Josh Mercer

Raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Josh Mercer grew up on his mother’s Fleetwood Mac records and his father’s love of George Strait. He picked up a guitar as a teenager, eventually finding his own sound somewhere between country storytelling and the intimate soft rock of Tom Petty.

Before putting his songs out into the world, Josh worked home-renovation jobs and played small weekend gigs, often keeping his most personal songs to himself. He’s quick with a dry joke, calls his mother on Sundays, and admits he’s better at writing about his feelings than saying them across a kitchen table.

“Don’t Eat Me” introduces that more vulnerable side: a man learning that loving someone deeply shouldn’t mean losing himself.