Cutter Lee

Cutter Lee is no stranger to hardship. Raised on his grandparents’ small farm in Minnesota while his young mother struggled to make a better life for him and his sister, he learned early on the worth of a hard day’s work and a few dollars in your pocket. Everyone in the family contributed, and he was no exception: working cornfields for $2.00 an acre by the time he was eight. His introduction to music came at the age of five, when he heard his first Elvis gospel LP being played softly in the background at his great-aunt’s nearby farm. He was hooked. Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Glenn Campbell, and Willy Nelson soon followed, and it wasn’t long before he was performing at school, church, and family gatherings, singing the songs that spoke of the hard life he knew. In an attempt to foster the talent he was developing, his grandfather bought him his first guitar at a local pawnshop and encouraged him to learn to play.

Unfortunately, it was at this time that Cutter’s mother landed a traveling job, and the family spent the next nine years on the road. The constant moving and the hardships they faced together provided endless material for the aspiring poet/songwriter, and he found he had a knack for conveying these raw emotions to an audience.

He eventually broke down and learned a few chords on that pawnshop guitar, and even did a few stints with some rock bands in the late eighties and early nineties, to moderate success. Cutter put music on the back-burner, however, when he decided to join the Army in 1992, just after the first Gulf War. He served honorably in the infantry for almost twelve years before getting out in 2004 after returning from his own war in Iraq. He had garnered some fame during his time in Baghdad, playing his guitar and performing for the children, and was featured on international television programs and in newspapers. He started receiving letters and emails encouraging him to give his first love one last shot, and so he found himself considering a career in music once again.

Cutter Lee has played small venues and private performances for and with some of the greatest names in country music, to include songwriters Tommy Barnes, Rick Blaylock, Jerry Lassiter, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson and Randy Boudreaux, as well as artists Charlie Floyd, Doc Wooten, Chris Young and Tommy Jennings (the brother of the late, legendary Waylon Jennings). He has shared the stage with country music legends Johnny Lee and Rusty Wier, as well as newcomers James Otto, Wild Honey, Brynn Marie, Rick Monroe and Kyle Jennings. Receiving critical acclaim for his performances and songwriting ability, he has been called “Texas’s best kept secret”, and the next generation of “REAL Texas Outlaw”.

His keen songwriting ability, southern rock/renegade country style, riveting stage presence and raw, heartfelt vocals have caught the attention of numerous producers, agents, club owners, and of course, fans. His first appearance at CMA MusicFest in 2006 - a small, three-song set at Douglas Corners – made impression enough for him to be a recognizable figure in Nashville’s up-and-coming artist scene. Since that first performance, he has risen quickly as both a performer and songwriter, with many new artists requesting his talents to craft songs for their own albums.

Cutter Lee is currently working on recording his first album to be released later this year. Preliminary buzz predicts big things in Cutter Lee’s future, and with his “take-no-prisoners” attitude and down-home backwoods charm, he is set to take the country music world by storm.

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Desperado Eagles Life In The Fast Lane Eagles Gimme Three Steps Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd Mississippi Queen Mountain Pride And Joy Stevie Ray Vaughn Tush ZZ Top

Hick Town Jason Aldeen Johnny Cash Jason Aldeen Right Where I Need To Be Gary Allan Watching Airplanes Gary Allan Picking Wildflowers Keith Anderson Honkytonk Badonkadonk Trace Atkins Ladies Love Country Boys Trace Atkins What Was I Thinking Deirks Bentley Come A Little Closer Deirks Bentley Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy Big & Rich Hillbilly Deluxe Brooks & Dunn Play Something Country Brooks & Dunn Friends In Low Places Garth Brooks She Ain't Right Lee Brice All My Friends Say Luke Bryant Chicks Dig It Chris Cagle What Kind Of Gone? Chris Cagle Folsom Prison Johnny Cash Anything But Mine Kenny Chesney I Go Back Kenny Chesney Living In Fast Forward Kenny Chesney The Ride David Allan Coe Long Haired Country Boy Charlie Daniels Gone Montgomery Gentry HillBilly Shoes Montgomery Gentry What Do You Think About That Montgomery Gentry How Do You Like Me Now Toby Keith Who's Your Daddy Toby Keith I Love This Bar Toby Keith Real Good Man Tim McGraw Whiskey River Willie Nelson Ticks Brad Paisley Mud On The Tires Brad Paisley The Fireman George Strait Somebody Like You Keith Urban Stupid Boy Keith Urban Who Wouldn't Want To Be Me Keith Urban A Country Boy Can Survive Hank Williams, Jr. Family Tradition Hank Williams, Jr. Me And My Gang Rascal Flatts What Hurts The Most Rascal Flatts