Gilmer’s Darrin Morris took two of the best prizes – Male Artist of the Year and One of the 12 months for his No. 1 tune, “I Will,” at the Texas Nation New music Awards on Nov. 14.

It was Texas nation music’s biggest evening of the 12 months as Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Truly worth hosted the songs awards. Top names in the Texas music scene converged in the historic stockyards for the star-studded function.

Morris and his lovers have been optimistic “I Will” could be the winner. The tune stayed in the prime place of the Texas Place Tunes Chart for a few weeks earlier this year, starting to be Darrin Morris Band’s initially No. 1 in Texas.

Numerous enthusiasts from East Texas the place Morris bought his commence in the music enterprise created the trek to Fort Worthy of to assist their regional boy, including just one of the songwriters of “I Will,” Randy Morrison of Tyler.

“For a songwriter, your tunes are like your toddlers,” Morrison stated. “You publish hundreds or thousands of them, and you enjoy them all, but some you know are special. This just one we understood was particular when we left the creating home.”

Morrison started off crafting the tune all-around the idea – if a person does not give a lady awareness, any person else is likely to. He concluded the track with writers Matt Rogers and Jan Edwards, and it rapidly grew to become a fan favored at are living exhibits and on the radio.

“Most of your tracks under no circumstances get heard by really numerous people, but it’s absolutely sure distinctive when they do, and the viewers confirms that what you heard in the producing place was ideal,” Morrison added.

Not prolonged following accepting the Single of the 12 months award, Morris read his name once again when fellow artists Bri Bagwell and Sarah Hobbs introduced the Male Artist of the Calendar year.

“I was in shock,” Morris reported. “I am wholly humbled by this recognition and thank everyone who has believed in me and the band more than the past nine many years.”

In his acceptance speech, Morris mentioned, “Every artist is aware of what it usually takes to persevere, and a large amount of situations around the decades you want to throw in the towel, but there was some thing that advised you to…