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Wayne Kirkpatrick is an 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...
 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....
 and 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....
 born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital city and the second largest city of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish which contains 430,812 residents....
 but now lives in Nashville
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....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979.

Kirkpatrick has spent most of his career in the background, often providing background vocals, playing guitar, playing keyboards or writing songs for other artists. His songs have been recorded by Little Big Town
Little Big Town

Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet....
, Faith Hill
Faith Hill

Faith Hill is an United States country music singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw....
, Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....
, Babyface, Amy Grant
Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
, Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker

John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE is an England rock /blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty human voice and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles....
, Martina McBride
Martina McBride

Martina Mariea Schiff is an American country music singer and songwriter who records as Martina McBride. She is best-known for her Inspirational music-styled ballads about women and children....
, Wynonna Judd
Wynonna Judd

Wynonna Judd is an American country music singer. Born Christina Claire Ciminella, she was renamed Wynonna Ellen Judd, a name adapted from the line "Don't forget Winona, Arizona" in the pop song "Route 66 "....
, Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood

Patricia Lynn Yearwood, known professionally as Trisha Yearwood is an American country music artist, best known for her series of major hits throughout the 1990s decade and into the new millennium....
, Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
, Susan Ashton
Susan Ashton

Susan Ashton is a best-selling and award-winning United States Contemporary Christian Music and country music artist who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s....
, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well....
, Jill Phillips
Jill Phillips

Jill Phillips is an United States singer-songwriter based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee, who brings a folk-rock sound.Phillips got her start in a music career when she graduated from Belmont University in 1998....
, Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford Order of the British Empire is an English people actor and singer. He has won critical acclaim and numerous awards during his career, which includes radio, television and stage ....
, Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd , among others....
 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...
, whose version of Kirkpatrick's "Change the World
Change the World

"Change the World" is a song recorded by Eric Clapton with backing by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon ....
" won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Award, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 to the composer of the song in question....
.

In 2000, Kirkpatrick released a solo project entitled The Maple Room that included "Wrapped Up in You", a song that would later become a hit for Garth Brooks, and "My Armageddon", which was originally slated for Brooks' Garth Brooks in ...






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Wayne Kirkpatrick is an 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...
 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....
 and 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....
 born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital city and the second largest city of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish which contains 430,812 residents....
 but now lives in Nashville
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....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979.

Kirkpatrick has spent most of his career in the background, often providing background vocals, playing guitar, playing keyboards or writing songs for other artists. His songs have been recorded by Little Big Town
Little Big Town

Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet....
, Faith Hill
Faith Hill

Faith Hill is an United States country music singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw....
, Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....
, Babyface, Amy Grant
Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
, Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker

John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE is an England rock /blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty human voice and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles....
, Martina McBride
Martina McBride

Martina Mariea Schiff is an American country music singer and songwriter who records as Martina McBride. She is best-known for her Inspirational music-styled ballads about women and children....
, Wynonna Judd
Wynonna Judd

Wynonna Judd is an American country music singer. Born Christina Claire Ciminella, she was renamed Wynonna Ellen Judd, a name adapted from the line "Don't forget Winona, Arizona" in the pop song "Route 66 "....
, Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood

Patricia Lynn Yearwood, known professionally as Trisha Yearwood is an American country music artist, best known for her series of major hits throughout the 1990s decade and into the new millennium....
, Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
, Susan Ashton
Susan Ashton

Susan Ashton is a best-selling and award-winning United States Contemporary Christian Music and country music artist who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s....
, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well....
, Jill Phillips
Jill Phillips

Jill Phillips is an United States singer-songwriter based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee, who brings a folk-rock sound.Phillips got her start in a music career when she graduated from Belmont University in 1998....
, Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford Order of the British Empire is an English people actor and singer. He has won critical acclaim and numerous awards during his career, which includes radio, television and stage ....
, Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd , among others....
 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...
, whose version of Kirkpatrick's "Change the World
Change the World

"Change the World" is a song recorded by Eric Clapton with backing by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon ....
" won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year

The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Award, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 to the composer of the song in question....
.

In 2000, Kirkpatrick released a solo project entitled The Maple Room that included "Wrapped Up in You", a song that would later become a hit for Garth Brooks, and "My Armageddon", which was originally slated for Brooks' Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines project. Kirkpatrick served as a primary songwriter on that album, along with Gordon Kennedy
Gordon Kennedy (musician)

Gordon Kennedy is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer.He has collaborated with many artists including Eric Clapton, Garth Brooks, Bonnie Raitt, Jewel , Kenny Loggins and others....
 and Tommy Sims
Tommy Sims

Tommy Sims is a renowned bassist, producer and musician. He was the bassist of Christian rock band White Heart from 1987 to 1989. He was subsequently the bassist on the Bruce Springsteen and the "Other Band" Tour during 1992-1993....
.

Later in 2000, he teamed up with Kennedy and several other songwriters (Phil Madeira
Phil Madeira

Phil Madeira is an United States songwriter, record producer, musician and singer from Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island and attended Taylor University....
 and Billy Sprague) to record Coming From Somewhere Else, which was a CD of their own music that had previously been recorded by other artists, including "Change the World".