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Luke Bryan

Raised in Leesburg, Georgia - a small town that never even had a traffic light up until two years ago - Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan grew up on a farm, spending his summers harvesting cotton and peanuts. Inspired by artists like Alabama and Ronnie Milsap, Luke began playing guitar at the age of 14, and was playing gigs in local bars only a year later. After graduating from high school the budding entertainer planned to ply his trade in Nashville, but the adventure was cut short with the untimely death of his brother Chris, who died in a car accident just a day before Luke was to leave.

Not wanting to leave during this time of need, Luke instead opted to stay with his family, enrolling in Georgia State University in nearby Athens, Georgia. Luke received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and enrolled in the Sigma Chi fraternity, where he formed a band with his fraternity brothers and played two or three nights a week around pubs and honkey-tonks in Athens. After graduation Luke took a job working in his father’s peanut and fertilizer plant, and only decided to leave to Nashville at the urging of his father in 2001.

Luke’s first job in Nashville was as a songwriter - he wrote the title track for Travis Tritt’s album My Honkey Tonk History, among many others for various artists. In 2007, Luke landed a record deal with Capitol, and released his first full-length album I’ll Stay Me in late 2007. Drawing inspiration from both his country upbringing and his collegiate coming-of-age, I’ll Stay Me is equal parts classic country and hedonistic rock-and-roll. First single "All My Friends Say" reached the #5 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs index, and second single "We Rode In Trucks" charted in the mid-40’s as well. The boyish country crooner (looking for all the world like a Georgian Jake Gyllenhaal) will be touring with Dierks Bentley and Trace Adkins throughout the first half of 2008.