Rhett Walker Band

Rhett Walker Band is a Southern rock and Christian rock band from Nashville.^[1] The band released their debut studio album under the Essential Records label on July 10, 2012 called Come to the River. The band's debut single, "When Mercy Found Me",^[3] achieved placement on Christian music charts.

Rhett Walker Band
Rhett Walker live at Rock & Worship Roadshow 2013
Background information
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Christian rock, Southern rock[1]
Years active	2011 (2011)[1]–present
Labels	Essential[1]
Members	Rhett Walker[1][2]
Website	rhettwalker.com

Rhett Walker Band announced they were discontinuing in 2016.^[4] In 2017, Walker re-signed with Essential Records.^{[citation needed]}

Background

Rhett Walker Band frontman Rhett Walker is a preacher's kid from Aiken, South Carolina. The band formed in 2011 and consisted of Rhett Walker as well as Kenny Davis who played drums, the guitarist Joe Kane, and bassist Kevin Whitsett.^[5]

The band released their debut single "When Mercy Found Me" on April 23, 2012, and reached No.5 on the Christian AC Indicator & AC Monitored chart September 2012. This song was written by Rhett Walker and Jeff Pardo.^[6] "When Mercy Found Me" was nominated for a Grammy on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song.^[3]

The band's debut album Come to the River released on July 10, 2012 by Essential Records.^[7] Walker said they wrote 50 songs while coming up with songs for the record.^[6]

The band's second album, Here's to the Ones, was released on October 14, 2014 through Essential Records.^[8][9]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
		US [10]	US Christ.	US Heat.
2012	Come to the River[11] Released: July 10, 2012[11] Label: Essential[11] Format: CD, Digital download	—[A]	9	154
2014	Here's to the Ones Released: October 14, 2014 Label: Essential Format: CD, Digital download	183	12	—
2020	Good To Me Rhett Walker solo album Released: March 27, 2020 Label: Essential/Provident Formats: CD, digital download	—	49	—

EPs

Year	EP	Peak chart positions
		US Christ.
2012	The Other Sides Released: December 14, 2012 Label: Essential	—
2018	Rhett Walker Band Released: August 10, 2018 Label: Essential	43
2021	Gospel Song Released: August 27, 2021 Label: Essential	—

Singles

Year	Title	Chart peak positions			Album
		US Christ.	US Christ. Airplay	US Christ. AC
2012	"When Mercy Found Me"	15[13]		15	Come to the River
	"O Come O Come Emmanuel"	46		—	non-album single
2013	"Come to the River"	20[13]		23	Come to the River
2014	"Broken Man"	—	46	—	Here's to the Ones
2015	"Love Like Jesus"	—	47	—
2017	"I Surrender"	—	50	—	non-album single
2018	"Say Hello"	—	45	—	Rhett Walker Band (EP)
2019	"Believer"[14]	7	7	7	Good To Me (Rhett Walker solo album)
	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	—	—	—	non-album singles
2021	"Goodness of God"	—	42	—
	"Gospel Song"	2	2	2

Awards

GMA Dove Awards

Year	Award	Nominee	Result
2013	Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year	Come to the River	Nominated
	Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year	"When Mercy Found Me"	Nominated
	New Artist of the Year	Rhett Walker Band	Nominated

Grammys

Year	Award	Nominee	Result
2013	CCM Song of the Year	"When Mercy Found Me"	Nominated

Notes

1. Come to the River did not chart on the Billboard 200, but peaked at No. 166 on the Top Current Albums chart.^[12]