Name: CJ Solar & Rick Huckaby Full Band Experience
Start: 2026-05-08T19:30:00
Location: Manship Theatre

CJ Solar

Manship Theatre

‍CJ Solar was born and raised in Baton Rouge, LA. He moved to Nashville, TN in 2010 to attend Belmont University and has been there ever since. As a songwriter, CJ has co-written two #1 hits - “Up Down” recorded by Morgan Wallen featuring Florida Georgia Line and “Some Girls” recorded by Jameson Rodgers. He received the NSAI Award in 2019 for “Top 10 Songs I Wish I’d Written” for “Up Down” and was nominated for Music Row’s Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year. His songs have, also, been recorded by Jason Aldean, Jerrod Niemann, Justin Moore, and others. His own single, “Airplane” was named by Rolling Stone Country as one of the “10 Best Country & Americana Songs of the Week” and in 2022, CJ was among 5 in Nashville nominated for AIMP (Association of Independent Music Publishers) Rising Artist-Writer of the Year. As an artist, CJ was named Music Row’s Independent Artist of the Year in 2019.  He has played the Grand Ole Opry twice and has opened for Gary Allan, Chris Janson, Hank Williams Jr., Lynyrd Skynyrd and others on the road. He is consistently releasing new music and working on a new project for release in early 2026.