Adam ?Ditch? Kurtz, Nashville stalwart and steel guitar player for acts such as Joshua Ray Walker, Sunny Sweeney, and Silverada, is officially announcing his candidacy for Governor of Tennessee.

Kurtz enters the race as a bold outsider Democrat focused on building a just, inclusive, and economically secure Tennessee. His campaign is centered on bolstering public education, creating consensus around the everyday issues that all Tennesseans face in order to make their lives better and safer, investing in rural communities, and restoring integrity in state government.

?This is going to be the grassiest grass roots campaign of all time,? Kurtz says. ?Maybe this is what people are looking for, a non-politician who is a good person ? with a Political Science degree ? who wants to bring all Tennesseans together in pursuit of better education, better health, safer communities, lower costs, and maybe even some country music along the way.?