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Rodney Clawson

About Me

I'm a farmer (yes, it's true) turned singer/songwriter originally from Gruver, Texas.......now spending most of my time in Nashville. I raised wheat and corn on the family farm with my dad for 15 years before parking the plow a few years back. When I'm not writing I'm either bass fishing on Old Hickory Lake or "harvesting" whitetail deer and pheasants back in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and Kansas. I've had songs cut by George Strait, Faith Hill, Big and Rich, Bon Jovi, Gary Allan, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Bucky Covington, Neil McCoy, Phil Vassar, Buddy Jewell, Crossin' Dixon, Trent Willmon, ect..... I wrote for Extreme Writers Group (Michael Martin & Jason Houser) for 7 years and currently write for "the Craig Wiseman" at Big Loud Shirt.........BILLBOARD TOP 20 SONGS........George Strait "I Saw God Today" NUMBER 1...Winner of the 2008 CMA Single of the Year Award (nominated for Grammy, CMA, and ACM Song of the Year) Big and Rich "Lost In This Moment" NUMBER 1 (nominated for CMA Song of the Year and ACM Song of the Year)........ Jason Aldean "Why" NUMBER 1........ Jason Aldean "Amarillo Sky" NUMBER 4 (nominated for ACM Song of the Year)........ Jason Aldean "Johnny Cash" NUMBER 6........ Faith Hill "Sunshine and Summertime" NUMBER 6........ Buddy Jewell "Sweet Southern Comfort" NUMBER 3........ Rushlow "I Can't Be Your Friend" NUMBER 13

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/15/2006
Band Members:
Influences: Rock........U2, AC/DC, BTO, ELO, REO, Boston, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, the Police, Journey, Bob Dylan, Bob Schneider, Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown, Patty Griffin, Wilco, Sonvolt, Coldplay, the Beatles, the Eagles, the Almond Brothers, the Doobie Brothers, the Rolling Stones, the Band, the Wallflowers, Semisonic, Oasis, Travis, Martin Sexton, Michael McDonald, Sheryl Crow......................Country.........Willie Nelson, Johhny Cash, Don Williams, Alabama, Dwight Yoakum, Gary Allan, Bellamy Brothers, Charlie Robinson
Sounds Like: ...a little mix of everything you'd hear in a 12 hour day on the tractor.....
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I SAW GOD TODAY NOMINATED FOR A 2009 ACM SONG OF THE YEAR

Just found out today...I SAW GOD TODAY was nominated for ACM Song of the Year. Vegas here we come...again...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:34:00 GMT

I SAW GOD TODAY 2nd most played country song of 2008

I Saw God Today was the 2nd most played song in country music in 2008. Congrats to James Otto for Just Got Started Loving You being the most played song in 2008.
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:50:00 GMT

I SAW GOD TODAY NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY

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Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:00 GMT

I SAW GOD TODAY WINS 2008 CMA Single Of The Year

Well....we didn't win Song of the Year (which is the award that goes to the songwriters), but we did win Single of the Year (which goes to the artist and producer). And...George gave me a shout out f...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:04:00 GMT

I SAW GOD TODAY nominated for the 2008 CMA Song Of The Year

We found out last week that I SAW GOD TODAY has been one of the five songs nominated for the 2008 CMA Song Of The Year. The CMA Awards will be telecast live on national television on November 18. Co...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:08:00 GMT

George Strait "I Saw God Today" NUMBER 1

Well, we knew there was a pretty good possibility because there's a reason why people call him King George......but now it's official......I Saw God Today is NUMBER ONE on the Billboard Country Music ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:06:00 GMT

Lost In This Moment nominated for ACM SONG OF THE YEAR

The Academy of Country Music Awards nominations just came out today and lo and behold, Lost In the Moment was nominated for 3 more awards. The nominations were as follows......Song of the Year, Singl...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:25:00 GMT

New George Strait SINGLE...

Late last year I let everybody know that George Strait had cut one of my songs "I Saw God Today" (co-written with Monty Criswell and Wade Kirby)..........well, now I have a little more information to ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:04:00 GMT

I JUST GOT A GEORGE STRAIT CUT.......

There's been rumors flying around Nashville all week about what songs George Strait was going to be cutting in Key West, Fl this week.  Well........my phone started ringing off the hook today and...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:29:00 GMT

Lost In This Moment nominated for CMA SONG OF THE YEAR

I just found out last week that Lost In This Moment was nominated for CMA Song of the Year and Single of the Year. The awards show is November 7. Cross your fingers........
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:10:00 GMT