Mark Sherrill has been writing songs for over 30 years. He says that songwriting and fishing are his favorite pastimes. He recently said, "If the fish ain't biting, I'm writin' ". Mark has cuts with George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Hoyt Axton, Tanya Tucker, Lacey J. Dalton, and Blake Shelton, just to name a few. In 2002 he received the Nashville Songwriters Association International's Achievement Award (informally dubbed 'The Songs I Wish I'd Written') for "Ole Red", co-written with Don Goodman and James Bohon. His is no stranger to the MS Songwriters Festival. He's been a friend from the start in 2010.