# Skip Ewing

Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing (born March 6, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums and has charted 15 singles on the Billboard country charts.

## Career

Ewing was born in Redlands, California, United States. He first began to gain national attention during the mid-1980s, both as a songwriter and recording artist for MCA and Capitol Records. His 1988 debut, The Coast of Colorado, produced the number 3 hit "Burnin' a Hole in My Heart" and four other top 20 country hits. The Will to Love included the top 5 hit "It's You Again". Although none of Ewing's subsequent chart entries made the Top 40, he released eight more albums from 1990 to 2009.
Ewing is a notable attendee of Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, and Redlands High School in Redlands, California.
In 1990, Ewing wrote two songs for Kenny Rogers' album Love Is Strange: "Listen to the Rain" and "If I Were a Painting".
In 2008, he served as the duet partner of the radio version of Reba McEntire's single, "Every Other Weekend". He also co-wrote the single; the song reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Country Chart. Although the song was credited for one week to Ewing and Kenny Chesney as ""Every Other Weekend" by Reba McEntire and Skip Ewing or Kenny Chesney", the song was thereafter credited to McEntire alone on the chart.

## Awards

* Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Songwriter of the Year 2000;
* Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Song of the Year;
* Country Music Association (CMA) Triple Play Award (three No. 1 songs within 12 months).
Additionally, Ewing has received a CMA Song of the Year nomination, a Grammy nomination, a Tony nomination and multiple BMI "Million Air" awards.

## Horse and Writer

Horse and Writer is an annual songwriting retreat Skip Ewing organizes every year with members of the Nashville songwriting community. The retreat lasts six days, and takes place at the Triangle C Ranch in Dubois, Wyoming. The mission is to help aspiring songwriters realize their potential, as they are mentored by experienced pros like Ewing, who describes the event as "a labor of love."

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country |
| The Coast of Colorado | Release date: April 4, 1988 Label: MCA Records | 29 |
| The Will to Love | Release date: September 19, 1989 Label: MCA Records | 44 |
| A Healin' Fire | Release date: July 24, 1990 Label: MCA Records | — |
| Following Yonder Star | Release date: October 2, 1990 Label: MCA Records | — |
| Naturally | Release date: July 2, 1991 Label: Capitol Nashville | — |
| Homegrown Love | Release date: March 23, 1993 Label: Liberty Records | — |
| Until I Found You | Release date: April 29, 1997 Label: Word Records | — |
| Indian Elephant Tea (The Big Kidz Band featuring Skip Ewing) | Release date: July 31, 2001 Label: Write! Records | — |
| Wyoming | Release date: August 21, 2020 Label: Write! Records | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Greatest Hits | Release date: August 13, 1991 Label: MCA Records |
| Hits Volume One | Release date: December 10, 2009 Label: Write! Records |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1988 | "Your Memory Wins Again" | 17 | — | The Coast of Colorado |
| 1988 | "I Don't Have Far to Fall" | 8 | — | The Coast of Colorado |
| 1988 | "Burnin' a Hole in My Heart" | 3 | 5 | The Coast of Colorado |
| 1989 | "The Gospel According to Luke" | 10 | 11 | The Coast of Colorado |
| 1989 | "The Coast of Colorado" | 15 | 24 | The Coast of Colorado |
| 1989 | "It's You Again" | 5 | 9 | The Will to Love |
| 1990 | "If a Man Could Live on Love Alone" | 70 | — | The Will to Love |
| 1990 | "I'm Your Man" | 69 | 77 | A Healin' Fire |
| 1990 | "The Dotted Line" | — | 80 | A Healin' Fire |
| 1991 | "I Get the Picture" | 73 | — | Naturally |
| 1992 | "Naturally" | 71 | 84 | Naturally |
| 1993 | "Losing You Is New to Me" | — | 78 | Homegrown Love |
| 1993 | "Grandma's Garden" | — | 84 | Homegrown Love |
| 1995 | "Christmas Carol" | 68 | — | Following Yonder Star |
| 1997 | "Mary Go 'Round" | 58 | — | Until I Found You |
| 1997 | "Answer to My Prayer" | 66 | — | Until I Found You |
| 2023 | "Knots" | — | — | TBA |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

#### As a featured artist

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | US Bubbling | Album |
| 2008 | "Every Other Weekend" (Reba McEntire with Skip Ewing) | 15 | 4 | Reba: Duets |

### Music videos

| Year | Video | Director |
| 1988 | "Your Memory Wins Again" | Jim May |
| 1988 | "I Don't Have Far to Fall" | Jim May |
| 1990 | "If a Man Could Live on Love Alone" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1993 | "Losing You is New to Me" | |
| 1997 | "Mary Go 'Round" | |
| 1997 | "Answer to My Prayer" | Chuck Shanlever |

## Awards and nominations
### As a recording artist

| Year | Organization | Award | Nominee/Work | Result |
| 1989 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Top New Male Vocalist | Skip Ewing | Nominated |
| 1990 | American Music Awards | Favorite Country New Artist | Skip Ewing | Nominated |
| 1990 | TNN/Music City News Awards | Star of Tomorrow | Skip Ewing | Nominated |