Danny Tate

John Daniel Danny Tate is an awardwinning American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, and former Virgin Records recording artist, best known for penning songs covered by Jeff Healey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Smithereens, Diesel, Nelson, David Lee Murphy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Doro Pesch, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Patti LaBelle, Carla Olson, Danny Wilde and many others.

John Daniel Tate was born on November 10, 1955 to David Munroe Tate, Jr. and Hazel Ella Tate in Beaumont, Texas. Atyears old, Tates family moved to Camden, Arkansas where his father, a music minister, accepted a position at a new church. There, he spent his formative years absorbing the musical and religious influences of a classic small town setting. In 1974, Tate left home to attend college, where he studied under the renowned composer and conductor, William Francis McBeth. Tate graduated Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities and is a member of Mensa. In 1989 Governor Bill Clinton appointed Tate Arkansas TravelerAmbassador of Good Will.

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