Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Phil has performed at the Grand Ole Opry and has played guitar for some of the best names in country music including Vern Gosdin, Stonewall Jackson, Tracy Byrd, Daryle Singletary, Mark Wills, Tracy Lawrence, Mark Chestnut, and many others.

Phil began playing guitar at the age of 10 and singing as a late teen idolizing Merle Haggard and George Jones.