Steve Bogard

Steve Bogard's music career began at age 12 fronting his first band in Tampa, Fla. By the age of 19, Steve had a top 20 R&B hit on James Carr, "Freedom Train," and two cuts on A&M Records' soulful star Rita Coolidge. While in Memphis, Steve played guitar, sang background and toured extensively with both Charlie Rich and Jerry Lee Lewis. He was drawn to Nashville in 1981 when an 11-year-old song of his -- "Touch Me With Magic" -- became a Top 10 hit for Marty Robbins. To date, Steve has eight #1 Country songs among 18 ASCAP- and BMI-award winners, including George Strait's "Carried Away” and “Carrying Your Love With Me," Rascal Flatts' career-breaking "Prayin' For Daylight," Jack Ingram's “Wherever You Are” and Dierks Bentley’s “Every Mile A Memory,” a 2007 Grammy nominee for Country Song of the Year. Steve's co-written second single on Dierks is the title cut “Long Trip Alone.” Additional songwriting credits for Steve include Clay Walker's "If You Ever Feel Like Lovin' Me Again," BlackHawk's "There You Have It," Tanya Tucker's "Hangin' In," Steve Wariner's "A Woman Loves," Patty Loveless' "Jealous Bone," Eddy Raven's "Til You Cry," Reba McEntire's "New Fool At An Old Game" and Lee Greenwood's "Mornin' Ride." Steve also has cuts by Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Restless Heart, Lonestar, Alabama, The Oak Ridge Boys and Diamond Rio.