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Tracy Lawrence (born 27 January 1968) is an United
States|American country music|country musician.

Tracy Lawrence was born in Atlanta, Texas and
raised in Foreman, Arkansas.  Lawrence played in
his first band at the age of 16.  In 1990 Lawrence
left Arkansas and went to Nashville, Tennessee.

Lawrence took jobs as an ironworker and in phone
sales while he tried to break into the Nashville
music scene.  He began participating in talent
shows and earned enough money to live on. In 1991
he had a gig at the Bluebird Cafe and met Wayne
Edwards who became his manager.

With Edwards assistance Lawrence signed with
Atlantic Records and released his first album
Sticks and Stones (album)|Sticks and Stones.  On
31 May 1991 Lawrence walked his former girlfriend
to the door of her hotel room and was confronted
by three armed men.  The men robbed them and
attempted to force Lawrence and his friend into
her motel room. Lawrence resisted and was shot
four times, allowing his friend to escape.  Two of
the wounds were major and necessitated surgery. 
One of the bullets remains imbedded in Lawrence's
pelvis.

Lawrence's album shot up the charts to number one
on the back of publicity from the shooting and
spawned several Top 10 singles.  Lawrence's second
album Alibis (album)|Alibis went Platinum
record|Platinum and generated three straight
Number One singles.

Lawrence was Billboard magazine|Billboard's Top
New Male Vocalist in 1992 and received the Academy
of Country Music's Best New Artist and Top New
Male Vocalist in 1993.

In 1994 Lawrence released his third album, I See
It Now (album)|I See It Now was also a Platinum
album.  Lawrence released a Live album in 1995 and
another studio album entitled Time Marches On
(album)|Time Marches On in 1996.  In 1997 Lawrence
released another album entitled Coast is Clear
(album)|Coast is Clear which he co-produced.  All
told, Lawrence generated 7 Number One singles by
this time and every one of his albums at this
point in his career had gone Platinum.

Lawrence is know to have a wide range with sounds
ranging from traditional country to songs with a
definite southern rock feel.

Lawrence has visited US troops involved in
peacekeeping operations in Kosovo and annually
participates in a golf tournament to raise funds
for cystic fibrosis research.  Lawrence has also
purchased equipment for his hometown high school
in Arkansas.

Lawrence has been inducted into the Arkansas
Entertainers Hall of Fame.

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