On Thursday 7 August 2025, Gene Watson Years congratulated the newly nominated group of songwriters to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
‘Years back, we were on the way to the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum for an event, and the bus driver asked if anyone knew how to get to the to the Hall of Fame.
Our witty friend on the bus, Clinton Gregory, was quick to say, ‘Yes, it all starts with a song’.
And that is the truth.
So congratulations to this newly nominated group of songwriters.
Without their words, we wouldn’t have the classic songs we all love to hear’
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Gene Watson on Facebook
On Thursday 6 August 2025, the songwriting giants behind the hits, ‘Boulder To Birmingham’, ‘I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)’, ‘She’s Looking At Me’, ‘Only In America’, ‘Every Mile A Memory’, and ‘You Look Good In My Shirt’ will soon become the newest members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Emmylou Harris, Brad Paisley, Jim Lauderdale, Don Cook, Steve Bogard, and Tony Martin, the Hall’s Class of 2025, will join the legendary body in October 2025, according to an announcement made, on Thursday 6 August 2025, by Rich Hallworth, chair of the organization’s board of directors, and Mark Ford, its executive director.
