Name: Jeff Cohen & James Slater
Start: 2026-02-28T19:00:00+00:00
Location: FortyFive Vinyl Café

Two Grammy nominated songwriters return to FortyFive
Jeff Cohen is a 6 Time BMI Award winning, Grammy and CMT Award Nominated Songwriter/Producer/Publisher based in Nashville and London whose songs have appeared on over 25 million albums sold, over 100 placements in TV/Film and over 10 million video games.
Jeff’s songs have been recorded by Evan and Jaron (Hit single/BMI award - Crazy For This Girl), Big and Rich (Hit single/BMI award - Holy Water), The Band Perry (Hit single/BMI Award - Postcard From Paris) , The Shires (Hit Singles - 1000 Hallelujahs, I See Stars, Daddy’s Little Girl and Echo), Laura Bell Bundy (Hit single - Giddy On Up - also #1 Video CMT and GAC), The Worry Dolls - Endless Road (2018 UK Americana Award Song of The Year Nomination), , Richie MacDonald of Lone Star (Hit single - I Turn To You), Ilse DeLange (Hit Single - Beautiful Distraction), Waylon (Hit Single - Hey), Nell Bryden (Hit Singles “Amy” and “These Changes”) , Doc Walker (Hot Single - "Put It Into Drive”, Nikhil D’Souza (Hit Singles - “Beautiful Mind” and “Silver and Gold”) ,Sugarland, Josh Groban, Mandy Moore, Macy Gray, Spin Doctors, Nick Lachey, Teitur, Jake Bugg,
Nine Days, Mickey Guyton, Hush, Luz Casal, Marc Broussard, Kristian Bush, Julia Cole, Alicia Witt, The Wandering Hearts, First Time Flyers, Toby Lightman, Cho Yong- Pil, Waylon, Tina Dico, Sykamore, Sandi Patty and many more.
Jeff's songs have been featured in TV shows such as Paw Patrol (Theme/ 3 BMI Awards), Jack and Jill (Theme), I Married A Princess (Theme), The Exes (Theme), Roll The Tape/ESPN (Theme) , Out Of Pocket/SEC (Theme), Jonny Rocket (Theme), Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill, Party of Five, The Simpson’s, American Idol, Saturday Night Live, Desperate Housewives, Sonny With A Chance, and many more.
Jeff’s songs have been featured in movies such as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Twinless, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Stuart Little 2, Aquamarine, Princess Diaries, Grandma’s Boy and more.
Among his constant co-writers are Jamie Hartman, Sacha Skabek, Kara DioGuardi, Liz Rose, Jeff Trott, Kristian Bush, James T Slater and many more.
Jeff is a Board Member of NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) and Board Member of Inspired Nation Foundation. He is also founder and songwriter of the critically acclaimed band Pancho’s Lament and co-founder of the Gotham Songwriters Festival.
In a previous life he was a music executive at BMI working with such talent as Jeff Buckley, Kara DioGuardi, Lisa Loeb, Joan Osborne, Spin Doctors, Ben Folds, Wilco, Ani Di Franco and many more.

James T Slater is a two time, grammy nominated, piano-playing, bilingual singer-songwriter of Bolivian American descent signed to BMG Music Publishing in Nashville, Tennessee. Born in Durham, North Carolina, and raised in the tropics of the Panama Canal Zone in Central America.
Songs recorded by Willie Nelson, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Enrique Iglesias, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Kenny Chesney, Kelly Pickler, Alabama, Reba McEntire, Gloriana, Runaway June, Martina McBride, Old Dominion, Hootie and The Blowfish, Shy Carter, Chris Brown, Chris Young and a host of others have all recorded his songs. His Grammy nominations include Jamey Johnson's "The High Cost of Living", country song of the year, and Martina's “In My Daughter’s Eyes”, which has become a modern day standard.
James calls Nashville home. James lived in Zurich Switzerland for six years touring, and recording with Belgian super group Vaya Con Dios and has traveled the world from Panama to Dublin, from Spain to Havana. James’ “Key West Address" is a love letter to the island, so much so that the mayor of Key West has awarded James the "keys to the city" and proclaimed the song "Key West Address" the island's official theme. James' latest solo album is “Mexicoma”, which is available on Spotify and I Tunes….featuring 15 new songs including the raucous Mexicoma which Tim McGraw recorded.