That’s one talented 17-year-old kid. His name is Titus Thornton, and you might want to get used to hearing it. He’s relatively unknown at the moment, but thanks to a viral video, the name is starting to get a lot of buzz online. The kid from Alabama is making waves thanks to his voice that holds a candle up to some of the greats of yesteryear. And some current neotraditional country music stars that have helped to bring back the old sound in the modern day. Thornton is a member of the FFA, and it’s his involvement in the Lauderdale County FFA String Band that has helped him gain traction in the past couple of months. The string band competed in the National FFA Convention’s talent contest for the second year in a row. Last year, they were semifinalists. This year? Brothers Ty and Conner McMeans, along with Titus Thornton, won the whole thing. They went with the song “Tennessee” by The Creekers for their performance, which helped them score first place, as Conner McMeans shared on his personal TikTok account: “Here’s our full performance that secured our 1st place spot at the National FFA Convention! Thank y’all for all the support and love y’all have shown us this week.” @connermcmeans Here’s our full performance that secured our 1st place spot at the National FFA Convention!! Thank yall for all the support and love yall have shown us this week!! @The Creekers @TitusThorntonMusic @Ty McMeans @TheMcMeansBrothers #FFA #FFANationalTalent #firstplace #bluegrass #singin ♬ original sound – Conner McMeans Pretty easy to see why they took home the top prize (which is actually a $250 cash and an invitation to guest judge the next year’s contest). Titus Thornton told the FFA that they really felt like the whole experience of the talent contest helped the Lauderdale County FFA String Band grow as performers and musicians: “I just think that it’s just bonded everybody so well, just being around all these great musicians and so many talented people. I think it’s been a great experience helping us be better members of the FFA, just being around great people and a great organization that put all this stuff together.” And I know what you are thinking… all they got was $250? Rest assured, they’ve gotten a lot of attention on social media too, which is worth a whole lot more than a couple of hundred dollars in cash. That TikTok above has been viewed nearly 2 million times, and Titus Thornton has also fired up a personal music page on Instagram and TikTok that people are flocking to. He’s most recently treated his followers to a beautiful cover of Keith Whitley’s “Miami, My Amy.” The song perfectly shows off the vocal talent of Titus, and it’s hard to believe that a voice like that is coming from a 17-year-old. Check it out: View this post on Instagram How impressive is that? That’s God-given talent, if I’ve ever seen it. I don’t know what Titus Thornton’s future plans are (I’m assuming something in farming with his FFA involvement), but he should really start looking into the whole playing-music for-a-living thing. From the small sample size the world has already been blessed with seeing, he’s got what it takes…The post 17-Year-Old Titus Thornton Goes Viral For Unbelievable Cover Of Keith Whitley’s “Miami, My Amy” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.