One thing has never changed for Trey Matthews since retiring his baseball bat.... he still wants hits. He was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas where he dreamed of someday playing Major League baseball. Following a high school career that saw him earn all state and honorable mention all american honors, he went on to play college ball at Alvin Co. College where he was actually recruited by Nolan Ryan himself. At Alvin he was an all conference performer before finishing off his college career at Southwest Texas St. University, receiving all Southland Conference accolades there. "I remember standing out in Left Field and making up songs in my head. I knew that if baseball didn't work out, I was going to chase my other dream of being a professional songwriter". When his baseball career ended in 1990, Trey began his quest for the other kind of hits. He began commuting to Nashville in 1992 after writing a dozen songs. "I really thought they were hits at the time, but when I think about it now I cant believe I went all over town letting people hear them. They were awful". It wasn't until 1996 that Trey finally made the move to Nashville. With help from David Chamberlain, Matthews got his first publishing deal with the legendary Buddy Killen in the Summer of 1997. While there he had songs recorded by Ty Herndon and Daryle Singletary. In 2000 he signed with Harold Shedd for Spark Entertainment. While there he had 4 songs recorded on Mark McGuinn's record breaking debut album along with cuts by Mike Walker, South Sixty-Five and The Wilkinsons. In April 2003 Trey signed a publishing deal with HoriPro Entertainment. While there he had 8 more songs recorded including Andy Griggs, David Nail, 4 on Cole Deggs and the Lonesome debut release on Sony Records (including the bands soon to be released second single "Girl Next Door") and 2 with Tracy Byrd. Byrd's first single "Cheapest Motel" off his "Different Things" CD was co-written by Matthews. Trey currently writes for Sony ATV Music Publishing and looks forward to even bigger and better things.
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WATCH TREY HIT A 3 POINTER BLINDFOLDED AT A SAN ANTONIO SPURS GAME AND WIN A TRUCK!!TRACY BYRD SINGING CHEAPEST MOTEL
