Leon Bridges

Bridges was born Todd Michael Bridges in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 13, 1989.\n', ' Bridges learned to play the guitar by playing simple chords to accompany his lyrics. While working at Del Frisco\'s Grille in Fort Worth, he played countless open-mics until he was signed by Columbia Records in December 2014. It was his song "Lisa Sawyer", about his mother\'s conversion, that first defined his style.\n', ' Bridges began writing and performing 1950s and \'60s-style soul music that was described by Austin 360 as "a transmission straight from the heart." He began to attract followers, and his break into the music industry has been attributed to meeting guitarist Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block of White Denim. It was Bridges\' performance of "Coming Home" that caught the attention of the two. Bridges worked on his first few tracks with Jenkins and Block as producers. They recorded an album with vintage equipment, using local musicians affiliated with White Denim. Bridges released two demo songs on Soundcloud in late 2014. "Coming Home" received airplay from local radio stations including KKXT. It attracted the attention from a number of record labels with Bridges eventually signing with Columbia Records in December 2014.\n', '