Bryan graduated from high school across town a year before me in Oklahoma City.  As Okies, we’ve connected on a lot of things: our shared love of God and family, an appreciation for things like Boomer Sooner (sorry Longhorn fans) and cruising 12th street.  But when I went off to college in Springfield, Missouri, Bryan beat me to Nashville with $500, his drumsticks and his guitar, hoping to make it big in country music.

And make it big he did!

Bryan White has charted seventeen singles on Billboard’s Country Charts, had six number one singles, two platinum records, two gold records, he joined forces with Shania Twain and together they took “From This Moment On” all the way up to number four on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart.  He has garnered several awards for himself, including a Grammy, a CMA Horizon Award, and an ACM Top Male Vocalist award among them.

And, as a hit songwriter, his songs have been recorded by Diamond Rio, Sawyer Brown Wynonna, Joe Diffie, LeAnn Rimes, among others.  He’s been named one of People Magazine’s 50 most beautiful people, he’s a music producer and oozes talent as a vocalist, drummer, guitarist, engineer and all-around virtuoso.  He lives in my Nashville with his hot wife and two beautiful boys.  And he loves hunting turkeys.