Schulz won judges over with his earnest country singing on Wednesday.
By Gil Kaufman
John Wayne Schulz
Photo: Fox
The "American Idol" judges heard plenty of earnest country singers and saw an endless dusty parade of cowboy boots, gingham skirts and potential new Carrie Underwood's during Wednesday night's audition visit to Austin, Texas.
But for viewers, one good ol' boy stood out above the rest thanks to his all-American name, tear-in-your-beer backstory and classic country crooner voice: John Wayne Schulz. The bonafide cowboy, whose family dates its Texas roots back to the late 1800s, lives on the Schulz ranch, where he plies his roping trade when he's not chasing the Garth Brooks dream.
After a story about how his audition was part of a promise made to his mother when she was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, Schulz, 23, easily won the judges over with his cover of Brooks & Dunn's "Believe.
By Gil Kaufman
John Wayne Schulz
Photo: Fox
The "American Idol" judges heard plenty of earnest country singers and saw an endless dusty parade of cowboy boots, gingham skirts and potential new Carrie Underwood's during Wednesday night's audition visit to Austin, Texas.
But for viewers, one good ol' boy stood out above the rest thanks to his all-American name, tear-in-your-beer backstory and classic country crooner voice: John Wayne Schulz. The bonafide cowboy, whose family dates its Texas roots back to the late 1800s, lives on the Schulz ranch, where he plies his roping trade when he's not chasing the Garth Brooks dream.
After a story about how his audition was part of a promise made to his mother when she was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, Schulz, 23, easily won the judges over with his cover of Brooks & Dunn's "Believe.
- 2/3/2011
- MTV Music News
"American Idol" continued the search for the next idol in Austin, Texas and the judges admitted 50 contestants. As usual, there were a lot of cowboys trying their luck but only a few passed through the judges, one of them is John Wayne Schulz.
Arriving in Cowboy attires, he did not dress up as a gimmick because it is his real-life job. His mother is fighting breasts cancer and she made him promise that he would audition for the show. He, fortunately, got the voice that is worthy a golden ticket. "I get you," Randy Jackson said.
Billboard reported that the 23-year-old had released an album when he was 14 years old. "Ropin' Dreams" was recorded and released on the Texas-based independent label Bsw Records. Label's CEO Frank Willson said about Schulz's participation on "Idol", "I think he will [go far], yes."
Schulz was not the only one leaving an impressive mark on the audition.
Arriving in Cowboy attires, he did not dress up as a gimmick because it is his real-life job. His mother is fighting breasts cancer and she made him promise that he would audition for the show. He, fortunately, got the voice that is worthy a golden ticket. "I get you," Randy Jackson said.
Billboard reported that the 23-year-old had released an album when he was 14 years old. "Ropin' Dreams" was recorded and released on the Texas-based independent label Bsw Records. Label's CEO Frank Willson said about Schulz's participation on "Idol", "I think he will [go far], yes."
Schulz was not the only one leaving an impressive mark on the audition.
- 2/3/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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