Rain Perry is an award-winning songwriter and author of the autobiographical play "Cinderblock Bookshelves: a Guide for Children of Fame-Obsessed Bohemian Nomads." Her song "Beautiful Tree" is the theme song for the CW Series Life Unexpected. She is the Grand Prize winner of both the John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Folk Division) and the ROCKRGRL Discoveries Award, as well as a finalist at the Telluride Troubadour competition. Of her song "Yosemite," cowboy songwriter-poet Tom Russell said, "It slapped my heart around like a good song should," and he recorded it with Nanci Griffith. In addition to developing her own career as a performing artist, Rain has found herself in the role of concert promoter, producing Agility: a Women's Music Festival to Benefit the Arthritis Foundation in Ojai's Libbey Bowl. She created, as well, a concert series that has featured some of her favorite troubadour songwriters. She divides her time between parenting and the lucrative world of independent folk music.

Martin Young comes from Ojai California, a small town North of Los Angeles. He began playing guitar at an early age and later started working in local clubs and playing with opening acts for various headliners. In 1989 he auditioned for an acoustic guitar position with the Clint Black band where he spent the next 16 years on the road and in the studio. Martin moved to Nashville shortly after joining Clint where he began doing session work and playing with other artists. Martin has worked with Lorrie Morgan, John Berry, Martina McBride, Don Henley, Kenny Loggins, Wynonna Judd and is currently touring with Chely Wright. In 2006 Martin started “Music City Demos” where he records songwriter demos and custom CD projects with some of the best session players in Nashville.

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