Rusty Golden, award-winning songwriter and musician and son of The Oak Ridge Boys member William Lee Golden, passed away on Monday (July 1) at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

HIT CONTRACTS BMI writers Frank Trainor, who moved to Nashville from Canada, and Rusty Golden, newly-signed CBS artist and son of William Lee Golden, have both entered into publishing contracts with Combine Music Corp. BMI hosted a reception honoring both writers and Combine at the Nashville office. Pictured (l-r): BMI’s Jody Williams; Trainor; Combine’s Bob Beckham; Golden; and BMI’s Roger Sovine.

Rusty and I were the last writers signed to Combine Music before the Combine – SBK merger.

(l-r): Chris Golden, Frank Trainor, Bob Beckham and Rusty Golden. Chris Golden, Rusty’s brother, is lead vocalist in the “Peaceful Easy Feeling” video at the top of this post. Rusty sings, plays guitar and can be seen playing piano in the video cuts and Chris can also be seen playing drums. – FT