Bio

When Luke Pell shipped out for Afghanistan during his five years of service in the army, there was one thing he learned that he couldn’t live without: His guitar. “I had my roommate at the time mail it to me,” he laughs.

Country music and love of country have long been important to Luke, who grew up on his family’s ranch in the tiny town of Burnet, Texas. When he wasn’t breaking horses or making plays on the football field in Friday Night Lights fashion, he was stalwartly studying Garth Brooks.

“He was a country artist, but he had this live show where he was flying around on wires like a rock show,” says Luke. “He was the cowboy I could relate to, but he was also a rock star. Seeing that as a kid, that’s something you never forget.”

His passion for music grew as he took solace in that trusty guitar while serving in the military. In fact, when he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point—which he attended on a full scholarship, thanks to those early football days in Texas—he was given his choice of army bases. He picked Fort Campbell in Kentucky because of its proximity to Nashville.

“I would drive down on weekends or after work, just trying to get my feet in the songwriting world and meet people in the music industry,” he says. It was on one of those trips down that he discovered another musical muse: Eric Church. “He came out with his sunglasses on and his ball cap pulled down and he just sang. There was so much energy in the room that the hair stood up on the back of my neck. The way he bridged country and rock, it was just an inspiration.”

When Luke left the military as a captain after five years of service, he tried his hand at a corporate job (working as an engineer for an oil company), but music was still calling. “It kept eating away at me, and I thought, ‘Man, I wouldn’t be honest with myself if I didn’t say Nashville is where my heart is.’”

He officially made the move to Music City and holed up with songwriting buddy (and future collaborator) Brandon Kinney (“Boots On,” “Beer in the Headlights”) in a Dickson, Tennessee bunk house.

A couple years later, Hollywood came calling. Luke appeared on The Bachelorette's 12th season and was rumored to be in line to become the 21st bachelor. Most recently, he appeared on The Bachelor Winter Games on ABC. But while America may recognize his face from reality TV, it’s his voice that commands attention.

On his debut self-titled EP, Luke shows off some of that anthemic Garth Brooks country with a distinct dash of Eric Church cool. It’s a style that has amassed him nearly two million streams on Spotify.

The singer-songwriter is no stranger to the road, either, having played 90 live shows in 2017 as well as a successful cross-country “Hometowns and Highways Tour” with Logan Mize in 2018, selling out several shows in Chicago, Des Moines and more. With new music on the way this fall, he’s excited for what’s to come and continues to embrace his roots. He knows getting here was no accident.

“If you do what makes you happy you’ll never work a day in your life. If you're a person that has faith in who you are and what your values are, and you're honest with yourself and the rest of the world, then whatever your dream is, you'll end up where you’re supposed to be,” he says. “When I was working those corporate jobs, I wasn't being honest with myself. I had to make the move. I’m the driver in my own journey, and I have to stay true to myself. And I hope that authenticity comes across in my music, as well.”

Press

Ny Country Swag on Luke's newest single "Radio"

August 24th, 2018 - NY Country Swag reviews their favorite moments working with Luke Pell and details his newest single, "Radio," written by Pell, Brock Berryhill, Jay Brunswick and Taylor Phillips." 

Chicago Sun Times: Country Music's Luke Pell...

April 9th, 2018, "Because anyone who has taken the time to listen to the gritty, Eric Church-esque voice on the West Point graduate and former U.S. Army Captain quickly realizes that there is much more to this Texas native than just movie star looks and gossip-filled storylines." - the Chicago Sun Times

B Chord: Luke Pell talks about his new ep, tour and thriving career.

March 14th, 2018, BChord interviews Luke Pell following his show in Annapolis, MD at the Rams Head OnStage. Luke talks about his time in the military, his passion for music in his early life and the writing process for his EP.

Nashville Scene: Here for the right reasons

Feb 8th, 2018, “I was a songwriter and an artist long before the TV show ever happened,” Pell tells the Scene. “We just didn’t talk about the music piece on the show. [The show] kinda always captured me being a military guy that was from a small town in Texas.” -Luke Pell in an interview with the Nashville Scene

Luke Pell and Logan Mize: Hometowns and highways tour

Jan. 19th, 2018, "Logan Mize and Luke Pell will be hitting the road this spring for their co-headlining Hometowns and Highways Tour. The tour kicks off in Waterloo, N.Y., and will visit cities across the country including Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Austin, and Oklahoma City...The tour also launches on the heels of Luke Pell’s debut EP release." - Music Row Magazine