Tyler Childers
Tyler Childers (born June 21, 1991) is an American singer and songwriter. H… Read Full Bio ↴Tyler Childers (born June 21, 1991) is an American singer and songwriter. His music is a mix of country, bluegrass and folk. He released his breakthrough album Purgatory in August 2017. Childers released his third and most recent LP, Country Squire, via his own Hickman Holler Records, under exclusive license to RCA Records in August 2019.

Tyler Childers was born and raised in Lawrence County, Kentucky. His father worked in the coal industry and his mother is a nurse. He learned singing in church where he sang in the church choir. He started to play guitar and write songs when he was around 13. He moved from Lawrence County to Paintsville, Kentucky, where he attended Paintsville High School and graduated in 2009. Fellow country musicians Chris Stapleton and Loretta Lynn (Van Lear, KY) also hail from Paintsville. He studied for a semester at Western Kentucky University, and enrolled at Bluegrass Community and Technical College for a few semesters. He dropped out of college and did odd jobs for some time while pursuing a music career.

Childers began performing in Lexington, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia. In 2011, when he was 19, Childers released his first album, Bottles And Bibles. He has also released two EPs recorded in 2013 at Red Barn Radio, a radio show from Lexington. The two EPs were later released as one after the success of his album Purgatory, and reached No. 5 on Heatseekers Albums.

He had his first success with Purgatory, a breakthrough album released on August 4, 2017. The album was produced by Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson and recorded at The Butcher Shoppe in Nashville. Simpson also played guitar and sang backing vocals on the album, with Miles Miller on drums, Stuart Duncan on fiddle and Russ Paul on other instruments. It debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart, No. 17 on the Country albums chart and No. 4 on the Americana/Folk albums chart. In September 2018, Childers won Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Honors & Awards, where he gave an acceptance speech noted for its criticism of the Americana genre label, saying that "as a man who identifies as a country music singer, I feel Americana ain't no part of nothing and is a distraction from the issues that we're facing on a bigger level as country music singers. It kind of feels like purgatory."

Country Squire, a second album under the Hickman Holler label, and Childers' third overall, was released on August 2, 2019, after being announced in May 2019. This album was again produced by Simpson and Ferguson. The video of the lead single from the album "House Fire" was also released on May 16, 2019.

Childers' music is influenced by his home state of Kentucky and its connection to country music and bluegrass. He often writes about coal mining, which was his father's occupation, and its effects. Rebecca Bengal, writing for The Guardian, described Childers' songs as a "counternarrative to the outsiders who seek to perpetuate stereotypes of backwardness and poverty." Childers emphasizes lyrical content in songs, comparing the songwriting process to telling short stories.
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Tyler Childers Lyrics


All Your Driving through the roadwork Oh the work they took forever o…
Angel Band Hallelujah, jubilee Hallelujah, jubilee He stands behind th…
Banded Clovis Tina Nolan had a man with a good place for…
Born Again Once I was a dying breed Chewin' on an ancient leaf Before…
Bottles And Bibles Bottles and bibles Litter the floor An all night revival Pas…
Bus Route This is where we dropped off the prettiest little girl Same…
Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Now you tell me that there are streets of gold…
Charleston Girl Charleston girl in a darkened room And you don't know her…
Coal God made coal for the men who sold their lives…
Coming Down Don't you wish you could go back sometimes Don't you wish…
Country Squire Well tonight I'm up in Chillicothe Downwind from the papermi…
Creeker In a small corner bar he sits there a-drinkin' Lost as…
Detroit Readin and writin on route 23, It's hard to believe we…



Ever Lovin Hand They got my favorite lotion here Something in a hotel I…
Feathered Indians Well my buckle makes impressions On the inside of her thigh …
Follow You To Virgie Back before these calloused hands did all this work We used…
Gemini If he knows how it feels to be beginnin' and…
Good Thing Windin' Down Dont hold me if you don't mean it Cause i'm tired…
Hard Times I bought a house at the mouth of the holler,…
Heart You've Been Tendin' All that you'll take All that you'll take All that you'll ta…
Help Me Make It Through the Night Take the ribbon from your hair Shake it loose and let…
Honky Tonk Flame I was out of my mind the first night we…
House Fire You can set my house on fire, baby You can turn…
I Swear I only had a couple drinks last night And few good…
If Whiskey Could Talk If whiskey could talk, it'd say I'm a great guy Or…
In Your Love I will wait for you 'Til the sun turns into ashes And…
Junction City Queen Oh dance with me, junction city queen Just to hold you…
Lady May I'm a stone's throw from the mill And I'm a good…
Long Hard Road Church bells ring at your window and I know that…
Long Violent History It's the worst that it's been Since the last time…
Matthew Works the night shift at the depot With a pistol and…
Nose On The Grindstone It's a "Nose On The Grindstone" Daddy worked like a mule…
Nose On The Grindstone - OurVinyl Sessions Daddy worked like a mule mining pike county coal. He messed…
Old Country Church There's a place dear to me Where I'm longing to be With…
Peace of Mind He drinks orange juice and vodka In the basement while she's…
Percheron Mules Mammoth Jacks and Percheron mares Grazing up and down my dre…
Phone Calls and Emails Hello, good morning I hope you've slept well I hope that my…
Play Me a Hank Song Well it all seemed so happy But how can that be When…
Purgatory Will you pray for me When the roots of the oak…
Rock Salt and Nails By the banks of the river Where the willows hang down The…
Rustin' in the Rain I have gee'd and haw'd Myself into a tizzy I am yearning…
Shake the Frost You remind me of a Sunday Back home in old Kentucky With…
Shoot Low Sheriff! Well, you'd better shoot low, Sheriff, they might be crawlin…
Silence Oh Rosie, Rosie my girl When our embrace is over, all…
Space and Time I never wanna leave this world Without sayin' I love you Wit…
Tattoos I am now the one she left A haunted tale for…
The Gospel I was raised in the house of a real holy roller…
The Harvest When the triggers moving backwards and the pin hits the…
Universal Sound Up in Pocahontas, near the Cranberry Glades Ain't got bars, …
Way of the Triune God Gimme that old time screamin' and a-shoutin' (go up) Go up,…
We've Had Our Fun I need some money, I need it now Get me a…
White House Road Early in the morning when the sun does rise Layin' in…
Whitehouse Road Early in the morning when the sun does rise Layin' in…
x Luke Chapter 2 Verses 8-10 And there were in the same…
Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You Oh, I get drunk most every night Seems like all we…


Jeremy


on Honky Tonk Flame

Burning my barn in this honky tonk flame. What does this mean?

Catherine


on Deadman's Curve

Love this song. So raw.

Mike oxlong


on Good Thing Windin' Down

Gotta love it

Douglas Luedeman


on Charleston Girl

He left his money with a thrash grass band.

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