Crossing the Blues

Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976, in Leesburg, Georgia) is definitely an American region music artist. He debuted in 2007 together with the single "All My Friends Say", a Top 5 single around the Billboard Very hot Nation Songs charts. His debut album, I'll Stay Me, was launched on Capitol Data in 2007. This album also produced chart singles in "We Rode in Trucks" and "Country Man". Moreover to his individual materials, Bryan wrote Billy Currington's 2007 Primary hit "Good Directions."
Luke Bryan singer and songwriter


In 2009, Bryan released his second album, Doin' My Point. This album produced the #2 country hit "Do I" at the same time as his 1st two number one hits, "Rain Is a good Thing, and "Someone Else Calling You Baby."

Singer and songwriter Luke Bryan comes by his country influences naturally -- he grew up in Leesburg, GA, a small town 100 miles from your Alabama border in which his father grew peanuts and marketed fertilizer to get a residing. Bryan assisted his family members work the farm when he was youthful, but in his early teenagers he produced a enthusiasm for nation new music, picking up his influences from his parents' document collection, listening to your likes of George Strait, Conway Twitty, Ronnie Milsap, Alan Jackson, and Merle Haggard. When he was 14, his individuals purchased Bryan his first guitar, as well as a year later on his enjoying and singing was robust enough that he started out sitting in with nearby bands at a club featuring dwell country music. At 16, Bryan commencing composing songs using the aid of the pair of regional tunesmiths who had liked some accomplishment in Nashville, and Bryan planned to head to New music Town to try out his luck soon after graduating from large school till his brother died in an car accident. Seeking to provide emotional assistance to his family members, Bryan opted to go to Georgia Southern University instead, even though he failed to stop trying music; Bryan ongoing creating songs, formed a band and was enjoying gigs on campus or at close by watering holes most weekends although pursuing his studies. Bryan recorded a self-released album he marketed at reveals during this period, but he was reluctant to consider the plunge and dedicate himself to songs full-time right up until he returned house to operate within the loved ones enterprise soon after receiving his degree. Bryan's dad, assured of his son's talent, produced him an offer -- he could possibly move to Nashville or be fired. While in the early fall of 2001, Bryan pulled up stakes and relocated to Nashville, in which his heartfelt songs of nation lifestyle earned him a contract with a single in the city's numerous publishing homes. In his free time, Bryan ongoing to perform at nearby clubs, and after an A&R man from Capitol Records saw him perform a set of his original material, he was given a record deal. Capitol released Bryan's first widely distributed album, I'll Stay Me, while in the summer of 2007, following it with Doin' My Thing in 2009. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi