He soon traveled to Europe to tour with the band Kane consisting of members Christian Kane and Steve Carlson.
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He has also co-written three singles for Garth Brooks: the Chris LeDoux tribute "Good Ride Cowboy", as well as "That Girl Is a Cowboy" and "Midnight Sun".
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He found legendary Nashville songwriters such as Whitey Shafer, Dean Dillon and Paul Overstreet to be very influential in his songwriting and went on to co-write with all three while living in Nashville, TN.