Hal Ketchum

Hal Ketchum

Hal Michael Ketchum was an American country music artist. He released eleven studio albums from 1986 to 2014. His 1991 album Past the Point of Rescue was his most commercially successful. He retired from the music business in 2019 following a diagnosis of dementia. He died of a heart attack at the age of 69 in February 2014.

About Hal Ketchum in brief

Summary Hal KetchumHal Michael Ketchum was an American country music artist. He released eleven studio albums from 1986 to 2014, including nine for divisions of Curb Records. His 1991 album Past the Point of Rescue was his most commercially successful, having been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Between 1991 and 2006, he had 17 entries on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including three that reached No. 2. He retired from the music business in 2019 following a diagnosis of dementia. His music is defined by his songwriting and folk music influences. He was inducted into the 71st Member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1994.

In 2001, he was nominated for the Best Country Song of the Year award for his cover of “I Saw the Lighta Awaiting” by Lynne Lynne Rundgren. He died of a heart attack at the age of 69 in February 2014. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son. He had a daughter with singer-songwriter-producer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves, who he recorded with in the 1980s and 1990s. He also has a son with singer/songwriters-producers-turned-musicians Chris Leuzinger and Rickie Lee Jones. He has two grandchildren with actress/singer Toni Garrn, who is also his daughter.