ERATH OLD

Erath Old is an American independent singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN, telling the story of a small-town kid who got out taking the long way around.

He grew up in Hueytown, Alabama, a small town with a big heart for NASCAR. That was the world around him, but music was his thing, the closest thing he had to a ticket out.

At home, music was always there. His mom and grandmothers played piano in church, and his dad had once chased it as a career before stepping away. Instruments were never too far out of reach. Family jam sessions and watching his dad play, picking things up along the way, from country to heartland rock, Garth Brooks on one side, Mellencamp on the other, it was everyday life from the get-go.

By high school, it had turned into something bigger. Loud guitars, rock bands, the soundtrack of the “cool kids,” and before long, shredding was everything. That kind of obsession doesn’t really leave you with a backup plan.

He hit the road early, playing in bands like Red Halo and getting his first taste of touring, sharing stages with bands like Seether, The Killers, and Chevelle, learning fast what it meant to live for the next show, the next town, the next shot.

That drive eventually led him to Atlanta, where he and his brother Sean started the band Loverush. It was loud, melodic, and right at home in that early 2000s wave, somewhere between pop-punk and power-pop, the kind of band you’d see on a Warped Tour.

But the road has a way of taking as much as it gives. In 2009, everything shifted. He lost his grandparents, then his father just months later. His brother left for the military, and for the first time, he was going at it on his own.

The music stalled, and so did he. What looked like partying from the outside was something heavier underneath, grief, drinking, and a slow spiral that pulled him further away from everything he’d been chasing.

For a while, it looked like he might find his way out. He fell in love, got married, and tried to build a different kind of life. In 2012, he moved back to Alabama, reconnected with his roots, and found his way back to music through cover shows while leaning into songwriting behind the scenes, learning all he could and trying to hold onto something steady.

But it didn’t hold. In 2015, around the release of his first solo single, “Hey Y’all,” those same patterns caught up with him, and eventually the marriage fell apart.

Soon after, at a breaking point, something finally gave. After a binge that nearly took everything, he gave it all to God and asked for help. He got sober, got honest, and the pieces slowly came back together, one day at a time.

Now, with more than ten years of sobriety, life looks a lot different. After nearly a decade in Music City, years of touring, releasing music, and chasing the dream he always wanted, he found something even better waiting for him on the other side of it all, a family of his own.

Today, he’s surrounded by good people, grounded in faith, and raising a daughter with his wife somewhere north of Nashville, while continuing to do the work that matters most to him, writing, recording, and performing.

But it hasn’t been without its ups and downs. Over the past two years, he put a pause on releasing music due to struggles with his voice, something that eventually led to vocal surgery and nearly five months away from performing.

Now he’s back once again, still telling his story. One song at a time.

The next chapter begins with “Petty Things,” releasing May 29th, 2026, the first in a new wave of songs rooted in everything that’s brought him here: the road, the mistakes, the miles, the love, the loss, and the life he’s built along the way.