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Skip Ewing
American musician

Skip Ewing

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Biography

Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing (born March 6, 1964, in Redlands, California) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts.

Career

Ewing first began to garner national attention during the mid-1980s, both as a songwriter and recording artist for MCA and Capitol Records. His 1988 debut, The Coast of Colorado, produced the number 3 hit "Burnin' a Hole in My Heart" and four other top 20 country hits. The Will to Love included the top 5 hit "It's You Again". Although none of Ewing's subsequent chart entries made Top 40, he released eight more albums from 1990 to 2009.

Ewing is a notable attendee of Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, and Redlands High School in Redlands, California.

In 1990, Ewing wrote two songs for Kenny Rogers' album Love Is Strange, "Listen to the Rain" and "If I Were a Painting".

In 2008, he served as the duet partner of the radio version of Reba McEntire's single, "Every Other Weekend." While also co-writing this single, the song reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Country Chart. Although the song was credited for one week to Ewing and Kenny Chesney as "Every Other Weekend with Reba McEntire and Skip Ewing or Kenny Chesney", the song was thereafter credited to McEntire alone on the charts.

Awards

  • Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Songwriter of the Year 2000;
  • Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Song Of The Year;
  • Country Music Association (CMA) Triple Play Award (three No. 1 songs within 12 months).

Additionally, Ewing has received a CMA Song of the Year nomination, a Grammy nomination, a Tony nomination and multiple BMI "Million Air" awards.

Horse & Writer

Horse and Writer is an annual songwriting retreat Skip Ewing organizes every year with members of the Nashville songwriting community. The retreat lasts 6 days, and takes place at the Triangle C Ranch in Dubois, Wyoming. The mission is to help aspiring songwriters realize their potential, as they are mentored by experienced pros like Ewing, who describes the event as "A labor of love."

Discography

Albums

YearTitleUS Country
1988The Coast of Colorado29
1989The Will to Love44
1990A Healin' Fire
Following Yonder Star (re-issued in 1995)
1991Naturally
Greatest Hits
1993Homegrown Love
1997Until I Found You
2001Indian Elephant Tea With The Big Kidz Band
2009Skip Ewing - Hits Vol. 1

Singles

YearSingleChart PositionsAlbum
US CountryCAN Country
1988"Your Memory Wins Again"17The Coast of Colorado
"I Don't Have Far to Fall"8*
"Burnin' a Hole in My Heart"3*
1989"The Gospel According to Luke"1011
"The Coast of Colorado"1524
"It's You Again"59The Will to Love
1990"If a Man Could Live on Love Alone"70
"I'm Your Man"6977A Healin' Fire
"The Dotted Line"80
1991"I Get the Picture"73Naturally
1992"Naturally"7184
1993"Losing You Is New to Me"78Homegrown Love
"Grandma's Garden"84
1997"Mary Go 'Round"58Until I Found You
"Answer to My Prayer"66

Guest singles

YearSingleArtistChart PositionsAlbum
US Country
2008"Every Other Weekend"AReba McEntire15Reba Duets
  • A The radio edit of "Every Other Weekend" featured Skip Ewing as a duet partner, while the version on McEntire's Reba Duets album features Kenny Chesney. The song was only credited to Ewing for one week, at which point it had reached No. 57 on Hot Country Songs.

Other charted songs

YearSingleUS CountryAlbum
1996"Christmas Carol"68Following Yonder Star
1998"Christmas Carol" (re-entry)60
2000"Christmas Carol" (re-entry)44

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1988"Your Memory Wins Again"Jim May
"I Don't Have Far to Fall"
1990"If a Man Could Live on Love Alone"John Lloyd Miller
1993"Losing You is New to Me"
1997"Mary Go 'Round"
"Answer to My Prayer"Chuck Shanlever
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