Thad Cockrell

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As a youngster growing up in Tampa, Fla., Thad Cockrell didn’t have rock ‘n’ roll or country records around the house. His father was, and still is, a Baptist preacher, as are Cockrell’s two brothers. Thad’s first exposure to the pure country sound came from listening to Merle Haggard and George Jones on commercial radio. At home, there was always plenty of Southern gospel music.

Cockrell attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., hardly a musical hotbed, but it was there he got the bug to write his own tunes. By the time he moved to Wake Forest, N.C., to attend the Southeast Baptist Theological Seminary, he was spending his nights playing for tips at a small coffeehouse near campus. Breaking into the Raleigh music scene, he enlisted a cast of local luminaries he dubbed the Starlite Country Band and country fans stood up and took notice. Originally intended as a demo, his first release, Stack of Dreams, released through Miles of Music Recordings, was recorded at breakneck pace with veteran musician/producer Chris Stamey. He and the band spent just a day cutting tracks and laying down vocals. The session featured the tearjerker “Pretending,” which snagged Cockrell second place in the Chris Austen Songwriting Contest at Merlefest 2000.
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  • smithmason

    Beautiful feeling with some heartfelt good ol' sounds and lyrics.

    12 Aug 2011 Reply

  • icaro_hunter

    yeeey this is very good music

    28 Jul 2010 Reply

  • Rufus_blues_dog

    I saw him a couple years ago at Eddie's attic in Atlanta. Great show with Michelle Malone and Matthew Ryan. Bought the Begonias CD and still listen to it all the time. Glad to see he's got a new album.

    6 May 2009 Reply

  • jarsonic

    Really like his album, as well. Great opener for Fiction Family!

    28 Jan 2009 Reply

  • toodrunk2dream

    Beautiful voice man

    19 Jan 2009 Reply

  • cagneygentry

    Thad and Roman Candle, I am waiting for you to take over the music world.

    14 Feb 2007 Reply

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