{{short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1967)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Lane Turner | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Michael Lane Turner | origin = Monahans, Texas, United States | instrument = Vocals, Acoustic Guitar<ref name="westernunderground.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.westernunderground.com/fr_home.cfm |title=westernunderground Resources and Information |website=Westernunderground.com |date= |accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref> | genre = Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2004–present | label = Warner Bros. | associated_acts = Blaine Larsen, Chris LeDoux | website = }} '''Michael Lane Turner''' (born February 3, 1967, in Monahans, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter. Signed to Warner Bros. Records since 2004, he released two singles for the label, including "Always Wanting More (Breathless)", which reached No.&nbsp;56 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2004. Lane signed with Original Signal Recordings in 2009.

== Early life == Turner was born in Monahans, Texas, and attended school in Levelland, which he described as "a place so flat you can watch your dog run away for two days".<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Natalie|title=Lane Turner could be the next country star|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|date=September 2, 2008|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/090208/liv_326496802.shtml|accessdate=October 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meet "The Next GAC Star" Finalist Lane Turner, Page 1|publisher=Great American Country|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_feature/article/0,3038,GAC_26499_5917657_01,00.html|accessdate=October 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211172244/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_feature/article/0,3038,GAC_26499_5917657_01,00.html|archive-date=February 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He received his first guitar as a gift from his parents when he was eleven years old and his father taught him to play the songs he heard on the radio.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|title=Lane Turner|publisher=New Country Star|url=http://www.newcountrystar.com/LaneTurner.htm|accessdate=October 1, 2008}}</ref> He attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where he was an All-American decathlete. He also played in a band called Diamondback during his time in college.<ref name=Bio /><ref>{{cite web|title=Meet "The Next GAC Star" Finalist Lane Turner, Page 2|publisher=Great American Country|page=2|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_feature/article/0,3038,GAC_26499_5917657_02,00.html|accessdate=October 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916222058/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_feature/article/0,3038,GAC_26499_5917657_02,00.html|archive-date=September 16, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Singing career == Turner signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2004. He released two singles for the label—"Always Wanting More (Breathless)" and "Let You Go"—but no album. He also co-wrote Blaine Larsen's single "I Don't Know What She Said".

In 2008, Turner was a contestant on ''The Next GAC Star'', which aired on the network Great American Country. He completed the competition as runner up to winning band One Night Rodeo.<ref name=Bio /><ref>{{cite news|last=Keel|first=Beverly|date=September 1, 2008|title=2 from Tennessee compete in Bravo model search|work=The Tennessean|url=http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/COLUMNIST0501/809150347/1005/ENTERTAINMENT|accessdate=October 1, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Votes Are In: Who's The Next GAC Star?|publisher=Great American Country|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5937578_,00.html|accessdate=October 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926154459/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5937578_,00.html|archive-date=September 26, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of early 2011, Lane has replaced Dustin Evans as lead vocalist for the country music band Western Underground, originally fronted by Chris LeDoux.<ref name="westernunderground.com"/>

Lane has continued in the Western Underground tradition as the bass player for Ned Ledoux’s band. Ned LeDoux.

==Discography==

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:22em;"| Single !| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:65px;"| US Country |- | 2004 ! scope="row"| "Always Wanting More (Breathless)" | 56 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Right On Time'' |- | 2006 ! scope="row"| "Let You Go" | — |- | 2008 ! scope="row"| "Little Book of Matches" | — |- | 2009 ! scope="row"| "Where's a Sunset (When You Need One)" | — | style="text-align:left;"| ''Lane Turner''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=lane+turner&x=6&y=22 |title=lane turner: Digital Music |website=Amazon.com |date=April 2, 2020|accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref> |- | colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |}

===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! style="width:22em;"| Video |- | 2006 ! scope="row"| "Let You Go" |- | 2008 ! scope="row"| "Little Book of Matches" |- | 2009 ! scope="row"| "Where's a Sunset (When You Need One)" |}

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