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Blaine Larsen
Born	February 20, 1986 (1986-02-20) (age 23)[1]
Origin	Tacoma, Washington, USA[1]
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	2004-present
Labels	Giantslayer, BNA, Treehouse
Associated acts	Rory Lee Feek, Tim Johnson
Website	http://www.blainelarsen.com

Blaine Larsen (born February 20, 1986 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American country music artist. At age fifteen, he recorded his debut album In My High School on Giantslayer Records, an independent record label. The album was re-issued in 2005 as Off to Join the World by BNA Records. Blaine's second album, Rockin' You Tonight, was issued in June 2006, also on BNA. Larsen's two albums for that label have produced five chart singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, of which the highest-peaking was "How Do You Get That Lonely" at #18. Larsen will release his third full album, Not Too Bad, in 2010 via the Treehouse label.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 2.3 Other charted songs 3 Music videos 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Blaine Larsen was born February 20, 1986 in Tacoma, Washington but raised in Buckley, WA. When he was five years old, his parents divorced; he, his mother, and his sister then moved to Buckley, Washington.^[1] Larsen's stepfather, a fan of country music, introduced him to the genre. By ten, Larsen had begun singing along to country karaoke tapes, and by age thirteen he learned to play guitar as well.^[1]

When Larsen was a junior in high school, he and his family moved again, to Nashville, Tennessee. There, Larsen recorded a demo CD composed mainly of cover songs. This CD also included a song that he had co-written with his math teacher.^[1] Nashville songwriters Rory Lee Feek and Tim Johnson discovered Larsen's demo CD. They then flew him back to Washington again to hold a recording session with him, and by 2004, his debut album In My High School was released on Feek and Johnson's label, Giantslayer Records.^[1] The album's lead-off single, which was the title track, reached #60 on the country charts that year.

After "In My High School" began receiving airplay, Larsen was signed to BNA Records, a label based in Nashville, on the recommendation of Sandy Conklin, an employee of the label's distribution office in Seattle. The label then added a bonus track to In My High School, re-releasing the album in early 2005 as Off to Join the World.^[1] BNA also released two more singles from it: "How Do You Get That Lonely", which peaked at #18. It was followed by "The Best Man", which Larsen wrote about his stepfather, that reached #36.

In 2006, Larsen released his second studio album, also a joint effort between BNA and Giantslayer. Entitled Rockin' You Tonight, this album produced two more chart singles for Larsen: the #24 "I Don't Know What She Said" and the #42 "Spoken Like a Man". The former was co-written by Warner Bros. Records artist Lane Turner. Rockin' You Tonight also included covers of Mac Davis "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" and Mark Chesnutt's "I'm in Love with a Married Woman", as well as a duet with Gretchen Wilson entitled "Lips of a Bottle".

After charting with a cover of "Away in a Manger", Larsen exited BNA in 2008, and signed to Treehouse Records, a label founded by his management company, in June 2009.^[2] His next album, Not Too Bad, will be released in 2010. Its lead-off single, "It Did," made its chart debut in August 2009. Larsen also co-wrote the track "I Gotta Get to You" on George Strait's 2009 album Twang.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions
		US Country	US
2004	In My High School Release: June 1, 2004 Label: Giantslayer Records Format: CD	—	—
2005	Off to Join the World Release: January 25, 2005 Label: BNA Records Format: CD Re-issue of In My High School	14	79
2006	Rockin' You Tonight Release: June 13, 2006 Label: BNA Records Format: CD	23	93
2010	Not Too Bad Release: 2010 Label: Treehouse Records Format: CD	TBD

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
		US Country	US	CAN Country
2004	"In My High School"	60	—	—	In My High School
2005	"How Do You Get That Lonely"	18	91	25	Off to Join the World
	"The Best Man"	36	—	—
2006	"I Don't Know What She Said"	24	—	—	Rockin' You Tonight
	"Spoken Like a Man"	42	—	—
2009	"It Did"	50	—	—	Not Too Bad

[edit] Other charted songs

Year	Title	Chart Positions	Album
		US Country
2008	"Away in a Manger"	53	Hear Something Country Christmas

[edit] Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2004	"In My High School"[3]
	"How Do You Get That Lonely" (1st version)[4]
2005	"How Do You Get That Lonely" (2nd version)[5]	Deaton-Flanigen Productions
2006	"The Best Man"[6]
2009	"It Did"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• MySpace Site
• iLike Site