Uncle Kracker

Uncle Kracker is an American rock musician known whose singles include "Follow Me", "Smile", and "Drift Away".

Double Wide was Uncle Kracker's first solo album that was released in June 2000. It peaked at Number 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart and is his most successful and highest-selling album. The first single from the album was "Follow Me", which peaked at Number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2001. His second single was "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah".

His follow-up album, No Stranger to Shame, was released in August 2002 and reached #43 on the Billboard albums chart. A cover version of Dobie Gray's 1973 Top 5 hit, "Drift Away", was released and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it set a record for most weeks, 28, at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Other singles released from No Stranger to Shame include "In A Little While" and "Memphis Soul Song". The album was certified gold by the RIAA within a year of its release. Uncle Kracker would appear on Kenny Chesney's hit single "When the Sun Goes Down".

His next album, Seventy Two and Sunny, featured a pure country sound and two singles, "Rescue Me" and "Writing It Down".

Uncle Kracker's fourth studio album, Happy Hour, was released in September 2009. An early promo version of the album contained the tracks "Happy Hour", "Vegas Baby", "I'm Not Leaving", "The One That Got Away", and "That's What's Happenin". The first single from the album was "Smile" and it peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Uncle Kracker's six song EP, Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions, was released in June 2010. The EP features country remakes of songs off the Happy Hour album. Two songs released are a remake of "Smile" and "Good to Be Me" featuring Kid Rock.