A writer’s writer.

 

A singer’s singer.

 

A showman’s showman.

 

Hailing from the musical mecca of Macon, Georgia, and raised in the deep Southern roots of blues music, classic rock n‘ roll and the fire and brimstone hymns of his father’s Southern Baptist church, for Rick Brantley, a life making music was never really a choice.

 

“I only ever wanted to do what I do now,” he says before smiling and adding, “Some days I can’t believe I still get to do it.”

 

Teenage bar bands gave way to a move to Nashville, TN where he established himself as one of the most in demand young writers on Music Row, with cuts ranging from Meat Loaf to David Nail. An artist and dynamic performer as well as a songwriter, Brantley cut his teeth early and secured a well-earned reputation as a consummate “road dog” touring virtually nonstop all over the world for much of his 20s and into his 30s, opening for everyone from John Hiatt to Kiefer Sutherland to Zac Brown and Brandy Clark, as well as headlining his own shows from Ontario to Hamburg and back.

 

Now some fifteen years into his career, Brantley has only added to his impressive portfolio, producing acclaimed records with artists like Rob Baird and Justin Halpin, among others and directing music videos in his down time though as he puts it, “I don’t really have down time,” laughing.

 

2022 will see brand new music from this preacher’s kid from Macon, GA, after taking a couple of years off to write his first novel and another tour after two years off during the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Speaking to this new start and the future he says, “The horizon is wide open again. The world is hungry to get back to normal and enjoy art, music, expression together again. But not nearly as hungry as I am.”