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American singer-songwriter

Rory Lee Feek (born April 25, ) is an American country music singer and songwriter.

In his career, he has written singles for Clay Walker, Blake Shelton, Tracy Byrd and other artists. He and his wife, Joey Feek, formed the duo Joey + Rory and was placed third on the first season of the CMT talent show Can You Duet. He also established Giantslayer Records for launching of new independent artists.

Personal life

Rory Lee Feek was born and raised in Atchison, Kansas.

In his blog, ,^[2] he gives his birth year as Feek married Tamara Gilmer on August 3, , and they divorced March 25, In , he married Joey Feek, with whom he started the duo Joey + Rory. They have one daughter, Indiana Boone (born February 17, ), who was born with Down syndrome. Feek also has two older daughters, Heidi Feek (born ) and Hopie Feek (born ),^[3] from his previous marriage.

Joey died of metastatic cervical cancer on March 4, ^[4]

Feek has a friendship^[5] and working relationship with Joel F. Salatin with whom he has collaborated in several performances promoting sustainable farming. Feek hosted a series of discussions on sustainable farming in ^[6] and again in in an event billed as "Songs, Stories & Sustainability with Joel Salatin and Rory Feek" ^[7] at the Music Ranch Montana.

Rory feek - wikipedia: Rory Lee Feek (born April 25, ) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In his career, he has written singles for Clay Walker, Blake Shelton, Tracy Byrd and other artists. He and his wife, Joey Feek, formed the duo Joey + Rory and was placed third on the first season of the CMT talent show Can You Duet. He also established.

On Feek's property outside of Nashville, he has a farm, a concert hall and school house.^[8]

Eight years following the death of Joey, Feek married Rebecca on July 14, in Greycliff, Montana.^[9]

Career

Inspired by Don Williams, Merle Haggard, and other artists, Feek began playing guitar at age He later served two tours of duty in the United States Marine Corps after high school, before moving to Dallas, Texas, where he played in nightclubs.

Feek moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in after being encouraged by Nashville entertainment attorney Rod Phelps, and signed to a publishing contract. One of his first single releases as a songwriter was Collin Raye's "Someone You Used to Know," a Top Five country hit in A year later, Clay Walker reached Top Five as well with "The Chain of Love," another song that Feek co-wrote.^[10]

Feek continued to write for other artists in the s, including album tracks for Mark Wills, Kenny Chesney, Terri Clark, Randy Travis, and Lorrie Morgan, as well as Tracy Byrd's single "The Truth About Men"^[10] In , Feek achieved his first Number One as a songwriter when Blake Shelton topped the country charts with "Some Beach," which he co-wrote with Paul Overstreet.^[11] Also in , Feek founded the Giantslayer Records label, on which Blaine Larsen recorded two studio albums in association with BNA Records.

In , Feek and his wife Joey founded a duo called Joey + Rory. They came in third place on the CMT talent show Can You Duet, and later that year signed to a recording contract with Vanguard Records.^[12] Joey + Rory released their debut single "Cheater, Cheater" that year, and peaked at No.&#;30 on the country singles charts with it.

That same year, Jimmy Wayne charted on the country charts with "I Will," another Feek co-write.

Rory’s first solo album "Gentle Man" was released on June 18, ^[13] It is the first album recorded since losing his wife and country music collaborator Joey to cancer in The album includes Feek and Jamie Teachenor's co-written single “Met Him in a Motel Room” with vocals by Trisha Yearwood.^[14][15] Yearwood previously recorded the song for her album, "PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit."^[16] The album also includes a cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin.’”^[13]

As a filmmaker and storyteller, Feek wrote, shot much of, and edited his docu-series, This Life I Live,^[17] which premiered on RFD-TV in March Feek created the singer-songwriter show "Muletown In the Round,"^[18] the educational series, "The One Room Schoolhouse,"^[19] and others with Red King Productions.^[20] He also made the feature-length film Finding Josephine (),^[21] the full-length documentary To Joey, With Love (),^[22] music videos for the album "Gentle Man," and dozens of music videos over his career as a musician and songwriter.^[23]

As an author, Feek has written two memoirs and several children's books.

His memoir, "This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever" (HarperCollins) hit top book lists including the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today.^[24] Additional books include "Once Upon a Farm" (HarperCollins),^[25] "The Cow Said Neigh!" (HarperCollins),^[26] "The Day God Made You" (HarperCollins),^[27] and "The Little Rooster" (Milk Barn Kids).^[28]

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