GAC introduces Lady Antebellum

Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley met in middle school where they were musicians in "rival" bands. Upon meeting again in college, the two began making music together. Post-graduation Haywood tried his hand at a regular nine-to-five job but after finding it didn't meet his expectations, he gave in to his Kelley's persisting encouragement to move to Nashville to make music.

A few months later, Hillary Scott saw Kelley at a local hangout and recognized him from his MySpace page (she had discovered his music through his brother Josh's page) and walked right up to introduce herself. She suggested they get together to write some songs. Her new addition to Haywood and Kelley's songwriting efforts resulted in the duo becoming a trio.

"We were playing shows every two weeks for about two months at a club ,and we didn't plan on having a lot of industry people coming to our shows," recalled Haywood. "A few industry people came the first time - not many - then more came and before we knew it, we had a room full of people from Music Row. Finally, Mike Dungan with Capitol saw us, really dug us and brought us in to talk. So we kinda landed the deal that way."

Adds Scott, "It was a crazy time because we were just playing to play and continuing to write songs and hang out. And when that happened, we welcomed it with open arms. You never think that just by meeting someone out one night in Nashville that something like this can happen."

Their debut is due in mid-April on Capitol Nashville.

The GAC show will include the trio shooting a video, being in the studio, touring with Martina McBride and performing at the Grand Ole Opry.