Luke Laird
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| Background information | |
| Born | c. 1978 (age 45–46) Hartstown, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Country, pop, rock, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Years active | Late 2000s-present |
| Website | creativenationmusic |
Luke Robert Laird (born c. 1978 in Hartstown, Pennsylvania)[1] is an American country music songwriter and producer. His twenty #1 Billboard singles include Carrie Underwood’s "So Small", "Last Name", "Temporary Home", and "Undo It", Blake Shelton’s "Hillbilly Bone" featuring Trace Adkins, Sara Evans’s "A Little Bit Stronger", Rodney Atkins’s "Take a Back Road", Eric Church’s "Drink in My Hand", Little Big Town's "Pontoon",[2] Hunter Hayes' "Somebody's Heartbreak",[3] Chris Young’s "You".,[4] Eric Church's "Talladega, and Luke Bryan's "I See You". He has also written and produced songs for Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Kacey Musgraves, Toby Keith, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker, and many others.[5]
After graduating from Grove City Area High School, Laird moved to Tennessee in 1997 and attended Middle Tennessee State University. In December 2001 he graduated from MTSU with a degree in Recording Industry Management,[4] then became an assistant tour manager for Brooks & Dunn while seeking a contract as a songwriter.[6] In 2002 he signed a publishing deal with Bertelsmann Music Group Publishing and landed his first cut on Lee Ann Womack's There's More Where That Came From album with a song titled "Painless" co-written with Bill Luther and Hillary Lindsey.[7]
He was named BMI's Country Songwriter of the Year in 2012, having co-written five songs that appeared on the year's most played list.[8] Additionally, his song with Rodney Atkins, "Take a Back Road" was named Song of the Year.[9] Both in 2012 and 2013, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards[10][11] In 2014, Laird received a Grammy Award for his work as a producer on Kacey Musgraves album Same Trailer Different Park, which was named Best Country Album[12]
Creative Nation
In 2011, Laird and his wife Beth Mason Laird[13] founded Creative Nation, a music publishing and management company that is home to Country Music songwriters and producers, including Laird, Barry Dean, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, Steve Moakler, Kassi Ashton, and Maggie Chapman. The company has partnerships with Universal Music Publishing Group[14] and Pulse Recording.[15] Creative Nation is based in Nashville, Tennessee.[16]
Songwriting discography
| This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (May 2016) |
 | It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled Luke Laird production discography. (Discuss) (March 2016) |
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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| 2005 | Lee Ann Womack | There's More Where That Came From | "Painless" | Hillary Lindsey, Bill Luther |
| 2007 | Tim McGraw | Let It Go | "Put Your Lovin' On Me" | Hillary Lindsey |
| Rascal Flatts | Still Feels Good | "Help Me Remember" | Hillary Lindsey, Edward Hill | |
| Carrie Underwood | Carnival Ride | "So Small" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey | |
| "Last Name" | ||||
| "Twisted" | Brett James, Hillary Lindsey | |||
| 2008 | Crystal Shawanda | Dawn of a New Day | "Try" | Hillary Lindsey, Edward Hill |
| Jessica Simpson | Do You Know | "You're My Sunday" | Jessica Simpson, Hillary Lindsey | |
| "Sipping On History" | ||||
| Phil Stacey | Phil Stacey | "Find You" | busbee | |
| 2009 | Emerson Drive | Believe | "That Kind of Beautiful" | Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson |
| "Your Last" | Lisa Carver | |||
| Mitchel Musso | Mitchel Musso | "Get Out" | Lindy Robbins, Matthew Wilder | |
| Joe Nichols | Old Things New | "Figure That One Out" | ||
| Carrie Underwood | Play On | "Mama's Song" | Carrie Underwood, Kara DioGuardi, Marti Frederiksen | |
| "Undo It" | ||||
| "Temporary Home" | Carrie Underwood, Zac Maloy | |||
| "Play On" | Carrie Underwood, Natalie Hemby | |||
| Holly Williams | Here with Me | "Keep the Change" | Hillary Lindsey | |
| 2010 | Trace Adkins | Cowboy's Back In Town | "Don't Mind If I Don't" | Ashley Gorley |
| Laura Bell Bundy | Achin' and Shakin' | "Boyfriend?" | Laura Bell Bundy, Barry Dean | |
| "Everybody" | Laura Bell Bundy, Mike Shimshack | |||
| Sarah Buxton | Sarah Buxton | "Big Blue Sky" | Jedd Hughes | |
| Amy Grant | Somewhere Down the Road | "Overnight" | Amy Grant, Natalie Hemby, Audrey Spillman | |
| Jessica Harp | A Woman Needs | "Good Enough For Me" | Hillary Lindsey, Carrie Underwood | |
| Little Big Town | The Reason Why | "Shut Up Train" | Hillary Lindsey, Chris Tompkins | |
| Katharine McPhee | Unbroken | "Last Letter" | Katharine McPhee, Barry Dean | |
| "Anybody's Heart" | ||||
| Blake Shelton | Hillbilly Bone | "Hillbilly Bone" (featuring Trace Adkins) | Craig Wiseman | |
| Clay Walker | She Won't Be Lonely Long | "People In Planes" | Barry Dean | |
| Cassandra Wilson feat. John Legend | Cassandra Wilson: Silver Pony | "Watch The Sunrise" | John Legend, Steven Jones | |
| 2011 | Lauren Alaina | Wildflower | "Funny Thing About Love" | Lauren Alaina, Brett James |
| Rodney Atkins | Take a Back Road | "Take a Back Road" | Rhett Akins | |
| Francesca Battistelli | Hundred More Years | "So Long" | Francesca Battistelli | |
| Jason Michael Carroll | Numbers | "Hell or Hallelujah" | Jason Michael Carroll, Jeremy Spillman | |
| Charlotte Church | Back to Scratch | "Suitcase" | Barry Dean, Charlotte Church | |
| "Unraveling" | ||||
| "The Story Of Us" | ||||
| Eric Church | Chief | "Hungover & Hard Up" | Eric Church | |
| "Over When It's Over" | ||||
| Sara Evans | Stronger | "A Little Bit Stronger" | Hillary Lindsey, Hillary Scott | |
| "Life Without Losing" | Sara Evans, Barry Dean, Andrew Dorff | |||
| Miranda Lambert | Four the Record | "Fine Tune" | Natalie Hemby | |
| "Baggage Claim" | Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby | |||
| Steven Moakler | Watching Time Run | "Best Thing" | Steven Moakler | |
| Xenia | Send You Hope | "Snapshot" | David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey | |
| 2012 | Boys Like Girls | Crazy World | "Life of the Party" | Martin Johnson |
| "Shoot" | Martin Johnson | |||
| Lee Brice | Hard 2 Love | "Parking Lot Party" | Lee Brice, Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins | |
| Luke Bryan | Spring Break…Here to Party | "Little Bit Later On" | Luke Bryan, Ashley Gorley | |
| Eric Church | Chief | "Drink in My Hand | Eric Church, Michael P. Henney | |
| Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times | "Party People" | Shane McAnally, J.T. Harding | |
| Brandon Heath | Blue Mountain | "Blue Mountain" | Barry Dean, Brandon Heath | |
| Megan Hilty | It Happens All The Time | "Walk Away" | Carrie Underwood, Ne-Yo | |
| Little Big Town | Tornado | "Pontoon" | Barry Dean, Natalie Hemby | |
| "On Fire Tonight" | Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook | |||
| Neal McCoy | XII | "A-OK" | Barry Dean, Brett Eldredge | |
| Jennette McCurdy | Jennette McCurdy | "Put Your Arms Around Someone" | Jennette McCurdy, Jessi Alexander | |
| "Have To Say Goodbye" | ||||
| Tim McGraw | Emotional Traffic | "Halo" | Jedd Hughes | |
| Ne-Yo | R.E.D. | "She Is" | Ne-Yo | |
| Jay Sean, Jewel, Owl City | Child Hunger Ends Here (ConAgra Foods) | "Here's Hope" | Hunter Hayes, Barry Dean | |
| Carrie Underwood | Blown Away | "Nobody Ever Told You" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey | |
| "Thank God for Hometowns" | Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey | |||
| "One Way Ticket" | Carrie Underwood, Josh Kear | |||
| Chris Young | Neon (Chris Young album) | "You" | Chris Young | |
| 2013 | Jason Aldean | Night Train | "1994" | Barry Dean, Thomas Rhett |
| Lee Brice | Hard 2 Love | "Parking Lot Party" | Lee Brice, Rhett Akins, Thomas Rhett | |
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "I See You" | Luke Bryan, Ashley Gorley | |
| "Your Mama Should've Named You Whiskey" | Thomas Rhett, Jeremy Spillman | |||
| Joel Crouse | Ever the River Runs | "If You Want Some" | Joel Crouse, Jamie Houston | |
| Sheryl Crow | Feels Like Home | "We Oughta Be Drinkin" | Sheryl Crow, Chris DuBois | |
| "Homecoming Queen" | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally | |||
| Ronnie Dunn | Peace, Love, and Country Music | "I Wish I Still Smoked Cigarettes" | Barry Dean, Lori McKenna | |
| Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | "On and On" | Brett Eldredge, Shane McAnally | |
| "Gotta Get There" | Brett Eldredge, Barry Dean | |||
| Amy Grant | How Mercy Looks from Here | "I'm Not Giving Up On You" | Molly Reed | |
| Hunter Hayes | Hunter Hayes | "Somebody's Heartbreak" | Hunter Hayes, Andrew Dorff | |
| Toby Keith | Drinks After Work | "Drinks After Work" | Natalie Hemby, Barry Dean | |
| Lady Antebellum | Golden | "Downtown" | Shane McAnally, Natalie Hemby | |
| Tim McGraw | Two Lanes of Freedom | "One of Those Nights" | Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins | |
| Kacey Musgraves | Same Trailer Different Park | "Blowin' Smoke" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |
| "I Miss You" | Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osbourne | |||
| "Back On The Map" | Kacey Musgraves | |||
| "It Is What It Is" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |||
| "Step Off" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Tall Glass of Something" | Barry Dean, Jaren Johnston | |
| Brad Paisley | Wheelhouse | "Beat This Summer" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | |
| Thomas Rhett | It Goes Like This | "Call Me Up" | Rhett Akins, Shane McAnally | |
| Darius Rucker | True Believers | "Radio" | Darius Rucker, Ashley Gorley | |
| Thompson Square | Just Feels Good | "Testing The Water" | Shane McAnally, Hillary Lindsey | |
| 2014 | Frankie Ballard | Sunshine & Whiskey | "Sunshine & Whiskey" | Jaren Johnston |
| "Drinky Drink" | Jaren Johnston | |||
| Kenny Chesney | The Big Revival | "American Kids" | Kenny Chesney, Shane McAnally | |
| Eric Church | The Outsiders | "Give Me Back My Hometown" | Eric Church | |
| Gloriana | Best Night Ever Single | "Best Night Ever" | Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey | |
| Lucy Hale | Road Between | "You Sound Good to Me" | Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey | |
| Hunter Hayes | Storyline | "Wild Card" | Hunter Hayes, Barry Dean | |
| Lady Antebellum | 747 | "Damn You Seventeen" | Shane McAnally, Rodney Clawson | |
| "Slow Rollin'" | Rodney Clawson | |||
| Miranda Lambert | Platinum | "Hard Staying Sober" | Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby | |
| "Smokin' and Drinkin'" | Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally | |||
| Tim McGraw | Sundown Heaven Town | "Lincoln Continentals And Cadillacs" | Rodney Clawson, Ashley Gorley | |
| "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" | Barry Dean, Jonathan Singleton | |||
| Kacey Musgraves | Same Trailer Different Park | "Keep It To Yourself" | Kacey Musgraves Shane McAnally | |
| Angaleena Presley | American Middle Class | "Surrender" | Angaleena Presley, Barry Dean | |
| Blake Shelton | Bringing Back the Sunshine | "Gonna" | Craig Wiseman | |
| "Anyone Else" | Barry Dean, Natalie Hemby | |||
| "Messed Up" | Shane McAnally, Ashley Gorley | |||
| Dallas Smith | Tippin Point | "Slow Rollin'" | Rodney Clawson | |
| Thompson Square | Just Feels Good | "Testing The Water" | Shane McAnally, Hillary Lindsey | |
| Carrie Underwood | — | "Keep Us Safe" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, Shane McAnally | |
| 2015 | Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "I See You" | Luke Bryan, Ashley Gorley |
| Eric Church | The Outsiders | "Talladega" | Eric Church | |
| Skylar Grey | Furious 7 Soundtrack | "I Will Return" | Skylar Grey, Jonathan Rotem | |
| Ashley Monroe | On To Something Good Single | "On To Something Good" | Barry Dean, Ashley Monroe | |
| Kacey Musgraves | Pageant Material | "High Time" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |
| "Dime Store Cowgirl" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Pageant Material" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| "This Town" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |||
| "Die Fun" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Good Ol' Boys Club" | Kacey Musgraves, Natalie Hemby | |||
| RaeLynn | Me EP | "Better Do It" | Barry Dean, RaeLynn | |
| 2016 | Brandy Clark | Big Day in a Small Town | "Homecoming Queen" | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally |
| Jake Owen | American Love | "American Love" | Jaren Johnston | |
| "If He Ain't Gonna Love You" | Shane McAnally, Chris Stapleton |
Production discography
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| It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled Luke Laird production discography. (Discuss) (March 2016) |
| Year | Artist | Album | Details |
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| 2012 | Ne-Yo | R.E.D. | Producer |
| 2013 | Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | Producer |
| Kacey Musgraves | Same Trailer Different Park | Producer | |
| Thomas Rhett | It Goes Like This | Producer | |
| 2015 | Kacey Musgraves | Pageant Material | Producer |
Awards and nominations
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- 2015 Nominee: Best Country Song (writer) - "American Kids" by Kenny Chesney
- 2015 Nominee: Best Country Song (writer) - "Give Me Back My Hometown" by Eric Church
- 2014 Winner: Best Country Album (producer) - "Same Trailer Different Park" by Kacey Musgraves
Country Music Association Awards
- 2015 Winner: Triple Play Award
- 2014 Winner: Triple Play Award
- 2014 Nominee: Song of the Year (writer) - "Give Me Back My Hometown" by Eric Church
- 2013 Winner: Triple Play Award
- 2013 Nominee: Song of the Year (writer) - "Pontoon" by Little Big Town
- 2013 Nominee: Album of the Year (producer) - Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves
- 2013 Nominee: Single of the Year (producer) - "Merry Go 'Round" by Kacey Musgraves
- 2011 Winner: Triple Play Award
Academy of Country Music Awards
- 2015 Nominee: Best Country Song (writer) - "American Kids" by Kenny Chesney
- 2015 Nominee: Best Country Song (writer) - "Give Me Back My Hometown" by Eric Church
- 2015 Winner: Songwriter of the Year
- 2014 Winner: Album of the Year (producer) - Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves
- 2014 Nominee: Songwriter of the Year
- 2013 Nominee: Songwriter of the Year
- 2012 Nominee: Songwriter of the Year
- 2013 Nominee: Song of the Year (writer) - "Pontoon" by Little Big Town
BMI Country Music Awards
- 2012 Winner: Songwriter of the Year
- 2012 Winner: Song of the Year (writer) - "Take a Back Road" by Rodney Atkins
References
- ^ Chiodo, Pet (June 1, 2010). "Hit-song writer and former local Laird enjoys Nashville music scene". The Meadville Tribune.
- ^ Parker, Eric (September 4, 2012). "Little Big Town Earns First No. 1 Single". MusicRow.
- ^ Wyland, Sarah (April 3, 2013). "Hunter Hayes to Premiere New Song on ACM Awards". Great American Country.
- ^ a b Allen, Eric (July 6, 2011). "Luke Laird: One of Music City's Top Songwriters is also an MTSU Alum". The Murfreesboro Pulse. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Luke Laird - Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "Luke Laird". Universal Music Publishing Group. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ Landauer, Janelle (March 23, 2008). "Luke Laird Chases His Dream of Becoming A Songwriter –– And Scores BIG With 'So Small'". Country Music Online. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "2012 BMI Country Awards". Broadcast Music, Inc.
- ^ Paulson, Dave (October 30, 2012). "2012 BMI Country Awards honor Tom T. Hall, Dallas Davidson, Luke Laird". The Tennessean.
- ^ "Academy of Country Music :: News". Academy of Country Music. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ Rogers, Christopher (February 13, 2013). "2013 Academy Of Country Music Award Nominees: Taylor Swift & More — Full List". Hollywood Life. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Randy (January 26, 2013). "Grammys 2014: Kacey Musgraves wins award for best country album". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "POWER PLAYERS: 30 UNDER 30: Beth Mason Laird, Director of writer/publisher relations, BMI Nashville". Billboard. August 18, 2010.
- ^ "Universal Music Publishing Group Re-Signs Nashville Hit-Maker Luke Laird To New, World-Wide Publishing Agreement" (Press release). Universal Music Publishing Group. March 6, 2012.
- ^ "Pulse Recording and Creative Nation Announce Exclusive Partnership". Globenewswire.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "About". Creative Nation.
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