CJ Land (Chad Jonathan Land) is an American Singer Songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. As a child his mother began giving him vocal lessons, primarily in traditional country music. As a teenager they moved to Templeton, California living in a small trailer down by the railroad tracks. With the Salinas river just a short walk away, this would become his backyard for many years where he began writing songs on an old hand-me-down acoustic guitar she had given him.
CJ Land would later become a heavy metal guitarist and vocalist in his younger years for California based bands, Notably “The Axia” 2005-2013 and 00-Metro 2000-03 along with co-founding The Rain For Rent Project. From 2015 on, CJ would embark on a solo career playing small intimate venues as well as large scale events such as concerts in the park, music festivals, corporate events, wineries, as well as intimate shows at bars, clubs and private parties.
In 2020 after being forced to stop performing and close his professional recording studio doors to the public (by state covid regulations) during the pandemic, he moved from the Central Coast of California to Amarillo, Texas. While there he watched stories and old reruns on tv of the Grand Ole Opry show. After much thought and realizing where so many of the songwriters he admired had traveled to in order to become discovered, he packed up and headed to Nashville, Tennessee. After performing at local writer rounds and connecting with a former Johnny Cash guitar player they cut the album "Storm Chaser” at his new home studio due to be released February 6th 2026.
Some of his singer songwriter influences come from such artists as Marty Robbins, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Reed, Ryan Bingham, Tom Petty to name a few. Throwing in some of his musical influences from old rock n roll and outlaw country crossed with his original singer songwriter style, CJ Land has caught the eye of many promoters with his unique style and signature sound allowing him the opportunity to be an opening act for such names as Ted Nugent, Billy Idol, Devon Allman, Geoff Tate, Filter and many more major touring acts.
