Kix Brooks

Birth Name:

Leon Eric Brooks

Birth Place:

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Producer, Writer, Music department

Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2013
Studied theater arts at Louisiana State University
After working in advertising following college, he would eventually relocate to Nashville to pursue singing in the early '80s
One of his first jobs after moving to Nashville would be as a staff songwriter for a local publishing house before recording his own singles
Released his debut solo album in 1989 in conjunction with Capitol Records
Returned to songwriter after the failure of his first solo single, however, he would soon find recognition writing for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the mid-80s
In between semesters during college, he would travel to Alaska to work on an oil pipeline with his father

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