Singer
Eric Church

Country singer/songwriter/guitarist Eric Church grew up in Granite Falls, North Carolina, and began singing as a child. At 13, he started writing songs, later teaching himself to play guitar. While attending college at Appalachian State, he formed a band, the Mountain Boys, that played around western North Carolina. After graduating with a degree in marketing, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in country music. It took him a ye ... ar to get a song publishing deal with Sony/ATV Tree, after which he started getting his songs recorded by other artists, an example being Terri Clark's version of "The World Needs a Drink." He met producer Jay Joyce, who took an interest in him as a recording artist, and they began making demos. That led to his being signed by Capitol Records Nashville. His debut single, "How 'Bout You," was released in early 2006, and it had reached the country Top 20 by the time Capitol released his first album, Sinners Like Me, on July 18, 2006. The album was both a critical and commercial success, and Church followed it up with Carolina in 2009, in which he swung for the contemporary country fences and hit them, scoring two Top Ten singles on the country charts with "Love Your Love the Most" (certified gold), and "Hell on the Heart." He scored another gold single with "Smoke a Little Smoke" in 2010. He won Top New Solo Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards for that calendar year. After extensive touring, Church released the Caldwell County EP in January of 2011, which reached the number 13 position on the Billboard country chart, as did the single "Homeboy." Church followed with the album Chief in July. Caught in the Act: Live Chief wound up as Church's entry into superstardom. Upon its July 2011 release it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart and soon afterward "Drink in My Hand" climbed to the top of the charts, becoming Church's first number one single. Its popularity was eclipsed in the summer of 2012 by "Springsteen," a ballad that also reached number one on the country charts but also crossed over to the pop Top 20. Two other singles were pulled from Chief -- "Creepin'" and "Like Jesus Does" -- and the album won Album of the Year at the 2012 Country Music Academy Awards. Early in 2013, Church released the live set Caught in the Act, which was recorded at the Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee in October of 2012; the album debuted at five on the Billboard 200. Church spent the rest of 2013 working on his fourth studio album. The first taste of this new album was the heavy rock of "The Outsiders," a single that turned out to be the album's title track. Preceded by the second single "Give Me Back My Hometown," The Outsiders arrived to considerable anticipation and acclaim in February 2014. See more [+]

Love Your Love The Most |||||

I love sleeping in on Saturdays And I love college football ...

Drink In My Hand |||||

Early Monday morning, 'til Friday at five Man I work, work,...

Like Jesus Does |||||

I'm a long gone Waylon song on vinyl I'm a back row sinner ...

Springsteen |||||

To this day when I hear that song, I see you standing there ...

Like A Wrecking Ball |||||

I, I been gone I been gone too long singing my songs on the ...

Sinners Like Me |||||

I was 15 When my daddy's old man Caught me half way through ...

Some Of It |||||

Beer don't keep Love's not cheap And trucks don't wreck them...

A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young |||||

I like fast cars and sharp dreams Chased a lot of crazy thin...

His Kind Of Money My Kind Of Love |||||

I'll bet you the wine is fine And I'll bet you the diamonds ...

Mixed Drinks About Feelings |||||

Turn on a neon light At least make it feel like night Put on...

A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young Correct |||||

Start FINGERPICKING then Transition to strumming when the so...

Cold One |||||

It was a perfect day for the end of May, they say a record h...

Country Music Jesus |||||

I had a revelation last night Divine inspiration from the ot...

Give Me Back My Hometown |||||

Damn I used to love this view, sit here and drink a few Main...

Hell Of A View |||||

I was no daddy's dream Was not your momma's prayer But I was...

How ´Bout You |||||

I know where I come from, how bout you I don't need baggy cl...

Keep On |||||

Yeah I see you over there makin' eyes at me Like you don't w...

Mr. Misunderstood |||||

Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes Sitting in the b...

Over When It's Over |||||

It's over when it's over, ain't it baby, ain't it Rips you l...

Record Year |||||

Since you turned the tables on me, I've been steady and lear...

Round Here Buzz |||||

Another Friday night There's a line of cars leaving Home tea...

Smoke A Little Smoke |||||

Turn the quiet up, turn the noise down Let this ol' world ju...

Thats Damn Rock And Roll |||||

It aint a needle in a vein, it aint backstage sex, Thats dam...

You Make It Look So Easy |||||

I got a hard head, I get that from my dad And I can overreac...

I'm Just Sayin |||||

Don't ask me if you don't wanna know Wind me up, watch me go...

The Snake |||||

Rattlesnake said to the copperhead "You give us vipers a rea...

Kill A Word |||||

If I could kill a word and watch it die I'd poison "never," ...

Knives Of New Orleans |||||

Yeah, I'd give this last wrinkled dollar in my pocket that I...

Broke Record |||||

Your lips, your hips, when you touch em to mine each and eve...

Born To Run |||||

In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway Ameri...

Lotta Boot Left To Fill |||||

Get-ups, Gimics, One hit wonders that don't stick. Pretty bo...

Mistress Named Music |||||

I still remember Miss Bessie singing Black, wrinkled fingers...

Where She Told Me To Go |||||

Muddy water coming out of the sink in there Dirty sheets up ...

Why Not Me |||||

Why you with your long brown hair flowing And you with your ...

Julia |||||

ive been thinkin and its all been good last summer walkin on...

Roller Coaster Ride |||||

A click clacking my heart keeps making an ominous sound That...

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