Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Nominees Named

8/29/2007 Stephen L. Betts Hank Williams Jr. is among the nominees for induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in the songwriter-artist category. Also nominated in the songwriter-artist category: J.J. Cale Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Amy Grant Tony Joe White The songwriter nominees are: Paul Craft ("Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life") Bob DiPiero ("American Made") Kye Fleming ("I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool") Larry Henley ("The Wind Beneath My Wings") Mac McAnally ("Old Flame") Earl "Peanut" Montgomery ("We're Gonna Hold On") Bob Morrison ("You Decorated My Life") Thom Schuyler ("16th Avenue") L.E. White ("After the Fire Is Gone")  Lawton Williams ("Fraulein") Two from the songwriter category and one from the songwriter-artist category will be inducted during ceremonies on Oct. 14 in Nashville.