Darryl Worley ~ Similar Artists
Blake Shelton
- 100% match to Darryl Worley
18 June 1976, Ada, Oklahoma, USA. This new country artist was taught to play guitar by his uncle while growing up in his native Oklahoma. Still only in his mid-teens he began playing the local bar circuit, but a performance at a tribute to legendary songwriter Mae Boren Axton...
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Brooks & Dunn
- 96% match to Darryl Worley
This hugely successful country duo comprises Kix Brooks (Leon Eric Brooks, 12 May 1955, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) and Ronnie Gene Dunn (b. 1 June 1953, Coleman, Texas, USA). As an adolescent, Brooks lived close to Johnny Horton and sang with Horton's daughter. He moved to...
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Trace Adkins
- 86% match to Darryl Worley
13 January 1962, Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. Before entering the entertainment world and the Nashville music community, Trace Adkins was employed as an oil-rigger. What some critics have labelled his "blue-collar authenticity' was first conveyed to audiences on the honky-tonk...
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Craig Morgan
- 84% match to Darryl Worley
17 July 1965, Kingston Springs, Tennessee, USA. Country singer-songwriter Morgan began his career at the start of the new millennium, but his rise to the upper echelons of the charts was a gradual process and took in an abortive period with a major label. Raised in Nashville in...
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This raucous honky-tonk duo comprises Eddie Montgomery (Gerald Edward Montgomery, 30 September 1963, Lancaster, Kentucky, USA; vocals/guitar) and Troy Gentry (b. 5 April 1967, Lexington, Kentucky, USA; vocals/guitar). Eddie is the brother of country star, John Michael...
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Toby Keith
- 79% match to Darryl Worley
Toby Keith Covel, 8 July 1961, Elk Town, Clinton, Oklahoma, USA. This highly popular honky-tonk country artist grew up on an Oklahoma farm listening to his father's favourite, Bob Wills, and finding his own hero in Merle Haggard. He tested broncs and bulls for a rodeo during his...
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Alan Jackson
- 77% match to Darryl Worley
17 October 1958, Newnan, Georgia, USA. Jackson, the son of a motor mechanic, had a love of gospel music through church and his family. His roots can be heard in "Home" (written for Mother's Day), "Chattahoochee" and his tribute to Hank Williams, "Midnight In Montgomery". He has...
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Chris Cagle
- 77% match to Darryl Worley
Christian Cagle, 10 November 1968, DeRidder, Louisiana, USA. This no-frills country rock artist grew up in Houston, Texas. Cagle learned to play guitar and piano as a youngster and dropped out of college at the age of 19 to pursue a musical career. He relocated to Nashville in...
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Tracy Byrd
- 75% match to Darryl Worley
17 December 1966, Beaumont, Texas, USA. Neo-traditionalist country singer Byrd paid $8 to sing Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart" over a pre-recorded backing track in a shopping mall. The store manageress was so impressed by Byrd's voice that she booked him for a talent show....
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Andy Griggs
- 72% match to Darryl Worley
13 August 1973, Monroe, Louisiana, USA. As an adolescent, Griggs played sports, while his brother, Mason, had a country music band. Mason died in 1991 and Andy found himself drawn to his music in order to be close to his memory. He discovered an ability of his own and he took...
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