Artist:Trent Willmon
Song:Home Sweet Holiday Inn
Album:Trent Willmon
Trent Willmon had modest success on the country charts with songs like the 2005 single Home Sweet Holiday Inn. But it wasn't enough to keep his record contract. He continues to have success as a songwriter and he may have a big future as a producer. He was born Mar. 6, 1973 in Amarillo, TX and raised on a farm in nearby Afton. His mother gave him a guitar when he was 16. But Willmon's farm skills earned him an animal science scholarship at South Plains College. But he was bit by the music bug and he moved to Nashville in 1995. While working on a farm during the day, he sent out demos and got a publishing deal in 1998. Then he started his own band and that led to a record deal with Columbia. His 2004 album Trent Willmon was produced by Brad Paisley's producer Frank Rogers. Willmon co-wrote all the songs. The first single Beer Man reached #30 on the Country Singles chart. Home Sweet Holiday Inn reached #49. Willmon's co-writers were Chris Stapleton and Jameson Clark. He probably didn't chart high enough for Columbia. And when his 2006 A Little More Livin' didn't do any better, Columbia dropped Willmon. I don't think there was anything distinctive about Willmon. He got lost in the shuffle. After two more albums on small labels, Willmon returned to songwriting. And now he has started producing. And that is paying off as Willmon produced Cody Johnson's 2021 album Human: The Double Album and the #1 country single Til You Can't. Willmon says on his website he is concentrating on producing and isn't performing right now. Looks good to me. Here's the video for Home Sweet Holiday Inn by Trent Willmon.
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