Biography

Tommy Karlas is a professional country music singer/songwriter for Sony Music Publishing/Droptine. In 2001 at the age of 19, Tommy moved to Nashville from his hometown East Alton, IL and secured his first publishing deal on Music Row. Since then, he's written songs for some of country music's biggest stars such as Blake Shelton, Randy Travis, Old Dominion, Warren Zeiders, Montgomery Gentry, Trisha Yearwood, and many more. And it was the multi-week number one smash hit, Roll With Me, that went on to be the fastest rising and most downloaded song of Montgomery Gentry's long career, penning Tommy an ASCAP Songwriter Of The Year nomination. Tommy's written songs with Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Old Dominion, Chris Young, Mac Davis, and many more; Tommy has performed all over the country including under the Arch for over 100,000 people, as well as the Ryman Auditorium, and plays regularly in Nashville at the world-famous Bluebird Cafe. 
 In 2021 Tommy released his debut album, Put It In Drive, and with the positive reception worldwide of his song Lessons, Tommy is following it up in 2023 with his sophomore album, What Matters To Her. Both albums released by Calhoun Enterprises.