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Breaking Of A Day by Thad Cockrell
Thad Cockrell
Artist Biography For Thad Cockrell
As A Youngster Growing Up In Tampa Fla. Thad Cockrell Didn't Have Rock 'n' Roll Or Country Records Around The House. His Father Was And Still Is A Baptist Preacher As Are Cockrell's Two Brothers. Thad's First Exposure To The Pure Country Sound Came From Listening To Merle Haggard And George Jones On Commercial Radio. At Home There Was Always Plenty Of Southern Gospel Music. Cockrell Attended Liberty University In Lynchburg Va. Hardly A Musical Hotbed But It Was There He Got The Bug To Write His Own Tunes. By The Time He Moved To Wake Forest N.C. To Attend The Southeast Baptist Theological Seminary He Was Spending His Nights Playing For Tips At A Small Coffeehouse Near Campus. Breaking Into The Raleigh Music Scene He Enlisted A Cast Of Local Luminaries He Dubbed The Starlite Country Band And Country Fans Stood Up And Took Notice. Originally Intended As A Demo His First Release Stack Of Dreams Released Through Miles Of Music Recordings Was Recorded At Breakneck Pace With Veteran Musician/producer Chris Stamey. He And The Band Spent Just A Day Cutting Tracks And Laying Down Vocals. The Session Featured The Tearjerker "Pretending " Which Snagged Cockrell Second Place In The Chris Austen Songwriting Contest At Merlefest 2000. Nowadays He Lives In Nashville TN. His Latest Release Was The Album "To Be Loved" And Worked 2 Tracks For The Latest Jars Of Clay's Album "The Shelter" 2010 . Still Writting Songs And Doing Shows With Friends.
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Biography - Thad Cockrell
As A Youngster Growing Up In Tampa Fla. Thad Cockrell Didn't Have Rock 'n' Roll Or Country Records Around The House. His Father Was And Still Is A Baptist Preacher As Are Cockrell's Two Brothers. Thad's First Exposure To The Pure Country Sound Came From Listening To Merle Haggard And George Jones On Commercial Radio. At Home There Was Always Plenty Of Southern Gospel Music. Cockrell Attended Liberty University In Lynchburg Va. Hardly A Musical Hotbed But It Was There He Got The Bug To Write His Own Tunes. By The Time He Moved To Wake Forest N.C. To Attend The Southeast Baptist Theological Seminary He Was Spending His Nights Playing For Tips At A Small Coffeehouse Near Campus. Breaking Into The Raleigh Music Scene He Enlisted A Cast Of Local Luminaries He Dubbed The Starlite Country Band And Country Fans Stood Up And Took Notice. Originally Intended As A Demo His First Release Stack Of Dreams Released Through Miles Of Music Recordings Was Recorded At Breakneck Pace With Veteran Musician/producer Chris Stamey. He And The Band Spent Just A Day Cutting Tracks And Laying Down Vocals. The Session Featured The Tearjerker "Pretending " Which Snagged Cockrell Second Place In The Chris Austen Songwriting Contest At Merlefest 2000. Nowadays He Lives In Nashville TN. His Latest Release Was The Album "To Be Loved" And Worked 2 Tracks For The Latest Jars Of Clay's Album "The Shelter" 2010 . Still Writting Songs And Doing Shows With Friends.
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