Travis Meadows
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Travis Meadows is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released two albums, as well as writing songs for other country artists.
Meadows was born in 1965 in Mississippi, growing up in Jackson.[1][2] He began using drugs at an early age,[1] and when he was 14, he was diagnosed with bone cancer, which eventually led to the loss of most of his right leg.[1] At the age of 16, he began playing in local bands, starting his musical career as a drummer before beginning to play the harmonica and guitar by the time he was 21.[2] During his early 20s, he performed with blues musicians such as Sam Myers, and moved to Gatlinburg, where he began writing songs.[2] In his mid-20s, Meadows became a Christian missionary and later a preacher, traveling around the United States and overseas, as well as writing and performing Christian music.[2] By his late 30s, however, he had become disenchanted with the church, and moved to Nashville to pursue a songwriting career.[2] He signed a contract with Universal Music Publishing, but at the same time his life-long drinking and drug habits led to a multi-year descent into alcoholism and abuse.[1] After four trips to rehab, he succeeded in regaining sobriety in 2010.[1]
In 2010, Meadows released a studio album, titled Killing Uncle Buzzy, written while he was recovering from his alcohol addiction during his fourth period in rehab.[1] According to Meadows, a counselor had suggested keeping a journal, which led to him writing songs instead.[1] In 2013, after his songwriting contract with Universal expired, he began writing independently before signing with independent record label Kobalt Music and releasing a second album, Old Ghosts & Unfinished Business.[2]
In addition to his solo work, Meadows has written songs for other country musicians, including Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Frankie Ballard, as well as Southern rock group Blackberry Smoke.[1]
Television Appearances
In 2016, Travis Meadows was featured in Season 1, Episode 4 of CarbonTV's original series, American Elements.[3]
External Links
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nashville's Most Badass Songwriter Travis Meadows Shares Tragic Life Stories". Rolling Stone Country. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Exclusive: Songwriter Travis Meadows on writing Dierks Bentley’s “Riser,” his tragic past and finding redemption". Nashville Gab. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ↑ "Travis Meadows : American Elements". CarbonTV. Retrieved 2016-02-10.