I was born in South Carolina and raised in east Tennessee. Kingsport. I'm a big Tennessee Volunteer fan, so anytime anyone says, 'Where are you from?' I say ' Tennessee ' because that's just where my heart always was. After high school, I ended up back in South Carolina and then back here. Always just feels like home, singing and getting back to the mountains.
I guess I've loved singing all my life. I'm one of these kids that used to sneak downstairs and tear holes in the packages underneath the Christmas tree to see which Elvis Presley album I got that year, or two or three, whatever. Probably just like anybody else, I'd stand in front of the mirror and sing. Even though I was pretty terrible back then, in my mind, I was always really good. I just stuck with it, and somehow or another, people started liking me, too.
I've never been your typical cornbread country guy. I've got a lot of rock 'n roll background. I was doing the 80's rock thing, and rock 'n roll took a real hard left turn and I just really didn't like where it went. At the same time, country kind of became more mainstream and more commercial. I can remember saying, 'You'll never catch me singing country music.' And all of a sudden, here I am.
I like the rock 'n roll’ stuff, I like the blues. I've got about a four and a half octave range. It's country because the lyrics are down home and wholesome, it’s just good ole boy stuff, yet it's got a bite, and an edge to it. I just like to say it's, country with a kick.
I can say that I have gotten some interest from a couple of labels. Since then, I have been really ramping up my writing a good bit. I'm more in demand now as a writer and that's where my focus has been.
I'd love for people to tune in, and if you like what you hear, then support it. That's the only thing that I ask. I feel like if I go into a honky-tonk, and there are 2,000 people there, they own me for about five hours. Regardless of how my day has been, I have to understand I'm being paid to be there and it's their money that paid for me. Their wife may have left them, their dog might have got hit, or whatever the case may be. I've got five hours to make them forget about all that and just have a good time, just enjoy a little bit of Craig Reynolds.”
