Parker McCollum is an American Americana and country singer-songwriter, he became popular when he released his debut The Limestone Kid in 2015.
He was born in 1992 and raised in Conroe, Texas near Houston.
McCollum learned violin and played in the school orchestra In elementary school, and he started learning guitar at age thirteen. He started writing his own music at the age of 13 mixing genres such as Texas country music, Americana, and indie rock.
Full Name: Parker Yancey McCollum
Date of Birth: June 15, 1992
Place of Birth: Conroe, Texas
Age: 29
Nationality: American
Genre: Country, Americana, alternative country, Texas country, roots rock
Occupation: Singer-songwriter, musician
Record label: PYM Music, MCA Nashville
Weight: 72 kg
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Instruments: Guitar, harmonica, vocals
Net-worth: $2 million
Career:
McCollum’s debut album The Limestone Kid was recorded at Cedar Creek Recording in Austin and includes styles such as Americana, Texas country, and folk-rock. McCollum handles vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, and his Austin-based backing band includes Kurt Grien on lead guitar, Jason Newberry on bass, Will Hoback on drums, and Charlie Magnone on keyboards and piano. Multi-instrumentalist Corby Schaub produced the album. Lloyd Maines contributed pedal steel guitar.
McCollum wrote or co-wrote nine of the eleven tracks, and two of the songs were written by McCollum’s family members.
The first single on the album, McCollum’s original track “Meet You in the Middle,” was released to Texas radio prior to the album.
The full-length debut album The Limestone Kid was released on February 24, 2015.
McCollum and his backing band announced a tour of Texas in support of the album with February and March dates set for venues in Houston, Austin, and Fort Worth.
The band performed at the RedGorilla Music Fest, and Texas Crawfish and Music Festival in Spring, Texas. He won the T-Birds Songwriter Award, and in 2015 performed at Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Festival.
McCollum released an EP titled Probably Wrong: Session One on July 7, 2017.
It was his first release to appear on the Billboard charts, debuting at No. 6 on Heatseekers Albums,
The full 10-track Probably Wrong album was released on November 10, 2017, and includes all the previous sessions which features the singles “I Can’t Breathe” and “Misunderstood”, plus two new tracks, including “Hell of a Year”.
McCollum signed with Universal Music Group on June 27, 2019. His first single under the label was “Pretty Heart”. On October 16, 2020, McCollum released the EP, Hollywood Gold.
Relationship: He is currently in a relationship with Hallie Light.
Songs:
The Limestone Kid
Probably Wrong
Parker McCollum Songs
Highway
A Red Town View
Probably Wrong: Session One
Probably Wrong: Session Two
Meet You in the Middle
High Above The Water
All Day
I Can’t Breathe
Hell of a Year
Misunderstood
Pretty Heart
Like a Cowboy
Awards:
Academy of Country Music Awards: New Male Artist of the Year