Jeremy Studdard CD Release in Tulsa:
8 p.m. Saturday, March 13
Track 5 at Hard Rock Casino, 777 W Cherokee St.
He is also playing Calf Fry in Stillwater on May 1
Jeremy Studdard, who hails from Tishomingo, Oklahoma (Blake Shelton’s native turf), built a name for himself as the lead singer of the Jackson Tillman Band, which he fronted for six years before going solo. This January 2021 he will release his debut album “On My Own” produced by Casey Wood and recorded at the Insanery in Nashville. Influenced by “the best of 90s country” — George Strait, Keith Whitley, Travis Tritt and Hank Williams Jr., to name a few — Studdard is a staunch advocate for “real” country, the kind with actual fiddle, no synthesized beats and honest, relatable stories. And that’s what he sings.
Studdard has the kind of country voice that’ll catch on the heartworn splinters of a broken relationship one minute, then capture the passion of a newly forged one the next. In fact, that’s just about the order of affairs, so to speak, in his debut singles, “Your Heart or Mine,” “Barely Breathing” and “Whiskey Rain” in 2020.
