Tom Cheatham has picked, strummed and fought his way through the Texas music scene one dive bar at a time. Following his dream hasn't always come easy. But late nights, long road trips and an incurable love of music have rallied to create an artist charged for the next phase of his career.

Tom Cheatham's much-anticipated second release is due in late-summer 2011. Titled Scars that I'll Keep, Tom spent much of 2010 writing the album's original tracks. He stepped into the recording studi...