Multi-talented country music singer/songwriter Steve Wariner has accomplished much since making his way to Nashville from his native Indiana as a teenager when the legendary Dottie West hired him to play bass guitar in her road band. He has achieved 14 No. 1 hits with songs such as "Holes in the Floor of Heaven," “The Weekend,” “Life’s Highway,” “I Got Dreams,” and more. A member of the Grand Ole Opry, Wariner has won four Grammy Awards, four CMA Awards, one ACM Award, and has a star on the Music City Walk of Fame. Several entertainers have earned major hits with Wariner-penned tunes, including Garth Brooks (“Longneck Bottle”), Keith Urban (“Where the Blacktop Ends”), Bryan White (“One Small Miracle”), and Clint Black (“Nothin’ But the Taillights”).
Growing up in an artistic, inventive family gave Wariner an early start in expressing his creativity. “My father and brothers use to draw, doodle and dabble in water colors. I remember trying to draw at a very young age and always loved it,” Wariner said. “My father was also a talented musician and singer, so I was inspired by him all the way around.” Wariner adds that he had a “fabulous” high school art teacher named Gordon Morrison, “who arranged for me to have back-to-back art classes for four years, forgoing study hall. I also worked for him sometimes during the summer months. He was a brilliant teacher and great friend. Over the years, I have continued to study art and develop my own style.”
Growing up in an artistic, inventive family gave Wariner an early start in expressing his creativity. “My father and brothers use to draw, doodle and dabble in water colors. I remember trying to draw at a very young age and always loved it,” Wariner said. “My father was also a talented musician and singer, so I was inspired by him all the way around.” Wariner adds that he had a “fabulous” high school art teacher named Gordon Morrison, “who arranged for me to have back-to-back art classes for four years, forgoing study hall. I also worked for him sometimes during the summer months. He was a brilliant teacher and great friend. Over the years, I have continued to study art and develop my own style.”
