A country singer-songwriter who released an album on November 1st and has four new music videos in the pipeline. He is a CMA member and was invited to perform last May at the Grand Ole Opry. His first single from his debut album had charted on Music Row and he has shared the stage with Confederate Railroad, Jamey Johnson, and other notable headliners. Born in Nashville but now living in Virginia, he is the son of a country music legend and began his musical journey as a roadie, learning the business while traveling with his father. In addition to music, he is also passionate about his country and still serves as a Reserve Army Officer in Europe.
“I don't think really any of our songs, especially when writing with a co-writer, come out great right off the bat. You have, like, 25% right off the bat that speaks to you. Then it's a process of molding it over, I mean, geez, it could be years.”
“I have a whole process of how I do that and it's indefinitely walking away from it when you start to bog down a little bit, walk away from it for a little while and then come back to it with a fresh perspective. That helps. However, that can also change the song entirely.”
“Things that I've released, there are things that I've kind of looked at and gone, ‘Man, I don't know if I want to change something here or not. Maybe we should have done this different’.”
“I always try to do a Western song that speaks to history.”
“Pop-up tours are kind of interesting… it was quite an interesting experience because we'd roll into a town, check out what local establishments we know were hockey tonks or country venues, and just start calling people and seeing who wants music that day, who doesn't have somebody.”
“When I was younger, I studied music and I was on the road with dad and yeah, I wrote as well and dad taught me how to play guitar and I was interested in it, but I never pushed too much because it was dad's job in his field, and I liked going on the road. I liked everything about it, and I worked my way up to become the road manager, was a stage manager as well.”
“I think what drew me to the road was the camaraderie in the sense of brotherhood amongst musicians and it was kind of similar within the military and in the fire department and our families have a lot of military history to them, so there was that. So, I ended up going into the service after the fire department, went into the service because 9/11 happened, and left all my music aspirations behind and had a pretty successful career within the Army as a pilot and as an intelligence officer.”
“Bob Dylan … has a whole section that he wrote in his book about dad and his writing and how he's overlooked as one of the best country music artists ever and all that kind of stuff.”
“White hat cowboy, you know, always do right when no one's looking, all that kind of thing, that's stuck with me.”
“I don't know if people really truly understand just how important and how awe inspiring that place (Grand Ole Opry) and that stage is and that circle.”
“Honky Tonk Blackout”
“More Days Behind”