Then your songwriting really took off, didn’t it? Yes. I have since written over 1000 songs and I am proud to say that I have had recordings by such artist as Ty Herndon, Ronnie Mc- Dowell, Forerunner, The Marshall Tucker Band, Billy Joe Royal, Sonny Turner of The Platters fame, Damon Gray, Rob Crosby and Johnny Lee to name a few. In 1996, I received a gold record for “A Hat Full of Rain,” a song I co-wrote, which is on Ty Herndon’s debutdisc entitled, What Mattered Most. I have had songs published by; Maypop Music Group, Cal IV Music Group, BMG Songs, Killen Music Group, Lowery Music Group, and API. In 2004, I co-produced, played key-
boards, sang background vocals and co-wrote a Christmas disc for Johnny Lee called Santa Claus Is Lookin’ For Love which is on Title Tunes Records. I also have played piano for Crystal Gayle, Davis Daniel, Charlie Daniels, Billy Joe Royal, Johnny Lee, and David Allan Coe as well as countless other writer’s demos and album projects. In September of 2005, we completed
Cole Porter’s second project, Poetic Justice and our first single, “I Can See Arkansas” was certified number one in both Inside Country and Indie World! I am proud to announce that Not A Day Goes By, Cole Porter’s second release was certified number one as well and his AC release Poetic Justice became a big chart mover! I sang background vocals and played keys on the “Johnny Leemotions” disc and one of my biggest dreams came true when I joined my wife Kim Morrison to sing background vocals for Leon Russell’s disc, “Angel In Disguise.”
Have you recorded any more of your own music? In 2004, I completed a record called Standin’ In a Circle, featuring my band “Virgil.” This 8-song disc expresses completely my philoso-
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phy of life, both musically and spiritually! In 2018, my wife Kim and I completed
the Therapy record which featured her as the artist. It took 11 years but we got it done and it’s certainly one of my favorites.
And you have a new one, correct? On October the 18th 2019, I released the Shades Of Blue album. It is an R&B/Rock & Roll/Blues album with some sensitive ballads which in many ways is about colors. My brother Rickey on guitar; and Kim, on back- ground vocals and production; along with Mike Severs, on guitar and Bill Darnell on Harmonica; help me give what I think is a very soulful performance on this thing. To buy it, go to
CDBABY.COM or any of the digi- tal outlets and you can either download or order it. (
http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/ronniegodfrey) Music always has been and always will
be my life and I am more excited than ever about my future! •
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