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About Billy Currington

He spent his years through writing. He would get halfway through a song and immediately quit when it wouldn’t make any sense. He never thought that he would move to Nashville to become a writer. Every year he was writing something on the other.As a high school junior, a classmate invited Currington to her father’s church. Struck by the church’s music – a blend of gospel and country – he complimented the preacher on the music. At the preacher’s request, Currington sang the following Sunday. Impressed with what he heard, the preacher eventually drove Currington to Nashville to audition at the Opryland USA theme park. He didn’t make it, but that didn’t bother him.

Billy Currington’s music frequently recalls a time when life seemed simpler, although the singer-songwriter certainly can’t claim to have had an easy childhood. . His mother married a man named Larry Currington when Billy was a year-and-a-half old. Throughout the following few years Billyhad to experienced the turmoil that alcohol abuse does to a family.

Nevertheless, it was Larry Currington who introduced Billy to country music. He really loved Alabama and remembers taking a radio in the bathroom and singing like he was Randy Owen. He guesses that he developed a strong passion for wanting to be a singer in high school. It was in the 9th or 10th grade when he got turned on to Keith Whitley. He would buy those tapes and sing those songs just like he did. He of course wanted to be like George Strait too.

However, he moved to Nashville after high school to pursue a career in music. His first stint didn't last long, but he returned after paying his dues at a bar in Georgia. In Nashville, he worked for a concrete company and then part-time as a personal trainer. One of his clients led him to demo work and then writing songs. Currington’s rich, country-tinged baritone brought more demo work and the publishing company signed him as a full-time songwriter.

Unfortunately, he only got one song cut, and a development deal with another record label soured. Shortly his publisher chose not to renew his contract, he signed to Mercury Records. Country singer Mark Wills had put a hold on a song Currington had co-written.

Wills’ producer Carson Chamberlain bumped into Currington and decided to write together and record some demos. Chamberlain produced those demos to Mercury Chairman Luke Lewis who signed him to the label. Chamberlain produced the album. A second album, “Doin' Somethin' Right”, followed in 2005 on Mercury Nashville. As every new comer Currington too dreams for a long-term career.