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With soaring melodies in his songwriting and harmonica playing alike, Wyatt
Edmondson demands listeners’ attention with his expertly-crafted songs and
high-energy stage presence. The Montgomery, Alabama-native moved to Nashville in
2017 after studying music at Troy University and has shown no signs of slowing down.
Early on, Edmondson gravitated toward guitar players like Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page
and Dave Matthews, but one artist in particular sparked him onto another path.
Edmondson commented on the inspiration he draws from Bob Marley saying, “I don’t
think I ever knew there were lyrics in songs before Bob Marley, since I was only listening
for the guitars!” he says with a laugh. “Listening to Bob, I fell in love with the idea of
songwriting, and it was only a week after I had gotten into his music that I started writing
songs myself.” The singer/songwriter then discovered John Mayer, Dave Matthews
Band, and finally, Bruce Springsteen, who he now attributes as his greatest musical
influence.
Edmondson has a wide array of live performances under his belt. Having performed at
festivals like 30A Songwriters Festival, Opelika Songwriters Festival, Mississippi
Songwriters Festival, and venues like The Bluebird Cafe, The Basement East, and 3rd
and Lindsley, Edmondson continues to perform live for his rapidly growing fanbase. He
toured relentlessly through 2018 and 2019 covering many states in the Southeast and
Northeast leading up to the pandemic. During lockdown mandates throughout the
country, he began writing the songs that would become his first full-length album entitled
Made For The Road releasing in 2023. “Dead End Town” is the first single from the
project and salutes the small town dreamer who is longing for something bigger and
better.
This is your chance to use what’s been brewing and stirring up inside you to help prove that people can do anything they want to in spite of the cards they’re dealt.
Despite being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Edmondson decided
not to let his degenerative eye condition slow him down in the least. “I remember so
clearly being 15 and finding out I was losing my vision. But something in me was like,
‘This is your chance to use what’s been brewing and stirring up inside you to help prove
that people can do anything they want to in spite of the cards they’re dealt.’ For me, that
was music. It’s really been the thing that gets me up in the morning. It keeps me going,
and I’m really thankful for that. I hope it can inspire others as well.”
"Unplugged" - EP Available Now
Featuring four brand new acoustic renditions of some of Wyatt's favorite songs that he released in 2020.