Steve Moakler

Steve Moakler is an American country musician and songwriter from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has released five studio albums and has written songs for Nashville recording artists including Dierks Bentley's single "Riser."

Early life His mother was a nurse and his father an architect. His father's stereo and record collection inspired Moakler, who started playing guitar and writing songs at age 14, and forming his first band in middle school. such as Gordie Sampson, Barry Dean, and Luke Laird. He co-wrote Dierks Bentley's 2015 single "Riser," which Bentley states he built his album around. Ashley Monroe, Jake Owen, Ben Rector, and others.

As a performer and recording artist, Moakler's work has been praised by Rolling Stone Country as "thoughtful singer-songwriter fare in the blue-collar vein." His first record, All the Faint Lights, was self-published. In 2011 he formed his own label, Free the Birds, and released two more albums independently, Watching Time Run and Wide Open. The label also used the money raised to combat sex trafficking. In 2014, Beth Laird of Creative Nation sought out Moakler and retained him under management. In 2016, he worked with Creative Nation producer Luke Laird on a self-titled EP, whose songs made up the first half of his 2017 album, Steel Town. It has been called a more personal album, The first single, "Suitcase," became his first radio hit and first music video. with Bobby Moore praising its "pop gems that clear the barrier between Americana and the country charts."

Moakler has been named an artist to watch by numerous outlets, and Taste of Country. on station “The Highway.” The station also had him open their inaugural “The Highway Finds Tour.” He opened for parts of Dan + Shay's "Obsessed Tour", Old Dominion's "Meat & Candy Tour", Willie Nelson's "God's Problem Child Tour", and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's "Soul2Soul World Tour". Moakler toured in late 2017 and late 2018 on the "Hometowns and Campgrounds Tour," and he headlined in spring 2018 on the "Born Ready Tour."

Moakler's music has been featured in several movies, TV shows, and commercials. Two of Moakler's songs appeared in the movie October Baby, and two songs also featured in the Netflix show The Ranch. In 2017, Mack Trucks commissioned him to write and perform a song, “Born Ready,” for the release of their Anthem truck series.

Discography

Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions USHeat USIndie US Country USFolk All the Faint Lights Release date: March 30, 2009 Label: self-released — — — — Watching Time Run Release date: August 30, 2011 Label: Free the Birds 6 31 — — Wide Open Release date: March 18, 2014 Label: Free the Birds 4 37 — 5 Steve Moakler: The Mix Tape Release date: November 2015 Label: Creative Nation Music — — — — Steve Moakler: The EP Release Date: March 11, 2016 Label: Creative Nation Music21—38— Steel Town Release Date: March 17, 2017 Label: Soundly Music — — — — Born Ready Release Date: June 15, 2018 Label: Creative Nation Music — — — — Blue Jeans Release Date: January 17, 2020 Label: Creative Nation Music — — — — Make A Little Room Release Date: August 12, 2022 Label: Creative Nation Music — — — —

Music videos Year Title Director 2016 "Suitcase" Wes Edwards 2017 "Wheels" Steve Boyle2017 "Born Ready"Mark Urmos