“I grew up in the small town of Marshville, North Carolina, where life has always moved a little slower and music has always seemed to mean a little more. I started playing piano and singing when I was just four years old. By nine, I had picked up a guitar, and somewhere along the way, music stopped being something I did and became a part of who I am.

Growing up, I was always drawn to the music that came before me. While most kids my age were listening to whatever was new, I found myself studying the voices, stories, and songs of artists from another time. I guess you could say I’ve always been an old soul. Classic country became home to me, and over the years, that love for music has taken me from small-town stages to Nashville and given me opportunities to perform in front of people I once could have only dreamed of meeting.

But my story hasn’t always been about the stage.

In 2025, my life changed when I was diagnosed with Chiari malformation and learned that I would need brain surgery. At a time when I felt like my life and career were just beginning to move forward, everything suddenly came to a stop. Shows were canceled, plans changed, and for the first time, I had to trade the stage for a hospital room.

On August 6, 2025, I underwent brain surgery.

That chapter of my life changed me. It taught me just how quickly life can change and how important it is to chase the things placed on your heart while you have the chance. Music had always meant something to me, but after surgery, it meant even more. Every stage, every song, and every person standing in the crowd became something I no longer wanted to take for granted.

I’ve been blessed to spend more than 14 years making music, but I still feel like my story is only beginning. I’m still the same kid from a small town in North Carolina who fell in love with an old song and dreamed about where music might take him.

I’ve faced a few unexpected roads along the way, but I wouldn’t erase them. They’ve shaped the person and performer I am today.”