Background
Smith was born in Dallas, Texas.
Smith was born in Dallas, Texas.
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University.
He has released seven studio albums, one live album, and one European Parliament. At the age of fourteen, he became interested in music and decided to pursue it as a hobby, teaching himself guitar. At age nineteen, Smith moved from Texas to Nashville, Tennessee after signing a songwriting contract with Electric and Music Industries Music Publishing. Granger Smith was signed to a contract at the age of nineteen in Nashville, Tennessee.
He has performed three times at the White House, and in 2008 he travelled to perform for soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait.
His 2013 album Dirt Road Driveway peaked at 15 on United States country charts and number 11 on United States indie charts. Smith"s European Parliament 4x4 was co-produced by Granger and Frank Rogers.
The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at Number. 6, and reached Number. 51 on Billboard 200.
The lead single from the album was "Backroad Song", which sold over 32,000 downloads in its first week of release, entering the iTunes Country Singles chart at Number Two, the iTunes Canada Country Chart at number one and the Billboard Country Digital Sales Chart at number four.
On August 12, 2015, Granger announced he had signed with Broken Bow Records imprint Wheelhouse Records, which also assumed promotion of "Backroad Song". Some of Smith"s recordings make use of an alter ego named Earl Dibbles Junior.