Jimmie Allen

Allen was born in Milton, Delaware, but moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2007. During most of his first few years in Nashville, he experienced poverty and often lived out of his car. Allen auditioned for America\'s Got Talent, but did not make it past the preliminary auditions.[citation needed] He also auditioned for the tenth season of American Idol, but was cut before the live voting rounds. While on American Idol, he performed with Colton Dixon during one of the group rounds and befriended Scotty McCreery, who eventually won the competition that year. Allen and McCreery later reconnected and toured together after the release of Allen\'s debut album.\n', '

Allen signed a publishing deal with Wide Open Music, a songwriting imprint formed by singer-songwriter Ash Bowers, in 2016. After doing a talent showcase for representatives of Broken Bow Records in early 2017, he was signed to that…