Blake mevis biography

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Country songwriter, producer and music publisher Blake Mevis died on February 9, at the age of 73, from a COVID-related stroke and double pneumonia.

Originally from Plymouth, Indiana, Blake Mevis moved to Nashville in , and began his career working for publishing companies, finding his first job with Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's Music, then later working for both ABC and MCA Records, and also becoming the President of Charley Pride's publishing company, Pride.

This category is for songs written or co-written by Blake Mevis.

Blake Mevis, who produced hit albums for George Strait and Keith Whitley and co-wrote Strait's first No. 1 hit, “Fool Hearted Memory,” died Wednesday afternoon.

For any artist to rise to the level of having a career&#;let alone a notable one&#;it takes incredible timing, a little bit of magic, and a lot of luck. It also takes people behind the scenes making critical connections at important moments in a career, often while receiving little or no recognition themselves.

Blake Mevis was responsible in part not just for one Hall of Fame career being launched into the country music stratosphere, but two. As the guy who introduced country music legend and Hall of Famer George Strait to now Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter Dean Dillon, Blake Mevis helped forge one of the most legendary and successful artist/songwriter partnerships in country music history, and participated in the partnership in large part as well.

It was the song &#;Unwound&#; written by Dean Dillon with Frank Dycus that Blake Mevis brought to George Strait i