1. Timothy Tyler Childers is an American country singer and songwriter.
26 Facts About Tyler Childers
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Tyler Childers's music has been described as a mix of neotraditional country, bluegrass, folk, and honky-tonk.
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Tyler Childers subsequently received Grammy Award nominations for his albums Long Violent History and Rustin' in the Rain and the singles "All Your'n" and "In Your Love", the latter of which was his first top 10 hit on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart.
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Tyler Childers was born and grew up in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
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Tyler Childers's father worked in the coal industry and his mother is a nurse.
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Tyler Childers was born with clubfoot and had to undergo surgeries to remedy the condition when he was 18 months old, and again when he was five.
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Tyler Childers learned to sing in church where he sang in the church choir.
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Tyler Childers started to play guitar and write songs when he was about 13.
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Tyler Childers attended Lawrence County High School and transferred to Paintsville High School in Paintsville, Kentucky, 23 miles southwest of LCHS.
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Fellow country musicians Chris Stapleton, Loretta Lynn, and Crystal Gayle hail from Johnson County while Sturgill Simpson, a known acquaintance of Childers is from Jackson, Kentucky in nearby Breathitt County, Kentucky.
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Tyler Childers studied for a semester at Western Kentucky University and then enrolled at Bluegrass Community and Technical College for a few semesters.
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Tyler Childers dropped out of college and worked odd jobs for some time while pursuing a music career.
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Tyler Childers began performing in Lexington, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia.
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In 2011, when he was 19, Tyler Childers released his first album, Bottles And Bibles.
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Tyler Childers released two EPs recorded in 2013 at Red Barn Radio, a radio show from Lexington.
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Tyler Childers performed with a backing band, The Food Stamps.
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Tyler Childers first had success with Purgatory which was released on August 4,2017.
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On September 18,2020, Tyler Childers released Long Violent History, an album consisting mainly of traditional fiddle tracks.
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Tyler Childers released a video message to accompany the song; in it he discussed his intention for the album in general and the title track in particular, calling for empathy above all else.
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Tyler Childers said the profits from the album would support underserved communities in the Appalachian region, through Childers' Hickman Holler Appalachian Relief Fund.
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Tyler Childers released a new single in July 2023 titled "In Your Love", which was co-written with Geno Seale.
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Tyler Childers' music is influenced by his home state of Kentucky and its connection to country music and bluegrass.
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Tyler Childers often writes about coal mining, which was his father's occupation, and its effects.
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In January 2020, Tyler Childers spoke of his position on Americana during an interview with World Cafe:.
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In 2015, Tyler Childers married fellow performer Senora May, who is a Kentucky native.
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Tyler Childers supported Charles Booker's campaign for the US Senate in 2022 and sang at the second inauguration of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.