Michael Ray - Michael Ray

2015 debut album. When rising country singer Michael Ray made his first exploratory trip to Nashville, he got a life-changing piece of advice from an industry insider. Go home. "He said, 'Don't move. The way the music industry's going to become, you're not going to be able to get a record deal just doing a showcase anymore. You've got to bring something to the table,'" Ray said. "He said, 'I want to you to go back to Florida, grab a band and become the biggest you can be in Florida on your own, and then I want you to come back.' So I put a band together of friends of mine and we started to play." Turns out it was the best thing Ray ever did. He built a rowdy fan base tilling the same fertile Southeastern soil Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan used to start their careers and returned to Nashville three years later to claim a record deal, a publishing contract and a few unexpected opportunities along the way. Ray will soon complete the journey from tiny Eustis, Florida, to the big time with the release of his first album.

1) Kiss You in the Morning
2) Another Girl
3) Look Like This
4) Real Men Love Jesus
5) Livin' It Up
6) Run Away with You
7) Think a Little Less
8) Wish I Was Here
9) This Love
10) Drivin' All Night
11) Everything in Between
12) Somewhere South