{"id":16745,"date":"2019-07-17T12:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1809163"},"modified":"2019-07-17T12:06:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:06:04","slug":"there-was-this-party-for-riley-greens-there-was-this-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/there-was-this-party-for-riley-greens-there-was-this-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"There Was This Party for Riley Green\u2019s \u201cThere Was This Girl\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">29m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Braving Nashville\u2019s sweltering heat, a large crowd gathered at The Sutler saloon Tuesday afternoon (July 16) to celebrate the chart success of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rileygreenmusic.com\/\">Riley Green<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThere Was This Girl,\u201d which he co-wrote with Erik Dylan.<\/p>\n<p>Jointly sponsored by BMI and Big Machine Label Group, the party began with Green and Dylan performing the song being spotlighted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAl7Ajne1fI?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAl7Ajne1fI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The crowd broke into applause throughout the performance. Then Dylan and the backup musicians left the stage. Green told the partygoers he wanted to do a second song, one he had written on his own and which he planned to release soon. It was called \u201cI Wish Grandpas Would Never Die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote it about my two grandpas and the values they instilled in me,\u201d Green explained before launching into the song. The lyrics consist of a list of wishes the singer has about an ideal world in which \u201ceverybody knew the words to \u2018Mama Tried\u2019\u201d and \u201ccountry music still played on country radio.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"c483fe6b\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-2-1563386472.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-2-1563386472.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-2-1563386472.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, 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alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Steve Lowry<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BMI\u2019s David Preston praised Dylan for citing the late Guy Clark as his songwriting \u201chero.\u201d He noted that Dylan, who joined BMI in 2010, has had songs recorded by Eli Young Band, Justin Moore, Kip Moore and Eric Paslay, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Preston was equally laudatory toward Green, who, he said, has been with BMI since 2012 and boasts a catalog of more than 100 songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"dd7f7707\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-3-1563386603.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-3-1563386603.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-3-1563386603.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-3-1563386603.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-3-1563386603.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-3-1563386603.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-3-1563386603.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Riley-Green-BMI-3-1563386603.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Riley Green BMI 3\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking of the success of \u201cThere Was This Girl,\u201d BMLG CEO Scott Borchetta called it \u201cone of the biggest wins we ever had,\u201d and Jimmy Harnen, BMLG Records chief, boasted that the song has \u201cmore hooks than a tackle box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green responded modestly to the deluge of compliments. \u201cI accidentally made a lot of choices and wound up with good people,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve honestly been spoiled by the support I got.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Photo 2: PICTURED (Back Row: L-R) \u2013 Red Light Management\u2019s Zach Sutton, Producer Dann Huff, BMLG\u2019s Scott Borchetta, Warner Chappell\u2019s Ryan Beuschel, Peer Music\u2019s Michael Knox, BMI\u2019s David\u2019s Preston, Fusion Music\u2019s Daniel Miller (Front Row L-R): BMLG Records\u2019 Jimmy Harnen, Riley Green, Erik Dylan. Photo by Steve Lowry<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo 3: PICTURED (Back Row: L-R) \u2013 BMLG Records\u2019 Cherylynne Nader, Michelle Kammerer, Andi Brooks, Andrew Thoen, Madeline Farr (Front Row: L-R) \u2013 BMLG Records\u2019 Liz Santana, BMLG\u2019s Scott Borchetta, Riley Green, Erik Dylan, BMLG Records\u2019 Jimmy Harnen, Matthew Hargis. Photo by Steve Lowry<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1809163\/there-was-this-party-for-riley-greens-there-was-this-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 29m ago Braving Nashville\u2019s sweltering heat, a large crowd gathered at The Sutler saloon Tuesday afternoon (July 16) to celebrate the chart success of Riley Green\u2019s \u201cThere Was This Girl,\u201d which he co-wrote with Erik Dylan. Jointly sponsored by BMI and Big Machine Label Group, the party began with Green and Dylan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 14:28:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}