Growing up I remember my mom turning the music up whenever she heard a good song. The only genre, she listened to was country so I grew up loving country music. I now turn the music up whenever I hear a song Luke Bryan wrote because his music is so good. Growing up Luke Bryan was a normal child, but over the 20 or more years, so many devastating things have happened to his family that are hard for Bryan and his family to get over.
As a kid Luke Bryan was just a normal child. Thomas Luther Bryan was born on July 17, 1976 in Leesburg, Georgia to his parents Tommy and LeClaire Bryan, he was the youngest out of three kids (Biography.com Editors, Finan, Eileen). Growing up, his dad was a Fertilizer salesman, and his mom worked as a local public
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When Bryan was 19 he was planning on moving to Nashville, but before he could his brother was killed in a car accident at the age of 26 in 1996. He was devastated about the lost of his brother. After the death of his brother he decided to stay in Georgia, and enrolled himself in Georgia State University where he earned his degree in business. While he was in college, he met his future to be wife. After he graduated from college he started working with his dad (Finan, Eileen). Bryan work for his dad for a year and in that year his dad could see that this wasn’t what Bryan wanted. Bryan’s dad told him that he had two options one was pack up his stuff and leave to Nashville or two he was fired (Finan Eileen and biography editors). When his dad told him it was okay to go that’s when he decided that he was going to nashville to pursue his dream of a singer. Bryan left for Nashville in …show more content…
Right away when he got to Nashville he got a contract from a publishing house. Bryan performed at night in different clubs for a while. In the summer of 2007 his first major record came out (biography.com editors). After his first major record came out his sister died of unknown causes while she was home with her three year old child at the time. With Kelly’s ( Luke Bryan sister) death no one could figure out why she dead. They called it a abnormally tragic death because that was that best they could call it. Bryan was only in Nashville for six years when his sister died (Finan, Eileen). A few months later he gave the song Good Directions to an artist by the name of Bill Currington (Stark, Phyllis). Seven years later he won the Entertainer of the Year and the ACM(Biography.com Editors, Finan, Eileen). Winner these rewards were really meaningful to him after what he has been through(Finan,Eileen). Over the years Luke Bryan has had so many number one hits for all his different albums and songs, that it’s too many to list, but a couple is Drink a Beer and That's My Kind Of Night. Just recently he sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl 52. Today Bryan helps out three different charities they are St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Make A Wish Foundation, and Young Men Christian Association (YMCA)(Biography.com Editors). Bryan’s music career is still growing today even with his busy life that he
Over the years, Bryan made and grew friendships that would be essential in his walk towards musical legendry. His childhood best friend, Blue Note Records recording artist and jazz pianist, Robert Glasper, broadened his musical horizons further; introducing him to legendary jazz acts such as Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. In high school, he met Greg Curtis, a producer who would become his mentor and give him his introduction to music technology. In college, he moved to Atlanta, GA and attended Clark-Atlanta University where he was discovered by Chris Hicks, a record executive and partner at Noontime Records would become his manager. It is through Hicks that Bryan was given an internship at Noontime Records, where he would go on to nurture his musical talents and in 1999 at the age of 21, earn his first production credit with the song "Get Done" by Houston based band, Ideal. While interning at Noontime, Bryan met two more people who forever shape him in his musical journey; Jermaine Dupri and Sam Thomas.
On the other hand, Luke Bryan had a pretty great life growing up as a child. Thomas Luther Bryan was born on July 17, 1976 (Student Resources). Everyone calls him Luke because that’s what he has preferred since he was a little boy. Luke was into country music ever since he was born. Tons of memories he made with his family, like sitting in a truck singing country music at the top of their lungs. As he grew up and got older he started to play in front of people and start...
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