Soul Country is taking America by storm

maxresdefaultAnybody want to take a guess at who has the number one song on iTunes today? Bruno Mars? The Chainsmokers? Andy Grammer?

Nope, it’s the pride of Porter, Texas; Sundance Head. Never heard of him? Then you must not watch NBC’s The Voice. The program is hosted by Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys and features various levels of competition to determine who America thinks has the best voice.

Sundance busted out “Me and Jesus” during Monday nights show. The song, written by Tom T. Hall, quickly rose to the top of the iTunes chart. Sundance  starts it off slow and than takes off like a freight train features a sound that is reminiscent of the Soggy Bottom Boys from the move “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou”.

Sundance looks like your atypical county musician, but there is much more to his repertoire than those cry in your beer songs. Check out his cover of Cyrus’s “Climb”. Not only does he perform it in front of Cyrus, it’s only his voice and guitar. No professional musicians backing him up, it’s just a guy and his guitar and he blows everyone away.

Sundance has music in his genes. His dad, Roy Head was in the band The Traits, best known for their 1965 hit, “Treat Her Right.” When he was 20, Sundance recorded with ZZ Top through a friend from his dad. 13 years later, Sundance started to play music professionally.

A contestant during season six of American Idol, Sundance finished in 13th place becoming the first American Idol contestant in history to score a recording contract with a major record label, Universal Motown, without finishing in the Top 12.

His band, aptly named Sundance Head plays all over Texas, but with his exposure and popularity on the rise, you better catch the self-proclaimed founder of Soul Country while you can.