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Zach Bryan

Okmulgee, OK

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country Popularity: 87 Popular Division

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Region: Northeast Oklahoma / Green Country Conference: Plains Regional Rank: #3

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About Zach Bryan

From the heart of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, comes Zach Bryan, a country music sensation whose raw, authentic sound has captivated listeners seeking genuine emotion. Bryan's journey from active duty in the Navy to music stardom is a testament to the power of his songwriting, which began during his downtime in the service. Hailing from the small town of Oologah, Oklahoma, Bryan's grounded perspective shines through in his blend of country, folk, and Americana. A viral video of "Heading South" launched his career, followed by the self-recorded debut album, "DeAnn," named in honor of his late mother.

Bryan's music often reflects the places he's been, with songs like "Moon in Oklahoma" and "memphis; the blues" painting vivid geographic portraits. His talent for collaboration is evident in "Dawns," featuring Maggie Rogers, and his song "Something in the Orange" garnered a Grammy nomination, solidifying his mainstream appeal. In 2024, he received the Academy of Country Music Award for New Male Artist of the Year. Bryan champions independent artistry, proving that success doesn't always require the backing of a major label, and continues to resonate with fans seeking unfiltered musical storytelling.

Did You Know

  • • Zach Bryan's Navy service heavily influenced his songwriting, beginning during downtime.
  • • He hails from Oologah, Oklahoma, a small town that shaped his grounded perspective.
  • • A viral video of "Heading South" catapulted him from active duty to music stardom.
  • • Bryan self-recorded his debut album, "DeAnn," named after his late mother.
  • • His music blends country, folk, and Americana, creating a raw, authentic sound.
  • • He collaborated with Maggie Rogers on "Dawns," showcasing his versatility.
  • • "Something in the Orange" earned him a Grammy nomination, solidifying his mainstream appeal.
  • • Bryan's music resonates with listeners seeking genuine, unfiltered emotions.
  • • He won the Academy of Country Music Award for New Male Artist of the Year in 2024.
  • • Bryan champions independent artistry, proving major label success isn't mandatory.

Locations in Lyrics

193 location references across 122 songs

Songs & Places

Ticking
Philadelphia, PA , OH , OK
"Philly by the morning and Ohio by the night"
Revival
Bakersfield, CA Clermont, KY Dyess, AR Folsom, CA Nashville, TN
"Merle said Mama tried, but the prison still won"
Fear & Fridays (Poem)
New York City, NY
"I've taken my motorbike down the Pacific 101"
Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
"I killed a man in Birmingham"
Oklahoma Smokeshow
, OK
"She's an Oklahoma smokeshow"
Summertime’s Close
, NC , SC , OK San Luis Obispo, CA
"'Cause you're the fire of Carolina and Oklahoma too"
Summertime's Close
Coast East Coast Oklahoma, OK San Luis, AZ San Luis, CO San Luis Obispo, CA South Carolina, SC
"And I've seen children playin' on the coastlines"
summertime's close
Asbury Park, NJ Bar Harbor, ME Bethany Beach, DE Cape Canaveral, FL Cape May, NJ Charleston, SC Daytona Beach, FL Fort Lauderdale, FL Gloucester, MA Hilton Head, SC Key West, FL Kill Devil Hills, NC Miami Beach, FL Montauk, NY Myrtle Beach, SC Mystic, CT Nags Head, NC New Haven, CT Newburyport, MA Newport, RI Ocean City, MD Plymouth, MA Portland, ME Portsmouth, NH Provincetown, MA Rehoboth Beach, DE Salem, MA San Luis, CA San Luis, TX Savannah, GA Southampton, NY St. Augustine, FL Virginia Beach, VA West Palm Beach, FL Wilmington, NC , NC , OK , SC
I Remember Everything
Detroit, MI
"Do I remind you of your daddy in his '88 Ford?"
The Good I’ll Do
Austin, TX , TN
"Gettin' high out in Austin"
The Good I'll Do
Austin, TX Tennessee, TN downtown Austin, TX , TN
"Gettin' high out in Austin"
Dry Deserts
, CA
"Driving out to California, the night I met you in this bed of mine"
Hey Driver
, NC , SC
"This Carolina shoulder"
Always Willin’
, AZ Sedona, AZ London, KY Louisville, KY , KY
"dark, dark deserts under Arizona skies"
Always Willin'
Sedona, AZ
"And Sedona don't own you or owe you a damn thing"
Appetite
, AR
"Why am I in Northwest Arkansas?"
The Great American Bar Scene
Philadelphia, PA Tulsa, OK Cheyenne, WY
"Way up in Philly"
Boys Of Faith
Pineville, KY , KY , NY New York City, NY
"You were comin' out to Pineville, it was freezin' cold"
East Side of Sorrow
Tulsa, OK , OK Stillwater, OK
"I've got women in the West I wanna hold"
Madeline
"Well, I heard you been on the road, West Coast, just song singing"
God Speed
Detroit, MI
"Under the stars in the back of a beat-up ol' K-10"
Purple Gas
, TX Fargo, ND
"Have a lone star in my eye"
Highway Boys
Nashville, TN , KS
"got a gig out at the Ryman"
Quiet, Heavy Dreams
, CA
"And cut sequoia 'til it's dark"
Come as You Are
Tulsa, OK , OK
"Of the pretty girls who walk down there on Elgin Avenue"
El Dorado
El Dorado, KS , KS El Dorado, CA El Dorado, IL El Dorado, TX
"Did you ever make it back to El Dorado?"
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, OK Oologah, OK Tulsa, OK Norman, OK Stillwater, OK
"Back to this side of Oklahoma City"
Skin
New York City, NY , WI
"Are you walking 'round Tribeca with him?"
Jake’s Piano - Long Island
, NY
"Long Island"
Jake's Piano - Long Island
, NY
"Long Island"
Jamie
Wichita Falls, TX
"From here to damn near Wichita County"
Memphis; The Blues
Memphis, TN Detroit, MI Tupelo, MS Indianola, MS Macon, GA
"Memphis; The Blues"
Tishomingo
Tishomingo, OK New York City, NY , NY
"Now I'm breakin' horses out in Tishomingo"
Crooked Teeth
, TX Bismarck, ND , ND , CO
"Word got around that he climbed out of that muddy red river floor"
Runny Eggs
, CA , OK , CO , NV New York City, NY
"And drive to California where the heartless are"
Spotless
New York City, NY
"Met a man in New York City, told me humans ain't as pretty"
Mechanical Bull
, TX
"Maybe I'll move to Texas, let my soul grow bored and restless"
If She Wants a Cowboy
Detroit, MI Oologah, OK Nashville, TN
"Ride me a Bronco"
Driving
, OK Lynchburg, TN
"smellin' water by the coast"
Matt & Audie
, MT , OK
"To head to Montana, where the weather's colder"
Traveling Man
Toledo, OH
"There's a train headin' west to south Toledo"
Us Then
New York City, NY , TX , OK , TN Baton Rouge, LA
"Well the buildings out in Brooklyn are taller than the clouds"
Heavy Eyes
St. Louis, MO Detroit, MI Cleveland, OH
"Budweiser Heavy for the road"
Sober Side of Sorry
Lynchburg, TN
"too much Jack Daniels"
Doing Fine
Grove, OK Rogers, AR , AR
"Turn down towards Goose Island, keep your eyelids on the road"
Tourniquet
, MT
"There's delays on the planes out of Eastern Montana"
High Road
New York City, NY , NY Tulsa, OK
"New York this time of year ain't good for me"
Smaller Acts
New York City, NY
"Friday afternoon at the Mercury Lounge"
28
Boston, MA New York City, NY Philadelphia, PA
"You took a train to the south side of Boston"
Bathwater
, TN , OK
"In Eastern Tennessee"
Motorcycle Drive By
Richmond, VA
"I will be in Richmond by tonight"
Heading South
, OK
"used to roll around in that red-dirt mud"
Open the Gate
Cheyenne, WY
"I heard you died out in Cheyenne"
Flying or Crying
Louisa, KY , OK
"We could find a porch to hold us where we could all scream Childers"
Camper
, CA
"California, baby, have you ever seen the darkness?"
Aeroplane
, OK Kansas City, MO Chicago, IL
"I've been to Oklahoma, I ain't never been to Spain"
Fifth of May
, KY Los Angeles, CA
"Way out in western Kentucky"
Tradesman
, SD
"Somewhere out by the badlands"
Holy Roller
Austin, TX
"After swiggin' on a handle of Tito's"
Rivers and Creeks
Cincinnati, OH , CA San Francisco, CA
"Had a friend in Cincinnati who died with a six-shooter taped to the roof of his mouth"
Slicked Back
New York City, NY , NY
"I still see you in that pool hall in New York in my head"
South and Pine
New York City, NY
"But if you could see her now in her New York City gown"
Sarah’s Place
Los Angeles, CA New York City, NY
"There ain't been no sun in L.A."
Darling
, TN Denver, CO
"And they all hate me from here to Tennessee"
Moon in Oklahoma
, OK
"Well, you look like Oklahoma"
Spotless (feat. The Lumineers)
New York City, NY
"Conocí a un hombre en la ciudad de Nueva York"
From Austin
Austin, TX
"I'm finally leaving Austin and I wish it was with you"
Cannonball
, CA Reno, NV Cannon Beach, OR
"high in Yosemite, we hide"
Starved (Live from Detroit)
Detroit, MI
"SONG: Starved (Live from Detroit)"
Anyways
, WV
"Saw you back when you played West Virginia"
All the Time
, OK
"Oklahoma in the summertime's where my country ass belongs"
Sundown Girls
London, KY Chicago, IL
"Recall watchin' the sun out in London"
All Good Things Past
, OK Philadelphia, PA
"That Oklahoman popsicle frozen, empties on a burn pile"
Miles
New York City, NY
"buys another round for all her stuck-up friends in Brooklyn"
The Greatest Day of My Life
Phoenix, AZ Seattle, WA San Francisco, CA New York City, NY , NY , CO , NC , SC
"Phoenix to Seattle to San Francisco"
Corinthians (Proctor’s)
Pendleton, OR Detroit, MI Hood River, OR
"Last night, they were pulling pints of pesky Pendleton"
Corinthians (Proctor's)
Pendleton, OR
"Last night, they were pulling pints of pesky Pendleton"
Deep Satin
New York City, NY
"In deep, deep Manhattan"
Down, Down, Stream
New York City, NY , OK Tulsa, OK Grand Canyon Village, AZ London, KY
"Bought a house from a man in New York"
Pain, Sweet, Pain
, OK
"How lookin' at the stars in the valley tend to lend a man hope"
Oklahoman Son
, OK
"When I get back to Oklahoma"
Memphis; The Blues [Remix]
Memphis, TN Tulsa, OK , TN
"I need you like Memphis the blues"
Oak Island
, NJ Oak Island, NC
"There's some boys out in Jersey that are callin' me out by name"
Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM , NM
"With some sky out by Santa Fe, New Mexico"
Hope Again
, OK
"It's in the air of these hills"
Plastic Cigarette
New York City, NY Bay Shore, NY
"the West Side Highway"
Old Man
Pineville, KY
"I've never seen you smile like you did out in Pineville"
November Air
Oologah, OK , OK
"But there ain't no leavin' This small town this evenin'"
She’s Alright
New York City, NY Philadelphia, PA
"Well, the moon in New York tonight was beautiful"
She's Alright
New York, NY Philadelphia, PA
"Well, the moon in New York tonight was beautiful"
Like Ida
Dallas, TX Nashville, TN
"Just know that I'm halfway to Dallas"
River Washed Hair
Freehold, NJ Asbury Park, NJ Santa Fe, NM Lowell, MA San Francisco, CA Denver, CO Philadelphia, PA West Point, NY Annapolis, MD , MI New York City, NY
"Or anything by Bruce Springsteen"
If They Come Lookin’
, TX Denison, TX , OK , NJ
"We'll head down the Red River"
If They Come Lookin'
Denison, TX New Jersey, NJ Oklahoma, OK Texas-Oklahoma state line
"Them Denison boys get meaner"
Summertime Blues
Monterey, CA , OK Hilton Head Island, SC , NY , KY
"On some beach by Monterey"
Man That’s Never Known You
, OK
"And I pray you go back to Oklahoma"
Burn, Burn, Burn
Paris, TX Detroit, MI
"Head to Paris on a late-night flight"
Oklahoma City (Live)
OklahomaCity, OK
"Song about OklahomaCity"
Bad News
Freehold, NJ , NJ
"The Boss stopped bumpin', the rock stopped rolling"
Bass Boat
Days Inn
"We'd park that boat by the bluff at the Days Inn"
Boys Of Faith (feat. Bon Iver)
Pineville, KY
"You were comin' out to Pineville, it was freezin' cold"
Cold Damn Vampires
New York City, NY
"But them vampires are groping you every night on East and 12th"
Condemned
Oologah, OK
Dawns
Mama's home
"I'll be halfway to my mama's home"
Fear and Friday's (Poem)
New York City, NY , CA
"I have stood atop the Empire State Building with my father"
Fear and Friday’s (Poem)
Empire State Building, NY The Mountains US Route 101, CA
"I have stood atop the Empire State Building with my father"
Holy Roller (feat. Sierra Ferrell)
Austin, TX
"After swiggin' on a handle of Tito's"
I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
, TX
"Blame it on the beach, grown men don't cry"
Jamie (feat. Charles Wesley Godwin)
Wichita County, KS Wichita County, TX
"From here to damn near Wichita County"
Madeline (feat. Gabriella Rose)
Pacific Ocean
"If you see her, won't you tell her I need her like a sailor needs the ocean"
Man Thats Never Known You
Appalachian Mountains Oklahoma, OK
"Well, I'd have moved the mountains"
Matt and Audie
, MT , TX
"To head to Montana, where the weather's colder"
Memphis; The Blues (feat. J.R. Carroll)
Memphis, TN Tulsa, OK , TN
"I need you like Memphis the blues"
Memphis; The Blues (feat. John Moreland)
Memphis, TN
Overtime
Fort Worth, TX Oklahoma City, OK
"They said I's a wanna-be cowboy from a cut throat town"
Pink Skies
town
"The kids are in town for a funeral"
Sarah's Place (feat. Noah Kahan)
Los Angeles, CA New York City, NY
"There ain't been no sun in L.A."
Something in the Orange
Oologah, OK
Starved - Live from Detroit
Detroit, MI
"Starved - Live from Detroit"
This World’s A Giant
home
"Think of home on an August night"
corinthians
, XX
memphis: the blues
Memphis, TN

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Highway I 40 10 Arkansas River 6 U.S. Route 66 11 Interstate 44 3 Canadian River 2 Will Rogers Turnpike 2

Connected Places

Okmulgee, OK Austin, TX Bakersfield, CA Baldwin, ND Baton Rouge, LA Bay Shore, NY Bellingham, WA Birmingham, AL Birmingham, CT Birmingham, IA Birmingham, IN Birmingham, KY Birmingham, MI Birmingham, MO Birmingham, NJ Birmingham, OH Birmingham, PA Bismarck, ND Boston, MA Brooklyn, NY California, CA California-Nevada Border Area, CA Cheyenne, WY Clermont, KY Colorado, CO Dallas, TX Denison, TX Denver, CO Desert, NM Detroit, MI Dyess, AR East LA, CA Eastern Tennessee, TN El Dorado, KS Elgin Avenue, OK Empire State Building, NY Eugene, OR Fargo, ND Folsom, CA Fort Worth, TX Freehold, NJ Hilton Head Island, SC K-10, KS Kansas, KS Kansas City, MO La Junta, CO Leavenworth, WA London, KY, KY Los Angeles, CA Lynchburg, TN Mandan, ND Manhattan, NY McGlinchey's, PA McGlinchey's Bar House, PA Memphis, TN Menoken, ND Mojave Desert, CA Monterey, CA Mount Shasta, CA Nashville, TN Nevada, NV New Jersey, NJ New York, NY New York City, NY New York Coastline, NY Norman, OK North Carolina, NC Ohio, OH Oildale, CA Oklahoma, OK Oklahoma City, OK Oologah, OK Pendleton, OR Philadelphia, PA Philly, PA Pineville, KY Pineville, MO Pineville, WV Queens, NY Red Dirt Country, OK Redding, CA Reno, NV Richmond, KY Richmond, TX Richmond, VA Rocky Mountains (Colorado), CO Rogers County, OK Ryman Auditorium, TN Salem, OR San Francisco, CA San Francisco Bay, CA San Luis, AZ San Luis, CO San Luis Obispo, CA San Quentin, CA Santa Fe, NM Seattle, WA Sedona, AZ South Carolina, SC South and Pine, NY Stillwater, OK Tacoma, WA Tennessee, TN Texas, TX The Matador, NM Tishomingo, OK Tishomingo County, MS Toledo, OH Tribeca, NY Tulsa, OK Twin Towers, NY US Route 101, CA West Village, NY West Virginia, WV Wichita County, KS Wichita County, TX Wisconsin, WI Yakima, WA big, wide opens, KS downtown Austin, TX palm trees, CA pines, CA the Great Plains, OK the Rogers, AR
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