“I grew up less than a mile from folks that lived in shacks with dirt floors. I certainly know that there are needs in this country. Not too far from your house, if you look around, people need to be helped.”

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Christopher Alvin Stapleton is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is known for his work in country music and for a career that began after he left engineering studies at Vanderbilt University to pursue music in Nashville. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Nashville in 1996 and later signed with Sea Gayle Music as a writer and publisher. His early career was shaped by songwriting as well as performing, and his name is closely associated with modern American country music.