In 2005 it partnered with the talent show Nashville Star, offering a recording contract to Season 3 winner Erika Jo.
Brown and DuBois stepped down from Universal South in 2006, with Mark Wright, also a record producer, taking their place as label president.
[4] Show Dog Nashville was formed in 2005 by Toby Keith shortly after the dissolution of DreamWorks Records, the label to which he was signed at the time.
DreamWorks executive Scott Borchetta was its CEO, and his own Big Machine Records label originally shared much of its staff.
[6] Acts releasing works for Show Dog included Carter's Chord, Trailer Choir, Mica Roberts, Lindsey Haun and Martin Johnson.