Zach Top Almost Became A Mechanical Engineer

If Zach Top never landed a record deal, he’d be doing something a little different right now.

In a new interview, he said before he went all in on music, he was on his way to becoming a mechanical engineer.

Top said his parents always encouraged him to perform and bought him his first guitar when he was three, but it’s a tough nut to crack, so his dad wanted him to get a REAL job, and just try to do music on the weekends.

Instead, he did a year of college in Colorado, and was, quote, “not into it,” so he started saving up to move to Nashville.

“I had done two years of junior college. I thought I was going to be a mechanical engineer. Like my parents knew that I was pretty good (at music), but they had no connection, no idea about the music business. No idea how to how to like point me in the right direction to like, ‘If you want to do this for a living.’  So my dad’s advice was like like, ‘No, you go get, you know, a good job where they pay you good, and you can afford to take weekends off and go play for fun at these same bluegrass festivals.’ So, that was all I knew was an opportunity. Obviously, I knew people singing for a living and stuff, but I had no idea how to even take a step in that direction.”

He posted a cover of “Spilled Whiskey” in 2018, the day Daryle Singletary passed away, and it went viral.

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He started getting offers, so his career as an engineer never took off.

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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone