Given Name: Tracy Lee Lawrence
Date of Birth: January 27, 1968, Foreman, Arkansas
Family: Mom Joanne, Stepdad Duane Dickens, 2 brothers, 3 sisters
Musical Influences: Keith Whitley, George Jones
College: Attended Southern Arkansas University
Arrived in Nashville: September 2, 1990

Tracy Short Bio

Tracy Lawrence began playing guitar at a very young age and was performing at jamborees by the age of fifteen. At seventeen he began working in nightclubs and bars in his local area. He arrived in Nashville on September 2, 1990 at the age of 22. He worked in clubs until he was signed with Atlantic Records in May of 1991. His first headlines from Nashville were when he was shot four times while covering a friend from an armed robbery. Ironically, he had just finished the vocals on his debut album, Sticks and Stones.

He was awarded 1993 Top New Male Vocalist. He has fifteen top ten releases and his current release is on it's way to being number sixteen. He is a producer, writer, and publisher in addition to his vocal abilities. He does extensive work on various charities including literacy, hurricane relief, hunger causes, and AIDS and cancer research.

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