Walker Hayes Earns His Rite of Passage at ... and he made a last-minute decision to put "Craig" on his 2017 album, boom — but he felt like no messenger from God. Proud he'd written the song ...

Walker Hayes knew how music dreams died in Nashville. He’d lost his deal with a major record label. With a wife and six kids to support, he was making ends meet stocking shelves at Costco.