What Kind of Gone

Chris Cagle was born on November 10, 1968 in the town of DeRidder, La. However, when he was four he and his family moved to the outskirts of Houston. At the age of six Cagle started guitar lessons, but quit after a year because it was too difficult for his tiny hands to handle the large classical guitar. During high school he took piano lessons and began playing the guitar again only after receiving an Ovation acoustic guitar for Christmas his senior year. “Free Bird” was the first song he learned how to play.

Cagle enrolled in to the University of Texas-Arlington; however he soon found himself skipping his finance class to audit music classes. During the night Cagle would perform in Texas clubs. At the age of nineteen Cagle realized that he was wasting his time at school and he then left Texas to purse music full time and moved to Nashville in 1994. Where he spent the next five years performing odd jobs, from waiting tables and tending bars to being a golf caddy; all the while polishing his songwriting skills. After meeting legendary Harlan Howard, who taught Cagle how to write true country songs, Cagle’s writing vastly improved. Howard was the first to publish on of Cagle’s songs.

A few years later Cagle had the pleasure to meet Donna Duarte at a restaurant he was working at, she was really interested in music, so he invited her to come to the studio to hear him record some demos. Duarte loved the music she heard Cagle play and decided to take the demos to her boss; Cagle did not know that Duarte was the assistant to Scott Hendricks. Soon after that Cagle landed a recording deal.

Cagle has been releasing albums since the year 200. His first album was “Play it Loud.” He didn’t release another album until 2003 which was entitled “Chris Cagle.” Two years later, in 2005, “Anywhere But Here.” Cagle had a thing for taking two years to create and release an album because he didn’t release another album until 2007 which was “This is Chris Cagle.” Then there is Cagle’s latest album “My Life’s been a Country Song.”

Cagle has a few songs that are very well known, these songs include “Play it loud,” “Lovin’ You Lovin’ Me,” “It Takes Two,” “Chicks Dig It,” “What kind of Gone,” “Wanted Dead or Alive,” “Wal-Mart Parking Lot,” “Miss Me Baby,” “Hey Ya’ll,” and “No Love Songs.” For this writer “No Love Songs” is one of her favorite songs composed by Chris Cagle because of the meaning behind it. The meaning is worry about everything in life not just the love part, because there is more to life than just being in love, there is having fun and living life by the moments.

Cagle has unfortunately only received one award, this was in 2002. At the CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards, Cagle won the Breakthrough video of the Year. Cagle has two websites for fans. There is his official Chris Cagle site which is: http://chriscagle.musiccitynetworks.com/. Then there is Cagle’s MySpace page which is: http://www.myspace.com/chriscagle

Cagle has a few related artists for those listeners that like him and want to hear other artists like him. These artists are Brad Paisley, Chris LeDoux, Garth Brooks, Gary Allan, Joe Nichols, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Randy Houser, and Vince Gill.

Chris Cagle "Miss Me Baby" music video


Chris Cagle MySpace Video