Jason Aldean might be one of the biggest names in country music today, but it hasn t always been smooth sailing for the Hicktown singer. The now-superstar was signed, and then released from two different record companies before finding a home at Broken Bow Records.
Aldean learned to play guitar from his dad, with whom he spent his summers in Florida; during the school year, he was raised by his mother in Georgia. Aldean started songwriting after a few years of playing clubs around the Southeast, before he headed to Nashville in 1998 and signed with Warner-Chappell Music.
After being dropped from two different recording companies as an artist, Aldean decided he d give it six more months before he tucked tail and headed back home. Shortly thereafter, he landed a contract with BBR, and the rest is history: Aldean released his self-titled debut album in 2005, and things took off from there.