John King

As a teenager, he listened to a wide range of musicians, from southern rockers like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Black Crowes, classic craftsmen like James Taylor and Johnny Cash, and ’90s country stars like Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson. Like many young men do in the working-class South, he started working construction jobs during the day and honing his musical chops at night. John started writing original songs but admits his first attempts were not ...