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Rowdy Shea of The Voice Season 26

The Voice kicked off Monday (Sept. 23) with the coaching quartet of Gwen Stefani, Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg and Reba McEntire.

Here’s more about Rowdy:

* He’s a real-life cowboy by day, “chasin’ music by night,” according to the description on his YouTube channel. And that would be country music, if you’re wondering.

* His interest in horses and riding horses came naturally. He was named after the Clint Eastwood character “Rowdy” from the TV series “Rawhide.”

* He grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky and later moved to Texas and Oklahoma pursuing his interest in horses and training horses.

* Along the way, he fell in love with the Texas Honky Tonk music scene, according to his bio on Red River Nomad.

* And his Voice bio says his mother suggested he give music a try when he started to get burned out training horses around the clock.

* He wound up landing a ranch job with a mentor / friend named Bradley Boyd who encouraged him to pursue music with the same passion he’d put into training horses.

* As a result, he started performing gigs and participating in songwriting sessions in Nashville.

* Rowdy doesn’t appear to have music on streaming sites yet, but he’s preparing to, with a handful of originals on his website and his Soundcloud page.

* One of those is a song called “Make America Cowboy Again,” written with Pete Sallis and Trent Willmon. Check it out below. He also has a song called “Faster Horses” that appears to have been released at some point.

* It’s been a big year for Rowdy. He married his girlfriend of three years, Jaci, over the summer.

Rowdy on social media:
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