Bobby Cool was born, Robert Talton Cool, in Atlanta, Georgia on March 26, 1986. He grew up listening to artists like James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Joel. And for most of his childhood, Bobby listened to the rock, folk, and pop that his parents would play around the house. It wasn't until high school that he first started listening to country music.

"A friend of mine grew up listening to country, but we would make fun of him, and talk about how all he was listening to was that ...