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Paul Kennerley is an English
England

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 singer-songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 working in the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 contemporary country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 industry. His works include the concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
s, White Mansions
White Mansions

White Mansions is a 1978 album by various artists documenting life in the Confederate States of America during the US Civil War. The songs on the album were written by Paul Kennerley and are performed by Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, John Dillon and Steve Cash....
 and The Legend of Jesse James
The Legend of Jesse James

The Legend of Jesse James is a 1980 country music concept album by various artists singing songs by English songwriter Paul Kennerley, based on the story of American Old West outlaw Jesse James....
. He produced and co-wrote The Ballad of Sally Rose
The Ballad of Sally Rose

The Ballad of Sally Rose was an album by Emmylou Harris, originally released in 1985. It marked a significant departure for Harris, as all the songs were written by herself and husband Paul Kennerley....
 with Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
 in 1985, and was married to Harris from 1985 to 1993.

erley was born in Hoylake
Hoylake

Hoylake is a coast town on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is located at the north western corner of the peninsula, near to the town of West Kirby and where the River Dee, Wales estuary meets the Irish Sea....
, Merseyside
Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974, after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, and the county consists of five metropolitan boroughs adjoining the Mersey estuary,...
, North West England
North West England

North West England is one of the nine official regions of England. It has a population of 6,853,200 and comprises five counties of England ? Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire....
. In 1976 he was living in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and working in advertising
Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
 when he first heard country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
, the song "That's How a Cowboy Sings the Blues" by Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
.






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Paul Kennerley is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 singer-songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 working in the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 contemporary country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 industry. His works include the concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
s, White Mansions
White Mansions

White Mansions is a 1978 album by various artists documenting life in the Confederate States of America during the US Civil War. The songs on the album were written by Paul Kennerley and are performed by Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, John Dillon and Steve Cash....
 and The Legend of Jesse James
The Legend of Jesse James

The Legend of Jesse James is a 1980 country music concept album by various artists singing songs by English songwriter Paul Kennerley, based on the story of American Old West outlaw Jesse James....
. He produced and co-wrote The Ballad of Sally Rose
The Ballad of Sally Rose

The Ballad of Sally Rose was an album by Emmylou Harris, originally released in 1985. It marked a significant departure for Harris, as all the songs were written by herself and husband Paul Kennerley....
 with Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
 in 1985, and was married to Harris from 1985 to 1993.

Biography

Kennerley was born in Hoylake
Hoylake

Hoylake is a coast town on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is located at the north western corner of the peninsula, near to the town of West Kirby and where the River Dee, Wales estuary meets the Irish Sea....
, Merseyside
Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974, after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, and the county consists of five metropolitan boroughs adjoining the Mersey estuary,...
, North West England
North West England

North West England is one of the nine official regions of England. It has a population of 6,853,200 and comprises five counties of England ? Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire....
. In 1976 he was living in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and working in advertising
Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
 when he first heard country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
, the song "That's How a Cowboy Sings the Blues" by Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
. "It really excited me," Kennerley recalls in his artist biography for Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the largest business group and family of record labels in the Record industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Music industry....
. "I immediately hunted down every Waylon record I could find."

He quit his job in advertising and gave himself three months to develop his talents as a songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
.

His first project was White Mansions
White Mansions

White Mansions is a 1978 album by various artists documenting life in the Confederate States of America during the US Civil War. The songs on the album were written by Paul Kennerley and are performed by Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, John Dillon and Steve Cash....
, a 1978 concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
 set in the Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
 during the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
. The project was picked up by A&M Records
A&M Records

A&M Records is an United States record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division....
, with Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns

Glyn Johns is a musician, audio engineer and record producer.He has worked with such artists as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Easybeats, The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Clash, The Steve Miller Band, Small Faces, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Blue ?yster Cult, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Mid...
 producing. A number of notable artists recorded the music, including Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
, Jessi Colter
Jessi Colter

Jessi Colter is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa"....
, Steve Cash of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Ozark Mountain Daredevils

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are a Southern rock band formed in 1971 at Springfield, Missouri. They are most widely known for their singles "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" in 1973 and "Jackie Blue " in 1974....
 and Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
.

In 1980, a second concept album was released, The Legend of Jesse James
The Legend of Jesse James

The Legend of Jesse James is a 1980 country music concept album by various artists singing songs by English songwriter Paul Kennerley, based on the story of American Old West outlaw Jesse James....
, which featured more notable artists, including Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
, Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
, Charlie Daniels
Charlie Daniels

Charlie Daniels is an United States musician famous for his contributions to country music and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his Number One country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written....
, Albert Lee
Albert Lee

For the city in Minnesota, see Albert Lea, MinnesotaAlbert Lee is a Grammy-winning English people guitarist known for his Fingerpicking and hybrid picking technique....
 and Levon Helm
Levon Helm

Mark Lavon Helm , better known as Levon Helm, is an United States rock and roll musician and actor most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band....
.

Neither White Mansions nor Jesse James were commercially successful, but they did establish Kennerley as a serious songwriter. Among his early songs was "Born to Run", which Emmylou Harris recorded in 1981 for her album, Cimarron
Cimarron (Emmylou Harris album)

Cimarron was a 1981 Emmylou Harris album that, like its predecessor, Evangeline , was comprised mostly of outtakes from other recording sessions that hadn't fit into any of Harris' other albums....
, and she continues to frequently perform it in her concerts.

Kennerly continued to live in London while he wrote songs, but in 1983 moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
, where he started working with Harris on her semi-autobiographical concept album, The Ballad of Sally Rose
The Ballad of Sally Rose

The Ballad of Sally Rose was an album by Emmylou Harris, originally released in 1985. It marked a significant departure for Harris, as all the songs were written by herself and husband Paul Kennerley....
, co-writing and producing the album. He also collaborated with Harris on her albums Thirteen
Thirteen (Emmylou Harris album)

Thirteen was a 1986 Emmylou Harris album. The title came from its status as her thirteenth studio album . The album included an unusually high number of Cover version, including Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again", Sam Phillips' "Mystery Train", Jack Clement's "Just Someone I Used to Know" , Bruce Springsteen's "My Father...
 and Bluebird
Bluebird (Emmylou Harris album)

Bluebird was an Emmylou Harris album from 1989, which merged a number of eclectic songs with polished, country-music production. It included her most recent top-twenty country-charting single, "Heartbreak Hill"....
, and writing the songs "In My Dreams" and "Heartbreak Hill". He married Harris in 1985, but the couple divorced in 1993.

Kennerley also wrote songs for The Judds
The Judds

The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...
 ("Young Love", "One Man Woman", "Let Me Tell You About Love", "Cry Myself to Sleep", "Have Mercy" and "Give a Little Love"), Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart

John Marty Stuart is an United States country music singer, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music....
 ("Hillbilly Rock", "Western Girls", "Tempted", "Till I Found You", "Little Things"), Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits....
 ("Walking Shoes"), Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Sweethearts of the Rodeo

Sweethearts of the Rodeo was an American country music duo from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1986 to 1996. The duo consisted of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver....
 ("Chains of Gold"), Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless

Patty Loveless is an United States country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in 1987 with her first, self-titled album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and Bluegrass music genres....
 ("Blue Memories") and Juice Newton
Juice Newton

Juice Newton is an American Pop music and Country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories , as well as a Country Music Association Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards ....
 ("Tell Me True").

He was named Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music, Incorporated is one of three United States performing rights organization, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed....
 Writer of the Year in 1989.

He released a solo album in 1998, Misery With a Beat.

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