A mụrụ Billy Ray Cyrus n'August 25, 1961 na Flatwoods, Kentucky, nye Ron Cyrus, onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na onye bụbu onye ọrụ nchara, na nwunye ya, onye bụbu Ruth Ann Casto. Cyrus malitere ịbụ abụ mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ. Nne na nna ya gbara alụkwaghịm na 1966. Nna nna ya bụ onye nkwusa Pentikọstal. Mgbe ọ na-etolite, ndị ezinụlọ ya gbara ya gburugburu site na bluegrass na ozioma ozioma. Nna ya aka nri na-egwu guitar, Otú ọ dị, aka ekpe Cyrus gbalịrị igwu guitar nna ya, ma ọ pụghị. Ọ gara Georgetown College na agụmakwụkwọ baseball tupu ya agbanwee egwu. Ọ kwụsịrị na Georgetown n'oge ọ nọ n'afọ mbụ ya, wee chọpụta na ọ chọrọ ịghọ onye na-agụ egwú mgbe ọ na-aga Neil Diamond, ma setịpụ ihe mgbaru ọsọ nke ọnwa 10 iji malite ọrụ. N'afọ 1980, ọ na-egwu egwu na otu ìgwè a na-akpọ Sly Dog, tupu ya edebanye aha nkwekọrịta egwu egwu na Nashville nke aha ya bụ Sly Dog Mercury?
Afọ 1980