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ABOUT DAVID LEE MURPHY:
David Lee Murphy is best recognized by his massive hit singles “Dust On The Bottle”, “Party
Crowd” and “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” (a duet with Kenny Chesney). But he is also
known as one of Country Music’s best and most prolific songwriters. He has written songs for
superstar artists like Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Florida Georgia
Line, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Hank Williams, Jr. and others.
Murphy developed his musical style as a teenager in Southern Illinois. Although both parents
were schoolteachers, he was an indifferent student. Instead of studying books, he studied the
sounds of such “outlaw” country musicians as Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. He was also
deeply influenced by southern rock bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers and
ZZ Top.
Pursuing a career in music, Murphy moved to Nashville and spent years honing his craft as a
songwriter. He also formed a band, The Blue Tick Hounds, and played the honkytonks of Middle
Tennessee and clubs throughout the South.
“I really concentrated on my songwriting”, Murphy states. “I wanted to get better so I could
record my own songs.” Several rough demos of Murphy’s compositions, including the song
“Party Crowd” caught the attention of MCA executive Renee Bell who passed Murphy’s music
along to Grammy and CMA Award winning producer Tony Brown (George Strait, Reba
McEntire, Vince Gill and others). After hearing the song demos, Brown, who had been following
Murphy’s progress as a performer and songwriter, decided it was time to sign Murphy as an
artist to MCA Records.
Murphy’s debut platinum selling album for the label, Out With A Bang, produced a string of hits
including the title track “Out With A Bang”, “Fish Ain’t Bitin’” and “Just Once”, which was
featured in the movie 8 Seconds about bull rider Lane Frost. Also on that album were the hit
singles “Party Crowd” (Radio & Records awarded it most played song on Country Radio in
1995) and the #1 single “Dust On The Bottle”. Both songs have become staples at Country
Radio.
Murphy’s follow-up album Gettin’ Out The Good Stuff spawned the hit singles
“Every Time I Get Around You”, “The Road You Leave Behind”, “Breakfast In Birmingham” and
the cult classic “Genuine Rednecks”.
Murphy went onto record two more albums. We Can’t All Be Angels produced the hit single, “All
Lit Up In Love” and “We Can’t All Be Angels” that was featured in the Patrick Swayze movie
Blackdog. Murphy’s album Tryin’ To Get There (the title track he wrote with friend and musical
hero Waylon Jennings) produced the Top 5 single “Loco”.
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Murphy decided to take a break from recording as an artist and concentrate on full time
songwriting. He has earned over two dozen songwriting awards for songs he has written for
superstars like Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line,
Thomas Rhett, Eric Church, Brad Paisley, Hank Williams Jr., Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire
and others. Some of his hits include songs by Kenny Chesney (“Here And Now”, “Live A Little”,
“Living In Fast Forward”, “Pirate Flag”, “’Til It’s Gone”); Jason Aldean (“Big Green Tractor”, “The
Only Way I Know”); Jake Owen (“Anywhere With You”); Thompson Square (Grammy-nominated
“Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not”); Kip Moore (“Last Shot”); Justin Moore (“Why We Drink”);
Gary Allan (“A Feelin’ Like That”); Josh Thompson (“Way Out Here”) and Blackberry Smoke
(“Good One Coming On”).
Murphy was content writing songs and touring. He had no plans to record another album.
But country music superstar Kenny Chesney convinced him otherwise.
“I’ve been friends and written songs with Kenny (Chesney) for years,” Murphy reflects. “I sent
him some songs for one of his albums a couple of years ago, and he called me up. He goes,
‘Man, you need to be making a record. I could produce it with Buddy Cannon, and I think people
would love it.’ It’s hard to say no to Kenny Chesney when he comes up with an idea like that.”
“Kenny was really influential in the songs that we picked,” says Murphy. “Over the course of the
next year or so, we got together, talked about it and picked out songs. I wanted to record songs
of mine that people haven’t heard before, that are new. We wanted to make the kind of album
that you would listen to if you were camping or out on a lake, fishing. Or sitting anywhere, just
having a good time.”
The album titled No Zip Code, contains 11 songs written by Murphy with some of Nashville’s
finest songwriters. It yielded the # 1 single and duet with Chesney, “Everything’s Gonna Be
Alright” and earned Murphy his first CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year
Despite all his success as an artist, Murphy always goes back to his love of songwriting.
He was inducted into the esteemed Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Class of 2023 along
with Keith Urban, Kix Brooks, Casey Beathard and Rafe Van Hoy.
“I’ve had a crazy good time,” says Murphy. “I’ve been really fortunate. A lot of great artists have
recorded my songs. I get up every day and get to do something I really love to do, which is write
songs. I get to be with artists and the best songwriters anywhere. Plus, I get to record. I sing the
demos of the songs, so I’m making little records and being in the studio”.
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