Maui’s Ocean Organic Vodka & Southern Rounds
PRESENT
TALK STORY NIGHTS
HEALING THROUGH MUSIC, FOOD AND FRIENDS
AT A PRIVATE INTIMATE GATHERING TO SUPPORT THE MAUI COMMUNITY
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Tuesday, August 29 / 5pm-8pm
Wednesday, August 30 / 5pm-8pm
LOCATION
Ocean Organic Farm & Distillery
DINNER / DONATION
$200 Per Person / Per Night
Nashville and Hawaii Musicians Collaborating to Donate 100% of Ticket Sales to HCF MAUI Strong Fund.
WYATT DURRETTE
Wyatt Durrette is an award-winning singer/songwriter from Richmond, VA. Best known for his work with Luke Combs and Zac Brown Band, Wyatt's songs have garnered a record-setting collection of hits. Most recently, Combs' song "Even Though I'm Leaving" co-written by Wyatt, reached Number One and received SESAC's Song of the Year in 2020 along with a CMA Nomination. Their previous collaboration, Number One hit "Beautiful Crazy" received SESAC and CMA's Song of the Year in 2019 and has gone 10X PLATINUM, sitting at #1 for seven weeks and was one of the biggest songs of 2019. In total, more than forty artist song collaborations have led to over 10 BILLION digital streams, 24 MILLION singles sold, 10 MILLION albums sold, 14 Numbers Ones and 17 Number Ones at Country & Rock Radio. Wyatt has been presented with the incredible honor of the CMA Triple Play Award not once, but twice, as Zac Brown Band's "Chicken Fried," "Whatever It Is," and "Toes" were all chart-topping hits within a twelve-month period, followed by "Highway 20 Ride," "As She's Walking Away," and "Colder Weather." He has received SESAC's Song of the Year award 3 times; in 2015 for "Homegrown," in 2019 for "Beautiful Crazy," and in 2020 for "Even Though I'm Leaving" a song Wyatt co-wrote with Luke Combs and Ray Fulcher. In 2023, Wyatt is showing no signs of slowing down, co-writing 5 songs on the latest Zac Brown Band album "The Comeback", Niko Moon's newly released single "Easy Tonight" as well as cuts on Rome & Duddy's new EP. Wyatt and his band Yesterday's Wine will be on select tour dates with ZBB later this year.
WYATT DURRETTE
JAMES OTTO
Two-time Grammy nominee and ACM and CMA award-winning singer-songwriter’s breakthrough hit, “Just Got Started Lovin’ You,” topped the country chart and was the Most Played Country Single of the Year in 2008. He co-wrote Jamey Johnson's hit "In Color," which was nominated for a second Grammy and won both CMA and ACM's Song of the Year and also penned songs for John Anderson, Trace Adkins, Randy Owen and many others including Zac Brown Band hit "No Hurry." Otto’s bluesy, muscular voice and dynamic stage presence have earned him the respect of industry gatekeepers and the adoration of legions of country music fans.
JAMES OTTO
JEFF MIDDLETON
Originally from New Jersey, singer/songwriter Jeff Middleton moved to Nashville over twenty years ago to build a career in the music business. He was a member of the critically acclaimed Warner Music recording artist Dirt Drifters and has performed across the country and internationally with Chely Wright and Josh Thompson. In addition to spending time on the road and stage, Jeff has been a staff songwriter for Liz Rose Music and Stage Three Music. Over the past two decades, Jeff’s songs have been recorded by numerous artists, including Jason Aldean, Lee Brice, Morgan Wallen, Jordan Davis and Trace Adkins. He was nominated for CMA Song of the year for “Drowns the Whiskey”, a multi-week #1 on country radio for Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert. The song was recently certified by the RIAA as a platinum selling single.
JEFF MIDDLETON
DAVE KENNEDY
Dave Kennedy is a storyteller above all else, and it’s easy to see why. His songs paint a cinematic portrait of America as his characters journey through love, heartbreak, humor, sin, redemption, revenge and perhaps even a few of the songwriter’s own footsteps along the way. Bringing these songs to life is a voice so soaring and powerful you can’t help but be swept away into his world by the end of the first chorus. He navigates his way through each story and each world with a dynamic presence of both strength and subtlety that appreciates both the peaks and the valleys, the highways and the backroads, the loves lost and lingering in his mind. It’s for all these reasons that Dave has a reputation as one of Nashville’s most respected songwriters and artists, and why artists like Travis Tritt, Riley Green, Whiskey Myers, Drake White, Larry Fleet and others are eager to continue writing and performing with Dave Kennedy. Dave also Hosts monthly premiere songwriter round Southern Rounds in Nashville.