Steve Seskin
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Steve Seskin is an American songwriter whose compositions have been recorded by Alabama
, Kenny Chesney
, Peter Frampton
, Waylon Jennings
, Brian McComas
, Neal McCoy
, Tim McGraw
, John Michael Montgomery
, Colin Raye, Tebey
and Mark Wills
. The debut single from McGraw
's Set This Circus Down, “Grown Men Don’t Cry”, was nominated for a 2002 Grammy award and also garnered the #1 position on the Billboard Country Single Chart in June, 2005. Seskin also is known for performing at schools in support of a tolerance program named after a song he wrote performed by Peter, Paul and Mary
, the Operation Respect/Don’t Laugh at Me project.
Seskin began his songwriting career when he moved to San Francisco in 1972. Crystal Gayle
suggested that Seskin go to Nashville. During his first visit there in 1985, Seskin began with only one appointment with an ASCAP executive who subsequently arranged Seskin appointments with several publishers. Himself a performer, Seskin has recorded 17 CDs for his own label. In performance he occasionally repeats a line first said by Michael Laskow introducing Seskin at TAXI's convention: "He is a man who has really truly proved that you can grow up in New York, live in San Francisco, and still become a major player in Nashville."
Seskin splits his time between touring, Nashville and Northern California.
Alabama (band)
Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...
, Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney
Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S...
, Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...
, 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...
, Brian McComas
Brian McComas
Brian McComas is an American country music artist. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2001, McComas charted two minor singles in 2001 and 2002. A year later, he switched to Lyric Street Records, charting the Top Ten single "99.9% Sure " on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks...
, Neal McCoy
Neal McCoy
Hubert Neal McGaughey, Jr. is an American country music singer of mixed Irish and Filipino descent. Known professionally as Neal McCoy, he has released ten studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio...
, Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
, John Michael Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" and "Sold "...
, Colin Raye, Tebey
Tebey
Tebey is a Canadian country music singer and multi-genre songwriter. His only chart hit to date is 2003's "We Shook Hands ", a #47 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and a Top 5 single on the Canadian country music charts...
and Mark Wills
Mark Wills
Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well...
. The debut single from McGraw
Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
's Set This Circus Down, “Grown Men Don’t Cry”, was nominated for a 2002 Grammy award and also garnered the #1 position on the Billboard Country Single Chart in June, 2005. Seskin also is known for performing at schools in support of a tolerance program named after a song he wrote performed by Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk-singing trio whose nearly 50-year career began with their rise to become a paradigm for 1960s folk music. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers...
, the Operation Respect/Don’t Laugh at Me project.
Seskin began his songwriting career when he moved to San Francisco in 1972. Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...
suggested that Seskin go to Nashville. During his first visit there in 1985, Seskin began with only one appointment with an ASCAP executive who subsequently arranged Seskin appointments with several publishers. Himself a performer, Seskin has recorded 17 CDs for his own label. In performance he occasionally repeats a line first said by Michael Laskow introducing Seskin at TAXI's convention: "He is a man who has really truly proved that you can grow up in New York, live in San Francisco, and still become a major player in Nashville."
Seskin splits his time between touring, Nashville and Northern California.
External links
- www.steveseskin.com - Official website
- www.dontlaugh.org - Operation Respect/Don’t Laugh at Me project