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Can a dead man win the American Idol songwriter contest? Maybe… I was co-writer with the late Kurt Mayberry. (research NT archives for Kurt Mayberry or Strum & Hum) We have just entered the American Idol songwriters contest together.
I have sent along our entry, “Happy Song”.
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Mayberry died in 1995 of an apparent cocaine overdose according to the old New Times article found here. He was a local musician of some renown and also owned the legendary Sun Club. Anyway, the song’s called “Happy Song,” and you can listen to it here: