*Doors at 5:15 p.m. and the event starts at 5:30pm. (CST)
For as long as Adam Hambrick can remember, he has been singing. Almost every lazy Corinth, Mississippi Sunday was filled with old hymns and southern gospel tunes gathered around an upright piano with his family. Then at 12 years old when Adam's Papaw gave him a 1962 Gibson B-25, there was never a question what he wanted to do when he grew up.
In the fall of 2003, when Hambrick enrolled in the University of Central Arkansas, he really began to work toward his ambitions as a performing songwriter. He became a regular in the Little Rock clubs, which would always be packed with Adam's fraternity brothers and the party they inevitably brought with them. With that local following building, he recorded a raw, 9-song acoustic project upstairs in his parents house over a spring break entitled "A Fancy Word for Being Alone."
After college, Adam got a real job. He worked as a digital media specialist for a college ministry called Student Mobilization - doing video and graphic design work. He slowed down and all but stopped playing live shows. He focused his musical efforts on leading worship at the church he and his wife attended. This proved to be a great investment of his attention, as playing with these specific musicians at his church helped him develop his playing and his voice in ways that he never had before. This growth led him into production of what he calls his "first real project," Fighting from the Ground which hit iTunes in October 2010.
In May of 2011, Adam received an introduction email from EMI songwriter/producer Jeremy Stover. Stover had heard "Fighting From the Ground" through country music star/fellow Arkansan Justin Moore and was looking for a young writer to work with and develop. This opened a series of doors that led Adam to a publishing deal with Sony/ATV, a duet cut on Justin Moore's latest album w/ Miranda Lambert ("Old Habits"), and a move to Nashville to turn his full focus toward his music. That focus is lending itself to exciting new opportunities and a bright future as a writer and artist.
Adam's newest project "Wheels or Wings," (produced by Jeremy Stover and Andrew DeRoberts) is an exciting blend of pop and traditional country elements around songs that are catchy, thoughtful and well-crafted. "Wheels or Wings" hits iTunes and other music retailers on September 30th, 2014.
