Byron Hill is known primarily as a songwriter, but his credits also include music publishing, producing, and recording. One of his first hits as a songwriter came with "Picking up Strangers," which was recorded by Johnny Lee in 1981. George Strait took Hill's "Fool Hearted Memory" to the top of country charts the following year. His production credits include Kathy Mattea's self-titled album in 1984 for Mercury Records and Gary Allan's 1996 MCA release, Used Hearts for Sale, as well as Mike Dekle's Fine Tuned, a 2000 release for which Hill also contributed some vocals. Hill's own CD, Gravity...And Other Things That Keep You Down to Earth, was released in 1999.
The Georgia native spent his youth in Winston-Salem, NC. With his father as instructor, some of the first songs he learned to play on guitar were Carter Family numbers. Soon, his interest in country music spread to include Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Kris Kristofferson.
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