Singer-Songwriter Brett James
Dies In North Carolina Airplane Crash
Revealed
Brett James — a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter who labored with the likes of Taylor Swift — has reportedly died in a aircraft crash.
James — finest recognized for his collaborative hit with Carrie Underwood, “Jesus, Take the Wheel” — was reportedly flying aboard a small aircraft when it went down in a discipline close to a college in Franklin, North Carolina about 3 PM Thursday. Police stated not one of the college students or faculty employees had been injured.
WLOS-TV experiences the plane took off from John C. Tune Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, with three individuals on board, and all of them died.
James had a powerful profession as a musician, working not solely with Swift and Underwood but additionally Bon Jovi and Keith City. He took house a 2006 Grammy for Greatest Nation Track for co-writing “Jesus, Take the Wheel.” He also penned Kenny Chesney’s “Out Last Night,” and was thought-about the most effective collaborators within the music business.
He has written round 500 songs that appeared on albums with mixed gross sales of over 110 million copies.
Brett was 57.
RIP