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| | Matraca Berg: Articles: “Strawberry Wine” is Song of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Nashville, TN - “I’ve dreamed of this since I was 4 years old,” a teary-eyed Matraca Berg told a near-capacity crowd at the Ryman Auditorium. |
 | | Berg, who was voted Songwriter of the Year at this year’s Nashville Music Awards, was honored for thee top country compositions: “Strawberry Wine,” which was a #1 hit for Deanna Carter, “Wild Angels,” which was a chart-topper for Martina McBride and “You Can Feel Bad,” which spent two weeks at #1 for Patty Loveless. |
 | | But it was “Strawberry Wine,” a 5-minute waltz about the bittersweet passage of time and memories of young woman’s coming of age that she wrote with Gary Harrison that was named Song of the Year. |
| www.matraca.com /articles/strawberryawards.php (286 words) |
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