A recovering crystal meth addict who had a jailhouse conversion, Jeff Bates was raised in Bunker Hill, Mississippi. The singer got his start in local honky tonks in his teenage years and eventually landed in Nashville trying, like so many others, to land a record deal. After a year and a half struggle with drugs and a brief stint in jail, a reinvigorated he signed to RCA in 2002. The label released his first album the following year and Bates began crafting a sensitive ladies’ man reputation. He released a sophomore effort in 2005.
2003: Rainbow Man
2005: Leave the Light On
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