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From a job at a meat processing plant to country music stardom, Bailey Zimmerman is figuring it out
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Recording artist Bailey Zimmerman says he hopes fans are "getting to know him" with his latest record "Same Night Different Rodeo" - hoping his music makes people feel less alone. - photo by Aug. 4
NEW YORK (AP) — His is a Cinderella story. Before the big tours and country music award nominations, Bailey Zimmerman was growing up in the small town of Louisville, Illinois, working at the local meat processing plant and laying gas pipeline. Then, in 2020, he decided to upload videos of himself singing to social media — Black Stone Cherry's “Stay,” and, later, an original.