NASHVILLE, TN (CelebrityAccess) — Sony Music Publishing Nashville announced the signing of award-winning singer-songwriter Ketch Secor to a global publishing administration deal.
Secor is best known as a founding member and the frontman of the Tennessee-based Americana band Old Crow Medicine Show and is widely regarded for his contributions to modern American roots music.
Secor’s songwriting credits include a co-write on the #1 hit “Wagon Wheel,” which was originally released by Old Crow Medicine Show but has since been covered by numerous artists, including Darius Rucker. Additionally, Secor co-wrote a majority of tracks on Molly Tuttles’ latest two albums City of Gold (2023) and Crooked Tree (2022), and co-wrote the musical Hooten Holler, which premiered at the Barter Theatre’s 2022 Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights.
“I’m mighty proud to be joining Rusty Gaston and the hardworking, fun-loving Sony Music Publishing family. Since its earliest days on Music Row as historic Acuff-Rose, Sony Music Publishing has become the steward of Country’s most iconic catalog. What an honor to bring my collection of songs past, present, and future to these esteemed ranks,” Ketch Secor said.
“Ketch Secor is more than a ‘fiddler in an old-time string band’, he’s a brilliant storyteller. He writes songs that tell the tales of the rural American spirit. A one-of-a-kind talent and a one-of-a-kind human, we couldn’t be prouder to welcome Ketch to the SMP Nashville family,” added Sony Music Publishing Nashville CEO Rusty Gaston.
