Rylan Brooks

"Rylan Brooks' 'Abilene' is an Anthem for the Road Weary" - WIDE OPEN COUNTRY


Bona fide troubadours calling no place home but wherever they happen to be, songwriters Nate Rylan and Chris Brooks used to travel the country together as commercial drivers, hauling cargo and kicking up dust from Texas to Texarkana and Tallahassee to Teaneck. It was exactly the sort of blue-collar grind you'd hear about in a country song, filled with truck stops, radio static, blurred images of the countryside rolling by, and the reassuring rumble of the interstate.

Somewhere along the way — at a motel in Georgia, to be exact — the two pulled their guitars out of the truck's cab and wrote their first song together. More songs followed. Before long, they were stopping by roadhouses in their off-hours, setting up in smokey corners under the neon lights along the way to debut their new originals to bar regulars. The incredible, heartfelt response from the good folks across their routes found the two frontmen embracing a sound that updated the classic country twang of Jerry Reed, Kris Kristofferson, and other sharp-minded outlaws for a contemporary audience. Seemingly from nowhere and everywhere all at once, Rylan Brooks was born.