Releases: 2 original albums. The first entitled "Tony Wintrip" was
engineered and produced by Brian Smith & Tony Wintrip. All
guitar's and vocals were performed by Tony Wintrip. All songs
were written and recorded by Tony Wintrip.
The second album entitled "Holdin' Me Back" was also
engineered and produced by Brian Smith & Tony Wintrip. All
songs were written by Tony Wintrip. Musician's were-Tony
Wintrip-Lead and backing Vocals, Rhythm acoustic guitar and
Turkey calls. Don Stone-Lead & rhythm guitar. Bobby
McFadden-Drums. Brian Smith-Bass guitar.
Birth date: April 25th, 1974 Birthplace & Hometown: Aberdeen, Washington
Musical beginnings: Started writing songs when 20 years old. Opened for
Country singer Brian White in 1998. And since then has released 2
original CD's.
Musical Influences:
Hank Jr., George Strait, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney.
Composition's that have made it on the airwaves: "Swingin", "If you
lie", "Follow my Footsteps", and the smash hit, "Addicted".
Career Goals: To build his dream of Country Music into a career.
Biography:
Tony Caton Wintrip, age 26. Born in Aberdeen, Washington to Kathy and Pete
Wintrip. Lived in Aberdeen Washington and was raised along with two
brothers.Graduated from Aberdeen High School and attended Centralia
Community College for two years. He started teaching himself to play guitar
in 1996 and participated in choir at college to gain more experience singing
and playing guitar. He started writing his own music when he was 20 years
old. His father introduced him to Country music in his childhood by playing
Hank Jr. songs while hunting.
Tony's personal music library consists of over forty of his own songs.
In 2001, Tony put his current band together. The members are, Don Stone-Lead &
rhythm guitar, Jeff Cotton-Drums, and Doug George-Bass guitar.
Currently, Tony resides in Centralia, Washington with his wife Cheryl and his
daughter Kenady and son Cole. When he is not singing or writing music,Tony
enjoys fishing, hunting, sports, family, and the outdoors.
Here is a list of references:
Rod Easton - Grays Harbor Fair Entertainment coordinator (360) 482-5615
Doug & Lori McDowell - DJ's at KXXK 95.3 (360) 537-0384
Disc Jockey Music/Wax Works Inc. - Darryl Graham (360) 532-8518
Norm Cole and Phil Papac (360) 532-4311/ (360) 249-5218
Lisa Allen, City of Aberdeen (360) 537-3238
