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Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Brantley Gilbert and Charlie Daniels are among the artists scheduled to perform at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield this summer. Church will be joined by Aaron Lewis, the lead singer of Staind, who is pursuing a country solo career, on Aug. 10. Lambert will perform [...]
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) By now, the whole world knows how Eric Church feels about reality TV music competitions. He’s just not that into them. So what is he into? How does [...]
Eric Church is scheduled to resume his tour Thursday (May 3) in Springfield, Mo., for his first performance since an illness forced him to cancel a concert last weekend. Church had been scheduled to play in Bloomington, Ill., on Sunday (April 29) but announced his cancellation on the night of [...]
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) I hate when artists fight. Especially when it’s artists I love. Like Eric Church and Miranda Lambert. It just feels so wrong. So in order to wrap my [...]
Eric Church thinks success is sweetest when it’s a surprise. Trace Adkins looks back on his life and career at 50 years old. Martina McBride wraps up her tour with George Strait — almost. Merle Haggard looks healthy and happy after pneumonia scare. Kristin Chenoweth tries to prove good things [...]
Biography
Country singer/songwriter/guitarist Eric Church grew up in Granite Falls, NC, and began singing as a child. At 13, he started writing songs, later teaching himself to play guitar. While attending college at Appalachian State, he formed a band, the Mountain Boys, that played around western North Carolina. After graduating with a degree in marketing, he moved to Nashville, TN, to pursue a career in country music. It took him a year to get a song publishing deal with Sony/ATV Tree, after which he started getting his songs recorded by other artists, an example being Terri Clark’s version of “The World Needs a Drink.” He met producer Jay Joyce, who took an interest in him as a recording artist, and they began making demos. That led to his being signed by Capitol Records Nashville. His debut single, “How ‘Bout You,” was released in early 2006, and it had reached the country Top 20 by the time Capitol released his first album, Sinners Like Me, on July 18, 2006. The album was both a critical and commercial success, and Church followed it up with Carolina in 2009. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi