Don Henry (musician)

Don Henry
Born (1959-12-30) December 30, 1959
San Jose, California
Genres Country music
Years active 1990s–present
Labels Epic Records
Associated acts Kathy Mattea
Website www.donhenry.com

Don Henry (born December 30, 1959 in San Jose, California) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His career took off when the Kathy Mattea single "Where've You Been", which he co-wrote with Jon Vezner, won numerous awards in 1990 and 1991.[1] These included the "song of the year" award at the 25th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in 1990,[2] and a Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards.[3] He went on to team up with Vezner to write another song, "Whole Lotta Holes", which was also later recorded by Kathy Mattea and released as a single.[4]

In 1991, he released his first solo album, Wild in the Backyard, which was engineered and produced by Ray Kennedy.[5] The album's music was favorably compared to the music of Randy Newman.[6][7][8] The album was also named one of Billboard's top 10 records of 1991.[9] Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Alanna Nash gave the album a B+ grade and described Henry as "One of Nashville’s best young tunesmiths".[8]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Mansfield, Brian. "Don Henry". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Winners at the 25th Academy of Country Music Awards". UPI. 1990-04-25. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  3. ↑ "33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. ↑ Kening, Dan (1991-09-22). "Kathy Mattea Proves She Learned Her Lessons Well". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  5. ↑ "Ray Kennedy Biography". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  6. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. 2004-12-16. pp. 971–2. ISBN 9780199840441.
  7. ↑ Boehm, Mike (1992-04-16). "Musicians Use Gift of Gab in 'Their Own Words'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  8. 1 2 Nash, Alanna (1991-06-07). "Wild in the Backyard". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ↑ Times, Special to The (2006-06-21). "Don Henry to appear in concert". Gadsden Times. Retrieved 2017-10-04.


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