A group made up of long time buddies, from all over the south.
Jamey Johnson, is from Montgomery, Alabama. His single "The Dollar" landed in the top 15 on the charts, 3 Grand Ole Opry appearances, and his album sold over 65,000 copies. Jamey has also written 3 number one hits in "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and "Ladies Love Country Boys" for Trace Adkins and "Give It Away" for George Strait... To think this guy is just getting started...
Jerrod Niemann is from the great plains of Liberal, Kansas, what can you say about him. With two cuts on Garth Brooks' new album "The Lost Sessions," one called "Good Ride Cowboy" about the life of the late-great Chris LeDoux which hit number 1 on the charts in December 2005. The other song a story about something that personally touched Garth in "That Girl Is A Cowboy," that hit Top 30. Also he has had a couple cuts, one by Neal McCoy in "Got Mud" and another by Julie Roberts with the Target exclusive song "I Don't Want To Be A Memory Anymore." Jerrod has recently been signed to a record deal with Category 5 Records. His first single "I Love Women (My Momma Can't Stand)" is out now on radio and has debuted on the charts! Request his new single on radio today!
Randy Houser from Lake, Mississipi. “After my folks split I grew up with my Mama and sister. I felt like the man of the house even before I was one. My mother did the best she could to provide for us, we didn’t have a whole lot though. I’d spend a few weeks with my Daddy every summer and Christmas. He’d teach me a new chord or song while I was there." Says Randy, "He lived a few hours away in Biloxi and always made sure that my sister and I stayed hip to good music. Out tastes in music were fairly broad for two kids from a town of less than 500 people. We got a lot of good ole country like Merle Conway, but we were also spoon fed the artists like Bonnie Raitt, Delbert, and B.B. King. Just good soulful music. Thank god for real artists! Of course growing up in Mississippi you hear a lot of blues. I would hang out on weekends at the Subway, a now defunct juke joint, which was located in the basement of the Terminal Hotel in Jackson. Man, those folks were rock’n up in there.” Randy had been trying to teach himself to write songs for years by this time and about ten years into the process he decided that it was time to see if he could play ball with the big boys in Nashville, Music City. "Man, have I sat the bench. Finally, I got my first cut on Trace Adkins’ 'Songs About Me' Album in 2005. A song called 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' inspired by someth’n truly dear to my heart,” Randy jokes.
Wayd Battle: He's part Irish... He's part Indian... He's all Red-Head. He was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the son of an Alabama Baptist preacher. When he was a small boy, the only access he had to a musical instrument was his father's right-handed guitar; however, he was left-handed, so he just naturally played the guitar upside-down. He started his first band at the age of fourteen, and soon he was working every Tonk, Tank, and Hole-in-the-Wall in West Alabama, and playing Hank, Merle and George, or whatever paid. He saw a lot of cinder-block buildings with gravel parking lots in his early musical career. He's a Singer... He's a Picker... He's a Songwriter. Years of fronting bands across the Southeast and Mid-West has given him the experience to adapt to any situation night after night, and still come across as the "Real Deal" crowd pleaser that he truly is. Wayd has signed with BMG Music as of December 2005. Sony/BMG provides a home for the worlds best and most successful artists and composers. Wayd is living in Nashville with his wife and two young daughters.
Dallas Davidson arrived in Nashville in January of 2004. In September of the same year the Albany, GA native landed a writing deal with Big Borrassa Music. Dallas was influenced by artists such as Waylon Jennings, Otis Redding, Hank Williams Jr., Wilson Pickett and Kris Kristofferson. His first cut in Nashville was a song called "Kiss My Country Ass" recorded by Rhett Akins and none other than Hank Williams Jr. The song is Rhett's current single off his brand new album. Dallas has also had cuts by Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Jamey Johnson and others. Right now he is enjoying a huge hit he co-wrote with friends Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser called "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk".
Rob Hatch: Born in Cross City Florida, Rob is one of those people who beat the odds. Having not even considered songwriting until his freshman year of college Rob took a chance and it has paid off in what some might call a Cinderella story. But let's not call it that..this boy is as country as country gets and ..Cinderella's.. just don't hunt around here!!! Rob moved to Nashville in June of 2002 and got his break and signed with BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING group in June of 2005. In no time at all Rob was beating the odds and beginning his long expected career as one of the top backwoods, in your face country music songwriters. In 8 short months Rob has had his songs recorded by: Jamey Johnson- "My Saving Grace", "Keepin Up With The Jonesin'", "Rebeliscious", Rhett Atkins- "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away", John Pierce- "I've Been In Love"... and you can bet... More is a coming!!!!
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