Rory Lee Feek
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Rory Feek being interviewed
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| Born |
April 25, 1965 Atchison, Kansas, U.S. |
| Residence | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active |
1996-present (as a songwriter) 2008-2016 (as a singer) |
| Home town | Atchison, Kansas, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Joey Feek (m. June 15, 2002 – her death, March 4, 2016) |
| Children | 3 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Country |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Labels | Sugar Hill/Vanguard (in Joey + Rory) |
| Associated acts | Joey + Rory |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Marine Corps
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| Years of service | 8 years |
1996-present (as a songwriter)
Rory Lee Feek (born April 25, 1965) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In his career, he has written singles for Clay Walker, Blake Shelton, Tracy Byrd and other artists. He and his wife, Joey Martin Feek, formed the duo Joey + Rory and was placed third on the first season of the CMT talent show Can You Duet. He also established Giantslayer Records for launching of new independent artists.
Rory Lee Feek was born and raised in Atchison, Kansas. In his blog, thislifeIlive, he gives his birth year as 1965, despite numerous other sources that give it as 1966. In 2002, he married Joey Martin Feek, with whom he started the duo Joey + Rory. They have one daughter, Indiana Boon (born February 17, 2014), who was born with Down Syndrome. Feek also has two older daughters, Heidi (born 1986) and Hopie (born 1988), from a previous marriage. Joey died of metastatic cervical cancer on March 4, 2016.
Inspired by Don Williams, Merle Haggard and other artists, Feek began playing guitar at age fifteen. He later served two tours of duty in the United States Marine Corps after high school, before moving to Dallas, Texas, where he played in nightclubs. Feek moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1995 after being encouraged to by Nashville entertainment attorney Rod Phelps, and signed to a publishing contract. One of his first single releases as a songwriter was Collin Raye's "Someone You Used to Know", a Top Five country hit in 1999. A year later, Clay Walker reached Top Five as well with "The Chain of Love", another song that Feek co-wrote.
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