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Ricky Lynn Gregg - 100% match to James House

22 August 1961, Longview, Texas, USA. The 90s country singer/guitarist Ricky Lynn Gregg is of Native American descent. He formed two rock groups, the Ricky Lynn Project and Head East, and with them opened for Huey Lewis And The News and Heart. He then switched direction to honky tonk country and formed the band Cherokee Thunder with whom he played clubs in Dallas. He reached Read more

Marty Raybon - 86% match to James House

8 December 1959, Greenville, Alabama, USA. Although raised in Florida, Raybon took an early interest in bluegrass music and soon became a member of the family band, the American Bluegrass Express. This was led by his father, fiddler Ken ‘Buck’ Raybon, and also featured his brothers Tim and Rick. The band was very popular locally, repeatedly winning the Florida Stat Read more

James Bonamy - 84% match to James House

29 April 1972, Winter Park, Florida, USA. Contemporary country singer Bonamy gravitated to the honky tonk scene through the auspices of his father, a fan of Johnny Paycheck and Merle Haggard. However, when he began to attend high school he invested much of his time in sports, at which he achieved great proficiency, while his listening tastes changed to those of Bon Jovi et a Read more

George Ducas - 76% match to James House

1 August 1971, Texas City, Texas, USA. This country singer-songwriter was raised by his mother in San Diego, California, until the age of 12, when he relocated to Houston, Texas, to live with his father and stepmother. He began writing and singing in his early teens, and performed with a number of college-based bands. After leaving college he began working in a bank during t Read more

Billy Yates - 71% match to James House

13 March 1963, Doniphan, Missouri, USA. Country singer-songwriter Yates was raised on a small farm in rural Missouri, just across the border from Arkansas. As a child he used to sing with his family on short radio broadcasts on KDFN-AM in Doniphan, and occasionally performed at country fairs. After graduating from high school he began performing at local music theatres, and Read more

Larry Stewart - 70% match to James House

Ken Mellons - 63% match to James House

Kenneth Edward Mellons, 10 July 1965, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. Honky-tonk singer-songwriter Mellons wanted to play country music from a very early age. He grew up attending shows, festivals and the Grand Ole Opry and subsequently landed a job at Opryland USA impersonating country performers. This led to an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry itself and growing recognition aro Read more

Sons of the Desert - 59% match to James House

From 1989, the Sons Of The Desert, named after the Laurel And Hardy film, played contemporary bluegrass music and enjoyed a good following in Waco, Texas, where the members were students at McLellan College. Drew Womack, then an opera student, joined the band in 1990 as lead singer. A member of the band at the time was bass player Doug Virden. By 1993 the band was based in Dall Read more

Clay Davidson - 57% match to James House

4 April 1971, Saltville, Virginia, USA. Davidson took to music making at an early age, inspired in part by his father who played guitar. All 11 of his siblings played or sang and as a child he heard many kinds of music, ranging through traditional country, bluegrass and gospel to soul and rock. While still in school, he played in various groups with friends and these bands s Read more

Jerry Kilgore - 55% match to James House

12 November 1964, Tillamook, Oregon, USA. As a youngster, Kilgore was devoted to the Bakersfield sounds of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard and although his music is contemporary, these influences permeate his work. Kilgore received his first guitar in 1976 but he did not start playing in a band until 10 years later. For some years he worked in Arizona and North Carolina, arrivi Read more

Joy Lynn White - 51% match to James House

2 October 1961, Turrell, Arkansas, USA. White’s parents were amateur musicians that encouraged their daughter, who knew Dolly Parton songs before she could read, in her love of music. Taking Linda Ronstadt as a role model, White was in local bands as a teenager and she recorded jingles and beer store commercials. She was raised in Mishawaka, Indiana but moved to Nashvi Read more

Mila Mason - 50% match to James House

c. 1974, Dawson Springs, Kentucky, USA. As a child, Mason was surrounded by a showbusiness atmosphere; her mother, Diane Mason, performed in Las Vegas and elsewhere as a singer. She began writing songs while still very young. At the age of 15 she occasionally performed at her mother’s shows, and two years later she moved to Nashville, Tennessee. There, she sang demos a Read more

Lionel Cartwright - 45% match to James House

10 February 1960, Gallipolis, Ohio, USA. Raised in West Virginia, Cartwright has been performing country music since he was a child. He became a pianist for the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree in West Virginia, and graduated to a position as the show’s musical director. He moved to Nashville in 1982 and recorded demos for the songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. He joined t Read more

Cleve Francis - 43% match to James House

22 April 1945, Jennings, Louisiana, USA. The eldest of six children, Francis had childhood ambitions to play the guitar and sing country music. He gained his first experience towards his ambition by singing and playing gospel music in the local church choir. After completing his college education, he attended medical school, where he qualified as a cardiologist. After reloca Read more

Zona Jones - 43% match to James House