Interview with Deric Ruttan

Published: Sept. 4, 2016, 10:45 p.m.

b'Two-time CCMA award-winner Deric Ruttan has been nominated for a 2016 CCMA for Songwriter of the Year for co-writing the Blake Shelton #1 hit Came Here To Forget\\xa0(with Craig Wiseman) and for Record Producer of the Year for his work on Jason Blaine\\u2019s album Country Side.\\xa0\\n\\nIn November 2013, Deric celebrated another #1 Blake Shelton song when Mine Would Be You\\xa0- a song he\\xa0co-wrote - was a three-week #1 U.S. Billboard Country Airplay hit, and was nominated for both a Grammy Award for Best Country Song and an ACM Award for Song of the Year.\\n\\nDeric is a six-time ASCAP award-winner, ten-time SOCAN award-winner and a five-time CMAO award-winner.\\n\\n\\xa0Born & raised in Bracebridge, Ontario and now based in Nashville, Deric has also climbed the charts many times \\xa0over with\\xa0songs\\xa0from his own albums. These well-loved hits include "When You Come Around", "That\'s How I \\xa0Wanna Go Out", "First Time In A Long Time", "Take The Week Off" and "Main Street, 1979".'