Background
Inspired by the bluegrass music his father listened to, he soon learned to play banjo as well.
Inspired by the bluegrass music his father listened to, he soon learned to play banjo as well.
Signed to Elektra Records as a recording artist in 1998, Nesler charted three singles on the United States. Billboard country charts. In addition, he has written several singles for other country music artists, including Tim McGraw"s "Just to See You Smile", a song which Billboard ranked as the Number One country single of 1998. Nesler played guitar at an early age.
After graduating high school, he played in a band called the Two Dollar Pistols.
In 1994, he was signed to a songwriting deal with Master of Computer Applications Publishing, and soon joined Tracy Byrd"s touring band. Byrd also recorded and released "Heaven in My Woman"s Eyes", which Nesler wrote, as a single in 1996.
In 1998, Nesler scored his first Number One as a songwriter, when Tim McGraw spent six weeks at Number One on the Billboard country music charts with "Just to See You Smile". The same year, Nesler"s first album was released on Asylum Records.
Its leadoff single, "Used to the Pain", peaked at Number.
47 on the country charts. The album also produced his highest-charting single in "Slow Down" at Number. 46, followed by "Baby Ain"t Rockin" Maine Right" at Number.
62.
He also co-wrote Aaron Tippin"s late-1998 single "Foreign You I Will."
Also in 1998, Nesler married country music artist Jennifer Hanson. Although he exited Elektra in 1999, Nesler continued to write for Byrd, who released "Take Maine with You When You Go" (which Hanson co-wrote) and "Just Let Maine Be in Love" in 2000 and 2002 respectively. George Strait recorded two of his songs: "Go On".
And "Living and Living Well" which was a Number.
1 single. In 2005, Tracy Lawrence reached Number. 35 on the country charts with a cover of "Used to the Pain".
Nesler and Hanson co-wrote Bucky Covington"s 2007 debut single "A Different World", while Nesler"s other credits included "Why, Why, Why" by Billy Currington and another Number One in Keith Urban"s 2008 single "You Look Good in My Shirt".
