Keith Gattis

Keith Gattis
Born	(1970-05-26) May 26, 1970
Origin	Georgetown, Texas, USA
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Musician Artist Songwriter Producer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1996–present
Labels	RCA Smith Music Group
Associated acts	Kenny Chesney George Strait Dwight Yoakam

Keith Gattis (born May 26, 1970 in Georgetown, Texas) is an American country music artist, songwriter, guiatrist and producer. Gattis has released two studio albums and has charted one single while signed to RCA on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart: "Little Drops of My Heart". In 2002 Gattis became Dwight Yoakam's band leader and lead electric guitar player and is credited on Yoakam's Blame The Vain. In 2005, Gattis released his critically acclaimed record Big City Blues. Gattis has collaborated on records with George Jones, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Randy Houser, Charlie Robison, Gary Allan, Ashley Monroe, Allison Moorer, Waylon Payne, Miranda Lambert, Sara Evans, Dwight Yoakam, Brandy Clark, Randy Rogers Band, Randy Travis, Eli Young Band and more.

Kenny Chesney recorded two of Gattis' songs for his 2012 album Welcome to the Fishbowl. One of these, El Cerrito Place,previously on Gattis' Big City Blues record, was released by Chesney and charted as a Billboard top 20 single. El Cerrito Place has also been recorded by Charlie Robinson featuring Natalie Maines. Gattis co-wrote Chesney's 2013 single When I See This Bar from the album Life on a Rock, and George Strait's 2013 single I Got a Car. Gattis has had numerous film and television placements including songs in The Jacket, Sicario, and Nashville.

Gattis is currently featured on George Strait's latest album Cold Beer Conversation where he has four writing credits. He is writing and recording the new Gattis record to be released this year.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Keith Gattis	Release date: April 30, 1996 Label: RCA Records
Big City Blues	Release date: May 10, 2005 Label: Smith Music Group

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country	CAN Country
1996	"Little Drops of My Heart"	53	63	Keith Gattis
	"Real Deal"	—	83
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1996	"Little Drops of My Heart"
	"Real Deal"	Thom Oliphant

List of singles written by Keith Gattis

Year	Single	Artist	Peak positions	Album
			US Country Airplay
2004	"El Cerrito Place"	Charlie Robison	—	Good Times
2009	"Reconsider"		—	Beautiful Day
	"Down Again"		—
2012	"El Cerrito Place"	Kenny Chesney	10	Welcome to the Fishbowl
2013	"When I See This Bar"		14	Life on a Rock
	"I Got a Car"	George Strait	17	Love Is Everything
2015	"Let It Go"		46	Cold Beer Conversation
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

External links

• allmusic ((( Keith Gattis > Overview )))