-  Biography

Randy Houser was born in Jackson, Miss., and raised in Lake, Miss., a small town between Jackson and Meridian. His parents divorced when he was 7, and Houser spent the summers with his father, a professional singer and musician. The rest of the year, he lived with his mother in public housing until his mother remarried, which was followed by a move to the country. He began singing in bands by age 13 and played in Mississippi clubs when he was 15. He played mostly covers but also wrote songs. His father died when Houser was 21. Within a few years, in 2003, Houser moved to Nashville and quickly found work as a demo singer, which led to a publishing deal at Windswept Music. He co-wrote "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk," a big hit for Trace Adkins, and later signed a recording contract with Universal South Records.