LUKE BRYANBy Michael Henderson

Childhood•Born July 17, 1976•Raised in Leesburg, Georgia•Farm life•Born with a natural gift

DECISIONS DECISIONS DECISIONS•Leaving family to pursue dreams•A little nudge from his father•Moved to Nashville looking for opportunity

•Luke lost both his brother and sister.•Dreams of moving to Nashville faded.•Family in tough financial situation.

Trials

Getting Started•Nailing a song writing deal with a company owned by a famous song writer Roger Murrah•Some of Luke’s songs were on Travis Tritts album in 2005•Recording contract

FAMILY LIFE•Wife : Caroline Son: Thomas Son: Tatum• Luke and Caroline married in December 2006•They reside in Georgia

Luke also likes to go fishing, four-wheeling, and anything outdoors.

Luke likes to go hunting just as he did with his brother and father when he was younger.

Hobbies

First Albums•2007-2008: “I’ll Stay Me”•Single “All My Friends Say”- #5•2009-2010: “Doing My Thing”

Awards•2010: Top new solo vocalist•2010: Top new artist (ACM)•2012: CMT Music awards Male Video of the year•2012: AMA favorite male country artist•2013: ACM vocal event of the year•2013: Favorite male country artist

Personality shown through the music• “Sun Tan City”•”All My Friends Say”•” Welcome to the Farm”

Trials illustrated through his music…•”Blood Brothers•”Drink A Beer”•”We Rode In Trucks”

“ Drink A Beer”

“ Blood Brothers”

“Sorority Girl”

“ Sun Tan City”

Funs Facts•His song “Shake It For Me” was inspired by hip-hop.•He says the movie character he is most like is Forest Gump.•If he wasn’t a singer he would be a surgeon.•It took about three years of being in Nashville before he received his first record deal. But it only took him a couple of months to find work as a songwriter.

ConclusionLuke Bryan is an amazing example of how if you fight hard enough for your dreams you can achieve them. Through all his hardships he has become a national country star and has what it takes to be a performing artist.

Bibliography

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/luke_bryan/biography.html

http://voices.yahoo.com/fun-facts-luke-bryan-8972165.html

http://www.cmt.com/artists/luke-bryan/biography/

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/luke-bryan-opens-tragedies-broke/story?id=20780322