Tracy Byrd Profile

Full name:

Tracy Lynn Byrd

Birth date:

December 17, 1966

Birth place:

Beaumont, TX

Spouse:

Michelle, a former aerobics instructor; married September 9, 1991; "I was just this dumb ol' cowboy but she fell for me."

Children:

daughter Eve Elisabeth, called "Evee," born October 9, 1994; son Logan Lynn, born November 5, 1997; "I love being a family man and especially being a father. It's the coolest thing, and I want to be the best at it that I can."

Musical influences:

Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, George Strait

The singing hunters:

Tracy says that he and Andy Griggs, who sings with, along with Blake Shelton and Montgomery Gentry, on "The Truth About Men," are "cut from the same cloth. I'm from southest Texas, about 20 miles from the Sabine River and Louisiana, and Andy's from up in north Louisiana. We both immediately found out we love the same things. We go hunting together a lot in the fall."

Gold and Platinum albums:

Gold:

• Tracy Byrd
• Love Lessons
• Big Love
• Keepers: Greatest Hits

Platinum:

• No Ordinary Man

Billboard Top 10 singles:

"Holdin' Heaven" (No. 1, 1993)
"Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" (No. 4, 1994)
"Watermelon Crawl" (No. 4, 1994)
"The First Step" (No. 5, 1995)
"The Keeper of the Stars" (No. 2, 1995)
"Love Lessons" (No. 9, 1995)
"Big Love" (No. 3, 1995)
"Don't Take Her She's All I Got" (No. 4, 1997)
"I'm From the Country" (No. 3, 1998)
"Just Let Me Be In Love" (No. 9, 2002)

Discography:

• Tracy Byrd
• No Ordinary Man
• Love Lessons
• Big Love
• I'm From the Country
• It's About Time
• Keepers: Greatest Hits
• Ten Rounds
• The Truth About Men
• Greatest Hits
• Different Things