Also known as Matt Ramsey Role Musical Artist Genres Country | Instruments Vocals, guitar, Music group Old Dominion Name Matthew Ramsey | |
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Associated acts Old Dominion, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Blake Shelton Similar People Old Dominion, Shane McAnally, Matt Jenkins, Josh Osborne, Maddie Marlow | ||
Occupation(s) songwriter, performer | ||
Matthew Ramsey (born October 21, 1977) is an American country music songwriter and the lead vocalist of the American country music band Old Dominion with several hit songs on country radio to his credit.
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Early life
Matthew Ramsey grew up in Buchanan, VA. He learned to play the drums at a young age before picking up the guitar at age 14. He received a degree in Illustration from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Personal life
Matt resides in Nashville with his wife and two daughters.
Career
Matthew moved to Nashville in 2000 to pursue a career in songwriting, where he met Trevor Rosen and the two became members of the group Old Dominion. Ramsey has had several hit songs including The Band Perry's "Chainsaw", Craig Morgan's "Wake Up Lovin' You", Dierks Bentley's "Say You Do", Kenny Chesney's "Save It for a Rainy Day", as well as songs by Sam Hunt and Luke Bryan. The band released its debut studio album, Meat and Candy that included the number one singles "Break Up With Him" and "Song For Another Time" and top five single "Snapback", on November 6, 2015. Ramsey is currently enjoying the success of Old Dominion's first single, "No Such Thing as a Broken Heart", off their upcoming sophomore album Happy Endings.
