So I learned how to play that but I learned how to classically play violin, and not fiddle. Being Appalachian Mountains, I like to listen to bluegrass and stuff a lot. “When I was five I asked for a violin for Christmas, which was probably more fiddle because I was at church. “My mom threw me on stage when I was three years old at church,” Wallen shares. Although he showed an early propensity for music, it wasn’t until he realized that being a professional athlete wasn’t an option that he leaned into his second love, which was music. Wallen has come a long way from his humble beginnings.
But I just met some people through that and ended up moving to Nashville in 2015. “It was the best thing to ever happen though. I picked a country song and they kicked me off,” Wallen recalls with a chuckle. “I sang some pop songs, and then they finally let me pick a song. Although the end result didn’t include advancing on The Voice, it did help launch his now superstar career. Wallen made it through a few rounds singing pop songs, before finally convincing them to let him pick a song. Louis, I’m actually willing to try it out.’ I made it on there, made like Top 20, but I didn’t really know what kind of… I wanted to sing country music but they wanted me to sing pop music, so I was just like, ‘I guess these people are really smart people, I guess I’ll try it.'”
I never even heard of it, and I was like, ‘Yeah I guess I’ll go. “My mom actually signed me up for The Voice, the TV show, and I went on there,” Wallen recalls on Drury Outdoors. Although Wallen wanted to be a singer, after his original dream of being a professional baseball player was no longer possible due to an injury, it was actually his mother who signed Wallen up to compete. The Tennessee native appeared in the sixth season of the popular reality TV talent show in 2014, making it to the playoffs before he was eliminated. Morgan Wallen‘s first taste of fame came when he competed on The Voice, even though he didn’t even win.
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