years_active article_title background genre origin name occupation
1970-present ed hill
 solo_singer country hanford , california , u.s. ed hill singer-songwriter
ed hill

ed hill -lrb- born in hanford , california -rrb- is an american country music songwriter .
hill has been active since the early 1970s .
hill plays piano and keyboard and has backed merle haggard and kris kristofferson .
hill joined the palomino club 's house band , the palomino riders , in the late 1970s , and backed artists like marty robbins and willie nelson .
in 1980 , he joined the gilley 's urban cowboy band and won a grammy award for best country instrumental performance for `` orange blossom special/hoedown '' .
in 1980 and 1982 , he was nominated for an academy of country music award in the piano player category .
in late 1987 , he joined new haven music which was sold to bmg in 1997 .
he has won four nashville songwriters association international awards for `` songs i wish had written '' .
they include : it matters to me -lrb- song -rrb- by faith hill , georgia rain by trisha yearwood , find out who your friends are by tracy lawrence and just fishin ' by trace adkins .
in 2012 , hill was nominated for a grammy award in the best country song category for just fishin ' written with casey beathard and monty criswell .
