Trent Willmon
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Trent Willmon is an American country music
artist. Active since 1998 as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee
, Willmon was signed to Columbia Records
in 2004. He released two albums for the label (2004's Trent Willmon
and 2006's A Little More Livin'
) and charted six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs
charts before exiting Columbia in 2006. A third album, entitled Broken In
, was released on the independent Compadre label in February 2008.
and was raised on a ranch near Afton, Texas
. His second year in college, he dropped out to join a bluegrass band. In 1995, he moved to Nashville to start a songwriting career, and by 1998 he had a song-publishing contract with Sea Gayle Music. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was "It Doesn't Mean I Don't Love You", which he co-wrote with Bobby Pinson
and Jeremy Spillman. It was recorded by the duo McHayes
(which comprised 1990s country singer Wade Hayes
and fiddler Mark McClurg), and reached #41 on the country charts in 2003.
Willmon signed with Columbia Records
in 2004. His self-titled debut album
was released that year, and it produced four singles. The first of these was "Beer Man", which peaked at #30 on the country charts. Following it were "Dixie Rose Deluxe's" at #36, "Home Sweet Holiday Inn" at #49, and finally "The Good Life" at #38. A second album, A Little More Livin'
, followed in 2006. Although its lead-off single "On Again Tonight" became his highest chart entry at #27, the follow-up "So Am I" peaked at #59, and Willmon exited Columbia's roster.
Willmon signed with Compadre Records
in 2007. His third album, Broken In
, was released on February 26, 2008. The album produced three singles in "There Is a God", the title track, and "Cold Beer and a Fishing Pole", though none of these entered the charts. In early 2008, he also made his acting debut in the film Palo Pinto Gold, a cowboy film also starring Roy Clark
and Mel Tillis
He also had another chart success as a songwriter in early 2008, having co-written Montgomery Gentry
's Number One hit "Back When I Knew It All
," as well as Steel Magnolia
's debut single "Keep on Lovin' You
." Brad Paisley
, Lee Ann Womack
and Eric Church
have recorded his songs as well.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist. Active since 1998 as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Willmon was signed to Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
in 2004. He released two albums for the label (2004's Trent Willmon
Trent Willmon (album)
Trent Willmon is the eponymous debut album from American country music artist Trent Willmon. Released in 2004 on Columbia Records Nashville, it features the singles "Beer Man", "Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky-Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat", "Home Sweet...
and 2006's A Little More Livin'
A Little More Livin'
A Little More Livin' is the second album by the country singer Trent Willmon, released on June 13, 2006 on Columbia Records Nashville. It features the singles "On Again Tonight" and "So Am I", which peaked at #27 and #59 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively...
) and charted six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts before exiting Columbia in 2006. A third album, entitled Broken In
Broken In
Broken In is the third album by American country music singer Trent Willmon. It was released in February 2008 on the independent Compadre Records label. None of its singles — the title track, "There Is a God" or "Cold Beer and a Fishing Pole" — entered the Hot Country Songs charts...
, was released on the independent Compadre label in February 2008.
Musical career
Willmon was born in Amarillo, TexasAmarillo, Texas
Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
and was raised on a ranch near Afton, Texas
Afton, Texas
Afton is an unincorporated community in northern Dickens County, Texas, United States.The Patton Springs Independent School District serves area students.Saddlemaker Charles Weldon Cannon was born in Afton in 1915.-External links:...
. His second year in college, he dropped out to join a bluegrass band. In 1995, he moved to Nashville to start a songwriting career, and by 1998 he had a song-publishing contract with Sea Gayle Music. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was "It Doesn't Mean I Don't Love You", which he co-wrote with Bobby Pinson
Bobby Pinson
Bobby Olen Pinson is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2005, Pinson made his debut that year with his album Man Like Me. Its lead-off single, "Don't Ask Me How I Know", peaked at #16 on the Hot Country Songs charts, and was his only Top 40 country hit...
and Jeremy Spillman. It was recorded by the duo McHayes
McHayes
McHayes was an American country music duo established in 2003 by Wade Hayes , along with musician Mark McClurg . Prior to the duo's foundation, Hayes was a solo artist, and McClurg was a member of Alan Jackson's road band, The Strayhorns...
(which comprised 1990s country singer Wade Hayes
Wade Hayes
Tony Wade Hayes is an American country music artist. Signed to Columbia Records in 1994, he made his debut that year with his gold-certified album Old Enough to Know Better...
and fiddler Mark McClurg), and reached #41 on the country charts in 2003.
Willmon signed with Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
in 2004. His self-titled debut album
Trent Willmon (album)
Trent Willmon is the eponymous debut album from American country music artist Trent Willmon. Released in 2004 on Columbia Records Nashville, it features the singles "Beer Man", "Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky-Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat", "Home Sweet...
was released that year, and it produced four singles. The first of these was "Beer Man", which peaked at #30 on the country charts. Following it were "Dixie Rose Deluxe's" at #36, "Home Sweet Holiday Inn" at #49, and finally "The Good Life" at #38. A second album, A Little More Livin'
A Little More Livin'
A Little More Livin' is the second album by the country singer Trent Willmon, released on June 13, 2006 on Columbia Records Nashville. It features the singles "On Again Tonight" and "So Am I", which peaked at #27 and #59 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively...
, followed in 2006. Although its lead-off single "On Again Tonight" became his highest chart entry at #27, the follow-up "So Am I" peaked at #59, and Willmon exited Columbia's roster.
Willmon signed with Compadre Records
Compadre Records
Compadre Records is a Houston-based independent record label that specializes in roots music. Compadre’s artists include Billy Joe Shaver, Honeybrowne, Suzy Bogguss, Flaco Jimenez, James McMurtry, Trent Willmon, Hayes Carll, among others...
in 2007. His third album, Broken In
Broken In
Broken In is the third album by American country music singer Trent Willmon. It was released in February 2008 on the independent Compadre Records label. None of its singles — the title track, "There Is a God" or "Cold Beer and a Fishing Pole" — entered the Hot Country Songs charts...
, was released on February 26, 2008. The album produced three singles in "There Is a God", the title track, and "Cold Beer and a Fishing Pole", though none of these entered the charts. In early 2008, he also made his acting debut in the film Palo Pinto Gold, a cowboy film also starring Roy Clark
Roy Clark
Roy Linwood Clark is an American country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969–1992. Clark has been an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and helping to popularize the genre...
and Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis
Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
He also had another chart success as a songwriter in early 2008, having co-written Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...
's Number One hit "Back When I Knew It All
Back When I Knew It All (song)
"Back When I Knew It All" is a single by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It is the lead off single to their sixth studio album, also entitled Back When I Knew It All, which was released on June 10, 2008...
," as well as Steel Magnolia
Steel Magnolia
Steel Magnolia is an American country music duo that won season two of the television talent show Can You Duet. The duo consists of Meghan Linsey and her fiance, Joshua Scott Jones. After becoming the top winner on the show, the duo signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records, and released...
's debut single "Keep on Lovin' You
Keep on Lovin' You
"Keep On Lovin' You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music duo Steel Magnolia, which was written by Chris Stapleton and Trent Willmon. The song, which is their debut single, was released in September 2009. It is included on the duo's self-titled EP, released in February 2010...
." Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
, Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love....
and Eric Church
Eric Church
Kenneth Eric Church is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Capitol Records in 2006, Church released his debut album Sinners Like Me that year...
have recorded his songs as well.
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
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| Trent Willmon Trent Willmon (album) Trent Willmon is the eponymous debut album from American country music artist Trent Willmon. Released in 2004 on Columbia Records Nashville, it features the singles "Beer Man", "Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky-Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat", "Home Sweet... |
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22 | 150 | 5 | — | ||||
| A Little More Livin' A Little More Livin' A Little More Livin' is the second album by the country singer Trent Willmon, released on June 13, 2006 on Columbia Records Nashville. It features the singles "On Again Tonight" and "So Am I", which peaked at #27 and #59 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively... |
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19 | 70 | — | — | ||||
| Broken In Broken In Broken In is the third album by American country music singer Trent Willmon. It was released in February 2008 on the independent Compadre Records label. None of its singles — the title track, "There Is a God" or "Cold Beer and a Fishing Pole" — entered the Hot Country Songs charts... |
Compadre Records Compadre Records is a Houston-based independent record label that specializes in roots music. Compadre’s artists include Billy Joe Shaver, Honeybrowne, Suzy Bogguss, Flaco Jimenez, James McMurtry, Trent Willmon, Hayes Carll, among others... |
33 | — | 7 | 30 | ||||
| Little Ol' Cafe |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 2004 | "Beer Man" | 30 | — | Trent Willmon |
| "Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky-Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat" |
36 | — | ||
| 2005 | "Home Sweet Holiday Inn" | 49 | — | |
| "The Good Life" | 38 | — | ||
| 2006 | "On Again Tonight" | 27 | 124 | A Little More Livin |
| "So Am I" | 59 | — | ||
| 2007 | "There Is a God There Is a God "There Is a God" is the title of a song written by Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley, and recorded by American country artist Lee Ann Womack. It was released in November 2009 as the lead-off single to her upcoming seventh studio album.-Content:... " |
— | — | Broken In |
| 2008 | "Broken In" | — | — | |
| "Cold Beer and a Fishin' Pole" | — | — | ||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Beer Man" | Brent Hedgecock |
| "Dixie Rose Deluxe's…" | Traci Goudie | |
| 2005 | "Home Sweet Holiday Inn" | Deb Haus |
| 2006 | "On Again Tonight" | Sam Erickson |
| 2007 | "There Is a God" | Andy Wehrspan |
| 2008 | "Broken In" | The Brads |
| 2009 | "Live from Gilley's" | Texas Roadhouse Live |