Skip Ewing
Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing ( born March 6, 1964 in Redlands, California) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
The son of a naval officer Donald Ralph Ewing received in early childhood derived from " Skipper" nickname " Skip". His enthusiasm for country music has been triggered by the songs of Merle Haggard and Lefty Frizzell. He could play the guitar rather than reading and writing, he wrote his first song at the age of ten years. After leaving school, he had his first appearances in an amusement park in Virginia. At age 19, he moved to Nashville, where he portrayed famous country musician in Opryland.
Career
Like many other country artists before him, Skip Ewing began as a songwriter. He proved to be so talented that the leading local music publisher, Acuff - Rose Music, took him under contract. After a short time, his songs have been interpreted by established stars like George Jones and Charley Pride. In 1987, the aspiring musician with an MCA recording contract. A year later, the remarkable album The Coast Of Colorado was recorded. It was produced by Jimmy Bowen and Skip Ewing himself, who also composed all the songs. Unlike other Singing songwriters he had a very pleasant sounding voice. From the debut CD several singles were released. Burnin ' A Hole In My Heart reached number three on the country charts. The good-looking musical all-rounder had made a breakthrough.
His next CD, The Will To Love, was similarly successful. Further albums followed in some of the larger intervals. But good charts rankings were the exception. Ewing was more successful as a songwriter. He composed more than a dozen No. 1 hits. To date, more than 250 of his songs have been recorded by almost all major players in the country scene. In 1991 he moved together with Jimmy Bowen to Capitol label.