associated_acts years_active label article_title background instrument birth_date genre origin name occupation
sixwire 1993-present rca andy childs
 solo_singer vocals , guitar , piano 07 december 1962 country memphis , tennessee , usa andy childs singer
andy childs

andy childs -lrb- born december 7 , 1962 in memphis , tennessee -rrb- is an american country music singer-songwriter .
in 1993 , childs released one studio album for rca , which produced three singles on the `` billboard '' hot country singles & tracks chart .
his highest charting single , `` simple life , '' peaked at no. 61 in 1994 .
childs has been a member of the country quintet sixwire since its foundation in 2002 .
sixwire recorded one studio album for warner bros. .
records and charted two more singles on the country charts .
sixwire was featured as a finalist on american idol 's the next great american band which aired on fox in 2007 .
the band placed second out of the twelve finalists .
sixwire now serves as house band on cmt 's next superstar .
as a songwriter , childs penned more than half of the songs on sixwire 's warner brothers album , and has had songs recorded by country artists chris cagle , george canyon and others .
