Mark Chesnutt ~ Similar Artists

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Tracy Lawrence - 100% match to Mark Chesnutt

27 January 1968, Atlanta, Texas, USA. The son of a banker, Lawrence was raised in Foreman, Arkansas, and sang in the church choir. He started working in honky tonks when he was 17 years old and moved to Nashville in 1990. He recorded his first album and the future looked bright... Read more

Tracy Byrd - 87% match to Mark Chesnutt

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.... Read more

Joe Diffie - 79% match to Mark Chesnutt

28 December 1958, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. According to Entertainment Weekly, country singer Joe Diffie is a "first rate interpreter of working class woes", while Tammy Wynette described him as all her favourite vocalists rolled into one. His career took off in the 90s by dint of... Read more

Clint Black - 74% match to Mark Chesnutt

4 February 1962, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. Black was born in New Jersey when his father was working there, but the family soon headed back to their home of Houston, Texas. Black was playing the harmonica at the age of 13 and the guitar at 15. He spent several years playing... Read more

Clay Walker - 71% match to Mark Chesnutt

Ernest Clayton Walker, 19 August 1969, Beaumont, Texas, USA. From the same city and similar strand of country music as Tracy Byrd and Mark Chesnutt, the US country singer Walker owes much of his vocal style to George Strait. He was taught guitar by his father at a young age and... Read more

George Strait - 70% match to Mark Chesnutt

18 May 1952, Poteet, Texas, USA. Country superstar George Strait is a throwback to the 50s honky-tonk sound of country music. He uses twin fiddles and steel guitar and his strong, warm delivery is similar to that of his idols Merle Haggard and Lefty Frizzell. He has made no... Read more

Sammy Kershaw - 69% match to Mark Chesnutt

b 24 February 1958, Kaplan, Louisiana, USA. This singer-songwriter is related to Doug Kershaw, which goes some way to explaining the strong Cajun feel to his work. Kershaw started playing country clubs when he was 12 years old, working with local musician J.B. Perry. During his... Read more

John Michael Montgomery - 62% match to Mark Chesnutt

20 January 1965, Danville, Kentucky, USA. Montgomery arrived on the country music scene in 1993 with a debut album, Life's A Dance, that became the only million-seller on the country charts by a new artist that year. Its title track was a number 4 hit single and "I Love The Way... Read more

Wade Hayes - 62% match to Mark Chesnutt

1971, Bethel Acres, Oklahoma, USA. Hayes was virtually born with a guitar in his hand, arriving into a family that lived and breathed country music. His father, Don Hayes, was a professional musician and bought Wade his first proper guitar at the age of 11. The family suffered a... Read more

Travis Tritt - 61% match to Mark Chesnutt

James Travis Tritt, 9 February 1963, Marietta, Georgia, USA. Tritt started writing songs and playing honky tonks and beer joints when he was about 14 years old. One of his songs is called "Son Of The New South", and his US country hit "Put Some Drive Into Your Country" includes... Read more