From selling t-shirts at Luke Bryan shows to headlining the Grand Ole Opry, Cole
Swindell's hard-drinking, good-time, country-pop anthems helped him become one
of Nashville's most successful crossover, party starters in 2014, before he
showed a more emotional, sentimental side to his songwriting on his following
albums.
Born in Bronwood, Georgia, Swindell grew up on 1990s country music favourites
like Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson, but studied marketing at Georgia Southern
University where he started playing covers at bars and frat houses. It was there
that he first met Luke...