US EditionCarrie Underwood pays tribute to her late friend and collaborator Brett James, ‘the epitome of cool’
Brett James, 57, wrote 26 songs over 20 years and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020, leaving a significant impact on country and pop music.
- On Friday, Carrie Underwood posted an emotional Instagram tribute after Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James died in a plane crash in North Carolina on Thursday, September 18.
- The small plane crashed on Thursday near Franklin, North Carolina, after departing Nashville with three passengers aboard; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause.
- A prolific collaborator, Brett James co-wrote hits including `Jesus, Take the Wheel`, `Flat on the Floor` and `Cowboy Casanova`, earning Grammy wins and a 2020 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction during his 20-plus year career.
- Underwood urged fans to pray for Brett James' family, friends, and those who knew him, while two others, Melody Carole Wilson and Meryl Maxwell Wilson, were also killed in the crash.
- With a Hall of Fame induction and dozens of hit songs, Brett James' legacy endures through collaborations with Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi, Keith Urban, and Kenny Chesney, leaving a lasting hole in the country music community.
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He wrote songs for Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood: The musician Brett James died at the age of 57. His wife and stepdaughter also died.
In North Carolina, Grammy winner Brett James and his family are killed in a plane crash. Country legend Carrie Underwood, whose biggest hit Brett James has written, speaks of inconsolable grief.
The US country musician Brett James died together with his wife and stepdaughter in North Carolina. The small plane they were traveling on crashed. Stars like Carrie Underwood mourn for the hit songwriter.
Carrie Underwood remembers 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' songwriter Brett James: 'Love you, man. I'll see you again someday'
James, 57, died Thursday in a plane crash in North Carolina.Terry Wyatt/Getty; Rick Diamond/Getty Carrie Underwood is paying tribute to Brett JamesCarrie Underwood shared a heartfelt reaction Friday to the death of Brett James, who wrote several of her hit songs."Love you, man," she wrote, in part. "I'll see you again someday."James, 57, was one of three people killed Thursday when a small-engine plane, which was registered to James, crashed nea…
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