7 years ago, in a cramped Texas A&M dorm room, suddenly studying for a history test didn’t seem to matter. A lot of things changed that night as 19 year old Granger Smith scrambled to hear what was playing out of the radio alarm clock on his desk. It was his song. It was a distant dream on the edge of reality, and hearing it for the first time on the local Texas radio station seemed a lot bigger from that tiny wooden bunk that he slept on. It was the first real taste of a journey fueled by passion that was destined to grip him for the rest of his life.

Raised in Dallas, TX, Granger fell in love with country music early on. By age 14, he was balancing football, playing the guitar, and singing cover songs on a regular Texas Opry circuit. A few years later, he decided to start writing his own.

Following graduation from high school, Granger enrolled in Texas A&M University and Corps of Cadets Company E-2. During his freshman year, he completed his first album with ten original tunes appropriately titl