Music like Cortney Tidwell

Cortney Tidwell is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Cortney Lara Tidwell was born on December 2, 1972, in Nashville, Tennessee to country singer Connie Eaton and Cliff Williamson, music producer at A&R. Her paternal grandfather Slim Williamson founded and operated renowned country music label Chart Records. Her maternal grandfather was Robert "bob" Eaton. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1950s and was signed to Decca records. In later years he was a frequent guest on the Ralph Emery show and was known as "roadmap Bob". On the Ralph Emery show, Cortney made her first television debut at age 5. Sitting on her mother's lap, Emery asked her who her favorite country performer was, to which she proclaimed Conway Twitty. She then sang ‘I’m not lisa’. Most of her family played at or was associated with The Grand Ole Opry. Her mother Connie Eaton was a celebrity in Nashville. She was friends with Jack Clement and spent a lot of time on music row in his office writing songs and collaborating with other musicians such as Townes Van Zandt, Kris Kristofferson. She was also a dear friend of Shel Silverstein. Though Connie remained in the music scene , she steadily withdrew and spent most of her time at home in the mid 1980s.