Dan Roberts is a solo artist and songwriter. He has penned numerous Billboard chart songs including several for Garth Brooks.
Prior to moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Roberts spent time briefly as an amateur bronco rider. In Nashville, Roberts teamed up with Brooks and Bryan Kennedy to write the number one hit "The Beaches of Cheyenne".[1] Brooks signed Roberts and Kennedy to a two-year deal to open his world tour in 1996-97. The duo opened more Garth Brooks shows than any other opening act in Brooks' career. Following the tour, Roberts wrote an album for himself titled There's a Little Cowboy in All of Us. He followed this up with a second CD Cowhand.com, which charted on both Gavin and Billboard.
His third CD, Viva La Cowboy was in contention for three Grammy nominations in 2004[2] and featured two chart singles on the Texas Music Chart, "I'm the One to Call" and "Swingin' Till We Can't See Strait".
His music career and life took on new meaning after his daughter, Austin, fought and won a two-year battle with brain cancer. Dan and his wife Carol established the Refuse To Lose Fund with the goal to raise $4.5 million to purchase the same technology that saved his daughters life at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, and bring it to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Roberts has had two more albums, Beyond the Brand and Family, Faith & Freedom, which he says is a tribute to the music that shaped his life. A compilation album, The Best Of, is his latest release.
Official website of Dan Roberts - DanRoberts.net
Awards
editRoberts was awarded the Academy of Western Artists "Western Music (Male)" award in 2000,[3][4] and "Entertainer of the Year" in 2001.[1][5][6] Roberts won the 2004 Terry Awards Entertainer of the Year. The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum granted Roberts two Western Heritage Awards: in 2009, Outstanding Original Western Composition for Red Steagall's A Cowboy's Special Christmas (written with Roy Robinson and Bobby Wood), and in 2012, Outstanding Traditional Western Album for his "Best Of (Vol 1)" collection.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Mullins, Jr., Jesse (July–August 2001). "Ride of a Lifetime". American Cowboy: 23. Retrieved August 31, 2013 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mullins, Jr., Jesse (January–February 2004). "Western Music Awakening". American Cowboy: 21. Retrieved September 2, 2013 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Steagall Leads List of Honorees at AWA Awards". American Cowboy. September–October 2000. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Western Music Past Winners". Academy Of Western Artists. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "AWA Recognizes the Best in the Business". American Cowboy: 12. September–October 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2013 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Media & Special Awards". Academy Of Western Artists. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Western Heritage Awards". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. 2012 [2009]. Retrieved October 27, 2012. (Search by full name for Dan Roberts.)
- Dan Roberts at Lone Star Music