Skip Ewing (September 2007)

Skip Ewing was born (Donald Ralph Ewing) in Redlands, California & grew up in a military family & moved around often as a child.  Skip discovered country music through listening to Merle Haggard & Lefty Frizzell & took up the guitar at a young age.

Skip began writing songs as a teenager; he also learned to play the banjo, which he played at bluegrass festivals.  He took a job performing in a country show at the Busch Gardens theme park in Virginia.  From there he moved to Nashville at the age of nineteen where he took a similar job at the Opryland theme park.

Now that he was now in Nashville, Skip branched out into demo & commercial singing.  He worked diligently at his songwriting, so much so that he landed a staff job with the famous Acuff-Rose music publishing house.

It was soon evident that Skip Ewing was an accomplished songwriter & he began to supply material to some of country music biggest artists including George Jones, George Strait & Charley Pride.

In 1987, Skip Ewing landed a recording deal of his own with MCA Records; he recorded his debut album 'The Coast of Colorado' in 1988.  The album yielded two Top 10 hits 'I don't have far to fall' & 'Burnin' a hole in my heart' (No.3, 1988).

'The Coast of Colorado' album also provided Skip with two additional minor hits with 'Your memory wins again' & the title track.

In 1989, 'The Will to Love' album produced the Top 5 hit 'It's you again' & a Top 10 hit with 'The gospel according to Luke'.

The album 'Naturally' which was released in 1991 failed to keep his momentum going & he then returned to songwriting as his primary career.

By the end of the 1990s, Skip Ewing compositions graced the albums of country artists such as Clint Black, Randy Travis, Collin Raye, Lorrie Morgan, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Suzy Bogguss, Diamond Rio & many others.

Skip also worked occasionally as a session guitarist & made sporadic recordings such as the 'Until I Found You' album for Word Records in 1997.

Gene Watson recorded Skip Ewing's 'The truth is I lied' (which was co-written with Bill Anderson) & included the track on his 'From the Heart' album for RMG Records in 2001.

Gene Watson also recorded Skip Ewing's 'What was I thinking' (which was co-written with James Dean Hicks) & included the track on his 'In a Perfect World' album, which was released by Shanachie Records on Tuesday 25 September 2007.

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