Max Stalling is a Texas Country singer/song writer, who had no expectation of ever being in the music business. He was born in Uvalde, TX and raised in Crystal City, TX. After attending kindergarten through high school in Carrizo Springs, TX, Stalling studied at Texas A&M University, where he earned a masters degree in Food Science. He followed the corporate road from there and eventually landed in Dallas working in product development for Frito-Lay.
Inspired by artists like Townes Van Zandt, Robert Earl Keen, and Guy Clark, Stalling started writing songs, recording albums, and eventually touring with a full band to back him. Fifty thousand CDs later, Stalling joined musical greats Kris Kristofferson, Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, Selena, Guy Clark and many others when he received a star on the South Texas Music Walk of Fame in Corpus Christi. Stalling plays about 150 shows a year and is in the third year of a Budweiser sponsorship. He is a former member of the Board of Governors for the Texas Chapter of NARAS and has been lucky enough to share the stage with most of the artists that inspired him to start writing in the first place.
Stalling's style is modern with a vintage feel. With Jeff Howe on drums and percussion, Bryce Clarke on nylon-string guitar, electric guitar and mandolin, and Jason Steinsultz swapping between stand-up and electric bass and singing harmony, Stalling creates a dynamic live show that’s smart, charming and as listenable as it is danceable.
Stalling put together an elite team for his newest project, including recording heavyweight and Grammy winner Lloyd Maines. Maines has been instrumental in developing the sounds of some of the best artists in music and has worked with industry giants including the Dixie Chicks, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Bruce Robison. Band members Steinsultz, Howe and Clark are featured prominently on the recordings as well as Stalling’s wife Heather.
Home to You may be the best and most well rounded collection of songs that Stalling has released to date. It has earned Stalling both a Best Album and a Best Male Vocal nomination for the 2011 LonestarMusic Awards. It has been on the top seller list at lonestarmusic.com since its release and the first single “I Aint Drinking Alone” was #14 on the Radio Free Texas 100 Most Requested Songs of 2010 list. Home to You was released August 17, 2010, following four previous studio projects (Topaz City, 2008; Comfort In the Curves, 1997; Wide Afternoon, 2000; One of the Ways, 2002) and two live releases (Sell-Out, 2006; Live From The Granada CD/DVD 2009). Home to You was self-released on the Blind Nello Records label.
After the release of the hit single "I know Ord Ord", a group of unnamed cadets from Texas A&M University made yet another midnight raid on Max at his home and awakened him once again with a bucket full of ice water in the wee hours of the night. Max was quoted as saying "at least they didn't use flour"