Matt King

Matt King (born September 28, 1966) is an American country singer-songwriter. King was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. His mother, a real estate agent, played piano, and his father, a 2018 Inductee into the National Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame who held jobs as an auctioneer, mason, and barber, played bluegrass guitar. Early in his career he was offered a position at Opryland USA after an audition. However, he was deep in debt at the time and had to turn down the offer because he could not afford to move. Some time later, in 1994, he relocated to Nashville, where he recorded demos and played locally. Producer Gary Morris heard him perform and got him an audition with Atlantic Records, who signed him and released his debut in 1997. Soon after he performed at the Grand Ole Opry in a Johnny Russell tribute, with Earl Scruggs, Roy Clark, Ricky Skaggs, and Vince Gill.

Discography

Albums Title Album details Five O'Clock Hero Release date: September 16, 1997 Label: Atlantic Records Hard Country Release date: July 6, 1999 Label: Atlantic Records Rube Release date: February 5, 2008 Label: Montage Music Group/Big Bicycle Raw Release date: July 13, 2010 Label: Big Bicycle Matt King and the Cutters Release date: July 13, 2010 Label: Big Bicycle

Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1997 "A Woman Like You" 54 45 Five O'Clock Hero "I Wrote the Book" 70 — 1998 "A Woman's Tears" 46 83 "Five O'Clock Hero" — — 1999 "From Your Knees" 54 — Hard Country "Rub It In" 54 — 2008 "Cursing the Ohio" — — Rube "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos Year Video Director 1997 "A Woman Like You" Jim Hershleder 1998 "A Woman's Tears" Jim Gerik "Five O'Clock Hero" Steven Goldmann 2008 "Cursing the Ohio" Traci Goudie 2010 "Graveyard Shift" Jose Jones