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Gary Nichols

b. 1978

American musician

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Born 1978. Gary Nichols is an American singer and songwriter.

Gary Nichols (born August 8, 1978) is an American country music singer. Signed to Mercury Nashville in 2006, Nichols made his debut that year with the release of his single "Unbroken Ground", which reached No. 39 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Following it were the singles "I Can't Love You Anymore" and "Goin' Fast". Nichols never released an album for the label and soon left it.

In April 2010, he replaced Chris Stapleton as the lead singer and guitarist of The SteelDrivers. After seven years with the band during which time the band won the Grammy for 2016 Best Bluegrass Album for The Muscle Shoals Recordings, Gary depart the band in 2017. He released a solo album titled "Field of Plenty" on Merrimack Records the same year. The mostly solo album features Charlie Musselwhite and Spooner Oldham on some tracks.

Discography Studio albums Year Album details 1994 Subject to Change Release date: January 17, 1994 Label: Loomis Nashville 2010 The Way We Do It Down South Release date: September 8, 2010 Label: Muscle Shoals Music Group 2017 Field of Plenty Release date: April 17, 2017 Label: Merrimack Records

Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country 2006 "Unbroken Ground" 39 "I Can't Love You Anymore" 60 2007 "Goin' Fast" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos Year Video Director 2006 "Unbroken Ground" Paul Boyd

Games 2006: The song "Goin' Fast" was featured in NASCAR 07.

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Who is Gary Nichols?

American musician

When was Gary Nichols born?

Gary Nichols was born on 8 August 1978.

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Gary Nichols is a singer and songwriter.

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· Wikidata: Q5525663

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