Nashville Songwriters Night

at The Woodford Club

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of stories, songs, and the magic behind the music. Nashville Songwriters Night brings together three of Music City’s most accomplished songwriters—David Malloy, Greg Barnhill, and Paul Childers—for an intimate performance featuring the hits they’ve written, the artists who made them famous, and the incredible stories behind the songs. From chart-topping country classics to Grammy-nominated favorites, this is a rare opportunity to experience the heart and soul of Nashville songwriting up close in a unique and personal setting.

  • Friday, July 24th

  • Featuring Three Acclaimed Songwriters: Paul Childers, Greg Barnhill, and David Malloy

  • Proceeds Benefitting KVC Kentucky

  • Ticket Information Coming Soon!

Meet the Songwriters

PAUL CHILDERS

Blending Pop, R&B, and Soul, Paul Childers is leading a new breed of singer/songwriters. Hailing from Nashville, he finds a way to blur the lines between Stevie Ray Vaughan and Hendrix styles of guitar playing, a Motown rhythm section, and pop vocal melodies.

Touring nationally and internationally since 2014, Childers has opened for Vince Gill, B.B. King, Robert Cray, Third Eye Blind, and Leann Rimes, and headlined the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He has also played the actual guitars of Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimi Hendrix in tribute as the Songbirds Guitar Museum Ambassador. Childers was just inducted into the ALM Nashville Musicans Hall of Fame as the 2026 Honoree.

His first three Albums, Naked Poetry, Secondary Colors, and The One About Her, all released in the Top 20 worldwide on both the Pop and RnB Billboard charts and have been streamed, downloaded, and purchased over 2 million times.

His upcoming album, Everything's Computer, is out now and chronicles our lives with the internet... 

GREG BARNHILL

Originally from New Orleans, Barnhill has been writing and performing his entire life. Artists from Etta James, Martina McBride, and Jessica Simpson to Chicago, Leona Lewis, Tim McGraw as well as many others have recorded his songs.

The Backstreet Boys released their very first Christmas album in 2022 with a song co-written by Barnhill, “Christmas in New York,” that is quickly becoming a holiday classic.

“Walkaway Joe,” recorded by Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley, was a significant milestone in his career. The song went on to earn him a Grammy nomination. Barnhill also had a crossover smash with “House of Love” for Amy Grant and Vince Gill. He garnered critical acclaim with the 2014 single, Gary Allan’s “It Ain’t The Whiskey,” which got rave reviews for its take on substance abuse.

Barnhill is one of Nashville’s first-call master vocalists. His background vocals can be heard on over 10 Tim McGraw albums.

Barnhill has also recorded, written, and produced a number of TV themes and jingles. In 2010, Greg Barnhill was nominated for his 3rd Emmy and won an Emmy for “Best Original Song” for the Today Show theme “Your Day Is Today.”

In 2022, he was nominated for his 4th Emmy for WPIX’s “Get Your Game On” for the New York Mets.

He is the founder and current president of the Ozone Music Foundation and Songwriter Festival, which is held in October on the North Shore of New Orleans.

Greg is currently Chief Creative Officer for InnerWave.

DAVID MALLOY

If Songwriter/Producer David Malloy wrote a book about his life, it would, no doubt, include the facts that his songs (either written and/or produced) have held the number one spot on the charts approximately 40 times, and in 2022 he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. There would be a chapter on his rich musical legacy that began with his late father Jim Malloy, a renowned engineer and producer. So, it does not seem too far-fetched that as a 15-year-old boy, Malloy knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life when he began writing songs.

Of course, a chapter would be devoted to the fact that the very first artist he ever produced was Eddie Rabbitt, whom he met through Eddie’s buddy and co-writer, Even Stevens. Malloy started co-writing with both Eddie Rabbitt and Stevens around the time of Eddie’s third album. From that time on, Malloy and Stevens penned over 50 songs together. As Rabbitt’s producer, Malloy is credited with creating the crossover-influenced sound of country music that defined the genre in the 80’s and well into the 90’s. Readers would be enchanted with tales of a rich career producing artists like Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Mindy McCready, Reba McEntire, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, and many others. Additionally, his songs have been recorded and/or covered on albums by Badfinger, Bettye LaVette, Billy Burnette, Dr. Hook, Fleetwood Mac, Gregg Allman Band, Julianne Hough, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tim McGraw, Roy Orbison, and more.