Lee Brice is the country singer-songwriter who almost got stuck in the songwriter zone. While now he is selling Lee Brice tickets and albums, he got his start as a songwriter, penning hits for country superstars like Garth Brooks, Jason Aldean, and Tim McGraw. Brice's debut album Love like Crazy debuted at number nine on the U.S. country charts and number 44 on the Billboard 200.
He was born on June 10, 1980 and raised in Sumter, South Carolina. There he had his musical education in church, learning to play the piano and write his own songs. That cultivated talent won him three talent competitions while he was in high school. Still, Lee Brice went to Clemson University on a football scholarship. It took an injury his freshman year to convince him to follow an only slightly more solid career track, that of a professional musician.
That new career track began a couple years after college. He found work in the recording industry as a songwriter in 2007, at the age of 27. Lee Brice became the face behind the music for work by Jason Aldean, Cowboy Crush, and Keith Gattis. He even worked with two other songwriters to create a number one single for Garth Brooks. His impressive work eventually led to an opportunity to record his own songs.