Eric Church

Birth Name:

Kenneth Eric Church

Birth Place:

Granite Falls, North Carolina, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor

Founded the Chief Cares Fund in 2013 to help underprivileged families
Earned a marketing degree from Appalachian State University
Bought his first guitar at the age of 13
Quote: "The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you․"
Quote: "[on his 2014 album "The Outsiders"] "You get to a point where you feel a little bulletproof․ I got to a point where I just didn't care about what everybody thinks, and it was just, 'OK, now we're gonna go have some fun․'""
Country and southern rock singer-songwriter whose hit songs include "Drink in My Hand," "Springsteen" and "Homeboy․"
Often wears sunglasses during his stage performances
Has had custom battles of whisky made for him by Jack Daniels
His first performance at the Grand Ole Opry came in April of 2006

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