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Recent Awards and Important Past & Upcoming Performances

2007 CMA Music Festival (Fan Fair) June 7th through 10th
2007 Tin Pan South Performer (benefiting Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International)
2006 Cheyenne Frontier Days July 24th (World’s Largest Outdoor Rodeo)
2006 CMA Music Festival (Fan Fair) June 8th through 11th See Newscast Below
2006 Tin Pan South Performer (benefiting Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International)
2005 Multiple State Regional Finalist Nashville Star IV USA Network
2005 Winner State Level Texas Colgate Country Showdown
2005 CMA Music Festival (Fan Fair)
2005 Tin Pan South Performer (benefiting Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International)
2004 Billy Block's Western Beat Show at the Exit/ In, Nashville Oct. 12
2004 Won Lewisburg, TN & Fredericksburg, TX Colgate Country Showdown

2004 Kentucky Stampede in Sparta, KY
2004 Won “Nashville Future Star” Music City Motorcade 1st Annual Contest
2004 Tin Pan South Performer (benefiting Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International)
2004 BMI Showcase at the Trap, Nashville, TN
2004 Multiple State Regional Finalist Nashville Star II USA Network
2003 Recorded Backup Vocals for James Brown’s band, “FunkMasters” CD
2003 Winner Kentucky State, Regional Finalist Colgate Country Showdown
2003 Disc Makers IMWS Top 100 Artists in Southeast, determined by TAXI
2003 Tin Pan South Performer (benefiting Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International)
2003 Multiple State Regional Finalist Nashville Star I USA Network
2002 Winner Cheyenne, WY Colgate Country Showdown
2002 Winner Nashville, TN Colgate Country Showdown
2002 Regional Finalist Star Search CBS Network

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Robert K. Oermann

Sage Keffer is the DisCovery Award winner today.

Some major label should give him a contract, take the eight sides on Rules of the Game as is and give him and his most worthy producer Matt Rovey a bunch of money to add four more tracks. Take my word for it, this guy has a got a boatload of talent to back up his good looks.

SAGE KEFFER/I Said I Love You Writer: Jeff Hanna/Raul Malo/Alan Miller; Producer: Matt Rovey/Sage Keffer; Publisher: EMI-Blackwood/Itself & Rumbalo/Toto Tunes & Winning Circle/Bluewater; SG (track) (www.sagekeffer.com)
I first encountered this guy in Kansas City when I was on the road judging for Nashville Star. I told him I’d be interested in hearing more from him. Guess what? He’s moved to Nashville and made a CD. Titled Rules of the Game, it is simply splendid, way better than most major-label products. As I remembered, he is a singer with immense heart. It turns out that he’s a heck of a song selector, too. Every track here is a little gem, but his performance on this deliciously melodic toe-tapper is especially swell. The production carries you along like a perfect wave. Also check out his ballad showcase All I Want, his reworking of the 1934 swing chestnut I’ll String Along with You and his tender cover of Neil Diamond’s Hello Again.

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The next performer on Western Beat has many gifts. God has been good to this boy. He’s good looking, he’s talented, he can sing, he’s got it all goin’ on. And he’s one heck of a nice guy. I’ve known this gentleman for many years. it’s always a pleasure to have him on our show. If this guy doesn’t have all the necessary ingredients for stardom, then I don’t know anything about music. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to Western Beat, Sage Keffer!

-Billy Block, Western Beat Show August 22, 2006

Sage took to the Chevy Sports Zone stage at high noon today making those strolling by stop in their tracks to listen. I was even more impressed with Sage's command of the stage and the star who shines brighter than ever within him. Whether Sage is performing beautiful ballads to Latin influenced tunes to country rock, Sage Keffer can do it all with complete ease and a smile that will melt away your troubles. I cannot strongly enough impress upon the powers that be in Nashville how ready this young man - Sage Keffer- is to become the next big thing in country music. Pick any song off of sage's album RULES OF THE GAME and you will find a hit single... yes, he is just that good.

- Angrycountry.com, Largest Independent Country Music Website, reviewing Sage’s performance at CMA Music Festival 2006

Few people actually have that special star quality everyone talks about. There is no need to “talk” about it where Sage Keffer is concerned; Sage’s incredible charisma strikes you the minute he steps on stage. He is an incredible entertainer and songwriter. His terrific and distinctive voice, his stage presence and his moving country songs that appeal to listeners of all ages, are sure to make him country music’s next legend.

-Jennifer Koehler; KUAD 99.1 FM, Colorado

Sage, you may be single-handedly saving REAL country music. The CD is amazing and the live performance is memorable, to say the least. I enjoyed meeting you and watching the impression you made on everyone YOU met...you're going places!!!

-Megan Bishop, Y100 FM, San Antonio, TX

You’ve got the kinda look Nashville loves. No doubt, you’ve got a great voice.

-Charlie Robison; Lucky Dog/ Sony Music Nashville


Congratulations on winning your contest {Nashville Colgate Country Showdown} down there. I must say that your demo was fantastic. I'm not surprised that you did well there. I really enjoyed your demo. -Mike Montgomery, WUSQ, Virginia	Sage is an extremely popular Nashville veteran who looks like a movie star and has an energetic stage presence. Songs like "Sometimes I Have The Strangest Dreams" and "727 Magnolia Avenue" showed that Sage, who is originally from Colorado, has both Dan Fogelberg and Roy Orbison influences. -Phil Sweetland, Music Critic of Country Insider

When I think of real country music, I can’t think of anything more country, more roots than a guy, his guitar and a great song to sing and I found that in Sage Keffer’s song, “All I Want”. -Q Hunter, WCUP 105.7 FM, Michigan		You have managed to do something no one else has been able to do in 9 months - kick Keith Urban out of my tape deck! Since Keith's latest album came out, it has been firmly ensconced in my tape deck in my car. Well, that is going to change. You have my new favorite album! -Mary Duvall of country music website, DLM Media Group, Inc.