Tony Stampley

by Matt Bjorke
Traditional Country Music where art thou? If you are looking for traditional Country Music, look no further than Tony Stampley. If the Stampley name sounds familiar to you, then you must surely remember hit maker Joe Stampley, Tony's father. Joe Stampley was a hit singer as part of the duo "Moe and Joe" with Moe Bandy.

Tony Stampley is also one of Hank Williams, Jr's favorite writers. Tony's songs have appeared on no less than 8 of Hank Jr's CDs. Tony's music is easy. It's "country as cornbread."

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by Anne Freeman - Born into the Country Music business, Tony is the son of Pop & Country artist Joe Stampley, whose recordings were the staple of Pop & Country charts of the '60s and '70s. Tony began his professional career at age 17 as a member of his father's touring band. His musical includes influences from artists such as Charlie Daniels, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Boz Skaggs. After some of Tony's songs found a home with Hank Jr., including "I Like My Whiskey On Ice And My Women On Fire," "I've Been Down But Not This Far Before" and "Woman On The Run, Tony felt the call to Nashville. In fact, Joe Stampley would let Tony sing those songs on his tours, giving Tony his first taste as a singer. "Daddy would let me sing some of the songs I'd written for Hank, and the crowd would go crazy," he says. "That's when I knew for sure I wanted to be an artist myself."