ABOUT THE SONGWRITER

Hal ODell has been a full time songwriter in Nashville since 2018. His songwriting covers the full range of country music, but his passion is for Roots/Neotraditional country. In just a few years, he has cultivated a circle of talented co writers, as well as numerous gifted artists with whom he writes. A song Hal co wrote, “More Than Just A Girl”, was chosen as the SongTown 2022 Country Song of the Year.

 

BACKGROUND

Hal was born in Alabama, but spent much of his life in Kansas and Oklahoma. His musical influences have always run to singer/songwriters like Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle. In 2015, he moved from Oklahoma to Park City, Utah, to chase music, mountains and snow. Hal was fortunate enough to end up as frontman and guitarist for Snyderville Electric Band. The band released one album, Kings Of Hard Weather; Hal wrote the bulk of the lyrics and helped compose and arrange the songs. And in the process fell in love with songwriting- thus the relocation to Nashville!