As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career. Artists like George Jones
("Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes"), Waylon Jennings
("Drinkin' and Dreamin'"), Conway Twitty
("Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night"), Keith Whitley
("Ten Feet Away"), Randy Travis
("I Won't Need You Anymore [Forever and Always]"), Vern Gosdin
("Way Down Deep," "Slow Burnin' Memory"), Pam Tillis ("Don't Tell Me What to Do"), and Vince Gill
("Look at Us") have recorded his songs, as have many others. He has had a couple of minor hits, most notably "Allegheny Lady" in the mid-'70s.
Barnes was a BMI Award-winning songwriter and a writing partner of Harlan Howard, Merle Haggard
, Vince Gill
, his son Max T. Barnes
, and sister Ruthie Barnes Steele.
Other hits included "Look at Us" (Vince Gill), "Thank God For the Radio" (The Kendalls
), "Joe Knows How To Live" (Eddy Raven
), "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" (George Jones), "I Won't Need You Anymore" and "If I Didn't Have You" (Randy Travis), "Ten Feet Away" (Keith Whitley) "Don't Tell Me What to Do" (Pam Tillis
), "I've Got It Made" (John Anderson), "Chiseled In Stone," "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)" and "This Ain't My First Rodeo
" (Vern Gosdin).
Barnes was a two-time winner of the Country Music Association's prestigious Song of the Year prize: in 1998 for "Chiseled In Stone," co-written with Gosdin, and in 1992 for "Look At Us," co-written with Gill. He was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and AMERICAN OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME along with his sister Ruthie Barnes Steele in 2006.
As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career. Artists like George Jones
George Jones
George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
("Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes"), Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...
("Drinkin' and Dreamin'"), Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
("Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night"), Keith Whitley
Keith Whitley
Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters...
("Ten Feet Away"), Randy Travis
Randy Travis
Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
("I Won't Need You Anymore [Forever and Always]"), Vern Gosdin
Vern Gosdin
Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his...
("Way Down Deep," "Slow Burnin' Memory"), Pam Tillis ("Don't Tell Me What to Do"), and Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
("Look at Us") have recorded his songs, as have many others. He has had a couple of minor hits, most notably "Allegheny Lady" in the mid-'70s.
Barnes was a BMI Award-winning songwriter and a writing partner of Harlan Howard, Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
, Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
, his son Max T. Barnes
Max T. Barnes
Max T. Barnes is a country music singer, songwriter, studio musician, and producer. He is the son of songwriter Max D. Barnes. He has written songs on albums that have sold over 20 million records. He currently writes for Ray Stevens Music publishing and lives in Hendersonville,...
, and sister Ruthie Barnes Steele.
Other hits included "Look at Us" (Vince Gill), "Thank God For the Radio" (The Kendalls
The Kendalls
The Kendalls was an American country music duo, consisting of Royce Kendall and his daughter Jeannie Kendall . Between the 1960s and 1990s, they released sixteen albums on various labels, including five on Mercury Records...
), "Joe Knows How To Live" (Eddy Raven
Eddy Raven
Edward Garvin Futch is an American country music artist known professionally as Eddy Raven. Known for his Cajun-influenced country music, Raven has been a recording artist since 1962...
), "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" (George Jones), "I Won't Need You Anymore" and "If I Didn't Have You" (Randy Travis), "Ten Feet Away" (Keith Whitley) "Don't Tell Me What to Do" (Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis
Pamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis....
), "I've Got It Made" (John Anderson), "Chiseled In Stone," "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)" and "This Ain't My First Rodeo
This Ain't My First Rodeo
"This Ain't My First Rodeo" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in July 1990 as the lead single from his album, 10 Years of Greatest Hits.-Background:...
" (Vern Gosdin).
Barnes was a two-time winner of the Country Music Association's prestigious Song of the Year prize: in 1998 for "Chiseled In Stone," co-written with Gosdin, and in 1992 for "Look At Us," co-written with Gill. He was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and AMERICAN OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME along with his sister Ruthie Barnes Steele in 2006.
BMI Awards list
- "Chiseled In Stone" - 1989 Country Award
- "Don't Take It Away" - 1980 Country Award
- "Don't Tell Me What To Do" - 1982 Country Award/Million-Air (2 million)
- "Drinkin' And Dreamin'" - 1986 Country Award
- "I Can t Love You Enough" - 1978 Country Award
- "I've Got It Made" - 1995 Country Award/Million-Air
- "I Won't Need You Anymore" - 1988 Country Award/Million-Air
- "If I Didn't Have You" - 1993 Country Award/Million-Air (2 million)
- "Joe Knows How To Live" - 1989 Country Award/Million-Air
- "Let Go Of The Stone" - 1993 Country Award/Million-Air
- "Look At Us" -- 1992 Country Award/Million-Air (2 million) - See Look at Us (song)Look at Us (song)"Look at Us" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in September 1991, it was the third single from the album Pocket Full of Gold. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
- "Ten Feet Away" - 1987 Country Award
- "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" -- 1982 Pop Award/1982 Country Award
- "Thank God For The Radio" - 1985 Country Award
- "That Just About Does It" - 1990 Country Award
- "Way Down Deep" - 1984 Country Award
- "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" - 1987 Country Award
- "Do You Believe Me Now" - Million-Air
Chart singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
||
| 1977 | "Allegheny Lady" | 97 |
| 1980 | "Dear Mr. President" | 88 |
| "Mean Woman Blues" | 79 | |
| "Cowboys Are Common as Sin" | 68 | |
| "Heaven on a Freight Train" | 88 | |
| 1981 | "Don't Ever Leave Me Again" | 84 |