ItвЂ™s pretty special to look back on your career and realize that the road you took to get there is pretty amazing,вЂќ Tursi told MusicRow via a Zoom call, as the band was working up an acoustic performance of the song for ASCAPвЂ™s country honors. We went to the ASCAP awards, and were standing in the back, dreaming of getting one some day.

вЂњWe are a band of songwriters, so all of our initial goals were songwriter goals. ASCAP Chairman of the Board and President Paul Williams surprised the four writers with news of the win via a virtual event. Old DominionвЂ™s вЂњOne Man Band,вЂќ penned by Josh Osborne alongside Old DominionвЂ™s Brad Tursi, Matthew Ramsey, and Trevor Rosen, was named ASCAPвЂ™s Country Music Song of the Year. Trio Avenue Beat, signed with Big Machine and GorleyвЂ™s Tape Room Records, were among those honoring Gorley with a video tribute performance, conjuring up pop versions of several of GorleyвЂ™s signature written hits. вЂњWith this, itвЂ™s a dude going out and he just wants a baseball game, his buddies, and a beer, and so I like how there is this subtle role reversal. When you hear this story, itвЂ™s always about a girl going out with her girlfriends, who doesnвЂ™t want to be bothered by a dude,вЂќ Young says. вЂњFor me, my favorite thing about вЂCatch,вЂ™ other than the play on words, is how the script is flipped. Then it kind of wrote itself in a great way,вЂќ Gorley added. вЂњIt happens a lot to me, where an idea for a song will come out of something we say in a different session. вЂњHe got up and left the room in the middle of the session so he wouldnвЂ™t lose the idea for it, and we booked a different writing time to work on it. вЂњWe were in the middle of writing another song when Ashley thought about the idea for вЂCatchвЂ™,вЂќ Young recalls. Young joined Gorley on a Zoom call to discuss their win for вЂњCatch.вЂќ Among the songs being honored by ASCAP this year is Brett YoungвЂ™s вЂњCatch,вЂќ which Young wrote with ASCAP writer Gorley, as well as Ross Copperman.

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