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Gary Allen's Music City Beat

Gary Allen Drums/BMI Songwriter
JJ Cale/The Charlie Daniels Band/Stonewall Jackson

Touring/Lessons/Recording/
Musicians Referral Service/Sonicbids Best Song In The World Song Competition 2011/Host of Music City Underground, Nashville's longest running pro music jam (formally Play It Again Jam) Editor of The Music City Beat musicians newsletter

Paul Ross Hensley
Paul Ross Hensley was influenced by music artists such as The Beatles, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Jimmy Buffet. At a young age, Paul taught himself the acoustic guitar and developed his strong and unique vocal style. He began performing in various country/rock bands, playing lead, rhythm guitar and singing in his early years. This was only temporary as Paul began focusing on songwriting and creating melodies and playing occasional acoustic solo venues while being a father and husband.

After the economic downturn in 2007, Paul began dedicating himself to writing meticulously and thoughtfully lyrics and creating memorable melodies in the country and rock genre. Eventually his work bore his debut album, Destitute Legend. By releasing, Destitute Legend, Paul Ross Hensley's goal is to captivate and entertain his listeners with his diverse lyrics and vocal styles.

www.paulrosshensley.com
www.myspace.com/paulrosshensley

I'll show my friends that make fun of me for never having a business card. Look what I did. My very own website :D I hope you enjoy your visit and don't be a stranger, like Haggard's band. I am the editor of The Music City Beat, a musicians monthly newsletter that has a circulation of 50,000 managers, artists, writers, engineers, studios, labels, program directors, songwriters and players.
The current newsletter #70 rings in year five of my music/artist reviews, rare photos, my musicians referral MUSIC CITY PROS and videos and photos from my MUSIC CITY UNDERGROUND pro musicians party. If you are looking to stand out in Music City please ride my coattails and help me to help you. Check out my Sonicbid's five star rated song competition, Gary Allen's Songapalooza. I have a premium listing and you will be competing with Doobie Bros, Wings and Pointer Sisters', all submitters to my competition. The upcoming deadline is October 3oth. I personally judge my Sonicbids competition and the prizes are zany and offbeat like me! The newsletter is FREE and features Sonicbids winners, runnerups and artist promotions. SHOW ME THE MUSIC!

Q: Which living person do you most admire?
A: JJ Cale.
- Eric Clapton in Vanity Fair

The Music City Beat:
Musicians connecting in Nashville
From the Examiner by Ken Utterback

For the many musicians in Nashville, and the surrounding area, there is a newsletter that can
serve as the 'all-in-one' connection that they may be looking for. Gary Allen's Music City Beat, a free newsletter that goes out to thousands of hand-selected recipients every month, is chock full of music news, announcements, song competition winners, rare photos musicians referral, discounts, new services for musicians and much more. .Gary Allen, a BMI recording artist, is a life-long resident of Nashville, and has been playing and recording music with top name artists (Charlie Daniels, JJ Cale, Stonewall Jackson) for many years. BMI reports that Gary is played on the radio every 4 seconds on Epic, Sony, Buddah, Mercury, Polygram, Shelter, MCA, Blue Hat, CBS, K-Tel and Polydor Records. And if those credentials were not enough, the list of Gary's musical affiliations with managers, A&R people, radio, TV, recording engineers, booking agents, record labels and program directors is also quite long. The sharing of these connections is one of the benefits for the winners of the Sonicbids Music City Song Competition, which Gary officiates in association with Sonicbids. Contest winners also receive a number of other prizes, are featured in the Music City Beat newsletter and are spotlighted on his new official website, which is a top rated Google favorite among musicians and bands internationally.

For musicians who wish to receive the Music City Beat newsletter, it's as easy as contacting Gary (a truly nice guy, who makes himself very accessible) at his email address: www.garyallendrums@gmail.com