Wyatt Beazley Durrette III or just Wyatt Durrette is an American
country music songwriter. He is known mainly as a collaborator of the
Zac Brown Band, for whom he has written many of their singles.
Biography
Durrette was born in
Virginia but moved to
Atlanta, Georgia. His father was attorney and politician
Wyatt Durrette. He wrote his first song at age eleven, and was inspired to pursue songwriting after being brought to a
Jimmy Buffett concert by his sister, Dawn. Durrette briefly lived in Byron Center Michigan after his father took a job at the local school. After graduating college, Durrette worked as a bartender and manager of a bar in
Atlanta, Georgia, where he met Zac Brown of the
Zac Brown Band. He began writing songs with the band, and the two began writing songs together. Durrette is the co-writer of many of Zac Brown Band's singles, including their breakthrough "
Chicken Fried".[1][2][3]