Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing (born March 6, 1964) is an American

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singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums and has charted 15 singles on the ''

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'' country charts.

Career

Ewing was born in

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, United States. He first began to gain national attention during the mid-1980s, both as a songwriter and recording artist for MCA and

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. 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 the 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

. In 1990, Ewing wrote two songs for

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' 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". He also co-wrote the 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" by Reba McEntire and Skip Ewing or Kenny Chesney", the song was thereafter credited to McEntire alone on the chart.

Awards

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(BMI) Songwriter of the Year 2000; * Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Song of the Year; *

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(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 and Writer

Horse and Writer is an annual songwriting retreat Skip Ewing organizes every year with members of the

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songwriting community. The retreat lasts six 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

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As a featured artist

Music videos

Awards and nominations

As a recording artist

Notes

References

External links

Skip Ewing official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ewing, Skip 1964 births American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters MCA Records artists Capitol Records artists Word Records artists Singer-songwriters from California Columbine High School alumni Living people People from Redlands, California Country musicians from California Singer-songwriters from Colorado