First Waylon Holifield is mostly known as a songwriter. I knew Waylon in Little Rock in the 60s and I thought it was from the campus at Little Rock University, however, the bios I read on Waylon don't mention L.R.U. I'm a big fan of Waylon's writings and even though he skews country, KAAY still played many of his songs. The real reason for writing this is to see if any of you have "Arkansas You Run Deep in Me" in digital form. If so please email me. I just figured out a few days ago, Waylon wrote it. For those of you who don't know who the heck I'm talking about, here's his bio:
Wayland Holyfield is a native of Little Rock, Ark., where he attended public schools and completed his formal education with a marketing degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He moved to Nashville in 1972 and had his first # 1 song, "Rednecks, White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer" in 1973. Since then Wayland has been honored with 37 ASCAP and BMI awards and has written more than 40 Top 10 hits, including 14 # 1 songs. "Could I Have This Dance," "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend," "Till the Rivers All Run Dry," "Only Here For A Little While" and "Meanwhile" are but a few of his almost-four decades of hits. He also wrote "Arkansas You Run Deep In Me," adopted in 1987 as the official state song of Arkansas. Long active as an advocate for songwriters' rights, Wayland was the first Nashville-based writer to be elected to the ASCAP Board of Directors. Wayland has also served as President of the NSAI and as Chairman of the NSF. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992.
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