# Lane Turner
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{{short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lane Turner
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Michael Lane Turner
| origin = [Monahans, Texas](/source/Monahans%2C_Texas), United States
| instrument = Vocals, Acoustic Guitar[{{cite web|url=http://www.westernunderground.com/fr_home.cfm |title=westernunderground Resources and Information |website=Westernunderground.com |date= |accessdate=April 29, 2020}}]
| genre = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 2004–present
| label = [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros._Records)
| associated_acts = [Blaine Larsen](/source/Blaine_Larsen), [Chris LeDoux](/source/Chris_LeDoux)
| website =
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'''Michael Lane Turner''' (born February 3, 1967, in [Monahans, Texas](/source/Monahans%2C_Texas)) is an American singer-songwriter. Signed to [Warner Bros. Records](/source/Warner_Bros._Records) since 2004, he released two singles for the label, including "Always Wanting More (Breathless)", which reached No. 56 on the [Hot Country Songs](/source/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](/source/Levelland%2C_Texas), which he described as "a place so flat you can watch your dog run away for two days".[{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Natalie|title=Lane Turner could be the next country star|work=[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal](/source/Lubbock_Avalanche-Journal)|date=September 2, 2008|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/090208/liv_326496802.shtml|accessdate=October 1, 2008}}][{{cite web|title=Meet "The Next GAC Star" Finalist Lane Turner, Page 1|publisher=[Great American Country](/source/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}}] 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.[{{cite web|title=Lane Turner|publisher=New Country Star|url=http://www.newcountrystar.com/LaneTurner.htm|accessdate=October 1, 2008}}] He attended [Texas Tech University](/source/Texas_Tech_University) in [Lubbock](/source/Lubbock%2C_Texas), where he was an [All-America](/source/All-America)n [decathlete](/source/decathlon). He also played in a band called Diamondback during his time in college.[{{cite web|title=Meet "The Next GAC Star" Finalist Lane Turner, Page 2|publisher=[Great American Country](/source/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}}]
== 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](/source/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](/source/Great_American_Country). He completed the competition as runner up to winning band One Night Rodeo.[{{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}}][{{cite web|title=The Votes Are In: Who's The Next GAC Star?|publisher=[Great American Country](/source/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}}]
As of early 2011, Lane has replaced Dustin Evans as lead vocalist for the country music band Western Underground, originally fronted by [Chris LeDoux](/source/Chris_LeDoux).[{{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}}]
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| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
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! Year
! style="width:22em;"| Video
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| 2006
! scope="row"| "Let You Go"
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| 2008
! scope="row"| "Little Book of Matches"
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| 2009
! scope="row"| "Where's a Sunset (When You Need One)"
|}
== References ==
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Category:1967 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male singer-songwriters
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:Singer-songwriters from Texas
Category:People from Monahans, Texas
Category:Texas Tech University alumni
Category:Warner Records artists
Category:American men decathletes
Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters
Category:Country musicians from Texas
Category:21st-century American male singers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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