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Marc-Alan Barnette has been a veteran of the “trenches” of Nashville since 1984.

Photo by Dan Harr

Barnette performs regularly at the world-famous Bluebird Café, Douglas Corner, The Broken Spoke, Frank Brown Songwriter’s Festival, BB King's (Nashville) and NSAI’s Tin Pan South. He has opened concerts for PATTY LOVELACE, CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, TOBY KEITH, RICOCHET, GARTH BROOKS, AND TANYA TUCKER.

As a successful singer-songwriter, Barnette has had songs recorded by and / or written with some of Nashville’s hottest writers and artists, including:

Shelby Lynn – Grammy Award winning artist

John Berry – CMA Award winning artist

CBS Television Movie-of-the-Week
“Another Pair of Aces,” starring Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson

Some of the top hit songwriters Barnette has written with are:

Larry Butler - "Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"

John Ford Coley- "Nights Are Forever Without You"

Jimbeau Hinson – “Party Crowd”

John Ims – “She’s In Love With The Boy”

Paul Jefferson- "Close As I Get To Loving You"

Casey Kelly- "Still"

The Kinleys - “Please”

Jim McBride – “Chattahoochie”

Wood Newton - “Riding With Private Malone”

Joie Scott - "Not That Different"

Jerry Vandiver – “For A Little While”

David Vincent Williams – “I’m Movin’ On”

Kim Williams – “Ain’t Going Down Til The Sun Comes Up”

Barnette also lends his expertise…

Moderator and guest speaker for the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), Nashville Thursday Night Seminar

Active in NSAI’s Adopt-a-Shop Program, mentoring workshops throughout the country, Teacher for the Songwriter’s Guild of America (SGA).

Judge for The John Lennon Songwriting Contest and New Aspiring Songwriter’s Contest