Hannah Dasher is a unique talent, and her recent Half Record is a too-short vehicle for her estimable gifts. Her sense of humor and grace makes the songs spirited and elegant. And her gregarious and winning persona makes her an appealing and entertaining artist. - “Pop Matters”
Hannah Dasher isn’t simply an up-and-coming country singer; she’s also an entertainer. Like country greats Dolly, Reba, and Wynonna, Dasher has cultivated a charming and witty musical persona that looks to country music history. The big hair, the bell-bottomed jumpsuits, the cool swagger. Dasher is no stranger to The Hustle and the world of change. Man, ‘change’ is her middle name and ride that wave, she does.
Dasher’s journey to success has been a long, tough 11 year climb. Not short of deep passion, history, disappointments and smiles. She grew up a child of ‘90s country, even calling herself the youngest member of the Alan Jackson fan club. “I hated to read as a kid so instead of reading storybooks, I would read album covers front to back, who the producers were, songwriters, and of course the lyrics,” she explained. “Alan Jackson’s lyrics really spoke to me because he was from Georgia like me, and he talked like I did, so conversational, I thought he was a badass.”
After college, Dasher moved to Music City (Nashville, USA) and couldn’t make a living with her music business degree so she took a job at Bass Pro Shop which happened to be in the same parking lot as the Grand Ole Opry. “I lived in an attic on Belmont Blvd and slept on a mattress on the floor, ate bologna sandwiches and peanut butter jelly everyday. Her honesty about the hard road to “making it” in the music industry is refreshing and her determination is evident. She got fired from her day job for writing songs on the job but it turns out, one of those songs ended up being her first cut as a songwriter, a song for Brad Paisley called “Go To Bed Early”. And she tells the Change Cultivators how she is ‘so thankful she got fired’.
Success looks wonderful when you have arrived. But what many fail to realise is the road it took to get there. Have a listen to how this fiery, self motivated powerhouse woke herself up every morning to say ‘Let's do this. Good, bad and pandemics. And let's make it count!’