Jared Wade (born August 27, 1988 in

Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Br ...

) is an American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

singer-songwriter. Wade was raised in Pooler, outside Savannah, and attended

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with classmate

Luke Bryan Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter, and television personality. He began his music career writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington before signing with Capitol Reco ...

. He received a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing and held a management position at

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until he learned to play guitar for the first time in 2006. Jared landed the opening act slot for the

'Farm Tour', both in 2010 and 2011, which opened opportunities for more shows with artists such as

Wade Bowen Paul Wade Bowen (born 1977) is an American Texas Country/ Red Dirt singer from Waco, Texas, United States. Bowen was a member of the band West 84 with friend Matt Miller until 2001 when the group became known as Wade Bowen and West 84., AllMusi ...

Confederate Railroad Confederate Railroad (originally known as "Confederate RR") is an American country rock band founded in 1987 in Marietta, Georgia, by Danny Shirley (lead vocals), Michael Lamb (lead guitar), Mark Dufresne (drums), Chris McDaniel (keyboards), Warr ...

Joe Diffie Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. After working as a demo singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Between then and 2004, Diffie ...

Trent Tomlinson Trent Tomlinson (born July 3, 1975) is an American country music artist. After several failed attempts at finding a record deal, Tomlinson was signed to Lyric Street Records in 2005, with his debut album ''Country Is My Rock'', released in earl ...

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, Craig Campbell and

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. On February 2, 2013 Wade released his debut EP ''Drunk On Sunshine'' which led to him to winning the Georgia Music Awards ''2013 Country Male Vocalist of the Year''. In April 2014 Wade landed on the cover of Pooler Magazine and was again nominated for both Georgia Music Awards ''2014 Male Vocalist of the Year'' and ''2014 Country Male Vocalist of the Year''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wade, Jared 1981 births Living people 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters American country guitarists American country singer-songwriters American male guitarists American male singer-songwriters Country musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) Musicians from Savannah, Georgia Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)