Trent Tomlinson

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Trent Tomlinson
Tomlinson singing at the seventh annual Country Music Festval in Essex, Vermont, July 9, 2006.
Background information
Origin	Kennett, Missouri
Genre(s)	Country
Occupation(s)	singer and songwriter
Years active	2004-Present
Label(s)	Lyric Street Records
Website	TrentTomlinson.com

Trent Tomlinson is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is famed for his writing songs that reflect his psyche, and deal with topics like drinking, camaraderie, broken dreams and failed relationships.

[edit] Early life

Tomlinson began his musical journey in Kennett, Missouri, which is also the home town of Sheryl Crow. His 6'8" father is a former basketball star who set scoring records at the University of Missouri and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers before knee surgery knocked him out. He was also the basketball coach, biology teacher, and assistant principal at Kennett High School, and a tough taskmaster who groomed Trent for basketball superstardom, but along the way, Tomlinson realized that basketball wasn't for him and turned to music. In his junior year of high school, he reached the finals for TNN's "You Can Be a Star", but came in second. He tried college, but left for Nashville after six months.

After numerous deals cut short due to labels that went bankrupt or were being taken over, he finally landed a deal with Cal IV Entertainment. He also cut some sides for Lyric Street Records, with whom he later signed a record deal.

On July 24, 2006, Tomlinson performed his single "Drunker Than Me" on The Howard Stern Show as a duet with an intoxicated Andrea Brooke Ownbey (also known as "Miss Howard Stern"), who is a fan of the song.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Country Is My Rock (March 7, 2006)

[edit] Singles

^ACurrently active.

[edit] External link

• Official website

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