Songwriter Lee Thomas Miller is joining the race for the Republican nomination to succeed Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn in Congress.
Blackburn is giving up her House seat representing suburban Nashville to run for the U.S. Senate.
Miller has written songs for Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Jamey Johnson and Chris Stapleton.
The three-time Grammy nominee is the son of a Kentucky tobacco farmer and a small town librarian who lives in Brentwood with his wife Jana and four children.
State Sen. Mark Green of Ashland City is the only other Republican so far to file to run in the 7th District. Green earlier this year withdrew as President Donald Trump's nominee for Army secretary amid bipartisan opposition.
He dropped out of the governor's race before deciding to run for Congress.
