Granger Smith is a famous country music singer and songwriter. He made his debut in 2013!
So let’s find out some more trivia and facts about Granger Smith!
- His full name is Granger Kelly Smith
- He was born on September 4, 1979
- He is also known by his alter ego Earl Dibbles Jr.
- He is an American country music singer and songwriter
- He has released nine studio albums, one live album, and one EP
- Granger Smith was born in Dallas, Texas
- At 14, he became interested in music
- And decided to pursue it as a hobby
- He taught himself how to play the guitar
- At 19, Smith moved from Texas to Nashville
- He moved after signing a songwriting contract with EMI Music Publishing
- Granger Smith was signed to a contract at the age of nineteen in Nashville
- He has performed three times at the White Hous
- In 2008 he traveled to perform for soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait
- His 2013 album Dirt Road Driveway peaked at number 15 on US country charts
- It was number 11 on US indie charts
- Granger Smith’s EP 4×4 was co-produced by Granger and Frank Rogers
- The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at number 6
- It reached number 51 on Billboard 200
- The lead single from the album was “Backroad Song”
- The song sold over 32,000 downloads in its first week of release
- On August 12, 2015, Granger announced he had signed with Broken Bow Records imprint Wheelhouse Records
- This label had also assumed promotion of “Backroad Song”
- Wheelhouse released his album Remington
- And the album’s second single, “If the Boot Fits”
- Some of Smith’s recordings make use of an alter ego named Earl Dibbles Jr
- In December 2018, Smith released a single from his soundtrack album called They Were There, A Hero’s Documentary
- The song came out on November 30, 2018
- “They Were There” and its music video came out on the same day, on December 7, 2018
- Granger Smith attended Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas
- He graduated from Texas A&M with a bachelor’s degree
- His song “We Bleed Maroon” is about his time at A&M
- He lived in Nashville for five years
- He currently resides in Austin, Texas
- He married Amber Emily Bartlett on February 11, 2010
- They met on the set of a music video
- She has been featured in several of his music videos since
- The couple had one daughter and two sons
- On June 6, 2019, Granger announced that the couple’s youngest son River had died following a drowning accident at their home
- He posted a photo of him and his son on Instagram to announce his death
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