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Timothy Tyler Childers (born June 21, 1991) is an American singer and songwriter. His music is a mix of
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, bluegrass, and
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. He released his breakthrough album ''
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'' in August 2017. Childers has released five studio albums and a number of EPs and singles.


Early life

Tyler Childers was born and raised in
Lawrence County, Kentucky Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Louisa. The county is named for James Lawrence, and co-founded by Isaac Bolt, who served as a Lawrence County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. Lawrence ...
. His father worked in the coal industry and his mother is a nurse. He learned to sing in church where he sang in the church choir. He started to play guitar and write songs when he was around 13. He attended
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in nearby
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, in
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, from which he graduated in 2009. Fellow country musicians
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( Staffordsville),
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, and
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also hail from Johnson County. Childers studied for a semester at
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, and enrolled at
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for a few semesters. He dropped out of college and did odd jobs for some time while pursuing a music career.


Career

Childers began performing in
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and
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. In 2011, when he was 19, Childers released his first album, ''Bottles And Bibles''. He has also released two EPs recorded in 2013 at Red Barn Radio, a radio show from Lexington. The two EPs were later released as one under the name ''Live on Red Barn Radio I & II'' after the success of his album ''Purgatory'', and reached No. 5 on
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. He performed with a backing band called The Food Stamps. He had his first success with ''Purgatory'', a breakthrough album released on August 4, 2017. The album was produced by
Sturgill Simpson John Sturgill Simpson (born June 8, 1978) is an American country music singer-songwriter and actor. As of February 2022, he has released seven albums as a solo artist. His first two albums, '' High Top Mountain'' and '' Metamodern Sounds in Cou ...
and David Ferguson and recorded at The Butcher Shoppe in Nashville. Simpson also played guitar and sang backing vocals on the album, with Miles Miller on drums, Stuart Duncan on fiddle and Russ Paul on other instruments. It debuted at No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Heatseekers Albums chart, No. 17 on the Country albums chart and No. 4 on the Americana/Folk albums chart. In September 2018, Childers won Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2018
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, where he gave an acceptance speech noted for its criticism of the
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genre label, saying that "as a man who identifies as a country music singer, I feel Americana ain't no part of nothing and is a distraction from the issues that we're facing on a bigger level as country music singers. It kind of feels like purgatory." ''
Country Squire ''Country Squire'' is the third studio album by American country musician Tyler Childers. Recorded at the Butcher Shoppe in Nashville, the album was produced by Sturgill Simpson and was released on August 2, 2019, through Childers' own Hickman H ...
'', a second album under the Hickman Holler label, and Childers' third overall, was released on August 2, 2019, after being announced in May 2019. This album was again produced by Simpson and Ferguson. The video of the lead single from the album ''House Fire'' was also released on May 16, 2019. "All Your'n," the second single from the album, was nominated for
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at the
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. On September 18, 2020, Childers released ''Long Violent History''; a surprise album consisting mainly of traditional fiddle tracks. The album closes with the title track, "Long Violent History", an original song that discusses racism, civil unrest and police brutality. He released a video message to accompany the song, in which he discussed his intention for the album in general and the title track in particular, calling for empathy above all else. The video also reveals that 100% of the profits from the album will be used to support underserved communities in the Appalachian region, through Childers' own Hickman Holler Appalachian Relief Fund. On September 30, 2022, Childers released a triple album '' Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?''. The album is divided into three parts: Hallelujah, Jubilee, and Joyful Noise, and eight songs are presented in three different ways (Jubilee versions for example have additional instruments added to the Hallelujah version). The album charted at No. 8, which is Childers' first top 10 album on
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, based on 27,000 units earned in the first week.


Musical style

Childers' music is influenced by his home state of Kentucky and its connection to country music and bluegrass. He often writes about coal mining, which was his father's occupation, and its effects. Rebecca Bengal, writing for ''
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'', described Childers' songs as a "counternarrative to the outsiders who seek to perpetuate stereotypes of backwardness and poverty." Childers emphasizes lyrical content in songs, comparing the songwriting process to telling short stories. In January 2020, Childers maintained his position on Americana during an interview with World Cafe:


Personal life

In 2015, Childers married fellow performer, Senora May, who is also a Kentucky native. In April 2022, they announced that they are expecting their first child.


The Food Stamps band members


Current members

* Craig Burletic – bass guitar * Chase Lewis – keyboards * Rodney Elkins – drums * James Barker –
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* "The Professor" Jesse Wells – other guitars, fiddle * CJ Cain – guitar


Discography


Studio albums


EPs


Singles


Other charted and certified songs


Music videos


Awards and nominations


References

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