Kyle Park

Kyle Park was born in July 1985[8][9] in Austin, Texas, and was raised in Leander, a small country town[10] north of Austin, where he[11][12] attended Leander High School.[9][13] He listened to country and rock radio in particular, and eventually began focusing on artists such as[13] Clint Black and Chris LeDoux.[10][11]

Park started playing guitar at age 14,[10] and wrote his first song and first performed live the next year.[4][9] His music was first played on the radio (KVET 98.1 Austin) when he was 17 years old.[9][13]

After high school Park attended Texas State University in San Marcos for two years.[4] While in college he would often sing covers with members of George Strait's band Ace in the Hole at a local music club,[13] and soon formed a band with Karl Schwoch on guitar, Will Armstrong on drums, and Colton James Reininger on bass.[13] He left college to tour with the band.[4]

He released his debut country album Big Time in 2005.[12] In 2006 Park started recording original music at Ray Benson's Bismeaux Studio, where his drummer Armstrong was a recording engineer.[13] A second LP, Anywhere in Texas, followed in 2008.[13] Park also founded Kyle Park Music, Inc., his personal record label.[4]

Around 2009 Park began to record new music, also learning how to produce. He released Spring 2010 EP in 2010, with another album, Fall 2010 EP,[14] released that September. He spent 2010 touring and reached up to 200 shows a year, chiefly in Texas.[15] Fall EP received a number of positive reviews and hit No. 7 on iTunes' Top Ten Country Records Chart,[3] No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers South Central list, No. 28 on the Top Heatseekers roster, and No. 56 on the Top Country Albums chart.[4] The EP's single "All Night" was the first to receive regular airplay[3] and was in the Top 25 on Texas radio charts for several months.[8] According to a review, "Park’s pure country voice and pure country vibe shine through in his modern country, 'rock with a twang' style."[15]

His LP Make or Break Me was released on September 20, 2011 on Winding Road Music.[16] It included nine remixed tracks from his last two EPs and six new tracks,[16] all produced and written or co-written by Park.[10] By November 16, 2011, the album's main single "Make Or Break Me" hit No. 3 on the Texas Music Chart[5][17][18] and sat in the top 10 for over six weeks, and by December 12 was still at No. 7.[2] It also reached the top ten of the Texas Regional Radio Report.[19][20] He made music videos for the tracks both "Make Or Break Me" and "Leavin' Stephenville."[8] The album was described as a "mixture of up-tempo, guitar-driven honky-tonkers and heartfelt ballads,"[17] and was given 3/5 stars by Allmusic.[16] Vintage Guitar Magazine praised the guitar work and songwriting,[6] and Red Dirt Report wrote "His vocals are warm, with a John Denver-like wistfulness to them."[7]

As of 2012 Park plays more than 175 shows a year.[21] He has stated he tries to repeat venues to become familiar with his fanbase.[14] In 2011 the live band added a keyboard player[2] and toured France[22] and Germany for the second time.[8] He has opened for groups such as Clint Black, Tracy Lawrence, Mark Chesnutt, Gary Allan, Jack Ingram, Randy Rogers Band and the Eli Young Band,[8] and regularly tours or works with country rocker Cody Johnson.[19]

Park wrote the theme song for The Sportsman Channel's show Veteran Outdoors.[8] On May 23, 2011 he was featured in the episode "Anywhere in Texas," named after one of Park's albums. The show is a non-profit providing wounded veterans with information about hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities, and is intended to raise awareness about the therapeutic effects the outdoors can have for recovering troops.[22]

Released in early 2013, his single "The Night is Young" climbed to No. 3 on the Texas Country Charts,[23] later reaching No. 1.[24][25] He commissioned fans to make the music video.[24] His track "True Love" also climbed various country charts.[26] Both tracks were included on his March 2013 solo album Beggin' for More,[8] which he produced.[27] The album went to No. 4 on country iTunes on March 21, and was dubbed to have a "fresh sound; traditional country mixed with restless, U2-style guitar sounds and unexpected chord changes."[26] He released 3 more singles after "The Night is Young", " Fit For The King", " [28] Long Distance Relationship", and "Turn That Crown Upside Down" which all were Top Ten hits on both the Texas Music Chart, and the Texas Regional Radio Report.

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• "Make or Break Me" (2011)
• "Leavin' Stephenville" (2012)
• "Fit For The King" (2013)
• "True Love" (2013)
• "Long Distance Relationship" (2013)
• "Turn That Crown Upside Down" (2014)
• "What Goes Around Comes Around" (2015)
• "Come On" (2015)
• "Rednecks with Paychecks" (2016)
• "Don't Forget Where You Come From" (2017)
• "What The Heaven" (2018)
• "Ain't Nobody Hotter" (2018)