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Max T. Barnes
Max Troy Barnes (born October 25, 1962) is an American country music singer-songwriter studio musician and producer. He is the son of songwriter Max D. Barnes. He has written songs with sales over 20 million records. Barnes resides on a ranch near Hendersonville, Tennessee. He and his wife keep a second home in County Mayo, Ireland.
In March 2018 he received Hot Country TV's award for "2018 International Artist of the Year"
He attended Hendersonville High School and is listed with notable alumni Carlene Carter and Taylor Swift
Barnes is most known as a BMI and ASCAP award-winning songwriter. Artists like John Anderson ("Let Go of the Stone"), John Schneider ("At the Sound of the Tone"), Randy Travis ("Before You Kill Us All"), Diamond Rio ("How Your Love Makes Me Feel"), Collin Raye ("Love, Me") and Vern Gosdin ("Way Down Deep") have recorded his songs, as have many others. "Love, Me" released in 1991, became Raye's first Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.
The only father and son to ever compete for CMA Song of the Year
In 1992 "Love, Me" (I Read A Note My Grandma Wrote) received a Song of the Year nomination from the Country Music Association. The song did not win however, and the award was given to a song his father, Max D. Barnes had written with Vince Gill entitled, "Look at Us".
Other artists that have recorded Barnes' songs include George Jones, Jo Dee Messina, Montgomery Gentry, Alabama, Gene Watson, Mark Wills, Cledus T. Judd, Daryl Singletary, Ralph Stanley, Trace Atkins, Ray Stevens, John Schneider, Linda Davis, James Bonamy, Billy Dean, Foster and Allen, Daniel O'Donnell, Trudi Lawlor, and Billy Joe Royal
Barnes' production credits include the 2018 Bobby Bare album, "Things Change" which included a duet with Chris Stapleton. "Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad" for George Jones, and The Smith Brothers, Real Life by Jeff Carson, the self-titled album by the Marie Sisters on MCA Records. In the 1990s he scored the film, A Letter from Death Row, a film produced and directed by Bret Michaels starring Michaels, Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen. Barnes also produced the Major League: Back to the Minors soundtrack and several singles by the Smokin' Armadillos.
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Max T. Barnes
Max Troy Barnes (born October 25, 1962) is an American country music singer-songwriter studio musician and producer. He is the son of songwriter Max D. Barnes. He has written songs with sales over 20 million records. Barnes resides on a ranch near Hendersonville, Tennessee. He and his wife keep a second home in County Mayo, Ireland.
In March 2018 he received Hot Country TV's award for "2018 International Artist of the Year"
He attended Hendersonville High School and is listed with notable alumni Carlene Carter and Taylor Swift
Barnes is most known as a BMI and ASCAP award-winning songwriter. Artists like John Anderson ("Let Go of the Stone"), John Schneider ("At the Sound of the Tone"), Randy Travis ("Before You Kill Us All"), Diamond Rio ("How Your Love Makes Me Feel"), Collin Raye ("Love, Me") and Vern Gosdin ("Way Down Deep") have recorded his songs, as have many others. "Love, Me" released in 1991, became Raye's first Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.
The only father and son to ever compete for CMA Song of the Year
In 1992 "Love, Me" (I Read A Note My Grandma Wrote) received a Song of the Year nomination from the Country Music Association. The song did not win however, and the award was given to a song his father, Max D. Barnes had written with Vince Gill entitled, "Look at Us".
Other artists that have recorded Barnes' songs include George Jones, Jo Dee Messina, Montgomery Gentry, Alabama, Gene Watson, Mark Wills, Cledus T. Judd, Daryl Singletary, Ralph Stanley, Trace Atkins, Ray Stevens, John Schneider, Linda Davis, James Bonamy, Billy Dean, Foster and Allen, Daniel O'Donnell, Trudi Lawlor, and Billy Joe Royal
Barnes' production credits include the 2018 Bobby Bare album, "Things Change" which included a duet with Chris Stapleton. "Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad" for George Jones, and The Smith Brothers, Real Life by Jeff Carson, the self-titled album by the Marie Sisters on MCA Records. In the 1990s he scored the film, A Letter from Death Row, a film produced and directed by Bret Michaels starring Michaels, Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen. Barnes also produced the Major League: Back to the Minors soundtrack and several singles by the Smokin' Armadillos.