Career
A native of Alabama, Dennis previously held a job installing car windshields before he took to singing in bars. In 1995, he signed to Mercury Nashville Records, releasing a self-titled debut album, and charting three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. He also toured with Alan Jackson that same year.
Dennis"s debut album was produced by Keith Stegall, who has also produced for Jackson, and was released on March 7, 1995 to mostly favorable reviews.
New Country magazine critic Chris Dickinson gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, calling him "as honestly neo-trad as they come", although he said that the tracks "This Hat Ain"t Number Acting" and "Bubbaland" were "dime-a-gross." United States of America Today also gave a favorable review, comparing Dennis" vocals to those of Keith Whitley, but criticizing "This Hat Ain"t Number Acting" as a "trite" song.
