Adam Sanders

Adam Sanders first made inroads in Nashville as a songwriter, penning two Country airplay number ones in 2014: Dustin Lynch's "Hell of a Night" and Cole Swindell's "Ain't Worth the Whiskey." These lean, tuneful songs -- muscular without being brawny, traditional without being retro -- provided the musical template for Sanders' career as a performer, which he launched almost immediately after his songs became smashes. Over the next few years, he doled out singles on a steady basis, culminating in the 2018 release of a self-titled EP. A native of Lake City, Florida, Adam Sanders immersed himself in music at an early age; it ran in his family: he was the nephew of steel guitarist Scotty Sanders, who has been in a fixture in country music sessions since the late '90s. Learning to play guitar and sing as a child, Sanders gigged around northern Florida until he relocated to Nashville in 2009. As he worked a construction day job, he persisted at his music, eventually landing a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog. Soon, Sanders began writing for and collaborating with a number of Nashville stars including Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan. His breakthrough arrived in 2014, when he co-wrote two Billboard Country Airplay number one hits: Cole Swindell's "Ain't Worth the Whiskey" and Dustin Lynch's "Hell of a Night." His songwriting success soon led to a recording career, with Big Yellow Dog releasing his single "Nothin' to Do But Drink" by the end of 2014. Sanders placed songs in the TV series <I>Nashville and <I>The Ranch in 2015, the same year he released the singles "Somewhere That You Don't Go" and "Thunder." Another pair of singles -- "About To" and "I've Been Meaning to Call" -- followed in 2016, with 2017 bringing "Sippin' on the Good Times." Sanders began 2018 with "Over Did It," the first single from his eponymous 2018 EP. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi