Saint Augustine Songwriters Festival

Jesse Rice is a songwriter and artist who has taken home ACM, AMA, CMA, Billboard, BMI, SESAC and Trop Rock Music Awards. This Billboard Top 40- charting artist was also honored to see his co-penned song A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega featured on Ashley McBryde’s Grammy nominated album Girl Going Nowhere.

Originally from South Carolina, he moved to Music City in 2002 and his first #1 came with the co-penned tune “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line. It has gone on to sell 15 million singles/downloads to date, making it the largest selling country music song of all time and the first country music song ever to receive a Diamond Certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. “Cruise” would also hold the record as Billboard’s longest running #1 single at 24 weeks, and took home ACM, AMA, CMA, Billboard, BMI and SESAC awards, including CMA Single of The Year, Billboard Country Song Of The Year, and SESAC Song Of The Year.