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About Chris Cagle

At 19, he realized he was wasting his time at school and left Texas to pursue music full time. He moved to Nashville in 1994, spending the next five years performing odd jobs -- from waiting tables and tending bar to being a golf caddy -- all the while polishing his songwriting skills. His writing vastly improved after meeting legendary writer Harlan Howard, who taught Chris how to write a true country song. Howard was so impressed with his student's efforts that he was the first to publish one of Cagle's songs. He was discovered by the assistant to the president of Virgin Records Nashville, whom he met in a restaurant where he was working. Virgin signed him and released his debut single, "My Love Goes on and On," which reached the country charts in July 2000, eventually peaking in the Top 20

A few years later, Cagle met Donna Duarte at a restaurant where he was working. She was really interested in music, so he invited her to come to the studio to hear him record some demos. Duarte heard it and loved it and took it to her boss. Unbeknownst to Cagle, she was the assistant to Scott Hendricks, president of Virgin Records Nashville. She played it for Hendricks and Cagle soon landed a record deal. When Virgin closed its country division, Cagle was absorbed onto the Capitol Nashville roster, home to Garth Brooks, an obvious inspiration. Capitol re-released his 2001 debut album, “Play It Loud”, with two new songs, including the future No. 1, "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out." A self-titled sophomore effort followed in 2003. He also covered the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Don't Ask Me No Questions" for the soundtrack of the first Blue Collar Comedy Tour movie, as well as performing it with the four comedians over the closing credits of the movie. His earliest songs were published by famed Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard, after which he landed a publishing deal and placed some of his songs with David Kersh.

The two sides of Cagle's compelling psyche come together beautifully on his third album, “Anywhere But Here”, a collection that crystallizes the promise of the first two and takes him another big step forward. The album captures a renewed Chris, back from vocal rest and a period of intense introspection, reflecting on the complex emotions to be found in living a modern life in the spotlight. He has established himself as a well-known country musician, albeit not a superstar in the same league as country crooner Garth Brooks.