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Colt Prather
Don’t mistake Colt Prather’s reserved and easygoing demeanor for shyness. Underneath his calm and cool exterior lies a passionate music-maker who lets his songs and his guitar do all the talking.
From Pinon, New Mexico, to Nashville’s famed Music Row, music has always been a defining force in Colt Prather’s life. “My family is full of great musicians and singers. They’re all ranchers and farmers or into agriculture of some sort but my great great grandfather was a violin maker as well as a livestockman. He had a lot of kids and grandkids and he made fiddles for all of us and taught us all how to play. So everybody played the fiddle, guitar, piano or something and every family get-together was usually all about playing music. You can see why my family is so supportive of my music career!!!”
High school bands led to his first touring country band that played clubs 49 weeks out of the year. Later, Colt took a fulltime gig with the legendary house band at the Stock-Yard restaurant and bar in Nashville. His reputation as a vocalist and musician quickly spread around Music Row, and Sony Music executives soon signed him to Epic Nashville.
STRAIGHT FROM COLT:
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas
Birthdate: December 10
Grew Up: Pinon, NM (He went to school in Weed, NM 42 miles from home)
Instruments: Fiddle and Guitar
Married: Yes, to Shelly for 7 years
Favorite Hobbies: Guitar, fishing, golf, boating
Favorite Sport: Basketball
First Concert: ZZ Top
First Time On Stage: “It felt so right and perfect. I knew right away what I wanted to do with my life. Hearing my voice and guitar leading the band was an extreme rush!”
Family & Friends: “My whole family, my wife and lots of guys and gals that I have played music with for so many years. I know that I’m lucky to have had so many positive and supportive people around me during this time of playing music and trying to make it.”
Ultimate Career Goal: “To have a substantial amount of people enjoy my music and to sell a boatload of records of course!! Hey…anyone doing what I do would be lying if they said they were not in it to be a huge star!!!”
Favorite Career Moment (so far…): “There’s actually two…seeing my family’s smiling faces at the record contract signing party. Watching my grandparents dance while my band and I played them a song to dance to for their 50th Anniversary.”
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I Won't Go On And On
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All I'm Riskin'
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