Singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Ryan Kinder is a heartfelt performer with a bent toward soulful country and pop. Kinder was born August 1, 1988 in Knoxville, Tennessee but raised in Birmingham, Alabama, where his first interests were baseball and hunting. Influenced early on by such artists as John Mayer, Brad Paisley, Garth Brooks, Marc Broussard, and others, he taught himself how to play guitar, and was soon writing his own songs. He began playing gigs at local and regional venues while he was still in high school, and he continued playing local clubs and frat parties aft...