Tamara Saviano

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Tamara Saviano is an American country music producer and author. She co-produced the Grammy-winning Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster , the Grammy-nominated and Americana Award-winning album This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark , The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson , [1] Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne [2] and Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records . [3] [4] Saviano also co-produced, with Shawn Camp, Kris Kristofferson's The Cedar Creek Sessions which was nominated for a Grammy in 2016. [5] [6]

As an author, Saviano wrote the memoir The Most Beautiful Girl: A True Story of a Dad, a Daughter and the Healing Power of Music published by American Roots Media in 2014. [7] She is the author of Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, published by Texas A&M University in 2016. She worked on the book for eight years, which was completed shortly after Clark's death. [8] The book won the Belmont Book award in 2017 for the best writing on country music. [9]

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