Wayne Kirkpatrick Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1961) is an American songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979.Kirkpatrick has spent most of his career in the background, often providing background vocals, playing guitar, playing keyboards or writing songs for other artists. Writing in Contemporary Christian, Country, and Pop styles, his songs have been recorded by Little Big Town, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Babyface, Amy Grant, Joe Cocker, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Ashton, Michael W. Smith, Jill Phillips, Michael Crawford, Peter Frampton, Casting Crowns and Eric Clapton, whose version of Kirkpatrick's "Change the World" won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.At the 24th GMA Dove Awards, Kirkpatrick received the award for Producer of the Year.In 2005, Kirkpatrick started to produce Little Big Town alongside the group starting with their second album The Road to Here and also the next 2 A Place to Land (Little Big Town album) & The Reason Why. He also co-wrote most of the songs on all 3 albums with the group.Also in 2005, The Road to Here came out for Little Big Town. Kirkpatrick has writing credit on 12 of the 13 songs. He has solo writing credits on one song, "Looking For The Reason", with the rest written with him and part/all of the group or with other songwriters. He co-wrote with group members on their highest charting song "Bring It on Home", which made it to No. 4 on Hot Country 100 songs chart. Kirkpatrick also wrote Little Big Town's 'signature' song, "Boondocks", which they use as the closing song at every show.In 2007, Little Big Town and Kirkpatrick went back into the studio to make a new record, A Place to Land. He co-wrote 12 of the 16 tracks on the Deluxe Edition, including the very first song that Little Big Town sang together called "Love Profound".In 2010, the newest record from Little Big Town, The Reason Why, was released which Kirkpatrick co-produced. The record debuted at No. 1, a first for Little Big Town. He co-wrote 7 of the 12 songs with the group, including the hit "Little White Church".Kirkpatrick has said that Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman and Philip Sweet have made him feel like the 5th member of the band.In 2000, Kirkpatrick released a solo project entitled The Maple Room that included "Wrapped Up in You", a song that would later become a hit for Garth Brooks, and "My Armageddon", which was originally slated for Brooks' Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines project. Kirkpatrick served as a primary songwriter on that album, along with Gordon Kennedy and Tommy Sims.Later in 2000, he teamed up with Kennedy and several other songwriters (Phil Madeira and Billy Sprague) to record Coming From Somewhere Else, which was a CD of their own music that had previously been recorded by other artists, including "Change the World".
Dirty Cops: Ta Batsonia: A Greek Novel About Crisis
2014
Video writer: "Change the World"
The Voice of the Philippines
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Video Compilation: Top Ten Best Videos 2007-2012
2013
Documentary writer: "Change the World" - uncredited
Mai caminaràs sol
2012
TV Movie documentary writer: "Canviar el món"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dirty Cops: Ta Batsonia
2012
Video short writer: "Change the World"
Teddy's Short Story
2011
Short writer: "Change the World"
Conan
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Extraordinary Measures
2010
writer: "Change the World"
Imagine That
2009
producer: "Nowhere Man" / writer: "Leaves of Autumn"
Las Vegas
2007
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idols
2007
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Charlotte's Web
2006
producer: "A Place in the Sun"
The Fox and the Hound 2
2006
Video producer: "We Go Together"
40th Annual Country Music Association Awards
2006
TV Special writer: "Bones"
Idol
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Australian Idol
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idols
2003
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bruce Almighty
2003
writer: "God-Shaped Hole"
Eric Clapton: One More Car, One More Rider - Live on Tour 2001
2002
Video documentary writer: "Change the World"
The Banger Sisters
2002
writer: "Hour of Need"
Garth Brooks Live Coast to Coast: Los Angeles
2001
TV Special writer: "Wrapped Up In You"
Summer Catch
2001
writer: "Anything and Everything"
Someone Like You...
2001
producer: "You Are" / writer: "You Are"
Left Behind: The Movie
2000
Video writer: "Never Been Unloved Bruce's Song"
Almost Famous
2000
writer: "Hour of Need", "You Had to Be There"
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua
1999
TV Movie documentary writer: "Change the World"
Garth Brooks... In the Life of Chris Gaines
1999
TV Movie documentary writer: "Snow in July", "White Flag", "My Love Tells Me So", "Main Street", "It Don't Matter to the Sun", "Unsigned Letter", "Lost in You"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
I'm Still Here
2010/II
songs
Amy Grant: Building the House of Love
1994
Video documentary composer: songs "Children of the World" and "Say You'll Be Mine"