Country singer Brad Martin grew up in the suburbs of Ohio with a healthy dose of Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty. His love for country music encouraged him to start playing guitar as a young kid. By his mid-twenties, he was a songwriter and moved to Nashville to follow his dream. Epic Records snatched him up in the new millennium and Martin made his proper debut with Wings of a Honky Tonk Angel in June 2002. He later joined fellow singer and songwriter John Ramey in the duo Martin Ramey, who would record for Curb Records. Brad Martin died on March 11, 2022; he was 48 years old. ~ MacKenzie Wilson