On The Row: Tucker Wetmore Builds Fan Base With Infectious Tunes
Tucker Wetmore. Photo: Anna Schaeffer
Rising country artist Tucker Wetmore recently came by the MusicRow office to share his story and a few tunes.
Pictured (L-R): MusicRow’s Liza Anderson, Madison Hahnen and LB Cantrell; Tucker Wetmore; MusicRow’s Sherod Robertson and John Nix Arledge
The Kalama, Washington native grew up playing sports and teaching himself various instruments including piano, guitar, percussion and even trumpet. After breaking his leg while playing college football in Montana, Wetmore moved back home, where his mother urged him to pursue what made him happy: music. In 2020, he came to Nashville to chase a musical career, and Back Block Music’s Rakiyah Marshall quickly scouted him out.
Since then, Wetmore has released two songs, “Wine Into Whiskey” and “Wind Up Missin’ You,” with both tracks hitting the Billboard Hot 100 back to back. The rising star has already seen major success, crossing the 100 million stream threshold, garnering over 100,000 streams a week and signing a global representation deal with WME’s Carrie Murphy and Braeden Rountree.
“When I first moved to town, I didn’t know anyone at all. I thought my best bet was to put my boots on the ground and hit the bars! I was very blessed to meet some of the best people I have ever met in my life,” said Wetmore. “Rakiyah messaged me on Instagram after finding me on TikTok, and up until that point I was posting covers and only had a handful of songs. I am super blessed—God has put me in the right place at the right time and I owe it all to him, truly.”
Tucker Wetmore and MusicRow’s Sherod Robertson
After teasing his upcoming track “What Would You Do,” Wetmore treated the MusicRow office with his viral hit “Wine Into Whiskey,” which he co-wrote with Jacob Hackworth and Justin Ebach. With over 34 million streams on Spotify, Wetmore gave some insight into his breakout tune.
“This one is about the flip-side of a relationship where everyone is blaming each other. It’s the guy doing a bit of self reflection,” explained Wetmore. “I grew up with four sisters and seeing what they went through in relationships growing up… I thought it would be cool to flip it and write from the perspective of someone that’s thinking, ‘Maybe I am the bad guy.’”
Before performing his final track, “Wind Up Missin’ You,” Wetmore reminisced about his first outing in Nashville, a packed out show at Live Oak, where his burgeoning fan base knew all the words to the infectious tunes they’d heard on TikTok.
Wetmore is currently on the road with shows alongside various artists including Kameron Marlowe, Riley Green, Billy Currington, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Chris Young, Dustin Lynch, Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell and more. He will round out the summer with a performance in Smithton, Pennsylvania on Sept. 28.
