Larry Beaird

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Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival, Larry Beaird, Beaird Music Group, SMSWF, Gatlinburg, TN2004 nominee for the Academy of Country Music Guitarist of the Year, Larry Beaird has several different roles in the Nashville recording scene. As a producer, he has produced songs featuring such artists as Dolly Parton, Billy Dean and Mark O’Connor.

As a musician, Larry has played acoustic guitar, banjo, and mandolin on thousands of recording sessions including records for Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Trace Adkins, Brooks and Dunn, and Montgomery Gentry.

You can also hear him on Pop/Rock records such as America and Art Garfunkel as well as several movie soundtracks including Fox and the Hound II, Varsity Blues, and Hannah Montana, the Movie (on the Rascal Flatts song, “God Bless the Broken Road”).

He played on the records for back to back ACM Songs of the Year, “I’m Movin’ On” (recorded by Rascal Flatts) and “Three Wooden Crosses” (recorded by Randy Travis).

He is also the owner of Beaird Music Group, Inc. a Nashville recording service featuring three recording studios.

His company has recorded the demos for several #1 songs including Carrie Underwood’s “AllAmerican Girl”, Blake Shelton’s “She Wouldn’t Be Gone”, and Chris Young’s “Getting You Home”. Beaird Music Group also recorded the demo for Lady Antebellum’s “I Run to You” which was voted the 2009 CMA Single of the Year and nominated for the Grammy award for Best Country Song.

Recently, Beaird Music Group has recorded the demos for the songs “Mexicoma” on Tim McGraw’s Two Lanes of Freedom album and “Get to Me” on Lady Antebellum’s Golden album.

Beaird Music Group productions also appear on albums for major artists such as Luke Bryan, HLN’s Robin Meade, Kix Brooks, Cledus T. Judd and Joey + Rory.

Larry Beaird has several different roles in the Nashville recording scene. He was a 2004 nominee for the Academy of Country Music Guitarist of the Year. As a producer, he has produced songs featuring such artists as Dolly Parton, Billy Dean and Mark O’Connor.

As a musician, he has played acoustic guitar, banjo, and

mandolin on thousands of recording sessions including records for Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Trace Adkins, Brooks and Dunn, and

Montgomery Gentry. You can also hear him on Pop/Rock records such as America and Art Garfunkel as well as several movie soundtracks including Fox and the Hound II, Varsity Blues, and Hannah Montana, the Movie (on the Rascal Flatts song, “God Bless the Broken Road”).

He played on the records for back to back ACM Songs of the Year, “I’m Movin’ On” (recorded by Rascal Flatts) and “Three Wooden Crosses” (recorded by Randy Travis).

He is also the owner of Beaird Music Group, Inc. a Nashville recording service featuring three recording studios.

His company has recorded the demos for several #1 songs including Carrie Underwood’s “AllAmerican Girl”, Blake Shelton’s “She Wouldn’t Be Gone”, and Chris Young’s “Getting You Home”. Beaird Music Group also recorded the demo for Lady Antebellum’s “I Run to You” which was voted the 2009 CMA Single of the Year and nominated for the Grammy award for Best Country Song.

Recently, Beaird Music Group has recorded the demos for the songs “Mexicoma” on Tim McGraw’s Two Lanes of Freedom album and “Get to Me” on Lady Antebellum’s Golden album.

Beaird Music Group productions also appear on albums for major artists such as Luke Bryan, HLN’s Robin Meade, Kix Brooks, Cledus T. Judd and Joey + Rory.