Full name – Spencer Drew Hatcher
Birthdate – 05/07/1997
Hometown – Broadway, Virginia
Current city – Nashville, Tennessee
Musical influences – Elvis Presley, Keith Whitley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr.
Label – QHMG/Stone Country Records

Current Single – “When She Calls Me Cowboy” (as of date of article: 12/14/2025)

As we are about to kick off 2026, let us introduce you to an artist that we’re really excited about: Spencer Hatcher. Hatcher had a huge 2025 and is slated for an even bigger year this year. We chatted with the singer about the trajectory of his career so far, his upbringing, and everything in between. Keep reading to learn more.

“I grew up on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains and naturally in that area there is a tremendous amount of bluegrass and older style traditional country,” shared the singer. “That’s what I grew up for as long as I could possibly remember that’s what I listened to, it’s what I loved, and it’s a lot of who I am.”

As more of a traditionalist, Hatcher always felt connected to bluegrass and country music. “I started singing when I was four years old in churches, and there were choirs in schools and whatnot, so I was involved in that, and when I was eight years old I picked up my first instrument which was a mandolin,” shared the rising artist.

While he honed his skilled at the mandolin, he really wanted to be a banjo player, so at twelve years old, he finally picked up the instrument. “That was kind of the moment I knew that music was my thing, and that I loved it, and I just wanted to keep on pursuing it as hard as I possibly could, so I played the banjo and have ever since, but I started going to jam sessions and watching videos and talking to people, whatever I could do to learn whatever I could to learn about the banjos. I would spend my Friday nights at a jam session, where the average age was probably 70 or 75 years old, but that’s what I did at a very early age.”

From an early age, Hatcher found inspiration in the greats like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., George Jones, and Waylon Jennings, calling all these guys his heroes.

The Turning Point:

Armed with a true love for country music, Hatcher, his brother, and his dad started a family band, when the singer was just fifteen years old. “I started playing a couple of shows on my own. I was probably around thirteen or fourteen years old, and then when I was fifteen, my younger brother Conner decided to pick up the base, and with my dad playing the guitar, Conner playing base, and me playing the banjo, we thought let’s start a family band, and that’s when we were kind of touring you could say. We were going all over the place just playing music as much as we could.”

Eventually the family band ended, when Hatcher went off to college, where he majored in business management and minored in bluegrass and country music. “During my time in college, I was in four different bands, and one of which was a professional bluegrass band. We toured, went all over, we had a record deal, and I learned a lot of about the industry.”

When he officially graduated college at the end of 2019, Hatcher found himself dreaming of a career in country music. “So I moved back home and did the only thing I thought I could do. I turned on a camera and sang a song, and it only took me five of those for one to go viral and that’s when the phone started ringing, and I started playing country shows. We worked our way up to playing over a 150 shows a year in both 2023 and 2024, and then it gained the attention of Nashville, and I signed with one of the biggest and best labels in Nashville, and now I’m down here releasing some real country music and living the dream literally.”

Today:

Flash forward to today, Hatcher is taking the country music world by storm. His radio single, “When She Calls Me Cowboy” has already proven to be a hit for the singer, as it continues to make its way up the country radio charts. Additionally, the singer’s debut EP, Honky Tonk Hideaway showcased his pure talent.

“After all this past year of recording and songwriting, it’s finally coming together for this six song EP that we just released. It’s an introduction to Spencer Hatcher in the country music industry and what he’s all about. It’s real country music. It’s stuff that people can relate to. The EP is doing phenomenal on streaming platforms,” he shared, adding, “The first time we all heard that, “When She Calls Me Cowboy,” it was a pitch to us from some amazing Nashville writers, and we basically head it and thought it was amazing. It was just a demo, and we said, imagine if we do what we do to it and really make it our own, and once we did that, it was undeniable that it was a very special song. It was different than everything else, and one that everybody in their own way can relate to.”

It is undeniable that Hatcher will have an even bigger 2026. The singer seems poised for greatness, as he garners more and more fans from releasing music, sharing on social media, and playing shows. He promises that there’s a lot in store for this year for fans to look forward to.

“I’ve got a little bit of everything coming especially for next year. […] We’re really going to be full-throttled the whole time between radio and writing my own original music, we have my full-length album coming out, which I’m very expected about. Hopefully, a bunch more live shows and potentially a tour.”

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