Ed Bruce - What's A Girl Like You Not Doin' Here

Ed Bruce, Prolific Singer-Songwriter, Honored with Posthumous Album, ‘AFTER HOURS’


(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) – The late Ed Bruce found success as an actor, singer and songwriter, but it was the latter for which he most wanted to be remembered. Some of his best-known songs included “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” (Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson), “Restless” (Crystal Gayle), and Tanya Tucker’s “The Man That Turned My Mama On” and “Texas (When I Die).” One of his biggest hits, as a singer, was “You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had,” which reached number one on country charts in 1982, while others he recorded reached the Top 10.

Now, some of Bruce’s previously unreleased songs can be heard for the first time on AFTER HOURS, a osthumous)16-track album released by Music Row Talent Records (MRT) in collaboration with Old Hat Productions, a creative partnership formed by Bruce and two of his songwriter friends, Mike Morgan and Jeff Elliott, who co-produced the album as a tribute to his memory.

“Ed would always say he came to Nashville to be a songwriter,” Morgan recalled. “We have selected what we think are some of his best unreleased songs for this album and mixed them the way we think he would have wanted them to sound.”

Born in Keiser, Arkansas, William Edwin Bruce, Jr. grew up in Memphis Tennessee, where he began working with legendary producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records at age 17 and, later, at other record labels, most notably RCA,and MCA writing songs for other singers throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Beginning in 1988, Bruce shifted his professional focus from songwriting to acting, appearing in several made-for-TV movies. His most notable role was that of “Tom Guthrie” on the NBC series “Bret Maverick” from 1981-82, which starred James Garner, after which Bruce returned to his music career.

On AFTER HOURS, the songs range from sweet, sad and somber to humorous and uplifting. Though he was unmistakably a country music artist.

The new single is What’s A Girl Like You not Doing here- written by ED and Phil O’Donnell. It is a fun up tempo song.

AFTER HOURS by Ed Bruce on Music Row Talent Records (MRT) and through most digital platforms. Physical CDs are also available thru Bandcamp.com

What’s a Girl Like You Not Doin’ Here
Who Wrote Her Name On The Wall
After Hours
Like You Like Me
Never Thought About You
The Things I Couldn’t See
Good Jelly Jones
The Feel of Bein’ Gone
Mama’s Quilt
Homecoming 1945
Never Did Get Close Enough
They Don’t Play Double Headers Anymore
Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
The Outlaw (Tribute to Waylon Jennings)
Outrun the Wind
Old Timer