Thanks michaelr...that only took 7 years to get the answer to my question...

"Eleven of the 12 songs on the album were written by Wagoner's longtime friend, Damon Black. "I met Damon probably 25 years ago when he came to Nashville to be a songwriter," Wagoner says. "He was a farmer from Missouri who owned a farm that had been handed down through their family." Despite his songwriting talent, Black found limited success as a songwriter during the '70s and returned to his Missouri farm. A newfound financial independence sparked Black's renewed interest in songwriting after he sold a tract of his farm to Wal-Mart for a reported $3.5 million."

A bit about D. Black

P.S. Maybe Damon is "Black Irish"...