Chris Stapleton was born in Lexington, Kentucky on April 15, 1978. He later moved to Nashville in 2001 to pursue his music career. Still being a fairly newcomer, Stapleton manage to win 6 ASCAP Awards and score up to 3 #1 single from Kenny Chesney's, "Never Wanted Nothing More", Darius Rucker's, "Come Back Song", and Josh Turner's, "Just To Be Your Man". Stapleton has written for both, Universal Music Group Nashville (a subsidiary of Universal Music Group) and Sea Gayle Music.
Stapleton throughout the time, has co-written with many known artist such as Vince Gill, Peter Frampton, and Sheryl Crow. Also has numerous notable songs, such as the one he's co-written with Frank Rogers for Trace Adkins', "Swing". While his songwriting career picks up, Stapleton also did gigs for living when he joined the bluegrass band, The SteelDrivers from 2008-2010 as their lead singer and acoustic guitarist. Shortly after, he formed the rock band, The Jompson Brothers. Then later, went solo when he signed with Mercury Nashville and has released his first single on July 1, 2013, "What Are You Listening To".
From listening to his release, In my opinion, Stapleton will either stay rock, or he'll transpose into Red Dirt Country bringing his rockabilly personality with him. I do in either case, look forward to hearing more from him. In the meantime, here's the song he co-wrote with Al Anderson for George Strait's, "Love Gonna Make It Alright". Until then, Farewell.
RESOURCE:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stapleton
- http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57548/swing-for-the-fences
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