Joe Nichols Profile

Joe Nichols Facts: Name: Joe Nichols
Hometown: Rogers, Arkansas
Birthday: November 26, 1976

Joe Nichols Favorites: Favorite food? Sushi
Favorite sport? Football - no, baseball - no, football
Hobbies? I try to whack a little white ball around and I guess you call that golf.
Favorite sound? Old cars that go "A-hoo-gaa"
Favorite albums? Merle Haggard's Rainbow Stew, Live at Anaheim Stadium; Randy Travis' Storms of Life; Don Williams' Live at the Palladium
Favorite song? "Footlights" by Merle Haggard. It's an old song about a music career that both Hank Jr. and Merle recorded.

Fly or drive?: I hate flying! I like to ride - let someone else drive. I admit to being not such a good driver.

Musical Influences: Merle Haggard, Randy Travis, Keith Whitley, Lefty Frizzell, and my dad.

Luckiest moment: When I got the opportunity to meet Tony Brown and Tim DuBois, the presidents of my record label.

Scariest moment: Playing the Grand Ole Opry for the first time.

Most embarrassing moment: When I was six or seven I was at church with my family (in front of 400 people), the preacher asked for hymn requests, I stood up and requested "Red Neckin', Love Makin' Night."

Awards: 2004 International Bluegrass Music Association Recorded Event of the Year
2003 Academy of Country Music Top New Male Vocalist
2003 CMA Horizon Award
2003 CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year