Rodney Clawson

Rodney Clawson took a huge career leap from farmer to songwriter when he began to make trips from his home in Grover, Texas to Nashville Tennessee.  Longtime friend, John Rich encouraged Rodney’s writing trips which eventually lead him to his first publishing contract in 2000. 

In 2003 he earned his first top 20 song with “I Can’t Be Your Friend” cut by the band Rushlow.  This was quickly followed by his first top 5 song “Sweet Southern Comfort” recorded by Buddy Jewel.   After this success, Rodney made the decision to leave his farming career behind and move to Nashville to be a full time songwriter. 

 In the summer of 2006, landed his first number one song with ‘Why’ recorded by Jason Aldean, followed by another number 1 song, “Lost In This Moment” recorded by Big and Rich.  In 2007 Rodney had two nominations with CMA Song of the Year with “Lost In This Moment” & ACM Song of the Year with “Amarillo Sky” which was recorded by Jason Aldean.  He also wrote two top 5 songs with Faith Hill’s “Sunshine and Summertime” and Jason Aldean’s “Johnny Cash”.

In 2008, Rodney signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Big Loud Shirt, a company owned and operated by Grammy award winning songwriter, Craig Wiseman.  In February of 2008, country music legend George Strait released Rodney’s song “I Saw God Today” as the first single off his Troubadour album.  “I Saw God Today” became Strait’s highest debuting single of all time and his record breaking 56^th #1 song.  The song won CMA Single of the Year and was nominated for Best Country Song at the 2009 Grammy Awards.

Rodney took on the title of producer when he recorded some songs on the Jake Owen’s Barefoot Blue Jean Night album and songs on James Wesley’s upcoming release with Broken Bow Records. 

Rodney has cuts on the following current releases of Blake Shelton’s Red River Blue, Luke Bryan’s Tanlines & Tailgates, Jake Owen’s Barefoot Blue Jean Night and Randy Montana’s Randy Montana.  He also has had songs recorded for other yet to be releases on Kenny Chesney, Montgomery Gentry, Kellie Pickler and Josh Thompson.  Rodney has also written with artists, Chad Kroeger (of Nickleback), John Rich, Rodney Atkins, Three Days Grace, Jaret Reddick (of Bowling For Soup) and Ed Rolland (of Collective Soul). 

In the spring of 2012, Rodney’s song “Drink On It” by Blake Shelton hit #1 on the Country charts.   Currently he several songs on the radio including the groundbreaking Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw duet “Feel Like A Rockstar,” Luke Bryan’s “Drunk On You,” Josh Thompson’s “Comin’ Around” & Nickelback’s “Lullaby.”

In his downtime, Rodney likes to participate in fishing tournaments throughout the United States. 

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