Preston Coly’s earliest performances were as a 5-year-old in the churches of Southeast Texas where he was born and raised. On his 16th birthday, his father gifted him a guitar, a spark that lit the fire for his love for Country Music, and for his pursuit of it as a career.

After crafting a few songs as a song writer, Preston sought a place to record his songs. At Sound Masters Studio in Houston, owner A.V. Mittelstedt and sound engineer Lonnie Write mentored and helped him record his first songs. They encouraged him to take his songs beyond the Texas music scene.  

After singing the National Anthem at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 1997, Preston met George Strait’s Manager, Erv Woolsey, who complimented him on his performance and invited Preston to contact him if he ever got to Nashville. Preston took the invitation seriously and worked for three years in construction, oil refineries and chemical plants to make and save enough money to move to Nashville and live there without having to take a regular job once he got there. Upon arriving in Nashville in 2000, Preston called Woolsey to let him know that he was in town… Woolsey asked Preston if he could get a band together by the following weekend. Preston said, “Sure,” and the following weekend he was on stage with a band at Woolsey’s club, The Trap. His Nashville career began.

For the first couple of years in Nashville, Preston wrote, recorded, and pitched songs on Music Row during the day and performed at various club venues at night, including regular gigs at both of Woolsey’s clubs, The Trap, and Losers, which was a new venue at the time. Preston and Clint Woolsey (Erv Woolsey’s son), Tony Phillips, and Rhett Anthony were the first to play the stage of the original Losers Most Wanted Bar & Grill in Midtown Nashville and played there together as a group four nights a week for the next four years.

It was after hearing Preston perform some of his original songs, including Big Time In a Small Town (written with Alex Dooley) that Woolsey offered Preston a staff songwriter position with Muy Bueno Music Group where he crafted his material and recorded two studio albums.

Preston has shared the stage and written songs with many hit song writers and Country artists in Nashville and Texas including Aaron Barker, Casey Kelly, Donny Kees, John Schweers, Tony Ramey, Jeff Silvey, Stan Paul Davis and many more.

Preston began working with Grammy Award-winning Producer, Brien Fisher, who produced the Kendall’s Country hit song “Heaven’s Just a Sin Away.” Fisher believed Preston and the up-and-coming record producer, Greg Cole, would make a perfect team in Nashville. With Cole, Preston cut his first demo and subsequent demos and recordings, including two studio albums. Preston also worked in recording studios singing demos for other writers, playing guitar on demos and records, and producing and engineering records for other artists.

Preston has released four radio singles… in 1990’s he had two independent singles, Booty Bumpin’ Dancin’ Fool and I’m Not Tellin’ Lies, both recorded at Sound Masters Studio.

These songs earned him The Trailblazer Award at the 1995-96 Airplay International King Eagle Awards. In Nashville, Preston recorded and released When Our Towers Fall, which debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Top 100. Then, Who Wouldn’t Want to Be a Cowboy earned a number 55 spot on the Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 Chart in 2011.

Preston has returned to his home state of Texas, where he currently writes and performs, and is setting his sights on future shows and on new music projects. His heart’s desire is to carry on the tradition of his heroes, who built the genre he loves, Country Music.

Preston’s current album HOLD YOUR HORSES is available on all digital platforms for download, purchase and/or streaming.

Preston is available to book for clubs, theaters, music venues, festivals, corporate events and house concerts here.