Old Dominion Band Biography, Members, EP, Album, Songs, Tours

Old Dominion Band Biography

Old Dominion Band is an American five-member country music band formed in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band consists of Matthew Ramsey (lead vocals), Trevor Rosen (guitar, keyboards), Whit Sellers (drums), Geoff Sprung (bass guitar), and Brad Tursi (guitar). Their music is a contemporary country with rock instrumentation and has pop and hip hop overtones.

The band has released two full-length albums and two EPs. They released their self-titled EP in 2014, followed in the next year by their debut studio album, Meat and Candy on RCA Records Nashville, which includes the singles “Break Up with Him”, “Snapback”, and “Song for Another Time”.

Their second album Happy Endings was released in 2017, which includes the singles “No Such Thing as a Broken Heart” and “Written in the Sand”. In addition to their own material, Ramsey, Rosen, and Tursi have written several hit singles for other contemporary country music artists.

Old Dominion Band Members

• Matthew Ramsey

Matthew Ramsey is lead vocals for the group. The country music singer and songwriter grew up in Buchanan, Virginia, and currently lives in Nashville with his wife and two daughters.

Ramsey first made his way to Nashville in 2000 to pursue a career as a songwriter, and that’s when we met Trevor Rosen– the duo is considered the first two members of Old Dominion.

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He has penned several extremely successful songs, like The Band Perry’s “Chainsaw”, Craig Morgan’s “Waking Up Lovin’ You”, Dierks Bentley’s “Say You Do”, and Kenny Chesney’s “Save It For a Rainy Day”.

• Trevor Rosen

Trevor Rosen grew up in Woodhaven, Michigan, and first started learning guitar at age 16. He moved to Nashville in 2003 to pursue a career in songwriting, which is when he met his future bandmate, Matthew Ramsey.

In 2013, Rosen signed with SMACK town Music and Wrensong/Reynsong Publishing. He has written songs for a number of celebrated musicians over the years, including “Pioneer” for The Band Perry, “Fuse” for Keith Urban, “Riser” for Dierks Bentley, “Bringing Back the Sunshine” for Blake Shelton, and “Kill the Lights” for Luke Bryan.

• Whit Sellers

Whit Sellers plays the drums for Old Dominion. He met Ramsey in middle school around Roanke, and Sellers became friends with Tursi and Sprung at James Madison University.

The group separately made their way to Nashville to pursue music careers, but in a matter of years, the fates brought them together to form Old Dominion. According to CMT, Tursi, Sprung, Rose, and Sellers all worked as Ramseys backing band multiple times.

• Geoff Sprung

In an interview with CMT about how the band was formed, Sprung once said, “It was kind of this organic thing. The band was doing as much as we could while pursuing other stuff and it hit a point where things got busy enough that we said, ‘We have to give this an honest go.’”

The musicians finally came up with the name Old Dominion in 2007. Sprung says, “It was a struggle to come up with a name that reflected our Virginia ties. We tried state birds, state flowers, and every reference. We assumed there was already a band called Old Dominion, but when we Googled it, all we got was a vet service.” Geoff is the bassist for the group.

• Brad Tursi

Brad Tursi is a Connecticut Native but grew up around country music as a kid. He once told 30 Festival, “When I was younger I would always make fun of my Dad for listening to country music, and now I am here writing it. Whoever knew he was so cool. There’s gotta be a song in there somewhere”.

The songwriter and musician wrote songs for Kenny Chesney, Maddie & Tae, Frankie Ballard, Swon Brothers, Josh Turner, and Joey Hyde.

Tursi played soccer as a high school student in Westport, Connecticut, and in 2015, his song, “A Guy Walks Into a Bar”, was certified gold by the Record Industry Association of America.

Old Dominion Band Music career

The band was initially formed to showcase the songs that its individual band members had written. The Members have writing credits on many songs recorded by other artists.

Their song “Dirt on a Road” was their first song as a band that received significant airplay, and their single “Shut Me Up” further gained them some attention. The band had opened for Alabama, Jake Owen and Chase Rice.

Old Dominion EP

On October 7, 2014, the band released their self-titled EP, produced by Shane McAnally. The EP debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 33 with 1,000 copies sold. The lead single from the EP was “Shut Me Up”, the music video features American country music singer and songwriter Whitney Duncan.

A song from the EP “Break Up with Him” first received exposure on the satellite Sirius XM Radio’s “The Highway” channel in late 2014 which boosted its popularity, and the song was then released as the second single to radio on January 20, 2015. The song would become their first hit song.

They signed a record deal with RCA Nashville in late February 2015. The band also opened for Kenny Chesney on his Big Revival Tour. In September, they announced that their debut studio album, titled Meat and Candy, would be released on November 6, 2015.

Old Dominion Meat and Candy

Meat and Candy is the debut studio album by American country music group Old Dominion. It was released on November 6, 2015, via RCA Records Nashville. The album includes the single “Break Up with Him”, which has charted No. 1 on Country Airplay.

The album’s second single, “Snapback” released to country radio on January 11, 2016. The album’s third single, “Song for Another Time” released to country radio on June 20, 2016.

Tracklisting