About Chris

    With his unique gift for finding the extraordinary in ordinary life, Chris Wallin has established himself as one of Nashville's most sought-after songwriters. He is in a very small club of songwriters that have knocked themselves out of the billboard number 1 position.

   Wallin has topped the charts with classics-in-the-making for the industry's biggest stars: “Love Me If You Can” by Toby Keith, "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney, “I’m Tryin’” by Trace Adkins, “Something To Be Proud Of” and  “Speed” by Montgomery Gentry and "People Loving People" by Garth Brooks .

    Raised in the small town in East Tennessee Wallin was influenced by the likes of Jim Croce, James Taylor and Merle Haggard, as well as his own musical family – especially his mother, a singer herself. She recorded and performed in Nashville when Chris was only 7 years old, and the experience made an indelible impression on Chris.

    He began writing songs at age 12 and, perhaps inevitably, moved to Music City several years later, making the dues-paying rounds of writers nights and songwriting contests. He caught a break when his songs caught the ear of a small publishing company called King Lizard Music.

    Since then Wallin has worked hard to achieve his place on the “A List” of Nashville songwriters, and doesn't take his status for granted: Chris says  “Back then I used to buy 50 or so McDonald's 29 cent hamburgers a week and freeze them solid. I could eat all week on $15 … They weren’t bad, except the last few get a little crusty from freezer burn.”

     Artists who have cut Chris’s songs include Lorrie Morgan, Garth Brooks, Eric Paslay, Aaron Lewis, Montgomery Gentry, Sammy Kershaw, Trace Adkins, Anthony Smith, 3 Days Grace, Jeffrey Steele, Confederate Railroad, Neal McCoy, Brian Mccomas, Brad Paisley, Joe Diffie, Diamond Rio, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and many more.

Just Some Of Chris's Major Label Recordings

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Kenny Chesney – Don’t Blink, Got A Little Crazy Last Night

Garth Brooks – People Loving People, Cold Like That, Fish

Three Days Grace (Rock group) – Time That Remains, Expectations

Trace Adkins – I’m Trying, Proud To Be Here, Metropolis & My Heaven

Montgomery Gentry – Speed, Something To Be Proud Of, All I Know About Mexico

Confederate Railroad – That’s What Brothers Do

Diamond Rio – The Box

Lorrie Morgan – 3 Seconds

Toby Keith – Love Me If You Can

Sammy Kershaw – Metropolis, 3 seconds

Brad Paisley – Famous People

Joe Nichols – Baby Your In Love With Me

Ray Benson – Killed By A .45

Craig Morgan – Being Alive And Livin, Summer Moon

Neal McCoy – Biggest Fan

Earl Scruggs – Heaven Is A Small Town

The Roosters – Kill The Mullet

3 Bridges – Satan And Grandma

Michael Peterson – Good Thing When Its Gone, Grave To The Cradle

Borrowed Blue – I Shouldn’t Love This

Julie Roberts – One For The Road

Brian McComas – You’re In My Head

Anthony Smith – Metropolis, That’s What Brothers Do, Venus, John J. Blanchard, Impossible To Do, Up To The Depth, I Lived That Song, Natural Disaster

James Otto – Soldiers and Jesus, Just Like Sunshine

John Schneider – Even The Snow

Lucy Angel – Serious

Keith Anderson – Adaliene

Jeffrey Steele – Swamp Thing, I Was Younger Then

Tommy Shane Steiner – John B. Blanchard

Joe Diffie – Good News/Bad News

 Eric Paslay - Wild And Young