Sammy Kershaw ~ Similar Artists

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Alan Jackson - 100% match to Sammy Kershaw

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... Read more

Tracy Byrd - 90% match to Sammy Kershaw

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

Trace Adkins - 86% match to Sammy Kershaw

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... Read more

Tracy Lawrence - 86% match to Sammy Kershaw

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

Clay Walker - 84% match to Sammy Kershaw

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 - 83% match to Sammy Kershaw

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

Joe Diffie - 82% match to Sammy Kershaw

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

Mark Chesnutt - 81% match to Sammy Kershaw

6 September 1963, Beaumont, Texas, USA. His father, Bob Chesnutt, was a singer who, although failing to find success in Nashville in the mid-60s, was popular in Texas; however, he quit music in favour of the used-car business, because he wanted to be with his family. It is,... Read more

Brooks & Dunn - 80% match to Sammy Kershaw

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... Read more

Josh Turner - 77% match to Sammy Kershaw