Big Yellow Dog Music

big yellow dog is an independent music publishing company based in nashville, tennessee. the big yellow dog catalog includes songs by lady antebellum, toby keith, george strait, willie nelson, trisha yearwood, josh turner, john mayhall, jimmy buffett, dierks bentley, ricky skaggs, del mccoury band, montgomery gentry and alison krauss. american idol stars like carrie underwood, kellie pickler and bucky covington have all recorded our songs, including the grammy, acm, and cma winning song “before he cheats.” our musically diverse songs have been featured in hit tv shows such as: desperate housewives, grey’s anatomy, ghost whisperer, californication, army wives, six feet under and women’s murder club. big yellow dog music’s songwriter josh kear’s song “before he cheats” was awarded the first country song to reach double platinum status for digital downloads. it was also ascap’s 2007 song of the year, and was nominated for grammy all-genre song of the year and won grammy country song of th