On the Cover – Joe Nichols

8/30/2002 – September 2002

Label: Universal South
Booking: CAA
Management: John Lytle/Lytle Management Group
Producers: Brent Rowan
Current Single: “The Impossible”
Current Album: Man With A Memory
Current Video: “The Impossible”

Interests: Golf
Interesting Facts: Brent Rowan’s first production. Three songs on the album were co-written by Nichols. First public appearance was at age 14, during family get-together. Nichols says, “My uncle had a new thing called a karaoke machine. Everyone was shocked I could actually carry a tune.”
Hits: “The Impossible” (currently in the top-15)
Musical Influences: Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell, Keith Whitley, Dad (who recently passed away), Randy Travis

The release of Man With A Memory marks the first release on the newly formed Universal South. The album was produced by noted Nashville session guitarist Brent Rowan. “Brent and I wanted to make a record that we would buy,” says Nichols. “We wanted to feel that we would turn in a record where there would be no compromises, no saying, ‘Well, I’m not sure about this song or that song.’ We wanted 12 hits, really, that would all be contenders. I love hit records; I just want to be singing them.”