Dan Harrison, Jeff Middleton, Mark Irwin, Mark Taylor

Join us for an evening of live music in The Neon Steeple with singer-songwriters Dan Harrison, Jeff Middleton, Mark Irwin and Mark Taylor.

Mark Irwin

Mark Irwin moved from the Northeast to Nashville to pursue his dream of songwriting in 1987. Soon after, Mark landed his first cut, the Christmas song “Meet Me Under The Mistletoe” recorded by Randy Travis, and years later, recorded again by Hailey Whitters. Mark then went on to co-write Alan Jackson’s first number one hit “Here In The Real World,” a two-time CMA Song of the Year nominee, ACM Song of the Year nominee and winner of the Music City News Award for Song of the Year 1990. Mark has co-written three other number-one country singles including “Redneck Crazy” (Tyler Farr), “Highway Don’t Care” [Tim McGraw (featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban)], and “Neon Light” (Blake Shelton). Other notable releases include “Looking For That Girl” (Tim McGraw), “New Friends” (Lainey Wilson), “Bama Breeze” (Jimmy Buffett), “That’s How They Do It In Dixie” (Hank Williams Jr.), as well as cuts from Martina McBride, Faith Hill, George Jones, and more. Additionally, as a former bartender at Nashville’s famous Bluebird Café, Mark is featured prominently in the documentary Bluebird alongside Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, and more.

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Dan Harrison

Dan Harrison is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. Growing up immersed in music of all kinds outside Philadelphia, he was drawn to country music and the sounds of the south while attending college at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. After graduating, he made his way to Nashville.

He has earned cuts with artists like Adair’s Run, Todd Cameron, Belles, Clayton Shay, Carson Beyer, Don Louis and more. One of his cuts, the recent viral TikTok song “All Hat No Cowboy” by Belles, is currently at over 4 million views on TikTok. He was also awarded the 2021 ASCAP Jay Gorney Award and the 2022 Bluebird Golden Pick for his song, “Friendly Fire”, which highlights the mental health issues facing our military veterans. He is also the recipient of the 2023 ASCAP Harold Adamson Lyric Award – Country Divison, and a member of the ASCAP GPS Class of 2023.

Dan has shared some of country music’s most famous stages with acts such as Mitchell Tenpenny and Steve Moakler, and split festival bills with Lady A, Lainey Wilson, Hardy and Blake Shelton, most recently at the Barefoot Country Music Festival in Wildwood, New Jersey and the Carolina Country Music Fest in Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Jeff Middleton

Originally from New Jersey, singer/songwriter Jeff Middleton moved to Nashville over twenty years ago to build a career in the music business.  He was a member of the critically acclaimed Warner Music recording artist Dirt Drifters and has performed across the country and internationally with Chely Wright and Josh Thompson.  In addition to spending time on the road and stage, Jeff is a staff writer for Liz Rose Music and Universal Music.  Over the past two decades, Jeff’s songs have been recorded by numerous artists, including Jason Aldean, Lee Brice, Morgan Wallen, Jordan Davis and Trace Adkins. He was nominated  for CMA Song of the year for “Drowns the Whiskey”, a multi-week #1 on  country radio for Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert.  The song was  recently certified by the RIAA as a platinum selling single.

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Mark Taylor

The 24-year-old Nashville resident brings that feel-good 90’s country sound back to his fans with his smooth vocals and soulful melodies. Having already opened for or shared the stage with superstars Big & Rich, Bryan White, Eric Paslay, Joe Nichols, Jon Pardi,  Russell Dickerson, Members of R.E.M., The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Collective Soul, and many more, Mark is certainly one to watch in Nashville.

As a songwriter, Mark has written songs recorded by Amii Stewart (Singer of the 1979 #1 “Knock on Wood”), Whey Jennings (Grandson of Waylon), Hayley Payne, Dan Harrison, Molly Lovette, and more.

He has received airplay all over the world including Australia, Ireland, London, Switzerland, and the U.K. His single, “Dust Off That Dirt”, has received nearly a quarter of a million streams and has been added to several terrestrial AM/FM radio rotations throughout the Northeast and Southeast United States, as well as internationally. He also won ASCAP’s 2023 Harold Adamson Country Lyric award for this critically-acclaimed song. His music video for “Dust Off That Dirt” made its premiere on The Country Network, broadcasting to over 40 million households.

Mark‘s recent cut, “Just Before the Dawn” (Top 40 hit on the iTunes Country Chart and Top 10 hit in Norway), recorded by Whey Jennings, was featured in the award-winning film, “American Outlaws”, available in select theaters and streaming services now.

Mark is a proud Member of the Country Music Association (CMA) and The Recording Academy.

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