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Wyatt Durrette (songwriter)

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American songwriter

Wyatt Durrette
Born	Wyatt Beazley Durrette III (1974-05-02)May 2, 1974 (age 51)
Origin	Richmond, Virginia, United States
Occupation	Songwriter
Years active	2006–present

Musical artist

Wyatt Beazley Durrette III is an Americancountry music songwriter. He is known mainly as a collaborator of theZac Brown Band, for whom he has written many of their singles.

Biography

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Durrette was born inVirginia but moved toAtlanta, Georgia. His father was attorney and politicianWyatt Durrette. He wrote his first song at age eleven, and was inspired to pursue songwriting after being brought to aJimmy Buffett concert by his sister, Dawn. Durrette briefly lived in Byron Center Michigan after his father took a job at the local school. After graduating college, Durrette worked as a bartender and manager of a bar inAtlanta, Georgia, where he met Zac Brown of theZac Brown Band. He began writing songs with the band, and the two began writing songs together. Durrette is the co-writer of many of Zac Brown Band's singles, including their breakthrough "Chicken Fried".^[1]^[2]^[3]

Durrette also co-wroteLuke Combs' 2019 singles "Beautiful Crazy" and "Even Though I'm Leaving".^[4]^[5]

The numbers that demonstrate Durrette’s writing mastery are staggering – 1.5 BILLION digital streams, 24 MILLION singles sold, 9 MILLION albums sold, 13 Numbers Ones and 16 Number Ones at Country & Rock Radio.^[6]

Awards

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Chicken Fried - BMI "#1 Award"
Homegrown - SESAC "Song of the Year"
Uncaged – GRAMMY - "Best Country Album" (Zac Brown Band)
Jump Right In – GRAMMY - "Best Country Album" (Zac Brown Band)
Goodbye in Her Eyes – GRAMMY - "Best Country Album" (Zac Brown Band)
The Wind – GRAMMY - "Best Country Album" (Zac Brown Band)
Sweet Annie – GRAMMY - "Best Country Album" (Zac Brown Band)
Natural Disaster – GRAMMY - "Best Country Album" (Zac Brown Band)
Day That I Die (feat. Amos Lee) – GRAMMY - "Best Country Album" (Zac Brown Band)
Last But Not Least – GRAMMY -"Best Country Album" (Zac Brown Band)
Heavy is the Head (feat. Chris Cornell) - People’s Choice Awards "Rock Song of the Year"
Homegrown - Nashville Songwriter’s Association "#1 Award"
Homegrown - People’s Choice Awards "Country Song of the Year"
Chicken Fried - CMA "Triple Play Award"
Whatever It Is - CMA "Triple Play Award"
Toes - CMA "Triple Play Award"
Highway 20 Ride - CMA "Triple Play Award"
As She’s Walking Away - CMA "Triple Play Award"
Colder Weather - CMA "Triple Play Award"

Accolades

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Chicken Fried - CMA Awards "Single of the Year"
Chicken Fried - CMA Awards "Song of the Year"
Toes - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (Zac Brown Band)
Whatever It Is - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Where The Boat Leaves From - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Chicken Fried - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Different Kind of Fine - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Highway 20 Ride - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Toes - ACM Awards "Single Record of the Year"
Toes - GRAMMY "Best Country Album" (ZBB)
Whatever It Is - GRAMMY "Best Country Album" (ZBB)
Where The Boat Leaves From - GRAMMY "Best Country Album" (ZBB)
Chicken Fried - GRAMMY "Best Country Album" (ZBB)
Different Kind of Fine - GRAMMY "Best Country Album" (ZBB)
Highway 20 Ride - GRAMMY "Best Country Album" (ZBB)
As She’s Walking Away (feat. Alan Jackson) - ACM Awards "Single of the Year"
As She’s Walking Away (feat. Alan Jackson) - ACM Awards "Song of the Year"
Let It Go - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Knee Deep (feat. Jimmy Buffett) - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
No Hurry - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
I Play the Road - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Whiskey’s Gone - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Quiet Your Mind - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Colder Weather - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Settle Me Down - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
As She’s Walking Away (feat. Alan Jackson) - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Keep Me in Mind - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Make This Day - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Colder Weather - CMA Awards "Single of the Year"
Colder Weather - CMA Awards "Song of the Year"
Let It Go - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Knee Deep (feat. Jimmy Buffett) - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
No Hurry - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
I Play the Road - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Whiskey’s Gone - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Quiet Your Mind - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Colder Weather - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Settle Me Down - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
As She’s Walking Away (feat. Alan Jackson) - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Keep Me in Mind - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Make This Day - CMA Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Let It Go - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Knee Deep (feat. Jimmy Buffett) - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
No Hurry - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
I Play the Road - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Whiskey’s Gone - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Quiet Your Mind - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Colder Weather - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Settle Me Down - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
As She’s Walking Away - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Keep Me in Mind - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
Make This Day - ACM Awards "Album of the Year" (ZBB)
As She’s Walking Away (feat. Alan Jackson) - ACM Awards "Single of the Year"
As She’s Walking Away (feat. Alan Jackson) - ACM Awards "Single by a Duo/Group"
As She’s Walking Away (feat. Alan Jackson) - ACM Awards "Single by a Vocal Collaboration"
Knee Deep feat. Jimmy Buffett - ACM Awards "Single by a Vocal Collaboration"
Where the River Goes (Footloose Soundtrack 2011) - GRAMMY nomination "Best Song Written for Motion Picture"

References

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^"WYATT DURRETTE, CO-WRITER OF 'COLDER WEATHER,' RECALLS FALLING IN LOVE WITH MUSIC AND FIRST MEETING ZAC BROWN".Taste of Country. April 11, 2011. RetrievedNovember 21, 2018.
^"Songwriter Spotlight: Wyatt Durrette".Rolling Stone Country. November 10, 2014. RetrievedNovember 21, 2018.
^"Wyatt Durrette".Musicvf.com. RetrievedNovember 21, 2018.
^"Luke Combs' 'Beautiful Crazy' Is a Single for the Fans [Listen]".Taste of Country. November 20, 2018. RetrievedNovember 21, 2018.
^Billy Dukes (August 26, 2019)."Luke Combs' 'Even Though I'm Leaving' Should Come With a Warning=".Taste of Country. RetrievedOctober 16, 2019.
^https://www.wyattdurrette.com/about

v t e CMA Song of the Year
1967−1970	"There Goes My Everything" -Dallas Frazier (1967) "Honey" -Bobby Russell (1968) "The Carroll County Accident" -Bob Ferguson (1969) "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" -Kris Kristofferson (1970)
1971−1980	"Easy Loving" -Freddie Hart (1971−72) "Behind Closed Doors" -Kenny O'Dell (1973) "Country Bumpkin" -Don Wayne (1974) "Back Home Again" -John Denver (1975) "Rhinestone Cowboy" -Larry Weiss (1976) "Lucille"Roger Bowling,Hal Bynum - (1977) "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" -Richard Leigh (1978) "The Gambler" -Don Schlitz (1979) "He Stopped Loving Her Today" -Bobby Braddock,Curly Putman (1980)
1981−1990	"He Stopped Loving Her Today" -Bobby Braddock,Curly Putman (1981) "Always on My Mind" -Wayne Carson,Johnny Christopher,Mark James (1982−83) "Wind Beneath My Wings" -Larry Henley,Jeff Silbar (1984) "God Bless the U.S.A." -Lee Greenwood (1985) "On the Other Hand" -Paul Overstreet,Don Schlitz (1986) "Forever and Ever, Amen -Paul Overstreet,Don Schlitz (1987) "80's Ladies" -K. T. Oslin (1988) "Chiseled in Stone" -Max D. Barnes,Vern Gosdin (1989) "Where've You Been" -Don Henry,Jon Vezner (1990)
1991−2000	"When I Call Your Name" -Tim DuBois,Vince Gill (1991) "Look at Us" -Vince Gill,Max D. Barnes (1992) "I Still Believe in You" -Vince Gill,John Barlow Jarvis (1993) "Chattahoochee" -Jim McBride,Alan Jackson (1994) "Independence Day" -Gretchen Peters (1995) "Go Rest High on That Mountain" -Vince Gill (1996) "Strawberry Wine" -Matraca Berg,Gary Harrison (1997) "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" -Billy Kirsch,Steve Wariner (1998) "This Kiss" -Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff (1999) "I Hope You Dance" -Mark D. Sanders,Tia Sillers (2000)
2001−2010	"Murder on Music Row" -Larry Cordle, Larry Shell (2001) "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" -Alan Jackson (2002) "Three Wooden Crosses" -Doug Johnson,Kim Williams (2003) "Live Like You Were Dying" -Tim Nichols,Craig Wiseman (2004) "Whiskey Lullaby" -Bill Anderson,Jon Randall (2005) "Believe" -Ronnie Dunn,Craig Wiseman (2006) "Give It Away" -Bill Anderson,Buddy Cannon,Jamey Johnson (2007) "Stay" -Jennifer Nettles (2008) "In Color" -Jamey Johnson,Lee Thomas Miller,James Otto (2009) "The House That Built Me" -Tom Douglas,Allen Shamblin (2010)
2011−2020	"If I Die Young" -Kimberly Perry (2011) "Over You" -Miranda Lambert,Blake Shelton (2012) "I Drive Your Truck" -Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington,Jimmy Yeary (2013) "Follow Your Arrow" -Brandy Clark,Shane McAnally,Kacey Musgraves (2014) "Girl Crush" -Hillary Lindsey,Lori McKenna,Liz Rose (2015) "Humble and Kind" -Lori McKenna (2016) "Better Man" -Taylor Swift (2017) "Broken Halos" -Mike Henderson,Chris Stapleton (2018) "Beautiful Crazy" -Luke Combs,Wyatt Durrette, Robert Williford (2019)
2021−2030	"The Bones" -Maren Morris,Jimmy Robbins,Laura Veltz (2020) "Starting Over" -Mike Henderson,Chris Stapleton (2021) "Buy Dirt" -Jacob Davis,Jordan Davis,Josh Jenkins,Matt Jenkins (2022) "Fast Car" -Tracy Chapman (2023) "White Horse" -Chris Stapleton,Dan Wilson (2024) "You Look Like You Love Me" -Ella Langley,Riley Green, Aaron Raitiere (2025)

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International	VIAF
National	United States
Artists	MusicBrainz

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