Friday, November 5, 2010

Country Music Songwriter Ronny Scaife Passes Away

Country music songwriter Ronny Scaife passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at the age of 63.

He was the songwriter behind the Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt hit “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” and Hal Ketchum’s “Hearts Are Gonna Roll.” Scaife also won BMI awards for “Men” (Charly McClain, 1980), “Wrinkles” (Diamond Rio, 2003) and “I Couldn’t See You Leavin’” (Conway Twitty, 1991).

Other notable songs in his large catalog include “Me and the I.R.S.” (Johnny Paycheck, 1978), “Old Man River I’ve Come to Talk to You Again” (Mel McDaniel, 1983), “Here’s Your Sign Get the Picture” (Bill Engvall & Travis Tritt, 1997), “Lay Something on My Bed Besides a Blanket” (Charly McClain, 1977), “Salt of the Earth” (Ricky Skaggs & The Whites, 2007) and “Alabama Clay” (Garth Brooks, 1989).

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