Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins was born Jan. 13, 1962, in Springhill, La. He first began performing with a gospel quartet while still attending high school in the nearby town of Sarepta. He continued to sing gospel throughout his years at Louisiana Tech University, where he studied petrol...

Alan Jackson (born October 17, 1958)is an American country singer-songwriter who has sold over 40 million records. He was influenced by the new traditional country of the 1980s, and he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending both honky tonk and mainstream country sounds...

“The only person with a voice as strong as James Otto is Gretchen Wilson”, explains John Rich. “The man’s voice is powerful, he’ll blow you away” says Jon Nicholson.

James arrived in Nashville in 1998, attending every writer's night he could find. "Those writers shaped me," he says. ...