Troy Olsen - News

December 5, 2011 - Tuscon native turns country star

A Tucson native and Wildcat supporter Troy Olsen's country stardom hasn't kept him from remembering where he came from. His songs paint images of what he misses most about home, the Arizona desert.

Click here to read this article from DailyWildcat.com

October 27, 2011 - Troy Olsen and his sponsor, Crown Royal, hosted a TROY OLSEN CROWN ROYAL TASTING AND COOKOUT recently on the BMI Roof in Nashville

Warner Chappell's Phil May, producer Brett Beavers, Troy, and BMI's Clay Bradley

Troy's friend and country music star, Keith Anderson, Crown Royal's Karla Arnette, and BMI's Clay Bradley

Troy had his favorite Crown Royal on hand for party-goers!

July 5, 2011 - Congratulations to our backstage winners!

Robin B. - Paso Robles, CA
Katie B. - Lake Tahoe, WV
Tiffany H. - Temeculah, CA
Doreen S. - Sweet Home, OR

Thanks to all who entered!

May 16, 2011 - Pay For The Pizza

Check out this recent feature from Country Weekly magazine that mentions Troy and his forthcoming album.

May 2, 2011 - Troy Olsen's Has a Smokin' Guitar

Check out this new article about Troy and his "smokin'" guitar from TheBoot.com!

April 25, 2011 - Troy Olsen: 'In HIs Own Words'

Troy recently answered questions for The Country Music Association's “In His Own Words” segment.

April 11, 2011 - Troy at Country Thunder

Click here to view some photos of Troy at Country Thunder, courtesy of radio station KMLE!

March 17, 2011 - Behind The Scenes At The Grand Ole Opry

March 16, 2011 - Troy Olsen Comes Full "Circle"

When Troy Olsen made his Grand Ole Opry last August, it was a dream come true. But it didn't happen overnight.

Read more at TheBoot.com

October 26, 2010 - TROY OLSEN PROUD TO BE PART OF “COUNTRY STRONG” SOUNDTRACK

EMI Records Nashville's Troy Olsen is honored to be part of the soundtrack in stores today for the major motion picture “Country Strong,” starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw. Olsen co-wrote the track “Love Don't Let Me Down” with Marv Green. The song is performed by Chris Young and Patty Loveless on the album. The Arizona native is coming off a career highlight week opening for the legendary Don Williams last week at his sold out show at the Ryman Auditorium. His current single “Good Hands , ” from his self-titled EP, is currently climbing the country singles chart.

October 11, 2010 - NASHVILLE.COM ARTIST OF THE WEEK!
Troy is Nashville.com's Artist Of The Week! Click here to read their online feature of Troy.

October 11, 2010 - ROUGHSTOCK NEW ARTIST FEATURE
Click here to read Troy's Roughstock.com New Artist feature article.

October 10, 2010 - EASTERN ARIZONA COURIER REVIEW
Click here to read Troy's feature in the Eastern Arizona Courier.

October 5, 2010 - TROY OLSEN EP OUT TODAY
Click here to view the write-up about Troy and his new EP from Nashville's Music Row.

October 5, 2010 - TROY OLSEN RELEASES SELF-TITLED 4-SONG EP TODAY!

Click here to download Troy's EP from iTunes!

EMI Records Nashville's flagship artist Troy Olsen releases his self-titled 4-song EP today. In addition to Olsen's current single, “Good Hands,” the Troy Olsen EP features “Summer Thing,” “Tumbleweed” and “Ghost Town Train.”

The Arizona native makes his debut next Wednesday, October 13 on the 3 rd Annual Capitol Street Party in Nashville, TN alongside his labelmates Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan, Jennette McCurdy and Walker Hayes.

Fans have the opportunity to learn more about Troy Olsen in his own webisode series “Livin' The Dream with Troy Olsen” on GACTV.com. Go to GACTV.com to hear him talk about how he discovered music, how he accidentally discovered he could produce and a multitude of other stories of his path to living his dreams of making music for a living.

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October 5, 2010 - Country Stars Online reviews Troy's EP!
Click here to view their review by Staff journalist Connie Breeden.

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August 19, 2010 - TROY OLSEN MAKES HIS GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT

EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist Troy Olsen realized a longtime dream when he made his Grand Ole Opry debut Tuesday night, August 17. Olsen performed his current single “Summer Thing” as well as “Good Hands” and “Tumbleweed.” All three songs are included on his self-titled debut EP available at iTunes on October 5.

Olsen revealed to the crowd that even though he has listened to hundreds of Grand Ole Opry radio shows he has never even been to see it in person because he wanted his first time at the Opry to be when he was actually playing on the world famous Grand Ole Opry stage (once even making his own mother so mad because he refused to go with them when they were in Nashville to visit). He got that chance Tuesday night.

All photos: 2010 Copyright Grand Ole Opry / Photo By: Chris Hollo

Troy with Opry VP/General Manager Pete Fischer

Troy with Opry legend Little Jimmy Dickens

Troy surrounded with part of his congratulatory “team” after he comes off the stage (l to r) Brad Bissell, CAA; Angela Lange, VP Promotion, EMI Records Nashville; Troy Olsen; Trisha McClanahan, McClanahan Management; Dixie Owen, Sr. Director, Media & PR, EMI Records Nashville

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August 10, 2010 - TROY OLSEN PLAYS TRUMP CASINO MARINA IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ

EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist Troy Olsen was in
Atlantic City, NJ recently to play a show at the Trump Casino Marina.

Olsen kicked off his “Get Right Tonight” club tour last week in Charleston, SC and this week he plays The Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, CA on Thursday before heading to Nashville to make his debut on the famed Grand Ole Opry on August 17.

The Arizona native’s debut single “Summer Thing” is currently climbing the country charts. His self-titled EP is available on iTunes now.

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August 5, 2010 - TROY OLSEN COOLS OFF AT A BACKYARD BBQ FOR BIRMINGHAM'S WDXB

EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist Troy Olsen performed a backyard BBQ for some lucky WDXB listeners last Friday in Birmingham, AL. The Ciulla family and their friends gathered for lots of sun, bar-b-cue and some great music courtesy of Troy Olsen.

Olsen kicks off his “Get Right Tonight” club tour tonight in Charleston, SC and will continue through November making stops in over 40 cities across the country.

The Arizona native’s debut single “Summer Thing” is currently climbing the country charts. His self-titled EP is available at iTunes now.

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August 4, 2010 - TROY OLSEN MAKES HIS DEBUT ON THE WORLD FAMOUS GRAND OLE OPRY AUGUST 17

EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist Troy Olsen was invited to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Tuesday, August 17. The Grand Ole Opry, temporarily displaced from the Opry House, will be held at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, TN.

"Playing The Opry is a dream come true for me,” says Troy Olsen. “It’s the mother church of Country Music and I am humbled by the invitation. It's going to be a blast!"

Olsen kicks off his “Get Right Tonight” club tour Friday night in Charleston, SC and will continue through November making stops in over 40 cities across the country.

The Arizona native’s debut single “Summer Thing” is currently climbing the country charts. His self-titled EP is available at iTunes now.

Olsen was born and raised a hard-working rancher’s son in his native Arizona. The work ethic ingrained in him as a child, along with his influences of his musical idols – Dwight Yoakam, Glen Campbell, Steve Earle and Bruce Springsteen – have molded him into a truly unique and driven artist. The singer/songwriter got his first guitar at age 12 and after high school began playing in various roadhouse bands throughout the southwest, honing his live performance skills. Eventually he formed his own band, he has toured with his idol Dwight Yoakam, and even recorded an album with Yoakam’s world-class band after a chance meeting with another legendary artist, Linda Ronstadt.

Although highly successful as a regional act, in 2003, Olsen decided to leave his life on the road and move to Nashville. He had a career that many could only hope for, but he wanted more.

Olsen dedicated himself to perfecting his craft as a songwriter and singer. Along the way, his songs became hits and select album cuts for multiple country stars including Blake Shelton (“I’ll Just Hold On”) and Tim McGraw (“Ghost Town Train”). All the while, he continued to stoke his own dreams of being an artist.

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July 29, 2010 - OLSEN BREAKS OUT ON TO CENTER STAGE

by Cathalena E. Burch / Arizona Daily Star

Troy Olsen sits on a stool in Tucson Electric Park's makeshift green room, fielding a reporter's questions as a photographer clicks away. His manager huddles across the room with a rep from his record label.

Outside on the sprawling practice fields, 8,000 fans restlessly wait for him to take the stage.

"I wouldn't even know how to dream this," the country singer-songwriter says with a smile that's equal parts joy, relief and disbelief.

He finds himself saying that over and over that day, to friends, fans and strangers who congratulate him on the sudden turn his hard-fought country music career has taken in the last nine months.

Last November, Olsen became the first Southern Arizona country singer in a quarter-century to land a major-label recording deal when he signed with EMI Nashville, a Capitol Records imprint.

By summer, his first single was spinning on country radio coast to coast. His debut album is set for release on Oct. 5, and Olsen, 37, is crisscrossing the nation playing small clubs, festivals and honky-tonks to introduce himself.

On this early July day, no introductions are necessary. He will stand before a hometown crowd at the KIIM-FM Freedom Fest. The headliner is Clay Walker, but this is all about Olsen. It is his first Tucson concert in five years. For the audience and Olsen, this is a homecoming celebration.

But it's also one more city, one more day, one more scene unfurling in Olsen's dream.

"This is it. This is what I've been waiting for," he says.

The journey begins

Olsen's parents gave him his first guitar when he was 12. He learned to play by mimicking country artists he heard on the radio - Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens - during branding roundups on his dad's and granddad's cattle ranches in Duncan, a small town near the New Mexico border.

"I can remember when he came out to the ranch, and about the only song he knew was '(Ghost) Riders in the Sky,' " cousin Cole Young recalls. "He was good. He was kind of a natural at it."

"I told him learning guitar, that's something you can do for the rest of your life," says his dad, Ted. "I didn't know he was going to stay up all night long with the neighbor boys. I'd run them out of the bedroom at midnight."

After graduating from Marana High School, he and some buddies from those jam sessions formed a band and hired themselves out for weekend gigs at $50 or $100 a pop. He played golf for Pima Community College and took classes, but college wasn't his thing. So he focused instead on writing songs. He knew that the key to making it was to perform his own songs, not to cover others.

In 1995, when he was 22 years old, he decided to make music his full-time job. Within two years, he had landed the coveted house-band gig at the Maverick, a honky-tonk that had broken in dozens of country singers before him. He stayed on through 1998, building a local reputation for high-energy shows five nights a week.

"In the intermission, he would go down and talk with everybody," recalls Valarie Maldonado, who first caught Olsen at a Maverick show in 1998. "He was so personable and down to earth."

"You don't get too many people (who have) a good voice and have personality," adds former Maverick owner Mo Farhang, who hired Olsen. "He can talk on the stage. The guy's good."

On his nights off, Olsen played gigs in the Phoenix area and in towns across Arizona and New Mexico. He opened for national artists in Tucson and built a respectable career playing at conventions and other corporate gigs.

While his friends were starting families, Olsen was singing and writing.

"I really don't have a choice. This is what I do," says Olsen, whose four-year marriage recently ended in divorce.

"It was tough," he says of the relationship, which started and ended in Nashville. "We didn't have any money. It seemed like everything was on the line at all times, and it was stressful. I wasn't exactly emotionally there for her, because I was too wrapped up in trying to get this career off the ground, really."

Nashville calling

Olsen landed a songwriting deal with Windswept Publishing after fellow Tucsonan Linda Ronstadt heard him in a Tucson studio. He traveled to Nashville for writing sessions and had a few nibbles from artists interested in recording his music, but nothing panned out. So he decided to try his hand at recording an album.

He turned to Jeb Schoonover, a longtime roots music promoter, who released Olsen's debut indie album, "Living in Your World," on his Honky-Tonk Hacienda label. The album's 10 original songs hinted at Olsen's potential as a writer.

"One of the things that impressed me was he knew exactly what he wanted to sound like and exactly how he wanted his music to reflect him," says fellow Tucson singer-songwriter John Coinman, who wrote with Olsen on that album. "We would sit down and he would have an idea, or I would have an idea, and we would make it fit to his musical identity. He wouldn't compromise, which I really liked very much."

"He was really formulating his sound, which he said was a mixture of Dwight Yoakam and BR549," recalls Schoonover, who also managed Olsen at the time. "He was really emulating the kind of modern guys who like the traditional sounds.

"That first record really got a lot of acclaim," Schoonover adds. "We got written up in Country Weekly magazine. No Depression "magazine" also wrote about him. He really had the potential to cross over into the commercial world, and that first album really shows that," Schoonover said.

Buoyed by the excitement, Olsen took the plunge and moved to Nashville in 2002. He figured he would play a few "showcases" - concerts for record-label executives that are more like auditions - and wait for an offer.

None came.

"I was rejected by almost every label in Nashville, some of them three or four times," he says.

Every time, Olsen would retrench and write a few more songs.

Each pitch ended with "I'm sorry."

"There were times it was a drag," Olsen says. "I would take stock: 'What am I doing here?' "

In 2004, he recorded his second CD, titled "Troy Olsen," at Nashville's Blackbird Studios. He knocked on the same doors and got the same heartbreaking responses.

"There's been so many close calls of Troy almost getting signed," says longtime friend and songwriting buddy Teddy Morgan, who met Olsen through Schoonover in Tucson in 2000. He remembers thinking, "Eventually he's going to be signed. It might take awhile, but someone would be a fool not to take a chance on him."

Olsen was not so sure.

"I was so unsatisfied with what I was doing for so long. I focused on what was wrong with it, not what was right with it," he says. "That's not a fun way to live your life, when you're always focused on the negative aspects of what you're doing."

So five years ago, he put his singing career on hold and focused solely on his songwriting. He teamed up with other writers from Nashville's thriving songwriting community and drew deeply from his Western heritage for songs about finding and losing love, and wandering the West of his youth.

His writing got stronger, says his manager and longtime publisher, Rusty Gaston.

"It's just great stuff. It's got a commercial pitch to it, but at the same time it's got a lot of feeling of the Southwest, Tucson and New Mexico," Coinman says. "I think that's really important for him to not lose that identity."

"I finally got good at what I was doing," Olsen said. "And once I started getting command of what I was doing and could steer the songs where I wanted them to go, that's when it started getting dangerous."

The big break

Olsen caught his big-time break in 2008 when Blake Shelton cut his ballad "I'll Just Hold On." The song slowly climbed the chart, reaching No. 6 after nearly 40 weeks.

The royalties - paid whenever a radio station plays the song - let Olsen pay off his credit card debts and his Toyota 4Runner loan, he says.

Then Tim McGraw picked up Olsen's "Ghost Town Train" for his 2009 album, "Southern Voice."

Gaston, his manager, believed the time had come for Olsen to put himself in front of the labels again.

"He shopped record deals before, but the music wasn't right," Gaston says. "The music now is great."

Because of Olsen's songwriting success with the song Shelton recorded, as well as the McGraw coup, it wasn't hard filling the room with record execs last November.

"I had been here long enough - for seven years - and had enough stature that we had every label head in the room, which is nearly impossible to do," he says.

By several accounts, the showcase was awe-inspiring.

"People were like: 'Oh, my gosh! That's the best showcase I've seen - ever.' And we go to those things pretty much two, three times a week," says Trisha McClanahan, who signed on to co-manage Olsen with Gaston.

"He really had a fully entertaining, awesome showcase," says McClanahan, whose previous clients include Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson.

The phone started ringing the next day. The only call Olsen rushed to answer was from Capitol Nashville CEO Mike Dungan, whose successes include breaking out Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban and Luke Bryan. Dungan didn't want any bidding wars with other labels, so he offered Olsen a unique opportunity: be the flagship artist on Capitol's upstart sister label, EMI Nashville, complete with his own marketing team.

There was more: Olsen would have creative control in the studio.

"They're just committed to breaking acts. They know what they're doing," Olsen says. "I could not be luckier, and to put me on my own label and to have my own promo staff and to move this quickly and let me produce the record - all of this stuff has been amazing. I wouldn't have even known to dream it."

Back to that wildest dream

Olsen looks out into the KIIM-FM Freedom Fest audience on that July 3 afternoon.

"It feels so good to be home - I can't tell you," he says above the roar of applause. "I've been on the road 10 weeks straight, all over this damn country, and I can tell you, there's no place like Tucson."

EMI regional rep Ron Bradley stands next to the stage and looks out into the crowd.

"Amazing," he mouths to Gaston. "Next year we're going to headline this thing."

Olsen recognizes dozens of faces in the audience, old friends from school such as Corina Pargas, who had never seen Olsen perform before that night. There's also Jesus Lopez, a 19-year-old from Sahuarita who has been attending Olsen's concerts and following his career since he was 9.

Jeff Schulz, who played golf with Olsen at Pima College, drove down from Scottsdale.

"We kind of had a little bet, he and I, to see if he would make it first in the music business or if I would make it first in golf," says Schulz, who now works construction. "I think he won."

Young, Olsen's cousin, drove in from New Mexico.

"He is kind of big time now, I guess," Young says. "I always thought it would happen - but to see it happen! A lot of people would've given up, I think. But he stuck to it. There were a few times when he thought about coming back to Tucson, where he had a name. But he stuck it out."

Back in the green room, Olsen sits up straight and smiles.

"Just the fact that I got a record deal at this age in a Taylor Swift world just is amazing," he confides with a laugh. "And it makes me proud. It's the music that did it, my songs. I consider myself a songwriter first, and my songs got me this deal.

"You know, this is a game changer. This is the dream of all dreams."

On StarNet: To see more Troy Olsen photos by Star photographers, go to azstarnet.com/gallery

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July 26, 2010 - TROY OLSEN KICKS OFF HIS OWN
“GET RIGHT TONIGHT” CLUB TOUR AUGUST 3

EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist Troy Olsen, once a highly successful touring artist in his native Southwest, is getting back to what he’s known and loved – performing live. Olsen hits the road on August 5 for his own “Get Right Tonight Tour” in advance of the October release of his debut album. The club tour launches in Charleston, SC and will hit over 40 cities before the tour concludes on November 20 in Denver, CO. Tour schedule listed below.

The singer/songwriter got his first guitar at age 12 and after high school began playing in various roadhouse bands throughout the southwest, honing his live performance skills. Roadhouse playing led to bigger and better gigs and his reputation grew.

Eventually he formed his own band, he has toured with his idol Dwight Yoakam, and even recorded an album with Yoakam’s world-class band after a chance meeting with another legendary artist, Linda Ronstadt.

Although highly successful as a regional act, in 2003, Olsen decided to leave his life on the road and move to Nashville. He had a career that many could only hope for, but he wanted more.

Olsen dedicated himself to perfecting his craft as a songwriter and singer. He purchased a studio rig and spent 12 hours a day learning how to perfect both the board and the booth. Along the way, his songs became hits and select album cuts for multiple country stars including Blake Shelton (“I’ll Just Hold On”) and Tim McGraw (“Ghost Town Train”). All the while, he continued to stoke his own dreams of being an artist.

Olsen signed to EMI Records Nashville in early 2009. “Summer Thing,” his debut single, (written by Olsen, Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary) is currently climbing the country singles charts.

GET RIGHT TONIGHT TOUR (Subject to Change):
August 5 Charleston, SC Wind Jammer
August 6 Charlotte, NC Coyote Joe’s
August 7 Greenville, SC Blind Horse
August 12 Bakersfield, CA Crystal Palace
August 19 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s
August 20 Baton Rouge, LA The Varsity
August 21 Duluth, GA Wild Bill’s
August 25 Virginia Beach, VA Jewish Mother
August 26 Hagerstown, MD Cancun Cantina
Sept 9 Jacksonville, FL Mavericks
Sept 10 Tampa, FL Dallas Bull w/ Pat Green
Sept 11 Ocala, FL Urban Cowboy
Sept 15 Detroit, MI Toby Keith’s
Sept 16 Chicago, IL Joe’s
Sept 17 Ft. Wayne, IN Rusty Spur
Sept 18 Kansas City, KS Beaumont
Sept 22 Dallas, TX Glass Cactus
Sept 23 Selma, TX Blue Bonnet Palace
Sept 24 Houston, TX Tumbleweed
Sept 25 Corpus Christi, TX Bayfest
Sept 29 Farmington, NM Gator’s
Sept 30 Safford, AZ Center for the Arts
Oct 1 Tucson, AZ Cactus Moon
Oct 2 Flagstaff, AZ Museum Club
Oct 15 Portland, OR Duke’s
Oct 27 Lexington, KY Bar Lexington
Oct 28 South Bend, IN club tbd
Oct 29 Indianapolis, IN 8 Seconds
Oct 30 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
Nov 4 Ashville, OH Doughboys
Nov 5 Wheeling, WV Generations
Nov 6 Youngstown, OH Dusty Armadillo
Nov 17 Albuquerque, NM club tbd
Nov 18 Salt Lake City, UT club tbd
Nov 19 Cheyenne, WY club tbd
Nov 20 Denver, CO club tbd

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July 6, 2010 - TROY OLSEN’S “SUMMER THING” IS SINGLE OF THE WEEK ON THE iTUNES STORE

“Summer Thing,” the debut single from EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist Troy Olsen is single of the week on the iTunes Store. Music fans can download the single, for free, on iTunes now through Monday, July 12.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/summer-thing-single/id379992223

Olsen, an accomplished singer/songwriter and Arizona native, has written songs for Blake Shelton (“I’ll Just Hold On”) and Tim McGraw (“Ghost Town Train”). His soon-to-be titled debut album, which he produced himself, is expected to be released later this year.

“Summer Thing” (written by Olsen, Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary) is currently climbing the country singles charts.

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June 28, 2010 - EMI Records Nashville’s Troy Olsen’s “Summer Thing” video debuts today on GAC (Great American Country). Fans can vote for the video at GAC’s home page at www.gactv.com.

The video, which premiered earlier this month on AOL’s The Boot, can also be seen on www.cmt.com and on CMT Pure.

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July 19, 2010 - Country Weekly Feature (click to enlarge)

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June 18, 2010 - TROY OLSEN DEBUTS “SUMMER THING” VIDEO ON AOL’S THE BOOT TODAY

EMI Records Nashville’s Troy Olsen debuts his “Summer Thing” video today on AOL’s The Boot. The video, which was shot in Olsen’s homestate of Arizona, features Troy at one of his favorite local spots, Lake Apache.

In addition to picking the spot for his first video, Olsen also handpicked his co-stars which are his real life friends who brought out their boats for the special occasion.

“I had a blast shooting my first video back home with my buddies in Arizona,” said Olsen. “I can’t wait for all my fans to see the video!”

Olsen’s debut single “Summer Thing” (written by Olsen, Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary) is currently climbing the country charts. To check out Troy’s video on AOL’s The Boot click here.

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May 14, 2010 - Label-mates Troy Olsen and Walker Hayes
met up at the Capitol / EMI Records Nashville tent in Tampa, FL for the kickoff of the Country Throwdown tour. Both Olsen and Hayes are featured performers for the first annual multi-stage tour which runs through mid June.

For more information on the Country Throwdown tour check out: www.countrythrowdown.com.

*Pictured L-R: EMI Nashville's Troy Olsen & Capitol Nashville's Walker Hayes.

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April 28, 2010 - TROY OLSEN SWINGS THROUGH THE LONE STAR STATE ON HIS "SUMMER THING" RADIO PROMOTION TOUR

EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist Troy Olsen is no stranger to hard work after earning his own money by the age of 10 working on his family’s ranch in Arizona. He shows no lack of work ethic as he continues on his visits to introduce himself and his debut single “Summer Thing” to radio stations across the country. This past week he made his way from deep South Texas (McAllen) to north Texas (Dallas) and in between (Houston, San Antonio).

“Summer Thing” goes for radio adds on May 3.

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April 22, 2010 - TROY OLSEN PROMOTING DEBUT SINGLE “SUMMER THING” IN HIS NATIVE STOMPING GROUNDS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

There was no rest for EMI Records Nashville’s Troy Olsen after all of the ACM Awards festivities. He continued on the road promoting his upcoming debut single “Summer Thing” at radio in his native stomping grounds of the American southwest including a visit to KRST in Albuquerque, NM.

Olsen’s debut single “Summer Thing” (written by Olsen, Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary) will go for adds at radio on May 3.

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April 12, 2010 - EMI RECORDS NASHVILLE’S TROY OLSEN AND HIS DEBUT SINGLE “SUMMER THING” HIT THE ROAD TO MEET COUNTRY RADIO

EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist, Troy Olsen, hit the road last week to introduce himself and his self-penned debut single “Summer Thing” to country radio stations across the country. The Arizona native went to Charlotte, NC (WSOC and WKKT); Columbia, SC (WCOS); Asheville, NC (WKSF); Knoxville, TN (WIVK).

This week Olsen is on his home turf in the Southwest visiting radio before he heads to Las Vegas to attend the Academy of Country Music Awards.

Olsen’s debut single “Summer Thing” (written by Olsen, Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary) will go for adds at radio on May 3.

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Troy Signs with EMI Nashville

Troy is pictured below with EMI Nashville staff at his contract sigining.