Second Place in the Country category is awarded to Liz Hengber and John Jarvis for their song, "When I Grow Up." Brooklyn-born Liz Hengber began her professional writing career with McEntire's company, Starstruck, in 1991. During her 9 years there, she had four No 1 Hits with Reba.
In 2000, she made Billboard Magazine's Top 10 Country Songwriters because of her back-to-back hits for and Clay Davidson. She now writes for Clint Black's publishing company, Blacktop Music. John Barlow Jarvis' musical journey began in 1968 in Southern California at the age of 14, when after winning numerous classical competition awards, he was signed as a staff songwriter and studio musician at Edwin H.
Morris Music. By the age of 18, he was already playing piano on hits by such artists as Ringo Starr, Diana Ross, Sayer, John Mellancamp, Art Garfunkel, and many others. At the age of 20, John joined the Band.
Since relocating to Nashville, TN in 1982, John has continued to work as a recording artist, is a two-time Grammy-winning songwriter (for Country Songs of the Year "I Still Believe in You" and "Love Can Build a Bridge"), and studio musician playing with artists such as Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Strait, MacEntire, and Hank Jr. John has just released a new critically acclaimed CD, From a Southern Porch. Lisa Carver is awarded Third Place for her song "Sideman.
" Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Carver moved with her family to a religious commune in Southeast Alaska at the age of 10, and spent the next five years in a cabin with no running water or electricity, letting the rugged wilderness around her fuel her creative passion and imagination. She moved to Nashville, TN at the age of and stepped onto the road leading to songwriting success, getting her songs recorded by artists such as Tim McGraw, Reba, Shelly Fairchild, Roberts, Thom Bresh, Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson, and (she has four cuts on the new record, Enjoy The Ride).
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