Roger Cook is a renowned singer/songwriter, best known for hit songs such as “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” and “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress.” He's the first and so far only British songwriter to enter the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York in 2009. He sang on some of Elton John's earliest recordings. He co-wrote Don Williams's “I Believe in You” and George Strait’s “I Just Want to Dance with You” with his good friend, John Prine. Roger and some of his good friends will be performing at 3rd & Lindsley on Thursday, January 30. Doors open at 6:00 pm, and the show starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets are on sale now. Proceeds benefit Our Place Nashville.

Joining Roger are three other Hall of Famers: Tony Arata (who wrote Garth Brooks' signature song, "The Dance”), Pat Alger (“Unanswered Prayers,” “Thunder Rolls”), and Even Stevens ("I Love a Rainy Night," "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman") -- as well as Larry Brown ("Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," "Knock Three Times"), Earl Bud Lee (“Friends in Low Places”), Galen Crew, Conrad Fisher, John Goodwin, Fred Knobloch, SunKat, Lost Hollow, and Project: Ghost Outfit.

These singers/songwriters/musicians have performed with EVERYBODY: from Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Andy Williams, Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw, George Harrison, Eddie Rabbitt, Joe Cocker, Cheap Trick, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks, Tony Orlando, Patty Loveless, Bonnie Raitt, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire . . . and the list goes on and on.