HAILING FROM EAST TEXAS, JACKSONVILLE TO BE SPECIFIC, RYAN GREW UP SINGING IN CHURCH AND LISTENING TO ALBUMS BY THE BEATLES, JAMES TAYLOR, MERLE HAGGARD, U2, WAYLON JENNINGS, WILLIE NELSON AND PINK FLOYD, JUST TO NAME A FEW. SOON AFTER PICKING UP A GUITAR HE STARTED BY ENTERTAINING LOCAL PARTIES AS HE ATTENDED STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY, MAJORING IN ENGLISH AND PHILOSOPHY. HE TOOK HIS FIRST ROAD GIG PLAYING GUITAR AND SINGING WITH BRIAN SIMPSON OF CADILLAC SKY (A BLUEGRASS BAND).
IN THE SUMMER OF 2003, AFTER GETTING OFF THE ROAD AND PUTTING HIS FOCUS INTO SONG WRITING, RYAN MADE THE MOVE TO NASHVILLE AND SHORTY AFTER SIGNED WITH SONY/ATV TREE MUSIC PUBLISHING. HE HAS CUTS BY JEDD HUGHES, THE LOST TRAILERS, CLAY WALKER AND CANADIAN ARTIST, AARON PRITCHETT.
