Dale Oliver
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1970 |
| Origin | United States |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
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Byron Dale Oliver (born 1970) is an American music composer, guitarist and producer, who is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Oliver was formerly a guitarist for the American country music group Blackhawk, Reba McEntire, Steven Curtis Chapman and Geoff Moore and the Distance.
Oliver toured and recorded with Geoff Moore and the Distance as their guitarist for 6 years and cowrote 11 songs with Moore during this time. He was nominated for rock song of the year for "A Place to Stand". After leaving The Distance, Oliver formed a rock trio called The Ministers with Jimmie Lee Sloas and Kip Raines. The band was then signed to Hollywood Records. The band recorded one album and disbanded.
Oliver then recorded and toured with Henry Lee Summer and Steven Curtis Chapman. Chapman's album "The Live Adventure", which included the song "Tuesdays Child", co-written by Oliver, won a Grammy in 1994.
Following the Live Adventure tour, Oliver joined the American country music group Blackhawk as guitarist. He toured and recorded with Blackhawk, as well as co-writing some of their music, such as "Almost a Memory", "Nobody's Fool" and "She Dances with her Shadow". Oliver currently works as a producer for the band. When Blackhawk founding member Van Stephenson died from cancer, Oliver left the band and began touring with Reba McIntire as her lead guitarist.
After touring with McIntire, Oliver worked as staff writer for Warner Bros and composed music for EA Sports 2012, the 2013 Madden video game and produced a song for the 2008 NASCAR video game. Oliver also wrote songs for and produced the music of Christian rock band Casting Crowns. He composed music for the movies Facing the Giants and Unconditional and was a musician on the soundtracks for the movies Fireproof, Courageous and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Oliver continues to record music and has recorded with Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Shinedown, Carrie Underwood, Sawyer Brown and Bucky Covington. Oliver cowrote songs with Covington and has produced his music.
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