Trent Tomlinson is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is famed for his writing songs that reflect his psyche, and deal with topics like drinking, camaraderie, broken dreams and failed relationships. Tomlinson began his musical journey in Kennett, Missouri, which is also the home town of Sheryl Crow. His 6'8" father is a former basketball star who set scoring records at the University of Missouri and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers before knee surgery knocked him out. He was also the basketball coach and biology teacher at Kennett High School, and a tough taskmaster who groomed Trent for basketball superstardom, but along the way, Tomlinson realized that basketball wasn't for him and turned to music. In his junior year of high school, he reached the finals for TNN's "You Can Be a Star", but came in second. He tried college, but left for Nashville after six months. After numorous deals cut short due to labels that went bankrupt or were being taken over, he finally landed a deal with Cal IV Entertainment. He also cut some sides for Lyric Street Records. On July 24, 2006 Tomlinson performed his single "Drunker Than Me" on The Howard Stern Show as a duet with an intoxicated Andrea Brooke Ownbey (also known as "Miss Howard Stern"), who is a fan of the song. Today Trent is one of the biggest in Country Rock. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.