Bart Allmand

Bart moved to Nashville in 1987 to attend Belmont University and to obtain a job in the music industry. He began his career at 16th Avenue Records working in promotion, covering secondary markets. While at 16th Avenue Records he worked with acts like Charlie Pride and Canyon (which later became Lonestar). Because of his love of playing music, Bart formed a rock band called Asfault Jungle with several friends and played over 100 shows a year.

Soon he was hired by RCA as Mid-West Promotion Manager. He had the opportunity to work such acts as Clint Black, Alabama, Martina McBride, Restless Heart, Don Williams, Robert Ellis Orrall and K.T. Oslin.

In 1994, Bart formed 3rd Coast Entertainment, a promotion and marketing group. After three years, he was offered a great opportunity to start up Monument Records as National Director of Promotion. At Monument the highlight of his record promotion career came when he was instrumental in breaking one of country’s top acts, the Dixie Chicks. Other acts he worked with there include Yankee Grey and Jeffrey Steele. When Bart was on the road during promo tours, he continued his love of playing guitar by playing and singing harmony with his artists.

Before he signed publishing deal, Bart got his first cut with Brooks and Dunn entitled “You Can’t Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl.” This was his first demo, hold, cut and single. In the winter of 2003, the song was peaked in the charts at #3 and stayed in the top five for 9 weeks.

In late 2005, his song “Brand New Girlfriend” recorded by Steve Holy started to chart. As any good record promoter would do, he made some calls to his radio buddies about his single. Before you knew it “Brand New Girlfriend” was moving up the charts. In September 2006, it hit #1, marking Bart’s first #1!