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Gavin Adcock’s country music career began after years spent playing football in Georgia. Born in Athens in 1998 and raised around Watkinsville, he played at Oconee County High School before becoming a nose tackle at Georgia Southern University. A serious knee injury in 2021 gave him time to record music he had begun writing during high school.
Adcock released “Ain’t No Cure” in 2021 and followed it with the five-song Thrivin’ Here EP in January 2022. Early singles and EP-era recordings such as “Rowdy Southern Saturday,” “Whistling Wind,” “We Love Football,” “Caretaker,” and “Goin’ Gone” established the mix of rural storytelling, country rock, and hard-living subject matter that continued throughout his catalog.
Bonfire Blackout arrived in May 2023 with “Deep End,” “Love to the Grave,” “Georgia Sun,” “All Outta Whiskey,” “BOTBKN,” and “Wondered Who.” The same period brought standalone songs including “Down Town Down,” “Make Me Quit,” “Tore Me Up,” “It’s True,” and the acoustic version of “Goin’ Gone.”
The breakthrough single “A Cigarette” introduced Adcock to a much larger streaming audience. After partnering with Warner Music Nashville through his Thrivin Here Records label, he released Actin’ Up Again in August 2024. Its sixteen songs included “Four Leaf Clover,” “Past Actions,” “Sweetheart,” “Sober,” “Run Your Mouth,” and the title track.
Own Worst Enemy followed in August 2025 as a twenty-four-song double album. “Never Call Again,” “Need To,” “Last One to Know,” “Morning Bail,” “Outside Dog,” “Loose Strings,” and “Almost Gone” with Vincent Mason expanded Adcock’s audience while preserving the rough-edged country and southern rock approach of his earlier work.
Additional 2025 recordings included “Perfect Man” and “Winner at Losing,” written for the second volume of music connected to the television series Landman. Adcock also received consecutive Academy of Country Music nominations for New Male Artist of the Year in 2025 and 2026.
In March 2026, Adcock curated Country Never Dies, an eleven-song tribute album built around younger performers recording country standards. His own contributions opened and closed the collection with Waylon Jennings’ “Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line” and Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried.”
Adcock continued releasing new original music in 2026 with “Colorblind,” “Wannabe,” and “Cheap Thrills,” a collaboration with Hudson Westbrook. “The Day I Hang It Up” arrived in July as the title track from a twenty-five-song album scheduled for release on October 2, 2026.
Across independent singles, three full-length albums, an early EP, soundtrack work, classic-country interpretations, and an expanding collection of collaborations, Gavin Adcock has built a catalog that moves between barroom anthems, breakup songs, football references, southern rock energy, and more traditional country influences.
Complete List Of Gavin Adcock Songs From A to Z
A–E
- A Cigarette – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Actin’ Up Again – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Ain’t No Cure – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Ain’t Workin’ Anymore – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- All I Need – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- All Outta Whiskey – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Almost Gone (feat. Vincent Mason) – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- As He Could Be – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Back to This Bar – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Black Sheep – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- BOTBKN – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Caretaker – Non-album single – 2022
- Cheap Thrills (with Hudson Westbrook) – The Day I Hang It Up – 2026
- Colorblind – Non-album single – 2026
- Deep End – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Demons of Today – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Don’t Like Leavin’ You – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Down Town Down – Non-album single – 2023
- Drunk Calls – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
F–J
- Four Leaf Clover – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Georgia Sun – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Goin’ Gone – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Goin’ Gone (Acoustic) – Non-album single – 2023
- Graveyard – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Hard Headed Heart – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Hours and Hours – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- I Know a Good Time – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- If I Can’t Have You – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- It’s True – Non-album single – 2023
- I’ve Been a Stranger – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
K–O
- Last One to Know – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Light a Fire – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Loose Strings – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Losing Hope – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Love to the Grave – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Make Me Quit – Non-album single – 2023
- Mama Tried – Country Never Dies – 2026
- Morning Bail – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- My Dear My Darlin’ – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Need To – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Never Call Again – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Next to Nothin’ – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Old Farm Drive – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- On One – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line – Country Never Dies – 2026
- Outside Dog – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Own Worst Enemy – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
P–T
- Past Actions – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Perfect Man – Non-album single – 2025
- Regret – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Rowdy Southern Saturday – Thrivin’ Here – 2021
- Run Your Mouth – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Runner – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Sick and Tired – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Sober – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Sunset – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Sweetheart – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Tall Tales – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- The Battle – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- The Day I Hang It Up – The Day I Hang It Up – 2026
- Thrivin’ Here – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
- Tore Me Up – Non-album single – 2023
- Turn Down the Lights – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
U–Z
- Unlucky Strikes – Own Worst Enemy – 2025
- Wake Up With You – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- Wannabe – The Day I Hang It Up – 2026
- Want Me to Be – Actin’ Up Again – 2024
- We Love Football – Non-album single – 2022
- Whistling Wind – Non-album single – 2022
- Winner at Losing – Landman: Songs From and Inspired by the Paramount+ Original Series (Volume II) – 2025
- Wondered Who – Bonfire Blackout – 2023
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Gavin Adcock Studio Albums
Bonfire Blackout (2023)
Actin’ Up Again (2024)
Own Worst Enemy (2025)
Gavin Adcock EPs, Tribute Albums, Soundtracks, and Additional Releases
Thrivin’ Here (2022)
Country Never Dies (2026)
Landman: Songs From and Inspired by the Paramount+ Original Series (Volume II) (2025)
The Day I Hang It Up — announced for October 2, 2026
Updated July 31, 2026.
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