Jenny Chisolm met Ryan Simmons in choir at Baylor University in Waco, TX. They began writing songs together and soon booked a few gigs. Ryan played acoustic guitar and Jenny sang. It became apparent that they needed a full band, so they enlisted a couple a friends. Jay Henderson on drums, and a friend from church, Ryan Gregg on lead guitar (even though he was already in another band). They made a rough 4 song demo for the newly formed "Jenny Chisolm Band".
By January 2001 they were ready to get a real producer, Chuck Dennie from By The Tree, and recorded a full album. This first independent album was called Not What You Think. They then got another friend, Travis Lawrence, whose brother, Tyler Lawrence, works at Abilene High School as an English Teacher, to join the band as a bassist. In 2002 Ryan and Jenny were married. They moved to Dallas to become a full-time band. Eventually they changed their name to Addison Road. It was named after a sound tech who had a baby named Addison. They liked the name Addison and put Road at the end of it for no real reason.
Later that year they came out with a second indie album called Breaking Beautifully. They soon got a new drummer, and started leading worship at a local church. They took that worship leading talent to a Camp that summer and played in front of about 8000 young people. That was the inspiration for their next indie project Always Loved You EP. That was followed by one last indie album in 2006 called Some Kind Of Spark.
After being an independent band for six years, Addison Road signed onto INO Records in August 2007. Their self-titled debut album, Addison Road, was released on March 18, 2008 and debuted at #182 on the Billboard 200.
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