Shane Wyatt Named One Of The Hot 100 Unsigned Bands & Artists By Music Connection

LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Luck Media & Marketing) - From releasing his debut album and receiving praise from critics worldwide to making his television debut and sharing the stage with a Country music superstar, Minnesota-based Country singer-songwriter Shane Wyatt's (www.shanewyatt.com) star has certainly risen this year. Music Connection magazine recently named the rising star one of the Hot 100 Unsigned Bands & Artists this year (December 2008 issue).

In 2008, Wyatt released his debut album The Last Cowboy, produced by Mike Noble, a major player in Music City whose songs have been recorded by everyone from George Jones and Kenny Rogers to Brooks & Dunn and Restless Heart. Wyatt has been enjoying great grass roots success with his first single, 'The Big Bad Dog,' a hard driving yet heartfelt tribute to a nasty looking, speed limit busting vehicle his uncle once drove.

Music critics from Minneapolis to Nashville and the UK have praised Wyatt and The Last Cowboy.

Minneapolis Star Tribune Music Critic Chris Riemenschneider said, 'His polished but brawny brand of country fits in among currently hot Music Row studs such as Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley and Tim McGraw.'

Famed Nashville historian Robert K. Oermann said Wyatt's 'The Big Bad Dog' 'marks him as the most commercial and creative songwriter of the bunch."

Maverick Country Magazine called The Last Cowboy, 'Good debut album from a fine singer/songwriter.'

The British Country Music Association proclaimed, '...the songs, all self-penned, are a fresh-sounding mixture of the brash and the sentimental, each one different from the other.' They added, 'Shane Wyatt is certainly one of the names to look out for in the future.'

Wyatt also made his television debut on 'Showcase Minnesota,' a local lifestyle show, where he performed an acoustic version of 'Just Married' from The Last Cowboy to promote his show with Country music superstar Joe Nichols. He made a second appearance just three months later, this time performing 'Waiting For Forever' with his full band.

In January 2009, Wyatt is poised to make his national TV debut on an episode of CMT's upcoming series 'My Big Redneck Wedding,' hosted by Tom Arnold.