Reviver Records recording artist Michael Tyler is a self-taught singer-songwriter/musician since the age of eight. His latest single, "Crazy Last Night," was recently selected as one of Billboard’s Country Songs of the Summer Picks. Tyler, already a No. 1 songwriter, recently co-penned Dierks Bentley's "Somewhere on a Beach."

Hailing from Thayer, Missouri, known as a railroad town, it’s ironic that he is the descendant of the late, great Jimmie Rodgers, known as "The Father of Country Music," who learned his craft around the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad.

At the age of 13, over a Myspace meeting, Tyler met award-winning producer Michael Knox (Jason Aldean/Thomas Rhett/Kelly Clarkson/Trace Adkins). After a few years of sending songs and ideas back and forth, Tyler came to Nashville, Tenn. to play a show at Tootsies Orchid Lounge for their first face-to-face meeting. At that time, Knox was hired by peermusic Nashville to help restructure the creative department. After watching Tyler play a few shows, Knox felt it was time for Tyler to make the move to Nashville as a peermusic songwriter.

In his short time at peermusic, Tyler has already penned a Jason Aldean cut (“Laid Back”) on the platinum-selling record Old Boots New Dirt, two songs on the LOCASH album “The Fighters” (“Shipwrecked” & “Ain’t Startin Tonight”) and the two-week No. 1 single “Somewhere On A Beach” by Dierks Bentley. The future has just started for this young singer/songwriter who is on the road touring all over the nation with his energetic live show. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.