Granger Smith released his latest video, rather Donny Cowboy’s latest video earlier this week. There seems to be some confusion surrounding where Granger…errr Donny has parked but one thing is clear this June Donny, Earl and, of course, Granger will be parked somewhere in the vicinity of Festival Country de Lotbinière in St. Agapit.
Performing since the age of 15 Smith was performing weekends on small town stages in North Texas, and doing his best as a fan club member to attend every George Strait concert within driving distance. At 19, as a freshman at Texas A&M, he recorded his first album which landed him a songwriting deal with EMI Music Publishing in Nashville.
In the process of building his career Smith and his brother Tyler created alter-egos through videos to help promote the music and that’s where Earl Dibbles Jr. came from in the summer of 2011. It started as a short, funny video that he and his brothers filmed out where their parents live in Central Texas, but it turned out to be something that completely changed the shape of his career. Smith thinks of it as an “intentional accident” because as planned, the video went viral and became a huge promotional tool for his music. But they had no way to know if it would actually work, especially since many of his videos before it never caught fire.
April 16, 2013 is the date that his album Dirt Road Driveway hit #1. After independently releasing 7 studio albums, 1 live album and 2 EPs, his first record deal came in 2015 as Broken Bow Music Group sought him out. Within only weeks of the signing, his debut single “Backroad Song” was a hit at mainstream country radio faster than any of them expected.
You don’t want to miss Granger Smith and his alter egos LIVE on the big stage in St. Agapit at Festival Country de Lotbinière!
Follow Granger here:
Website: https://www.grangersmith.com
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/granger-smith/69285061
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4sTFGCigAQIUiEy8wSSQNF?si=7aiyBEGaSBauNcaTtsRqjg
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