Walker Hayes hails from Mobile, AL. Walker completed a degree in general music with an emphasis on piano in just two years at Birmingham-Southern College and emerged from BSC with a hard earned music degree. Walker then moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina. In the summer of 2004 Walker and his new bride Laney talked about their future which included Walkers drive and tenacity of becoming a Country Music Artist and a hit songwriter. They decided to make the move to Nashville, TN and give it a go. After settling in to Nashville, Walker met Greg O’Brien who noticed Walkers talents immediately and introduced him to Manager/Producer Christy DiNapoli. DiNapoli heard Walker sing two songs and said “I’ve been waiting for someone like you to walk into my office for the last 5-years”! Walker signed with DiNapoli and KMG Entertainment shortly after and within six months signed his first development deal with Mercury Records. Soon after Walker’s co-producer and Mercury co-chairman James Stroud exited the label. Walker then decided to go back and concentrate more on fine-tuning his songwriting craft as a staff writer at The Music Group with DiNapoli still at the helm. During this time Walker was approached by the RFD Network and asked to be involved with a new television series called Music & Motors. The premise of the show is to watch a brand new driver take a shot at the NASCAR Circuit while at the same time watch an up and coming singer songwriter get a shot at a Record Deal in Nashville. Walker and DiNapoli decided to participate in the series in hopes of gaining attention and landing a Record Deal. While filming began for the series, Autumn House Senior Vice President of A&R for Capitol Records heard Walker on a demo tape pitched to her for Keith Urban and fell in love with his voice and his songwriting. After she met Walker and heard him sing she immediately brought him to Capitol President Mike Dungan and Walker was offered a Recording Contract that evening. When Walker asked the question “I thought you had too many males on your roster” Autumn House immediately responded “We do have a lot of male act on our roster but not like you!” As the buzz around Nashville seems to be spreading like wild fire, Walker is currently writing, recording and touring as he prepares to embark on his first radio tour and single release this summer.
Tim Rushlow was the former front man of the 2 time Grammy nominated super group Little Texas. he has previously recorded for Atlantic Records, Hollywood Records, Warner Bros. Records, and Show Dog Records.
Currently Rushlow is writing and recording with such writer as:
-Ian Eskelin, GMA producer of the year and Brian White, SESAC writer of the year, Danny Orton, and Troy Johnson
Nick Hoffman came to Nashville from Minnesota. Gaining recognition as a badass fiddle player, he became the fiddle player/ guitarist to Kenny Chesney's band and is currently touring with Chesney on the Poets&Pirates Tour. Aside from playing on one of the most lucrative arena/stadium shows to date, Nick is also working on his solo career.
The Colley Jones band are a duo who have gained recognition from playing at Paradise Park in Nashville, TN every weekend. Men and women of all ages line up each weekend to see this duo perform their own songs with their own personal style. They have begun working in correlation with the Music Group on an artist development capacity.
ITS OUT!!!!!!!!! my debut album "My Life on the Radio" hit stores yesterday! you can get it digitally on iTunes or order the actual cd on CDbaby.com heres the link:
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Whats going on? Ok so my debut album is coming out on JUNE 30th!!!!!! and I wanted to make sure and remind you to mark your calendars for the day! I'd really really appreciate if you'd pick one up....I promise you'll like it haha. You can get it on iTunes or CDBABY.com WOO!!! Dont be a stranger :)
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