Luke Bryan (born Thomas Luther Bryan in Leesburg, Georgia) is an American country music singer-songwriter who made his debut in 2007 with the single "All My Friends Say", a Top 5 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His first album, I'll Stay Me, was released on Capitol Records in 2007. Bryan also co-wrote Billy Currington's single "Good Directions", which spent three weeks at Number One on the Billboard country charts that same year. Bryan's debut album has also produced two more Top 40 country hits in "We Rode in Trucks" and "Country Man". Bryan was raised in Leesburg, Georgia. At age fourteen, his parents bought him his first guitar, and after learning to play it, he joined various local bands and began to play in local clubs.[1] After graduating high school, Bryan planned to move to Nashville, Tennessee; however, this move was delayed, due to the death of his brother, Chris.[2] He later attended Georgia Southern University where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity,[3] and continued to work on his singing and songwriting skills. He also self-released an album, which he sold at shows.[3]