for immediate release: hit songwriters to perform august 28th at flora

MEDIA ALERT
WEDNESDAY, August 19 2015
Pensacola, FL
PRESS CONTACT:
Bobbie Perry
850.492.7664
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HIT SONGWRITERS TO PERFORM AUGUST 28TH AT FLORA-BAMA
In anticipation of the 31st Annual Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival, two hit songwriters, Bobby Tomberlin and Bill
LaBounty will be performing at the world famous Flora-Bama on August 28th. The upstairs main room, or “listening room” as it is
referred to by songwriter performance fans will be the location for this exclusive event.
Grammy, CMA and ACM nominee Bobby Tomberlin began his career in the music business at the early age of 11 as a disc jockey
at WLVN in his hometown of Luverne, Alabama. During this time, he interviewed legends such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings,
Tammy Wynette, and Keith Whitley. Mel Tillis gave Bobby his first publishing contract, and he is currently a staff writer for CURB
Records Publishing in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tomberlin co-wrote the number one Country and Top 5 AC single, “One More Day” recorded by Diamond Rio, and co-authored the
inspirational book by the same title. He co-wrote the Top 10 single “A Good Day To Run” with Darryl Worley, and has also had
songs recorded by Josh Turner, Faith Hill, Kenny Rogers, Rodney Atkins, Joe Nichols, Terri Clark, Little Jimmy Dickens, the Oak
Ridge Boys, Joe Diffie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Anderson, Ty Herndon, Lee Greenwood, Chely Wright, Linda Davis, Russ Taff, Eddy
Arnold and many others.
Tomberlin has appeared on numerous television shows including Opry Backstage, Words & Music and The Bad Girls Club on the
Oxygen Network, where he starred in an episode called “The Walls Came Tomberlin Down”. As a voiceover artist, Bobby can be
heard on projects by Trace Adkins, Michael McDonald, Peter Frampton, The B52’s and many others.
Bill LaBounty's musical direction was clear by the age of 19, when he was signed with his rock band to RCA Records. The Pacific
Northwest native then took his act solo, recording an album for Twentieth Century Fox Records, followed by 3 albums for Warner
Bros. Records, which spawned the pop hits “Never Gonna Look Back” (with James Taylor), “Livin' It Up”, and “This Night Won't
Last Forever”. Bill's album The Right Direction, co-produced with Robbie Dupree, enjoyed success in Europe and Japan with
featured singles “The Right Direction” and “Mr. O”. He also established himself as a songwriter for other artists, with successes
that span almost two decades. Over the years his resume includes cuts by an array of Pop and Country artists including Patti
LaBelle, Jimmy Buffett, The Judds, Steve Wariner, The Temptations, Brooks & Dunn, Steve Goodman and Phoebe Snow, Peter
Cetera and Tim McGraw, among others.
An accomplished keyboardist and synthesist, LaBounty has worked in the studio with such artists as James Taylor, Jennifer
Warnes, Patti LaBelle and Peter Cetera. In 1983, while working in Nashville, LaBounty met his wife, songwriter Beckie Foster,
which led to a joint career in Nashville and L.A. and resulted in Steve Wariner's #1 record “The Weekend” and Peter Cetera's “No
Explanation”, the end theme for the movie Pretty Woman. His hits include Robbie Dupree's “Hot Rod Hearts”, Michael Johnson's
“This Night Won't Last Forever”, Steve Wariner's #1 records “Lynda and I Got Dreams”, “Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart”
(a Grammy-winning record by Alison Kraus and Shenandoah), Tanya Tucker and Delbert McClinton's “Tell Me About It”, “Tequila
Talkin'” by Lonestar, the #1 Shenandoah single “I Want To Be Loved Like That” and Brooks & Dunn's “Rock My World (Little
Country Girl)”. To date, LaBounty has had over 100 songs recorded by other artists, resulting in 25 BMI Awards, including 10
Million Performance awards.
Tickets are $10 per person and are available for sale at the Gift Shop at the Flora-Bama or online at
http://www.florabama.com/membership-and-tickets
The Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival is scheduled for November 5 – 15, 2015. The event has been named a Top
20 event in the Southeast again this year, and is a featured event in the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival. For more information on Foo
Foo Festival go to www.foofoofest.com. For a complete list of FBISF venues and schedules, visit www.fbisf.com
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About The FRANK BROWN INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS’ FESTIVAL: FBISF is an 11 day festival established in 1984 that takes place in
multiple venues along the Alabama/Florida Gulf Coast each November. The festival brings approximately 200 songwriters including Grammy award
winners and the up and coming stars of the future out of the shadows and into the spotlight to share their music and the stories behind the songs.
www.fbisf.com