He is the rhythm guitarist and one of the founding members of the band Cage the Elephant, and is also a record producer.

Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he now resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two children.

He is the older brother to current Cage the Elephant bandmate, Matt Shultz.

[1] Perfect Confusion formed in 2001, and played smaller music venues around their hometown, Bowling Green.

[2] After Cage the Elephant formed in 2006, Shultz, along with the rest of the band, moved to the United Kingdom to gain moderate success with their self-titled debut LP, releasing in Europe on June 23, 2008, and in the United States on March 24, 2009.