Trent Willmon
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
By his second year, however, he had switched to the music department, and then he dropped out to play bass in a luegrass band. In 1995, he moved to Nashville, where he found work caring for horses while trying to get his songs heard. He signed a song-publishing contract in 1998, then organized a band and began playing in honky tonks. Finally, he was signed to a contract by Columbia Records, leading to the release of his first single, Beer Man, in 2004, followed by Dixie Rose Deluxes Honky Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat. His self-titled debut album appeared in October 2004. After the success of his first full-length album, Willmon headed to The Castle Recording Studios (onetime home of infamous gangster Al Capone) in Franklin, TN, to record his sophomore effort, A Little More Livin, which was released in 2006.
